Internal mammary artery dilatation in a patient with aortic coarctation, aortic stenosis, and coronary disease. Case report
Author(s): Alvarez Jose | Lopez Laura | Quiroga Juan | Martinez Comendador Jose | Martinez-de-Alegria Anxo | Martinez Cereijo Jose | Dominguez Cristian
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Complex pleural empyema can be safely treated with vacuum-assisted closure
Author(s): Sziklavari Zsolt | Grosser Christian | Neu Reiner | Schemm Rudolf | Kortner Ariane | Szöke Tamas | Hofmann Hans-Stefan
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Successful treatment for acute aortic dissection in pregnancy---bentall procedure concomitant with cesarean section
Author(s): Guo Changfa | Xu Demin | Wang Chunsheng
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Comparative evaluation of left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement: a prospective randomized analysis
Author(s): Doss Mirko | Wood Jeffrey | Kiessling Arndt | Moritz Anton
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




A rigid barrier between the heart and sternum protects the heart and lungs against rupture during negative pressure wound therapy
Author(s): Lindstedt Sandra | Ingemansson Richard | Malmsjö Malin
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Phase 1 cardiovascular rehabilitation: be aggressive?
Author(s): Carvalho Vitor
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Bacterial and fungal microflora in surgically removed lung cancer samples
Author(s): Apostolou Panagiotis | Tsantsaridou Aggeliki | Papasotiriou Ioannis | Toloudi Maria | Chatziioannou Marina | Giamouzis Gregory
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




A comparative study of four intensive care outcome prediction models in cardiac surgery patients
Author(s): Doerr Fabian | Badreldin Akmal | Heldwein Matthias | Bossert Torsten | Richter Markus | Lehmann Thomas | Bayer Ole | Hekmat Khosro
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Total thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy of anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe (RS8) for NSCLC stage IA (case report)
Author(s): Miyajima Masahiro | Watanabe Atsushi | Uehara Mayuko | Obama Takuro | Nakazawa Junji | Nakajiima Tomohiro | Ogura Keishi | Higami Tetsuya
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Early innate immune events induced by prolonged cold ischemia exacerbate allograft vasculopathy
Author(s): Devitt Jennifer | King Chelsey | Lee Timothy | Hancock Friesen Camille
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Remote preconditioning in normal and hypertrophic rat hearts
Author(s): Voucharas Christos | Lazou Antigoni | Triposkiadis Filippos | Tsilimingas Nikolaos
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Impact of aprotinin and renal function on mortality: a retrospective single center analysis
Author(s): Schloss Brian | Gulati Parul | Yu Lianbo | Abdel-Rasoul Mahmoud | O'Brien William | Von Visger Jon | Awad Hamdy
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Successful surgical resection of infected left atrial myxoma in a case complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation and multiple cerebral infarctions: case report
Author(s): Yoshioka Daisuke | Takahashi Toshiki | Ishizaka Toru | Higuchi Takuya
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Acute pressure overload of the right ventricle. Comparison of two models of right-left shunt. Pulmonary artery to left atrium and right atrium to left atrium: experimental study
Author(s): Argiriou Mihalis | Mikroulis Dimitrios | Sakellaridis Timothy | Didilis Vasilios | Papalois Apostolos | Bougioukas George
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Cardiac Reoperation in a patient who previously underwent omentoplasty for postoperative mediastinitis: a case report
Author(s): Bilal Mehmet | Gürer Onur | Kırbaş Ahmet | Yıldız Yahya | Çelebi Ahmet
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Estimation of lung vital capacity before and after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a comparison of incentive spirometer and ventilometry
Author(s): Pinheiro Areli | Novais Michelli | Neto Mansueto | Rodrigues Marcus | de Souza Rodrigues Erenaldo | Aras Roque | Carvalho Vitor
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Giant endobronchial hamartoma resected by fiberoptic bronchoscopy electrosurgical snaring
Author(s): Mondello Baldassare | Lentini Salvatore | Buda Carmelo | Monaco Francesco | Familiari Dario | Sibilio Michele | La Rocca Annunziata | Barresi Pietro | Cavallari Vittorio | Monaco Maurizio | Barone Mario
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper on air leakage in the lung and prevention of bleeding: an experimental study
Author(s): Kılıçgün Ali | Sarıkaş Necla | Korkmaz Tanzer | Saydam Özkan | Boran Çetin | Boztaş Güledal
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Effect of pentoxifylline on preventing acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery by measuring urinary neutrophil gelatinase - associated lipocalin
Author(s): Barkhordari Khosro | Karimi Abbasali | Shafiee Akbar | Soltaninia Hasan | Khatami Mohammad | Abbasi Kiomars | Yousefshahi Fardin | Haghighat Babak | Brown Virginia
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Thoracoscopic resection of thoracic esophageal duplication cyst containing ectopic pancreatic tissue in adult
Author(s): Takemura Masashi | Yoshida Kayo | Morimura Keiichirou
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Culture-negative bivalvular endocarditis with myocardial destruction in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
Author(s): Laurence Brett | Suh Byungse
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Outcome of left heart mechanical valve replacement in West African children - A 15-year retrospective study
Author(s): Edwin Frank | Aniteye Ernest | Tettey Mark | Tamatey Martin | Frimpong-Boateng Kwabena
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Carney-Complex: Multiple resections of recurrent cardiac myxoma
Author(s): Bireta Christian | Popov Aron | Schotola Hanna | Trethowan Brian | Friedrich Martin | El-Mehsen Mohamed | Schoendube Friedrich | Tirilomis Theodor
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




LV reverse remodeling imparted by aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis; is it durable? A cardiovascular MRI study sponsored by the American Heart Association
Author(s): Biederman Robert | Magovern James | Grant Saundra | Williams Ronald | Yamrozik June | Vido Diane | Rathi Vikas | Rayarao Geetha | Caruppannan Ketheswaram | Doyle Mark
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
Author(s): Amirghofran Ahmad | Karimi Ashkan | Ajami Gholam | Rasekhi Alireza
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Sternum wound contraction and distension during negative pressure wound therapy when using a rigid disc to prevent heart and lung rupture
Author(s): Lindstedt Sandra | Ingemansson Richard | Malmsjö Malin
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Is there any cardioprotective role of Taurine during cold ischemic period following global myocardial ischemia?
Author(s): Sahin Mehmet | Yucel Orhan | Guler Adem | Doganci Suat | Jahollari Artan | Cingoz Faruk | Arslan Sıddık | Gamsizkan Mehmet | Yaman Halil | Demirkilic Ufuk
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Thrombotic gene polymorphisms and postoperative outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Author(s): Emiroglu Ozan | Durdu Serkan | Egin Yonca | Akar Ahmet | Alakoc Yesim | Zaim Cagin | Ozyurda Umit | Akar Nejat
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Structural valve deterioration of a mitral Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis in an 87-year-old woman 16 years after its implantation
Author(s): Ito Hiroshi | Sakata Kensuke | Haruki Takashi | Kobayashi Yurio
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Successful surgical excision of primary right atrial angiosarcoma
Author(s): Bouma Wobbe | Lexis Chris | Willems Tineke | Suurmeijer Albert | van der Horst Iwan | Ebels Tjark | Mariani Massimo
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Degenerative processes in bioprosthetic mitral valves in juvenile pigs
Author(s): Honge Jesper | Funder Jonas | Pedersen Torben | Kronborg Mads | Hasenkam J Michael
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Carney Complex: case report and review
Author(s): Borkar Shirish | Kamath Sevagur | Kashyap Nitin | Sagar Sunil | Rao Lakshmi | Warrier Raj | Chauhan Aman
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for sternal infection and osteomyelitis after sternotomy and cardiothoracic surgery
Author(s): Yu Wen-Kuang | Chen Yen-Wen | Shie Huei-Guan | Lien Te-Cheng | Kao Hsin-Kuo | Wang Jia-Horng
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Carotid shunt provides cerebral protection during emergency coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with bilateral high grade carotid stenosis: a case report
Author(s): Bellos John | Kogerakis Nektarios | Kiriazis Charalampos | Gougoulakis Alexandros | Panagiotou Matthew
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Off-pump coronary artery bypass in poland syndrome with dextrocardia: case report
Author(s): Srivastava Vivek | More Ranjit | Tang Augustine
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Ectopic cervical thymoma in a patient with Myasthenia gravis
Author(s): Wu Ti | Jin Jong | Huang Tsai | Chang Hung | Lee Shih
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Long-term myocardial recovery after mitral valve replacement in noncompaction cardiomyopathy
Author(s): Bhat Tariq | Costantino Thomas | Bhat Hilal | Olkovsky Yefim | Akhtar Muhammad | Teli Sumaya | Culliford Alfred
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Traumatic pericardial rupture with skeletonized phrenic nerve
Author(s): Khalpey Zain | Rajab Taufiek | Schmitto Jan | Camp Philipp
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Longitudinal evaluation the pulmonary function of the pre and postoperative periods in the coronary artery bypass graft surgery of patients treated with a physiotherapy protocol
Author(s): Moreno Adalgiza | Castro Renata | Sorares Pedro | Anna Mauricio | Cravo Sergio | Nóbrega Antônio
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Cor triatriatum presenting as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a case report
Author(s): Kokotsakis John | Anagnostakou Vania | Almpanis George | Paralikas Ioannis | Nenekidis Ioannis | Kratimenos Theodoros | Prapa Efi | Tragotsalou Nikolitsa | Lioulias Achilleas | Mazarakis Andreas
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibition ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats
Author(s): Al-Amran Fadhil | Hadi Najah | Hashim Ali
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Single-incision thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Author(s): Chen Pin-Ru | Chen Chien-Kuang | Lin Yu-Sen | Huang Hsu-Chih | Tsai Jian-Shun | Chen Chih-Yi | Fang Hsin-Yuan
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Tremendous bleeding complication after vacuum-assisted sternal closure
Author(s): Kiessling Arndt | Lehmann Andreas | Isgro Frank | Moritz Anton
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The effect of tight glycaemic control, during and after cardiac surgery, on patient mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s): Haga Kristin | McClymont Katie | Clarke Scott | Grounds Rebecca | Ng Ka | Glyde Daniel | Loveless Robert | Carter Gordon | Alston R Peter
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Secondary omental and pectoralis major double flap reconstruction following aggressive sternectomy for deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
Author(s): Kobayashi Toshiro | Mikamo Akihito | Kurazumi Hiroshi | Suzuki Ryo | Shirasawa Bungo | Hamano Kimikazu
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Cystic mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung: a case report
Author(s): Cabibi Daniela | Sciuto Antonio | Geraci Girolamo | Lo Nigro Chiara | Modica Giuseppe | Cajozzo Massimo
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




A silent gigantic solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: case report
Author(s): Furukawa Nobuyuki | Hansky Bert | Niedermeyer Jost | Gummert Jan | Renner Andre
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




PEEP-ZEEP technique: cardiorespiratory repercussions in mechanically ventilated patients submitted to a coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Author(s): Herbst-Rodrigues Marcus | Carvalho Vitor | Auler José | Feltrim Maria
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The accuracy of echocardiography versus surgical and pathological classification of patients with ruptured mitral chordae tendineae: a large study in a Chinese cardiovascular center
Author(s): Wu Weichun | Luo Xiaoliang | Wang Linlin | Sun Xin | Jiang Yong | Huo Shunwei | Tu Dalou | Bai Zhigang | Wang Hao
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Year: 2011



