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EDITORIAL:

Changes to Improve the Annals

David Lik-Ching Cheung, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:1. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Antioxidant Attenuates Acute Lung Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Rats

Li-Zhong Wang, MD, Shi-Tong Li, MD, Ying-Tian Wang, PhD, and Zheng-Ping Wang, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:2-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Chlamydia Pneumoniae a Risk Factor for Peripheral Atherosclerosis?

Haim Üstünsoy, MD, Cumhur Sivrikoz, MD, Fatma Sirmatel, MD, Kemal Bakir, MD, Oktay Burma, MD, and Hakki Kazaz, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:9-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical Coronary Revascularization in Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Chee Fui Chong, FRCSEd (CTh), Ali Akbar Fazuludeen, MBBS, Christie Tan, FMAS, Mark Da Costa, FRCSI, Poo Sing Wong, FRCS (CTh), and Chuen Neng Lee, FAMS (CTh)
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:14-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk Evaluation and Midterm Outcome of Cardiac Surgery in Patients on Dialysis

Noriko Boku, MD, Munetaka Masuda, MD, Masataka Eto, MD, Takahiro Nishida, MD, Shigeki Morita, MD, and Ryuji Tominaga, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:19-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MRI-Based Safety Evaluation of the Ventrica Magnetic Coronary Anastomotic System

Uwe Klima, MD, Janina Beilner, MD, Eric Bagaev, MD, Stefan Fischer, MD, Theo Kofidis, MD, and Joachim Lotz, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:24-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Ross Operation: Clinical Results and Echocardiographic Findings

Mehrdad Salehi, MD, Roya Sattarzadeh, MD, Ali Akbar Soleimani, MD, Hassan Radmehr, MD, Jalil Mirhosseini, MD, and Mehdi Sanatkar Far, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:30-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Significance of p53 Gene Mutation in T1-2N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Cengiz Gebitekin, MD, Ahmet S Bayram, MD, Berrin Tunca, and adiman A Balaban
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:35-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antithrombin and Protein C in Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Islam Massad, MD, Hamdi Abu-Ali, MD, Christine Biron-Andreani, MD, Marie-Christine Picot, MD, and Philippe trinh-Duc, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:39-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchopleural Fistula After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer

Itaru Nagahiro, MD, Motoi Aoe, MD, Yoshifumi Sano, MD, Hiroshi Date, MD, Akio Andou, MD, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:45-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Tranexamic Acid and Autotransfusion in Coronary Artery Bypass

Aflatoon Mehr-Aein, MD, Saeed Davoodi, MD, and Manouchehr Madani-Civi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:49-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postoperative Residual Pleural Spaces: Characteristics and Natural History

Panagiotis Misthos, MD, John Kokotsakis, MD, Marios Konstantinou, MD, Ion Skottis, MD, and Achilles Lioulias, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:54-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sternal Bands for Closure of Midline Sternotomy Leads to Better Wound Healing

Susmit Bhattacharya, MCh, Indrajit Sau, MBBS, Man Mohan, MCh, Kunal Hazari, MCh, Rajarshi Basu, MCh, and Ajay Kaul, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:59-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CASE STUDIES:

Malplacement of a Pacemaker Lead — A Rare Cause for Aortic Valve Endocarditis

K Matschke, MD, Sm Tugtekin, MD, K Alexiou, MD, M Knaut, MD, Jw Park, PhD, and M Schulze, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:64-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intimal Cardiac Sarcoma in a Pregnant Woman

Ho Sung Son, MD, Kyung Sun, MD, Jae Seung Jung, MD, Sung Min Park, MD, Sung Ho Lee, MD, and Kwang Taik Kim, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:66-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Pulmonary Amyloidosis Due to Low-Grade B Cell Lymphoma

Georgios P Georghiou, MD, Olga Boikov, MD, Bernardo A Vidne, MD, and Milton Saute, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:69-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HOW TO DO IT:

The Sock Method for a Distal Ascending Aneurysm

Katsuhiko Matsuyama, MD, Masaharu Yoshikawa, MD, Yuji Narita, MD, and Yuich Ueda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:72-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Novel Technique for Proximal Anastomosis of Vein Graft to Right Coronary Artery

Jayapadman Bhaskar, FRCS and Ashok K Sharma, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:74-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Failed Embolization of Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformations

Atasha Asmat, MD, Chee-Keong Ng, FACC, Chuen-Neng Lee, FRCS, and Poo-Sing Wong, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:76-77. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Large Pedunculated Left Atrial Myxoma

Vahe Gasparyan, MD, Tigran Hakobyan, MD, Vanik Galstyan, MD, and Arthur Hairapetyan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:78. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Left Upper Lobe Tumour Mimicking Tracheal Stenosis on Plain Chest X-Ray

Pradeep Narayan, FRCS, Suma Chakrabarthi, FRCR, Gevdeep Bhabra, MBChB, and Anthony Morgan, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:79. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of Type A Dissection with Stent-graft

Shang Dong Xu, MD, Fang Jiong Huang, MD, Jin Fei Yang, MD, Jia Hui Du, MD, Xue Yong Wang, MD, and Zhao Guang Zhang, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:80-81. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTER TO EDITOR:

IMPORTANCE OF OSTIAL CORONARY STENOSIS IN NON INFECTIOUS AORTITIS

Sanjay Theodore, MCh, Nainar Madhusankar, DNB, Byalal Raghvendrarao Jagannath, DNB, and Kotterathu Mammen Cherian, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:82. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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CASE STUDIES:

Primary Repair of d-Transposition With Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect

Akshaykumar Bisoi, MCh, Smartin Abraham, MCh, C Sai Krishna, MS, Sandeep Chauhan, MD, Shyamsunder Kothari, DM, and Panangipalli Venugopal, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e1-e2. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severe Sleep Apnea Syndrome Diagnosed With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Nese Dursunoglu, MD, Dursun Dursunoglu, MD, Sibel Özkurt, MD, Halil Tanriverdi, MD, Harun Evrengül, MD, and Göksel Kiter, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e3-e6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Heart

Janusz Skarysz, PhD, Dariusz Goka, PhD, Micha Krejca, PhD, and Andrzej Bochenek, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e7-e8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Compression by Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals with 22q11 Deletion

Yukihiro Kaneko, PhD, Hitoshi Yoda, MD, and Keiji Tsuchiya, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e9-e11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Non-Clostridial Gas Gangrene of the Neck and Mediastinum

Saulat Fatimi, MD, Sadaf Sheikh, MBBS, Majid Shafiq, MBBS, and Zaman Shah, MBBS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e12-e13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shelhigh No-React Pulmonic Valve Conduit for Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis

Neil Roberts, MBChB, Maciej J Matuszewski, MD, Nick J Morgan-Hughes, MBChB, and Glen AL Wilkinson, MBChB
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e14-e15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment for Intercostal Arterial Aneurysm in Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Isao Matsumoto, MD, Yasuhiko Ohta, MD, Yoshio Tsunezuka, MD, Masaya Tamura, MD, Makoto Oda, MD, and Go Watanabe, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e16-e19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Resection of Right Atrial Metastatic Large-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma

Cheng-Hon Yap, MBBS, Christopher Hair, MBBS, Stephan Foy, FRACP, Sanjeev Sewak, FRACP, Michael Francis, FRACR, and James F Kenny, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e20-e22. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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