Dear Mayo Clinic: Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after ...
This advanced technique allows surgeons to repair the valve without the need for a traditional open-heart procedure. Patients typically spend less time in the ICU, experience fewer complications, and ...
Dr. Goya Raikar has spent much of his career taking the “open” out of open-heart surgery. As Chief Cardiac Surgeon at ...