Masatsugu Hamaji, Yasuto Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiko Matsuda, and Satoshi Kono

Reinforced closure of the sternum with absorbable pins for high-risk patients (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:559-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Niclauss and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Total aortic arch stenting – hemodynamical impact of carotid artery perfusion (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:562-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal A. Berdat, Joel L. Lavanchy, Florian Schönhoff, Mladen Pavlovic, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, and Thierry P. Carrel

Growth potential of U-clip^TM interrupted versus polypropylene running suture anastomosis in congenital cardiac surgery: intermediate term results (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:565-570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos D. Panagopoulos, Efstratios Apostolakis, Efstratios Koletsis, Christos Prokakis, Panagiotis Hountis, George Sakellaropoulos, Ion Bellenis, and Dimitrios Dougenis

Low incidence of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy for lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:571-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Walles, Martina Hampel, Iris Dally, and Godehard Friedel

eComment: Defective bronchial tissue homeostasis following neoadjuvant therapy for lung cancer (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:575. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gonçalo F. Coutinho, Rita Pancas, Pedro E. Antunes, and Manuel J. Antunes

Long-term follow-up of elderly patients subjected to aortic valve replacement with mechanical prostheses (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:576-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Skopin, Renat M. Muratov, and Irina E. Olofinskaya

eComment: Re: Long-term follow-up of elderly patients subjected to aortic valve replacement with mechanical prostheses (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:581. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafet Gunay

eComment: Mechanical valve replacement in the elderly: does anticoagulation have benefit? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:581-582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Colli, Claudio Fernandez, Luis Delgado, Bernardo Romero, Maria Luisa Camara, and Xavier Ruyra

Aortic valve replacement with minimal extracorporeal circulation versus standard cardiopulmonary bypass (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:583-587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto Noto, Salvatore Lentini, Antonio Versaci, Massimiliano Giardina, Domenica Claudia Risitano, Roberto Messina, and Antonio David

A retrospective analysis of terlipressin in bolus for the management of refractory vasoplegic hypotension after cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:588-592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudius Diez, Peter Mohr, Daniel Koch, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Christof Schmid, and Hans-Stefan Hofmann

Age- and gender-specific values of estimated glomerular filtration rate among 6232 patients undergoing cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:593-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Yamamoto, Katsuaki Magishi, Kazutomo Goh, Tadahiro Sasajima, and Fumio Yamamoto

Cardioprotective effects of normothermic reperfusion with oxygenated potassium cardioplegia: a possible mechanism (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:598-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Yamamoto, Fumio Yamamoto, and Hajime Ichikawa

Enhanced coronary vascular turgor effect on post-ischemic diastolic function in hypertrophied hearts (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:605-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillermo Reyes, Amparo Benedicto, Juan Bustamante, Anas Sarraj, José Manuel Nuche, Pablo Álvarez, and Juan Duarte

Restoration of atrial contractility after surgical cryoablation: clinical, electrical and mechanical results (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:609-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Hirotaka Inaba, Chiaki Noguchi, Keiichi Tambara, Taira Yamamoto, Motoshige Yamasaki, Keita Kikuchi, and Atsushi Amano

EuroSCORE predicts postoperative mortality, certain morbidities, and recovery time (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:613-617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Skopin, and Yuliya S. Dmitrieva

eComment: Does EuroSCORE predict postoperative complications? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:617. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryoichi Nakanishi, Soichi Oka, and Seiichi Odate

Video-assisted thoracic surgery major pulmonary resection requiring control of the main pulmonary artery (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:618-622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darren H. Freed, Andrew J. Drain, Jago Kitcat, Mark T. Jones, and Samer A.M. Nashef

Death in low-risk cardiac surgery: the failure to achieve a satisfactory cardiac outcome (FIASCO) study (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:623-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiichi Ishida, Masahisa Masuda, Hideo Tanaka, Mizuho Imamaki, Masayoshi Katsumata, Takuto Maruyama, and Masaru Miyazaki

Mid-term results of surgery for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:626-629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafet Gunay, Yavuz Sensoz, Ilyas Kayacioglu, Abdullah Kemal Tuygun, Ahmet Yavuz Balci, Ugur Kisa, Mahmut Murat Demirtas, and Ibrahim Yekeler

Is the aortic valve pathology type different for early and late mortality in concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery? (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:630-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Scopin, Sergey Yu. Kambarov, and Yuliya S. Dmitrieva

eComment: Re: Is the aortic valve pathology type different for early and late mortality in concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:634. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erling Aarsæther, Thor Allan Stenberg, Øyvind Jakobsen, and Rolf Busund

Mechanoenergetic function and troponin T release following cardioplegic arrest induced by St Thomas' and histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate cardioplegia – an experimental comparative study in pigs (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:635-639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal carcinoma (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:640-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Asteriou, Ioannis Boukovinas, and Christodoulos Tsilikas

eComment: The role of lymph node dissection in pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal cancer (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:644. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takayuki Fukui, Noriaki Sakakura, Rei Kobayashi, Tatsuya Katayama, Simon Ito, Shunzo Hatooka, and Tetsuya Mitsudomi

Comparison of methods for placing and managing a silastic drain after pulmonary resection (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:645-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fengshi Chen, Ryo Miyahara, Toru Bando, Kenichi Okubo, Kenichiro Watanabe, Tomitaka Nakayama, Junya Toguchida, and Hiroshi Date

Repeat resection of pulmonary metastasis is beneficial for patients with osteosarcoma of the extremities (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:649-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Herman, Wojtek Karolak, Alexandra M. Yip, Karen J. Buth, Ansar Hassan, and Jean-Francois Légaré

Predicting prolonged intensive care unit length of stay in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery – development of an entirely preoperative scorecard (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:654-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Ono, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Manabu Ito, Hajime Saito, Satoru Motoyama, Hiroshi Nanjo, and Junichi Ogawa

Sentinel node mapping and micrometastasis in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (Institutional report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:659-661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saina Attaran, Roy Sherwood, Jatin Desai, Rachel Langworthy, Peter Mhandu, Lindsay John, and Ahmed El-Gamel

Brain natriuretic peptide a predictive marker in cardiac surgery (ESCVS article - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:662-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Olga L. Bockeria, and Uliana A. Kolesnikova

eComment: Re: Brain natriuretic peptide a predictive marker in cardiac surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:666. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Niclauss, Dominique Delay, Michel Hurni, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Experience and intermediate-term results using the Contegra^® heterograft for right ventricular outflow reconstruction in adults (ESCVS article - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:667-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Wendt, Sebastian Stühle, Hermann Wendt, Matthias Thielmann, Brigitte Kipfmüller, Florian Hauck, Bernd Vogel, and Heinz Jakob

Cutting precision in a novel aortic valve resection tool. Research in progress (ESCVS article - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:672-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vamsidhar B. Dronavalli, Mahmoud Loubani, Peter Riley, and Robert S. Bonser

Failure to exclude a saccular arch aneurysm during hybrid repair: arch replacement without cerebral circulatory arrest (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:677-679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamil Hajj Chahine, Issam El-Rassi, and Victor Jebara

Apico-aortic valved conduit as an alternative for aortic valve re-replacement in severe prosthesis–patient mismatch (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:680-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillermo Isasti, Juan José Gómez-Doblas, and Eduardo Olalla

Aortoesophageal fistula: an uncommon complication after stent-graft repair of an aortic thoracic aneurysm (Negative results - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:683-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas Charokopos, Polychronis Antonitsis, Panagiotis Artemiou, Efthymia Rouska, Christophoros Foroulis, and Christos Papakonstantinou

Acute mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis after initiating oral anticoagulation therapy. Is bridging anticoagulation with heparin required? (Negative results - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:685-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Kpodonu and Aidan Raney

The cardiovascular hybrid room a key component for hybrid interventions and image guided surgery in the emerging specialty of cardiovascular hybrid surgery (State-of-the-art - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:688-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Gill and Joel Dunning

Is reduction aortoplasty (with or without external wrap) an acceptable alternative to replacement of the dilated ascending aorta? (Best evidence topic - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:693-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Ivan I. Skopin, Vladimir A. Mironenko, and Garik G. Aleksanyan

eComment: Re: Is reduction aortoplasty (with or without external wrap) an acceptable alternative to replacement of the dilated ascending aorta? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:697. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rasheed A. Saad, Adel Badr, Andrew T. Goodwin, and Joel Dunning

Should you stand on the left or the right of a patient with dextrocardia who needs coronary surgery? (Best evidence topic - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:698-702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masanori Hirota, Masaya Oi, Tadashi Omoto, and Takeo Tedoriya

Apico-aortic conduit for aortic stenosis with a porcelain aorta; technical modification for apical outflow (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:703-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Ruiz-Bailén, Jose Angel Ramos-Cuadra, Victor Manuel Aragón-Extremera, and Luis Rucabado-Aguilar

Septic shock secondary to infection of a left ventricular thrombus (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:706-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Srikrishna Modugula Reddy, Akshay Kumar Bisoi, Pranav Sharma, and Shambunath Das

Surgical repair of multiple unruptured aneurysms of sinus of Valsalva (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:709-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Ruiz-Bailén, Jose Angel Ramos-Cuadra, Juan Machado-Casas, and Luis Rucabado-Aguilar

Successful administration of alteplase in a venous thromboembolism crossing through a patent foramen ovale (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:712-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Misfeld and Thorsten Hanke

eComment: Systemic thrombolysis with alteplase in impending paradoxical embolism (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:714. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Esteban Martin Lopez, Maria Jesus Lopez, Javier de Diego, and Jose Maria Cortina

Early acute aortic dissection of the donor aorta after orthotopic heart transplantation (Case report - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:715-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alper Ucak, Kaan Inan, Burak Onan, and Ahmet Turan Yilmaz

Resection of intrapericardial hibernoma associated with constrictive pericarditis (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:717-719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Sassard, Loïc Boussel, Olivier Jegaden, and Fadi Farhat

Asymptomatic false aneurysm of the right coronary sinus treated by a reimplantation valve sparing technique (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:720-721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sebastian Fernandez Alonso, Covadonga Mendieta Azcona, Alvaro Fernandez Heredero, and Luis Riera de Cubas

Post-sternotomy intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm. Sonographic diagnosis and thrombosis by ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:722-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacobo Silva

eComment: It could be an iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:724. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Iwao Matsunaga, Waqas Anjun, and Michael D. Strong

Spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection, possibly due to cystic medial necrosis found in the internal mammary arteries (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:725-727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line video]  

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Lafaras, Andreas Efstathiou, and Ioannis Fessatidis

eComment: Routine preoperative evaluation of the internal mammary artery as conduit for coronary patients. Is it worth? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:727. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiro Okami, Yasuhiko Tomita, Masahiko Higashiyama, and Ken Kodama

Solitary pulmonary metastasis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the palate 43 years after the initial treatment (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:728-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vidyasagar Kalahasti, Eric E. Roselli, Scott D. Flamm, and Richard A. Krasuski

Aneurysmal ascending to descending aorta bypass graft compressing the pulmonary artery (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:730-732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Tafadzwa P. Makarawo, Sam Finnikin, Steve Woolley, and Ehab Bishay

Trichoptysis: a hairy presentation of a rare tumour (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:733-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rony Atoui, Siamak Mohammadi, and Dominique Shum-Tim

Surgical extraction of occluded stents: when stenting becomes a problem (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:736-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dusko Nezic, Aleksandar Knezevic, Milan Cirkovic, and Slobodan Micovic

eComment: How to reconstruct endarterectomized left anterior descending coronary artery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:738. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgia Hardavella, Nikolaos Thalassinos, and Nikolaos Anastasiou

Primary endobronchial non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an 80-year-old patient with prostate cancer (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:739-740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bema Coulibaly, Corinne Bouvier, Marie Jose Payan, and Pascal Thomas

Recurrent dedifferentiated liposarcoma of mediastinum involving lung and pleura (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:741-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Roubertie, Emmanuel Le Bret, Jean Benoit Thambo, and Xavier Roques

Intra-diaphragmatic pacemaker implantation in very low weight premature neonate (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:743-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Amiran Sh. Revishvili, and Oleksiy Y. Grygoryev

eComment: Re: Intra-diaphragmatic pacemaker implantation in very low weight premature neonate (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:744-745. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bari Murtuza, Prity Gupta, and Kulvinder S. Lall

The acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease following aortic valve replacement (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:746-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduard Permanyer, Antonino Ginel, Christian Muñoz-Guijosa, and Josep Maria Padró

Right atrium traumatic rupture presenting as chronic tamponade (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:748-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuo Taniguchi, Noriyasu Usami, Koji Kawaguchi, and Kohei Yokoi

Good syndrome accompanied by pure red cell aplasia (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:750-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Khaled Ashour, Katharine Jamieson, and Kokila Lakhoo

A sternotomy too far (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:753-754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanna Rizzardi, Andrea Campione, Paolo Scanagatta, and Alberto Terzi

Paraneoplastic extra limbic encephalitis associated with thymoma (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:755-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Lim and Ravi Pillai

Multiple sternotomies for repeated aortic root replacement – optimising the surgical approach (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:757-758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senthilkumar R. Sundaramurthy, Randall A. Moshinsky, and Julian A. Smith

Non-operative management of tube thoracostomy induced pulmonary artery injury (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:759-760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin

eComment: Management options of tube thoracostomy-induced pulmonary artery injury (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:760-761. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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