Robotic Heart Surgery - a status report
The latest on robotic heart surgery.

New surgical techniques - what the surgeons are reading
From CTSNet. Brief "how-to's" for many of the newer techniques in adult cardiac surgery. Includes excellent graphics.

MIDCAB surgery
A more detailed discussion of the status of minimally invasive bypass surgery.

NOVA - Cut to the heart
This is the companion site to the NOVA television program on the Battista procedure, the controversial heart operation aimed at improving heart failure.

The AbioCor Artificial Heart
The newest artificial heart is truly a marvel, but are expectations being raised too high?

Laser revascularization
A very good review of "shooting holes in the heart" with laser.

Laser heart surgery - dead on the vine?
A review by your Guide of new data questioning effectiveness of laser revascularization procedures

Robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery
From NYU, several "movies" demonstrating use of an investigational robotic assistant for minimally invasive heart surgery

LVAD - left ventricular assist devices
An excellent introduction to this relatively new cardiac support technology

Minimally invasive bypass surgery
A review of minimally invasive bypass surgery by HeartCenter Online