Top 50 Articles or Videos Viewed During January 2012

1. Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub Interview – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
2. Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Biopsy of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes – Technique
3. Bullous Lung Disease – Clinical Case
4. Why Become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon? — Residents
5. Aortic Arch Replacement With Branched Dacron Graft And Antegrade Stent-Graft Deployment – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
6. A New Concept For Extensive Use of Neochordae: "The Folding Leaflet" – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
7. Pericardial Cyst – Clinical Case
8. "10 Things Your Mom Forgot to Tell You About the Real World" – Private Practice and "10 Things Your Mom Forgot to Tell You About the Real World" – Academic Practice — Residents, new to "Top Content" list.
9. Mitral Valve Repair – Technique
10. Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernias – Technique
11. Aortic Valve Repair for Aortic Insufficiency – Technique
12. Thoracoscopic Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax – Technique
13. Thoracoscopic Decortication – Technique
14. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) – Procedure 101
15. VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer – Technique
16. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication – Technique
17. Giant Bullous Emphysema – Technique 
18. Hans Pilegaard, MD Interview – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
19. Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window — Expert Technique
20. Mitral Valve Repair: The Biological Solution – Bookstore, new to "Top Content" list.
21. Anterior Leaflet Mitral Repair Using the Chordae System Technique Through Minimal Access — Video  
22. Surgical Stabilization of Severe Flail Chest – Technique
23. Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis: The Hemi-Fontan and Bidirectional Glenn – Technique
24. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR) – Procedure 101
25. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Aortic Valve Re-Implantation – Technique
26. The Cardiovascular Hybrid OR–Clinical & Technical Considerations – Technique
27. ACC/AHA and STS Guidelines — Residents
28. Recent Advances in Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation – Technique
29. Postero-Lateral (Shaw-Paulson) Approach to Pancoast Tumor – Technique
30. Surgical Options for Total Aortic Arch Replacement Utilizing a Trifurcated Vascular Graft and Individual Head Vessel Re-implantation – Technique
31. The Cardiac Surgeon's Plight – Commentary
32. Writing a Case Report — Journals
33. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Clinical Case
34. Severe Diaphragmatic Eventration – Clinical Case
35. Ligation of the Thoracic Duct for Chylothorax – Technique
36. Thoracotomy for Exposure of the Spine – Technique
37. Intrathoracic Migration Of Breast Implant After Thoracoscopic Surgery – Clinical Case, new to "Top Content" list.
38. Femoral/Brachial/Radial Access – Technique
39. Repair of Infantile Aortic Coarctation and Transverse Arch Hypoplasia with Resection and Extended End to Undersurface of Aortic Arch Anastomosis – Technique
40. Thoracic Literature Watch - Third Quarter 2011, new to "Top Content" list.
41. Sternal Splitting Approaches to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Resection of Thymoma – Technique
42. …On Being a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon — Residents
43. VATS Middle Lobectomy Following a Previous Right VATS Lower Lobectomy – Video
44. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Repair of Pectus Excavatum – Technique
45. Transhiatal Esophagectomy – Technique
46. An Unusual Infection Presenting as a Chest Wall Mass – Clinical Case
47. Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Procedure 101
48. Thoracic Literature Watch - Fourth Quarter 2011, new to "Top Content" list.
49. Transcervical Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis – Technique
50. Wedge Resection of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Through Uniportal VATS – Technique

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