Videos of Surgical Procedures

This page provides links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual operations performed at medical centers in the United States since January 2004. The videos last an hour. Please note that you cannot send in questions by email, though the webcast may say that you can, because you are not seeing these videos live.

Most of the videos, especially those dated after July 15, 2007, are in Flash format. You will need Flash to view the programs. You can download the flash players at www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.

Some of the videos dated before July 15, 2007 are in RealPlayer; you will need the latest version of RealPlayer to view the programs. If you do not have Real Player, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you view the presentation. You can download the RealPlayer media player at www.real.com.

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Blood, Heart and Circulation

Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Baptist Hospital, Miami, FL, 5/07/2009)
• Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 5/20/2008)
• Repair of a Migrated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Graft (Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 9/30/2005)
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) (Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/17/2009)

Angioplasty
• Coronary Angioplasty Stent Placement (Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/19/2009)
• Procedures for Improving Circulation to the Legs (Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 5/10/2007)

Arrhythmia
• Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation with 3D Mapping (Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL, 11/15/2007)
• Paracardioscopic Ex-Maze (FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, NC, 07/09/2008)

Atrial Fibrillation
• Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 5/1/2008)

Carotid Artery Disease
• Innovations in Stroke Prevention: An Update on Carotid Stenting (New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 7/15/2008)

Congenital Heart Defects
• Atrial Septal Defect in Children and Adults (Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, 8/08/2006)
• Pediatric Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Implantation (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston MA, 10/04/2007)
• Repair of a Complex Congenital Cardiac Defect (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 10/05/2007)

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, IA, 2/05/2008)
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass: A Beating Heart Procedure (Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL, 10/04/2007)
• Minimally Invasive Heart Procedure: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth, MN, 12/18/2007)
• Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Operation (PinnacleHealth, Harrisburg, PA, 2/12/2008)
• TECAB - Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 6/10/2009)

Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Angioplasty Stent Placement (Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/19/2009)

Heart Diseases
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) (Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/17/2009)

Heart Failure
• Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction (Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, 2/13/2008)

Heart Valve Diseases
• Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, NC, 4/02/2009)
• Pediatric Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Implantation (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston MA, 10/04/2007)
• Repair of a Complex Congenital Cardiac Defect (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 10/05/2007)
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) (Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/17/2009)

Heart Transplantation
• Heart Transplant Procedure (Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 09/19/2007)

Mitral Valve Prolapse
• Mitral Valve Repair Surgery (Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 10/23/2007)

Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators
• Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (Halifax Health Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL, 2/19/2009)

Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Procedures for Improving Circulation to the Legs (Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 5/10/2007)

Stroke
• Innovations in Stroke Prevention: An Update on Carotid Stenting (New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 7/15/2008)