Anne Charloux, Alessandro Brunelli, Chris T. Bolliger, Gaetano Rocco, Jean-Paul Sculier, Gonzalo Varela, Marc Licker, Mark K. Ferguson, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Rudolf Maria Huber, Enrico M. Clini, Thida Win, Dirk De Ruysscher, Lee Goldman, and on behalf of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Joint Task Force on Fitness for Radical Therapy

Lung function evaluation before surgery in lung cancer patients: how are recent advances put into practice? A survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and of the Thoracic Oncology Section of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) (Editorial - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:925-931. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zain Khalpey, Michael S. Gilfeather, Phillip C. Camp, Jr, and Michael T. Jaklitsch

Controlled antegrade single lung reperfusion during double lung transplant (New ideas - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:932-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuria Novoa, Gonzalo Varela, Marcelo F. Jiménez, and Jose Luis Aranda

Influence of major pulmonary resection on postoperative daily ambulatory activity of the patients (Work in progress report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:934-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiei Shimamura and Ichiro Hayashi

Graft fixation with a side graft holder for sequential and composite graft anastomosis in coronary artery bypass surgery (Work in progress report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:939-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yihua Zhang, Yuankui Chu, Wenzheng Shen, and Zhongying Dou

Effect of 5-azacytidine induction duration on differentiation of human first-trimester fetal mesenchymal stem cells towards cardiomyocyte-like cells (Work in progress report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:943-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcio Da Rocha, Zaki Anas Zarka, and Vicente A. Riambau

Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathology in renal transplant recipients: early and intermediate-term results (Work in progress report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:947-950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoichiro Kusakari, Chun-Yang Xiao, Nathan Himes, Stuart D. Kinsella, Masaya Takahashi, Anthony Rosenzweig, and Takashi Matsui

Myocyte injury along myofibers in left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:951-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rypko Beukema, Willem P. Beukema, Hauw T. Sie, Anand Ramdat Misier, Peter Paul Delnoy, and Arif Elvan

Monitoring of atrial fibrillation burden after surgical ablation: relevancy of end-point criteria after radiofrequency ablation treatment of patients with lone atrial fibrillation (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:956-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo Bockeria, Amiran Sh. Revishvili, and Tamara R. Dzhordzhikiya

eComment: Monitoring of atrial fibrillation burden after surgical ablation (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:959-960. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher Andrew Efthymiou, Tahir Masudi, James Andrew Charles Thorpe, and Kostas Papagiannopoulos

Malignant pleural effusion in the presence of trapped lung. Five-year experience of PleurX tunnelled catheters (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:961-964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillaume Lebreton, Jean-Marc Baste, Matthieu Thumerel, Frédéric Delcambre, Jean-Françis Velly, and Jacques Jougon

The hemiclamshell approach in thoracic surgery: indications and associated morbidity in 50 patients (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:965-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan J. Fibla, Laureano Molins, Jose Manuel Mier, and Gonzalo Vidal

Effectiveness of sympathetic block by clipping in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and facial blushing (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:970-972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ottavio Rena, Esther Papalia, Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Fabio Massera, Emanuele Pirondini, Davide Turello, and Caterina Casadio

Air-leak management after upper lobectomy in patients with fused fissure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot trial comparing sealant and standard treatment (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:973-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Pace Napoleone, Andrea Valori, Giancarlo Crupi, Salvatore Ocello, Francesco Santoro, Pascal Vouhé, Nihal Weerasena, and Gaetano Gargiulo

An observational study of CoSeal^® for the prevention of adhesions in pediatric cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:978-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tibor Krajc, Miroslav Janik, Roman Benej, Martin Lucenic, Ivan Majer, Juraj Demian, and Svetozar Harustiak

Urgent segmental resection as the primary strategy in management of benign tracheal stenosis. A single center experience in 164 consecutive cases (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:983-989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theo Kofidis, Maximilian Y. Emmert, Hans Gerd Paeschke, Lorenz S. Emmert, Ruoyu Zhang, and Axel Haverich

Long-term follow-up after minimal invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting procedure: a multi-factorial retrospective analysis at 1000 patient–years (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:990-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alper Toker, Serhan Tanju, Sedat Ziyade, Berker Özkan, Zerrin Sungur, Yesim Parman, Piraye Serdaroglu, and Feza Deymeer

Early outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of thymus in 181 patients with myasthenia gravis: who are the candidates for the next morning discharge? (Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:995-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert D. Searle, Matthew P. Simpson, Karen H. Simpson, Richard Milton, and Michael I. Bennett

Can chronic neuropathic pain following thoracic surgery be predicted during the postoperative period? (Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:999-1002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Chambers and Marco Scarci

In patients with first-episode primary spontaneous pneumothorax is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery superior to tube thoracostomy alone in terms of time to resolution of pneumothorax and incidence of recurrence? (Best evidence topic - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1003-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas, Stefano Bevilacqua, and Mattia Glauber

Which patient undergoing mitral valve surgery should also have the tricuspid repair? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1009-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

eComment: Which functional tricuspid regurgitation should be surgically corrected? (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1020. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamshid H. Karimov, Filippo Santarelli, Michele Murzi, and Mattia Glauber

A technique of an upper V-type ministernotomy in the second intercostal space (Brief communication - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1021-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanjay Chaubey, Simon J. Davidson, and Anthony C. DeSouza

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia in a patient with factor V Leiden following cardiac surgery (Case report - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1023-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo Bockeria, Natalya Samsonova, and Liudmila Klimovich

eComment: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (eComment)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1025. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan B. Watzka, Ulrike Setinek, Helmut Prosch, and Michael R. Müller

Primary synovial sarcoma of the lung as an incidental finding (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1026-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonella Galeone, Pierre Validire, Jean-Brice Gayet, and François Laborde

Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes of the pulmonary infundibulum (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1029-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar, Tarun Jindal, and Nadeem Tanveer

Concurrent benign schwannoma of oesophagus and posterior mediastinum (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1032-1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela De Palma, Domenico Loizzi, Francesco Sollitto, and Michele Loizzi

Surgical treatment of a rare case of tracheal inflammatory pseudotumor in pediatric age (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1035-1037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takanori Konishi, Shin-ichi Ohki, Tsutomu Saito, and Yoshio Misawa

Crutch-induced bilateral brachial artery aneurysms (Case report - Vascular general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1038-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Quiroga, José María G. Prim, Milagros Moldes, and Ramiro Ledo

Spontaneous circumferential esophageal dissection in a young man with eosinophilic esophagitis (Case report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1040-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pietro Marcello, Luis García-Bordes, and José Manuel Méndez López

Peripheral venous embolized intracardiac foreign body (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1043-1044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line video]  

Samir Pathak and Richard D. Page

Splenic injury following diaphragmatic plication: an avoidable life-threatening complication (Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1045-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco L.S. Matteucci, Giuseppe Rescigno, Filippo Capestro, and Lucia Torracca

Syncope triggered by a giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1047-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Ceresa, Giuseppe Franciò, Pasquale Aldo Intili, and Francesco Patanè

Splenic tear causing a hemoperitoneum after cardiac surgery (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1049-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesslyn H. Ding, Terence C. Chua, Derek Glenn, and David L. Morris

Feasibility of ablation as an alternative to surgical metastasectomy in patients with unresectable sarcoma pulmonary metastases (Case report - Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2009;9:1051-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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