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EDITORIAL

2001-8899 – Combining Coronary Revascularization and Valvular Surgery on a Beating Heart: An Analysis
Borut Gersak, Gorazd Drevensek

 

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

2001-41019 – 4th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. What Is ISMICS and Why Does It Exist?
Michael J. Mack

 

ARTICLES

2001-46467 – Right Heart Support During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery--A Multi-Center Study
Ram Sharony, Rudiger Autschbach, Eyal Porat, Martin Struber, Andreas Boening, Ralf Krakor, Axel Haverich, Jochen T Cremer, Nahum Nesher, Friedrich W. Mohr, Gideon Uretzky

   

2001-32987 – Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Through Complete Sternotomy in Conscious Patients
Tayfun Aybek, Selami Dogan, Gerd Neidhart, Paul Kessler, Georg Matheis, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Anton Moritz

   

2001-6661 – The Cardiopulmonary Effects of Single-Lung Ventilation and Carbon Dioxide Insufflation During Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting
Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr.

   

2001-6759 – Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery with the Use of Anastomotic Devices: An Additional Tool for the Challenging Patient
Francesco Maisano, Vincenzo Franzé, Michele De Bonis, Ottavio Alfieri

   

2001-6805 – Does Off-Pump Total Arterial Revascularization Without Aortic Manipulation Influence Neurological Outcome? A Study of 226 Consecutive, Unselected Cases
Nirav C. Patel, D. Mark Pullan, Brian M. Fabri

   

2001-5401 – Results of Prospective Randomized Controlled Trials of Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
Keith A. Horvath

   

2001-87348 – Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Zile Singh Meharwal, Naresh Trehan

   

2001-37356 – Glove Retractor for Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Yoshihiro Suematsu, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Yukihiro Kaneko, Noboru Motomura, Yutaka Kotsuka, Shinichi Takamoto

   

2001-7895 – Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement and Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Through a Limited Right Lateral Thoracotomy using a Balloon Aortic Cannula
Robert E. Michler, Arun Gowdamarajan, A. Reza Abrishamchian, Jose Norberto

 

2001-40913 – The Use of Stentless Valves for Root Replacement During Repair of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms with Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Belhhan Akpinar, Mustafa Güden, Saide Aytekin, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Ertan Sagbas, Ugur Özbek, Baris Çaynak, Z. Bayramoglu

   

2001-6301 – Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical (VATS) Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Report of Three-Hundred Cases
M.H. Nezafati, E. Mahmoodi, S.H. Hashemian, A. Hamedanchi

   

2001-74848 – Cardiac Operations for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
Mehmet Kaplan, Serdar Cimen, Mustafa Sinan Kut, Mahmut Murat Demirtas

   

2001-93263 – Cardiac Surgical Procedures and Glove Reinforcements
Sadir J. Alrawi, Iyad Houshan, Suhaib A. Zanial, Joseph N. Cunningham Jr., Anthony J Acinapura, Ramanathan Raju

   

2001-83468 – Sternum Screw: Analysis of a Novel Approach to the Closure of the Chest After Surgery
Rajwinder S. Jutley, Duncan E. T. Shepherd, David W. L. Hukins, Robert R. Jeffrey

   

2001-3306 – Cardioscope-Assisted Excision of a Left Ventricular Tumor--A Case Report
Aditya K. Kaza, Scott A. Buchanan, G. Patrick Parrino, Steven M. Fiser, Stewart M. Long, Curtis G. Tribble