EDITORIALS:

Quality Assessment in Cardiac Surgery: Do Not Miss the Boat!

Samer A M Nashef, MD and Roger J F Baskett, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 187-189. [Extract] [Full Text]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Slide Tracheoplasty for Congenital Tracheal Stenosis with Glottic Stenosis

Mohammed A Rafay, FRCS, Waseem M Hajjar, FRCS, Mohammed A Essa, MD, Ziyad Z Mahasin, FRCS, and Khaled M Al-Kattan, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 190-192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Capillary Leakage in Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Yoshihiro Hamada, MD, Kanji Kawachi, MD, Nobuo Tsunooka, MD, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, MD, Shinji Takano, MD, and Hiroshi Imagawa, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 193-197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Blood-Air Interface during Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Arndt-H Kiessling, MD, Mahmud Khalil, MD, Ohmed Assaf, MD, Frank Isgro, MD, Kai-U Kretz, CP, and Werner Saggau, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 198-201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Factors Affecting Early Exsanguination and Death in Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma

Robert A Lancey, MD, A Thomas Pezzella, MD, and David A Phillips, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 202-207. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long Term Outcome of Femoropopliteal Bypass for Claudication and Critical Ischemia

Masayoshi Kobayashi, MD, Kenji Hida, MD, Hiroo Shikata, MD, Shigeru Sakamoto, MD, and Junichi Matsubara, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 208-212. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement with the Medtronic Freestyle Stentless Bioprosthesis

Alexander John, MD, Christoph Glauner, MD, Mohammad Ali Manoutcheri, MD, Virgilijus Ziaukas, MD, Gummiah Muniputtana Mahesh, MD, and Henning Warnecke, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 213-217. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patients Aged 70 Years and Over: Mortality, Morbidity, Length of Stay and Hospital Cost

Chye-Yew Ng, MBChB, Mohd Faizal Ramli, MSc, and Yahya Awang, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 218-223. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A New Technique of Fixing a Costal Coaptation Pin after Resection of Rib Segment

Yoshio Tsunezuka, MD, Tomohisa Iseki, PhD, Hideo Sato, MD, Norihiko Ishikawa, MD, Makoto Oda, MD, and Go Watanabe, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 224-226. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Semi-skeletonized Internal Mammary Artery Grafts and Sternal Wound Complications

Yongzhi Deng, MS, Karen Byth, PhD, and Hugh S Paterson, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 227-232. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transventricular Mitral Commissurotomy in Critical Mitral Stenosis during Pregnancy

Kasturi SVK Subbarao, MCh, Muthuraman Nachiappan, MCh, and Antao P Irineu, DNB
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 233-235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early Results and Problems with St. Jude Medical Symmetry Bypass System in Japan

Hideki Kitamura, MD, Hitoshi Okabayashi, PhD, Michiya Hanyu, PhD, Jota Nakano, MD, Satoshi Kono, PhD, Takuya Nomoto, PhD, Atsushi Nagasawa, MD, Hisashi Sakaguchi, MD, Hiroyuki Johno, MD, and Takehiko Matsuo, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 236-238. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolution of Repaired and Non-repaired Tricuspid Regurgitation in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Surgery without Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Kaan Kirali, MD, Suat Nail Ömerolu, MD, Kemal Uzun, MD, Vedat Erentu, MD, Nilgün Bozbua, MD, Ercan Eren, MD, Mehmet Balkanay, MD, Mete Alp, MD, and Cevat Yakut, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 239-245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Pulmonary Cavity Associated with Fungus Ball

Chareonkiat Rergkliang, MD, Apirak Chetpaophan, MD, Vorawit Chittithavorn, MD, and Prasert Vasinanukorn, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 246-249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

What Influences the Results in Critical Patients After Cardiovascular Surgery?

Susumu Ishikawa, MD, Tetsuya Koyano, MD, Toru Takahashi, MD, Yasushi Sato, MD, Yutaka Hasegawa, MD, Satoshi Ohki, MD, Kiyohiro Oshima, MD, Shigeru Oki, MD, Fumio Kunimoto, MD, and Yasuo Morishita, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 250-253. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CASE STUDIES:

Ruptured Chronic Traumatic Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta

Sashidhar V Yeluri, MBBS, Apurva B Vaidya, MS, Hima J Patel, MD, Sumit R Kapadia, MS, and Siddharth Karanth, MBBS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 254-256. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atypical Pulmonary Giant Hydatid Cyst as Bilaterally Symmetrical Solitary Cysts

Saadia Rashid, MD and Saulat Hasnain Fatimi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 257-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Lung Surgery

Suat N Ömerolu, MD, Hasan B Erdoan, MD, Kaan Kirali, MD, Atilla Ömerolu, MD, Mehmet E Toker, MD, Nihan Kayalar, MD, Gökhan pek, MD, and Cevat Yakut, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 260-262. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Posterior Mediastinal Goiter

Chee-Fui Chong, FRCS, Wei-Keat Cheah, FRACS, Fai-Lam Sin, FRCPI, and Poo-Sing Wong, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 263-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cusp Extension Technique for Bicuspid Aortic Valve in Turner-like Stigmata

Yoshihiro Oshima, MD, Keiju Koto, MD, Chikashi Shimazu, MD, Takuro Misaki, MD, Fukiko Ichida, MD, and Ikuo Hashimoto, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 266-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HOW TO DO IT:

Sutureless Fixation of Temporary Pacing Wire

Manoj Purohit, MD and Markku Kaarne, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 270-271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REVIEW PAPERS:

Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Different Approaches

Bruno Chiappini, MD, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, MD, and Giuseppe Marinelli, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 272-277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Asymptomatic Cardiac Lipoma as a Finding In a Left Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer

Christophoros Kotoulas, MD, Christophoros Foroulis, MD, and Achilles Lioulias, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 278-279. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica as an Incidental Finding

Kamlesh Mohan, MRCP, Stephen Owen, FRCP, and Chee Yeong, FRCR
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 280-281. [Extract] [Full Text]  

LETTER TO EDITOR:

Gender Difference Outcomes after Coronary Artery Surgery

Shahzad G. Raja, MRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004 12: 282. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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