Ausgabe 1/2020
Inhalt (325 Artikel)
Comparison of quality of life in patients who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement: star GK vs SJM
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiang-Shan Huang, Ning Xu, Kai-Peng Sun, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Liang-Wan Chen, Yur-Ren Kuo, Qiang Chen
Peroperative epicardial ultrasonography of distal coronary artery bypass graft anastomoses using a stabilizing device. A feasibility study
- Open Access
- Research article
Jan Jesper Andreasen, Dorte Nøhr, Alex Skovsbo Jørgensen, Poul Erik Haahr
Cardiac surgery in acute myocardial infarction: crystalloid versus blood cardioplegia – an experimental study
- Open Access
- Research article
Andreas Boening, Maximilian Hinke, Martina Heep, Kerstin Boengler, Bernd Niemann, Philippe Grieshaber
Perioperative routines and surgical techniques for saphenous vein harvesting in CABG surgery: a national cross-sectional study in Sweden
- Open Access
- Research article
Hanna Larsson, Maria Hälleberg-Nyman, Örjan Friberg, Karin Falk-Brynhildsen
Two cases of granuloma mimicking local recurrence after pulmonary segmentectomy
- Open Access
- Case report
Mikio Okazaki, Yoshifumi Sano, Yu Mori, Nobuhiko Sakao, Syungo Yukumi, Hisayuki Shigematsu, Hironori Izutani
Atraumatic bleeding of the subclavian artery 20 years after surgical treatment of pneumothorax
- Open Access
- Case report
Kentaro Miura, Nobutaka Kobayashi
Transcatheter and intraoperative device closure of atrial septal defect in infants under three years of age
- Open Access
- Research article
Yangyang Han, Xiquan Zhang, Fengwei Zhang
Patent foramen ovale closure by using transesophageal echocardiography for cryptogenic stroke: single center experience in 132 consecutive patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Yangyang Han, Xiquan Zhang, Fengwei Zhang
A surgical case of mediastinal hematoma caused by a minor traffic injury
- Open Access
- Case report
Katsuyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Shiono, Kazuki Hayasaka, Makoto Endoh
Adult ALCAPA: from histological picture to clinical features
- Open Access
- Case report
Hiroshi Kubota, Hidehito Endo, Hikaru Ishii, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yusuke Inaba, Katsunari Terakawa, Yu Takahashi, Mio Noma, Kazuya Takemoto, Seiichi Taniai, Konomi Sakata, Kyoko Soejima, Hiroaki Shimoyamada, Hiroshi Kamma, Hayato Kawakami, Yukihiro Kaneko, Satoru Hirono, Daisuke Izumi, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Tohru Minamino, Hideaki Yoshino, Kenichi Sudo
Extended use of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation as bridge to lung transplantation in two patients
- Open Access
- Case report
Elin Skansebo, Michael Broomé, Jesper Magnusson, Gerdt C. Riise, Göran Dellgren
Giant right coronary artery aneurysm mimicking a right intra-ventricular mass: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Peng Teng, Chengyao Ni, Qianhui Sun, Yiming Ni
Perpendicular and turbulent flow after aortic valve replacement: paravalvular or transvalvular leakage? – a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Shihoko Iwata, Chiaki Inano, Makoto Ozaki
Blood consumption in total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Raphael Sven Werner, Christoph Lipps, Stefan Waldhans, Andreas Künzli
Effects of inhaled nitric oxide for postoperative hypoxemia in acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Hang Zhang, Yaoyang Liu, Xiangdong Meng, Dicheng Yang, Sheng Shi, Jian Liu, Zhongxiang Yuan, Tongtong Gu, Lin Han, Fanglin Lu, Zhiyun Xu, Yang Liu, Min Yu
Bioresorbable vascular stents and drug-eluting stents in treatment of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Le Ni, Hao Chen, Zhurong Luo, Yunqiang Yu
Bleeding complications after cardiac surgery, before anticoagulation start and then with argatroban or heparin in the early postoperative setting
- Open Access
- Research article
Matthias Klingele, Julia Enkel, Timo Speer, Hagen Bomberg, Lea Baerens, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
A meta-analysis of perventricular device closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defects
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiang-Shan Huang, Kai-Peng Sun, Shu-Ting Huang, Qiang Chen, Liang-Wan Chen, Yur-Ren Kuo
11-year experience with Chest Wall resection and reconstruction for primary Chest Wall sarcomas
- Open Access
- Research article
Ori Wald, Idais Islam, Korach Amit, Rudis Ehud, Erez Eldad, Or Omer, Zik Aviad, Shapira Oz. Moshe, Izhar Uzi
Behcet’s disease involved the root of aorta in the treatment with modified Bentall procedure: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Zeyi Cheng, Zhefeng Kang, Yupeng Ji, Yingqiang Guo
Combined one-stage minimally invasive surgery for primary pulmonary carcinoma and mitral regurgitation
- Open Access
- Case report
Chengfeng Huang, Chao Yang, Jiawen Huang, Qiuying Liao, Xiaoshen Zhang, Shengjie Liao
The role of the fractional flow reserve in the coronary steal phenomenon evaluation caused by the coronary-pulmonary fistulas: case report and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Zhiwei Huang, Zhihong Liu, Shaodong Ye
Efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection for superficial esophageal neoplastic lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Wei Peng, Shali Tan, Yutang Ren, Huan Li, Yan Peng, Xiangsheng Fu, Xiaowei Tang
Do storage solutions protect endothelial function of arterialized vein graft in an experimental rat model?
- Open Access
- Research article
Olivier Fouquet, Jean-David Blossier, Simon Dang Van, Pauline Robert, Agnès Barbelivien, Frédéric Pinaud, Patrice Binuani, Maroua Eid, Daniel Henrion, Christophe Baufreton, Laurent Loufrani
Thoracoscopic surgery approach to mediastinal mature teratomas: a single-center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Lu Huu Pham, Diep Ke Trinh, Anh Viet Nguyen, Lanh Sy Nguyen, Dung Thanh Le, Dinh-Hoa Nguyen, Hung Quoc Doan, Uoc Huu Nguyen
Surgical treatment of benign mediastinal teratoma: summary of experience of 108 cases
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhenhuan Tian, Hongsheng Liu, Shanqing Li, Yeye Chen, Dongjie Ma, Zhijun Han, Cheng Huang
Rosai-Dorfman disease with pulmonary involvement mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Ahmed Elmahrouk, Maun Feteih, Ahmed Jamjoom, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi
The application of the single branch-first combined with the mid-arch clamping technique and the embedded anastomosis technique for DeBakey type II aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Case report
Quan Li, Hong Qu, Tianqi Liu, Min Li, Shanliang Chen, Peijie Li, Li Xu, Hengbao Wang
Two decades on - cardiothoracic surgical care practitioners in the UK: a narrative review
- Open Access
- Review
Mohammed Bahran Shegafi, Samer Nashef, Roksolana Starodub, Gerry Lee
Comparison of different bridging anticoagulation therapies used after mechanical heart valve replacement in Chinese patients - a prospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Bo-Xia Li, Shi-Dong Liu, Liang Qi, Shusen Sun, Wei Sun, Yuan-Min Li, Bing Song, Xin-An Wu
Tracheo-innominate artery fistula with continuous bleeding successfully treated through the suprasternal approach: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Shotaro Kaneko, Keiji Uchida, Norihisa Karube, Keiichiro Kasama, Tomoyuki Minami, Tomoki Cho, Ryo Izubuchi, Kenichi Fushimi, Naoto Yabu, Motohiko Goda, Munetaka Masuda
Surgical mitral valve replacement using direct implantation of Sapien 3 valve in a patients with severe mitral annular calcification without adjunctive techniques, a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Turki B. Albacker, Bakir Bakir, Ahmed Eldemerdash, Fayez Elshaer, Hanan Albacker, Murtadha Alawami, Tariq Kashour
The short-term outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy or stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary metastasis from epithelial tumors
- Open Access
- Research article
Ryu Kanzaki, Osamu Suzuki, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Yasushi Shintani, Masato Minami, Keisuke Tamari, Keisuke Otani, Yuji Seo, Fumiaki Isohashi, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Meinoshin Okumura
Rare case of diaphragmatic rupture following resuscitation in a pregnant woman first in literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Amro Al Aqra, Kamal Abed, Khalil Bali, Mohammad N. Sbaih, Mohanad Al Asmar, Massimo Caputo, Wafiq Othman, Ahmed Al-Adhami
Uniportal VATS right superior lobectomy: management of pulmonary vein variation: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Zhao Wang, Yungang Sun, Qiang Zhang, Feng Shao
Is lobe specific lymph node dissection adequate for cN0–1 non-small cell lung cancer?
- Open Access
- Research article
Likui Fang, Jinming Xu, Bo Ye, Guocan Yu, Gang Chen, Jun Yang
Application of a new blood flow regulator in aortic endovascular therapy
- Open Access
- Research article
Chang Liu, Yun-xing Xue, Dong-jin Wang, Qing Zhou
The elevated admission white blood cell count relates to adverse surgical outcome of acute Stanford type a aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Mingjia Ma, Juan Shi, Xin Feng, Jing Wang, Ligang Liu, Xiang Wei
Prognostic value of clinical and morphologic findings in patients with type B aortic intramural hematoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Zilun Li, Chenshu Liu, Ridong Wu, Jian Zhang, Hong Pan, Jinghong Tan, Zhuang Guo, Yingying Guo, Nan Yu, Chen Yao, Guangqi Chang
History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in ancient China: a narrative review
- Open Access
- Review
Yang Yu, Xiaojie Liu, Li Juan Wang, Sudena Wang, Hushan Ao
Concurrence of primary pulmonary malignant melanoma with invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Luhuan Yang, Yunhong Lei, Rong Zhang, Yufei Liu, Wenli Dai, Fei Tian, Jinglan Liu
Removal of tumor thrombus from the azygos vein in an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patient
- Open Access
- Case report
Qijue Lu, Bowen Shi, Jiang Hong, Hezhong Chen, Chunguang Li
Incidence and influence of prosthesis-patient mismatch after reoperative aortic valve replacement: a retrospective single-center study
- Open Access
- Research article
Hideki Tsubota, Genichi Sakaguchi, Akira Marui
Case report: cardiac herniation following robotic-assisted thymectomy
- Open Access
- Case report
John Espey, Stephen Acosta, Lavinia Kolarczyk, Jason Long
Clinical analysis of surgery for type III esophageal atresia via thoracoscopy: a study of a Chinese single-center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Jianqin Zhang, Qiang Wu, Liu Chen, Yunjin Wang, Xu Cui, Wenhua Huang, Chaoming Zhou
Epicardial left atrial appendage occlusion with a new medical device: assessment of procedural feasibility, safety and efficacy in a large animal model
- Open Access
- Research article
Maximilian Y. Emmert, Michael S. Firstenberg, Arthur T. Martella, Liming Lau, Stephen Zlock, Ashik Mohan, Taylor Spangler, Sarah Currie, Sacha P. Salzberg, Etem Caliskan
Surgery of ascending aorta with complex procedures for aortic dissection through upper mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Yang Wu, Wei Jiang, Dong Li, Lei Chen, Weihua Ye, Chonglei Ren, Cangsong Xiao
The efficacy of hydrogel foams in talc Pleurodesis
- Open Access
- Research article
Joy Baxter, Thamires A. Lima, Richard Huneke, Colin Joseph Kanach, Priya Johal, Emily Reimold, Nicolas J. Alvarez, Glenn W. Laub
Ventriculoatrial malalignment in atrioventricular septal defect resulting in uniatrial biventricular connection: surgical options
- Open Access
- Case report
Michael Hofbeck, Gesa Wiegand, Jörg Michel, Christian Schlensak
The use of cIMT as a predictor of postoperative stroke in patients undergoing surgical repair of acute type a aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research
Kai Zhang, Si-Chong Qian, Xu-Dong Pan, Song-Bo Dong, Jun Zheng, Hong Liu, Yue-Li Wang, Li-Zhong Sun
Isolated diaphragmatic metastasis from periosteal osteosarcoma of the humerus: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Luo Zhao, Yingzhi Qin, Dongjie Ma, Wenze Wang, Shanqing Li, Hongsheng Liu
Blunt thoracic aortic injury – concepts and management
- Open Access
- Review
Nicolas J. Mouawad, Joseph Paulisin, Stephen Hofmeister, Matthew B. Thomas
A hook wire sliding into pulmonary artery and being extracted under DSA: a case report about a rare complication associated with lung nodule localization
- Open Access
- Case report
Xu Song, Jie Li, Di Wang
Case report: early aortic valve degeneration associated with interstitial deletion of chromosome 2–46,XX,del (2)(q31.3; q32.2)
- Open Access
- Case report
Raymond Pfister, Clara Knowles, Matthias Kirsch
Minimization of the complications associated with bar removal after the Nuss procedure in adults
- Open Access
- Research article
Min-Shiau Hsieh, Shao-Syuan Tong, Bo-Chun Wei, Cheng-Chin Chung, Yeung-Leung Cheng
Is chest tube drainage necessary after subxiphoid thoracoscopic thymectomy?
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Xiaohe Zhang, Xuguang Zheng
Mitral valve replacement in mitral stenosis; the problem of small left ventricle
- Open Access
- Research article
Hesham Alkady, Ahmed Saber, Sobhy Abouramadan, Ahmed Elnaggar, Sherif Nasr, Eman Mahmoud
Short-term results of interventional therapy for infants (7–36 months old) with patent ductus arteriosus and moderate-to-severe pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yue Shu, Yilong Guo, Xiaoqi Wang, Dexing Zhou
Single-center experience of simultaneous bilateral uni-portal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for multiple ground-glass opacities
- Open Access
- Research article
Rirong Qu, Zhipeng Hao, Yang Zhang, Lei Bie, Xiangning Fu, Ni Zhang
Prospective evaluating the appropriate use of piperacillin /tazobactam in cardiac center of a tertiary care hospital
- Open Access
- Research article
Sanaa Saeed Mekdad, Leenah AlSayed
Primary undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract
- Open Access
- Case report
Jintae Kwon, Kyewon Kwon
Effect of continuous nursing interventions on valve noise-related anxiety and quality of life in patients who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Qiu-Yu Chen, Ning Xu, Shu-Ting Huang, Ze-Wei Lin, Hua Cao, Liang-Wan Chen, Qiang Chen
Rapidly vanishing left atrial dissection following mitral valve replacement: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Atsushi Morishita, Seiichiro Katahira, Takeshi Hoshino, Kazuhiko Hanzawa, Hideyuki Tomioka
Hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening in surgically-implanted mitral bioprosthesis
- Open Access
- Research article
Soh Hosoba, Makoto Mori, Yoshihiro Goto, Yuichiro Fukumoto, Tetsuro Shimura, Masanori Yamamoto
Parents’ knowledge and attitudes regarding transthoracic device closure of VSD in children: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research article
Ze-Wei Lin, Shu-Ting Huang, Ning Xu, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen
Cardiac surgery in patients with Hemophilia:is it safe?
- Open Access
- Research article
Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Alexander Kogan, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Ronny Ben-Avi, Diab Ghanem, Eyalon Ram, Ehud Raanani, Mudi Misgav
Anterior mediastinal metastasis of primary fallopian tube adenocarcinoma: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Bo Zhang, Renwang Liu, Tong Li, Feng Chen, Huandong Huo, Dian Ren, Fan Ren, Song Xu, Xiaohong Xu, Zuoqing Song
The influence of postoperative albumin levels on the outcome of cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
David Berbel-Franco, Juan Carlos Lopez-Delgado, Alessandro Putzu, Francisco Esteve, Herminia Torrado, Elisabet Farrero, David Rodríguez-Castro, Maria Lluïsa Carrio, Giovanni Landoni
Incidentally discovered cold hemagglutinin disease with massive blood clots in the cardioplegia line and coronary artery, during coronary artery bypass graft
- Open Access
- Case report
Euysuk Chung, Sungjoon Park, Jaehoon Lee
Comparing the effects of ketorolac and Paracetamol on postoperative pain relief after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A randomized clinical trial
- Open Access
- Research article
Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh, Hasan Abdalbeygi, Farahzad Janatmakan, Behnam Gholizadeh
The effect of music therapy on pain, anxiety and depression in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Wang-Sheng Dai, Shu-Ting Huang, Ning Xu, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao
Metastatic non-functional paraganglioma to the lung
- Open Access
- Case report
Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Aseel Khanfer, Nidal M. Almasri, Mohammad Abu Shattal, Abdellatif O. Alibraheem, Obada Al-Qudah
Surgical repair for persistent truncus arteriosus in neonates and older children
- Open Access
- Research article
Rawan M. Alamri, Ahmed M. Dohain, Amr A. Arafat, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Abdullah H. Ghunaim, Ahmed A. Elassal, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Osman O. Al-Radi
Short-term outcomes of on- vs off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Zhiyuan Guan, Xiaoqing Guan, Kaiyun Gu, Xuanqi Lin, Jin Lin, Wenjun Zhou, Ming Xu, Fen Wan, Zhe Zhang, Chunli Song
“Left ventricular lipoma….. a rare case”, case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Fahad Shamsi, Gurjyot Bajwa, Hussam Ghalib
Delay in coronary artery bypass grafting for STEMI patients improves hospital morbidity and mortality
- Open Access
- Research article
Anthony Lemaire, Tudor Vagaonescu, Hirohisa Ikegami, Lindsay Volk, Nina Verghis, Leonard Y. Lee
A case of giant main pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with complicated congenital heart disease and simultaneous chronic pulmonary artery dissection
- Open Access
- Case report
Yue-bo Wang, Guang-wen Chen, Hong Pu, Hang Li
Quality of life in sexagenarians after aortic biological vs mechanical valve replacement: a single-center study in China
- Open Access
- Research article
Li-Wen Wang, Ning Xu, Shu-Ting Huang, Liang-Wan Chen, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen
Meta-analysis of subxiphoid approach versus lateral approach for thoracoscopic Thymectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Yaling Liu, Xuguang Zheng, Xiaohe Zhang
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) diagnosed in children and adolescents
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhang Jinmei, Ling Yunfei, Wang Yue, Qian Yongjun
Utility of erector spinae plane block in thoracic surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Naghmeh Pirsaharkhiz, Kelly Comolli, Wakana Fujiwara, Susan Stasiewicz, Jeanne M. Boyer, Eileen V. Begin, Adam J. Rubinstein, Hayley R. Henderson, John F. Lazar, Thomas J. Watson, Christopher M. Eger, Christine T. Trankiem, Debra G. Phillips, Puja Gaur Khaitan
Cardiac operation under cardiopulmonary bypass during pregnancy
- Open Access
- Research article
Yanli Liu, Fengzhen Han, Jian Zhuang, Xiaoqing Liu, Jimei Chen, Huanlei Huang, Sheng Wang, Chengbin Zhou
Feasibility investigation of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection for pulmonary sequestration
- Open Access
- Research article
Yungang Sun, Feng Shao, Qiang Zhang, Zhao Wang
Perigraft abscess after DeBakey type-1 aortic dissection: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Lingling Xu, Shan Lin, Yali Yang
National survey of enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Open Access
- Research article
Alina-Maria Budacan, Rana Mehdi, Amy Pamela Kerr, Salma Bibi Kadiri, Timothy J. P. Batchelor, Babu Naidu
Endoscopic injection of human fibrin sealant in treatment of intrathoracic anastomotic leakage after esophageal cancer surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Xueyu Chen, Xiaoqin Yuan, Zhongyuan Chen, Lianggang Zhu
A summary of second systemic pulmonary shunt for congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypoxemia
- Open Access
- Research article
Xue-Yong Yang, Xiao-Yong Jing, Zhe Chen, Lun Li, Xiang-Ming Fan, Jun-Wu Su
Effect of ulinastatin on post-operative blood loss and allogeneic transfusion in patients receiving cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized controlled study with 10-year follow-up
- Open Access
- Research article
Peng Zhang, Hong Lv, Xia Qi, Wenjing Xiao, Qinghua Xue, Lei Zhang, Lihuan Li, Jia Shi
Identification of risk factors for acute kidney injury after pulmonary endarterectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Peng Dong, Fu-Shan Xue, Shao-Hua Liu
Independent risk factors and the long-term outcomes for postoperative continuous renal replacement treatment in patients who underwent emergency surgery for type a acute aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhigang Wang, Min Ge, Tao Chen, Cheng Chen, Qiuyan Zong, Lichong Lu, Dongjin Wang
Successful percutaneous transvenous retrieval of intravascular fractured port catheter: a single center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Yahua Li, Jianjian Chen, Zhaonan Li, Huibin Lu, Kewei Ren, Jianzhuang Ren, Xinwei Han
Clinical and surgical aspects of congenital lobar over-inflation: a single center retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Mohamed Abdel-Bary, Mohamed Abdel-Naser, Ahmed Okasha, Mohammed Zaki, Khaled Abdel-Baseer
Difficult removal: a Swan-Ganz catheter coiled on the central venous catheter
- Open Access
- Case report
Jian Shen, Luyao Ma, He Huang
Primary sarcoma of the heart: case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Rieneke Moeri-Schimmel, Elisabeth Pras, Ingrid Desar, Stijn Krol, Pètra Braam
Normalization of the right heart and the preoperative factors that influence the emergence PAH after surgical closure of atrial septal defect
- Open Access
- Research article
Supomo Supomo, Agung Widhinugroho, Aditya Agam Nugraha
Short-term outcomes of modified Y-graft technique in acute type a aortic dissection using the femoral artery bypass and one minute systemic circulatory arrest technique
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiangfei Sun, Qi Zhao, Yufeng Huo, Jinfeng Zhou, Fen Zhao, Yimin Liu, Yonghai Du, Songxiong He, Chao Liu, Detian Jiang, Wenyu Sun
Percutaneous device closure of pediatirc patent ductus arteriosus through femoral artery guidance by transthoracic echocardiography without radiation and contrast agents
- Open Access
- Research article
Zankai Ye, Zhiqiang Li, Hanlu Yi, Yaobin Zhu, Yan Sun, Pei Li, Ning Ma
Preconditioning with levosimendan reduces postoperative low cardiac output in moderate-severe systolic dysfunction patients who will undergo elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a cost-effective strategy
- Open Access
- Research article
Juan José Jiménez-Rivera, Andrea Álvarez-Castillo, Jorge Ferrer-Rodríguez, José Luis Iribarren-Sarrías, Martín Jesús García-González, Pablo Jorge-Pérez, Juan Lacalzada-Almeida, Rosalía Pérez-Hernández, Javier Montoto-López, Rafael Martínez-Sanz
Diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis in pregnancy: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Jing Wang, Anlong Wang, Yong Cui, Ceng Wang, Jian Zhang
Development of an effective method utilizing fibrin glue to repair pleural defects in an ex-vivo pig model
- Open Access
- Research article
Nobuyuki Kondo, Yoshitaka Takegawa, Masaki Hashimoto, Seiji Matsumoto, Shiro Oka, Seiki Hasegawa
Cox-maze III procedure for atrial fibrillation during valve surgery: a single institution experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Chang-tian Wang, Lei Zhang, Tao Qin, Zhi-long Xi, Lei Sun, Hai-wei Wu, De-min Li
No drains in thoracic surgery with ERAS program
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Cheng Shen, Guowei Che
Right heart failure before LVAD implantation predicts right heart failure after LVAD implantation – is it that easy?
- Open Access
- Research article
Tobias Wagner, Alexander M. Bernhardt, Christina Magnussen, Hermann Reichenspurner, Stefan Blankenberg, Hanno Grahn
Madelung’s disease and pulmonary aspergillosis: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Weijiang Ma, Xilong Zhao, Xu Li, Chenxi Zang, Limin Yang, Yan Wang, Xin Liu
Preoperative squamous cell carcinoma antigen and albumin serum levels predict the survival of patients with stage T1-3N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Lei-Lei Wu, Xuan Liu, Wei Huang, Peng Lin, Hao Long, Lan-Jun Zhang, Guo-Wei Ma
Learning curve associated with thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer patients in the prone position
- Open Access
- Research article
Tao Wang, Mu-yuan Ma, Bo Wu, Yang Zhao, Xiao-feng Ye, Tao Li
A clinical study of efficacy of polyglycolic acid patch in surgery for pneumothorax:a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Yuang Mao, Zulei Zhang, Weibiao Zeng, Wenxiong Zhang, Jianyong Zhang, Guangmiao You, Yiping Wei
Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass with low-priming volume on clinical outcomes in children undergoing congenital heart disease surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Lei Wang, Qiang Chen, Yong Qiang Qiu, Jian Xi Ye, Jian Zhi Du, Xiao Chai Lv, Yan Ting Hou, Liang Wan Chen
Durability of bioprosthetic aortic valves in patients under the age of 60 years – rationale and design of the international INDURE registry
- Open Access
- Study protocol
Bart Meuris, Michael A. Borger, Thierry Bourguignon, Matthias Siepe, Martin Grabenwöger, Günther Laufer, Konrad Binder, Gianluca Polvani, Pierluigi Stefano, Enrico Coscioni, Wouter van Leeuwen, Philippe Demers, Francois Dagenais, Sergio Canovas, Alexis Theron, Thierry Langanay, Jean-Christian Roussel, Olaf Wendler, Giovanni Mariscalco, Renzo Pessotto, Beate Botta, Peter Bramlage, Ruggero de Paulis
Laparoscopic omental flap for the treatment of thoracic aortic graft infection: report of two cases and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Jiawei Zhou, Junfeng Sun, Xingxing Yao, Guochang Zhao, Fuqiang Sun, Weiyong Sheng, Fanfan Lu, Haibo Zhan, Chao Liu
Risk factors for lymph node metastasis and surgical methods in patients with early-stage peripheral lung adenocarcinoma presenting as ground glass opacity
- Open Access
- Research article
Yongming Wang, Lijun Jing, Gongchao Wang
Minimally invasive beating heart technique for mitral valve surgery in patients with previous sternotomy and giant left ventricle
- Open Access
- Research article
Hang Zhang, Hua-shan Xu, Bing Wen, Wen-zeng Zhao, Chao Liu
Nonstandard usage of a left ventricular assist device in a patient with severe heart failure complicated by pulmonary artery thrombosis - case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Jerzy Pacholewicz, Szymon Leonik, Maciej Sojka, Paweł Nadziakiewicz
Rheumatic valvular heart disease combined with woven coronary artery: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Zhengjiang Liu, Yueliang Li
Clinical application and observation of single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy combined with laparoscopy for radical esophagectomy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Qifan Yin, Huining Liu, Yongbin Song, Shaohui Zhou, Guang Yang, Wenhao Wang, Peng Qie, Xuejiao Xun, Lijun Liu
Use of the right internal mammary artery and the great saphenous vein for left anterior descending artery revascularization in patients whose left internal mammal artery cannot be used: a study based on transit-time flow measurement
- Open Access
- Research article
Guodong Zhang, Zhou Zhao, Yu Chen, Shenglong Chen, Gang Liu
Structural durability of early-generation Transcatheter aortic valve replacement valves compared with surgical aortic valve replacement valves in heart valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Ashlynn Ler, Yeo Jie Ying, Faizus Sazzad, Andrew M. T. L. Choong, Theo Kofidis
Comparisons between minimally invasive and open esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with cervical anastomosis: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Zongjie Li, Canhui Liu, Yuanguo Liu, Sheng Yao, Biao Xu, Guohua Dong
Treatment approach to coronary aneurysms: percutaneous or surgical?
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Ahmet Güner, Ezgi Gültekin Güner, Ali Kemal Kalkan, Fatih Uzun, Mehmet Ertürk
Right sleeve pneumonectomy for local recurrent lung cancer following right sleeve upper lobectomy with bronchoplasty: a case report
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- Case report
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Infective endocarditis at a tertiary-care hospital in China
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Primary repair of transposition of the great arteries with an interrupted aortic arch: a case report and literature review
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Toll-like receptor 9 and the inflammatory response to surgical trauma and cardiopulmonary bypass
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Stepwise external wrapping procedure for Stanford type A aortic dissection in extremely high-risk patients: case reports
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Sudden cardiac arrest during Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
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Clinical outcomes and hemodynamic performance of Dafodil™ aortic and mitral pericardial bioprosthesis: 1-year results from Dafodil-1 first-in-human trial
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Sho Isobe, Atsushi Sano, Hajime Otsuka, Yoko Azuma, Satoshi Koezuka, Takashi Makino, Takashi Sakai, Takafumi Ito, Tadashi Maeda, Kozue Ejima, Sakae Homma, Akira Iyoda
Effectiveness of jejunostomy for enteral nutrition during complete thoracoscopic and laparoscopic Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy in thoracic segment esophageal carcinoma
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Tamer Jamal, Amjad Shalabi, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Diab Ghanim, Offer Amir, Erez Kachel
Surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates weighing less than 1500g: a 9-year single center experience
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Sex-specific risk factors for early mortality and survival after surgery of acute aortic dissection type a: a retrospective observational study
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Mitral prosthetic size predictor in minimally invasive mitral valve replacement
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Predictors of postoperative complication and prolonged intensive care unit stay after complete pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis
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Fetal aortic valvuloplasty: first report of two cases from Saudi Arabia
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Merna Atiyah, Ahmed Kurdi, Osama Al Tuwaijry, Atif Al Sahari, Maha Al Rakaf, Inas Babic, Fahad Al Habshan, Zohair Alhalees, Khalid Al Najashi
Comparative postoperative outcomes of GGN-dominant vs single lesion lung adenocarcinomas
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Case report: inflammatory pseudotumor in the lung parenchyma caused by a medical suture originating from a cardiac surgery 35 years ago
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Shushi Meng, Ganwei Liu, Shaodong Wang, Fan Yang
A rare case report: tricuspid valve prolapse due to spontaneous chordae rupture in a congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries patient
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Correction to: Cardiac surgery in patients with Hemophilia:is it safe?
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Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Alexander Kogan, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Ronny Ben-Avi, Diab Ghanem, Eilon Ram, Ehud Raanani, Mudi Misgav
Both the presence of a micropapillary component and the micropapillary predominant subtype predict poor prognosis after lung adenocarcinoma resection: a meta-analysis
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Thoracoscopic lobectomy for a 4-day-old neonate with a large congenital pulmonary airway malformation: a case report
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All-trans retinoic acid attenuates the progression of Ang II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in ApoE−/−mice
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Intraoperative post-annuloplasty three-dimensional valve analysis does not predict recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation
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The feasibility of non-contrast enhanced plus contrast-enhanced computed tomography in discriminating invasive pure ground-glass opacity from pre-invasive pure ground-glass opacity
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The treatments and postoperative complications of esophageal cancer: a review
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Left atrial cardiac Tamponade complicating radical nephrectomy – case report
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The application and value of continuous nursing in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting
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Heart-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm – case report
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Right-sided double valve replacement in an adult patient who underwent surgery for pulmonary stenosis in childhood: a case report
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Risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with triple-branched stent graft implantation
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Crisis checklist (Code Red) for the management of cardiac arrest during minimally invasive thoracic surgery: case report
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Philippe Rinieri, Jean Selim, Vincent Le Guillou, Jean-Marc Baste
Aortic valve replacement with annular patch enlargement for a patient with Werner’s syndrome and severe aortic stenosis
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The most influential papers in mitral valve surgery; a bibliometric analysis
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N. Allen, K. O’Sullivan, J. M. Jones
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Clear cell tumor of the lung could be aggressive: a case report and review of the literature
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Impact of meteorological factors on the occurrence of acute aortic dissection in Fujian Province, China: a single-center seven-year retrospective study
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Two cases of nodular smooth muscle proliferation suspected of primary lung cancer from preoperative images: a case report
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Outcomes of surgical resection for pulmonary metastasis from ovarian cancer
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Penetrating lung injury during Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
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Atrial septal defect closure in a young patient presenting with recurrent cryptogenic stroke: a case report
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Rakan I. Nazer
Cardiac myxoma misdiagnosed as infective endocarditis: a case of Carney complex
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Two different troponin isoforms for detecting early myocardial injury after curative resection of oesophageal cancer
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The use of Transcollation Technology for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery lobectomy
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Colonic perforation due to inadvertent intraperitoneal LVAD driveline placement
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Health-related quality of life following minimally invasive totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery
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Characteristics and outcomes of Stanford type A aortic dissection patients with severe post-operation hyperbilirubinemia: a retrospective cohort study
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Different driver gene mutations in patients with synchronous multiple primary lung cancers: a case report
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Mediastinal tumor resection in a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration
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Influence of chronic kidney disease on early clinical outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
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Short term clinical outcomes and analysis of risk factors for pacemaker implantation: a single center experience of self-expandable TAVI valves
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Dmitry Borisovich Giller, Galina Vladimirovna Scherbakova, Boris Dmitrievich Giller, Arkadyi Leybovich Khanin, Vladimir Nikolayeich Nikolenko, Mikhail Yegorovich Sinelnikov
Radical resection and reconstruction of the sternum for metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Young Chul Yoon, Jiyun Lee, Jin Yong Jeong
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Rare case of a giant thrombosed left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm
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Time trend of mediastinal lymph node dissection in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer patient who undergo lobectomy: a retrospective study of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database
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Correction to: Quality of life in sexagenarians after aortic biological vs mechanical valve replacement: a single-center study in China
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Three-dimensional printing for assessment of paravalvular leak in transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Risk factors analysis of acute kidney injury following open thoracic aortic surgery in the patients with or without acute aortic syndrome: a retrospective study
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Efficacy of Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) to facilitate the rewarming process during cardiopulmonary bypass
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Network construction of aberrantly expressed miRNAs and their target mRNAs in ventricular myocardium with ischemia–reperfusion arrhythmias
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Perioperative observations of different bypass modes of a right coronary system based on instantaneous blood flow during the operation
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The role of the axillary Impella 5.0 device on patients with acute cardiogenic shock
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Intra-aortic balloon pump placement in coronary artery bypass grafting patients by day of admission
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Atrial fibrillation and alteration of heart rate variability after video-assisted pulmonary lobectomy versus thoracotomy pulmonary lobectomy
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Endovascular treatment with in-vitro fenestration and sac filling technique for ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm with Behcet’s disease
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Intraoperative intra-aortic balloon pump improves 30-day outcomes of patients undergoing extensive coronary endarterectomy
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Antiphospholipid syndrome with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and coronary artery disease: a case report
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Benefits of rapid deployment aortic valve replacement with a mini upper sternotomy
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Bilateral-pectoral major muscle advancement flap combined with vacuum-assisted closure therapy for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
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Preoperative identification of clinicopathological prognostic factors for relapse-free survival in clinical N1 non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective single center-based study
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Angioleiomyoma of the pulmonary artery: a case report and literature review
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A contemporary approach to a young female patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome and an uncomplicated type B aortic dissection: a case report
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Petko Prodanov, Hana Linkova, Robert Petr, Richard Fojt, Zuzana Motovska, Jiri Knot, Filip Rohac, Boris Koznar, Mariwan Majid, Petr Widimsky, Petr Kacer
Congenital intrathoracic accessory spleen is a very rare trick of nature: a case report
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Longitudinal observation of solitary fibrous tumor translation into malignant pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma
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Determinants of non-recovery in physical health-related quality of life one year after cardiac surgery: a prospective single Centre observational study
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Hilda Rijnhart-de Jong, Jo Haenen, Goris Bol Raap, Lilian Jekel, Tessel Vossenberg, Olga Bondarenko, Christiaan Boerma
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Different hypothermic and cerebral perfusion strategies in extended arch replacement for acute type a aortic dissection: a retrospective comparative study
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Nizar R. Alwaqfi, Khalid S. Ibrahim
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Primary and secondary aortopathy associated with adult congenital heart disease - retrospective study
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Ingrid Schusterova, Alžbeta Banovcinova, Marianna Vachalcova, Marta Jakubova, Panagiotis Artemiou
Meta-analysis of association between CT-based features and tumor spread through air spaces in lung adenocarcinoma
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Detailed mechanism and impact of new-onset late right heart failure during LVAD support
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Teruhiko Imamura
Comment on “The diagnostic value of D-dimer with simplified Geneva score (SGS) pre-test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE)”
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Siamak Sabour
Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the trachea: a case report and literature review
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Yan Hu, Siying Ren, Wei Han, Boyou Zhang, Lu Shu, Yi Sun, Fenglei Yu, Wenliang Liu
Is the flap reinforcement of the bronchial stump really necessary to prevent bronchial fistula?
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Fatmir Caushi, Gentiana Qirjako, Ilir Skenduli, Daniela Xhemalaj, Hasan Hafizi, Silva Bala, Alban Hatibi, Arian Mezini
Perioperative risk factors predict one-year mortality in patients with acute type-A aortic dissection
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Yanwei Yang, Jiayi Xue, Huixian Li, Jiaqi Tong, Mu Jin
The use of the Scar Cosmesis Assessment and rating scale to evaluate the cosmetic outcomes of totally thoracoscopic cardiac surgery
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Ling-chen Huang, Dao-zhong Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Qi-chen Xu, Zi-he Zheng, Xiao-fu Dai
Surgical treatment for secondary aortoesophageal fistula
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Kayo Sugiyama, Toru Iwahashi, Nobusato Koizumi, Toshiya Nishibe, Toshiki Fujiyoshi, Hitoshi Ogino
Ganglioneurofibroma arising within the extralobar pulmonary sequestration
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Yuanyuan Liu, Wenbin Wu, Longbo Gong, Miao Zhang
New acute respiratory management in tracheal rupture caused by chest trauma
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Cheng Shen, Lin Ma
Left upper lung cancer with persistent left superior vena cava and left azygos vein: a case report
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Zhongben Tang, Yin Teng, Jian Li, Xiaojun Du, Jiarong Xiao, Gongshun Tang
Echocardiographic guided, transatrial closure of a patent foramen ovale
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Felix Fleissner, Paul Frank, Axel Haverich, Issam Ismail
Effect of using the WeChat platform on the perioperative health education of parents of children who underwent transthoracic device closure of VSDs
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Qi-Liang Zhang, Ning Xu, Shu-Ting Huang, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao
Concomitant surgery for aortic valve and lung cancer patients in an elder
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Hongfei Xu, Tingting Tao, Liang Ma, Weidong Li, Yiming Ni
Pacemaker-generated stress fracture of the second rib: a case report
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Jus Ksela, Mark Racman, Rok Zbacnik, Anze Djordjevic, Matevz Jan
The functional limits of the aneurysmal aortic root. A unique pressure testing apparatus
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Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Dermot O’Rourke, Karen Jane Reynolds, James Edwards, Michael George Worthington, John Beltrame
Clinical performance of decellularized heart valves versus standard tissue conduits: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Steve W. F. R. Waqanivavalagi, Sameer Bhat, Marcus B. Ground, Paget F. Milsom, Jillian Cornish
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery vs Thoracotomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Greater Than 5 cm: Is VATS a feasible approach for large tumors?
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Güntuğ Batihan, Kenan Can Ceylan, Ozan Usluer, Şeyda Örs Kaya
Lymph node metastatic patterns and its clinical significance for thoracic superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
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An Wang, Lu Lu, Jie Fan, Shaohua Wang, Xiaofeng Chen
Expectant management of pneumothorax in intubated COVID-19 positive patients: a case series
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Colby Elder, Sheina Bawa, Douglas Anderson, Stephen Atkinson, Joshua Etzel, Troy Moritz
Management of a giant aortic root aneurysm in a young patient with Marfan syndrome: a case report
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Jiayu Shen, Changping Gan, R. D. T. Rajaguru, Dou Yuan, Zhenghua Xiao
Hybrid two-stage repair of Stanford A dissection with visceral or peripheral malperfusion
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Zanxin Wang, Xianmian Zhuang, Bailang Chen, Junmin Wen, Minxin Wei
The use of both internal thoracic arteries for coronary revascularization increases the estimate of post-operative lower limb ischemia in patients with peripheral artery disease
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Linda Renata Micali, Massimo Bonacchi, Daniel Weigel, Rosie Howe, Orlando Parise, Gianmarco Parise, Sandro Gelsomino
Extended thymectomy with blood vessel resection and reconstruction improves therapeutic outcome for clinical stage III thymic carcinoma patients: a real-world research
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Lei Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Guige Wang, Chao Guo, Yeye Chen, Cheng Huang, Shanqing Li
Critical left coronary main trunk stenosis, chronic occluded right coronary artery, left subclavian artery occlusion, severe aortic regurgitation and porcelain aorta in a patient with aortitis
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Hideki Sasaki, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Ishitoya, Osamu Sasaki
Novel technique of repairing right partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with intact atrial septum using in situ interatrial septum as a flap in a 68-year-old-woman: a case report
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Atsushi Morishita, Ikuo Hagino, Hideyuki Tomioka, Seiichiro Katahira, Takeshi Hoshino, Kazuhiko Hanzawa
Assessment of the risks of a myasthenic crisis after thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 25 studies
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Chaoying Liu, Peng Liu, Xiao jing Zhang, Wen qian Li, Guoyan Qi
Clinical variables responsible for early and late diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in pediatrics age group
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Samarth Goyal, Shubhika Jain, Guruprasad Rai, Rajkamal Vishnu, Ganesh Sevagur Kamath, Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Yogesh Gaude, Vijaya Kumara, Harshil Joshi, Revanth Reddy
Incidental retroaortic innominate vein in a patient with acute aortic dissection
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Hideki Sasaki, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Ishitoya, Osamu Sasaki
Anatomical analysis of the left upper lobe of lung on three-dimensional images with focusing the branching pattern of the subsegmental veins
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Tamami Isaka, Shota Mitsuboshi, Hideyuki Maeda, Takuma Kikkawa, Kunihiro Oyama, Masahide Murasugi, Masato Kanzaki, Takamasa Onuki
Left apicoposterior segmentectomy for lung cancer with displaced segmental bronchus: a case report
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Masahiro Yanagiya, Hirokazu Yamaguchi, Noriko Hiyama, Jun Matsumoto
Antiphospholipid syndrome and valvular heart disease, a complex scenario of thrombotic events, a case report
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Santiago A. Endara, Gerardo A. Dávalos, Christian H. Fierro, Vladimir E. Ullauri, Gabriel A. Molina
Improved Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic regurgitation using a new-type stent: the first preclinical experience
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Tong Kan, Lan Gu, Hongjiang Lu, Junxiong Cao, Zhijun Zhu, Danning Wu, Zhidong Zhu, Xiang Chen
Iatrogenic acute aortic dissection caused by intervention for spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a surgical case report
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Yuki Hayashi, Makoto Taoka, Shunji Osaka, Satoshi Unosawa, Masashi Tanaka
Catheter ablation or surgical therapy in moderate-severe tricuspid regurgitation caused by long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. Propensity score analysis
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Jiangang Wang, Songnan Li, Qing Ye, Xiaolong Ma, Yichen Zhao, Jie Han, Yan Li, Shuai Zheng, Kemin Liu, Meng He, Wen Yu, Junhui Sun, Xu Meng
Endovascular treatment of aortic saddle embolism through percutaneous mechanical Thrombectomy via Straub Rotarex catheter
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Hong-Zhi Yu, Xiao-Bo Guo, Zhao Liu, Zhe Zhang, Hai Feng, Xue-Ming Chen
Long-term results of additional pulmonary blood flow with bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt
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Ryosuke Kowatari, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Ikuo Fukuda
Effect of remifentanil-based fast-track anesthesia on postoperative analgesia and sedation in adult patients undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect
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Ning Xu, Shu-Ting Huang, Kai-Peng Sun, Liang-Wan Chen, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao
Open stented elephant trunk for complicated Stanford type B aortic dissection: a single-center experience
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Hongtao Tie, Lingwen Kong, Zhengjie Tu, Dan Chen, Delai Zheng, Qingchen Wu, Qiang Li
Assessment of carotid artery stenosis and lower limb peripheral ischemia before coronary artery bypass grafting operations: a non-randomized clinical trial
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Ihab Ali, Hoda Shokri, Mohammed Abd Al Jawad
Contralateral spontaneous rupture of the esophagus following severe emesis after non-intubated pulmonary wedge resection
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Lei Liu, Wenbin Wu, Longbo Gong, Miao Zhang
Mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: early and mid-term outcomes
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Jun Li, Yun Zhao, Tianyu Zhou, Yongshi Wang, Kai Zhu, Junyu Zhai, Yongxin Sun, Hao Lai, Chunsheng Wang
Thrombolytic treatment of prosthetic valve thrombosis: a study using Urokinase
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Feng Huang, Yongrong Lan, Zhangbo Cheng, Zili Zhang, Fei Ren
Endovascular strategies for post-dissection aortic aneurysm (PDAA)
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Zhaoxiang Zeng, Yuxi Zhao, Mingwei Wu, Xianhao Bao, Tao Li, Jiaxuan Feng, Rui Feng, Zaiping Jing
Acute peripheral ischemia in healthy female patient: an indirect and unanticipated diagnosis of spontaneous thrombus in the aortic arch
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Laura Rings, Igor Schwegler, Nestoras Papadopoulos, Achim Häussler, Dragan Odavic, Magdalena Schmidt, Omer Dzemali
The impact of diabetes mellitus on acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass grafting
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Rui Wang, Hang Zhang, Yifan Zhu, Wen Chen, Xin Chen
Surgical lobectomy of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in a patient with presentations regarded as sequela of tuberculosis: a case report
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Peng Teng, Weidong Li, Yiming Ni
Efficacy, safety, and long-term survival of concomitant valve replacement and bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients aged 70 years and older: a comparative study with propensity score matching from a single-Centre
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Zhi-qin Lin, Zeng-rong Luo, Qian-zhen Li, Liang-wan Chen, Feng Lin
Aortic penetration due to a fish bone: a case report
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Daming Jiang, Yi Lu, Yigong Zhang, Zhanglong Hu, Haifeng Cheng
Mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: diagnosis, surgical approach and outcomes
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Ming Xiang, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Quan Wang, Linyun Xi
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac surgery in Israel
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Eitan Keizman, Eilon Ram, Erez Kachel, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani
Clinical course and outcome of patients with acute pulmonary embolism rescued by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective review of 21 cases
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Yen-Yu Chen, Yin-Chia Chen, Chia-Chen Wu, Hsu-Ting Yen, Kwan-Ru Huang, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Fan-Yen Lee
Effect of dexmedetomidine on intraoperative Surgical Pleth Index in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lung lobectomy
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Yu-Lan Wang, Xiao-Qi Kong, Fu-Hai Ji
An interventricular membranous septal aneurysm obstructing the right ventricle outflow tract in a five-year-old boy: a case report
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Lubna Bakr, Mohammad Al-Jadaan, Mohammad Younes
Sequential ruptures of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of ascending aorta, aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta
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Pankaj Kaul, Rodolfo Paniagua, Afroditi Petsa, Raj Singh
The value of continuous nursing in patients after cardiac mechanical valve replacement
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Sai-lan Li, Sheng-huo Zhou, Yan-juan Lin
ECMO-assisted resection of left main bronchial malignant tumor and left pneumonectomy with comprehensive nursing support: a case report
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Hui Yang, Ruiyun Chen, Jingru Chen, Fan Yan, Hongmei Zhang, Li Wei, Xiangbo Jia, Yuming Wang
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, a case report
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- COVID-19
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Vikisha Hazariwala, Hind Hadid, Denise Kirsch, Cecilia Big
Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of acute kidney injury after heart transplantation: a retrospective single center study
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Yi-Yao Jiang, Xiang-Rong Kong, Fen-Long Xue, Hong-Lei Chen, Wei Zhou, Jun-Wu Chai, Fei Wu, Shan-Shan Jiang, Zhi-Long Li, Kai Wang
Near-infrared intraoperative imaging with indocyanine green is beneficial in video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy for patients with chronic lung diseases: a retrospective single-center propensity-score matched analysis
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Zhengcheng Liu, Rusong Yang, Hui Cao
Mitral valve re-repair vs replacement following failed initial repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Muthu Veerappan, Prashasth Cheekoty, Faizus Sazzad, Theo Kofidis
Salvage surgery for stage IVa thymic carcinoma combined with aortic arch resection – case report
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Hiroyuki Yamato, Soichiro Funaki, Kazuo Shimamura, Keiwa Kin, Toru Kuratani, Yoshiki Sawa, Yasushi Shintani
Off pump surgical epicardial closure of left anterior descending to pulmonary artery fistula
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Gustavo L. Knop, Ernest Madu, Edwin Tulloch Reid, Ahmed Soliman
CT-guided hook-wire localization of malignant pulmonary nodules for video assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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Huijun Zhang, Ying Li, Nadier Yimin, Zelai He, Xiaofeng Chen
Half-turned truncal switch operation after single ventricle palliation in a patient with borderline left heart hypoplasia
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Tak-Hyuk Oh, Hanna Jung, Joon Yong Cho, Youngok Lee
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The effect of early oral stimulation with breast milk on the feeding behavior of infants after congenital cardiac surgery
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Xian-Rong Yu, Shu-Ting Huang, Ning Xu, Li-Wen Wang, Zeng-Chun Wang, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen
Spontaneous pneumothorax as unusual presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia: surgical management and pathological findings
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Roberto Bellini, Maria Chiara Salandini, Serena Cuttin, Stefania Mauro, Paolo Scarpazza, Christian Cotsoglou
Trapezoidal resection of an elongated anterior mitral leaflet and Alfieri stitch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Hiroyuki Nakajima, Chiho Tokunaga, Jun Hayashi, Akitoshi Takazawa, Akihiro Yoshitake, Atsushi Iguchi
Midterm results of mitral valve repair for atrial functional mitral regurgitation: a retrospective study
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Daisuke Kaneyuki, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Toshihisa Asakura, Akihiro Yoshitake, Chiho Tokunaga, Masato Tochii, Jun Hayashi, Akitoshi Takazawa, Hiroaki Izumida, Atsushi Iguchi
Long-term results of endoclamping in patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery where external aortic clamping cannot be used – a propensity matched analysis
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Ayse Cetinkaya, Emad Ebraheem, Karin Bramlage, Stefan Hein, Peter Bramlage, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Markus Schönburg, Manfred Richter
Re-TEVAR in treatment of stent graft-induced new entry between two non-overlapping stent-grafts: a case report
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Yiwei He, Shoujun Tang, Yongheng Zhang, Jianping Liu, Haining Zhou
Risk factors and long-term outcomes of acute kidney injury complication after type A acute aortic dissection surgery in young patients
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Qiuyan Zong, Min Ge, Tao Chen, Cheng Chen, Zhigang Wang, Dongjin Wang
Overweight and aging increase the risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery independently of left atrial size and left ventricular ejection fraction
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Pier Luigi Stefàno, Marco Bugetti, Guido Del Monaco, Gloria Popescu, Paolo Pieragnoli, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Laura Perrotta, Luca Checchi, Roberto Rondine, Sergio Bevilacqua, Carlo Fumagalli, Niccolò Marchionni, Antonio Michelucci
Preserving the endothelium in saphenous vein graft with both conventional and no-touch preparation
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Toshiro Saito, Hiroshi Kurazumi, Ryo Suzuki, Yutaro Matsuno, Akihito Mikamo, Kimikazu Hamano
Elevated preoperative CEA is associated with subclinical nodal involvement and worse survival in stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Awrad Nasralla, Jeremy Lee, Jerry Dang, Simon Turner
A case report of aortic root repair using a pericardial autograft for type A aortic dissection
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Yi Chang, Hongwei Guo, Xiangyang Qian, Fang Fang
Extravascular risk factors in the prognostic evaluation for spinal cord injury during thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm exclusion: a case report
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Flavio Villani, Aaron Thomas Fargion, Alberto Melani, Davide Esposito, Rossella Di Domenico, Walter Dorigo, Carlo Pratesi
Clinical outcomes of acute pulmonary embolectomy as the first-line treatment for massive and submassive pulmonary embolism: a single-centre study in China
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Wang QiMin, Chen LiangWan, Chen DaoZhong, Qiu HanFan, Huang ZhongYao, Dai XiaoFu, Huang XueShan, Lin Feng, Chen HuaBin
A modified frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection
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Shi-bo Song, Xi-jie Wu, Yong Sun, Shi-hao Cai, Po-yuan Hu, Hai-feng Qiang
Heart transplantation of patients with ventricular assist devices: impact of normothermic ex-vivo preservation using organ care system compared with cold storage
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Rymbay Kaliyev, Timur Lesbekov, Serik Bekbossynov, Zhuldyz Nurmykhametova, Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Svetlana Novikova, Assel Medressova, Nurlan Smagulov, Linar Faizov, Robertas Samalavicius, Yuriy Pya
How we assess the perioperative anxiety of surgical patients with pulmonary nodules: the revision of state-trait anxiety inventory
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Zhenyu Zhou, Ying Wang, Yuequn Niu, Zhehao He, Manli Huang, Yuqiong Zhou, Wang Lv, Jian Hu
Evaluation of left ventricular systolic function in patients with different types of ischemic heart disease by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging
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Xing Xing, Dan Li, Shaomin Chen, Lingli Wang, Zhaoping Li, Liyun He
Combined femoral and axillary perfusion strategy for Stanford type a aortic dissection repair
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Ling-chen Huang, Qi-chen Xu, Dao-zhong Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen
Emergent surgical removal of a migrated atrial septal defect occluder: case report
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Bi Wen, Juan He
One minute of circulatory arrest for acute type A aortic dissection --------- a simple operation for acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD)
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Detian Jiang, Yufeng Huo, Yimin Liu, Yan Wang, Jinfeng Zhou, Xiangfei Sun, Fen Zhao, Yonghai Du, Songxiong He, Chao Liu, Wenyu Sun
The use of enoxaparin as bridge to therapeutic INR after LVAD implantation
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Zubair Shah, Ioannis Mastoris, Prakash Acharya, Aniket S. Rali, Moghni Mohammed, Farhad Sami, Sagar Ranka, Savahanna Wagner, Giorgio Zanotti, Christopher T. Salerno, Nicholas A. Haglund, Andrew J. Sauer, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, Travis Abicht
Tricuspid valve repair in isolated tricuspid pathology: a 12-year single center experience
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Alina Zubarevich, Marcin Szczechowicz, Andreas Brcic, Anja Osswald, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Daniel Wendt, Bastian Schmack, Michel Pompeu B. O. Sá, Jef Van den Eynde, Arjang Ruhparwar, Konstantin Zhigalov
Application of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal lymph node tuberculous abscess: a case report and literature review
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Yong Fang, Liping Cheng, Junhong Guo, Chunyan Wu, Ye Gu, Xiaofang You, Wei Sha
Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the rib presenting with pathological fracture: a case report
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Tao Zuo, Ping Jiang, Junjie Yu, Ke Zhao, Yong Liu, Baojun Chen
Transplantation of a heart donated after circulatory death via thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion and results from the first Spanish case
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Marina Pérez Redondo, Sara Alcántara Carmona, Susana Villar García, Alberto Forteza Gil, Héctor Villanueva Fernández, Francisco José Hernández-Pérez, José Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz, Rocío Velasco Calvo, Javier Segovia-Cubero, Beatriz Alonso Menárguez, Francisco del Río Gallegos, Elisabeth Coll, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil González, Juan José Rubio Muñoz
Surgical procedure of segmentectomy as a possible cause of postoperative cerebral embolism: a case report
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Peirui Chen, Qiusha Qing, Mingqiang Diao, Xiaokang Sun, Junrong Yang, Jing Lv
Successfully treatment of application awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critical COVID-19 patient: a case report
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Junyi Tang, Wencan Li, Fanli Jiang, Tao Wang