Dr. Walter Randolph Chitwood MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
600 Moye Blvd Leo Jenkins Cancer C Greenville NC, 27834About
Dr. Walter Chitwood is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Greenville, NC. Dr. Chitwood specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Chitwood typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoscopic robotic coronary surgery is this reality or fantasy?
- Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: introduction.
- Video-assisted and robotic mitral valve surgery: toward an endoscopic surgery.
- Computer-enhanced mitral valve surgery: toward a total endoscopic procedure.
- Histologic changes in three explanted native cardiac valves following use of fenfluramines.
- Minimally invasive valve surgery: trends for the future.
- The retrosternal foramen of Morgagni: massive small bowel herniation.
- Ludlow's esophageal diverticulum: a preternatural bag.
- Ludlow's esophageal diverticulum: a preternatural bag.
- Myocardial revascularization in the elderly using beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Differences in myocardial and peripheral VEGF and KDR levels after acute ischemia.
- Robotic cardiac valve surgery: transcending the technologic crevasse!
- State of the art review: videoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Trekking to a totally endoscopic operation.
- Minimally invasive or conventional valve surgery: operations prevailing in
- Robotic Nissen fundoplication: alternative surgical technique for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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