Ausgabe 1/2007
Inhalt (54 Artikel)
Asymptomatic schwannoma of the heart
- Open Access
- Case report
Sarah A Early, Jonathan McGuinness, John Galvin, Maria Kennedy, John Hurley
Revival of the side-to-side approach for distal coronary anastomosis
- Open Access
- Case study
Min-Ho Song, Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Toshiaki Ito
Acute leukaemoid reaction following cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Case report
Nigel E Drury, Ayyaz Ali, Shafi Mussa, Stephen T Webb, Kanchan P Rege, John Wallwork
Factors influencing the outcome of paediatric cardiac surgical patients during extracorporeal circulatory support
- Open Access
- Research article
Sendhil K Balasubramanian, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Mohammed Amin, Kanakkande K Aabideen, Giles J Peek, Andrew W Sosnowski, Richard K Firmin
UK waiting time targets in lung cancer treatment: are they achievable? Results of a prospective tracking study
- Open Access
- Research article
Mohan P Devbhandari, Sing Yang Soon, Pauline Quennell, Philip Barber, Piotr Krysiak, Rajesh Shah, Mark T Jones
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators improve survival after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severely impaired left ventricular function
- Open Access
- Research article
Ashraf S Al-Dadah, Rochus K Voeller, Paymon Rahgozar, Jennifer S Lawton, Marc R Moon, Michael K Pasque, Ralph J Damiano Jr, Nader Moazami
Influence of hypothermia on right atrial cardiomyocyte apoptosis in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Evaristo Castedo, Raquel Castejón, Emilio Monguio, Sebastian Ramis, Carlos G Montero, Santiago Serrano-Fiz, Raul Burgos, Cristina Escudero, Juan Ugarte
Clinical experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis
- Open Access
- Research article
Yoshio Misawa, Tsutomu Saito, Hiroaki Konishi, Shin-ichi Oki, Yuichiro Kaminishi, Yasuhito Sakano, Hideki Morita, Kei Aizawa
Surgery for severe aortic stenosis with low transvalvular gradient and poor left ventricular function – a single centre experience and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Research article
Andreas Borowski, Ali Ghodsizad, Ilja Vchivkov, Emmeran Gams
Left ventricle remodelling by double-patch sandwich technique
- Open Access
- Research article
Ernesto Tappainer, Vinicio Fiorani, Nicola Pederzolli, Jacopo Manfredi, Andrea Nocchi, Mario Zogno
Mechanisms of pulmonary dysfunction after on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
AB Johan Groeneveld, Evert K Jansen, Joanne Verheij
Repair of aortoesophageal fistula due to a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of the descending thoracic aorta and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Guruvegowda Chandrashekar, Vijay MN Kumar, Ashok K Kumar
Donor heart selection: the outcome of "unacceptable" donors
- Open Access
- Research article
Noman H Khasati, Ali Machaal, Jim Barnard, Nizar Yonan
Apical ballooning syndrome complicated by acute severe mitral regurgitation with left ventricular outflow obstruction – Case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Manju D Chandrasegaram, David S Celermajer, Michael K Wilson
Safe wrapping of the borderline dilated ascending aorta during aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Ernesto Tappainer, Vinicio Fiorani, Andrea Nocchi, Ermal Likaj, Sabjan Memishaj, Mario Zogno
Treatment of bronchial airway obstruction using a rotating tip microdebrider: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Marcus P Kennedy, Rodolfo C Morice, Carlos A Jimenez, George A Eapen
Factors associated with excessive bleeding in cardiopulmonary bypass patients: a nested case-control study
- Open Access
- Research article
Juan J Jimenez Rivera, Jose L Iribarren, Jose M Raya, Ibrahim Nassar, Leonardo Lorente, Rosalia Perez, Maitane Brouard, Jose M Lorenzo, Pilar Garrido, Ysamar Barrios, Maribel Diaz, Blas Alarco, Rafael Martinez, Maria L Mora
Tumoral and non-tumoral trachea stenoses: evaluation with three-dimensional CT and virtual bronchoscopy
- Open Access
- Research article
Efstratios N Koletsis, Christine Kalogeropoulou, Eleni Prodromaki, George C Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Konstantinos Spiropoulos, Theodore Petsas, George C Nikiforidis, Dimitris Dougenis
Ulcerated calcification of the interventricular septum causing Transient Ischemic Attacks: Case Report
- Open Access
- Case report
Matthew Panagiotou, Kostas Markakis, Nikolaos Mourtzis, Stella Economidis, James Crockett, Efstratios N Koletsis
Single left coronary artery with separate origins of proximal and distal right coronary arteries from left anterior descending and circumflex arteries – a previously undescribed coronary circulation
- Open Access
- Case report
Pankaj Kaul, Kalyana Javangula
Superior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm- a rare complication of chest drain insertion in coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Case report
Umar Sadat, Asif Jah, Nick Ward, Michael Gaunt
New device for saphenous vein-to-aorta proximal anastomosis without side-clamping
- Open Access
- Research article
Ernesto Tappainer
Risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery – a retrospective analysis of 1700 patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Claudius Diez, Daniel Koch, Oliver Kuss, Rolf-Edgar Silber, Ivar Friedrich, Jochen Boergermann
Concomitant mitral valve surgery with aortic valve replacement: a 21-year experience with a single mechanical prosthesis
- Open Access
- Research article
Niall C McGonigle, J Mark Jones, Pushpinder Sidhu, Simon W MacGowan
Morbidity associated with systemic corticosteroid preparation for coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case control study
- Open Access
- Case study
Daniele Starobin, Mordechai Rehuven Kramer, Moshe Garty, David Shitirt
Skeletonization of radial and gastroepiploic conduits in coronary artery bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Review
Rachel M Massey, Oliver J Warren, Michal Szczeklik, Sophie Wallace, Daniel R Leff, John Kokotsakis, Ara Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery bypass graft patency using 16-slice computed tomography angiography
- Open Access
- Research article
Emma S Houslay, Tristan Lawton, Anshuman Sengupta, Neal G Uren, Graham McKillop, David E Newby
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to successful surgical repair of bronchopleural fistula following bilateral sequential lung transplantation: a case report and review of literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Nouman U Khan, Mohamed Al-Aloul, Noman Khasati, Ali Machaal, Colm T Leonard, Nizar Yonan
Pleural inflammatory myofibroblastoma: a locally aggressive intra-thoracic tumour
- Open Access
- Case report
Chandrashekhar Kubal, Sanjay Ghotkar, John Gosney, Martyn Carr
Burkitt lymphoma masquerading as cardiac tamponade
- Open Access
- Case report
Pankaj Kaul, Kalyana Javangula
Cardiopulmonary bypass via common carotid artery cannulation in redo sternotomy
- Open Access
- Case report
Sunil K Bhudia, Hunaid A Vohra, Asif Hassan, Qamar Abid
Use of activated recombinant factor VII for severe coagulopathy post ventricular assist device or orthotopic heart transplant
- Open Access
- Research article
Manish J Gandhi, Richard A Pierce, Lini Zhang, Marc R Moon, George J Despotis, Nader Moazami
Aortic valve replacement in octogenarians
- Open Access
- Research article
Amal K Bose, James D Aitchison, John H Dark
Primary cardiac sarcoma: reports of two cases and a review of current literature
- Open Access
- Review
Mohan P Devbhandari, Shaista Meraj, Mark T Jones, Isaac Kadir, Ben Bridgewater
Cardiothoracic surgery at a crossroads: The impact of disruptive technologic change
- Open Access
- Review
David J Cohen
Combined sterno-clavicular approach as an alternative technique in hybrid exclusion of aortic arch aneurysm
- Open Access
- Case study
Aristotle D Protopapas, Christopher Rao, Andrew Choong, Nicholas JW Cheshire, Thanos Athanasiou
Monitoring of oxidative and metabolic stress during cardiac surgery by means of breath biomarkers: an observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Florian Pabst, Wolfram Miekisch, Patricia Fuchs, Sabine Kischkel, Jochen K Schubert
Release of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sFlt-1) during coronary artery bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Yves Denizot, Alexandre Leguyader, Elisabeth Cornu, Marc Laskar, Isabelle Orsel, Christelle Vincent, Nathalie Nathan
Efficacy of chordal cutting in alleviating ischemic mitral regurgitation: insights from 3-dimensional echocardiography
- Open Access
- Case report
Chittoor B Sai-Sudhakar, Rashmi Vandse, Todd A Armen, Katherine M Bickle, Nadia S Nathan
Effect of surgeon on transprosthetic gradients after aortic valve replacement with Freestyle® stentless bioprosthesis and its consequences: A follow-up study in 587 patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Alexander Albert, Ines Florath, Ulrich Rosendahl, Wael Hassanein, Eberhard V Hodenberg, Stefan Bauer, Ina Ennker, Jürgen Ennker
Video-assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM) for surgical resection of ectopic parathyroid adenoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Peter Tcherveniakov, Ashvini Menon, Richard Milton, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Mark Lansdown, James AC Thorpe
Hyperdominant left anterior descending artery continuing across left ventricular apex as posterior descending artery coexistent with aortic stenosis
- Open Access
- Case report
Kalyana Javangula, Pankaj Kaul
Augmentation index assessed by applanation tonometry is elevated in Marfan Syndrome
- Open Access
- Research article
Rupert A Payne, Roland C Hilling-Smith, David J Webb, Simon R Maxwell, Martin A Denvir
The effect of total arterial grafting on medium-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Jean-Francois Légaré, Ansar Hassan, Karen J Buth, John A Sullivan
Fixation artefact in an intra-operative frozen section: a potential cause of misinterpretation
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Andrew M Thomson, William A Wallace
Coronary artery surgery: cardiotomy suction or cell salvage?
- Open Access
- Review
Kelvin Lau, Hetul Shah, Andrea Kelleher, Neil Moat
Recombinant activated factor VII (Novo7®) in patients with ventricular assist devices: Case report and review of the current literature
- Open Access
- Review
Daniel Heise, Anselm Bräuer, Michael Quintel
Pleural myxoid liposarcoma: features of 2 cases and associated literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Paul Goldsmith, Kostas Papagiannopoulos
Recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery – first, do no harm
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Oliver J. Warren, Ara W. Darzi, Thanos Athanasiou
Modifiable risk factors remain significant causes of medium term mortality after first time Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Babu Kunadian, Joel Dunning, Russell W. J. Millner
Management of acquired bronchobiliary fistula: 3 case reports and a literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Hatice Eryigit, Selahattin Oztas, Senol Urek, Guven Olgac, Melahat Kurutepe, Cemal Asim Kutlu
No hypoperfusion is produced in the epicardium during application of myocardial topical negative pressure in a porcine model
- Open Access
- Research article
Sandra Lindstedt, Malin Malmsjö, Richard Ingemansson
Length of pressure-controlled reperfusion is critical for reducing ischaemia-reperfusion injury in an isolated rabbit lung model
- Open Access
- Research article
Stefan Guth, Diethard Prüfer, Thorsten Kramm, Eckhard Mayer
