Computer aided minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
Minimally invasive cardiac procedures have been investigated to reduce the risks associated with open heart surgery. With the assistance of improvements in engineering technologies such as medical imaging, surgical navigation, and robotic devices, more cardiac surgeries can be performed in a minimally invasive fashion. We have surveyed these state-of-the-art engineering technologies and the minimally invasive cardiac procedures that are benefited from these technologies.
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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface