Robot-assisted beating-heart surgery for atrial septal defect repair in a case of situs inversus totalis with dextrocardia.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This paper describes a case of a patient with situs inversus totalis (SIT) and dextrocardia in which robotic atrial septal defect (ASD) repair was successfully performed in a beating heart.

Authors

  • Xin Li
    Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Shanghai Animal Disease Control Center, Shanghai, China.
  • Zhuang Liu
    Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China.
  • Ruirui Kong
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
  • Chengxin Zhang
    Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Shenglin Ge
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.