Issue 1/2010
Content (132 Articles)
Strategies to prevent intraoperative lung injury during cardiopulmonary bypass
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Efstratios N Koletsis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Stavros N Siminelakis, Georgios S Papadopoulos
Flexible bronchoscopic management of benign tracheal stenosis: long term follow-up of 115 patients
Nader Abdel Rahman, Oren Fruchter, David Shitrit, Benjamin D Fox, Mordechai R Kramer
Human cardiac tissue in a microperfusion chamber simulating extracorporeal circulation - ischemia and apoptosis studies
Engin Usta, Mirijam Renovanz, Migdat Mustafi, Gerhard Ziemer, Hermann Aebert
Acute Complex Type A Dissection associated with peripheral malperfusion syndrome treated with a staged approach guided by lactate levels
Amna Suliman, Michael Dialynas, Hutan Ashrafian, Colin Bicknell, Maziar Mireskandari, Mohamad Hamady, Thanos Athanasiou
Microembolic signals and strategy to prevent gas embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Paolo Zanatta, Alessandro Forti, Enrico Bosco, Loris Salvador, Maurizio Borsato, Fabrizio Baldanzi, Carolina Longo, Carlo Sorbara, Pierluigi longatti, Carlo Valfrè
"The non-ischemic repair" as a safe alternative method for repair of anterior post-infarction VSD
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Antonios Kallikourdis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Panagiotis Dedeilias, Dimitrios Dougenis
Intra-operative intravenous fluid restriction reduces perioperative red blood cell transfusion in elective cardiac surgery, especially in transfusion-prone patients: a prospective, randomized controlled trial
George Vretzakis, Athina Kleitsaki, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Metaxia Bareka, Stavroula Georgopoulou, Menelaos Karanikolas, Athanasios Giannoukas
Preoperative statin is associated with decreased operative mortality in high risk coronary artery bypass patients
James A Magovern, Robert J Moraca, Stephen H Bailey, David A Dean, Kathleen A Simpson, Thomas D Maher, Daniel H Benckart, George J Magovern Jr
Intravenous levosimendan-norepinephrine combination during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a hemodialysis patient with severe myocardial dysfunction
Georgios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Petros Tzimas, Stavros N Siminelakis, Menelaos Karanikolas
Intrathoracic fire during preparation of the left internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting
Martin Friedrich, Theodor Tirilomis, Jan D Schmitto, Aron F Popov, Suyog A Mokashi, Marc Hinterthaner, Gunnar G Hanekop, Paul Zwaka, Friedrich A Schoendube
Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report
Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Asteriou, Dimitrios Konstantinou, Dimitrios Giannoglou, Christodoulos Tsilikas, Georgios Giannoglou
Bentall procedure 39 years after implantation of a Starr-Edwards Aortic Caged- Ball-Valve Prosthesis
Jan D Schmitto, Philipp Ortmann, Aron F Popov, Kasim O Coskun, Hanna Schotola, Martin Friedrich, Christoph H Wiese, Christian Sohns, Suyog A Mokashi, Vassilios N Didilis, Friedrich A Schoendube
Mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a report of four cases and a systematic review of the literature
Wobbe Bouma, Theo J Klinkenberg, Iwan CC van der Horst, Inez J Wijdh-den Hamer, Michiel E Erasmus, Marc Bijl, Albert JH Suurmeijer, Felix Zijlstra, Massimo A Mariani
Minimizing the risk of perioperative stroke by clampless off-pump bypass surgery: a retrospective observational analysis
Michael Hilker, Mathias Arlt, Andreas Keyser, Simon Schopka, Alexander Klose, Claudius Diez, Christof Schmid
Unique technique of surgery in an unusual variety of Scimitar syndrome: A Case Report
Julia Nuebel, Katarzyna Januszewska, Markus Loeff, Daniel Theisen, Edward Malec, Robert Dalla-Pozza
Perioperative infusion of low- dose of vasopressin for prevention and management of vasodilatory vasoplegic syndrome in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting-A double-blind randomized study
Georgios Papadopoulos, Eleni Sintou, Stavros Siminelakis, Efstratios Koletsis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Efstratios Apostolakis
Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis less than one year after replacement and an ablative MAZE procedure: a case report
Omar Saeed, Byron R Williams Jr, Melvin Ku, Omar M Lattouf
Paraganglioma of the mediastinum: challenges in diagnosis and surgical management
Ori Wald, Oz M Shapira, Aiman Murar, Uzi Izhar
The need for intra aortic balloon pump support following open heart surgery: risk analysis and outcome
Haralabos Parissis, Michael Leotsinidis, Mohammad Tauqeer Akbar, Efstratios Apostolakis, Dimitrios Dougenis
A novel and safe technique in closed tube thoracostomy
Koray Dural, Gultekin Gulbahar, Bulent Kocer, Unal Sakinci
Different ways to repair the mitral valve with artificial chordae: a systematic review
Federico Bizzarri, Antonella Tudisco, Massimo Ricci, David Rose, Giacomo Frati
Outcome of open and endovascular repair in acute type B aortic dissection: a retrospective and observational study
Pasquale Mastroroberto, Francesco Onorati, Saverio Zofrea, Attilio Renzulli, Ciro Indolfi
Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Efstratios Koletsis, Ioanna Koniari, Dimitrios Karnabatidis, Menelaos Karanikolas
Short term outcomes of total arterial coronary revascularization in patients above 65 years: a propensity score analysis
Wael Hassanein, Yasser Y Hegazy, Alexander Albert, Ina C Ennker, Ulrich Rosendahl, Stefan Bauer, Juergen Ennker
Relative adrenal insufficiency and hemodynamic status in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery patients. A prospective cohort study
José L Iribarren, Juan J Jiménez, Domingo Hernández, Lisset Lorenzo, Maitane Brouard, Antonio Milena, María L Mora, Rafael Martínez
Early and late morbidity and mortality and life expectancy following thoracoscopic talc insufflation for control of malignant pleural effusions: a review of 400 cases
Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Asteriou, Fani Papadopoulou, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, Athanassios Kleontas, Konstantina Lyriti, Ioannis Katsikas, Christodoulos Tsilikas
Long-term result of hybrid procedure for an extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm in Takayasu arteritis: a case report
Yukio Obitsu, Nobusato Koizumi, Naozumi Saiki, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Shigematsu
Preoperative ejection fraction as a predictor of survival after coronary artery bypass grafting: comparison with a matched general population
Mohamed A Soliman Hamad, Albert HM van Straten, Jacques PAM Schönberger, Joost F ter Woorst, Andre M de Wolf, Elisabeth J Martens, André AJ van Zundert
Quantitative assessment of cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support: case and rationale
Antoine P Simons, Marcus D Lancé, Koen D Reesink, Frederik H van der Veen, Patrick W Weerwind, Jos G Maessen
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in acute coronary syndrome: a clinical analysis
Kaan Kaya, Raif Cavolli, Alpaslan Telli, Mehmet Fazil Tolga Soyal, Alp Aslan, Gökhan Gokaslan, Şahin Mursel, Refik Tasoz
Thrombospondin-1 null mice are resistant to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
Cristhiaan D Ochoa, Lunyin Yu, Essam Al-Ansari, Charles A Hales, Deborah A Quinn
Mediastinal abscess after endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration: a case report
Susan D Moffatt-Bruce, Patrick Ross Jr
Ablation of atrial fibrillation with the Epicor system: a prospective observational trial to evaluate safety and efficacy and predictors of success
Simon Schopka, Christof Schmid, Andreas Keyser, Ariane Kortner, Julia Tafelmeier, Claudius Diez, Leopold Rupprecht, Michael Hilker
Surgical repair for aortic dissection accompanying a right-sided aortic arch
Yukio Obitsu, Nobusato Koizumi, Toru Iwahashi, Naozumi Saiki, Hiroshi Shigematsu
Autonomic cardiovascular dysregulation as a potential mechanism underlying depression and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery outcomes
Tam K Dao, Nagy A Youssef, Raja R Gopaldas, Danny Chu, Faisal Bakaeen, Emily Wear, Deleene Menefee
Surgical correction of ruptured aneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva using on-pump beating-heart technique
Ansheng Mo, Hui Lin
Mitral valve replacement via right thoracotomy approach for prevention of mediastinitis in a female patient with long-term uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: a case report
Naoto Fukunaga, Takashi Hashimoto, Yasuhisa Ozu, Shigeru Komori, Yu Shomura, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Michihiro Nasu, Yukikatsu Okada
Mechanical ventilation and the total artificial heart: optimal ventilator trigger to avoid post-operative autocycling - a case series and literature review
Allen B Shoham, Bhavesh Patel, Francisco A Arabia, Michael J Murray
Multislice computed tomography is useful for evaluating partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Hirofumi Kasahara, Ryo Aeba, Yutaka Tanami, Ryohei Yozu
Baseline cerebral oximetry values in cardiac and vascular surgery patients: a prospective observational study
Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Menelaos Karanikolas, Stavros Siminelakis, Miltiadis Matsagas, Georgios Papadopoulos
Long-term mortality prediction after operations for type A ascending aortic dissection
Francesco Macrina, Paolo E Puddu, Alfonso Sciangula, Marco Totaro, Fausto Trigilia, Mauro Cassese, Michele Toscano
Postoperative peri-axillary seroma following axillary artery cannulation for surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection
Efstratios E Apostolakis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Menelaos Karanikolas
Mid-term outcomes for Endoscopic versus Open Vein Harvest: a case control study
Bilal H Kirmani, James B Barnard, Faisal Mourad, Nadene Blakeman, Karen Chetcuti, Joseph Zacharias
Lung sealant and morbidity after pleural decortication: a prospective randomized, blinded study
Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lybéris, Emilpaolo Manno
Factors affecting the outcome of surgically treated non-iatrogenic traumatic cervical esophageal perforation: 28 years experience at a single center
Serdar Onat, Refik Ulku, Kemal M Cigdem, Alper Avci, Cemal Ozcelik
Effective cardiac resynchronization therapy for an adolescent patient with dilated cardiomyopathy seven years after mitral valve replacement and septal anterior ventricular exclusion
Takahiro Mima, Shiro Baba, Noritaka Yokoo, Shinji Kaichi, Takahiro Doi, Hiraku Doi, Toshio Heike
Complete removal of heart-compressing large mediastinal lipoma : a case report
Noritoshi Minematsu, Naoki Minato, Keiji Kamohara, Takeshi Hakuba
Right coronary artery originating from left anterior descending artery: a case report
Hilmi Tokmakoglu, Orhan Bozoglan, Levent Ozdemir
Initial experience with a synthetic sealant PleuraSeal™ after pulmonary resections: a prospective study with retrospective case matched controls
Sebastian Dango, Rong Lin, Ellen Hennings, Bernward Passlick
Carinal surgery: experience of a single center and review of the current literature
Haralabos Parissis, Vincent Young
Neutrophil mediated smooth muscle cell loss precedes allograft vasculopathy
Chelsey L King, Jennifer J Devitt, Timothy DG Lee, Camille L Hancock Friesen
Complicated sternal dehiscence treated with the strasbourg thoracic osteosyntheses system (STRATOS) and the transposition of greater omentum: a case report
Fabrizio Ceresa, Giuseppe Casablanca, Francesco Patanè
Treatment of cardiogenic shock with left ventricular assist device combined with cardiac resynchronization therapy: A case report
Håvard Keilegavlen, Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Svein Faerestrand, Rune Fanebust, Reidar Pettersen, Rune Haaverstad, Vegard Tuseth
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung- a case report
Chien-Kuang Chen, Chia-Ing Jan, Jian-Shun Tsai, Hsu-Chih Huang, Pin-Ru Chen, Yu-Sen Lin, Chih-Yi Chen, Hsin-Yuan Fang
Sternal reentry in a patient with previous deep sternal wound infection managed with horizontal titanium plate fixation
Richard Baillot, Éric Dumont, Pierre Voisine
Daptomycin as a possible new treatment option for surgical management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
Aron F Popov, Jan D Schmitto, Theodor Tirilomis, Christian Bireta, Kasim O Coskun, Suyog A Mokashi, Alexander Emmert, Martin Friedrich, Christoph H Wiese, Friedrich A Schoendube
Early impact of aortic wrapping on patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with mild to moderate ascending aorta dilatation
Keng-Leong Ang, Furqan Raheel, Amrita Bajaj, Andrzej Sosnowski, Manuel Galiñanes
Redo-redo aortic root replacement with a mechanical valved conduit in a patient with von Willebrand's disease: Case report
Kasra Shaikhrezai, Usman Bashir, Sheena Millar, Julia Anderson, Edward T Brackenbury
Atorvastatin pretreatment diminishes the levels of myocardial ischemia markers early after CABG operation: an observational study
Erdal Ege, Yüksel Dereli, Sevil Kurban, Ali Sarigül
Intrapleural instillation of autologous blood for persistent air leak in spontaneous pneumothorax- is it as effective as it is safe?
Dimos Karangelis, Georgios I Tagarakis, Marios Daskalopoulos, Georgios Skoumis, Nicholaos Desimonas, Vasileios Saleptsis, Theocharis Koufakis, Athanasios Drakos, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos B Tsilimingas
Postresectional lung injury in thoracic surgery pre and intraoperative risk factors: a retrospective clinical study of a hundred forty-three cases
Serdar Şen, Selda Şen, Ekrem Şentürk, Nilgün Kanlıoğlu Kuman
Does pleural fluid appearance really matter? The relationship between fluid appearance and cytology, cell counts, and chemical laboratory measurements in pleural effusions of patients with cancer
Bulent Ozcakar, Carlos H Martinez, Rodolfo C Morice, Georgie A Eapen, David Ost, Mona G Sarkiss, Hsienchang T Chiu, Carlos A Jimenez
Are chest compressions safe for the patient reconstructed with sternal plates? Evaluating the safety of cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a human cadaveric model
Douglas R McKay, Hosam F Fawzy, Kathryn M McKay, Romy Nitsch, James L Mahoney
Acute left main coronary artery thrombosis due to cocaine use
Efstratios Apostolakis, Grigorios Tsigkas, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Ioanna Koniari, Dimitrios Alexopoulos
Aortic dissection associated with cogans's syndrome: deleterious loss of vascular structural integrity is associated with GM-CSF overstimulation in macrophages and smooth muscle cells
Gabriele Weissen-Plenz, Ömer Sezer, Christian Vahlhaus, Horst Robenek, Andreas Hoffmeier, Tonny DT Tjan, Hans H Scheld, Jürgen R Sindermann
Physiotherapy-supervised mobilization and exercise following cardiac surgery: a national questionnaire survey in Sweden
Elisabeth Westerdahl, Margareta Möller
Coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with Kartagener syndrome: a case report and literature review
Ioannis Bougioukas, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Bernhard Danner, Lukman Lawal, Savvas Eleftheriadis, George Bougioukas, Vassilios Didilis
Synchronous primary intrapulmonary and mediastinal thymoma-A case report
Zuoqing Song, Xiaohong Xu, Shujun Li, Sen Wei, Jun Chen, Qinghua Zhou
Dangerous drug interactions leading to hemolytic uremic syndrome following lung transplantation
Haralabos Parissis, Kate Gould, John Dark
Difference between pre-operative and cardiopulmonary bypass mean arterial pressure is independently associated with early cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury
Hussein D Kanji, Costas J Schulze, Marilou Hervas-Malo, Peter Wang, David B Ross, Mohamad Zibdawi, Sean M Bagshaw
Removal of metallic tracheobronchial stents in lung transplantation with flexible bronchoscopy
Oren Fruchter, Yael Raviv, Benjamin D Fox, Mordechai R Kramer
An alternative surgical approach to subclavian and innominate stenosis: a case series
Amina Khalil, Samer A M Nashef
Long term follow up after surgery in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries with a right ventricle in the systemic circulation
Ad J J C Bogers, Stuart J Head, Peter L de Jong, Maarten Witsenburg, Arie Pieter Kappetein
Primary glomangiosarcoma of the lung: A case report
Athanassios Kleontas, Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Asteriou, Anastasia Nikolaidou, Aggeliki Baliaka, Ioanna Kokkori, Eleftheria Konstantinou, Anna Grigoriou, Jacob Antzel
Is distortion of the bioprosthesis ring a risk factor for early calcification?
Jose Manuel Martinez Cereijo, Jose Rubio Alvarez, Juan Sierra Quiroga, Anxo Martinez de Alegria, Jose Manuel Suarez Peñaranda
Recurrent post-partum coronary artery dissection
Taufiek K Rajab, Zain Khalpey, Bernhard Kraemer, Frederic S Resnic, Robert P Gallegos
Combined ablation of atrial fibrillation and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a case report
Hironori Izutani, Masahiro Ryugo, Fumiaki Shikata, Masashi Kawamura, Tatsuhiro Nakata, Toru Okamura, Takumi Yasugi, Mitsugi Nagashima, Kanji Kawachi
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the right atrium: a case report and literature update
Haralabos Parissis, Mohamad Taukeer Akbar, Vincent Young
Using quantitative breath sound measurements to predict lung function following resection
Rodolfo C Morice, Carlos A Jimenez, Georgie A Eapen, Reza J Mehran, Leendert Keus, David Ost
Thoracoscopic resection of a paraaortic bronchogenic cyst
Baldassare Mondello, Salvatore Lentini, Dario Familiari, Pietro Barresi, Francesco Monaco, Michele Sibilio, Annunziata La Rocca, Vincenzo Micali, Ignazio Eduardo Acri, Mario Barone, Maurizio Monaco
Chyle leakage in port incision after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: case report
Lin Ma, Qiang Pu, Yunke Zhu, Lunxu Liu
Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve - a case report and literature review
Neerod K Jha, Michael Khouri, Donogh M Murphy, Alessandro Salustri, Javed A Khan, Moataz A Saleh, Friederike Von Canal, Norbert Augustin
Prevalence of and risk factors for perioperative arrhythmias in neonates and children after cardiopulmonary bypass: continuous holter monitoring before and for three days after surgery
Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Suzanna Kreitz, Ralph G Grabitz, Jaime F Vazquez-Jimenez, Bruno J Messmer, Goetz von Bernuth, Marie-Christine Seghaye
Successful C1 inhibitor short-term prophylaxis during redo mitral valve replacement in a patient with hereditary angioedema
Jonathan A Bernstein, Suzanne Coleman, Arturo J Bonnin
Long term follow up results of sequential left internal thoracic artery grafts on severe left anterior descending artery disease
Murat Mert, Gurkan Cetin, Cenk Eray Yildiz, Murat Ugurlucan, Ilker Murat Caglar, Ahmet Ozkara, Atif Akcevin, Cihat Bakay
Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema
Hung-Che Huang, Heng-Chung Chen, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Yi-Chieh Lin, Chin-Yen Wu, Ching-Yuan Cheng
Ecmo-assisted carinal resection and reconstruction after left pneumonectomy
Jie Lei, Kai Su, Xiao F Li, Yong A Zhou, Yong Han, Li J Huang, Xiao P Wang
Early and mid term mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting in women depends on the surgical protocol: retrospective analysis of 3441 on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting procedures
Sandra Eifert, Eckehard Kilian, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Gerd Juchem, Bruno Reichart, Peter Lamm
Five-year follow-up of angiographic disease progression after medicine, angioplasty, or surgery
Jorge Chiquie Borges, Neuza Lopes, Paulo R. Soares, Aécio F. T. Góis, Noedir A. Stolf, Sergio A. Oliveira, Whady A. Hueb, Jose A. F. Ramires
Clinicopathological characteristics of resected adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the lung: Risk of coexistent double cancer
Hidetaka Uramoto, Sohsuke Yamada, Takeshi Hanagiri
Letter to the editor
Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi
Surgical management of life threatening events caused by intermittent aortic insufficiency in a native valve: case report
Mary H. Martin, Stanton B. Perry, James V. Prochazka, Frank L. Hanley, Norman H. Silverman
Right ventricular exclusion for hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to the heart
Wan-Chi Liu, Kar-Wei Lui, Ming-Chi Ho, Shou-Zen Fan, Anne Chao
Bilateral heterochronic spontaneous hemothorax caused by pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in a gravid: A case report
Yinghao Zhao, Guang-Yu Li, Zhiguang Yang, Peng Zhang, Kun Zhang, Guoguang Shao
Total aortic arch replacement under intermittent pressure-augmented retrograde cerebral perfusion
Hiroshi Kubota, Kunihiko Tonari, Hidehito Endo, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Hideaki Yoshino, Kenichi Sudo
Myocardial contractile function in survived neonatal piglets after cardiopulmonary bypass
Theodor Tirilomis, Oliver J. Liakopoulos, K. Oguz Coskun, Marc Bensch, Aron-Frederik Popov, Jan D. Schmitto, Friedrich A. Schoendube
Comparison of two protective lung ventilatory regimes on oxygenation during one-lung ventilation: a randomized controlled trial
Félix R. Montes, Daniel F. Pardo, Hernán Charrís, Luis J. Tellez, Juan C. Garzón, Camilo Osorio
An alternate solution for the treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms: the wrapping technique
Georgios I. Tagarakis, Dimos Karangelis, Andony J. Baddour, Marios E. Daskalopoulos, Vassilios T. Liouras, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Stefania S. Lampoura, Nikolaos B. Tsilimingas
Antiphospholipid syndrome; its implication in cardiovascular diseases: a review
Ioanna Koniari, Stavros N. Siminelakis, Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Georgios Papadopoulos, John Goudevenos, Efstratios Apostolakis
Treatment of pancoast tumors from the surgeons prospective: re-appraisal of the anterior-manubrial sternal approach
Haralabos Parissis, Vincent Young
Surgical resection of a renal cell carcinoma involving the inferior vena cava: the role of the cardiothoracic surgeon
Haralabos Parissis, Mohammad Taukeer Akbar, Michael Tolan, Vincent Young
The right vertical infra-axillary incision for mitral valve replacement
Qing-guo Li, Qiang Wang, Dong-jin Wang
Results of consecutive training procedures in pediatric cardiac surgery
Serban C. Stoica, David N. Campbell
Effects of inosine on reperfusion injury after cardiopulmonary bypass
Gábor Veres, Tamás Radovits, Leila Seres, Ferenc Horkay, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó
Is mitral valve repair superior to replacement for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation with left ventricular dysfunction?
Zhibing Qiu, Xin Chen, Ming Xu, Yingshuo Jiang, Liqiong Xiao, LeLe Liu, Liming Wang
Intra-abdominal hypertension due to heparin - induced retroperitoneal hematoma in patients with ventricle assist devices: report of four cases and review of the literature
Stavros I. Daliakopoulos, Manja Schaedel, Michael N. Klimatsidas, Sotirios Spiliopoulos, Reiner Koerfer, Gero Tenderich
Myocardial revascularization using on-pump beating heart among patients with left ventricular dysfunction
Ahmad K. Darwazah, Vivian Bader, Ismail Isleem, Khalil Helwa
Demonstration of the histopathological and immunohistochemical effects of a novel hemostatic agent, ankaferd blood stopper, on vascular tissue in a rat aortic bleeding model
Ozer Kandemir, Mustafa Buyukates, Nilufer Onak Kandemir, Erol Aktunc, Aylin Ege Gul, Sanser Gul, S. Akin Turan
Long-term results of diaphragmatic plication in adults with unilateral diaphragm paralysis
Sezai Celik, Muharrem Celik, Bulent Aydemir, Cemalettin Tunckaya, Tamer Okay, Ilgaz Dogusoy
Extracorporeal life support in pediatric cardiac dysfunction
Kasim O Coskun, Sinan T Coskun, Aron F Popov, Jose Hinz, Mahmoud El-Arousy, Jan D Schmitto, Deniz Kececioglu, Reiner Koerfer
Does left atrial volume affect exercise capacity of heart transplant recipients?
Mohammad Abdul-Waheed, Mian Yousuf, Stephanie J Kelly, Ross Arena, Jun Ying, Tehmina Naz, Stephanie H Dunlap, Yukitaka Shizukuda
The reported thoracic injuries in Homer's Iliad
Efstratios Apostolakis, Georgia Apostolaki, Mary Apostolaki, Maria Chorti
Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report
Fumihiro Ogawa, Akira Iyoda, Hideki Amano, Kenji Nezu, Shi-Xu Jiang, Isao Okayasu, Yukitoshi Satoh
Three-dimension structure of ventricular myocardial fibers after myocardial infarction
Changqing Gao, Weihua Ye, Libin Li
Bone healing after median sternotomy: A comparison of two hemostatic devices
Rikke F Vestergaard, Henrik Jensen, Stefan Vind-Kezunovic, Thomas Jakobsen, Kjeld Søballe, John M Hasenkam
Comparison of cardiothoracic surgery training in usa and germany
Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, Suyog A Mokashi, Taufiek K Rajab, R Morton Bolman III, Frederick Y Chen, Jan D Schmitto
Operative and early results of coronary artery bypass grafting in female patients in different body mass indexes
Hilmi Tokmakoglu
Primary cardiac osteosarcoma in a 42-year-old woman
Honghe Luo, Yiyan Lei, Chunhua Su, Lie Cai, Tao Wang, Jianyong Zou, Zhenguang Chen
Pharmacologic prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: a systematic review
Ioanna Koniari, Efstratios Apostolakis, Christina Rogkakou, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Dimitrios Dougenis
Presentation and management of keloid scarring following median sternotomy: a case study
Rikesh Patel, Sotiris C Papaspyros, Kalyana C Javangula, Unnikrishnan Nair
Initial experience with off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation in single center: retrospective analysis
Hamdy Awad, Mohamed Abd El Dayem, Jarrett Heard, Galina Dimitrova, Lianbo Yu, Benjamin C Sun
Heart echinococcus cyst as an incidental finding: early detection might be life-saving
Grigorios Tsigkas, Konstantinos Chouchoulis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Nikolaos Koutsogiannis, Dimitra Koumoundourou, Dimitrios Alexopoulos
Ascaris worm in the intercostal drainage bag: inadvertent intercostal tube insertion into jejunum: a case report
Prashant N Mohite, Jitendra H Mistry, Harshad Mehta, BS Patra
Cardiogenic shock associated with loco-regional anesthesia rescued with left ventricular assist device implantation
Louis E Samuels, Elena Casanova-Ghosh, Christopher Droogan
Chylothorax after surgery on congenital heart disease in newborns and infants -risk factors and efficacy of MCT-diet
Eva S Biewer, Christoph Zürn, Raoul Arnold, Martin Glöckler, Jürgen Schulte-Mönting, Christian Schlensak, Sven Dittrich
Comparison of side effects of oxytetracycline and talc pleurodesis: an experimental study
Alper Gözübüyük, Berkant Özpolat, Ali Fuat Çiçek, Hasan Çaylak, Orhan Yücel, Kuthan Kavaklı, Sedat Gürkök, Onur Genç
Insulin resistance, adiponectin and adverse outcomes following elective cardiac surgery: a prospective follow-up study
Martin M Mikkelsen, Troels K Hansen, Jakob Gjedsted, Niels H Andersen, Thomas D Christensen, Vibeke E Hjortdal, Søren P Johnsen
Esophageal perforation caused by external air-blast injury
Jun-Neng Roan, Ming-Ho Wu
Statin pretreatment diminishes the levels of myocardial ischemia markers not only in CABG
José Martínez-Comendador, José Rubio Álvarez, José Benito Garcia Bengochea
Video-assisted mediastinoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy combined with laparoscopy for esophageal cancer
Bin Wu, Lei Xue, Ming Qiu, Xiangmin Zheng, Lei Zhong, Xiong Qin, Zhifei Xu
Wound contraction and macro-deformation during negative pressure therapy of sternotomy wounds
Christian Torbrand, Martin Ugander, Henrik Engblom, Håkan Arheden, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö