Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2015

A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing CABG surgery performed with total arterial grafts or without

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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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

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Review

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

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Case report

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

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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

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Erratum

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

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Research article

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

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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

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Case report

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

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Case report

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

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Study protocol

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

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Qiang Ji, Hang Zhao, YunQing Mei, YunQing Shi, RunHua Ma, WenJun Ding

Surveillance of moderate-size aneurysms of the thoracic aorta

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Allison J McLarty, Muath Bishawi, Suresh Baba Yelika, A Laurie Shroyer, Jamie Romeiser

How to make an aortic root replacement simulator at home

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Review

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sang Jin Han, Hyoung Soo Kim, Hyun Hee Choi, Gyung Soon Hong, Won Ki Lee, Sun Hee Lee, Dong Geun You, Jae Jun Lee

Reviewer acknowledgement 2014

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Reviewer acknowledgement

David Taggart, Vipin Zamvar

Different duration strategies of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational study

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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

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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Case report

Hyun Seung Lee, Kyung Jin Seo, Jae Jun Kim

Improvements in thoracic surgery outcomes: a multi-institutional collaboration study

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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

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Radim Brat, Jaroslav Gaj, Jiri Barta

Effect of sternal closure with biological bone adhesive on pain visual analogue score and serum cytokine

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Shahrul Hashim, Leow Yeen Chin, Sivakumar Krishnasamy, Pavai Sthaneswar, Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

A rare desmoid tumor arising from the manubrium

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Case report

Chenyang Ye, Guofei Zhang, Ying Chai

Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis: single-center experience in China

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Research article

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

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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

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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Case report

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

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Case report

Chang Wan Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Bong Soo Son, Do Hyung Kim

Failing stentless Bioprostheses in patients with carcinoid heart valve disease

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Research article

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

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Retraction Note

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

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Retraction Note

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

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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

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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

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Case report

Alex Muturi, Vihar Kotecha, Josiah Ruturi, Morris Muhinga, Wairimu Waweru

Is Seprafilm valuable in infant cardiac redo procedures?

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Research article

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

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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Ismail Haberal, Onur Gurer, Deniz Ozsoy, Esra Erturk

Coronary arterovenous fistula: to treat or not to treat?

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Case report

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

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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

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Case report

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

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Research article

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

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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

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Case report

Fengli Fu, Hongfeng Jin, Yue Feng

3D multimodal cardiac data reconstruction using angiography and computerized tomographic angiography registration

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Research article

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

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Christoph Schmitz, Ralf Sodian

In vitro simulation research on the hoop stress of myocardial bridge - coronary artery

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Hao Ding, Kun Shang, Hailian Lan, Yanan Lei, Lixing Sheng, Zhilin Liu, Yanjun Zeng

Scarf pin inhalation: clinical characteristics and surgical treatment

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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

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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

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Research Article

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Research article

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

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Research article

Shangdian Liu, Zonghong Liu, Lulu Li, Pengfei Liu, Hongyu Liu

Surgical repair of a giant congenital right atrial aneurysm: a case report

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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

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Case report

Hani Shennib, Kelli Hickle, Bradley Bowles

Impact of malnutrition on postoperative delirium development after on pump coronary artery bypass grafting

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Research article

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

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Erratum

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

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Case report

Bo Ai, Yongde Liao, Zheng Zhang, Xiangning Fu

Erratum: Ventriculo-atrial defect after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement

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Erratum

Jayant S. Jainandunsing, Remco Bergman, Jacob Wilkens, Angela Wang, Guido Michielon, Ehsan Natour

Leiomyoma of the Trachea: a case report

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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

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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

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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

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Research article

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

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Case report

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

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Research article

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

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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

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Research article

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

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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

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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

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Research article

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

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Research article

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

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Study protocol

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

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Research article

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

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Review

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

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Case report

Zhixuan Bai, Jianglong Hou, Wenjun Ren, Yingqiang Guo

Case-report: endovascular treatment of aortic pseudo-aneurysm caused by Fishbone

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Case report

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

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Research article

Bilgehan Erkut, Oruc Alper Onk

Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients

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Research article

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

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Research article

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

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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Research article

Hidetaka Uramoto, Satoshi Nozu, Yuki Nakajima, Hiroyasu Kinoshita

Erratum: Thoracoscopic surgery for bronchobiliary fistula: a case report

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Erratum

Yen-Shou Kuo, Shih-Chun Lee, Hung Chang, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Tsai-Wang Huang

Hepatopulmonary Fistula: a life threatening complication of hydatid disease

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Case report

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

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Research article

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

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Case report

Bishnu P. Dhakal, Curtis G. Tribble, James D. Bergin, Sean Winfrey, William H. Carter

Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta

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Research article

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

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Research article

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

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Research article

Devdas T. Inderbitzin, Jens Bremerich, Peter Matt, Martin T. R. Grapow, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Oliver Reuthebuch

Constrictive pericarditis complicating cardiac transplantation

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Letter to the Editor

Affan Umer, Nauman Khalid, Lovely Chhabra, Sarfaraz Memon, David H. Spodick

Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report

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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

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Case report

Kyung-Jin Seo, Jae-Jun Kim

Successful surgical management of a rare esophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour: a case report

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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

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Research article

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

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Research article

Daniel D. Holloway, Jehangir J. Appoo

Acquired Gerbode defect following endocarditis of the tricuspid valve: a case report and literature review

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Review

Edvin Prifti, Fadil Ademaj, Arben Baboci, Aurel Demiraj

Sleeve lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer

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Research article

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

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Case report

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Qilong Ma, Wengao Liu, Hao Long, Tiehua Rong, Lanjun Zhang, Yongbin Lin, Guowei Ma

Video-assisted thoracoscpic muscle transposition for acute empyema

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Yoshio Tsunezuka, Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Hideki Fujimori

Additional right-sided upper “Half-Mini-Thoracotomy” for aortocoronary bypass grafting during minimally invasive multivessel revascularization

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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

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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

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Pouya Nezafati, Ali Shomali, Mohammad Hassan Nezafati

Xenopericardial roll graft replacement for infectious pseudoaneurysms and graft infections of the aorta

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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

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Case report

Liang-Wan Chen, Xiao-Fu Dai, Xi-Jie Wu, Qi-Min Wang

Costal exostoses as an unusual cause of spontaneous hemothorax

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Case report

Jeong Seob Yoon, Jong Bum Kwon, Chan Beom Park, Jong Hui Suh

Simple intrapleural hyperthermia at thoracoscopic exploration to treat malignant pleural effusion

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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

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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

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Case report

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Shengjun Wu, Peng Teng, Yuhan Zhou, Yiming Ni

Surgical treatment of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis using preventive latissimus dorsi muscle flaps

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Lachmandath Tewarie, Rachad Zayat, Helga Haefner, Jan Spillner, Andreas Goetzenich, Rüdiger Autschbach, Ajay Moza

Dissecting ventricular pseudoaneurysm after perimyocarditis—a case report

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Rickard P.F. Lindblom, Ulrica Alström, Vitas Zemgulis

Totally robotic repair of atrioventricular septal defect in the adult

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Case report

Changqing Gao, Ming Yang, Cangsong Xiao, Huajun Zhang

Surgical repair of inferior sinus venosus defects: a novel approach with unsnared inferior vena cava

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Fushun Lin, Hong Tang, Xijun Xiao

The impact of off-pump surgery in end-organ function: practical end-points

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Review

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

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Zipu Yu, Shengjun Wu, Chengchen Li, Yu Zou, Liang Ma

Collaborative treatment of huge intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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Tomasz Plonek, Andrzej Dumanski, Rafal Nowicki, Wojciech Kustrzycki

St. Jude Medical Trifecta aortic valve: results from a prospective regional multicentre registry

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Murat Biçer, Bülent Özdemir, İris Kan, Ahmet Yüksel, Mustafa Tok, Işık Şenkaya

Surgical management of a giant sternal chondromyxoid fibroma: a case report

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Case report

Chen Chen, Xiaojie Huang, Mingjiu Chen, Fenglei Yu, Bangliang Yin, Yunchang Yuan

Effect analysis of repeat sternotomy in pediatric cardiac operations

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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

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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

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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

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Charline Pujos, Marie-Catherine Morgant, Ghislain Malapert, Olivier Bouchot

Subsequently occurring bilateral iliopsoas hematoma: a case report

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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

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Case report

Dimitrios Koudoumas, Vijay Iyer, Richard G. Curl

Current randomized control trials, observational studies and meta analysis in off-pump coronary surgery

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Review

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

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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

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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

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Yang Yu, Tianxiang Gu, Enyi Shi, Lei Yu, Chun Wang

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