Joseph J. Vettukattil, Tara Bharucha, and Robert H. Anderson

Defining Ebstein's malformation using three-dimensional echocardiography (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:685-690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line video]  

Sridhar Rathinam and Richard S. Steyn

Management of complicated postoperative air-leak – a new indication for the Asherman chest seal (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:691-694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juhani Koistinen, Mika Valtonen, Jukka Savola, and Juhani Airaksinen

Thoracoscopic microwave ablation of atrial fibrillation (Work in progress report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:695-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Bachar El Oumeiri

The possible reasons of limited rate freedom from atrial fibrillation after thoracoscopic microwave (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:698-699. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomas Vanek, Martin Jares, Jana Snircova, and Marek Maly

Fibrinolysis in coronary artery surgery: detection by thromboelastography (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:700-704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillaume Chanoit, Pierre J. Ferré, and Hervé P. Lefebvre

Chronic lymphatico-venous bypass: surgical technique and aftercare in a porcine model (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:705-707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Schimmer, Sebastian-Patrick Sommer, Marc Bensch, and Rainer Leyh

Primary treatment of deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery: a survey of German heart surgery centers (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:708-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohan P. Devbhandari, Soon Sing Yang, Pauline Quennell, Peotr Krysiak, Rajesh Shah, and Mark T. Jones

Lung cancer resection rate in south Manchester: is it comparable to international standards? Results of a prospective tracking study (Institutional report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:712-714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eiki Tayama, Tomohiro Ueda, Takahiro Shojima, Koji Akasu, Takeshi Oda, Shuji Fukunaga, Hidetoshi Akashi, and Shigeaki Aoyagi

Arginine vasopressin is an ideal drug after cardiac surgery for the management of low systemic vascular resistant hypotension concomitant with pulmonary hypertension (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:715-719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Iwata, Kiyotoshi Inoue, Noritoshi Nishiyama, Koshi Nagano, Nobuhiro Izumi, Takuma Tsukioka, Shoji Hanada, and Shigefumi Suehiro

Factors predicting early postoperative liver cirrhosis-related complications after lung cancer surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis (Institutional report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:720-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Gatti, Fortunato Marcianò, Francesco Antonini-Canterin, Bruno Pinamonti, Bernardo Benussi, Aniello Pappalardo, and Bartolo Zingone

Tricuspid valve annuloplasty with a flexible prosthetic band (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:731-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Skopin, and Irma M. Tsiskaridze

Tricuspid valve prosthetic annuloplasty (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:735-736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senol Yavuz

Should stitch annuloplasty really be abandoned for developed flexible prosthetic band or ring in functional tricuspid regurgitation? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrey J.O. Monteiro, Leonardo S. Canale, Isabela Rangel, Evanice Wetzel, Divino F. Pinto, Rosa C. Barbosa, Milton A. Méier, and Miguel L.B. Marcial

Surgical treatment of complete atrioventricular septal defect with the two-patch technique: early-to-mid follow-up (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:737-740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enoch Akowuah, Peter Wilde, Gianni Angelini, and Alan J. Bryan

Systemic inflammatory response after endoluminal stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:741-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ertan Sagbas, Baris Caynak, Cihan Duran, Onur Sen, Birol Kabakci, Ilhan Sanisoglu, and Belhhan Akpinar

Mid-term results of peripheric cannulation after port-access surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:744-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Ibáñez, Maria Riera, José Ignacio Saez de Ibarra, Andrés Carrillo, Ruben Fernández, Jaime Herrero, Miguel Fiol, and Oriol Bonnin

Effect of preoperative mild renal dysfunction on mortality and morbidity following valve cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:748-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farzan Filsoufi, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Javier G. Castillo, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Samin K. Sharma, and David H. Adams

Diabetes is not a risk factor for hospital mortality following contemporary coronary artery bypass grafting (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:753-758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evangelos S. Rosmarakis, Sotirios N. Prapas, Konstantinos Rellos, Argyris Michalopoulos, George Samonis, and Matthew E. Falagas

Nosocomial infections after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: frequency, characteristics, and risk factors (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:759-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Rukosujew, Stefan Klotz, Christiane Reitz, Wiebke Gogarten, Henryk Welp, and Hans H. Scheld

Patients and complication with off-pump vs. on-pump cardiac surgery – a single surgeon experience (ESCVS article - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:768-771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir M. Shipulin, Vitaly A. Kazakov, Irina V. Suhodolo, Evgeny V. Krivoshekov, Alexander A. Lezhnev, Boris N. Kozlov, Valery Ch. Vaizov, and Andrey A. Miller

Causes of repeated remodeling of left ventricle after Dor procedure (ESCVS article - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:772-777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florian Loeffelbein, Christian Schlensak, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, and Sven Dittrich

Successful interventional closure of a patent foramen ovale in a pediatric patient supported with a biventricular assist device (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:778-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio García-Valentín, Stefano Congiu, Javier Mayol, Fredy Prada, Carlos Mortera, José-Luis Pomar, and José M. Caffarena

Device migration in hybrid technique for apical muscular ventricular septal defects closure (Negative results - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:780-782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel Jacob, Antonios Kallikourdis, Hussein El-Shafei, and Joel Dunning

What is the patency of the short saphenous vein when used for coronary artery bypass grafting? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:783-785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senol Yavuz

The small saphenous vein as an alternative conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:785-786. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed Fahmy Ibrahim and Amal A. Refaat

Short saphenous vein as a conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:786. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, Nikolaos Theakos, and Joel Dunning

Does bilateral internal thoracic artery harvest increase the risk of mediastinitis? (Best evidence topic - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:787-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senol Yavuz

Bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting: which harvesting technique is preferred? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:791-792. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay Walker, Alastair David MacKenzie, and Joel Dunning

Does reducing your salt intake make you live longer? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:793-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lydia Richardson, Arosha Dissanayake, and Joel Dunning

What cardioversion protocol for ventricular fibrillation should be followed for patients who arrest shortly post-cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:799-805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I. Versteegh

Cardioversion protocol for ventricular fibrillation: a more differentiated approach (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:805. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moloy Das, Darragh Twomey, Ahmad Al Khaddour, and Joel Dunning

Is thrombolysis or surgery the best option for acute prosthetic valve thrombosis? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:806-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senol Yavuz

Thrombolytic therapy or surgery as management of prosthetic valve thrombosis? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:811-812. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix Unger

Drug eluting stents – a nightmare? (Brief communication - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:813-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William Ngatchou, Constantin Stefanidis, Ahmed S.E. Ramadan, and Didier De Cannière

Recurrent endocarditis of a bicuspid aortic valve due to Q fever (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:815-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Patanè, Edoardo Zingarelli, Fabrizio Sansone, and Mauro Rinaldi

Acute ventricular septal defect treated with an Impella recovery as a ‘bridge therapy’ to heart transplantation (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:818-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques LeBlanc and Manraj Heran

Decision-making in unoperated adults with congenital heart disease: a difficult task (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:820-822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Kpodonu, Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, and Edward B. Diethrich

Endovascular management of a thoracic aortic disruption following failure of deployment of a parachute (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:823-824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos A. Mestres

The treatment of traumatic disruption of the thoracic aorta (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:824-825. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurizio Rubino, Abdel-Mohsen Hamad, Federico Rea, and Gino Gerosa

Reconstruction of the right atrium with pulmonary artery homograft after resection of right atrial lipomatosis (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:826-827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher W. Baird, Sotiris C. Stamou, Eric Skipper, and Larry Watts

Total endoscopic repair of a pediatric atrial septal defect using the da Vinci robot and hypothermic fibrillation (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:828-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sai Yendamuri, Mohammed Elfar, Jon-Cecil Walkes, and Michael J. Reardon

Aortic paraganglioma requiring resection and replacement of the aortic root (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:830-831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Hitoshi Matsuda, and Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda

A primary angiosarcoma in the aorta (Case report - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:832-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Suppl. 3 to Vol. 6 (September 2007) (21st EACTS Meeting Abstracts): [Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 6 (2007) S223–S280] (Erratum)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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