Ausgabe 1/2015
Inhalt (188 Artikel)
A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing CABG surgery performed with total arterial grafts or without
Jeffrey Le, Roger JF Baskett, Karen J Buth, Gregory M Hirsch, Allan Brydie, Ryan Gayner, Jean-Francois Legare
Early and midterm results of transapical and right axillary artery cannulation for acute aortic dissection
Takamitsu Terasaki, Tamaki Takano, Taishi Fujii, Tatsuichiro Seto, Yuko Wada, Yoshinori Ohtsu, Kazunori Komatsu
Time-dependent changes of plasma inflammatory biomarkers in type A aortic dissection patients without optimal medical management
Jun Gu, Jia Hu, Hong-wei Zhang, Zheng-hua Xiao, Zhi Fang, Hong Qian, Ming-hua Zhong, Ying-qiang Guo, Er-yong Zhang, Ying-kang Shi, Wei Meng
Security and cost comparison of INR self-testing and conventional hospital INR testing in patients with mechanical heart valve replacement
Qiu-lin Chen, Li Dong, Yi-jun Dong, Shu-lin Zhao, Bo Fu, Yu-qing Wang, Hong Jiang
Successful trans-apical aortic valve implantation for a high risk patient with aortic stenosis using a new second-generation TAVI device — J-Valve™ system
Jiahan Cheng, Miao Chen, Da Zhu, Ji Zhang, Jia Hu, Yingqiang Guo
Long-term results of surgical angioplasty for left main coronary artery stenosis: 18-year follow-up
Jae Han Jeong, Won Yong Lee, Eung-Joong Kim, Sung Woo Cho, Kun Il Kim, Hyoung Soo Kim
Myocardial conditioning techniques in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Marco Moscarelli, Prakash P Punjabi, Gamov I Miroslav, Paolo Del Sarto, Francesca Fiorentino, Gianni D Angelini
3D transesophageal echocardiography is a decision-making tool for the management of cardiogenic shock following a large postinfarction ventricular defect
Yihua Liu, Zied Frikha, Pablo Maureira, Bruno Levy, Christine Selton-Suty, Jean-pierre Villemot, Olivier Huttin
New technique of local ischemic preconditioning induction without repetitive aortic cross-clamping in cardiac surgery
Dmitry I Kurapeev, Viktor O Kabanov, Vadim K Grebennik, Tatyana A Sheshurina, Vladimir V Dorofeykov, Michael M Galagudza, Eugene V Shlyakhto
Erratum: Expression changes of ionic channels in early phase of cultured rat atrial myocytes induced by rapid pacing
Wei Cheng, Qiang Ji, Hua Liu, Yunqing Mei, Xisheng Wang, Jing Feng, Wenjun Ding
Long-term survival after mitral valve surgery for post-myocardial infarction papillary muscle rupture
Wobbe Bouma, Inez J Wijdh-den Hamer, Bart M Koene, Michiel Kuijpers, Ehsan Natour, Michiel E Erasmus, Jayant S Jainandunsing, Iwan CC van der Horst, Joseph H Gorman III, Robert C Gorman, Massimo A Mariani
Novel hemostatic patch achieves sutureless epicardial wound closure during complex cardiac surgery, a case report
Jayant S Jainandunsing, Sali Al-Ansari, Bozena D Woltersom, Thomas WL Scheeren, Ehsan Natour
“V” aortoplasty of the proximal descending aorta in the elephant trunk procedure
Adrian Kolesar, Boris Bily, Lubomir Spak, Jan Luczy, Panagiotis Artemiou, Frantisek Sabol
Long term biventricular support with Berlin Heart Excor in a Septuagenarian with giant-cell myocarditis
Christian Bireta, Theodor Tirilomis, Marius Grossmann, Bernhard Unsöld, Rolf Wachter, Thorsten Perl, Ahmad Fawad Jebran, Friedrich Albert Schoendube, Aron Frederik Popov
Full-root aortic valve replacement with stentless xenograft achieves superior regression of left ventricular hypertrophy compared to pericardial stented aortic valves
Reza Tavakoli, Christoph auf der Maur, Xavier Mueller, Reinhard Schläpfer, Peiman Jamshidi, François Daubeuf, Nelly Frossard
Impact of smoking on early clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Qiang Ji, Hang Zhao, YunQing Mei, YunQing Shi, RunHua Ma, WenJun Ding
Surveillance of moderate-size aneurysms of the thoracic aorta
Allison J McLarty, Muath Bishawi, Suresh Baba Yelika, A Laurie Shroyer, Jamie Romeiser
How to make an aortic root replacement simulator at home
Kasra Shaikhrezai, Maziar Khorsandi, Edward T Brackenbury, Sai Prasad, Vipin Zamvar, John Butler, Geoffrey Berg
Safety and economic considerations of argatroban use in critically ill patients: a retrospective analysis
Se-Chan Kim, Nicole Tran, Jens-Christian Schewe, Olaf Boehm, Maria Wittmann, Ingo Graeff, Andreas Hoeft, Georg Baumgarten
The influence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy on intestinal mucosal barrier in a porcine model for post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome
Ling Ni, Qiyi Chen, Ke Zhu, Jialiang Shi, Juanhong Shen, Jianfeng Gong, Tao gao, Wenkui Yu, Jieshou Li, Ning Li
Left ventricular thrombus in a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, hypereosinophilia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection – a challenging diagnosis: a case report
Claudia Oeser, Martin Andreas, Claus Rath, Andreas Habertheuer, Alfred Kocher
Co-existence of patent ductus arteriosus and left brachiocephalic artery: a case report
Mange Manyama, Erick Mazyala, William Mahalu
Predictors of survival following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with acute myocardial infarction-complicated refractory cardiac arrest in the emergency department: a retrospective study
Sang Jin Han, Hyoung Soo Kim, Hyun Hee Choi, Gyung Soon Hong, Won Ki Lee, Sun Hee Lee, Dong Geun You, Jae Jun Lee
Different duration strategies of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational study
Khaled Hamouda, Mehmet Oezkur, Bhanu Sinha, Johannes Hain, Hannah Menkel, Marcus Leistner, Rainer Leyh, Christoph Schimmer
Stress echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve function repaired using rough-zone trimming
Yohsuke Yanase, Nobuyuki Takagi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Toshitaka Watanabe, Mayuko Uehara, Kazutoshi Tachibana, Yasuko Miyaki, Toshiro Ito, Tetsuya Higami
Custodiol-N, the novel cardioplegic solution reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury after cardiopulmonary bypass
Gábor Veres, Tamás Radovits, Béla Merkely, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó
Case report on successful ‘bail out’ aortic homograft implantation in a 81-year old woman with aortic ring rupture after double TAVI procedure
Piotr Kołsut, Andrzej Juraszek, Piotr Brzozowski, Maciej Dąbrowski, Adam Witkowski, Jacek Różański, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk
Chest wall granuloma associated with BCG vaccination presenting as hot abscess in an immunocompetent infant
Hyun Seung Lee, Kyung Jin Seo, Jae Jun Kim
Improvements in thoracic surgery outcomes: a multi-institutional collaboration study
Yasushi Iwasaki, Junichi Shimada, Daishiro Kato, Motohiro Nishimura, Kazuhiro Ito, Kunihiko Terauchi, Masanori Shimomura, Hiroaki Tsunezuka
Early and mid-term outcomes of the aortic arch surgery: experience from the low-volume centre
Radim Brat, Jaroslav Gaj, Jiri Barta
Effect of sternal closure with biological bone adhesive on pain visual analogue score and serum cytokine
Shahrul Hashim, Leow Yeen Chin, Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Pavai Sthaneswar, Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar
A rare desmoid tumor arising from the manubrium
Chenyang Ye, Guofei Zhang, Ying Chai
Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis: single-center experience in China
Peng Zhu, Mingjie Mai, Ruobin Wu, Cong Lu, Ruixin Fan, Shaoyi Zheng
Life- threatening hemothorax due to the inferior pulmonary ligament injury without obvious organ injuries: a case report
Jae Jun Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Si Young Choi, Seong Cheol Jeong, Seok Whan Moon
Iatrogenic left anterior descending artery stenosis early after aortic valve replacement presenting with T-wave-pseudonormalization - a case report
Stefan Schwarz, Hermann Blessberger, Jürgen Kammler, Christoph Gross, Clemens Steinwender
Pulmonary function before and after the Nuss procedure in adolescents with pectus excavatum: correlation with morphological subtypes
Jin Yong Jeong, Joong Hyun Ahn, Sang Yong Kim, Yoon Hong Chun, Kyungdo Han, Sung Bo Sim, Keon Hyon Jo
Large cardiac fibroma and teratoma in children- case reports
Neerod Kumar Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, Csaba Tamas, Haitham Talo, Mohammad Daud Khan, Hazem El Badaoui, Anurag Jain, Azzam Hammad
Case report: Pacemaker lead perforation of a papillary muscle inducing severe tricuspid regurgitation
Martin Andreas, Franz Gremmel, Andreas Habertheuer, Claus Rath, Claudia Oeser, Cesar Khazen, Alfred Kocher
Neo-sternum reconstruction using costal cartilage approximation and small Permacol® patch repair in the treatment of Cantrell pentalogy: a case report
Chang Wan Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Bong Soo Son, Do Hyung Kim
Failing stentless Bioprostheses in patients with carcinoid heart valve disease
Andreas Schaefer, Bjoern Sill, Jeannette Schoenebeck, Yvonne Schneeberger, Hermann Reichenspurner, Helmut Gulbins
Retraction Note: Impact of guidewire selection and operator expertise on radiation exposure in transradial angiography
Jianmin Yang, Ningfu Wang, Xiaoshan Tong, Xianhua Ye, Liang Zhou, Guoxin Tong, Yun Shen, Shuzheng Lv
Retraction Note: Meta-analysis of the effect of percutaneous coronary intervention on chronic total coronary occlusions
Ruogu Li, Shuansuo Yang, Lei Tang, Yiqing Yang, Hui Chen, Shaofeng Guan, Wenzheng Han, Hua Liu, Jinjie Dai, Qian Gan, Weiyi Fang, Xinkai Qu
Prognostic effect of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with resected Non small cell lung cancer
Chang Young Lee, Hyo Sup Shim, Seokkee Lee, Jin Gu Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Kyung Young Chung
Prophylactic intraoperative tranexamic acid administration and postoperative blood loss after transapical aortic valve implantation
Navid Madershahian, Maximilian Scherner, Roman Pfister, Tanja Rudolph, Antje C Deppe, Ingo Slottosch, Elmar Kuhn, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Thorsten Wahlers
High-grade spindle cell sarcoma of the heart: a case report and review of literature
Alex Muturi, Vihar Kotecha, Josiah Ruturi, Morris Muhinga, Wairimu Waweru
Is Seprafilm valuable in infant cardiac redo procedures?
Bruno Lefort, Jean-Marc El Arid, Anne-Lorraine Bouquiaux, Nathalie Soulé, Julie Chantreuil, Elsa Tavernier, Alain Chantepie, Paul Neville
Conservative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment in a tracheal injury: a case report
Bong Soo Son, Woo Hyun Cho, Chang Wan Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Seon Hee Kim, Sang Kwon Lee, Do Hyung Kim
Parenchymal preserving anatomic resections result in less pulmonary function loss in patients with Stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Ryan A Macke, Matthew J Schuchert, David D Odell, David O Wilson, James D Luketich, Rodney J Landreneau
Effectiveness of anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of post-TAVI bioprosthetic thrombosis
Jérémy Descoux, Pierre Gautier-Pignonblanc, Andrea Innorta, Nicolas Durel, Lionel Camilleri, Pascal Motreff, Jean-René Lusson, Geraud Souteyrand
Coronary flow reserve in patients with left anterior descending artery-left internal mammary artery long patch plasty anastomosis: a prospective study
Ismail Haberal, Onur Gurer, Deniz Ozsoy, Esra Erturk
Coronary arterovenous fistula: to treat or not to treat?
Federica Jiritano, Filippo Prestipino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Massimo Chello
Aortic arch obstruction neonates with biventricular physiology: left-open compared to closed inter-atrial communication during primary repair – a retrospective study
André Rüffer, Caroline Bechtold, Ariawan Purbojo, Okan Toka, Martin Glöckler, Sven Dittrich, Robert Anton Cesnjevar
Two melodies in concert: mitral and pulmonary valve replacement late in repaired tetralogy of Fallot
Zhi Fang, Jia Hu, Xianglan Zhu, Ke Lin
Mitral valve surgery using video-assisted right minithoracotomy and deep hypothermic perfusion in patients with previous cardiac operations
H Tarık Kızıltan, Aslı İdem, Salih Salihi, Ali Soner Demir, Aşkın Ali Korkmaz, Mustafa Güden
Primary cardiac tumors on the verge of oblivion: a European experience over 15 years
Andreas Habertheuer, Günther Laufer, Dominik Wiedemann, Martin Andreas, Marek Ehrlich, Claus Rath, Alfred Kocher
A rare case of single right coronary artery with congenital absence of left coronary artery in an adult: a case report
Fengli Fu, Hongfeng Jin, Yue Feng
3D multimodal cardiac data reconstruction using angiography and computerized tomographic angiography registration
Rohollah Moosavi Tayebi, Rahmita Wirza, Puteri S B Sulaiman, Mohd Zamrin Dimon, Fatimah Khalid, Aqeel Al-Surmi, Samaneh Mazaheri
Use of a plant-based polysaccharide hemostat for the treatment of sternal bleeding after median sternotomy
Christoph Schmitz, Ralf Sodian
In vitro simulation research on the hoop stress of myocardial bridge - coronary artery
Hao Ding, Kun Shang, Hailian Lan, Yanan Lei, Lixing Sheng, Zhilin Liu, Yanjun Zeng
Scarf pin inhalation: clinical characteristics and surgical treatment
Hicham Fenane, Mohammed Bouchikh, Khalid Bouti, Mehdi EL Maidi, Fahd Ouchen, Tchely-Oaly Mbola, Lamboni Damessane, Abdellah Achir, Abdellatif Benosman
Predicting the risk of death following coronary artery bypass graft made simple: a retrospective study using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database
Paul J Chung, Timothy I Carter, Joshua H Burack, Sophia Tam, Antonio Alfonso, Gainosuke Sugiyama
Hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass grafting for multivessel coronary artery disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Peng Zhu, Pengyu Zhou, Yong Sun, Yilong Guo, Mingjie Mai, Shaoyi Zheng
Povidone-iodine pleurodesis versus talc pleurodesis in preventing recurrence of malignant pleural effusion
Islam M Ibrahim, Ahmed L Dokhan, Alaa A El-Sessy, Mohammed F Eltaweel
Coronary artery bypass grafting in young patients - insights into a distinct entity
Felix Fleissner, Gregor Warnecke, Serghei Cebotari, Saad Rustum, Axel Haverich, Issam Ismail
Risk factors and outcome analysis after surgical management of ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective analysis
Shih-Ming Huang, Shu-Chien Huang, Chih-Hsien Wang, I-Hui Wu, Nai-Hsin Chi, Hsi-Yu Yu, Ron-Bin Hsu, Chung-I Chang, Shoei-Shen Wang, Yih-Sharng Chen
Comparison of two different mechanical esophagogastric anastomosis in esophageal cancer patients: a meta-analysis
Dong Zhou, Quan-Xing Liu, Xu-Feng Deng, Jia-Xin Min, Ji-Gang Dai
Contralateral reexpansion pulmonary edema with ipsilateral collapsed lung after pleural effusion drainage: a case report
Jae Jun Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Si Young Choi, Seong Cheol Jeong, Seok Whan Moon
Cardiac lipoma in the interventricular septum: a case report
Dan Li, Weitie Wang, Zhicheng Zhu, Yuefeng Wang, Rihao Xu, Kexiang Liu
An excellent result of surgical treatment in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension following mitral valve disease
Xiaochun Song, Cui Zhang, Xin Chen, Yongming Chen, Qiankun Shi, Yongsheng Niu, Jilai Xiao, Xinwei Mu
Keeping the heart empty and beating: an alternative technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery
Shangdian Liu, Zonghong Liu, Lulu Li, Pengfei Liu, Hongyu Liu
Surgical repair of a giant congenital right atrial aneurysm: a case report
Karolis Jonavicius, Arturas Lipnevicius, Rita Sudikiene, Edvardas Zurauskas, Virgilijus Lebetkevicius, Virgilijus Tarutis
Axillary vein thrombosis induced by an increasingly popular oscillating dumbbell exercise device: a case report
Hani Shennib, Kelli Hickle, Bradley Bowles
Impact of malnutrition on postoperative delirium development after on pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Donata Ringaitienė, Dalia Gineitytė, Vaidas Vicka, Tadas Žvirblis, Jūratė Šipylaitė, Algimantas Irnius, Juozas Ivaškevičius, Tomas Kačergius
Erratum: Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation
Thorsten Wittwer, Parwis Rahmanian, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Mohamed Zeriouh, Samira Karavidic, Klaus Neef, Astrid Christmann, Tanja Piatkowski, Anke Schnapper, Matthias Ochs, Christian Mühlfeld, Anja Sterner-Kock, Maria Guschlbauer, Florian Hofmaier, Alexandra C Maul, Thorsten Wahlers
Single-stage bilateral thoracic surgery via a combined VATS and open approach for left central bronchogenic carcinoma with carinal invasion: report of two cases
Bo Ai, Yongde Liao, Zheng Zhang, Xiangning Fu
Erratum: Ventriculo-atrial defect after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement
Jayant S. Jainandunsing, Remco Bergman, Jacob Wilkens, Angela Wang, Guido Michielon, Ehsan Natour
Leiomyoma of the Trachea: a case report
Masahiro Kitada, Shunsuke Yasuda, Kei Ishibashi, Satoshi Hayashi, Yoshinari Matuda, Yoshinobu Ohsaki, Naoyuki Miyokawa
Tumor-related gene expression levels in pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma
Takeshi Oyaizu, Yuji Matsumura, Satoru Kobayashi, Tetsu Sado, Hiromi Ishihama, Masayuki Chida
Successful surgical treatment of descending aorta interruption in a 29-year-old woman with acute paraplegia and subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report
Shutang Bai, Zhiheng Wang, Liang Zhang, Hongdu Fu, Huanwei Zhuang, Xianjun Cao, Liming Liang, Yanqi Yang
Outcomes of tricuspid annuloplasty with and without prosthetic rings: a retrospective follow-up study
Wen-Jun Ren, Ben-Gui Zhang, Jia-Sheng Liu, Yong-Jun Qian, Ying-Qiang Guo
Relapsing tricuspid valve endocarditis by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 11 years: tricuspid valve replacement with an aortic valve homograft
Min-Seok Kim, Hyoung Woo Chang, Seung-Pyo Lee, Dong Ki Kang, Eui-Chong Kim, Ki-Bong Kim
Juvenile catamenial pneumothorax: institutional report and review
Takashi Inoue, Masayuki Chida, Hirohisa Inaba, Motohiko Tamura, Satoru Kobayashi, Tetsu Sado
Accelerated activation of the coagulation pathway during cardiopulmonary bypass in aortic replacement surgery: a prospective observational study
Hideo Sato, Koji Yamamoto, Akihito Kakinuma, Yoshinori Nakata, Shigehito Sawamura
Variation of perioperative plasma mitochondrial DNA correlate with peak inflammatory cytokines caused by cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Chaoyi Qin, Ruiqi Liu, Jun Gu, Yajiao Li, Hong Qian, Yingkang Shi, Wei Meng
Right intra lobar pulmonary sequestration with feeding artery arising from abdominal aorta: a case report
Satoshi Fumimoto, Kaoru Ochi, Yoshio Ichihashi, Kiyoshi Sato, Takuya Morita, Nobuharu Hanaoka, Takahiro Katsumata
Resection of thoracic malignancies infiltrating cardiac structures with use of cardiopulmonary bypass
Rawa Arif, Florian Eichhorn, Klaus Kallenbach, Philipp Seppelt, Arjang Ruhparwar, Hendrik Dienemann, Matthias Karck
High mobility group box 1 gene polymorphism is associated with the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery
Can Qu, Xiao-Wen Wang, Chun Huang, Feng Qiu, Xiao-Yong Xiang, Zhi-Qian Lu
Fifteen-year experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis in a single center
Yoshio Misawa, Arata Muraoka, Shin-ichi Ohki, Kei Aizawa, Koji Kawahito, Tsutomu Saito, Hirotaka Sato, Ippei Takazawa, Soki Kurumisawa, Hirohiko Akutsu, Akira Sugaya
European Multicenter Study on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (E-CABG registry): Study Protocol for a Prospective Clinical Registry and Proposal of Classification of Postoperative Complications
Fausto Biancari, Vito G Ruggieri, Andrea Perrotti, Peter Svenarud, Magnus Dalén, Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Faggian, Giuseppe Santarpino, Daniele Maselli, Carmelo Dominici, Saverio Nardella, Francesco Musumeci, Riccardo Gherli, Giovanni Mariscalco, Nicola Masala, Antonino S. Rubino, Carmelo Mignosa, Marisa De Feo, Alessandro Della Corte, Ciro Bancone, Sidney Chocron, Giuseppe Gatti, Tiziano Gherli, Eeva-Maija Kinnunen, Tatu Juvonen
Surgery for localized pulmonary mycotic infections in patients with hematopoietic disorder
Youngkyu Moon, Jae Kil Park, Sook Whan Sung
Non-aneurysmal aberrant right subclavian artery causing dysphagia in a young girl: challenges encountered using supraclavicular approach
Ahmad K. Darwazah, Mohammed Eida, Ramzi Abu Khalil, Hassan Ismail, Naser Hanbali
Diagnosis and surgical treatment for isolated tricuspid libman-sacks endocarditis: a rare case report and literatures review
Zhixuan Bai, Jianglong Hou, Wenjun Ren, Yingqiang Guo
Case-report: endovascular treatment of aortic pseudo-aneurysm caused by Fishbone
Wei Wang, Xuesong Liu, Mingjun Lu
Effect of N-acetylcysteine and allopurinol combination to protect spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury induced by aortic cross-clamping in rat model
Bilgehan Erkut, Oruc Alper Onk
Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients
Saad Ahmad, Pradeep Gujja, Tehmina Naz, Jun Ying, Stephanie H. Dunlap, Yukitaka Shizukuda
Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta: results of direct implantation surgical repair in 6 infants
Li Xie, Lei Gao, Qin Wu, Can Huang, Jin-Fu Yang, Tian-Li Zhao, Zhong-Shi Wu, Yi-Feng Yang
Spontaneous bilateral extrapleural hematoma: a case report
Sheng-I Hu, Shih-Chun Lee, Hung Chang, Yen-Shou Kuo
Suspected involvement of EPTFE membrane in sterile intrathoracic abscess and pericardial empyema in a multi-allergic LVAD recipient: a case report
A. Kornberger, V. Walter, M. Khalil, P. Therapidis, B. Assmus, A. Moritz, A. Beiras-Fernandez, U. A. Stock
Endobronchial angiofibroma in the aberrant tracheal bronchus presenting as spontaneous pneumomediastinum
Kyung Soo Kim, Young Kyu Moon, Hyun Woo Jeon, Chan Beom Park, Myeong Im Ahn, Kyo Young Lee, Jae Kil Park
Possibility of determining the degree of adhesion of the lymph node to the pulmonary artery preoperatively
Hidetaka Uramoto, Satoshi Nozu, Yuki Nakajima, Hiroyasu Kinoshita
Erratum: Thoracoscopic surgery for bronchobiliary fistula: a case report
Yen-Shou Kuo, Shih-Chun Lee, Hung Chang, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Tsai-Wang Huang
Hepatopulmonary Fistula: a life threatening complication of hydatid disease
Mohamed Amirali Gulamhussein, Davide Patrini, Jonathan Pararajasingham, Benjamin Adams, Rajeev Shukla, Dimitrios Velissaris, David Lawrence, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
A new protocol for concomitant needle aspiration biopsy and localization of solitary pulmonary nodules
Young Jo Sa, Jae Jun Kim, Young Du Kim, Sung Bo Sim, Seok Whan Moon
Recurrent candida prosthetic endocarditis over fifteen years managed with medical therapy and four valvular surgeries: a case report and review of literature
Bishnu P. Dhakal, Curtis G. Tribble, James D. Bergin, Sean Winfrey, William H. Carter
Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta
Tomasz Plonek, Bartosz Rylski, Andrzej Dumanski, Przemyslaw Siedlaczek, Wojciech Kustrzycki
Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device for advanced heart failure patients
Jan D. Schmitto, Jasmin S. Hanke, Sebastian Rojas, Murat Avsar, Doris Malehsa, Christoph Bara, Martin Strueber, Axel Haverich
One-year patency control and risk analysis of eSVS®-mesh-supported coronary saphenous vein grafts
Devdas T. Inderbitzin, Jens Bremerich, Peter Matt, Martin T. R. Grapow, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Oliver Reuthebuch
Constrictive pericarditis complicating cardiac transplantation
Affan Umer, Nauman Khalid, Lovely Chhabra, Sarfaraz Memon, David H. Spodick
Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report
Takahiro Saito, Takashi Makino, Yoshinobu Hata, Satoshi Koezuka, Hajime Otsuka, Kazutoshi Isobe, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Sakae Homma, Akira Iyoda
Primary cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma from areolar tissue in a male patient with gynecomastia: a case report
Kyung-Jin Seo, Jae-Jun Kim
Successful surgical management of a rare esophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour: a case report
Prabhat Khakural, Ranjan Sapkota, Uttam K. Shrestha, Prakash Sayami
Pulmonary arterial enlargement predicts cardiopulmonary complications after pulmonary resection for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Keisuke Asakura, Shota Mitsuboshi, Makoto Tsuji, Hiroyuki Sakamaki, Sotaro Otake, Shinsaku Matsuda, Kaoru Kaseda, Kenichi Watanabe
An ex-vivo quantitative assessment to determine the optimal aortotomy closure technique
Daniel D. Holloway, Jehangir J. Appoo
Acquired Gerbode defect following endocarditis of the tricuspid valve: a case report and literature review
Edvin Prifti, Fadil Ademaj, Arben Baboci, Aurel Demiraj
Sleeve lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer
Shijie Zhou, Guotian Pei, Yi Han, Daping Yu, Xiaoyun Song, Yunsong Li, Ning Xiao, Shuku Liu, Zhidong Liu, Shaofa Xu
Giant aneurysm of the left main coronary artery with fistulous communication to the right atrium
Zhicheng Zhu, Yong Wang, Rihao Xu, Dan Li, Tiance Wang, Bo Li, Shudong Zhang, Kexiang Liu
Patch detachment after mitral valve repair with posterior leaflet augmentation: a case report
Toshihito Gomibuchi, Tamaki Takano, Yuko Wada, Takamitsu Terasaki, Tatsuichiro Seto, Daisuke Fukui
Minimally invasive perventricular device closure of doubly committed sub-arterial ventricular septal defects: single center long-term follow-up results
Shu Zhang, Da Zhu, Qi An, Hong Tang, Dajiang Li, Ke Lin
Treatment of Bronchopleural Fistula with Carbolic Acid instilled through Bronchofiberscope in post-pulmonectomy patients
Zheng Wang, Han-Bing Yu, Quan Luo, Yong-Yu Liu
Systemic air embolism causing acute stroke and myocardial infarction after percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy—a case report
Wei-Heng Hung, Chun-Chi Chang, Shang-Yun Ho, Chiung-Ying Liao, Bing-Yen Wang
Elevated free fatty acid level is a risk factor for early postoperative hypoxemia after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: association with endothelial activation
Sheng Shi, Yuan Gao, Limin Wang, Jian Liu, Zhongxiang Yuan, Min Yu
Right versus left transthoracic approach for lymph node-negative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Qilong Ma, Wengao Liu, Hao Long, Tiehua Rong, Lanjun Zhang, Yongbin Lin, Guowei Ma
Video-assisted thoracoscpic muscle transposition for acute empyema
Hideyuki Maeda, Masato Kanzaki, Takuma Kikkawa, Takamasa Onuki
Surgery combined with radiotherapy for the treatment of solitary plasmacytoma of the rib: a case report and review of the literature
Rui Jia, Lei Xue, Huagang Liang, Kun Gao, Jian Li, Zhefeng Zhang
Oxygen carrying capacity of salvaged blood in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a prospective observational study
Xiu Liang Li, Peng Dong, Ming Tian, Jia Xiang Ni, Fang Gao Smith
Radial artery vs saphenous vein graft used as the second conduit for surgical myocardial revascularization: long-term clinical follow-up
Ivana Petrovic, Dusko Nezic, Miodrag Peric, Predrag Milojevic, Olivera Djokic, Dragana Kosevic, Nebojsa Tasic, Bosko Djukanovic, Petar Otasevic
Thromboembolic stroke in patients with a HeartMate-II left ventricular assist device – the role of anticoagulation
Walter M. van den Bergh, Annemieke Oude Lansink-Hartgring, Abram L. van Duijn, Annemarie E. Engström, Jaap R. Lahpor, Arjen JC Slooter
Intraoperative rupture of an interlobar bronchial artery aneurysm: a case report
Yoshio Tsunezuka, Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Hideki Fujimori
Additional right-sided upper “Half-Mini-Thoracotomy” for aortocoronary bypass grafting during minimally invasive multivessel revascularization
Hug Aubin, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg, Alexander Albert
Lungs exposed to 1 hour warm ischemia without heparin before harvesting might be suitable candidates for transplantation
Annika Liersch-Nordqvist, Richard Ingemansson, Leif Pierre, Joanna Hlebowicz, Sandra Lindstedt
A simple modified Bentall technique for surgical reconstruction of the aortic root – short and long term outcomes
Pouya Nezafati, Ali Shomali, Mohammad Hassan Nezafati
Xenopericardial roll graft replacement for infectious pseudoaneurysms and graft infections of the aorta
Hiroshi Kubota, Hidehito Endo, Mio Noma, Hikaru Ishii, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Akihiro Yoshimoto, Yu Takahashi, Yusuke Inaba, Yoshifumi Nishino, Masao Nunokawa, Yutaka Hosoi, Tooru Ikezoe, Masaru Nemoto, Yoshihisa Makino, Yoko Nemoto, Mitsuru Matsukura, Masanori Sugiyama, Nobutsugu Abe, Hirohisa Takeuchi, Gen Nagao, Eri Kondo, Osamu Yanagida, Hideaki Yoshino, Kenichi Sudo
Placement of a modified cannula in the innominate vein for sufficient drainage during the bidirectional Glenn shunt procedure without cardiopulmonary bypass
Liang-Wan Chen, Xiao-Fu Dai, Xi-Jie Wu, Qi-Min Wang
Costal exostoses as an unusual cause of spontaneous hemothorax
Jeong Seob Yoon, Jong Bum Kwon, Chan Beom Park, Jong Hui Suh
Simple intrapleural hyperthermia at thoracoscopic exploration to treat malignant pleural effusion
Youngkyu Moon, Kyung Soo Kim, Jae Kil Park
Radical surgical resection of advanced thymoma and thymic carcinoma infiltrating the heart or great vessels with cardiopulmonary bypass support
Michael Ried, Reiner Neu, Berthold Schalke, Marietta von Süßkind-Schwendi, Zsolt Sziklavari, Hans-Stefan Hofmann
Primary cardiac lymphoma: two cases and a review of literature
Karolis Jonavicius, Kestutis Salcius, Raimundas Meskauskas, Nomeda Valeviciene, Virgilijus Tarutis, Vytautas Sirvydis
Midterm results of mitral valve repair with lifting annuloplasty strip for acute phase infective endocarditis
Sung Jun Lee, Hyun Suk Yang, Jun Seok Kim, Je Kyoun Shin, Jae Sung Son, Meong Gun Song, Hyun Keun Chee
Simultaneous resection of bilateral anomalous systemic supply to the basal segments of the lungs: a case report
Takashi Makino, Yoshinobu Hata, Hajime Otsuka, Satoshi Koezuka, Yoichiro Okubo, Kazutoshi Isobe, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Sakae Homma, Akira Iyoda
Previous chronic cerebral infarction is predictive for new cerebral ischemia after carotid endarterectomy
Mehmet Besir Akpinar, Veysel Sahin, Neslin Sahin, Ahmet Feyzi Abacilar, İlker Kiris, Ihsan Sami Uyar, Faik Fevzi Okur
Mitral degenerative disease mimicking a valvular tumor: a case report
Eiki Tayama, Tomohiro Ueda, Ryusuke Mori, Ken-ichi Imasaka, Yukihiro Tomita
Early introduction of tolvaptan after cardiac surgery: a renal sparing strategy in the light of the renal resistive index measured by ultrasound
Tomoko S. Kato, Shunya Ono, Kan Kajimoto, Kenji Kuwaki, Taira Yamamoto, Atsushi Amano
Follow-up after the Ross procedure, how significant it is, case reports of three patients
Panagiotis Artemiou, Ingrid Schusterova, Alzbeta Tohatyova, Jozefina Cocherova, Peter Krcho, Frantisek Sabol
Management of patients with flail chest by surgical fixation using claw-type titanium plate
Xufeng Zhang, Zhiqiang Guo, Chuncheng Zhao, Chenyuan Xu, Zheng Wang
Automated fastener versus manually tied knots in minimally invasive mitral valve repair: impact on operation time and short- term results
Martin T. R. Grapow, Miroslawa Mytsyk, Jens Fassl, Patrick Etter, Peter Matt, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Oliver T. Reuthebuch
Mid-term results of 150 TAVI comparing apical versus femoral approaches
Alain Rougé, Olivier Huttin, Rumas Aslam, Thibaud Vaugrenard, Thomas Jouve, Michael Angioi, Pablo Maureira
Post-intubation tracheal stenosis after management of complicated aortic dissection: a case series
Jia Liu, Chun-Peng Zhang, Ye Li, Su Dong
Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii complex, a case report and brief review of the literature
Qiang Chen, Hua Cao, Heng Lu, Zhi-huang Qiu, Jia-jun He
A rare case report of giant epicardial lipoma compressing the right atrium with septal enhancement
Shengjun Wu, Peng Teng, Yuhan Zhou, Yiming Ni
Surgical treatment of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis using preventive latissimus dorsi muscle flaps
Yoshinobu Hata, Hajime Otsuka, Takashi Makino, Satoshi Koezuka, Keishi Sugino, Nobuyuki Shiraga, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Sakae Homma, Akira Iyoda
Pseudoaneurysm of graft–graft anastomosis of a hand-sewn branched graft: a case report
Toshihito Gomibuchi, Tamaki Takano, Yuko Wada, Takamitsu Terasaki, Tatsuichiro Seto, Daisuke Fukui
Extra-pericardial tamponade following Wolf Mini-Maze procedure: a case report
James P. Bailey
Early and mid-term outcome in terms of functional and hemodynamic performance of the st. Jude regent 19-mm aortic mechanical prosthesis versus 19-mm carpentier edwards aortic biological prosthesis
Edvin Prifti, Massimo Bonacchi, Fadil Ademaj, Gabriele Giunti, Giampiero Esposito, Arben Baboci, Gani Bajraktari, Altin Veshti, Aurel Demiraj, Vittorio Vanini
Does percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy increase the incidence of sternal wound infection - a single center retrospective of 4100 cases
Lachmandath Tewarie, Rachad Zayat, Helga Haefner, Jan Spillner, Andreas Goetzenich, Rüdiger Autschbach, Ajay Moza
Dissecting ventricular pseudoaneurysm after perimyocarditis—a case report
Rickard P.F. Lindblom, Ulrica Alström, Vitas Zemgulis
Totally robotic repair of atrioventricular septal defect in the adult
Changqing Gao, Ming Yang, Cangsong Xiao, Huajun Zhang
Surgical repair of inferior sinus venosus defects: a novel approach with unsnared inferior vena cava
Fushun Lin, Hong Tang, Xijun Xiao
The impact of off-pump surgery in end-organ function: practical end-points
Haralabos Parissis, Simon Mbarushimana, Bandigowdanapalya C. Ramesh, Mondrian Parissis, Savvas Lampridis, Peter Mhandu, Bassel Al-Alao
One stage surgical treatment of aortic valve disease and aortic coarctation with aortic bypass grafting through the diaphragm and aortic valve replacement
Zipu Yu, Shengjun Wu, Chengchen Li, Yu Zou, Liang Ma
Collaborative treatment of huge intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report
Deog Gon Cho, Yong Jin Chang, Kyu Do Cho, Jae Taek Hong
Relationship between the extent of dissection and platelet activation in acute aortic dissection
Shu Zhang, Hong Qian, Qin Yang, Jia Hu, Changping Gan, Wei Meng
Comparative results of endoscopic and open methods of vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective randomized parallel-group trial
Alexander Chernyavskiy, Alexander Volkov, Oleg Lavrenyuk, Igor Terekhov, Yulia Kareva
Posterior mitral annuloplasty for enhancing mitral leaflet coaptation: using a strip designed for placement in the posterior annulus
Jong Hun Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim, Jong Bum Choi, Ja Hong Kuh
Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with significant atrial dilation >55 mm. Worth the effort?
Simon Pecha, Samer Hakmi, Irina Subbotina, Stephan Willems, Hermann Reichenspurner, Florian Mathias Wagner
Reduction in deep sternal wound infection with use of a peristernal cable-tie closure system: a retrospective case series
Meghan M. Stelly, Charles B. Rodning, Terry C. Stelly
Early and Midterm Outcomes of the VSSR procedure with De Paulis valsalva graft: A Chinese single-Center Experience in 38 patients
Lili Xu, Feng Gao, Ping Li, Yi Xu, Shuo Liu, Bing You, Li-Zhong Sun
Single center experience with wrapping of the dilated ascending aorta
Tomasz Plonek, Andrzej Dumanski, Rafal Nowicki, Wojciech Kustrzycki
St. Jude Medical Trifecta aortic valve: results from a prospective regional multicentre registry
Giovanni Mariscalco, Silvia Mariani, Samuele Bichi, Andrea Biondi, Andrea Blasio, Paolo Borsani, Fabrizio Corti, Benedetta De Chiara, Riccardo Gherli, Cristian Leva, Claudio Francesco Russo, Giordano Tasca, Paolo Vanelli, Ottavio Alfieri, Carlo Antona, Germano Di Credico, Giampiero Esposito, Amando Gamba, Luigi Martinelli, Lorenzo Menicanti, Giovanni Paolini, Cesare Beghi
Myocardial histology and outcome after cardiopulmonary bypass of neonatal piglets
Theodor Tirilomis, Marc Bensch, Regina Waldmann-Beushausen, Friedrich A. Schoendube
Endovascular repair for acute traumatic transection of the descending thoracic aorta: experience of a single centre with a 12-years follow up
Raffaele Serra, Stefano de Franciscis, Raffaele Grande, Lucia Butrico, Paolo Perri, Ciro Indolfi, Pasquale Mastroroberto
Early- and intermediate-term results of surgical correction in 122 patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and biventricular physiology
Keyan Zhao, Huishan Wang, Zengwei Wang, Hongyu Zhu, Minhua Fang, Xianyang Zhu, Nanbin Zhang, Hengchang Song
Comparison of effects of extra-thoracic paraaortic counterpulsation to intraaortic balloon pump on circulatory support in acute heart failure
Jie-Min Zhang, Xiao-Cheng Liu, Zhi-Gang Liu, Long Zhao, Li Yang, Tian-Wen Liu, Guo-Wei He
Ascending aortic aneurysm repair and surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation
Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Charles A. Mack, Leonard N. Girardi, Arash Salemi
Perventricular device closure of a doubly committed juxtaarterial ventricular septal defect through a left parasternal approach: midterm follow-up results
Li Hongxin, Guo Wenbin, Fei Liang, Hai-Zhou Zhang, Mei Zhu, Wen-Long Zhang
Feasibility and safety of continuous retrograde administration of Del Nido cardioplegia: a case series
Marc Najjar, Isaac George, Hirokazu Akashi, Takashi Nishimura, Halit Yerebakan, Linda Mongero, James Beck, Stephen C. Hill, Hiroo Takayama, Mathew R. Williams
Long-term outcomes of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis
Murat Biçer, Bülent Özdemir, İris Kan, Ahmet Yüksel, Mustafa Tok, Işık Şenkaya
Surgical management of a giant sternal chondromyxoid fibroma: a case report
Chen Chen, Xiaojie Huang, Mingjiu Chen, Fenglei Yu, Bangliang Yin, Yunchang Yuan
Effect analysis of repeat sternotomy in pediatric cardiac operations
Chao-hua Yin, Jun Yan, Shou-jun Li, Dian-yuan Li, Qiang Wang, En-shi Wang
Six-years survival and predictors of mortality after CABG using cold vs. warm blood cardioplegia in elective and emergent settings
Mohamed Zeriouh, Ammar Heider, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Anton Sabashnikov, Maximillian Scherner, Aron-Frederik Popov, Alexander Weymann, Ali Ghodsizad, Antje-Christin Deppe, Axel Kröner, Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wahlers
Early and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right minithoracotomy: a 10-year experience in 1604 patients
Mattia Glauber, Antonio Miceli, Daniele Canarutto, Antonio Lio, Michele Murzi, Daniyar Gilmanov, Matteo Ferrarini, Pier A. Farneti, Eugenio L. Quaini, Marco Solinas
Aortic root remodeling and external aortic annuloplasty to treat sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a patient with complete situs inversus
Charline Pujos, Marie-Catherine Morgant, Ghislain Malapert, Olivier Bouchot
Subsequently occurring bilateral iliopsoas hematoma: a case report
Kyo Seon Lee, In Seok Jeong, Sang Gi Oh, Byung Hee Ahn
Simultaneous percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve replacement and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a high risk patient with hostile aortic neck, a case report
Dimitrios Koudoumas, Vijay Iyer, Richard G. Curl
Current randomized control trials, observational studies and meta analysis in off-pump coronary surgery
Haralabos Parissis, Man Chi Lau, Mondrian Parissis, Savvas Lampridis, Victoria Graham, Reza Al-Saudi, Peter Mhandu
Successful heart transplantation after prolonged cardiac arrest and extracorporeal life support in organ donor–a case report
Diego Arroyo, Yvan Gasche, Carlo Banfi, Brian Stiasny, Karim Bendjelid, Raphaël Giraud
Surgery corrects asynchrony of ribcage secondary to extra-thoracic tumor but leads to expiratory dysfunction during exercise
Ghazi Elshafie, Andrea Aliverti, Ludovica Pippa, Prem Kumar, Maninder Kalkat, Babu Naidu
A technique modification in the cannulation to the innominate artery in the surgical treatment of aortic dissection
Yang Yu, Tianxiang Gu, Enyi Shi, Lei Yu, Chun Wang