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First fully robotic heart transplant in the US performed without opening patient's chest


First fully robotic heart transplant in the US performed without opening chest

The minimally invasive surgery, performed at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, reduced surgical trauma, blood loss and infection risk and increased recovery time for the 45-year-old patient. The National Energy System Operator has published a July timeline for developers to submit evidence of their transmission projects, ahead of the upcoming reordering of the grid connections queue. A new hand-held scanner generates highly detailed photoacoustic tomography (PAT) imaging scans in real time, providing doctors with an accurate view of a patient’s blood vessels.

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