UVA Health First in Virginia to Adopt Robotic Cardiac Surgery for Valve Procedures - UVA Health
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UVA Health is expanding its advanced cardiovascular care capabilities as the first healthcare system in Virginia to offer a dedicated robotic cardiac surgery program. Led by Michael Ibrahim, MD, director of robotic cardiac surgery at UVA Health, the program brings cutting-edge, minimally invasive options for valve patients right now across Virginia and beyond. While robotic heart surgery was once limited to simple procedures, the program at UVA Health covers a broad spectrum of complex valve conditions as well as atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease.
The team's inaugural procedure demonstrated the clinical value of bringing this advanced technology to UVA Health. Rather than facing a traditional open-chest operation, the patient successfully underwent a robotic mitral valve repair. "This first patient was somewhere kind of in the middle. She had complex valve disease and was considering a transcatheter therapy versus surgery, “ says Ibrahim. “Because we were able to use surgery without having to open the chest, that's what she went with. And surgery is generally more durable and more definitively corrective than transcatheter therapy," he notes.
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