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ladyofthelake
I thought that beating heart valve surgery would be a near future technology to add to the advancements but apparently not. I realize the concept would not be appealing to some heart valve patients but it looks like it is a preferable option for people with lower ejection fractions.
University of Chicago Hospital is doing beating heart mitral and tricuspid surgery.
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/heart/services/surgery/beating-heart.html
Forum for docs discussing the procedure
http://forums.ctsnet.org/ctsnet/thread.jspa?threadID=695&tstart=0
http://forums.ctsnet.org/ctsnet/thread.jspa?messageID=5094&tstart=0
Articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12440597&dopt=Abstract
http://www.icr-heart.com/biennial2003/files/16833.doc
http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/innovation/beatingheart/articles/article-7.html
http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/9020
University of Chicago Hospital is doing beating heart mitral and tricuspid surgery.
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/heart/services/surgery/beating-heart.html
Forum for docs discussing the procedure
http://forums.ctsnet.org/ctsnet/thread.jspa?threadID=695&tstart=0
http://forums.ctsnet.org/ctsnet/thread.jspa?messageID=5094&tstart=0
Articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12440597&dopt=Abstract
http://www.icr-heart.com/biennial2003/files/16833.doc
http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/innovation/beatingheart/articles/article-7.html
http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/9020