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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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November 4, 2009

Yolanda Carrascal, Laura Maroto, Juvenal Rey, Adolfo Arevalo, Jaime Arroyo, Jose R. Echevarria, Nuria Arce, and Enrique Fulquet: Impact of preoperative anemia on cardiac surgery in octogenarians (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220160 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

November 3, 2009

Masaya Nakashima, Akihiko Usui, Hideki Oshima, and Yuichi Ueda: The treatment of infectious aneurysms in the thoracic aorta; our experience in treating five consecutive patients (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215046 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

November 2, 2009

Nicole T.M. Saksens and Luc Noyez: Smoking behaviour and attitudes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The Radboud experience (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218727 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tri-Linh Christian Lu, Elena Rizzo, Pedro Manuel Marques-Vidal, Ludwig Karl von Segesser, Jamshid Dehmeshki, and Salah Dine Qanadli: Variability of ascending aorta diameter measurements as assessed with electrocardiography-gated multidetector computerized tomography and computer assisted diagnosis software (Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216275 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Alain Bel, Levon Kachatryan, Patrick Bruneval, Severine Peyrard, Christian Gagnieu, Jean-Noel Fabiani, and Philippe Menasche: A new absorbable collagen membrane to reduce adhesions in cardiac surgery (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215251 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 30, 2009

Aarne J. Jyrala, Nicole M. Gatto, and Gregory L. Kay: Measured posterior annuloplasty for repair of non-ischemic mitral regurgitation. A single unit follow-up (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215798 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Basar Sareyyupoglu, Rakesh M. Suri, Kent H. Rehfeldt, and Harold M. Burkhart: An unexpected cause of poor venous drainage during robotic mitral valve repair (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213181 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 29, 2009

John O. Prior, Roger Stupp, Michel Christodoulou, and Igor Letovanec: Micropapillary pattern in lung adenocarcinoma: aspect on ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213686 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Maurizio Boaron, Kenji Kawamukai, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, and Rocco Trisolini: Treatment of an acquired esophageal-bibronchial benign fistula using an original combination of techniques (Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213868 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 27, 2009

Nicola Vistarini, Alessia Alloni, Marco Aiello, and Mario Vigano: Minimally invasive video-assisted approach for left atrial myxoma resection (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 27, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217232 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

Hiroyuki Nishi, Masataka Mitsuno, Masaaki Ryomoto, and Yuji Miyamoto: Comprehensive approach for clamping severely calcified ascending aorta using computed tomography (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 27, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216242 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 26, 2009

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, and Jerome Mouroux: Remodelling acquired chest wall deformity after removal of a large axillary lipoma (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218115 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Emmanuel Gardet, Ramsi Addas, Jacques Monteil, and Alexandre Le Guyader: Comparison of detection of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and ^99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for an aortic graft infection (Vascular general (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215707 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ralph William White, Natalie A. Hirst, Sara Edward, and Unnikrishnan R. Nair: Plasmacytoid lymphoma within a left atrial myxoma: a rare coincidental dual pathology (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219378 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 23, 2009

Erden Ali, Srdjan Saso, Hutan Ashrafian, and Thanos Athanasiou: Does a skeletonized or pedicled left internal thoracic artery give the best graft patency? (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221242 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Andrew Kordowicz, Jonathan Ghosh, and Mohamed S. Baguneid: A single centre experience of simultaneous open abdominal aortic aneurysm and cardiac surgery (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219105 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Antonino S. Rubino, Francesco Onorati, Santo Caroleo, Edwige Galato, Sergio Nucera, Bruno Amantea, Francesco Santini, and Attilio Renzulli: Impact of clonidine administration on delirium and related respiratory weaning after surgical correction of acute type-A aortic dissection: results of a pilot study (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217562 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Marco Scarci, Abhishek Joshi, and Rizwan Attia: In patients undergoing thoracic surgery is paravertebral block as effective as epidural analgesia for pain management? (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221127 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 22, 2009

Akmal M.A. Badreldin, Axel Kroener, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Artur Lichtenberg, and Khosro Hekmat: Effect of clopidogrel on perioperative blood loss and transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211805 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sung-Ho Jung, Hyung Gon Je, Suk Jung Choo, Tae-Jin Yun, Cheol Hyun Chung, and Jae Won Lee: Right or left anterolateral minithoracotomy for repair of congenital ventricular septal defects in adult patients (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215038 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Eric H.J. Belgers, Jan Siebenga, Anne Marie Bosch, Eric H.J. van Haren, and Ewald C.M. Bollen: Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy and its learning curve. A single center study introducing the technique in The Netherlands (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212878 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Michele De Santis, Vitoria Martins, Ana Luisa Fonseca, and Orlando Santos: Large mediastinal thoracic duct cyst (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216861 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 21, 2009

Vinod Antony Sebastian, Bryan T. Carroll, and Michael E. Jessen: Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213512 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Chadwick Stouffer, Robert W. Allan, Michael S. Shillingford, and Charles T. Klodell: Endobronchial schwannoma presenting with bronchial obstruction (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215103 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 20, 2009

Marcin Zielinski, Jolanta Hauer, Lukasz Hauer, Juliusz Pankowski, Tomasz Nabialek, and Artur Szlubowski: Staging algorithm for diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213611 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mohammad Hassan Nemati: Coronary revascularization in a child with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217513 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 15, 2009

Kei Aizawa, Chihiro Iwashita, Tsutomu Saito, and Yoshio Misawa: Spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222125 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Qianjun Zhou, Kenji Suzuki, Yo-ichi Anami, Shiaki Oh, and Kazuya Takamochi: Clinicopathologic features in resected subcentimeter lung cancer - status of lymph node metastases (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216119 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Alexander Stepanenko, Evgenij V. Potapov, Thomas Krabatsch, and Roland Hetzer: Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation with concomitant pulmonary embolectomy needing right ventricular assist device support in patient with terminal heart failure and asymptomatic pulmonary thrombus (Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215962 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jens C. Ritter, Malcolm Johnston, Mario F. Caruana, and Peter E. Laws: Aorto-gastroduodenal bypass grafting for an inferior pancreaticoduodenal aneurysm and celiac trunk thrombosis (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219949 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ziad Mansour, Agnes Neuville, and Gilbert Massard: Mediastinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a rare mediastinal tumour (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216978 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Nobuchika Ozaki, Noboru Wakita, Kyozo Inoue, and Akitoshi Yamada: Brown-Sequard syndrome after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219899 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 14, 2009

Achim Koch, Gunhild Mechtersheimer, Ursula Tochtermann, and Matthias Karck: Ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery - rare manifestation of a primary pulmonary artery sarcoma (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219840 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 12, 2009

Li-Chien Chien, Hong-Tai Chang, and Yi-Pin Chou: Barotraumatic oesophageal perforation with bilateral tension pneumothorax (Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212415 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Rune Eggum, Thor Ueland, Tom E. Mollnes, Vibeke Videm, Arnt E. Fiane, Pal Aukrust, and Harald L. Lindberg: Perfusion temperature, thyroid hormones and inflammation during pediatric cardiac surgery (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213876 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Manuel Carnero-Alcazar, Fernando Reguillo-Lacruz, Lorena Montes-Villalobos, and Jose Enrique Rodriguez-Hernandez: Mechanical prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis in a first trimester pregnant woman (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220806 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Rafik Margaryan, Luigi Arcieri, Massimiliano Cantinotti, and Bruno Murzi: Surgical closure of big pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215350 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 8, 2009

Mark L. Field, Priya Sastry, and David Richens: Three strikes - don't die of a broken heart (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211433 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Albert H.M. van Straten, Margreet W.A. Bekker, Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad, Andre A.J. van Zundert, Elizabeth J. Martens, Jacques P.A.M. Schonberger, and Andre M. de Wolf: Transfusion of red blood cells: the impact on short-term and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting, a ten-year follow-up (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214551 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ahmed M. El-Watidy, Huda H. Ismail, and Antonio M. Calafiore: Surgical management of right coronary artery-coronary sinus fistula causing severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214445 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

October 6, 2009

Tiina Ojala, Jukka Salminen, Juha-Matti Happonen, Jaana Pihkala, Eero Jokinen, and Heikki Sairanen: Excellent functional result in children after correction of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery - a population-based complete follow-up study (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 6, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209627 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Saif Usman, Faisal B. Saiful, Joseph DiNatale, and Joseph T. McGinn: Warm, beating heart aortic valve replacement in a sickle cell patient (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 6, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214395 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 5, 2009

Matthew S. Panagiotou, Nektarios E. Kogerakis, James R. Crockett, and Stella V. Economidou: Stented within a stentless aortic valve. A simple surgical solution for the replacement of a stentless aortic bioprosthesis (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215327 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jalal Assouad, Hicham Masmoudi, Pascal Berna, Camille Steltzlen, Dana Radu, Marc Riquet, and Dominique Grunenwald: Isolated rib metastases from renal cell carcinoma (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210997 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 2, 2009

Sotiris C. Papaspyros, Kalyana C. Javangula, Rajeshwara Krishna Prasad Adluri, and David J. O'Regan: Briefing and debriefing in the cardiac operating room. Analysis of impact on theatre team attitude and patient safety (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217356 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Taichiro Goto, Yoshitaka Oyamada, Misa Wakaki, and Ryoichi Kato: Tracheobronchomalacia treated by inserting a long T-tube into the left main bronchus (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213835 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

October 1, 2009

Radostina Cherneva, Danail Petrov, Ognian Georgiev, and Nedka Trifonova: Clinical usefulness of ${alpha}$ -crystallin antibodies in non-small cell lung cancer patients (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213546 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Christopher A. Efthymiou, Philip Haworth Kay, and Unnikrishnan R. Nair: Repair of spontaneous right ventricular rupture following sternal dehiscence. A novel technique (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217810 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sinan A. Simsir, Ernst R. Schwarz, Lawrence S.C. Czer, and Solomon I. Hamburg: Heart transplantation using bivalirudin as anticoagulant (Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218172 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 28, 2009

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 (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211490 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 25, 2009

Angela De Palma, Domenico Loizzi, Francesco Sollitto, and Michele Loizzi: Surgical treatment of a rare case of tracheal inflammatory pseudotumor in pediatric age (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216499 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sanjay Chaubey, Simon Davidson, and Anthony Desouza: Heparin induced thrombocytopenia in a patient with factor V Leiden following cardiac surgery (Vascular general (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202093 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Takanori Konishi, Shin-ichi Ohki, Tsutomu Saito, and Yoshio Misawa: Crutch-induced bilateral brachial artery aneurysms (Vascular general (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219832 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yoshiei Shimamura and Ichiro Hayashi: Graft fixation with a side graft holder for sequential and composite graft anastomosis in coronary artery bypass surgery (Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215608 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 24, 2009

Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas, Stefano Bevilacqua, and Mattia Glauber: Which patient undergoing mitral valve surgery should also have the tricuspid repair? (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 24, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217570 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Hooman R. Ghomeshi, Jiankan Sun, Ganghong Tian, Anthony Panos, Roxanne Deslauriers, and Tomas A. Salerno: Can stunned hearts be resuscitated? Evaluation of aspartate/glutamate secondary blood cardioplegia using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 24, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208926 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 23, 2009

Zain Khalpey, Michael Gilfeather, Phillip C. Camp, and Michael T. Jaklitsch: Controlled antegrade single lung reperfusion during double lung transplant (Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211730 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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 (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206524 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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 (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202770 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 22, 2009

Guillaume Lebreton, Jean-Marc Baste, Matthieu Thumerel, Frederic Delcambre, Jean-Francois Velly, and Jacques B. Jougon: The hemiclamshell approach in thoracic surgery: indications and associated morbidity in 50 patients (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211623 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Stefan B. Watzka, Ulrike Setinek, Helmut Prosch, and Michael Rolf Mueller: Primary synovial sarcoma of the lung as an incidental finding (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213934 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Valdeci J. Pomblum, Bernhard Korbmacher, Sinclair Cleveland, Ullrich Sunderdiek, Rainhard C. Klocke, and Jochen D. Schipke: Cardiac stunning in the clinic: the full picture (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205666 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 21, 2009

Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar, Tarun Jindal, and Nadeem Tanveer: Concurrent benign schwannoma of oesophagus and posterior mediastinum (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216440 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Alper Toker, Serhan Tanju, Sedat Ziyade, Berker Ozkan, 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? (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214635 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jamshid H. Karimov, Filippo Santarelli, Michele Murzi, and Mattia Glauber: A technique of an upper V-type ministernotomy in the second intercostal space (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215699 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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? (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216473 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jose Rubio Alvarez, Juan Sierra Quiroga, Marino Vega Fernandez, Belen Adrio Nazar, Francisco Gude Sampedro, Jose Manuel Martinez Comendador, Jose Manuel Martinez Cereijo, and Maria Teresa Alves Perez: Up to twenty-five-year survival after aortic valve replacement with size 19 mm valves (Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209197 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fabrizio Ceresa, Giuseppe Francio, Paquale Aldo Intili, and Francesco Patane: Splenic tear causing a hemoperitoneum after cardiac surgery (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216762 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 18, 2009

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 post-operative period? (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216887 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Marcio Da Rocha, Zaki Anas Zarka, and Vicente Riambau: Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathology in renal transplant recipients: early and intermediate-term results (Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214494 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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 (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218743 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Carlo Pace Napoleone, Andrea Valori, Giancarlo Crupi, Salvatore Ocello, Francesco Santoro, Pascal Vouhe, Nihal Weerasena, and Gaetano Gargiulo: An observational study of CoSeal® for the prevention of adhesions in pediatric cardiac surgery (Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212175 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 17, 2009

Rypko Beukema, Willem Beukema, Hauw 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 (Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209759 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Pietro Marcello, Luis Garcia-Bordes, and Jose Manuel Mendez Lopez: Peripheral venous embolized intracardiac foreign body (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213579 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

September 15, 2009

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 (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213215 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Cezar Motas, Natalia Motas, Ovidiu Rus, and Teodor Horvat: Left paraxiphoidian approach for drainage of pericardial effusions (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211250 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 14, 2009

Marco L.S. Matteucci, Giuseppe Rescigno, Filippo Capestro, and Lucia Torracca: Syncope triggered by a giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215970 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jorge Quiroga, Jose Maria G. Prim, Milagros Moldes, and Ramiro Ledo: Spontaneous circumferential esophageal dissection in a young man with eosinophilic esophagitis (Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208975 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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, and Lee Goldman: 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 and of the Thoracic Oncology Section of the European Respiratory Society (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211219 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 4, 2009

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 multifactorial retrospective analysis at 1000 patient-years (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213900 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

September 2, 2009

Samir Pathak and Richard D. Page: Splenic injury following diaphragmatic plication: an avoidable life-threatening complication (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214288 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Antonella Galeone, Pierre Validire, Jean-Brice Gayet, and François Laborde: Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes of the pulmonary infundibulum (Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215855 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Nuria Maria Novoa, Gonzalo Varela, Marcelo F. Jimenez, and Jose Luis Aranda: Influence of major pulmonary resection on postoperative daily ambulatory activity of the patients (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212332 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

August 20, 2009

Ursalan A. Khan, Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy, Osman Najam, Paul Waterworth, James Fildes, and Nizar Yonan: A comparative analysis of saphenous vein conduit harvesting techniques for coronary artery bypass grafting - standard bridging versus the open technique (Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on August 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209171 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

August 10, 2009

Juan Fibla, Laureano Molins, Jose Manuel Mier, and Gonzalo Vidal: Effectiveness of sympathetic block by clipping in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and facial blushing (Thoracic non-oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on August 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212365 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

July 28, 2009

Christopher A. Efthymiou, Tahir I. Masoudi, James A.C. Thorpe, and Kostas Papagiannopoulos: Malignant pleural effusion in the presence of trapped lung. Five-year experience of PleurX tunnelled catheters (Thoracic oncologic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211516 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]