Vol. 7 No. 5 (2004)

Published: 2004-10-01

Article

  • New Techniques and Innovative Technology: An Integrated Element of Our Cardiovascular and Thoracic Specialty
    Hani Shennib
    E523-E524
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20042881
  • The Role of Palmaris Muscle Tendon in Mitral Valve Annulus Reconstruction: A Novel Technique for Mitral Valve Repair
    Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Hans H. Shuhaiber, Gregory A. Dumanian
    E519-E522
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041051
  • Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell Therapy in Combination with TMLR. A Novel Therapeutic Option for Endstage Coronary Heart Disease: Report on 2 Cases
    H.-M. Klein, A. Ghodsizad, A. Borowski, A. Saleh, J. Draganov, L. Poll, V. Stoldt, N. Feifel, C. Piecharczek, E.R. Burchardt, M. Stockschläder, E. Gams
    E416-E419
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041095
  • Analysis of Platelet Function during Left Ventricular Support with the Incor and Excor System
    Christian Etz, Henryk Welp, Markus Rothenburger, Tonny D. T. Tjan, Frauke Wenzelburger, Christoph Schmidt, Hans H. Scheld, Christof Schmid
    E423-E427
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041073
  • The Right Internal Thoracic Artery and Right Gastroepiploic Artery: Alternative Sites for Proximal Anastomosis in Patients with Atherosclerotic Calcified Aorta
    Itzhak Herz, Rephael Mohr, Galit Aviram, Dan Loberman, Chaim Locker, Yanai Ben-Gal, Gideon Uretzky
    E481-E484
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041064
  • Inferior Partial Sternotomy for Surgical Closure of Isolated Ventricular Septal Defects in Children
    Alexander Kadner, Hitendu Dave, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Dominique Bettex, Emanuela Vasangiacomo-Buechel, Marko I. Turina, René Prêtre
    E467-E470
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041076
  • First Report of No-React Bovine Internal Mammary Artery Performance and Patency
    Shekar L. C. Reddy, Jain Pillai, Leslie Mitchell, Sudhir Naik, John Dark, Asif Hasan, Simon Ledingham, Stephen C. Clark
    E446-E449
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041080
  • Evaluation of Myocardial Flow Reserve Using Pharmacological Stress Thallium-201 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography: Is There a Difference between Total Arterial Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass
    Jae Won Lee, Sang Wan Ryu, Hyun Song, Yu Jung Yang, Dae Hyeuk Moon
    E471-E476
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041071
  • Early Regional Assessment of LV Mass Regression and Function after Stentless Valve Replacement: Comparative Randomized Study
    M.J. Jasinski, P. Ulbrych, M. Kolowca, A. Szafranek, J. Baron, S. Wos
    E462-E465
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041096
  • Total Arterial Revascularization for Multiple Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: With or without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
    Marek A. Deja, Kazimierz Widenka, Piotr Duraj, Marek Jasinski, Ryszard Bachowski, Roman Mrozek, Radoslaw Gocol, Damian Hudziak, Krzysztof S. Golba, Jolanta Biernat, Stanislaw Wos
    E493-E497
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041089
  • Factors Influencing the Results of Double-Valve Surgery in Patients with Fulminant Endocarditis: The Importance of Valve Selection
    Henryk Siniawski, Onnen Grauhan, Michael Hofmann, Miralem Pasic, Yuguo Weng, Charles Yankah, Hans Lehmkuhl, Roland Hetzer
    E405-E410
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041075
  • New Flexible Polymeric Heart Valve Prostheses for the Mitral and Aortic Positions
    Sabine H. Daebritz, Bernd Fausten, Benita Hermanns, Andreas Franke, Joerg Schroeder, Jan Groetzner, Ruediger Autschbach, Bruno J. Messmer, Jörg S. Sachweh
    E525-E532
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041083
  • Adult Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Successful Surgical Therapy in a Rare Presentation of a Missed Finding
    Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Hani Shuhaiber
    E454-E455
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041052
  • Early Clinical Experience with a New Tubular Equine Pericardial Stentless Aortic Valve
    Friedrich S. Eckstein, Hendrik Tevaearai, Dorothee Keller, Jürg Schmidli, Franz F., Christian Seiler, Hugo Saner, Thierry P. Carrel
    E498-E502
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041087
  • Congenital Fistula between the Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) and the Pulmonary Artery: Cause of LIMA Bypass Occlusion?
    Friedrich-Christian Riess, Claas Lehmann, Christine Loewer, Joachim Schofer, Joachim Schofer
    E403-E404
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041055
  • A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Hydatid Cyst: Stroke and Acute Aortic Occlusion
    Hafize Yaliniz, Acar Tokcan, Tümer Ulus, Bülent Kisacikoglu, Orhan Kemal Salih, Mehmet Sah Topcuoglu, Hakan Poyrazoglu, Cumhur Alhan
    E364-E366
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041056
  • Surgical Ventricular Restoration in End-Stage Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients
    Charles H. Moore, Swarnalatha Nancherla
    E420-E422
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041058
  • The Clinical and Fiscal Impact of Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
    Daniel R. Watson, Thomas Tan, Lori Wiseman, Gary M. Ansel, Chip Botti, Barry George, Richard Snow
    E503-E507
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041070
  • Advantages of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients: Multicenter Analysis
    Junichi Nishimura, Haruhiko Akagi, Yoshiki Sawa, Toshiki Takahashi, Yuji Miyamoto, Kei Sakai, Hikaru Matsuda
    E370-E373
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041061
  • Effects on Reperfusion Injury of Adding Diltiazem to Tepid Blood Cardioplegia
    Hafize Yaliniz, Acar Tokcan, Handan Zeren, Tümer Ulus, Bulent Kisacikoglu, Orhan Kemal Salih, Mehmet Sah Topcuoglu, Hakan Poyrazoglu, Cumhur Alhan
    E434-E439
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041074
  • Surgical Treatment of Interrupted Aortic Arch with Extraanatomical Bypass Simultaneous to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Aortic Valve Replacement
    Friedrich-Christian Riess, Matthias Danne, Jan-Hendrik Stripling, Heinz Bergmann, Niels Bleese
    E394-E397
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041097
  • Open versus Endo: Early Experience with Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair beyond the Clinical Trials
    Trent L. Prault, Scott L. Stevens, Michael B. Freeman, David Cassada, Rob Hardin, Mitchell H. Goldman
    E459-E461
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041067
  • Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Initial Clinical Experience
    Oz M. Shapira, Benjamin Eskenazi, Richard Murphy, Elad Anter, Yusheng Bao, L. Lazar, Richard J. Shemin, Curtis T. Hunter
    E411-E415
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041049
  • Surgery Using Median Sternotomy for Diffuse Aneurysmal Disease of the Thoracic Aorta
    R. Di Bartolomeo, D. Pacini, E. Pilato, C. Savini
    E367-E369
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041059
  • Harmonic Scalpel for Pericardiectomy: Novel Approach to an Old Cardiac Dilemma
    Gabriele Di Luozzo, Fuad Moussa, John Schor, Ernest Traad, Donald Williams, Roger Carrillo
    E525-E527
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041091
  • Experience on the Way to Totally Endoscopic Atrial Septal Defect Repair
    Nikolaos Bonaros, Thomas Schachner, Armin Oehlinger, Patrycja Jonetzko, Silvana Mueller, Nico Moes, Christian Kolbitsch, Peter Mair, Guenther Putz, Guenther Laufer, Johannes Bonatti
    E440-E445
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041098
  • Reconstructed Bicuspid Aortic Valve after 10 Years: Clinical and Echocardiographic Follow-up
    Marie-Theres Kasimir, Paul Simon, Gernot Seebacher, Elena Deviatko, Natascha Simon-Kupilik, Anton Moritz, Ernst Wolner, Reinhard Moidl
    E485-E489
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041066
  • The Role of Arterial Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Update
    Omar Mangoush, Thanos Athanasiou, Adrian Chester, David Lawrence, Mohamed Amrani
    E450-E453
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041081
  • Total Arterial Revascularization with a Single Y-Composite Graft for Triple-Vessel Disease: Comparison of 2- and 3-Artery Grafts
    Ji-Hyuk Yang, Kiick Sung, Young Tak Lee, Kay-Hyun Park, Tae-Gook Jun, Pyo Won Park
    E382-E386
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041048
  • Virchow Triad, but Not Use of an Aortic Connector Device, Predicts Early Graft Failure after Off-Pump Coronary Bypass
    Robert Poston, Charles White, Katrina Read, Junyan Gu, Andrew Lee, Thrity Avari, Bartley Griffith
    E428-E433
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041090
  • Revascularization of the Left Anterior Descending Artery with Drug-Eluting Stents: Comparison with Arterial Off-Pump Surgery
    Itzhak Herz, Rephael Mohr, Yaron Moshkovitz, Yanai Ben-Gal, Sharon Z Adam, Roni Braunstein, Gideon Uretzky
    E490-E492
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041063
  • Initial Experience of an Automated Anastomotic Distal Device in Off-Pump CABG
    Ki-Bong Kim, Kwang Ree Cho, Jae-Sung Choi, Eun Hee Ki
    E360-E363
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041060
  • Optimizing Intraoperative Cerebral Oxygen Delivery Using Noninvasive Cerebral Oximetry Decreases the Incidence of Stroke for Cardiac Surgical Patients
    Scott Goldman, Francis Sutter, Francis Ferdinand, Candace Trace
    E376-E381
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041062
  • Synergy of Old and New Technology Results in Successful Revascularization of the Anterior Myocardium with Relief of Angina in the Absence of Suitable Targets
    Robert L. Quigley
    E343-E348
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041053
  • Challenges Associated with the Integration of Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in a Community Hospital
    Daniel R. Watson, Thomas Tan, Lori Wiseman, Gary M. Ansel, Chip Botti, Barry George, Richard Snow
    E508-E514
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041092
  • Oblique Groin Incision for Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
    Daniel R. Watson, Thomas Tan, Lori Wiseman, Gary M. Ansel, Chip Botti, Barry George, Richard Snow
    E515-E518
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2004-1069
  • Monopolar and Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation Surgery: 3-Year Experience in 90 Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
    Stephan Geidel, Michael Lass, Sigrid Boczor, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Jörg Ostermeyer
    E398-E402
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041054
  • Valvuloplasty for Anterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse due to Infective Endocarditis: Report of 2 Cases
    Hiroki Hata, Yuji Miyamoto, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Hiroshi Takano, Osamu Monta, Hikaru Matsuda
    E456-E458
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041079
  • A Novel Device for Clampless Proximal Anastomosis in OPCAB Surgery: The IPAD
    Baron L. Hamman, Cory H. White
    E374-E375
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.2041086
  • The CentriMag: A New Optimized Centrifugal Blood Pump with Levitating Impeller
    Juerg Peter Mueller, Andreas Kuenzli, Oliver Reuthebuch, Kurt Dasse, Stella Kent, Gregor Zuend, Marko Ivan Turina, Mario Louis Lachat
    E477-E480
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041068