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Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Interactive Section is conceived as a virtual conference. For this purpose, all reports will be posted on the web site within 2 weeks of acceptance. An electronic, moderated discussion will be open for at least 28 days through the corresponding link. After closure of the discussion period, the reports pre-published on the web, as well as the contributions from the moderated discussion, will be published in the ICVTS archival and paper versions.

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July 9, 2008

Roberto Cini, Federica Iezzi, Paolo Sordini, and Vincenzo Pasceri
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182345 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Rony Atoui, Vidal Essebag, Valerie We, Yin Ge, Marie-Helene Auclair, Tom Hadjis, and Dominique Shum-Tim
(Arrhythmia)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178301 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Aleksandar Nikolic, Ditmaer Schranz, Nikola Hristov, and Zan Mitrev
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181867 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]  

Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab, Shoshana Winer, and David J. Sugarbaker
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181099 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

July 4, 2008

Stig Eggen Hermansen, Magna Hansen, Marius Roaldsen, Stig Muller, Ole-Jakob How, and Truls Myrmel
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175067 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Wilma Rademacher, Alexander Knape, Julia Schumm, Markus Ferrari, Alexander Lauten, Harald Mudra, and Hans Reiner Figulla
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178632 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Emanuel Melloul, Bernhard Egger, Thorsten Krueger, Cai Cheng, Francois Mithieux, Christiane Ruffieux, Lennart Magnusson, and Hans-Beat Ris
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182279 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Alexander R. Manche, Aaron R. Casha, Jacek Rychter, Emanuel Farrugia, and Miriam Debono
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 4, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181909 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

July 2, 2008

Makoto Ando, Tatsuya Murai, and Yukihiro Takahashi
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177576 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Michael Gorlitzer, Gerard Mertikian, Hubert Trnka, Alexander Froeschl, Johann Meinhart, Gabriel Weiss, Martin Grabenwoeger, and Thomas Rand
(Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178624 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Marzia Leacche, Jorge M. Balaguer, Ramanan Umakanthan, and John G. Byrne
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182915 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Stephan Geidel, Michael Lass, and Jorg Ostermeyer
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 2, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179622 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

July 1, 2008

Fengshi Chen, Takuji Fujinaga, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Ryo Miyahara, Toru Bando, Kenichi Okubo, Toshiki Hirata, and Hiroshi Date
(Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on July 1, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181065 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 26, 2008

Bruno J. Chenuel, Mathias Poussel, Phi-Linh Nguyen Thi, Jean-Pierre Villemot, and Philippe Haouzi
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176560 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Mohammad Shihata, Victor Pretorius, and Roderick MacArthur
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 26, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182766 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 24, 2008

Junming Tang, Jianing Wang, Jianye Yang, and Xia Kong
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 24, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.169896 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Nikolaos Barbetakis, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, and Christodoulos Tsilikas
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 24, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.172387 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 23, 2008

Tohru Sakuragi, Yukio Okazaki, Masahiro Mitsuoka, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177923 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]  

Bernhard C. Danner, Vassilios Didilis, Hilmar Dorge, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Georgios Bougioukas, and Friedrich A. Schondube
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171579 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Krishnanand R. Pai, Alan Conant, Paul G. Browning, and Walid C. Dihmis
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 23, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175281 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 13, 2008

Janne J. Jokinen, Mikko J. Hippelainen, Tuomo Hanninen, Anu K. Turpeinen, and Juha E.K. Hartikainen
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178095 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Fengshi Chen, Kiyoshi Sato, Hiroaki Sakai, Ryo Miyahara, Toru Bando, Kenichi Okubo, Toshiki Hirata, and Hiroshi Date
(Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180778 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 12, 2008

Dimitrios Buklas, Massimo Massetti, Eugenio Neri, and Sidney Chocron
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 12, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180448 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Maninder Kalkat, Asad Abedin, Stephen Rooney, Alan Doherty, Muzaffar Faroqui, Michael Wallace, and Timothy R. Graham
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 12, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180026 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Qiang Tan, Sven Hillinger, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, and Walter Weder
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 12, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179804 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 11, 2008

Yuji Maruyama and David J. Chambers
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 11, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181057 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 10, 2008

George Dimitrakakis, Ulrich Von Oppell, Heyman Luckraz, and Peter Groves
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181388 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Ulf Lockowandt, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, and Joel Dunning
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 10, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182980 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 9, 2008

David G. Healy, Martin Hargrove, Kishore Doddakulla, John Hinchion, Aongus O'Donnell, and Thomas Aherne
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180497 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Andrew J. Turley, Shahzad G. Raja, Kareem Salhiyyah, and Kumaresan Nagarajan
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.183707 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Tatjana M. Fleck, Bernhard Kickinger, Reinhard Moidl, Ferdinand Waldenberger, Ernst Wolner, Martin Grabenwoger, and Wilfried Wisser
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 9, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177527 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

June 6, 2008

Takeshi Shimamoto, Akira Marui, Tsutomu Takagi, and Masashi Komeda
(Transplantation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 6, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179192 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]  

June 5, 2008

Kazuro Sugi, Seiki Kobayashi, Ryuji Yagi, and Takahisa Matsuoka
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on June 5, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174052 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 28, 2008

Rui Haddad, Rodrigo Teixeira Lima, Carlos Henrique Boasquevisque, and Giovanni Antonio Marsico
(Esophagus)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 28, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179028 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 27, 2008

Matthew Panagiotou, Vasilios Filias, Christos Prokakis, and Efstratios Koletsis
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 27, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175372 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Can Yerebakan, Alexander Kaminski, Bernd Westphal, Guenther Kundt, Murat Ugurlucan, Gustav Steinhoff, and Andreas Liebold
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 27, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.169326 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 23, 2008

Masaki Tomita, Tetsuya Shimizu, Masaki Hara, Takanori Ayabe, and Toshio Onitsuka
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 23, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.174391 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Stefanos D. Demertzis, Matthias W. Laschke, Francesco P.A. Siclari, and Michael D. Menger
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 23, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176636 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

May 21, 2008

Yoshikatsu Saiki, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Sadahiro Sai, and Koichi Tabayashi
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 21, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176727 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Fausto Biancari, Olli-Pekka Kangasniemi, Muhammad Ali Asim Mahar, Elsi Rasinaho, Antti Satomaa, Valentina Tiozzo, Matti Niemela, and Martti Lepojarvi
(Coronary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 21, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173922 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Hariharan Subramanian, Babu Kunadian, and Joel Dunning
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 21, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.182790 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 20, 2008

Tetsuya Ueno, Ryuzo Sakata, Yoshifumi Iguro, and Hiroyuki Yamamoto
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.181230 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line video]  

John Kakadellis and Elias Karfis
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177782 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Satoru Osaki, Niloo M. Edwards, Maryl R. Johnson, and Takushi Kohmoto
(Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180620 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Thomas Puehler, Sandra Fraund-Cremer, Jochen Cremer, and Andreas Boening
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 20, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179218 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 19, 2008

Paul P. Urbanski and Stefan Frank
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175513 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Video]  

Riccardo Giovannetti, Marco Alifano, Alessandro Stefani, Antoine Legras, Madalina Grigoroiu, Jean-Yves Collet, Pierre Magdelenat, and Jean-Francois Regnard
(Pulmonary)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.163972 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Samuel Menahem, Zeffie Poulakis, and Margot Prior
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171066 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Supplemental Data]  

Samuel Menahem, Zeffie Poulakis, and Margot Prior
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171058 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments] [On-line Supplemental Data]  

Hunaid A. Vohra, Louise Adamson, and Marcus P. Haw
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 19, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180083 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 16, 2008

Luca Weltert, Ruggero De Paulis, Daniele Maselli, and Raffaele Scaffa
(Valves)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176941 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Kutay Tasdemir, Bahadir Sarli, Mehmet G. Kaya, and Ozgur Gunebakmaz
(Cardiac general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.179093 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Mohsen Karimi, Ahmed Farouk, John Stork, and Hani A. Hennein
(Congenital)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171777 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Giuseppe D'Ancona, Joost M. Hartman, Fabio Bartolozzi, Elza van Deel, Dirk J.C.M. Duncker, Ad J.J.C. Bogers, Michele Pilato, and Arie P. Kappetein
(Experimental)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.177584 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Cherif Attia, Fadi Farhat, Loic Boussel, Jacques Villard, Didier Revel, and Philippe Douek
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.175315 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 15, 2008

Sebastian Pagni, Brian L. Ganzel, and Thomas Tabb
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.171397 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Yasuyo Onishi, Tomohiro Kawamura, and Hajime Maeda
(Thoracic general)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 15, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.173476 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 14, 2008

John Augoustides, Ted Plappert, and Joseph E. Bavaria
(Assisted circulation)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 14, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.176024 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 13, 2008

Dusko Nezic, Milan Cirkovic, Aleksandar Knezevic, and Miomir Jovic
(Aortic and aneurysmal (ICVTS only))
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.180745 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

Kei Aizawa, Shin-ichi Ohki, Hiroaki Konishi, and Yoshio Misawa
(Vascular thoracic)
Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg published on May 13, 2008 as doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178699 [Abstract] [Journal Format PDF] [eComments]  

May 9, 2008