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Vol. 6 No. 5 (2003)
Vol. 6 No. 5 (2003)
Published:
2003-10-01
Articles
Myocardial Revascularization Using the Arterial T Graft: Which Conduit Should Be Chosen for the Free Graft?
Calin Vicol, Stephan Raab, Michael Beyer, Bruno Reichart
353-357
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Experience with an Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Tissue Adhesive in Sealing Air Leaks after Bullectomy
Konstantinos Potaris, Peter Mihos, Ioannis Gakidis
429-433
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Totally Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation: An Important Benefit for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Jehovah's Witnesses
Claude Vaislic, Olivier Bical, Claude Farge, Didier Gaillard, Olivier Ponzio, Yves Ollivier, Youcef Abdelmoumen, Bruno Robine, Gérard Souffrant, Touami Bouharaoua
307-310
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Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in Patients with Primary and Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Ninoslav D. Radovanovic, Ljuborad V. Petrovic, Bogoljub B. Mihajlovic, Marko A. Kovac, Zoran R. Potic, Marijeta R. Zorc, Marijeta R. Zorc
320-327
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A New Technique for the Treatment of Delayed Sternotomy Healing: The Vacuum Therapy
Roland G. Demaria, Uberto Giovannini, Luc Téot, Jean-Marc Frapier, Bernard Albat
434-437
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An Automatic Sutureless Coronary Anastomotic Device: Initial Results of an Animal Study
Yaron Bar-El, Fermin O. Tio, Rona Shofti
369-374
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Early Postoperative Acute Aortic Dissection, the Leading Cause of Sudden Death after Cardiac Surgery? Critical Role of the Computed Tomography Scan
Imad Tabry, Eugene Costantini, Elmore Reyes, Wael Tamim, Salem Habal, Linda Hughes
382-386
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A Feasibility Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a Combined Clopidogrel and Aspirin Regimen following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Hani Shennib, Munemoto Endo, Osama Benhameid
288-291
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A Radiofrequency Modified Maze and Valve Procedure through a Port-Access Approach
Mustafa Güden, Belhhan Akpinar, Ertan Sagbas, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Mehmet U. Ergenoglu, Ugur Ozbek, Ugur Ozbek
292-296
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Off Pump Long-Onlay-Patch Angioplasty to the LAD Using the Left Internal Mammary Artery
Shuichiro Takanashi, Toshihiro Fukui, Shin Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Hosoda
380-381
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Epicardial Lead Implantation Techniques for Biventricular Pacing via Left Lateral Mini-Thoracotomy, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy, and Robotic Approach
Helmut Mair, Jean-Luc Jansens, Omar M. Lattouf, Bruno Reichart, Sabine Däbritz
412-417
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New Xenograft Valved Conduit (Contegra) for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction
Andrew C. Chatzis, Nicolas M. Giannopoulos, Demetrios Bobos, George B. Kirvassilis, Spyros Rammos, George E. Sarris
396-398
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U-Clip Anastomoses in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Initial Clinical Experience
Richard J. Shemin, Oz M. Shapira, Rahul V. Pawar, Yusheng Bao, Umer Sayeed-Shah, Harold L. Lazar
362-365
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Improved Survival with Ventricular Assist Device Support in Cardiogenic Shock after Myocardial Infarction
John W. C. Entwistle, III, Paul B. Bolno, Elena Holmes, Louis E. Samuels
316-319
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Platelet Function after Off Pump Coronary Surgery
Benjamin P. Bidstrup, Helen Scarrott, Monica Luque
286-287
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PRECiSe (Priming Reduced Extracorporeal Circulation Setup): Results of a Safety Study
Sven Beholz, Michael Kessler, Wolfgang F. Konertz
311-315
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Irrigated Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation with Transmurality Feedback for the Surgical Cox-Maze Procedure
Chad E. Hamner, Alison Lutterman, D. Dean Potter, Thoralf M. Sundt III, Hartzell V Schaff, David Francischelli
418-423
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A Single Bicaval Venous Cannula Used for Optimization of Endoscopic Robotically Assisted Procedures of the Heart
Jürg Grünenfelder, Achim Häussler, Andre Plass, Oliver Reuthebuch, Hitendu Dave, Boris Leskosek, Marko Turina, Gregor Zünd
393-395
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Hemodilution during Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Can We Improve Flow and Reduce Hypercoagulability?
Mustafa Güden, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Ertan Sagbas, Mehmet U. Ergenoglu, Ugur Ozbek, Belhhan Akpinar
399-402
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Technical Aspects of Harvesting the Radial Artery with the Harmonic Scalpel
C. Locker, Y. Ben-Gal, Y. Paz, O. Lev-Ran, N. Nesher, G. Uretzky, R. Mohr, I. Shapira
345-347
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INTRODUCTION : Specialty under Attack: Where is Cardiac Surgery Heading?
Hani Shennib
277-281
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A New Clip Device for the Construction of Vascular Interrupted Anastomoses in Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Pascal A. Berdat, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, Mladen Pavlovic, Thierry Carrel
358-361
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Midterm Results of Routine Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting
A. Kramer, R. Mohr, O. Lev-Ran, R. Braunstein, D. Pevni, C. Locker, G. Uretzky, I. Shapira
348-352
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Combined Treatment of Aortic Type A Dissection: Ascending Aorta Repair and Placement of a Stent in the Descending Aorta
Saed Jazayeri, Etienne Tatou, Marie Carmen Gomez, Olivier Bouchot, Montajab Saleh, Roger Brenot, Michel David
387-389
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The 9th Annual CTT Meeting 2003 Miami Beach, Florida, USA March 19-22, 2003 Abstracts
438-476
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Intraoperative Microwave Ablation in Patients Undergoing Valvular Surgery: Midterm Results
Andrea Venturini, Elvio Polesel, Valeria Cutaia, Angiolino Asta, Domenico Mangino, Roberto Moretti, Alberto Terrini, Claudio Zussa
409-411
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Early Results of Using the Bovine Jugular Vein for Right Ventricular Outflow Reconstruction during the Ross Procedure
Hitendu Dave, Alexander Kadner, Urs Bauersfeld, Felix Berger, Marko Turina, René Prêtre
390-392
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Midterm Results of Beating Heart Surgery in 1-Vessel Disease: Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass with Full Sternotomy
Calin Vicol, Georg Nollert, Helmut Mair, Vicky Samuel, Che Lim, Michael Tiftikidis, Sandra Eifert, Bruno Reichart
341-344
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Intraoperative Color Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of Anastomoses of the Left Internal Mammary Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery during Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Correlates with Angiographic Evaluation at the 8-Mont
Ole Tjomsland, Rune Wiseth, Alexander Wahba, Arve Tromsdal, Stein O. Samstad, Rune Haaverstad
375-379
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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Attenuates Postoperative Bleeding Associated with Preoperative Clopidogrel Administration
Y. Joseph Woo, Todd Grand, Nicholas Valettas
282-285
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A Miniature Right Heart Support System Improves Cardiac Output and Stroke Volume during Beating Heart Posterior/Lateral Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Dwight C. Lundell, John D. Crouch
302-306
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Beating Heart Revascularization Using Only Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries for Triple-Vessel Disease: Early Angiographic Findings
Kiick Sung, Young Tak Lee, Kay-Hyun Park, Tae-Gook Jun, Pyo Won Park, Ji-Hyuk Yang
336-340
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Primary OPCAB as a Strategy for Acute Coronary Syndrome and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Marek J. Jasinski, Stanislaw Wos, Piotr Olszówka, Ryszard Bachowski, Wojciech Ceglarek, Kazimierz Widenka, Marek Gemel, Wojciech Domaradzki, Marek Deja, Adam Szafranek, Krzysztof Golba, Dariusz Szurlej
331-335
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Early and Late Outcome after Microwave Ablation for Chronic Valvular Atrial Fibrillation
Marian Zembala, Radosl/aw Lenarczyk, Zbigniew Kalarus, Dariusz Puszczewicz, Roman Przybylski, Jerzy Pacholewicz
403-408
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Cardiac Autotransplantation for Mitral Valve Replacement
Dimitri Novitzky, Richard Perry, David Ndaba, Thomas Bowen
424-428
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Improved Patient Outcomes When Transmyocardial Revascularization Is Used as Adjunctive Revascularization
Kurt E. Wehberg, J. Stephens Julian, James C. Todd III, Nicholas Ogburn, Edward Klopp, Michael Buchness
328-330
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Vettath's Anastomotic Obturator: A Simple Proximal Anastomotic Device
Murali P. Vettath
366-368
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation
Thierry A. Folliguet, Emmanuel Villa, Fréréric Vandeneyden, François Laborde
297-301
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