Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

d Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan e Department of Thoracic Medicine, St Paul's Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan. Received for publication January 7, [more...]

Date: 2010-06-24 07:00:00

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Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People's Republic of China b Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People's Republic of [more...]

Date: 2010-06-24 07:00:00

Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

e Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. Received for publication May 13, 2009; revisions received April 19, 2010; accepted for publication May 9, 2010. [more...]

Date: 2010-09-23 20:28:15

Extract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Two cardiac surgeons considered the patient at high risk for conventional surgery because of his advanced age. The logistic EuroScore was 14.6%. Angiography revealed severe tortuosity of the abdominal aorta and right subclavian artery. [more...]

Date: 2010-09-23 20:28:15

Extract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Address for reprints: Joel D. Cooper, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Thoracic Surgery, 3400 Spruce Street, 6 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (Email: joel.cooper@uphs.upenn.edu). [more...]

Date: 2010-09-23 20:28:15

Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

There were no operative deaths or major adverse cardiac events. On long-term monitoring, freedom from atrial fibrillation/flutter/tachycardia was 86.3% (44/51) and 80.8% (42/52) at 6 and 12 months, respectively. [more...]

Date: 2010-03-18 07:00:00

Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Twenty-one patients had received neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery, 9 patients had undergone surgery only, and 6 patients had chemoradiation only. Median survival was 54 (range, 16–162) months. In general, patients reported better [more...]

Date: 2010-06-20 07:00:00

Abstract - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Biomechanical implications of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve: A finite element study of aortic root function from in vivo data. Carlo A. Conti, MDa, Alessandro Della Corte, MD, PhDb,*, Emiliano Votta, PhDa, Luca Del Viscovo, MDc, [more...]

Date: 2010-04-07 07:00:00

Abstract - European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Address: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Yeongun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2072 2120/760 2877; fax: +82 2 741 0549/765 7117. [more...]

Date: 2010-03-31 07:00:00

Abstract - European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Long-term results of hybrid endovascular repair for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms. Toru Kuratania,*, Masaaki Katob, Yukitoshi Shirakawaa, Kazuo Shimamuraa, Yoshiki Sawaa. a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University [more...]

Date: 2010-03-22 07:00:00

The first Blalock-Taussig shunt -- Cooley 140 (4): 750 -- The ...

Editor's Note— The following article is the first in a series of "Reflections of the Pioneers" highlighting the history of cardiac and thoracic surgical techniques that were and continue to be significant in the treatment of ... Our first article in this series is written by one of the all time legends in cardiac surgery, Dr Denton Cooley, who was present at the first Blalock–Taussig anastomosis for a blue baby that was performed in the mid 1940s when he was an intern. [more...]

Date: 2010-09-23 20:28:15

Efficiency and safety of preoperative autologous blood donation in ...

Preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) in cardiac surgery is considered an option to reduce the need of allogeneic blood products. We analysed a 1-year period of our institutional database according to the safety and efficiency [more...]

Date: 2010-06-01 15:22:06

Intra-operative sentinel lymph node identification using a novel ...

b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, South Korea c Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea [more...]

Date: 2010-06-01 15:22:07

Predonation of autologous blood reduces perioperative allogenic ...

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum München an der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany b Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München an der [more...]

Date: 2010-05-03 15:40:37

Preoperative introduction and maintenance immunosuppression ...

Address: Division of Thoracic Transplantation and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig of the University of Leipzig, Struempell Str. 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany. Tel.: +49 341 865 1482; fax: +49 341 865 1603. [more...]

Date: 2010-03-22 07:00:00

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