Robot-Assisted Triple Bypass - Patient Success Story

Ronald Bress became the first person in the world to undergo a robot-assisted triple bypass using an advanced, minimally invasive heart-lung machine on March 31, 2009.

Bress, from Cheektowaga, New York -- a small town near Buffalo -- left the hospital four days later and was able to fly home just nine days later. He learned about this innovative surgical option from the UMMC web site, as he was searching for an alternative to the open heart surgery his doctors were recommending.

Hear what Ronald has to say about the UMMC web site and his surgeon, Johannes Bonatti, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine -- the man responsible for performing the pioneering surgery.

Related Links:

The Maryland Heart Center
http://www.umm.edu/heart/index.htm

Q&A with Dr. Johannes Bonatti
http://www.umm.edu/heart/robot-assisted-triple-bypass.htm

TECAB Overview
http://www.umm.edu/heart/tecab.htm

Complete Patient Success Story
http://www.umm.edu/heart/ronald_bress.htm

TECAB Surgical Webcast
http://www.orlive.com/umm/videos/tecab-totally-endoscopic-coronary-artery-byp...

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