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  1. Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess is an unusual complication of previous open heart surgery. We report on the case of a 79 year old male who presented with epigastric fistulization of an encapsulated an...

    Authors: Pankaj Kaul, Syed SA Qadri and Mohd Riaz
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:22
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  2. In deciding where to undergo coronary-artery bypass grafting, the length of surgical wait lists is often the only information available to cardiologists and their patients. Our objective was to compare the cum...

    Authors: Boris G Sobolev, Lisa Kuramoto, Adrian R Levy and Robert Hayden
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. The relationship between cardiac enzyme (CE) release following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and medium term outcome is unclear. We sought to determine the relationship between post-operative CE releas...

    Authors: N Newall, AY Oo, ND Palmer, AD Grayson, TJ Hine, RH Stables, BM Fabri and DR Ramsdale
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:20
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Pulmonary hamartomas are usually an incidental finding and range in size from 1 cm to 8 cm in diameter in various series. We report a case of a massive pulmonary hamartoma (size 25.5 × 17.5 × 6.5 cm and weighi...

    Authors: Somshekar Ganti, Richard Milton, Les Davidson and Vladimir Anikin
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. Coarctation of the aorta in the adulthood is sometimes associated with additional cardiovascular pathologies that require intervention. Ideal approach in such patients is uncertain. Anatomic left-sided short a...

    Authors: Mert Yilmaz, Bulent Polat and Davit Saba
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:18
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. Since only little is known on stem cell therapy in non-ischemic heart failure we wanted to know whether a long-term improvement of cardiac function in non-ischemic heart failure can be achieved by stem cell trans...

    Authors: Stefan Dhein, Jens Garbade, Djazia Rouabah, Getu Abraham, Fritz-Rupert Ungemach, Katja Schneider, Cris Ullmann, Heike Aupperle, Jan Fritz Gummert and Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. The objective of this study was to compare the morbidity associated with long saphenous vein harvesting using the traditional open technique (A) against a minimally invasive technique using the Mayo vein strip...

    Authors: Zahid Mahmood, Sammy Al Benna, Udim Nkere and Andrew Murday
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Patients who have prolonged stay in intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with adverse outcomes. Such patients have cost implications and can lead to shortage of ICU beds. We aimed to develop a preoperative...

    Authors: Sanjay V Ghotkar, Antony D Grayson, Brian M Fabri, Walid C Dihmis and D Mark Pullan
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. A simplified means of arterial cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass in small neonates and those infants with diminutive aortas, or requiring reconstruction of the ascending aorta, is presented. It involves s...

    Authors: Christopher J Knott-Craig, Peter Pastuszko and Edward D Overholt
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:13
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  11. In off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, manipulations on the beating heart can lead to transient interruptions of myocardial oxygen supply, which can generate an accumulation of oxygen-dependent metabolite...

    Authors: Franziska H Bernet, David Reineke, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski and Doan Baykut
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction has a high mortality. Suturing techniques of repair may be technically difficult and require cardiopulmonary bypass. We report a case of left vent...

    Authors: Hunaid A Vohra, Samena Chaudhry, Christopher MR Satur, Mary Heber, Rob Butler and Paul D Ridley
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:11
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. The use of apical suction devices has been well described for maintaining satisfactory haemodynamics during off-pump surgical coronary revascularization. Its expanded use has been described in a few other situ...

    Authors: Manoj Kuduvalli, Colin Monaghan and Brian M Fabri
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:9
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  15. Trauma is the third most common cause of death in the West. In the US, approximately 90,000 deaths annually are traumatic in nature and over 75% of casualties from blunt trauma are due to chest injuries. Cardi...

    Authors: Pankaj Kaul, Ganti Somsekhar and Graeme Macauley
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  16. Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease affecting up to 4% of the elderly population. It can be associated with dilatation of the ascending aorta and subsequent dissection. Post-stenotic dila...

    Authors: Emma Wilton and Marjan Jahangiri
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:7
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. The morphological and functional differences between arteries and veins may have implications on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) survival. Although subjective differences have been observed between radial ...

    Authors: William CF Chong, Peter Collins, Carolyn M Webb, Anthony C De Souza, John R Pepper, Christopher S Hayward and Neil E Moat
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. To assess variations in decisions to revascularise patients with coronary heart disease between general cardiologists, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons

    Authors: MA Denvir, JP Pell, AJ Lee, J Rysdale, RJ Prescott, H Eteiba, A Walker, P Mankad and IR Starkey
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 1:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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