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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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February 5, 2010

Amal K. Bose, Jonathan Ferguson, and Steven Hunter: Stake through the chest (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220608 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sossio Perrotta, Angelo Perrotta, and Salvatore Lentini: In patients with sewing needle cardiac injuries is the surgical approach the recommended treatment? (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226167 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mina Guirgis, Kanwal Kumar, Alan H. Menkis, and Darren H. Freed: Minimally invasive left-heart decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an alternative to a percutaneous approach (Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.228346 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mohammad Hawari, Simon Wemyss-Holden, and Gareth Wyn Parry: Recurrent chest wall abscesses overlying a pneumonectomy scar: an unusual presentation of a cholecystocutaneous fistula (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221085 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jeffrey Lim, Alexander Phillips, and Rana Sayeed: Use of the world wide web by cardiac surgery patients (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.228510 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Hideaki Takai, Takafumi Yamada, Seiichi Tada, and Ichiro Matsumaru: Successful surgical repair for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy valvular disease with long-term follow-up (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221671 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Maurizio Levantino, Gerardo Anastasio, Fabio Guarracino, and Uberto Bortolotti: Delayed papillary muscle rupture following repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.229047 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tomasz Moszura, Maria Zubrzycka, Krzysztof W. Michalak, Bozena Rewers, Pawel Dryzek, Jacek J. Moll, Andrzej Sysa, and Piotr Burczynski: Acute and late obstruction of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: two-center experience in different catheter-based methods of treatment (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219741 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Dominique Caillaud, Joachim Calderon, Patricia Reant, Stephane Lafitte, Pierre Dos Santos, Thierry Couffinhal, Xavier Roques, and Laurent Barandon: Echocardiographic analysis with a two-dimensional strain of chronic myocardial ischemia induced with ameroid constrictor in the pig (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2010.232819 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Antonino Loforte, Eva Maria Delmo Walter, Brigitte Stiller, Michael Huebler, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Wolfgang Boettcher, Felix Berger, and Roland Hetzer: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for intraoperative cardiac support in children with congenital heart disease (Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220475 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mari-Liis Kaljusto, Arkady Rutkovsky, Kare-Olav Stenslokken, and Jarle Vaage: Postconditioning in mouse hearts is inhibited by blocking reverse mode of the sodium-calcium exchanger (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217083 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Katharina Ochs, Beatrix Hoksch, Urs Frey, and Ralph A. Schmid: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung in a five-year-old girl (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219089 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

February 1, 2010

Akira Haro, Tokujiro Yano, Tsukihisa Yoshida, Kensaku Ito, Yosuke Morodomi, Fumihiro Shoji, Torahiko Nakashima, and Yoshihiko Maehara: Results of a surgical resection of pulmonary metastasis from malignant head and neck tumor (Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 1, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219766 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Rafet Gunay, Yavuz Sensoz, Abdullah Kemal Tuygun, and Mahmut Murat Demirtas: Safety of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with bilateral total carotid occlusions (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 1, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.224162 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Francesco Formica, Leonello Avalli, Luisa Colagrande, Orazio Ferro, Gianluca Greco, Elena Maggioni, and Giovanni Paolini: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support adult patients with cardiac failure: predictive factors of 30-day mortality (Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 1, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220335 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Oral Akin, Erdal Tasci, Guven Olgac, and Cemal Asim Kutlu: Management of bilateral pneumothoraces after talc pleurodesis and unilateral lung volume reduction surgery (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 1, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.224931 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Antonio F. Corno, Christian Vergara, Chellappan Subramanian, Robert A. Johnson, Tiziano Passerini, Alessandro Veneziani, Luca Formaggia, Nelson Alphonso, Alfio Quarteroni, and Jonathan C. Jarvis: Assisted Fontan procedure: animal and in vitro models and computational fluid dynamics study (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 1, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223024 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 29, 2010

Ashkan Karimi, Farah Peiravian, Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, and Ariana Kariminejad: Absent pulmonary valve, intact interventricular septum, rudimentary aortic non-coronary cusp and ascending aortic aneurysm in a single patient (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 29, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225508 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Hans Scheffel, Paul Stolzmann, André Plass, Sebastian Leschka, Jürg Grünenfelder, Volkmar Falk, Borut Marincek, and Hatem Alkadhi: Coronary artery disease in patients with cardiac tumors: preoperative assessment by computed tomography coronary angiography (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 29, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227439 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fabrizio Follis, Gianfranco Filippone, Amerigo Stabile, Giuseppe Montalbano, Maria Floriano, Mario Finazzo, and Marco Follis: Endovascular graft deployment in the false lumen of type B dissection (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 29, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223040 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Giuseppe Rescigno, Andrea Angelini, Alessandro D'Alfonso, and Lucia Torracca: Coronary graft use of a new external mesh support (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 29, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221093 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tom Treasure: The evolution of aortic root surgery for Marfan syndrome (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 29, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2010.232611 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 26, 2010

Jessie Y.G. Liu, Remi Kowalski, Bryn Jones, Igor E. Konstantinov, Michael M.H. Cheung, Susan Donath, Christian P. Brizard, and Yves d'Udekem: Moderately hypoplastic arches: do they reliably grow into adulthood after conventional coarctation repair? (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 26, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223776 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Shahzad G. Raja, Iryna Atamanyuk, Martin Kostolny, and Victor Tsang: In young patients with rheumatic aortic regurgitation compared to non-rheumatics is Ross operation associated with increased incidence of autograft failure? (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 26, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.229534 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Hitoshi Hirose, Keiichi Tambara, Hirotaka Inaba, Taira Yamamoto, Motoshige Yamasaki, Keita Kikuchi, Chiaki Noguchi, and Atsushi Amano: The role of EuroSCORE in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 26, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226803 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Julien Guihaire, Jean-Philippe Verhoye, Bertrand de Latour, and Alain Le Guerrier: Parietal tumor recurrence of lung metastasis after radiofrequency ablation (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 26, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225771 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Michael Gorlitzer, Florian Wagner, Steffen Pfeiffer, Sandra Folkmann, Johann Meinhart, Theodor Fischlein, Hermann Reichenspurner, and Martin Grabenwöger: A prospective randomized multicenter trial shows improvement of sternum related complications in cardiac surgery with the Posthorax® support vest (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 26, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223305 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 25, 2010

Manuel Carnero-Alcazar, Fernando Reguillo-Lacruz, Ali Alswies, Enrique Villagran-Medinilla, Luis Carlos Maroto-Castellanos, and José Enrique Rodriguez-Hernandez: Short- and mid-term results for aortic valve replacement in octogenarians (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 25, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218040 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Richard S. Young and David J. O'Regan: Cardiac surgical theatre traffic: time for traffic calming measures? (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 25, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227116 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Emaddin Kidher, Amir Sepehripour, Prakash Punjabi, and Thanos Athanasiou: Do bigger hospitals or busier surgeons do better adult aortic or mitral valve operations? (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 25, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.228593 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Charlene Tennyson, Christopher P. Young, and Marco Scarci: Is it safe to perform endoscopic vein harvest? (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 25, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227090 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 21, 2010

Michitaka Kimura, Takashi Tojo, Hiroshi Naito, Yoko Nagata, Norikazu Kawai, and Shigeki Taniguchi: Effects of a simple intraoperative intrathoracic hyperthermotherapy for lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion or dissemination (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225110 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jake Foster, Jonathan Ghosh, and Mohamed Baguneid: In patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm does endovascular repair improve 30-day mortality? (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.228866 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Vasileios K. Kouritas, Christoforos N. Foroulis, Maria Ioannou, Georgia Kalafati, Nikolaos Tsilimingas, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, Paschalis A. Molyvdas, and Chrisi Hatzoglou: Pleural electrophysiology alterations in spontaneous pneumothorax patients (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214262 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Kyriakos S. Rammos, Christophoros N. Foroulis, Charalambos K. Rammos, and Alexandros Andreou: Prenatal interventional and postnatal surgical therapy of extralobar pulmonary sequestration (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223180 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sotiris C. Stamou, Robert C. Hagberg, Kamal R. Khabbaz, Mark R. Stiegel, Mark K. Reames, Eric Skipper, Marcy Nussbaum, and Kevin W. Lobdell: Is advanced age a contraindication for emergent repair of acute type A aortic dissection? (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222984 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Richard Warwick, Mark Pullan, and Michael Poullis: Mathematical modelling to identify patients who should not undergo left ventricle remodelling surgery (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 21, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217919 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 20, 2010

Can Yerebakan, Christian Klopsch, Sabine Niefeldt, Vilia Zeisig, Brigitte Vollmar, Andreas Liebold, Eugen Sandica, and Gustav Steinhoff: Acute and chronic response of the right ventricle to surgically induced pressure and volume overload - an analysis of pressure-volume relations (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 20, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221234 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

Isao Matsumoto, Mami Kaneko, Makoto Oda, and Go Watanabe: Repair of intra-thoracic autonomic nerves using chitosan tubes (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 20, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227744 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 15, 2010

Vladimir Belostotsky, Lidija Veljanovska, Nikola Hristov, and Zan Mitrev: Dual left anterior descending artery distribution (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 15, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221820 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

Roberto Jiménez Gil and Francisco Morant Gimeno: Major venous anomalies and abdominal aortic surgery (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 15, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225565 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 14, 2010

Martin Hoffmann, Hans-Peter Bruch, Peter Kujath, and Stefan Limmer: Cold-plasma coagulation in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: results of a combined approach (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 14, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223768 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Marco Pozzi, Andrea Quarti, Massimo Colaneri, Alessandra Oggianu, Alessandra Baldinelli, and Pier Luigi Colonna: Valve repair in congenital aortic valve abnormalities (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 14, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.224097 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 13, 2010

Nobuchika Ozaki, Noboru Wakita, Akitoshi Yamada, and Yosuke Tanaka: Spontaneous dissection of the splanchnic arteries (Renal and visceral (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 13, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219907 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Augusto D'Onofrio, Diego Cugola, Irene Bolgan, Lorenzo Menicanti, Alessandro Fabbri, and Marisa Di Donato: Surgical ventricular reconstruction with different myocardial protection strategies. A propensity matched analysis (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 13, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222919 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 12, 2010

Giustino Marcucci, Federico Accrocca, Pier Luigi Antignani, and Andrea Siani: An isolated aneurysm of the thigh anterolateral branch of the greater saphenous vein in a young patient presenting as an inguinal hernia (Venous (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 12, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.230318 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Kate Hancorn, Anita Sharma, and Michael Shackcloth: Primary extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma of the lung (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 12, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216952 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Eivind $Ø$ vrum, Geir Tangen, Stein Tøllføsrud, Mari-Anne L. Ringdal, Rolf $Ø$ ystese, and Reidar Istad: Low postoperative dose of aprotinin reduces bleeding and is safe in patients receiving clopidogrel before coronary artery bypass surgery. A prospective randomized study (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 12, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226613 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Victor Dayan, Leandro Cura, Leon Munoz, Daniel Areco, Alejandro Ferreiro, and Nelson Pizzano: Risk of subsequent aortic dilatation is low in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and normal aortic root diameter at the time of aortic valve replacement (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 12, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216333 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 8, 2010

Mohsen Karimi, Kenneth Murdison, Wesley Blackwood, and Wesley Davis: Reimplantation of anomalous right coronary artery from left main coronary artery: a surgical option (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 8, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226464 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Atsushi Nakahira, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Toshihiro Fukui, Mitsunori Matsuo, Yosuke Takahashi, Shinsuke Kotani, and Shigefumi Suehiro: Closed cardiopulmonary bypass circuits suppress thrombin generation during coronary artery bypass grafting (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 8, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214437 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fabrizio Follis, Gianfranco Filippone, Giuseppe Montalbano, Maria Floriano, Ettore LoBianco, Giuseppe D'Ancona, and Marco Follis: Argatroban as a substitute of heparin during cardiopulmonary bypass: a safe alternative? (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 8, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215848 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Nahum Nesher, Steve K. Singh, Hosam F. Fawzy, Jeri Y. Sever, Bernard E. Goldman, Gideon N. Cohen, Claude Laflamme, and Stephen E. Fremes: Impact of Clopidogrel use on mortality and major bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 8, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214569 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Désirée Radermecker, Isabelle Michaux, Yves Louagie, and Alain Dive: Prostatic abscess associated with Bacteroides fragilis mediastinitis after heart surgery (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 8, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225102 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 6, 2010

William Wang, L. Ray Guo, Anne Marie Martland, Xiao-Dong Feng, Jie Ma, and Xi Qing Feng: Biatrial reduction plasty with reef imbricate technique as an adjunct to maze procedure for permanent atrial fibrillation associated with giant left atria (Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 6, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220012 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yousef Shahin, John Duffy, David Beggs, Edward Black, and Andrzej Majewski: Surgical management of primary empyema of the pleural cavity: outcome of 81 patients (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 6, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215004 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Marco Lucchi, Alessandro Picchi, Greta Ali, Antonio Chella, Giovanni Guglielmi, Alfonso Cristaudo, Gabriella Fontanini, and Alfredo Mussi: Multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma with or without immunotherapy: does it change anything? (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 6, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223255 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fumiaki Shikata, Mitsugi Nagashima, Takashi Higaki, and Kanji Kawachi: Occlusion of the right coronary artery ostium by an aortic cusp attachment (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 6, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226241 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Shahzad G. Raja, Iryna Atamanyuk, Martin Kostolny, and Victor Tsang: In hypoplastic left heart patients is Sano shunt compared with modified Blalock-Taussig shunt associated with deleterious effects on ventricular performance? (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 6, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227322 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

January 5, 2010

Rizwan Q. Attia, Prem Venugopal, Donald Whitaker, and Christopher Young: Management of a pulsatile mass coming through the sternum. Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta 35 years after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.227900 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Robert M. Osipov, Michael Robich, Jun Feng, Vincent Chan, Richard T. Clements, Ralph J. Deyo, Csaba Szabo, and Frank W. Sellke: Effect of hydrogen sulfide on myocardial protection in the setting of cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219535 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Dennis F.D. van de Gevel, Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, Ted W.O. Elenbaas, Judith U. Ostertag, and Jacques P.A.M. Schönberger: Is the use of Steri-Strip^TM S for wound closure after coronary artery bypass grafting better than intracuticular suture? (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222190 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Maximilian Y. Emmert, Sacha P. Salzberg, Burkhart Seifert, Ulrich P. Schurr, Dragan Odavic, Oliver Reuthebuch, and Michele Genoni: Despite modern off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting women fare worse than men (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 5, 2010 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220277 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 29, 2009

Narayanswami Sreeram, Mathias Emmel, Uwe Trieschmann, Markus Kruessell, Konrad Brockmeier, Lotfi Ben Mime, and Gerardus Bennink: Reopening acutely occluded cavopulmonary connections in infants and children (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226514 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sridhar Rathinam, Heinke Kuntz, Jonathan Panting, and Maninder Kalkat: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour at the pacemaker site (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221945 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mitsuharu Hosono, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Masanori Sakaguchi, and Shigefumi Suehiro: Intraoperative fluorescence imaging during surgery for coronary artery fistula (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226407 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Stefan Limmer, Hartmut Merz, and Peter Kujath: Giant thymoma in the anterior-inferior mediastinum (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225557 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ravil Muratov, Dmitriy Britikov, Anton Sachkov, Vladimir Akatov, Valeriy Soloviev, Irina Fadeeva, and Leo Bockeria: New approach to reduce allograft tissue immunogenicity. Experimental data (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216549 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Pedro M. Rodriguez, Jorge L. Freixinet, Maria L. Plaza, and Rafael Camacho: Unusual primary pleural leiomyoma (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219386 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mutsuo Tanaka, Minoru Tabata, Tomoki Shimokawa, and Shuichiro Takanashi: The rupture of descending thoracic aorta due to the necrosis of aortic intimal sarcoma (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.226753 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 21, 2009

Peter Tcherveniakov, Eirik Svennevik, Kallirroi Tzafetta, and Richard Milton: Necrotizing fasciitis following drainage of Streptococcus milleri empyema (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219485 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Serdar Gunaydin, Kevin McCusker, Tamer Sari, Mehmet Ali Onur, and Yaman Zorlutuna: Clinical performance and biocompatibility of hyaluronan-based heparin-bonded extracoporeal circuits in different risk cohorts (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220756 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Guillermo Parra Sanchez, Edward W.K. Peng, Richard Marks, and Pradip K. Sarkar: Scoop and run strategy for a resuscitative sternotomy following unstable penetrating chest injury (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219865 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 18, 2009

Marcello Migliore, Mario Costanzo, and Matteo A. Cannizzaro: Cervico-mediastinal goiter: is telescopic exploration of the mediastinum (video mediastinoscopy) useful? (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217638 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fumihiro Shoji, Ken Shirabe, Tokujiro Yano, and Yoshihiko Maehara: Surgical resection of solitary cardiophrenic lymph node metastasis by video-assisted thoracic surgery after complete resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225284 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 17, 2009

Jegatheesan Saravana Ganesh and Robert Stuart Bonser: Continuous coronary perfusion in redo aortic valve replacement following prior coronary surgery; an old trick for new dogs? (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218503 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yuki Nakamura, Mitsuru Aoki, Yuzo Nagase, and Tadashi Fujiwara: Removal of an external stent of the bronchus (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217372 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

David J. Birnbaum, Xavier Benoit D'Journo, Dominique Casanova, and Pascal Alexandre Thomas: Necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222323 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 15, 2009

Yvette van Geene, Henri A. van Swieten, and Luc Noyez: Cardiac troponin I levels after cardiac surgery as predictor for in-hospital mortality (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216408 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Taichiro Goto, Arafumi Maeshima, Yoshitaka Oyamada, and Ryoichi Kato: Esophageal cyst producing CA-19-9 and CA125 (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222869 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Vincent Benouaich, Pauline Soler, Pierre Antoine Gouraud, Stephane Lopez, Herve Rousseau, and Bertrand Marcheix: Impact of meteorological conditions on the occurrence of acute type A aortic dissections (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219873 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 11, 2009

John R. Pepper, Tal Golesworthy, Martin Utley, John Chan, Skandadas Ganeshlingam, Michael Lamperth, Raad Mohiaddin, and Tom Treasure: Manufacturing and placing a bespoke support for the Marfan aortic root: description of the method and technical results and status at one year for the first ten patients (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220319 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

December 10, 2009

Olga Ananiadou, Theodoros Karaiskos, Panagiotis Givissis, and George Drossos: Operative stabilization of skeletal chest injuries secondary to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a cardiac surgical patient (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218750 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Shinsuke Kotani, Koji Hattori, Yasuyuki Kato, and Toshihiko Shibata: Thrombus in the distal aortic arch after apicoaortic conduit for severe aortic stenosis (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220707 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 9, 2009

Jack F. Broadhurst, Narain Moorjani, and Sunil Ohri: Traumatic fracture of nitinol thermoreactive sternal clips (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218867 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yotaro Izumi, Masafumi Kawamura, Masatoshi Gika, and Hiroaki Nomori: Granulation tissue formation at the bronchial stump is reduced after stapler closure in comparison to suture closure in dogs (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219006 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Naoko Nagano, Taira Yamamoto, Atsushi Amano, and Ken Kikuchi: Infected aneurysm of the aortic arch with purulent pericarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumonia (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.224980 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 8, 2009

Bodil Andersson, Roland Andersson, Johan Brandt, Peter Hoglund, Lars Algotsson, and Johan Nilsson: Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery - improved risk stratification using a new scoring model (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219113 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Ayo Meduoye, Sarah E. Deacon, Nazli Muhibullah, Kelvin Lau, Jonathan A. Bennett, and Rajni Annamaneni: Systematic evaluation of quality of care provided to patients undergoing pulmonary surgery helps to identify areas for improvement (Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214221 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ahmed S.E. Ramadan, Constantin Stefanidis, William N'Gatchou, Bachar El Oumeiri, Jean-Luc Jansens, Jean-Marie De Smet, Martine Antoine, and Didier De Canniere: Five years follow-up after Y-graft arterial revascularization: on pump versus off pump; prospective clinical trial (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206458 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 7, 2009

Marc Gewillig, Stephen C. Brown, Benedicte Eyskens, Ruth Heying, Javier Ganame, Werner Budts, Andre La Gerche, and Matthias Gorenflo: The Fontan circulation: who controls cardiac output? (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218594 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 3, 2009

Walter Knirsch, Walter Zingg, Vera Bernet, Christian Balmer, Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Rene Pretre, Urs Bauersfeld, and Bea Latal: Determinants of body weight gain and association with neurodevelopmental outcome in infants operated for congenital heart disease (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216135 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Lars Niclauss, Dominique Delay, and Frank Stumpe: Right ventricular rupture due to recurrent mediastinal infection with a closed chest (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.223891 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 2, 2009

Tomohiro Murakawa, Yukihiro Yoshida, Takeshi Fukami, and Jun Nakajima: Life-threatening tracheal perforation secondary to descending necrotizing mediastinitis (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225912 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tomoki Utsumi, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masayoshi Inoue, and Meinoshin Okumura: Optimal sampling methods for margin cytology examination following lung excision (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212142 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Kerry Sleigh, Wesley Lai, Charlie E. Keen, and Richard G. Berrisford: Calcifying fibrous pseudotumours: an unusual case with multiple pleural and mediastinal lesions (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211581 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

December 1, 2009

Francesca Leo, Fabio Rapisarda, Pier Luigi Stefano, and Giacomo Batignani: Cavo-atrial thrombectomy combined with left hemi-hepatectomy for vascular invasion from hepatocellular carcinoma on diseased liver under hypothermic cardio-circulatory arrest (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217612 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

Hunaid A. Vohra, Robert N. Whistance, Marco Bolgeri, Theodore Velissaris, Geoffrey M.K. Tsang, Clifford W. Barlow, and Sunil K. Ohri: Mid-term evaluation of Sorin Soprano bioprostheses in patients with a small aortic annulus $≤$ 20 mm (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217844 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

November 24, 2009

Andrea Maria D'Armini, Pasquale Totaro, Salvatore Nicolardi, Marco Morsolini, Giuseppe Silvaggio, Francesca Toscano, Michele Toscano, and Mario Vigano: Impact of high titre of antiphospholipid antibodies on postoperative outcome following pulmonary endarterectomy (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 24, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221630 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

November 16, 2009

Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Michael Klimatsidas, Gabriele Maria Iacona, Tomasz Spyt, and Nilesh J. Samani: Short- and medium-term survival following coronary artery bypass surgery in British Indo-Asian and white Caucasian individuals: impact of diabetes mellitus (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210567 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]