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Vol 4, No 5 (September 25, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (III)
Christopher P. Lawrance, Matthew C. Henn, Ralph J. Damiano Jr
Vol 4, No 4 (July 13, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (II)
Masashi Komeda, Tatsuya Ozawa, Minoru Matsuhama, Shinji Masuyama
Vol 4, No 3 (May 28, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (I)
Jeswant Dillon, Mohd Azhari Yakub, Kiew Kong Pau, Mohamed Ezani Taib
Vol 4, No 1 (January 20, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (I)
Martin Moscoso Ludueña, Ardawan J. Rastan
Vol 3, No 6 (November 30, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (II)
Brian A. Houston, Stuart D. Russell
Alexander Stepanenko, Evgenij V. Potapov, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Thomas Krabatsch, Roland Hetzer
Vol 3, No 5 (September 26, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (I)
Alexander Stepanenko, Evgenij V. Potapov, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Thomas Krabatsch, Roland Hetzer
Vol 3, No 4 (July 25, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (II)
Giampiero Esposito, Samuele Bichi
Vol 3, No 3 (May 31, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (I)
Vincent Riambau, Laura Capoccia, Gaspar Mestres, Purificiacion Matute
Vol 3, No 2 (March 31, 2014): Sublobar Resection
Zhi-Lan Xiao, Jian-Dong Mei, Qiang Pu, Lun-Xu Liu
Bryan M. Burt, Joseph B. Shrager
Jonathan D. Oparka, William S. Walker
Vol 3, No 1 (January 28, 2014): Atrial fibrillation surgery
Mark La Meir, Sandro Gelsomino, Bart Nonneman
Vol 2, No 6 (November 29, 2013): Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
Markus Czesla, Julia Götte, Timo Weimar, Tamas Ruttkay, Nicolas Doll
Marcel Vollroth, Joerg Seeburger, Jens Garbade, Michael A Borger, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich W Mohr
Vol 2, No 5 (September 01, 2013): Frozen Elephant Trunk
Anneke Damberg, Gereon Schälte, Rüdiger Autschbach, Andras Hoffman
Vol 2, No 4 (July 30, 2013): Total arterial revascularization
Michael P. Vallely, J. James B. Edelman, Michael K. Wilson
Vol 2, No 3 (May 30, 2013): Aortic arch surgery (II)
Martin Czerny, Jürg Schmidli, Thierry Carrel, Michael Grimm
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Wilson Y. Szeto, Nimesh Desai, Caroline Komlo, Joseph E. Bavaria
Vol 2, No 2 (March 18, 2013): Aortic Arch Surgery (I)
Mohamad Bashir, Matthew Shaw, Michael Desmond, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mark Field, Aung Oo
Vol 2, No 1 (January 28, 2013): Aortic Valve Repair
Michel Van Dyck, David Glineur, Laurent de Kerchove, Gébrine El Khoury
Munir Boodhwani, Gebrine El Khoury, Laurent de Kerchove
Vol 1, No 4 (November 29, 2012): Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Stephane Collaud, Marc de Perrot
Vol 1, No 3 (September 26, 2012): Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Fabio Ramponi, Michael S. Stephen, Michael K. Wilson, Michael P. Vallely
Usman Jaffer, Richard Gibbs
Vol 1, No 2 (July 26, 2012): Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Michael P. Vallely, Martin Ng, Mark Adams, Michael Wilson
Alfredo Cerillo, Massimiliano Mariani, Sergio Berti, Mattia Glauber
Vol 1, No 1 (May 01, 2012): Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resection
Joel Dunning, William S. Walker
Joel Dunning, William S. Walker
