A.P. Naef

The mid-century revolution in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: Part 6 (Invited Historical Pages)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:535-541. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio F. Russo, Pasquale A. Fratto, Filippo Milazzo, and Ettore Vitali

Successful replacement of malfunctioning TCI HeartMate LVAD with DeBakey LVAD as a bridge to heart transplantation (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:542-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajesh Hanvesakul, Ranjit Deshpande, Cornelia S. Carr, and Nuzhat Akbar

Aspergillus aortitis: a cause for aortic perforation in a patient following combined aortic valve surgery and liver transplantation (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:544-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narain Moorjani, Julia E. Beeson, Joanna M. Evans, and M. Omar Maiwand

Cryosurgery for the treatment of benign tracheo-bronchial lesions (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:547-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka, and Taisei Maemura

Fluoroscopic angiography-guided mini-entry localization before minimally invasive redo coronary artery bypass (Brief communication - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:551-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Daniel Knott, Robert R. Lorenz, Isaac Eliachar, and Sudish C. Murthy

Reconstruction of a tracheobronchial tree disruption with bovine pericardium (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:554-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makoto Ando, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Toshio Kikuchi

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with dysmorphic pulmonary vein: a risk for postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:557-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chien-Chang Chen, Chung-Chi Wang, Shih-Rong Hsieh, Hong-Wen Tsai, Hao-Ji Wei, and Yen Chang

Application of European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) in coronary artery bypass surgery for Taiwanese (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:562-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis Robicsek and Alexander A. Fokin

How not to do it: restrictive thoracic dystrophy after pectus excavatum repair (Brief communication - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:566-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramin E. Beygui, Fardad Esmailian, David A. Rigberg, and Hillel Laks

Repair of the symptomatic aberrant aortic arch aneurysm without hypothermic circulatory arrest (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:569-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sebastian Pagni, Erle H. Austin, and Joseph S. Abraham

Right coronary artery to superior vena cava fistula presenting with ‘steal’ phenomenon (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:573-574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ersin Erek, Yusuf Kenan Yalcinbas, Ayse Sarioglu, and Tayyar Sarioglu

Double root re-replacement after Ross–Konno operation in a patient with straight back syndrome: clamshell approach (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:575-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos García Franco, Sarah Heili, Luis Jiménez Hiscock, and José Zapatero Gaviria

Pulmonary metastases in a bilateral carotid body paraganglioma (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:578-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aliu Sanni and Joel Dunning

Is transmyocardial revascularisation of benefit in addition to coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with diffuse coronary disease? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:581-585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aliu Sanni and Joel Dunning

Is transmyocardial revascularisation of benefit to people with ‘no option’ angina? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:586-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Niinai, Masashi Kawamoto, and Osafumi Yuge

Severe pompholyx following endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:593-595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsutomo Kohno, Kazumasa Noda, Hirokazu Moriyama, and Yoshihiro Nishimura

Segmental arterial ligation under video-assisted thoracoscopy combined with transcatheter embolotherapy for multiple bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:596-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Barnard and Douglas Speake

In open heart surgery is there a role for the use of carbon dioxide field flooding techniques to reduce the level of post-operative gaseous emboli? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:599-602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammed Hanif, Seyed Mahmoud Nourei, and Joel Dunning

Does the use of topical tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery reduce the incidence of post-operative mediastinal bleeding? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:603-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick M. Spielmann and Ciro Campanella

Spinal infarction following coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:606-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvain Rubin, Yves Assad Saade, Hervé Dayawa, and Bernard Baehrel

Transection of left common carotid artery with arch extension after blunt chest trauma (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:608-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senri Miwa, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Suong-Hyu Hyon, and Masashi Komeda

A novel method of ‘preparative’ myocardial protection using green tea polyphenol in oral uptake (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:612-615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ricardo P.J. Budde, Thomas C. Dessing, Rudy Meijer, Patricia F.A. Bakker, Cornelius Borst, and Paul F. Gründeman

Robot-assisted 13 MHz epicardial ultrasound for endoscopic quality assessment of coronary anastomoses (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:616-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Barnard, Joel Dunning, Michael Grossebner, and Mohamad N. Bittar

In aortic arch surgery is there any benefit in using antegrade cerebral perfusion or retrograde cerebral perfusion as an adjunct to hypothermic circulatory arrest? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:621-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Nölke, Eilis McGovern, and Alfred Edward Wood

Saphenous vein graft aneurysms; the true, false and ugly! (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:631-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan De Raet, Urbain Mees, Jos Vandekerkhof, and Marc Hendrikx

Penetrating pediatric cardiac trauma caused by fall on a pencil with normal echocardiography (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:634-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rui Haddad, Luiz Felippe Judice, Antônio Chibante, and Denis Ferraz

Migration of surgical sponge retained at mediastinoscopy into the trachea (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:637-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Savvas Omorphos, Mohammed Hanif, and Joel Dunning

Are prophylactic ß-blockers of benefit in reducing the incidence of AF following coronary bypass surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:641-646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja, Ali A. Behranwala, and J. Dunning

Does off-pump coronary artery surgery reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:647-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel G. Morritt, Samir S. Shah, Andrew N. Morritt, and Pankaj Kaul

Acute transection of the left internal mammary artery remote from the anastomosis following coronary artery bypass surgery (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:653-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vivek Shrivastava, Brian Nyawo, Joel Dunning, and Graham Morritt

Is there a role for prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation for patients undergoing lung surgery? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:656-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angelo Carretta, Lidia Libretti, Gianluca Taccagni, and Piero Zannini

Salivary gland-type mixed tumor (pleomorphic adenoma) of the lung (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:663-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Sjögren, Ronny Gustafsson, Angelica Wackenfors, Malin Malmsjö, Lars Algotsson, and Richard Ingemansson

Effects of vacuum-assisted closure on central hemodynamics in a sternotomy wound model (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:666-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Formica, Fabio Sangalli, Orazio Ferro, and Giovanni Paolini

A rare cause of severe aortic regurgitation: quadricuspid aortic valve (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:672-674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Barandon, Philippe Clerc, Christophe Chauvel, and Philippe Plagnol

Native aortic valve thrombosis: a rare cause of acute ischemia of the lower limb (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:675-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Lin Tsai, Hao-Ji Wei, Shih-Rong Hsieh, and Yen Chang

Salvage of left Cabrol limb occlusion by minimally invasive direct coronary bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2004;3:678-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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