Adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in the National Health Service: a blend of science, psychology and human factors

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2023 Mar 2;36(3):ivad028. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad028.

¹ Edgcumbe Consulting, Bristol, UK.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Essex Heart Centre, Basildon, UK.
⁵ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
⁶ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital, Liverpool, UK.
⁸ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK.
⁹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool, UK.

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Keywords: Innovation; Minimally invasive Mitral valve surgery adoption; Psychology in surgical innovation; Qualitative research.