multiple reconstructions of cardiac gated coronary CT. We propose the use of photoconsistency between the two views through the da Vinci endoscope to align to the preoperative heart surface model from CT. We propose averaging of the photoconsistency over the cardiac cycle to improve the registration

arteries on a beating heart. We propose in this paper a methodology to achieve coronary localisation by augmented reality on a robotized stereoscopic endoscope.

tance in many areas of medicine. Knowledge concerning the application and the influence of VR-enhanced exercise programs is limited for patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a virtual “country walk ” on the number of sessions

Objective: To understand the association between pre-operative depression symptoms, including cognitive and somatic symptom subtypes, and length of post-operative stay in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, and the role of socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: We

(CAD), and left lung cancer. He received concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting for CAD and pulmonary resection for lung cancer via a left parasternal minithoracotomy. No complaints or clinical signs were observed during a 6 month follow-up. Therefore, major cardiac and thoracic procedures

AUTHORS ' SYNoPsis. Sixteen cases of intractable ventricular fibrillation and four cases of acute left heart failure were produced in 20 dogs by coronary artery ligation. Circulatory support ria peripheral cannulation, using a bloodless-prime pump-oxygenator, enabled 15 animals to regain

consumption became dependent on coronary flow. Under these circumstances, counterpulsation produced an increase in coronary flow, and with it a secondary augmentation of cardiac oxygen consumption. Counterpulsation reduced the mean systemic arterial blood pressure during ventricular ejection to a greater

in this country die from coronary artery disease. It has been estimated that more than half of this number could be saved and returned to a productive life through the prompt application of either temporary or permanent forms of mechanical circulatory assistance (MCA). ' Such a projection pre

adenosine. In open-chest dogs, the left anterior descending coronary artery was perfused through an extracorporeal bypass tube from the carotid artery. Propranolol was infused into the bypass tube to exclude the metabolic effects of norepinephrine. When clonidine (0.24 /ug/kg/min i.e.) was infused for 10

imaging and intraoperative patient model, as well as between the patient and the robot are addressed. Two di#erent registration methods are used and their accuracy compared. Moreover, augmented reality trials are conducted to assess the di#culty of adapting preoperative data to intraoperative models