Wei-Dong Lü, Ming Zhang, Zhong-Shi Wu, and Tie-Hui Hu

Decellularized and photooxidatively crosslinked bovine jugular veins as potential tissue engineering scaffolds (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:301-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsuhiko Komiya, Nobushige Tamura, Genichi Sakaguchi, and Taira Kobayashi

Modified partial aortic root remodeling in acute type A aortic dissection (Work in progress report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:306-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanni Dialetto, Alessandro Della Corte, Vincenzo De Simone, and Sabrina Manduca

eComment: Safety and effectiveness of partial aortic root remodeling (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:309. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonino S. Rubino, Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Santarpino, Karim Abdalla, Santo Caroleo, Ermenigildo Santangelo, and Attilio Renzulli

Early intra-aortic balloon pumping following perioperative myocardial injury improves hospital and mid-term prognosis (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:310-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takahiro Karasaki, Jun Nakajima, Tomohiro Murakawa, Takeshi Fukami, Yukihiro Yoshida, Masashi Kusakabe, Hiroshi Ohtsu, and Shinichi Takamoto

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy preserves more latissimus dorsi muscle than conventional surgery (Institutional report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:316-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Nakamura, Kazuya Suzuki, Takahiro Mochizuki, Yasuhisa Ohde, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hidenori Nakamura, and Futoru Toyoda

Prognostic significance and possibility in guiding adjuvant therapy of the pleural lavage cytology in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:321-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changqing Gao, Zhiyu Liu, Bojun Li, Cangsong Xiao, Yang Wu, Gang Wang, Li Yang, and Guopeng Liu

Comparison of graft patency for off-pump and conventional coronary arterial bypass grafting using 64-slice multidetector spiral computed tomography angiography (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:325-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitrios C. Angouras

eComment: Valid comparisons between off-pump and on-pump coronary artery surgery can only be based on strict study design (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:329. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Breen, Anne Fraticelli, Laurent Greillier, Sugamya Mallawathantri, and Philippe Astoul

Redo medical thoracoscopy is feasible in patients with pleural diseases – a series (Institutional report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:330-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Csaba-Antal Kerti, Iris Miron, Gabriel V. Cozma, Ovidiu N. Burlacu, Calin P. Tunea, Voicu T. Voiculescu, Eustatiu F. Memu, and Alexandru C. Nicodin

The role of surgery in the management of pleuropulmonary tuberculosis – seven years' experience at a single institution (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:334-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Dimitrios Paliouras, Christos Asteriou, and Christodoulos Tsilikas

eComment: The role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the management of tuberculous empyemas (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:337-338. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radvile Malickaite, Kestutis Rucinskas, Aldona Staneviciene, Saulius Miniauskas, Vyte Maneikiene, Gitana Zuoziene, and Vytautas Sirvydis

Sensitisation and post-transplant course after the implantation of ventricular assist device (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:339-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Jan Osse, Joke H.M. Tulen, Michiel W. Hengeveld, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Screening methods for delirium: early diagnosis by means of objective quantification of motor activity patterns using wrist-actigraphy (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:344-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paola Ciriaco, Giampiero Negri, Lidia Libretti, Angelo Carretta, Giulio Melloni, Monica Casiraghi, Alessandro Bandiera, and Piero Zannini

Surgical treatment of catamenial pneumothorax: a single centre experience (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:349-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrique M. San Norberto García, José-Antonio González-Fajardo, Vicente Gutiérrez, Santiago Carrera, and Carlos Vaquero

Femoral pseudoaneurysms post-cardiac catheterization surgically treated: evolution and prognosis (ESCVS article - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:353-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

eComment: Follow-up for femoral pseudoaneurysms (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:357-358. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcio Da Rocha, Salvador Miranda, Marta Burrell, and Vincente A. Riambau

Endovascular correction of a distal re-entry in an abdominal aorta dissection (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:359-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kanwal Kumar, Alan H. Menkis, Davinder S. Jassal, and Rakesh C. Arora

Iatrogenic acute aortic dissection in a patient with Marfan syndrome: unusual site of intimal tear (Negative results - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:362-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Costas Ieromonachos, Emmanouil Georgiannakis, and Dimitrios Mallios

Does lobectomy achieve better survival and recurrence rates than limited pulmonary resection for T1N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer patients? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:364-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Saczkowski, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Christo I. Tchervenkov, and Ramiro Arellano

Retrograde autologous priming and allogeneic blood transfusions: a meta-analysis (Brief communication - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:373-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuki Okamoto, Masahiko Matsumoto, and Hidenori Inoue

Single-stage repair of extended thoracic aortic aneurysm (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:377-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael S. Firstenberg, Danielle Blais, Gary Rea, and Charles A. Bush

Post-infarct ventricular septal defect following thrombolytic intracranial bleed (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:379-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Murat Ugurlucan, Murat Basaran, Nuri Kurtoglu, and Melih H. Us

eComment: Complications of late thrombolytic therapy in the elderly (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:381. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Sloane Guy, Matthew P. Kelly, Brian Cason, and Elaine Tseng

Retrograde cerebral perfusion and delayed hyperbaric oxygen for massive air embolism during cardiac surgery (Case report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:382-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajkumar Yadav, Manish Kumar Tiwari, Rajendra Mohan Mathur, and Ajay Kumar Verma

Unusually giant splenic artery and vein aneurysm with arteriovenous fistula with hypersplenism in a nulliparous woman (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:384-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoyuki Goto, Takeshi Enmoto, and Kazumi Akimoto

Diagnosis of an ilio-iliac arteriovenous fistula by multidetector row computed tomography and surgical repair (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:387-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makoto Takahama, Ryoji Yamamoto, Ryu Nakajima, and Hirohito Tada

Successful surgical treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet's syndrome (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:390-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oguzhan Karatepe, Sedat Ziyade, Murat Ugurlucan, and Armen Y. Gasparyan

eComment: Treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behcet's disease – few things can make big differences (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;8:392. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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