Ludwig K. von Segesser

www.icvts.org: The most frequent downloads Improved feedback from an interactive publication (Editorial)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.P. Naef

The mid-century revolution in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: Part 3 (Invited Historical Pages)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:3-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmet Sami Bayram, Bulent Ozdemir, Fatma Aydiner, and Sümeyye Gullulu

Carcinosarcoma as a primary mediastinal tumor (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:11-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akin Eraslan Balci, Sevval Eren, and Mehmet Nesimi Eren

Esophageal foreign bodies under cricopharyngeal level in children: an analysis of 1116 cases (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:14-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishna Adluri and Jitendra M. Parmar

Use the bulla for pneumostasis (New ideas - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:19-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Federico Venuta, Serena Quattrucci, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Edoardo Mercadante, Marco Moretti, Giuseppe Cimino, and Giorgio F. Coloni

Improved results with lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis: a 6-year experience (Institutional report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:21-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amr E. Abbas, Patrick Liu, and Richard W. Lee

Acquired post-pneumonectomy dextrocardia (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:25-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Per Bergman, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Göran Dellgren, and Jan van der Linden

A policy to reduce stroke in patients with extensive atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta undergoing coronary surgery (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:28-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torkel Åberg and Jan Hentschel

Improved total quality by monitoring of a cardiothoracic unit. Medical, administrative and economic data followed for 9 years (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:33-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaoru Matsuura, Hitoshi Ogino, Kenji Minatoya, and Hiroaki Sasaki

Aortic stenosis caused by the felt strip used in repair for acute aortic dissection (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:41-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raj Gopal Menon, Shobha Menon, John Valliyathu, and Taha Al Delamie

Methemoglobinemia masquerading as pulmonary hypertension (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:44-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel Dunning, Noman Khasati, and Brian Prendergast

What is the optimal medical treatment for stable cardiac surgical patients who go into atrial fibrillation after their operation? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:46-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Veronika Matzi, Alfred Maier, Michael Woltsche, and Freyja Maria Smolle-Jüttner

Polyhematoporphyrin-mediated photodynamic therapy and decortication in palliation of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a clinical pilot study (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:52-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Solaini, F. Prusciano, P. Bagioni, and D.B. Poddie

Long-term results of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a single-centre study of 104 cases (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erkan Yildirim, Koray Dural, Tevfik Kaplan, and Unal Sakinci

Cystic lymphangioma: report of two atypical cases (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:63-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen M. Wildhirt, Mike Bentley, and John C. Mullen

Asymptomatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta diagnosed due to accompanying infection of a right atrial embolus (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:66-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert A. Lavis, James A. Barrett, Dennis C. Kinsella, and Richard G. Berrisford

Recurrent dysphagia after oesophagectomy caused by chylomediastinum (Case report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:68-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satish Das and Joel Dunning

Can epiaortic ultrasound reduce the incidence of intraoperative stroke during cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:71-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roser Saumench, Juan A. Barcia, Antonio Arnau, and Antonio Cantó

Combined thoracotomy and laminectomy for spinal cavernomas with intrathoracic growth (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:76-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serdar Han, Unal Sakinci, S.Kenan Kose, and Rasih Yazkan

The relationship between aluminum and spontaneous pneumothorax; treatment, prognosis, follow-up? (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:79-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miguel Congregado, Rafael Jimenez-Merchan, Andres Arroyo, and Jesús Loscertales

Pleural hibernoma. Treatment by videothoracoscopic surgery (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:83-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kilsoo Yie, Sichan Sung, Daechul Kim, and Jongsoo Woo

Bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt as a rescue procedure for right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:86-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ganesh Shanmugam, Graeme Hart, Robert Jeffrey, and Harry McFarlane

Coronary bypass by complete sternotomy in a patient with a tracheostoma (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:89-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Schintler, A. Maier, V. Matzi, and F.M. Smolle-Jüttner

Vacuum assisted closure system in the management of cervical anastomotic leakage after gastric pull-up (Brief communication - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:92-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tamer Okay, Murat Yasaroglu, Mehmet Yildirim, Oya Imamoglu Uncu, Bülent Aydemir, Ilgaz Dogusoy, and Alper Findikçioglu

A new approach to pectus deformity in females (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:95-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Akin Kuzucu, Ömer Soysal, and Hakan Günen

The role of surgery in chest wall tuberculosis (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:99-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noboru Nakano, Katsutoshi Miyauchi, Hiroshi Imagawa, and Kanji Kawachi

Immediate localization using ultrasound-guided hookwire marking of peripheral lung tumors in the operating room (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:104-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiko Higashiyama, Koji Takami, Naozumi Higaki, and Ken Kodama

Pulmonary middle lobe fixation using TachoComb in patients undergoing right upper lobectomy with complete oblique fissure (New ideas - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:107-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Kamiya, Teruaki Ushijima, Keiichi Mukai, Chikako Ikeda, Keishi Ueyama, and Go Watanabe

Late patency of the left internal thoracic artery graft in patients with and without previous successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:110-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel Dunning, Noman Khasati, and James Barnard

Low dose (renal dose) dopamine in the critically ill patient (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:114-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Praveen Varma, Manoranjan Misra, Vishnupuri Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan

Fatal post-operative gastro intestinal hemorrhage because of angio-dysplasia of small intestine in aortic regurgitation (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:118-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uday Dandekar, Jonathan Young, Maninder Kalkat, and Christopher M.R. Satur

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia type II complicating coronary artery bypass surgery: a tale of caution (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:121-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maninder Kalkat, Adrian Levine, and Joel Dunning

Does use of aprotinin in coronary artery bypass graft surgery affect graft patency? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:124-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Miura, Yukihisa Isomatsu, Toshiharu Shin'oka, and Hiromi Kurosawa

Conversion to total cavopulmonary connection 9 years after closure of a large ventricular septal defect (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:129-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Litmathe, N. Atmaca, D. Menghesha, and A. Krian

Combined procedures using the extracorporeal circulation and urologic tumor operation – experiences in six cases (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:132-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph Alex, Chung Ko, and J.M. Parmar

Exposing the lateral and posterior surface of the heart during coronary revascularisation – a simple technique (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:136-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tim Attmann, Claudia Heilmann, Matthias Siepe, Juergen Martin, Florian Jentzmik, Patrick von Samson, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, and Georg Lutter

Transgenic and transmural revascularization: regional myocardial tissue pressure during chronic ischemia (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:138-144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gürkan Çetin, Emin Tireli, Ahmet Özkara, and Funda Öztunç

The use of pulmonary autograft patch for type A aortic interruption and Swiss-cheese ventricular septal defect (VSD) (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:145-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Miyahara, Masanobu Maeda, Hajime Sakurai, Masato Nakayama, Hiroomi Murayama, and Hiroki Hasegawa

Cardiovascular surgery in patients on chronic dialysis: effect of intraoperative hemodialysis (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:148-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Julián, Joaquín J. Valdunciel, José A. Sastre, and Clemente Muriel

Aspirin-like defect in platelet secretion on a patient undergoing cardiac valve and coronary graft surgery. Perioperative management (Case report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:153-155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Guillem, Ioannis Papachristos, Christophe Peillon, and Jean-Pierre Triboulet

Etilefrine use in the management of post-operative chyle leaks in thoracic surgery (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:156-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Numata, Hideki Uemura, Koji Kagisaki, and Toshikatsu Yagihara

Tricuspid atresia with common arterial trunk: successful treatment using Fontan procedure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:161-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisao Asamura, Kazuo Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Kenji Suzuki, Shun-ichi Watanabe, and Ryosuke Tsuchiya

Thymoma needs a new staging system (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:163-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ganesh Shanmugam and Matthew Bayfield

Integrated procedure for giant right coronary aneurysm with fistula and atrial fibrillation – coronary grafting, fistula obliteration and radiofrequency maze (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:168-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Alter, Matthias Herzum, and Bernhard Maisch

Development of a saphenous vein coronary artery bypass graft pseudoaneurysm (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:171-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serap Ket, Omer Ozbudak, Tulay Ozdemir, and Levent Dertsiz

Acute respiratory failure and tracheal obstruction in patients with posterior giant mediastinal (intrathoracic) goiter (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:174-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal A. Berdat, Karen Müller, Jürg Schmidli, Beat Kipfer, Friedrich Eckstein, Franz F. Immer, and Thierry Carrel

Totally arterial off-pump vs. on-pump coronary revascularization: comparison of early outcome (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:176-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland L. Featherstone and David J. Chambers

Long-term hypothermic lung preservation: does adenosine A₁ receptor antagonism have a role in ischemic preconditioning protection? (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:182-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Date, Motoi Aoe, Itaru Nagahiro, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (Case report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:188-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noman Khasati, Rajesh Sivaprakasam, and Joel Dunning

Is the figure-of-eight superior to the simple wire technique for closure of the sternum? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:191-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasilios D. Kollias, Stergios P. Theodoropoulos, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Right atrial appendage myxoma following recent coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:195-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Bernabeu, Carlos A. Mestres, Pablo Loma-Osorio, and Miguel Josa

Acute aortic and mitral valve regurgitation following blunt chest trauma (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:198-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kotaro Kameyama, Cheng-long Huang, Eiichi Hayashi, and Hiroyasu Yokomise

Extended posterolateral–subcostal thoracotomy for extrapleural pneumonectomy: a surgical approach for radical operation of pleural mesothelioma (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:201-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.A. Hoschtitzky, J. Naisbitt, and J. Au

Interposition grafting of the lower lobe pulmonary artery with a cuff of azygous vein, following its accidental ligation and division (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:204-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars-Göran Dahlin, Hans Granfeldt, and Henrik Hultkvist

A multimodal approach for reducing wound infections after sternotomy (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:206-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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