Jan Vojácek, Martin Mates, Jana Popelová, and Petr Pavel

Perforation of the right atrium and the ascending aorta following percutaneous transcatheter atrial septal defect closure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:157-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pedro P. Lima Cañadas, Alfonso Cañas Cañas, Juan L. Orradre Romeo, Carlos I. Rubio Martínez, Luis F. López Almodóvar, and Manuel Calleja Hernández

Endothelium histological integrity after skeletonized dissection of the left internal mammary artery with ultrasonic scalpel (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:160-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigetoshi Mieno, Fusao Watanabe, Yoshiki Sawa, and Hitoshi Horimoto

Gene transfer of ß₂ adrenergic receptor enhances cardioprotective effects of ischemic preconditioning in rat hearts after myocardial infarction (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:163-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shoichi Tobari, Naomi Morita, and Kota Okinaga

Strangulated intrapericardial herniation of the stomach after use of the right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:168-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitri Kalavrouziotis, Roger J.F. Baskett, and John A.P. Sullivan

Pulmonary artery to distal bypass for surgery on the descending thoracic aorta (New ideas - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:170-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irfan Tasoglu, Yildirim Imren, Yusuf Tavil, and Hakan Zor

Left atrial dissection following mass removal from right ventricle: non-surgical therapy (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:173-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yin-Kai Chao, Yun-Hen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Yi-Cheng Wu, Hui-Ping Liu, Chao-Jan Wang, and Po-Jen Ko

Controlling difficult airway by rigid bronchoscope—an old but effective method (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:175-179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christos Alexiou, Omar Khan, Patrick Onyeaka, Lynda Beggs, Ellis Morgan, and David Beggs

Oesophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma: lessons from a decade of consecutive resections (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:180-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emer E. McCarron, Michael J. Shackcloth, Antony D. Grayson, and Walid C. Dihmis

Left internal mammary artery use in patients with poor left ventricular ejection fraction: a propensity-matched analysis of mid-term survival (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:184-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshimasa Inoue, Masatoshi Gika, Keijiro Nozawa, Yoshifumi Ikeda, and Iwao Takanami

Optimum drainage method in descending necrotizing mediastinitis (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:189-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anish Patel, Jagan Rao, and Joel Dunning

Does magnesium offer any additional benefit in patients having anti-arrhythmic treatment for atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:193-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colin J. Hilton, J.R. Leslie Hamilton, Nicola Vitale, and Rune Haaverstad

Effects of ‘Bristol’ on surgical practice in the United Kingdom (Brief communication - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:197-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José M. Caffarena and José M. Gómez-Ullate

Biventricular repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle and common atrium using a modified double switch technique. A valid alternative to univentricular procedure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:200-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Okada, Teruo Yamashita, Masamichi Matsumori, Yutaka Hino, Yuji Hanafusa, Nobuchika Ozaki, Yoshihiko Tsuji, and Yutaka Okita

Surgical treatment for rupture of left ventricular free wall after acute myocardial infarction (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:203-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jette Scheby Berg, Bekka Ozer Christensen, Søren Aagaard, Thais B.N. Christensen, Daniel A. Steinbruchel, and J. Michael Hasenkam

Ischaemic preconditioning causes increased myocardial vascular resistance but no myocardial contractility changes in pigs after OPCAB (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:207-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfredo J. Rodrigues, Luciano Lopes Furlanetti, Gabriel Bijos Faidiga, Sandro Scarpelini, Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora, and Walter Villela de Andrade Vicente

Penetrating cardiac injuries: a 13-year retrospective evaluation from a Brazilian trauma center (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:212-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yolanda Carrascal, Elena Casquero, Javier Gualis, Salvatore Di Stefano, Santiago Flórez, Enrique Fulquet, Jose Ramon Echevarría, and Luis Fiz

Cognitive decline after cardiac surgery: proposal for easy measurement with a new test (ESCVS article - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:216-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Lemma, Andrea Mangini, Alberto Redaelli, and Fabio Acocella

Do cardiac stabilizers really stabilize? Experimental quantitative analysis of mechanical stabilization (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:222-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios P. Georghiou, Einat Birk, and Bernardo A. Vidne

Is there a reversal of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after redirection of anomalous hepatic venous flow to the lungs? (Best evidence topic - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:227-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marius Berman, David Hasdai, Ehud Raanani, Georgios P. Georghiou, Lina Kapustin, Yelena Chepurko, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Edith Hochhauser

Ex-vivo effect of roxithromycin on human and rat arterial vasoactivity (ESCVS article - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:232-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Grandmougin, Georges Fayad, Maria-Christina Delolme, Olivier Metton, Marco Vola, Richard Azzaoui, Xavier Barral, and Henri Warembourg

Beating-heart approach and moderately delayed surgical management of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture: an advisable approach to improve results? (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:238-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillermo Reyes, Gloria Forés, R. Hugo Rodríguez-Abella, Gregorio Cuerpo, José Luis Vallejo, Carlos Romero, and Ángel Pinto

NT-proBNP in cardiac surgery: a new tool for the management of our patients? (ESCVS article - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:242-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariko Siyue Koh, Anne Ann Ling Hsu, and Agasthian Thirugnanam

Novel management of a large chronic bronchocutaneous fistula after lobectomy (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:248-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuria Novoa, Pablo Benito, Marcelo F. Jiménez, Ana de Juan, José Luis Aranda, and Gonzalo Varela

Reconstruction of chest wall defects after resection of large neoplasms: ten-year experience (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:250-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Bernard, Laurent Benoit, Claire Renaud, and Jean Pierre Favre

Classification for predicting mediastinal lymph node metastases in patients with T1 or T2 lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:256-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael García Fuster, José A. Montero Argudo, Oscar Gil Albarova, Fernando Hornero Sos, Sergio Cánovas López, María Bueno Codoñer, José A. Buendía Miñano, and Ignacio Rodríguez Albarran

Left ventricular mass index as a prognostic factor in patients with severe aortic stenosis and ventricular dysfunction (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:260-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marjolein de Kraker, Jolanda Kluin, Nomdo Renken, Alex P.W.M. Maat, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

CT and myasthenia gravis: correlation between mediastinal imaging and histopathological findings (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:267-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Rostron and Joel Dunning

Does deflating the lungs and sawing from the xiphisternum reduce the chance of accidental pleurotomy during sternotomy? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:272-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bettina Marty, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Patrick Ruchat, Eric Haesler, and Ludwig Karl von Segesser

Systematic and exclusive use of intravascular ultrasound for endovascular aneurysm repair – the Lausanne experience (Institutional report - Vascular)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:275-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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