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Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Interactive Section is conceived as a virtual conference. For this purpose, all reports will be posted on the web site within 2 weeks of acceptance. An electronic, moderated discussion will be open for at least 28 days through the corresponding link. After closure of the discussion period, the reports pre-published on the web, as well as the contributions from the moderated discussion, will be published in the ICVTS archival and paper versions.

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July 2, 2009

Andrea Colli, Claudio Fernandez, Luis Delgado, Bernardo Romero, Maria L Camara, and Xavier Ruyra
(Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202804 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Masatsugu Hamaji, Yasuto Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiko Matsuda, and Satoshi Kono
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212506 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 30, 2009

Salvatore Giordano, Fausto Biancari, Pertti Loponen, Jan-Ola Wistbacka, and Michael Luther
(Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205930 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Louise Adamson, Hunaid A. Vohra, and Marcus P. Haw
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211011 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Srikrishna Modugula Reddy, Sampath Kumar Arkalgud, Sachin Talwar, Devagourou Velayoudam, Parag Gharde, Vishwas Mallick, Raju Kumar Jha, and Lokender Kumar
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203034 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 29, 2009

Gianluca Santise, Giuseppe D'Ancona, Calogero Falletta, Francesco Pirone, Sergio Sciacca, Marco Turrisi, Domenico Biondo, and Michele Pilato
(Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202085 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Humberto Alves Oliveira, Manoel Ximenes, Flavio Brito Filho, Paulo H.C. Carvalho, Jose Belarmino GamaFilho, Edwin Roger Parra, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, and Jose Ribas Milanez DeCampos
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202150 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Zeena Makhija and Jatin Desai
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.200592 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Norikazu Kawai, Shin-nosuke Goto, and Takuya Umemoto
(Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208843 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Eiji Murakami, Hisashi Iwata, Matsuhisa Imaizumi, and Hirohumi Takemura
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207076 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Haruhiko Nakayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Yasufumi Kato, and Masahiro Tsuboi
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206706 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 23, 2009

Noureldin Noaman Gwely
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206953 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Ioannis Toumpoulis, Periclis Tomos, Costas Ieromonachos, Dimitrios Angouras, Emmanouil Georgiannakis, Panagiotis Michail, and Chris Rokkas
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201178 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Martin Majlund Mikkelsen, Niels Holmark Andersen, Thomas Decker Christensen, Troels Krarup Hansen, Hans Eiskjaer, Carl Erik Mogensen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, and Soren Paaske Johnsen
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203836 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 19, 2009

Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, and W. Randolph Chitwood
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203182 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Goncalo F. Coutinho, Rita Pancas, Pedro E. Antunes, and Manuel J. Antunes
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.193482 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 18, 2009

James Tatoulis, Sanjay Theodore, Manish Meswani, Rochelle Wynne, Cheng Hon-Yap, and Nikunj Powar
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204735 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Orjan Friberg, Lars-Goran Dahlin, Jan Kallman, Erik Kihlstrom, Bo Soderquist, and Rolf Svedjeholm
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207514 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Oskar Ruckbeil, Jens Burghardt, and Klaus Gellert
(Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209676 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

Recep Demirhan, Burak Onan, Kursad Oz, and Semih Halezeroglu
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206599 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Vasileios K. Kouritas, Chrisi Hatzoglou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, and Paschalis A. Molyvdas
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203356 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 16, 2009

Azizollah Abbasidezfouli, Ehsan Akbarian, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr, Mehrdad Arab, Mojtaba Javaherzadeh, Saviz Pejhan, Golbahar Abbasi-Dezfouli, and Roya Farzanegan
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202978 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Zubair Luqman, Junaid Ansari, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204156 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Semih Halezeroglu and Atif Akcevin
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204289 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Mauro Del Giglio, Andrea Dell'Amore, Andrea Zuffi, and Arvit Sokoli
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208298 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 12, 2009

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Norikazu Kawai, Shin-nosuke Goto, and Takuya Umemoto
(Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208835 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 11, 2009

Dominik Wiedemann, Corinna Velik-Salchner, Gunther Laufer, and Ludwig Muller
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210849 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Kenji Kenji, Shunsuke Endo, Yoshihiko Kanai, and Shinichi Yamamoto
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209254 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 10, 2009

Zhe Zheng, Hongguang Fan, Wei Feng, Shiju Zhang, Xin Yuan, Liqing Wang, Yunhu Song, and Shengshou Hu
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207134 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

David A. Petermann, Gilles Allenbach, Sabine Schmidt, Igor Letovanec, Michel Christodoulou, Angelika Bischof Delaloye, Hans-Beat Ris, and John O. Prior
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207621 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 9, 2009

Luc Noyez
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204768 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 5, 2009

Alberto Forteza, Carlos Martin, Jorge Centeno, Maria Jesus Lopez, Enrique Perez, Javier de Diego, Violeta Sanchez, and Jose Cortina
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203976 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 4, 2009

Shantanu Pande, Surendra K. Agarwal, Udgeath Dhir, Amit Chaudhary, Sudeep Kumar, and Vikas Agarwal
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206607 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Stefano Urso, Justo Rafael Sadaba, and Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207597 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 3, 2009

Stephen Westaby, Anand Agarwal, Jakub Kadlec, and Fidelma Flynn
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203901 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 2, 2009

Mong-Wei Lin, Yih-Leong Chang, Yung-Chie Lee, and Pei-Ming Huang
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206169 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Bishwo Man Singh Shrestha, Christian Hamilton Craig, David Platts, and Andrew Clarke
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207001 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Montserrat Blanco Ramos, Alberto Fernandez-Villar, Jose Eduardo Rivo, Virginia Leiro, Eva Garcia-Fontan, Maria Isabel Botana, Maria Luisa Torres, and Miguel Angel Canizares
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207332 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Alan Soo, Rasheed Aziz, Mella Buckley, and Vincent Young
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205591 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Joost Michael Hartman, Bob W. Meijboom, Tjebbe W. Galema, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Anne-Marie Schets, Pim J. de Feyter, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199828 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Leonardo Secchin Canale, Alexandre Siciliano Colafrancecschi, Eduardo Souza Leal Botelho, and Andrey Jose de Oliveira Monteiro
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206318 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 1, 2009

Ulrich F.W. Franke, Marc Albert, Christian Rustenbach, and Hardy Baumbach
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203067 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Amit Pawale, Gopal R. Chealikani, Leslie Mitchell, and Stephen Clark
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199471 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 28, 2009

Gabriella Lindvall, Ulrik Sartipy, Staffan Bjessmo, Peter Svenarud, Bo Lindvall, and Jan van der Linden
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206342 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Wantie Wang, Fangyan Wang, Lu Shi, Xuguang Jia, and Lina Lin
(Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.196089 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 26, 2009

Esther Fernandez, Pedro Lopez de Castro, Julio Astudillo, and Jaume Fernandez-Llamazares
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204784 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Nael Al-Sarraf, Hassan Jamal-Eddine, Fatma Khaja, and Adel K. Ayed
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207548 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Peter Balaz, Slavomir Rokosny, Boris Koznar, and Milos Adamec
(Vascular general (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204867 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Can Yerebakan, Christian Klopsch, Stephanie Prietz, Johannes Boltze, Brigitte Vollmar, Andreas Liebold, Gustav Steinhoff, and Eugen Sandica
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.198275 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 25, 2009

Reza Bagheri, Alireza Tavasoli, Ali Sadrizadeh, Mohammadtaghi Rajabi Mashhadi, Faramarz Shahri, and Reza Shojaeian
(Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.195685 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 20, 2009

Riken Kawachi, Yohko Nakazato, Hidefumi Takei, Yoshihiko Koshi-ishi, and Tomoyuki Goya
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206698 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sujoy Khan, Anne Campbell, Carol Hunt, and W.A. Carrock Sewell
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207308 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar, Kumud Kumar Handa, and Amit Kumar Dinda
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207696 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 19, 2009

Vikas Gupta, Shyam K.S. Thingnam, Sachin Kuthe, and Ganga Ram Verma
(Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203471 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Victorio Carosella, Jose Navia, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Hugo Grancelli, Walter Rodriguez, Cesar Cardenas, Jorge Bilbao, and Carlos Nojek
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199083 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hiroshi Tanaka, Kenji Okada, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, and Yutaka Okita
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201558 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Felix Weidinger, Christian Kolbitsch, Guy J. Friedrich, Gunther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203059 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Laura McGlone, Neil Patel, David Young, and Mark D. Danton
(Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.194555 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Takeshi Komoda, Michael Huebler, Felix Berger, and Roland Hetzer
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206060 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 18, 2009

Carlos E. Garcia Franco, Salvador Martin Algarra, Akiko Tamura Ezcurra, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Mikel San Julian, Javier Pardo Mindan, and Wenceslao Torre Buxalleu
(Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204818 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Dimitrios Pousios, Theodoros Velissaris, Simon Duggan, and Geoff M. Tsang
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206268 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]