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Safety & Patient Criteria for Minimally-Invasive Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery

What are the criteria for using minimally invasive techniques like robotic mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement? Can the body type, size and weight of patients impact the safely of robotic surgery? To answer these questions about less-invasive heart valve surgery techniques, we interviewed Dr. Kevin Hodges, a leading robotic mitral valve surgeon at Northwestern Medicine's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. (Video posted on August 6, 2025)

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Dr. Kevin Hodges, Cardiac Surgeon

Dr. Kevin Hodges

Cardiac Surgeon

Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, Illinois

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