Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016

NEW IDEAS

Vascular

Can the left subclavian artery revascularization during aortic arch surgery be managed using the in situ left internal mammary artery?

Paolo Magagna and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 1–3, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw098

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Original Articles

Vascular

Cardiac and arterial elastance and myocardial wall stress in children with pectus excavatum

Esra Akyüz Özkan and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 4–8, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw054

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Congenital

The functional status of neoaortic valve and left ventricular outlet tract after arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries with left ventricular outlet tract obstruction

Yi Chang and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 9–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw074

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Outcomes of Fontan conversion for failing Fontan circulation: mid-term results

Han Ki Park and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 14–17, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw062

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Late outcome after paediatric heart transplantation in Finland

Alireza Raissadati and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 18–25, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw086

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Paediatric cardiac transplantation - Better outcome, more challenges and novel alternatives

Can Yerebakan and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 25, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw174

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Original Articles

Thoracic

Do the lung segments exist continuously from the early stage of the embryonic period as units?

Takamasa Onuki and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 26–30, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw030

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Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under loco-regional anaesthesia for thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis

Han-Yu Deng and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 31–40, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw055

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Surgical treatment for primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

Zhichao Lin and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 41–46, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw064

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Harmonic technology versus neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser and electrocautery for lung metastasectomy: an experimental study

Alfonso Fiorelli and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 47–56, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw067

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Long-term results of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary metastases: a single institution experience

Olivia Fanucchi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 57–64, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw089

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25-year follow-up after lung transplantation at Lund University Hospital in Sweden: superior results obtained for patients with cystic fibrosis

Mohammed Fakhro and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 65–73, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw078

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Role of extracorporeal life support after pulmonary endarterectomy: a single-centre experience

Laura Donahoe and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 74–78, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw075

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Adult Cardiac

Flexible band versus rigid ring annuloplasty for functional tricuspid regurgitation: two different patterns of right heart reverse remodelling

Giuseppe Gatti and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 79–89, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw047

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Is flexible band or rigid ring the best choice for functional tricuspid regurgitation?

Christos Tourmousoglou and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 88–89, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw165

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E-reply

eReply to eComment: Is flexible band or rigid ring the best choice for functional tricuspid regurgitation?

Giuseppe Gatti

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 89, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw183

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Original Articles

Adult Cardiac

Conservative approaches for HeartWare ventricular assist device pump thrombosis may improve the outcome compared with immediate surgical approaches

Diyar Saeed and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 90–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw063

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Long-term echocardiographic follow-up of untreated 2+ functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery

Kunio Kusajima and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 96–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw065

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Echocardiographic variables which may influence the long-term results of tricuspid valve surgery

Mustafa Aparci and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 102–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw118

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Original Articles

Adult Cardiac

Regional and directional compliance of the healthy aorta: an ex vivo study in a porcine model

Tobias Krüger and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 104–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw053

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Comparison of mid-term haemodynamic performance between the BioValsalva and the BioIntegral valved conduits after aortic root replacement

Daniel Wendt and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 112–117, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw066

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Circulating cytokine portraits can differentiate between allograft rejection and pulmonary infection in cardiac transplant rats

Hao Chen and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 118–124, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw051

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The SYNTAX score is correlated with long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting for complex coronary artery lesions

Yasunori Cho and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 125–132, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw057

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Predictive value of high-sensitivity troponin T in addition to EuroSCORE II in cardiac surgery

Liisa Petäjä and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 133–141, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw060

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Predictors of early graft failure after coronary artery bypass grafting for chronic total occlusion

Hideki Oshima and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 142–149, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw084

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E-COMMENT

eComment. SPECT perfusion quantification for chronic total occlusion

Narcis Hudorovic and Vicic-Hudorovic Visnja

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 149, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw134

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Original Articles

Adult Cardiac

Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Propionibacterium acnes

Richard van Valen and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 150–155, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw087

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Towards better understanding and management of Propionibacterium acnes in cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Tomislav Mestrovic and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 154–155, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw167

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E-reply

eReply. Towards better understanding and management of Propionibacterium acnes in cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Richard van Valen and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 155, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw221

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STATE-OF-THE-ART

Adult Cardiac

A review of the surgical management of right-sided aortic arch aneurysms

James G. Barr and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 156–162, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw058

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Congenital

Paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery in emerging economies: surgical ‘safari’ versus educational programmes

Antonio F. Corno

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 163–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw069

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery in emerging economies

Ho-fon Royce Law

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 167, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw133

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Brief Communication

Thoracic

A new endoscopic hand drill for management of tracheal stenosis

Sandro Batzella and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 168–170, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw068

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A novel and simple method for identifying the lung intersegmental plane using thermography

Kei Sakamoto and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 171–173, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw076

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Case reports

Adult Cardiac

Totally endoscopic robotic resection of left atrial myxoma with persistent left superior vena cava

Tatsuya Tarui and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 174–175, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw059

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Pericardial fat flap for mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta

Yoshitsugu Nakamura and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 176–178, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw094

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E-COMMENT

eComment. A versatile flap based on the internal thoracic pedicle: the thymopericardial fat flap

Alain J. Wurtz and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 178, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw169

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E-reply

eReply. A versatile flap based on the internal thoracic pedicle: the thymopericardial fat flap

Yoshitsugu Nakamura and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Page 178, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw220

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Case reports

Vascular

Immunoglobulin G4-related large thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm

Yuji Sekine and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 1, July 2016, Pages 179–181, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw095

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