Special Webcast: Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Discuss Mitral Valve Treatment Using Da Vinci Robot
Posted By Adam Pick On November 25, 2008 @ 8:11 am In Announcements, Medical Advances | 4 Comments
As you may know, several of my readers (including [1] minimally invasive Da Vinci Robot.
Guess what? I just learned that The Cleveland Clinic will host a live webcast on December 10, 2008 at 5pm (EST) to review the options and treatment of mitral valve disease via robotic surgery. Two of the top surgeons from The Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Marc Gillinov and Dr. Tomislav Mhaljevic, will lead this event and discuss topics including [2] asymptomatic patients.
If you would like to attend this complementary webinar for patients and caregivers, simply click this link… [4] Special Webinar: Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Discuss Mitral Valve Repair Using Da Vinci Robot.
Even though I had a traditional sternotomy, I am definitely going to attend this webcast to learn more about mitral valve repair using non-invasive, robotic technology.
Keep on tickin!
P.S. Last night, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams did a great story on the Da Vinci Robot. To watch that video, please click [5] here.
P.P.S. To leave a comment about robotic surgery, please click [6] here.
About The Author: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of 78 former valve surgery patients. [7] To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
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URLs in this post:
[1] minimally invasive Da Vinci Robot: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/robotic-surgery-for-heart-valve.php
[2] asymptomatic patients: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/07/23/asymptomatic-heart-valve-disease-di
agnosis/
[3] Image: http://www.or-live.com/daVinci/2272/
[4] Special Webinar: Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Discuss Mitral Valve Repair Using Da Vinci Robot: http://www.or-live.com/daVinci/2272/
[5] here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#27896621
[6] here: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/11/25/cleveland-clinic-webcast-da-vinci-m
itral-valve/#respond
[7] To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-valve-surgery-book-download-guide.php
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