Christopher W. Snyder, Laura A. Graham, Richard E. Byers, and William L. Holman

Primary sternal plating to prevent sternal wound complications after cardiac surgery: early experience and patterns of failure (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:763-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tohru Sakuragi, Hiroko Ohma, and Hitoshi Ohteki

Efficacy of SOFT COAG for intraoperative bleeding in thoracic surgery (Work in progress report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:767-768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Paul Stolzmann, Catherine Phan, Lotus Desbiolles, Mario Lachat, Thomas Pfammatter, Borut Marincek, Mathias Prokop, and Hatem Alkadhi

The heart of patients with aortic aneurysms: evidence from cardiac computed tomography (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:769-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Vladimir N. Makarenko

eComment: Re: The heart of patients with aortic aneurysms: evidence from cardiac computed tomography (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:773-774. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Verbrugghe, Bart Meuris, Willem Flameng, and Paul Herijgers

Reconstruction of atrioventricular valves with photo-oxidized bovine pericardium (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:775-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna L. Meyer, Martin Strueber, Sandra Tomaszek, Adelheid Goerler, Andre R. Simon, Axel Haverich, and Stefan Fischer

Temporary cardiac support with a mini-circuit system consisting of a centrifugal pump and a membrane ventilator (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:780-783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatjana Fleck, Michael Fleck, Michael Müller, Helmut Hager, Walter Klepetko, Ernst Wolner, and Wilfried Wisser

Extended videoscopic robotic thymectomy with the da Vinci telemanipulator for the treatment of myasthenia gravis: the Vienna experience (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:784-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Zhang, Dong-xin Wang, Feng Xiao, Jian Li, Zhi-song He, and Yuan-lian Wan

The impact of previous or concomitant myocardium revascularization on the outcomes of patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:788-792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Milo Engoren, Anoar Zacharias, Robert H. Habib, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, and Aamir Shah

The effect of diabetic medications on creatine kinase-myocardial band levels in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:793-796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabio Capuano, Massimo Goracci, Remo Luciani, Giovanna Gentile, Antonino Roscitano, Umberto Benedetto, and Riccardo Sinatra

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels after use of mini-cardiopulmonary bypass system (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:797-801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernd M. Muehling, Karl Heinz Orend, and Ludger Sunder-Plassmann

Elective infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair – transperitoneal, retroperitoneal, endovascular? (Institutional report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:802-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katarzyna Januszewska, Edward Malec, Julia Birnbaum, Markus Loeff, Ralf Sodian, Christoph Schmitz, Heinrich Netz, and Bruno Reichart

Ventricular assist device as a bridge to heart transplantation in children (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:807-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seiichiro Wariishi, Koichi Yamashita, Hideaki Nishimori, Takashi Fukutomi, Masaki Yamamoto, Geethalakshmi Radhakrishnan, and Shiro Sasaguri

Postoperative administration of landiolol hydrochloride for patients with supraventricular arrhythmia: the efficacy of sustained intravenous infusion at a low dose (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:811-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William M. Novick, Xiao F. Li, Darko Anic, Alexander Baskevitch, Nestor Sandoval, Christian L. Gilbert, and Thomas G. Di Sessa

Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: intermediate results of coronary elongation (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:814-818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Edwin

eComment: Management of mitral regurgitation associated with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:818. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vinod A. Sebastian, Kristine J. Guleserian, Steven R. Leonard, and Joseph M. Forbess

Ministernotomy for repair of congenital cardiac disease (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:819-821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Alexey I. Kim, and Tigran R. Grigoryants

eComment: Re: Ministernotomy for repair of congenital cardiac disease (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:822. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamshid H. Karimov and Mattia Glauber

eComment: Minimally invasive access for congenital heart disease repair (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:822. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stavros Siminelakis, Angeliki Kotsanti, Michael Siafakas, George Dimakopoulos, Socrates Sismanidis, Michael Koutentakis, Constantine Paziouros, and George Papadopoulos

Is there any difference in carotid stenosis between male and female patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting? (Institutional report - Carotid and imaging)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:823-826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iqbal Toor, Ameet Bakhai, Bruce Keogh, Miles Curtis, and John Yap

Age 75 years is associated with greater resource utilization following coronary artery bypass grafting (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:827-831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald F.V. Panday, Sven Fischer, Adrian Bauer, Dietrich Metz, Jens Schubel, Nagi El Shouki, Thomas Eberle, and Harald Hausmann

Minimal extracorporeal circulation and off-pump compared to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary surgery (ESCVS article - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:832-836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lene Kjær Olsen, Henrik Arendrup, Thomas Engstrøm, and Lars Søndergaard

When operable patients become inoperable: conversion of a surgical aortic valve replacement into transcatheter aortic valve implantation (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:837-839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Nawid Khaladj, Christian Hagl, Axel Haverich, and Malakh Shrestha

eComment. Sutureless aortic valve implantation in cases of calcified aortic annuli (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Syburra, Oliver Reuthebuch, Kirk Graves, and Michele Genoni

Aortic posterior wall perforation with automatic aortic cutter during routine off-pump coronary bypass grafting (Negative results - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:840-841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Rubio Alvarez, Juan Sierra, Marino Vega, Belen Adrio, Jose Martinez-Comendador, Francisco Gude, Jose Martinez-Cereijo, and Javier Garcia

Early calcification of the aortic Mitroflow pericardial bioprosthesis in the elderly (Negative results - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:842-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafet Gunay, Mehmet Bicer, Yavuz Sensoz, and Mahmut M. Demirtas

eComment: Factors related to bioprosthetic valve calcification in the elderly (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:846. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prakash Nanjaiah, Dharmendra Agrawal, and Sai U. Prasad

Pectoral hematoma mimicking a hemothorax in an octogenarian following aortic valve replacement – a near miss (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:847-848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sossio Perrotta and Salvatore Lentini

Ministernotomy approach for surgery of the aortic root and ascending aorta (State-of-the-art - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:849-858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esther Belmaati, Claus Jensen, Klaus F. Kofoed, Martin Iversen, Ida Steffensen, and Michael B. Nielsen

Primary graft dysfunction; possible evaluation by high resolution computed tomography, and suggestions for a scoring system (State-of-the-art - Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:859-867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rizwan Attia, Christopher Young, Hazem B. Fallouh, and Marco Scarci

In patients with acute aortic intramural haematoma is open surgical repair superior to conservative management? (Best evidence topic - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:868-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Scarci, Hazem B. Fallouh, Christopher P. Young, and David J. Chambers

Does intermittent cross-clamp fibrillation provide equivalent myocardial protection compared to cardioplegia in patients undergoing bypass graft revascularisation? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:872-878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed F. Ibrahim and Amal A. Refaat

eComment: Myocardial protection in high risk coronary surgery (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:878. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sossio Perrotta and Salvatore Lentini

In patients undergoing surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect, does concomitant revascularization improve prognosis? (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:879-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas K. Ro, Bruno R. Cotter, Sinan A. Simsir, and Ronald P. Karlsberg

Complicated ruptured sinus of Valsalva: cardiac computed tomographic angiography (64 slice) predicts surgical appearance and obviates need for invasive cardiac catheterization (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:888-890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Munehisa Takata, Go Watanabe, Teruaki Ushijima, and Norihiko Ishikawa

A novel internal thoracic artery harvesting technique via subxiphoid approach – for the least invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:891-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl G. Reyes, Gosta B. Pettersson, Tomislav Mihaljevic, and Eric E. Roselli

A strategy for safe sternal reentry in patients with pseudoaneurysms of the ascending aorta using the PORT-ACCESS EndoCPB system (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:893-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Betsy Evans, Iain MacKenzie, Charles Malata, and Aman Coonar

Successful salvage right upper lobectomy and flap repair of trachea-esophageal fistula due to severe necrotizing pneumonia (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:896-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Shin-ichi Ohki, Insu Kubota, Kei Aizawa, and Yoshio Misawa

Aortogenic cerebrovascular accident (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:899-900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Iosif Gulkarov, Subroto Paul, Nasser K. Altorki, and Paul C. Lee

Use of Amplatzer device for endobronchial closure of bronchopleural fistulas (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:901-902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumihiro Ogawa, Hideki Amano, Akira Iyoda, and Yukitoshi Satoh

Thymic neuroblastoma with the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:903-905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yosuke Takahashi, Yasushi Tsutsumi, Osamu Monta, and Hirokazu Ohashi

Aorta non-touch coronary artery bypass grafting after total arch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:906-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Syed Mehmood, Danielle Blais, Stanley Martin, and Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar

Heartmate XVE^® destination therapy for end-stage heart failure in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:909-910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Gualis, Mario Castaño, Jesús Gómez-Plana, and Pilar Mencía

Emergent surgery for ruptured aortic arch aneurysm in an octogenarian patient: quo vadis? (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:911-912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sumit Yadav and John M. Alvarez

Catastrophic presentation of atrial myxoma with total occlusion of abdominal aorta (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:913-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaya Okuda, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Shintaro Tarumi, and Chen-Long Huang

Non-surgical closure of post-pneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula after open window thoracotomy using basic fibroblast growth factor (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:916-918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Fieno, Lawrence S. Czer, Ernst R. Schwarz, and Sinan Simsir

Left ventricular assist device placement in a patient with end-stage heart failure and human immunodeficiency virus (Case report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:919-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yutaka Kobayashi, Satoshi Saito, Kenji Yamazaki, and Hiromi Kurosawa

Multiple papillary fibroelastoma in left ventricle associated with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:921-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioanna Koniari, Efstratios Apostolakis, and Nikolaos G. Baikoussis

eComment: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a current assessment (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:922-923. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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