Ausgabe 1/2009
Inhalt (69 Artikel)
Acute aortic dissection type A discloses Corpus alienum
- Open Access
- Case report
Aron Frederik Popov, Mersa Mohammed Baryalei, Jan Dieter Schmitto, Jose Hinz, Christoph Hermann Wiese, Björn Raab, Philipp Kolat, Friedrich Albert Schoendube, Ralf Seipelt
A stitch in time saves nine: closing the hole after removal of the aortic root cannula
- Open Access
- Research article
Ernesto Tappainer
Experiences with surgical treatment of ventricle septal defect as a post infarction complication
- Open Access
- Research article
Kasim Oguz Coskun, Sinan Tolga Coskun, Aron Frederik Popov, Jose Hinz, Jan Dieter Schmitto, Kerstin Bockhorst, Kathrin Monika Stich, Reiner Koerfer
Unusual tumours of the heart: diagnostic and prognostic implications
- Open Access
- Case report
Zeena Makhija, Ranjit Deshpande, Jatin Desai
The concept of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after poststernotomy mediastinitis – a single center experience with 54 patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Ina C Ennker, Anita Malkoc, Detlef Pietrowski, Peter M Vogt, Juergen Ennker, Alexander Albert
Retention of work capacity after coronary artery bypass grafting. A 10-year follow-up study
- Open Access
- Research article
Ville Hällberg, Matti Kataja, Matti Tarkka, Ari Palomäki
Coronary artery bypass grafting and concomitant excision of chest wall chondrosarcoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Pankaj Kaul, David JR Duthie, Somsekhar Ganti, Radhika Ramnath
Magnesium sulphate and amiodarone prophylaxis for prevention of postoperative arrhythmia in coronary by-pass operations
- Open Access
- Research article
Osman Tiryakioglu, Sinan Demirtas, Hasan Ari, Selma Kenar Tiryakioglu, Kagan Huysal, Ozer Selimoglu, Ahmet Ozyazicioglu
"Acute pseudo-pericardial tamponade": the compression of the thoracal inferior vena cava – a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Raif Cavolli, Kaan Kaya, Altay Omer Elalmis
Two stage hybrid approach for complex aortic coarctation repair
- Open Access
- Case report
Efstratios Koletsis, Stella Ekonomidis, Nikolaos Panagopoulos, George Tsaousis, James Crockett, Matthew Panagiotou
Diagnosing left ventricular aneurysm from pseudo-aneurysm: a case report and a review in literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Giampaolo Zoffoli, Domenico Mangino, Andrea Venturini, Alberto Terrini, Angiolino Asta, Chiara Zanchettin, Elvio Polesel
Successful management of multiple permanent pacemaker complications – infection, 13 year old silent lead perforation and exteriorisation following failed percutaneous extraction, superior vena cava obstruction, tricuspid valve endocarditis, pulmonary embolism and prosthetic tricuspid valve thrombosis
- Open Access
- Case report
Pankaj Kaul, Krishna Adluri, Kalyana Javangula, Wasir Baig
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) as a safe alternative for the resection of pulmonary metastases: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Marilee Carballo, Mary S. Maish, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Carmack E. Holmes
Aortic distensibility and coronary artery bypass graft patency
- Open Access
- Research article
Bülent Özdemir, Murat Biçer, Levent Özdemir, İbrahim Baran, Aysel Aydın Kaderli, Tunay Şentürk, Ali Emül, Zeynel Abidin Yetgin, Sümeyye Güllülü, Ali Aydınlar
Spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection complicated by pseudoaneurysm formation in pregnancy: role of CT coronary angiography
- Open Access
- Case report
Shahid Rahman, Mohammed Abdul-Waheed, Tarek Helmy, Lynn C. Huffman, Vipin Koshal, Julian Guitron, Walter H. Merrill, David F. Lewis, Stephanie Dunlap, Yukitaka Shizukuda, Neal L. Weintraub, Cristopher Meyer, Mehmet Cilingiroglu
Torsion of right middle lobe after a right upper lobectomy
- Open Access
- Case report
Chih-Hao Chen, Tzu-Ti Hung, Tung-Ying Chen, Hung-Chang Liu
Aortic root surgery in septuagenarians: impact of different surgical techniques
- Open Access
- Research article
Nawid Khaladj, Rainer Leyh, Malakh Shrestha, Sven Peterss, Axel Haverich, Christian Hagl
Giant right coronary artery aneurysm- case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Neerod K. Jha, Husam Z. Ouda, Javed A. Khan, Gregory P. Eising, Norbert Augustin
Sternal plating for primary and secondary sternal closure; can it improve sternal stability?
- Open Access
- Research article
Hosam Fawzy, Nasser Alhodaib, C. David Mazer, Alana Harrington, David Latter, Daniel Bonneau, Lee Errett, James Mahoney
Predictors of packed red cell transfusion after isolated primary coronary artery bypass grafting – The experience of a single cardiac center: A prospective observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Elsayed M. Elmistekawy, Lee Errett, Hosam F. Fawzy
Successful management of an aortoesophageal fistula caused by a fish bone – case report and review of literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Stephen L. Kelly, Paul Peters, Murray J. Ogg, Alan Li, Bernard M. Smithers
Bronchial stump reinforcement with an azygous vein flap
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Faisal Al-Mufarrej, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, Barbara Tempesta, Farid Gharagozloo
Tracheal replacement by autogenous aorta
- Open Access
- Research article
Farhad Anoosh, Hossain Hodjati, Seifollah Dehghani, Nader Tanideh, Perikala V Kumar
Predictors of inotrope use in patients undergoing concomitant coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgeries at separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)
- Open Access
- Research article
Imdad Ahmed, Chad M House, William B Nelson
Can local application of Tranexamic acid reduce post-coronary bypass surgery blood loss? A randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Research article
Hosam Fawzy, Elsayed Elmistekawy, Daniel Bonneau, David Latter, Lee Errett
Bilateral sternobronchial fistula after coronary surgery – are the retained epicardial pacing wires responsible? a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Timothy Sakellaridis, Michalis Argiriou, Victor Panagiotakopoulos, Christos Charitos
"How I do it: utilization of high-pressure sealants in aortic reconstruction"
- Open Access
- Research article
John A Elefteriades
Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial wall: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Murat Bicer, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Erman Pektok, Hajo Müller, Sarah Dettwiler, Afksendiyos Kalangos
Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Sybille Gruber, Choi-Keung Ng, Christian Schwarz, Johann Auer
Current role of surgery in small cell lung carcinoma
- Open Access
- Review
Efstratios N Koletsis, Christos Prokakis, Menelaos Karanikolas, Efstratios Apostolakis, Dimitrios Dougenis
Possible roles of Epstein-Barr virus in Castleman disease
- Open Access
- Research article
Chih-Hao Chen, Hung-Chang Liu, Tzu-Ti Hung, Tsang-Pai Liu
The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) is not appropriate for withholding surgery in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Dimitri Kalavrouziotis, Debbie Li, Karen J Buth, Jean-Francois Légaré
The role of a pseudocapsula in thymic epithelial tumors: outcome and correlation with established prognostic parameters. Results of a 20-year single centre retrospective analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Sebastian Dango, Bernward Passlick, Ulf Thiemann, Gian Kayser, Christian Stremmel
Methods of estimation of mitral valve regurgitation for the cardiac surgeon
- Open Access
- Review
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis
Mitral paravalvular abscess with left ventriculo-atrial fistula in a patient on dialysis
- Open Access
- Case study
Tadashi Kitamura, James Edwards, Suchi Khurana, Robert G Stuklis
Surgery of secondary mitral insufficiency in patients with impaired left ventricular function
- Open Access
- Research article
Andreas Rukosujew, Stefan Klotz, Henryk Welp, Christian Bruch, Farshad Ghezelbash, Christoph Schmidt, Raluca Weber, Andreas Hoffmeier, Jürgen Sindermann, Hans H Scheld
BioGlue and Peri-strips in lung volume reduction surgery: pilot randomised controlled trial
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Sridhar Rathinam, Babu V Naidu, Prakash Nanjaiah, Mahmoud Loubani, Maninder S Kalkat, Pala B Rajesh
Omentoplasty and Thoracoplasty for treating postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula in a patient previously submitted to aortic prosthesis implantation
- Open Access
- Case report
Mario Nosotti, Ugo Cioffi, Matilde De Simone, Paolo Mendogni, Alessandro Palleschi, Lorenzo Rosso, Michele M Ciulla, Luigi Santambrogio
Evaluation of preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump in coronary patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing OPCAB surgery: early and mid-term outcomes
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhibing Qiu, Xin Chen, Ming Xu, Yingshuo Jiang, Liqiong Xiao, LeLe Liu, Liming Wang
Proanthocyanidin to prevent formation of the reexpansion pulmonary edema
- Open Access
- Research article
Orhan Yucel, Ergun Ucar, Ergun Tozkoparan, Armagan Gunal, Cemal Akay, Mehmet Ali Sahin, Onur Genc
UK pneumonectomy outcome study (UKPOS): a prospective observational study of pneumonectomy outcome
- Open Access
- Research article
Ellie S Powell, Adrian C Pearce, David Cook, Paul Davies, Ehab Bishay, Geoffrey MR Bowler, Fang Gao
Cardiac CT and MRI guide surgery in impending left ventricular rupture after acute myocardial infarction
- Open Access
- Case report
Jens Vogel-Claussen, Jan Skrok, Elliot K Fishman, João AC Lima, Ashish S Shah, David A Bluemke
The challenge to detect heart transplant rejection and transplant vasculopathy non-invasively - a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research article
Engin Usta, Christof Burgstahler, Hermann Aebert, Stephen Schroeder, Uwe Helber, Andreas F Kopp, Gerhard Ziemer
Chylopericardium after cardiac surgery can be treated successfully by oral dietary manipulation: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Sing Yang Soon, Sharath Hosmane, Paul Waterworth
Surgically cured hypoglycemia secondary to pleural solitary fibrous tumour: case report and update review on the Doege-Potter syndrome
- Open Access
- Review
Ahmed Y. Kalebi, Martin J. Hale, Michelle L. Wong, Tessa Hoffman, Jill Murray
Gene polymorphisms in APOE, NOS3, and LIPC genes may be risk factors for cardiac adverse events after primary CABG
- Open Access
- Research article
Sandra Eifert, Astrid Rasch, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Georg Nollert, Bruno Reichart, Peter Lohse
Daptomycin for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis saphenectomy wound infection after coronary artery bypass graft operation (CABG): a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Jan D Schmitto, Aron F Popov, Samuel T Sossalla, Kasim O Coskun, Suyog A Mokashi, Anton Wintner, Friedrich A Schoendube
Cardiorespiratory effects of venous lipid micro embolization in an experimental model of mediastinal shed blood reinfusion
- Open Access
- Research article
Atli Eyjolfsson, Ignacio Plaza, Björn Brondén, Per Johnsson, Magnus Dencker, Henrik Bjursten
Pulmonary stenosis development and reduction of pulmonary arterial hypertension in atrioventricular septal defect: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Emeline Barth, Hélène Bouvaist, Stéphanie Marlière, Gérard Ninet, Gérald Vanzetto
Beneficial effect of the oxygen free radical scavenger amifostine (WR-2721) on spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rabbits
- Open Access
- Research article
Fany Chronidou, Efstratios Apostolakis, Ioannis Papapostolou, Konstantinos Grintzalis, Christos D Georgiou, Efstratios N Koletsis, Menelaos Karanikolas, Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos, Dimitrios Dougenis
Myocardial ischemia with left ventricular outflow obstruction
- Open Access
- Case report
Aron F Popov, Christian Bireta, Jan D Schmitto, Dieter Zenker, Martin Friedrich, Kasim O Coskun, Ralf Seipelt, Gerd G Hanekop, Friedrich A Schoendube
Early results of coronary artery bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy for severe coronary artery disease
- Open Access
- Research article
Jan D Schmitto, Philipp Kolat, Philipp Ortmann, Aron F Popov, Kasim O Coskun, Martin Friedrich, Samuel Sossalla, Karl Toischer, Suyog A Mokashi, Theodor Tirilomis, Mersa M Baryalei, Friedrich A Schoendube
A long-term follow-up of a girl with dilated cardiomyopathy after mitral valve replacement and septal anterior ventricular exclusion
- Open Access
- Case report
Shiro Baba, Hiraku Doi, Tadashi Ikeda, Masashi Komeda, Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Intramural haematoma of the thoracic aorta: who's to be alerted the cardiologist or the cardiac surgeon?
- Open Access
- Review
Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Efstratios E Apostolakis, Stavros N Siminelakis, Georgios S Papadopoulos, John Goudevenos
An occasional diagnosis of myasthenia gravis - a focus on thymus during cardiac surgery: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Marco Agrifoglio, Fabio Barili, Luca Dainese, Antioco Cappai, Faisal H Cheema, Paolo Biglioli
Chemical injuries of the oesophagus: aetiopathological issues in Nigeria
- Open Access
- Research article
Martins O Thomas, Ezekiel O Ogunleye, Oladapo Somefun
Spontaneous bleeding of an Abrikossoff's tumor - a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Philipp Honigmann, Alexander Walz, Christian Bussmann, Bruno Lerf
Primary congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries and relation to atherosclerosis: an angiographic study in Lebanon
- Open Access
- Research article
Ali H Eid, Ziad Itani, Mohammad Al-Tannir, Said Sayegh, Ali Samaha
Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases -1,-2,-3 and -9 in thoracic aortic diseases and acute myocardial ischemia
- Open Access
- Research article
Georgios T Karapanagiotidis, Polychronis Antonitsis, Nicholas Charokopos, Christophoros N Foroulis, Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Efthymia Rouska, Helena Argiriadou, Kyriakos Rammos, Christos Papakonstantinou
Efficacy of TachoSil® patches in controlling Dacron suture-hole bleeding after abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair
- Open Access
- Research article
Guido Bajardi, Felice Pecoraro, Domenico Mirabella
Dose dependent effect of statins on postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery among patients treated with beta blockers
- Open Access
- Research article
Salima Mithani, Muhammad S Akbar, Deborah J Johnson, Michael Kuskowski, Katherine K Apple, Jana Bonawitz-Conlin, Herbert B Ward, Rosemary F Kelly, Edward O McFalls, Hanna E Bloomfield, Jian-Ming Li, Selcuk Adabag
Coronary arteriovenous fistulas in the adults: natural history and management strategies
- Open Access
- Research article
Yusuf Ata, Tamer Turk, Murat Bicer, Mihriban Yalcin, Filiz Ata, Senol Yavuz
Use of endobronchial one-way valves reveals questions on etiology of spontaneous pneumothorax: report of three cases
- Open Access
- Case report
Wai Cho Yu, Yiu Cheong Yeung, Yiu Chang, Yuet Ling Tsang, Kwok Chu Kwong, Hau Chung Kwok, YC Gary Lee
Repair of injured right inferior pulmonary vein during mitral valve replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Efstratios Apostolakis, Vassilios N Leivaditis, Antonios Kallikourdis, Panagiotis Dedeilias
Cardiac surgery in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis and heart valvulopathy, both due to pergolide medication for Parkinson's disease
- Open Access
- Case report
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Dimitrios Tselikos, Ioanna Koniari, Christos Prokakis, Eleftherios Fokaeas, Menelaos Karanikolas
Sutureless technique to support anastomosis during thoracic aorta replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Vassilios N Leivaditis, Constantinos Anagnostopoulos
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction of the cardiac surgery patient; a point of view for the cardiac surgeon and cardio-anesthesiologist
- Open Access
- Review
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Haralabos Parissis, Stavros N Siminelakis, Georgios S Papadopoulos
Schwannoma of the vagus nerve, a rare middle mediastinal neurogenic tumor: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Kyriakos St Rammos, Stylianos K Rammos, Christophoros N Foroulis, Thomas K Zaramboukas
Gastro-tracheal fistula - unusual and life threatening complication after esophagectomy for cancer: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Jane E Nardella, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Hubert Piessevaux, Pierre Deprez, Raphaël Droissart, Jean-Pierre Staudt, David Heuker, Etienne van Vyve
