Leo A. Bockeria and Hassan Ali

Successful surgical management of penetrating heart injury due to bomb explosion in a child (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:281-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Simek, Petr Nemec, Mojmír Cermák, and Katerina Prikrylová

Intraoperative massive pulmonary embolism during coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:283-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jain Bhaskara Pillai, Christopher M. Feindel, Jagdish Butany, and Patricia Murphy

A diagnostic challenge – an unusual right atrial mass, 12 years following atrial septal defect surgery (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:285-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier N. Pages, Sylvain Rubin, and Bernard Baehrel

Intra-esophageal rupture of a bronchogenic cyst (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:287-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amir-Reza Hosseinpour, Graham Hilton, and Samer A.M. Nashef

Techniques of needle stance exchange in situ (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:289-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Konstantinos Potaris, Petros Mihos, and Ioannis Gakidis

Role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the evaluation and management of thoracic injuries (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:292-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oner Gulcan, Alpay T. Sezgin, Bulent Bolat, and Riza Turkoz

Right ventricular penetration and cardiac tamponade as a late complication of Kirschner wire placement in the sternoclavicular joint (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:295-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amogh N. Hegde and Shrinivas B. Desai

Two cases of anomalous origins of left coronary artery with a course between the aortic root and the free standing subpulmonary infundibulum on CT coronary angiography (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:297-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ganesh Shanmugam, Mark West, and Geoff Berg

Additive and logistic EuroSCORE performance in high risk patients (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:299-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios P. Georghiou, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Joel Dunning

Does the radial artery provide better long-term patency than the saphenous vein? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:304-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torsten Bossert, Jan F. Gummert, Roberto Battellini, Markus Richter, Markus Barten, Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

Surgical experience with 77 primary cardiac tumors (ESCVS article - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:311-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrich R. Döpfmer, Jan P. Braun, Joachim Grosse, and Wolfgang Konertz

Temporary left ventricular assist and levosimendan for coronary artery spasm (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:316-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Jiri Klein, Vladimir Kral, Tomas Bohanes, and Miroslav Herman

Five-year survival after sleeve pneumonectomy combined with the superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:319-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thierry Caus, Yves Serée, Pablo Marin, Mahmoud Khairi, Abdoul Bakkali, Jean Claude Guillen, Jean Louis Bonnet, and Dominique Métras

Off-pump coronary surgery in selected patients: better early outcome but more recurrence of angina? (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:322-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyvan Moghissi and Kate Dixon

Photodynamic therapy for synchronous occult bronchial cancer 17 years after pneumonectomy (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:327-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Bernabeu, Manuel Castellá, Clemente Barriuso, and Jaume Mulet

Acute limb ischemia due to embolization of biological glue after repair of type A aortic dissection (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:329-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Ronald, Anish Patel, and Joel Dunning

Is the Allen's test adequate to safely confirm that a radial artery may be harvested for coronary arterial bypass grafting? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:332-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hironori Izutani, Masao Yoshitatsu, Jun Kawamoto, and Keijiro Katayama

A case of ostial stenosis with the PAS-Port proximal anastomosis system in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:341-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael O. Murphy, Jonathan Ghosh, Savvas Omorphos, and Joel Dunning

In patients undergoing cardiac surgery does asymptomatic significant carotid artery stenosis warrant carotid endarterectomy? (Best evidence topic - Vascular)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:344-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Numata, Winn Maung Maung Aye, and Chuen Neng Lee

Cardiac herniation after resection of pericardial thymic cyst (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:350-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Masaki Kajimoto, Kazuto Yokoyama, Hideaki Kado, and Yoshihide Mitani

Stage I bilateral pulmonary artery banding maintains systemic flow by prostaglandin E1 infusion or a main pulmonary artery to the descending aorta shunt for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:352-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maqsood M. Elahi, Rathy Kirke, Darren Lee, Ramana Rao V. Dhannapuneni, and Mark St. J. Hickey

The complications of repeat median sternotomy in paediatrics: six-months follow-up of consecutive cases (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:356-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Settepani, Alessandro Eusebio, Diego Ornaghi, Alessandro Barbone, Enrico Citterio, Eric Manasse, Giuseppe Silvaggio, and Roberto Gallotti

Aortic root replacement with the Carboseal composite valve graft: analysis of risk factors (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:360-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sivakumar Sivalingam, Adrian Levine, and Joel Dunning

What is the optimal vasodilator for preventing spasm in the left internal mammary artery during coronary arterial bypass grafting? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:365-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Jayakar, Felix Gozo, Erwin Gomez, and Cris Carlos

Use of tissue welding technology to obliterate left atrial appendage – novel use of Ligasure^TM (New ideas - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:372-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noboru Nakano, Katsutoshi Miyauchi, Atsushi Horiuchi, and Kanji Kawachi

Combined mediastinal node assessment by lymphadenectomy and intraoperative mediastinoscopy (Work in progress report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:374-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hakki Kazaz, Mehmet Adnan Celkan, Hasim Ustunsoy, and Osman Baspinar

Mitral annuloplasty with biodegradable ring for infective endocarditis: a new tool for the surgeon for valve repair in childhood (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:378-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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