Robotic mitral valve repair: Experience with the da Vinci system

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 438-443

  Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chu, Victor F ^a   Bailey, B Marcus ^a   Maziarz, David M ^a   Sorrell, Vincent L ^a   Holbert, Donald ^a   Chitwood Jr , Randolph ^a   Smith, Craig R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037314753     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04554-X     Document Type: Article

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