What is the patient criteria for minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery?

Anatomy: It would largely depend on the coronary anatomy and location of the target vessel/s and the surgeon -- not the patient criteria.

Anatomy of disease: Where the blockages are in the coronaries can determine whether a patient is a candidate for minimally invasive cabg. More experienced surgeons may be able do minimally invasively what some other surgeons cannot. Sometimes a minimally invasive approach is not the safest way to do the surgery.