Inexpensive and Easy to Set Up Robotic Cardiac Simulator Offers "Unlimited" Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Experience: Proof of Concept.
Yazan N AlJamalRobert BurginHiroto KitaharaGabriela GonzalezHusam H BalkhyPublished in: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)
Our TECAB simulator is inexpensive, easy to set up, and allows trainees to practice endoscopic coronary suturing. We believe this to be a valuable training tool to learn how to do TECAB for established surgeons and that such a simulator may be of great value to cardiothoracic training programs and their trainees. Further studies are warranted.
Keyphrases
- virtual reality
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery disease
- ultrasound guided
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- quality improvement
- general practice
- primary care
- coronary artery
- healthcare
- left ventricular
- public health
- minimally invasive
- endoscopic submucosal dissection
- acute coronary syndrome
- heart failure
- case control
- aortic valve