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

Thoracoscopic thymectomy in a patient with pemphigus

Ashleigh Xie, Tristan D. Yan

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Subxiphoid video-assisted thorascopic thymectomy for thymoma

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

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Video-assisted transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Laura Donahoe, Shaf Keshavjee

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Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Federico Rea, Marco Schiavon, Giuseppe Marulli

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy

Marco Scarci, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy

David Bleetman, Douglas West, Elaine Teh, Eveline Internullo

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Thoracoscopic diaphragm plication

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

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

Haircut mitral valve repair: posterior leaflet-plasty

W. Randolph Chitwood Jr

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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

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Contemporary application of the edge-to-edge repair

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

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The new butterfly technique—a sophisticated repair method for posterior leaflet prolapse

Tohru Asai, Tomoaki Suzuki, Takeshi Kinoshita

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

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair using a semi-rigid annuloplasty ring with a new chordal sizing system: the Memo3D ReChord

Mattia Glauber, Matteo Ferrarini, Antonio Miceli

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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

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Mitral valve repair with neo-chordae

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

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Off-pump transapical neo-chordae implantation

Denis R. Merk, Audrius Aidietis, Joerg Seeburger

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

Mitral valve repair with decalcification of the annulus and pericardial patch repair via the trans-septal approach

Masashi Ura

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Classic resectional technique for mitral valve repair: triangular resection via right anterior thoracotomy

Elizabeth Pocock, Peter I. Tsai, Sandeep Markan, Scott A. Weldon, Todd K. Rosengart

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Complex surgical repair of rheumatic mitral stenosis

Taweesak Chotivatanapong, Piyawat Lerdsomboon, Vibhan Sungkahapong

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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair through a right minithoracotomy approach

Robert A. Sorabella, Michael Argenziano

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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

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Mini-Bentall procedure and hemi-arch replacement

Tristan D. Yan

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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

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Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement using the Perceval S sutureless valve

Martin Misfeld

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Minimally invasive David reimplantation of bicuspid aortic valve

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

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Medtronic 3f Enable implantation through right anterior thoracotomy

Andreas Vötsch, Otto Dapunt

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Minimally invasive rapid deployment Edwards Intuity aortic valve implantation

Michael A. Borger

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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

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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

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

Giuseppe Santarpino, Francesco Pollari, Steffen Pfeiffer, Theodor Fischlein

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

Right anterior minithoracotomy for aortic valve replacement

Antonio Miceli, Matteo Ferrarini, Mattia Glauber

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Concomitant minithoracotomy aortic and mitral valve surgery: the minimally invasive “Miami Method”

Joseph Lamelas

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Interventions on the aortic valve and proximal thoracic aorta through a minimally invasive approach

Eric E. Roselli

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Reoperative aortic valve replacement through upper hemisternotomy

Igor Gosev, Maroun Yammine, Marzia Leacche, Vladimir Ivkovic, Siobhan McGurk, Lawrence H. Cohn

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Right infra-axillary mini-thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement

Toshiaki Ito, Atsuo Maekawa, Satoshi Hoshino, Yasunari Hayashi

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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

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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

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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

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Technique for implantation of HeartMate II left ventricular assist device with concurrent mitral and tricuspid valve repair

Amit Pawale, Irina Plotkina, Anelechi C. Anyanwu

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

Central cannulation (aortic and pulmonary artery) and sequential clamping from distal to proximal in the surgical management of chronic type B dissection utilizing hypothermic circulatory arrest

Mohamad Bashir, Matthew Fok, Aung Oo

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TEVAR for complicated acute type B dissection with malperfusion

Guido H.W. van Bogerijen, David M. Williams, Himanshu J. Patel

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

Optimization of distal landing zone for TEVAR in chronic dissection

Eric E. Roselli

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Hybrid arch repair in chronic B dissection

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

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Open repair in chronic type B dissection with connective tissue disorders

Michael J. Jacobs, Geert Willem Schurink

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

Double sleeve uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer

Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Maria Delgado, Eva Fieira, Ricardo Fernandez

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VATS segmentectomy utilizing the Copenhagen approach

René Horsleben Petersen, Henrik Jessen Hanse

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Minimally invasive VATS left upper lobe apical trisegmentectomy

Harmik J. Soukiasian, Robert J. McKenna Jr

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VATS segmentectomy for pulmonary metastasis

Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan

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Single incision video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomic segmentectomy

Diego Gonzalez-Rivas

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Thoracoscopic superior segmentectomy

Jacob R. Moremen, Betty C. Tong, DuyKhanh P. Ceppa

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Nonintubated thoracoscopic segmentectomy—left upper lobe trisegmentectomy

Ming-Hui Hung, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Ya-Jung Cheng, Jin-Shing Chen

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Totally thoracoscopic left upper lobe tri-segmentectomy

Dominique Gossot

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

Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation—Wolf Mini Maze procedure

Randall Wolf, Sandra Burgess

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Epicardial treatment of concomitant atrial fibrillation in non-mitral valve surgery

Mark La Meir, Simon Schietekatte, Ines van Loo

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

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair: the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Technique—tips for safely negotiating the learning curve

Paul Modi

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Video-atlas on robotically assisted mitral valve surgery

Bryan Bush, L. Wiley Nifong, Hazaim Alwair, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr

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Optimizing outcomes of robotic mitral valve repair for all prolapse anatomy: the Suri-Burkhart technique

Rakesh M. Suri, Harold M. Burkhart

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Central aortic cannulation for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right minithoracotomy

Mattia Glauber, Michele Murzi, Marco Solinas

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Minimally invasive repair of posterior leaflet mitral valve prolapse with the “respect” approach

Patrick Perier, Wolfgang Hohenberger, Fitsum Lakew, Gerhard Batz, Anno Diegeler

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Video-atlas on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery—The David Adams technique

Javier G. Castillo, Federico Milla, Anelechi C. Anyanwu, David H. Adams

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Video-atlas on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery—the Mohr technique

Martin Misfeld, Friedrich W. Mohr

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

Aortic root and total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk procedure, using a Thoraflex Hybrid Graft

Tristan D. Yan, Mark Field, David H. Tian, Mohamad Bashir, Aung Oo

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Sun’s procedure for chronic type A aortic dissection: total arch replacement using a tetrafurcate graft with stented elephant trunk implantation

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

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Facilitated surgical strategy in total arch replacement and descending aorta stent grafting with the E-vita open hybrid prosthesis

Heinz Jakob

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Frozen elephant trunk surgery using the Vascutek Thora-flex hybrid prosthesis

Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Mariano Cefarelli, Gianluca Folesani, Marco Di Eusanio

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Frozen elephant trunk surgery using the E-vita open plus prosthesis

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

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Angioscopy as a supplement to frozen elephant trunk treatment

Konstantinos Tsagakis

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Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique

Ourania Preventza, Raed Al-Najjar, Scott A. LeMaire, Scott Weldon, Joseph S. Coselli

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

Endoscopic harvesting of the left internal mammary artery

Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Gianluigi Bisleri

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Endoscopic radial artery harvesting procedure for coronary artery bypass grafting

José L. Navia, Gabriel Olivares, Paul Ehasz, A. Marc Gillinov, Lars G. Svensson, Nicolas Brozzi, Bruce Lytle

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Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using skeletonized in situ arterial grafts

Tohru Asai, Tomoaki Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nota, Satoshi Kuroyanagi, Takeshi Kinoshita, Noriyuki Takashima, Masato Hayakawa, Shiho Naito

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

Techniques for repair of retrograde aortic dissection following thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Nimesh D. Desai

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Total arch replacement using antegrade cerebral perfusion for distal aortic arch aneurysm

Yutaka Okita

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Total endograft replacement of aortic arch

Simon Neequaye, Cherrie Z. Abraham

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Aortic arch/elephant trunk procedure with Sienna^TM graft and endovascular stenting of thoraco-abdominal aorta for treatment of complex chronic dissection

Randolph H.L. Wong, Max Baghai, Simon C.H. Yu, Malcolm J. Underwood

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Total arch replacement with separated graft technique and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion

Teruhisa Kazui

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

Total arch replacement with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion and mild hypothermic circulatory arrest

Tohru Asai, Tomoaki Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nota, Satoshi Kuroyanagi, Takeshi Kinoshita, Noriyuki Takashima, Masato Hayakawa, Shiho Naito

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Continuous perfusion “Branch-first” aortic arch replacement: a technical perspective

Sean D. Galvin, George Matalanis

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

Valve-sparing aortic root reimplantation and cusp repair in bicuspid aortic valve: with aortic insufficiency and root aneurysm

Joseph E. Bavaria, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Caroline Komlo, Wilson Y. Szeto

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Video-atlas of aortic valve repair

Saadallah Tamer, Laurent de kerchove, David Glineur, Gebrine Elkhoury

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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

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Root remodeling for aortic root dilatation

Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Diana Aicher

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

Video-atlas of radical pleurectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Servet Bölükbas, Michael Eberlein, Joachim Schirren

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Todd L. Demmy

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Video-atlas of extrapleural pneumonectomy

Valerie W. Rusch

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

Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy: The Edinburgh posterior approach

Jonathan Oparka, Tristan D. Yan, Jennifer M.J. Richards, William S. Walker

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Video-atlas of thoracoscopic formal lung resections emulating traditional open techniques - Editor’s comments

Kumud Dhital

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A video-atlas of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy using a standardized three-port anterior approach

Henrik J. Hansen, René H. Petersen

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VATS lymph node dissection

Gavin M. Wright

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A complete video-atlas of five robotic-assisted lobectomies

Bernard J. Park

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Video-atlas of thoracoscopic formal lung resections emulating traditional open techniques

Todd L. Demmy

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

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

Video-atlas of transapical aortic valve implantation

David M. Holzhey, Thilo Noack, Denis R. Merk, Joerg Seeburger, Michael A. Borger

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