Surgeons just performed the first open heart surgery without ever opening the chest. Here's how.

FOR THE FIRST time, doctors have successfully completed a coronary artery bypass without cutting the patient open. They ...

World’s First Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass Could Make Open-Heart Surgery a Thing of the Past

The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...
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Health Rounds: First human coronary bypass surgery performed without chest cracking

Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having ...

First minimally invasive coronary artery bypass achieved

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.