Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010

Work in progress report - Arrhythmia

Right mini-thoracotomy for left maze with transesophageal echo guidance

Paolo Vanelli and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 843–846, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227462

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Work in progress report - Assisted circulation

Simultaneous temporary CentriMag right ventricular assist device placement in HeartMate II left ventricular assist system recipients at high risk of right ventricular failure

Antonino Loforte and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 847–850, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230706

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Work in progress report - Thoracic non-oncologic

Importance of preoperative assessment of pulmonary venous anomaly for safe video-assisted lobectomy

Shunsuke Yamada and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 851–854, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.221804

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Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass

Have improvements in myocardial protection influenced a surgeon's choice of coronary artery bypass surgery?

Reubendra Jeganathan and Gianfranco Campalani

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 855–858, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.220780

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eComment: Re: Have improvements in myocardial protection influenced a surgeon’s choice of coronary artery bypass surgery?

Mikhail Alshibaya and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 858, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.220780A

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Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass

Effect of a neutrophil elastase inhibitor on acute lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass

Masahiro Fujii and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 859–862, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.225243

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Impaired anti-platelet effect of aspirin, inflammation and platelet turnover in cardiac surgery

Hernán Cohen Arazi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 863–867, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.229542

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Assisted venous drainage on cardiopulmonary bypass for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: is it necessary, useful or desirable?

Paul Vaughan and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 868–871, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230888

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eComment: Rationalizing the use of assisted venous drainage during minimally invasive valve surgery

Kaushal K. Tiwari and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 871, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230888A

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eComment: Is there a need for the assisted venous drainage in the minimal invasive valve surgery

Denis A. Berdajs and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 871–872, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230888B

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Institutional report - Cardiopulmonary bypass

Self-expanding mini-cannula for remote perfusion with pediatric scenarios

Denis A. Berdajs and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 873–876, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.233080

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Institutional report - Valves

Physical stress testing of bovine jugular veins using magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography and electrical velocimetry

Dietmar Boethig and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 877–883, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.224386

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Absence of prosthesis–patient mismatch with the new generation of Edwards stented aortic bioprosthesis

Thomas R. Wyss and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 884–888, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.224915

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Institutional report - Cardiac general

Short-term outcome following cardiac surgery – a comparison between consultant and trainees' performance

Morteza Tavakkoli Hosseini and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 889–891, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228171

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Cardiac tumors in adults: surgical management and follow-up of 19 patients in an Australian tertiary hospital

Mbakise Pula Matebele and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 892–895, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230029

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eComment: Tumors of the heart

Leo A. Bockeria and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 895, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230029A

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Institutional report - Cardiac general

Iatrogenic type A aortic dissection during cardiac surgery

Ho Young Hwang and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 896–899, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231001

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Institutional report - Congenital

The impact of the length between the top of the interventricular septum and the aortic valve on the indications for a biventricular repair in patients with a transposition of the great arteries or a double outlet right ventricle

Yasuhiro Fujii and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 900–905, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.223982

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eComment: Parameters of the channel between the left ventricle and the aortic valve in Rastelli-type operation

Leo A. Bockeria and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 905, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.223982A

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Institutional report - Congenital

Pulmonary valve repair late after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in children and adolescents

Chun Soo Park and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 906–909, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231217

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Institutional report - Experimental

Seal properties of TachoSil^®: in vitro hemodynamic measurements

Denis Berdajs and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 910–913, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.235127

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Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic

Correlation of computed tomography densitometry and pathological grading of emphysema with the variation of respiratory function after lobectomy for lung cancer

Angelo Carretta and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 914–918, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.223974

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Comparison of pain severity following video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy: electric versus harmonic scalpels

José Ribas Milanez de Campos and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 919–922, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.225383

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Management of residual pleural space and air leaks after major pulmonary resection

Stylianos Korasidis and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 923–925, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231241

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eComment: Objective quantification of airleaks after resectional lung surgery

Rajiv Sharma

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 925–926, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231241A

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eResponse: Objective quantification of airleaks after resectional lung surgery

Stylianos Korasidis

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 926, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231241A1

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Institutional report - Thoracic non-oncologic

Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary aspergilloma

Junji Ichinose and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 927–930, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.232066

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Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic

Pneumonectomy for lung cancer over the age of 75 years: is it worthwhile?

Andrea Zuin and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 931–935, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.224279

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Risk and protective factors for major complications after pneumonectomy for lung cancer

Emmanuel Marret and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 936–939, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231621

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Clinical features of primary lung cancer adjoining pulmonary bulla

Masanori Kaneda and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 940–944, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.233551

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Institutional report - Transplantation

Reducing the ischemic time of donor hearts will decrease morbidity and costs of cardiac transplantations

Bartosz Rylski and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 945–947, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.223719

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Institutional report - Vascular thoracic

Neurochemical markers during selective cerebral perfusion via the right brachial artery

Mehmet Ali Özatik and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 948–952, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228858

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eComment: Re: Neurochemical markers during selective cerebral perfusion via the right brachial artery

Leo A. Bockeria and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 952, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228858A

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Institutional report - Cardiac general

Regional myocardial contractile function: multiparametric strain mapping

Brian P. Cupps and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 953–957, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.220384

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Institutional report - Experimental

Pleural electrophysiology alterations in spontaneous pneumothorax patients

Vasileios K. Kouritas and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 958–961, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.214262

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A novel porcine model for right ventricular dilatation by external suture plication of the pulmonary valve leaflets – practical and reproducible

Peter Agger and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 962–966, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227264

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Cervical incision thoracic endoscopic surgery: a minimally invasive endoscopic approach in thoracic surgery

Jalal Assouad and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 967–970, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228262

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Institutional report - Valves

Suboptimal geometrical implantation of biological aortic valves provokes functional deficits

Ralf-Uwe Kuehnel and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 971–975, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.225094

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Aortic root distensibility and cross-sectional areas in stented and subcoronary stentless bioprostheses in pigs

Jonas Amstrup Funder and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 976–980, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230771

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eComment: Aortic root distensibility in bioprostheses

Leo A. Bokeria and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Page 980, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230771A

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Institutional report - Thoracic oncologic

Clinical utility of three-dimensional integrated ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography virtual mediastinoscopy

Hideki Itano and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 981–985, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.217794

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Institutional report - Vascular thoracic

Spinal cord protection with selective spinal perfusion during descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

Nobuyoshi Kawaharada and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 986–991, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.219790

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Negative results - Coronary

Guide wire fracture during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: possible causes and management

Manrico Balbi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 992–994, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227678

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Negative results - Cardiopulmonary bypass

Extracorporeal bubbles: a word of caution

Filip M.J.J. De Somer and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 995–1001, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.229088

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eComment: Ultrasonic bubble detection: some additional information

Michael Schultz and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1001–1002, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.229088A

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Follow-up papers - Vascular general

Evaluation of early and late postoperative flow capacity of internal thoracic artery bypass by means of stress Doppler echocardiography

Roger Marx and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1003–1008, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.222091

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Follow-up papers - Thoracic oncologic

Clinical value of F18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after potentially curative surgery: experience with 241 patients

Ryu Kanzaki and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1009–1014, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227538

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Best evidence topic - Thoracic oncologic

In elderly patients with lung cancer is resection justified in terms of morbidity, mortality and residual quality of life?

Anthony Chambers and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1015–1021, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.233189

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Best evidence topic - Thoracic non-oncologic

Do patients undergoing lung biopsy need a postoperative chest drain at all?

Togay Koç and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1022–1025, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.232892

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Best evidence topic - Transplantation

Does ABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible neonatal heart transplant have equivalent survival?

Richard Saczkowski and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1026–1033, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.229757

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Brief communication - Thoracic oncologic

Peroperative fiducial placement for postoperative stereotactic Cyberknife radiosurgery

Daniel Pop and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1034–1036, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227348

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Case report - Congenital

Open-heart surgery in an infant with heterozygous factor VII deficiency

Hironori Matsuhisa and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1037–1038, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228569

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Case report - Thoracic oncologic

Treatment of locally advanced thyroid cancer invading the great vessels using a Y-shaped graft bypass

Yong Sang Lee and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1039–1041, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.229195

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Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic

Spontaneous combined lung and bowel hernia following an episode of acute bronchitis

Ahmed Habib and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1042–1043, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231845

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Case report - Transplantation

Cardiac herniation and lung torsion following heart and lung transplantation

Benjamin Holloway and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1044–1046, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.227983

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Case report - Cardiopulmonary bypass

Left atrial paraganglioma: diagnosis and surgical management

Fabrizio Ceresa and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1047–1048, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231043

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Case report - Thoracic oncologic

Successful intentional lobectomy for lung cancer after treating contralateral diaphragmatic eventration

Teruo Iwasaki and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1049–1050, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.228999

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Definitive diagnosis of multiple myeloma from rib specimens resected at thoracotomy in a patient with lung cancer

Taichiro Goto and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1051–1053, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.230854

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Case report - Thoracic non-oncologic

Stake through the chest

Amal K. Bose and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1054–1055, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.220608

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Surgical resection of a giant pericardial cyst showing a rapidly growing feature

Rumi Matono and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1056–1058, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231456

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Case report - Valves

Everted leaflet of a bovine pericardial aortic valve

Kazumasa Orihashi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1059–1060, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2009.231951

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Tricuspid valve replacement with a fresh antibiotic preserved tricuspid homograft

Karthik Vaidyanathan and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1061–1062, https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.234757

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