Patients and Visitors

• Overview
• Patient Education

• Procedures

• Mitral Valve Repair
• Robotic Modified Maze
• Robotic Closure of ASD
• Left Ventricular Lead Placement for Heart Failure
• Benefits of Robotic Surgery

Experienced Robotic Cardiac Care

Experience is important for all types of surgery, but the right experience is essential for minimally invasive and robotic surgery. There is a steep learning curve associated with minimally invasive surgery, because it's very different than operating through a large chest incision. Even otherwise highly experienced surgeons must devote dozens of hours to learning how to use the techniques and equipment for minimally invasive surgery. After learning how to use these tools, the surgeon must regularly perform minimally invasive robotic surgery to truly master the approach.

Volume counts. There is a great deal of difference between a surgeon who has performed 15 minimally invasive procedures and a surgeon who has done hundreds of cases. Saint Joseph’s Visconti Center for Robotic Surgery physicians have both experience and volume.