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

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

First minimally invasive coronary artery bypass achieved

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

Tainan hospital uses less invasive method for heart surgery

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Tainan’s Chi Mei Medical Center has successfully treated a 67-year-old man with heart failure by using a minimally invasive catheter-based heart valve procedure instead of ...

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 ...
IFLScience on MSN

First-ever high-risk heart bypass performed without opening patient's chest is a success

A patient who needed lifesaving heart surgery has become the first person ever to receive a coronary artery bypass without ...
Medscape

Innovative New Procedure May Change the Future of Some Coronary Artery Bypass Surgeries

Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of ...
WIS TV

7-year-old girl thriving after surprise diagnosis leads to open-heart surgery

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...

Health Rounds: First human coronary bypass surgery performed without chest cracking

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...