Damiano is a pioneer in the area of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. His developmental work on robotically assisted microsurgery for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) earned him a ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award in June 1997. Damiano performed the first robotically assisted CABG procedure in North America in December 1998.
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Cardiac - Pharmacology
July 22, 2008
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD and Carlos MG Duran, MD, PhD
Editor's Note
June 16, 2008
Patient Selection
Currently, only patients with preexisting, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undergoing OPCAB have been offered an adjuvant off-pump Maze procedure.
May 24, 2008
Patient Selection
Editor's Note
May 24, 2008
Patients are selected for bilateral closed chest pulmonary vein (PV) isolation, left atrial appendage excision, directed partial cardiac denervation, and PV electrocardiograms (MiniMAZE-Wolf technique), based on the following criteria...
August 20, 2007
By Saqib Masroor, MD, MIIS and John Alexander, MD
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January 16, 2007
By Lois Nwakanma, MD, Jason Williams, MD, Nishant Patel, MD, and John V. Conte, MD
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