World s first Robotic combined Mitral Valve Replacement and CABG, 2011.66-year-old man with complaints of chest pain and shortness of breath.
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India s first Robotic Mitral Valve Replacement, 2006 . Heart surgeons at CARE Hospital here have replaced the mitral valve in the fist-sized muscular organ of a 23-year-old patient using a robot.
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Mitral valve repair is preferred to mitral valve replacement where a repair is feasible as bioprosthetic replacement valves have a limited lifespan of 10 to 15 years, whereas synthetic replacement valves require ongoing use of blood thinners to reduce the risk of stroke.
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The much smaller number of mitral valve replacements is due in part to the reduction of mitral valve disease in the general population and, at the same time, because of the increase in the number of patients with degenerative aortic valve disease in a progressively aging population.
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Her other significant contributions include development of the stented aortic homograft ( a graft of same-species tissue, in this case human tissue ) for mitral valve replacement, surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic disease, and pioneering techniques for the use of tissue cultures to discourage the formation of clots when prosthetic valves and circulatory assist devices are in use.
