Ludwig K. von Segesser

From the magic mountain to rocket science in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (Editorial)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:217-218. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.P. Naef

The mid-century revolution in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: Part 1 (Invited Historical Pages)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:219-226. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew T. Goodwin, Adrian Ooi, Jago Kitcat, and Samer A.M. Nashef

Outcomes in emergency redo cardiac surgery: cost, benefit and risk assessment (Institutional review - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:227-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal Berdat, Mladen Pavlovic, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, and Thierry Carrel

Segmental agenesia of the descending aorta treated by extra-anatomic bypass (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:231-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eung Bae Lee, Sang Cheol Lee, Joon Yong Cho, and Jong Tae Lee

Surgery for concomitant aortoesophageal and aortobronchial fistula in tuberculous aortitis (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:234-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe D'Ancona, Tomas A. Salerno, Pierre S. Aoukar, and Hratch Karamanoukian

Use of nitinol-U clips and flow characteristics of LIMA-LAD anastomoses (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:237-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishna Khargi, Thomas Deneke, Bernd Lemke, and Axel Laczkovics

Irrigated radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective technique to treat chronic atrial fibrillation (Work in progress report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:241-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Hilker, H. Oelert, and U. Hake

A review of 507 off-pump coronary bypass patients: a single center experience (Institutional review - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:246-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Eliseo Passera, Roger Vaughan, and Gaetano Rocco

Implementation of a user-friendly protocol for interpretation of air-leaks and management of intercostal chest drains after thoracic surgery (Institutional review - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:251-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Gatti and Peppino Pugliese

Preliminary experience in mitral valve repair using the Cosgrove–Edwards annuloplasty ring (Institutional review - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:256-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marius Berman, Alon Stamler, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Milton Saute

Computer-enhanced thoracoscopic thymectomy with the Zeus telemanipulation surgical system (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:262-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Kenji Hazama, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Mitsunori Ohta, and Hikaru Matsuda

Matured mediastinal teratoma extending into the cervical neck of an adult (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:265-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fahri Oguzkaya and Yigit Akçali

Multiple pellets expectoration: bronchial repair by using a costal cartilage graft (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:268-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florian Tomaselli, Sabine Gabor, Heinrich Mächler, and Freyja Maria Smolle-Jüttner

Severe heart laceration in penetrating chest trauma: thoracoscopy as a key to diagnosis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:270-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michal Wojtalik, Wojciech Mrowczynski, Jan Zeromski, and Rafal Bartkowski

Does contegra xenograft implantation evoke cellular immunity in children? (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:273-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Kobza, Erwin Oechslin, and Rolf Jenni

An intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:279-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland G. Demaria, Olivier Malo, Michel Carrier, and Louis P. Perrault

The Monoshunt: a new intracoronary shunt design to avoid distal endothelial dysfunction during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:281-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Atsushi Amano, Syuichirou Takanashi, and Akihito Takahashi

Skeletonized bilateral internal mammary artery graftingfor patients with diabetes (Institutional review - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:287-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pietro Angelo Abbruzzese, Stefano Longo, Enrico Aidala, and Andrea Valori

Securing atrial lines with Silastic ligatures (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:293-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K.M. Krishnamoorthy and Sekhar Rao

Saccular aneurysm of congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:295-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Oshima, Ikuo Hashimoto, Chikashi Shimazu, and Fukiko Ichida

Atypical infantile form of scimitar syndrome with bronchomalacia (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:298-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessia Gimelli, Mattia Glauber, Assuero Giorgetti, Gianmario Sambuceti, Antonio L'Abbate, and Paolo Marzullo

Revascularization of dysfunctioning myocardium: differential prognostic effects of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with three-vessel disease and mostly viable myocardium (Institutional review - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:301-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E.M. Choukroun, L.M. Labrousse, F.P. Madonna, and C. Deville

Multiple aneurysm of saphenous vein graft with low symptoms 16 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:307-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sadi Kaplan, Kanat Ozisik, Jeffrey A. Morgan, and Riza Dogan

Measurement of Troponin T and I to detect cardioprotective effect of aminophylline during coronary artery bypass grafting (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:310-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I.I. Skopin, R.A. Serov, A.A. Makushin, and M.A. Sazonenkov

Primary rabdomyosarcoma of the right atrium (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:316-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerio Annessi, Massimiliano Paci, Guglielmo Ferrari, and Giorgio Sgarbi

Ultrasonically guided biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses (Brief communication - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:319-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Ramvatu Devasingh Naik, Mahmoud Loubani, and George Nova Billa

Surgical approach for pericardiectomy: a comparative study between median sternotomy and left anterolateral thoracotomy (Institutional review - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:322-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Chiappini, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, and Giuseppe Marinelli

The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with microwave ablation: preliminary experience and results (Work in progress report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:327-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Praveen K. Varma, Baiju S. Dharan, Padmakumar Ramachandran, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan

Superior vena caval aneurysm (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:331-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Misfeld, Tibo Gerriets, Gerrit Kopiske, Manfred Kaps, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and Ernst-Günther Kraatz

Quantification of microembolic signals during transmyocardial laser revascularization (Institutional review - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:334-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Sersar Sameh, Mohammed Fouad Ismaeil, Mohammed Abdelhameed Fouda Nasser, and Mohammed Mounir ElSaeid Awadalla

Huge cervico-thoracic thymic cyst (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:339-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando Hornero, Sergio Canovas, Jorge Estornell, and Vicente Cervera

Scimitar syndrome: multislice computer tomography with three-dimensional reconstruction (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:341-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alpaslan Cakan, Ozgur Samancilar, Deniz Nart, and Ufuk Cagirici

Alveolar adenoma: an unusual lung tumor (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:345-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Walther, Peter Theune, Ian Sullivan, and Marc R. de Leval

Successful medical treatment of persistent pleural drainage after the Fontan operation (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:348-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Kamler, Gert Kerkhoff, Thomas Budde, and Heinz Jakob

Scimitar syndrome in an adult: diagnosis and surgical treatment (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:350-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernhard C. Danner, Michael Horst, Probal K. Ghosh, and Otto E. Dapunt

Right atrial mass: tumor or aneurysm? (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:352-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keisuke Eguchi, Koichi Kobayashi, Ichiro Hasegawa, and Seishi Nakatsuka

Restenosis of superior vena cava after treatment using a self-expanding metallic stent in a patient with idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:355-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.S. Kalkat, P.B. Rajesh, and C. Hendrickse

Necrotizing fasciitis of chest wall complicating empyema thoracis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:358-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

András Palotás, Attila Paszt, Károly Szentpáli, and György Lázár

Esophageal cancer complicated with azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava (Case report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:361-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Sersar Sameh, NourEldeen Noaman Gewaeli, Usama Ali Hamza, and Mohammed Mounir ElSaid Awadalla

Epidermoid cyst radiologically mistaken as a left sided subpulmonic effusion (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:364-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nilgün Bozbuga, Vedat Erentug, Esat Akinci, and Cevat Yakut

Is surgical therapy the only treatment of choice for cardiac echinococcossis with multiple organ involvement? (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:367-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.Stephen Billing, Adrian Ooi, and Stephen R. Large

The outcome of cardiac surgery in high-risk quaternary referral patients (Institutional review - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:369-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyvan Moghissi, Kate Dixon, and J.Andrew C. Thorpe

A method for video-assisted thoracoscopic photodynamic therapy (VAT-PDT) (New ideas - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:373-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gaëtan Deslée, Pierre José Guillou, Bernard Baehrel, and François Lebargy

Malignant mesenchymoma of the pleura (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:376-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viktor Hraska

A new approach to hemi-Fontan type of operation (New ideas - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:379-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Fumero, Lorena Villalba, Jean-Louis Kemeny, and Lionel Camilleri

Coexisting chordal papillary fibroelastoma and leaflet Lambl's tumour of the mitral valve (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:382-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Wippermann, Johannes M. Albes, Harald Brandes, and Thorsten Wahlers

Punch-hole aneurysm of the ascending aorta after coronary artery bypass surgery (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:385-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iwao Takanami

Closure of a bronchopleural fistula using a fibrin–glue coated collagen patch (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:387-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.A. Radermecker, R. Limet, C.M. Lapiere, and B. Nusgens

Increased mRNA expression of decorin in the prolapsing posterior leaflet of the mitral valve (Work in progress report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:389-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dalokay Kiliç, Bulent Erdogan, Mehmet Ali Habesoglu, and Ahmet Hatipoglu

Multiple primary chest wall hydatid cysts associated with spinal canal involvement (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:395-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salvatore Agati, Carmelo Mignosa, Innocenzo Bianca, and Dario Salvo

Patent ductus arteriosus and left coronary ostium stenosis: an hybrid approach (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:398-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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