Robot-Assisted Cardiac Procedures Usage

Robot-assisted cardiac procedures are done to treat a variety of conditions:

• Robot-assisted mitral valve repair may be used to treat:

• Stenosis (narrowing) of the mitral valve
• Regurgitation (leakage) of the mitral valve
• Robot-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be used to treat:

• Blockages in the heart’s arteries
• Severe chest pain ( angina ) that has not improved with medicines
• Robot-assisted atrial septal defect repair may be used to treat a hole between the upper chambers of the heart that does not close properly during fetal development.
• Robot-assisted biventricular pacemaker lead placement may be used to treat heart failure due to atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm in the upper chambers of the heart).

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Benefits of robot-assisted cardiac procedures may include:

• Increased range of motion with the robotic arms
• Ability to filter out human hand tremor and translate the doctor’s larger hand movements into smaller ones
• Reduced trauma to the body
• Shorter hospital stay
• Faster recovery