Gaetano Rocco, Erino Angelo Rendina, Federico Venuta, Michael Rolf Mueller, Semih Halezeroglu, Hendrik Dienemann, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Henrik Jessen Hansen

The use of sealants in modern thoracic surgery: a survey (Editorial - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1-3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rose-Marieke B.G.E. Breukers, A.B. Johan Groeneveld, Rob B.P. de Wilde, and Jos R.C. Jansen

Transpulmonary versus continuous thermodilution cardiac output after valvular and coronary artery surgery (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:4-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele Murzi, Enkel Kallushi, Marco Solinas, and Mattia Glauber

Video-assisted right atrial surgery with a single two-stage femoral venous cannula (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:9-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ottó Kovács, Zoltán Szántó, Géza Krasznai, and György Herr

Comparing bipolar electrothermal device and endostapler in endoscopic lung wedge resection (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:11-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sridhar Rathinam, Venkatesh Annam, Richard Steyn, and Govindan Raghuraman

A randomised controlled trial comparing Mediwrap^® heat retention and forced air warming for maintaining normothermia in thoracic surgery (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf Gäbel, Christian Klopsch, Dario Furlani, Can Yerebakan, Wenzhong Li, Murat Ugurlucan, Nan Ma, and Gustav Steinhoff

Single high-dose intramyocardial administration of erythropoietin promotes early intracardiac proliferation, proves safety and restores cardiac performance after myocardial infarction in rats (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:20-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mahmood Saeidi, Roohollah Sobhani, Minoo Movahedi, Samira Alsaeidi, and Reza Eshraghi Samani

Effect of melatonin in the prevention of postoperative pericardial adhesion formation (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:26-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele Murzi, Enkel Kallushi, Kaushal K. Tiwari, Alfredo G. Cerillo, Stefano Bevilacqua, Jamshid H. Karimov, Marco Solinas, and Mattia Glauber

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right thoracotomy in patients with patent coronary artery bypass grafts (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:29-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zaccaria Ricci, Cristiana Garisto, Stefano Morelli, Luca Di Chiara, Claudio Ronco, and Sergio Picardo

Brain natriuretic peptide is removed by continuous veno-venous hemofiltration in pediatric patients (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:33-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Mikhail Yarustovsky

eComment: Brain natriuretic peptide is removed by continuous veno-venous hemofiltration in pediatric patients (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:36. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandro Castiglioni, Alessandro Verzini, Nicola Colangelo, Simona Nascimbene, Giovanni Laino, and Ottavio Alfieri

Comparison of minimally invasive closed circuit versus standard extracorporeal circulation for aortic valve replacement: a randomized study (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:37-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab and David John Sugarbaker

Chromosomal deletion in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:42-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reda E. Al-Refaie, Ebrahim Awad, and Ehab M. Mokbel

Blunt traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: a retrospective observational study of 46 patients (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:45-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin

eComment: A practical approach for imaging of diaphragmatic injury (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:49. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yorikazu Harada, Shunji Uchita, Takahiko Sakamoto, Mitsuhiro Kimura, Kentaro Umezu, Kiyohiro Takigiku, and Satoshi Yasukouchi

Do we need fenestration when performing two-staged total cavopulmonary connection using an extracardiac conduit? (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:50-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Ruben R. Movsesian

eComment: Re: Do we need fenestration when performing two-staged total cavopulmonary connection using an extracardiac conduit? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:55. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Turki B. Albacker, Rakesh Chaturvedi, Adil H. Al Kindi, Hamad Al-Habib, Talal Al-Atassi, Benoit de Varennes, and Kevin Lachapelle

The effect of using microplegia on perioperative morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:56-60. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor X. Mosquera, José M. Herrera, Milagros Marini, Francisco Estevez, Ignacio Cao, Daniel Gulías, José V. Valle, and José J. Cuenca

Mid-term results of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in surgical high-risk patients (Institutional report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:61-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reubendra Jeganathan, Heather Kinnear, John Campbell, Simon Jordan, Alastair Graham, Anna Gavin, Kieran McManus, and Jim McGuigan

A surgeon's case volume of oesophagectomy for cancer does not influence patient outcome in a high volume hospital (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:66-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryo Maeda, Noritaka Isowa, Hideyuki Onuma, Hiroshi Miura, Tomoya Harada, Hirokazu Touge, Hirokazu Tokuyasu, and Yuji Kawasaki

The maximum standardized uptake values on positron emission tomography to predict the Noguchi classification and invasiveness in clinical stage IA adenocarcinoma measuring 2 cm or less in size (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:70-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Casali, Erica Susanna Storelli, Elena Di Prima, and Uliano Morandi

Long-term functional results after surgical treatment of parapneumonic thoracic empyema (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:74-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

eComment: Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery really superior to open decortication for empyema thoracis? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:78. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryo Maeda, Noritaka Isowa, Hideyuki Onuma, Hiroshi Miura, Tomoya Harada, Hirokazu Touge, Hirokazu Tokuyasu, and Yuji Kawasaki

The maximum standardized ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography predicts lymph node metastasis and invasiveness in clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:79-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Özcan Birim, Menno van Gameren, Peter L. de Jong, Maarten Witsenburg, Lennie van Osch-Gevers, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Outcome after reoperation for atrioventricular septal defect repair (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:83-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin, Mark M. Tettey, Kow Entsua-Mensah, and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

eComment: Discrete subaortic stenosis following repair of atrioventricular septal defects (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:87-88. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luminita Iliuta, Ruxandra Christodorescu, Daniela Filpescu, Horatiu Moldovan, Bogdan Radulescu, and Rasvan Vasile

Prevention of perioperative atrial fibrillation with betablockers in coronary surgery: betaxolol versus metoprolol (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:89-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Dell'Amore, Mauro Del Giglio, Simone Calvi, Marco Pagliaro, Corrado Fedeli, Diego Magnano, Alberto Tripodi, and Mauro Lamarra

Mini re-sternotomy for aortic valve replacement in patients with patent coronary bypass grafts (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:94-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele Murzi, Enkel Kallushi, Marco Solinas, and Mattia Glauber

eComment: Mini resternotomy for aortic valve replacement in patients with patent bypass (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:97. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luca Botta and Luigi Martinelli

eComment: Aortic valve replacement in patients with patent coronary grafts: how to do it? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:97. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Norikazu Kawai, Shin-nosuke Goto, and Takuya Umemoto

Aprotinin increases mortality as compared with tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized head-to-head trials (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:98-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioanna Koniari, Efstratios Apostolakis, and Mandellou Martha

eComment: A comparison of the safety of aprotinin and tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:101. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Taniguchi, Hiroshige Nakamura, Ken Miwa, Yoshin Adachi, Shinji Fujioka, Tomohiro Haruki, and Yasushi Horie

Prognostic significance of pleural lavage cytology after thoracotomy and before closure of the chest in lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:102-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joaquin de Haro Miralles, Esther Martínez-Aguilar, Aurora Florez, César Varela, Silvia Bleda, and Francisco Acin

Nitric oxide: link between endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in patients with peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs (ESCVS article - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Settepani, Marcello Bergonzini, Alessandro Barbone, Enrico Citterio, Alessio Basciu, Diego Ornaghi, Roberto Gallotti, and Giuseppe Tarelli

Reimplantation valve-sparing aortic root replacement with the Valsalva graft: what have we learnt after 100 cases? (ESCVS article - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:113-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideki Motoyama, Akihiko Yamashina, and Koji Chihara

Sudden hemothorax following lobectomy caused by staple (Negative results - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:117-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nouman U. Khan and Nizar Yonan

Does preoperative computed tomography reduce the risks associated with re-do cardiac surgery? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Balakrishnan Mahesh, Manoraj Navaratnarajah, Kwabena Mensah, and Mohamed Amrani

Treatment of high-output coronary artery fistula by off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and ligation of fistula (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:124-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Izhar N. Bagwan, Saral Desai, Andrew Wotherspoon, and Mary N. Sheppard

Unusual presentation of primary cardiac lymphoma (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:127-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neeraj Purohit, Daniel Marsland, Neil Roberts, and Edward Townsend

Haemo-pneumothorax and haemoptysis in a patient with suspected Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:130-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zeena Makhija, Behnam Shaygi, Ranjit Deshpande, and Michael Marrinan

Delayed cardiac tamponade following posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia without an intrapericardial component (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:132-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eftychios Siniorakis, George Kirvassilis, Nikolaos Exadaktylos, and Konstantine Karidis

eComment: Chilaiditis syndrome leading to tamponade (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:134. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonino S. Rubino, Francesco Onorati, Filiberto Serraino, and Attilio Renzulli

Safety and efficacy of transbrachial intra-aortic balloon pumping with the use of 7-Fr catheters in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:135-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rony Atoui, Bindu Bittira, Jean E. Morin, and Renzo Cecere

On-pump beating heart mitral valve repair in patients with patent bypass grafts and severe ischemic cardiomyopathy (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:138-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selma Kenar Tiryakioglu, Osman Tiryakioglu, Tamer Turan, and Ethem Kumbay

Aortic dissection due to sildenafil abuse (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:141-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin, Mark M. Tettey, and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

eComment: Acute aortic dissection in children and young adults – the role of sildenafil (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Chen Chang and Chung-Wei Chen

Thoracoscopic drainage of ascending mediastinitis arising from pancreatic pseudocyst (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:144-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin, Mark M. Tettey, Martin Tamatey, and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

eComment: Optimal exposure for debridement of necrotizing mediastinitis and bilateral empyema thoracis (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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