{"id":42632,"date":"2021-04-29T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seniordesign.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/cmti21\/?p=75"},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:07:48","slug":"cardio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/senior-design-day\/cardio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardio 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Our team completed clinical rotations in the Cardiovascular Surgery department at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a narrowing of coronary arteries \u200bin the heart due to a build up plaque. The main symptom is angina (chest pain). CAD is diagnosed through a series of diagnostic testing. The disease affects roughly 16.5 million U.S. citizens over the age of 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Surgical Difficulty\/Problem<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Most vein harvester have no hands-on experience before operating on their first patient.\u200b\u200b <\/li>
      2. Training new vein harvesters is expensive and time-consuming for hospitals. <\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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            BioDesign Statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            An improved training method for harvesting the saphenous vein endoscopically to decrease the number of errors made by novice harvesters on patients early in the training process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                Check out the animation for a better understanding of our product using this link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HJd99QhtpJs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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