Over the past two decades, robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery has been continuously refined and is currently an alternative to traditional open-heart surgery for some patients. The parallel evolution of imaging modalities has made robotic surgery safer and more efficient. Here, we review the pre- and post-operative use of computed tomography (CT) in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac procedures.
Keywords: Cardiac surgical procedures; X-ray computed tomography; minimally invasive surgical procedures; mitral valve annuloplasty; vascular graft occlusion.