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Vol 9, No 1 (January 29, 2020): Lung Transplantation

Sternotomy for lung transplantation: a description of technique

Antonio Coppolino, Gita N. Mody, Daniel Rinewalt, Emily Polhemus, Steve K. Singh, Hari R. Mallidi

Vol 8, No 6 (November 29, 2019): Endocarditis

Tricuspid valve endocarditis

Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger, Bettina Pfannmüller

Infective aortic valve endocarditis with root abscess formation: a mitral sparing root-Commando operation

Eduard Quintana, Carlos A. Mestres, Elena Sandoval, Cristina Ibáñez, Mathias Van Hemelrijck, José Luis Pomar

Aortic root endocarditis: a Biointegral Bioconduit subannular implantation

Marco Di Eusanio, Paolo Berretta, Jacopo Alfonsi, Mariano Cefarelli

Minimally invasive approach for infective mitral valve endocarditis

Karel M. Van Praet, Markus Kofler, Simon H. Sündermann, Matteo Montagner, Roland Heck, Christoph Starck, Christof Stamm, Stephan Jacobs, Jörg Kempfert, Volkmar Falk

Vol 8, No 4 (July 01, 2019): Type B Intramural Hematoma and Descending Penetrating Aortic Ulcer

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B intramural hematoma

A. Claire Watkins, Andreas R. de Biasi, Shinichi Iwakoshi, Yukihisa Ogawa, Michael D. Dake

Vol 8, No 3 (May 01, 2019): Advanced Techniques in Aortic Valve Repair

Valve sparing root replacement: remodeling root repair with aortic ring annuloplasty

Pouya Youssefi, Isabelle Di Centa, Nizar Khelil, Mathieu Debauchez, Emmanuel Lansac

Isolated aortic valve repair—how to do it and long-term results: external ring annuloplasty

Mustafa Zakkar, Pouya Youssefi, Isabelle Di Centa, Nizar Khelil, Mathieu Debauchez, Emmanuel Lansac

Quadricuspid aortic valve repair

Stefano Mastrobuoni, Gaby Aphram, Saadallah Tamer, Emiliano Navarra, Laurent De Kerchove, Gebrine El Khoury

Minimally invasive bicuspid aortic valve repair with external ring annuloplasty

Oleg I. Orlov, Vishal N. Shah, Cinthia P. Orlov, Vasily I. Kaleda, Konstadinos A. Plestis

Aortic valve repair for tri-leaflet aortic insufficiency associated with asymmetric aortic root aneurysms

George T. Stavridis, Richard S. Downey, Marc W. Gerdisch, G. Chad Hughes, Marek J. Jasinski, J. Scott Rankin, Domenico Mazzitelli, Diana Aicher, Theodor Fischlein, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Alberto Weber, Ivar Friedrich, Mattia Glauber, Steffen Pfeiffer, Antonio Miceli, Ming-Sing Si, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Lawrence M. Wei, Marek A. Deja, Vinay Badhwar

Minimally invasive aortic valve reconstruction with autologous pericardium: how we do it

Dinh H. Nguyen, Anh T. Vo, Trang T. Nguyen, Khoi M. Le, Binh Q. Truong, Bac H. Nguyen

Unicuspid valve repair—what technique, which patch for which patient?

Shunsuke Matsushima, Christian Giebels, Maximilian Glenske, Irem Karliova, Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Isolated aortic valve repair—how to do it and long-term results: suture annuloplasty

Ulrich Schneider, Shunsuke Miyahara, Christian Giebels, Irem Karliova, Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Valve sparing root replacement: reimplantation of the aortic valve

Gaby Aphram, Saadallah Tamer, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Gebrine El Khoury, Laurent de Kerchove

Vol 8, No 2 (March 30, 2019): Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Management of robotic bleeding complications

Pierluigi Novellis, Mehmood Jadoon, Umberto Cariboni, Edoardo Bottoni, Alessandro Pardolesi, Giulia Veronesi

Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Erkan Kaba, Tugba Cosgun, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker

Vol 7, No 6 (November 30, 2018): Emerging Technologies in Mitral Valve Surgery

Transcatheter mitral repair: MitraClip technique

Basel Ramlawi, Jeffrey Skiles, Debra Myers, Omar Ali, Claudia Viens

Minimally invasive transatrial mitral valve replacement in mitral annular calcification

Alexander P. Nissen, Joseph Lamelas, Isaac George, Juan Umana-Pizano, Tom C. Nguyen

LAMPOON transseptal mitral valve in ring

Norihiko Kamioka, Jaffar M. Khan, Robert J. Lederman, Peter Block, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, Adam B. Greenbaum

Vol 8, No 1 (January 01, 2019): Extracorporeal Life Support in Refractory Heart Failure

Vol 7, No 4 (July 31, 2018): Coronary Revascularisation—Cardiology for the Surgeon

Multiple arterial, minimally invasive coronary surgery (MA-MICS)

David R. Hobson, Kevin W. Lobdell, Joseph T. McGinn

On-pump total arterial revascularization

Sajjad Raza, Salil V. Deo, Joseph F. Sabik III

Vol 7, No 3 (May 31, 2018): Complex Aortic Arch Surgery

Double transposition and single branched TEVAR for total arch replacement in chronic dissection

Nimesh D. Desai, Grace Wang, Ashley Hoedt, Wilson Szeto, Joseph E. Bavaria

Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk (Thoraflex)

Luca Di Marco, Davide Pacini, Giacomo Murana, Carlo Mariani, Ciro Amodio, Roberto Di Bartolomeo

Endovascular arch replacement with an endoprosthesis with three inner branches

Stéphan Haulon, Raphael Soler, A. Claire Watkins, Philippe Amabile, Elie Fadel, Dominique Fabre

Vol 7, No 2 (March 31, 2018): Tracheal Surgery

Tracheal stenosis—resection and reconstruction

Hugh G. Auchincloss, Douglas J. Mathisen

Surgical management of tracheoesophageal fistula

Asishana Osho, Uma Sachdeva, Cameron Wright, Ashok Muniappan

Carinal resections

Leonidas Tapias, Michael Lanuti

Vol 7, No 1 (January 31, 2018): Heart Transplantation

Standard orthotopic heart transplantation

Jérôme G. M. Jungschleger, Sergey Yu Boldyrev, Vasily I. Kaleda, John H. Dark

Vol 6, No 6 (November 30, 2017): Marfan Syndrome

Two-Stage Elephant Trunk approach for open management of distal aortic arch and descending aortic pathology in patients with Marfan syndrome

Camilo A. Velasquez, Mohammad A. Zafar, Ayman Saeyeldin, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Adam J. Brownstein, Young Erben, Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades

Valve-sparing versus composite root replacement procedures in patients with Marfan syndrome

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

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Marfan syndrome: how we do it

Rana O. Afifi, Akiko Tanaka, Ibrahim Yazji, Hazim J. Safi, Anthony L. Estrera

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome—the Homburg experience

Ulrich Schneider, Tristan Ehrlich, Irem Karliova, Christian Giebels, Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Aortic valve repair in patients with Marfan syndrome—the “Brussels approach”

Stefano Mastrobuoni, Saadallah Tamer, Emiliano Navarra, Laurent de Kerchove, Gebrine El Khoury

Vol 6, No 5 (September 30, 2017): Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Trans-subclavian approach for transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Daniel Richard Watson, Steven Joseph Yakubov, Jefferson Morton Lyons, Carlos Enrique Sanchez Soto, Nathan Howard Kander, Anthony Theodore Chapekis, Arash Arshi, Aref Mahmoud Abou-Amro, Geoffrey B. Blossom

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with aortic regurgitation

Matthias Thielmann, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Mohamad El Gabry, Heinz Jakob, Daniel Wendt

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the transaortic approach

Michael Caskey, Hao Pan, Merrick Kirshner, Timothy Byrne, Divya Ratan Verma, James Flaherty, Andrei Churyla

Transcarotid approach for TAVI: an optimal alternative to the transfemoral gold standard

Pavel Overtchouk, Ibrahim Alqdeimat, Augustin Coisne, Khalil Fattouch, Thomas Modine

Vol 6, No 4 (July 01, 2017): Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Vol 6, No 3 (May 31, 2017): Tricuspid Valve Surgery

Minimally invasive, beating heart tricuspid valve surgery in a redo case

Martin Misfeld, Piroze Davierwala, Jörgen Banusch, Jörg Ender, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Bettina Pfannmüller

Vol 6, No 2 (March 01, 2017): Esophageal Surgery

Robotic esophagectomy: the Moffitt Cancer Center experience

Marisa Amaral, Jose Pimiento, Jacques P. Fontaine

Robotic assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE): the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center initial experience

Olugbenga T. Okusanya, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Nicholas R. Hess, Katie S. Nason, Manuel Villa Sanchez, Ryan M. Levy, Arjun Pennathur, James D. Luketich

Vol 6, No 1 (January 20, 2017): Robotic Heart Surgery (II)

Robotic mitral repair for Barlow’s disease with bileaflet prolapse and annular calcification using pericardial patch technique

Didier F. Loulmet, Michael S. Koeckert, Peter J. Neuburger, Robert Nampiaparampil, Eugene A. Grossi

Complex robotic correction for complex degenerative mitral valve disease

Danny Ramzy, Joshua Chung, Wen Cheng, Michele A. De Robertis, James Mirocha, Alfredo Trento

Vol 5, No 6 (November 25, 2016): Robotic Heart Surgery (I)

Vol 5, No 4 (July 01, 2016): Type A Aortic Dissection (II)

The direct aortic cannulation for acute type A aortic dissection

Tohru Asai, Tomoaki Suzuki, Takeshi Kinoshita, Reo Sakakura, Naoshi Minamidate, Piers Vigers

Valve sparing—aortic root replacement with the reimplantation technique in acute type A aortic dissection

Stefano Mastrobuoni, Laurent De Kerchove, Emiliano Navarra, Parla Astarci, Philippe Noirhomme, Gebrine El Khoury

Vol 5, No 3 (May 01, 2016): Type A Aortic Dissection (I)

Routine use of hemiarch during acute type A aortic dissection repair

Ibrahim Sultan, Jeremy McGarvey, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Nimesh D. Desai, Joseph E. Bavaria, Wilson Y. Szeto

Vol 5, No 1 (January 01, 2016): Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Surgery (II)

Minimally invasive radical thymectomy

Gopal Singh, Jason Glotzbach, Joseph Costa, Lyall Gorenstein, Mark Ginsburg, Joshua Sonett

Video assisted transaxillary first rib resection in treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)

H. Volkan Kara, Stafford S. Balderson, Betty C. Tong, Thomas A. D’Amico

Robotic surgery for posterior mediastinal pathology

Brett L. Broussard, Benjamin Wei, Robert J. Cerfolio
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