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Editorial
Editorial for ASCTS/ISMICS Conference Report 2006 Franklin Rosenfeldt page S1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (56 KB)
Convention Report
ASCTS/ISMICS Combined Meeting, Cairns 2006 Ben Bidstrup pages S3-S4 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Guest Presenters and Topics page S5 Full-Text PDF (307 KB)
Abstracts
TAG Prize- Oral Presentations
LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF 89 PATIENTS WITH RESECTED N2 NSCLC: THE IMPACT OF PET STAGING S. Barnett, K. Murugappan, C. Tog, F. Daniel, S. Seevanayagam, C. Clarke, S. Knight page S7 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (41 KB)
DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMIC CHEMOKINE RELEASE DISTINGUISHES THE ACUTE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY Y. Orr, J.M. Taylor, P.G. Bannon, C. Geczy, L. Kritharides pages S7-S8 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
INTRA-OPERATIVE TOE SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCES SURGICAL DECISION MAKING IN A LARGE PROSPECTIVE STUDY David Canty, Andrew Klein, Andrew Roscoe, John Kneeshaw, Roger Hall pages S8-S9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
ON VERSUS OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL P. Davis, R. Bunton, G. McCrystal, S. Valentine, S. Gold page S9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (38 KB)
ANGIOGRAPHIC PATENCY OF CORONARY ARTERY GRAFTS: 5-YEAR OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM THE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED ‘RADIAL ARTERY PATENCY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES’ (RAPCO) STUDY Philip Hayward, Brian Buxton on behalf of the RAPCO investigators pages S9-S10 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (162 KB)
CEREBRAL MICROEMBOLI AND NEUROBEHAVIORAL IMPAIRMENT AFTER PROSTHETIC AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND STUDY Gregory D. Rice, Robert A. Baker, Rebecca Perry, John L. Knight pages S10-S11 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (157 KB)
Oral Presentations
AORTIC DISSECTION, ANEURYSMS AND ATHEROMATOUS ULCERS: TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL IMAGING FEATURES: A COMPARISON OF IMAGING TECHNIQUES: INTRAOPERATIVE LIVE 3D EPICARDIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND MULTISLICE SPIRAL CT Manisha Mishra, Poonam Khurana, Zile Singh Meharwal, Naresh Trehan pages S13-S14 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (18126 KB)
MICROWAVE ATRIAL RESTORATIVE SURGERY ‘MARS’ IN RHEUMATIC MITRAL PATIENTS M.F. Ahmed, E.L. Watidy, Abdullah Ashmeg page S14 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
MODIFIED MAZE PROCEDURE USING SALINE IRRIGATED COOLED TIP RADIOFREQUENCY FOR CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL VALVE DISEASE—5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY Ramesh Bapna, Anil Agarwal, Vijay Kohli, Zile Singh Meharwal, Yugal Mishra, Rajneesh Malhotra, Naresh Trehan pages S14-S15 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (69 KB)
INTRA-OPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE Christopher Smith, Terrence Mau, Peter Tesar, Homayoun Jalali, Greg Stafford, Michael Gardner page S15 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (60 KB)
MID-TERM RESULTS OF MODIFIED IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY MAZE PROCEDURE—NATIONAL HEART CENTRE, SINGAPORE EXPERIENCE Yeow Leng Chua, Masakazu Nakao, See Lim Lim page S15 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (60 KB)
ULTRA MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY WITHOUT AORTIC CROSS-CLAMP S. Kumar, M.R. Petracek, J.P. Greelish, R.M. Ahmad, J.M. Balaguer, J.G. Byrne page S16 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF THE EPICARDIAL FAT PADS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LOW TO MODERATE RISK OPEN HEART SURGERY: SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF A NOVEL APPROACH FOR LOWERING THE INCIDENCE OF POST OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Anno Diegeler, Nassir Marrouche, Klaus Gutleben, Stephan Klügl, Konstantin Chryssagis, Johannes Brachmann page S16 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
EXPERIENCE WITH A MODIFIED MINIMISED EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION: A CAMPARISON WITH STANDARD CPB A. Costantino, C. Gentili, P. Sordini, A. Alois, M. Staibano page S17 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
ENDOBRONCHIAL CRYOTHERAPY FOR CARCINOID TUMOUR: AN ALTERNATIVE TO OPEN RESECTION Philip Hayward, Julia Beeson, Omar Maiwand pages S17-S18 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
VATS LOBECTOMY: PUTTING AUSTRALIA ON THE MAP Naveed Z. Alam, Gavin M. Wright page S18 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AFTER VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC (VATS) THYMECTOMY C. Keating, Y. Kong, V. Tay, S. Knight, C.P. Clarke, G.M. Wright pages S18-S19 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (441 KB)
THE ENDOTHELIN AXIS AND BRAIN STEM DEATH: ET-1 UP-REGULATION IN ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES John F. Fraser, Allison J. Sutherland, Fiona Kermeen, Keith D. McNeil, John J. Dunning page S19 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (433 KB)
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF INTRAMYOCARDIAL INJECTION OF ANGIOGENIC PROGENITOR CELLS FOR ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY P. Ruengsakulrach, K. Arom, V. Jitisakulratana, V. Pitiguagool, S. Banyatpiyaphod, P. Pamornsingh, C. Suwanakijboriharn, S. Asavapiyanond, C. Vatcharasiritham pages S19-S20 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (445 KB)
THE EFFICACY OF SKELETAL MYOBLAST DELIVERY OF ANGIOPOIETIN-1 VS DIRECT ADENOVIRAL ANGIOPOIETIN-1 INJECTION FOR CARDIAC REPAIR Lei Ye, Husnain Kh. Haider, Shujia Jiang, Rusan Tan, Wee Chi Toh, Ruowen Ge, In Chin Song, Peter K. Law, Eugene K.W. Sim page S20 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
FIVE YEARS FOLLOW-UP OF LIMA-LAD GRAFTING ON PATIENTS WITH EACAB PROCEDURE UNDERWENT SCANNING WITH 64-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY M. Cisowski, T. Waclawczyk, M. Skowerski, L. Szymanski, Z. Gasior, A. Bochenek page S20 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
EFFECT OF THE LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY TO THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY ON MORTALITY AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER EMERGENCY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING E.K. Slimani, R. Baker, J.L Knight pages S20-S21 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (60 KB)
CORONARY REVASCULARISATION IN OCTOGENARIANS: IS AGE JUST A NUMBER? Philip Hayward, Gunaratnam Niranjan, Oswaldo Valencia, Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran, Robin Kanagasabay page S21 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE—TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE Pankaj Goel, Sylvio Provenzano, Sharon Chu, Mark Edwards, David Andrews, Robert Larbalestier page S22 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
A META-ANALYSIS, SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND CONSENSUS CONFERENCE OF TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARISATION Davy C.H. Cheng page S22 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE VENTRASSIST LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE: THE PILOT TRIAL Franklin Rosenfeldt, Don Esmore, David Kaye, Robert Salamonson, Mark Buckland, John Begg, Justin Negri, Peter Ayre, John Woodard pages S22-S23 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
THE EFFECTS OF DONOR PRE-TREATMENT ON THE HEART AND OTHER SOLID ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN HORMONE RESUSCITATION, NORADRENALINE AND INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS TO IMPROVE ORGAN QUALITY Alfred Hing, Mark Hicks, Ling Gao, Steven Faddy, Peter Tran, Scott Kesteven, Alexandra Sharland, Graham Stewart, Peter Macdonald page S23 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
PLATELET GEL IN CARDIAC SURGERY—EFFECTS ON WOUND HEALING (THE ‘PICS’ STUDY) Ali Alizzi, Carmel Fenton, Luigi Sposato, Yi Yi Huang, Paula Ferguson, Mark Murton, Anand Dixit, Ayman Al-Masri, Eng Koh, Jonathan M. Hemli, Shaun O’Brien, Peter Peres, Rao V.R.S. Ketana page S24 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
DIRECT VISUALISATION OF THE BEATING HEART IN VIVO IN AN OVINE MODEL John F. Fraser, G. Scalia, J. Keys, B. Garlick, C. McDonald, G. Hart, E. Janes K. Dunster, K. Wilson pages S24-S25 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (75 KB)
CATIONIC LIPOSOME MEDIATED VEGF165 TRANSFECTION WITH SKELETAL MYOBLASTS Lei Ye, Esa Wahidah, Husnain Kh. Haider, Mahendran Ratha, Peter K. Law, Ruowen Ge, Yean Teng Lim, Ming Teh, Eugene K.W. Sim page S25 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
OFF-PUMP VERSUS ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS: A COST-EFFECTIVENSS ANALYSIS Janet Martin, Davy Cheng, Marc Silverstein, Daniel Bainbridge, Richard Novick pages S25-S26 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (377 KB)
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INSTITUTIONAL OPCAB-PROGRAM USING A SPECIFIC QUALITY MANAGEMENT TOOL Savedra Blume, Stefan Klügl, Michael Zacher, Anno Diegeler page S26 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (365 KB)
OFF-PUMP CORONARY SURGERY WITHOUT AORTIC MANIPULATION: IMPACT ON POSTOPERATIVE NEUROLOGIC MORBIDITY Jonathan M. Hemli, Kieron Potger, Michael P. Vallely, Peter W. Brady, R. John L. Brereton, David Marshman, Manu N. Mathur, Donald E. Ross pages S26-S27 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (373 KB)
SIMULTANEOUS COMPLETE CORONARY REVASCULARISATION COMBINING ENDOSCOPIC BYPASS GRAFTING AND PTCA USING DRUG ELUTING STENTING Guy J. Friedrich, Nicos Bonaros, Thomas Schachner, Guenther Laufer, Susanne Abbrederis, Otmar Pachinger, Johannes Bonatti page S27 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
NON-DEVICE, NON-CLAMP PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS IN CABG: EARLY RESULTS Taweesak Chotivatanapong, Choosak Kasemsarn, Pramote Porapakkham, Vibhan Sungkahapong pages S27-S28 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (57 KB)
ROBOTIC VERSUS OPEN MITRAL VALVE REPAIR: A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY Jaime Lee, Randall Moshinsky, Cassie Lowe, Aubrey Almeida page S28 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
TOTALLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (TECAB) AND MULTI-VESSELS SMALL THORACOTOMY (MVST) CABG USING DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM: AN EARLY EXPERIENCE AT BANGKOK HEART HOSPITAL S. Banyatpiyaphod, K.V. Arom, V. Jotisakulratana, V. Pitiguagool, S. Asavapiyanond, P. Pamornsingh, C. Suwanakijboriharn, P. Ruengsakulrach, C. Vatcharasiritham pages S28-S29 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Moderated Posters
SURGICAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING: PROGRESS AND PITFALLS Nicholas Kang, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson page S31 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (14687 KB)
DETERMINING COGNITIVE CHANGE AFTER CABG AND VALVE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT SURGERY Kathryn Bruce, Stephen Robinson, Greg Yelland, Aubrey Almeida, Julian Smith page S32 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
IMPACT OF COMPLETE REVASCULARISATION ON HOSPITAL AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN OCTOGENARIANS E.K. Slimani, R. Baker, J.L Knight pages S32-S33 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (181 KB)
SKELETONISED VS. PEDICLE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY HARVESTING: EFFECT ON CHEST NEUROPATHIC PAIN AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY Phuong Markman, Michael Rowland, Jee-Yoong Leong, Silvana Marasco, Justin Negri, Juliana van der Merwe, Michael Bailey, Franklin Rosenfeldt page S33 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
STERNAL SPARING CARDIAC SURGERY V. Pitiguagool, K. Arom, S. Banyatpiyaphod, V. Jitisakulratana, P. Pamornsingh, C. Suwanakijboriharn, S. Asavapiyanond, P. Ruengsakulrach, C. Vatcharasiritham page S34 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS: INFECTION RATE IN A SINGLE CENTRE Ahmadi Salleh, Jong Yuan Hsun, Gerome Hsiung, Zamrin Dimon, Prashant Joshi pages S34-S35 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (694 KB)
THORACOSCOPIC INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY HARVEST: EARLY AND MIDTERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka page S35 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (684 KB)
ENDOSCOPIC HARVEST OF SAPHENOUS VEIN—A LESSON FROM 1000 CASES Kuan-Ming Chiu, Shao-Jung Li, Jer-Shen Chen, Shu-Hsun Chu pages S35-S36 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (695 KB)
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAMMALIAN CELLS COULD IMPROVE THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES Doreen Rosenstrauch, Suncica Canic, Thsorng-Whay Pan, Roland Glowinski, Giovanna Guidoboni, Jaskaran Gill, Katy Moncivais, Timothy Josef, Craig Hartley page S36 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
CONCOMITANT CAROTID ENARTERECTOMY AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY IS STILL THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR HIGH RISK ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS Rajneesh Malhotra, Vijay Kohli, Harpeet Wazir, Z.S. Meharwal, Ramesh Bapna, Yugal Mishra, Manisha Mishra, Yatin Mehta, Naresh Trehan pages S36-S37 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
THE USE OF RECOMBINANT ACTIVATED FACTOR VII IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS P. McCall, S. Dunkley, R. Lindeman, J. Brereton, P. Cameron, L. Phillips page S37 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AT SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL Pankaj Saxena, Cathy Vaughan, Martin Carter, John Alvarez, Mark A.J. Newman pages S37-S38 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Posters
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS Mirmohammad Sadeghi Mohsen, Etesam pour Ali, Yavari Behzad, Kazemizadeh Amir, Katiraei Farzaneh, Tarjan Amal page S39 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (14243 KB)
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF 765 PATIENTS WITH THORACIC HYDATIDOSIS J. Shehatha, M. Alward, S. Yadav, I.E. Konstantinov page S40 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
FIRST PAEDIATRIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE VENTRASSIST™ LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM P.N. Ruygrok, D.S. Esmore, P.M. Alison, A.K. Finucane, D. Kaye, S.P. McGuinness, J. Negri, H.C. Gibbs page S40 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
USE OF CRYOPRESERVED AORTIC HOMOGRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF AORTIC ROOT INFECTIONS Emily Granger, Phillip Spratt, Paul Jansz, Peter MacDonald, Andrew Jackson, Alasdair Watson, Claude Soto, Helmi Albrecht, Alan Farnsworth page S41 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (151 KB)
TAILORED REPORTING FROM THE ASCTS DATABASE MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY UNIT S.J. Daly, S.F. Marasco, J.C. Negri, A.W. Pick, M.A. Rowland, F.L. Rosenfeldt, D.S. Esmore pages S41-S42 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (388 KB)
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH AND WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS Emir Kabil, Emir Mujanovic, Muniba Softic, Jacob Bergsland page S42 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (272 KB)
EN BLOC HEART–LUNG–LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE CYSTIC FIBROSIS Igor E. Konstantinov, Sumit Yadav, Keith McNeil, Shinn Yeung, Jonathan Fawcett, Daniel Mullany, Lynette Munck, John Dunning pages S42-S43 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (279 KB)
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