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Vol 13, No 6 (November 30, 2024): Heart Transplantation In Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death I
Vincenzo Tarzia, Matteo Ponzoni, Danila Azzolina, Luca Vedovelli, Nicola Pradegan, Dario Gregori, Gino Gerosa
Vol 13, No 5 (September 29, 2024): Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting II
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
Vol 13, No 4 (July 31, 2024): Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting I
Bridget Hwang, Justin Ren, Katherine Wang, Michael L. Williams, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 13, No 3 (May 31, 2024): Aortic Annular Enlargement
Dustin Tanaka, Dominique Vervoort, Amine Mazine, Lina Elfaki, Jennifer C. Y. Chung, Jan O. Friedrich, Maral Ouzounian
Vol 13, No 2 (March 29, 2024): Atrial Fibrillation Management II
Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Dominic Ng, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Aashray K. Gupta
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Jemilla Strode Smith, Dominic Ng, Benjamin T. Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams, Nathan Ussher, Aashray K. Gupta
Vol 13, No 1 (January 30, 2024): Atrial Fibrillation Management I
Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Christian Wilson-Smith, Michael Williams, Matthew Doyle, Martin Misfeld
Benjamin T. Muston, James Bilbrough, Aditya Eranki, Christian Wilson-Smith, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith
Vol 12, No 6 (November 27, 2023): Aortic Disease in Women
Nitish Bhatt, Rodolfo V. Rocha, Farid Foroutan, Michael W. A. Chu, Maral Ouzounian, Daniyal N. Mahmood, Jennifer Chia-Ying Chung
Vol 12, No 5 (September 28, 2023): Spinal Cord Protection
Benjamin T. Muston, James Bilbrough, Ymer Bushati, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Martin Misfeld, Tristan Yan
Talal Alzghari, Kevin R. An, Lamia Harik, Mohamed Rahouma, Arnaldo Dimagli, Roberto Perezgorvas-Olaria, Michelle Demetres, Gianmarco Cancelli, Giovanni Soletti Jr, Christopher Lau, Leonard N. Girardi, Mario Gaudino
Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Henry Jiang, Vinh Dat David Nguyen
Vol 12, No 4 (July 31, 2023): Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations II
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Jemilla Strode Smith, Dominic Ng, Benjamin T. Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams
Vol 12, No 3 (May 31, 2023): Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations I
Stefano Mastrobuoni, Pascal J. Govers, Kevin M. Veen, Jama Jahanyar, Silke van Saane, Antonio Segreto, Luca Zanella, Laurent de Kerchove, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg, Bardia Arabkhani
Vol 12, No 2 (March 31, 2023): Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery II
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Naomi Anning, Benjamin Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Tristan D. Yan, James Ephraums
Vol 12, No 1 (January 31, 2023): Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery I
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Naomi Anning, Benjamin Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Diego G. Rivas, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 11, No 6 (November 29, 2022): Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery II
Michael L. Williams, Aditya Eranki, Andrew Mamo, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Bridget Hwang, Ramanen Sugunesegran, Tristan Yan, Emiliano Navarra, T. Sloane Guy, Johannes Bonatti
Vol 11, No 5 (September 30, 2022): Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery I
Michael L. Williams, Bridget Hwang, Linna Huang, Ashley Wilson-Smith, John Brookes, Aditya Eranki, Tristan D. Yan, T. Sloane Guy, Johannes Bonatti
Vol 11, No 4 (July 29, 2022): Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Harish Kamalanathan, Amanda Yung, Michael L. Williams, Prachi Sahai, Caroline Zi, Hector Michelena
Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Henry Jiang, Owen Martin, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith
Vol 11, No 3 (May 31, 2022): Surgical & Non-Surgical Management of Mechanical Complications of AMI
Campbell D. Flynn, Paraskevi Morris, Lucy Manuel, Matteo Matteucci, Daniele Ronco, Giulio Massimi, Federica Torchio, Roberto Lorusso
Sarah Yousef, Ibrahim Sultan, Helena M. VonVille, Kevin Kahru, George J. Arnaoutakis
Giulio Massimi, Matteo Matteucci, Mariusz Kowalewski, Daniele Ronco, Federica Jiritano, Cesare Beghi, Paolo Severgnini, Roberto Lorusso
Brandon E. Ferrell, Diana C. Jimenez, Danial Ahmad, Kabir Malkani, Jake L. Rosen, Gabriel Gaw, Konstadinos A. Plestis, T. Sloane Guy, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Daniele Ronco, Claudio Corazzari, Matteo Matteucci, Giulio Massimi, Michele Di Mauro, Justine M. Ravaux, Cesare Beghi, Roberto Lorusso
Vol 11, No 2 (March 31, 2022): PTE in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Disease
John D. L. Brookes, Crystal Li, Sally T. W. Chung, Elizabeth M. Brookes, Michael L. Williams, Nicholas McNamara, Sofia Martin-Suarez, Antonio Loforte
Vol 10, No 6 (November 28, 2021): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions I
Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Benjamin Muston, Harish Kamalanathan, Amanda Yung, Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Prachi Sahai, Aditya Eranki
Vol 11, No 1 (January 24, 2022): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions II
Michael L. Williams, Madeleine de Boer, Bridget Hwang, Bruce Wilson, John Brookes, Nicholas McNamara, David H. Tian, Timothy Shiraev, Ourania Preventza
Vol 10, No 5 (September 29, 2021): Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve
Mackram F. Eleid, Charanjit S. Rihal, Mayra E. Guerrero
Vol 10, No 4 (July 30, 2021): Ross Procedure
Campbell D. Flynn, Joshua H. De Bono, Benjamin Muston, Nivedita Rattan, David H. Tian, Marco Larobina, Michael O’Keefe, Peter Skillington
Morgan K. Moroi, Emile A. Bacha, David M. Kalfa
Vol 10, No 3 (May 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure II
James Farag, Kei Woldendorp, Nicholas McNamara, Paul G. Bannon, Silvana F. Marasco, Antonio Loforte, Evgenij V. Potapov
Elizabeth J. Maynes, Jonathan S. Gordon, Matthew P. Weber, Thomas J. O’Malley, Tyler M. Bauer, Chelsey T. Wood, Rohinton J. Morris, Louis E. Samuels, John W. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Vol 10, No 2 (March 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure I
Nicholas McNamara, Harry Narroway, Michael Williams, John Brookes, James Farag, David Cistulli, Paul Bannon, Silvana Marasco, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte
Bufan Zhang, Shaohua Guo, Jie Ning, Yiai Li, Zhigang Liu
Vol 10, No 1 (January 29, 2021): Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Nicholas A. Oh, Polydoros N. Kampaktsis, Michele Gallo, Alvise Guariento, Viktoria Weixler, Steven J. Staffa, Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, Andrea Colli, Ilias P. Doulamis
Vol 9, No 5 (September 30, 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement II
Campbell D. Flynn, Michael L. Williams, Adam Chakos, Lucy Hirst, Benjamin Muston, David H. Tian
Kei Woldendorp, Mathew P. Doyle, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Tristan D. Yan, Giuseppe Santarpino, Paolo Berretta, Marco Di Eusanio, Bart Meuris, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Pierluigi Stefàno, Niccolò Marchionni, Jacqueline K. Olive, Tom C. Nguyen, Marco Solinas, Giacomo Bianchi
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