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THIRD ANNUAL MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY SYMPOSIUM (MICS III)

Acknowledgments

MICS III Introduction
John M. Murkin, W. Douglas Boyd

2001-4325 – Where Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology Merge: The Future of Catheter-based Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease
Stephen N. Oesterle

 

2001-2683 – Is the Future of Cardiac Surgery in the Hands of the Interventional Cardiologist?
William E. Cohn, Ralph de la Torre, John R. Liddicoat

 

2001-8403 – Angiogenesis: Protein, Gene, or Cell Therapy?
Paul W.M. Fedak, Subodh Verma, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A.G. Mickle, Ren-Ke Li

 

2001-6866 – Closed Chest CABG on the Beating Heart With a Computer-Enhanced Articulating System: Case Report
Kojiro Kodera, Bob Kiaii, Reiza Rayman, Richard J. Novick, W. Douglas Boyd

 

2001-6282 – Pearls and Pitfalls: Lessons Learned in Endoscopic Robotic Surgery--The da Vinci™ Experience
Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk

 

2001-7281 – Anesthesia for Robotic Heart Surgery: An Overview
John M. Murkin, Sugantha Ganapathy

 

2001-5171 – An Alternative Arterial Conduit for Totally Endoscopic Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass
Bob Kiaii, Kojiro Kodera, Walid Abu-Khudair, Richard J. Novick, W. Douglas Boyd

   

2001-3578 – Minimally Invasive Approaches to Coronary Revascularization in High-Risk Patients
Mercedes K.C. Dullum

 

2001-5540 – Stress and Inflammatory Response after Beating Heart Surgery Versus Conventional Bypass Surgery: The Role of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia
Sugantha Ganapathy, John M. Murkin, Wojciech Dobkowski, Douglas Boyd

   

2001-5873 – Hybrid Strategies in Minimally Invasive Revascularization
Marco A. Zenati

 

2001-6108 – Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass (ACAB): Techniques and Outcome
Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr.

 

2001-3372 – Hemodynamic Stability and Lessons Learned: A Four-Year OPCAB Experience
James C. Hart

 

ARTICLES

2001-98765 – The Electrocautery Maze -- How I Do It
Prasanna Simha M, P. S. Seetharama Bhat, N. Prabhudeva

   

2001-6548 – The Initial United States Experience With the ATS Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis
Robert W. Emery, Rebecca J. Petersen, Thomas E. Kersten, Peter Stokman, Kevin M. Harris, Thomas Knickelbine, Terrence F. Longe, Jorge Macaya, Demetre M. Nicoloff, Kit V. Arom

   

2001-6547 – OPCAB Therapy Survey: Off-Pump Clopidogrel, Aspirin or Both Therapy Survey
Giuseppe D'Ancona, Harry W. Donias, Raffy L. Karamanoukian, Jacob Bergsland, Hratch L. Karamanoukian

   

2001-72542 – Aortic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella Henselae: A Rare Surgical Entity
Santiago A. Endara, Alex A. Roati, Ali M. Alizzi, Jason O. Boldery, Benjamin P. Bidstrup

   

2001-1818 – Less Invasive Surgical Management of Heart Failure by Cardiac Support Device Implantation on the Beating Heart
Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Brian D. Carlos, Mehmet C. Oz, C. Daniel Chou, Ammar S. Bafi, Richard H. Cooke, Jan Harrison, Cindy Bither, Garrett K. Peel