Current Issue: Vol 15, No 3 (May 2026)

Transcatheter & Surgical Management of Tricuspid Valve Disease: Multidisciplinary Lifetime Management Considerations II

Systematic Review

Sara Bombace, Federico Fortuni, Edoardo Zancanaro, Valeria Maria De Luca, Florian Schlotter, Karl-Philipp Rommel, Michele Di Mauro, Angelo Squeri, Erberto Carluccio, Gianluigi Condorelli, Anna Sannino, Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Philipp Lurz
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Timothy Lee, Sooyun Caroline Tavolacci, Percy Boateng, Ahmed El-Eshmawi
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Keynote Lecture Series

Ricky Patil, Matthew Kazaleh, Gorav Ailawadi
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Julien Dreyfus, David Messika-Zeitoun
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Matteo Sturla, Andrea Scotti, Azeem Latib
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Suzanne de Waha, Thilo Noack, Tobias Kister, Steffen Desch, Mateo Marín-Cuartas, Philipp Kiefer, Michael A. Borger
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Featured Articles

Piotr Mazur, Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Charlotte Wolff, Tobias Kister, Alexey Dashkevich, David Holzhey, Holger Thiele, Michael A. Borger, Philipp Kiefer, Thilo Noack
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Macit Bitargil, Mohammad Alomari, Osama Haddad, Si M. Pham, Richard C. Daly, Kevin P. Landolfo, Pankaj Garg, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed, Parag C. Patel, Basar Sareyyupoglu
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Johannes Schlegl, Christoph Edlinger, Marwin Bannehr, Michael Lichtenauer, Tanja Kücken, Alexander Krutz, Vera Paar, Michael Neuß, Anja Haase-Fielitz, Christian Butter
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Editorial

Domenico Angellotti, Jonas Lanz, Fabien Praz
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Silvia Corona, Walid Ben-Ali, Stephan von Bardeleben
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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Zara Dietze, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Philipp Kiefer, Alexey Dashkevich, David Holzhey, Michael A. Borger
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Victoria Ennen, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Udo Wagner, Markus Theurl, Daniel Höfer, Nikolaos Bonaros
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Varsha Subramaniam, Takayuki Onishi, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Lucy M. Safi
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Kristians Meidrops, Saeid Hosseini, Pēteris Stradiņš, Eduard Quintana, Carlos A. Mestres
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis

Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Praveen Indraratna, Con Manganas, Paul Bannon, Deborah Black, David Tian, Tristan D. Yan

A meta-analysis comparing bilateral internal mammary artery with left internal mammary artery for coronary artery bypass grafting

Aaron J. Weiss, Shan Zhao, David H. Tian, David P. Taggart, Tristan D. Yan

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: an epidemiological perspective

Benjamin M. Robinson

A meta-analysis of unmatched and matched patients comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and conventional open lobectomy

Christopher Cao, Con Manganas, Su C. Ang, Tristan D. Yan

Results of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Scott A. LeMaire, Matt D. Price, Susan Y. Green, Samantha Zarda, Joseph S. Coselli

Systematic review and meta-analysis: techniques and a guide for the academic surgeon

Kevin Phan, David H. Tian, Christopher Cao, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan

Why is the mammary artery so special and what protects it from atherosclerosis?

Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Kenichi Sakakura, Renu Virmani

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

John R. Frederick, Y. Joseph Woo

Anatomy of the aortic root: implications for valve-sparing surgery

Efstratios I. Charitos, Hans-Hinrich Sievers

Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory determined death

Aravinda Page, Simon Messer, Stephen R. Large

8th edition AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

Thomas W. Rice, Deepa T. Patil, Eugene H. Blackstone

Surgical anatomy of the trachea

Paul W. Furlow, Douglas J. Mathisen

Complications after aortic valve repair and valve-sparing procedures

Michel Van Dyck, David Glineur, Laurent de Kerchove, Gébrine El Khoury

Harvesting the radial artery

Arie Blitz, Robert M. Osterday, Richard F. Brodman

Illustrated techniques for transapical aortic valve implantation

Anson Cheung, Kevin M. Lichtenstein

Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery: state of the art and future directions

Mattia Glauber, Matteo Ferrarini, Antonio Miceli

Current AATS guidelines on surgical treatment of infective endocarditis

Gösta B. Pettersson, Syed T. Hussain

The role of echocardiography in aortic valve repair

Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, Michel van Dyck, Bernhard Gerber, David Vancraeynest, Julie Melchior, Christophe de Meester, Agnès Pasquet

Differences in manifestations of Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Josephina A. N. Meester, Aline Verstraeten, Dorien Schepers, Maaike Alaerts, Lut Van Laer, Bart L. Loeys

Valve sparing root replacement: the remodeling technique with external ring annuloplasty

Emmanuel Lansac, Isabelle Di Centa, Jan Vojacek, Jan Nijs, Jaroslav Hlubocky, Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Mathieu Debauchez

Patient selection for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: An interventional cardiology perspective

Darrren Mylotte, Giuseppe Martucci, Nicolo Piazza

Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy using a standardized three-port anterior approach - The Copenhagen experience

Henrik J. Hansen, René H. Petersen

Video-atlas of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Roberto Chiesa, Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, Luca Bertoglio, Enrico Rinaldi, Enrico Maria Marone, Yamume Tshomba

Total aortic arch replacement: current approach using the trifurcated graft technique

Scott A. LeMaire, Scott A. Weldon, Joseph S. Coselli

Sizing the aortic annulus

Alfredo Cerillo, Massimiliano Mariani, Sergio Berti, Mattia Glauber

The art of arterial revascularization—total arterial revascularization in patients with triple vessel coronary artery disease

Brian F. Buxton, Philip A. Hayward