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It can relieve persistent angina and improve prognosis in selected coronary disease; the number and location of diseased arteries, diabetes and heart function shape the choice.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"13 named clinics and specialist centres","text":"Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams.","sources":["anadolu-programme","hisar-fedakar","medanta-bazaz","clinic-dhzc-robotic"]},{"label":"170 patients in MIST","text":"Small-thoracotomy CABG improved the one-month physical-recovery score by 2.9 points versus sternotomy in selected patients; it did not test every bypass patient.","sources":["cabg-mist170"]},{"label":"$20,000 advertised robotic package","text":"Hisar’s offer names Faruk Gençoğlu and seven hospital days. The hotel-duration fields conflict.","sources":["bookimed-offer"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"CABG can bypass several diseased vessels in one operation; guidelines favour it in important groups such as suitable patients with diabetes and multivessel disease.","sources":["C01","C02"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Recovery is longer than the hospital stay. NHS guidance describes about one week in hospital and two to three months to full recovery; ongoing coronary medicines remain necessary.","sources":["C07"]}],"sections":[{"id":"directory","title":"Coronary bypass clinics and specialist centres","text":"Coronary bypass clinics and specialist centres 13 programmes shown Select up to 3 hospitals to compare their reported services and teams. View selected hospitals ↓ Anadolu Medical Center campus in Gebze, near Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) Anadolu Medical Center Coronary bypass clinical focus Anadolu’s cardiovascular programme includes coronary bypass within an adult cardiac-surgery service. Procedures and specialists CABG valve repair and replacement aortic surgery minimally invasive valve surgery complex valve repairs Haşim Üstünsoy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, photographed at night. · Photo source Thailand · Bangkok Bumrungrad International Hospital Coronary bypass clinical focus Bumrungrad lists coronary disease within Pat Ongcharit’s cardiothoracic surgical practice. Procedures and specialists mitral repair mitral replacement surgical aortic valve replacement TAVI MitraClip assessment Pat Ongcharit → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Pat Ongcharit, M.D. | Bumrungrad International Hospital Joanna Chikwe in a clinical discussion, in a photograph published by the Smidt Heart Institute. Photo: Cedars-Sinai. · Photo source United States · Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Coronary bypass clinical focus Cedars-Sinai’s Chikwe clinical material identifies coronary revascularization alongside her valve practice. Procedures and specialists degenerative mitral repair robotic mitral repair complex Barlow repair coronary revascularization Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Joanna Chikwe, MD · Joanna Chikwe clinical profile Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona. · Photo source Spain · Barcelona Centro Médico Teknon Coronary bypass clinical focus Teknon’s named Ruyra team describes beating-heart coronary surgery and blood-conservation techniques. Procedures and specialists Coronary artery bypass grafting Heart surgeon consultation Preoperative testing Xavier Ruyra Baliarda → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Dr Xavier Ruyra — official Teknon clinical profile · Xavier Ruyra Baliarda — teknon cabg Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, home to DHZC cardiac surgery. Campus photograph. · Photo source Germany · Berlin German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) Coronary bypass clinical focus DHZC’s bypass service describes conventional surgery, beating-heart CABG and selected robotic approaches. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump CABG selected minimally invasive CABG robotic mitral repair selected robotic CABG heart-valve surgery Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Bypasschirurgie | DHZC Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Istanbul Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Coronary bypass clinical focus Hisar offers a named robotic CABG programme with Faruk Gençoğlu and lists Ali Fedakar’s beating-heart bypass practice. Procedures and specialists coronary bypass beating-heart bypass minimally invasive cardiac surgery redo valve surgery aortic surgery Ali Fedakar → Faruk Gençoğlu → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar robotic cabg · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram campus. · Photo source India · Gurugram Medanta Coronary bypass clinical focus Medanta names total-arterial beating-heart bypass and coronary endarterectomy in Bazaz’s practice, and robotic-assisted CABG in Rajput’s. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump and beating-heart surgery valve repair and replacement aortic surgery redo surgery minimally invasive and robotic surgery Naresh Trehan → Surinder Bazaz → Nitin Kumar Rajput → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Dr. Surinder Bazaz — Medanta Gurugram · Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta Tisch Hospital lobby, NYU Langone Health. · Photo source United States · New York NYU Langone Coronary bypass clinical focus NYU’s Swistel profile includes total-arterial coronary revascularization. Procedures and specialists HCM myectomy with mitral repair transcatheter tricuspid therapies Daniel G. Swistel → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: NYU Langone · Daniel Swistel Department group photograph published on Weill Cornell Medicine’s Cardiothoracic Surgery website. · Photo source United States · New York NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine Coronary bypass clinical focus Weill Cornell lists Gaudino’s multiple-arterial bypass practice, including radial and bilateral internal mammary grafts. Procedures and specialists CABG multiple arterial grafting adult cardiac surgery Mario F.L. Gaudino → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD · Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Operating-room photograph published by UHN’s Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program. · Photo source Canada · Toronto Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital Coronary bypass clinical focus UHN’s Peter Munk programme describes single-vessel and selected multivessel total-arterial minimally invasive CABG. Procedures and specialists single-vessel minimally invasive CABG multivessel total-arterial minimally invasive CABG minimally invasive valve and aortic surgery Piroze M. Davierwala → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery Royal Brompton Hospital, historic South Block entrance in London. · Photo source United Kingdom · London Royal Brompton Hospital Coronary bypass clinical focus Royal Brompton lists coronary bypass in Ulrich Rosendahl’s surgical practice alongside valve and aortic reconstruction. Procedures and specialists aortic-root and arch surgery thoracic-aortic surgery aortic valve surgery mitral reconstruction CABG minimally invasive surgery Ulrich Rosendahl → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location Husam Balkhy performing robotic heart surgery, as identified on UChicago Medicine’s official programme page. · Photo source United States · Chicago UChicago Medicine Coronary bypass clinical focus UChicago’s Balkhy-led programme describes robotic totally endoscopic beating-heart CABG, including selected multivessel and hybrid revascularization. Procedures and specialists robotic totally endoscopic CABG (TECAB) robotic mitral valve surgery robotic atrial fibrillation surgery Husam H. Balkhy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD · Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients. Archive photograph of MRI test scanning at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, published February 2015. The source identifies the person in the scanner as a staff volunteer. · Photo source Canada · Ottawa University of Ottawa Heart Institute Coronary bypass clinical focus Ottawa’s MICS programme offers multivessel bypass through a small thoracotomy. Its studies examine early recovery and the need for later coronary treatment. Procedures and specialists multivessel MICS CABG cardiac surgery Marc Ruel → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Coronary bypass guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Marc Ruel · Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial. · Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem? 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Sources: ACC revascularization guidance (2021) · ESC coronary guidance (2024) Trade-offs and limits Recovery is longer than the hospital stay. NHS guidance describes about one week in hospital and two to three months to full recovery; ongoing coronary medicines remain necessary. 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CABG routes blood around narrowed coronary arteries using grafts. It can relieve persistent angina and improve prognosis in selected coronary disease; the number and location of diseased arteries, diabetes and heart function shape the choice. 13 named clinics and specialist centres Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams. Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental · Dr. Surinder Bazaz — Medanta Gurugram · DHZC robotic cardiac surgery programme — 12 November 2025 170 patients in MIST Small-thoracotomy CABG improved the one-month physical-recovery score by 2.9 points versus sternotomy in selected patients; it did not test every bypass patient. 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