MULTIMEDIA MANUAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY - Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Marko I. Turina, Zurich, Switzerland

Section Editors Jean E. Bachet, Paris, France (Thoracic vascular disease) Stefano Benussi, Milan, Italy (Rhythm disturbances) John H. Dark, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK (Lung transplantation) Stephen R. Large, Cambridge, UK (Heart transplantation and assisted circulation) Antoon E.M.R. Lerut, Leuven, Belgium (Esophageal disease) Ralph Schmid, Bern, Switzerland (Chest and lung disease) Marko I. Turina, Zurich, Switzerland (Acquired cardiac disease) Pascal R. Vouhé, Paris, France (Congenital heart disease) Chapter Editors Acquired cardiac disease Ottavio R. Alfieri, Milan, Italy (Mitral valve repair) Gianni D. Angelini, Bristol, UK (Mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease) Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Freiburg, Germany (Myocardial protection) Antonio Maria Calafiore, Turin, Italy (Revascularization of ischemic myocardium) Thierry Carrel, Bern, Switzerland (Mitral valve replacement) Volkmar Falk, Zurich, Switzerland (Innovation - Cardiac) Francesco Maisano, Milan, Italy (Innovation - Valvular) Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL, USA (Tricuspid valve) Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Homburg/Saar, Germany (Aortic valve repair and Aortic valve replacement) Marko I. Turina, Zurich, Switzerland (Incisions) Ludwig K. von Segesser, Lausanne, Switzerland (Cardiopulmonary bypass and Cannulation)

Chest and lung disease Federico Rea, Padua, Italy (Robotic thoracic surgery) Ralph Schmid, Bern, Switzerland (Surgery of the mediastinum, Surgery for infectious lung disease, Surgery of the chest wall) Federico Venuta, Rome, Italy (Innovation - Pulmonary) Thoracic vascular disease Hani Shennib, Gilbert, AZ, USA (Innovation - Thoracic aorta) Specialist Editors Robert Anderson, London, UK (Anatomy) Gaetano Thiene, Padua, Italy (Pathology) Managing Editor: Ian R. Beecroft, Martigny, Switzerland Editorial Manager: Judy Gaillard, Martigny, Switzerland

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