Rosendo A. Rodriguez, Marc Ruel, Michel Labrosse, and Thierry Mesana

Transcranial Doppler and acoustic pressure fluctuations for the assessment of cavitation and thromboembolism in patients with mechanical heart valves (Work in progress report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:179-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alaa-Basiouni S. Mahmoud, Amira El Tantawy, Amjad A. Kouatli, and Ghassan M. Baslaim

Propranolol: a new indication for an old drug in preventing postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:184-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heyman Luckraz, Julie Lowe, Neil Pugh, and Ahmed A. Azzu

Pre-operative long saphenous vein mapping predicts vein anatomy and quality leading to improved post-operative leg morbidity (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:188-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

eComment: Long saphenous vein harvesting and recurrences (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:191. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Pace Napoleone, Guido Oppido, Emanuela Angeli, and Gaetano Gargiulo

Systemic venous segments interposition for pulmonary artery to aorta connection (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:192-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emin Tireli, Murat Ugurlucan, and Maciej Banach

eComment: The anastomosis between aorta and extension conduit of the pulmonary artery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:194. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jürg Grünenfelder, Andre Plass, Hatem Alkadhi, and Michele Genoni

Evaluation of biological aortic valve prostheses by dual source computer tomography and anatomic measurements for potential transapical valve-in-valve procedure (Work in progress report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:195-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, Philippe K.E.W. Ballaux, Norbert M. van Hemel, Johannes C. Kelder, and Jo J.A.M.T. Defauw

Medium-term outcome of different surgical methods to cure atrial fibrillation: is less worse? (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:201-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bachar El Oumeiri, Parla Astarci, and Valérie Lacroix

eComment: Bilateral atrial appendage excision should be performed routinely in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:205-206. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Axel Franke, Wolfgang Lante, Lothar G. Zoeller, Edmund Kurig, Christian Weinhold, and Andreas Markewitz

Delayed recovery of human leukocyte antigen-DR expression after cardiac surgery with early non-lethal postoperative complications: only an epiphenomenon? (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:207-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Nakajima, Tomohiro Murakawa, Takeshi Fukami, and Shinichi Takamoto

Is thoracoscopic surgery justified to treat pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer? (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:212-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuya Horai, Toshihiro Fukui, Minoru Tabata, and Shuichiro Takanashi

Early and mid-term results of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with end stage renal disease: surgical outcomes after achievement of complete revascularization (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:218-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandro Gelsomino, Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe Billè, Giuseppe De Cicco, Ugo Da Broi, Carlo Rostagno, Pierluigi Stefàno, and Gian Franco Gensini

Cardiac surgery in type-1-myotonic muscular dystrophy (Steinert syndrome) associated to Barlow disease (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:222-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Marulli, Giovanna Rizzardi, Luigi Bortolotti, Monica Loy, Cristiano Breda, Abdel-Mohsen Hamad, Francesco Sartori, and Federico Rea

Single-staged laryngotracheal resection and reconstruction for benign strictures in adults (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:227-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Turley, Anthony P. Roberts, Robert Morley, Andrew R. Thornley, W. Andrew Owens, and Mark A. de Belder

Secondary prevention following coronary artery bypass grafting has improved but remains sub-optimal: the need for targeted follow-up (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:231-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Necmettin Yakut, Haydar Yasa, Banu Bahriye Lafci, Ragip Ortac, Engin Tulukoglu, Murat Aksun, Cengiz Ozbek, and Ali Gurbuz

The influence of levosimendan and iloprost on renal ischemia–reperfusion: an experimental study (Institutional report - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:235-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nan Wu, Chao Lv, Shi Yan, Hongwei Duan, Qingfeng Zheng, Jia Wang, Hongchao Xiong, and Yue Yang

Systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection of right lung cancer: surgical quality control and analysis of mediastinal lymph node metastatic patterns (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:240-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shang Dong Xu, Fang Jiong Huang, Jia Hui Du, Yu Li, Zhan Ming Fan, Jin Fei Yang, Xiao Ying Yu, and Zhao Guang Zhang

A study of aortic dimension in type B aortic dissection (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:244-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos Bonaros, Rauend Rauf, Ernst Werner, Bernhard Schlechta, Eva Rohde, Alfred Kocher, Johannes Bonatti, and Guenther Laufer

Neoangiogenesis after combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and angiopoietic progenitors leads to increased cell engraftment and lower apoptosis rates in ischemic heart failure (ESCVS article - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:249-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Jean-Marc Frapier, Rolland Georges Demaria, and Bernard Albat

Surgical treatment of postinfarction anterior left ventricular aneurysms: linear vs. patch plasty repair (ESCVS article - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:256-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, Kazuya Suzuki, Teruhisa Kazui, Mitsuo Yamaguchi Okada, Takayasu Suzuki, Naoki Washiyama, Hitoshi Terada, and Katsushi Yamashita

Changes in cerebrospinal fluid and blood lactate concentrations after stent-graft implantation at critical aortic segment: a preliminary study, (ESCVS article - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:262-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliet E. King, Rachel W.T. Lau, Innes Y.P. Wan, and Anthony P.C. Yim

Tuberculous tracheobronchial stricture causing post-pneumonectomy-like syndrome corrected by insertion of a bespoke Dumon stent (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:267-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Kpodonu, Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, and Edward B. Diethrich

Use of the right brachio-femoral wire approach to manage a thoracic aortic aneurysm in an extremely angulated and tortuous aorta with an endoluminal stent graft (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:269-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koichi Toda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Hajime Matsue, and Kiyoshi Yoshida

Novel adjunct to surgery for end-stage cardiomyopathy receiving hemodialysis (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:272-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akinori Tamenishi, Akihiko Usui, Hideki Oshima, and Yuichi Ueda

Entirely polytetrafluoroethylene coating for pacemaker system contact dermatitis (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Murat Ozeren

eComment: Foreign body reaction to polytetrafluoroethylene (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:276-277. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuki Okamoto, Yorikazu Harada, and Shunji Uchita

Fontan operation through a right lateral thoracotomy to treat Cantrell syndrome with severe ectopia cordis (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:278-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adem Grbolar, Lawand Qaradaghi, Yildirim Imren, Irfan Tasoglu, Elif Coskun, and Tugba Avci

Bronchopericardial fistula, an unusual complication of oxytetracycline sclerosis therapy (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:280-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won-Kyoung Jhang, Yong-Jin Chang, Chun-Soo Park, Yeon-Mi Oh, Young-Hwue Kim, and Tae-Jin Yun

Hybrid palliation for right atrial isomerism associated with obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (Negative results - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:282-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis Pesteil, Louis Labrousse, Caroline Chevreuil, and Marc Laskar

Preoperative hepatic insufficiency and type III endoleak: a confirmed potential fatal association following endovascular treatment (Negative results - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:285-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chris K. Rokkas, Dimitrios Angouras, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, and Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos

Acute intraoperative aortic dissection following axillary artery cannulation (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:288-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefanos Demertzis

eComment: TEE- and guidewire-guided axillary artery cannulation. An option? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomaz Stupnik, Stanko Vidmar, and Petra Hari

Spontaneous rupture of a normal spleen following bronchoplastic left lung lower lobectomy (Negative results - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:290-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Udo Anegg, Reinhard Rychlik, and Freyja Smolle-Jüttner

Do the benefits of shorter hospital stay associated with the use of fleece-bound sealing outweigh the cost of the materials? (Follow-up papers - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:292-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula Agostini, Rachel Calvert, Hariharan Subramanian, and Babu Naidu

Is incentive spirometry effective following thoracic surgery? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:297-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hariharan Subramanian, Babu Kunadian, and Joel Dunning

Is it ever worth contemplating an aortic valve replacement on patients with low gradient severe aortic stenosis but poor left ventricular function with no contractile reserve? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:301-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Joel Dunning, and Nicola Vitale

For which patients with left main stem disease is percutaneous intervention rather than coronary artery bypass grafting the better option? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:306-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Malyshev, Alexander Safuanov, Dmitry Borovikov, and Anton Malyshev

Simultaneous multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting, ischemic mitral regurgitation repair and descending aortic aneurysm replacement: analysis of technical points (Brief communication - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:315-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Takayuki Kadohama, Nobuyuki Akasaka, Kazutomo Goh, and Tadahiro Sasajima

Perforation of the ascending aorta with a hematoma extending into the left-side upper extrapleural cavity (Brief communication - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:318-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyung Gon Je, Yun Seok Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, and Jae Won Lee

Resection of left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma through thoracoscopic-assisted minithoracotomy (Brief Communication - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:320-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Takehiro Inoue, Takako Nishino, Ying-Feng Peng, and Toshihiko Saga

Successful one-stage operation of aortoesophageal fistula from thoracic aneurysm using a rifampicin-soaked synthetic graft (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:322-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiyohito Yamamoto, Hisato Ito, and Takane Hiraiwa

Papillary muscle sling and overlapping cardiac volume reduction with aortic valve replacement for valvular cardiomyopathy (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:325-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shin Takabayashi, Yoshihide Mitani, Kazuto Yokoyama, and Hideto Shimpo

Pulmonary artery growth after Norwood and bidirectional Glenn procedure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:328-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Iino, Shigeyuki Tomita, Shohjiro Yamaguchi, and Go Watanabe

Successful aortic valve replacement using dilutional ultrafiltration during cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with Child-Pugh class C cirrhosis (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:331-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinji Kanemitsu, Yoichiro Miyake, and Manabu Okabe

Surgical removal of a left ventricular thrombus associated with cardiac sarcoidosis (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:333-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinton Bahler, Zane Hammoud, and Chandru Sundaram

Mediastinal fibrosis in a patient with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:336-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Kpodonu, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, and Edward B. Diethrich

Successful management of a combined ruptured Stanford type B aortic dissection and malperfusion syndrome with an endoluminal graft (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:339-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet Ates and Ibrahim Yekeler

eComment: Can we use endovascular graft stenting in all type B dissections? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kuan-Ming Chiu, Tzu-Yu Lin, Jer-Shen Chen, and Shu-Hsun Chu

Percutaneous cardioplegia delivery using the miniport in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:342-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kouta Agematsu, Yuji Naito, Mitsuru Aoki, and Tadashi Fujiwara

Total cavo-pulmonary connection without foreign material for asplenic heart associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:344-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akio Hayashi, Hiroyuki Shiono, and Meinoshin Okumura

Thymoma accompanied by lichen planus (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:347-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryo Maeda, Noritaka Isowa, Hideyuki Onuma, and Hiroshi Miura

Pulmonary intestinal-type adenocarcinoma (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:349-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deog Gon Cho, Kyu Do Cho, Chul Ung Kang, and Min Seop Jo

Thoracoscopic apico-posterior transmediastinal approach for bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:352-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georges Fayad, Thomas Modine, Jean-Paul Beregi, and Mohammad Koussa

A new form of coronary subclavian steal syndrome: ‘the spinning wheels’ syndrome (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:355-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Kin-hoi Thung, Innes Y.P. Wan, Gabriel Yip, and Malcolm J. Underwood

Cardiac tumor masquerading as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:358-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beltran G. Levy Praschker, Akhtar Rama, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Alain Pavie

Congenital bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulas associated with left main trunk stenosis (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:360-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line video]  

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