Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac

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April 2, 2025 | Daphine Musisi

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. A 60-year-old female with a significant history of CREST syndrome,...

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In this session from the 2024 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Dr. Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran discusses minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCABG) with a focus on total arterial...

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March 26, 2025 | Dominik Lobinger

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. An 81-year-old female patient was admitted for surgical treatment of...

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March 26, 2025 | Sarah Nisivaco

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...

Podcast
March 25, 2025 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Thomas D’Amico about VATS lobectomy. They discuss the set-up, patient positioning, port placement, dissection of hilar...

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March 25, 2025 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor

The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect repair with coronary artery bypass grafting performed via minimally invasive access—a left anterior minithoracotomy through the fourth intercostal space....

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March 21, 2025 | Cody Dorton

This video is the third-place winner from CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. Clinical Vignette A 78-year-old male presented with...

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March 20, 2025 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems. He discusses the new da Vinci Single-Port surgical system, single-port robotic systems, and the cost...