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Illustration of TECAB approach (courtesy of Dr. H. Balkhy).
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TECAB was performed totally endoscopically (Figure 1). The DaVinci Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale CA) is used to endoscopically (no thoracotomy) harvest one or both internal thoracic arteries (ITA) as well as to perform the anastomosis is which is completed in our program off cardiopulmonary bypass on the beating heart.
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