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FAQs for Patients having Endoscopic Heart Valve surgery

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FAQs for Patients having Endoscopic Heart Valve surgery

July 02, 2022

Patients contemplating Heart valve surgery often have many questions. The team at the Alexandra hospital have put this very helpful document together to answer some of them. I hope this helps you. If you have more questions please let us know as we depend on you to update these answers.

Follow the Science but Lead with Psychology

September 10, 2019

The recent experience of the evolving pandemic for the first time in our generation has exposed us to some clear weaknesses in our society. This is particularly obvious in many health systems where democracy and autonomy are paramount virtues.

Key-hole Heart Surgery; with small incisions come great responsibilities

March 30, 2017

A large proportion of cases in gynaecology, urology, general surgery and orthopaedics are done today with small incisions: why has this trend not caught on in cardiac surgery in the UK? In the late 1990s there was much interest from many Cardiac Surgery centres in the UK, and across Europe to start minimally invasive programs. Many centres started and stopped, due to poor outcomes. Two groups, one based in Aalst, Belgium, led by Hugo Vanerman and another in Leipzig, Germany, led by Fredrich Mohr persisted in using the available technology for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.

FAQs for Patients having Endoscopic Heart Valve surgery

FAQs for Patients having Endoscopic Heart Valve surgery

Follow the Science but Lead with Psychology

Follow the Science but Lead with Psychology

Key-hole Heart Surgery; with small incisions come great responsibilities

Key-hole Heart Surgery; with small incisions come great responsibilities

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Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon | Joseph Zacharias