Ludwig K. von Segesser

Imagination turns real, or vice versa? (Editorial)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:363-364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorello, Giovanni Vicidomini, and Anna Perrone

A home-made device for safe intraoperative aspiration of pulmonary hydatid cysts (Work in progress report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:365-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken-u Fumimoto, Toshihiro Fukui, Tomoki Shimokawa, and Shuichiro Takanashi

Papillary muscle realignment and mitral annuloplasty in patients with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation and dilated heart (Work in progress report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:368-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salvatore Lentini, Paola Muré, Francesco Monaco, and Roberto Gaeta

Reducing the sphericity index in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation and dilated heart (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:371-372. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angel L. Fernández, José B. García-Bengochea, Julián Alvarez, and José R. González Juanatey

Biochemical markers of myocardial injury in the pericardial fluid of patients undergoing heart surgery (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:373-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Englberger, Marianne Streich, Hendrik Tevaearai, and Thierry P. Carrel

Different anticoagulation strategies in off-pump coronary artery bypass operations: a European survey (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:378-382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch, Andreas Gohritz, Marcus Spies, and Peter M. Vogt

HIT in OPCAB surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:382. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efstratios Apostolakis and Ioanna Koniari

Is anticoagulation management more significant for patients undergoing off-pump bypass than for those after CABG? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:383. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Riad B.M. Hosein, Kevin P. Morris, William J. Brawn, and David J. Barron

Use of tissue microdialysis to investigate hyperlactataemia following paediatric cardiac surgery (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:384-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudius Diez, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Michael Wächner, Markus Stiller, and Hans-Stefan Hofmann

EuroSCORE directed intraaortic balloon pump placement in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery – retrospective analysis of 267 patients (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:389-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Wahba

Intraaortic balloon pump placement in various patient populations (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:395-396. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudius Diez, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Michael Wächner, Markus Stiller, and Hans-Stefan Hofmann

Intraaortic balloon pump placement in various patient populations (eResponse)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:396. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Healy, D. Veerasingm, and A.E. Wood

Using EuroSCORE to select patients for prophylactic IABP (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:396. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudius Diez, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Michael Wächner, Markus Stiller, and Hans-Stefan Hofmann

Using EuroSCORE to select patients for prophylactic IABP (eResponse)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:396-397. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiji Kushibe, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Michitaka Kimura, Makoto Takahama, Takashi Tojo, and Shigeki Taniguchi

Exercise capacity after lobectomy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:398-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mauro Del Giglio, Andrea Dell'Amore, Tommaso Aquino, Simone Calvi, Morena Calli, Claudio Marri, Francesco Boni, and Mauro Lamarra

Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting using the inferior J-shaped ministernotomy in high-risk patients (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:402-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefanos Demertzis

Is more than LAD feasible? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:405-406. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carsten J. Beller, Michel R. Labrosse, Siegfried Hagl, Martha M. Gebhard, and Matthias Karck

Aortic root motion remodeling after aortic valve replacement – implications for late aortic dissection (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bart P. Van Putte, Nabil Bantal, Repke Snijder, Wim J. Morshuis, and Wim-Jan Van Boven

Acute massive pulmonary embolism treated by thrombo-embolectomy using intermittent deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:412-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theodor Tirilomis

Acute pulmonary embolism and surgical treatment (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:413-414. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandro Bini, Jury Brandolini, Nicola Cassanelli, Fabio Davoli, Giampiero Dolci, Francesco Sellitri, and Franco Stella

Typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids: our institutional experience (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:415-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandro Della Corte, Gemma Salerno, Emilio Chiosi, Diana Iarussi, Giuseppe Santarpino, Maurizio Miraglia, Silvio Naviglio, and Marisa De Feo

Preoperative, postoperative and 1-year follow-up N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in severe chronic aortic regurgitation: correlations with echocardiographic findings (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:419-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch, Marcus Spies, and Peter M. Vogt

Nt-pro-BNP monitoring in cardiac surgery patients – is there more to consider? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey P. Schwartz, Mamdouh Bakhos, Amit Patel, Sally Botkin, and Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab

Repair of aortic arch and the impact of cross-clamping time, New York Heart Association stage, circulatory arrest time, and age on operative outcome (ESCVS article - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:425-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A Bockeria, Anatoliy I Malashenkov, and Sergey V Rychin

Aortic arch replacement (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehrab Marzban

Hybrid endovascular procedure for high risk elderly patients (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tor Steensrud, Lil-Sofie Ording Müller, and Dag Sørlie

Unilateral adrenal haemorrhage following systemic thrombolysis (Negative results - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:430-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giustino Marcucci, Federico Accrocca, Roberto Antonelli, and Andrea Siani

The management of arterial and venous injuries during saphenous vein surgery (Negative results - Venous)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:432-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

Iatrogenic venous injuries (IVIs) (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:433-434. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Kunstyr, Jan Tosovsky, Josef Korinek, and Martin Stritesky

Hepatic tear as an elusive cause of hemoperitoneum complicating cardiac surgery (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:435-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fengshi Chen, Nobuyuki Kondo, Makoto Sonobe, Takuji Fujinaga, Hiromi Wada, and Toru Bando

Expression of endothelial cell-specific adhesion molecules in lungs after cardiac arrest (Negative results - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:437-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Early complication after hybrid thoracic aortic aneurysm repair (Negative results - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:441-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pietro Rispoli, Gianfranco Varetto, Federico Maria Savia, and Mauro Rinaldi

Large post-stenting innominate artery pseudoaneurysm (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:444-446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Siani, Luca Maria Siani, Federica Mounayergi, and Emanuele Baldassarre

Lower limb ischemia after migration of a coronary artery stent into the femoral artery (Negative results - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:447-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luc Noyez, Freek W.A. Verheugt, and Henry A. van Swieten

The importance of an organized follow-up for the evaluation of mortality after hospital discharge in cardiac surgery (Follow-up papers - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:449-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aikaterini Mastoraki, Ioannis Kriaras, Evangelia Douka, Sotiria Mastoraki, Georgios Stravopodis, and Stefanos Geroulanos

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus preventing strategy in cardiac surgery (Follow-up papers - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:452-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myrto Tsagkataki, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning

Should adrenaline be routinely used by the resuscitation team if a patient suffers a cardiac arrest shortly after cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:457-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen T. Webb

Avoidance of administration of 1 mg of adrenaline in cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:462. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I. Versteegh

Should adrenaline be routinely used by the resuscitation team if a patient suffers a cardiac arrest shortly after cardiac surgery? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:462-463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amanollah Heidari

Post CABG cardiac arrest (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark K. Reed

Avoidance of administration of 1 mg of adrenaline in cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efstratios Apostolakis and Ioanna Koniari

The moderate use of adrenaline in arrest of patient shortly after cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ElaineYee Ling Yap, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning

Should additional antibiotics or an iodine washout be given to all patients who suffer an emergency re-sternotomy on the cardiothoracic intensive care unit? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:464-469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I Versteegh

In the case of emergency re-sternotomy - additional antibiotics yes, but an iodine washout? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efstratios Apostolakis and Ioanna Koniari

The risk of wound infection after emergency re-sternotomy (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja and Naveed Fida

Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor antagonists be omitted before cardiac surgery to avoid postoperative vasodilation? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:470-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten Knobloch, Andreas Gohritz, Marcus Spies, and Peter M. Vogt

ACE inhibitors as antifibrotic agents in atrial fibrillation: potential relevance in cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:475-476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja

ACE inhibitors as antifibrotic agents in atrial fibrillation: potential relevance in cardiac surgery (eResponse)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tjian Chee, Ross Haston, Athena Togo, and Shahzad G. Raja

Is a flexible mitral annuloplasty ring superior to a semi-rigid or rigid ring in terms of improvement in symptoms and survival? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:477-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Echevarria, Darragh Twomey, Joel Dunning, and Binayak Chanda

Does re-expansion pulmonary oedema exist? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:485-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satinder K Jain

Earliest symptom of re-expansion pulmonary oedema (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:489. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efstratios Apostolakis and Ioanna Koniari

Re-expansion pulmonary oedema: is its prevention possible? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:489-490. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel Jacob, Antonios Kallikourdis, Frank Sellke, and Joel Dunning

Is blood cardioplegia superior to crystalloid cardioplegia? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:491-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed F. Ibrahim and Amal A. Refaat

Long-term outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: does the type of cardioplegia matter? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja

Is blood cardioplegia superior to crystalloid cardioplegia in pediatric cardiac surgery? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:498-499. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja, Manoraj Navaratnarajah, Naveed Fida, and C. Saifuddin Kitchlu

For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at higher risk of stroke is the single cross-clamp technique of benefit in reducing the incidence of stroke? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:500-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gorka Bastarrika, Carlo Nicola De Cecco, Amedeo Anselmi, and Jesus Herreros

Incidental dual source computed tomography imaging of ductal aortic coarctation, left subclavian artery stenosis and bicuspid aortic valve in a patient admitted for atypical chest pain (Brief communication - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:504-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Mohammed W. Khalil, Nicola Masala, David A. Waller, and Giuseppe Cardillo

Surgical repair of post-traumatic lung hernia using a video-assisted open technique (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:506-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Borrello, Francesco Nicolini, Cesare Beghi, and Tiziano Gherli

Saccular ascending aorta aneurysm: report of an unusual presentation (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:508-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dilek Erer, Erkan Iriz, Gursel Levent Oktar, and Veli Yildirim Imren

Etiology of saccular aortic aneurysms (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:509. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masamichi Ono, Heidi Goerler, Dietmar Boethig, and Thomas Breymann

Surgical repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel arising from the left aortic sinus (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:510-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A Bockeria, Vladimir P Podzolkov, Osman A Makhachev, and Igor E Bondarenko

Congenital aortico-left ventricular tunnel: anatomic variations and surgical experience (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:511-512. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmet Umit Gullu, Murat Akcar, Ahmet Arnaz, and Mehmet Kizilay

Candida parapsilosis tricuspid native valve endocarditis: 3-year follow-up after surgical treatment (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:513-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omke Enno Teebken, Jachim Lotz, Axel Gänsslen, and Andreas Maximilian Pichlmaier

Bilateral iliac artery dissection following severe complex unstable pelvic fracture (Case report - Carotid and imaging)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:515-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Victor X. Mosquera, Marry Rijlaarsdam, Luc Filippini, and Mark G. Hazekamp

Early atrial septal defect surgery due to a bronchogenic cyst causing congestive heart failure by left atrium compression (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:517-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Engin Usta, Wilke Schneider, Ludger Sieverding, and Gerhard Ziemer

Late desaturation due to collateral veins 10 years after total cavopulmonary shunt in left atrial isomerism: surgical closure (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:519-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Kashima, Yoshito Inoue, and Ryuichi Takahashi

The use of intra-aortic balloon pump as cerebral protection in a patient with moyamoya disease undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:522-523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fadi Farhat, Thomas Sassard, Yassin Attof, and Olivier Jegaden

Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery with mechanical support using the Impella^® microaxial blood pump (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:524-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theodor Tirilomis

Mechanical cardiac support and abdominal vascular surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dilek Erer, Arup K Ghosh, and Saleem Haj Yahia

Abdominal aortic aneursym repair: endovascular treatment or surgical repair in critically unstable patients (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:525-526. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal Berna, João Carlos das Neves Pereira, Jean-François Coté, and Marc Riquet

Left upper lobe pulmonary sequestration (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:527-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orlando Petrucci, Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira, Antonio Sérgio Martins, and Reinaldo Wilson Vieira

Endovascular treatment of pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta from a firearm injury (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:529-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salvatore Lentini, Filippo Benedetto, Roberto Gaeta, and Francesco Spinelli

Endovascular treatment of post-traumatic thoracic aorta lesions (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:531. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, and Christodoulos Tsilikas

Re-expansion pulmonary edema following video-assisted thoracic surgery for recurrent malignant pleural effusion (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:532-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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