Further Refinements in an Aortic Anastomosis Stapling Device.
Syed T. Raza.
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Strategy of Arterial Cannulation and Selective Perfusion as the Key to Success in Aortic Surgery
Domenico Calcaterra, MD, PhD¹, Rachel Nygaard, PhD², Kevin Harris, MD¹, Joseph Turek, MD, PhD³, Mohammad Bashir, MD⁴, Yousuf Mahomed, MD⁵.
¹Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern, Minneapolis, MN, USA, ²Hennepin Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA, ⁴University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA, ⁵Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Total Aortic Arch Replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk: The Prince of Wales Hospital of Hong Kong Experience
Jacky YK Ho, Simon CY Chow, Peter SY Yu, Micky WT Kwok, Song Wan, Malcolm Underwood, Randolph HL Wong.
Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Early Reintervention to the Distal Residual Aorta After Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection
Zanxin Wang, Rong Ren, Junmin Wen, Weixin Chen, Minxin Wei.
Shenzhen Sun Yat-sun Cardiovascular Hospital, Shenzhen, China.

Changes of Brachial-ankle Pulse Wave Velocity Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Associated with Aortic Stiffness
Ryo Kanamoto, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Tohru Takaseya, Shinichi Nata, Seiji Onitsuka, Shinichi Hiromatsu, Hidetoshi Akashi, Hiroyuki Tanaka.
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume-city, Fukuoka, Japan.

Minimally Invasive Hybrid Aortic Arch Repair
Oleg Orlov, Vishal Shah, DO, Robert Meisner, MD, Cithia Orlov, Matthew Thomas, MD, Manabu Takebe, Konstadinos Plestis, MD.
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA.

Endovascular Versus Surgical Revascularization of the Left Subclavian Artery in Zone 2 Tevar: Implications for Branched Aortic Stent-grafts
Corbin Muetterties¹, Sahil Patel², Alana Dutton², Rohan Menon³, Grayson Wheatley, III⁴.
¹UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ²Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, ³Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA, ⁴TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

Simplified Arch Replacement in Zone 2 Using a Branched Frozen Elephant Trunk Prosthesis
Jens Brickwedel, Lenarad Bax, Till Demal, Herman Reichenspurner, Christian Detter.
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Mid-term Results of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair on Zone 2 Landing for Type B Aortic Dissection
Shuhei Miura, Sr..
Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

Da Vinci Vascular Surgery, 400 Cases
Petr Stadler, Libor Dvoracek, Petr Vitasek, Pavel Matous.
Na Homolce Hospital, Praha 5, Czech Republic.

The Surgical Implantation of Novel Epicardial Pacemakers in Rodents
Kyongjune Benjamin Lee¹, Alejandro E. Murillo¹, Philipp Gutruf², Jahyun Koo², John Quiao³, Jaclyn Brennan³, Grant Kowalik³, Vaishnavi Murthi², John P. Leshock², John A. Rogers², Greogry D. Trachiotis¹, Igor R. Efimov³.
¹Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, ³George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Low Rateso Thromboembolic Events Associated with Epicardial Ablation of the Left Atrium During Cardiac Surgical Ablation
Andy Kiser¹, Gansvoort Dunnington², Claudio Muneretto³, Ivar Friedrich⁴.
¹ECHI, Greenville, NC, USA, ²Adventist Heart Institute, St. Helena, CA, USA, ³University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder Trier, Trier, Germany.

Characterizing Recurrence Following Hybrid Ablation in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
David C. Kress, Lynn M. Erickson, Firas Zahwe, Tadele W. Mengesha, David P. Krum, Jasbir Sra.
Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Concomitant Mitral Valve and Atrial Fibrillation Surgery: Can Minimally Invasive Benefits be Translated Without Compromising Outcomes?
Mark R. Helmers, Jennifer Chung, Michael A. Acker, W Clark Hargrove, Pavan Atluri.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Comparative Study Between Left Atrial Appendage Resection with Vascular Stapler and Left Atrial Appendage Closure with Atrial Clip
Kanan Kurahashi, Takaharu Shimizu, Satoshi Nishi, Akihiro Yoshimoto, Sei Morizumi, Yoshihiro Suematsu.
Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.

Titanium Fastener Utilization During Magnetically Levitated Centrifugal Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Carl A. Johnson, Jr., Amber L. Melvin, Hossein Amirjamshidi, Davida A. Robinson, Peter A. Knight, Igor Gosev.
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

Percutaneous Pulmonary Artery Venting Via Jugular Vein While on Peripheral ECMO Support
Antonio Loforte, Massimo Baiocchi, Erika Dal Checco, Carlo Mariani, Sofia Martin Suarez, Emanuele Pilato, Francesco Grigioni, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Giuseppe Marinelli.
S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.

Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Through Thoracotomy and Mini Sternotomy
Tanil Özer, Ozge Altas, Deniz Gunay, Mehmet Aksut, Emre Selcuk, Sabit Sarikaya, Mehmet Kaan Kirali.
Kartal Kosuyolu High Specialization Education and Research Hsopital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Heartmate 3 Implant Through the Left Thoracotomy and Upper Hemi-sternotomy in the Presence of Subcutaneous Icd
Kunal Kotkar, MD, Muhammad F. Masood, MD, Tomohiro Nakajima, MD, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, Akinobu Itoh, MD.
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.

Predicted Risk of Right Ventricular Failure After Minimally Invasive Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Madonna Lee, Asia McDavid, Bassam Shukrallah, Ahmet Kilic, Peter Lee, Ayesha Hasan, Hamdy Elsayed-Awad, Michael Essandoh, Bryan Whitson.
The Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.

Minimally Invasive Lvad Implantation can be Safely Performed in Obese Patients
Hannah J. Voorhees¹, Erik N. Sorensen¹, Chetan Pasrija¹, David Kaczorowski¹, Si Pham², Bartley P. Griffith¹, Zachary N. Kon³.
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA, ²Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA, ³New York University Langone, New York, NY, USA.

Retrograde Arterial Flow in Septuagenarian Aortae from Femoral Cannulation Does Not Increase Peri-operative Embolic Events
Bilal H. Kirmani, Rajani K. Rajnish, Joseph Zacharias.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom.

Peripheral Cannulation in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Is the Patient at Risk
Paola K. Montanhesi, Alisson P. Toschi, Renato B. Pope, Sergio A. Curcio, Robinson Poffo.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Aortic Valve Reconstruction with Three Same-sized Autologous Pericardial Leaflets Guided By 3d Hologram
Takeo Tedoriya, Kenichi Kamiya, Tadamasa Miyauchi, Masaomi Fukuzumi, Yuko Gatate.
Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Saitama, Japan.

Multimodal Imaging in Patient Selection for Minimal Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Sara Abou Sherif, Victoria Parish, Joon Lee, Uday Trivedi, Ishtiaq Ahmed.
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom.

Annular Debridement Using an Ultrasonic Aspirator in Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
Toshinori Totsugawa, Arudo Hiraoka, Kentaro Tamura, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Taichi Sakaguchi.
The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Okayama, Japan.

Myocardial Protection of Del Nido Versus St.Thomas Cardioplegia in Adult Patients Undergoing Minimal Invasive Valve Replacement Surgery.
Vijayant Devenraj, Ajay Kumar Pandey, Sushil Kumar Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Navneet Devenraj.
King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.

Acute Effect of Mitral Valve Repair on Mitral Valve Geometry
Thilo Noack, Kathleen Wittgen, Philipp Kiefer, Fabian Emrich, Sarah Eibel, David Michael Holzhey, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Michael Andrew Borger, Joerg Ender, Joerg Seeburger.
Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

A Novel Device for Sternal Closure: Clinical Outcomes From a Prospective, Randomized, First-in-man, Pilot Study
Jacques Scherman, Tim Pennel, Natercia Da Silva, Paresh Keshaw, Allen Moodley, Peter Zilla.
Chris Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Integrating Team Training for Cardiac Surgery; Combining Multiple Simulators
Fahd a. Makhdom, Sanjay Asopa, Eiki Nagaoka, Richard Cherry, Gerard Seijts, Rajni Patel, Peter Allen, Michael Chu, Bob Kiaii.
LHSC, Lonond, ON, Canada.

A Simpler Approach for Assessing Left Ventricular Function Using Ultrafast Ultrasound Based Wave Intensity Analysis
Kevin M. Lichtenstein¹, Ethan M. Rowland², Kai Riemer², Peter D. Weinberg².
¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

Atrial Septal Defect Closure Via Mini-right Thoracotomy in Pediatric Patients: The Effect of Continuous Intercostal Nerve Block
Takashi Sasaki, Kenji Suzuki, Takashi Nitta.
Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Postcardiotomy Pediatric Patients — Do Biventricular Hearts Show Better Outcome?
Ahmed F. Elmahrouk¹, Mohamed Ismail², Tamer Hamouda³, Rafiq Shaikh¹, Alaa Mahmoud⁴, Osman Al-Radi⁵, Ahmed Jamjoom¹.
¹King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, ³Faculty of Medicine Benha University, Benha, Egypt, ⁴Faculty of Medicine Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, ⁵Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Totally Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery for Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair Without Robotic Assistance
Huy Q. Dang, Thanh N. Le, Huu C. Nguyen, Dai D. Tran.
Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Combined Repair of Pulmonary Artery Sling, Congenital Long Segment Tracheal Stenosis and Severe Rpa Stenosis
Raghav Murthy, MBBS, FACS¹, Denis Levy, MD², Matthew Brigger, MD¹, John Nigro, MD¹, John Lamberti, MD,FACS¹.
¹Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, ²Kaiser S. California Med Group, San Diego, CA, USA.

Nine Years Results of Minimally Invasive Transthoracic Device Closure of Doubly Committed Subarterial Vsd
Quansheng Xing, Qin Wu, Silin Pan, Yueyi Ren.
Qingdao Women and Children's Hspital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

A Technique for Uninterrupted Cerebral, Coronary and Splanchnic Perfusion During Stage I Palliation
Mohamed F. Algahim, Andrew J. Lodge, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD.
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Versus Conventional Arial Septal Defect Repair Single Centre Experience
Bayan Alshaikh, Walid Abukhudair, Khalid Elsheaty.
KFAFH, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Vitom-3D for Exoscopic Cardiac Surgery
Antonios Pitsis, Director.
St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Proximal Anastomosis First Sequential Bypass Technique: Better Safety For Off Pump Complete Coronary Revascularization.
Zhaoyun Cheng, Sr., Sheng Wang, Zhenwei Ge, Jian Zhao, Junjie Sun, Junlong Hu, Jizhong Xuan.
Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.

Assessing Physical Activity in Rehabilitation after Cardiac Surgery Using Wearable Technology
Isabeau Thijs, Libera Fresiello, Wouter Oosterlinck, Peter Sinnaeve, Filip Rega.
University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Benefit of Robotic Connector Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass in Octogenarians
Hiroto Kitahara, Mackenzie McCrorey, Brook Patel, Sarah Nisivaco, Husam H. Balkhy.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Non Rib Spreading Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Multi Vessel Disease
Gentaku Hama.
Saku Central Hospital, Saku, Japan.

Long Term Survival Following Endoscopic Vein Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Bilal H. Kirmani¹, Stephen Powers¹, Olivia Pennington², Thomas Keegan², Joanne Knight², M N. Bittar¹, Joseph Zacharias¹.
¹Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom, ²Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

In-hospital Outcomes of Hybrid Coronary Revascularization: Stent or Surgery First - Is There a Difference in Outcomes?
Sohrab K. Vatsia, Jonathan M. Hemli, Jessica M. Nino, Luigi Pirelli, Derek R. Brinster, S Jacob Scheinerman, Nirav C. Patel.
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Racab Approach for Functional Lad Stenosis Due to Myocardial Bridging
Wouter Oosterlinck, Herbert De Praetere, Filip Rega.
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Assessment of Residual Syntax Score after Advanced Hybrid Robotic Totally Endoscopic Multi-vessel Coronary Revascularization
Hiroto Kitahara, Taishi Hirai, Mackenzie McCrorey, Brook Patel, Sarah Nisivaco, Sandeep Nathan, Husam H. Balkhy.
The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Independent Predictors of Blood Transfusion Use in Robotic Beating Heart Connector Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass
Hiroto Kitahara, Brook Patel, Mackenzie McCrorey, Sarah Nisivaco, Husam H. Balkhy.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Efficacy of Single Port Vats Lobectomy Compared with Triple Port Vats in Lung Cancer
Chang Kwon Park, Min Cheol Chae, Kyung Sub Song.
Dongsan Medical center, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.

Outcome Following Initial Consecutive 271 Cases with Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Using Complete Portal Technique
Yuan Kong¹, Yue Li², Fazuludeen Ali Akbar¹, Atasha Binti Asmat¹, Dokev Basheer Ahmed Aneez Ahmed¹.
¹Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.

Novel Educational App for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Joseph A.R. Ojah¹, Ahmad S. Ashrafi², Ajmal Hafizi³.
¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC, Canada, ³Surrey Thoracic Surgery Group, Surrey, BC, Canada.

Factors Affecting Accuracy and Efficacy of Intraoperative Localization of Small Peripheral GGN with Electromagnatic Navigation Bronchoscopy
Kwanyong Hyun, In Kyu Park, Young Tae Kim, Samina Park.
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.

Quality of Life (qol) in Nsclc Patients Underwent Robotic Vs Open Major Resections
Gaetano Romano¹, Carmelina C. Zirafa², Ilenia Cavaliere¹, Vittorio Aprile¹, Sara Ricciardi¹, Diana Bacchin¹, Elisa Sicolo¹, Federico Davini², Franca M.A Melfi².
¹Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular and Critical Pathology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy, ²Multispecialty Centre for Surgery, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.

How Atrioventricular Regurgitation Affects the Outcome and Survival of Your Tavi Patient
Markus G. Mach, David Santer, Harald Pisarik, Gabriel Weiss, Marieluise Harrer, Sandra Folkmann, Martin Grabenwöger.
Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria.

Direct Aortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation : A Feasible and Effective Alternative for Patients with Poor Peripheral Vascular Access
Simon CY Chow¹, Randolph HL Wong¹, Gary SH Cheung², Eugene B. Wu², Jacky Yk Ho¹, Peter Sy Yu¹, Malcolm J. Underwood¹.
¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin , New Territories , HK, Hong Kong, ²Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin , New Territories , HK, Hong Kong.

Mitral Valve Annular Morphology Shows Relevant Changes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Procedures
Simon H. Sündermann, Alexander Meyer, Dustin Greve, Karel Van Praet, Axel Unbehaun, Volkmar Falk, Jörg Kempfert.
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Cut-down Access Outperforms Complete Percutaneous Transcatheter Valve Implantation
Markus G. Mach¹, Manuel Wilbring², Bernhard Winkler¹, Konstatin Alexiou², Utz Kappert², Martin Grabenwöger¹, Klaus Matschke².
¹Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, ²University Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Failure is Fatal - Which Determinants of Outcome Remain in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation?
Markus G. Mach¹, Manuel Wilbring², Bernhard Winkler¹, Konstantin Alexiou², Utz Kappert², Martin Grabenwöger¹, Klaus Matschke².
¹Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, ²University Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Real World Outcomes of the Mitraclip Procedure at a Single Institution
Joshua L. Manghelli, Daniel I. Carter, Ali J. Khiabani, Farah N. Musharbash, Hersh S. Maniar, Alan Zajarias, John M. Lasala, Marc A. Sintek, Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano, Spencer J. Melby.
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Tavi in Patients with Aortic Regurgitation, Native and Redo. Special Issues to Address?
Gry Dahle, Jon Offstad, Lars Aaberge, Christian Eek, Anders Hervold, Jan Otto Beitnes, Thomas Helle-Valle, Kjell Arne Rein.
Rikshospitalet, OUS, Oslo, Norway.

Trans-jugular Tricuspid Valve-in-a-ring Implantation: Experimental Feasibility Study in Short-term Survival Porcine Model
Thang Duc Vu, Duc Viet Nguyen, Ervin Marquez Ocampo, Hannah Qi-Hui Tan, Diyana Ja'afar, Mohamed Alaa, Maria Tsopanomichalou Gklotsou, Lian Kah Ti, Theodoros Kofidis.
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Anatomical Versus Clinical Markers of Frailty in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Aravind Krishnan¹, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, MD¹, Xun Zhou, MD¹, Cheng T. Lin, MD¹, Charles D. Frasier III, MD¹, Todd C. Crawford, MD¹, Joshua Hsu, ScM¹, Rani K. Hasan, MD MHS¹, Jon Resar, MD¹, Matthews Chacko, MD¹, John V. Conte, MD², William A. Baumgartner, MD¹, Kaushik Mandal, MD MPH FES¹.
¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, ²Penn State University Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.

Early and Midterm Results of Minimally Invasive Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery Through a Right Mini thoracotomy
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Yasuhito Okuzono, Takahisa Hirano, Miho Kuroda, Shuhei Nishijima, Yujiro Ito, Takaki Hori.
Chibanishi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

Minimally Invasive Approach Via Right Anterior Minithoracotomy or Mini-sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Reoperation
Elisa Mikus¹, Mauro Del Giglio², Simone Calvi¹, Eliana Raviola¹, Alberto Tripodi¹, Alberto Albertini¹.
¹Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM for Care & Research, Cotignola (Ra), Italy, ²Istituto Clinico San Rocco, Ome (Bs), Italy.

Longterm Results after Minimal Invasive Trifecta Aortic Valve Bioprothesis Implantation
Sven Lehmann¹, Jens Garbade¹, Anna Meyer¹, Khalil Jawad¹, Stefan Feder¹, Ricardo Spampinato Torcivia¹, Alexandro Hoyer¹, Maya Dieterlen¹, Anna Funkat², Michael Borger¹.
¹Heartcenter Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²Leipzig Heartinsitut, Leipzig, Germany.

Sutureless Aortic Valve is Associated with Improvement of Ejection Fraction in Patients with Preoperative Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
Giovanni Concistrè, Giacomo Bianchi, Francesca Chiaramonti, Rafik Margaryan, Michele Murzi, Enkel Kallushi, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Tommaso Gasbarri, Pierandrea Farneti, Marco Solinas.
Ospedale del cuore "G. Pasquinucci", Massa, Italy.

Safety of Surgical Training in the Era of Minimally-invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
Sina Stock, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, Bence Bucsky, Doreen Richardt, Stefan Klotz.
Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.

Incidence of Pacemaker Implantation after Aortic Valve Replacement with Sutureless Prosthesis: Single Centre Experience
Gabriele Di Giammarco, MD, Daniele Marinelli, MD, Francesca Faragalli, MD, Valentina Mancini, MD, Donato Micucci, MD.
Cardiac Surgery Department-University "G.D'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Chieti, Italy.

Right Mini Thoracotomy Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Septuagenarian
Suchart Chaiyaroj, Varissara Javakijkarnjanakul, Chawannuch Ruaengsri, Omchai Rattananont, Mann Chantavimon, Oraporn See, Tawaii Ngernsritrakoon, Pawit Pienvijit, Somchai Viengteerawat, Panuwat Lertsittichai.
Fuculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hos[ital, Mahidol university, Bangkok, Thailand.

Preoperative Image-guided Sizing for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement with Sutureless Valves
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Omar Jeroudi, John Mahmarian, Mahesh K. Ramchandani.
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Clinical Outcomes of Right Anterior Mini-thoracotomy Aortic Valve Replacement Using Central Arterial Cannulation
Carl A. Johnson, Jr., Amber L. Melvin, Hossein Amirjamshidi, Davida A. Robinson, Peter A. Knight.
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

Ascending Aortic Replacement Through a Ministernotomy Approach
Oleg Orlov, Vishal Shah, Cinthia Orlov, Manabu Takebe, Konstadinos Plestis.
Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Analysis of the First Hundred Robotic Cardiac Surgery Cases
Gokhan Erol, Murat Kadan, Mehmet Emin Ince, Kubilay Karabacak, Suat Doganci, Vedat Yildirim, Cengiz Bolcal, Ufuk Demirkilic.
Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Robotic Mitral Valve Operations can Safely be Performed in Obese Patients
Sahin Senay, Ahmet Umit Gullu, Muharrem Kocyigit, Cem Alhan.
Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Loop Technique Mitral Repair with Flexible Exposure System
Toshihiko Shibata, Takashi Murakami, MD, PhD, Hiromichi Fujii, MD, PhD, Yosuke Takahashi, MD, PhD, Akimasa Morisaki, M, PhD, Yoshito Sakon, MD, Sinsuke Nishimura, MD, Kokoro Yamane, MD.
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

Minithoracotomy Approach for Repair of Mitral, Tricuspid Valves and Atrial Tumors Removal in High Risk Patients.
Jakub P. Staromlynski, Radoslaw Smoczynski, Anna Witkowska, Maciej Bartczak, Pawel Stachurski, Wojciech Sarnowski, Dominik Drobinski, Piotr Suwalski.
Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland.

Does Realy 3d Make Difference: Propensity Score Matching Analysis of Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery
Rafik Margaryan, Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas.
Ospedale Del Cuore Fondazione 'G. Monasterio', Massa, Italy.

Long Term Results of the Totally Thoracoscopic Periareolar Approach for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Radoslaw Smoczynski¹, Anna Witkowska¹, Jakub Staromlynski¹, Dominik Drobinski¹, Grzegorz Suwalski², Wojciech Sarnowski¹, Irena Walecka¹, Dariusz Kosior¹, Piotr Suwalski¹.
¹Central Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland, ²Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

No Cross-clamp Minimally Invasive Endomitral - The King's Experience
Amir Sepehripour, Muhammad Anjum, Julia Glizevskaja, Max Baghai, Ranjit Deshpande.
King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

The Novel Livanova 3d Rechord Semirigid Ring Improves Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair with Arteficial Chords
Gábor Szabó, Ursula Tochtermann, Raffaele De Simone, Matthias Karck.
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Walid Abukhudair, Bayan Alshaikh.
KFAFH, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Impact of Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair on Inflammatory, Coagulation and Functional Laboratory Parameters
Sumi Westhofen, Yousef Alassar, Christian Detter, Ewaldas Girdauskas, Hermann Reichenspurner, Lenard Conradi.
University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Endoscopic Cardiac Approach for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery without Patients Selection
Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Antonio Cammardella, Alessandro Favaro, Paolo Magagna, Massimo Sella, Loris Salvador.
San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.