The rapidly changing field of cardiovascular surgery

The future of cardiovascular surgery is minimally invasive. With the introduction of drug-eluting stents, hybrid revascularization with a MIDCAB (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass) to the LAD (left anterior descending) artery and the stenting of all other vessels have become a valid alternative to conventional CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting). 

Structural heart disease therapy has undergone revolutionary changes with the advent of catheter-based techniques for congenital and valve diseases. Endovascular therapy has become the treatment of choice for the aorta and peripheral arteries in some indications. All of these new surgical therapies require highly advanced imaging systems to perform them.

In the following, find an overview of clinical case studies and scientific articles.