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ARTICLES

2000-4913 – Mitral Valve Repair in Rheumatic Patients
Pablo M. A. Pomerantzeff, Carlos M. A. Brandão, Cristiano M. Faber, Max Grinberg, Luís F. Cardoso, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Noedir A. G. Stolf, Geraldo Verginelli, Adib D. Jatene

   

2000-2110 – Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Case-Matched Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Costs
Robert A. Lancey, Babs R. Soller, Thomas J. Vander Salm

   

2000-1909 – Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Use of the Octopus 2 Stabilization System
Belhhan Akpinar, Mustafa Güden, Ertan Sagbas, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Vedat Aytekin, Osman Bayindir

   

2000-19839 – Effects of Occlusion Devices for Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Coronary Endothelial Function of Atherosclerotic Arteries
Louis P. Perrault, Nathalie Desjardins, Caroline Nickner, Pascale Geoffroy, Jean-François Tanguay, Michel Carrier

   

2000-13345 – Pitfalls and Results of Immediate Angiography after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Kenton J. Zehr, Nobuhiro Handa, Luis F. Bonilla, Martin D. Abel, David R. Holmes, Jr.

   

2000-0099 – Comparison of Ministernotomy with Minithoracotomy Regarding Postoperative Pain and Internal Mammary Artery Characteristics
Naresh Trehan, Rajneesh Malhotra, Yugal Mishra, Sameer Shrivastva, Vijay Kohli, Yatin Mehta

   

2000-74718 – The Subclavian and Axillary Arteries as Inflow Vessels for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts -- Combined Experience from Three Cardiac Surgery Centers
Johannes Bonatti, Alan. S. Coulson, Shahroukh A. Bakhshay, Lydia Posch, Timothy J. Sloan

   

2000-34595 – Clinical Outcome of Patients With and Without Renal Impairment Undergoing a Minimally Invasive LIMA-to-LAD Bypass Operation
Friedrich-Christian Riess, Sina Moshar, Ralf Bader, Joachim Schofer, Christine L[^]wer, Peter Kremer, Niels Bleese

   

2000-9909 – Robotic-Enhanced Dresden Technique for Minimally Invasive Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting
Utz Kappert, Romuald Cichon, Vassilios Gulielmos, Jens Schneider, Ina Schramm, Joachim Nicolai, Sems-Malte Tugtekin, Stephan Schueler

   

2000-33418 – Robotically Enhanced Totally Endoscopic Right Internal Thoracic Coronary Artery Bypass to the Right Coronary Artery
Tayfun Aybek, Selami Dogan, Eva Andreßen, Stefan Mierdl, Klaus Westphal, Anton Moritz, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker

   

2000-5999 – Risk Factors for Leg Wound Complications Following Endoscopic Versus Traditional Saphenous Vein Harvesting
Keith B. Allen, David A Heimansohn, Robert J. Robison, John J. Schier, Gary L. Griffith, Edward B. Fitzgerald, John H. Isch, MD, Simon Abraham, Carl J. Shaar

   

2000-93443 – Endoscopic Doppler for Detecting Vessels in Closed Chest Bypass Grafting
Volkmar Falk, MD, James I. Fann, MD, Jürg Grünenfelder, MD, Thomas A. Burdon, MD

   

2000-23079 – Left Sided Heartport Approach for Combined Mitral Valve and Coronary Bypass Surgery
Imad Tabry, Eugene Costantini, Elmore Reyes

   

2000-0734 – Management Strategies for High-Risk Cardiac Surgery: Improving Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure
Steven F. Bolling, Marc L. Dickstein, Jerrold H. Levy, Patrick M. McCarthy, Mehmet C. Oz, Robert M. Savage