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The Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery is under construction -
here is a listing of the LATEST content added to the site:

William Brawn
Interview on Surgical management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome at the Birmingham Children's Hospital
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Thierry Carrel
Interview on Aortic valve and/or aortic root replacement using an aortic homograft
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Mattia Glauber
Interview on Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via right minithoracotomy
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Viktor Hraska
Interview on Ross-Konno operation in children
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Franca Melfi
Interview on Robotic video lobectomy
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Lorenzo Spaggiari
Interview on Superior vena cava resection for lung and mediastinal malignancies
MMCTS (November 2, 2009). [Podcast]

Francesco Maisano, Raja Skantaraja, Paolo Denti, Andrea Giacomini and Ottavio Alfieri
Mitral annuloplasty
MMCTS (September 18, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003640. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Tomislav Mihaljevic, A. Marc Gillinov, Craig Jarrett, Lynn Seto, Robert Savage and Pierre DeVilliers
Endoscopic robotically-assisted mitral valve repair
MMCTS (September 14, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003608. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Gianluigi Bisleri and Claudio Muneretto
Endoscopic radial artery harvesting
MMCTS (September 7, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003780. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

George Rakovich, Jean Bussières and Eric Fréchette
Postpneumonectomy syndrome
MMCTS (August 31, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003475. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Angelo Graffigna, Stefano Branzoli, Stefano Sinelli and Mario Vigano
Incisional left atrial isolation for ablation of atrial fibrillation in mitral valve surgery
MMCTS (August 27, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003301. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Domingos S.R. Souza, Mikael Arbeus, Bruno Botelho Pinheiro and Derek Filbey
The no-touch technique of harvesting the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
MMCTS (July 31, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003624. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Alexander M. Fabricius, Timothy J. Jones, John Stickley, Oliver Stümper, Ashish Chikermane, Tarak Desai,
Paul Miller, Rami Dhillon, Joseph V. de Giovanni, John G. Wright, David J. Barron and William J. Brawn
Surgical management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome at the Birmingham Children's Hospital
MMCTS (July 24, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002378. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Podcast]

Munir Boodhwani, Laurent de Kerchove, David Glineur, Phillipe Noirhomme and Gebrine El Khoury
Repair of aortic valve cusp prolapse
MMCTS (July 2, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003806. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Thierry Carrel
Aortic valve and/or aortic root replacement using an aortic homograft
MMCTS (June 26, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2009.003905. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos with voice over] [Podcast]

Mark Groh
Off-pump epicardial high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing structural heart repair
MMCTS (June 18, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003061. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Marius Berman, Evgeny Pavlushkov, Essac Abraham, John Dunning, Steven Tsui, Roger Hall,
Andrew Klein, and David P. Jenkins
Pulmonary endarterectomy – an example of treatment of right ventricular after load failure
MMCTS (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003491. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Pascal A. Thomas, Adrian Gilardoni, Delphine Trousse, Xavier B. D'Journo, Jean-Philippe Avaro, Christophe Doddoli,
Roger Giudicelli and Pierre Fuentes
Colon interposition for oesophageal replacement
MMCTS (June 3, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002956. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Jamshid H. Karimov and Mattia Glauber
Commentary on aortic valve replacement through a right-sided anterior minithoracotomy access
MMCTS (May 8, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2009.003921. [Summary] [Full Text]

Robert J. Cerfolio and Ayesha S. Bryant
The quantification of postoperative air leaks
MMCTS (April 9, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003129. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Toni Lerut, Willy Coosemans, Herbert Decaluwé, Georges Decker, Paul De Leyn, Philippe Nafteux and Dirk Van Raemdonck
Zenker's diverticulum
MMCTS (February 24, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002881. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Gaetano Rocco, and Flavio Fazioli
Cryopreserved biomaterials for chest wall reconstruction
MMCTS (February 9, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003277. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Duccio Di Carlo, Yves Lecompte, Biagio Tomasco, Laurence Cohen and Pascal Vouhé
Surgery for malposition of the great arteries: the REV procedure
MMCTS (January 23, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003046. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Viktor Hraska, Joachim Photiadis, Christoph Haun, Ehrenfried Schindler, Martin Schneider, Peter Murin and Boulos Asfour
Pulmonary artery sling with tracheal stenosis
MMCTS (January 23, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003343. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Pascal Vouhé
Editorial commentary on pulmonary artery sling with tracheal stenosis
MMCTS (January 23 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003822. [Full Text]

Mattia Glauber, Jamshid H. Karimov, Pier Andrea Farneti, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Filippo Santarelli, Matteo Ferrarini,
Paolo Del Sarto, Michele Murzi and Marco Solinas
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via right minithoracotomy
MMCTS (January 22, 2009). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003350. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Podcast]

Philippe Nafteux, Willy Coosemans, Paul De Leyn, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Herbert Decaluwé, Georges Decker and Toni Lerut
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
MMCTS (December 5, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002931. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Interview on Myocardial protection
MMCTS (November 13, 2008). [Podcast]
Pascal Vouhé
Interview on Congenital heart disease
MMCTS (November 13, 2008). [Podcast]
Hani Shennib
Interview on Endovascular grafts for thoracic pathologies
MMCTS (November 13, 2008). [Podcast]
Christopher Komanapalli and Mithran S. Sukumar
Computer assisted surgical stapling
MMCTS (November 10, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003145. [Summary] [Full Text]

Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Polychronis Antonitsis and Christos Papakonstantinou
Innominate artery cannulation
MMCTS (October 6, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003418. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Elena Arnáiz, Dave Koolbergen, Alejandro Adsuar and Mark G. Hazekamp
Surgery for supravalvular aortic stenosis – the three-patch technique
MMCTS (September 15, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002329. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Mario Santini, Giovanni Vicidomini, Alfonso Fiorello, Paolo Laperuta and Luigi Busiello
Electrothermal bipolar tissue sealing systems in lung surgery
MMCTS (September 15, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003111. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Viktor Hraska, Joachim Photiadis, Rudolf Poruban, Peter Murin and Boulos Asfour
Ross-Konno operation in children
MMCTS (September 15, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003160. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Podcast]

Olivier Metton, Walid Ben Ali, Olivier Raisky and Pascal R. Vouhé
Modified Konno operation for diffuse subaortic stenosis
MMCTS (September 15, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003426. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Sylvain Chauvaud and Alain Carpentier
Ebstein's anomaly: the Broussais approach
MMCTS (June 26, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003038. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Francesco Maisano, Iassen Michev, Paolo Denti, Ottavio Alfieri and Antonio Colombo
Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the balloon expandable SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve device
MMCTS (June 26, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003087. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Dominique Gossot, Costin Radu, Mohamed Sadok Boudaya and Pierre Magdeleinat
Totally endoscopic anatomic pulmonary segmentectomies
MMCTS (June 26, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.003137. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Achim Häussler and René Prêtre
Surgical closure of a perimembranous ventricular septum defect with a running suture
MMCTS (May 23, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002410. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Gaetano Gargiulo, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Emanuela Angeli and Guido Oppido
Neonatal coarctation repair using extended end-to-end anastomosis
MMCTS (May 23, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002691. [Summary] [Full Text/videos]

Edwin C. McGee, Jr, Richard Lee, S. Chris Malaisrie and Patrick M. McCarthy
Tricuspid valve annuloplasty for functional regurgitation
MMCTS (May 23, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002766. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Hani Shennib, Marko Turina, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Julio Rodriguez-Lopez, Grayson Wheatley, III, Jacques Kpodonu and Edward Diethrich
Endovascular grafts for thoracic aortic pathologies
MMCTS (May 23, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003095. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Podcast]

Olivier Raisky, François Roubertie, Walid Ben Ali and Pascal R. Vouhé
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: surgical treatment
MMCTS (May 23, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003285. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

François Lacour-Gayet and Steven Goldberg
Surgical repair of truncus arteriosus associated with interrupted aortic arch
MMCTS (March 28, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002451. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Hyde M. Russell, Patrick M. McCarthy, Richard Lee, S. Chris Malaisrie and Edwin C. McGee Jr
Tricuspid valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve
MMCTS (March 28, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002774. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Michele De Bonis and Ottavio Alfieri
Editorial comment on valve repair for traumatic tricuspid regurgitation
MMCTS (March 28, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2008.003251. [Full Text]

Victor O. Morell and Peter D. Wearden
Nikaidoh operation for transposition of the great arteries with a ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis
MMCTS (February 20, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002337. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Achim Häussler and René Prêtre
Surgical correction of Ebstein anomaly: the Zurich approach
MMCTS (February 20, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002428 [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

S. Chris Malaisrie, Edwin McGee, Richard Lee, Patrick M. McCarthy and Gideon Cohen
Valve repair for traumatic tricuspid regurgitation
MMCTS (February 20, 2008). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002790. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo and Giorgio F. Coloni
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction
MMCTS (December 17, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002121. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Michel I.M. Versteegh and Andrew Tjon Jouk Tjien
Diaphragm plication in adult patients with diaphragm paralysis
MMCTS (December 17, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002568. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Evelio Rodriguez, Mamdouh Al-Ahmadi and Thomas L. Spray
Surgical approach to hyploplastic left heart syndrome – Norwood Stage I
MMCTS (December 17, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002733. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Dan Lindblom, Anders Albåge and Ulrik Sartipy
Surgery for ventricular tachycardia in patients undergoing surgical ventricular restoration
MMCTS (December 17, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002816. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Rossella Fattori and Vincenzo Russo
Degenerative aneurysm of the descending aorta. Endovascular treatmentr resection
MMCTS (December 17, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002824. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Giulia Veronesi, Francesco Leo, Piergiorgio Solli, Maria Elena Leon, Roberto Gasparri,
Domenico Galetta, Francesco Petrella, Alessandro Borri and Paolo Scanagatta
Anterior approach for Pancoast tumor resection
MMCTS (October 18, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001776. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Christian Schreiber, Jürgen Hörer, Manfred Vogt, Andreas Kühn, Paul Libera, Rüdiger Lange and Robert H. Anderson
The surgical anatomy and treatment of interatrial communications
MMCTS (October 18, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002386. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Mahesh S. Sharma, Martin Kostolny, Marc R. de Leval and Victor T. Tsang
Surgical approaches for single ventricle palliation
MMCTS (October 18, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002394. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Biruta Witte and Martin Hürtgen
Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy
MMCTS (October 18, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002576. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Mattia Glauber, Marco Solinasa and Jamshid Karimov
Technique for implant of the stentless aortic valve Freedom Solo
MMCTS (October 18, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002618. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Viktor Hraska, Joachim Photiadis and Claudia Arenz
Surgery for subvalvar aortic stenosis – resection of discrete subvalvar aortic membrane
MMCTS (July 23, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002303. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Gaetano Gargiulo, Guido Oppido, Emanuela Angeli and Carlo Pace Napoleone
Neonatal aortic arch surgery
MMCTS (July 23, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002345. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Ralph J. Damiano Jr and Marci Bailey
The Cox-Maze IV procedure for lone atrial fibrillation
MMCTS (July 23, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2007.002758. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Karen Harrison-Phipps, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols III, Mark S. Allen, Peter C. Pairolero and
Claude Deschamps
Conventional resection of pulmonary metastases
MMCTS (June 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001818. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Viktor Hraska, Joachim Photiadis and Claudia Arenz
Open valvotomy for aortic valve stenosis in newborns and infants
MMCTS (June 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002311. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Ludwig K. von Segesser
Perfusion techniques during surgery of the thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aorta: the veno-arterial bypass
MMCTS (June 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002535. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Hitendu Dave and René Prêtre
Pericardial patch reconstruction of the congenitally diseased aortic valve
MMCTS (May 7, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001354. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Klaus Kallenbach, Matthias Karck and Axel Haverich
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement: the inclusion (David) technique
MMCTS (May 7, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001917. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Marco Alifano and Jean-François Regnard
Sleeve pneumonectomy
MMCTS (May 7, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002113. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Jennifer C. Hirsch and Edward L. Bove
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
MMCTS (May 7, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002253. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Sridhar Rathinam, Pala B. Rajesh and Francis J. Collins
Chest wall and sternal resection and reconstruction
MMCTS (March 29, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001784. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Alessandro Santo Bortone, Emanuela de Cillis, Donato d'Agostino, Vito Paradiso and Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
Post-traumatic blunt rupture of the aorta: endo-aortic stenting therapy
MMCTS (March 29, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001966. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Maximilian A. Pichlmaier, Omke E. Teebken, Hassina Baraki and Axel Haverich
The frozen elephant trunk technique
MMCTS (March 29, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001990. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Reiner Körfer, Aly El Banayosy, Michiel Morshuis, Gero Tenderich, Nils Reiss and Latif Arusoglu
Total artificial heart-implantation technique using the CardioWest or the Thoratec system
MMCTS (March 29, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002485. [Summary] [Full Text]

Mattia Glauber, Andrea Farneti, Stefano Bevilacqua and Jamshid Karimov
Pump-assisted beating heart surgery
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000943. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Alain Pavie, Nils Reiss and Stéphane Aubert
Implantation technique of the Novacor left ventricular assist device
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001529. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Yutaka Okita, Yujiro Kawanishi, Keitaro Nakagiri, Hiroshi Tanaka, Masamichi Matsumori,
Mitsuru Asano, Teruo Yamashita and Kenji Okada
Reconstruction of the intercostal arteries with small-branched grafts in patients with
thoracoabdominal or descending aortic aneurysms
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002014. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Robert H. Anderson and Mazyar Kanani
Mitral valve repair: critical analysis of the anatomy discussed
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002147. [Summary] [Full Text]
Robert H. Anderson
The surgical anatomy of the aortic root
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002527. [Summary] [Full Text]

Jean Bachet
Comment to ‘The Quick simple clamping technique for the repair of descending aortic aneurysm’
MMCTS (February 19, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002436. [Full Text]

Laureano Molins, Juan J. Fibla, Javier Perez and Gonzalo Vidal
Chest wall surgery: Nuss technique for repair of pectus excavatum in adults
MMCTS (January 2, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000315. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Teruhisa Kazui
Total arch replacement: technique of separate reimplantation of epi-aortic vessels
MMCTS (January 2, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001925. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Emmanuel Lansac, Isabelle Di Centa, François Raoux, Richard Raffoul, Nawwar Al Attar, Akthar Rama,
Christophe Acar and Patrick Nataf
Aortic annuloplasty: towards a standardized approach of conservative aortic valve surgery
MMCTS (January 2, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001958. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Akihiko Usui and Yuichi Ueda
Arch first technique under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with retrograde cerebral perfusion
MMCTS (January 2, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001974. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Marc A.A.M. Schepens
Aortic arch replacement: the conventional ‘elephant trunk’ technique
MMCTS (January 2, 2007). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.002006. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Juliane Kilo, Guenther Laufer and Herwig Antretter
Endomyocardial biopsy – jugular/subclavian vein approach
MMCTS (November 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001149. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Mattia Glauber, Andrea Farneti, Marco Solinas and Jamshid Karimov
Aortic valve replacement through a right minithoracotomy
MMCTS (November 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001826. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Correction to this article]

Paolo Biglioli, Fabio Barili, Melissa Fusari, Francesco Grillo and Maurizio Roberto
The Quick simple clamping technique for the repair of descending aortic aneurysm
MMCTS (November 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001941. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Henning F. Lausberg and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Valve sparing aortic replacement – root remodeling
MMCTS (November 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001982. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Joseph DeSimone and Paul Sergeant
Off-pump myocardial revascularization
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000539. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Jürgen Martin and Christoph Benk
Blood cardioplegia
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000745. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Omer Dzemali, Tayfun Aybek, Harald Keller, Stefan Mierdl, Anton Moritz and Selami Dogan
Perfusion strategies for totally endoscopic cardiac surgery
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001206. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Marco Pozzi, Andrea Quarti and Antonio F. Corno
Tetralogy of Fallot
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001487. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Francesco Petrella, Francesco Leo, Giulia Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandro Borri, Domenico Galetta,
Roberto Gasparri and Paolo Scanagatta
Superior vena cava resection for lung and mediastinal malignancies
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001511. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] [Podcast]

Olivier Raisky, Daniel Tamisier and Pascal R. Vouhé
Orthotopic heart transplantation for congenital heart defects: anomalies of the systemic venous return
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001578. [Summary] [Full Text]

Olivier Raisky, Daniel Tamisier and Pascal R. Vouhé
Orthotopic heart transplantation for congenital heart defects: situs inversus
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001586. [Summary] [Full Text]

Ludwig K. von Segesser
Peripheral cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001610. [Summary] [Full Text]

Marcin Zielinski, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Tomasz Nabialek, Lukasz Hauer, Juliusz Pankowski and Bogdan Dziadzio
Transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001693. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Brian F. Buxton, Siven Seevanayagam and Rahul Kaiche
Use of radial artery for coronary revascularization
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001701. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Anthony L. Estrera, Charles C. Miller, Ali Azizzadeh and Hazim J. Safi
Adjuncts during surgery of the thoracoabdominal aorta and their impact on neurologic outcome:
distal aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage
MMCTS (October 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001933. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Manuel Antunes
Open mitral commissurotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000950. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Yury L. Shevchenko, Nikolay O. Travin, Gaziyav H. Musaev and Alexander V. Morozov
Heart echinococcosis: current problems and surgical treatment
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001115. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Thoracic incisions – general considerations
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001420. [Summary] [Full Text]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Elective anterior and posterior thoracotomies
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001446. [Summary] [Full Text]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Posterolateral thoracotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001453. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Axillary thoracotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001834. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Modified lateral thoracotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001842. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Antero-lateral thoracotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001859. [Summary] [Full Text]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Clamshell and hemiclamshell incisions
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001867. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Nicolas Dürrleman and Gilbert Massard
Sternotomy
MMCTS (August 10, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2006.001875. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Yasir Abu-Omar, Lorenzo Guerrieri-Wolf and David P. Taggart
Indications and positioning of temporary pacing wires
MMCTS (May 12, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001248. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Máximo Cosimo Guida
Anterolateral thoracotomy for myocardial revascularization
MMCTS (May 12, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000810. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Federico Venuta, Erino Angelo Rendina and Giorgio Furio Coloni
Lung resections combined with vena cava replacement
MMCTS (May 12, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000141. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Tomislav Mihaljevic, Marc A. Gillinov and Delos M. Cosgrove
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
MMCTS (March 15, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001131. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Volkmar Falk, Stephan Jacobs and Friedrich-Wilhelm W. Mohr
Closed-chest, robotically assisted CABG
MMCTS (March 15, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000935. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Giovanni Teodori, Philippe-Primo Caimmi, Thomas Toscano and Massimo Bernardi
Use of the inferior epigastric artery for CABG
MMCTS (March 15, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000794. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Massimo Caputo, Pradeep Narayan and Gianni D. Angelini
Conventional surgery with aortic cross-clamping
MMCTS (March 15, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000828. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Erino A. Rendina, Fedrico Venuta and Mohsen Ibrahim
Intrapericardial pneumonectomy
MMCTS (January 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000091. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Hans-Beat Ris and Thorsten Krueger
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and open decortication for pleural empyema
MMCTS (January 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000273. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Mario Gaudino, Francesco Prati, and Gianfederico Possati
Radial artery grafting
MMCTS (January 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000752. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Hans J. Geissler and Uwe Mehlhorn
Cold crystalloid cardioplegia
MMCTS (January 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.001040. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Y. John Gu and Piet W. Boonstra
Selection of priming solutions for cardiopulmonary bypass in adults
MMCTS (January 9, 2006). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001198. [Summary] [Full Text]

Marko Turina
Supra-annular aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000646. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Christian Schlensak
Myocardial protection in congenital heart surgery
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000729. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Patrick Perier
Quadrangular resection for repair of posterior leaflet prolapse
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000893. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Ruggero De Paulis, Raffaele Scaffa, Stefano Forlani, and Luigi Chiariello
Valsalva graft in aortic valve repair and replacement
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000992. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Antonio M. Calafiore, Luca Weltert, Michele Di Mauro, Guglielmo Actis-Dato, Angela L. Iacò,
Paolo Centofanti, Michele La Torre, and Francesco Patanè
Internal mammary artery
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.001008. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos] Podcast

Stefano Benussi, and Ottavio Alfieri
Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral surgery
MMCTS (November 29, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2005.001081. [Summary] [Full Text/Videos]

Torsten Doenst
Direct cannulation of the coronary ostia
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000703. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Wolfgang Bothe
Retrograde administration
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000711. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Gabriele Di Giammarco, Marco Pano, Marco Contini, Piero Pelini, Alessandro Di Francesco,
Marco Valente and Michele Di Mauro
Left anterior small thoracotomy procedure
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000778. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Ottavio Alfieri, Francesco Maisano, and Michele De Bonis
The edge-to-edge repair
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000869. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos] [Podcast]

Gabriel Mihai Marta, Clemens Aigner, and Walter Klepetko
Split lung transplantation with intraoperative extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (ECMO) support
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000984. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Hiroshi Date, Motoi Aoe, Yoshifumi Sano, Keiji Goto, Masaaki Kawada and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation
MMCTS (August 9, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000976. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Patrick Lauwers, Jeroen Hendriks, and Paul Van Schil
Lobectomy of the right lower lobe for lung cancer
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000059. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Jeroen Hendriks, Patrick Lauwers and Paul Van Schil
Extrapericardial pneumonectomy
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000083. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Luis M. Argote-Greene, Michael Y. Chang and David J. Sugarbaker
Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000133. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Franca M.A. Melfi, Marcello C. Ambrogi, Marco Lucchi and Alfredo Mussi
Video robotic lobectomy
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000448. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos] [Podcast]

Axel Rolle and Arpad Pereszlenyi
Laser resection of lung metastasis
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000570. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Michael P. Siegenthaler
Antegrade administration of cardioplegia
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000695. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Raimondo Ascione, Peter Wilde and Gianni D. Angelini
Left ventricular volume reduction
MMCTS (June 28, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000760. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Mohsen Ibrahim, Federico Venuta and Erino A. Rendina
Bronchial and pulmonary arterial sleeve resection
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000067. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Federico Venuta, Tiziano de Giacomo, Claudio Andreetti and Giorgio Furio Coloni
Transsternal thymoma resection
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000182. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Calvin S.H. Ng and Anthony P.C. Yim
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) bullectomy for emphysematous/
bullous lung disease

MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000265. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Semih Halezeroglu
Resection of intrathoracic and subdiaphragmatic hydatid cysts
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000307. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Calvin S.H. Ng, Gaetano Rocco and Anthony P.C. Yim
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pleurodesis for pneumothorax
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000349. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Claude Deville, Louis Labrousse, Emmanuel Choukroun and Francesco Madonna
Surgery for post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD): double patch and glue
technique for early repair

MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000562. [Summary] [Full Text]

Lorenzo Menicanti and Marisa Di Donato
Left ventricular aneurysm/reshaping techniques
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000596. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Hisayoshi Suma and Tadashi Isomura
The right gastroepiploic artery graft
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000802. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Marcin Zielinski, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal and Tomasz Nabialek
Transcervical-subxiphoid-VATS "maximal" thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000836. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

David Wheatley and Malcolm Will
Mitral valve replacement with mechanical or bioprosthetic valve
MMCTS (April 25, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.001024. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos] [Podcast]

Paul De Leyn and Toni Lerut
Conventional mediastinoscopy
MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000158. [Summary] [Full Text]

Federico Rea, Giuseppe Marulli and Luigi Bortolotti
Robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy
MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000422. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Angela Lorena Iacò, Luca Weltert and Carlo Di Lorenzo
Septal reshaping
MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000505. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Marco Contini, Luca Weltert and Antonio Bivona
Mitral valve repair in ischemic mitral regurgitation
MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000521. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Lynda Mickleborough
Ventricular reconstruction or aneurysm repair using a modified linear repair technique
with septal patch when indicated

MMCTS (March 24, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000588. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Gaetano Rocco
VATS lung biopsy: the uniportal technique
MMCTS (January 21, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000356. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

A. Marc Gillinov
Chordal transfer for repair of anterior leaflet prolapse
MMCTS (January 18, 2005). doi:10.1510/mmcts.2004.000901. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Alejandro Aris
Surgical repair of left ventricular free wall rupture
MMCTS (January 4, 2005). doi:10.1510/MMCTS.2004.000653. [Summary] [Full Text]

Gaetano Rocco
Endoscopic VATS sympathectomy: the uniportal technique
MMCTS (January 4, 2005). doi:10.1510/MMCTS.2004.000323. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Paul De Leyn and Toni Lerut
Videomediastinoscopy
MMCTS (January 4, 2005). doi:10.1510/MMCTS.2004.000166. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

Marko Turina
Composite graft replacement of the aortic root: ‘button’ technique
MMCTS (December 4, 2003). doi:10.1510/MMCTS.2003.000001. [Summary] [Full Text] [Videos]

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