Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
Alternate Names : Beating Heart Surgery, Keyhole Heart Surgery, Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB), Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB), RACAB (Robot Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass)
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Heart, Front View
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The external structures of the heart include the ventricles, atria, arteries and veins. Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood into the heart. The vessels colored blue indicate the transport of blood with relatively low content of oxygen and high content of carbon dioxide. The vessels colored red indicate the transport of blood with relatively high content of oxygen and low content of carbon dioxide.
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Posterior Heart Arteries
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The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. The right coronary artery supplies both the left and the right heart; the left coronary artery supplies the left heart.
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Anterior Heart Arteries
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The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. The right coronary artery supplies both the left and the right heart; the left coronary artery supplies the left heart.
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Coronary Artery Stent
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An intraluminal coronary artery stent is a small, self-expanding, stainless steel mesh tube that is placed within a coronary artery to keep the vessel open. It may be used during a coronary artery bypass graft surgery to keep the grafted vessel open, after balloon angioplasty to prevent reclosure of the blood vessel, or during other heart surgeries.
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