Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac

Article
July 3, 2025 | Mayooran Nithiananthan

Abstract “Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery” (2023) by Dr. Joseph Zacharias is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to minimally invasive cardiac surgery. This landmark text combines foundational principles with the latest advancements...

Video
June 25, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Robotic thymectomy is an effective therapeutic approach for the treatment of thymic epithelial tumors, offering a low complication rate and favorable oncological outcomes (1). Several techniques have been described for...

Podcast
June 24, 2025 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Faisal Bakaeen, Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Director of the...

Video

This video is the second-place thoracic winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. The patient was a 69-year-old...

Video
June 20, 2025 | Husam BalkhyBronze Contributor

In May 2025, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery brought together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss and share knowledge on minimally invasive techniques. Watch...

Video
June 19, 2025 | Edward Kim

This is the winning thoracic video from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the cardiac and congenital first place winners. Click here to...

Video
June 19, 2025 | Guillaume Fadel

The authors present the case of a 40-year-old male with no prior medical history who reported progressive dysphagia to solids over several months. Imaging with CT and MRI revealed a...

Video
June 17, 2025 | Lazar Velicki

This video showcases a totally endoscopic mitral valve replacement (TE-MVR) using a transcatheter device in a patient with a history of mitral commissurotomy. The procedure was performed using a minimally...