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Vol 4, No 6 (November 30, 2015): Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Surgery (I)
Ashleigh Xie, Richard Tjahjono, Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 4, No 5 (September 25, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (III)
Sohaib A. Virk, Arunan Sriravindrarajah, Douglas Dunn, Kevin Liou, Hugh Wolfenden, Genevieve Tan, Christopher Cao
Vol 4, No 3 (May 28, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (I)
Andrew B. Goldstone, William L. Patrick, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Chiaka N. Aribeana, Rita Popat, Y. Joseph Woo
Vol 4, No 2 (March 29, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (II)
Kevin Phan, David H. Tian, Christopher Cao, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan
Kevin Phan, Yi-Chin Tsai, Nithya Niranjan, Denis Bouchard, Thierry P Carrel, Otto E Dapunt, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Theodor Fischlein, Borut Gersak, Mattia Glauber, Axel Haverich, Martin Misfeld, Peter J Oberwalder, Giuseppe Santarpino, Malakh Lal Shrestha, Marco Solinas, Marco Vola, Tristan D. Yan, Marco Di Eusanio
Vol 4, No 4 (July 13, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (II)
Christopher Cao, Hugh Wolfenden, Kevin Liou, Faraz Pathan, Sunil Gupta, Thomas A. Nienaber, David Chandrakumar, Praveen Indraratna, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 3, No 6 (November 30, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (II)
Ashleigh Xie, Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 3, No 5 (September 26, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (I)
Mattias Neyt, Ann Van den Bruel, Yolba Smit, Nicolaas De Jonge, Joan Vlayen
Vol 4, No 1 (January 20, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (I)
Kevin Phan, Ashleigh Xie, Yi-Chin Tsai, Deborah Black, Marco Di Eusanio, Tristan D. Yan
Kevin Phan, Jessie J. Zhou, Nithya Niranjan, Marco Di Eusanio, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 3, No 4 (July 25, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (II)
David H. Tian, Ramesh P. De Silva, Tom Wang, Tristan D. Yan
Mauro Gargiulo, Claudio Bianchini Massoni, Enrico Gallitto, Antonio Freyrie, Santi Trimarchi, Gianluca Faggioli, Andrea Stella
Vol 3, No 3 (May 31, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (I)
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Ilias Dalainas, John Kakisis, Thomas Kotsis, Christos D. Liapis
Ludovic Canaud, Elsa Madeleine Faure, Baris Ata Ozdemir, Pierre Alric, Matt Thompson
Vol 3, No 2 (March 31, 2014): Sublobar Resection
Christopher Cao, Sunil Gupta, David Chandrakumar, David H. Tian, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 3, No 1 (January 28, 2014): Atrial fibrillation surgery
Katherine Kearney, Rowan Stephenson, Kevin Phan, Wei Yen Chan, Min Yin Huang, Tristan D. Yan
Kevin Phan, Ashleigh Xie, David H. Tian, Kasra Shaikhrezai, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 2, No 6 (November 29, 2013): Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
J. James B. Edelman, Michael Seco, Ben Dunne, Shannon J. Matzelle, Michelle Murphy, Pragnesh Joshi, Tristan D. Yan, Michael K. Wilson, Paul G. Bannon, Michael P. Vallely, Jurgen Passage
Michael Seco, Christopher Cao, Paul Modi, Paul G. Bannon, Michael K. Wilson, Michael P. Vallely, Kevin Phan, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich Mohr, Tristan D. Yan
Christopher Cao, Sunil Gupta, David Chandrakumar, Thomas A. Nienaber, Praveen Indraratna, Su C. Ang, Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan
Benjamin Wan, Mohammad Rahnavardi, David H. Tian, Kevin Phan, Stine Munkholm-Larsen, Paul G. Bannon, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 2, No 5 (September 01, 2013): Frozen Elephant Trunk
David H. Tian, Benjamin Wan, Marco Di Eusanio, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 2, No 4 (July 30, 2013): Total arterial revascularization
Michael Seco, J. James B. Edelman, Tristan D. Yan, Michael K. Wilson, Paul G. Bannon, Michael P. Vallely
Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Kevin Wolak, Sheen Peeceeyen, Paul Bannon, Tristan D. Yan
Aaron J. Weiss, Shan Zhao, David H. Tian, David P. Taggart, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 2, No 3 (May 30, 2013): Aortic arch surgery (II)
David H. Tian, Benjamin Wan, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Scott A. LeMaire, Teruhisa Kazui, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, John A. Elefteriades, Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli, Randall B. Griepp, Friedrich W. Mohr, Aung Oo, Lars G. Svensson, G. Chad Hughes, Malcolm J. Underwood, Edward P. Chen, Thoralf M. Sundt, Tristan D. Yan
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Fotis Markatis, Thomas Kotsis, John Kakisis, Christos D. Liapis
Vol 2, No 2 (March 18, 2013): Aortic Arch Surgery (I)
David H. Tian, Benjamin Wan, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Scott A. LeMaire, Teruhisa Kazui, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, John A. Elefteriades, Joseph Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli, Randall B. Griepp, Friedrich W. Mohr, Aung Oo, Lars G. Svensson, G. Chad Hughes, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 2, No 1 (January 28, 2013): Aortic Valve Repair
Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Praveen Indraratna, Con Manganas, Paul Bannon, Deborah Black, David Tian, Tristan D. Yan
Richard Saczkowski, Tarek Malas, Laurent de Kerchove, Gebrine El Khoury, Munir Boodhwani
Vol 1, No 4 (November 29, 2012): Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Christopher Cao, David Tian, Con Manganas, Phoebe Matthews, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 1, No 1 (May 01, 2012): Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resection
Christopher Cao, Con Manganas, Su C. Ang, Tristan D. Yan
Vol 1, No 3 (September 26, 2012): Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Constantinos N. Antonopoulos, Christos D. Liapis
Vol 1, No 2 (July 26, 2012): Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
Mohammad Rahnavardi, Jaime Santibanez, Karan Sian, Tristan D. Yan
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