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EDITORIAL:

The Ideal Graft of the Future: a Prospect of Messianic Proportions?

Uwe Klima, MD, PhD and Theo Kofidis, MD, PhD, FAHA, FAMS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:238-239. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

Importance of Strain Imaging in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Philip Claessens, MD, Jan Meulendijks, Christophe Claessens, MD, Marc Claessens, MD, Maria Claessens, and Jan Claessens, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:240-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Coronary Disease After Aortic Valve Replacement

Jürg Grünenfelder, MD, Iram Kilb, MD, Andre Plass, MD, Silvano Cominelli, MD, Daniela Zeller, MD, and Michele Genoni, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of Gender on Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Ina C Ennker, MD, Alexander Albert, MD, Detlef Pietrowski, PhD, Kerstin Bauer, MD, Juergen Ennker, MD, and Ines Florath, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:253-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect on the Brain of Two Techniques of Myocardial Protection

Jan Stygall, MSc, Sujeeth Suvarna, FRCSI, Jane Harrington, PhD, Martin Hayward, FRCS, Robin K Walesby, FRCS, and Stanton P Newman, DPhil
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:259-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scimitar Syndrome: Experience With 6 Patients

Ranjith Baskar Karthekeyan, MD, Richard Saldanha, MCh, M Ranjith Sahadevan, MD, Suresh KG Rao, MD, Mahesh Vakamudi, MD, and Balakrishnan K Rajagopal, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:266-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Age Over 70 Years a Risk Factor for Pneumonectomy?

Valerio Annessi, MD, Massimiliano Paci, MD, Tommaso Ricchetti, MD, Guglielmo Ferrari, MD, Debora Formisano, MS, and Giorgio Sgarbi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:272-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leaflet Suspension and Subvalvular Annuloplasty in Aortic Valve Prolapse

Hiroshi Izumoto, MD, Kohei Kawazoe, MD, Takanori Oka, MD, Kazuyuki Ishibashi, MD, Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD, and Fumio Yamamoto, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:278-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Can Chest Trauma Patients Provide Breath Sample With Lion SD-400 Alcometer?

Sridhar Rathinam, FRCSEd(CTh), David Luke, MRCS, Prakash Nanjaiah, MRCS, Maninder S Kalkat, FRCSEd(CTh), and Richard S Steyn, FRCSEd(CTh)
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:282-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Establishment of Rat Model of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pulmonary Hypertension

Hao Liu, MD, Junwen Zhang, MD, Zhongqiu Wang, MD, Guohua Dong, MD, and Hua Jing, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:285-290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CASE STUDIES:

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung in Association With Sarcoidosis

Shoh Tatebe, MD, Kuniyuki Oka, MD, Joe Toda, MD, Maya Watanabe, MD, Mayumi Shinonaga, MD, and Setsuo Kuraoka, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:291-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical Repair of Mitral and Tricuspid Valves After Cardiac Transplantation

Masaharu Yoshikawa, PhD, Shirou Tomari, MD, Akihiko Usui, PhD, and Yuichi Ueda, PhD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:294-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emergency Surgical Embolectomy for Pulmonary Emboli After Failed Thrombolysis

Sharon HL Chu, MBBS, David Andrews, FRACS, and Yuki Watanabe, MBBS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:297-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Middle Lobectomy After Pneumonectomy

Jorge Quiroga, MD, José María G Prim, MD, Milagros Moldes, MD, and Ramiro Ledo, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:300-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adult Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Successful Surgery With Mitral Valvuloplasty

Kyoko Hobo, MD, Naoji Hanayama, MD, Kentaro Umezu, MD, Naohiro Shimada, MD, Akihiko Toyama, MD, and Arihumi Takazawa, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:302-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary-to-Pulmonary Artery Collateral in Tetralogy of Fallot

Saket Agarwal, MCh, Bana B Mishra, MS, Kaushik Mukherjee, MS, and Deepak K Satsangi, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:304-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carinoplasty With Telescope Anastomosis for Tuberculous Bronchial Stenosis

Hisaichi Tanaka, MD, Mitsunori Ohta, MD, Akihide Matsumura, MD, Naoki Ikeda, MD, Naoto Kitahara, MD, and Keiji Iuchi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:307-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary Tuberculous Sternal Osteomyelitis: A Clinical Rarity

Vijay Yashpal Bhatia, MCh, Vinod Aggarwal, MCh, Umesh Sharma, MS, and Anubhav Gupta, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:310-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Video-Assisted Surgery for Lung Cancer. State of the Art and Personal Experience

Jesus Loscertales, MD, Rafael Jimenez-Merchan, MD, Miguel Congregado, MD, Francisco Javier Ayarra, MD, Gregorio Gallardo, MD, and Ana Triviño, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:313-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY:

Traumatic Extrapleural Haematoma Imitating Pericardial and Pleural Pathology

Mohammed Wesam Khalil, FRCS, Rajwinder S. Jutley, FRCS, David A. Waller, FRCS, and Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:327-328. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Solitary Intrapulmonary Nodular Amyloidoma

Jaswinder Singh, MCh and Sandeep Singh Rana, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:329-331. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Severely Protruding Descending Aortic Atheroma

Katsuhiko Matsuyama, MD, Yuji Narita, MD, and Yuich Ueda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:332-333. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Nasri Alotti, MD, PhD and Gábor Kecskés, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:334. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;17:337. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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