Alexander Albert, MD is a professor of cardiac surgery and the current director of the department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Klinikum Dortmund, Germany. Early in his career, professor Albert was strongly influenced by the school of Professor Paul Sergeant in Belgium. He has an internationally recognized experience in Aortic No-Touch Off-Pump (Anaortic OPCAB) and minimal invasive bypass surgery (MICS-CABG). His major focus of clinical and scholarly activities lies in the development and design of individualized surgical therapy for patients with coronary artery disease. Professor Albert draws on wide experience in several managerial positions creating and implementing new departmental processes. Additionally, he has been the head of the Medtronic International Training Center for Anaortic OPCAB and MICS-CABG since its establishment in 2010 at the University of Düsseldorf and currently at the Klinikum Dortmund. Professor Albert is involved in collaborative effort withinternational experts, for example, as faculty member in the Oxford Masterclass of Heart Surgery led by Professor David Taggart.

Alexander Assmann (Priv.-Doz. Dr. med.). Attending cardiac surgeon at the University Hospital Duesseldorf since 2015. Specialization in minimally invasive and off-pump coronary surgery, and clinical proctoring for endoscopic vessel preparations. Expert in cardiovascular biomaterials engineering with multiple original articles and scientific awards.

Anna Kathrin Assmann (Dr. med.). Academic studies in human medicine at the RWTH Aachen University (2007-2013). Resident in cardiothoracic and pediatric cardiac surgery in the University Hospital Aachen (2014-2016). Resident in the University Department of Cardiac Surgery in Duesseldorf since 2016. Clinical proctor for endoscopic vessel preparations since 2017. Research focus on translational cardiovascular bioimplant research.

Focusses on technical aspects of coronary artery bypass surgery with step-by-step photo-illustrations of each relevant technique focusing on minimal invasive and standard approaches for the daily clinical routine

Contains expert commentaries, and pearls and pitfalls on highly-relevant topics

Presents up-to-date strategies for outcome optimisation and trauma minimisation as well as personalisation of surgical therapy

Provides insights on how to implement innovative techniques into the clinical routine from a highly-experienced team

Strategical considerations and key concepts.- Operative techniques 26.- Prototype patients 50.- Perspective MICS-CABG. 72.