Fig. 22.1 Flexible partial annuloplasty band insertion—running suture technique. (a) First suture is tied at right trigone and run clockwise to mid-portion of annulus. (b) Second suture is tied at…
Fig. 16.1 Folding Leaflet-plasty: (a) A 4-0 polypropylene suture is passed from the annulus, behind the elongated leaflet, emerging through the coapting edge. The needle then is passed back through…
Fig. 13.1 Flail P2 segment from chordal rupture Leaflet Remodeling The leading edge of the flail or prolapsed leaflet, next to the ruptured or elongated chord, is grasped with a…
Fig. 7.1 Robotic AH-TECAB: port placement: a robotic 3-D camera trocar (C) is placed in the fourth ICS, near the anterior axillary line. The right and left robotic arm trocars…
Fig. 2.1 Program development: key factors To maintain a collaborative working environment, regularly scheduled interest group meetings provide a venue for teams to discuss operative successes and difficulties. During early…
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. (ed.)Atlas of Robotic Cardiac Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-6332-9_6 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 6. Clinical Outcomes in Robotic Cardiac Surgery Ansar Hassan1, Paul Modi2 and T. Bruce FergusonJr.3 (1) Department of Cardiac Surgery, New Brunswick Heart Centre, Saint…
A. Prenatal ultrasound exam of a compressive CPAM of the left lung at 23 WG. The heart is displaced to the right by a macrocystic lesion of 58-mm diameter with…
Figure 9.1 Time-scale and overlapping of stages of thoracic empyema. [Adapted from Molnar 2007.] In a normal, healthy person, pleural fluid amounts to less than 1 ml. The early simple…
Figure 25.1 Chest x-ray of a man following a spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus. The left hydropneumothorax has been drained. Surgical emphysema is present and a slight pneumomediastinum can be…
Figure 22.1 Intra-operative views of a left pleural cavity: the phrenic pedicle passes from the pericardium’s left side to the left hemidiaphragm’s upper part. In case of sudden deceleration, a…
