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Direct percutaneous valve replacement: the next step? %26#8226; EDITORIAL Pages 873-874 Ludwig K. von Segesser |
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Redo antireflux surgery—the importance of a tailored approach %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 875-880 Omar A. Khan, George Kanellopoulos, Mark L. Field, Kevin R. Knowles, F. David Beggs, W. Ellis Morgan and John P. Duffy Abstract |
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Complete mechanical cervical anastomosis using a narrow gastric tube after esophagectomy for cancer %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 881-884 Tiziano De Giacomo, Federico Francioni, Federico Venuta, Paolo Trentino, Marco Moretti, Erino A. Rendina and Giorgio F. Coloni Abstract |
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Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 885-888 Dorit Weissberg and Dov Weissberg Abstract |
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic management of recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax after prior talc pleurodesis: a feasible, safe and efficient treatment option %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 889-892 Christophe Doddoli, Fabrice Barlési, Anne Fraticelli, Pascal Thomas, Philippe Astoul, Roger Giudicelli and Pierre Fuentes Abstract |
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous hemopneumothorax %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 893-896 Thomas M. T. Hwong, Calvin S. H. Ng, Tak Wai Lee, Song Wan, Alan D. L. Sihoe, Innes Y. P. Wan, Ahmed A. Arifi and Anthony P. C. Yim Abstract |
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A prospective study of autologous ‘blood patch’ pleurodesis for persistent air leak after pulmonary resection %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 897-900 Lo%26iuml;c Lang-Lazdunski and Aman S. Coonar Abstract |
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Beta-blocking therapy in patients with the Marfan syndrome and entire aortic replacement %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 901-906 Lilian J. Meijboom, Berend E. Westerhof, Gijs J. Nollen, Jos A.E. Spaan, Bas A.J.M. de Mol, Michael J.H.M. Jacobs and Barbara J.M. Mulder Abstract |
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Near-infrared spectroscopy for monitoring cerebral ischemia during selective cerebral perfusion %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 907-911 Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, Kenji Okada and Katsuhiko Imai Abstract |
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Cerebral activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases after circulatory arrest and low flow cardiopulmonary bypass %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 912-919 Alon S. Aharon, Matthew R. Mulloy, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr , Oliver B. Lao, Mahlon D. Johnson, Megan Thunder, Chang Yu and Paul Chang Abstract |
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The short term effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on neurologic function in children and young adults %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 920-925 William T. Mahle, Karen Lundine, Kirk R. Kanter, Joseph M. Forbess, Paul Kirshbom, Steven R. Tosone and Robert N. Vincent Abstract |
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Reduced complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass does not affect the postoperative acute phase response %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 926-931 J. van den Goor, R. Nieuwland, A. van den Brink, W. van Oeveren, P. Rutten, J. Tijssen and L. Eijsman Abstract |
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The effect of methylprednisolone treatment on the cardiopulmonary bypass-induced systemic inflammatory response %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 932-938 A. Bourbon, M. Vionnet, P. Leprince, E. Vaissier, J. Copeland, P. McDonagh, P. Debré and I. Gandjbakhch Abstract |
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Red blood cell aggregation during cardiopulmonary bypass: a pathogenic cofactor in endothelial cell activation? %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 939-946 Aurora M. Morariu, Y. John Gu, Rolf C. G. Gallandat Huet, Wout A. Siemons, Gerhard Rakhorst and Wim v. Oeveren Abstract |
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How much heparin do we really need to go on pump? A rethink of current practices %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 947-950 M.N. Shuhaibar, M. Hargrove, M.H. Millat, A. O'Donnell and T. Aherne Abstract |
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Influence of low molecular weight heparin preparations on human internal thoracic artery contraction %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 951-955 Leszek Buzun, Tomasz Kleszczewski, Anna Kostrzewska, Piotr Lisowski, Piotr Oleksza, Ryszard Jackowski, Anna Pe%26cedil;dzińska and Tomasz Hirnle Abstract |
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Reactivity of the human internal thoracic artery to vasodilators in coronary artery bypass grafting %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 956-959 Katsunori Takeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Hisateru Nishizawa and Junichi Matsubara Abstract |
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Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of inhibitor kappa B-alpha attenuates postinfarct remodeling in the rat heart %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 960-967 Karola Trescher, Oliver Bernecker, Barbara Fellner, Marian Gy%26ouml;ngy%26ouml;si, Sigurd Krieger, Rainer DeMartin, Ernst Wolner and Bruno K. Podesser Abstract |
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Myocardial protection by remote preconditioning: the role of nuclear factor kappa-B p105 and inducible nitric oxide synthase %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 968-973 Guohu Li, Fausto Labruto, Allan Sirsj%26ouml;, Fei Chen, Jarle Vaage and Guro Valen Abstract |
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Myocardial protective effect of FR167653; a novel cytokine inhibitor in ischemic-reperfused rat heart %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 974-980 Alexey Aleshin, Yoshiki Sawa, Masamichi Ono, Toshihiro Funatsu, Shigeru Miyagawa and Hikaru Matsuda Abstract |
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Enhancement of Na+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase activities in multi-cycle ischemic preconditioning in rabbit hearts %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 981-987 Toshihiro Yorozuya, Naoto Adachi, Kentaro Dote, Kazuo Nakanishi, Yasushi Takasaki and Tatsuru Arai Abstract |
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Duration of action of antispasmodic agents: novel use of a mouse model as an in vivo pharmacological assay %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 988-994 Shafi Mussa, Tash Prior, Nicholas Alp, Kathryn Wood, Keith M. Channon and David P. Taggart Abstract |
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Non-viral in vivo thrombomodulin gene transfer prevents early loss of thromboresistance of grafted veins %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 995-1001 Noriyuki Tabuchi, Masayoshi Shichiri, Aya Shibamiya, Takatoshi Koyama, Fumie Nakazawa, Jihwa Chung, Shinsaku Hirosawa and Makoto Sunamori Abstract |
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Vasomotor dysfunction after cardiac surgery %26#8226; REVIEW ARTICLE Pages 1002-1014 Marc Ruel, Tanveer A. Khan, Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi and Frank W. Sellke Abstract |
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Are wound healing disturbances and length of hospital stay reduced with minimally invasive vein harvest? A meta-analysis %26#8226; REVIEW ARTICLE Pages 1015-1026 Thanos Athanasiou, Omer Aziz, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Pandelis Philippidis, Catherine Jones, Sanjay Purkayastha, Roberto Casula and Brian Glenville Abstract |
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Early hemofiltration improves survival in post-cardiotomy patients with acute renal failure %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 1027-1031 Maqsood M. Elahi, Ming Yann Lim, Robin N. Joseph, Ramana Rao V. Dhannapuneni and Tomasz J. Spyt Abstract |
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Computer tools to assist the monitoring of outcomes in surgery %26#8226; ARTICLE Pages 1032-1036 C. Sherlaw-Johnson, S. Gallivan, T. Treasure and S.A.M. Nashef Abstract |
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Computed tomography angiographic demonstration of a ventricular septal defect %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1037 J.Ph. Verhoye, J.M. Levin, K. Ihnken and D.C. Miller Abstract |
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Intramuscular lipoma in the chest wall %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1038 Shinzo Takamori, Keisuke Miwa, Akihiro Hayashi and Kazuo Shirouzu Abstract |
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A penetrative cardiac injury by craftsmen meat hook %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1039 Aziz Aroussi Alami, Fouad El Ouardi, Drissi Boumzebra and Badiae-Ezzamane Mehadji Abstract |
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Myxoma of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve presenting with stroke in a young male %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1040 Ali Khoynezhad and L. Michael Graver Abstract |
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Azygos lobe small cell carcinoma %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1041 Serdar Sen, Sabri Barutca and Nezih Meydan Abstract |
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Unusual chronic rheumatoid empyema, presenting as a chest wall mass %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1042 Shunsuke Endo, Yuji Sakuma, Yukio Sato and Yasunori Sohara Abstract |
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Pneumopericardium—complication of an unknown tuberculosis in a HIV positive patient %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Page 1043 Teodor Horvat, Cornel Savu, Cezar Mota%26#351; and M%26#259;d%26#259;lin %26#354;e%26#355;u Abstract |
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Use of muscular VSD Amplatzer occluder for closing right ventricular free wall perforation after hybrid procedure %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages 1044-1046 Ma%26#322;gorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Pawe%26#322; Antosik, Grzegorz W%26#261;siatycz and Micha%26#322; Wojtalik Abstract |
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A combined small cell carcinoma of the lung containing three components: small cell, spindle cell and squamous cell carcinoma %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages 1047-1049 Masashi Gotoh, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Cheng-Long Huang and Hiroyasu Yokomise Abstract |
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Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during whole lung lavage in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with lung cancer %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages 1050-1051 Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jin Hyun Kim and Young Whan Kim Abstract |
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in situs inversus totalis %26#8226; SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages 1052-1054 Guido Oppido, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Stefania Martano and Gaetano Gargiulo Abstract |
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The implications of ‘Haute Couture’ on coronary blood flow: the bulk of hypothesis %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Page 1055 Mathias H. Aazami |
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Reply to: Aazami %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Page 1056 Ruggero De Paulis, Fabrizio Tomai and Luigi Chiariello |
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Leaflet arrest in St Jude and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Pages 1056-1057 Robert L. Fortune |
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Reply to Fortune' Letter to the Editor: Leaflet arrest in St Jude Medical and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study by Grattan and associates %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Pages 1057-1058 Mark T. Grattan and Lars I. Thulin |
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria – pre- and perioperative rationale during cardiac surgery using extracorporeal circulation %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Pages 1058-1059 K. Knobloch, A. Lichtenberg, J. Schubert and A. Haverich |
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Cardiac surgery in patients with hematological disorders %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Pages 1059-1060 Yuji Naito, Masato Nakajima, Hidenori Inoue and Koji Tsuchiya |
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Stents and sensibility—use of the Montgomery T-tube in tracheal stenosis %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Page 1060 C.S. Pramesh, Rajesh C. Mistry and Vivek V. Upasani |
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Reply to Pramesh et al. %26#8226; CORRESPONDENCE Pages 1060-1061 Arpad Pereszlenyi, Martin Igaz, Ivan Majer and Svetozar Harustiak |
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