About the companion website, vii
Contributor list, viii

Preface, xi

List of videos, xii

Part I Aorta

1 Access techniques, 3
Jacques Kpodonu

2 Equipment required for aortic endografting, 15
Jacques Kpodonu

3 Advanced computed tomography imaging, workstations, and planning tools, 22
Paolo Perini, Pascal Rheaume & Stéphan Haulon

4 Technique of thoracic endografting for thoracic aneurysm using the approved Gore TAG device, 28
Jacques Kpodonu

5 Axillary/subclavian access for endovascular management of ascending and descending aortic pathologies, 36
Eduardo Keller Saadi

6 Endovascular repair of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms, 43
Timothy A. M. Chuter

7 Hybrid endovascular aortic arch surgery, 50
Bobby Yanagawa & Mark D. Peterson

8 Acute aortic dissection, 74
Ricardo Aun

9 Complications of endovascular aneurysm repair, 90
Babak J. Orandi & James H. Black, III

10 Complications of thoracic aortic endografting, 102
Jacques Kpodonu

11 Endovascular robotics for complex aortic intervention, 110
Celia V. Riga, Colin D. Bicknell, Mohamad S. Hamady & Nicholas J. W. Cheshire

Part II Structural heart disease 12 Cardiovascular hybrid operating rooms, 121
Georg Nollert, Sabine Wich, Thomas Hartkens & Anne Figel

13 Access techniques for transcatheter aortic valves, 131
Jacques Kpodonu

14 Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement, 141
Darren Mylotte, Giuseppe Martucci, Ruediger Lange & Nicolo Piazza

15 Transapical valve technology for aortic stenosis, 170
Jurg Grunenfelder, Theodoros Kofidis, Andre Plass & Volkmar Falk

16 Axillary/subclavian access for transcather aortic valve replacement, 187
Gilles Lemesle, Arnaud Sudre & Thomas Modine

17 Aortic valve replacement and transvalvular aortic valve replacement, 194
Thierry Folliguet & François Laborde

18 Transcatheter mitral leaflet repair, 204
Francesco Maisano, Joerg Seeburger, Paolo Denti, Friedrich W. Mohr & Ottavio Alfieri

19 Mitral valve: valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis/mitral regurgitation and available devices, 226
Hasan Jilaihawi & Saibal Kar

20 Real-time magnetic resonance imaging guidance in cardiac surgery, 253
Ming Li, Dumitru Mazilu & Keith A. Horvath

21 Patent ductus arteriosus, 262
Dabit Arzamendi & Mark Reisman

22 Patent foramen ovale, 272
Dabit Arzamendi & Mark Reisman

23 Articulated Robotic MedProbe snake robot for single port surgery, 284
Marco A. Zenati, Mohsen Mahvash & Howie Choset

Index, 288