Pathway for surgeons and programs to establish and maintain a successful robot-assisted adult cardiac surgery program
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
.
2016 Jul;152(1):9-13.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.05.018.
Authors
Evelio Rodriguez
1
,
L Wiley Nifong
2
,
Johannes Bonatti
3
,
Roberto Casula
4
,
Volkmar Falk
5
,
Thierry A Folliguet
6
,
Bob B Kiaii
7
,
Michael J Mack
8
,
Tomislav Mihaljevic
9
,
J Michael Smith
10
,
Rakesh M Suri
11
,
Joseph E Bavaria
12
,
Thomas E MacGillivray
13
,
W Randolph Chitwood Jr
14
Affiliations
1
Saint Thomas Heart Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Electronic address: evelio.rodriguez@sth.org.
2
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, NC.
3
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Heart and Vascular Institute, United Arab Emirates.
4
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
5
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
6
Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Brabois ILCV, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
7
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
8
Baylor Health Care System, The Heart Hospital, Baylor, Plano, Tex.
9
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
10
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.
11
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
12
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
13
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
14
Vidant Medical Center and East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
PMID:
27343904
DOI:
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.05.018
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / education*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Humans
Robotic Surgical Procedures / education*
Thoracic Surgery / education*