Minimally invasive surgery

Contributing journals to this CTSNet collection:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Items 101-110 of 624 total displayed.

Original articles
Postoperative clopidogrel improves mid-term outcome after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective study

Ahmet Tayfun Gurbuz, Ayhan A. Zia, Ali Can Vuran, Haiyan Cui, and Aydin Aytac
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2006; 29: 190-195. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Effect of closed minimized cardiopulmonary bypass on cerebral tissue oxygenation and microembolization

A. Liebold, A. Khosravi, B. Westphal, C. Skrabal, Y.H. Choi, C. Stamm, A. Kaminski, A. Alms, T. Birken, D. Zurakowski, and G. Steinhoff
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 268-276. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Activation of the coagulation system during coronary artery bypass grafting: Comparison between on-pump and off-pump techniques

Domenico Paparella, Antonella Galeone, Maria Teresa Venneri, Maria Coviello, Giuseppe Scrascia, Nicola Marraudino, Michele Quaranta, Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa, and Stephanie J. Brister
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 290-297. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Evolving Technology
Endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: Functional and histologic assessment of the conduit

Oz M. Shapira, Benjamin R. Eskenazi, Elad Anter, Lija Joseph, Thomas G. Christensen, Curtis T. Hunter, Harold L. Lazar, Joseph A. Vita, Richard J. Shemin, and John F. Keaney, Jr
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 388-394. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Robotically assisted perventricular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects: Preliminary results in Yucatan pigs

Zahid Amin, Russell Woo, David A. Danford, Stacey E. Froemming, Vadiyala M. Reddy, John Lof, and David Overman
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 427-432. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Brief Communication
Robotic endoscopic excision of accessory mitral leaflet

Douglas A. Murphy, John J. Byrne, and Hector A. Malave
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 468-469. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Brief Communication
Video-assisted thoracic surgery lung resection after endobronchial valve placement

Juan C. Garzon, Calvin S.H. Ng, Tak Wai Lee, and Anthony P.C. Yim
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 499-500. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Editorials
Robotics in thoracic surgery: Applications and outcomes

Thomas A. D'Amico
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 19-20. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Clinical outcomes of nonelective coronary revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

Sotiris C. Stamou, Peter C. Hill, Elizabeth Haile, Syma Prince, Michael J. Mack, and Paul J. Corso
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006; 131: 28-33. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Splanchnic Organ Injury During Coronary Surgery With or Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Raimondo Ascione, Sudath Talpahewa, Chanaka Rajakaruna, Barnaby C. Reeves, A. Timothy Lovell, Alan Cohen, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2006; 81: 97-103. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?