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If you have a question for a specialist at the CardioVascular Institute (CVI) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, e-mail us.

What is the most common type of heart surgery?

Issac from Boston, MA, asks, "What is the most common type of heart surgery?" Kamal Khabbaz, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the CardioVascular Institute, has the answer.

What is off-pump heart surgery?

Colleen from Boston, MA, asks, "What is off-pump heart surgery?" Kamal Khabbaz, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the CardioVascular Institute, explains.

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Posted June 2012