Art of Operative Techniques - Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Welcome to Art of Operative Techniques

Art of Operative Techniques is a featured section that publishes illustrated articles, describing the operative procedures in a step-by-step format.

You are welcome to provide commentary and discuss any of the published illustrated articles, via the Your Comments section. The Your Comments section will be available for general public viewing. If you wish to comment on an article in the Art of Operative Techniques, please locate the illustrated article, click on the Your Comments tab and email your letter directly to the Editor-in-Chief. The authors of the original publication will be given the opportunity to respond to your comments. Please note that letters submitted in the Your Comments section are limited to 500 words. Join in the discussion today! All accepted letters will be published online within 48 hours and selected letters will be published in the print journal.

Vol 4, No 4 (July 13, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (II)

The butterfly technique

Tohru Asai

Full Text (9971) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 4, No 3 (May 28, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (I)

Mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation

Jahan Mohebali, Frederick Y. Chen

Full Text (12659) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 4, No 2 (March 29, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (II)

Mini-Bentall procedure

Tristan D. Yan

Full Text (15288) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 4, No 1 (January 20, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (I)

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: the “Miami Method”

Joseph Lamelas

Full Text (16338) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 6 (November 30, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (II)

SynCardia: the total artificial heart

Gianluca Torregrossa, Anelechi Anyanwu, Fabio Zucchetta, Gino Gerosa

Full Text (11512) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 5 (September 26, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (I)

The Jarvik-2000 ventricular assist device implantation: how we do it

Fabio Zucchetta, Vincenzo Tarzia, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

Full Text (12774) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 4 (July 25, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (II)

Open fenestration for complicated acute aortic B dissection

Santi Trimarchi, Sara Segreti, Viviana Grassi, Chiara Lomazzi, Marta Cova, Gabriele Piffaretti, Vincenzo Rampoldi

Full Text (18370) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 3 (May 31, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (I)

Emergent treatment of aortic rupture in acute type B dissection

Santi Trimarchi, Sara Segreti, Viviana Grassi, Chiara Lomazzi, Carlo de Vincentiis, Vincenzo Rampoldi

Full Text (12134) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 2 (March 31, 2014): Sublobar Resection

Surgical atlas of thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy

Tristan D. Yan

Full Text (22876) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 3, No 1 (January 28, 2014): Atrial fibrillation surgery

Illustrated techniques for performing the Cox-Maze IV procedure through a right mini-thoracotomy

Jason O. Robertson, Lindsey L. Saint, Jeremy Leidenfrost, Ralph J. Damiano Jr

Full text | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 6 (November 29, 2013): Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Minimally invasive valve sparing mitral valve repair—the loop technique—how we do it

Stephan Jacobs, Simon H. Sündermann

Full text | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 5 (September 01, 2013): Frozen Elephant Trunk

Sun’s procedure for complex aortic arch repair: total arch replacement using a tetrafurcate graft with stented elephant trunk implantation

Wei-Guo Ma, Jun-Ming Zhu, Jun Zheng, Yong-Min Liu, Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades, Li-Zhong Sun

Full Text (15769) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 4 (July 30, 2013): Total arterial revascularization

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

Brian F. Buxton, Philip A. Hayward

Full Text (39087) | PDF | Open Access

Harvesting the radial artery

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

Full Text (68283) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 3 (May 30, 2013): Aortic arch surgery (II)

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

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

Full Text (41124) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 2 (March 18, 2013): Aortic Arch Surgery (I)

Surgical techniques of total arch replacement using selective antegrade cerebral perfusion

Yutaka Okita, Kenji Okada, Atsushi Omura, Hiroya Kano, Hitoshi Minami, Takeshi Inoue, Toshihito Sakamoto, Shunsuke Miyahara, Tomonori Shirasaka, Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Taimi Ohara, Yoshikatsu Nomura, Hidekazu Nakai

Full Text (18576) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 2, No 1 (January 28, 2013): Aortic Valve Repair

How to perform valve sparing reimplantation in a tricuspid aortic valve

Laurent de Kerchove, Zahra Mosala Nezhad, Munir Boodhwani, Gébrine El Khoury

Full Text (22464) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 1, No 4 (November 29, 2012): Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Extrapleural pneumonectomy and extended pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center approach

Valerie W. Rusch

Full Text (18031) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 1, No 3 (September 26, 2012): Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair with a branched graft

Kim I. de la Cruz, Scott A. LeMaire, Scott A. Weldon, Joseph S. Coselli

Full Text (30979) | PDF | Open Access

Open reconstruction of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms

Yutaka Okita, Atsushi Omura, Katsuaki Yamanaka, Takeshi Inoue, Hiroya Kano, Rei Tanioka, Hitoshi Minami, Toshihito Sakamoto, Shunsuke Miyahara, Tomonori Shirasaka, Taimi Ohara, Hidekazu Nakai, Kenji Okada

Full Text (14612) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 1, No 2 (July 26, 2012): Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation

Illustrated techniques for transapical aortic valve implantation

Anson Cheung, Kevin M. Lichtenstein

Full Text (58942) | PDF | Open Access

Vol 1, No 1 (May 01, 2012): Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resection

51 - 70 of 70 Items