Cardiac - Other

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Placement of 2 implantable centrifugal pumps to serve as a total artificial heart after cardiectomy

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 507-509)

Martin Strueber, Jan D. Schmitto, Ingo Kutschka, Axel Haverich Short communication

507-509
Implantation of a centrifugal pump as a left ventricular assist device through a novel, minimized approach: Upper hemisternotomy combined with anterolateral thoracotomy

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 511-513)

Jan D. Schmitto, Ulrich Molitoris, Axel Haverich, Martin Strueber Short communication

511-513
Preoperative proteinuria predicts acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 495-502)

Steven G. Coca, Divakar Jammalamadaka, Kyaw Sint, Heather Thiessen Philbrook, Michael G. Shlipak, Michael Zappitelli, Prasad Devarajan, Sabet Hashim, Amit X. Garg, Chirag R. Parikh, Translational Research Investigating Biomarker Endpoints in Acute Kidney Injury Consortium et al. Full-length article

495-502
Expanding the indications for septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Results of operation in patients with latent obstruction

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 303-309)

Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Steve R. Ommen, Paul Sorajja, Rick A. Nishimura et al. Full-length article

303-309
Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899–1964)

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 260-263)

Claude A. Beaty, Timothy J. George, John V. Conte Editorial

260-263
Delayed migration of a transfemorally implanted aortic bioprosthesis

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages e1-e3)

Costin Radu, Richard Raffoul, Eric Brochet, Dominique Himbert Short communication

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Delayed bleeding after transapical aortic valve implantation

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages e5-e6)

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Adam Ibrahim, Saeed Al Ahmari, Angela Lorena Iacò, Houssein Al Amri et al. Short communication

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Complete removal as a routine treatment for any cardiovascular implantable electronic device–associated infection

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1482-1490)

Maximilian Pichlmaier, Ludmilla Knigina, Ingo Kutschka, Christoph Bara, Hanno Oswald, Gunnar Klein, Theodosius Bisdas, Axel Haverich et al. Full-length article

1482-1490
Results of matching valve and root repair to aortic valve and root pathology

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1491-1498.e7)

Lars G. Svensson, Lillian H. Batizy, Eugene H. Blackstone, A. Marc Gillinov, Michael C. Moon, Richard S. D’Agostino, Edward M. Nadolny, William J. Stewart, Brian P. Griffin, Donald F. Hammer, Richard Grimm, Bruce W. Lytle et al. Full-length article

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Calcified amorphous tumor of left atrium

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1575-1576)

Yi-Chang Lin, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chien-Sung Tsai Editorial

1575-1576
Hemodynamics and myocardial blood flow patterns after placement of a cardiac passive restraint device in a model of dilated cardiomyopathy

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1038-1045)

Jennifer A. Dixon, Amy M. Goodman, William F. Gaillard, William T. Rivers, Richard A. McKinney, Rupak Mukherjee, Nathaniel L. Baker, John S. Ikonomidis, Francis G. Spinale et al. Full-length article

1038-1045
Cost and cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in elderly patients

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1062-1073)

Sandro Gelsomino, Roberto Lorusso, Ugolino Livi, Gianluca Masullo, Fabiana Lucà, Jos Maessen, Gian Franco Gensini et al. Full-length article

1062-1073
Safety and efficacy of a novel temporary sternal spreader in the management of severe postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock: A preliminary report study

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1276-1278)

Francesco Santini, Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Faggian, Alessandro Mazzucco Short communication

1276-1278
Transesophageal echocardiographic scoring for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Impact of aortic cusp calcification on postoperative aortic regurgitation

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1229-1235)

Andrea Colli, Roberto D’Amico, Joerg Kempfert, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich W. Mohr, Thomas Walther et al. Full-length article

1229-1235
Continuous biatrial pacing to prevent early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after the Maze procedure

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 989-994)

William Wang, Donald Buehler, Xiao Dong Feng, Shui Ye Zhang Full-length article

989-994
Exclusion of the left atrial appendage with a novel device: Early results of a multicenter trial

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1002-1009.e1)

Gorav Ailawadi, Marc W. Gerdisch, Richard L. Harvey, Robert L. Hooker, Ralph J. Damiano, Thomas Salamon, Michael J. Mack et al. Full-length article

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Evaluation of new Forcefield technology: Reducing platelet adhesion and cell coverage of pyrolytic carbon surfaces

October 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 4 | Pages 921-925)

Mark S. Slaughter, Brian Pederson, Joel D. Graham, Michael A. Sobieski, Steven C. Koenig et al. Full-length article

921-925
Surgical treatment of intracardiac leiomyomatosis

October 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 4 | Pages 823-828)

Hui-Li Gan, Jian-Qun Zhang, Qi-Wen Zhou, Qing-Yu Kong, Shuang Zhao, Ping Bo et al. Full-length article

823-828
Mitral valve repair in heart failure: Five-year follow-up from the mitral valve replacement stratum of the Acorn randomized trial

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 569-574.e1)

Michael A. Acker, Mariell Jessup, Steven F. Bolling, Jae Oh, Randall C. Starling, Douglas L. Mann, Hani N. Sabbah, Richard Shemin, James Kirklin, Spencer H. Kubo et al. Full-length article

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Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive behavioral intervention for depression and anxiety symptoms preoperatively in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages e109-e115)

Tam K. Dao, Nagy A. Youssef, Mary Armsworth, Emily Wear, Katina N. Papathopoulos, Raja Gopaldas et al. Full-length article

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