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CTSNet Summarized—Top Cardiac Procedure Videos of 2025
This year showcased an impressive variety of innovative clinical videos in cardiac surgery. The most popular videos covered a range of cardiac procedures, from robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary bypass to how to perform an upper ministernotomy. Read on for a glance at each procedure and be sure to explore the complete catalog of cardiac surgical videos available on CTSNet.
1.) Robotic Beating-Heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass (TECAB): LIMA to LAD
By Husam Balky, Sarah Nisivaco
The most popular video this year presents a successful robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary bypass procedure involving a single vessel, specifically, the left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending artery in a 69-year-old patient with left anterior descending artery disease.
2.) How to Replace a Severely Calcified Mitral Valve
Another popular video from this year provides a detailed demonstration of how to replace a severely calcified mitral valve, involving both the anterior and posterior leaflets.
3.) How to Perform an Upper Ministernotomy
In another outstanding video by Dr. Vince Gaudiani, he demonstrates his technique for performing an upper ministernotomy.
4.) Samurai (the Direct True Lumen Technique) Cannulation in Acute Type I Aortic Dissection
By Serik Aitaliyev, Dainius Karciauskas, Povilas Jakuska, Rimantas Benetis
Next on the list is a video that shows direct ascending aorta true lumen cannulation is a fast, safe, and reproducible technique that provides adequate central antegrade flow through the true aortic lumen within two minutes of circulatory arrest.
5.) Direct Aortic Impella 5.5 in Post-Cardiotomy Shock
Finally, this video reviews the basics of postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock and common mechanical circulatory support options while highlighting the benefits of the Impella 5.5 for left ventricular unloading. It also demonstrates a step-by-step technique for the direct aortic insertion of the Impella 5.5.
View the top cardiac videos from 2024 here.
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