Volume 3, issue 1, December 2008
64 articles in this issue
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The prevalence of elevated hemoglobin A1c in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Milo Engoren
- Robert H Habib
- Aamir Shah
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2008
- Article: 63
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Contegra conduit for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract: a review of published early and mid-time results
Authors
- Aristotle D Protopapas
- Thanos Athanasiou
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 18 November 2008
- Article: 62
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Cardiogenic shock as a complication of acute mitral valve regurgitation following posteromedial papillary muscle infarction in the absence of coronary artery disease
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Federico Bizzarri
- Consalvo Mattia
- Luigi Muzzi
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 04 November 2008
- Article: 61
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Antegrade selective cerebral perfusion in patients with "bovine aortic arch": is it easier?
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Federico Bizzarri
- Consalvo Mattia
- Vincenzo Petrozza
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 04 November 2008
- Article: 60
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: diagnostic and therapeutic interventions
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Faisal Al-Mufarrej
- Jehangir Badar
- Marc Margolis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2008
- Article: 59
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Higher cerebral oxygen saturation may provide higher urinary output during continuous regional cerebral perfusion
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Takashi Miyamoto
- Kagami Miyaji
- Kuniyoshi Ohara
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2008
- Article: 58
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Protective efficiacy of taurine against pulmonary edema progression: experimental study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Orhan Yucel
- Zeki Ilker Kunak
- Onur Genc
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 October 2008
- Article: 57
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Should we perform systematic electrophysiological study in Steinert's disease?
Authors
- Abdallah Fayssoil
- Content type: Letters to the Editor
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2008
- Article: 56
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Novel thoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal goiters: report of two cases
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Faisal Al-Mufarrej
- Marc Margolis
- Farid Gharagozloo
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2008
- Article: 55
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Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral geometry in functional mitral regurgitation
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Anita Sadeghpour
- Firoozeh Abtahi
- Ahmad Mohebbi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2008
- Article: 54
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Cardiac Valvular Inflammatory Pseudotumor
Authors
- Pradeep Vaideeswar
- Anil M. Patwardhan
- Pragati A. Sathe
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2008
- Article: 53
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Fatigue testing of three peristernal median sternotomy closure techniques
Authors
- Cameron Wangsgard
- David J Cohen
- Lanny V Griffin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 September 2008
- Article: 52
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A novel survival model of cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass in rats: a methodology paper
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Fellery de Lange
- Kenji Yoshitani
- G Burkhard Mackensen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 August 2008
- Article: 51
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Excision of sympathetic ganglia and the rami communicantes with histological confirmation offers better early and late outcomes in Video assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sridhar Rathinam
- Prakash Nanjaiah
- Pala B Rajesh
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 August 2008
- Article: 50
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Unexpected limited chronic dissection of the ascending aorta
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Andrea Venturini
- Giampaolo Zoffoli
- Elvio Polesel
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 18 July 2008
- Article: 49
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Does physiotherapy reduce the incidence of postoperative complications in patients following pulmonary resection via thoracotomy? a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Julie C Reeve
- Kristine Nicol
- Linda Denehy
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 18 July 2008
- Article: 48
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Survival benefit of coronary-artery bypass grafting accounted for deaths in those who remained untreated
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Boris G Sobolev
- Guy Fradet
- Mark J FitzGerald
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 July 2008
- Article: 47
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Pulmonary valve endocarditis caused by right ventricular outflow obstruction in association with sinus of valsalva aneurysm: a case report
Authors
- Katsufumi Nishida
- Osamu Fukuyama
- Dean S Nakamura
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 16 July 2008
- Article: 46
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Hydroxyethyl starch versus Ringer solution in cardiopulmonary bypass prime solutions (a randomized controlled trial)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Osman TiryakioÄŸlu
- Gürdeniz Yıldız
- Åženol Yavuz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2008
- Article: 45
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The effect of a large proximal haemodialysis arterio-venous fistula on weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass: case report
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Brian Nyawo
- Amit Pawale
- Jonathan Forty
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 09 July 2008
- Article: 44
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Aberrant right subclavian artery and calcified aneurysm of kommerell's diverticulum: an alternative approach
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jose Rubio J Alvarez
- Sierra JL Quiroga
- Garcia J Carro
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 09 July 2008
- Article: 43
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Transvenous right ventricular pacing in a patient with tricuspid mechanical prosthesis
Authors
- Juan Sierra
- José Rubio
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 09 July 2008
- Article: 42
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Coronary artery fistula; coronary computed topography – The diagnostic modality of choice
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- SA Early
- TB Meany
- J Hurley
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 05 July 2008
- Article: 41
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Peri-operative data on the nuss procedure in children with pectus excavatum: independent survey of the first 20 years' data
Authors
- Aristotle D Protopapas
- Thanos Athanasiou
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 04 July 2008
- Article: 40
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Intra-abdominal pectus bar migration – a rare clinical entity: case report
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ramon Tahmassebi
- Hutan Ashrafian
- Julian E Dussek
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 03 July 2008
- Article: 39
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On-pump beating heart coronary surgery for high risk patients requiring emergency multiple coronary artery bypass grafting
Authors
- Enrico Ferrari
- Nicolas Stalder
- Ludwig K von Segesser
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 July 2008
- Article: 38
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Effects of retinoic acid on compensatory lung growth
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sami Karapolat
- Aydin Sanli
- Oya Sivrikoz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 June 2008
- Article: 37
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Successful surgical treatment of a giant coronary artery aneurysm presenting with recurrent profuse haemoptysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Opoku-Ware Mensah
- Philip AR Hayward
- Christof Huth
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 29 June 2008
- Article: 36
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Double vs single internal thoracic artery harvesting in diabetic patients: role in perioperative infection rate
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Marco Agrifoglio
- Matteo Trezzi
- Paolo Biglioli
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 June 2008
- Article: 35
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Long-term event-free survival with an embolised prosthetic valve leaflet in the thoracic aorta
Authors
- Mohan P Devbhandari
- Edwin BC Woo
- Timothy L Hooper
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 30 May 2008
- Article: 34
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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) presenting with ventricular fibrillation in an adult: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Thomas Kristensen
- Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed
- Lars Søndergaard
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 26 May 2008
- Article: 33
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Massive benign pericardial cyst presenting with simultaneous superior vena cava and middle lobe syndromes
Authors
- Pankaj Kaul
- Kalyana Javangula
- Shahme A Farook
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 21 May 2008
- Article: 32
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor masquerading as a lung neoplasm. A case presentation and literature review
Authors
- S Papaspyros
- K Papagiannopoulos
- Content type: Case study
- Open Access
- Published: 21 May 2008
- Article: 31
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Effects of implantation of bone marrow cells on cytokine levels in the ischemic heart tissue. An experimental study
Authors
- Yahya Unlu
- Sami Karapolat
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 May 2008
- Article: 30
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Bacteroides fragilis aortic arch pseudoaneurysm: case report with review
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Hsin-Ling Lee
- Kung-Hung Liu
- Chung-Dann Kan
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 20 May 2008
- Article: 29
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Subannular left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following mitral valve replacement
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Narayanan Namboodiri
- Santosh K. Dora
- Manoranjan Misra
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 19 May 2008
- Article: 28
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Interventional bronchoscopy for benign tracheobronchial diseases under cardiopulmonary bypass support: case reports and literature review
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Hussamuddin Adwan
- Christopher H. Wigfield
- Sion Barnard
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 07 May 2008
- Article: 27
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Cardiac retransplantation is an efficacious therapy for primary cardiac allograft failure
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Pavan Atluri
- William Hiesinger
- Y Joseph Woo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 May 2008
- Article: 26
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Penetration of left and right atrial wall and aortic root by an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder in a nine year old boy with Marfan syndrome: Case report
Authors
- Florian Loeffelbein
- Christian Schlensak
- Sven Dittrich
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 06 May 2008
- Article: 25
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Why can pulmonary vein stenoses created by radiofrequency catheter ablation worsen during and after follow-up ? A potential explanation
Authors
- Pierre-André Doriot
- Pierre-André Dorsaz
- Dipen Chandrakant Shah
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 May 2008
- Article: 24
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Traumatic aortic arch false aneurysm after blunt chest trauma in a motocross rider
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Federico Bizzarri
- Consalvo Mattia
- Andrea Laghi
- Content type: Case study
- Open Access
- Published: 01 May 2008
- Article: 23
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A simple reproducible method of preventing lobar torsion
Authors
- Manoj Purohit
- Joseph Zacharias
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 30 April 2008
- Article: 22
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Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Herko Grubitzsch
- Sven Beholz
- Wolfgang Konertz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2008
- Article: 21
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Accelerated intimal hyperplasia in aortocoronary internal mammary vein grafts in minipigs
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Aron Frederik Popov
- Hilmar Dorge
- Friedrich Albert Schoendube
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2008
- Article: 20
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Large asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma with ossification: case report
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mattheos Panagiotou
- Nikolaos D Panagopoulos
- Efstratios N Koletsis
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2008
- Article: 19
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Left atrial giant thrombus infected by Escherichia Coli. Case report
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Panagiotis Dedeilias
- Antonios Roussakis
- Konstantinos Bolos
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 23 April 2008
- Article: 18
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Does preservation of the sub-valvular apparatus during mitral valve replacement affect long-term survival and quality of life? A Microsimulation Study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Christopher Rao
- Jonathan Hart
- Thanos Athanasiou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 April 2008
- Article: 17
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Alterations in plasma soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sFlt-1) concentrations during coronary artery bypass graft surgery: relationships with post-operative complications
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Yves Denizot
- Alexandre Leguyader
- Nathalie Nathan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 April 2008
- Article: 16
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Long term survival after coronary endarterectomy in patients undergoing combined coronary and valvular surgery – a fifteen year experience
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sandeep Agarwala
- R. Unnikrishnan Nair
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 March 2008
- Article: 15