{"schema_version":"bookimed.page-context.v1","id":"minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-clinics","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-clinics/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-clinics.json","index_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/index.json","full_dataset_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/content.json","content_revision":"source-driven-rankings-20261008","date_modified":"2026-10-08","language":"en","kind":"clinic-directory","title":"Minimally invasive heart surgery clinics and specialist centres","summary":"Smaller-incision and robotic surgery describe access routes across bypass, valve and septal operations; they are not one interchangeable procedure. Minimally invasive heart surgery clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Smaller chest incisions can preserve the breastbone and reduce the initial recovery burden for selected operations. The benefit depends on the procedure: a smaller scar does not by itself mean a more durable repair or a faster return to full fitness.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"13 named clinics and specialist centres","text":"Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams.","sources":["anadolu-programme","hisar-fedakar","medanta-bazaz","clinic-dhzc-robotic"]},{"label":"12-week function was not superior","text":"The same trial did not show superiority in its main physical-function measure. Discharge and full recovery are different outcomes.","sources":["C05"]},{"label":"Robotic means surgeon-controlled","text":"A robot assists the surgeon’s instruments. A heart-lung machine may still be used, and a larger incision may be needed for safety.","sources":["C06"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Potential gains include a smaller scar and less initial disruption. MIST also found better one-month physical-recovery scores after small-thoracotomy CABG in selected patients.","sources":["C06","cabg-mist170"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Limited access must still allow the complete operation. Major cardiac-surgery risks remain, and the method may be unsuitable for some anatomy or combined procedures.","sources":["C06"]}],"sections":[{"id":"directory","title":"Minimally invasive heart surgery clinics and specialist centres","text":"Minimally invasive heart surgery clinics and specialist centres 13 programmes shown Select up to 3 hospitals to compare their reported services and teams. View selected hospitals ↓ Anadolu Medical Center campus in Gebze, near Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) Anadolu Medical Center Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Anadolu offers smaller-incision valve surgery and selected robotic mitral and tricuspid procedures. Procedures and specialists CABG valve repair and replacement aortic surgery minimally invasive valve surgery complex valve repairs Haşim Üstünsoy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center Joanna Chikwe in a clinical discussion, in a photograph published by the Smidt Heart Institute. Photo: Cedars-Sinai. · Photo source United States · Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Cedars-Sinai’s robotic mitral programme treats degenerative prolapse and complex Barlow anatomy. Its studies follow recurrent leakage as well as whether the valve was repaired. Procedures and specialists degenerative mitral repair robotic mitral repair complex Barlow repair coronary revascularization Joanna Chikwe → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Eliminating the learning curve in robotic mitral valve repair: Results from 1400 patients. · Robotic repair for Barlow mitral regurgitation: Repairability, safety, and durability. Miller Family Pavilion at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, home to the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. · Photo source United States · Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Cleveland’s programme includes robotic mitral repair with named specialist Gillinov. Procedures and specialists mitral valve repair robotic mitral surgery aortic valve replacement minimally invasive cardiac surgery HCM / septal myectomy transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI/TAVR) A. Marc Gillinov → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, home to DHZC cardiac surgery. Campus photograph. · Photo source Germany · Berlin German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus DHZC pairs robotic mitral repair with ERMICS recovery care for selected patients, linking anaesthesia, pain control and early mobilisation. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump CABG selected minimally invasive CABG robotic mitral repair selected robotic CABG heart-valve surgery Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Mitral valve treatment at DHZC · Enhanced recovery and ERMICS after minimally invasive cardiac surgery Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Istanbul Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Hisar offers a named robotic CABG programme with Faruk Gençoğlu and lists Ali Fedakar’s beating-heart bypass practice. Procedures and specialists coronary bypass beating-heart bypass minimally invasive cardiac surgery redo valve surgery aortic surgery Ali Fedakar → Faruk Gençoğlu → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar robotic cabg · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram campus. · Photo source India · Gurugram Medanta Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Medanta’s named minimally invasive work includes robotic-assisted CABG and endoscopic mitral and aortic valve replacement. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump and beating-heart surgery valve repair and replacement aortic surgery redo surgery minimally invasive and robotic surgery Naresh Trehan → Nitin Kumar Rajput → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta NewHeart Watanabe Institute entrance, from the institute’s official facility overview. · Photo source Japan · Tokyo NewHeart Watanabe Institute Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus NewHeart Watanabe’s published robotic mitral work includes complex Barlow repair using artificial chordae and selected leaflet resection. Procedures and specialists robotic mitral repair robotic valve surgery Barlow mitral repair Go Watanabe → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robot-assisted surgery and team profiles Operating-room photograph published by UHN’s Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program. · Photo source Canada · Toronto Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus UHN’s minimally invasive programme includes coronary bypass and mitral, tricuspid, aortic-valve and aortic surgery. Procedures and specialists single-vessel minimally invasive CABG multivessel total-arterial minimally invasive CABG minimally invasive valve and aortic surgery Piroze M. Davierwala → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: MICS programme and Dr Piroze M. Davierwala Royal Brompton Hospital, historic South Block entrance in London. · Photo source United Kingdom · London Royal Brompton Hospital Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Royal Brompton lists minimally invasive cardiac surgery in Rosendahl’s practice alongside coronary, valve and aortic operations. Procedures and specialists aortic-root and arch surgery thoracic-aortic surgery aortic valve surgery mitral reconstruction CABG minimally invasive surgery Ulrich Rosendahl → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Mr Ulrich Rosendahl | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals · Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location China · Wuhan Tongji Hospital Wuhan Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Tongji’s team developed transapical beating-heart myectomy, reaching the septum through the heart’s apex without cardiopulmonary bypass in the studied technique. Procedures and specialists transapical beating-heart septal myectomy Xiang Wei → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period · Transapical beating-heart septal myectomy for HCM patients with midventricular obstruction Husam Balkhy performing robotic heart surgery, as identified on UChicago Medicine’s official programme page. · Photo source United States · Chicago UChicago Medicine Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus UChicago’s robotic service covers totally endoscopic coronary bypass, mitral surgery and AF surgery. Its valve work also includes port-access aortic surgery. Procedures and specialists robotic totally endoscopic CABG (TECAB) robotic mitral valve surgery robotic atrial fibrillation surgery Husam H. Balkhy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD Archive photograph of MRI test scanning at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, published February 2015. The source identifies the person in the scanner as a staff volunteer. · Photo source Canada · Ottawa University of Ottawa Heart Institute Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Ottawa’s MICS programme offers multivessel bypass through a small thoracotomy. Its studies examine early recovery and the need for later coronary treatment. Procedures and specialists multivessel MICS CABG cardiac surgery Marc Ruel → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Marc Ruel · Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial. · Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem? Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhaohui campus, Hangzhou. Photo: Huandy618, January 2025 (CC0). · Photo source China · Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital Minimally invasive heart surgery clinical focus Zhejiang’s published HCM work includes infra-axillary transaortic myectomy and a separate newer MESM technique. Procedures and specialists published transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision provider-described trans-axillary minimally invasive valve procedures Yong Cui → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision · Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision Your hospital comparison Compare the treatment each team would propose for the same scan, anatomy and recovery goals.","links":[{"label":"Photo source","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/clinic/anadolu-medical-center/"},{"label":"Anadolu Medical Center","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-anadolu/"},{"label":"Haşim Üstünsoy →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-hasim-ustunsoy/"},{"label":"Read the clinic profile ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-anadolu/"},{"label":"Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive/"},{"label":"Clinic, specialists and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-anadolu/"},{"label":"Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center","url":"https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.com/medical-field/cardiovascular-surgery"},{"label":"Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center","url":"https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.com/medical-technology/robotik-cerrahi"},{"label":"Photo source","url":"https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/smidt-heart-institute-experts-to-discuss-study-findings-techniques-at-society-of-thoracic-surgeons-annual-meeting/"},{"label":"Cedars-Sinai","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-cedars-sinai/"},{"label":"Joanna Chikwe →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-joanna-chikwe/"},{"label":"Read the clinic profile ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-cedars-sinai/"},{"label":"Minimally invasive heart surgery guide ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive/"},{"label":"Clinic, specialists and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-cedars-sinai/"},{"label":"Eliminating the learning curve in robotic mitral valve repair: Results from 1400 patients.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41177574/"},{"label":"Robotic repair for Barlow mitral regurgitation: Repairability, safety, and durability.","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35803829/"},{"label":"Photo source","url":"https://my.clevelandclinic.org/mobile-apps/diet"},{"label":"Cleveland Clinic","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-cleveland/"},{"label":"A. 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MIST also found better one-month physical-recovery scores after small-thoracotomy CABG in selected patients. Sources: Mayo Clinic: minimally invasive surgery · Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial Trade-offs and limits Limited access must still allow the complete operation. Major cardiac-surgery risks remain, and the method may be unsuitable for some anatomy or combined procedures. 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Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance Smaller-incision and robotic surgery describe access routes across bypass, valve and septal operations; they are not one interchangeable procedure. Minimally invasive heart surgery clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Smaller chest incisions can preserve the breastbone and reduce the initial recovery burden for selected operations. The benefit depends on the procedure: a smaller scar does not by itself mean a more durable repair or a faster return to full fitness. 13 named clinics and specialist centres Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams. Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental · Dr. Surinder Bazaz — Medanta Gurugram · DHZC robotic cardiac surgery programme — 12 November 2025 12-week function was not superior The same trial did not show superiority in its main physical-function measure. Discharge and full recovery are different outcomes. Sources: UK Mini Mitral trial · JAMA (2023) Robotic means surgeon-controlled A robot assists the surgeon’s instruments. A heart-lung machine may still be used, and a larger incision may be needed for safety. 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