Antonio F. Corno and Elizabeth S. Mickaily-Huber

Comparative computational fluid dynamic study of two distal Contegra conduit anastomoses (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Jacobs, Ronny Grunert, Friedrich W. Mohr, and Volkmar Falk

3D-Imaging of cardiac structures using 3D heart models for planning in heart surgery: a preliminary study (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:6-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiharu Soga, Michiya Hanyu, Jota Nakano, and Hitoshi Okabayashi

Endoscopic harvesting of saphenous vein with a small caliber (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:10-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lindsay C.H. John and Ian M. Ervine

A study assessing the potential benefit of continued ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:14-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Alex Zaharchenko, Dmitrii Antonenko, and Karen Arakelyan

A study assessing the potential benefit of continued ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhonghua Shen, Zhongqiu Wang, Junwen Zhang, and Hua Jing

Hepatic injury in a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:18-22. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefano Urso, Luis Alvarez, Rafael Sádaba, and Ernesto Greco

Skeletonization of the internal thoracic artery: a randomized comparison of harvesting methods (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:23-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Wang, Akira Marui, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda

Partial left ventricular unloading reverses contractile dysfunction and helps recover gene expressions in failing rat hearts (Work in progress report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:27-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolas Noiseux, David Bracco, Ignacio Prieto, and Thomas M. Hemmerling

Do patients after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting need the intensive care unit? A prospective audit of 85 patients (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:32-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emma Wilton, Martin Bland, Matthew Thompson, and Marjan Jahangiri

Matrix metalloproteinase expression in the ascending aorta and aortic valve (Work in progress report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:37-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Matt

MMPs in gene- and protein-expression (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:40-41. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shantu Bundhoo, Peter A. O'Keefe, Heyman Luckraz, and Nick Ossei-Gerning

Extended duration of brachially inserted intra-aortic balloon pump for myocardial protection in two patients undergoing urgent coronary artery bypass grafting (Work in progress report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:42-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Konstantin V. Shatalov

Extended duration of brachially inserted intra-aortic balloon pump for myocardial protection in two patients undergoing urgent coronary artery bypass grafting (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:44. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bram Balduyck, Jeroen Hendriks, Patrick Lauwers, and Paul Van Schil

Quality of life evolution after surgery for primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: a prospective study comparing different surgical techniques (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:45-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

József Furák, Imre Troján, Tamás Szöke, Antal Wolfárd, Ernest Nagy, István Németh, László Tiszlavicz, and György Lázár

Lung cancer as a second primary malignant tumor: prognostic values after surgical resection (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:50-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans K. Pilegaard and Peter B. Licht

Early results following the Nuss operation for pectus excavatum – a single-institution experience of 383 patients (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:54-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Kunihara, Norihiko Shiiya, Kenji Matsuzaki, and Yoshiro Matsui

Metabolic relevance during isolation technique in total arch repair for patients at high risk with embolic stroke (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:58-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele Salati, Alessandro Brunelli, Francesco Xiumè, Majed Refai, Valeria Sciarra, Andrea Soccetti, and Armando Sabbatini

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: clinical and economic analysis in comparison to the traditional approach (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:63-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reubendra Jeganathan, Simon Jordan, Mark Jones, Stephen Grant, Owen Diamond, Kieran McManus, Alastair Graham, and Jim McGuigan

Bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy: results and long-term follow-up (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:67-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew D. Taylor, Alykhan S. Nagji, Benjamin D. Kozower, Vanessa M. Shami, Thomas M. Daniel, and David R. Jones

Quality of life following primary vs. redo transthoracic paraesophageal hernia repairs (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:71-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kagami Miyaji, Takashi Miyamoto, Satoshi Kohira, Kouki Nakashima, Nobuyuki Inoue, Hajime Sato, and Kuniyoshi Ohara

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass system in neonates and small infants (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:75-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Tatiana B. Averina, and Irina J. Kucherova

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass system in neonates and small infants (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:78-79. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Qiang Lai, Jin-Hua Li, Jing-Wei Li, Shang-Dong Xu, Yi Luo, and Zhao-Guang Zhang

Concomitant irrigated monopolar radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation in adults with congenital heart disease (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:80-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Amiran S. Revishvili, Aziz. H. Melikulov, and Sergey Y. Serguladze

Irrigated monopolar radiofrequency ablation in surgical treatment atrial fibrillation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:82-83. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jakob Klcovansky, Lars Søndergaard, Morten Helvind, and Henrik Ørbæk Andersen

Cardiac surgery in grown-up congenital heart patients. Will the surgical workload increase? (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:84-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prashant Shah

Cardiac surgery in grown-up congenital heart patients. Will the surgical workload increase? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:89. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farzan Filsoufi, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Javier G. Castillo, Joanna Chikwe, Alain Carpentier, and David H. Adams

Early and late outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients with moderate to severe preoperative renal dysfunction without dialysis (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:90-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Athanasios L.P. Markou, Marijke Evers, Henry A. van Swieten, and Luc Noyez

Gender and physical activity one year after myocardial revascularization for stable angina (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:96-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch

Sport after CABG? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:100-101. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morihito Okada, Takeshi Mimura, Chiho Ohbayashi, Toshiko Sakuma, Toshinori Soejima, and Noriaki Tsubota

Radical surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma: results and prognosis (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:102-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noriyoshi Sawabata

Crucial Japanese evidence of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seiki Hasegawa

EPP and P/D: which to choose? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan B. Watzka, Ulrike Setinek, Monika Huber, Heidi Cantonati, Franz Lax, Sonja Watson, Günter Weigel, and Michael R. Müller

Reactivity of integrin-linked kinase in human mesothelial cell proliferation (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:107-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John C.Y. Lu, Matthew Shaw, Antony D. Grayson, Michael Poullis, Mark Pullan, and Brian M. Fabri

Do beating heart techniques applied to combined valve and graft operations reduce myocardial damage? (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:111-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zaccaria Ricci, Stefano Morelli, Claudio Ronco, Angelo Polito, Giulia V. Stazi, Chiara Giorni, Luca Di Chiara, and Sergio Picardo

Inotropic support and peritoneal dialysis adequacy in neonates after cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:116-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karim El Sakka, Mustafa Halawa, Carl Kotze, Ian Francis, Tim Doyle, and Waquar Yusuf

Complications of open abdominal aortic surgery: the endovascular solution (ESCVS article - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:121-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

AAA and WHO/SVS criteria (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:124-125. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aquilino Hurlé, Eduardo Bernabeu, Rafael Gómez-Vicente, and Jack Ventura

Coronary bypass surgery in young adults. A long-term survey (ESCVS article - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:126-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes Bonatti, Nikolaos Bonaros, Silvana Müller, and Thomas Bartel

Completely endoscopic removal of a dislocated Amplatzer atrial septal defect closure device (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:130-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Pasquale Totaro and Vincenzo Argano

Innovative technique to treat acute cerebral and peripheral malperfusion during type A aortic dissection repair (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:133-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto R. Battellini

Carotid cannulation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:134. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senol Yavuz

What is the best arterial cannulation site in a complicated patient with acute type A aortic dissection? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:134-135. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dharmendra Agrawal, Keng Leong Ang, Tina Mittal, and Sai Prasad

Mitral valve injury by cardiotomy suction during aortic valve replacement – a near miss (Negative results - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:136-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios Dimitrakakis, Ulrich Von Oppell, Georgios Zilidis, and Anurag Srivastava

Splenic rupture complicating aortic valve replacement for bacterial endocarditis (Negative results - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:138-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teruya Nakamura, Takushi Kohmoto, Walter G. Kao, Satoru Osaki, Kierstyn L. Block, and Tracey L. Weigel

Unusual late presentation of asymptomatic diaphragmatic hernia following ventricular assist device explantation (Negative results - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:141-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Konstantin V. Shatalov

Unusual late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia following ventricular assist device explantation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon Hennink, Michel W.J.M. Wouters, Houke M. Klomp, and Paul Baas

Necrotizing pneumonitis caused by postoperative pulmonary torsion (Negative results - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:144-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masashi Kawamura, Hitoshi Ogino, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Soichiro Kitamura

Spinal cord malperfusion caused by using the segmental clamp technique during descending aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:146-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo Bockeria and Valeri Arakelyan

Features of the spinal cord collateral pathways in presence of pathology and opportunity of their usage during main stage of surgical procedure (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:148. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Frigg, Tiziano Cassina, Francesco Siclari, and Romano Mauri

Unusual complication after aortic valve replacement (Follow-up papers - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:149-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darragh Twomey, Moloy Das, Hariharan Subramanian, and Joel Dunning

Is internal massage superior to external massage for patients suffering a cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:151-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric M. Rottenberg

Alternative methods of resuscitation for patients suffering a cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:156-157. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch, Marcus Spies, and Peter M. Vogt

The more the better? Cardiac output monitoring during cardiopulmonary rescuscitation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:157. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

Wartime major venous vessel injuries (Brief communication - Venous)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:158-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Miyamoto, Kagami Miyaji, Kuniyoshi Ohara, and Tadashi Tashiro

Thermal coronary angiography in pediatric coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:161-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Arslan S. Karamatov, Tatyana G. Le, and Tatyana M. Venglinskaya

Intra-operative diagnostics of surgical stenoses of coronary arteries (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:162-163. [Full Text] [PDF]  

José Honório Palma, Diego Felipe Gaia, José Stocco Guilhen, and Enio Buffolo

Endovascular treatment of chronic type A dissection (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:164-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Kpodonu

Endovascular treatment of chronic type A dissection (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:166. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arani R. Raghuram, Ramiah Krishnan, Subbiah Kumar, and Kathamuthu Balamurugan

Complications in atrial septal defect device closure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:167-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristina R. Cranfield, Edward T. Brackenbury, and Simon C.A. Fraser

One-stage repair of an aortic dissection and aortic coarctation (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:170-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo Bockeria and Valeri Arakelyan

Experience in one stage repair and step-by-step operations of an ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic coarctation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:172. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anas Aboud, Gernot Marx, Herbert Sayer, and Jan F. Gummert

Successful treatment of an aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma associated with acute respiratory insufficiency using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:173-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery - 2007 Reviewers (Other)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:175-178. [PDF]  

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