Christian Schlensak and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Lung injury during CPB: pathomechanisms and clinical relevance (Editorial - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:381-382. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sibylle Mottl-Link, Ivo Wolf, Mark Hastenteufel, Steffen Witte, Hans-Peter Meinzer, Siegfried Hagl, and Raffaele De Simone

Non-invasive assessment of differences between bileaflet and tilting-disc aortic valve prostheses by 3D-Doppler profiles (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:383-387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Majid Mukadam, James Barraclough, Peter Riley, and Robert Bonser

Acquired aorto-pulmonary artery fistula following proximal aortic surgery (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:388-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, Kenji Okada, Katsuhiko Imai, Koji Ban, and Masaki Hamamoto

Real-time three dimensional echo-guided closure of atrial septal defect: an experimental model (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Wolfgang Bothe, Heike Goebel, Markus Kunze, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Right atrial solitary fibrous tumor – a new cardiac neoplasm? (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:396-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Y. Loisance, Kuniki Nakashima, and Matthias Kirsch

Computer-assisted coronary surgery: lessons from an initial experience (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:398-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angel Uchikov, Elena Poriazova, Zaprian Zaprianov, and Desislava Markova

Low-grade pulmonary myxoid liposarcoma (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:402-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Yoshino, Takeshi Yasunaga, Makoto Hashizume, and Yoshihiko Maehara

A novel endoscope manipulator, Naviot^®, enables solo-surgery to be performed during video-assisted thoracic surgery (New ideas - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:404-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Joseph J. DeRose, Jr, Sandhya K. Balaram, Charles Ro, Daniel G. Swistel, Varinder Singh, James R. Wilentz, George J. Todd, and Robert C. Ashton

Mid-term results and patient perceptions of robotically-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:406-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis Fernando López Almodóvar, Alfonso Cañas Cañas, Pedro P. Lima Cañadas, and Manuel Calleja Hernández

Vacuum-assisted therapy with a handcrafted system for the treatment of wound infection after median sternotomy (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:412-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Haddad, Fahad S. Alghofaili, Dean A. Fergusson, and Roy G. Masters

Induction immunosuppression after heart transplantation: monoclonal vs. polyclonal antithymoglobulins. Is there a difference? (Work in progress report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:415-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Soichiro Funaki, Takeyoshi Yumiba, and Kiyoshi Ohno

Gastropleural fistula due to gastric perforation after lobectomy for lung cancer (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:420-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming-Shian Lu, Yun-Hen Liu, Yi-Cheng Wu, Chiung-Lun Kao, Hui-Ping Liu, and Ming-Ju Hsieh

Is it safe to perform esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients combined with liver cirrhosis? (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:423-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takayuki Ono, Takeki Ohashi, Teiji Asakura, and Tomoyashu Shin

Internal mammary revascularization in patients with variant angina and normal coronary arteries (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:426-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jain Bhaskara Pillai, Annette Vegas, and Stephanie Brister

Thoracic complications of nasogastric tube: review of safe practice (Negative results - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:429-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Erika Hiemann, Ernst Wellnhofer, Rudolf Meyer, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Michael Dandel, Onnen Grauhan, Manfred Hummel, and Roland Hetzer

Prevalence of graft vessel disease after paediatric heart transplantation: a single centre study of 54 patients (Institutional report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:434-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hari Krishna Doshi, Roy Thankachen, Madhu Andrew Philip, Thomas Stephen, Vinayak Shukla, and Roy John Korula

Bronchovenous fistula – leading to fatal massive systemic air embolism during cardiopulmonary bypass (Negative results - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:440-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hunaid A. Vohra, Adrian Levine, and Joel Dunning

Can ventilation while on cardiopulmonary bypass improve post-operative lung function for patients undergoing cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:442-446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomasa Centella, Enrique Oliva, Ignacio G. Andrade, and Antonio Epeldegui

The use of a membrane oxygenator with extracorporeal circulation in bronchoalveolar lavage for alveolar proteinosis (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:447-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heike Aupperle, Nicolas Doll, Thomas Walther, Cris Ullmann, Heinz-Adolf Schoon, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

Histological findings induced by different energy sources in experimental atrial ablation in sheep (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:450-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Ronald and Joel Dunning

Can the use of thromboelastography predict and decrease bleeding and blood and blood product requirements in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:456-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Nasso, Amedeo Anselmi, Piero Modugno, and Francesco Alessandrini

Minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting guided by preoperative echotomography: results of a prospective randomized study (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:464-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoyuki Kimura, Koji Kawahito, Satoshi Ito, Seiichiro Murata, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hideo Adachi, and Takashi Ino

Omental transfer for deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass grafting with the right gastroepiploic artery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:469-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iwao Takanami

Pulmonary artery perforation by a tube thoracostomy (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:473-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald Buckberg, Lorenzo Menicanti, Sergio De Oliveira, Tadashi Isomura and the RESTORE team

Restoring papillary muscle dimensions during restoration in dilated hearts (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:475-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Aliu Sanni, Arief Hamid, and Joel Dunning

Is sympathectomy of benefit in critical leg ischaemia not amenable to revascularisation? (Best evidence topic - Vascular)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:478-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanjay Kumar, Junaid Ansari, Mike E.C. Blackburn, and Nihal Weerasena

Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with major aorto-pulmonary collaterals – a diagnostic dilemma (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:484-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Routledge and Sam A.M. Nashef

Severe mitral systolic anterior motion complicating aortic valve replacement (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:486-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Elzbieta Suchon, Wieslawa Tracz, Piotr Podolec, and Jerzy Sadowski

Atrial septal defect in adults: echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise capacity associated with hemodynamics before and after surgical closure (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:488-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jenny Vedin, Ulf Jensen, Anders Ericsson, Sten Samuelsson, and Jarle Vaage

Pulmonary hemodynamics and gas exchange in off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Negative results - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2005;4:493-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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