Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Dr. Ranjit Deshpande, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at King’s College Hospital and Cleveland Clinic,...
This cardiac session features leading surgeons providing updates on complex cardiac surgical interventions at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin, Danny Ramzy,...
This single-center, single-arm prospective trial provides the first clinical safety and effectiveness data for the excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis (ELANA) system in constructing the left internal thoracic artery (LITA)-to-left anterior...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy alone can exacerbate GERD symptoms and can induce GERD in asymptomatic patients (1)....
Mediastinal lipomas are benign, slow-growing masses that can present as large masses due to their insidious onset (1). Symptoms associated with these lipomas are generally due to mass effect, such...
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors...
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Husam Balkhy, president of ISMICS, showcases cutting-edge, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures from the University of Chicago. Watch for more videos in this series...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening arrhythmia that is typically...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang, the Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Therapies at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, Kentucky,...
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. This case...
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines the first-ever transcontinental uniportal thoracic surgery. He explores the details of this significant case—location, latency, and the procedure performed—while highlighting...
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors...








