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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (362 Artikel)

From pathogenesis to treatment, a systemic review of cardiac lipoma

  • Open Access
  • Review

Shenglei Shu, Jing Wang, Chuangsheng Zheng

Application of bilateral internal mammary artery with different configurations in coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zengqiang Han, Guodong Zhang, Shenglong Chen, Gang Liu, Yu Chen

Risk assessment of acute kidney injury following cardiopulmonary bypass

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Thomas Wittlinger, Martin Maus, Ingo Kutschka, Hassina Baraki, Martin G. Friedrich

Application of 3D printing and framework internal fixation technology for high complex rib fractures

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xuetao Zhou, Dongsheng Zhang, Zexin Xie, Yang Yang, Menghui Chen, Zheng Liang, Guoliang Zhang, Shujun Li

How decisive is the number of distal arterial anastomoses in coronary bypass surgery?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Olivier J. L. Jegaden, Fadi Farhat, Margaux P. O. Jegaden, Amar O. Hassan, Joel Lapeze, Armand Eker

Perioperative outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Samantha Reiche, Dineo Mpanya, Katharina Vanderdonck, Shungu Mogaladi, Palesa Motshabi-Chakane, Nqoba Tsabedze

Single-center evaluation of prognostic factors for thymoma treated by surgery: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Satoshi Kamata, Itaru Ishida, Yuyo Suzuki, Hiroyuki Oura

Hybrid stepwise external wrapping for type a acute aortic dissection with cerebral Malperfusion

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yoshihiro Suematsu, Satoshi Nishi, Daisuke Arima, Akihiro Yoshimoto

Sfrp1 protects against acute myocardial ischemia (AMI) injury in aged mice by inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jing Tao, Xian Wei, Ying Huang, Fen Liu, Yun Wu, Dilare Adi, Yang Xiang, You Chen, Yi-tong Ma, Bang-dang Chen

The lymph node ratio predicts cancer-specific survival of node-positive non-small cell lung cancer patients: a population-based SEER analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Liu Kai, Chen Zhoumiao, Xu Shaohua, Chen Zhao, Li Zhijun, He Zhengfu, Cai Xiujun

Author’s reply (in reference to letter to editor proposed by Etem Caliskan, Catherine J. Pachuk, Louis P. Perrault, Maximilian Y Emmert and entitled: preservation solutions to improve graft patency: The devil is in the detail)

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Olivier Fouquet, Jean-David Blossier, Simon Dang Van, Pauline Robert, Agnès Barbelivien, Frédéric Pinaud, Patrice Binuani, Maroua Eid, Daniel Henrion, Laurent Loufrani, Christophe Baufreton

Lobectomy for lung cancer with a displaced left B1 + 2 and an anomalous pulmonary vein: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Shinichi Sakamoto, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Naoya Kawakita, Akira Tangoku

Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis with rapid progression: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ming-Xuan Zhang, Wei-Min Zhang, Chan Yu, Bo-Wen Zhao, Ran Chen, Mei Pan, Bei Wang

Intraoperative collection of autologous platelet-rich plasma from the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit upon initiation of extracorporeal circulation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Takeshi Honda, Yuji Kanaoka, Hiroshi Furukawa, Taishi Tamura, Noriaki Kuwada, Takahiko Yamasawa, Yoshiko Watanabe, Yasuhiro Yunoki, Atsushi Tabuchi, Kazuo Tanemoto

Transdiaphragmatic single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; a novel approach for pulmonary metastasectomy through laparotomy incision – case series

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Riad Abdel Jalil, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Omar M. Shihadeh, Obada Al-Qudah, Azza Gharaibeh, Loulia Aldimashki, Ali Dabous, Rami Ghanem, Ahed Al-Edwan

Isolated tricuspid valve surgery; long-term outcomes based on Tehran Heart Center data bank report

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Seyed Hosssein Ahmadi Tafti, Farshid Alaeddini, Mahmood Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri, Abbas Salehi Omran, Mehrdad Mahalleh, Shiva Shoja, Negar Omidi

Feasibility of structured light Plethysmography (SLP) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

  • Open Access
  • COVID-19
  • Letter to the Editor

Natalie Simon, Azhar Hussain, Priyanka Kolvekar, Shyam Kolvekar

Sublobectomy is a safe alternative for localized cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yong Yang, Shaojun Zhang, Zhengwei Dong, Yong Xu, Xuefei Hu, Gening Jiang, Lin Fan, Liang Duan

Catamenial pneumothorax with partial liver herniation due to diaphragmatic laceration: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Satoshi Arakawa, Hideki Matsudaira, Yuki Noda, Makoto Yamashita, Jun Hirano, Masaichi Ogawa, Takashi Ohtsuka

Clamping of chest drain before removal in spontaneous pneumothorax

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yu-Hong Chan, Ellen Lok-Man Yu, Hau-Chung Kwok, Yiu-Cheong Yeung, Wai-Cho Yu

Mini-invasive surgical instruments in transaortic myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a single-center experience with 168 cases

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Qiang Ji, Yu Lin Wang, Ye Yang, Hao Lai, Wen Jun Ding, Li Min Xia, Chun Sheng Wang

Isolated iliac artery aneurysm in association with congenital pelvic kidney treated with iliac branch device: case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Guilherme Centofanti, Kenji Nishinari, Bruna De Fina, Rafael Noronha Cavalcante, Mariana Krutman, Ross Milner

Spindle cell sarcoma of the right atrium causing right atrial pseudoaneurysm: a case report and review of the literature

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xiaofang Wang, Aiqiang Dong, Weijun Yang, Qunjun Duan

Analysis of the misdiagnosis of 8 adult cases of paragonimiasis with lung masses as the main manifestation in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Qiu-Hong Shu, Yang Yang, Shu-De Li, Jun-Sheng Zhao, Sheng-Hao Li, Miao-Miao Wang, Wei-Qun Wang, Ming Tian, Shu-Mei-Qi He, Zhi-Qiang Ma, Min Zhu, Wen-Lin Wang

Giant Intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst associated with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Javier Maldonado Escalante, German Molina, Francisco Mauricio Rincón, Lina M. Acosta Buitrago, Carlos J. Perez Rivera

Minimally invasive closure of transthoracic ventricular septal defect: postoperative complications and risk factors

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Chunnian Ren, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Yonggang Li

The effect of multi-component interventions on the incidence rate, severity, and duration of post open heart surgery delirium among hospitalized patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Nima Hosseinpour, Arash Mani, Mahnaz Rakhshan

Impact of standardized computed tomographic angiography for minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Moritz B. Immohr, Yukiharu Sugimura, Patric Kröpil, Hug Aubin, Jan-Philipp Minol, Alexander Albert, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari

Comparison of flexible, open with semi-rigid, closed annuloplasty-rings for mitral valve repair

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ayse Cetinkaya, Maryam Waheed, Karin Bramlage, Oliver Johannes Liakopoulos, Mohamed Zeriouh, Stefan Hein, Peter Bramlage, Markus Schönburg, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Manfred Richter

Atrio-aortic erosion caused by Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder – a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Christine E. Kamla, Joscha Buech, Philipp M. Doldi, Christian Hagl, Gerd Juchem, Alexey Dashkevich

Surgical treatment for brachiocephalic artery aneurysm with Takayasu arteritis using isolated cerebral perfusion: a case study

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Yasuhiro Futamura, Masaho Okada, Satoshi Makino, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Peripheral vascular complications following totally endoscopic cardiac surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ling-chen Huang, Qi-chen Xu, Dao-zhong Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen

Percutaneous transluminal stenting for superior vena cava syndrome caused by malignant tumors: a single-center retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Haitao Liu, Yahua Li, Yang Wang, Lei Yan, Pengli Zhou, Xinwei Han

Energy devices safety and impact on video-assisted thoracoscopic lung lobectomy postoperative course: monopolar electrocautery versus ultrasonic dissector

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Maria Cattoni, Nicola Rotolo, Elisa Nardecchia, Silvia De Maio, Lorenzo Dominioni, Andrea Imperatori

Simultaneous Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery of bilateral pulmonary nodules

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Shengcheng Lin, Chenglin Yang, Xiaotong Guo, Yafei Xu, Lixu Wang, Zhe Wang, Xin Yu, Chunguang Wang, Zhentao Yu

Cardiac surgery outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective review of the early experience in nine UK centres

Julie Sanders, Enoch Akowuah, Jackie Cooper, Bilal H. Kirmani, Mazyar Kanani, Metesh Acharya, Reuben Jeganathan, George Krasopoulos, Dumbor Ngaage, Indu Deglurkar, Patrick Yiu, Simon Kendall, Aung Ye Oo

Active clearance vs conventional management of chest tubes after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Samuel St-Onge, Vincent Chauvette, Raphael Hamad, Denis Bouchard, Hugues Jeanmart, Yoan Lamarche, Louis P. Perrault, Philippe Demers

Sugammadex is associated with shorter hospital length of stay after open lobectomy for lung cancer: a retrospective observational study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Seung Won Song, Kyung Yeon Yoo, Yong Sung Ro, Taehee Pyeon, Hong-Beom Bae, Joungmin Kim

Treatment of intrathoracic anastomotic leak after esophagectomy with the sump drainage tube

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Qifan Yin, Shaohui Zhou, Yongbin Song, Xuejiao Xun, Nana Liu, Lijun Liu

Association of body mass index with in-hospital major adverse outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection patients in Fujian Province, China: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Lingyu Lin, Yanjuan Lin, Qiong Chen, Yanchun Peng, Sailan Li, Liangwan Chen, Xizhen Huang

Long non-coding RNA SPRY4-IT1 as a promising indicator for three field lymph-node dissection of thoracic esophageal carcinoma

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Peng Qie, Qifan Yin, Xuejiao Xun, Yongbin Song, Shaohui Zhou, Huining Liu, Junpeng Feng, Ziqiang Tian

Bilateral one-stage single-port sympathicotomy in primary focal hyperhidrosis, a prospective cohort study: treat earlier?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Michiel Kuijpers, Gwen Peeters, Petra W. Harms, Wobbe Bouma, Mike J. DeJongste, Massimo A. Mariani, Theo J. Klinkenberg

Impact of pre-existing comorbidities on outcomes of patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement – rationale and design of the international IMPACT registry

  • Open Access
  • Study protocol

Farhad Bakhtiary, Ali El-Sayed Ahmad, Rüdiger Autschbach, Peter Benedikt, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michael Borger, Oliver Dewald, Richard Feyrer, Hans-Joachim Geißler, Jürg Grünenfelder, Ka Yan Lam, Rainer Leyh, Andreas Liebold, Markus Czesla, Arash Mehdiani, Francesco Pollari, Saad Salamate, Justus Strauch, Andreas Vötsch, Alberto Weber, Daniel Wendt, Beate Botta, Peter Bramlage, Andreas Zierer

Clinical evaluation the success rate and complications of fluoroscopically guided removal of tracheal tube metallic stents

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zong-Ming Li, De-Chao Jiao, Xin-Wei Han, Hui-Bin Lu, Ke-Wei Ren, Hong Yang

Trans-scapular approach coil localization for scapular-blocked pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Juan Wu, Min-Ge Zhang, Jin Chen, Wen-Bin Ji

Safety analysis of early oral feeding after esophagectomy in patients complicated with diabetes

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zhisheng Jiang, Jing Luo, Mengqing Xu, Zhuangzhuang Cong, Saiguang Ji, Yifei Diao, Yang Xu, Yi Shen

Spontaneous esophageal rupture following perforated peptic ulcer: a report of two cases

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Chieh-Wei Chang, Yu-Ju Hung, Chien-Pin Chan, Chang-Lun Huang

Is there a renoprotective value to leukodepletion during heart valve surgery? A randomized controlled trial (ROLO)

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Espeed Khoshbin, Sally Spencer, Laurence Solomon, Augustine Tang, Stephen Clark, Elizabeth Stokes, Sarah Wordsworth, Lucy Dabner, Julia Edwards, Barnaby Reeves, Chris Rogers

VATS right posterior segmentectomy with anomalous bronchi and pulmonary vessels: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jianbin Zhang, Yilv Zhu, Hongwei Li, Caihua Yu, Weiwei Min

Evaluation of isolated abdominal visceral artery dissection with multi-scale spiral computed tomography: a retrospective case series

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Qizhou He, Fei Yu, Yajun Fu, Bin Yang, Ran Huo, Rong Xian, Shulan Liu, Kali Liang, Guangcai Tang

Long-term outcomes of mitral valve replacement in patients weighing less than 10 kg

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yilun Tang, Jinlan Chen, Yifeng Yang, Can Huang

5-year results of a newly implemented mechanical circulatory support program for terminal heart failure patients in a Swiss non-cardiac transplant university hospital

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Thibault Schaeffer, Otmar Pfister, Constantin Mork, Paul Mohacsi, Florian Rueter, Simon Scheifele, Anne Morgen, Urs Zenklusen, Thomas Doebele, Markus Maurer, Joachim Erb, Jens Fassl, Nadine Cueni, Martin Siegemund, Hans Pargger, Brigitta Gahl, Stefan Osswald, Friedrich Eckstein, Martin Grapow

Diaphragm reconstruction by GORE DUALMESH in patients undergoing resection for thoracic malignancies

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Atsushi Sano, Yoko Azuma, Takashi Sakai, Satoshi Koezuka, Hajime Otsuka, Akira Iyoda

Cardiac herniation presenting as superior vena cava obstruction syndrome after intrapericardial pnemonectomy for locally advanced lung cancer---case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Gengxu He, Tong Yao, Lei Zhao, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo, Yuanzhi Luo, Kai Zhou

Angioplasty for the treatment of left brachiocephalic vein aneurysm: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Long Gui, Hongbo Xu, Chengdong Ning, Niuliu Huang, Yu Pan

Clinical and echocardiographic trends in percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ofir Koren, Asaf Israeli, Ehud Rozner, Nassem Darawshy, Yoav Turgeman

Unusual complications following left ventricular assisted device implantation: case series

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Yigal Kassif, Muin Faqeeh, Preisman Sergey, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Wadi Kinany, Offer Amir, Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Avishay Grupper

Pulmonary infection after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children: a risk estimation model in China

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Chunnian Ren, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Quan Wang, Yonggang Li

Parachute mitral valve associated with reticular chordae tendineae in an adult: case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Qun-Jun Duan, Cui-Ting Duan, Ai-Qiang Dong, Hai-Feng Cheng

Literature-based considerations regarding organizing and performing cardiac surgery against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Andrzej Juraszek, Jarosław Kuriata, Piotr Kołsut, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Monika Różewicz-Juraszek, Tomasz Dziodzio, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk

External stenting of vein grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting: interim results from a two centers prospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Luca Paolo Weltert, Katia Audisio, Alessandro Bellisaro, Gianluca Bardi, Roberto Flocco, Ruggero De Paulis, Paolo Centofanti

Most patient conditions do not a priori debilitate the sensitivity of thoracic ultrasound in thoracic surgery-a prospective comparative study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Thomas Galetin, Julika Merres, Mark Schieren, Benjamin Marks, Yves Haffke, Jerome Defosse, Frank Wappler, Aris Koryllos, Erich Stoelben

Novel hybrid treatment for extensive aortic arch aneurysms, a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Mixia Li, Hulin Piao, Yong Wang, Kexiang Liu

Robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using multiport triangular trocar configuration: initial experience at a single center

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Vu Huu Vinh, Nguyen Viet Dang Quang, Dang Dinh Minh Thanh, Truong Van Le Phong

Modified commando procedure in complicated infective endocarditis ─ a case series

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Posung Chen, Chungyi Chang, Yicheng Chuang, Ichen Chen, Tingchao Lin

Early single-stage surgical revascularization of pulmonary artery in unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wenlei Li, Li Ma, Shuliang Xia, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Xinxin Chen

Correction to: The use of enoxaparin as bridge to therapeutic INR after LVAD implantation

  • Open Access
  • Correction

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

Association between glucose variability and postoperative delirium in acute aortic dissection patients: an observational study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yan-Juan Lin, Ling-Yu Lin, Yan-Chun Peng, Hao-Ruo Zhang, Liang-wan Chen, Xi-Zhen Huang, Qiong Chen

Video-assisted pulmonary metastectomy is equivalent to thoracotomy regarding resection status and survival

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Till Markowiak, Beshir Dakkak, Elena Loch, Christian Großer, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried

Behçet’s disease: successful aortic root reconstruction in severely dilated aortoventricular junction after aortic valve replacement with novel surgical method – case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Miklós Pólos, Ádám Koppányi, Kálmán Benke, László Daróczi, Attila Oláh, Krisztina Heltai, Emese Kiss, Attila Fintha, Beáta Nagy, István Hartyánszky, Bálint Lakatos, Attila Kovács, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs

Debulking surgery for functional pleural dissemination of parathyroid carcinoma-case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Sachi Kawagishi, Soichiro Funaki, Naoko Ose, Kenji Kimura, Kosuke Mukai, Michio Otsuki, Yasushi Shintani

Lung segmentectomy assisted by highly selective independent segmental ventilation: a series of three cases

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xiaoshun Shi, Jing Ye, Junyong Chen, Jianxue Zhai, Xiguang Liu, Di Lu, Zishi Lin, Zhen Ni, Hua Wu, Kaican Cai

Large cardiac wall hematoma with rapid growth: a case report of a potentially catastrophic complication during cardiac surgery

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Kimihiro Kobayashi, Tetsuro Uchida, Yoshinori Kuroda, Atsushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai

Using the autologous innominate vein as a substitute for pulmonary arteries in a patient with pulmonary atresia and absent pulmonary arteries

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Kamran Jamshidi, Mohammadreza Edraki, Hamid Amoozgar, Farah Peiravian, Elahe Nirooei

A meta-analysis of everolimus-eluting stents versus sirolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in diabetic patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Hang Ouyang, Xuehui Zeng, Chunlei Zhang, Linli Song, Jiarui Xu, Zhihui Hou, Siya Xie, Zheng Tao, Jincai He

Totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery: early experience in 188 patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yi Chen, Ling-chen Huang, Dao-zhong Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Zi-he Zheng, Xiao-fu Dai

Aortic valve surgery for aortic regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yan Le Ho, Nurul Atiqah Ahmad Zaidi, Ahmadi Salleh, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem

Short-term assessment of radial artery grafts with multidetector computed tomography

  • Open Access
  • Research article

En Qiao, Yuetang Wang, Jun Yu, Xu Wang, Xinjin Luo, Wei Wang

Effect of different cardioprotective methods on extracorporeal circulation in fetal sheep: a randomized controlled trial

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yi-bo Yan, Shuo Shi, Qian-biao Wu, Jin-sheng Cai, Bin-feng Lei

Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Mertol Gokce, Bulent Altinsoy, Ozcan Piskin, Burak Bahadir

Research on clinical characteristics and prognostic analysis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after surgery for acute type a aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Chu-zhi Zhou, Dong-jie Feng, Yuan Fang, Feng-yan Zha, Er-hui Wang, Yan-zhen Li, Min-xin Wei, Jun-min Wen

Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers

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  • Research article

Alina Zubarevich, Marcin Szczechowicz, Anja Osswald, Jerry Easo, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Robert Vardanyan, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Konstantin Zhigalov, Alexander Weymann

Long-term prognosis analysis of PARACHUTE device implantation in patients with ischemic heart failure: a single-center experience of Chinese patients

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  • Research article

Jianghua Li, Huadong Liu, Qiyun Liu, Cheng Liu, Wei Xiong, Wei Ma, Baowei Zhang, Shaohong Dong, Tangzhiming Li

Impact of tricuspid regurgitation on late right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device patients ~can prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty prevent late right ventricular failure? ~

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  • Research article

Taro Nakazato, Daisuke Yoshioka, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoshi Kainuma, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Takayoshi Ueno, Toru Kuratani, Yasushi Sakata, Yoshiki Sawa

Improvement of surgical complications using single-lumen endotracheal tube intubation and artificial carbon dioxide pneumothorax in esophagectomy: a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu, Yen-Hao Chen, Shau-Hsuan Li, Chien-Ming Lo

New stent for transapical mitral valve replacement in acute swine experiment

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  • Research article

Yu Zou, Peng Teng, Liang Ma

Bleeding risk stratification in coronary artery surgery: the should-not-bleed score

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  • Research article

Mirna Petricevic, Mate Petricevic, Marijan Pasalic, Branka Golubic Cepulic, Mirela Raos, Vesna Vasicek, Klaus Goerlinger, Kresimir Rotim, Hrvoje Gasparovic, Bojan Biocina

The application analysis of 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube for thoracoscopic lobectomy of lung cancer

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  • Research article

Yongbin Song, Chong Zheng, Shaohui Zhou, Hongshang Cui, Jincong Wang, Jianxun Wang, Wenhao Wang, Lijun Liu, Junfeng Liu

Low suction on digital drainage devices promptly improves post-operative air leaks following lung resection operations: a retrospective study

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  • Research article

Suguru Mitsui, Shunsuke Tauchi, Takahiro Uchida, Hisashi Ohnishi, Toshio Shimokawa, Satoshi Tobe

Left ventricular free wall rupture as a result of delayed presentation of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to fear of COVID-19: case report

George H. Nasr, Diana Glovaci, Andrew Mikhail, Steven Sinfield, Kevin Chen, Hardikkumar Patel, Michael Johl, Bharath Chakravarthy, Siddharth Singh, Fabio Sagebin, Ailin Barseghian El-Farra

Short-term outcomes of acute coronary involvement in type A aortic dissection without myocardial ischemia: a multiple center retrospective cohort study

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Maozhou Wang, Ruixin Fan, Tianxiang Gu, Chengwei Zou, Zonggang Zhang, Zhonghong Liu, Chenhui Qiao, Lizhong Sun, Ming Gong, Haiyang Li, Hongjia Zhang

Isolated ascending aorta dilatation is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

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Enrique Gallego-Colon, Chaim Yosefy, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Azriel Osherov, Vladimir Khalameizer, Xavier Piltz, Marina Pery, Sharon Bruoha, Jamal Jafari

Preoperative anemia and transfusion in cardiac surgery: a single-centre retrospective study

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  • Research article

Quynh Nguyen, Eric Meng, Joel Berube, Richard Bergstrom, Wing Lam

Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Osman Osama AL-Radi, Zaher Faisal Zaher, Ahmed Mohamed Dohain, Gaser Abdelmohsen Abdelmohsen, Ragab Sayed Mohamed, Mazin Adel Fatani, Mohamed Esam Abdelmotaleb, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Mahmoud Akl Elmeligy, Osama Saber Eldib

COVID-19 related mortality in post-operative cardiac surgical patients

Azhar Hussain, Amina Khalil, Priyanka Kolvekar, Prity Gupta, Shyamsunder Kolvekar

Risk factors of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Haiyan Chen, Liang Mo, Hongjuan Hu, Yulan Ou, Juan Luo

Design optimization of bidirectional arterial perfusion cannula

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  • Research article

Saad Abdel-Sayed, Enrico Ferrari, Philippe Abdel-Sayed, Markus Wilhelm, Ludwig-Karl von Segesser, Denis Berdajs

Massive hemothorax in a pregnant patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Kumiko Hashimoto, Yuji Nomata, Takayuki Fukui, Akira Takada, Kunio Narita

Application and effects of an early childhood education machine on analgesia and sedation in children after cardiothoracic surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Li-Li Chen, Yu-Qing Lei, Jian-Feng Liu, Hua Cao, Xian-Rong Yu, Qiang Chen

A practical technique for subacute hemorrhagic pericarditis, a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Long Zhao, Ruofeng Hong, Jianbin Fei, Wenyu Yang

The predictive value of creatinine clearance for mortality in patients undergoing revascularization

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  • Research article

Eilon Ram, Pazit Beckerman, Amit Segev, Nir Shlomo, Abigail Atlas-Lazar, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani

Lung cancer with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a different lobe: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Hikaru Watanabe, Naoki Kanauchi, Kouhei Abe, Soumei Matsuo

Prognostic impact of lymph node metastasis along the left gastric artery in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xuan Liu, Leilei Wu, Dongkun Zhang, Peng Lin, Hao Long, Lanjun Zhang, Guowei Ma

Complications of thoracoscopic talc insufflation for the treatment of malignant pleural effusions: a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wen Zhang, Yun-long Zhao, Shao-jun Li, Ying-nan Zhao, Nan-nan Guo, Bo Liu

Retention of Bovie scratch pad radio-opaque marker during VATS Pleurodesis: case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Deena Akras, Daniel Raymond, Rami Akhrass, Sudish Murthy

Predicting recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer based on mean computed tomography value

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  • Research article

Masaya Tamura, Isao Matsumoto, Yusuke Tanaka, Daisuke Saito, Shuhei Yoshida, Munehisa Takata

Surgery in congenital lung malformations: the evolution from thoracotomy to VATS, 10-year experience in a single center

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Kenan C. Ceylan, Güntuğ Batihan, Ahmet Üçvet, Soner Gürsoy

Advantages of intraoperative implantation of Impella 5.5 SmartAssist in the Management of Acute Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with cardiogenic shock

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Jeko M. Madjarov, Michael G. Katz, Svetozar Madzharov, Shahood Fazal, Francis Robicsek

Predictive value of postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio in anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy

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Chi Zhang, Xiao Kun Li, Li Wen Hu, Chao Zheng, Zhuang Zhuang Cong, Yang Xu, Jing Luo, Gao Ming Wang, Wen Feng Gu, Kai Xie, Chao Luo, Yi Shen

Case report: surgical resection of right ventricular cardiac fibroma in an adult patient

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Hirohisa Ikegami, Anthony Lemaire, Subhashini Gowda, Billie Fyfe, Mahmoud Ali, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee

The concept of broad exposure facilitates uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph nodes dissection

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Wei Wang, Sunyin Rao, Mingsheng Ma, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Xin Cui, Qinling Sun, Lianhua Ye

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients on ticagrelor therapy is not associated with adverse perioperative outcomes

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Sammer Diab, Mattan Arazi, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani, Erez Kachel, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Amjad Shalabi, Offer Amir, Shemy Carasso

Non-coding RNAs modulate autophagy in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a systematic review

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Fuwen Huang, Jingting Mai, Jingwei Chen, Yinying He, Xiaojun Chen

Double valve replacement in a patient with Maroteaux – Lamy syndrome as an ultimate team challenge

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Alexandros Agron Demis, Stella Oikonomidou, Fotios Daglis, Spyridon Polymenakos, Matthew Panagiotou

Cerebral microemboli in mini-sternotomy compared to mini- thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement: a cross sectional cohort study

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Marija Bozhinovska, Matej Jenko, Gordana Taleska Stupica, Tomislav Klokočovnik, Juš Kšela, Matija Jelenc, Matej Podbregar, Andrej Fabjan, Maja Šoštarič

Case report: a step-wise management of concurrent presentation of congenital single lung and aberrant right subclavian artery in an infant girl

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Keon Young Park, Kevin C. Janek, Joshua L. Hermsen, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, Hau D. Le

A case of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with bronchoscopic therapy plus lobectomy

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Fan Yang, Wenxia Zhang, Cheng Han, Hanliang Jiang

Body mass index is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury after urgent aortic arch surgery for acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissection

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Taoshuai Liu, Yuwei Fu, Jie Liu, Yongmin Liu, Junming Zhu, Lizhong Sun, Ming Gong, Ran Dong, Hongjia Zhang

Plasma interleukin-6 is a potential predictive biomarker for postoperative delirium among acute type a aortic dissection patients treated with open surgical repair

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Xiao-Chai Lv, Yong Lin, Qing-song Wu, Lei Wang, Yan-ting Hou, Yi Dong, Liang-wan Chen

Comparison of outcome between blood culture positive and negative infective endocarditis patients undergoing cardiac surgery

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Kristians Meidrops, Arina Zuravlova, Janis Davis Osipovs, Martins Kalejs, Valerija Groma, Eva Petrosina, Aigars Reinis, Eva Strike, Uga Dumpis, Andrejs Erglis, Peteris Stradins

Integrated transcriptomics explored the cancer-promoting genes CDKN3 in esophageal squamous cell cancer

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Wanpeng Wang, Kai Liao, Hao Chun Guo, Suqin Zhou, Ran Yu, Yanyan Liu, Yan Pan, Juan Pu

Treatment of Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection with hypertonic glucose Pleurodesis

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Kejian Zhang, Changyuan Li, Mingrui Zhang, Yang Li

Coronary sinus atrial septal defects in adults over the past 20 years at new Tokyo hospital: case series

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Haruhiko Sugimori, Tatsuya Nakao, Yuki Ikegaya, Daisuke Iwahashi, Shoichi Tsuda, Nao Kume, Hirokazu Onishi, Sunao Nakamura

Large papillary fibroelastoma of right atrium, an unusual case of respiratory distress in a young man

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Yan Le Ho, Pui Fong Ng, Sotheenathan Krishinan, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem

A case report of primary pulmonary meningioma masquerading as lung metastasis in a patient with rectal carcinoma: role of 18F-FDG PET/CT

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Maoqing Jiang, Ping Chen, Rong Huang, Jingfeng Zhang, Jianjun Zheng

Clinical outcomes after implantation of a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis with concomitant mitral valve surgery: the SURE-AVR registry

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Max Baghai, Mattia Glauber, Raphael Fontaine, Jose Cuenca Castillo, Antony H. Walker, Ugolino Livi, José Montiel, Alistair Royse, Gianluigi Bisleri, Davide Pacini, Vincenzo Argano, Aurelien Roumy, George Asimakopoulos, Marco Solinas, Marco Solinas, Raphael Fontaine, Max Baghai, Jose Cuenca Castillo, Antony H. Walker, Ugolino Livi, Josep Maria Padrò, Alistair Royse, Gianluigi Bisleri, Davide Pacini, Vincenzo Argano, Aurelien Roumy, George Asimakopoulos, Mattia Glauber

Preliminary study of the characteristics of rib fractures and their impact on pulmonary ventilatory function

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Weiming Wu, Tiancheng Zhao, Yang Li, Xiang Guo, Weiwei He, Yi Yang

Massive hemothorax caused by intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm:a case report

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Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Chuanxi Wang, Ji Li

Lidocaine for postoperative pain after cardiac surgery: a systematic review

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Michael R. Boswell, Rajat N. Moman, Melissa Burtoft, Harrison Gerdes, Jacob Martinez, Danielle J. Gerberi, Erica Wittwer, M. Hassan Murad, W. Michael Hooten

ECLS supported transport of ICU patients: does out-of -house implantation impact survival?

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Felix Fleissner, Alexandru Mogaldea, Andreas Martens, Ruslan Natanov, Stefan Rümke, Jawad Salman, Tim Kaufeld, Fabio Ius, Erik Beckmann, Axel Haverich, Christian Kühn

Blood volume and hemoglobin mass in long-term heart transplant recipients with and without Anemia

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Florian Seiler, Christoph Ahlgrim, Philipp Birkner, Nina Wrobel, Jonathan Rilinger, Sebastian Grundmann, Christoph Bode, Torben Pottgiesser

ACURATE neo™ aortic valve implantation via carotid artery access: first case report

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Chadi Aludaat, Alexandre Canville, Quentin Landolff, Matthieu Godin, Fabrice Bauer, Fabien Doguet

The effect of N-acetyl cysteine injection on renal function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized double blind clinical trial

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Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh, Zahra Shaker, Mahboobeh Rashidi, Reza Akhondzadeh, Fatemeh Hayati

The effect of using the minimized cardio-pulmonary bypass Systems for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in diabetic patients

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Turki B. Albacker, Mohammed Fouda, Bakir M. Bakir, Ahmed Eldemerdash

Incidence of valvular regurgitation and leaflet perforation by using automated titanium fasteners (CORKNOT®) in heart valve repair or replacement: less usual than reported

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Faizus Sazzad, Ong Zhi Xian, Ashlynn Ler, Chang Guohao, Kang Giap Swee, Theo Kofidis

Totally endoscopic surgical resection for a blood cyst originated from mitral valve: a case report

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Xin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lianggang Li, Tong Ren, Shengli Jiang

Re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery: revaluation of urgency and factors promoting low rate

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Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Khalid Ebrahim Al-Ebrahim, Ragab Shehata Debis, Ehab Sobhy Ragab, Mazen Shamsaldeen Faden, Mazin Adel Fatani, Amr Ragab Allam, Ahmed Hasan Abdulla, Auhood Mohammednoor Bukhary, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Osama Saber Eldib

Pulmonary hydatidosis genotypes isolates from human clinical surgery based on sequencing of mitochondrial genes in Fars, Iran

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Parviz Mardani, Ali Talebi Ezabadi, Bahareh Sedaghat, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi

Correction to: Isolated ascending aorta dilatation is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

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Enrique Gallego-Colon, Chaim Yosefy, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Azriel Osherov, Vladimir Khalameizer, Xavier Piltz, Marina Pery, Sharon Bruoha, Jamal Jafari

Case report: a novel approach for the emergency repair of acute aortic rupture associated with congenital aortic Coarctation

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Xin Pu, Maozhou Wang, Xiaoyong Huang, Hongjia Zhang, Lianjun Huang

European registry of type A aortic dissection (ERTAAD) - rationale, design and definition criteria

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Fausto Biancari, Giovanni Mariscalco, Hakeem Yusuff, Geoffrey Tsang, Suvitesh Luthra, Francesco Onorati, Alessandra Francica, Cecilia Rossetti, Andrea Perrotti, Sidney Chocron, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Matteo Pettinari, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi, Christian Detter, Marek Pol, Peter Ivak, Filip Schlosser, Stefano Forlani, Govind Chetty, Amer Harky, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mark Field, Igor Vendramin, Ugolino Livi, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Christian Etz, Thilo Noack, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Laurent De Kerchove, Mikko Jormalainen, Steven Laga, Bart Meuris, Marc Schepens, Zein El Dean, Antti Vento, Peter Raivio, Michael Borger, Tatu Juvonen

Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Michael Odutola, Michael O. Falster, Louisa R. Jorm

Development of a new sternal dehiscence prediction scale for decision making in sternal closure techniques after cardiac surgery

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Ehab Nooh, Colin Griesbach, Johannes Rösch, Michael Weyand, Frank Harig

Outcome of mitral valve repair or replacement for non-ischemic mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Qianqian Fan, Xiaoguang Li, Guilan Cao, Puliang Yu, Fengxiao Zhang

Risk factors for anastomotic complications after one-stage anastomosis for oesophageal atresia

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Jin-Xi Huang, Song-Ming Hong, Qiang Chen, Zeng-Chun Wang, Dian-Ming Wu, Jun-Jie Hong, Chaoming Zhou

Giant coronary artery aneurysms involving more than one coronary artery: case report

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Matthew S Khouzam, Nayer Khouzam

Study on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated balloons in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Xiaojiao Hao, Damin Huang, Zhaoxia Wang, Jinchun Zhang, Hongqiang Liu, Yingmin Lu

Impact of body mass index on early and mid-term outcomes after surgery for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection

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Yanxiang Liu, Bowen Zhang, Shenghua Liang, Yaojun Dun, Luchen Wang, Haoyu Gao, Jie Ren, Hongwei Guo, Xiaogang Sun

Fifteen-year experience with pericardiectomy at a tertiary referral center

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Zainab Faiza, Anjali Prakash, Niharika Namburi, Bailey Johnson, Lava Timsina, Lawrence S. Lee

Effect of cannulation site on emboli travel during cardiac surgery

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Mira Puthettu, Stijn Vandenberghe, Stefanos Demertzis

Video-assisted minimal access surgery for complicated mitral valve endocarditis, tricuspid valve insufficiency and progressive coronary disease after previous CABG - in the time of COVID-19: a case report

Terézia B. Andrási, Nunijiati Abudureheman, Alannah Glück, Maximilian Vondran, Gerhard Dinges, Ildar Talipov, Ardawan J. Rastan

Frailty and pre-frailty in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 66,448 patients

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Jessica Avery Lee, Bobby Yanagawa, Kevin R. An, Rakesh C. Arora, Subodh Verma, Jan O. Friedrich

Freestyle aortic root prosthesis in combination with aortic replacement and open anastomosis: a retrospective analysis

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Alicja Zientara, Kim Rosselet-Droux, Hans Bruijnen, Dragan Odavic, Michele Genoni, Omer Dzemali

Catheter, surgical, or hybrid procedure: what future for atrial fibrillation ablation?

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Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Lorusso, Marco Moscarelli, Giuseppe De Martino, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Arash Motekallemi, Nicola Di Bari, Ignazio Condello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale

Short and long-term outcomes of surgical intervention for empyema in the post-fibrinolytic era

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Caitlin J. Cain, Marc Margolis, John F. Lazar, Hayley Henderson, Margaret Hamm, Stefanie Malouf, Puja Gaur Khaitan

Multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing digital and traditional chest drain in a VATS pulmonary lobectomy cohort: interim analysis

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Paolo Mendogni, Davide Tosi, Giuseppe Marulli, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Sara Pieropan, Veronica Rossi, Debora Brascia, Luigi Gaetano Andriolo, Giovanna Imbriglio, Gianluca Bonitta, Camillo Lopez, Federico Rea, Mario Nosotti

Rare chondroblastoma of the 6th left rib, video-assisted thoracoscopy resected: one case report and literature review

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Yonghui Wu, Jiexia Guan, Kai Zhang, Huiguo Chen, Weibin Wu, Jian Zhang

Effect of silencing C-erbB-2 on esophageal carcinoma cell biological behaviors by inhibiting IGF-1 pathway activation

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Zhigao Niu, Wenping Zhang, Jialun Shi, Xiangdong Li, Hanlei Wu

Transit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration

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Dror B. Leviner, Miriam von Mücke Similon, Carlo Maria Rosati, Andrea Amabile, Daniel J. F. M. Thuijs, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Daniel Wendt, Gregory D. Trachiotis, Teresa M. Kieser, A. Pieter Kappetein, Stuart J. Head, David P. Taggart, John D. Puskas

Chest wall and diaphragm reconstruction; a technique not well established in literature – case report

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Riad Abdel Jalil, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Obada Al-Qudah, Hanna Kakish, Salam Elfar

A rare case of chest wall lipoma growing into the pleural cavity: a case report

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Hyo Joon Jang, Bu Hyeon Choi, Seong Oh. Park

Hemoglobin A1c and preoperative glycemia as a decision tool to help minimise sternal wound complications: a retrospective study in OPCAB patients

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Jef Van den Eynde, Abel Van Vlasselaer, Annoushka Laenen, Delphine Szecel, Bart Meuris, Tom Verbelen, Steven Jacobs, Peter Verbrugghe, Wouter Oosterlinck

Open Seldinger-guided peripheral femoro-femoral cannulation technique for totally endoscopic cardiac surgery

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Yi Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Xue-shan Huang

Large mural thrombus in the non-aneurysmal and non-atherosclerotic ascending aorta: a case report

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Xiaoyi Dai, Chengyao Ni, Wenzong Luo, Sihan Miao, Liang Ma

A multidisciplinary team nursing model in the treatment of patients undergoing transapical mitral valve clamping: a prospective study

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Sailan Li, Haoruo Zhang, Meihua Chen, Zhenzhen Wang, Yanjuan Lin

Geometric changes in aortic root replacement using Freestyle prosthesis

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Anja Osswald, Alina Zubarevich, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Robert Vardanyan, Konstantin Zhigalov, Daniel Wendt, Bastian Schmack, Ahmed Mashhour, Arjang Ruhparwar, Alexander Weymann

The additional use of methylene blue has a decatecholaminisation effect on cardiac vasoplegic syndrome after cardiac surgery

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Walter Petermichl, Michael Gruber, Ina Schoeller, Kwahle Allouch, Bernhard M. Graf, York A. Zausig

Left subclavian artery revascularization in thoracic endovascular aortic repair: single center’s clinical experiences from 171 patients

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Wei Xie, Yunxing Xue, Shuchun Li, Min Jin, Qing Zhou, Dongjin Wang

Surgical outcomes of DeBakey type I and type II acute aortic dissection: a propensity score-matched analysis in 599 patients

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Chun-Yu Lin, Tao-Hsin Tung, Meng-Yu Wu, Chi-Nan Tseng, Feng-Chun Tsai

Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis of intermediate atrioventricular septal defect in the adult: case report and literature review

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Ingrid Schusterova, Marta Jakubova, Marianna Vachalcova, Karolinska Sieradzka, Claudia Gibarty, Tibor Poruban, Ivo Gasparovic, Panagiotis Artemiou

Malposition of septum primum in isolated dextrocardia: unique and rare form of anomalous pulmonary venous return in association with partial absence of pericardium-case report

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Neerod Kumar Jha, Haitham Talo, Laszlo Kiraly, Nishant Shah, Aref Al Hakami, Zafar Althaf Azeez, Ajitha Kumari Kamala Bai

An extremely rare case of Rosai–Dorfman disease in the thymus

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Cheng Shen, Hu Liao

Surgical outcomes in cardiogenic shock patients with preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

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Mahmoud Yousef Ibrahim Abuharb, Dong Ran, Zheng Jubing, Liu Taoshuai, Dong Haiming, Hou Xiaotong, Song Yue, Zhao Yang, Li Yang

Prevalence and management of driveline infections in mechanical circulatory support - a single center analysis

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Andrzej Juraszek, Mikołaj Smólski, Piotr Kołsut, Jarosław Szymański, Paweł Litwiński, Krzysztof Kuśmierski, Joanna Zakrzewska-Koperska, Maciej Sterliński, Tomasz Dziodzio, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk

Total endoscopic left ventricle lipoma removal

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Tom Langenaeken, Aydin Basoglu, Abdullah Kaya, Alaaddin Yilmaz

Descending thoracic aorta–abdominal aortic bypass and bilateral renal arterial blood circulation reconstruction are effective in atypical coarctation of the aorta with heart failure: a case report

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Takuma Mikami, Takeshi Kamada, Toshiyuki Yano, Tomohiro Nakajima, Naomi Yasuda, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Keitaro Nakanishi, Ryo Harada, Syuichi Naraoka, Kojiro Toda, Nobutaka Nagano, Atsuko Muranaka, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of road traffic crashes related thoracic traumas: analysis of 5095 hospitalized chest injury patients

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Shengcao Zhang, Xiangzhi Xiao, Jian Wang, Chengkai Hu, Qiancheng Du, Zheng Fu, Wei Cai, Zhilong Zhang, Hao Chen

Aortic prosthetic size predictor in aortic valve replacement

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Anh Tuan Vo, Tomomi Nakajima, Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, Nguyen Thoi Hai Nguyen, Nga Bich Le, Tri Huu Cao, Dinh Hoang Nguyen

Neonatal cardiogenic shock revealing obstructive cardiac Hibernoma: case report

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Rym Gribaa, Marwen Kacem, Sami Ouannes, Wiem Majdoub, Houssem Thabet, Imen Ben Ali, Aymen Elheraiche, Mehdi Slim, Sihem Hmissa, Elyes Neffati, Taieb Cherif, Chokri Kortas, Jamli Marah, Sofiene Jerbi

2006 to 2019 Story; percutaneously implantable aortic valve prototypes

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Constantinos Zervides, Ornella Nohra, Gabriel Hunduma, Neil Wild Thomas, Ramy Samia

Correction to: European registry of type A aortic dissection (ERTAAD) - rationale, design and definition criteria

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Fausto Biancari, Giovanni Mariscalco, Hakeem Yusuff, Geoffrey Tsang, Suvitesh Luthra, Francesco Onorati, Alessandra Francica, Cecilia Rossetti, Andrea Perrotti, Sidney Chocron, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Matteo Pettinari, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi, Christian Detter, Marek Pol, Peter Ivak, Filip Schlosser, Stefano Forlani, Govind Chetty, Amer Harky, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mark Field, Igor Vendramin, Ugolino Livi, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Christian Etz, Thilo Noack, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Laurent De Kerchove, Mikko Jormalainen, Steven Laga, Bart Meuris, Marc Schepens, Zein El Dean, Antti Vento, Peter Raivio, Michael Borger, Tatu Juvonen

Perioperative outcomes of combined heart surgery and lung tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Shizhao Cheng, Yiyao Jiang, Xin Li, Xike Lu, Xun Zhang, Daqiang Sun

Minimally invasive or sternotomy approach in mitral valve surgery: a propensity-matched comparison

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Marek Pojar, Mikita Karalko, Martin Dergel, Jan Vojacek

A three-dimensional printed model in preoperative consent for ventricular septal defect repair

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Xicheng Deng, Siping He, Peng Huang, Jinwen Luo, Guangxian Yang, Bing Zhou, Yunbin Xiao

MicroRNAs involve in bicuspid aortic aneurysm: pathogenesis and biomarkers

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Hao Jia, Le Kang, Zhen Ma, Shuyang Lu, Ben Huang, Chunsheng Wang, Yunzeng Zou, Yongxin Sun

Cardiovascular characteristics of patients initially diagnosed breast cancer

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Zhaoying Dong, Fan Zhang, Qiaojuan Huang, Zhaojun Liu, Siyu Chen, Tao Xu, Jun Xiao, Changhong Zhang, Xiaoli Zhou

Role of pre-operative red cell distribution width estimation in the prediction of in-hospital mortality after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

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Dharmendra Joshi, Md. Abir Tazim Chowdhury, Md. Alauddin, Redoy Ranjan, Omar Sadeque Khan, Md. Rezwanul Hoque

Findings of prosthetic valve endocarditis in the balloon-expandable trans-catheter aortic valve: review of the literature and tips of management

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Domenico Calcaterra, Kevin Harris, Mario Goessl, Gopika Dasari, Navneet Kaur, Ivan Chavez

The use of fibrinolytic therapy for parapneumonic effusion in pregnancy: a case report and a review

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Awrad Nasralla, Bryce Laing, Simon R. Turner

Atypical and rare cause of myocardial infarction: coronary subclavian steal syndrome (CSSS) treated by a carotid-subclavian bypass in a 71-year-old female patient

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Mikolaj Walensi, Johannes Bernheim, Nikodemus Ulatowski, Michal Piotrowski, Konstantinos Karaindros, Benjamin Juntermanns, Christian Mikat, Roland Heesen, Johannes N. Hoffmann

Bilirubin adsorption versus plasma exchange for hyperbilirubinemia in patients after cardiac surgery: a retrospective study

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Ke Pan, He Zhang, Kai Zhong, Hai-tao Zhang, Ze-shi Li, Zhong Chen, Su-ping Gu, Man Xie, Tuo Pan, Hai-long Cao, Dong-jin Wang

Case–control study on the interplay between immunoparalysis and delirium after cardiac surgery

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Shokoufeh CheheiliSobbi, Annemieke M. Peters van Ton, Esther M. Wesselink, Marjolein F. Looije, Jelle Gerretsen, Wim J. Morshuis, Arjen J. C. Slooter, Wilson F. Abdo, Peter Pickkers, Mark van den Boogaard

Balanced forced-diuresis compared to control as a reno-protective approach in cardiac surgery: secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial, assessment of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels

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Heyman Luckraz, Ramesh Giri, Benjamin Wrigley, Kumaresan Nagarajan, Eshan Senanayake, Emma Sharman, Lawrence Beare, Alan Nevill

Video assisted, transaortic removal of left ventricular thrombus during concurrent cardiac surgery: a case report

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Aditya Eranki, Claudia Villanueva, Nicholas Collins, Peng Seah

The D-dimer level predicts the prognosis in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Mingsheng Ma, Run Cao, Wei Wang, Biying Wang, Yichen Yang, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Lianhua Ye

A retrospective study on the impact of bar flipping on the recurrence of pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure

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Yu-Jiun Fan, Po-Cheng Lo, Yuan-Yu Hsu, I-Shiang Tzeng, Bo-Chun Wei, Yeung-Leung Cheng

Double left brachiocephalic vein in an adult patient who underwent cardiac surgery: a case report

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Kimihiro Kobayashi, Tetsuro Uchida, Yoshinori Kuroda, Atushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai, Mitsuaki Sadahiro

Lung transplant after long-term veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report

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Nobuyuki Yoshiyasu, Masaaki Sato, Masaki Anraku, Shingo Ichiba, Jun Nakajima

Correction to: Study on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated balloons in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Xiaojiao Hao, Damin Huang, Zhaoxia Wang, Jinchun Zhang, Hongqiang Liu, Yingmin Lu

Surgical and percutaneous revascularization outcomes based on SYNTAX I, II, and residual scores: a long-term follow-up study

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Eduardo Bello Martins, Whady Hueb, David L. Brown, Thiago Luis Scudeler, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Paulo Cury Rezende, Paulo Rogério Soares, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Jaime Paula Pessoa Linhares Filho, Daniel Valente Batista, Jose Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho

The fate of patients after failed epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation

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Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Lorusso, Arash Motekallemi, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Nicola Di Bari, Ignazio Condello, Marco Moscarelli, Saverio Iacopino, Giuseppe F. Serraino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale

Left coronary button aneurysm presenting with progressive enlargement after aortic root replacement

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Kimihiro Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kuroda, Masahiro Mizumoto, Atsushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai, Tetsuro Uchida

Correction to: Unusual complications following left ventricular assisted device implantation: case series

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Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Yigal Kassif, Muin Faqeeh, Preisman Sergey, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Wadi Kinany, Offer Amir, Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Avishay Grupper

Effects of seasonal and climate variations on in-hospital mortality and length of stay in patients with type A aortic dissection

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Zeng-Rong Luo, Zhi-Qin Lin, Liang-wan Chen, Han-Fan Qiu

In the VEST trial: are we missed to address the pathology incurred by the external stent?

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Vijayanand Palanisamy, Valikapthalil Mathew Kurian, Rajan sethuratnam

Magnetic levitation pump versus constrained vortex pump: a pilot study on the hemolysis effect during minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso

Application of three-dimensional reconstruction combined with dial positioning in small pulmonary nodules surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Long Zhao, Wenyu Yang, Ruofeng Hong, Jianbin Fei

Histological regional analysis of the aortic root and thoracic ascending aorta: a complete analysis of aneurysms from root to arch

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Jim Manavis, John Finnie, Dermot O’Rourke, Karen Jane Reynolds, James Edwards, Michael George Worthington, John Beltrame

Aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients: 30 years single center experience

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Johanna Schlein, Paul Simon, Gregor Wollenek, Eva Base, Günther Laufer, Daniel Zimpfer

Peripheral pure ground-glass opacity: segmentectomy versus wedge resection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Taobo Luo, Qixun Chen, Jian Zeng, Lei Cai, Xiancong Huang

Considerations for prostheses choice in multiple valve surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ahmad Poostizadeh, W. R. Eric Jamieson, A. Ian Munro, Robert T. Miyagishima, Hilton Ling, Guy J. Fradet, Michael T. Janusz, Lawrence H. Burr

ECMO after cardiac surgery: a single center study on survival and optimizing outcomes

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jennifer M. Brewer, Anthony Tran, Jielin Yu, M. Irfan Ali, Constantine M. Poulos, Jonathan Gates, Jason Gluck, David Underhill

Surgical outcomes of one-stage resection for synchronous multiple primary lung adenocarcinomas with no less than three lesions

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Rirong Qu, Dehao Tu, Wei Ping, Yixin Cai, Ni Zhang, Xiangning Fu

Anterolateral minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy for the surgical treatment of atrial septal defects: a meta-analysis and systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yu-Qing Lei, Jian-Feng Liu, Wen-Peng Xie, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao

Modified Nuss operation using introducer-bar complex for pectus excavatum in adults: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Lei Wang, Juan Liu, Yao Li, Tienan Feng, Beibei Cao, Haibo Xiao, Fengqing Hu, Guoqing Li

Cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass in pregnancy: report of four cases

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Youhao You, Shenghua Liu, Zhaohong Wu, Dunjin Chen, Gefei Wang, Gangdong Chen, Youguang Pan, Xing Zheng

Unsatisfying mitral valve repair? The “Loop method”: a lifebelt to grab

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Claudia Loardi, Marco Zanobini

Single-port VATS combined with non-indwelling drain in ERAS: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jiantian Yang, Wencong Huang, Peijian Li, Huizhen Hu, Yongsheng Li, Wei Wei

Vein-first versus artery-first ligation procedure for lung cancer surgery: An updated review

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Tian Zhao, Chu Zhang, Chen Zhao, Wen-Bin Wu, Miao Zhang

Preoperative non-invasive visual localization of synchronous multiple lung cancers using three-dimensional computed tomography lung reconstruction

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Guofei Zhang, Duo Xu, Zipu Yu, Lian Wang, Haihua Gu, Ying Chai, Gang Shen

Low postoperative blood platelet count may be a risk factor for 3-year mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Guangyu Liu, Hongbai Wang, Qipeng Luo, Liang Cao, Lijing Yang, Cuntao Yu, Fuxia Yan, Su Yuan

Risk factors of prolonged ventilation after thymectomy in thymoma myasthenia gravis patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Anqi Du, Xiao Li, Youzhong An, Zhancheng Gao

A left lung with four lobes: a new discovery during the thoracotomy for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Saadat Mehrabi, Nader Tanideh, Reza Hosseinpour, Cambyz Irajie, Mohammad Javad Yavari Barhaghtalabi

Systematic literature review evaluating evidence and mechanisms of action for platelet-rich plasma as an antibacterial agent

  • Open Access
  • Review

Dalip Sethi, Kimberly E. Martin, Sangeeta Shrotriya, Bethany L. Brown

Many steps can be taken to enhance recovery after thoracic surgery

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Eliza Sophie Hartmann, Paul Philipp Heinisch, Markus M. Luedi, Maks Mihalj

The effect of postoperative anticoagulation on false lumen patency after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Mårten Larsson, Gracijela Bozovic, Johan Sjögren, Igor Zindovic, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Shahab Nozohoor

A new minimally invasive technique for correction of pectus carinatum

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wei Ping, Shengling Fu, Yangkai Li, Jun Yu, Ni Zhang, Xiangning Fu, Yixin Cai

Persistent fifth aortic arch associated with aortic coarctation: a case of surgical correction without artificial material

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Chang Hun Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Kwang Ho Choi, Si Chan Sung, Hoon Ko, Ki Seok Choo

The susceptibility of the aortic root: porcine aortic rupture testing under cardiopulmonary bypass

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Jim Manavis, John Finnie, Chris Christou, Georgia Kate Williams, Angela Walls, Peter Frantzis, Mark Adams, James Edwards, Michael George Worthington, John Beltrame

The timing of oesophageal dilatations in anastomotic stenosis after one-stage anastomosis for congenital oesophageal atresia

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xue-Jie Gao, Jin-Xi Huang, Qiang Chen, Song-Ming Hong, Jun-Jie Hong, Hong Ye

Transthoracic minimally invasive closure for the treatment of arch penetrating aortic ulcer: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Shixiong Wang, Debin Liu, Yongnan Li, Bingren Gao

Effect of single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy simultaneous laparoscopic-assisted radical esophagectomy on respiration and circulation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Haibo Ye, Xiaojin Wang, Xiaojian Li, Xiangfeng Gan, Hongcheng Zhong, Xiangwen Wu, Qingdong Cao

Pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia in a 53-year-old man with malignant sign: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Zhen Yang, Lianshuang Wei, Xu Li, Xin Liu

Short-term and intermediate outcomes of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest patients supported by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Deep Vakil, Cassandra Soto, Zoee D’Costa, Lindsay Volk, Sivaveera Kandasamy, Deepa Iyer, Hirohisa Ikegami, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire

Antibiotic-loaded bone cement combined with vacuum sealing drainage to treat deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery: the first case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xia Jiang, Fanyu Bu, Yong Xu, Zhaohui Jing, Guoqing Jiao, Mingqiu Li, Xiaosong Rong

Risk factors analysis of hyperbilirubinemia after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective observational study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yingdi Gao, Dongjie Li, Honghong Dong, Yulin Guo, Yuanshu Peng, Yan Liu, Pixiong Su

Left atrial geometry in an ovine ischemic mitral regurgitation model: implications for transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices with a left atrial anchoring mechanism

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Akito Imai, Arash Khamooshian, Keitaro Okamoto, Yoshiaki Saito, Inez J. Wijdh-den Hamer, Massimo A. Mariani, Matthew J. Gillespie, Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman III, Wobbe Bouma

Hepatic dysfunction in patients who received acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair surgery: incidence, risk factors, and long-term outcomes

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zhigang Wang, Min Ge, Cheng Chen, Lichong Lu, Lifang Zhang, Dongjin Wang

Quality of life: modified triple-branched stent graft implantation versus frozen elephant trunk technique

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zeng-Rong Luo, Mi-Rong Tang, Jia-Hui Li, Liang-Wan Chen, Liang-Liang Yan

Malignant primary pericardial mesothelioma presenting as effusive constrictive pericarditis: a case report study

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Amir Savarrakhsh, Azin Vakilpour, Sam Zeraatian-Nejad Davani, Mahyar Daskareh, Mahdieh Morsaghian, Arsalan Salari, Seyedeh Fatemeh Mirrazeghi

Coronary steal phenomenon following right ventricle decompression and revascularization of atretic left coronary ostium: case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jacek Pająk, Maciej Aleksander Karolczak, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Mądry, Darren James Grégoire, Piotr Weryński, Wanda Król-Jawień, Krzysztof Godlewski, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk, Jacek Kuźma

Video-assisted thoracic surgery sleeve resection and bronchoplasty using 3D imaging system: its safety and efficacy

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yong Won Seong, Jae Hyun Jeon, Hyo-Jun Jang, Sukki Cho, Sanghoon Jheon, Kwhanmien Kim

Risk factors for lymph node metastasis and surgical scope in patients with cN0 non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center study in China

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Bu Jianlong, Zhang Pinyi, Wu Xiaohong, Zhao Su, Pang Sainan, Ning Jinfeng, Xu Shidong

Novel microwave surgical instrument for use in various lung resection situations

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Atsushi Kamigaichi, Takeshi Mimura, Yoshinori Yamashita

Multiple bronchiolar adenomas with malignant transformation and CCNE1 mutation: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xiaojun Li, Yonghui Wu, Dayang Hui, Xiaoxuan Luo, Weibin Wu, Jian Zhang, Huiguo Chen

Elevated tumor markers in a benign lung disease

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Quan Chen, Qijue Lu, Xiang Fei, Chunguang Li, Bai Li

Antimicrobial stewardship measures in cardiac surgery and its impact on surgical site infections

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Güzin Surat, Dominik Bernsen, Christoph Schimmer

Thoracoscopic resection of bilateral multiple superior mediastinal neurofibromas

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yoko Azuma, Naobumi Tochigi, Atsushi Sano, Takashi Sakai, Akira Iyoda

Propitious temporal changes in clinical outcomes after transcatheter compared to surgical aortic valve replacement; a meta-analysis of over 65,000 patients

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ankur Panchal, Andreas Kyvernitakis, Geetha Rayarao, Mark Doyle, Robert W. W. Biederman

The optimal duration of anti-tuberculous therapy before pericardiectomy in constrictive tuberculous pericarditis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Likui Fang, Guocan Yu, Bo Ye, Fangming Zhong, Gang Chen

Axillary uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for bullae is a cosmetically superior approach to primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Weijiang Ma, Xiuping Deng, Ming Wen, Limin Yang, Xun Ouyang, Xin Liu, Yin Liu

A potential misdiagnosis in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a case report of superimposed thrombosis or tumor recurrence

Arezou Zoroufian, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Mehrdad Mahalleh, Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorashi, Sharam Momtahen, Negar Omidi

Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with concomitant trans-aortic mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Antonios Pitsis, Nikolaos Tsotsolis, Harisios Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

Effect of ventilation strategy during cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Meng-Qiu Zhang, Yu-Qi Liao, Hong Yu, Xue-Fei Li, Wei Shi, Wei-Wei Jing, Zai-Li Wang, Yi Xu, Hai Yu

Risk factors for 30-day mortality in patients who received DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zhigang Wang, Tao Chen, Pingping Ge, Min Ge, Lichong Lu, Lifang Zhang, Dongjin Wang

Risk of venous occlusion after lead laser extraction preventing future lead implantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Sameer Al-Maisary, Jamila Kremer, Gabrielle Romano, Matthias Karck, Raffaele De Simone

PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

W. R. Eric Jamieson, John L. Ely, Johan Brink, Timothy Pennel, Paul Bannon, Jashvant Patel, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao, Damyanti Agrawal, Lars Wiklund, A. Pieter Kappetein, Rune Haaverstad, Thomas Geisner, Torsten Doenst, Christian Schlensak, Salgunan Nair, Craig Brown, Matthias Siepe, Ralph J. Damiano, Yves Langlois, K. M. Cherian, Hormoz Azar, John C. Chen, Joseph E. Bavaria, Lynn M. Fedoruk, Nabil A. Munfakh, V. Sridhar, Peter M. Scholz, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Jian Ye

LncRNA SCIRT is downregulated in atherosclerosis and suppresses the proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells (HAOSMCs) by sponging miR-146a in cytoplasm

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Wenhui Gao, Rong Li, Jingjing Yu, Xijie He, Duo Xu, Hai Zhong, Wenwen Dong, Hanbin Cui

Dual-layer spectral detector CT to study the correlation between pericoronary adipose tissue and coronary artery stenosis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xiaolong Zhu, Xujiao Chen, Shaowei Ma, Ke Zhou, Yang Hou

Double arterial cannulation versus right axillary artery cannulation for acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

He Zhang, Wei Xie, Yuzhou Lu, Tuo Pan, Qing Zhou, Yunxing Xue, Dongjin Wang

Learning curve for minimally invasive oesophagectomy of oesophageal cancer and survival analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Yunpeng Zhao, Lei Shan, Chuanliang Peng, Bo Cong, Xiaogang Zhao

Diagnostic value of routine chest tube tip culture in surgery for noninfectious lung disease

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Martijn van Schelt, Kevin Jenniskens, Rob J. Rentenaar, Inez Bronsveld

MiR-497-5p down-regulates CDCA4 to restrains lung squamous cell carcinoma progression

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jiangwei Hu, Xinqin Xiang, Wei Guan, Weihua Lou, Junming He, Jian Chen, Yin Fu, Guoliang Lou

Dimethyl fumarate prevents acute lung injury related cognitive impairment potentially via reducing inflammation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Xiaowei Wang, Yanbo Wang, Haiyan Pan, Ci Yan

Occult pleural dissemination detected intraoperatively in patients with thymic tumors: a retrospective analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zuodong Song, Shu Zhu, Tangbing Chen, Weigang Zhao

Transit time flow measurement predicts graft patency in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting upon 5-year angiographic follow-up

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Caiwu Zeng, Xiaomi Li, Yan Dai, Ye Zhou, Chenglong Li, Nan Liu, Jiangang Wang

Massive hemorrhage from the posterior intercostal artery following lower partial sternotomy

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Masashi Hattori, Yu Matsumura, Fumitaka Yamaki

Neonatal repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection accompanied by unilateral lung agenesis and Goldenhar syndrome: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Takahiro Ito, Ikuo Hagino, Mitsuru Aoki, Kentaro Umezu, Tomohiro Saito, Akiyo Suzuki

Long-term outcomes of pericardial strip versus prosthetic ring annuloplasty for secondary tricuspid regurgitation by a minimally invasive approach

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Giuseppe Nasso, Nicola Di Bari, Giuseppe Santarpino, Marco Moscarelli, Mario Siro Brigiani, Ignazio Condello, Francesco Bartolomucci, Giuseppe Speziale

A double-blind randomised controlled trial on the effect of Tocovid, a tocotrienol-rich capsule on postoperative atrial fibrillation at the National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur: an interim blinded analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ahmad Farouk Musa, Jeswant Dillon, Mohamed Ezani Md Taib, Alwi Mohamed Yunus, Abdul Rais Sanusi, Mohd Nazeri Nordin, Julian A. Smith

Central, peripheral ECMO or CPB? Comparsion between circulatory support methods used during lung transplantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Nikola Ruszel, Kajetan Kiełbowski, Maria Piotrowska, Michał Kubisa, Tomasz Grodzki, Janusz Wójcik, Bartosz Kubisa

A case report of fractured guidewire removal by rotational atherectomy

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xu Wang, Jian Ye, Jun-Qing Gao, Zong-Jun Liu

The diagnostic value of D-dimer in acute aortic dissection: a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Review

Jian Yao, Tao Bai, Bo Yang, Lizhong Sun

Comparative analysis of long-term oncologic outcomes for minimally invasive and open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a propensity score matched observational study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Desmond M. D’Souza, Kyle A. Perry

Ascending aorta graft pseudoaneurysm and aortobronchial fistula caused by a fractured sternal wire: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Elahe Nirooei, Mohammad Ali Ostovan

Outcomes of surgically treated infective endocarditis in a Western Australian population

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Aditya Eranki, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Umar Ali, Akshat Saxena, Eric Slimani

The effects of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation on lung function and complications in cardiac surgery patients: a pilot study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Meng-Fang Wu, Tsai-Yu Wang, Da-Shen Chen, Hsiu-Fong Hsiao, Han-Chuang Hu, Fu-Tsai Chung, Ting-Yu Lin, Shu-Min Lin

The effect of intraoperative dexmedetomidine on cognitive dysfunction after surgery: a updated meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jianli Li, Qifan Yin, Xuejiao Xun, Jinhua He, Dongdong Yu, Zhibin Wang, Junfang Rong

Effects of hypercholesterolism on expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysm in rat model

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jong Seok Lee, Sun Cheol Park, Sang Dong Kim

Significance of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction in 5-year outcome after isolated CABG

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Aida Fallahzadeh, Ali Sheikhy, Ali Ajam, Saeed Sadeghian, Mina Pashang, Mahmoud Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri, Soheil Mansourian, Shahram Momtahen, Kaveh Hosseini

All we need to know about internal thoracic artery harvesting and preparation for myocardial revascularization: a systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Review

Matiullah Masroor, Kang Zhou, Chunyang Chen, Xianming Fu, Yuan Zhao

Converging rapid deployment prostheses with minimal access surgery: analysis of early outcomes

  • Open Access
  • Research article

M. Yousuf Salmasi, Kristo Papa, David Mozalbat, Muhammad Ashraf, Alicja Zientara, Ishaan Chauhan, Nikoleta Karadatkou, Thanos Athanasiou, Isabelle Roussin, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos

Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in end-stage coronary artery disease patients undergoing myocardial revascularization

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Francesco Bartolomucci, Giovanni Valenti, Nicola Di Bari, Marco Moscarelli, Vincenza Vitobello, Vera Triggiani, Mario Gaudino, Flavio Rimmaudo, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso

Survival prognostic and recurrence risk factors after single pulmonary metastasectomy

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Céline Forster, Amaya Ojanguren, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Thorsten Krueger, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Michel Gonzalez

Surgical techniques for aortic valve xenotransplantation

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jennie H. Kwon, Morgan Hill, Brielle Gerry, Steven W. Kubalak, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Minoo N. Kavarana, T. Konrad Rajab

Extended myectomy for apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Daiki Saitoh, Mike Saji, Schuichiro Takanashi

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on complications and mortality of patients with cardiac surgery

Xue Wang, Heng Gao, Zhanqin Zhang, Chao Deng, Yang Yan, Tao Shi

Diagnostic mystery—a rare right ventricular cardiac hemangioma: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Jingya Fan, Lei Guo, Peng Teng, Xiaoyi Dai, Qi Zheng, Shengjun Wu, Yiming Ni

Neu im Fachgebiet Chirurgie

Antibiotika bei Erwachsenen mit Appendizitis oft ausreichend

Bei etwa zwei Drittel aller Erwachsenen mit akuter Appendizitis könnte eine antibiotische Behandlung ausreichen, wie eine Metaanalyse nahelegt. Die Komplikationsrate war insgesamt gering, auch wenn letztlich doch eine Op. fällig wurde.

Katheterablation bei Vorhofflimmern: Ist frühe Intervention von Vorteil?

Bei Patienten mit Vorhofflimmern scheinen die Therapieergebnisse bezüglich Rezidivfreiheit bei frühzeitiger Katheterablation besser zu sein als bei später erfolgter Ablation. Dafür sprechen Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Registeranalyse. 

Beugt Tranexamsäure schweren Blutungen auch in der Allgemeinchirurgie vor?

Ergebnisse einer Subgruppenanalyse der POISE-3-Studie sprechen dafür, dass eine Prophylaxe mit Tranexamsäure auch bei allgemeinchirurgischen Eingriffen das Risiko für schwere Blutungen senkt.

Höhere Anspannung vor der Op. führt offenbar zu besserem Ergebnis

Ein gewisses Maß an Stress zu Beginn der Op. wirkt sich möglicherweise positiv auf das Gelingen aus, so ein Team aus Boston. Die Komplikationsrate ging unter diesen Umständen signifikant zurück.

Update Chirurgie

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