EDITORIALS:

Forty Years of Homograft Surgery

A Charles Yankah, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 97-100. [Full Text]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC SURGERY:

On-Pump Versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Using Quadruple Arterial Grafts

Hitoshi Hirose, MD, Atsushi Amano, MD, and Akihito Takahashi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 101-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patients on Thyroxin Replacement Therapy

Aitizaz Uddin Syed, FRCS, Ahmed F El Watidy, FRCS, Akhlaque N Bhat, FRCS, Ahmed Wahba, MBBS, Reida M El Oakley, FRCS, Imran Kiyani, MBBS, Emad A Al Bukhari, FRCS, and Mohammed R Al Fagih, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 107-110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Features and Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Myxoma: Report of 18 Cases

Kadir Durgut, MD, Niyazi Görmüs, MD, Mehmet Ozulku, MD, Ufuk Özergin, MD, and Cevat Özpinar, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 111-114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is Hyperamylasemia After Cardiac Surgery Due to Cardiopulmonary Bypass?

Wan Song, MD, Ahmed A Arifi, MD, Carmen SY Chan, BHSc, Calvin SH Ng, MBBS, Innes YP Wan, FRCS, Lee Tak Wai, FRCS, and Anthony PC Yim, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 115-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Effects of Different Protamine Doses After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Peter Svenarud, MD and Eivind Øvrum, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arterial Duct Closure With Detachable Coils: Application in the Small Child

Ümrah Aydoan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 124-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arterial Complications Following Cardiac Catheterization in Children Less Than 10 kg

Ziad R Bulbul, MD, Mohammed Omar Galal, MD, Elsayed Mahmoud, BS, Bettina Narden, MD, Laszlo Solymar, MD, Mohammad Ashraf Chaudhary, PhD, and Zohair Y Al Halees, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 129-132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robotically Controlled Video-Assisted Port-Access Mitral Valve Surgery

Naresh Trehan, MD, Yugal K Mishra, PhD, Mitesh Sharma, MCh, Surinder Bazaz, MCh, Yatin Mehta, MD, Krishan Kant Sharma, MD, and Sameer Shrivastava, DM
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 133-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total Reconstruction of the Mitral Valve With Autopericardium: Anatomical Study

Vahe C Gasparyan, MD and Van S Galstyan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 137-140. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracofemoral Bypass for Treatment of Juxtarenal Aortic Occlusion

Cengiz Köksal, MD, Sabit Sarikaya, MD, and Mustafa Zengin, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 141-144. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of Sternal Fractures: 239 Cases

Konstantinos Potaris, MD, John Gakidis, MD, Peter Mihos, MD, Valsamakis Voutsinas, MD, Anastasios Deligeorgis, MD, and Vasilios Petsinis, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 145-149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thymoma Associated With Pure Red-Cell Aplasia: Clinical Features and Prognosis

Tomohiro Murakawa, MD, Jun Nakajima, MD, Hajime Sato, MD, Makoto Tanaka, MD, Shinichi Takamoto, MD, and Masashi Fukayama, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 150-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CASE STUDIES:

Right Heart Assist During Beating Bypass for Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Goro Matsumiya, MD, Shigeaki Ohtake, MD, Koji Kagisaki, MD, Toshiki Takahashi, MD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, and Hikaru Matsuda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 155-158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Erik WL Jansen, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 158-159. [Full Text]  

Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patient With Malaria

Mehmet Balkanay, MD, Denyan Mansurolu, MD, Kaan Kirali, MD, Suat Nail Ömerolu, MD, and Cevat Yakut, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 160-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Y Graft Bypass for Bilateral Coronary Ostial Aortoarteritis

Sushil K Singh, MCh, Deepak Kumar, MD, Ram D Yadave, DM, Asha R Khanna, DM, and Subhash K Sinha, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 162-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute Thrombotic Obstruction of Mitral Valve Prosthesis: Low Protein C Level

Toshihiro Ohata, MD, Tetsuo Sakakibara, MD, Hiroshi Takano, MD, and Toru Ishizaka, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 165-166. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm

Saket Agarwal, MS, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, MCh, Anita Saxena, DM, Ruma Ray, MD, Sanjeev Sharma, MD, and Balram Airan, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 167-169. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intramural Cardiac Myxoma in Left Ventricular Wall: an Unusual Location

Felipe Rendón, MD, Julio Agosti, MD, Alberto Llorente, MD, David Rodrigo, MD, and Kepa Montes, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 170-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carotid Body Tumors

Hakki Aydoan, MD, Gökçen Orhan, MD, Serap Aykut-Aka, MD, ebnem Albeyolu, MD, Okan Yücel, MD, Murat Sargin, MD, Onur Göksel, MD, Ugür Filizcan, MD, and E Ergin Eren, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 173-175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant Aneurysm of Renal Artery: Surgical Management

Lokeswara Rao Sajja, MCh, Sitaram Reddy Benjaram, FRCS, Sarbeswar Sahariah, MS, and Vijay Kumar Devaraj, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 176-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gas Gangrene in Patient With Atherosclerosis Obliterans

Masanori Niimi, MD, Yosifumi Ikeda, MD, Shigenao Kan, MD, and Hiroshi Takami, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 178-180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

St. Jude Medical Valve in Pulmonary Position: Anticoagulation and Thrombosis

Feza Nurozler, MD and Scott M Bradley, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 181-183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Repair of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Due to Takayasu's Arteritis

Emin Tireli, MD, A Kubilay Korkut, MD, Eylül Kafali, MD, and Murat Basaran, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 184-185. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of Lung

Neerod Kumar Jha, MCh, Bruce McKenzie Thomson, MBBS, David Meredith, MD, and John Stubberfield, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 186-188. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal Myelolipoma

Gao Bing, MD, Hiroshi Sugimura, MD, Shuichiro Sugimura, MD, Yoshinobu Hattori, MD, Tadashi Iriyama, MD, and Hideki Kano, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 189-190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchial Artery Dissection and Fatal Hemothorax Following Pneumonectomy

Augustine TM Tang, FRCSEd, Theodore J Velissaris, FRCSEd, Geoffrey Tsang, FRCS(CTh), and William Roche, FRCPath
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 191-193. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HOW TO DO IT:

A Technique Facilitating Muscle-Sparing Thoracotomy

Yiit Akçali, MD, Hasan Demir, MD, and Bekir Tezcan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 194-195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Multiple Mycotic Aortic Aneurysms in a Drug Addict

Carlos-A Mestres, MD, Iván García, MD, Ebrahim Khabiri, MD, and José L Pomar, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 196. [Full Text]  

Type B Aortic Dissection and Right Hemothorax

Theodore J Velissaris, AFRCS, Clinton T Lloyd, FRCS, and Sunil K Ohri, FRCS(CTh)
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 197. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Left Atrial Reduction: Isolation of the Pulmonary Veins

Ovidio A García-Villarreal, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 10: 198. [Full Text]  

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