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

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CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

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]  

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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]  

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CARDIAC GENERAL

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]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206524 [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]  

Jamshid H. Karimov, Filippo Santarelli, Michele Murzi, and Mattia Glauber

A technique of an upper V-type ministernotomy in the second intercostal space
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215699 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Fabrizio Ceresa, Giuseppe Francio, Paquale Aldo Intili, and Francesco Patane

Splenic tear causing a hemoperitoneum after cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216762 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Pietro Marcello, Luis Garcia-Bordes, and Jose Manuel Mendez Lopez

Peripheral venous embolized intracardiac foreign body
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213579 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

Marco L.S. Matteucci, Giuseppe Rescigno, Filippo Capestro, and Lucia Torracca

Syncope triggered by a giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215970 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213900 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Antonella Galeone, Pierre Validire, Jean-Brice Gayet, and François Laborde

Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes of the pulmonary infundibulum
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.215855 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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EXPERIMENTAL

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]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211490 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 24, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208926 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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THORACIC ONCOLOGIC

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 -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]  

Angela De Palma, Domenico Loizzi, Francesco Sollitto, and Michele Loizzi

Surgical treatment of a rare case of tracheal inflammatory pseudotumor in pediatric age
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216499 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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
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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.213934 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar, Tarun Jindal, and Nadeem Tanveer

Concurrent benign schwannoma of oesophagus and posterior mediastinum
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216440 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216887 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.218743 [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]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211219 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211516 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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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]  

Zain Khalpey, Michael Gilfeather, Phillip C. Camp, and Michael T. Jaklitsch

Controlled antegrade single lung reperfusion during double lung transplant
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211730 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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THORACIC NON-ONCOLOGIC

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]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202770 [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?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214635 [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?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 21, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.216473 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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

Samir Pathak and Richard D. Page

Splenic injury following diaphragmatic plication: an avoidable life-threatening complication
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214288 [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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212332 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Juan Fibla, Laureano Molins, Jose Manuel Mier, and Gonzalo Vidal

Effectiveness of sympathetic block by clipping in the treatment of hyperhidrosis and facial blushing
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on August 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212365 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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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]  

Sanjay Chaubey, Simon Davidson, and Anthony Desouza

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia in a patient with factor V Leiden following cardiac surgery
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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.219832 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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CORONARY

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]  

Yoshiei Shimamura and Ichiro Hayashi

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

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AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)

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]  

Marcio Da Rocha, Zaki Anas Zarka, and Vicente Riambau

Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic pathology in renal transplant recipients: early and intermediate-term results
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.214494 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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CONGENITAL

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]  

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212175 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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ASSISTED CIRCULATION

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]  

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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]  

Jorge Quiroga, Jose Maria G. Prim, Milagros Moldes, and Ramiro Ledo

Spontaneous circumferential esophageal dissection in a young man with eosinophilic esophagitis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208975 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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VALVES

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]  

Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas, Stefano Bevilacqua, and Mattia Glauber

Which patient undergoing mitral valve surgery should also have the tricuspid repair?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 24, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.217570 [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]  

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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]  

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ARRHYTHMIA

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
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on September 17, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209759 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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