Zan Mitrev, Vladimir Belostotskii, and Nikola Hristov

Suture line reinforcement using suction-assisted bioglue application during surgery for acute aortic dissection (New ideas - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:147-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Kisaburo Sakamoto, Akio Ikai, Yoshifumi Fujimoto, and Noritaka Ota

Novel surgical approach ‘intrapulmonary-artery septation’ for Fontan candidates with unilateral pulmonary arterial hypoplasia or pulmonary venous obstruction (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:150-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beatrix Hoksch, Renée Fahrner, and Ralph Alexander Schmid

Procalcitonin and brain natriuretic peptide as parameters in the postoperative course of patients with major pulmonary resection (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:155-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Piotr Siondalski, Krzysztof Jarmoszewicz, Jan Rogowski, and Jaroslaw Jurowiecki

Emergency surgical closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defect on the beating heart (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:160-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takako Miyazaki, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, and Hitoshi Yaku

An expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-autologous aortic hybrid valve for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in the Ross procedure (Work in progress report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:163-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Penelope J. Robinson, Baki Billah, Karin Leder, Christopher M. Reid, and on behalf of the ASCTS Database Committee

Factors associated with deep sternal wound infection and haemorrhage following cardiac surgery in Victoria (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:167-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamad Fouad Ismail

ICVTS on-line discussion A Definitions of sternal wound complications (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:171. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shohjiro Yamaguchi, Go Watanabe, Shigeyuki Tomita, and Shigeki Tabata

Lidocaine-magnesium blood cardioplegia was equivalent to potassium blood cardioplegia in left ventricular function of canine heart (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:172-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hazem B. Fallouh and David J. Chambers

ICVTS on-line discussion A The safety of using millimolar doses of lidocaine as cardioplegia (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:176. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masamichi Matsumori, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yujiro Kawanishi, Tetsuari Onishi, Keitaro Nakagiri, Teruo Yamashita, Kenji Okada, and Yutaka Okita

Comparison of distensibility of the aortic root and cusp motion after aortic root replacement with two reimplantation techniques: Valsalva graft versus tube graft (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:177-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf-U. Kuehnel, Ullrich A. Stock, Max O. Wendt, Ilka Degenkolbe, Ute Jainski, Martin Hartrumpf, Manfred Pohl, and Johannes M. Albes

Physiological function of stentless aortic valves is altered by trimming and removal of aortic wall components (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:182-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shishir Karthik, and David O'Regan

Objective surgical skill assessment: the diagonal operating matrix (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:188-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Niv Ad, Scott D. Barnett, and Alan M. Speir

The performance of the EuroSCORE and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality risk score: the gender factor (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:192-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

József Furák, Imre Troján, Tamás Szöke, László Tiszlavicz, József Eller, and György Lázár

Visceral pleural infiltration as a negative prognostic factor in lung metastasis (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:196-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anil Bhan, Manju Gupta, Smartin Abraham, Rajesh Sharma, Shyam Sunder Kothari, and Rajnish Juneja

Surgical experience of aortopulmonary window repair in infants (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:200-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genichi Sakaguchi, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Nobushige Tamura, Chieri Kimura, Taira Kobayashi, Hiromasa Nakamura, Tomokuni Furukawa, and Akihito Matsushita

Patency of distal false lumen in acute dissection: extent of resection and prognosis (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:204-207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Bachet

ICVTS on-line discussion A Patency of distal false lumen in acute dissection (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:207-208. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Mierdl, Dirk Meininger, Selami Dogan, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Klaus Westphal, Dorothee H. Bremerich, and Christian Byhahn

Does poor oxygenation during one-lung ventilation impair aerobic myocardial metabolism in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease? (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:209-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

ICVTS on-line discussion A Further testing is warranted to detect more subtle degrees... (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:213. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Meyer, Cai Cheng, Christian Antonescu, Edgardo Pezzetta, Angelika Bischof-Delaloye, and Hans-Beat Ris

Successful migration of three tracers without identification of sentinel nodes during intraoperative lymphatic mapping for non-small cell lung cancer (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:214-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed A. Elsharawy, Magda M. Naim, Eiman M. Abdelmaguid, and Abdulmohsen A. Al-Mulhim

Role of saphenous vein wall in the pathogenesis of primary varicose veins (ESCVS article - Venous)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:219-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

ICVTS on-line discussion A Valves and primary varicose veins (ESCVS article - Venous)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:224. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Tschirkov, Dimitar Nikolov, Georgi Tinov, and Vassil Papantchev

Successful implantation of Berlin Heart INCOR system after Bentall/De Bono operation (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:225-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caterina Rizzo, Gianluca Brancaccio, Danila De Vito, and Giovanni Rizzo

Efficacy of autovaccination therapy on post-coronary artery bypass grafting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:228-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shafic Said Al-Nammari and Dan B. Saleh

Prosthetic hip dislocation following saphenous vein harvesting for coronary revascularisation (Negative results - Cardic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:230-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

ICVTS on-line discussion A Debonding of artificial hip joint (Negative results - Cardic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:231-232. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Kindo, Sébastien Gerelli, Philippe Billaud, Eric Epailly, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, and Bernard Eisenmann

Splenic injury during biventricular assist device support as bridge to transplantation (Negative results - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:233-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yahya Ünlü, Yusuf Velioglu, Hikmet Koçak, Necip Becit, and Münacettin Ceviz

Brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy (Negative results - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:235-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Dann Kan

ICVTS on-line discussion A Brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy (Negative results - Cardic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:237. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzanne Kats, Grard A.P. Nieuwenhuijzen, Bart H.M. van Straten, and Jacques P.A.M. Schönberger

Cardiac tamponade: an unusual, lifethreatening complication after transhiatal resection of the esophagus (Negative results - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:238-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hironori Izutani, Takanori Shibukawa, Jun Kawamoto, Koshiro Ishibashi, and Dairoku Nishikawa

Devastating late complication for repair of type A acute aortic dissection with usage of gelatin-resorcinol-formalin glue (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:240-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Bachet

ICVTS on-line discussion A It's better to let well alone (Negative results - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:242. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aliu Sanni and Joel Dunning

Staples or sutures for chest and leg wounds following cardiovascular surgery (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:243-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anand Sachithanandan

ICVTS on-line discussion A Advantages of suture closure of sternotomy incision wound (Best evidence topic - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:246. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omar A. Khan, James Manners, Arvind Rengarajan, and Joel Dunning

Does pyloroplasty following esophagectomy improve early clinical outcomes? (Best evidence topic - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:247-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyvan Moghissi

ICVTS on-line discussion A Pyloroplasty or no pyloroplasty? (Best evidence topic - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:250. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manoj Purohit and Joel Dunning

Do coronary artery bypass grafts using cephalic veins have a satisfactory patency? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:251-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell W.J. Millner

ICVTS on-line discussion A And the conclusion is? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Dann Kan

ICVTS on-line discussion A It depends on clinical situations (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan Ki Baek, Yong Han Yoon, Joung Taek Kim, and Kwang Ho Kim

Recurrent type B intramural hematoma progressed into type A acute aortic dissection in a young otherwise healthy woman: are there unknown background factors? (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:255-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed Fahmy Ibrahim and Amal A. Refaut

ICVTS on-line discussion A Women with Marfan syndrome (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos-A. Mestres, Claudio Fernández, Miguel Josa, and Jaime Mulet

Hybrid antegrade repair of the arch and descending thoracic aorta with a new integrated stent-Dacron graft in acute type A aortic dissection: a look into the future with new devices (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:257-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nael Al-Sarraf, Kishore Doddakula, Trudy Wedde, and Vincent Young

Positron emission tomography staging of pleural deposits following Monaldi's procedure: an accurate reflection or a false staging? (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:260-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley G. Thomas and James D. Maloney

Use of silfenadil for treatment of respiratory distress after pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma (Case report - Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:262-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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