Vol. 7 No. 6 (2004)

Published: 2004-12-01

Article

  • Guidant Heartstring: Initial Experience in OPCAB Surgery
    Alberto Weber, Oliver Reuthebuch, Marko Turina
    E590-E594
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041113
  • Collective Review: Perioperative Uses of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Adults
    Mehmet C. Oz, Abbas Ardehali
    E584-E589
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041136
  • Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement: Case Report
    Thierry A. Folliguet, Fabrice Vanhuyse, Diego Magnano, François Laborde
    E551-E553
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041025
  • Prototype Epicardial Crawling Device for Intrapericardial Intervention on the Beating Heart
    Cameron N. Riviere, Nicholas A. Patronik, Marco A. Zenati
    E639-E643
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041057
  • Bipolar Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation of the Posterior-Inferior Left Atrium and Coronary Sinus is Feasible and Safe
    Calin Vicol, Felix Kur, Sandra Eifert, Martin Oberhoffer, Georg Nollert, Bernd Wintersperger, Bruno Reichart
    E535-E538
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041094
  • A Method for Identifying Mechanisms of Neurologic Injury from Cardiac Surgery
    Donald S. Likosky, Robert C. Groom, Cantwell Clark, Richard J. Forest, Robert S. Kramer, Jeremy R. Morton, Cathy S. Ross, Kathryn A. Sabadosa, Gerald T. O'Connor, for the Northern, for the Northern, for the Northern, Jeremy R. Morton, Cathy S. Ross
    348-352
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041088
  • Robot-Assisted Off-Pump Minimally Invasive Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Case Report
    Timothy P. Martens, Marco M. Hefti, Robert Kalimi, Craig R. Smith, Michael Argenziano
    E533-E534
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041102
  • Coronary Artery Bypass with the Use of a Magnetic Distal Anastomotic Device: Surgical Technique and Preliminary Experience
    Thanos Athanasiou, Hutan Ashrafian, Brian Glenville, Roberto Casula
    356-359
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2004-1024
  • Early and Midterm Outcome after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction
    Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, Joseph J. DeRose, Daniel G. Swistel
    E539-E545
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041115
  • In Vivo and In Vitro Evaluation of the Heparin Management Test versus the Activated Coagulation Time for Monitoring Anticoagulation Level in Aprotinin-Treated Patients during Cardiac Surgery
    Y. S. Kim, J. M. Murkin, S. J. Adams
    E599-E604
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041134
  • Neurologic Injury Associated with CABG Surgery: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Opportunities for Improvement
    Donald S. Likosky, Robert M. Roth, Andrew J. Saykin, Clifford J. Eskey, Cathy S. Ross, Gerald T. O'Connor
    E650-E662
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041103
  • Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Robotic-Enhanced Thoracoscopy for Symptomatic Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
    Jean Luc Jansens, Anne Ducart, Nicolas Preumont, Maurice Jottrand, Maurice Jottrand, Eric Stoupel, Didier de Cannière
    E595-E598
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041107
  • The Completely Endoscopic Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Report on the First 14 Patients with Early Results
    Rawn Salenger, Stephen J. Lahey, Adam E Saltman
    E555-E558
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041111
  • Reexamining Contraindications for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
    Clifton C. Reade, Curtis E. Bower, Alan P. Kypson, L. Wiley Nifong, William A. Wooden, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
    E571-E573
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.892
  • The Use of 3D Epiaortic Scanning to Enhance Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Ascending Aorta: A Case Series
    Daniel T Bainbridge, John M. Murkin, Alan Menkis, Bob Kiaii
    E636-E638
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041130
  • Surgical Management of Infants with Congenital Lobar Emphysema and Concomitant Congenital Heart Disease
    Riza Dogan, Omer Faruk Dogan, Mustafa Yilmaz, Metin Demircin, Ilhan Pasaoglu, Nural Kiper, Ugur Ozcelik, Erkmen Boke
    E644-E649
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041041
  • The Four Seasons of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms: Case Presentations and Review
    Mana Golzari, Jerome B. Riebman
    E577-E583
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041128
  • Port-Access Aortic Valve Surgery: A Technique in Evolution
    Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Syma L. Prince, Morley A. Herbert, William H. Ryan
    E628-E631
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041104
  • A New Needle Driver for Minientry Coronary Artery Bypass
    Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka, Taisei Maemura
    E559-E561
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041127
  • A Steel Band in Addition to 8 Wire Cerclages Reduces the Risk of Sternal Dehiscence after Median Sternotomy
    Friedrich-Christian Riess, Nizar Awwad, Bettina Hoffmann, Ralf Bader, Hanns-York Helmold, Andreas G. Riess, Andreas G. Riess, Niels Bleese
    387-392
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.200403114
  • Minimally Invasive Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Combined with a New Technique for Thoracoscopic Stapling of the Left Atrial Appendage: Case Report
    Husam H. Balkhy, Peter D Chapman, Susan E Arnsdorf
    353-355
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2004-1093
  • Extracorporeal Circulation without External Clamping and Cannulation of the Aorta: Transventricular Placement of a New Multifunctional Aortic Cannula
    Albertus M. Scheule, Wolfram Beierlein, Andreas Straub, Gerhard Ziemer
    E569-E570
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041105
  • Improved Recovery after the Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass Procedure Compared with Sternotomy for Off-Pump Bypass of the Left Internal Thoracic Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: A Case-Matched Study
    Douglas West, Marcus Flather, John Pepper, Richard Trimlett, John Yap, Anthony De Souza
    E546-E550
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041037
  • Selective Use of Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery Reduces Mortality and Neurologic Morbidity Associated with High-Risk Coronary Bypass Surgery: A 400-Case Comparative Experience
    Jeffrey P. Gold, John Wasnick, William Maldarelli, Ilya Zhuraavlev, Kaila Enitt Torres, Douglas Condit
    E562-E568
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041112
  • The ESTECH Remote Access Perfusion Cannula in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
    Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Günther Laufer, Johannes Bonatti
    E632-E635
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041106
  • Composite Graft Replacement in Acute Aortic Dissection: Technique for Anastomosing the Right Coronary Artery without an Aortic Button
    Riza Turkoz, Oner Gulcan
    E574-E576
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041131