EDITORIALS:

The Future of Cardiac Surgery: a History Lesson

Steven F Bolling, MD and Matthew A Romano, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 97-98. [Extract] [Full Text]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC SURGERY:

Left Ventricular Volume Reduction Surgery in the Middle East

Sami S Kabbani, FACS, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, FRCS(CTh), Hisham Jamil, MD, Bassam Akasheh, FRCS, Daoud Hanania, FRCS, and Hassan Raffa, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 99-101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Assessment of Coronary Bypass Graft Patency by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography

Tarek A Abdel Aziz, MD, Pramod Kumar, MD, Nooshin Bazargani, MRCP, Eman Al-Hato, MRCP, and Najib Al Khaja, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 102-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total Arterial Revascularization on Beating Heart: Experience in 803 Cases

Sushil Kumar Singh, MCh, Surya Kumar Mishra, MCh, Deepak Kumar, MD, Ram Deo Yadave, DM, Rajiv Agarwal, DM, and Subhash Kumar Sinha, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangiomas: New Approach in Patients With Low Cancer Risk

Balakrishnan Mahesh, FRCS, Edward Sheffield, FRCPath, Christopher Forrester-Wood, FRCS, and Khalid Amer, FRCS(CTh)
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 113-115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intermittent Tepid Blood Cardioplegia Improves Clinical Outcome

Teing Ee Tan, FRCS, Sulman Ahmed, MBBS, and Hugh S Paterson, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 116-121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Prevalence and Clinical Profile of Angiographic Coronary Ectasia

Peter Nyamu, MMed, Mullasari S Ajit, MD, Peter K Joseph, MRCP, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Mphil, and Nancy A Sugirtham, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 122-126. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peroneal Artery Reconstruction via Medial Approach Using Tourniquet Occlusion

Shunya Shindo, MD, Koji Ogata, MD, Kenji Kubota, MD, Atsuo Kojima, MD, Masahiro Kobayashi, MD, and Yusuke Tada, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 127-130. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Regurgitation: Comparison Between Edge-to-Edge Repair and Valve Replacement

Jai Raman, PhD, Pallav Shah, MCh, Siven Seevanayagam, FRACS, John Cheung, FRCSEd, and Brian Buxton, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 131-134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Clefts and Interatrial Septum Defects: 15-Year Results

Kaan Kirali, MD, Denyan Mansurolu, MD, Yücel Özen, MD, Nilgün Ulusoy Bozbua, MD, Altu Tuncer, MD, Mehmet Erdem Toker, MD, Mesut imanolu, MD, and Cevat Yakut, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 135-138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transesophageal Echocardiography in Hypotensive Post-Coronary Bypass Patients

Harpreet Wasir, MCh, Yatin Mehta, FRCA, Yugal K Mishra, MCh, Sameer Shrivastava, DM, Sanjay Mittal, DM, and Naresh Trehan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 139-142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intravascular Ultrasound: Potential Tool to Assess Coronary Anastomosis Quality

Piergiorgio Tozzi, MD, Antonio F Corno, MD, and Ludwig K von Segesser, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 143-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Age and Left Ventricular Impairment Predict Reopening for Bleeding

Yongzhi Deng, MD, Karen Byth, PhD, and Hugh S Paterson, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 147-152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tissue-Engineered Heart Valve on Acellular Aortic Valve Scaffold: In-Vivo Study

Dong-e Zhao, MD, Ruo-bing Li, MD, Wei-yong Liu, MD, Gang Wang, MD, Shi-qiang Yu, MD, Cheng-wei Zhang, MD, Wen-sheng Chen, MD, and Geng-xu Zhou, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 153-156. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CASE STUDIES:

Myocardial Laser Coagulation for Free Wall Rupture Following Acute Infarction

Tetsuo Mizutani, MD, Hitoshi Suzuki, MD, and Jin Tanaka, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 157-159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Intraventricular Hydatid Cyst of the Heart

Rasheed A Saad, MRCS, Khalid MA Amer, FRCS, Marcello Migliore, FETCS, Tarek Aziz, FRCS, and Ahmed Azzu, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 160-162. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Single Coronary Artery from the Left Sinus With Atherosclerosis

Mahilmaran Asha, DM, Rajagopal Sriram, DM, Seshadri Mukundan, MCh, and Kurudammanil A Abraham, DM
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 163-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant Substernal Goiter with Chylothorax

Bassam K Darwish, MD and Sami S Kabbani, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 165-166. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Extraction of Infected Pacemaker Leads After Cardiac Surgery

Seyed Mahmoud Nouraei, FRCS(CTh), Rodney S Bexton, FRCP, and Asif Hasan, FRCS(CTh)
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 167-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With an Aberrant Left Coronary Artery

Ahmed A. Alsaddique, MD, Mohammed M. Elsaegh, MD, and Mohammed A. Fouda, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 169-170. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HOW TO DO IT:

Fully Ringed Polytetrafluoroethylene Graft for Vascular Access in Hemodialysis

Chiung Lun Kao, MD and Jen Ping Chang, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 171-173. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Pleuropericardial Release: a Useful Technique in Off-Pump Coronary Surgery

Theodore Velissaris, AFRCS, Robert G Stuklis, FARCS, David A Hett, FRCA, and Sunil K Ohri, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 174-176. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Starfish Heart Positioner and Harmonic Scalpel for Redo Off-Pump Coronary Bypass

Hiroshi Niinami, MD, Yuji Suda, MD, and Yasuo Takeuchi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 177-179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REVIEW PAPERS:

Diabetes and Vascular Disease: a New International Trial

Anushka Patel, FRACP, John Chalmers, MD, Vivek Chaturvedi, MD, Rochelle Currie, NZROT, Helen Monaghan, BSc(Hons), and Bruce Neal, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 180-184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Pyothorax-Associated Lymphoma After Modified Eloesser Technique

Masato Kanzaki, MD, Tetsuya Obara, MD, Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD, Tokuro Ohtsuka, MD, and Takamasa Onuki, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 185. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The Stealth Ross Operation

Antonio F Corno, MD and Ludwig K von Segesser, FACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 186. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Like Mickey Mouse

Antonio di Virgilio, MD, Massimo Chello, MD, Egidio Bevacqua, MD, and Pasquale Mastroroberto, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 187. [Extract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Anterior Flail Chest and Sternal Fracture: To Fix or Not To Fix?

Francesco Leo, MD, Nicolas Venissac, MD, Stephane Lopez, MD, Daniel Pop, MD, Francesco Savinelli, MD, and Jérôme Mouroux, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 188. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Acromegaly as Manifestation of a Bronchial Carcinoid Tumour

Pier Luigi Filosso, MD, Giovanni Donati, MD, Ottavio Rena, MD, and Alberto Oliaro, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 189. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Limb Ischemia Due to Use of Internal Thoracic Artery in Coronary Bypass

Hitoshi Hirose, MD and Akihito Takahashi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 190. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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