Top 50 Articles or Videos Viewed During May & June 2012

1. Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Biopsy of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes – Technique
2. Bullous Lung Disease – Clinical Case
3. Why Become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon? — Residents
4. Randas J. Vilela Batista, MD Interview – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
5. Valvuloplasty by Polytetrafluorethylene Leaflet Extensions for Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a 17-Year-Old Patient – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
6. Pericardial Cyst – Clinical Case
7. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Clinical Case
8. Adult Congenital Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Simple, Effective, and Reproducible Technique – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
9. Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernias – Technique
10. Thoracoscopic Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax – Technique
11. Current Techniques of Tricuspid Valve Repair – Video
12. Thoracoscopic Decortication – Technique
13. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) – Procedure 101
14. (I,D,D) Segmental Anatomy with Ventricular Septal Defect, Mitral Valve Cleft and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction... – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
15. Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window — Technique
16. VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer – Technique
17. Giant Bullous Emphysema – Technique 
18. Aortic Valve Repair for Aortic Insufficiency – Technique
19. Surgical Stabilization of Severe Flail Chest – Technique
20. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR) – Procedure 101
21. Mitral Valve Repair – Technique
22. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication – Technique
23. Transhiatal Esophagectomy – Technique
24. Chest Wall Invasion from Metastatic Chordoma – Clinical Case
25. Femoral/Brachial/Radial Access – Technique
26. Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis: The Hemi-Fontan and Bidirectional Glenn – Technique
27. Ligation of the Thoracic Duct for Chylothorax – Technique
28. Postero-Lateral (Shaw-Paulson) Approach to Pancoast Tumor – Technique
29. The Novalung® iLA membrane ventilator: technical aspects – Technique
30. Repair of Infantile Aortic Coarctation and Transverse Arch Hypoplasia with Resection and Extended End to Undersurface of Aortic Arch Anastomosis – Technique
31. Thoracotomy for Exposure of the Spine – Technique
32. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Aortic Valve Re-Implantation – Technique
33. ACC/AHA and STS Guidelines — Residents
34. Writing a Case Report — Journals
35. The Cardiovascular Hybrid OR–Clinical & Technical Considerations – Technique
36. Surgical Options for Total Aortic Arch Replacement Utilizing a Trifurcated Vascular Graft and Individual Head Vessel Re-implantation – Technique
37. Severe Diaphragmatic Eventration – Clinical Case
38. Airway Stenting – Technique
39. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Repair of Pectus Excavatum – Technique
40. Post Coronary Bypass Surgery Angiography and Interventions – Technique, new to "Top Content" list.
41. Thoracoscopic Ligation of the Thoracic Duct – Technique
42. …On Being a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon — Residents
43. Modified Fontan – Technique
44. Sternal Splitting Approaches to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Resection of Thymoma – Technique
45. State of the Heart — Book, new to "Top Content" list.
46. Extended VATS Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Extrapleural Pneumonectomy – Technique
47. The Gerbode Defect: A Ventriculo-Atrial Defect – Technique
48. Off-Pump Insertion of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device – Technique
49. Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) – Technique, new to "Top Content" list.
50. Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Procedure 101

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