A.P. Naef

The mid-century revolution in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: Part 4 (Invited Historical Pages)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:213-221. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael F. Maguire, Colin B. Berry, Laura Gellett, and Richard G. Berrisford

Catastrophic haemoptysis during rigid bronchoscopy: a discussion of treatment options to salvage patients during catastrophic haemoptysis at rigid bronchoscopy (Negative results - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:222-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shishir Karthik, Jon Smith, and James A.C. Thorpe

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical excision of paravertebral neurogenic tumour manifesting with unilateral facial and upper limb anhydrosis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:226-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Barnard, Jacqueline Thompson, and Joel Dunning

Can any intervention effectively reduce the pain associated with chest drain removal? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:229-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noman Khasati, Jacqueline Thompson, and Joel Dunning

Is haloperidol or a benzodiazepine the safest treatment for acute psychosis in the critically ill patient? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:233-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Baeyens, Michael F. Maguire, Christopher D. Sheldon, and Richard G. Berrisford

Lung volume reduction surgery in a ventilator-dependent patient (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:237-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Vassalos, S.J. Dancer, and K.J.D. MacArthur

Polymerase chain reaction diagnosis in culture-negative prosthetic valve methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in a patient with chronic liver disease (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:240-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Sameh Sersar, Mohammed Fouad Ismaeil, Nabil Abdel Raouf Abdel Mageed, and Mohammed Mounir Elsaeid

Rapidly accumulating spontaneous pulmonary hematoma complicating a small parenchymal aneurysm (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:243-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charalambos Zisis, Dimitra Rontogianni, Kalliopi Stefanaki, and Ion Bellenis

Expression of cyclins D1, D3 and p27 in thymic epithelial tumors (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:245-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bülent Yalçin, Yalçin Kirici, and Hasan Ozan

The sinus node artery: anatomic investigations based on injection-corrosion of 60 sheep hearts (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:249-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yun-Hen Liu, Po-Jen Ko, Yi-Cheng Wu, and Hui-Ping Liu

Incorporated airway stent: a useful option for treating tracheal stenosis after metallic stenting (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:254-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz, Bülent Tunçözgür, Selim Kervancioglu, and Levent Elbeyli

Huge arteriovenous malformation due to chronic infection (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:257-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cemal Ozcelik, Serdar Onat, Mehmet Dursun, and Adem Arslan

Fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus: diagnostic dilemma (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:260-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmet Basoglu, Burcin Celik, Ali Osman Akdag, and Aysen Taslak Sengul

Endobronchial lipoma: a rare cause of bronchial occlusion (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:263-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhijun Li, Michael Jackson, Roxanne Deslauriers, and Jian Ye

Unclamping the inferior vena cava during retrograde cerebral perfusion increases the safe range of retrograde perfusion pressures and improves brain perfusion (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:265-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Chapuis

Barrett's esophagus: participation of the esophageal wall (Brief communication - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:270-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I.A. Kouerinis, P.A. Hountis, A.K. Loutsidis, and I.P. Bellenis

Spontaneous pneumothorax: are we missing something? (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:272-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yao-Kuang Huang, Yi-Cheng Wu, Yun-Hen Liu, and Hui-Ping Liu

Esophageal tuberculosis mimicking submucosal tumor (Case report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:274-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cemal Ozcelik and Serdar Onat

Nohl-Oser type tracheobronchoplastic procedure in the treatment of advanced carcinoma of the right upper lobe (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:277-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alper Toker, Yusuf Bayrak, Sukru Dilege, and Goksel Kalayci

Bronchial sleeve resections for carcinoid tumor in the first decade of life (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:280-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiromitsu Takizawa, Kazuya Kondo, Shoji Sakiyama, and Yasumasa Monden

Computed tomography-guided drainage for large pulmonary bullae (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:283-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Collart, Horea Feier, Dominique Metras, and Thierry G. Mesana

A safe, alternative technique for off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation in high-risk reoperative cases (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:286-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Arun K. Srinivasan, Aung Y. Oo, Antony D. Grayson, Rob Lowe, Raphael A. Perry, Brian M. Fabri, and Abbas Rashid

Mid-term survival after cardiac surgery in elderly patients: analysis of predictors for increased mortality (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:289-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Barnard, Joel Dunning, Ghassan Musleh, and Nick Odom

Is there a role for the use of radical lymph node dissection in the surgical management of resectable non-small cell lung cancer? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:294-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.A. Karolczak, L. Bec, and W. Madry

Intrapericardial ectopic thymic tissue (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:300-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ernst Weigang, Johannes Royl, Andreas Dencker, Joachim Schoellhorn, Andreas van de Loo, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Results after MIDCAB and OPCAB surgeries: problems and consequences of incomplete angiographic follow-up in the mid-term course (Follow-up paper - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:302-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Numata, Yuichiro Murayama, Masahiro Makino, and Akiteru Nakamura

Temporary stupor in a patient treated with iodoform gauze for mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:309-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darbhamulla V. Nagarajan, Philip S. Lewis, and Joel Dunning

Is clopidogrel beneficial following coronary bypass surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:311-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hakan Aydin, Özer Kandemir, Serdar Günaydin, and Yaman Zorlutuna

A peeled off and entrapped intraaortic balloon catheter in the femoral artery: an unusual complication (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:314-316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abel Gómez-Caro Andrés, Vicente Díaz-Hellín Gude, Francisco Javier Moradiellos Díez, and José Luis Martín de Nicolás

Spinal cord compression and epidural abscess extension of pleural empyema (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:317-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giedrius Vanagas

Receiver operating characteristic curves and comparison of cardiac surgery risk stratification systems (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:319-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maruthi Vara Prasad, Roy Thankachen, Bhawna Parihar, and Vinayak Shukla

Inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:323-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch, Artur Lichtenberg, Axel Haverich, and Rainer G. Leyh

Untreated tetralogy of Fallot in an adult patient complicated by acute aortic valve endocarditis (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:326-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabriel Amir, Asaad Khoury, Avraham Lorber, and David Mishaly

Extracardiac reconstruction of anomalous superior systemic venous return (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:328-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sinasi Yavuzer, Serkan Enon, and Ulas Kumbasar

Anterior transmediastinal contralateral access (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:331-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios P. Georghiou, Rafael Hirsch, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Ehud Raanani

Coxiella burnetii infection of an aortic graft: surgical view and a word of caution (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:333-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph H. Huber, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Michel Hurni, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

No drive line, no seal, no bearing and no wear: magnetics for impeller suspension and flow assessment in a new VAD (Work in progress report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:336-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gert Reiter, Ursula Reiter, Peter Bergmann, and Rainer Rienmüller

MR imaging-based port placement planning for totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:341-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pradeep Narayan, Hazaim Alwair, and Alan J. Bryan

Surgical resection of sequential thoracic aortic aneurysms in Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:346-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yao-Kuang Huang, Yun-Hen Liu, Po-Jen Ko, and Hui-Ping Liu

Successful treatment of long-segmental tuberculous tracheal stenosis with combined Mongomery T-stent and Hood stent (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:349-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishna Khargi, Axel Laczkovics, Klaus Müller, and Thomas Deneke

A possible surgical technique to avoid esophageal and circumflex artery injuries using radiofrequency ablation to treat atrial fibrillation (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:352-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ufuk Demirkilic, Ahmet Turan Yilmaz, Harun Tatar, and Omer Yuksel Ozturk

Bullet embolism to the pulmonary artery (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:356-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuhiko Doi, Koji Hasegawa, Masatoshi Fujita, Ario Yamazato, Kazuo Yamanaka, Masaki Watanabe, Keiichi Tambara, and Masashi Komeda

Clinical characteristics relevant to myocardial cell apoptosis: analysis of pericardial fluid (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:359-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darbhamulla V. Nagarajan, Philip S. Lewis, Michael Maguire, and Joel Dunning

Is an early invasive approach superior to a conservative strategy in patients with acute coronary syndrome? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:363-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anders Albåge, Gert Henriksson, and Dan Lindblom

Repair of acute mediastinoscopic injury to the pulmonary artery using an intravascular approach and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:368-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Theres Kasimir, Martin Grabenwoger, Peter Boeck, and Paul Simon

Rapid and untypical calcification of the Sorin pericarbon stentless pericardial xenograft in a child (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:370-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fadi Farhat, Lara Chalabreysse, Camille Diab, Stéphane Aubert, and Olivier Jegaden

Histological aspects of the saphenous vein damage with the use of the symmetry^® aortic connector system (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:373-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Zielinski, J. Kuzdzal, B. Staniec, M. Harazda, T. Nabialek, J. Pankowski, A. Szlubowski, and M. Narski

Extended rethymectomy in the treatment of refractory myasthenia gravis: original video-assisted technique of resternotomy and results of the treatment in 21 patients (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:376-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet Turgut, Cumhur Alhan, Mutlu Cihangiroglu, and Mehmet Sah Topcuoglu

Isolated giant intrathoracic meningocele associated with vertebral corpus deformity (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:381-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulas Kumbasar, Serkan Enon, Arif Osman Tokat, and Adem Gungor

An uncommon tumor of the diaphragm malignant schwannoma (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:384-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darbhamulla V. Nagarajan and Joel Dunning

Is antero-posterior position superior to antero-lateral position for placement of electrodes for external cardioversion of atrial fibrillation? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:386-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cemal Ozcelik, Serdar Onat, Ibrahim Askar, and Ender Topal

Surgical correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome by intrapleural expandable prosthesis in a child (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:390-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Fokin and Francis Robicsek

Transposition of the esophageal hiatus: a useful addition to Belsey repair of hiatus hernia (Brief communication - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:393-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Schimmer, Felix Hillig, Hubertus Riedmiller, and Olaf Elert

Surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma with intravascular extension (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:395-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renato Silva, David Prieto, Pedro Antunes, and Manuel J. Antunes

Repair in traumatic ascending aortic rupture and valve insufficiency (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:398-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ludwig Lampl

Tracheobronchial injuries. Conservative treatment (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:401-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Augustine Tang, Jacek Karski, Jagdish Butany, and Tirone David

Severe mitral regurgitation in acute eosinophilic endomyocarditis: repair or replacement? (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:406-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S.Nicholas Fletcher, Kaushik Mandal, and Marjan Jahangiri

Surgical glue resembling left atrial thrombus (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:409-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vito Briganti, Paolo Tavormina, Alberto Testa, and Lucia Oriolo

Giant tracheocele following primary tracheostomy closure in a 3 year old child (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:411-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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