Fig. 8.1 Left-side port placement. Left-side instrument ports are used for grafting the left anterior descending (LAD), diagonal branches (DB), ramus branch (RB), and obtuse marginal (OM1 and OM2) vessels….
Fig. 17.1 Operative Set-up. A right fourth intercostal space mini-thoracotomy is used for access. Cardiopulmonary bypass is established using femoral canulation. A trans-thoracic cross clamp is used to arrest the…
Fig. 28.1 Robot-assisted Bi-ventricular lead placement—positioned patient with port-sites: the patient is placed in the left lateral decubitus position so that the back is aligned with the left side of…
Fig. 19.1 Leaflet prolapse with annular calcium – An islet of annular calcium is shown along with a flail posterior leaflet P2 segment due to ruptured chordae tendenae. Using robotic…
Fig. 5.1 A Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter is introduced into the right internal jugular vein. A thin-walled venous cannula (15–17 Fr Biomedicus ™) is passed into the distal superior vena…
Fig. 9.1 Cardica Flex A™ graft to coronary artery anastomotic device. (a) The anastomotic end is equipped with a graft-stabilizing platform, an anvil that fits in the coronary arteriotomy, and…
Fig. 29.1 Different types of atrial septal defects: these include the most common type, which is a ostium secundum defect (S) occurring in the central part of the atrial septum…
Fig. 1.1 Concept of automated soft tissue dissection. A standard industrial robot is used to hold a high frequency ultrasound probe. The probe detects the flow-signal of the vessel (i.e….
Fig. 15.1 A large P2 posterior leaflet with nearly all edge chords ruptured (flail leaflet). Here, P2 functions independent (clefts) of adjacent P1 or P3 scallops. There is no support…
Fig. 14.1 (a) Triangular leaflet resection repair: The area of segmental prolapse is identified. The triangular resection includes the prolapsing posterior leaflet with the triangle “point” extending to the valve…
