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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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ASSISTED CIRCULATION
EXPERIMENTAL
CARDIAC GENERAL
CORONARY
THORACIC ONCOLOGIC
THORACIC NON-ONCOLOGIC
CONGENITAL
CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
VALVES
AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)
VASCULAR THORACIC
PULMONARY
VASCULAR GENERAL (ICVTS ONLY)
ESOPHAGUS
TRANSPLANTATION

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ASSISTED CIRCULATION

Taketoshi Maeda, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Atsuhiro Nakashima, and Ryuji Tominaga: Atypical presentation of an apical pseudoaneurysm in a patient on prolonged left ventricular mechanical support
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220582 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215962 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

EXPERIMENTAL

Stefano Nazari: Expandable device type III for easy and reliable approximation of dissection layers in sutureless aortic anastomosis. Ex vivo experimental study
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216291 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

Achim Koch, Simvakanan Loganathan, Tamas Radovits, Falk-Udo Sack, Matthias Karck, and Gabor B. Szabo: Deferoxamine, the newly developed iron chelator LK-614 and N- ${alpha}$ -acetyl-histidine in myocardial protection
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 13, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213280 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215251 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CARDIAC GENERAL

Daniel Wendt, Brigitte Osswald, Matthias Thielmann, Katrin Kayser, Paschalis Tossios, Parwis Massoudy, Markus Kamler, and Heinz Jakob: The EuroSCORE - still helpful in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218149 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Peter Ogutu, Ishtiaq Ahmed, and Joel Dunning: Should patients with asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation with good left ventricular function undergo surgical repair?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225862 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jens Wippermann, Uta C. Hoppe, Narayanswami Sreeram, and Thorsten Wahlers: Failed closure of a ventricular septal defect with an Amplatzer occluder
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 13, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216200 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Madhankumar Kuppuswamy, Philemon Gukop, George Sutherland, and Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam: Kawasaki disease presenting as cardiac tamponade with ruptured giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215731 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Sean Galvin, Victor Chen, Richard Bunton, and Terence Doyle: Sutureless pericardial patch augmentation for impending left ventricular free wall rupture
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217125 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Engin Usta, Migdat Mustafi, and Gerhard Ziemer: Ultrasound estimation of volume of postoperative pleural effusion in cardiac surgery patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222273 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ralph W. White, Mohan U. Sivananthan, and Philip H. Kay: Aortocoronary bypass graft fistula after surgical treatment of circumflex coronary artery fistula: a unique variation of a rare condition successfully treated with percutaneous embolization
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219360 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215798 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Nicola Vistarini, Alessia Alloni, Marco Aiello, and Mario Vigano: Minimally invasive video-assisted approach for left atrial myxoma resection
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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 27, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216242 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219378 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217562 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Achim Koch, Gunhild Mechtersheimer, Ursula Tochtermann, and Matthias Karck: Ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery - rare manifestation of a primary pulmonary artery sarcoma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219840 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214445 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217356 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217810 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205666 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CORONARY

Michele Celiento, Giovanni Scioti, Stefano Pratali, and Uberto Bortolotti: Repair of coronary artery perforation following angioplasty using TachoSil® patches
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.225334 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Teruaki Ushijima, Yujiro Kikuchi, and Go Watanabe: Rerouting revascularization of the living right gastroepiploic artery graft in a patient with de novo gastric cancer
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220061 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210567 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Erden Ali, Srdjan Saso, Kamran Ahmed, and Thanos Athanasiou: When harvested for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, does a skeletonized or pedicled radial artery improve conduit patency?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221101 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Erden Ali, Srdjan Saso, Hutan Ashrafian, and Thanos Athanasiou: Does a skeletonized or pedicled right gastro-epiploic artery improve patency when used as a conduit in coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221226 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211805 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Vinod Antony Sebastian, Bryan T. Carroll, and Michael E. Jessen: Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213512 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214551 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

THORACIC ONCOLOGIC

Erdal Tasci, Cagatay Tezel, Alpay Orki, Oral Akin, Okan Falay, and Cemal Asim Kutlu: The role of integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the assessment of nodal spread in cases with non-small cell lung cancer
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220392 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213686 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212878 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Chadwick Stouffer, Robert W. Allan, Michael S. Shillingford, and Charles T. Klodell: Endobronchial schwannoma presenting with bronchial obstruction
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215103 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216119 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ziad Mansour, Agnes Neuville, and Gilbert Massard: Mediastinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a rare mediastinal tumour
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216978 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210997 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

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

THORACIC NON-ONCOLOGIC

David L. Diehl, Rehka Cheruvattath, Matthew A. Facktor, and B. Dennis Go: Infection after endoscopic ultrasound-guided aspiration of mediastinal cysts
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217067 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Anne Freynet and Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz: Is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation effective in relieving postoperative pain after thoracotomy?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219576 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Dominique Gossot, Maxime Pryshchepau, Carlos Martinez Barenys, and Pierre Magdeleinat: Throw-off instruments for advanced thoracoscopic procedures
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220368 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, and Jerome Mouroux: Remodelling acquired chest wall deformity after removal of a large axillary lipoma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218115 [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?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.221127 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Michele De Santis, Vitoria Martins, Ana Luisa Fonseca, and Orlando Santos: Large mediastinal thoracic duct cyst
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216861 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213835 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CONGENITAL

Akhlaque N. Bhat and Scott M. Bradley: Innominate artery cannulation for congenital heart disease
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210559 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215038 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213876 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 6, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209627 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

Khairul Anuar Abdul Aziz and Ayo Meduoye: Is pH-stat or alpha-stat the best technique to follow in patients undergoing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 13, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214130 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220160 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213181 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mohammad Hassan Nemati: Coronary revascularization in a child with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217513 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.220806 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on August 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209171 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

VALVES

Kentaro Honda, Yoshitaka Okamura, Yoshiharu Nishimura, and Shunji Uchita: Twenty-six-year durability of an Ionescu-Shiley standard profile pericardial aortic valve
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 13, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210898 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Xavier Ruyra-Baliarda: Preliminary experience with no prolapse system. A new device for ensuring the proper length of artificial chordae in mitral valve repair
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207159 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

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

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215327 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209197 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)

Yoshiaki Saito, Ikuo Fukuda, Kazuyuki Daitoku, and Satoshi Taniguchi: The semi-clamshell approach for the single-stage treatment of thoracic mycotic aneurysm
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 13, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216911 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Florent Charrot, Amine Tarmiz, Yves Glock, and Bertrand Leobon: Diagnosis and surgical treatment of an aneurysm on a cervical aortic arch associated with an anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219352 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Joana M. Ferreira, Alexandra P. Canedo, Jose D. Brandao, Miguel O. Maia, Sandrina F. Braga, Manuel C. Recio, Paulo B. Costa, and Antonio G. Vaz: Isolated iliac artery aneurysms: six-year experience
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218305 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219105 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Kei Aizawa, Chihiro Iwashita, Tsutomu Saito, and Yoshio Misawa: Spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.222125 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219949 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

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

VASCULAR THORACIC

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215046 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on November 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216275 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

PULMONARY

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213868 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

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

VASCULAR GENERAL (ICVTS ONLY)

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on October 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215707 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

ESOPHAGUS

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

TRANSPLANTATION

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