In this roundtable, cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with the board members of the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club about minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic surgery.
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October 31, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Husam Balkhy about robotic cardiac surgery and simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery.
October 30, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in writing medical articles.
October 30, 2025
This video demonstrates, to the authors’ knowledge, the first reported case of a single-stage hybrid procedure that combines transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, and ascending aortic wrapping in a high-risk patient with severe aortic stenosis, an ascending aortic aneurysm, and multivessel coronary artery disease.
October 29, 2025
Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS), spoke with Dr. Leah Backhus, vice president of WTS, about social events and networking opportunities at the WTS Annual Meeting.
October 29, 2025
This article reflects on experiences gained during a fellowship in Austria to identify transferable strategies for strengthening pediatric cardiac surgery in Pakistan.
October 28, 2025
This video demonstrates a total 3D endoscopic repair of a left ventricular (LV) aneurysm using the Dor technique, followed by mitral repair for a patient with a post-ischemia posterior LV aneurysm and mitral regurgitation.
October 28, 2025
This video demonstrates a democratized technique to preoperative planning and operative approaches for minimally invasive mitral valve repair.
October 27, 2025
This video demonstrates the Bentall-de Bono procedure using an innovative mattress-type pledgeted suture technique to achieve rapid and hemostatic aortic root anastomosis with a single suture line.
October 27, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic left upper lobar bronchial reimplantaion into the mainsteam bronchus for a 30-year-old man with a typical carcinoid obstructing the left lower lobar bronchus.
October 24, 2025
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Sameh Said about his innovative solution aimed at improving the survival rates of neonates and increasing the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, as demonstrated in “EXIT-to-Open Atrial Septectomy for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With Intact Atrial Septum: Gone in 90 Seconds!"
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