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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Video-atlas of aortic valve repair

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

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

Root remodeling for aortic root dilatation

Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Diana Aicher

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

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

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: a totally endovascular approach with a branched stent-graft

Marcelo Ferreira, Luiz Lanziotti, Rodrigo Cunha, Guilherme d’Utra

Video-atlas of hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Roberto Chiesa, Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, Luca Bertoglio, Enrico Rinaldi, Enrico Maria Marone, Yamume Tshomba

Video-atlas of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Roberto Chiesa, Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, Luca Bertoglio, Enrico Rinaldi, Enrico Maria Marone, Yamume Tshomba

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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