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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
CORONARY
CARDIAC GENERAL
AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)
EXPERIMENTAL
TRANSPLANTATION
PULMONARY
CONGENITAL
VASCULAR THORACIC
VALVES
THORACIC GENERAL
ARRHYTHMIA
VASCULAR GENERAL (ICVTS ONLY)
CAROTID AND IMAGING (ICVTS ONLY)
VENOUS (ICVTS ONLY)
CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

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ASSISTED CIRCULATION

Michel Kindo, Diego Carranza, Bernard Eisenmann, and Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli: Biventricular assist device implantation as bridge to heart transplantation concomitant with open repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172114 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Romuald Lango, Maciej Michal Kowalik, Katarzyna Klajbor, and Jan Rogowski: Circulatory support with right ventricular assist device and intra aortic balloon counterpulsation in a patient with right ventricle failure after pulmonary embolectomy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175877 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Claudius Diez, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Michael Wachner, Markus Stiller, and Hans-Stefan Hofmann: EuroSCORE directed intraaortic balloon pump placement in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery - retrospective analysis of 267 patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 6, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.165795 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CORONARY

Mika Kohonen, Ossi Teerenhovi, Tiina Terho, Jari Laurikka, and Matti Tarkka: Non-harvestable radial artery. A bilateral problem?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172569 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Pertti Loponen, Michael Luther, Juha Nissinen, Jan-Ola Wistbacka, Fausto Biancari, Jari Laurikka, Harri Sintonen, and Matti R. Tarkka: EuroSCORE predicts health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174144 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Muhammed Tamim, Maher Omrani, Adel Tash, and Ahmed El Watidy: Carbon dioxide embolism during endoscopic vein harvesting
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 1, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174581 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Go Watanabe, Shohjiro Yamaguchi, Shigeyuki Tomita, and Hiroshi Ohtake: Awake subxyphoid minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass yielded minimum invasive cardiac surgery for high risk patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173377 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Shahzad Gull Raja, Manoraj Navaratnarajah, Naveed Fida, and C Saifuddin Kitchlu: For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at higher risk of stroke is the single cross-clamp technique of benefit in reducing the incidence of stroke?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 14, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174318 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Lars Englberger, Marianne Streich, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, and Thierry P. Carrel: Different anticoagulation strategies in off-pump coronary artery bypass operations: a European survey
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.169086 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mauro Del Giglio, Andrea Dell'Amore, Tommaso Aquino, Simone Calvi, Morena Calli, Claudio Marri, Francesco Boni, and Mauro Lamarra: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting using the inferior J shaped ministernotomy in high risk patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 14, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172973 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Angel L. Fernandez, Jose B. Garcia-Bengochea, Julian Alvarez, and Jose R. Gonzalez Juanatey: Biochemical markers of myocardial injury in the pericardial fluid of patients undergoing heart surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168302 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CARDIAC GENERAL

Parvez Ahmed, Ahmad A. Khan, Alan Smith, Murali Pagala, Sunil Abrol, Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr., and Mikhail Vaynblat: Expedient pulmonary embolectomy for acute pulmonary embolism: improved outcomes
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176735 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Andre Plass, Jurg Grunenfelder, Rene Pretre, and Michele Genoni: Titanium plate osteosynthesis for the correction of severe sternal deformity in a 13-year-old boy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174565 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Christine R. Herman, John A. Sullivan, Karen J. Buth, and Jean-Francois Legare: Intraoperative graft flow measurements during coronary artery bypass surgery predict in-hospital outcomes
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175208 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Manuel Carnero Alcazar, Fernando Reguillo-Lacruz, Fernando O'Connor, and Enrique Rodriguez-Hernandez: Hypereosinophilic syndrome and myocardial fibrosis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 22, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175687 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Gerson Cipriano, Antonio Carlos de Camargo Carvalho, Graziella Franca Bernardelli, and Paulo Alberto Tayar Peres: Short-term transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after cardiac surgery: effect on pain, pulmonary function and electrical muscle activity
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168542 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Augusto D'Onofrio, Nicola Abbiate, Paolo Magagna, and Alessandro Fabbri: Intraoperative coronary angiography in postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture: how technology can change diagnostic and therapeutic timing
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.174904 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ludwig K. von Segesser: Imagination turns real, or vice versa?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179549 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Aikaterini Mastoraki, Ioannis Kriaras, Evangelia Douka, Sotiria Mastoraki, Georgios Stravopodis, and Stephanos Geroulanos: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus preventing strategy in cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 17, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176156 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Samuel Jacob, Antonios Kallikourdis, Frank Sellke, and Joel Dunning: Is blood cardioplegia superior to crystalloid cardioplegia?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178343 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Baris Caynak, Frank Van Praet, Nicholas Walcot, and Hugo Vanermen: Excision of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum via port-access
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 12, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.170753 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ganesh Shanmugam, Blaine Kent, Sarah Kirby, and Roger Baskett: Serotonin syndrome following cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173104 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Luc Noyez, Freek W.A. Verheugt, and Henry A. van Swieten: The importance of an organized follow-up for the evaluation of mortality after hospital discharge in cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171678 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Shahzad Gull Raja and Naveed Fida: Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor antagonists be omitted before cardiac surgery to avoid postoperative vasodilation?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174698 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jan Kunstyr, Jan Tosovsky, Josef Korinek, and Martin Stritesky: Hepatic tear as an elusive cause of hemoperitoneum complicating cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173757 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Elaine Yee Ling Yap, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning: Should additional antibiotics or an iodine washout be given to all patients who suffer an emergency re-sternotomy on the cardiothoracic intensive care unit?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176016 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ichiro Kashima, Yoshito Inoue, and Ryuichi Takahashi: The use of intra-aortic balloon pump as cerebral protection in a patient with moyamoya disease undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173682 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Myrto Tsagkataki, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning: Should adrenaline be routinely used by the resuscitation team if a patient suffers a cardiac arrest shortly after cardiac surgery?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 6, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171447 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)

Stefanos Demertzis, Gabriele Casso, Tiziano Torre, and Francesco Siclari: Direct epiaortic ultrasound scanning for the rapid confirmation of intraoperative aortic dissection
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178335 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Joel Dunning, Janet E. Martin, Hani Shennib, and Davy C. Cheng: Is it safe to cover the left subclavian artery when placing an endovascular stent in the descending thoracic aorta?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181222 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Martti Mosorin, Eija Niemela, Jouni Heikkinen, Jarmo Lahtinen, Valentina Tiozzo, Jari Satta, Tatu Juvonen, and Fausto Biancari: The use of statins and fate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 22, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178103 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jose Honorio Palma, Jose Cicero Stocco Guilhen, Diego Felipe Gaia, and Enio Buffolo: Early complication after hybrid thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168872 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fadi Farhat, Thomas Sassard, Yassin Attof, and Olivier Jegaden: Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery with mechanical support using the Impella® microaxial blood pump
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 14, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173146 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Bruno Borrello, Francesco Nicolini, Cesare Beghi, and Tiziano Gherli: Saccular ascending aorta aneurysm: report of an unusual presentation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 14, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172726 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jeffrey P. Schwartz, Mamdouh Bakhos, Amit Patel, Sally Botkin, and Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab: Repair of aortic arch and the impact of cross clamping time, New York Heart Association stage, circulatory arrest time, and age on operative outcome
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 10, 2007 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.164871 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

EXPERIMENTAL

Vassilios K. Kouritas, Chrisi Hatzoglou, Christophoros N. Foroulis, and Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis: Human parietal pleura present electrophysiology variations according to location in pleural cavity
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172007 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Furuzan Numan, Harun Arbatli, Walter Bruszewski, and Mustafa Cikirikcioglu: Total endovascular aortic arch reconstruction via fenestration in situ with cerebral circulatory support: an acute experimental study
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175000 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

TRANSPLANTATION

Manuel Antunes, Martha Biernat, Emilia Sola, Luis Oliveira, David Prieto, Fatima Franco, and Luis Providencia: Cardiac allograft systolic function. Is the aetiology (ischaemic or idiopathic) a determinant of ventricular function in the heart transplant patient?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.167924 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Fengshi Chen, Nobuyuki Kondo, Makoto Sonobe, Takuji Fujinaga, Hiromi Wada, and Toru Bando: Expression of endothelial cell-specific adhesion molecules in lungs after cardiac arrest
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 15, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.166355 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

PULMONARY

Tao Jin, Chong Zhang, Zhiying Feng, and Yiming Ni: Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177816 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorello, Giovanni Vicidomini, and Anna Perrone: A home-made device for safe intraoperative aspiration of pulmonary hydatid cysts
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.170621 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CONGENITAL

Mariano Vicchio, Giuseppe Santoro, Marianna Carrozza, and Giuseppe Caianiello: Hybrid approach in a case of arterial tortuosity syndrome
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.165001 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Miki Inoue, and Shoji Kagami: Rare venous connection causing severe hypoxia after Fontan operation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175596 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

Victor Xesus Mosquera, Marry Rijlaarsdam, Luc Filippini, and Mark G. Hazekamp: Early atrial septal defect surgery due to a bronchogenic cyst causing congestive heart failure by left atrium compression
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171280 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Riad B.M. Hosein, Kevin Morris, William J. Brawn, and David J. Barron: Use of tissue microdialysis to investigate hyperlactataemia following paediatric cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.166264 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Gorka Bastarrika, Carlo Nicola De Cecco, Amedeo Anselmi, and Jesus Herreros: Incidental dual source computed tomography imaging of ductal aortic coarctation, left subclavian artery stenosis and bicuspid aortic valve in a patient admitted for atypical chest pain
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 5, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173054 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

Masamichi Ono, Heidi Goerler, Dietmar Boethig, and Thomas Breymann: Surgical repair of aortico-left ventricular tunnel arising from the left aortic sinus
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174516 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Engin Usta, Wilke Schneider, Ludger Sieverding, and Gerhard Ziemer: Late desaturation due to collateral veins 10 years after total cavopulmonary shunt in left atrial isomerism: surgical closure
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on January 18, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.161703 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

VASCULAR THORACIC

Mathias H. Wilhelmi, Omke E. Teebken, Axel Haverich, and A. Max Pichlmaier: High resolution computed tomography imaging for individualized allograft replacement of an infected Dacron aortic arch prosthesis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 21, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171819 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Orlando Petrucci, Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira, Antonio Sergio Martins, and Reinaldo Wilson Vieira: Endovascular treatment of pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta from a firearm injury
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172304 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Pietro Rispoli, Gianfranco Varetto, Federico Maria Savia, and Mauro Rinaldi: Large post-stenting innominate artery pseudoaneurysm
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168930 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

VALVES

Christos Tourmousoglou, Spiros Lalos, and Themistokles Psarros: Do statins slow the progression of aortic valve stenosis?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 15, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178038 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Lydia Richardson, Michael Richardson, and Steven Hunter: Is a port-access mitral valve repair superior to the sternotomy approach in accelerating postoperative recovery?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180182 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ken-u Fumimoto, Toshihiro Fukui, Tomoki Shimokawa, and Shuichiro Takanashi: Papillary muscle realignment and mitral annuloplasty in patients with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation and dilated heart
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 27, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175125 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Alessandro Della Corte, Gemma Salerno, Emilio Chiosi, Diana Iarussi, Giuseppe Santarpino, Maurizio Miraglia, Silvio Naviglio, and Marisa De Feo: Pre-operative, post-operative and 1-year follow-up N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in severe chronic aortic regurgitation: correlations with echocardiographic findings
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168039 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Carsten J. Beller, Michel R. Labrosse, Siegfried Hagl, Martha M. Gebhard, and Matthias Karck: Aortic root motion remodeling after aortic valve replacement - implications for late aortic dissection
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.166835 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tjian Chee, Ross Haston, Athena Togo, and Shahzad Gull Raja: Is a flexible mitral annuloplasty ring superior to a semi-rigid or rigid ring in terms of improvement in symptoms and survival?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174243 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Ahmet Umit Gullu, Murat Akcar, Ahmet Arnaz, and Mehmet Kizilay: Candida parapsilosis tricuspid native valve endocarditis: 3-year follow-up after surgical treatment
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 22, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173435 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

THORACIC GENERAL

Haruhisa Matsuguma, Rie Nakahara, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Haruko Suzuki, Koichi Inoue, Susumu Katano, and Kohei Yokoi: Postoperative radiotherapy for patients with completely resected pathological stage IIIa-N2 non-small cell lung cancer: focusing on an effect of number of mediastinal lymph node station involved
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 15, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174342 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Rizwan Qureshi, Ann Nugent, Javed Hayat, Muhammad Qureshi, and Robert Norton: Should surgical pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax be always thoracoscopic?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174755 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Jorge Freixinet, Pedro M. Rodriguez, Mohamed Hussein, Begona Sanroman, Jorge Herrero, and Rita M. Gil: Elastofibroma of the thoracic wall
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174722 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Morris Beshay, Giovanni Carboni, Beatrix Hoksch, Marc A. Reymond, and Ralph A. Schmid: The role of muscle flap in preventing bronchus stump insufficiency after pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma in high-risk patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 1, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.166546 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Alessandro Bini, Jury Brandolini, Nicola Cassanelli, Fabio Davoli, Giampiero Dolci, Francesco Sellitri, and Franco Stella: Typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids: our institutional experience
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 18, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173328 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Bart Pieter Van Putte, Nabil Bantal, Repke Snijder, Wim J. Morshuis, and Wim Jan P. Van Boven: Acute massive pulmonary embolism treated by thrombo-embolectomy using intermittent deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 18, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.169235 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Carlos Echevarria, Darragh Twomey, Joel Dunning, and Binayak Chanda: Does re-expansion pulmonary oedema exist?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178087 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, and Christodoulos Tsilikas: Re-expansion pulmonary edema following video-assisted thoracic surgery for recurrent malignant pleural effusion
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.167312 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Hunaid A. Vohra, Louise Adamson, and David F. Weeden: Does video-assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy result in better outcomes than open pleurectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176081 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Pascal Berna, Joao-Carlos das Neves Pereira, Jean-Francois Cote, and Marc Riquet: Left upper lobe pulmonary sequestration
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.170225 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Mohammed W. Khalil, Nicola Masala, David A. Waller, and Giuseppe Cardillo: Surgical repair of post-traumatic lung hernia using a video-assisted open technique
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.168658 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Keiji Kushibe, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Michitaka Kimura, Makoto Takahama, Takashi Tojo, and Shigeki Taniguchi: Exercise capacity after lobectomy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 12, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.165696 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

ARRHYTHMIA

Tomas Vanek, Miroslav Kolesar, Michal Nejedly, and Radovan Jirmar: Rescue peri-operative management of the patient with giant electrical storm and severe left ventricular dysfunction: support by levosimendan and intraaortic balloon counterpulsation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 8, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176883 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]

VASCULAR GENERAL (ICVTS ONLY)

Hassan Jamal-Eddine, Adel K. Ayed, Ahmed Al-Moosa, and Nael Al-Sarraf: Graft repair of tracheo-innominate artery fistula following percutaneous tracheostomy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 7, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174656 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Andrea Siani, Luca Maria Siani, Federica Mounayergi, and Emanuele Baldassarre: Lower limb ischemia after migration of a coronary artery stent into the femoral artery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.170969 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

Tor Steensrud, Lil-Sofie Ording Muller, and Dag G. Sorlie: Unilateral adrenal haemorrhage following systemic thrombolysis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 6, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.170795 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CAROTID AND IMAGING (ICVTS ONLY)

Omke Teebken, Joachim Lotz, Axel Gaensslen, and Maximilian Pichlmaier: Bilateral iliac artery dissection following severe complex unstable pelvic fracture
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177253 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]

VENOUS (ICVTS ONLY)

Giustino Marcucci, Federico Accrocca, Roberto Antonelli, and Andrea Siani: The management of arterial and venous injury during saphenous vein surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on February 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171942 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

Ilias A. Kouerinis, Antonios Kourtesis, Mahmoud El-Ali, Theodoros Sergentanis, Athena Plagou, Michalis Argiriou, Nikolaos Theakos, and Aikaterini Giannakopoulou: Heparin induced thrombocytopenia diagnosis in cardiac surgery: is there a role for thromboelastography?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on December 3, 2007 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.161679 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]