Top 50 Articles or Videos Viewed During July & August 2012

1. Skeletonization of the Internal Mammary Artery with the Harmonic Hook Blade – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
2. Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Biopsy of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes – Technique
3. Bullous Lung Disease – Clinical Case
4. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation – Video, new to "Top Content" list.
5. Why Become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon? — Residents
6. Pericardial Cyst – Clinical Case
7. Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Paraesophageal Hernias – Technique
8. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Clinical Case
9. Thoracoscopic Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax – Technique
10. The Importance of Fibrinogen in the Management of Cardiac Surgical Bleeding– Special Report, new to "Top Content" list.
11. Thoracoscopic Decortication – Technique
12. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) – Procedure 101
13. VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung Cancer – Technique
14. Aortic Valve Repair for Aortic Insufficiency – Technique
15. Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window — Technique
16. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR) – Procedure 101
17. Surgical Stabilization of Severe Flail Chest – Technique
18. Ross Procedure With Pulmonary Autograft Reinforcement– Video, new to "Top Content" list.
19. Giant Bullous Emphysema – Technique 
20. Ligation of the Thoracic Duct for Chylothorax – Technique
21. Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis: The Hemi-Fontan and Bidirectional Glenn – Technique
22. Transhiatal Esophagectomy – Technique
23. Thoracotomy for Exposure of the Spine – Technique
24. Chest Wall Invasion from Metastatic Chordoma – Clinical Case
25. Adult Congenital Pulmonary Valve Replacement: A Simple, Effective, and Reproducible Technique – Video
26. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication – Technique
27. Femoral/Brachial/Radial Access – Technique
28. ACC/AHA and STS Guidelines — Residents
29. Mitral Valve Repair – Technique
30. Current Techniques of Tricuspid Valve Repair – Video
31. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Aortic Valve Re-Implantation – Technique
32. Repair of Infantile Aortic Coarctation and Transverse Arch Hypoplasia with Resection and Extended End to Undersurface of Aortic Arch Anastomosis – Technique
33. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Repair of Pectus Excavatum – Technique
34. State of the Heart — Book
35. The Cardiovascular Hybrid OR–Clinical & Technical Considerations – Technique
36. Postero-Lateral (Shaw-Paulson) Approach to Pancoast Tumor – Technique
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. Severe Diaphragmatic Eventration – Clinical Case
40. The Novalung® iLA membrane ventilator: technical aspects – Technique
41. Thoracoscopic Ligation of the Thoracic Duct – Technique
42. Modified Fontan – Technique
43. The Gerbode Defect: A Ventriculo-Atrial Defect – Technique
44. Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange: Replacement of a HeartMate XVE with a HeartMate II Device – Technique
45. Writing a Case Report — Journals
46. John Dark, FRCS Interview– Video, new to "Top Content" list.
47. Sternal Splitting Approaches to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis and Resection of Thymoma – Technique
48. Off-Pump Insertion of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device – Technique
49. …On Being a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon — Residents
50. Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Procedure 101

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