13 min

#32: Minimally invasive approaches to congenital heart defects Mayo Clinic Talks

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Dr Harold Burkhart joins Dr Frank Cerra to review the use of robotics and other minimally invasive techniques in congenital heart patients. They discuss the origins of robotic surgery, the patients for whom the procedures are appropriate and what they involve, as well as the rise of hydrid procedures—involving both catheter-based technologies and surgery—and treatment for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Dr Harold Burkhart joins Dr Frank Cerra to review the use of robotics and other minimally invasive techniques in congenital heart patients. They discuss the origins of robotic surgery, the patients for whom the procedures are appropriate and what they involve, as well as the rise of hydrid procedures—involving both catheter-based technologies and surgery—and treatment for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

13 min

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