Articles

• Homograft Implantation for Aortic Valve Replacement Since 15 Years: Results and Follow-up

  Eckehard Kilian, Florian Fries, Anke Kowert, Ferdinand Vogt, Eckart Kreuzer, Bruno Reichart

  E238-E242

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• Readmission to the Intensive Care Unit after Fast-Track Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcome according to the Type of Operation

  Fevzi Toraman, Sahin Senay, Umit Gullu, Hasan Karabulut, Cem Alhan

  E212-E217

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• The Effect of Statin Therapy on Stimulation of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide before and after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

  Ahmet Sasmazel, Ayse Baysal, Ali Fedekar, Fuat Buyukbayrak, Onursal Bugra, Hasan Erdem, Cemalettin Aydin, Ahmet Caliskan, Hasan Sunar

  E243-E246

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• Efficacy of Propafenone Hydrochloride in Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Nobuhisa Ito, Tadashi Tashiro, Noritsugu Morishige, Masaru Nishimi, Yoshio Hayashida, Kazuma Takeuchi, Noritoshi Minematsu, Go Kuwahara, Yuta Sukehiro

  E223-E227

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• The Nonselective ?-Blocker Carvedilol Suppresses Apoptosis in Human Cardiac Tissue: A Pilot Study

  Engin Usta, Migdat Mustafi, Andreas Straub, Gerhard Ziemer

  E218-E222

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• Outcomes of De Vega versus Biodegradable Ring Annuloplasty in the Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation (Mid-term Results)

  Halil Basel, Unal Aydin, Hakan Kutlu, Aysenur Dostbil, Melike Karadag, Dolunay Odabasi, Cemalettin Aydin

  E233-E237

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• Endoclamp Balloon Visualization and Automatic Placement System

  Hugo Furtado, Thomas Stüdeli, Mauro Sette, Terumasa Morita, Primož Trunk, Adinda Freudenthal, Eigil Samset, Jacob Bergsland, Borut Geršak

  E205-E211

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• Dermacyn® Irrigation in Reducing Infection of a Median Sternotomy Wound

  Abdul Ramzisham Rahman Mohd, Mohd Khairulasri Ghani, Raflis Ruzairee Awang, Joanna Ooi Su Min, Mohd Zamrin Dimon

  E228-E232

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• Balloon Occlusion of the Ascending Aorta without Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Valve Surgery for Patients with a Porcelain Aorta

  Tomonobu Abe, Toshiaki Ito, Masatoshi Sunada, Tomo Yoshizumi, Akemi Kawamura, Koji Yamana

  E251-E253

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• Tranexamic Acid in Cardiac Surgery and Postoperative Seizures: A Case Report Series

  David Bell, Silvana Marasco, Aubrey Almeida, Michael Rowland

  E257-E259

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• Dealing with a Septal Hematoma after Switch Operation with Ventricular Septal Defect Closure

  Steven Jacobs, Filip Rega, Dirk Vlasselaers, Marc Gewillig, Bart Meyns

  E263-E264

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• Accessory mitral valve causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

  Shengli Jiang, Tao Zhang, Wei Sheng, Changqing Gao

  E267-E268

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• Large-Sized Bilateral Axillary Artery Aneurysms in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome: A Case Report

  Feng Jun, Zhang Yu Shun, Liu Ya Min, Qu Gen Xue, Tian Hong Yan, Qin Hao, Xiao Xin Li

  E271-E272

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• Mitral Annular Remodeling to Treat Functional Mitral Regurgitation: A Pilot Acute Study in a Canine Model

  Hideyuki Fumoto, Tohru Takaseya, Akira Shiose, Roberto M. Saraiva, Yoko Arakawa, Margaret Park, Santosh Rao, Raymond Dessoffy, Ji-Feng Chen, Qun Zhou, Anthony Calabro, Michael Banbury, Kiyotaka Fukamachi

  E247-E250

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• Steal from Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Artery Graft during Hemodialysis after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Takeshi Kinoshita, Tohru Asai, Takako Ishigaki

  E254-E256

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• Simultaneous Operation in a Patient with Coronary Heart Disease, Abnormal Orifice of Coronary Arteries, Morgagni Hernia, Atrial Septal Defect, and Pericardial and Pleural Agenesis

  Abdullah Kemal Tuygun, Ahmet Yavuz Balci, Aybanu Tuygun, Rafet Günay, Yavuz ?ensöz, Nurgül Yurtseven, Pinar Alkan

  E260-E262

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• Single-Stage Repair of Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta Associated with Aortic Coarctation

  Saina Attaran, Jeremy Felderhoff, Mark A. Westwood, Wael I. Awad

  E265-E266

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• Dynamic Aortic Pouch: A Rare Etiology of Aortic Regurgitation

  Tien-Hsing Chen, I-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Jer Hsieh, Yuan- Chang Liu, Fen-Chiung Lin, Jaw-Ji Chu, Hung-Ta Wo, Chien-Chia Wu, Chang-Qing Fan, Delon Wu

  E269-E270

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• Delayed Ascending Aortic Dissection following Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery in Preexisting Stanford B Dissection

  Mohd Ramzisham Abdul Rahman, Joanna Ooi Su Min, Mohd Zamrin Dimon

  E273-E274

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