† Primum (2 patients), secundum (68 patients) and sinus defects (4 patients). § Surgical branch of the study. TEE = Transesophageal echocardiography. *Children and adults. † Percutaneous branch of the ...
Nov. 19, 2002 — A high-tech robot allows "open-heart, closed chest" surgery for atrial septal defect (ASD) and other conditions, according to a presentation on Nov. 19 at the American Heart ...
“What makes the totally endoscopic ASD repair a significant advance is that it is the first closed-chest open-heart procedure,” Argenziano says. Argenziano is also principal investigator of several ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SS Innovations International, Inc. (OTC: SSII) (“SS Innovations” or the “Company”), a developer of innovative surgical robotic technologies ...
A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, shows an association between decreased survival at five years and leaving an atrial communication at biventricular repair of unbalanced ...
Based on a few hundred cases, 5-year all-cause mortality was approximately 60% between patients assigned an initial management strategy of surgery and those undergoing percutaneous treatment (log-rank ...
Inside your heart are four valves that act as traffic cops to ensure that blood flows in the correct manner. Sometimes these valves may become damaged, which may cause blood to back up into the heart ...
CHICAGO, Nov. 19 – For the first time in the United States, open-heart surgery was performed without opening the chest, in more than a dozen patients, researchers reported in preliminary results ...