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EDITORIAL:

Quality Assurance in Cardiac Surgery: Implications for Asia

Malcolm Underwood, FRCS, Kwok Keung Ho, FRCS, and David LC Cheung, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 175-176. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Non-Infectious Aortitis: an Important Cause of Severe Aortic Regurgitation

Elaine MC Chau, FRCP, Elaine Wang, MBBS, Clement SW Chiu, FRCS, and Wing-Hing Chow, FRCP
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 177-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Study of Effect of Fontan Circuit on Pulmonary Microcirculation

Zongtao Yin, MD, Zengwei Wang, MD, Hongyu Zhu, MD, Renfu Zhang, MD, Huishan Wang, MD, and Xinmin Li, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 183-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Late Mortality and Morbidity in Elderly Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves

Sadanari Sawaki, MD, Akihiko Usui, MD, Tomonobu Abe, MD, Masaharu Yoshikawa, MD, Toshiaki Akita, MD, and Yuichi Ueda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 189-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Optimizing Early Extubation after Coronary Surgery

Georgios P Georghiou, MD, Alon Stamler, MD, Eldad Erez, MD, Ehud Raanani, MD, Bernardo A Vidne, MD, and Alexander Kogan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 195-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

15-Year Comparison of Supra-Annular Porcine and PERIMOUNT Aortic Bioprostheses

WR Eric Jamieson, MD, Eva Germann, MSc, Michel R Aupart, MD, Paul H Neville, MD, Michel A Marchand, MD, and Guy J Fradet, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 200-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management of Malignant Mesothelioma by Decortication and Adjunct Phototherapy

Charles P Clarke, MBBS, Simon R Knight, MBBS, Freddy J Daniel, MBMS, and Siven Seevanayagam, MBBS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 206-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Characteristics of Bicuspid Aortic Valves in Surgical Patients

Toshihiko Ichihara, MD, Genyo Fujii, MD, Michio Sasaki, MD, Osamu Kawaguchi, PhD, and Yuichi Ueda, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 210-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Right Ventricular Dysfunction Due to Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Patch

Jian-Jun Ge, MD, Xue-Gong Shi, MS, Ru-Yuan Zhou, BS, Min Lin, MS, Sheng-Lin Ge, MS, and Shi-Bing Zhang, MS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 213-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical Management of Bilateral Bronchiectases: Results in 29 Patients

Manucher Aghajanzadeh, MD, Ali Sarshad, MD, Hosin Amani, MD, and Ali Alavy, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 219-222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Assessment of the Drainage Capacity of Small Silastic Chest Drains

Hiroshi Niinami, MD, Mimiko Tabata, MD, Yasuo Takeuchi, MD, and Mitsuo Umezu, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 223-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Off-Pump Coronary Endarterectomy in High-Risk Patients

Feza Nurozler, MD, Tolga Kutlu, MD, Güngör Küçük, MD, and Candan Ökten, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 227-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy: Tailored Scar Excision and Linear Closure

Maninder S Kalkat, FRCS, Uday Dandekar, FRCS, Chris Smallpeice, FRCS, Jitender Parmar, FRCS, Chris Satur, FRCS, and Adrian Levine, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 231-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcome of Glenn Anastomosis for Heterotaxy Syndrome with Single Ventricle

Mohammed Koudieh, FRCS, E Dean McKenzie, MD, and Charles D Fraser, Jr, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 235-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Landiolol Enhances Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning in Isolated Rabbit Hearts

Shigetoshi Mieno, MD, Hitoshi Horimoto, MD, Kenji Kishida, MD, Sachiko Horimoto, MD, and Shinjiro Sasaki, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 239-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CASE STUDIES:

Giant Bronchogenic Cyst Mimicking Tension Pneumothorax

Sedat Demircan, MD, I Cüneyt Kurul, MD, Mahmut Tokur, MD, Leyla Memis, MD, and Ilyas Okur, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 244-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Graft Replacement and Muscle Wrap for Infected Aneurysm of Thoracic Aorta

Masayuki Sakaki, MD, Hiroshi Takano, MD, Yuji Miyamoto, MD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, Goro Matsumiya, MD, and Hikaru Matsuda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 247-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Combined Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery and Left Pulmonary Lobectomy

Philippe-Primo Caimmi, MD and Pietro Di Biasi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 250-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HOW TO DO IT:

Mitral Valve Repair on the Beating Perfused Heart

Michael A Savitt, MD, Taranpreet Singh, MCh, Guangqiang Gao, MD, and Aftab Ahmed, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 252-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REVIEW PAPER:

Pathobiology of Idiopathic Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

EW Matthias Kirsch, MD, N Costin Radu, MD, Eric Allaire, MD, and Daniel Y Loisance, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 254-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Giant Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma of the Chest Wall

Ahmet S Bayram, MD, Cengiz Gebitekin, MD, Mehmet M Erol, MD, and Ulviye Yalçinkaya, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 261-262. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Congenital Kinking of Aortic Arch Associated with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Satoru Tobinaga, MD, Hidetoshi Akashi, MD, Teiji Okazaki, MD, Kenji Ishihara, MD, Kei-ichi Akaiwa, MD, and Shigeaki Aoyagi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 263. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER TO EDITOR:

MECHANICAL VALVES AND PREGNANCY: A CAVEAT

Zohair Al Halees, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: 264. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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CASE STUDIES:

Hydatid Cyst of the Right Atrium: A Rare Presentation

Shekhar Tandon, MCh and Anshuman Darbari, MS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e43-e44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adult Dysphagia Associated with Type B Double Aortic Arch

Ganesh Shanmugam, FRCS and James Pollock, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e45-e47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transbronchial Localization of Small Pulmonary Lesions for Thoracoscopic Resection

Tohru Mawatari, MD, Atsushi Watanabe, MD, Hisayoshi Ohsawa, MD, Tomio Abe, MD, and Gen Yamada, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e48-e49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Active Cerebral Perfusion During Carotid Endarterectomy

Kazuhito Imanaka, MD, Masaaki Kato, MD, Masanori Ogiwara, MD, and Shunei Kyo, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e50-e52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Papillary Fibroblastoma of Tricuspid Valve With Pulmonary Embolization

Pasquale Mastroroberto, MD, Silvio Olivito, MD, Francesco Onorati, MD, Antonio di Virgilio, MD, Salvatore Merola, MD, and Attilio Renzulli, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e53-e54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intraoperative Aortic Dissection in Pediatric Heart Surgery

Narutoshi Hibino, MD, Yorikazu Harada, MD, Takeshi Hiramatsu, MD, Satoshi Yasukochi, MD, and Gengi Satomi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e55-e57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma: Surgical Considerations

Gian M Novaro, MD, Rafael E Cabrales, MD, and W Douglas Boyd, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e58-e59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Post-Pleuropneumonectomy Herniation of Liver Mimicking Major Pulmonary Embolism

Hanno Huwer, MD, Johannes Winning, MD, Helmut Isringhaus, MD, and Gerhard Kalweit, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e60-e62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chylothorax After Aortic Valve Replacement

Mehmet U Ergenoglu, MD, Ilhan Sanisoglu, MD, Ertan Sagbas, MD, Resit Yaman, MD, Mustafa Guden, MD, and Belhhan Akpinar, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e63-e64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery

Maninder S Kalkat, FRCS, Uday Dandekar, FRCS, Vijay Jegannath, MD, and Adrian Levine, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 14: e65-e67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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