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Decade: 2010-2019
Year: 2012
Issue: Vol 17 | No. 1 | Spring 2012 | Pages 1-64
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Introduction
In this issue of Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the adult cardiac surgery topics are redo proximal aortic surgery and hybrid aortic arch surgery. Dr. Girardi provides an ...
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Fred A. Crawford
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| Cardiac Surgery - R. Morton Bolman, III, Associate Editor |
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Reoperative Repair of Aortic Root and Ascending Aorta
Aneurysms involving the ascending aorta and aortic root can be repaired with low operative risk. Operations such as composite valve-graft root replacement or valve-sparing root reconstruction carry ex...
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Leonard N. Girardi
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Hybrid Approaches to Complex Aortic Arch Aneurysms
The management of aortic arch aneurysms remains a clinical challenge. Although open operative techniques have been refined with improving results over the last 2 decades, neurologic and cardiovascular...
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Prashanth Vallabhajosyula,
Joseph E. Bavaria,
Wilson Y. Szeto
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| Congenital Surgery - Scott M. Bradley, Associate Editor |
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Aortic Valve Replacement with Pulmonary Autograft: Subcoronary and Aortic Root Inclusion Techniques
In Donald Ross' original description of aortic valve replacement with the pulmonary autograft in humans, the valve was implanted in the aortic root in the subcoronary position. This was the same techn...
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Tirone E. David
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Reinforcement of the Pulmonary Autograft with a Prosthetic Graft to Prevent Dilatation After the Ross Procedure
The Ross operation remains a controversial procedure, because concern exists regarding late dilation of the neoartic root and progressive regurgitation of the autograft valve. We present a technique o...
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Thierry Carrel,
Florian Schönhoff,
Thierry Aymard,
Alexander Kadner
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| General Thoracic Surgery - David R. Jones, Associate Editor |
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Rigid Bronchoscopy: Indications and Techniques
Rigid bronchoscopy is an important procedure for the thoracic surgeon to master. Its utility has been evident since the 1890s when Gustav Killian removed a foreign body from a patient's right main bro...
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Daniel G. Nicastri,
Todd S. Weiser
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Bronchoscopic Extraction of Incorporated Self-Expanding Metallic Stents
Self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) have gained widespread acceptance as a treatment for palliation malignant airway obstruction (MAO) in the terminally ill patient. Ease of deployment and excellent...
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Sudish C. Murthy
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