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Daniel Burns
Options for aortic occlusion during robotic cardiac surgery include endoaortic balloon occlusion, which requires imaging guidance and coordination between the bedside assistant and anesthesia teams; the Chitwood DeBakey transthoracic clamp, which requires a separate incision...
This video demonstrates a robotically-assisted mitral valve commissuroplasty in a young patient who presented with a complex mitral regurgitant jet and unclear mechanism of the regurgitation. A 41-year-old man was...
This video demonstrates the technique for robotically assisted myxoma resection. Also, it highlights the tips and tricks that have made this approach the authors’ method of choice for nearly all...
Current American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines state that mitral valve repair for asymptomatic patients with preserved left ventricular function is reasonable when the likelihood of a successful and...