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AVR through a manubrium only incision: Enoch Akowuah: This is a very interesting presentation on a Mini AVR using only an incision through the manubrium and coming out in the 2nd intercostal space. Part of the SCTS conference mediastore which is free for all to see at.

Adult Cardiac:

  1. CTSNet Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "What Does the Ideal CABG Look Like?"
  2. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation by Gabriel Loor, MD, Alexis Shafii, MD, Brian Lima, MD, and Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski, My dear 
  3. Skeletonization of the Internal Mammary Artery with the Harmonic Hook Blade by Teresa M. Kieser, MD and Kishan K. Narine, MD, PhD, FETCS
  4. Ross Procedure With Pulmonary Autograft Reinforcement by Enrique Garcia, MD, Mohammed Ly, MD and Emre Belli, My dear
  5. Adult Congenital Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Simple, Effective, and Reproducible Technique by Brian E. Kogon, MD, Joanne Grudziak, BS, Paul M. Kirshbom, MD, et al   Presented at the STSA 2010 Annual Meeting
  6. Current Techniques of Tricuspid Valve Repair by J. Scott Rankin, MD  Presented at the 2011 Society for Heart Valve Disease Meeting.
  7. A New Concept For Extensive Use of Neochordae: "The Folding Leaflet" by Rafael García-Fuster, M.D.
  8. Aortic Arch Replacement With Branched Dacron Graft And Antegrade Stent-Graft Deployment by Fabrizio Settepani, MD, Vittorio Pedicini, MD, Giuseppe Raffa, MD, et al
  9. Jarvik 2000 LVAD Implantation Through Median Sternotomy With Retroauricular Power Supply by Roberto Marsico, MD, Mohammed Nady, MD, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, MD, et al
  10. Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair, with Pre & Post-Op Echo Results by Jon-Cecil Martin Walkes, MD and Robert Hsu, MPAS, PA-C
  11. Techniques of Aortic Valve Repair by J. Scott Rankin MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2010 Annual Meeting
  12. Bicameral Repair of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm by Pankaj Goel, MD , Rajesh Arora, MD and Maninder Singh Sidhu, MD, et al
  13. Anterior Leaflet Mitral Repair Using the Chordae System Technique Through Minimal Access by Marcio Scorsin, MD, PhD, Ernesto Greco, MD, Giuseppe Vaccari, MD, et al 
  14. Mitral Valve Repair for Barlow’s Syndrome using Adjustable Artificial Chordal Replacement by J. Scott Rankin, MD.  
  15. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in a Patient with Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Sterling L. Humphrey, Matthew S. Slater, MD, Steven W. Guyton, MD, MHA, and Howard Kim Song, MD, PhD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2009 Annual Meeting 
  16. Mitral Valve Repair for Rheumatic Disease by J. Scott Rankin, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2009 Annual Meeting

Paediatric Cardiac

  1. Repair of an Aortopulmonary Window with Interrupted Aortic Arch byAlexander Kadner, MD, Henriette Brinks, Florian Schoenhoff, MD, et al
  2. (I,D,D) Segmental Anatomy with Ventricular Septal Defect, Mitral Valve Cleft and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Double Switch, Mitral Valve Repair, VSD Closure and Resection of Left Ventricular Outflow Tractby Joseph M. Forbess, MD and Poonam Thankavel, M.D.
  3. Valvuloplasty by Polytetrafluorethylene Leaflet Extensions for Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a 17-Year-Old Patient by Matej Nosá?, MD, PhD, Rudolf Poruban, MD, Michal Šagát, MD, PhD, et al   Presented at the STS 2011 Annual Meeting
  4. Aortic Translocation Operation with Minimal Prosthetic Material by Hisashi Nikaidoh, MD and Mary Jane Barth, M.D.
  5. Reverse Subclavian Flap and "Aorto-Pulmonary Window" Technique for Repair of Interrupted Aortic Arch and Common Arterial Trunk by Paolo Maria de Siena, MD, Serban Stoica, MD and Massimo Caputo, MD   A portion of this video first appeared in the journal, "Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery" 
  6. Unroofing Procedure for Correction of an Anomalous Right Coronary Artery From the Left Aortic Sinus by Alexander Kadner, MD, Florian Schoenhoff, MD and Thierry Carrel, My dear et al.
  7. Congenital Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis Repair by Mazyar Kanani, MD, Robert Yates, MD, Jan Marek, MD, and Martin Kostolny, My dear et al.

Thoracic Surgery

  1. CTSNet Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "Thoracic Mesothelioma"At the recent EACTS meeting Dr. Doug Wood led a discussion on the treatment of limited stage mesothelioma. Topics included MARS Trial, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, EPP, and P/D.
  2. Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) Lobectomy following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy by Thirugnanam Agasthian, M.D.
  3. Pediatric Left VATS Upper Lobectomy for Infected Congenital Cystic Malformation by Thirugnanam Agasthian, MD, 
  4. Routine Systematic Mediastinal Nodal Dissection During VATS Major Pulmonary Resections—The Southampton Technique by Khalid Amer, FRCS(C Th) 
  5. Precision Cautery Excision of Deep-Seated Lung Hamartoma by Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) by Thirugnanam Agasthian, MBBS, FRCS, MMed 
  6. Laparascopic Repair of Giant Type IV Paraesophageal Hernia by Gan H. Dunnington, Jr, MD, Leo Gazoni, MD, Bruce Schirmer, MD, and Benjamin David Kozower, MD, MPh   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2009 Annual Meeting
  7. Videothoracoscopic Decortication For Chronic Tuberculous Pleuritis by Cagatay Saim Tezel, My dear 
  8. Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy by Seth D. Force, MD and William Brent Keeling, My dear.
  9. Combined Video Assisted Lobectomy and En Bloc Vertebral Resection for a T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Felix G. Fernandez, MD and Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2009 Annual Meeting 


Miscellaneous (Including Vascular)

  1. A Novel Ultrasonic Bone Scalpel In Surgical Treatment Of Constrictive Pericarditis by Selim Isbir, MD, Koray Ak, MD, Özgür Gürsu, MD, and Sinan Arsan et al
  2. Right Axillary Artery Cannulation With Approach Through the Deltoid-pectoral Groove Using a Side Branch Graft by Domenico Calcaterra MD, PhD, Samad Hashimi MD, Joss Fernandez MD, and Mark Iannettoni My dear 
  3. Dacron Patch Aortoplasty for Descending Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm due to Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer by Saqib Masroor, MD, MHS, FACC and John C. Alexander, Jr., MD 


  1. Technique for Upper Sternal Allograft Implantation by Andrea Dell’Amore MD, Giampiero Dolci, MD, Nicola Cassanelli, MD, and Guido Caroli, My dear 


  1. A Modification of the RV-PA Conduit in the Sano to Reduce Conduit Obstruction by Kimberly L. Gandy, MD, PhD, Michael E. Mitchell, MD and James S. Tweddell, MD 
  2. Surgical Implantation of the Heartmate II Left Ventricular Assist Device by Duc Q. Nguyen, MD, Michael E. Halkos, MD and J. David Vega, MD 
  3. Dissection of Superior Mediastinum in Patients with left sided Hilar Lung Cancer by Alper Toker, MD, Serkan Kaya, MD, Suat Erus, MD, and Serhan Tanju, MD
  4. Reoperative Bentall Procedure and Aortic Arch Replacement by George Tolis, Jr, MD 
  5. Artificial Chordal Replacement in Complex Mitral Valve Repair by J. Scott Rankin, MD   Presented at the Society for Heart Valve Disease Meeting in Berlin, June 2009 
  6. Left Lower Lobe Sleeve Resection for a Carcinoid Tumor by Andrew F. Pierre, MD, MSc and Marcelo Cypel, MD, MSc 
  7. The Use of Nitinol Clips in Cardiac Surgery: A New Method of Sternal Closure by Nicolas Nikolaidis, MD, MRCSEd, Geoffrey Tsang, MD FRCS(CTh) and Sunil K. Ohri, MD, FRCS 
  8. Intraoperative Angioscopy for Endoscopic Veins: A Simple Quality Control Measure by John H. Braxton, MD, Christopher Ryan, MS, PAC, Angus Christie, MD, et al 
  9. Repair of Double Aortic Arch by Mazyar Kanani, MRCS, Martin J. Elliott, MD, FRCS , Carin van Doorn, MD, et al 
  10. Biological Bentall with Biovalsalva Conduit by Sofia Martin Suarez, MD and Roberto Di Bartolomeo, MD 
  11. Surgical Repair of Common Arterial Trunk In a 2.6 kg Newborn Without a Conduit by Matej Nosá?, MD , Pavel Valentík, MD, Ikenna Chima Omeje, MD, PhD, et al   EACTS Film Session 2008 Annual Meeting 
  12. Pulmonary Endoarterectomy without Circulatory Arrest and Deep Hypothermia by Sofia Martin Suarez, MD, Piero Maria Mikus, MD, Giorgio Arpesella, MD, et al 
  13. Thoracoscopic Resection of Esophageal Leiomyoma by Eugene Y. Chang, MD,Kyle A. Perry, MD, Thai H. Pham, MD, et al 
  14. Carinal Resection via Median Sternotomy by Christine L. Lau, MD, Ryan C. Fields, MD and G. Alexander Patterson, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  15. Thoracoscopic (VATS) Enucleation of a Proximal Esophageal Leiomyoma by Virginia R. Litle, MD, Scott J. Swanson, MD, Todd Scott Weiser, MD, and Jaime Yun, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  16. Closure of coronary fistula in a 79-year-old patient: a hybrid approach byEdgar Daeter, MD, Helmut Gehlman, MD, Erwin S. Zegers, MD, et al 
  17. Robotic Repair of Cor Triatriatum by Edward M. Bender, MD, Jeffrey Steele, MD and David Rotolo, CSA 
  18. Cardiac Autotransplantation for Left Atrial Tumors by Shanda Haley Blackmon, MD and Michael J. Reardon, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  19. Off-Pump Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation by Andreas Zierer, MD and Mirko Doss, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  20. Thoracoscopic Repair of Circumflex Right Aortic Arch by Bassem N. Mora, MD  STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  21. Laparoscopic Repair of a Morgani Hernia in an Adult by Michael J. Weyant, MD  STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  22. Ross Reversal: Returning the Pulmonary Autograft to its Native Position by Kristopher M. George, MD, Michael J. Flynn, MD and Gosta Petterson, MD   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  23. Heart Lung Machine (Setting up the extracorporeal circulation) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  24. Aortic Valve Bypass Surgery: Beating Heart Therapy for Aortic Stenosis by James S. Gammie, MD, Mary J. Santos, PA-C and Ethan Hagan, MS   STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  25. Intramural haematoma of the thoracic aorta. Aortic arch replacement + elephant trunk with antegrade selective cerebral perfusion and moderate hypothermia by Marco Di Eusanio, MD, PhD 
  26. Pulmonary Artery Sleeve Resection and Angioplastic Reconstruction in Left Upper Lobe Cancer by Pablo Gamez, MD and David Gomez, MD 
  27. Off Pump Repair of a Pulmonary Artery Sling by Mohamed-Adel Fetouh Elgamal, MD
  28. Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement Utilizing Minimal Extracorporealby Alaaddin Yilmaz, MD and Atiq Rehman, MD 
  29. Robotically-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair: Triangular Resection of the Posterior Leaflet by Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, Lynn Seto, MD, M. Gillinov, MD, and B. Savage, MD   STS Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  30. Repair of Retrograde Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection After TEVAR Using the Modified Elephant Trunk Technique by Anthony L. Estrera, MD, A. Azizzadeh, MD, S. Coogan, MD, et al   STS Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  31. Right Mini-Thoracotomy for Mitral Valve Repair by Alan Marc Gillinov, MD, Sekar S. Bhavani, MS, FRCS, Kristopher M. George, MD, et al   STS Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  32. Left Ventricular Apico-Aortic Conduit by Heyman Luckraz, FRCS, Adam Szafranek, MD, Christine NH Tan, MD, and Peter A. O'Keefe, MS, FRCS 
  33. Robot-Assisted Transthoracic Esophagolymphadenectomy for a Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer by Dae Joon Kim, MD, Chang Young Lee, MD , Jingu Lee, MD , and Seok Jin Haam, MD 
  34. Aortic Root and Mitral Valve Replacement for Destructive Endocarditis: Reconstruction of the Aorto-Mitral Curtain by Thomas Yeh, MD, Reenu S. Eapen, MD and Hisashi Nikaidoh, MD   STS Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting 
  35. Aortic Translocation (Nikaidoh Operation) for d-TGA, VSD and Subpulmonary Stenosis by Frank A. Pigula, MD   STS Surgical Motion Picture 2008 Annual Meeting
  36. "Buzzing the Maze" Radiofrequency Microbipolar Coagulation to Replace Cox's Maze III Incisions by Anil M. Patwardhan, MS 
  37. Repair of Mitral Valve Prolapse Using Artificial Chordal Replacement by J. Scott Rankin, MD, Ricardo E. Orozco MD and Calvin A. Burrichter, MD   American Heart Association 2007 
  38. Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in a six year old Child with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Loeys-Dietz Syndrome by Luca A. Vricella, MD, FACS and Duke Edward Cameron, MD 
  39. Repair of a Symptomatic Bochdalek Hernia in the Adult by John Alfred Carr, MD 
  40. Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Using the Haircut Technique by Michael W. A. Chu, MD, FRCSC, Karen Gersch, M.D., L. Wiley Nifong, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr  STSA 2007 
  41. Combined Open Proximal and Stent Graft Distal Repair for Complex Arch Aneurysm by Andreas Zierer, MD, Luis A. Sanchez, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD  STSA 2007 
  42. Left Thoracoscopic Thymectomy with "Da Vinci" Robotic System in Patient with Non-thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis by Federico Rea, MD, Giuseppe Marulli, MD and Luigi Bortolotti, MD 
  43. Aortic Valve Replacement with Stentless Autologous Gluteraldehyde Treated Pericardium by A. Sampath Kumar, MD and Carlos MG Duran, MD, PhD 
  44. Thorascopic Resection of a Posterior Mediastinal Neurogenic Tumor by John Alfred Carr, MD 
  45. Ebstein's Anomaly Repair (Modified Danielson Technique) by Vijit Koshy Cherian, MD, Alpha Kavunkai, MD, Jayavelan Ramkumar, MD, and Gangahanumaiah Shivanand, MD 
  46. Mitral Valve Repair in Barlow's Disease by V. Bautista-Hernandez, MD and V. Roques-Escolar 
  47. ALCAPA Repair by Martin Kostolny, MD and Victor Tsang, MD
  48. Minimally Invasive Beating Heart MVR in Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Saquib Masroor, MD, MHS 
  49. Thoracoscopic Mitral Valve Repair in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Case of Chordal Tethering by Saqib Masroor, MD, MIIS and John Alexander, MD 
  50. Subclavian Artery to Left Anterior Descending Artery By-Pass via Left Anterior Small Thoracotomy ("Last Procedure") by Domenico Calcaterra, MD,Marco Ricci, MD, Anthony L. Panos, MD, et al 
  51. Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage by Mahesh S. Sharma, MD, Victor T. Tsang, MD, Muhammed Nuri, MD, and Martin Kostolny, MD 
  52. Modified Senning and Rastelli Procedures with Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis by Kristine J. Guleserian, MD, Reenu S. Eapen, MD, Michael Spann, MD, et al   STSA 2006 
  53. Bi-Directional Glenn Shunt by A. Sampath Kumar, MD and Sachin Talwar, MS, MCh 
  54. Unilateral Thoracoscopic Microwave Ablation Procedure by Daniel J. Beckman, MD 
  55. Repair of TAPVC Cardiac Type by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  56. Resection of Subaortic Membrane by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  57. Trans Aortic Repair of TOF by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  58. Trans Atrial Repair of TOF by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  59. Robotically Assisted Repair of a Partially Avulsed Papillary Muscle Secondary to Blunt Trauma by Clifton C. Reade, MD, Alan P. Kypson, MD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, and W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD   STSA 2006 
  60. Surgical Ventricular Restoration by Lois Nwakanma, MD, Jason Williams, MD, Nishant Patel, MD, and John V. Conte, MD   STSA 2006 
  61. Repair of the Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve by Karl F. Welke, MD, Irving Shen, MD and Ross M. Ungerleider, MD   STSA 2006 
  62. Repair of an Extent II Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Marfan's Patient with Previous Thoracic Aortic Stenting by Hazim J. Safi, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Eyal Porat, MD, et al   STSA 2006 
  63. DaVinci(TM) Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Anterior Leaflet Bacterial Endocarditis by Evelio Rodriguez, MD, Simon C. Moten,  MD, L. Wiley Nifong, MD, and W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD   STSA 2006 
  64. Total Aortic Arch Replacement for Recurrent Mycotic Pseudo-Aneurysm in 5 Year Old Following Fontan Procedure by Christian L. Gilbert, MD   STSA 2006 
  65. The First Totally Stentless and Reproducible Autologous Pericardial Valve by Giles Dreyfus, MD   STS 2006 
  66. Complete Lymph Node Dissection Under VATS for Lung Cancer by Hyun-Sung Lee, MD, PhD, Suk-Won Song, MD, Jon Mog Lee, MD, et al   STSA 2006 
  67. Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Marfan Syndrome with Type A Dissection by Andreas Zierer, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD   STSA 2006 
  68. Surgical Treatment of Multiple Intra-Cardiac and Pulmonary Artery Tumor Implants Embolic from Uterine Intravascular Leiomyomatosis by Raul Garcia Rinaldi, MD, Jose Perez Hernandez, MD, Alma R. Corbala, MD, et al 
  69. Switch - Procedure by Pascal R. Vouhe, MD and Alexander Kadner, MD 
  70. Combined Open-Endovascular Hybrid Approach for Aortic Arch Aneurysm and Chronic Type-B Aortic Dissection by George Tolis Jr., MD, Richard M. Green, MD, Vicken Pamoukian, MD, et al   STS 2006 
  71. Repair of Rheumatic Mitral and Aortic Valve (AV + MV Repair) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  72. Replacement of the Thoraco Abdominal Aorta Using a Multi-Branched Arm Graft in a Marfan Patient by Hazim J. Safi, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Eyal Porat, MD, et al   STSA 2005 
  73. Isolated Anterior Mitral Leaflet Cleft by A. Sampath Kumar, MD
  74. Repair of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  75. Thoracoscopic LITA Harvesting by Tomasz Hrapkowicz, MD and Gianluigi Bisleri, MD 
  76. Berlin Heart: Bi-Ventricular Assist Device by Christopher W. Baird, MD, Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD, Meena Nathan, MD, and Frank Pigula, MD 
  77. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with Atresia of the Ascending Aorta by Joseph Forbess, MD, Reenu S. Eapen, MD and William A. Scott, MD   STSA 2005 
  78. AVR Preparation and Considerations by Jacob DeLaRosa, MD and Janice Koehler, PA-C 
  79. Reconstructive Surgery for Tricuspid Incompetence by A. Sampath Kumar, MD
  80. Open Extraction of Incorporated Tracheal Stent by Albert S. Y. Chang, MD, Thomas R. Gildea, MD and Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD 
  81. Repair of Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  82. Minimally Invasive Management of Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenomas by James Cohen, MD, Chris Komanapalli, MD and Mithran Sukumar, MD
  83. Norwood Procedure by Pascal R. Vouhe, MD and Alexander Kadner, MD 
  84. A Modification of the Ross Procedure to Prevent Autograft Dilation by Uttam Tripathy, MD, Christopher Komanapalli, MD, Karl F. Welke, MD, et al   STSA 2005
  85. Excision of Left Atrial Myxoma by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  86. Repair of Atrio Ventricular Septal Defect by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  87. Myocardial Revascularisation (CABG) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  88. Mitral Valve Replacement & Tricuspid Valve Repair (Transeptal Approach) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  89. Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Fibrosis by Cliff K.C. Choong, MD, Bryan Fitch Meyers, MD and G. Alexander Patterson, MD   Presented 2005 STSA 
  90. Off-Pump Hybrid Total Arch Exclusion: The Antegrade Deployment Approach by George Tolis Jr., MD and Richard M. Green, MD 
  91. Closed Mitral Valvotomy (CMV) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  92. Transatrial & Transpulmonary Closure of VSD by A. Sampath Kumar, MD
  93. Direct Axillary Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass by George Tolis Jr., MD 
  94. Homograft Valve Banking (With Cryopreservation) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  95. Donor Lung Procurement by Cliff K. Choong, MD, Bryan F. Meyers, MD and G. Alexander Patterson, MD 
  96. Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis by Cliff K. Choong, MD, Bryan F. Meyers, MD and G. Alexander Patterson, MD 
  97. Bentall Operation with Aortic Homograft by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  98. Pericardiectomy for Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  99. Right Atrial Myxoma by Edward Bender, MD 
  100. Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection by A. Sampath Kumar 
  101. Repair of Ebstein's Anomaly by A. Sampath Kumar 
  102. Total Arch Replacement with Stage I Elephant Trunk Procedure by George Tolis Jr., MD 
  103. Videoscopic Second Repair of Mitral Valve (Barlow's) Using Two Annuloplasty Bands by Saquib Masroor, MD, L. Wiley Nifong, MD and W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD, FACS
  104. Operative Cryoablation of Atrial Fibrillation by Epicardial Approach by Prof. Sidney Chocron 
  105. Retro-Cardiac Ascending Aorta to Descending Aorta Bypass by Clifton C. Reade, MD, Theodore C. Koutlas, MD, FACS, Curtis E. Bower, MD, et al 
  106. Replacement of the Descending Thoracic Aorta in an Animal: A Totally Robotic Procedure by Eyal E. Porat, MD, Peter D. Herrera, BS, Roy Sheinbaum, MD, et al
  107. Repair of Rheumatic Mitral and Aortic Valve by A. Sampath Kumar, MD
  108. Transventricular Fixation of Papillary Muscles for Mitral Homograft Implantation in Tricuspid Position by Matthias Kirsch, MD, N. Costin Radu, MD and Daniel Loisance, MD 
  109. Modified Konno Procedure by Irving Shen, MD and Ross Ungerleider, MD
  110. Left Carinal Pneumonectomy with Partial Resection of Left Atrium on Cardiopulmonary Bypass by Hon Chi Suen and Bill B. Daily 
  111. Aortic Valve Replacement in a Beating Heart by Pierluca Lombardi, MD, Marco Ricci, MD, Fuad Moussa, MD, and Tomas Salerno, MD 
  112. Mitral Valve Replacement with a Prosthetic Valve by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  113. Repair of Myxomatous Mitral Valve by A. Sampath Kumar, MD
  114. Trans Aortic Double Valve Replacement by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  115. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Aortic Valve Re-implantation (David I Procedure) by George Tolis Jr., MD
  116. Valve Sparing Reimplantaion Procedure with the Gelweave Valsalva Graftby Sidney Chocron, MD 
  117. MVR on a Beating Heart Through Right Thoracotomy by Ciro Campanella, MD and Ali Asgar A. Behranwala, MD 
  118. Malignant Tachyarrhythmia Cured by Tumor Resection in a Patient with Giant Ventricular Lipoma by Erik Beyer, MD
  119. Sub-Total Arch Replacement by George Tolis Jr., MD 
  120. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Marfan Syndrome by David G. Affleck, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD 
  121. ASD Closure Through Right Thoracotomy by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  122. Pulmonary Autograft AVR by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  123. Off-Pump All-Arterial Coronary Bypass: Surgical Revascularization for the New Millennium by Jacob DeLaRosa, MD, Erez Sharoni, MD and John D. Puskas, MD
  124. Closed-Chest Thoracoscopic Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Claudio Muneretto, MD and Gianluigi Bisleri, MD 
  125. Tracheobronchial Translocation by John H. Calhoon, MD, R. Brent New, MD and Luis Angel, MD 
  126. Robotic MVR Utilizing Double Arm Nitinol U-Clips by Clifton C. Reade, MD, Curtis E. Bower, MD, B. Marcus Bailey, MD, et al 
  127. Combining Robotic MVR and Microwave Atrial Fibrillation Ablation by Clifton C. Reade, MD, Curtis E. Bauer, MD, Alan P. Kypson, MD, et al 
  128. Thorascopic Left Ventricular Lead Placement for Resynchronization Therapyby James R. Edgerton, MD, Mitchell Magee, MD, Michael Mack, MD, and Todd Dewey, MD 
  129. Aortic Valve Replacement with a Homograft (Scallopped Subcoronary Techique) by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  130. Mitral Valve Replacement with a Bioprosthesis by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  131. Mitral Valve Repair by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  132. Mitral Valve Replacement with a Pulmonary Autograft (Ross II Procedure)by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  133. Minimally Invasive-Robotic Microwave Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with Mitral Valve Repair by Clifton C. Reade, MD, Curtis E. Bauer, MD, Alan P. Kypson, MD, et al
  134. Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement with Annular Reconstruction for Native Valve Endocarditis by Nilto DeOliveira, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD 
  135. Aortic Valve Replacement with a Bioprosthesis by A. Sampath Kumar, MD 
  136. Off-pump Microwave Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation by David C. Kress, MD 
  137. Mitral Valve Repair and Radio Frequency Ablation of the Left Atrium by Donald A. Sisto, MD 
  138. Mitral Valve Anatomy and Morphology by G. L. van Rijk-Zwikker, MD
  139. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation by Jose L. Pomar, MD 
  140. Aortic Valve Replacement with Freestyle Bioprosthesis by Donald B. Doty, MD 
  141. Early Experience with a Quadrileaflet Stentless Mitral Valve by Britt Hofmann, MD 
  142. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to mitral valve anomaly by R. Calabr, MD
  143. Isolated four-chamber working swine heart model by Edward Chinchoy, MD 
  144. InVivo Flow Dynamics by Shiva Sharma, MD 
  145. Cine MRI of a Giant Carcinoid Tumor by S. Fischer, MD 
  146. Autotransplantation for Cardiac Sarcoma by Michael Reardon, MD 
  147. Valve Repair in Mitral Regurgitation Complicated by Severe Annulus Calcification by Choi-Keung Ng, MD 
  148. CABG in the Conscious Patient Without Endotracheal General Anesthesia by Haldun Y. Karagoz, MD 
  149. Partial Left Ventriculectomy for Salvage During ALCAPA Repair by Stephen Westaby, MD 
  150. Carinal Resection With Cardiopulmonary Bypass by Rodney J. Landreneau, MD 
  151. The Implantation Technique of the Quadrileaflet Stentless Mitral Valve by Romuald Cichon, MD 
  152. Mitral Homograft by Neal Kon, MD 
  153. Are We Implanting Half Valves? The Effect of Loss of Sinus Wall Compliance Upon Aortic Valve Longevity by Francis Robicsek, MD
  154. The Dartevelle Approach to Tumors by Joshua Sonett, MD
  155. Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair by Joseph Coselli, MD 
  156. Thorascopic Cardiac Procedures in Children by Redmond Burke, MD 
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