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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2015 Proceedings of the WSCTS 25th Anniversary Congress

Inhalt (309 Artikel)

Intraoperative validation of Left internal mammary artery Graft by Fluorescence Imaging Technique

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MG Kibria, AM Asif Rahim, MAH Pervez, T Ahmed, MSH Talukder, A Zaman, QM Hoque

Mitral valve sub valvular apparatus preservation in pure or predominant rheumatic mitral stenosis

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Abdelmalek Bouzid, Salim Chibane, Mohamed Atbi, Halima Larbi, Boukri Hamouda, Redha Djilali-Sayeh, Youcef Larabi, Tarek Hamdi, Sami Bouchenafa, Ramdan A Ould Abderrahmane

State of rheumatic fever in Algeria. Viewpoint of a cardiac surgeon.

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Abdelmalek Bouzid, Salim Chibane, Mohamed Atbi, Halima Larbi, Boukri Hamouda, Redha Djilali-Sayeh, Youcef Larabi, Tarek Hamdi, Sami Bouchenafa, Ramdan A Ould Abderrahmane

Mid-term results of mitral valve repair for pure mitral regurgitation in children

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Abdelmalek Bouzid, Salim Chibane, Mohamed Atbi, Halima Larbi, Boukri Hamouda, Redha Djilali-Sayeh, Youcef Larabi, Tarek Hamdi, Sami Bouchenafa, Ramdan A Ould Abderrahmane

Pulmonary parenchymal Castleman tumor with fissural extension- a rare indication for pneumonectomy

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Krishnanand R Pai, Abilash Sathyanarayanan, C Ganesan, Vidhyalakshmi, MS Murugan, Prasanth A Biradhar, PR Murugesan

A very rare case of multifocal non-familial cardiac myxoma involving Left Atrium and Mitral valve necessitating mitral valve replacement along with excision of myxoma

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Pai R Krishnanand, Abilash Sathyanarayanan, C Ganesan, Uma G Maheswari, V Chaitra, MS Murugan, Prasanth A Biradhar, PR Murugesan

Metabolic manipulation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: assessing the role of trimetazidine

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Aditya Kapoor, Suman Jatain, Surendra K Agarwal, Shantanu Pande, Archana Sinha, Rooplai Khanna, Sudeep Kumar, Naveen Garg, Satyendra Tewari, Pravin Goel

Role of topical application of iced slush in the development of phrenic nerve palsy after cardiac surgery

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Ahmed Oliemy, Sanjeet Singh, John Butler

Excision of the primary in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A feasibility study

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Alan G Dawson, Vijay Joshi, David A Waller

Endoscopic Conduit Harvest - A New Standard in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

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Maria Cannoletta, Alan Soo, Caroline Revlas, Marimel Olivar, Anthony De Souza, Rashmi Yadav, Richard Trimlett

Brompton and Harefield Infection Score (BHIS): A novel scoring system for detection and treatment of sternal wound infection.

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Maria Cannoletta, Alan Soo, Melissa Rochon, Feriel Mahiout, Anthony de Souza, Rashmi Yadav

The use of Tissue PatchTM to Reduce the Duration of Air Leak Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery.

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Alexandra Monaghan, Vijay Joshi, Sridhar Rathinam

How the surgical treatment of lung cancer in the UK has evolved over the last two decades- An illustrative surgeon's experience

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Rocco Bilancia, Amit Paik, Annabel Sharkey, David Waller

Implementing an Advanced Thoracic Surgery Program in Rural Haiti: Challenges of High Complexity Surgery in a Low Income Country

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Pierre Theodore, Deborah Jenny Robert, Alexis N Bowder, Mac Lee Jean Louis, Luther Ward

Pre-operative carotid artery screening in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

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Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes, Rana Sayeed

Fate of Tricuspid Valve Five Years after Left Heart Valve Replacement

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Anbarasu Mohanraj, Saikumari Nagaraj, Rekha Arunagiri, Rajan Sethurathinam, VM Kurian

Video-thoracoscopic resection of lung metastases using the Nd:YAG Laser LIMAX® 120

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Andreas Kirschbaum, Christian Meyer, Detlef K Bartsch

Removal of multifocal neuroendocrine lung tumours with a LIMAX® 120 Nd:YAG laser: case report

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Andreas Kirschbaum, Peter Rexin, Anja Rinke, Detlef K Bartsch

TAo TAVI + OPCABG: a new hybrid option

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Andrew Brazier, Imthiaz Manoly, Doug Fraser, Ragheb Hasan

Left Atrial Diameter is an Independent Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

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Andrew Cheng, Hansraj R Bookun, Michael Rasmussen, David Lee, Chin Siew Lee, Xiao Bo Zhang, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Marco Moscarelli, Giacomo Bianchi, Pier A Farneti, Marco Solinas

Sutureless bioprosthesis may increase postoperative atrial fibrillation after aortic valve replacement

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Sameer D Thakur, Andrew Cheng, Hansraj R Bookun, David Lee, Chin Siew Lee, Xiao Bo Zhang, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Marco Moscarelli, Giacomo Bianchi, Pier A Farneti, Marco Solinas

Right Coronary Artery - Looped, Astray and Muzzled: A case report

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Anitha Guru, Naveen Kumar, AM Prasad

Right Thoracotomy Minimally Invasive AVR: Use of Preoperative CT Scan to Plan Incision

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Arthur Martella, Steven Kernis, Steven Curiale, Uche Ndubizu, Jane Cichelli

A rare case of Cytomegalovirus enteritis in a 65 year old immunocompetent Caucasian male following cardiac surgery

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Simon Mbarushimana, Asif Farooqui, Harry Parissis, Aaron Ervine

Rare case of Fungal Endocarditis secondary to a perforated diverticulum

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Asif Masroor Farooqui, Emily Hart, Onyekwelu Nzewi

Three-year outcomes with left ventricular assist devices in country with restricted heart transplantation

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Assel Medressova, Serik Bekbossynov, Muradym Murzagaliyev, Saltanat Dzhetybayeva, Saltanat Andossova, Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Yuriy Pya

Ascending aortic cannulation for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection

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Atsushi Iwakura, Yuki Hori, Satoshi Kono, Kazuo Yamanaka

Pivotal Role of Cardio Thoracic Surgeon in Surgical Management of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma with Supradiaphragmatic Inferior Venecaval Invasion with Long-Term Survival

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Bipin Chandra, Surendra K Agarwal, Shantanu Pande, Gauranga Majumdar, Nilesh Srivastav, Anil Mandhani

Hybrid Management of Stenosed Bicuspid Aortic Valve with Associated Coarctation of Aorta in an Adult: A Case Report

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Bipin Chandra, Surendra K Agarwal, Shantanu Pande, Gauranga Majumdar, Navneet K Srivastav, Aditya Kapur

Primary Pericardial Angiosarcoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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Chakrabarti Amitabha, Biswarup Purkayastha, Lokesh Kukatla, Sanjib K Pattari

Use of "LIMON Test" in Constrictive Pericarditis: a case series

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Caterina Simon, Lorenzo Grazioli, Diego Cugola, Viviana Macchitelli, Francesco Innocente, Amedeo Terzi, Maurizio Merlo, Antonio M Brucato, Luca M Lorini, Lorenzo Galletti

A 53-Year-Old Cyanotic Woman without Clubbing Fingers

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Cheng Hsin Lin

Efficacy of Emergency Bypass System on hemodynamic instability during off-pump coronary artery bypass: propensity matched analysis

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Cheong Lim, Hyun Oh Park, Jung hee Kim, Sue Hyun Kim, Su Ryeun Chung, Dong Jung Kim, Jun Sung Kim, Kay-Hyun Park, Yong Jin Kim

Successful rescue of the ruptured chronic B dissecting aneurysm after endovascular stent-graft with supraclavicular carotid artery graft cannulation

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Chul Hyun Park, Kuk Hui Son, Chang-Hyu Choi, Jae-Ik Lee, Kun Woo Kim, Ji Sung Kim, So Young Lee, Kook Yang Park

Experience in reverse sequence procedures for esophageal cancer surgery

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Hsu Chung-Ping, Chih-Hung Lin, Cheng-Yen Chuang

Left-handed Surgical Instruments - A Guide for Cardiothoracic Surgeons

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Clare Burdett, Maureen Theakston, Joel Dunning, Andrew Goodwin, Simon Kendall

Left-handed Cardiac Surgery: Tips from set up to closure for Trainees and their Trainers

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Clare Burdett, Joel Dunning, Andrew Goodwin, Maureen Theakston, Simon Kendall

Mitral valve repair in fibroelastic deficiency

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Gregorio P Cuerpo, Carlos A Rivera, Diego F Sánchez, S Costanza, Angel G Pinto

Ablation Via the Left Atrial Appendage

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David H Savage

Tumor volume is an independent predictor of survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

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Diana Y Kircheva, Aliya Husain, Sydeaka Watso, Samuel Armato, Hedy Kindler, Wickii T Vigneswaran

Hybrid Management in patients with complex aortic pathology - single center experience

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Dimitar Petkov, Dimitar Kyuchukov, Rumen Iliev, Gencho Nachev

Successfully Treated Complications After TAVI Implantation - Single Center Experience

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Dimitar Petkov, Dimitar Kyuchukov, Peyo Simeonov, Diana Trendafilova, Julia Jorgova, Gencho Nachev

Results of coronary artery spasm treatment after cardiac surgery procedures

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DS Tungusov, II Chernov, DG Tarasov, AV Pavlov, DA Kondratyev, RA Urtaev, VV Pasyuga

Surgery of diaphragm paralysis in patient with severe dyspnea after coronary artery bypass grafting with aortic valve replacement

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Dmitrii Tungusov, Igor Chernov, Dmitrii Tarasov, Dmitrii Kondratyev, Vadim Pasyuga, Anna Motreva, Sergey Ekimov, Maxim Isaev

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement through a right anterior minithoracotomy 306

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Durgaprasad Reddy Baluredy, Vikas Singarajipura Ramakrishna, Mayuri Stristava, Subhash Kumar Kadim

"In-house" versus "home" rehabilitation programme following cardiac surgery: A service evaluation

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Annemarie Brunswicker, Shakil Farid, Nicola Cooper, Vicky Hatch, Abu-Omar Yasir

Performance of EuroSCORE II in octogenarians with comorbidities undergoing aortic valve replacement

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Hernandez-Vaquero Daniel, Rocio Diaz, Ruben Alvarez-Cabo, Carlos Morales, Jacobo Silva

Concomitant procedure for coronary artery disease and aorto iliac vessel block with an non - healing ulcer over the foot

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Durgaprasad Reddy, SR Vikas, S Mayuri, Subhash Kumar

Clinical performances of the EuroSCORE II in a single-centre, contemporary cardiac surgical cohort

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Dusko Nezic, Tatjana Spasic, Slobodan Micovic, Dragana Kosevic, Milijana Balevic, Ivana Petrovic, Borzanovic Milorad

Miniplegia versus blood cardioplegia in elective aortic valve replacement: a prospective randomised, non - inferiority controlled trial

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Eduardo Bernabeu, Antonio García-Valentín, Juan Meseguer, Aquilino Hurlé, Patricio Llamas

Ministernotomy reduces intubation time in aortic valve replacement with Perceval prosthesis

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Emmanuel Villa, Antonio Messina, Margherita Dalla Tomba, Federico Brunelli, Marco Cirillo, Zen Mhagna, Alessandra D'Agostino, Giovanni Troise

Cardiothoracic 3D Printing: Workflow and Applications for Clinical Practice

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Thomas Foley, Rakesh Suri, Shuai Leng, Jonathan Morris, Jane Matsumoto, Eric Williamson

Natural History of Echocardiographic and Hemodynamic Changes Following Isolated Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis

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Erin A Gillaspie, John M Stulak, Richard C Daly, Kevin G Greason, Lyle D Joyce, Jae K Oh, Hartzell V Schaff, Joseph A Dearani

An investigation into the effects of simulated ischaemic preconditioning on mitochondrial fusion in mouse embryonic fibroblasts

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Ernest J Chew, Andrew R Hall, Niall F Burke, Derek J Hausenloy, Derek Yellon

Lipid metabolism does not influence the expression of proximal aortopathy in bicuspid aortic valve disease

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Tatiana M Sequeira Gross, Thomas Kuntze, Evaldas Girdauskas

Surgical treatment of congenital anomalies of the aortic arch : Long-term results

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Fabio Cuttone, Romain Amadieu, Géraldine Labouret, Lionel Berthomieu, Sophie Breinig, Sebastien Hascoet, Khaled Hadeed, Daniel Roux, Yves Dulac, Philippe Acar, Bertrand Leobon

Gait Speed improves EuroSCORE II prediction

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Felipe B de Salles, Omar AV Mejía, Luiz AF Lisboa, Kalil H Khalil, Luís RP Dallan, Luís AO Dallan, Fábio B Jatene, Marco AP Oliveira, Gustavo I Judas, Sergio A de Oliveira, Orlando Petrucci, Rubens T de Barros, Marcos G Tiveron, Valquíria Campagnucci, Felipe Machado, Amauri Groppo, Rafael Tinelli, Roberto Rocha e Silva, Alfredo Rodrigues, Walter Gomes, Marcelo Nakazone, Domingo Braile

Bilateral sympathectomy protects left ventricle against post-infarction remodelling

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Fernando L Zanoni, Rafael Simas, Raphael G Silva, Luiz FP Moreira

Clinical Trial: Heme Arginate in patients planned for Cardiac Surgery (HACS)

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Fiona Duthie, Vipin Zamvar, Rachel Thomas, David Kluth, Jeremy Hughes

Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) with pulmonary artery (PA) Stenosis in adult

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Fuad Z Abdullayev, Imadaddin M Bagirov, Nigar J Kazimzade, Larisa S Shikhiyeva

Demographics and angiographic patterns in young and very young adults (≥35-40years of age) with coronary artery disease (CAD)

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Fuad Z Abdullayev, Rashad M Makhmudov, Imadaddin M Bagirov, Nigar J Kazimzade, Larisa S Shikhiyeva

Custodiol - N versus Custodiol: a prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III Trial

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Gábor Szabó, Alexander Weymann, Bastian Schmack, Dominika Badowsky-Zyla, Gábor Gábor Veres, Florian Wagner, Ardawan Rastan, Thorsten Doenst, Matthias Karck

Tiprotec preserves endothelial function after cold ischemia and warm reperfusion: comparison between Saline, Custodiol and Tiprotec

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Veres Gábor, Hegedűs Péter, Harald Schmidt, Tamás Radovits, Raphael Zöller, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó

Enhanced recovery in Cardiac surgery

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Gillian Hardman, Amal Bose, Helen Saunders, Antony H Walker

Pain-diminishing effect of Kinesio taping in patients after sternotomy

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HM Klein, R Brockmann, Alexander Assmann

Mini-Thoracotomy Access Reduces the Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Aortic Valve Replacement

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Hansraj R Bookun, Andrew Cheng, Chin Siew Lee, David Lee, Xiao Bo Zhang, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Marco Moscarelli, Giacomo Bianchi, Pier A Farneti, Marco Solinas

Management of Complex Bronchial Ruptures in Blunt Trauma

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Hassan Jamal-Eddine, Haisam Saad

Rehabilitation on the day of cardio-aortic surgery

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Hiroyuki Irie, Masahiko Ikebuchi, Hideki Teshima, Yusuke Kinugasa, Yosuke Miyamoto, Toshikazu Sano

A rare cause of a right atrial mass

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Ho-fon Royce Law, Rory Beattie, Alastair Graham

Outcome of mechanical heart valve replacement in children: A 20-Year Experience

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Hong Ju Shin, Jo Won Jung, Han Ki Park, Young Hwan Park

Congenital tracheal diseases: diagnosis and management

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Vu Huu Vinh

Predictors of Left Ventricular Mass Regression Following Aortic Valve Replacement

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Farouk M Oueida, Ibrahim M Yassin, Mostafa A Eissa

The efficacy of custodiol as blood cardioplegia for myocardial protection in adult cardiac surgery

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Ihab Mohamed Yehya Moursi, Shaban Halawa

CABG versus CABG+TMR in patients with and without advanced CAD

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Ilya Berishvili, Marat Semenov, Peter Gusev

Regression of Tricuspid Regurgitation after Pulmonary Endarterectomy

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Jaroslav Lindner, David Ambrož, Matúš Nižňanský, Tomáš Paleček, Tomáš Prskavec, Onřej Pecha, Pavel Jansa

Orthotopic Heart Transplantation following univentricular palliation: new challenges for the congenital cardiac surgeon

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María-Teresa González-López, Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Ramón Pérez-Caballero-Martínez, Ana-María Pita-Fernández, Manuela Camino-López, Nuria Gil-Villanueva, José-Luis Zunzunegui-Martínez, Constancio Medrano-López

Influence of outflow cannula geometry on hemodynamics in patients with partial circulatory support : A computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-study

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Jennifer Engelke, Aron-Frederik Popov, Sasan Partovi, Matthias Karck, Christof Karmonik, André R Simon, Fabian Rengier, Arjang Ruhparwar

A multistage approach to blood conservation in a Jehovah's Witness patient undergoing redo aortic arch surgery

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Rahul Basu, Surendra Naik, Mohammad Shafaat, John Lu

Mini-extracorporeal Circulation and Off-pump Techniques Associated with Less Inflammatory Gene Expression as Compared to On-Pump in the 24-hour Postoperative Window Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

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William T Brinkman, John J Squiers, Kyle R Covington, David A Wheeler, Mani Arsalan, Robert L Smith, Michael J Mack, J Michael DiMaio

Dual antiplatelet treatment after coronary artery bypass surgery

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Jose Lopez Menendez, Pablo Avanzas, Francisco Callejo, Carlos Morales, Juan C Llosa, Blanca Meana, Jacobo Silva

Left atrial myxoma in dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis

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Joseph Gabriel, Ishtiaq Ahmed

Comparing use of BIMA in a Y-graft configuration to BIMA with additional radial artery use during CABG: Two institutional study

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D Glineur, RE Shaw, CE Kuschner, F Giovanni, Y Etienne, S Papadatos, M Brizzio, A Zapolanski, JB Grau

Results of a protocol to limit blood utilization vary based on the cardiac procedure performed

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JB Grau, CE Kuschner, F Giovanni, E Tormey, S Wilson, B Mariano, A Zapolanski, RE Shaw

Non-manipulation of Patent LIMA in the Setting of Reoperative Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Previous Coronary Artery Bypass

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A Zapolanski, CE Kuschner, CK Johnson, G Ferrari, RE Shaw, ME Brizzio, JB Grau

A systematic review of one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery comparing the safety and efficacy of high and low tidal volumes

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Julian Camilleri-Brennan, Nandesh Patel, Sarah Mok, David Ryan, Blair Wilson, Mikolaj Kotts, Olivia Morton, Mong Tung, Peter Alston

Single Centre Experience with Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement versus Conventional Full Sternotomy Approach - A Propensity Match Analysis

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Karim Morcos, Cathy Johnman, Cristiano Spadaccio, Sadia Aftab, Fraser Sutherland

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lung Volume Reduction for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Indonesia

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Karina Veronica Wilamarta, Tan Siauw Koan, Benjamin Yulianto Tanuwihardja, Nana Sunarya, Irwan Hananto

Type II A aortic dissection and ascending aort aneurysm seeing after mechanic aortic valve replacement

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Kazim Ergunes, Levent Yilik, Ihsan Peker, Koksal Donmez, Ali Gurbuz

The post-pericardiotomy syndrome causing cardiac tamponade and pleural effusion in a patient that underwent mitral valve replacement

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Kazim Ergunes, Hasan Iner, Ismail Yurekli, Orhan Gokalp, Ufuk Yetkin, Ali Gurbuz

A novel and simple method for identifying the lung intersegmental plane with an infrared thermography

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Kei Sakamoto, Masato Kanzaki, Akira Ogihara, Shota Mitsuboshi, Takehito Yoshiya, Takuma Kikkawa, Tamami Isaka, Kunihiro Oyama, Masahide Murasugi, Takamasa Onuki

Does impaired cardiac function affect peripheral arterial angioplasty outcomes?

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Kok H Yap, Yew L Woo, Anna LW Tam, Phong T Lee, Yi C Tham, Nern H Kao

Rare giant malignant tumors of the chest - reconstructive challenge

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K Kurowski, Corcoles JM Padilla, JI Matuszek

Minimally invasive off pump CABG technique using "LIMA to LAD" first in staged hybrid approach for complex Coronary artery disease

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Lalit Mohan Joshi, Bhuwan Chandra Tewari, Sudarshan Kumar Vijay, Subhash Singh Rajput, Dhramendra Kumar Srivastava, Satyawati Deswal, Satish Chandra Dhasmana, Praveen Kumar Das

Single Surgeon Experience With Minimally Invasive AVR: Expectations of a Change in Practice

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Larson Erb, Hany Abdallah, Turner Osler, Nkem Azikem, Annie Penfield-Cyr, Joseph Schmoker

30-year experience of Fontan surgery: single-centre's data

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Laurynas Bezuska, Virgilijus Lebetkevicius, Kestutis Lankutis, Rita Sudikiene, Daina Liekiene, Vytautas J Sirvydis, Virgilijus Tarutis

Improving Handover of Patients in Critical Care following Cardiac Surgery: an audit and successful implementation of an electronic quality improvement tool

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Lucy Radevsky, Ashok Kar, Neville Hutchinson, Andrew Hill, Ishtiaq Ahmed

How to get a bloodless intra-cardiac field in mini-invasive cardiac surgery

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Ludwig K von Segesser, Denis Berdajs, Saad AbdelSayed, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Enrico Ferrari

Clinical Results of Thoracic Aortic Surgery in Patients under Hemodialysis

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Makoto Hibino, Akihiko Usui, Hideki Oshima, Yuji Narita, Tomonobu Abe, Yoshimori Araki, Masato Mutsuga, Kazuro Fujimoto

Ischemia Time Impacts on Respiratory Chain Functions and Ca2+-Handling of Cardiac Subsarcolemmal Mitochondria Subjected to Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

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Marcus Leistner, Stefanie Sommer, Peer Kanofski, Christian Moch, Christoph Schimmer, Ivan Aleksic, Rainer Leyh, Sebastian-Patrick Sommer

Aspirin plus clopidogrel versus aspirin alone for the prevention of coronary artery bypass graft occlusion: angiographic and clinical results of a randomized study

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Maria J Dalmau, Manuel Barreiro, Javier López-Rodríguez, Maria Bueno, Elena Arnáiz, Adolfo Arévalo, Ana Martín, Jose M González-Santos

Is perioperative pro-B-type natriuretic peptide a good tool to evaluate surgical risk in cardiac surgery?

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Marta Matamala, Neslim Gálvez, Elisa Ochoa, Ana Barral, Javier Fañanás, Jose María Vallejo, Manuel Vázquez, Fernando Sorribas, Carlos Ballester

An uncommon onset for tricuspid endocarditis

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Marta Matamala, Elisa Ochoa, Neslim Gálvez, Javier Fañanás, Jose Maria Vallejo, Manuel Vázquez, Fernando Sorribas, Carlos Ballester

Transplantation of an allogeneic bone graft in treatment of post-sternotomy massive bone loss defects

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Martin Kaláb, Jan Karkoška, Milan Kamínek, Eva Matějková, Vladimír Lonský

Giant chondrosarcoma of rib: surgical resection and reconstruction with titanium bar, polypropylene mesh, and muscle advancement flap

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Mertay Boran, Ertay Boran, Barış Yiyit, Nisa Elif Ünlü, Birgül Onec

Acute Lung Injury- ARDS in H1N1: Timing of Therapy

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Ertay Boran, Mertay Boran, Pelin Çetin, Zahide Gümüş, Merve Andaç, Ali Nihat Annakkaya, Onur Ozlu

Depth of Anaesthesia Associated with 2.5% Isoflurane During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

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Michael D Connelly, R Peter Alston

'What did the doctor say again?' - Patient Expectations Prior To Cardiac Surgery

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Michael MacPherson, Gwyn Beattie, John Butler, Nawwar Al-Attar

Management of New Post-Operative Arrhythmia in Cardiac Patients

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Michael MacPherson, Gwyn Beattie, Robyn Smith, John Butler

Mitral Subvalvular Apparatus Intervention In Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: does it need?

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A Bogachev-Prokophiev, S Zheleznev, M Fomenko, A Pivkin, A Afanasiev, R Sharifulin, A Karaskov

Concomitant ablation for atrial fibrillation during septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

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A Bogachev-Prokophiev, S Zheleznev, M Fomenko, A Pivkin, A Afanasiev, R Sharifulin, A Karaskov

Pulmonary lobar root en masse clamping and stapling technique: a quick pulmonary lobectomy

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Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Hitoshi Igai, Takashi Ibe, Natsuko Kawatani

An evaluation of anticoagulation initiation post cardiac surgery in a tertiary cardiac centre

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Mohamed A Gulamhussein, Davide Patrini, Jonathan Pararajasingham, Sadeer Fhadil, Paul Wright, Neil Roberts, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos

Improvement of Mitral Regurgitation after Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis Implantation

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Heraldo G Lobo Filho, José Glauco Lobo Filho, Nathalia RP Sousa, Matheus D Pimentel, Camylla S Souza

Long-Term Outcomes of External Repair as a Rescue Operation for Atrioventricular Groove Disruption following Mitral Valve Surgery

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Nikola Dobrilovic, Jaishankar Raman, James G Fingleton, Andrew Maslow, Arun K Singh

The safety and efficacy of fibrinogen and thrombin-based collagen fleece for treatment of pleural injury

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Norifumi Tsubokawa, Yoshihiro Miyata, Takahiro Mimae, Shinsuke Sasada, Tomoharu Yoshiya, Masaoki Ito, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Takeshi Mimura, Morihito Okada

The relationship between the malignancy grade of lung adenocarcinoma with micropapillary pattern and the findings of positron emission tomography

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Norifumi Tsubokawa, Takahiro Mimae, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Takeshi Mimura, Yoshihiro Miyata, Morihito Okada

Aneurysm of left ventricle at non-atherosclerosis lesion of coronary arteries

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Olena Gogayeva, Gennadiy Knishov, Anatolii Rudenko, Liudmyla Dzakhoieva, Sergiy Rudenko, Kostyantyn Rudenko

The biggest experience in treatment of symptomatic patients with myocardial "bridges"

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Olena Gogayeva, Gennadiy Knishov, Anatolii Rudenko, Liudmyla Dzakhoieva, Sergiy Rudenko

Does Ethnicity Impact Outcome Following Cardiac Surgery?

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Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Andrew Panayiotou, Alan Nevill, Matthew Thomas, Heyman Luckraz

Use of impella for off pump myocardial revascularization in high risk patients

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Paolo Pepino, Germano Coronella, Salvatore Giordano, Raffaela Provenzano, Agostino La Marca, Mario Monaco, Arturo Giordano

Combined valve and myocardial revascularization on a beating heart in high risk patients

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Paolo Pepino, Germano Coronella, Piermario Oliviero, Salvatore Giordano, Raffaela Provenzano, Agostino La Marca, Antonio Contaldo, Francesco Petteruti, Mario Monaco

Prevalence, Treatment Eligibility and Postoperative Survival for Europeans with Aortic Stenosis

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Paolo De Sciscio, Jacob Brubert, Michele De Sciscio, Marta Serrani, Joanna Stasiak, Geoff D Moggridge

Evaluation of 17β-estradiol effects in mesenteric injury induced by occlusion of proximal descending aorta in male rats

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Paulo Thales Rocha de Sousa, Ana Cristina Breithaupt Faloppa, Cristiano de Jesus Correia, Laura Menegat, Raifd Restivo Simão, Roberto Armstrong Jr, Sueli Gomes Ferreira, Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Paulina Sannomiya

Comparison of the left ventricular apex versus other arterial cannulation sites for the operative management of acute type A aortic dissection

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Petar M Vukovic, Slobodan Micovic, Miodrag Peric, Predrag Milojevic, Ivan Nesic, Mladen Boricic, Bosko Djukanovic

Strategies for prevention of prolonged intensive care unit stay following cardiac surgery by identifying the determinants

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Philemon Gukop, Oswaldo Valencia, Mazin Sarsam, Vankatachallam Chandrasekaran, Brendan Madden

Outline of the principles of management of cardiac tumours

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Philemon Gukop, Oswaldo Valentia, Goppal Soppa, Aziz Momin, Justin Nowell, Robin Kanagasabay Mazin Sarsam, V Chadrasekaran, Marjan Jahangiri

Intraoperative blood transfusion increases the incidence of acute kidney injury in elective off pump coronary artery surgery

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Prabhat Tewari, Shantanu Pandye, Surendra Kumar Agarwal

A New Radiological Classification for Massive Pulmonary Embolism (SPECS)

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Rachel JC Chubsey, Nicholas A Watson, Christopher MR Satur

Acute gastric obstruction following cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with an adjustable gastric band

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Raed Azzam, Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Andrew Brazier, Bilal H Kirmani, Ragheb Hasan

Comparison of myocardial protection methods in mitral valve surgery: a cohort study

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Eduardo AV Rocha, Lucas CD Pena, Rafael A Carvalho, Renato A Carvalho, Thiago A de Castro, Mateus D Freire

Is it safe to initiate the minimally invasive aortic valve replacement technique in an institution with experience in cardiovascular surgery?

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Rafael Meza, Alejandro Escobar, Gloria Franco, Alejandra Echeverri, Jose David Serna

"No touch" technique and hypothermic circulatory arrest for porcelain aorta in combined valve surgery

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R Leyh, C Bening, C Schimmer, M Oezkur, A Gorski, K Hamouda

Outcomes of single institutional experience with Single Cross-Clamp technique

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Rajani Rajnish, David Rose, John Massey, Royan Richards, Mohamad N Bittar, Ionnis Dimarakis

Can cardiothoracic surgeons provide a safe and effective thoracic surgery service?

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Rajani Rajnish, David Rose, John Massey, Royan Richards, Mohamad N Bittar, Andrew J Duncan, Joseph Zacharias, Manoj Purohit

Impact of mild-moderate mitral regurgitation on outcomes of isolated aortic valve replacement

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Rong Hui (Misté) Chia, Julian A Smith, Rory SJ Wolfe, Aubrey A Almeida

Does retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit have an impact on haematocrit and blood transfusion in uncomplicated coronary artery bypass graft surgery? A retrospective analysis

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Royan Richards, Rajani Rajnish, Aamir Khan, Hassan Zeinah, Katherine Farley, Diana Hughes, Yvonne Ashworth, Angela Wilby, Amal Bose, Antony Walker

Are the guidelines for coronary artery revascularization, according to the syntax score, being correctly applied, by a heart team?

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Rui Almeida, Daniel Almeida, Maurício Centenaro, Alessandro Yassue, Lucas Tonin, John Toigo

Surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in neonates

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Rui Almeida, Paula Futagami, Maria Silva

Histological analysis of saphenous veins surgically harvested by with or without electrocautery

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Rui Almeida, Daniel Almeida, Rodrigo Freitas, Carlos Floriano

Surgical management of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis in a developing country: case report

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Sotheenathan Krishinan, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem, Abu Yamin Khamis, Ahmadi Salleh, Sivasangari Subramaniam, Mohd Hamzah Kamrulzaman

Arterial switch operation in patients with Taussig - Bing anomaly - our experience in coronary anatomy and staged repair

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Sadavisan Ilango, Nakao Mazakasu, Loh Yee Jim, Ong Kim Kiat, Jonathan Choo, Marielle Fortier

Results of surgical management in mechanical mitral valve thrombosis

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Salim Chibane, Abdelmalek Bouzid, Mohamed Atbi, Boukri Hamouda, Youcef Larabi, Tarik Hamdi, Reda DjilaliSayeh, Halima Larbi, Ramdane Amar Ould Abderahmane

Midterm results of tricuspid annuloplasty with a homemade PTFE flexible ring

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Salim Chibane, Abdelmalek Bouzid, Mohamed Atbi, Halima Larbi, Ramdane Amar Ould Abderahmane

Can we send patients with large non-resolving pneumothorax home post chest drain removal?

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Sanjeet SA Singh, Karim Morcos, Alan JB Kirk

Can we send patients with small pneumothorax post drain removal home?

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Sanjeet SA Singh, Karim Morcos, Alan JB Kirk

Does intracostal suture placement during closure reduce pain post-thoracotomy compared to routine pericostal closure?

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Sanjeet SA Singh, Helen Monaghan, Alan JB Kirk

Comparison of early hemodynamic performance of 19 mm aortic valve bioprostheses in patients with small aortic annulus

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Satoru Domoto, Kazuhiko Uwabe, Hiroyuki Koike, Mimiko Tabata, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hiroshi Niinami

Tetralogy of Fallot - Born to be Bad?

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Safak Alpat, Sevgen Ç Önder, Mustafa F Sargon, Murat Güvener, Mustafa Yılmaz, Rıza Doğan, Metin Demircin, İlhan Paşaoğlu

Symmetric volume-reduction plasty of the enlarged left atrium: 15-years clinical experience

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Sergey L Dzemeshkevich, Vladimir V Raskin, Andrey S Dzemeshkevich, Yulia V Frolova, Sergey V Korolev, Maria S Malikova, Alexey N Lugovoy

Comparison of donor hearts from hypoxic cardiac arrest followed by warm ischemia and from exsanguination as non-beating donor models in rat heart transplantation

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Shiliang Li, Sevil Korkmaz-Icöz, Tamás Radovits, Péter Hegedűs, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó

Application of PET/CT to adjuvant chemotherapy for early lung adenocarcinoma

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Shinsuke Sasada, Yoshihiro Miyata, Takahiro Mimae, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Takeshi Mimura, Morihito Okada

Surgical ergonomics - Analysis of technical skills, simulation models and assessment methods

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Sotiris C Papaspyros, Ashok Kar, David J O'Regan

The Evolution of Consent Law in the UK

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Sparsh Prasher, Michael Klimatsidas, Zahid Mahmood

Swivel and Roll! - A new dance for the modern Thoracic Surgeon

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Sparsh Prasher, Michael Klimatsidas

An audit on consent- risk disclosure in thoracic surgery

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Sparsh Prasher, Laura Castle, Michael Klimatsidas, Zahid Mahmood

Repair of symptomatic non-union rib fractures: outcomes from a contemporary thoracic surgical series

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Janani S Reisenauer, Brian D Kim, Stephen D Cassivi, William W Cross, David S Morris, Henry J Schiller

Evaluate the outcome of pneumonectomy for stage III a-N2 NSCLC

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Sungjoon Park, Hyo-Jun Jang, Eunjue Yi, Sukki Cho, Sanghoon Jheon, Kwhanmien Kim

Long term results of permanent epicardial pacing in neonates and infants

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Sungkyu Cho, Woong-Han Kim, Kwanyong Hyun, Ji Young Park, Jeong Ryul Lee, Yong Jin Kim

Comparison of release kinetics of different cardiac biomarkers in patients undergoing off pump coronary artery bypass surgery and valve replacement surgery for rheumatic heart disease

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Surendra K Agarwal, Aditya Kapoor, Shantanu Pande, Gauranga Majumdar, Satyajit Singh, Archana Sinha, Sudeep Kumar, Satyendra Tewari, Naveen Garg, Pravin K Goel

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - A single centre experience

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Swapnil Deshpande, Purushottam Deshpande, Shrikrishna Deshpande, Mukund Deshpande, Irshad Ahmed, Jyoti Panhekar

Association between [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose uptake and expressions of hypoxia-induced factor 1α and glucose transporter 1 in non-small cell lung cancer

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Takaoki Furukawa, Yoshihiro Miyata, Kei Kushitani, Takahiro Mimae, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Yukio Takeshima, Morihito Okada

Management for Active Infective Endocarditis with extensive aortic root abscess

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Takeo Tedoriya, Ryoi Okano, Kenichi Kamiya, Satoru Maeba, Masaomi Fukuzumi

Reduction in deep sternal wound infection with use of a peristernal cable-tie closure system

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Meghan M Stelly, Charles B Rodning, Terry C Stelly

Complications in defibrillator surgery in patients with implanted ventricular assist device

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Thomas Schroeter, Sven Lehmann, Mahmoud Sleiman Wehbe, Maximilian Vondran, Philipp Kiefer, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Jens Garbade, Anna Meyer

A survey of antibiotic prophylaxis in adult cardiac surgery in the UK

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Aidil Syed, Tom Combellack, Prakash Nanjaiaj, Dheeraj Mehta, Subramamiam Balachandran

Acute fulminating massive pulmonary embolism treated with aggressive endovascular or surgical approach And ECMO

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Shih-Chen Tsai, Jung-Ming Yu, Su-Chin Tsao, Ying-Che Sun, Yi-Liang Wu, An-Hua Sun, Tsung-Po Tsai

Defining severity of adhesions during redo cardiac surgery using Preoperative Computed Tomography scans and impact on surgical approach

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Tze Hung Siah, Marios E Patronis, Francesca Th'ng, Vipin Zamvar

Surgical strategy in a patient with combined infective endocarditis of pseudomonas putida and metisiline sensitive staphylococcus, complicated with splenic infarction cerebral abscess.

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Ali Gürbüz, Ufuk Yetkin, Ersin Çelik, Köksal Dönmez, Tayfun Göktoğan, Nagihan Karahan

Revascularization Strategy with prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with multiple morbidity factors and serious left main coronary artery lesion

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Ufuk Yetkin, Nihan Karakaş, Köksal Dönmez, Nagihan Karahan, Ali Gürbüz

Our coronary revascularization strategy in a high-risk patient with total stenosis in bilateral femoral arteries and total laryngectomy

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Ufuk Yetkin, Yasemin Işik, Kazım Ergüneş, Köksal Dönmez, Ali Gürbüz

Relation between endoleak development and aneurysm diameter in patients with abdominal aorta aneurysm treated with endovascular repair

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Serkan Yazman, İsmail Yürekli, Ufuk Yetkin, Levent Yılık, Köksal Dönmez, Hasan İner, Tevfik Güneş, Barçın Özcem, Ali Gürbüz

Importance of anatomic variations in secundum ASD: residual ASD detected on postoperative 31st year

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Ufuk Yetkin, Nihan Karakaş, Mehmet Balkanay, Ali Gürbüz

Mortality properties of our case series of abdominal aorta aneurysm patients treated with endovascular repair

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Serkan Yazman, İsmail Yürekli, Ufuk Yetkin, Levent Yılık, Köksal Dönmez, Hasan İner, Tevfik Güneş, Barçın Özcem, Ali Gürbüz

Effects of smoking habit and diagnosed COPD on intensive care unit stay length of surgically treated coronary artery and obstructive peripheral arterial disease patients

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Ersin Çelik, İsmail Yürekli, Ufuk Yetkin, Habib Çakir, Köksal Dönmez, Metin Gümüş, Rahika Durusoy, Ali Gürbüz

Role of LDL level over hospital stay length of surgically treated coronary artery and obstructive peripheral arterial disease patients

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Ersin Çelik, İsmail Yürekli, Ufuk Yetkin, Habib Çakir, Köksal Dönmez, Metin Gümüş, Rahika Durusoy, Ali Gürbüz

Successful surgical intervention to ascending aortic aneurysm with dissection risk in a Patient with Cushing's syndrome and pituitary operation

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Ali Gürbüz, Ufuk Yetkin, Orhan Gökalp, Şahin İşcan, Köksal Dönmez, Nagihan Karahan

Patient with three separate accessory saphenous veins identified while graft preparation: A case report

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Ufuk Yetkin, Börteçin Eygi, Ertürk Karaağaç, Köksal Dönmez, Ali Gürbüz

Pre and postoperative value of contrast computerized tomography scan for patients with abdominal aorta aneurysm treated with endovascular repair study

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Serkan Yazman, İsmail Yürekli, Levent Yılık, Ufuk Yetkin, Köksal Dönmez, Hasan İner, Tevfik Güneş, Barçın Özcem, Ali Gürbüz

Indications and outcome of thoracotomy in a new cardiothoracic unit in sub-Saharan Africa

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Abubakar Umar, Salisu Ismail, Ray Bayo, Ukwuani Solomon I, Orakwe Obinna

Tuberculosis can cause anything in the world except pregnancy!

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Vasudev B Pai, Ganesh S Kamath, Sambhram Shetty, Nitin T Patil

Delayed repair for aortic root abscess - is it justified?

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Vasudev B Pai, Ganesh S Kamath, Guruprasad D Rai, Muralidhar Varma

Comparing the quality of uniportal and multiportal video-assisted anatomical resection for primary lung cancer: the preliminary results of a single centre audit

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Veena Surendrakumar, Paul R Vaughan, Jagan Rao, John G Edwards, Laura Socci

Alternative treatment option for high risk surgical candidates after previous cardiac surgery: The Scottish National TAVI Programme experience

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Vincenzo Giordano, Ashok Kar, Andrew Flapan, Neil Uren, Sai Prasad, Renzo Pessotto

Patients with unstable angina and myocardial infarction expose remote VSMC phenotype switch and alteration in the proliferation of smooth muscular cell in the aortic wall

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Chin Cheng Woo, Tang Zhiqun, Yang Sun Chan, Xiao Yun Lin, Richie Soong, Chuen Neng Lee, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Sorokin Vitaly

Obstetric history after mechanical cardiac valve replacement

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Vivek M Kanhere, Anjali Kanhere, Vinod Narkhede

Results of minimally invasive approach for rheumatic mitral valve disease

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Vivek Kanhere, Nikhil Pendse, Vinod Narkhede

Prediction of outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis after multiple valve surgery

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Vladislav Podpalov, Vasily Sevrukevitch, Svetlana Kurganovich, Siarhei Spirydonau, Irina Russkih, Marina Kolyadko, Alexander Deev, Yuri Ostrovsky

Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with primary lung cancer

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Walid S Abu Arab, Ahmed M Abdel-Aziz, Abdel-Maguid M Ramadan

Comparison of long-term outcomes between Off-Pump CABG and conventional CABG

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Won Yong Lee, Jung Hyun Lim, Kun IL Kim, Hyoung Soo Kim

Role of FDG-PET/CT in prediction of pathological tumor response and survival after trimodality therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Yoichi Hamai, Jun Hihara, Takaoki Furukawa, Ichiko Yamakita, Tomoaki Kurokawa, Morihito Okada

Completion lobectomy for unanticipated pN1 disease on postoperative pathology after segmentectomy for cT1N0 lung cancer: Prevention of pleural adhesion by using fibrin glue

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Yoshihiro Miyata, Tsuyoshi Mimura, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Masahiro Ito, Keizo Misumi, Norifumi Tsubokawa, Yuichiro Kai, Atsusshi Kagimoto, Jun Hihara, Morihito Okada

Prediction of the Transprosthetic Velocity Following Aortic Valve Replacement with Bioprosthesis in the Patients with Aortic Stenosis

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Yukio Umeda, Yasunari Yokota, Yoshio Mori, Yoko Kawamura, Hiroshi Takiya

Effect of Aortic Valve Replacement on the Carotid Artery Distensibility in Patients with Aortic Valve Diseases

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Yukio Umeda, Yasunari Yokota, Yoshio Mori, Yoko Kawamura, Hiroshi Takiya

Aortopulmonary window due to transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation after arterial switch operation

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María-Teresa González-López, Juan-Miguel GilJaurena, José-Luis Zunzunegui-Martínez, Reyes álvarez-García-Rovés, Constancio Medrano-López, Ramón Pérez-Caballero-Martínez, Ana-María Pita-Fernández

Modified Fontan conversion: an alternative technique for grown-up patients

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María-Teresa González-López, Ana-María Pita-Fernández, Juan-Miguel GilJaurena, Ramón Pérez-Caballero-Martínez, Raquel Yotti-álvarez, Raquel Prieto-Arévalo, Fernando SarnagoCebada

Quality of life changes: a prospective evaluation after surgery ablation atrial fibrillation

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Alexander Chernyavskiy, Yulia Kareva, Inessa Pak, Sardor Rakhmonov, Evgeny Pokushalov, Alexander Romanov, Sergey Alsov

Anatomical variations of coronary venous system and its tributaries: A cadaveric study

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Suhani Sumalatha, Vrinda Hari, Lydia S Quadros, Antony S D'Souza

Is nodal biopsy a pre-requisite to surgery in biopsy proven pulmonary adenocarcinoma in the era of PET-CT?

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Naveed Abbas, Aurelie Fabre, David Healy

Impact of gender on contractile function in human skinned fibers in condition of volume-overload

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Constanze Bening, Nicole Stumpf, Christian-friedrich Vahl

Is there a gender-dependent negative inotropic effect of Methylene blue on the contractile performance on the level of myofilaments?

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Constanze Bening, Helge Weiler, Nicole Stumpf, Christian-Friedrich Vahl

Off-pump CABG procedures and mediastinitis: report on 723 consecutive patients

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Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikos Sachpekidis, Andreas Mpakas, Alexandros Kolettas, Stamatis Arikas, Giorgos Tagarakis, Pavlos Zarogoulidis

Exclusive percutaneous peripheral veno-arterial ECMO with distal reperfusion of homolateral limb

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Mazzoni Lucia, Azmoun Alexandre, Ramadan Ramzi, Ghostine Saïd, Kloeckner Martin, Brenot Philippe, Fradi Mohamed, Nottin Rémi, Deleuze Philippe

Constrictive pericarditis: a known pathology with a new aetiology

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Suhaib Ahmed, H ElBasheir, OC Nzewi

Clinical features and treatment for coronary sinus orifice atresia

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Naoki Tadokoro, Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Masatoshi Shimada, Kenichi Kurosak, Isao Shiraishi, Hajime Ichikawa

Routine innominate artery cannulation for elective ascending aortic surgery. A single-centre experience.

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Charilaos-Panagiotis Koutsogiannidis, Fotini Ampatzidou, Athanasios Madesis, Theodoros Karaiskos, Olga Ananiadou, Konstantinos Diplaris, Athanasios Malamas, George Drossos

Spontaneous chylothorax identified during delivery

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Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Konstantinos M Soultanis, Antonia Gouma, Konstantinos Siafakas

Preliminary experience in pulmonary metastatectomy

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Sameh I Sersar, Ibrahim M Yassin

Endobronchial valve placement for intractable airleaks

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Pierre Theodore, Errol Bush, Jasleen Kukreja, Eric Seely, Antonio Gomez

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery under non-intubated spontaneous breathing anesthesia using laryngeal mask

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Premjithlal Bhaskaran, Antonios Katsipoulakis, Francesca Caliandro, Niall McGonigle, Nikolaos Anastasiou

The association between Toll-like Receptor 4, CD14 and coronary atherosclerosis.

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Maria Kalliopi Konstantinidou, Nikos Goutas, Nikoleta Poumpouridou, Dimitrios Vlachodimitropoulos

Follow-up after the Ross procedure. How significant it is

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Panagiotis Artemiou, Ingrid Schusterova, Frantisek Sabol

Surgical management of Sternal wound infection post cardiac surgery "single surgeon experience"

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Hamidreza Davari, Nahid Hassanpour, Peyvand Bina

Excavatum & Exercise: Digging for causes of dyspnoea

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K Mazhar, I Cliff, N Watson, CMR Satur

The ABC of Pectus Excavatum: a novel anatomical classification system

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K Mazhar, I Cliff, N Watson, CMR Satur

The procedure for intraoperative graft verification in coronary surgery: Is high resolution epicardial imaging useful in addition to Transit-Time flow measurement to reduce postoperative failures?

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Gabriele Di Giammarco, Daniele Marinelli, Massimiliano Foschi, Tariq Mobariki, Donato Micucci, Francesca Faragalli, Michele Di Mauro

Effect of on-table extubation after congenital heart surgery on outcomes in a developing country

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Zeena Makhija, Amit Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt

Are operative microbiology samples warranted in the setting of a Stage III empyema thoracis?

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Naveed Abbas, Michael Tolan, David Healy

Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in cardiac surgical patients: risk and protective factors

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F Ampatzidou, L Karagounis, CP Koutsogiannidis, T Karaiskos, A Madesis, A Vlachou, G Drossos

International Normalized Ratio (INR) instability in post-valve replacement readmissions in Sri Lanka

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Muditha N Lansakara, Mohamed N Jazeel, Imbulpitiya GP Duminda, K Gnanakanthan, Samath D Dharmaratne

Cardiac Myxoma- A case series from a Cardiothoracic Unit in a developing country: Sri Lanka

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Muditha N Lansakara, Mohomad N Jazeel, Athula Wijethunga, Kumaradasan Gnanakanthan, Samath D Dharmaratne

Destination Therapy with the magnetically levitated HVAD

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Christian Heim, Johannes Rösch, Thorsten Zielezinski, Fatos Ballazhi, Markus Kondruweit, Michael Weyand, Rene Tandler

Routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy for the detection of cellular rejection beyond 2 years after cardiac transplantation

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Christian Heim, Fatos Ballazhi, Thorsten Zielezinski, Markus Kondruweit, Michael Weyand, Rene Tandler

Cabrol technique in coronary artery bypass grafting

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Chan-Young Na, Tae-Shik Kim

Is there a cardiodepressant effect of higher BMI on contractile force of skinned human fibers?

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Constanze Bening, Nicole Stumpf, Christian-Friedrich Vahl

Results of minimally-invasive aortic-valve replacement in octogenarians

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Sobaran Sharma, Joseph George, Yasir Ahmed, Umair Aslam, Pankaj Kumar

Antibiotic Usage in First Time Coronary Artery Surgery

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A Heaney, S Trenfield

Does adoption of new technologies require high operative volume? Our results with sutureless aortic bioprostheses

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Burak Can Depboylu, Patrick O Myers, Parmeseeven Mootoosamy, Jalal Jolou, Dominique Vala, Saziye Karaca, Marc Licker, Afksendiyos Kalangos, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu

External stenting of saphenous vein bypass grafts does not affect intraoperative transit-time flow measurement

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Burak Can Depboylu, Patrick O Myers, Mootoosamy Parmeseeven, Jalal Jolou, Kamran Ahmadov, Saziye Karaca, Marck Licker, Afksendiyos Kalangos, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu

Postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery: the incidence, risk factors and outcome

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Judita Andrejaitiene, Rimantas Benetis, Edmundas Sirvinskas

Antiplatelet Therapy Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A survey of practice at UK Cardiothoracic Units

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Yama Shoaib Haqzad, Alexandra Woods, Mubarak Chaudhry, Mahmoud Loubani

Debut century in cardiac surgery - Is it worth mentioning

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Kalyana Javangula

Simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy can be performed with low mortality rates

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Ebuzer Aydin, Yucel Ozen, Sabit Sarikaya, Davut Cekmecelioglu, Ismail Yukseltan

The relationship between the ascending aortic and left ventricular size after aortic valve replacement

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Ingrid Schusterova, Panagiotis Artemiou, Martina Polackova, Frantisek Sabol, Alzbeta Tohatyova

Cardiopulmonary benefits of a cosmetic chest wall surgery

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Ghazi Elshafie, Babu Naidu

Midterm Follow-Up of Haemodynamic Performance of the St. Jude Medical Trifecta Aortic Bioprosthesis in Young Patients Under 65

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JA Chacko, J Edlin, AH Sepehripour, SG Ambekar, KS Lall

Left Ventricular Mass Regression following Implantation of St. Jude Medical Trifecta Aortic Bioprosthesis

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JA Chacko, J Edlin, AH Sepehripour, SG Ambekar, KS Lall

Aortic sutureless bioprosthesis with concomitant Ferrazzi procedure, Coronary revascularization and Neo-fenestrated pericardial reconstruction: report of a case

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Faizus Sazzad, Vidanaptthirana Chirantha Puwalani, Chang Guohao, Julian Tan, Theodoros Kofidis

Levosimendan preconditioning in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with poor ejection fraction. preliminary results.

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R Ávalos, R MartinezSanz, JJ Jiménez, JL Iribarren, J Montoto, A Lacruz, M Brouard, P Garrido, PC Prada, Jorge P Pérez, M García-González

Factors related to permanent disability employment on patients fewer than 62 years operated by open heart surgery

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R MartinezSanz, R Ávalos, L Perdomo, ME Alonso, F Benitez, JJ Jiménez, J Montoto, PC Prada, P Garrido, R de la Llana, M Brouard, JL Iribarren

Aortic root full detachment from the aortic annulus. aortitis role in the formation of a pseudoaneurysm to 3 years of an aortic valve replacement.

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R MartinezSanz, R Ávalos, R de la Llana, P Garrido, J Montoto, PC Prada, M Brouard, JL Iribarren, JJ Jiménez, C VaqueroPuerta

Surgical treatment of type A Acute Aortic Dissection based on Geneva algorithm

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Burak Can Depboylu, Leon Finci, Patrick O Myers, Saziye Karaca, Dominique Vala, Jalal Jolou, Parmeseeven Mootoosamy, Marck Licker, Karim Bendjelid, Afksendiyos Kalangos, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu

Open and closed distal anastomosis for acute type A aortic dissection repair: early and long-term outcomes from a contemporary series of 204 patients

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Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Amit Modi, Szabolcs Miskolczi, Markku Kaarne, Theodore Velissaris, Clifford Barlow, Sunil K Ohri, Geoffrey Tsang, Steven Livesey

Sutureless Aortic Valves in combined procedures: a useful tool in the armamentarium of cardiac surgeons

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Steffen Pfeiffer, Ferdinand Vogt, Joachim Sirch, Theodor Fischlein, Giuseppe Santarpino

Recurrent balloon rupture during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) - a challenge to the Hybrid team

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Imthiaz Manoly, Andrew Brazier, Ahmed Mustafa, Vasim Farooq, Ragheb IR Hasan, Douglas G Fraser

Results of tricuspid valve reconstruction using a semirigid ring or a flexible band

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Ivan Aleksic, Jörg Hoffmann, Michal Glanowski, Ina Schade, Sebastian P Sommer, Marcus Leistner, Armin Gorski, Rainer G Leyh

Off pump mitral valve repair

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Kestutis Rucinskas, Vilius Janusauskas, Diana Zakarkaite, Rita Kramena, Gabija Janaviciute, Agne Drasutiene, Robertas Stasys Samalavicius, Audrius Aidietis

The Place of Closed Mitral Valvotomy (CMV) Procedure in the Modern Era: 20 Years Single Center Experience.

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Ram Chandra Sherawat, Sunil Dixit, RK Yadav, Anil Sharma

Surgical vs. catheter-based paravalvular mitral valve leak closure (trans apical approach). Early results. Single center experience.

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Aleksejus Zorinas, Vilius Janusauskas, Rokas Simkauskas, Kestutis Rucinskas, Audrius Aidietis

Validation of the endothelial staining markers CD31 and CD34 in immunohistochemistry of the long saphenous vein.

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B Krishnamoorthy, WR Critchley, JB Barnard, PD Waterworth, AC Caress, J Fildes, N Yonan

Miniaturized versus conventional cardiopulmonary bypass in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: impact on lymphocyte depletion and sternal wound healing

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Fabio Capuano, Andrea Lechiancole, Emiliano Angeloni, Massimo Goracci, Roberto Bianchini, Antonino Roscitano, Cosimo Comito, Giovanni Melina, Riccardo Sinatra

Cardiac surgery in adults with congenital heart disease: an African perspective

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Michael A Long, Stephen C Brown, Francis E Smit, Sharon L Rossouw

Surgical repair of isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is linked to favourable outcomes.

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Kostas Kostopanagiotou, Andrew Chatzis, Costas Contrafouris, Fotios Mitropoulos, Prodromos Azariades

Factors determining outcomes in adult patients operated for congenital heart diseases

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Sachin Talwar, Manikala Vinod Kumar, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Balram Airan

Lung Metastatic Nodules as First Presentation of Synovial Cardiac Sarcoma

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F Ampatzidou, T Karaiskos, K Vasiliadis, A Cheva, CP Koutsogiannidis, A Madesis, M Sileli, G Drossos

Is pre-operative haemoglobin A1c level a successful predictor of adverse outcome after cardiac surgery?

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Ai Hooe Tee, R Hasan, KE Mclaughlin, DJM Keenan, S Datta

Usefulness of Early Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Burden as a Predictor of Late Recurrence after Maze Procedures

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Yeong Jeong Jeon, Dong Seop Jeong, Pyo Won Park, Young Tak Lee

Improving On Fast-track Protocol for Post Cardiac Surgery Patients

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Yi C Tham, Zhihui Tan, Anna LW Tam, Shah S Sharad, Kenny YK Sin, Shaw Y Chia, Kim K Ong

If I had a Hammer

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M Tarazi, N Mayooran, S Shannon, J Hinchion

Different significance of HRCT and FDG-PET/CT to predict lymph node status between patients with clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

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Yasuhiro Tsutani, Yoshihiro Miyata, Takeshi Mimura, Masaoki Ito, Yuichiro Kai, Atsushi Kagimoto, Haruhiko Nakayama, Sakae Okumura, Masahiro Yoshimura, Morihito Okada

Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Recovery in Fulminant Myocarditis

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Yassir Iqbal, Saifullah Mohammed, Aaron Ranasinghe

Cardiac surgery with concomitant atrial ablation

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Torulv Holst, Mehdy RoostaAzad, Hannes Naegele, Hamid Bigdeli, Majd MakariousLaham, Afsaneh Zandi, Markus Kamler

Advanced mechanical circulatory support for refractory cardiogenic shock after cardiac surgery: An eleven-year experience in Edinburgh

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Maziar Khorsandi, Kasra Shaikhrezai, Sai Prasad, Renzo Pessotto, William Walker, Edward Brackenbury, Geoffrey Berg, Vipin Zamvar

An unusual symptoms caused by huge pseudoaneurysm formation of ascending aorta

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A Klvacek, J Konecny, P Santavy, V Lonsky, M Simek, V Hanak

Preoperative aspirin continuation versus replacement therapy with low molecular weight heparin before coronary surgery: effects on postoperative bleeding risk

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Cristiano Spadaccio, Antonio Nenna, Filippo Prestipino, Gwyn W Beattie, Francesco Nappi, Fraser W Sutherland, Massimo Chello

Mitral valve repair versus mitral valve replacement in octogenarians - review of long-term outcomes in the past two decades

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Miriam Silaschi, Sanjay Chaubey, Habib Khan, Mohsin Uzzaman, Mrinal Singh, Max Baghai, Olaf Wendler

A survey of contemporary usage of epicardial pacing wires among UK cardiothoracic surgeons: A call for a more conservative approach

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Vivek Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Enoch Akowuah, Joel Dunning, Jonathan Ferguson, Andrew Goodwin, Simon Kendall, Andrew Owens, Ralph White

Prospective, multicenter study of pleural adhesion in repeated pulmonary surgery

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Yoshihiro Miyata, Hiroshi Date, Mitsugu Omasa, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuya Takamochi, Seiki Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Kondo, Morihito Okada

A Prospective study of the National Early Warning Score in Cardiothoracic Surgery

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M Tarazi, N Chan, N Mayooran, R Neagu, B Philip, MN Anjum, K Doddakula

A Retrospective Cohort Study in patients over 55: Mechanical versus Biological valve prostheses

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M Tarazi, K Sivabalah, N Mayooran, R Neagu, B Philip, MN Anjum, K Doddakula

Systematic lymph node sampling at operation results in more node positive staging in NSCLC

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J Whiteley, G Beattie, A McKay, A Kirk, M Asif

Consultants or Trainees: Whose patient's do better following surgical coronary revascularisation?

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Damian Balmforth, Daniel Jones, Sean Gallagher, Andrew Wragg, Alex Shipolini, Kit Wong, Rakesh Uppal

VATS Pneumonectomy: The Posterior Approach

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D Miller, M Will, W Walker

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting versus optimal medical therapy: effectiveness of incomplete surgical myocardial revascularization in high-risk patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease

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Cristiano Spadaccio, Antonio Nenna, Filippo Prestipino, Gwyn W Beattie, Francesco Nappi, Massimo Chello, Fraser W Sutherland

Performance of euroscore ii compared with its predecessors in octogenarian patients undergoing aortic valve replacement

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Daniel HernandezVaquero, Rocio Diaz, Ruben AlvarezCabo, Carlos Morales, Jacobo Silva

Elevated Pressures on Aortic Valve Leaflets correlate with Orientation of LVAD Outflow Graft

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Christof Karmonik, Mahwash Kassi, Arvind Bhimaraj, Jerry Estep, Matthias Loebe, Su Ming Chang

The use of structured light plethysmography in assessing the outcome of lung reduction

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Ghazi Elshafie, Babu Naidu

Prolonged air leak following lung resection - does Tri-staplerTM technology improve the incidence?

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V Srivastava, M Mydin, T Smailes, J Cotts, J Dunning

Alternatives in the treatment of prosthetic infection after the Bentall-de Bono operation

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R MartinezSanz, R Ávalos, P Garrido, R de la Llana, JJ Jiménez, J Montoto, M Brouard, JL Iribarren, PC Prada, C VaqueroPuerta

Lemierre's syndrome - A new causative organism and life-threatening complication

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Mira Pecheva, Alexandra Fielding, Jakub Kadlec, Russell Phillips, Filip Van Tornout

Neu im Fachgebiet Chirurgie

Krebs-Op. besser erst nach mehrwöchigem Rauchverzicht?

Aktive Raucher haben nach onkologischen Operationen ein höheres Komplikationsrisiko als Nieraucher, aber auch als Exraucher. Damit der Rauchstopp einen Nutzen hat, darf er aber nicht zu kurz vor der Op. erfolgen, wie eine Metaanalyse nahelegt.

Periprozeduraler Myokardschaden nach NSTEMI prognostisch bedeutsam

Erleiden NSTEMI-Patienten und -Patientinnen infolge einer PCI Myokardschädigungen mit oder ohne Infarkt, erhöht das die Gesamtmortalität und das Risiko für weitere schwere Herzereignisse. Dafür sprechen zumindest Daten aus zwei italienischen Zentren.

Höhere Sterberate nach Freitags-Op.

Wer direkt vor dem Wochenende operiert wird, läuft eher Gefahr, in den folgenden Wochen und Monaten zu sterben, als Menschen mit einer Op. unmittelbar nach dem Wochenende. Der Unterschied bei der Sterberate beläuft sich nach Daten einer US-Analyse auf etwa 10%.

Ärztinnen überholen Ärzte bei Praxisgründungen

Bei Praxisgründungen haben inzwischen die Frauen deutlich die Nase vorn: Seit zehn Jahren wagen laut apoBank mehr Ärztinnen als Ärzte den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit. In puncto Finanzierung sind sie aber vorsichtiger als die männlichen Kollegen.

Update Chirurgie

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