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

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CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

Andrea Colli, Claudio Fernandez, Luis Delgado, Bernardo Romero, Maria L Camara, and Xavier Ruyra

Aortic valve replacement with minimal extracorporeal circulation versus standard cardiopulmonary bypass
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202804 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Laura McGlone, Neil Patel, David Young, and Mark D. Danton

Impaired cardiac autonomic nervous control after cardiac bypass surgery for congenital heart disease
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.194555 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hunaid A. Vohra, Amit Modi, and Sunil K. Ohri

Does use of intraoperative cerebral regional oxygen saturation monitoring during cardiac surgery lead to improved clinical outcomes?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206367 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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CARDIAC GENERAL

Masatsugu Hamaji, Yasuto Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiko Matsuda, and Satoshi Kono

Reinforced closure of the sternum with absorbable pins for high-risk patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212506 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Srikrishna Modugula Reddy, Sampath Kumar Arkalgud, Sachin Talwar, Devagourou Velayoudam, Parag Gharde, Vishwas Mallick, Raju Kumar Jha, and Lokender Kumar

Multi-modality blood conservation strategy in open heart surgery: an audit
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203034 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Martin Majlund Mikkelsen, Niels Holmark Andersen, Thomas Decker Christensen, Troels Krarup Hansen, Hans Eiskjaer, Carl Erik Mogensen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, and Soren Paaske Johnsen

Microalbuminuria and short-term prognosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203836 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, and W. Randolph Chitwood

Robotically-assisted cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203182 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

James Tatoulis, Sanjay Theodore, Manish Meswani, Rochelle Wynne, Cheng Hon-Yap, and Nikunj Powar

Safe use of recombinant activated factor VIIa for recalcitrant postoperative haemorrhage in cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204735 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Orjan Friberg, Lars-Goran Dahlin, Jan Kallman, Erik Kihlstrom, Bo Soderquist, and Rolf Svedjeholm

Collagen-gentamicin implant for prevention of sternal wound infection; long-term follow-up of effectiveness
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207514 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Zhe Zheng, Hongguang Fan, Wei Feng, Shiju Zhang, Xin Yuan, Liqing Wang, Yunhu Song, and Shengshou Hu

Surgery of left ventricular aneurysm: a propensity score-matched study of outcomes following different repair techniques
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207134 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Luc Noyez

Control charts, Cusum techniques and funnel plots. A review of methods for monitoring performance in healthcare
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204768 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Shantanu Pande, Surendra K. Agarwal, Udgeath Dhir, Amit Chaudhary, Sudeep Kumar, and Vikas Agarwal

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in rheumatic mitral stenosis: does it affect right ventricular function and outcome after mitral valve replacement?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206607 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Leonardo Secchin Canale, Alexandre Siciliano Colafrancecschi, Eduardo Souza Leal Botelho, and Andrey Jose de Oliveira Monteiro

Surgical treatment of right atrial myxoma complicated with pulmonary embolism
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206318 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Amit Pawale, Gopal R. Chealikani, Leslie Mitchell, and Stephen Clark

Imaging modalities for retrieval of a migrated coil from the left ventricle, after pulmonary arterio-venous malformation embolisation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199471 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Felix Weidinger, Christian Kolbitsch, Guy J. Friedrich, Gunther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti

Does obesity affect operative times and perioperative outcome of patients undergoing totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203059 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Dimitrios Pousios, Theodoros Velissaris, Simon Duggan, and Geoff M. Tsang

Floating intra-aortic thrombus presenting as distal arterial embolism
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206268 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Tomonobu Abe, Akihiko Usui, Hideki Oshima, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda

A pilot randomized study of the neutrophil elastase inhibitor, sivelestat, in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206193 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Antonio Lanfranchi, Guido Gelpi, Roberta Simona Rossi, and Massimo Lemma

A fast-growing obstructive left atrial intramural hematoma causing acute prolonged chest pain
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205443 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Carlo Aratari, Alexander Manche, Luca Ferretti, and Marcella Fusella

Cardiopulmonary bypass line sternal wrapping for protection and haemostasis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199596 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Karolin Graf, Dorit Sohr, Axel Haverich, Christian Kuhn, Petra Gastmeier, and Iris F. Chaberny

Decrease of deep sternal surgical site infection rates after cardiac surgery by a comprehensive infection control program
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205286 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Manish Chowdhary, Edward W.K. Peng, and Pradip K. Sarkar

The risk of fatal re-expansion pulmonary oedema in poor left ventricular reserve
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201640 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Inder P.S. Gill, Richard Montgomery, and John Wallis

Successful treatment of sternal non-union by ultrasound
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.196600 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Erkan Kuralay

Superior vena cava clamping for brachiocephalic vein cannulation during heart surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205328 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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AORTIC AND ANEURYSMAL (ICVTS ONLY)

Salvatore Giordano, Fausto Biancari, Pertti Loponen, Jan-Ola Wistbacka, and Michael Luther

Preoperative hemodynamic parameters and the immediate outcome after open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205930 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Norikazu Kawai, Shin-nosuke Goto, and Takuya Umemoto

Circulating lipoprotein(a) concentrations and abdominal aortic aneurysm presence
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208843 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Norikazu Kawai, Shin-nosuke Goto, and Takuya Umemoto

Circulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 concentrations and abdominal aortic aneurysm presence: a meta-analysis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 12, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208835 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

James B. Barnard, Julia Humphreys, and Mohamad N. Bittar

Endovascular versus open surgical repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.196873 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Nawid Khaladj, Issam Ismail, Malakh Shrestha, Sven Peterss, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Klaus Kallenbach, Axel Haverich, and Christian Hagl

Aortic root surgery in combination with hypothermic circulatory arrest: preserve or replace the aortic valve in the context of postoperative neurological outcome? A case match comparison
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.194811 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Kanwal Kumar, Darren H. Freed, Rakesh C. Arora, and John J.Y. Lee

Simultaneous Salmonella spp. endocarditis and mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm presentation: a surgical dilemma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205427 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hiroshi Imagawa, Fumiaki Shikata, Masahiro Ryugo, and Kanji Kawachi

Beating-heart ascending aortic graft replacement with dilated cardiomyopathy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204875 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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CONGENITAL

Louise Adamson, Hunaid A. Vohra, and Marcus P. Haw

Does pulmonary valve replacement post repair of tetralogy of Fallot improve right ventricular function?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 30, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.211011 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Stephen Westaby, Anand Agarwal, Jakub Kadlec, and Fidelma Flynn

Repair of type B interrupted aortic arch using aberrant right subclavian artery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203901 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Antony Vassalos, Stuart Lilley, David Young, Edward Peng, Kenneth MacArthur, James Pollock, Fiona Lyall, and Mark H.D. Danton

Tissue Doppler imaging following paediatric cardiac surgery: early patterns of change and relationship to outcome
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201723 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Alaa-Basiouni S. Mahmoud, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Amjad A. Kouatli, and Mohamed S. Bayoumy

Hemolytic anemia: an unusual presentation of cor triatriatum sinistrum
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201293 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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TRANSPLANTATION

Gianluca Santise, Giuseppe D'Ancona, Calogero Falletta, Francesco Pirone, Sergio Sciacca, Marco Turrisi, Domenico Biondo, and Michele Pilato

Donor pharmacological hemodynamic support is associated with primary graft failure in human heart transplantation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202085 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Samuel Jacob and Frank Sellke

Is bicaval orthotopic heart transplantation superior to the biatrial technique?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.200121 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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EXPERIMENTAL

Humberto Alves Oliveira, Manoel Ximenes, Flavio Brito Filho, Paulo H.C. Carvalho, Jose Belarmino GamaFilho, Edwin Roger Parra, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, and Jose Ribas Milanez DeCampos

Experimental selective sympathicotomy (ramicotomy) and sympathetic regeneration
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202150 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Eiji Murakami, Hisashi Iwata, Matsuhisa Imaizumi, and Hirohumi Takemura

Prevention of arterial graft spasm by botulinum toxin: an in-vitro experiment
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207076 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Haruhiko Nakayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Yasufumi Kato, and Masahiro Tsuboi

Ultrasonic scalpel for sealing of the thoracic duct: evaluation of effectiveness in an animal model
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206706 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Vasileios K. Kouritas, Chrisi Hatzoglou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, and Paschalis A. Molyvdas

Pleural electrophysiology variations according to location in pleural cavity
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203356 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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VALVES

Zeena Makhija and Jatin Desai

Early and mid-term functional and survival benefits in ischaemic versus degenerative mitral valve repair using Duran flexible ring: a single surgeon series
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 29, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.200592 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Goncalo F. Coutinho, Rita Pancas, Pedro E. Antunes, and Manuel J. Antunes

Long-term follow-up of elderly patients subjected to aortic valve replacement with mechanical prostheses
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.193482 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Dominik Wiedemann, Corinna Velik-Salchner, Gunther Laufer, and Ludwig Muller

Simultaneous mitral valve and lung surgery for complicated endocarditis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.210849 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Stefano Urso, Justo Rafael Sadaba, and Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria

Is patient-prosthesis mismatch an independent risk factor for early and mid-term mortality in adult patients undergoing aortic valve replacement?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207597 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Ulrich F.W. Franke, Marc Albert, Christian Rustenbach, and Hardy Baumbach

Minimally invasive Ross procedure through partial upper sternotomy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203067 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Can Yerebakan, Christian Klopsch, Stephanie Prietz, Johannes Boltze, Brigitte Vollmar, Andreas Liebold, Gustav Steinhoff, and Eugen Sandica

Pressure-volume loops: feasible for the evaluation of right ventricular function in an experimental model of acute pulmonary regurgitation?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.198275 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Takeshi Komoda, Michael Huebler, Felix Berger, and Roland Hetzer

Growth of mitral annulus in the pediatric patient after suture annuloplasty of the entire posterior mitral annulus
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206060 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Marco Scarci, Hazem B. Fallouh, Christopher Young, and Joel Dunning

Is ministernotomy superior to conventional approach for aortic valve replacement?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209445 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Salvatore Giordano and Fausto Biancari

Does the use of carbon dioxide field flooding during heart valve surgery prevent postoperative cerebrovascular complications?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206177 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Michele Murzi, Marco Solinas, and Mattia Glauber

Is a minimally invasive approach for reoperative mitral valve superior to standard resternotomy?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203448 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Yoshihisa Tanoue, Taketoshi Maeda, Shinichiro Oda, Hironori Baba, Yasuhisa Oishi, Shigehiko Tokunaga, Atsuhiro Nakashima, and Ryuji Tominaga

Left ventricular performance in aortic valve replacement
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202309 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

George Dimitrakakis, Zeena Makhija, Heyman Luckraz, and Peter A. O'Keefe

Pseudo-aneurysm formation post apico-aortic conduit
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204719 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Harry A. Dwyer, Peter B. Matthews, Ali Azadani, Nicolas Jaussaud, Liang Ge, T. Sloane Guy, and Elaine E. Tseng

Computational fluid dynamics simulation of transcatheter aortic valve degeneration
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.200006 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Bruno Chiappini, Renato Gregorini, Franco De Remigis, Licia Petrella, Carmine Villani, Fabrizio Di Pietrantonio, Srdan Pavicevic, and Alessandro Mazzola

Echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve morphology and performance after triangular resection of the prolapsing posterior leaflet for degenerative myxomatous disease
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204776 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sofiene Rekik, Imen Trabelsi, Imed Maaloul, Mourad Hentati, Adnane Hammami, Imed Frikha, and Samir Kammoun

Short- and long-term outcomes of surgery for active infective endocarditis: a Tunisian experience
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 4, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.197715 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Jamshid H. Karimov, Stefano Bevilacqua, Marco Solinas, and Mattia Glauber

Triple heart valve surgery through a right antero-lateral minithoracotomy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206227 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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THORACIC NON-ONCOLOGIC

Noureldin Noaman Gwely

Pediatric traumatic bronchial rupture; results of early and late presentation
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206953 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Ioannis Toumpoulis, Periclis Tomos, Costas Ieromonachos, Dimitrios Angouras, Emmanouil Georgiannakis, Panagiotis Michail, and Chris Rokkas

External validation of the modified Thoracoscore in a new thoracic surgery program: prediction of in-hospital mortality
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201178 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Recep Demirhan, Burak Onan, Kursad Oz, and Semih Halezeroglu

Comprehensive analysis of 4205 patients with chest trauma: a 10-year experience
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206599 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Azizollah Abbasidezfouli, Ehsan Akbarian, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr, Mehrdad Arab, Mojtaba Javaherzadeh, Saviz Pejhan, Golbahar Abbasi-Dezfouli, and Roya Farzanegan

The etiological factors of recurrence after tracheal resection and reconstruction in post-intubation stenosis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202978 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Kenji Kenji, Shunsuke Endo, Yoshihiko Kanai, and Shinichi Yamamoto

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as hemothorax
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209254 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Montserrat Blanco Ramos, Alberto Fernandez-Villar, Jose Eduardo Rivo, Virginia Leiro, Eva Garcia-Fontan, Maria Isabel Botana, Maria Luisa Torres, and Miguel Angel Canizares

Extraction of airway foreign bodies in adults: experience from 1987-2008
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207332 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Alan Soo, Rasheed Aziz, Mella Buckley, and Vincent Young

Bronchoplastic procedure for an unusual condition - Wegener's granulomatosis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.205591 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Nael Al-Sarraf, Hassan Jamal-Eddine, Fatma Khaja, and Adel K. Ayed

Headscarf pin tracheobronchial aspiration: a distinct clinical entity
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207548 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Reza Bagheri, Alireza Tavasoli, Ali Sadrizadeh, Mohammadtaghi Rajabi Mashhadi, Faramarz Shahri, and Reza Shojaeian

The role of thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of hidden diaphragmatic injuries in penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 25, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.195685 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

M. Blair Marshall and Thais Oliviera

Thoracic outlet lymphangioma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206771 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sylvain Rubin, Sebastien Sandu, Emmanuel Durand, and Bernard Baehrel

Diaphragmatic rupture during labour, two years after an intra-oesophageal rupture of a bronchogenic cyst treated by an omental wrapping
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203075 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Keith M. Blechman and Michael Zervos

Post-thoracotomy Horner syndrome associated with extrapleural infusion of local anesthetic
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.198085 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Tatjana M. Fleck, Michael Fleck, Michael Mueller, Helmut Hager, Walter Klepetko, Ernst Wolner, and Wilfried Wisser

Extended videoscopic robotic thymectomy with the da Vinci telemanipulator for the treatment of myasthenia gravis: the Vienna experience
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202531 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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ESOPHAGUS

Oskar Ruckbeil, Jens Burghardt, and Klaus Gellert

Thoracoscopic removal of a transesophageal ingested mediastinal foreign body
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209676 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

Vikas Gupta, Shyam K.S. Thingnam, Sachin Kuthe, and Ganga Ram Verma

A novel surgical technique of repair of posterior wall laceration of thoracic trachea during transhiatal esophagectomy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203471 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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CORONARY

Zubair Luqman, Junaid Ansari, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, and Shahid Ahmed Sami

Is urgent coronary artery bypass grafting a safe option in octogenarians? A developing country perspective
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204156 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Mauro Del Giglio, Andrea Dell'Amore, Andrea Zuffi, and Arvit Sokoli

One-stage hybrid procedure: association between awake minimally invasive surgical revascularization and percutaneous coronary intervention
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.208298 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Bishwo Man Singh Shrestha, Christian Hamilton Craig, David Platts, and Andrew Clarke

Spontaneous coronary artery rupture in a young patient: a rare diagnosis for cardiac tamponade
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207001 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Joost Michael Hartman, Bob W. Meijboom, Tjebbe W. Galema, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Anne-Marie Schets, Pim J. de Feyter, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Anatomical and functional assessment of single left internal mammary artery versus arterial T-grafts 12 years after surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199828 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Gabriella Lindvall, Ulrik Sartipy, Staffan Bjessmo, Peter Svenarud, Bo Lindvall, and Jan van der Linden

Aprotinin reduces the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206342 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Victorio Carosella, Jose Navia, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Hugo Grancelli, Walter Rodriguez, Cesar Cardenas, Jorge Bilbao, and Carlos Nojek

The first Latin-American risk stratification system for cardiac surgery: can be used as a graphic pocket-card score
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199083 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Corstiaan A. den Uil, Suzanne D.A. Valk, Jin M. Cheng, Arie P. Kappetein, Ad J.J.C. Bogers, Ron T. van Domburg, and Maarten L. Simoons

Prognosis of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and treated with intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation prior to surgery: a long-term follow-up study
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207027 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Takemi Handa, Shiro Sasaguri, and Takayuki Sato

Preliminary experience for the evaluation of the intraoperative graft patency with real color charge-coupled device camera system: an advanced device for simultaneous capturing of color and near-infrared images during coronary artery bypass graft
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201418 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

Miguel Guerra, Joao Carlos Mota, Miguel Veloso, Vasco Gama, and Luis Vouga

Combined carotid stenting and urgent coronary artery surgery in unstable angina patients with severe carotid stenosis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204354 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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THORACIC ONCOLOGIC

Semih Halezeroglu and Atif Akcevin

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for pyothorax-associated lymphoma
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 16, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204289 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

David A. Petermann, Gilles Allenbach, Sabine Schmidt, Igor Letovanec, Michel Christodoulou, Angelika Bischof Delaloye, Hans-Beat Ris, and John O. Prior

Value of positron emission tomography in full-thickness chest wall resections for malignancies
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207621 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Mong-Wei Lin, Yih-Leong Chang, Yung-Chie Lee, and Pei-Ming Huang

Non-functional paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 2, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206169 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Esther Fernandez, Pedro Lopez de Castro, Julio Astudillo, and Jaume Fernandez-Llamazares

Bronchial stump infiltration after lung cancer surgery. Retrospective study of a series of 2994 patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204784 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Riken Kawachi, Yohko Nakazato, Hidefumi Takei, Yoshihiko Koshi-ishi, and Tomoyuki Goya

Clinical significance of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: can preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level predict pathological stage?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.206698 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sujoy Khan, Anne Campbell, Carol Hunt, and W.A. Carrock Sewell

Lichen planus in a case of Good's syndrome (thymoma and immunodeficiency)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207308 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar, Kumud Kumar Handa, and Amit Kumar Dinda

Large pedunculated fibrovascular polyp of oesophagus in a young woman
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207696 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Carlos E. Garcia Franco, Salvador Martin Algarra, Akiko Tamura Ezcurra, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Mikel San Julian, Javier Pardo Mindan, and Wenceslao Torre Buxalleu

Long-term results after resection for soft tissue sarcoma pulmonary metastases
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 18, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204818 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Jens Eckardt, Henrik Omark Petersen, Ardeshir Hakami-Kermani, Karen E. Olsen, Ole D. Jorgensen, and Peter B. Licht

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration of undiagnosed intrathoracic lesions
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204263 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Koray Aydogdu, Gokturk Findik, Yetkin Agackiran, Sadi Kaya, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu, and Irfan Tastepe

Primary tumours of the ribs; experience with 78 patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.193292 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Riken Kawachi, Yohko Nakazato, Kazuo Masui, Hidefumi Takei, Yoshihiko Koshi-ishi, and Tomoyuki Goya

Clinical significance of pleural lavage cytology for non-small cell lung cancer: is surgical resection valid for patients with positive pleural lavage cytology?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202010 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Anthony W. Kim, Michael J. Liptay, Theodore J. Saclarides, and William H. Warren

Endobronchial colorectal metastasis versus primary lung cancer: a tale of two sleeve right upper lobectomies
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207555 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hitoshi Igai, Mamoru Takahashi, Keiji Ohata, Akihiko Yamashina, Tomoaki Matsuoka, Kotaro Kameyama, Tatsuo Nakagawa, and Norihito Okumura

Surgical treatment for non-small cell lung cancer in octogenarians - the usefulness of video-assisted thoracic surgery
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199455 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Michael P. Poullis, Richard Warwick, Michael Shackcloth, and Timothy Ridgeway

Pneumonectomy in the seventh decade in a patient with a congenital uncorrected ventricular septal defect
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 3, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.199265 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

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VASCULAR THORACIC

Alberto Forteza, Carlos Martin, Jorge Centeno, Maria Jesus Lopez, Enrique Perez, Javier de Diego, Violeta Sanchez, and Jose Cortina

Acute type A aortic dissection. Eighteen years of experience in one center (Hospital 12 de Octubre)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 5, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.203976 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hiroshi Tanaka, Kenji Okada, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, and Yutaka Okita

Clinical significance of anastomotic leak in ascending aortic replacement for acute aortic dissection
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.201558 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Keiji Uchida, Kiyotaka Imoto, Hiromasa Yanagi, and Koichiro Date

Acute aortic dissection occurring during the butterfly stroke in a 12-year-old boy
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202234 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Alex Frydrychowicz, Alexander Berger, Aurelien F. Stalder, and Michael Markl

Preliminary results by flow-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging after Tiron David I procedure with an anatomically shaped ascending aortic graft
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 22, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.195859 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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PULMONARY

Wantie Wang, Fangyan Wang, Lu Shi, Xuguang Jia, and Lina Lin

Role of heme oxygenase-1/carbon monoxide system in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 28, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.196089 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Eelco J. Veen, Maryska L.G. Janssen-Heijnen, Ewan D. Ritchie, Bonne Biesma, Marco P.H. van den Bogart, and Robert Jan Bolhuis

Pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma: analysis of factors predicting short and long term outcome
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 14, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.194456 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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VASCULAR GENERAL (ICVTS ONLY)

Peter Balaz, Slavomir Rokosny, Boris Koznar, and Milos Adamec

Combined infrainguinal reconstruction and infrapopliteal intraluminal angioplasty for limb salvage in critical limb ischemia
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 26, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.204867 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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ASSISTED CIRCULATION

Giuseppe Zattera, Pasquale Totaro, Andrea Maria D'Armini, and Mario Viganò

Intra aortic ballon pump insertion through left axillary artery in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.207522 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sylvain Rubin, Ali Nasser Ali, Olivier N. Pages, and Bernard Baehrel

How to replace an extracorporeal life support without interruption of the cardiopulmonary assistance
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.202838 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Sung Ho Shinn, Young Tak Lee, Kiick Sung, SunKyung Min, Wook Sung Kim, Pyo Won Park, and Yi-Kyung Ha

Efficacy of emergent percutaneous cardiopulmonary support in cardiac or respiratory failure: fight or flight?
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 8, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.194860 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Antonio Miceli, Brenno Fiorani, Tommaso Hinna Danesi, Giovanni Melina, and Riccardo Sinatra

Prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump in high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a propensity score analysis
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 9, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.196105 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Xin-jin Luo, Wei Wang, Sheng-shou Hu, Han-song Sun, Hua-wei Gao, Cun Long, Yun-hu Song, and Jian-ping Xu

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of cardiac failure in adult patients
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on April 7, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.197681 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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ARRHYTHMIA

Takeshi Miyairi, Sumio Miura, Ikutaro Kigawa, Haruo Yamauchi, Sachito Fukuda, Sen Yachi, and Kazuhiro Hara

Mid-term results of a closed biatrial procedure using bipolar radiofrequency ablation concomitantly performed with non-mitral cardiac operations
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 1, 2009 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.195149 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

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