Top 50 Articles or Videos Viewed During April 2012

1. Current Techniques of Tricuspid Valve Repair – 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. Pericardial Cyst – Clinical Case
6. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Clinical Case
7. William Walker, FRCS Interview – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
8. Thoracoscopic Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax – Technique
9. Thoracoscopic Decortication – Technique
10. Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernias – Technique
11. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) – Procedure 101
12. Aortic Translocation Operation with Minimal Prosthetic Material – Video
13. Aortic Valve Repair for Aortic Insufficiency – Technique
14. Giant Bullous Emphysema – Technique 
15. VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer – Technique
16. Transhiatal Esophagectomy – Technique, new to "Top Content" list.
17. Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window — Technique
18. Mitral Valve Repair – Technique
19. Surgical Stabilization of Severe Flail Chest – Technique
20. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication – Technique
21. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR) – Procedure 101
22. Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis: The Hemi-Fontan and Bidirectional Glenn – Technique
23. Are You Smarter Than Your Attending? – News, new to "Top Content" list.
24. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Aortic Valve Re-Implantation – Technique
25. The Cardiovascular Hybrid OR–Clinical & Technical Considerations – Technique
26. Thoracotomy for Exposure of the Spine – Technique
27. Chest Wall Invasion from Metastatic Chordoma – Clinical Case
28. Repair of Infantile Aortic Coarctation and Transverse Arch Hypoplasia with Resection and Extended End to Undersurface of Aortic Arch Anastomosis – Technique
29. Valvuloplasty by Polytetrafluorethylene Leaflet Extensions for Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a 17-Year-Old Patient – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
30. Severe Diaphragmatic Eventration – Clinical Case
31. Ligation of the Thoracic Duct for Chylothorax – Technique
32. Writing a Case Report — Journals
33. Postero-Lateral (Shaw-Paulson) Approach to Pancoast Tumor – Technique
34. Femoral/Brachial/Radial Access – Technique
35. The Novalung® iLA membrane ventilator: technical aspects – Technique
36. ACC/AHA and STS Guidelines — Residents
37. Airway Stenting – Technique
38. Surgical Options for Total Aortic Arch Replacement Utilizing a Trifurcated Vascular Graft and Individual Head Vessel Re-implantation – Technique
39. A New Concept For Extensive Use of Neochordae: "The Folding Leaflet" – Video
40. Sternal Splitting Approaches to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Resection of Thymoma – Technique
41. Technique for Upper Sternal Allograft Implantation – Video
42. Recent Advances in Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation – Technique
43. Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange: Replacement of a HeartMate XVE with a HeartMate II Device – Technique
44. Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Procedure 101
45. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Repair of Pectus Excavatum – Technique
46. An Unusual Infection Presenting as a Chest Wall Mass – Clinical Case
47. Thoracoscopic Ligation of the Thoracic Duct – Technique
48. Extended VATS Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Extrapleural Pneumonectomy – Technique
49. …On Being a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon — Residents
50. Blunt Traumatic Tracheal Laceration – Clinical Case, new to "Top Content" list.

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