Articles

• Open Heart Surgery at Patient’s Own Temperature Without Active Cooling

  Mehmet Kaplan, Anil Karaagac, Tolga Can, Sahin Yilmaz, Mehmet Inanc Yesilkaya, Adlan Olsun, Hakki Aydogan

  E132-E138

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• Direct Cannulation of Ascending Aorta versus Standard Femoral Artery Cannulation in Acute Aortic Dissection Type A

  Vassil Gegouskov, Georgi Manchev, Vladimir Danov, Georgi Stoitsev, Sergey Iliev

  E139-E144

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• Nonresectional Simplified Folding Technique in Robotic Mitral Valve Plasty: Comparison with Leaflet Resection Technique

  Tatsuya Tarui, Norihiko Ishikawa, Ryuta Kiuchi, Shigeyuki Tomita, Hiroshi Ohtake, Go Watanabe

  E145-E147

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• Diagnosis and Treatment of Lambl’s Excrescence on the Aortic Valve

  Ren Chong-lei, Jiang Sheng-li, Wang Rong, Xiao Cang-song, Wang Yao, Gao Chang-qing

  E148-E150

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• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Improves Early Clinical Outcomes Including Operative Mortality

  Murali P. Vettath,, Madhu Ravisankar, Tomislov Kopjar, AV Kannan, Nitin Gangadharan

  E151-E157

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• Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Solution versus Blood Cardioplegia in Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis

  Alejandro Pizano, Felix Ramon Montes, Marisol Carreño, Dario Echeverri, Juan Pablo Umaña

  E158-E164

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• Gender Differences in Patients with Anxiety after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

  Yalcin Guzelhan, Cenk Conkbayir, Murat Ugurlucan, Cenk Eray Yildiz, Ufuk Alpagut, Nilgun Bozbuga

  E165-E169

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• Red Cell Distribution Width with CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score is associated with Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Alev Kılıcgedik, Abdulrahman Naser, Ahmet Seyfeddin Gurbuz, Seyhmus Kulahcioglu, Ruken Bengi Bakal, Tuba Unkun, Fatih Yilmaz, Gokhan Kahveci, Cevat Kirma

  E170-E174

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• Successful Surgical Treatment of Descending Aorta Interruption: A Case Report

  Pengxiong Zhu, Xiaofeng Ye, Qiang Zhao

  E175-E176

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• One-Stage Hybrid Procedure for Patent Ductus Arteriosus Combined with Other Cardiac Anomalies in Adults

  HongChang Guo, Yang Wang, Wenhui Wu, Yongqiang Lai

  E177-E178

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• Prospective, Randomized Un-Blinded Three Arm Controlled Study in Coronary Artery Revascularization with Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation Systems (MiECC): Surrogate Parameter Analysis of Biocompatibility

  Arndt H Kiessling, Harald Keller, Anton Moritz

  E179-E186

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• Hemolysis Combined with Renal Injury after Mitral Valve Repair

  Xian Zhu, Zhanglong Hu, LIli Fang, Jie Li, Haifeng Cheng, Daming Jiang

  E187-E189

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• Echocardiography with Elevated Central Venous Pressure Diagnosing Constrictive Pericarditis More Accurately Than Chest CT Scan: A Retrospective Study in 36 Cases

  Liwen Bao, Jiechun Huang, Fangrui Wang, Liewen Pang, Yiqing Wang, Haiming Shi

  E190-E193

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• Increased Short-Term and Mid-Term Major Complications Were Observed in Elderly Patients with Renal Dysfunction after Surgical Ventricular Restoration

  Fei Xu, Yangwu Song, Wei Feng, Xuan Li, Junzhe Du

  E194-E200

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• Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiosurgical Procedures by Vernakalant® as an Atrial Repolarization Delaying Agent (ARDA)

  Hannan Dalyanoglu, Arash Mehdiani, Jan Philipp Minol, Nihat Firat Sipahi, Hug Aubin, Udo Boeken, Alfred Müller, Hisaki Makimoto, Artur Lichtenberg, Bernhard Korbmacher

  E201-E208

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• Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Spinal Cord Ischemia– Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in a Porcine Model

  Henri Johannes Haapanen, Johanna Herajärvi, Hannu-Pekka Honkanen, Caius Mustonen, Hannu Tuominen, Ulla Puistola, Vesa Anttila, Tatu Juvonen

  E209-E214

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• Left Atrial Roof Incision for Mitral Valve Interventions and Left Atrial Mass Resection: A Safe Alternative for Excellent Exposure. A Single Center Experience

  Ahmed Fouad Ahmed, Mohammed Nabil Abd Al Jawad

  E215-E220

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• Risk Factors for Permanent Neurological Dysfunction and Early Mortality in Patients with Type A Aortic Dissection Requiring Total Arch Replacement

  Li Jiang, Sai Chen, Zhao Jian, Yingbin Xiao

  E221-E228

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• I Call That A Bargain

  Curt Tribble, MD

  E229-E234

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