Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vol 9, No 3 (May 29, 2020): Frozen Elephant Trunk

Mini-access branch-first total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure—how I do it

John D. L. Brookes, Tristan D. Yan

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Use of the frozen elephant trunk technique for type B aortic dissection and aberrant right subclavian artery: an anatomic repair of the “arteria lusoria”

Giacomo Murana, Luca Di Marco, Ciro Amodio, Antonino Costantino, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Alessandro Leone, Davide Pacini

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Frozen elephant trunk: debranch first technique

Paola Redaelli, Igor Belluschi, Luca Bertoglio, Alessandro Verzini, Roberto Chiesa, Alessandro Castiglioni

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Aortic arch replacement using the branch-first and frozen elephant trunk techniques

Michelle Kim, George Matalanis

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Total arch repair with frozen elephant trunk for type A acute aortic dissection: the “zone 0 arch repair” strategy

Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takayuki Kadohama, Daichi Takagi

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Aortic valve sparing and hybrid arch frozen elephant trunk repair for mega-aortic syndrome

Fadi Hage, Ali Hage, Jill Gelinas, Adam Power, Michael W. A. Chu

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Normothermic frozen elephant trunk surgery without circulatory arrest: how we do it in Ancona

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

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Arch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection using a single fenestrated frozen elephant trunk technique

Homare Okamura, Mamoru Arakawa, Atsushi Miyagawa, Yuichiro Kitada, Hideo Adachi

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Vol 9, No 4 (July 28, 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement I

Step-by-step rapid deployment Intuity Elite implantation using a minimally invasive endoscopic approach

Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Massimo Sella, Loris Salvador

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Sutureless aortic valve replacement and direct Sapien 3 valve-in-valve implantation: a challenging case

Carlo Savini, Gregorio Gliozzi, Carlo Mariani, Daniela Votano, Alessandro Leone, Davide Pacini

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Vol 9, No 2 (March 30, 2020): Total Artificial Heart

Transitioning to total artificial heart for patients supported with short term mechanical circulatory devices

Guillaume Lebreton, Hamed Al Kalbani, Charles Juvin, Pascal Leprince

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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

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

Tricuspid valve endocarditis

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

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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

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Aortic root endocarditis: a Biointegral Bioconduit subannular implantation

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

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Multiple valve endocarditis: a Hemi-Commando procedure

Jan Vojacek, Pavel Zacek, Jiri Ondrasek

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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

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Surgical aortic valve replacement due to infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the self-expanding Portico valve prosthesis

Yukiharu Sugimura, Shintaro Katahira, Rene Lopez Lopez, Philipp Rellecke, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari

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Vol 8, No 5 (September 24, 2019): Type A Intramural Hematoma

Surgery for acute proximal non-communicating aortic dissection without intimal tears (intramural hematoma)

Yutaka Okita

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Hybrid arch frozen elephant trunk repair for acute type A intramural hematoma

Fadi Hage, Ali Hage, Michael W. A. Chu

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Repair of type A aortic intramural hematoma with ascending and hemiarch reconstruction using circulatory arrest and retrograde cerebral perfusion

Roland Assi, Mary A. Siki, Nimesh D. Desai, Joseph E. Bavaria

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Percutaneous endovascular repair of acute type A intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta

Ali Khoynezhad

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Use of the frozen elephant trunk technique for type A intramural hematoma

Luca Di Marco, Giacomo Murana, Alessandro Leone, Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, Ciro Amodio, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Davide Pacini

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

Surgical debranching for endovascular arch penetrating ulcer management

Tim Smith, Emma van der Weijde, Robin H. Heijmen

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Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B intramural hematoma

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

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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

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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

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Quadricuspid aortic valve repair

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

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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

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Surgical repair of concomitant ventricular septal defect and aortic cusp prolapse or aortic regurgitation, also known as the Laubry-Pezzi syndrome

Margaux Pontailler, Régis Gaudin, Anne Moreau de Bellaing, Olivier Raisky

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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

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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

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

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

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Truncal valve repair and other aortic pediatric valves

Ismail Bouhout, Nancy Poirier

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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

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Valve sparing root replacement: reimplantation of the aortic valve

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

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

Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) lobectomy

Giye Choe, Bernard Park

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Management of robotic bleeding complications

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

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Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Erkan Kaba, Tugba Cosgun, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker

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Four-arm robotic sleeve right upper lobectomy

Marion Durand

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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

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Minimally invasive transatrial mitral valve replacement in mitral annular calcification

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

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Transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification (transseptal valve-in-MAC)

Mayra Guerrero, Mackram Eleid, Thomas Foley, Sameh Said, Charanjit Rihal

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Robotic mitral valve repair: standardized repair strategy ensures consistent results

Hikaru Ishii, Mao Ting, Nai-Hsin Chi

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LAMPOON transseptal mitral valve in ring

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

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Transcatheter trans-septal mitral valve-in-valve implantation

Vivian G. Ng, Susheel Kodali, Isaac George

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

Concomitant use of Impella while on peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: de-escalate and ambulate

Letizia Fausta Bertoldi, Luca Bertoglio, Federico Pappalardo

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for right ventricular support in left ventricular assist device recipients

Julia Riebandt, Roxana Moayedifar, Günther Laufer, Daniel Zimpfer

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Preoperative and intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation adoption for long-term left ventricular assist device implantation

Bujar Maxhera, Nihat Firat Sipahi, Alexander Albert, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Diyar Saeed

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Percutaneous pulmonary artery venting via jugular vein while on peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation running: a less invasive approach to provide full biventricular unloading

Antonio Loforte, Massimo Baiocchi, Gregorio Gliozzi, Giuditta Coppola, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Roberto Lorusso

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Vol 7, No 5 (September 30, 2018): Coronary Revascularisation—Surgical Developments and Future Prospects

Transit time flow measurement in composite arterial revascularisation

R. John L. Brereton

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Harmonic scalpel harvest of bilateral internal thoracic arteries

Teresa M. Kieser

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Robotic-assisted bilateral internal thoracic artery harvest

Francis P. Sutter, MaryAnn C. Wertan

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Robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass

Ludovic Melly, David Douglas, Jean-Luc Jansens

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Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECAB) of the left anterior descending and right coronary artery system using an arterial Y-graft technique

Johannes Bonatti, Laszlo Göbölös, Jehad Ramahi, Thomas Bartel

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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

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On-pump total arterial revascularization

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

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

Classic hybrid arch debranching (type I hybrid arch repair) without circulatory arrest

G. Chad Hughes

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Modified branched reverse frozen elephant trunk repair for failed TEVAR

Shinichi Fukuhara, Eric E. Roselli

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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

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Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk (Thoraflex)

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

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Endovascular arch replacement with an endoprosthesis with three inner branches

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

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

Tracheal stenosis—resection and reconstruction

Hugh G. Auchincloss, Douglas J. Mathisen

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Surgical management of tracheoesophageal fistula

Asishana Osho, Uma Sachdeva, Cameron Wright, Ashok Muniappan

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Carinal resections

Leonidas Tapias, Michael Lanuti

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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