Cardiac surgeons at Yale New Haven Hospital have performed 200 robotic-assisted mitral valve procedures with a 100 percent success rate, meaning that no procedures were converted to an open surgery.

Cardiothoracic surgeons at UC San Francisco have performed the first robotically assisted mitral valve surgery in San Francisco. The surgery was recently performed on a 63-year-old patient who had ...

Donny Jones was born with a heart that was a little bit different. His mitral valve, which allows blood to flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle of the heart, was shaped differently.

Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could ...

Robotic heart surgery is a technique that uses small chest incisions and precise surgical tools that are controlled by a robot. It allows our heart surgeons to perform cardiac surgeries through less ...

When a lifelong heart condition became worse, Donny Jones, who lives near Seattle, knew by last June that he’d be heading to Spokane. Yearly talks with his cardiologist convinced him this city held ...

NEW YORK -- Richard Ranocchia walked into Operating Room 21 at New York Presbyterian Hospital, lay down on the table and turned for a look at his surgical team -- two doctors and a robot. Ranocchia, ...

Methodist cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. HelenMari Merritt-Genore prepares the Da Vinci Surgical System for surgery at Methodist Hospital. Dr. HelenMari Merritt-Genore works with the robotic arms of the ...

A cardiovascular patient’s lifelong goal to be the first to do something came true recently, introducing a life-changing heart surgery procedure in northern Colorado. Jeffrey Beauprez of Wiggins, who ...

Robotics has significantly changed minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in many medical specialties. By adding robotic systems to these procedures, surgeons can work with more accuracy, reach the surgical ...

FARGO - Essentia Health will host an open house for their newly-implemented da Vinci surgical robotic system, named V.E.G.A.S., from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the lower level atrium area at the ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?