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Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgeries also called off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery have been recently developed that forego a heartlung machine and speed recovery.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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Off-pump heart surgery also called beating heart surgery is similar to open-heart surgery except you arent connected to a heartlung bypass machine.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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The American hunter had not killed cleanly his bullet had struck the ram too far back, missing the heartlung cavity and piercing the gut.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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