Minimally Invasive Surgery
Off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) requires effective and reliable coronary stabilization. Although the Octopus Nuvo stabilizer has been used for this purpose, its positioning and adjustment may depend on the bedside assistant, which...
Off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) requires effective and reliable coronary stabilization. Although the Octopus Nuvo stabilizer has been used for this purpose, its positioning and adjustment may depend...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...
The authors present a case of left atrial tumor excision combined with mitral and tricuspid valve repair and coronary revascularization, performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal...
In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Bernard Park, Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs of the Thoracic Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York,...
This talk features CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Therapies at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, USA, presenting on “Premeasure Neochords: How...
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk sac tumors presenting as giant thoracic masses are rarer still. These tumors pose a dual...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...
Friday, December 4, 2026 – Saturday, December 5, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 pm – The 6th MiECT Symposium, which is the leading event organised by the Minimal invasive...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further diagnostic evaluation revealed a sinus venosus defect (SVD) associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection...
In this discussion, CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vincent Gaudiani, a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Chad Rammohan, an interventional and structural cardiologist...
This talk features Juan Penaranda Canal, a cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, Kentucky, USA, presenting on “Mitral Valve Replacement: Tips, Tricks, and Innovations” at the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University...







