1 - New challenges

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):I-III

2 - A fair homage

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):III

3 - The Brazilian Book of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery

Ulisses Alexandre Croti; Sandra da Silva MATTOS; Valdester Cavalcante PINTO Jr.; Vera Demarchi AIELLO

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):IV-V

4 - Heparin quality control in the Brazilian market: implications in the cardiovascular surgery

Eduardo I. MELO; Mariana S. PEREIRA; Rodrigo S. CUNHA; Mauro Paes Leme de Sá; Paulo A. S. MOURÃO

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):169-174

5 - The use of ultrafiltration for inflammatory mediators removal during cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass graf surgery

Nilson Antunes; Desanka DRAGOSAVC; Orlando PETRUCCI JUNIOR; Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira; Carolina KOSOUR; Maria Heloisa Souza Lima BLOTTA; Domingo M Braile; Reinaldo Wilson Vieira

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):175-182

6 - Standardization of video-assisted cardiac surgery technique: initial experience

Jeronimo Antonio FORTUNATO JÚNIOR; Alcides A. BRANCO FILHO; Aníbal BRANCO; André Luiz M Martins; Marcelo L Pereira; João Gustavo G Ferraz; Luciana Paludo

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):183-189

7 - High-frequency ultrasonic waves cause endothelial dysfunction on canine epicardial coronary arteries

Berent Discigil; R. Michael KING; Paul J Pearson; Verena K. CAPELLINI; Alfredo José Rodrigues; Hartzell V Schaff; Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):190-196

8 - The use and midium-term evaluation of decellularized allograft cusp in the surgical treatment of the Tetralogy of Fallot

Leonardo Andrade Mulinari; Fábio Binhara Navarro; Gustavo Klug Pimentel; Silvia Midori MIYAZAKI; Cristiane Nogueira BINOTTO; Eliana Costa PELISSARI; Nelson Itiro Miyague; Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):197-203

9 - Effect of ventral cardiac denervation in the incidence of atrial fibrilation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

João Roberto Breda; Ana Silvia Castaldi Ragognetti Breda; Andréa Cristina Oliveira FREITAS; Adriano Meneghini; Carlos Mendes TAVARES; Luís Carlos de ABREU; Neif Murad; Adilson Casemiro Pires

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):204-208

10 - CPAP at 10 cm H2O during cardiopulmonary bypass does not improve postoperative gas exchange

Luciana Castilho de Figueirêdo; Sebastião Araújo; Rosângela Cristina S. ABDALA; Abrão ABDALA; Cristina Aparecida Veloso GUEDES

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):209-215

11 - Intracardiac correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in the first year of life. Short-term and midium-term results

Fernando Ribeiro de MORAES NETO; Cleusa Cavalcanti Lapa SANTOS; Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Moraes

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):216-223

12 - Trimetazidine as cardioplegia addictive without pre-treatment does not improve myocardial protection: study in a swine working heart model

Lindemberg da Mota SILVEIRA FILHO; Orlando Petrucci Jr; Marcio Roberto do Carmo; Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira; Karlos Alexandre Sousa VILARINHO; Reinaldo Wilson Vieira; Domingo M Braile

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):224-234

13 - Interatrial sulcus opening during multiple grafts harvesting for heart and lung tranplantation: anatomical study

Miguel Lia TEDDE; Aldo Junqueira RODRIGUES JÚNIOR; Fabio Biscegli Jatene

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):235-239

14 - Hybrid CABG: An alternative for perfusion time decrease

Jackson Brandão Lopes; Luiz Boro Puig; Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan; Carlos Eduardo Tossuniam; Fábio Antônio GAIOTTO; Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):240-244

15 - Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery

José Fernando Vilela Martin; Renan Oliveira Vaz de MELO; Letícia Pinheiro de SOUSA

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):245-255

16 - Bentall and De Bono surgery for correction of valve and ascending aortic disease: long-term results

Virgílio Figueiredo SILVA; Daniel Sundfeld Spiga REAL; João Nelson Rodrigues Branco; Roberto Catani; Hyong Chun KIM; Enio Buffolo; José Honório de Almeida Palma da Fonseca

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):256-261

17 - EuroSCORE and the patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery at Santa Casa de São Paulo

Valquíria Pelisser Campagnucci; Ana Maria Rocha PINTO e SILVA; Wilson Lopes Pereira; Eduardo Gregório Chamlian; Sylvio Matheus de Aquino Gandra; Luis Antonio RIVETTI

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):262-267

18 - Operative treatment after iatrogenic left main dissection

João Roberto Breda; Ana Silvia Castaldi Ragognetti Breda; Adilson Casemiro Pires

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):268-271

19 - Technical option on tetralogy of Fallot with abnormal coronary artery. Cases report

Claudio Roberto Assumpção; João de Deus e Brito; Eulália PFEIFER; Lilian STEWART; Antonio de Pádua Jazbik

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):272-275

20 - Giant myxoma in the left atrium - Case report

Marcos de Paula Vale; Adalberto Freire SOBRINHO; Marcos Vinícius SALES; Marianna Meirelles TEIXEIRA; Karine Chaves CABRAL

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):276-278

21 - Parasternal approach for redo in ascending aorta pseudoaneurysm

Guillermo Nuncio Vaccarino; Fernando Piccinini; Juan M. VRANCIC; Daniel Navia

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):279-282

22 - Cardiac surgery of emergency for resection of left atrial myxoma

Antônio Augusto Ramalho MOTTA; Eloi COLEN FILHO; Márcio Fernando BORGES; Eloizio Aparecido COLEN

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):283-287

23 - Surgical repair of rheumatic mitral valve disease with Gregori-Braile's Ring

Ulisses Alexandre Croti; Domingo M Braile; Sírio Hassem Sobrinho; Carlos Henrique De Marchi

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):288-289

24 - The use of decellularized homograft monocuspid in the treatment of truncus arterious by Barbero Marcial technique

Ulisses Alexandre Croti; Domingo M Braile; Lílian BEANI; Maria Cristina Passos FLEURY

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):290-291

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Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):292-294

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Antonio Ferreira Couto Filho

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;23(2):295