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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery features narrated videos provided by renowned surgeons. This section is designed to be a detailed “how to” multimedia manual for operative procedures.

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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

Vol 4, No 6 (November 30, 2015): Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Surgery (I)

Subxiphoid video-assisted thorascopic thymectomy for thymoma

Marcin Zieliński, Mariusz Rybak, Michal Wilkojc, Edward Fryzlewicz, Tomasz Nabialek, Juliusz Pankowski

Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Federico Rea, Marco Schiavon, Giuseppe Marulli

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy

Marco Scarci, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli

Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy

David Bleetman, Douglas West, Elaine Teh, Eveline Internullo

Thoracoscopic diaphragm plication

H. Volkan Kara, Michael J. Roach, Stafford S. Balderson, Thomas A. D’Amico

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

Sub-valvular repair of ischemic mitral regurgitation in a patient with severe tethering of mitral leaflets

Giampiero Esposito, Giangiuseppe Cappabianca, Samuele Bichi, Antonio Cricco, Camillo Poloni, Cesare Beghi

Contemporary application of the edge-to-edge repair

Alberto Pozzoli, Luca Vicentini, Michele De Bonis, Giovanna Di Giannuario, Giovanni La Canna, Ottavio Alfieri

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

Transapical off-pump mitral valve repair with Neochord Implantation (TOP-MINI): step-by-step guide

Andrea Colli, Fabio Zucchetta, Gianluca Torregrossa, Erica Manzan, Eleonora Bizzotto, Laura Besola, Roberto Bellu, Cristiano Sarais, Demetrio Pittarello, Gino Gerosa

Mitral valve repair with neo-chordae

Denis R. Merk, Friedrich W. Mohr, Joerg Seeburger

Off-pump transapical neo-chordae implantation

Denis R. Merk, Audrius Aidietis, Joerg Seeburger

Vol 4, No 5 (September 25, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (III)

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

David procedure through an upper partial sternotomy

Malakh L. Shrestha, Anna Junge, Axel Haverich, Andreas Martens

Aortic valve replacement with a rapid deployment Edwards Intuity bioprosthesis using a completely video-guided approach

Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Alessandro Favaro, Massimo Bilotta, Loris Salvador

Minimally invasive David reimplantation of bicuspid aortic valve

Jaroslav Benedik, Fanar Mourad, Mareike Eißmann (Perrey), Heinz Jakob

Minimally invasive root surgery: a Bentall procedure through a J-ministernotomy

Marco Di Eusanio, Sebastiano Castrovinci, Mariano Cefarelli, Paolo Berretta, Jacopo Alfonsi, Giacomo Murana, Roberto Di Bartolomeo

Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement (TEAVR)

Marco Vola, Jean-François Fuzellier, Salvatore Campisi, Michael Faure, Jean-Baptiste Bouchet, Fabrizio Sandri, Michel Cler, Jean-Pierre Favre, Daniel Grinberg

Sorin Perceval S aortic valve implantation through a mini-sternotomy approach

Giuseppe Santarpino, Francesco Pollari, Steffen Pfeiffer, Theodor Fischlein

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

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

Surgical implantation of the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Michele Gallo, Giacomo Bortolussi, Jonida Bejko, Carlo Dal Lin, Gianluca Torregrossa, Roberto Bianco, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

Jarvik 2000: evolution of surgical implantation from conventional to minimally invasive technique

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Carlo Dal Lin, Michele Gallo, Giacomo Bortolussi, Jonida Bejko, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

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

Implantation of the HeartWare HVAD: from full sternotomy to less invasive techniques

Vincenzo Tarzia, Edward Buratto, Michele Gallo, Giacomo Bortolussi, Jonida Bejko, Roberto Bianco, Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa

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

Hybrid arch repair in chronic B dissection

Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Antonio Panataleo, Giovanni Pellicciari, Mariano Cefarelli, Marco Di Eusanio

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

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

How I do it: minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV procedure

Lindsey L. Saint, Christopher P. Lawrance, Jeremy E. Leidenfrost, Jason O. Robertson, Ralph J. Damiano Jr
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