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Mininally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair LIVE on the 'net.
See http://www.or-live.com/umm/1151/
<<Live Webcast: February 4, 2004
5:30pm EST (22:30 UTC)
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Mitral Valve Repair
BALTIMORE, MD ? People who log on to the Internet on February 4, 2004, at 5:30 p.m., will see cardiac surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center perform an innovative, minimally invasive mitral valve repair. During the live Webcast, surgeons will use tiny instruments and a video camera, placed through a two-inch ?keyhole? incision, to perform the same repairs that have traditionally required open-heart surgery.
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Mitral Valve Repair
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?It?s the perfect operation to be done through a small incision,? says James S. Gammie, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who will perform the surgery during the Webcast. ?This procedure reduces the amount of blood loss, eliminates the need for a breastbone incision, minimizes the chance of infection and allows patients to resume normal activities sooner."
Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the first videoscopic mitral valve repair in the Mid-Atlantic region in May 2003. The center is a leader in the surgical and medical treatment of mitral valve disease.
Bartley P. Griffith, M.D., chief of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor of surgery and head of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Transplant at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will describe the procedure and answer e-mail questions from viewers during the Webcast. ?The videoscopic approach meshes well with our emphasis on mitral valve repair rather than replacement,? says Dr. Griffith. ?We prefer to fix a broken mitral valve rather than replace it, because a repair lasts longer and rarely requires another operation down the road.? >>
See http://www.or-live.com/umm/1151/
<<Live Webcast: February 4, 2004
5:30pm EST (22:30 UTC)
_
Mitral Valve Repair
BALTIMORE, MD ? People who log on to the Internet on February 4, 2004, at 5:30 p.m., will see cardiac surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center perform an innovative, minimally invasive mitral valve repair. During the live Webcast, surgeons will use tiny instruments and a video camera, placed through a two-inch ?keyhole? incision, to perform the same repairs that have traditionally required open-heart surgery.
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Mitral Valve Repair
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?It?s the perfect operation to be done through a small incision,? says James S. Gammie, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who will perform the surgery during the Webcast. ?This procedure reduces the amount of blood loss, eliminates the need for a breastbone incision, minimizes the chance of infection and allows patients to resume normal activities sooner."
Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the first videoscopic mitral valve repair in the Mid-Atlantic region in May 2003. The center is a leader in the surgical and medical treatment of mitral valve disease.
Bartley P. Griffith, M.D., chief of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor of surgery and head of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Transplant at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will describe the procedure and answer e-mail questions from viewers during the Webcast. ?The videoscopic approach meshes well with our emphasis on mitral valve repair rather than replacement,? says Dr. Griffith. ?We prefer to fix a broken mitral valve rather than replace it, because a repair lasts longer and rarely requires another operation down the road.? >>
