Sommario

• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Instructions to Authors

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• Original Articles

  • ·Endothelial Activation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Comparison Between On-Pump and Off-Pump Techniques

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    Michael P. Vallely, Paul G. Bannon, Matthew S. Bayfield, Clifford F. Hughes, Len Kritharides

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  • ·Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Patient Outcome following Cardiac Surgery

    Pagina :453-459

    Adam J. Hedley, Matthew A. Roberts, Philip A. Hayward, Margaret Shaw, George Matalanis, Brian F. Buxton, Omar Farouque, Francesco L. Ierino

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  • ·Surgical Approaches to the Blalock Shunt : Does the Approach Matter?

    Pagina :460-464

    Arjamand Shauq, Vijay Agarwal, Ajith Karunaratne, Gordon Gladman, Marco Pozzi, Markku Kaarne, Edmund J. Ladusans

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• How-To-Do-It

  • ·Fistula From Aneurysmal Saphenous Vein Graft to Right Atrium Treated with Covered Stents

    Pagina :465-469

    Brendan Bell, Nicholas Bett, Darren L. Walters

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• Brief Communication

  • ·Recovery of Transient Pericardial Constriction Following Steroid Administration

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    A. Samara, M. Bergman, J. Vitrai, Z.Z. Brener, H. Salman

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• Clinical Spotlight

  • ·Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Morphologically Deceptive Benign Appearance and Potential Pitfalls in Diagnosis

    Pagina :473-475

    Chi Wing Wong, Seif El-Jack, Colin Edwards, Hitesh Patel

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  • ·Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Diagnosed as Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Cautionary Tale

    Pagina :476-479

    Hany Abed, Malcolm Barlow, Thomas Wellings, Neil Spratt, Nicholas Collins

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• Clinical Images

  • ·Acupuncture Needles over the Myocardium

    Pagina :480

    Bong Gun Song, Jeong Rang Park

     
  • ·Thrombosis of a Coronary Artery Related to the Myocardial Bridging

    Pagina :481-482

    Ozan Utuk, Ali Bilge, Ozgur Bayturan, Hakan Tikiz, Talat Tavli, Ugur Tezcan

      

• Abstracts

  • ·Transittime Flowmetry Predicts Graft Patency in off Pump Coronary Artery Surgery: A Pilot Study

    Pagina :484

    Jacob Bergsland, Emir Mujanovic, Midhat Nurkic, Emir Kabil

    
  • ·Angiographic Assessment of 172 Patients Undergoing Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery T Grafts

    Pagina :484

    R. Naidoo, H. Paterson, C. Chen, K. Byth, L. Robinson, J. Passage

    
  • ·Outcomes of Redo CABG From the ASCTS Database

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    Cheng-Hon Yap, Luigi Sposato, Diem Dinh, Christopher Reid, James Tatoulis, Gilbert Shardey

    
  • ·Comparison of Reduction Ascending Aortoplasty and Ascending Aortic Replacement for Bicuspid Valve Related Aortopathy in Young Adult Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement—Long Term Followup

    Pagina :485

    Paul Conaglen, Suvitesh Luthra, Peter Skillington

    
  • ·Simplified Cerebral Protection using Unilateral Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion and Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

    Pagina :486

    Satoshi Numata, Duncan S Thomson, Taranpreet Singh

    
  • ·“The Closer You Look, the More You See”: Initial Experience with a Novel Implantable Heart Rhythm Monitor Device for Patients Undergoing Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :486-487

    Martin Misfeld, Thorsten Hanke, Ulrich Stierle, Hans-H. Sievers

    
  • ·The Role of Early Epithelial Remodelling in the Progression of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Post Lung Transplantation

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    John Fraser, Maria Nataatmadja, Margaret Passmore, Peter Hopkins, Fiona Kermeen

    
  • ·Homograft Replacement in Tricuspid Valve Disease: Mid-Term Result

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    Bishwo Man Singh Shrestha, Marian Vrtik, Hon Ian Chong, Lisa Sparks, Homayoun Jalali, Peter Pohlner

    
  • ·Risk Factors and Survival for Patients Developing Respiratory Failure Post Cardiac Surgery

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    M Bailey, S Richter, D Mullany, JF Fraser

    
  • ·The Ross Procedure Performed in the Subcoronary Technique: A Single Center Experience of 501 Cases

    Pagina :488-489

    Martin Misfeld, Thorsten Hanke, Ulrich Stierle, Hans-H. Sievers

    
  • ·Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Technique for Assessment of Adverse Neurological Outcome in the Setting of Perioperative Cardiac Surgey

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    P. Milsom, P.A. Barber, L. Tippett, A. Merry, S. Hach, C. Frampton

    
  • ·Preoperative Risk Prediction Model for 30-day Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery in Australia

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    Christopher Reid, Baki Bilah, Diem Dinh, Gil Shardey, on behalf of the ASCTS Database Group

    
  • ·Hybrid Approach for Aortic Arch and Thoraco-Abdominal Aneurysm: A New ERA?

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    Gabriele Iannelli, Luigi Di Tommaso, Raffaele Smimmo, Michele Mottola, Vincenzo De Amicis, Carlo Vosa

    
  • ·Long-Term Outcome of Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Pagina :490-491

    Waleed A Ahmed, Rob Baker, John Knight

    
  • ·Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians: Pre- and Intra-Operative Factors Predicting Long Term Survival of Octogenarians Undergoing Cabg ± Valve Surgery

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    Simon L Rohde, Robert A Baker, Phil Tully, John L Knight

    
  • ·Is Female Sex an Independent Predictor of Short and Long-Term Survival After Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery?

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    Waleed A Ahmed, Phillip J Tully, Robert A. Baker, John L. Knight

    
  • ·Effect of Biodegradable Ring on Dimensions and Dynamics of Mitral Annulus

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    Prashant Joshi, H.S. Jong, Ahmadi Salleh, Vaaishali Londhe, Martin Wong

    
  • ·A Twenty Year Experience of Surgery for Truncus Arteriosus—Focus on Choice of Conduit for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Construction in the Neonate

    Pagina :492-493

    L Bassin, AD Cole, GF Sholler, IA Nicholson, RB Chard, DS Winlaw

    
  • ·Impact of Surgical Closure of VSD With Prolapsed Aortic Valve on Aortic Cusp Deformity Indices Assessed By 2D-Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography

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    Prashant Joshi, Martin Wong, Vaishali Londhe, KH Sim

     
  • ·Impact of Patient Prosthesis Mismatch on Short And Long-Term Mortality Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement

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    Waleed A. Ahmed, Rob Baker, John Knight

    
  • ·Efficacy of Peri-Operative Amiodarone in Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation Following Adult Cardiac Surgery

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    Jim Dimitriou, Philip Hayward, Rinaldo Bellomo, N. Seevanayagam, George Matalanis

    
  • ·Resuscitation from Prolonged Cardiac Arrest Using Portable ECC

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    Massimo Massetti

    
  • ·Reperfusion Preservation of Damaged Hearts Improves metabolism and Contractile Function

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    SE Repse, S Pepe, C McLean, J Anderson, H Schneider, FL Rosenfeldt

    
  • ·A New Method of Coating Vascular Prostheses with Endothelial Cells

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    AK Ranjan, Ashutosh A Hardikar, Anandwardhan A Hardikar

    
  • ·A Novel Elastin-coated e-PTFE Vascular Conduit

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    Michael Byrom, Steven Wise, Paul Bannon, Anthony Weiss, Marcela Bilek, Martin Ng

     
  • ·Immediate Effect of Acute Device Attachment to Heart on Cardiac Function in Sheep—Haemodynamics

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    Y Huang, K Timworth, S Hunyor, B Williams, P Brady

    
  • ·The Efficacy of Maze Procedures in Redo-Cardiac Operations: Re-Consideration on Surgical Indication

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    Jae Hyun Kim, Sam Sae Oh, Chan-Young Na

    
  • ·Surgical Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Analysis of 540 Consecutive Patients from a Prospective Database

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    Tristan D Yan, Paul G Bannon, Brian C McCaughan

     
  • ·Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer Comes Good?

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    DJ Parry, SD Smart, S Stubbs, IC Winburn, JC Harrison, IA Sammut

    
  • ·Total Arterial Revascularisation In Elderly Patients with Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: Impact on Peri-Operative Mortality and Morbidity

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    Pawan Singhal, Yi Chen, Julian Smith, Aubrey Almeida

    
  • ·Pattern of Activin A Release in a Sheep Model of Cardiopulmonary Bypass—Preliminary Results

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    Yi Chen, David J Phillips, James McMillan, Penny Bedford, Jacob Goldstein, Hui Wu, Julian A Smith

    
  • ·Alpha B-Crystallin: An Independent Marker For Prognosis In Lung Cancer?

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    A Campbell-Lloyd, J Mundy, W Lo, G Boyle

    
  • ·Favourable Outcomes With Newer Generation Small Aortic Valve Prostheses: Root Enlargement Is For Kids

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    AK Sibal, R Ullal, Z Lin, G Parkinson, NK Kejriwal

    
  • ·Management Approach And Risk Predictors For Deep Sternal Infection After Cardiac Surgery At A Tertiary Medical Centre

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    Raja Sawhney, Paul Weimers, Pallav Shah, Julie Mundy

    
  • ·Surgical Management of Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture

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    Satsuki Fukushima, Peter Tesar, Andrew Clarke, Hemant Sharma, Jivesh Choudhary, Peter Pohlner

    
  • ·Pulmonary Thrombo-Endarterectomy: A Single Centre Experience

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    Thomas Stephen, David Haydock, Henry Conell

    
  • ·Predictors of 1 Year Mortality of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Compared to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)—Insights From 2 Large Multi-Centre Australian Registries

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    Christopher Reid, Melanie Freeman, David Clark, Nick Andrianopoulos, Gil Shardey, Brian Buxton, Diem Dinh, Bryan Yan, Julian Smith, Peter Skillington, Andrew E Ajani, Omar Farouque, Stephen J. Duffy

    
  • ·Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery In Octogenarians

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    Jurgen Passage, Joerg Seeburger, Nicolas Doll, Markus Czesla, Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

    
  • ·Clinical Characteristics and Mortality of Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Compared With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Comparison Between 2 Multi-Centre Registries

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    Christopher Reid, David Clark, Melanie Freeman, Nick Andrianopoulos, Angela Brennan, Diem Dinh, Brian Buxton, Julian Smith, Omar Farouque, Gil Shardey, Stephen J Duffy, Andrew E Ajani

    
  • ·Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention And Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Revascularisation of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

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    Michelle J Butler, Stephen J Duffy, Diem Dinh, Julian A Smith, Andrew E Ajani, Nick Andrianopoulos, Gil C Shardey, David J Clark, Angela Brennan, Gishel New, Anthony M Dart, Christopher M Reid, on behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group, Australasian Society of Cardiac, Thoracic Surgeons registries

    
  • ·Surgery for Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect: A Single Centre Experience

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    Paul Wiemers, Pallav Shah, Julie Mundy

     
  • ·Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics and Mortality of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Compared With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention—An Insight From 2 Multi-Centre Registries

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    Christopher Reid, Michael Wong, Nick Andrianopoulos, Siven Seevanayagam, Omar Farouque, Gishel New, Gil Shardey, Martin Sebastian, Han Lim, Julian Smith, Angela Brennan, Diem Dinh, Brian Buxton, Andrew E Ajani, Stephen J. Duffy, David Clark, on behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group and Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons registries

    
  • ·Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension A Model for Evaluating the Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

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    Michael Worthington, Dennis H Lau, Lorraine Mackenzie, Darren J Kelly, Pawel Kuklik, David A Saint, James Edwards, Prashanthan Sanders

    
  • ·Risk Factors for Intraoperative Coagulopathy in Cardiac Surgery

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    L Bassin, M Stone, M Krol, DL Reich

    
  • ·An Analysis of 30 Day and Medium Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery in New Zealand

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    Barry Mahon, Sylvia Watson, Ray Naden

    
  • ·Is Aprotinin Safe In Cardiac Surgery

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    Samith Chouta, Morteza Mohajeri

    
  • ·Aortic Surgery In Giant Cell Arteritis: A Diagnostic And Management Dilemma

    Pagina :508-509

    Nick Butler, Pallav Shah, Julie Mundy

    
  • ·A Systematic Review of Randomised and Non-Randomised Trials on Safety and Efficacy of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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    Tristan D Yan, Deborah Black, Paul G Bannon, Brian C McCaughan

    
  • ·Surgical Management of Pulmonary Invasive Mould Infections In Patients With Haematological Malignancies

    Pagina :509-510

    M Liava’a, S Theodore, P Antippa, R Wynne, M Slavin, A Grigg, J Tatoulis

    

• Societies

  • ·New Heart Foundation paper: Multidisciplinary care for people with chronic heart failure

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  • ·The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

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