EDITORIALS:

Global Expansion of Cardiac Surgery in the New Millennium

A Thomas Pezzella, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 253-256. [Full Text]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC SURGERY:

Coronary Artery Assessment by Epicardial Pulsed Doppler Ultrasound

Takeo Tedoriya, MD, Henrik Siniawski, MD, Luc Tambeur, MD, Michael Huebler, MD, and Roland Hetzer, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 257-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Another Autograft for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Wang Wen Lin, MD, Zeng Wei Sheng, MD, and Jiang Ren Chao, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 260-263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Flow Competition of Right Gastroepiploic Artery Graft

Lee Hyun Sung, MD, Kwak Young Tae, MD, Youn Young Nam, MD, Park Hyung Dong, MD, and Chang Byung Chul, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 264-268. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolution of Surgical Strategies for Anomalous Left Coronary Artery

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, MCh, Kona Samba Murthy, MCh, Roy Varghese, MCh, and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 269-274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus: 300 Cases

Mohammad Hassan Nezafati, MD, Seyed Hassan Hashemian, MD, Eftekhar Mahmoodi, MD, and Ali Hamedanchi, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 275-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt With Accessory Pulmonary Blood Flow

Pankaj Goel, MCh, Kona Samba Murthy, MCh, and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian, FRACS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 279-281. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Blood Distribution After Total Cavopulmonary Connection

Chu Jun Min, MD, Wu Qing Yu, MD, and Wang Wen Ming, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 282-285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Radical Pericardiectomy for Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis

Tadashi Omoto, MD, Kazutomo Minami, MD, Dimitrios Varvaras, MD, Dietmer Böthig, MD, and Reiner Körfer, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 286-290. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection

Lim Chong Hee, FRCS, Jeremy Lim, MBBS, Madhava Janardhan Naik, MS, and Thirugnanam Agasthian, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 291-295. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOLOGY:

Intravascular Detection of Ischemia by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Doan Baykut, MD, Kâmuran A Kadipasaolu, PhD, Hakki Bölükoglu, MD, Martha-Maria Gebhard, MD, O Howard Frazier, MD, and Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 296-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Losartan in the Therapy of Heart Failure Patients

Alexander E Berezin, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 302-307. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Routine Transradial Coronary Angiography in the Malaysian Population

Devan Pillay, MRCP, Lam Kai Huat, MRCP, Sanjiv Joshi, MRCP, Mohd Nasir Muda, MRCP, and Zainal Abidin Abdul Hamid, MRCP
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 308-311. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CASE STUDIES:

Follow-Up on Heart Transplant After Left Ventricular Assist System Bridge

Norihide Fukushima, MD, Shigeaki Ohtake, MD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, Motonobu Nishimura, MD, Goro Matsumiya, MD, Seiji Takashima, MD, Masatsugu Hori, MD, Ryota Shirakura, MD, and Hikaru Matsuda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 312-314. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complete Myocardial Revascularization in Severe Arteriopathy

Augustine TM Tang, FRCSEd, Mohan Devbhandari, FRCS, and Sunil K Ohri, FRCS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 315-317. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repeat Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Replacement for Enterococcal Endocarditis

Yoshiharu Hamanaka, MD, Norimasa Mitsui, MD, and Shinji Hirai, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 318-319. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infected Myocardial Hydatid Cyst Imitating Pericardial Cyst

Ufuk Özergin, MD, Kadir Durgut, MD, Niyazi Görmü, MD, Güven Sadi Sunam, MD, and Tahir Yüksek, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 320-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Atrial Myxoma Arising from Crista Terminalis in Septuagenarian

Lokeswara Rao Sajja, MCh, Gopi Chand Mannam, FRCS, Krishnam Raju Penumatcha, DM, Sriramulu Sompalli, MD, and Rajasekhar Angajala, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 322-324. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Accessory Mitral Valve Tissue Obstructing Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Lokeswara Rao Sajja, MCh, Gopi Chand Mannam, FRCS, Sriramulu Sompalli, MD, and Satish Kumar Missula, DA
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 325-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

On-Pump Catheter-Guided Interruption of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

Raja Joshi, MS and Soman Rema Krishna Manohar, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 327-329. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Retrieval of Malpositioned Ductal Coil

Sowrangshu Kumar Chowdhury, MCh, Madathil Sahadevan Ranjit, MD, Richard Saldanha, MCh, and Komarakshi Rajagopalan Balakrishnan, MCh
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 330-331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Severe Mechanical Hemolysis After Complete Occlusion of Arterial Duct

Ümrah Aydoan, MD and Türkan Tansel, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 332-333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of Streptokinase in Fibrinous Purulent Pericardial Effusion

Haim Üstünsoy, MD, Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz, MD, Metin Topal, MD, Kutluhan Yilmaz, MD, and Bülent Koçer, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 334-335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant Mediastinal Lipoblastoma

Calvin SH Ng, MBBS, Wan Song, MD, Alan DL Sihoe, MB BChir, Ahmed A Arifi, MD, Chan Wing Yee, MD, Lee Tak Wai, FRCS, Chik Ki Wai, MB ChB, and Anthony PC Yim, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 336-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Parenchymal Abscess: VATS Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

Francis J Podbielski, MD, Heron E Rodriguez, MD, Irvin M Wiesman, MD, Andrew M Brown, MD, Emily D Quiros, MD, and Mohammed F Ziauddin, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 339-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epigastric Pain After Tube Thoracostomy: a Case of Vagal Irritation

Seyda Ors Kaya, MD, Gokhan Yuncu, MD, and Alpaslan Cakan, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 342-343. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pseudolymphoma of the Lung: Benign or Malignant?

Rana Sandip Singh, MCh, Rajinder Singh Dhaliwal, MCh, Pradeep Bambery, MD, and Nandita Kakkar, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 344-346. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HOW TO DO IT:

Mini-Incision Midline Approach for Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Hitoshi Ogino, MD, Masahiko Matsumoto, MD, Takaaki Sugita, MD, Junichiro Nishizawa, MD, Katsuhiko Matsuyama, MD, Tatsuya Yoshioka, MD, and Yoshiyuki Tokuda, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 347-348. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REVIEW PAPERS:

Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Michael P Vallely, MBBS, Paul G Bannon, FRACS, Clifford F Hughes, AO, FRACS, and Leonard Kritharides, FRACP
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 349-355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Is It Time to Look for an Alternative?

A Thomas Pezzella, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 356. [Full Text]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Beating Heart Coronary Artery Surgery

Erik WL Jansen, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 357. [Full Text]  

Mechanical Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure in Pediatric Patients

Zohair Al-Halees, MD
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2001 9: 358. [Full Text]  

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