Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and Asan Medical Center, speaking on “Endoscopic TAVR Explantation” at...
The authors present a case of left atrial tumor excision combined with mitral and tricuspid valve repair and coronary revascularization, performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal...
This talk features Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, a senior research scientist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation’s Valve Science Center, Minnesota, USA, delivering a presentation titled “Mitral Valve Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients:...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Rawn Salenger, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, USA, spoke with T. Sloane Guy,...
This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and Asan Medical Center, speaking...
This single-center retrospective study evaluated 61 patients who underwent cardiac surgery after prior transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) during a 10-year period at a high-volume academic center. Cardiac surgery following...
Partial endocardial cushion defects, presenting as an ostium primum atrial septal defect associated with a cleft in the anterior mitral valve leaflet, traditionally requires a conventional median sternotomy. While sternotomy...
This session features leading surgeons presenting on advanced techniques—including robotic implantation, carinal resection, and aortic valve replacement (AVR)—at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026....
Redo tricuspid valve surgery after previous cardiac operations remains technically challenging and is associated with increased operative risk, particularly in elderly patients with extensive vascular calcifications and prior device-related complications....
In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss transaxillary valve surgery, options to avoid patients-prosthesis mismatch, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These presentations were...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart team potentially losing a member. He explores the current composition of the TAVR...
This interview centers around robotic cardiac surgery. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Dr. Mujtaba Mubashir, a cardiothoracic fellow at Beth Israel...
This video series showcases a robotic mitral valve replacement performed by Dr. Feras Khaliel, a world leader in robotics, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel...






