In recent years, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, or MICS, has revolutionized the cardiac surgery field, offering opportunities to minimize patient trauma and speed up recovery times for a variety of cardiac interventions. We gathered a group of MICS experts to give us a primer on MICS for cardiovascular healthcare professionals. They’ll go into what qualifies as minimally invasive cardiac surgery, how MICS has evolved over time, differences from traditional cardiac surgery, training considerations, the role of professional societies, and more.