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EDITORIAL:

Who Reviews the Reviewers?

Benjamin Bidstrup, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:357-358. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Desmoid Tumors of the Chest Wall

Charalambos Zisis, PhD, Apostolos Dountsis, MD, Athanasios Nikolaides, MD, and Jubrail Dahabreh, FETCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:359-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role and Outcome of Surgery for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Aysun Olcmen, MD, Mehmet Z Gunluoglu, MD, Adalet Demir, MD, Hasan Akin, MD, Hasan V Kara, MD, and Seyyit I Dincer, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:363-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcome of Single Ventricle and Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Manvinder S Sachdev, MD, Pradyumna K Jena, Renu P Kurup, DNB, Roy Varghese, MCh, R Suresh Kumar, DM, and Robert Coelho, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:367-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral Valve Surgery for Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Mitral Regurgitation

Masashi Toyama, MD, Akihiko Usui, MD, Tomonobu Abe, MD, Hideki Oshima, MD, Toshiaki Akita, MD, and Yuichi Ueda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Classic Konno-Rastan Procedure: Indications and Results in the Current Era

Mohammad B Tabatabaie, MD, Alireza A Ghavidel, MD, Mohammad A Yousefnia, MD, Saeed Hoseini, MD, Seyed H Javadpour, FETCS, and Kamal Raesi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:377-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral Valve Annuloplasty With Carpentier-Edwards Physio Ring: Mid-term Results

Daniel TL Chan, MBBS, Clement SW Chiu, FRCS, Lik-Cheung Cheng, FRCS, and Timmy WK Au, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:382-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of the Spatial Resolution with 1.5-4 Tesla in a Stenosis Model

Thomas Wittlinger, MD, Ivo Martinovic, MD, Anton Moritz, MD, and Sandro Romanzetti, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:387-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kinking of the Atrioventricular Plane During the Cardiac Cycle

Wolfgang A Goetz, PhD, Emmanuel Lansac, MD, Hou-Sen Lim, MS, Scott A Stevens, PhD, Patricia A Weber, DrPH, and Carlos MG Duran, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:394-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Operative Treatment of Sternal Fractures

Abdullah Al-Qudah, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:399-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intrapulmonary Channel for One-Stage Correction of Aortic Arch Obstruction

Yong-Qiang Lai, MD, Qi-Wen Zhou, MD, Hua Wei, MD, Chun Zhang, MD, and Zhao-Guang Zhang, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:402-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analysis of Surgical Treatment for Pulmonary Aspergilloma

Adalet Demir, MD, Mehmet Z Gunluoglu, MD, Akif Turna, MD, Hasan V Kara, MD, and Seyyit I Dincer, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

Jun Nakajima, MD, Shinichi Takamoto, MD, Eriho Takeuchi, MD, Takeshi Fukami, MD, and Atsushi Sano, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:412-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CASE STUDIES:

Multinodular Goiter Compressing the Trachea Following Open Heart Surgery

Lokeswara R Sajja, MCh, Gopi C Mannam, FRCS, Sriramulu Sompalli, MD, Chandra SR Simhadri, MCh, and Ashfaq Hasan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:416-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Right Heart Failure with a New Microaxial Blood Pump

Stefan Christiansen, MD, Guido Dohmen, MD, and Rüdiger Autschbach, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:418-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Tamponade Due to Spontaneous Rupture of Large Coronary Artery Aneurysm

Satoshi Kimura, MD, Kazuyuki Miyamoto, MD, and Yasutaka Ueno, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:422-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Heart

Mesbah Rahman, FRCS, Deborah S Cook, MRCPath, Gethin Ellis, MRCP, and Peter A O’Keefe, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:425-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pacing in Preterm with Hydrops Fetalis due to Congenital Complete Heart Block

Anant Khositseth, MD, Piya Samankatiwat, MD, Wichaya Withurawanit, MD, and Pongsak Khowsathit, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:428-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HOW TO DO IT:

Longitudinal Reinforcement for Treatment of Sternal Dehiscence

Pasquale Totaro, MD, Nello Degno, MD, and Vincenzo Argano, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:432-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REVIEW PAPER:

Primary Left Atrial Leiomyosarcoma: Literature Review and Lessons of a Case

Michael Malyshev, MD, Alexander Safuanov, MD, Igor Gladyshev, MD, Vladlena Trushyna, MD, Lydia Abramovskaya, MD, and Anton Malyshev, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:435-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Rupture into the Oesophagus

Charalambos Zisis, PhD, Dimitrios Exarchos, PhD, Konstantinos Kotsifas, MD, Mihalis Argiriou, MD, Athanassios Portinos, MD, and Ion Bellenis, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:441-442. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shot Through the Heart

Omer Ashraf, MBBS, Syed Shahabuddin, MBBS, Ghufranullah Khan, FCPS, and Hasanat Sharif, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:443-444. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER TO EDITOR:

LEFT MAIN CORONARY STENOSIS OR LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM PULMONARY ARTERY?

Shiv K Choudhary, MCh, Sachin Talwar, MCh, Anita Saxena, DM, and Balram Airan, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:445. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Jaswinder Singh, MCh, Sudhir Mehta, MCh, Rajeshwar Sharma, MS, Sandeep Singh Rana, MCh, Shyam KS Thingnam, MCh, and Rajinder Singh Dhaliwal, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:445-446. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Electronic Contents

CASE STUDIES:

Thoracoscopic Findings of a Small Posterior Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma

Masanobu Taguchi, MD, Shunsuke Endo, PhD, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, PhD, Yukio Sato, PhD, and Yasunori Sohara, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e86-e87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical Repair for Entire Inferior Vena Cava Occlusion in Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Kazuhisa Rikitake, MD, Tsuyoshi Itoh, MD, Masafumi Natsuaki, MD, Yuji Katayama, MD, Satoshi Ohtsubo, MD, and Hiroumi Kataoka, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e88-e90. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early Failure of Surgical Angioplasty with Tissue Glue: a Word of Caution

Asif Malik, MBChB, Mehmet Oc, MD, George Doukas, MD, Christos Alexiou, MD, and Tomas J Spyt, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e91-e92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful in situ Treatment of Infected Aortic Arch Prosthesis by Omental Wrapping

Yoshiharu Nishimura, MD, Yoshitaka Okamura, MD, Takeshi Hiramatsu, MD, Hideaki Mori, MD, Hiroki Hayashi, MD, and Shigeru Komori, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e93-e95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Case of 24 Years Longevity of an Ionescu-Shiley Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Position

Yutaka Watanabe, PhD, Shuuichi Ohkawa, MD, Keisuke Yamabuki, PhD, Hidekazu Tsuneoka, MD, Noboru Sugiyama, MD, and Teruo Hiyama, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e96-e98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extension of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma into the Left Atrium

Jan Vojáek, MD, Jan Burkert, MD, Pavel Pafko, MD, Martin Mates, MD, Jaroslav patenka, MD, and Petr Pavel, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e99-e101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm Following Treatment of Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Siu-Bon Woo, MRCS, Lik-Cheung Cheng, FRCS, and Wing-Cheung Wong, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e102-e105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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