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Article SELECTION from Collection of Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN Scientific Articles on PULSE on LinkedIn.com for Training Small Language Models (SLMs) in Domain-aware Content of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare by 15 Subjects Matter

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Article SELECTION from Collection of Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN Scientific Articles on PULSE on LinkedIn.com for Training Small Language Models (SLMs) in Domain-aware Content of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare by 15 Subjects Matter

Article selection: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

#1 – February 20, 2016

Contributions to Personalized and Precision Medicine & Genomic Research

Author: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/contributions-personalized-precision-medicine-genomic-aviva/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/contributors-biographies/members-of-the-board/larry-bernstein/

 

#2 – March 31, 2016

Nutrition: Articles of Note @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com

Author and Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nutrition-articles-note-pharmaceuticalintelligencecom-aviva/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

 

#3 – March 31, 2016

Epigenetics, Environment and Cancer: Articles of Note @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com

Author and Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/epigenetics-environment-cancer-articles-note-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

 

#4 – April 5, 2016

Alzheimer’s Disease: Novel Therapeutical Approaches — Articles of Note @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com

Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alzheimers-disease-novel-therapeutical-approaches-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/05/alzheimers-disease-novel-therapeutical-approaches-articles-of-note-pharmaceuticalintelligence-com/

 

#5 – April 5, 2016

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Novel Treatment – Articles of Note  @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com

Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prostate-cancer-diagnosis-novel-treatment-articles-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/05/prostate-cancer-diagnosis-and-novel-treatment-articles-of-note-pharmaceuticalintelligence-com/ 

 

#6 – May 1, 2016

Immune System Stimulants: Articles of Note @pharmaceuticalintelligence.com

Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/immune-system-stimulants-articles-note-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=IXDBMmp4SR6vVYaXKPmfqQ%3D%3D

 

#7 – May 26, 2016

Pancreatic Cancer: Articles of Note @PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pancreatic-cancer-articles-note-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=0AT4eUwMQZiEXyEOqo58Ng%3D%3D

 

#8 – August 23, 2017

Proteomics, Metabolomics, Signaling Pathways, and Cell Regulation – Articles of Note, LPBI Group’s Scientists @ http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com

Curators: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/proteomics-metabolomics-signaling-pathways-cell-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=0AT4eUwMQZiEXyEOqo58Ng%3D%3D

 

#9 – August 17, 2017

Articles of Note on Signaling and Metabolic Pathways published by the Team of LPBI Group in @pharmaceuticalintelligence.com

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/articles-note-signaling-metabolic-pathways-published-aviva/?trackingId=0AT4eUwMQZiEXyEOqo58Ng%3D%3D

 

#10 – October 8, 2017

What do we know on Exosomes?

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-do-we-know-exosomes-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=0AT4eUwMQZiEXyEOqo58Ng%3D%3D

 

#11 – September 1, 2017

Articles on Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Cardiovascular Diseases by the Team @Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/articles-minimally-invasive-surgery-mis-diseases-team-aviva/?trackingId=CPyrP0SNQq2X9N4pSubFxQ%3D%3D

 

#12 – August 13, 2018

MedTech & Medical Devices for Cardiovascular Repair – Contributions by LPBI Team to Cardiac Imaging, Cardiothoracic Surgical Procedures and PCI

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/medtech-medical-devices-cardiovascular-repair-lpbi-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=5EFVlg%2BQRLO5i%2FfGBEN2FQ%3D%3D

 

#13 – May 24, 2019

Resources on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and in Medicine: Articles of Note at PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com @AVIVA1950 @pharma_BI

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/resources-artificial-intelligence-health-care-note-lev-ari-phd-rn/?trackingId=5EFVlg%2BQRLO5i%2FfGBEN2FQ%3D%3D

 

#14 – December 19, 2025

AI in Health: The Voice of Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-health-voice-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn-aviva-lev-ari-phd-rn-xgqie/?trackingId=5EFVlg%2BQRLO5i%2FfGBEN2FQ%3D%3D

 

#15 – January 7, 2026

NEW Foundation Multimodal Model in Healthcare: LPBI Group’s Domain-aware Corpus for 2025 Grok 4.1 Causal Reasoning & Novel Biomedical Relationships

Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN, Founder of LPBI Group

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-foundation-multimodal-model-healthcare-lpbi-2025-aviva-40h1e/?trackingId=5EFVlg%2BQRLO5i%2FfGBEN2FQ%3D%3D

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Cardiothoracic surgeons at UC San Francisco performed the first robotically assisted mitral valve prolapse surgery in San Francisco.

Posted in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures, Mitral Valve: Repair and Replacement, Robotically assisted Cardiothoracic Surgery on July 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Cardiothoracic surgeons at UC San Francisco performed the first robotically assisted mitral valve prolapse surgery in San Francisco.

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

UPDATED on 1/15/2025

Robotic mitral repair compares favorably to surgery—but some concerns remain

Michael Walter |  | Cardiovascular Business | Cardiac Surgery

Hoping to learn more about how robotic mitral repair compares with surgery, Benharash et al. examined data from more than 40,000 patients who underwent treatment from 2016 to 2020. Nearly 10% of those patients underwent robotic mitral repair. The median ages for the two groups were nearly identical—approximately 61 years old—but robotic mitral repair patients were more likely to be men, have private insurance coverage and belong to the highest income quartile. These patients were also less likely to present with certain comorbidities, including chronic lung disease, end-stage renal disease, peripheral vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension. 

Overall, robotic mitral repair and surgery resulted in comparable rates of in-hospital mortality, stroke, blood transfusion, reoperation and hospital readmission. In addition, robotic treatment was associated with lower rates of pulmonary complications (6.1% vs. 8.1%), postoperative infection (1.7% vs. 3.4%) and acute kidney injury (AKI) (5.7% vs. 8.5%) as well as significantly shorter lengths of stay and a reduced chance of being discharged to another type of healthcare facility. 

As one may expect, however, mean healthcare costs were considerably higher for robotic mitral repair ($53,600 vs. $45,200).

A team of specialists with Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, including veteran cardiac surgeon Alfredo Trento, MD, shared their perspective about this research in a separate editorial.[2] The group congratulated the authors for their work, highlighting the importance of learning more about this topic, but they also wrote shared some concerns about the study’s findings. The fact that robotic treatment was more commonly used to treat patients who earn a higher income, for example, suggests that the increased costs of robotic mitral repair could not necessarily be as beneficial for all patients. 

“A health intervention that can only be performed at a handful of hospitals by a select group of individuals is not necessarily a good intervention as it is not generalizable and not applicable to most of the population,” the group wrote. “For cardiac surgery to remain relevant in the mitral realm, we must be able to offer safe, durable repairs in a noninvasive manner to as much of the population as possible.”

 
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Mitral valve surgery is performed when the heart’s mitral valve needs to be repaired. Traditionally, mitral valve surgery required opening the chest and putting the patient on heart-lung bypass to keep blood circulating during surgery. Since 2016, UCSF surgeons have been performing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery without having to open the sternum and with smaller incisions. Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery adds yet another level of precision.

“Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery allows us to make even smaller incisions with greater precision,” said Tom C. Nguyen, M.D., robotic heart surgeon and chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCSF. “By using the robotic arms, we have more degrees of articulation than with our natural wrists. The robot also magnifies the surgical field 10X in 3D. Ultimately, this translates into more precise surgery with faster recovery.”

During the robotically assisted surgery, the surgeon looks through a 3D camera to see the mitral valve as well as other structures inside the heart. The surgeon uses the robotic surgical system to guide the robotic arms and movements of the surgical instruments.

“Every valve looks different, and the extraordinary 3D vision that the robot camera provides, is just a real step up from all the technologies we have been using in the past,” said Tobias Deuse, M.D., cardiac and transplant surgeon and director of Minimally-invasive Cardiac Surgery. “The camera, together with the increased mobility of the instruments, allows for a very thorough evaluation of the valve and helps us make good and long-lasting repairs.”

Thanks to these innovations, mitral valve patients have fewer complications and can be discharged within three-to-four days. This patient’s symptoms included increased fatigue and palpitations. Since the surgery, he is at home and his recovery is going well.

In addition to mitral valve surgery, there are plans for additional robotically assisted cardiothoracic surgeries, including removal of intracardiac tumors and myxomas as well as for coronary revascularization.

SOURCE

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/ucsf-performs-first-robotic-cardiac-surgery-san-francisco?utm_source=fiat-lux&utm_medium=internal-email&utm_campaign=article-general&utm_content=text

Other robotic surgeries currently being performed at UCSF

encompass a wide range of specialties and procedures, including:

  • removing cancerous tissue from the lungs, uterus, ovaries, colon, rectum, esophagus, bladder, prostate, head and neck, liver and pancreas. Other robotic surgeries are used for
  • the treatment of uterine fibroids and endometriosis, female pelvic organ prolapse repairs,
  • hernia repairs and
  • bariatric surgery.

Other related articles on Mitral Valve Repair published in this Open Access Online Scientific Journal include the following:

TricValve Transcatheter Bicaval Valves System – Interventional cardiologists at Cleveland Clinic have successfully completed the first implantation in North America

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

The Patient for this historic procedure:

An 82-year-old man presenting with severe symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and right heart failure (RHF).

Expert Opinion: The Voice of Dr. Justin D. Pearlman, MD, PhD, FACC

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2022/04/20/tricvalve-transcatheter-bicaval-valves-system-interventional-cardiologists-at-cleveland-clinic-have-successfully-completed-the-first-implantation-in-north-america/

and another 64 articles

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?s=Mitral+valve

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