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. 2017 Oct 6;7(10):e017823. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017823

Table 1.

Study groups

Group Intervention
Endo-CABG, surgical group
(minimal invasive cardiac surgery group)
Procedure/surgery: Endo-CABG minimal invasive cardiac intervention
Other names: minimal invasive coronary artery bypass grafting
PCI, surgical control group
(comparative minimal invasive procedure)
Procedure/surgery: PCI stenting procedure
Other names: percutaneous coronary intervention
Healthy volunteer, control group
(to exclude learning effect or natural variation in neurological testing)
No intervention
This group will be age matched and sex matched

Endo-CABG, Endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.