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Case Reports
. 2003 Aug;96(8):400-1.
doi: 10.1177/014107680309600810.

Totally endoscopic robotically enhanced coronary artery bypass on the beating heart

Roberto P Casula  1 , Thanos Athanasiou, Ashok Cherian, Ross Bacon, Rodney Foale, Ara Darzi
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Case Reports

Totally endoscopic robotically enhanced coronary artery bypass on the beating heart

Roberto P Casula et al. J R Soc Med. 2003 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Da Vinci console/anastomosis
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Figure 2
Early postoperative result
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