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Heart transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death

Antonio Loforte & Massimo Boffini, University of Turin, Italy. Free Submissions - closing February 19th 2024.
TAVR explant

Shinichi Fukuhara, Michigan, USA. Free submissions closing September 30th 2024
Robotic AVR

Vinay Badhwar, West Virginia, USA. Free submissions closing November 22nd 2024.

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Past issues

Vol 13, No 5 (September 29, 2024)
Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting II

Guest Editors: Gianluca Torregrossa, Pennsylvania, USA; Wouter Oosterlinck, Leuven, Belgium
Vol 13, No 4 (July 31, 2024)
Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting I

Guest Editors: Gianluca Torregrossa, Pennsylvania, USA; Wouter Oosterlinck, Leuven, Belgium
Vol 13, No 3 (May 31, 2024)
Aortic Annular Enlargement

Guest Editor: Bo Yang, Michigan, USA

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Current Issue: Vol 13, No 5 (September 2024)

Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting II

Systematic Review

The outcomes of robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in the Atlantic demographic—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Jemilla Strode Smith, Rowen Osborn, Winky Lo, Dominic Ng, Bridget Hwang, Justin Shaw, Benjamin T. Muston, Michael L. Williams, Aditya Eranki, Aashray Gupta, Lucy Manuel, Malgorzata Szpytma, Luca Borruso, Advait Pandya, David Downes

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Keynote Lecture Series

How to advance from minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting to totally endoscopic coronary bypass grafting: challenges in Europe versus United States of America

Michiel Algoet, Tom Melvin, Stepan Cerny, Johannes Bonatti, Sandeep Singh, Thierry Folliguet, Paul Modi, Ulrich Franke, Monica Gianoli, Alfonso Agnino, Filip Casselman, Wouter Oosterlinck

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Small incisions still require great anesthesia: anesthesiology techniques to enhance recovery in robotic coronary bypass grafting

Danny Feike Hoogma, Wouter Oosterlinck, Steffen Rex

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Embracing industry in the development of robotic coronary bypass grafting—the sun rises in the East

Senne De Groote, Nora Marain, Gianluca Torregrossa, Wouter Oosterlinck

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Editorial

How to start a robotic coronary bypass grafting program: suggestions from an experienced robotic-assisted coronary surgeon

Amalia A. Jonsson, Michael E. Halkos

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The role of robotic coronary artery bypass grafting in the current practice of surgical myocardial revascularization

Joeri Van Puyvelde, Massimo Baudo, Gianluca Torregrossa, Wouter Oosterlinck

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Art of Operative Techniques

Step-by-step technique of robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

MaryAnn C. Wertan, Serge Sicouri, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Massimo Baudo, Trisha A. Senss, Danielle Spragan, Gianluca Torregrossa, Francis P. Sutter

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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting

Johannes Bonatti, Syed Faaz Ashraf, Laura Seese, Catalin Toma, Danny Chu, Victor Morell

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How to robotically take down a mammary artery

Joshua S. Newman, Daniel Lambert, Stevan S. Pupovac, Nirav C. Patel

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Different styles in trocar placement in robotic-assisted beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting

Michiel Algoet, Husam H. Balkhy, Dries Dewulf, Wouter Oosterlinck

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Total endoscopic coronary artery bypass on a DaVinci Xi platform without an EndoWrist stabilizer combining the technology of GelPOINT Mini, AirSeal, and Octopus Nuvo

Gianluca Torregrossa, Amanda Yakobitis, Courtney Murray, Massimo Baudo

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Submissions

Submission information:

Surgical management is associated with improved survival for endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Shinichi Fukuhara, Taichi Suzuki, G. Michael Deeb, Gorav Ailawadi, Himanshu J. Patel, Bo Yang, Sami El-Dalati

Published online: 12 November 2024

Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of national registries

Vincenzo Tarzia, Matteo Ponzoni, Danila Azzolina, Luca Vedovelli, Nicola Pradegan, Dario Gregori, Gino Gerosa

Published online: 12 November 2024

The anesthetist perspective: optimization of cardiac allograft from withdrawal of life support to reperfusion in the controlled donation after circulatory death

Marinella Zanierato, Antonio Rubino

Published online: 11 November 2024

A critical evaluation of donor heart offer acceptance in the United Kingdom

Nicole Asemota, John Louca, Marco Oechsner, Luke Williams, Simon Messer, Alex Manara, Joao Nunes, Aravinda Page, Stephen Large

Published online: 07 November 2024

Normothermic regional perfusion and donation after circulatory death heart-lung procurement

Vincenzo Tarzia, Matteo Ponzoni, Giovanni Lucertini, Nicola Pradegan, Demetrio Pittarello, Gino Gerosa

Published online: 06 November 2024

Ethical considerations in controlled donation after circulatory death

Stephen Clark

Published online: 30 October 2024

The impact of technology—use of hypothermic machine perfusion: the next standard of care for controlled donation after circulatory death allograft preservation?

Franklin Rosenfeldt, Silvana Marasco

Published online: 14 October 2024

The current state of transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant: an updated systematic review

Michel Pompeu Sá, Eishan Ashwat, Xander Jacquemyn, Danial Ahmad, James A. Brown, Derek Serna-Gallegos, Asishana Osho, Jordan P. Bloom, Ibrahim Sultan

Published online: 11 October 2024

Heart transplantation following donation after euthanasia

Vincent Tchana-Sato, Gregory Hans, Janne Brouckaert, Olivier Detry, Oceane Jaquet, Mai-Linh Nguyen Trung, Arnaud Ancion, Katrien Vandendriessche, Johan Van Cleemput, Marc Gilbert Lagny, Filip Rega, Didier Ledoux

Published online: 29 September 2024

Thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation: a bridge from DCD to “DBD-like” donation

Massimo Boffini, Matteo Marro, Erika Simonato, Marinella Zanierato, Antonio Loforte, Mauro Rinaldi

Published online: 27 September 2024

Australian outcomes from heart transplantation in the machine perfusion era

Yashutosh Joshi, Campbell MacLean, Sam Emmanuel, Katherine Wang, Claudio Soto, Jeanette Villanueva, Ling Gao, Aoife Doyle, Sanjay Dutta, Jianxin Wu, Nikunj Vaidhya, Emily Granger, Alasdair Watson, Mark Connellan, Arjun Iyer, Paul Jansz, Peter Macdonald

Published online: 06 September 2024

Electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts donated after circulatory death

Jorik H. Amesz, Mark F. A. Bierhuizen, Sanne J. J. Langmuur, Dwight Dumay, Olivier C. Manintveld, Yannick J. H. J. Taverne, Natasja M. S. de Groot

Published online: 30 August 2024

Adult cardiac transplantation utilizing donors after circulatory death

Tanisha Rajah, David Blitzer, Scott Silvestry, Hannah Copeland

Published online: 23 August 2024

Heart and multiple organ transplantation from donation after circulatory death using mobile normothermic regional perfusion and cardiac surgery extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation team out of the hub transplant centre

Sofia Martin-Suarez, Luca Botta, Giuseppe Barberio, Filippo Londi, Costanza Fiaschini, Davide Pacini

Published online: 14 August 2024

Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience

Kyle S. Bilodeau, Sarah Y. Park, Elizabeth Bashian, Jason Zakko, Michael T. Cain, Jessica Y. Rove, T. Brett Reece, Joseph C. Cleveland, Jordan R. H. Hoffman

Published online: 15 July 2024