Inder P.S. Gill, Richard J. Montgomery, and John Wallis

Successful treatment of sternal non-union by ultrasound (New ideas - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:389-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasileios K. Kouritas, Chrisi Hatzoglou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, and Paschalis A. Molyvdas

Pleural electrophysiology variations according to location in pleural cavity (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:391-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eiji Murakami, Hisashi Iwata, Matsuhisa Imaizumi, and Hirohumi Takemura

Prevention of arterial graft spasm by botulinum toxin: an in-vitro experiment (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:395-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haruhiko Nakayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Yasufumi Kato, and Masahiro Tsuboi

Ultrasonic scalpel for sealing of the thoracic duct: evaluation of effectiveness in an animal model (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:399-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Montserrat Blanco Ramos, Alberto Fernández-Villar, José Eduardo Rivo, Virginia Leiro, Eva García-Fontán, María Isabel Botana, María Luísa Torres, and Miguel Angel Cañizares

Extraction of airway foreign bodies in adults: experience from 1987–2008 (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:402-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Petermann, Gilles Allenbach, Sabine Schmidt, Igor Letovanec, Michel Christodoulou, Angelika Bischof Delaloye, Hans-Beat Ris, and John O. Prior

Value of positron emission tomography in full-thickness chest wall resections for malignancies (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:406-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Humberto Alves Oliveira, Manoel Ximenes, III, Flávio Brito Filho, Paulo H.C. Carvalho, José Belarmino GamaFilho, Edwin Roger Parra, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, and José Ribas Milanez DeCampos

Experimental selective sympathicotomy (ramicotomy) and sympathetic regeneration (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:411-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joost M. Hartman, Bob W. Meijboom, Tjebbe W. Galema, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Anne-Maria Schets, Pim J. de Feyter, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Anatomical and functional assessment of single left internal mammary artery versus arterial T-grafts 12 years after surgery (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:416-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shantanu Pande, Surendra K. Agarwal, Udgeath Dhir, Amit Chaudhary, Sudeep Kumar, and Vikas Agarwal

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in rheumatic mitral stenosis: does it affect right ventricular function and outcome after mitral valve replacement? (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:421-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto Forteza, Carlos Martín, Jorge Centeno, María Jesús López, Enrique Pérez, Javier de Diego, Violeta Sánchez, and José Cortina

Acute type A aortic dissection: 18 years of experience in one center (Hospital 12 de Octubre) (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhe Zheng, Hongguang Fan, Wei Feng, Shiju Zhang, Xin Yuan, Liqing Wang, Yunhu Song, and Shengshou Hu

Surgery of left ventricular aneurysm: a propensity score-matched study of outcomes following different repair techniques (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:431-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Circulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 concentrations and abdominal aortic aneurysm presence: a meta-analysis (Institutional report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:437-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zubair Luqman, Junaid Ansari, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, and Shahid Ahmed Sami

Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:441-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Azizollah Abbasidezfouli, Ehsan Akbarian, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr, Mehrdad Arab, Mojtaba Javaherzadeh, Saviz Pejhan, Golbahar Abbasi-Dezfouli, and Roya Farzanegan

The etiological factors of recurrence after tracheal resection and reconstruction in post-intubation stenosis (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:446-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serdar Han

eComment: New technique in tracheal reconstruction (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:449. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recep Demirhan, Burak Onan, Kursad Oz, and Semih Halezeroglu

Comprehensive analysis of 4205 patients with chest trauma: a 10-year experience (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:450-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Örjan Friberg, Lars-Göran Dahlin, Jan Källman, Erik Kihlström, Bo Söderquist, and Rolf Svedjeholm

Collagen-gentamicin implant for prevention of sternal wound infection; long-term follow-up of effectiveness (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:454-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Tatoulis, Sanjay Theodore, Manish Meswani, Rochelle Wynne, Cheng Hon-Yap, and Nikunj Powar

Safe use of recombinant activated factor VIIa for recalcitrant postoperative haemorrhage in cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:459-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Ioannis Toumpoulis, Periclis Tomos, Costas Ieromonachos, Dimitrios Angouras, Emmanouil Georgiannakis, Panagiotis Michail, and Chris Rokkas

External validation of the modified Thoracoscore in a new thoracic surgery program: prediction of in-hospital mortality (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:463-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Circulating lipoprotein(a) concentrations and abdominal aortic aneurysm presence (Institutional report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:467-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zeena Makhija and Jatin Desai

Early and mid-term functional and survival benefits in ischaemic versus degenerative mitral valve repair using Duran flexible ring: a single surgeon series (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:471-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gianluca Santise, Giuseppe D'Ancona, Calogero Falletta, Francesco Pirone, Sergio Sciacca, Marco Turrisi, Domenico Biondo, and Michele Pilato

Donor pharmacological hemodynamic support is associated with primary graft failure in human heart transplantation (Institutional report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:476-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Srikrishna Modugula Reddy, Sachin Talwar, Devgourou Velayoudam, Parag Gharde, Vishwas Mallick, Raju Kumar Jha, Lokender Kumar, and Sampath Kumar Arkalgud

Multi-modality blood conservation strategy in open-heart surgery: an audit (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:480-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Rachik G. Grigoryants

eComment: Re: Multi-modality blood conservation strategy in open heart surgery: an audit (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:482-483. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Majlund Mikkelsen, Niels Holmark Andersen, Thomas Decker Christensen, Troels Krarup Hansen, Hans Eiskjaer, Carl Erik Mogensen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, and Søren Paaske Johnsen

Microalbuminuria and short-term prognosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:484-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salvatore Giordano, Fausto Biancari, Pertti Loponen, Jan-Ola Wistbacka, and Michael Luther

Preoperative haemodynamic parameters and the immediate outcome after open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (Follow-up papers - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:491-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

eComment: Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms – endovascular treatment and hemodynamic parameters (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:493. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luc Noyez

Control charts, Cusum techniques and funnel plots. A review of methods for monitoring performance in healthcare (State-of-the-art - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:494-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.

Robot-assisted cardiac surgery (State-of-the-art - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:500-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Barnard, Julia Humphreys, and Mohamad N. Bittar

Endovascular versus open surgical repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury (Best evidence topic - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:506-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefano Urso, Rafael Sadaba, and Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria

Is patient-prosthesis mismatch an independent risk factor for early and mid-term overall mortality in adult patients undergoing aortic valve replacement? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:510-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Pibarot

eComment: Prosthesis-patient mismatch: a need to individualize the preventive strategy according to the baseline characteristics of the patient (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:518. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Skopin, Irma M. Tsiskaridze, and Darya V. Murysova

eComment: Independent risk factors of in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:518-519. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise Adamson, Hunaid A. Vohra, and Marcus P. Haw

Does pulmonary valve replacement post repair of tetralogy of Fallot improve right ventricular function? (Best evidence topic - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:520-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen Westaby, Anand Agarwal, Jakub Kadlec, and Fidelma Flynn

Repair of type B interrupted aortic arch using aberrant right subclavian artery (Brief communication - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:528-529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan Soo, Rasheed Aziz, Mella Buckley, and Vincent Young

Bronchoplastic procedure for an unusual indication – Wegener's granulomatosis (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:530-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitrios Pousios, Theodoros Velissaris, Simon Duggan, and Geoff Tsang

Floating intra-aortic thrombus presenting as distal arterial embolism (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:532-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonardo Secchin Canale, Alexandre Siciliano Colafranceschi, Eduardo Souza Leal Botelho, and Andrey José de Oliveira Monteiro

Surgical treatment of right atrial myxoma complicated with pulmonary embolism (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:535-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bishwo M.S. Shrestha, Christian Hamilton-Craig, David Platts, and Andrew Clarke

Spontaneous coronary artery rupture in a young patient: a rare diagnosis for cardiac tamponade (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:537-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mong-Wei Lin, Yih-Leong Chang, Yung-Chie Lee, and Pei-Ming Huang

Non-functional paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:540-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amit Pawale, Gopal Chealikani, Leslie Mitchell, and Stephen Clark

Imaging modalities for retrieval of a migrated coil from the left ventricle, after pulmonary arterio-venous malformation embolisation (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:543-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrich F.W. Franke, Marc Albert, Christian Rustenbach, and Hardy Baumbach

Minimally invasive Ross procedure through partial upper sternotomy (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:545-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Tetsuka, Shunsuke Endo, Yoshihiko Kanai, and Shinichi Yamamoto

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as hemothorax (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:547-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dominik Wiedemann, Corinna Velik-Salchner, Günther Laufer, and Ludwig Müller

Simultaneous mitral valve and lung surgery for complicated endocarditis (Case report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:549-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mauro Del Giglio, Andrea Dell'Amore, Andrea Zuffi, and Arvit Sokoli

One-stage hybrid procedure: association between awake minimally invasive surgical revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:551-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Semih Halezeroglu and Atif Akcevin

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for pyothorax-associated lymphoma (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:554-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oskar Rückbeil, Jens Burghardt, and Klaus Gellert

Thoracoscopic removal of a transesophageal ingested mediastinal foreign body (Case report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:556-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line video]  

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