Ausgabe 1/2011
Inhalt (166 Artikel)
Isolated cardiophrenic angle node metastasis from ovarian primary. report of two cases
- Open Access
- Case report
Mark Ragusa, Jacopo Vannucci, Rosanna Capozzi, Niccolò Daddi, Nicola Avenia, Francesco Puma
Early innate immune events induced by prolonged cold ischemia exacerbate allograft vasculopathy
- Open Access
- Research article
Jennifer J Devitt, Chelsey L King, Timothy DG Lee, Camille L Hancock Friesen
The effect of tight glycaemic control, during and after cardiac surgery, on patient mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Kristin K Haga, Katie L McClymont, Scott Clarke, Rebecca S Grounds, Ka Ying B Ng, Daniel W Glyde, Robert J Loveless, Gordon H Carter, R Peter Alston
Intraoperative PaO2 is not related to the development of surgical site infections after major cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Juan Bustamante, Eduardo Tamayo, Francisco Javier Álvarez, Israel García-Cuenca, Santiago Flórez, Inma Fierro, José Ignacio Gómez-Herreras
Effects on heart pumping function when using foam and gauze for negative pressure wound therapy of sternotomy wounds
- Open Access
- Research article
Malin Malmsjö, Sandra Lindstedt, Richard Ingemansson
Traumatic pericardial rupture with skeletonized phrenic nerve
- Open Access
- Case report
Zain Khalpey, Taufiek K Rajab, Jan D Schmitto, Philipp C Camp
Pattern and outcome of chest injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania
- Open Access
- Research article
Monafisha K Lema, Phillipo L Chalya, Joseph B Mabula, William Mahalu
Effect of pentoxifylline on preventing acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery by measuring urinary neutrophil gelatinase - associated lipocalin
- Open Access
- Research article
Khosro Barkhordari, Abbasali Karimi, Akbar Shafiee, Hasan Soltaninia, Mohammad Reza Khatami, Kiomars Abbasi, Fardin Yousefshahi, Babak Haghighat, Virginia Brown
Left atrial volume and exercise capacity in adult heart transplant recipients
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Vitor Oliveira Carvalho
Analysis on the clinical features of 22 basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
- Open Access
- Research article
Li C Wang, Lei Wang, Sabrina Kwauk, Jennifer A Woo, Li Q Wu, Hong Zhu, Li Z Zhan, Na L Sun, Lei Zhang
Variety of transversus thoracis muscle in relation to the internal thoracic artery: an autopsy study of 120 subjects
- Open Access
- Research article
Lazar Jelev, Stanislav Hristov, Wladimir Ovtscharoff
Carney-Complex: Multiple resections of recurrent cardiac myxoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Christian Bireta, Aron F Popov, Hanna Schotola, Brian Trethowan, Martin Friedrich, Mohamed El-Mehsen, Friedrich A Schoendube, Theodor Tirilomis
Detrimental effect of cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) on malignant disease
- Open Access
- Commentary
Ahmad K Darwazah, Saleh Shehata
Prevention of Pulmonary Complications of Pneumoperitoneum in Rats
- Open Access
- Research article
Sami Karapolat, Suat Gezer, Umran Yildirim, Talha Dumlu, Banu Karapolat, Ismet Ozaydin, Mehmet Yasar, Abdulkadir Iskender, Hayati Kandis, Ayhan Saritas
Pulmonary artery injury during mediastinoscopy controlled without gauze packing
- Open Access
- Case report
Muneo Minowa, Masayuki Chida, Syunsuke Eba, Yuji Matsumura
Tremendous bleeding complication after vacuum-assisted sternal closure
- Open Access
- Case report
Arndt H Kiessling, Andreas Lehmann, Frank Isgro, Anton Moritz
Surgical management of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors: A single center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Baldassare Mondello, Salvatore Lentini, Mario Barone, Pietro Barresi, Francesco Monaco, Dario Familiari, Annunziata La Rocca, Michele Sibilio, Ignazio Eduardo Acri, Antonio David, Maurizio Monaco
High prevalence of lung cancer in a surgical cohort of lung cancer patients a decade after smoking cessation
- Open Access
- Research article
Cindy Mong, Edward B Garon, Clark Fuller, Ali Mahtabifard, James Mirocha, Zab Mosenifar, Robert McKenna
A comparative study of four intensive care outcome prediction models in cardiac surgery patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Fabian Doerr, Akmal MA Badreldin, Matthias B Heldwein, Torsten Bossert, Markus Richter, Thomas Lehmann, Ole Bayer, Khosro Hekmat
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a young man - Case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Julia Schmid, Johann Auer
Polyurethane sheet: A potential substitute of surgical cotton gauze
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Takeshi Shimamoto
Surgical reconstruction of the left main coronary artery with patch-angioplasty
- Open Access
- Research article
Ivo Martinovic, Hans Greve
Carney Complex: case report and review
- Open Access
- Case report
Shirish S Borkar, Sevagur G Kamath, Nitin Kashyap, Sunil CV Sagar, Lakshmi Rao, Raj Warrier, Aman Chauhan
Primary myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung: a rare entity treated with parenchymal sparing resection
- Open Access
- Case report
Inderpal S Sarkaria, Deborah DeLair, William D Travis, Raja M Flores
En bloc Extended Total Thymectomy and Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Masaoka stage IVA Thymomas
- Open Access
- Research article
Hee Chul Yang, Yoo Sang Yoon, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Kwhanmien Kim, Young Mog Shim, Jungho Han, Jhingook Kim
A variant branching pattern of the Aortic Arch: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Mange Manyama, Peter Rambau, Japhet Gilyoma, William Mahalu
Transternal repair of a giant Morgagni hernia causing cardiac tamponade in a patient with coexisting severe aortic valve stenosis
- Open Access
- Case report
Ioannis Nenekidis, Vania Anagnostakou, Charalambos Zisis, Christos Prokakis, Efstratios N Koletsis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Panagiotis Dedeilias
Is there any cardioprotective role of Taurine during cold ischemic period following global myocardial ischemia?
- Open Access
- Research article
Mehmet A Sahin, Orhan Yucel, Adem Guler, Suat Doganci, Artan Jahollari, Faruk Cingoz, Sıddık Arslan, Mehmet Gamsizkan, Halil Yaman, Ufuk Demirkilic
Poland's syndrome and recurrent pneumothorax: is there a connection?
- Open Access
- Case report
Georgios I Tagarakis, Dimos Karangelis, Angheliki Tsantsaridou, Fani Tsolaki, Marios E Daskalopoulos, Athanassios Hevas, Katerina Kyriakaki, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Stefania Lampoura, Nikolaos B Tsilimingas
Carotid shunt provides cerebral protection during emergency coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with bilateral high grade carotid stenosis: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
John K Bellos, Nektarios Kogerakis, Charalampos Kiriazis, Alexandros Gougoulakis, Matthew Panagiotou
Remote preconditioning in normal and hypertrophic rat hearts
- Open Access
- Research article
Christos Voucharas, Antigoni Lazou, Filippos Triposkiadis, Nikolaos Tsilimingas
Rationale and design of a proof-of-concept trial investigating the effect of uninterrupted perioperative (par)enteral nutrition on amino acid profile, cardiomyocytes structure, and cardiac perfusion and metabolism of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Marlieke Visser, Mariska Davids, Hein J Verberne, Wouter EM Kok, Hans WM Niessen, Lenny MW van Venrooij, Riccardo Cocchieri, Willem Wisselink, Bas AJM de Mol, Paul AM van Leeuwen
Is there an optimal minimally invasive technique for left anterior descending coronary artery bypass?
- Open Access
- Research article
Olivier Jegaden, Fabrice Wautot, Thomas Sassard, Isabella Szymanik, Abdel Shafy, Joel Lapeze, Fadi Farhat
Hazards of tube thoracostomy in patients on a ventilator
- Open Access
- Case report
Kasra Shaikhrezai, Vipin Zamvar
Sternum wound contraction and distension during negative pressure wound therapy when using a rigid disc to prevent heart and lung rupture
- Open Access
- Research article
Sandra Lindstedt, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö
Cardiac Reoperation in a patient who previously underwent omentoplasty for postoperative mediastinitis: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Mehmet S Bilal, Onur Gürer, Ahmet Kırbaş, Yahya Yıldız, Ahmet Çelebi
The challenge to verify ceramide's role of apoptosis induction in human cardiomyocytes - a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research article
Engin Usta, Migdat Mustafi, Ferruh Artunc, Tobias Walker, Vladimir Voth, Hermann Aebert, Gerhard Ziemer
The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
- Open Access
- Case report
Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Ashkan Karimi, Gholam Hossein Ajami, Alireza Rasekhi
Stromal Vascular Fraction Transplantation as an Alternative Therapy for Ischemic Heart Failure: Anti-inflammatory Role
- Open Access
- Research article
Goditha U Premaratne, Li-Ping Ma, Masatoshi Fujita, Xue Lin, Entela Bollano, Michael Fu
Lepirudin as an alternative to "heparin allergy" during cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Case report
Haralabos Parissis
Conservative treatment of a left atrial intramural hematoma after left atrial thrombus resection and concomitant mitral valve replacement - case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Dirk Bruegger, Sebastian Sadoni, Mikhail Primaychenko, Ralf Sodian, Christoph Schmitz, Bruno Reichart, Daniel Chappell
Intrapericardial migration of dislodged sternal struts as late complication of open pectus excavatum repairs
- Open Access
- Case report
Ruoyu Zhang, Christian Hagl, Dmitry Bobylev, Thomas Breymann, Jan D Schmitto, Axel Haverich, Marcus Krüger
Impact of concomitant aortic regurgitation on long-term outcome after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis
- Open Access
- Research article
Suad Catovic, Zoran B Popovic, Nebojsa Tasic, Dusko Nezic, Predrag Milojevic, Bosko Djukanovic, Sinisa Gradinac, Lazar Angelkov, Petar Otasevic
Failed surgical ligation of the proximal left subclavian artery during hybrid thoracic endovascular aortic repair successfully managed by percutaneous plug or coil occlusion: a report of 3 cases
- Open Access
- Case report
Geert Maleux, Johan Vaninbroukx, Sam Heye
An outcome analysis of self-expandable metallic stents in central airway obstruction: a cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Fu-Tsai Chung, Hao-Cheng Chen, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Teng Yu, Chih-Hsi Kuo, Han-Pin Kuo, Shu-Min Lin
Successful surgical excision of primary right atrial angiosarcoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Wobbe Bouma, Chris PH Lexis, Tineke P Willems, Albert JH Suurmeijer, Iwan CC van der Horst, Tjark Ebels, Massimo A Mariani
Off-pump occlusion of trans-thoracic minimal invasive surgery (OPOTTMIS) on simple congenital heart diseases (ASD, VSD and PDA) attached consecutive 210 cases report: A single institute experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Qing-kui Guo, Zhi-qian Lu, Shao-fei Cheng, Yong Cao, Yong-hong Zhao, Cheng Zhang, Yue-li Zhang
Management of chest keloids
- Open Access
- Research article
Tae Hwan Park, Sang Won Seo, June Kyu Kim, Choong Hyun Chang
LV reverse remodeling imparted by aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis; is it durable? A cardiovascular MRI study sponsored by the American Heart Association
- Open Access
- Research article
Robert WW Biederman, James A Magovern, Saundra B Grant, Ronald B Williams, June A Yamrozik, Diane A Vido, Vikas K Rathi, Geetha Rayarao, Ketheswaram Caruppannan, Mark Doyle
VEGF attenuates development from cardiac hypertrophy to heart failure after aortic stenosis through mitochondrial mediated apoptosis and cardiomyocyte proliferation
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiao H Xu, Jing Xu, Lei Xue, Hai L Cao, Xiang Liu, Yi J Chen
Internal mammary artery dilatation in a patient with aortic coarctation, aortic stenosis, and coronary disease. Case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Jose Rubio Alvarez, Laura Reija Lopez, Juan Sierra Quiroga, Jose M Martinez Comendador, Anxo Martinez-de-Alegria, Jose M Martinez Cereijo, Cristian Delgado Dominguez
Secondary omental and pectoralis major double flap reconstruction following aggressive sternectomy for deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Toshiro Kobayashi, Akihito Mikamo, Hiroshi Kurazumi, Ryo Suzuki, Bungo Shirasawa, Kimikazu Hamano
Single-incision thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
- Open Access
- Research article
Pin-Ru Chen, Chien-Kuang Chen, Yu-Sen Lin, Hsu-Chih Huang, Jian-Shun Tsai, Chih-Yi Chen, Hsin-Yuan Fang
Thopaz Portable Suction Systems in Thoracic Surgery: An end user assessment and feedback in a tertiary unit
- Open Access
- Research article
Sridhar Rathinam, Amy Bradley, Teresa Cantlin, Pala B Rajesh
Comparison of postoperative pulmonary function and air leakage between pleural closure vs. mesh-cover for intersegmental plane in segmentectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Kentaro Yoshimoto, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Yasuomi Ohba, Kenji Shiraishi, Koei Ikeda
Extra corporal membrane oxygenation in general thoracic surgery: a new single veno-venous cannulation
- Open Access
- Case report
Redha Souilamas, Jihane I Souilamas, Khalid Alkhamees, Jean-Pierre Hubsch, Jean-Claude Boucherie, Reem Kanaan, Yves Ollivier, Mauricio Sauesserig
Non infective severe aortic paravalvular leakage 7 years after surgery: the role of suture technique
- Open Access
- Case report
Marco Agrifoglio, Sara Filippini, Maurizio Roberto, Marco Zanobini, Luisa Gregorini, Francesco Alamanni
Longitudinal evaluation the pulmonary function of the pre and postoperative periods in the coronary artery bypass graft surgery of patients treated with a physiotherapy protocol
- Open Access
- Research article
Adalgiza M Moreno, Renata RT Castro, Pedro PS Sorares, Mauricio Sant' Anna, Sergio LD Cravo, Antônio CL Nóbrega
Rationale, design and methodology for Intraventricular Pressure Gradients Study: a novel approach for ventricular filling assessment in normal and falling hearts
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Miguel Guerra, Mário J Amorim, João C Mota, Luís Vouga, Adelino Leite-Moreira#
Outcome of left heart mechanical valve replacement in West African children - A 15-year retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Frank Edwin, Ernest Aniteye, Mark Mawutor Tettey, Martin Tamatey, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
Sternal plate fixation for sternal wound reconstruction: initial experience (Retrospective study)
- Open Access
- Research article
Hosam Fawzy, Kannin Osei-Tutu, Lee Errett, David Latter, Daniel Bonneau, Melinda Musgrave, James Mahoney
Differential regulation of diacylglycerol kinase isoform in human failing hearts
- Open Access
- Research article
Olga Bilim, Tetsuro Shishido, Shuji Toyama, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshiki Sasaki, Tatsuro Kitahara, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, Yasuchika Takeishi, Isao Kubota
Successful surgical resection of infected left atrial myxoma in a case complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation and multiple cerebral infarctions: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Daisuke Yoshioka, Toshiki Takahashi, Toru Ishizaka, Takuya Higuchi
Eyes wide shut - unusual two stage repair of pectus excavatum and annuloaortic ectasia in a 37 year old marfan patient: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Martin TR Grapow, Paula Campelos, Clemente Barriuso, Jaume Mulet
Aortitis requiring aortic repair associated with glaucoma, thyroiditis, glaucoma, and neuropathy: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Claudia Stöllberger, Marion Avanzini, Aileen Hanafin, Ramona Sanani, Georg Wieselthaler, Nikolaus Wick, Günther Bayer, Günther Mölzer, Josef Finsterer
Rapamycin-loaded nanoparticles for inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia in experimental vein grafts
- Open Access
- Research article
Junjie Zou, Xiwei Zhang, Hongyu Yang, Yi Zhu, Hao Ma, Shui Wang
Delayed endovascular treatment of descending aorta stent graft collapse in a patient treated for post- traumatic aortic rupture: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Giovanni Nano, Daniela Mazzaccaro, Giovanni Malacrida, Maria Teresa Occhiuto, Silvia Stegher, Domenico G Tealdi
Effects of ischemic preconditioning on ischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmias by upregulatation of connexin 43 expression
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhenguang Chen, Honghe Luo, Mei Zhuang, Lie Cai, Chunhua Su, Yiyan Lei, Jianyong Zou
Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
- Open Access
- Case report
John Kokotsakis, Vania Anagnostakou, Theodoros Kratimenos, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou
The feasibility of axial and coronal combined imaging using multi-detector row computed tomography for the diagnosis and treatment of a primary spontaneous pneumothorax
- Open Access
- Research article
Do Hyung Kim
Degenerative processes in bioprosthetic mitral valves in juvenile pigs
- Open Access
- Research article
Jesper L Honge, Jonas A Funder, Torben B Pedersen, Mads B Kronborg, J Michael Hasenkam
Sternalis muscle: an underestimated anterior chest wall anatomical variant
- Open Access
- Case report
Athanasios Raikos, George K Paraskevas, Maria Tzika, Pedro Faustmann, Stefanos Triaridis, Panagiota Kordali, Panagiotis Kitsoulis, Beate Brand-Saberi
Estimation of lung vital capacity before and after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a comparison of incentive spirometer and ventilometry
- Open Access
- Research article
Areli Cunha Pinheiro, Michelli Christina Magalhães Novais, Mansueto Gomes Neto, Marcus Vinicius Herbst Rodrigues, Erenaldo de Souza Rodrigues Junior, Roque Aras Junior, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho
Predicting outcome of rethoracotomy for suspected pericardial tamponade following cardio-thoracic surgery in the intensive care unit
- Open Access
- Research article
Birkitt L ten Tusscher, Johan AB Groeneveld, Otto Kamp, Evert K Jansen, Albertus Beishuizen, Armand RJ Girbes
Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibition ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats
- Open Access
- Research article
Fadhil G Al-Amran, Najah R Hadi, Ali M Hashim
Off-pump coronary artery bypass in poland syndrome with dextrocardia: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Vivek Srivastava, Ranjit More, Augustine Tang
An interesting journey of an ingested needle: a case report and review of the literature on extra-abdominal migration of ingested Foreign bodies
- Open Access
- Review
Zeynep Ozkan, Metin Kement, Ahmet B Kargı, Zafer Censur, Fazli C Gezen, Selahattin Vural, Mustafa Oncel
Endovascular treatment of iatrogenic axillary artery pseudoaneurysm under echographic control: A case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Daniela Mazzaccaro, Giovanni Malacrida, Maria T Occhiuto, Silvia Stegher, Domenico G Tealdi, Giovanni Nano
Evaluation of endoscopic vein extraction on structural and functional viability of saphenous vein endothelium
- Open Access
- Research article
Bader E Hussaini, Xiu-Gui Lu, J Alan Wolfe, Hemant S Thatte
Bronchogenic cyst associated with pericardial defect: Case report and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Andrea Imperatori, Nicola Rotolo, Elisa Nardecchia, Giovanni Mariscalco, Marco Spagnoletti, Lorenzo Dominioni
Aortic valve tear with severe aortic regurgitation following blunt chest trauma
- Open Access
- Case report
Weidong Li, Yiming Ni, Xin chen, Liang Ma
Single center experience on talc poudrage morbidity: focus on high talc dosage
- Open Access
- Letters to the Editor
Giovanni Leuzzi, Maria Letizia Vita, Venanzio Porziella, Maria Teresa Congedo, Alfredo Cesario
Cor triatriatum presenting as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
John Kokotsakis, Vania Anagnostakou, George Almpanis, Ioannis Paralikas, Ioannis Nenekidis, Theodoros Kratimenos, Efi Prapa, Nikolitsa Tragotsalou, Achilleas Lioulias, Andreas Mazarakis
A rigid barrier between the heart and sternum protects the heart and lungs against rupture during negative pressure wound therapy
- Open Access
- Research article
Sandra Lindstedt, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö
Totally biological composite aortic stentless valved conduit for aortic root replacement: 10-year experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Manuel Galiñanes, Ayo Meduoye, Ignacio Ferreira, Andrzej Sosnowski
Structural valve deterioration of a mitral Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis in an 87-year-old woman 16 years after its implantation
- Open Access
- Case report
Hiroshi Ito, Kensuke Sakata, Takashi Haruki, Yurio Kobayashi
Ectopic cervical thymoma in a patient with Myasthenia gravis
- Open Access
- Case report
Ti Hei Wu, Jong Shiaw Jin, Tsai Wang Huang, Hung Chang, Shih Chun Lee
Abdominal only CPR during cardiac arrest for a patient with an LVAD during resternotomy: A case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Eric M Rottenberg, Jarrett Heard, Robert Hamlin, Benjamin C Sun, Hamdy Awad
Recurrent pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery: the use of colchicine after recalcitrant conventional therapy
- Open Access
- Case report
Luca Dainese, Antioco Cappai, Paolo Biglioli
A review of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and therapeutic strategies
- Open Access
- Review
Don Hayes Jr
The accuracy of echocardiography versus surgical and pathological classification of patients with ruptured mitral chordae tendineae: a large study in a Chinese cardiovascular center
- Open Access
- Research article
Weichun Wu, Xiaoliang Luo, Linlin Wang, Xin Sun, Yong Jiang, Shunwei Huo, Dalou Tu, Zhigang Bai, Hao Wang
A statistical model that predicts the length from the left subclavian artery to the celiac axis; towards accurate intra aortic balloon sizing
- Open Access
- Research article
Haralabos Parissis, Alan Soo, Michalis Leotsinidis, Dimitrios Dougenis
Giant endobronchial hamartoma resected by fiberoptic bronchoscopy electrosurgical snaring
- Open Access
- Case report
Baldassare Mondello, Salvatore Lentini, Carmelo Buda, Francesco Monaco, Dario Familiari, Michele Sibilio, Annunziata La Rocca, Pietro Barresi, Vittorio Cavallari, Maurizio Monaco, Mario Barone
Hand-grip strength is a simple and effective outcome predictor in esophageal cancer following esophagectomy with reconstruction: a prospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Chih-Hao Chen, Ho-Chang, Yi-Zhen Huang, Tzu-Ti Hung
Acute heart failure caused by a giant hepatocellular metastatic tumor of the right atrium
- Open Access
- Case report
Panagiotis Dedeilias, Ioannis Nenekidis, Ioannis Koukis, Vania Anagnostakou, Niki Paparizou, Spyros Zompolos, Efstratios Apostolakis
Subcoronary versus supracoronary aortic stenosis. an experimental evaluation
- Open Access
- Research article
Mette Sorensen, J Michael Hasenkam, Henrik Jensen, Erik Sloth
A successfully thrombolysed acute inferior myocardial infarction due to type A aortic dissection with lethal consequences: the importance of early cardiac echocardiography
- Open Access
- Case report
Grigorios Tsigkas, Georgios Kasimis, Konstantinos Theodoropoulos, Konstantinos Chouchoulis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Eleni Bousoula, Athanasios Moulias, Dimitrios Alexopoulos
Impact of aprotinin and renal function on mortality: a retrospective single center analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Brian Schloss, Parul Gulati, Lianbo Yu, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, William O'Brien, Jon Von Visger, Hamdy Awad
Prevalence of Dysglycemia Among Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Patients with No Previous Diabetic History
- Open Access
- Research article
Joseph T McGinn Jr, Masood A Shariff, Tariq M Bhat, Basem Azab, William J Molloy, Elaena Quattrocchi, Mina Farid, Ann M Eichorn, Yosef D Dlugacz, Robert A Silverman
Effect of short-acting beta blocker on the cardiac recovery after cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Research article
Jie Sun, Zhengnian Ding, Yanning Qian
Why are heart operations postponed?
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Georgios I Tagarakis, Dimos Karangelis, Christos Voucharas, Marios E Daskalopoulos, Theocharis Koufakis, Maria Mouzaki, Stefania Lampoura, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Ilias Sataitidis, Nikolaos B Tsilimingas
Multiple right-sided pulmonary nodules: metastatic cancer or resectable early stage tumor?
- Open Access
- Case report
Ugo Cioffi, Federico Raveglia, Matilde De Simone, Vincenzo Valenti, Michele M Ciulla, Alessandro Baisi
Risk analysis and outcome of mediastinal wound and deep mediastinal wound infections with specific emphasis to omental transposition
- Open Access
- Research article
Haralabos Parissis, Bassel Al-Alao, Alan Soo, David Orr, Vincent Young
Impact of repeated percutaneous coronary intervention on long-term survival after subsequent coronary artery bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Genichi Sakaguchi, Takeshi Shimamoto, Tatsuhiko Komiya
Culture-negative bivalvular endocarditis with myocardial destruction in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Brett R Laurence, Byungse Suh
Treatment of gram-positive deep sternal wound infections in cardiac surgery -experiences with daptomycin-
- Open Access
- Research article
Aron F. Popov, Jan D. Schmitto, Ahmad F. Jebran, Christian Bireta, Martin Friedrich, Direndra Rajaruthnam, Kasim O. Coskun, Anselm Braeuer, Jose Hinz, Theodor Tirilomis, Friedrich A. Schoendube
Video assisted thoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal Castleman's tumor
- Open Access
- Case report
Shohan Shetty, Robert A. Brenes, Lucian Panait, Juan A. Sanchez
Outcomes of single-stage total arch replacement via clamshell incision
- Open Access
- Research article
Hiroto Iwasaki, Hisashi Satoh, Toru Ishizaka, Hikaru Matsuda
Logistic Organ Dysfunction Score (LODS): A reliable postoperative risk management score also in cardiac surgical patients?
- Open Access
- Research article
Matthias B Heldwein, Akmal MA Badreldin, Fabian Doerr, Thomas Lehmann, Ole Bayer, Torsten Doenst, Khosro Hekmat
Total thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy of anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe (RS8) for NSCLC stage IA (case report)
- Open Access
- Case report
Masahiro Miyajima, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayuko Uehara, Takuro Obama, Junji Nakazawa, Tomohiro Nakajiima, Keishi Ogura, Tetsuya Higami
Oesophageal Perforation: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in a resource limited setting. A report of three cases
- Open Access
- Case report
Deo D. Balumuka, Phillipo L. Chalya, William Mahalu
Thoracoscopic resection of thoracic esophageal duplication cyst containing ectopic pancreatic tissue in adult
- Open Access
- Case report
Masashi Takemura, Kayo Yoshida, Keiichirou Morimura
Thrombotic gene polymorphisms and postoperative outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Ozan Emiroglu, Serkan Durdu, Yonca Egin, Ahmet R. Akar, Yesim D. Alakoc, Cagin Zaim, Umit Ozyurda, Nejat Akar
Major bleeding during negative pressure wound/V.A.C.® - therapy for postsurgical deep sternal wound infection - a critical appraisal
- Open Access
- Commentary
Jan J. van Wingerden, Patrique Segers, Lilian Jekel
Surgery for pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta under moderate hypothermia
- Open Access
- Case report
Tae-Eun Jung, Dong-Hyup Lee
Surgical treatment of giant plexiform neurofibroma associated with pectus excavatum
- Open Access
- Case report
Yi Ji, Bing Xu, Xuejun Wang, Wenying Liu, Siyuan Chen
Intraoperative device closure of atrial septal defects in the Older Population
- Open Access
- Research article
Hui Zhang, Qiang Chen, Liang-Wan Chen, Hua Cao, Gui-Can Zhang, Dao-Zhong Chen
A silent gigantic solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Nobuyuki Furukawa, Bert Hansky, Jost Niedermeyer, Jan Gummert, Andre Renner
Long-term myocardial recovery after mitral valve replacement in noncompaction cardiomyopathy
- Open Access
- Case report
Tariq Bhat, Thomas Costantino, Hilal Bhat, Yefim Olkovsky, Muhammad Akhtar, Sumaya Teli, Alfred Culliford
Prognostic factors of atrial fibrillation following elective coronary artery bypass grafting: the impact of quantified intraoperative myocardial ischemia
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Complex pleural empyema can be safely treated with vacuum-assisted closure
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung: a case report
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Bacterial and fungal microflora in surgically removed lung cancer samples
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Clinical significance in the number of involved lymph nodes in patients that underwent surgery for pathological stage III-N2 non-small cell lung cancer
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for sternal infection and osteomyelitis after sternotomy and cardiothoracic surgery
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Intra aortic balloon pump: literature review of risk factors related to complications of the intraaortic balloon pump
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Are there independent predisposing factors for postoperative infections following open heart surgery?
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Several clinical interests regarding lung volume reduction surgery for severe emphysema: meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials
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Repeated mitral valve replacement in a patient with extensive annular calcification
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Prolonged ventilation post cardiac surgery - tips and pitfalls of the prediction game
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A case report and brief review of the literature on bilateral retinal infarction following cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting
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Myocardial recovery in peri-partum cardiomyopathy after continuous flow left ventricular assist device
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Fulminant myocarditis managed with pulsatile extracorporeal life support; use of Twin Pulse Life support (T-PLS®)
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Natural air leak test without submergence for spontaneous pneumothorax
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A long-term study assessing the factors influencing survival and morbidity in the surgical management of bronchiectasis
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