Renske J. Uilkema and Arie Bastiaan Johan Groeneveld

Correlates of thenar near-infrared spectroscopy-derived tissue O₂ saturation after cardiac surgery (Work in progress report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:265-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takeyoshi Ota, Kenji Okada, Hiroya Kano, and Yutaka Okita

Cardiopulmonary bypass using nafamostat mesilate for patients with infective endocarditis and recent intracranial hemorrhage (Work in progress report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:270-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Doosang Kim, Kiwoong Kim, Yong-Ho Lee, and Hyuk Ahn

Detection of atrial arrhythmia in superconducting quantum interference device magnetocardiography; preliminary result of a totally-noninvasive localization method for atrial current mapping (Work in progress report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:274-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Do Hyung Kim, Jung Joo Hwang, and Kil Dong Kim

Thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication using three 5 mm ports (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:280-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Leo A. Bockeria, A. Kim, D. Ryabtsev, and T. Grygoryants

ICVTS on-line discussion A Diaphragmatic plication as a complication in cardiac surgery (Work in progress report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:282. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsuru Asano, Kenji Okada, Keitaro Nakagiri, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, Hiroshi Munakata, and Yutaka Okita

Total arch replacement for aneurysm of the aortic arch: factors influencing the distal anastomosis (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:283-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lennart Duebener, Franz Hartmann, Volkhard Kurowski, Gert Richardt, Volker Geist, Armin Erasmi, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and Martin Misfeld

Surgical interventions after emergency endovascular stent-grafting for acute type B aortic dissections (Institutional report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:288-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvain Chanséaume, Kasra Azarnoush, Agnès Maurel, Valérie Bellamy, Séverine Peyrard, Patrick Bruneval, Albert A. Hagège, and Philippe Menasché

Can erythropoietin improve skeletal myoblast engraftment in infarcted myocardium? (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:293-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Dann Kan and Hsin-Ling Lee

ICVTS on-line discussion A Equivocal results for cytokine therapy (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christof Stamm

ICVTS on-line discussion B Don't give up, yet! (Institutional report - Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rozy Eckardt, Bo Juel Kjeldsen, Per Thayssen, Werner Vach, Torben Haghfelt, Poul F. Høilund-Carlsen, and LarsIb Andersen

Frequent change of procedure during coronary artery bypass surgery suggests insufficient preoperative diagnostic strategy (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:298-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Ilia Berishvili

ICVTS on-line discussion A Anatomofunctional information is obligatory for CAD patients (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:302-303. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rozy Eckardt

ICVTS on-line discussion A1 Additional TMR procedure (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:303. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katie S. Nason, Diana C. Farrow, Geoffrey Haigh, Sum P. Lee, Mary P. Bronner, Sheldon N. Rosen, and Thomas L. Vaughan

Gastric fluid bile concentrations and risk of Barrett's esophagus (Institutional report - Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:304-307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Al Assal Al Kodami, Marco Solinas, Pier Andrea Farneti, Stefano Bevilacqua, Stefano Maffei, Annamaria Mazzone, and Mattia Glauber

Aortic valve surgery in the elderly patient: a retrospective review (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:308-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kishore Doddakula, Nael Al-Sarraf, Kathy Gately, Anne Hughes, Michael Tolan, Vincent Young, and Eillish McGovern

Predictors of acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy post cardiac surgery in patients with preoperatively normal renal function (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:314-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bachar El Oumeiri, Costantin Stefanidis, Ahmed Sabry, Martine Antoine, Jean-Marie De Smet, Didier De Cannière, and Jean-Luc Jansens

Long-term follow-up after endocardial radiofrequency modified Nitta procedure for concomitant atrial fibrillation treatment (Institutional report - Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:319-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashish Joshi, Laurence S. Magder, Zachary Kon, Seeta Kallam, Michael Kwon, Rupali Sangrampurkar, Richard Pierson, and Robert Poston

Association between prothrombin activation fragment (F1.2), cerebral ischemia (S-100ß) and international normalized ratio (INR) in patients with ventricular assisted devices (Institutional report - Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:323-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeong Ryul Lee, JaeGun Kwak, Kwan Chang Kim, Sun Kyoung Min, Woong-Han Kim, Yong Jin Kim, and Joon Ryang Rho

Comparison of lateral tunnel and extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure (Institutional report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:328-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaru Yoshikai, Tsuyoshi Itoh, Keiji Kamohara, Junji Yunoki, and Hideyuki Fumoto

Intimal injury of ultrasonically skeletonized internal thoracic artery by a vessel clamp: morphological analysis (Institutional report - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:331-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hanna D. Golab, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Gerri L. van Gerner-Weelink, Marianne J. Wijers, Thierry V. Scohy, Peter L. de Jong, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduction and residual volume salvage on allogeneic transfusion requirements in infants undergoing cardiac surgery (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:335-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, A. Kim, T. Averina, and A. Zaharchenko

ICVTS on-line discussion A Minimizing CPB circuit and reducing use of homologous blood products (Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabriele DiGiammarco, Roberta Liberi, Mirko Giancane, Carlo Canosa, Sabina Gallina, Alessandro Di Francesco, Giuseppe Spira, and Michele Di Mauro

Recurrence of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing mitral valve repair: how to predict it (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:340-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María José Dalmau, José María González-Santos, Javier López-Rodríguez, María Bueno, Antonio Arribas, and Félix Nieto

One year hemodynamic performance of the Perimount Magna pericardial xenograft and the Medtronic Mosaic bioprosthesis in the aortic position: a prospective randomized study (Institutional report - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:345-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nael Al-Sarraf, Rashid Aziz, Kishore Doddakula, Kathy Gately, Lorraine Wilson, Eillish McGovern, and Vincent Young

Factors causing inaccurate staging of mediastinal nodal involvement in non-small cell lung cancer patients staged by positron emission tomography (Institutional report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:350-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshihiko Shibata, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Toshihiro Fukui, Mitsuharu Hosono, and Shigefumi Suehiro

Early surgery for hospital-acquired and community-acquired active infective endocarditis (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:354-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, R.M. Muratov, and G.A. Shamsiev

ICVTS on-line discussion A Active infective endocarditis-predictability surgical results (Institutional report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:358. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Fabrizia Giannoni, Fabrizio Fanelli, Michele Citone, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Francesco Speziale, and Bruno Gossetti

Contrast ultrasound imaging: the best method to detect type II endoleak during endovascular aneurysm repair follow-up (ESCVS article - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:359-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Edith Hochhauser, Dorit Leshem, Oleg Kaminski, Yelena Cheporko, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Asher Shainberg

The protective effect of prior ischemia reperfusion adenosine A₁ or A₃ receptor activation in the normal and hypertrophied heart (ESCVS article - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:363-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walter Dorigo, Raffaele Pulli, Enrico Barbanti, Leonidas Azas, Nicola Troisi, Giovanni Pratesi, Alessandro AlessiInnocenti, and Carlo Pratesi

Carotid endarterectomy in patients with acute neurological symptoms: a case-control study (ESCVS article - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:369-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiharu Nishimura, Yoshitaka Okamura, Takeshi Hiramatsu, and Masahiro Iwahashi

Apicoaortic valved conduit is a good alternative for aortic stenosis with porcelain aorta after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:374-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Coppola, Raffaele Bonifazi, Marco Gucciardo, and Paolo Pantaleo

Ruptured aortic arch aneurysm: transposition of aortic arch branches after insertion of thoracic endovascular stent with extra-anatomic brain perfusion (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:376-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria and Valery Arakelyan

ICVTS on-line discussion A Commentary to the case study (Proposal for bail-out procedures - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:378. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Almeida, Albino Santos, Fernando Barreiros, Mota Garcia, and Paulo Pinho

Stuck leaflet of bileaflet prosthesis in mitral position – five cases to make us think (Negative results - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:379-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manoranjan Misra, Adil Sadiq, Narayanan Namboodiri, and Jayakumar Karunakaran

The ‘aortic rim’ recount: embolization of interatrial septal occluder into the main pulmonary artery bifurcation after atrial septal defect closure (Negative results - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:384-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa Pinho, Jorge Almeida, Mota Garcia, and Paulo Pinho

Coronary artery spasm following aortic valve replacement (Negative results - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:387-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

ICVTS on-line discussion A Coronary artery spasm: chest drainage or something else (Negative results - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:388-389. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Bayliss, Peter Faber, Joel Dunning, and Andrew Ronald

What is the optimal level of anticoagulation in adult patients receiving warfarin following implantation of a mechanical prosthetic mitral valve? (Best evidence topic - Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:390-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Samuel Jacob, Antonios Kallikourdis, and Nicola Vitale

What is the patency of the gastroepiploic artery when used for coronary artery bypass grafting? (Best evidence topic - Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:397-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Paul, Balaji Badmanaban, and Gianfranco Campalani

Patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome should have imaging of the subclavian artery and its branches prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:403-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narcis Hudorovic

ICVTS on-line discussion A Thoracic bifurcation and Klippel-Feil syndrome (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:404-405. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann Van Leemput, Geert Maleux, Sam Heye, and André Nevelsteen

Combined open and endovascular repair of a true right subclavian artery aneurysm without proximal neck (Case report - Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:406-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mate Dzsinich, Francis Tarr, and Hartzell V. Schaff

Management of ascending aortic aneurysm and valvular incompetence with external remodeling (Case report - Aortic and aneurysmal)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:409-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoki Utsumi, Hiroyuki Shiono, Ichiro Fukai, and Akinori Akashi

Artificial pneumomediastinum facilitates thoracoscopic surgery in anterior mediastinum (Case report - Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:411-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chakib Benlafqih, Bertrand Léobon, Valérie Chabbert, and Yves Glock

Surgical exclusion of a symptomatic circumflex coronary to right atrium fistula (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:413-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo A. Bockeria, Vladimir P. Podzolkov, Bagrat G. Alekyan, and Osman A. Makhachev

ICVTS on-line discussion A Coronary artery fistulae: history and surgical experience (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:414-415. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takeshi Shinkawa, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, and Hitoshi Yaku

One-stage unifocalization followed by staged Fontan operation (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:416-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sameh I. Sersar and Ahmed A. Jamjoom

ICVTS on-line discussion A Issues regarding unifocalization (Case report - Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:417-418. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Gatti, Paolo Grassi, Luciano Silvestri, and Bartolo Zingone

Critical illness polyneuropathy. Regression following cardiac operation (Case report - Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:419-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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