Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac

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January 28, 2026 | Monica Martinez Ferman

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. A 38-year-old male with a history of non-seminomatous germ cell...

Podcast
January 27, 2026 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Randolph Chitwood, retired cardiac surgeon and Founding Director of the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina...

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January 23, 2026 | Serhii Yatsuk

The authors present a case of endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using a reusable retractor with an open CO₂ insufflation system. Prior to the procedure,...

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January 22, 2026 | Vinay Kumar Parepalli

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors demonstrate the surgical steps of...

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January 19, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

The patient was suffering from hemolysis and mitral regurgitation. A hemisternotomy was performed after femoral vein cannulation. A new cross-clamp was used and is shown in the video. Cardioplegia was...

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January 15, 2026 | Jason Breithaupt

This video is the third-place winner from CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. The patient was a 63-year-old man with...

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January 13, 2026 | Karan Shekar

This is the winning video from the 2025 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the second and third place winners. Click here to watch Dr....

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January 13, 2026 | Rihards Mikilps-Mikgelbs

Introduction Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchial tree is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, accounting for less than one percent of all lung malignancies (1–3). It typically arises from the submucosal glands...