Ausgabe 1/2008
Inhalt (64 Artikel)
Use of continuous subcutaneous anesthetic infusion in cardiac surgical patients after median sternotomy
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Ioannis Koukis, Mihalis Argiriou, Antonia Dimakopoulou, Victor Panagiotakopoulos, Nikolaos Theakos, Christos Charitos
Oesphageal Stenting for palliation of malignant mesothelioma
- Open Access
- Case report
Enoch Akowuah, Joseph Rahamim
How I do it: transapical cannulation for acute type-A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Andrzej W Sosnowski, Rajwinder S Jutley, Nicola Masala, Christos Alexiou, Justiaan Swanevelder
Aortic valve replacement in a young patient with essential thrombocytosis
- Open Access
- Case report
Kashif Ahmed, Hunaid A Vohra, Alison Milne, Stephen M Langley
Axillary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery bypass with an externally stented graft: a technical report
- Open Access
- Case report
Thanos Athanasiou, Emmanouil I Kapetanakis, Christopher Rao, Loris Salvador, Ara Darzi
Extracardiac Fontan with T-shape conduit in non-confluent pulmonary arteries
- Open Access
- Case study
Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul Lee, Woo-Sung Jang, Eun Jung Bae
Clinical implications of granulomatous inflammation detected by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected cancer recurrence in the mediastinum
- Open Access
- Research article
Marcus P Kennedy, Carlos A Jimenez, Ashwini D Mhatre, Rodolfo C Morice, Georgie A Eapen
Factors which influence the cardiac surgeon's decision not to operate on patients referred for consideration of surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Paul D Waterworth, Sing Y Soon, Rohith Govindraj, Rajesh Sivaprakasam, Mark Jackson, Antony D Grayson
Surgical strategy to prevent cardiac injury during reoperation in infants
- Open Access
- Case study
Christopher J Knott-Craig, Steven P Goldberg, James K Kirklin
Cardiac surgery in patients with previous pneumonectomy
- Open Access
- Case report
Sanjay V. Ghotkar, Vikram Aerra, Neeraj Mediratta
Migration of superior vena cava stent
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Nitin B. Bagul, Phillipa Moth, Narayan J. Menon, Fiona Myint, George Hamilton
VATS intraoperative tattooing to facilitate solitary pulmonary nodule resection
- Open Access
- Case study
Lourens Willekes, Cherif Boutros, Michael A. Goldfarb
Influence of ultra-low dose Aprotinin on thoracic surgical operations: a prospective randomized trial
- Open Access
- Research article
Efstratios Apostolakis, Nikolaos Panagopoulos, Efstratios N. Koletsis, James Crockett, Helen Stamou-Kouki, Efrosini Sourgiadaki, Kriton Filos, Dimitrios Dougenis
Long term survival after coronary endarterectomy in patients undergoing combined coronary and valvular surgery – a fifteen year experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Sanjay Kumar, Sandeep Agarwala, Charlie Talbot, R. Unnikrishnan Nair
Alterations in plasma soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sFlt-1) concentrations during coronary artery bypass graft surgery: relationships with post-operative complications
- Open Access
- Research article
Yves Denizot, Alexandre Leguyader, Elisabeth Cornu, Marc Laskar, Isabelle Orsel, Christelle Vincent, Nathalie Nathan
Does preservation of the sub-valvular apparatus during mitral valve replacement affect long-term survival and quality of life? A Microsimulation Study
- Open Access
- Research article
Christopher Rao, Jonathan Hart, Andre Chow, Fotios Siannis, Polyxeni Tsalafouta, Bari Murtuza, Ara Darzi, Frank C Wells, Thanos Athanasiou
Left atrial giant thrombus infected by Escherichia Coli. Case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Panagiotis Dedeilias, Antonios Roussakis, Efstratios N Koletsis, Dimitrios Zervakis, Panagiotis Hountis, Christos Prokakis, Christina Balaka, Konstantinos Bolos
Large asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma with ossification: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Mattheos Panagiotou, Nikolaos D Panagopoulos, Panagiota Ravazoula, Loukas Kaklamanis, Efstratios N Koletsis
Accelerated intimal hyperplasia in aortocoronary internal mammary vein grafts in minipigs
- Open Access
- Research article
Aron Frederik Popov, Hilmar Dorge, Jose Hinz, Jan Dieter Schmitto, Tomislav Stojanovic, Ralf Seipelt, Vassilios Didilis, Friedrich Albert Schoendube
Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Herko Grubitzsch, Sven Beholz, Pascal M Dohmen, Simon Dushe, Wolfgang Konertz
A simple reproducible method of preventing lobar torsion
- Open Access
- Review
Manoj Purohit, Joseph Zacharias
Traumatic aortic arch false aneurysm after blunt chest trauma in a motocross rider
- Open Access
- Case study
Federico Bizzarri, Consalvo Mattia, Massimo Ricci, Ilaria Chirichilli, Chiara Santo, David Rose, Luigi Muzzi, Giuseppe Pugliese, Giacomo Frati, Patrizio Sartini, Riccardo Ferrari, Carlo Della Rocca, Andrea Laghi
Why can pulmonary vein stenoses created by radiofrequency catheter ablation worsen during and after follow-up ? A potential explanation
- Open Access
- Research article
Pierre-André Doriot, Pierre-André Dorsaz, Dipen Chandrakant Shah
Penetration of left and right atrial wall and aortic root by an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder in a nine year old boy with Marfan syndrome: Case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Florian Loeffelbein, Christian Schlensak, Sven Dittrich
Cardiac retransplantation is an efficacious therapy for primary cardiac allograft failure
- Open Access
- Research article
Pavan Atluri, William Hiesinger, Robert C Gorman, Alberto Pochettino, Mariell Jessup, Michael A Acker, Rohinton J Morris, Y Joseph Woo
Interventional bronchoscopy for benign tracheobronchial diseases under cardiopulmonary bypass support: case reports and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Hussamuddin Adwan, Christopher H. Wigfield, Stephen Clark, Sion Barnard
Subannular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following mitral valve replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Narayanan Namboodiri, Santosh K. Dora, Bejoy Thomas, Manoranjan Misra
Bacteroides fragilis aortic arch pseudoaneurysm: case report with review
- Open Access
- Review
Hsin-Ling Lee, Kung-Hung Liu, Yu-Jen Yang, Chung-Dann Kan
Effects of implantation of bone marrow cells on cytokine levels in the ischemic heart tissue. An experimental study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yahya Unlu, Sami Karapolat
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor masquerading as a lung neoplasm. A case presentation and literature review
- Open Access
- Case study
S Papaspyros, K Papagiannopoulos
Massive benign pericardial cyst presenting with simultaneous superior vena cava and middle lobe syndromes
- Open Access
- Case report
Pankaj Kaul, Kalyana Javangula, Shahme A Farook
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) presenting with ventricular fibrillation in an adult: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Thomas Kristensen, Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed, Steffen Helqvist, Morten Helvind, Lars Søndergaard
Long-term event-free survival with an embolised prosthetic valve leaflet in the thoracic aorta
- Open Access
- Case report
Mohan P Devbhandari, Edwin BC Woo, Timothy L Hooper
Double vs single internal thoracic artery harvesting in diabetic patients: role in perioperative infection rate
- Open Access
- Research article
Marco Agrifoglio, Matteo Trezzi, Fabio Barili, Luca Dainese, Faisal H Cheema, Veli K Topkara, Chiara Ghislandi, Alessandro Parolari, Gianluca Polvani, Francesco Alamanni, Paolo Biglioli
Successful surgical treatment of a giant coronary artery aneurysm presenting with recurrent profuse haemoptysis
- Open Access
- Case report
Opoku-Ware Mensah, Philip AR Hayward, Michael Koeppe, Christof Huth
Effects of retinoic acid on compensatory lung growth
- Open Access
- Research article
Sami Karapolat, Aydin Sanli, Ahmet Onen, Unal Acikel, Oya Sivrikoz
On-pump beating heart coronary surgery for high risk patients requiring emergency multiple coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Enrico Ferrari, Nicolas Stalder, Ludwig K von Segesser
Intra-abdominal pectus bar migration – a rare clinical entity: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Ramon Tahmassebi, Hutan Ashrafian, Caner Salih, Ranjit P Deshpande, Thanos Athanasiou, Julian E Dussek
Peri-operative data on the nuss procedure in children with pectus excavatum: independent survey of the first 20 years' data
- Open Access
- Review
Aristotle D Protopapas, Thanos Athanasiou
Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
- Open Access
- Case report
SA Early, TB Meany, HM Fenlon, J Hurley
Transvenous right ventricular pacing in a patient with tricuspid mechanical prosthesis
- Open Access
- Case report
Juan Sierra, José Rubio
Aberrant right subclavian artery and calcified aneurysm of kommerell's diverticulum: an alternative approach
- Open Access
- Case report
Jose Rubio J Alvarez, Sierra JL Quiroga, Adrio B Nazar, Martinez JM Comendador, Garcia J Carro
The effect of a large proximal haemodialysis arterio-venous fistula on weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Brian Nyawo, Amit Pawale, Leena Pardeshi, David Talbot, Jonathan Forty
Hydroxyethyl starch versus Ringer solution in cardiopulmonary bypass prime solutions (a randomized controlled trial)
- Open Access
- Research article
Osman Tiryakioğlu, Gürdeniz Yıldız, Hakan Vural, Tugrul Goncu, Ahmet Ozyazıcıoglu, Şenol Yavuz
Pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by right ventricular outflow obstruction in association with sinus of valsalva aneurysm: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Katsufumi Nishida, Osamu Fukuyama, Dean S Nakamura
Survival benefit of coronary-artery bypass grafting accounted for deaths in those who remained untreated
- Open Access
- Research article
Boris G Sobolev, Guy Fradet, Robert Hayden, Lisa Kuramoto, Adrian R Levy, Mark J FitzGerald
Does physiotherapy reduce the incidence of postoperative complications in patients following pulmonary resection via thoracotomy? a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Julie C Reeve, Kristine Nicol, Kathy Stiller, Kathryn M McPherson, Linda Denehy
Unexpected limited chronic dissection of the ascending aorta
- Open Access
- Case report
Andrea Venturini, Giampaolo Zoffoli, Domenico Mangino, Raimondo Ascione, Alberto Terrini, Angiolino Asta, Gianni Angelini, Elvio Polesel
Excision of sympathetic ganglia and the rami communicantes with histological confirmation offers better early and late outcomes in Video assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Sridhar Rathinam, Prakash Nanjaiah, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Pala B Rajesh
A novel survival model of cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass in rats: a methodology paper
- Open Access
- Research article
Fellery de Lange, Kenji Yoshitani, Mihai V Podgoreanu, Hilary P Grocott, G Burkhard Mackensen
Fatigue testing of three peristernal median sternotomy closure techniques
- Open Access
- Research article
Cameron Wangsgard, David J Cohen, Lanny V Griffin
Cardiac Valvular Inflammatory Pseudotumor
- Open Access
- Case report
Pradeep Vaideeswar, Anil M. Patwardhan, Pragati A. Sathe
Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral geometry in functional mitral regurgitation
- Open Access
- Research article
Anita Sadeghpour, Firoozeh Abtahi, Majid Kiavar, Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, Niloofar Samiei, Seyedeh Zahra Ojaghi, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Majid Maleki, Feridoun Noohi, Ahmad Mohebbi
Novel thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal goiters: report of two cases
- Open Access
- Case report
Faisal Al-Mufarrej, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo
Should we perform systematic electrophysiological study in Steinert's disease?
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Abdallah Fayssoil
Protective efficiacy of taurine against pulmonary edema progression: experimental study
- Open Access
- Research article
Orhan Yucel, Zeki Ilker Kunak, Enis Macit, Armagan Gunal, Alper Gozubuyuk, Husamettin Gul, Onur Genc
Higher cerebral oxygen saturation may provide higher urinary output during continuous regional cerebral perfusion
- Open Access
- Research article
Takashi Miyamoto, Kagami Miyaji, Hirotsugu Okamoto, Satoshi Kohira, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Nobuyuki Inoue, Kuniyoshi Ohara
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: diagnostic and therapeutic interventions
- Open Access
- Research article
Faisal Al-Mufarrej, Jehangir Badar, Farid Gharagozloo, Barbara Tempesta, Eric Strother, Marc Margolis
Antegrade selective cerebral perfusion in patients with "bovine aortic arch": is it easier?
- Open Access
- Case report
Federico Bizzarri, Consalvo Mattia, Matteo Di Nardo, Emanuele Di Marzio, Massimo Ricci, Flaminia Coluzzi, Giacomo Frati, Paolo Pagliaro, Luigi Muzzi, Vincenzo Petrozza
Cardiogenic shock as a complication of acute mitral valve regurgitation following posteromedial papillary muscle infarction in the absence of coronary artery disease
- Open Access
- Case report
Federico Bizzarri, Consalvo Mattia, Massimo Ricci, Flaminia Coluzzi, Vincenzo Petrozza, Giacomo Frati, Giuseppe Pugliese, Luigi Muzzi
Contegra conduit for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract: a review of published early and mid-time results
- Open Access
- Review
Aristotle D Protopapas, Thanos Athanasiou
The prevalence of elevated hemoglobin A1c in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Milo Engoren, Robert H Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A Schwann, Christopher J Riordan, Samuel J Durham, Aamir Shah
Septic rupture of the ascending aorta after aortocoronary bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Case report
Christof M Sommer, Tobias Heye, Ulrike Stampfl, Ursula Tochtermann, Boris A Radeleff, Hans U Kauczor, Goetz M Richter
