Vol. 12 No. 2 (2009)

Articles

• Does the Circadian Rhythm of Melatonin Affect Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

  Onur Sokullu, Soner Sanio?lu, Erol Kurç, Murat Sargin, Hayati Deniz, Zeynep Tartan, Serap Aykut Aka, Fuat Bilgen

  E95-E99

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• Lupus Aortitis Leading to Aneurysmal Dilatation in the Aortic Root and Ascending Aorta

  Derek R. Brinster, John D. Grizzard, Alok Dash

  E105-E108

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• Postoperative Pericardial Effusion and Posterior Pericardiotomy, Related or Not?

  Ali Reza Bakhshandeh, Mehrdad Salehi, Hasan Radmehr, Roya Sattarzadeh, Ahmad Reza Nasr, Amir Hosein Sadeghpour

  E113-E115

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• Hemoptysis as a Presenting Symptom of a Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm and Its Repair via an L-Shaped Thoracotomy

  Min-Ho Song, Tomohiro Nakayama, Keisuke Hattori, Kenichi Yoshie, Yuichi Ueda

  E119-E120

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• Gastrointestinal Ischemia Related Mortality in Patients Undergoing Off- or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Mustafa Emmiler, Afsin Yaveri, Cevdet U?ur Koço?ullari, Yüksel Ela, Dursun Ali ?ahin, Remziye Gül Sivaci, Ahmet Cekirdekci

  E79-E84

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• Preoperative Oral Pentoxifylline for Management of Cytokine Reactions in Cardiac Surgery

  Ihsan Iskesen, Adnan Taner Kurdal, Nail Kahraman, Mustafa Cerrahoglu, Bekir Hayrettin Sirin

  E100-E104

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• Mitroflow Bioprosthesis Stent Deformation: A Rare Cause of Early Prosthetic Stenosis

  Javier Gualis, Mario Castaño, Jesús Gómez-Plana, Francisco Callejo

  E121-E122

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• Benefits of the Preemptive Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump: An Audit of Practice in a Regional Cardiothoracic Center

  Nnamdi Nwaejike, Gianfranco Campalani, Dennis Gladstone, O. C. Nzewi

  E70-E74

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• Comparison of Unilateral Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion at 16°C and 22°C Systemic Temperature

  Soner Sanioglu, Onur Sokullu, I. Yucesin Arslan, Murat Sargin, Mehmet Yilmaz, Batuhan Ozay, Hamdi Tokoz, Fuat Bilgen

  E65-E69

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• Continuous Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis Accurately Detects Cardiac Output in Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Comparison with Thermodilution, Echocardiography, and Magnetic Resonance Techniques

  Sahin Senay, Fevzi Toraman, Serkan Gelmez, Sinan Da?delen, Hasan Karabulut, Cem Alhan

  E75-E78

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• Investigation on the Structure of Ventricular Mass Using Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging

  Changqing Gao, Weihua Ye, Libing Li, Tao Zhang, Chonglei Ren, Liuquan Cheng, Junlan Yan

  E85-E89

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• Is Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava a Risk Factor in Cases of Bilateral Bidirectional Glenn?

  Sameh Ibrahim Sersar, Ahmed A. Jamjoom

  E109-E112

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• Tentacles: A Novel Device for Exposing the Heart for the Insertion of Left Apical Assist Device Cannulae

  Daniel Schmauss, Ingo Kaczmarek, Andrés Beiras-Fernandez, Amir Khosrow Bigdeli, Sandra Eifert, Frank Christ, Bruno Reichart, Calin Vicol

  E116-E118

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• Cardioscopic Tricuspid Valve Repair in a Beating Ovine Heart

  Ramanan Umakanthan, Ravi K. Ghanta, Aravind T. Rangaraj, Lawrence S. Lee, Rita G. Laurence, John A. Fox, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Ralph M. Bolman, Lawrence H. Cohn, Frederick Y. Chen

  E90-E94

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