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Balkhy, MD · Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients. View expertise and research →","links":[{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/husam-h-balkhy"},{"label":"Husam H. Balkhy →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-husam-balkhy/"},{"label":"UChicago Medicine →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-uchicago/"},{"label":"Husam H. Balkhy, MD","url":"https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/husam-h-balkhy"},{"label":"Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34392341/"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-husam-balkhy/"}]},{"id":"evidence","title":"Procedure-specific research","text":"Procedure-specific research Read alongside Husam H. Balkhy’s profile → A 544-patient TECAB programme series Balkhy was first author of the retrospective 2013–2020 series: 56% underwent multivessel TECAB, one case converted to sternotomy and reported mortality was 0.9%. Early graft patency was 97% in the assessed hybrid-revascularization patients. How to interpret this: Single-centre selected cohort, mean STS risk 1.7%; patency was assessed in a subgroup. These are historical programme results, not a guarantee or a current personal success rate. Sources: Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients.","links":[{"label":"Husam H. 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Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD 544-patient programme series In the 2013–2020 series, 56% had multivessel TECAB, with one conversion to sternotomy and reported mortality of 0.9%. Sources: Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients. Subgroup graft assessment Early patency was 97% in assessed patients receiving hybrid revascularization. Sources: Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients. Husam Balkhy performing robotic heart surgery, as identified on UChicago Medicine’s official programme page. · Image source ↗ Reported surgical experience 2,400+ Minimally invasive robot-assisted cardiac procedures across CABG, valves, ablation and congenital defects Personal operations · Cumulative by September 2024; start unspecified · published 2024-09-19 · counting date 2024-09-19 Minimally invasive robot-assisted cardiac procedures across CABG, valves, ablation and congenital defects. Former US attorney general chooses UChicago Medicine for robotic heart surgery ↗ · source read 2026-10-08 2,000+ totally endoscopic coronary bypass operations Programme operations · Cumulative; counting cutoff not stated Totally endoscopic coronary bypass using a robot and small chest ports. The hospital attributes this count to its surgical programme. 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