Ausgabe 1/2022
Inhalt (344 Artikel)
Thoracoscopic infrared ablation to create a box lesion as a treatment for atrial fibrillation
- Open Access
- Case report
Hiroshi Kubota, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, Takahiro Nonaka, Motoyuki Hisagi, Hidehito Endo, Sachito Minegishi, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yusuke Inaba
Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy versus open lobectomy in the treatment of large lung cancer: propensity-score matched analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Jeonghee Yun, Junghee Lee, Sumin Shin, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jhingook Kim, Jae Il Zo, Young Mog Shim, Jong Ho Cho
Permanent His-bundle pacing in the right atrium in a patient with a Mobitz II atrioventricular block: a case presentation
- Open Access
- Case report
Zai-Qiang Zhang, Jia-Wang Ding
Nuss procedure for combined pectus excavatum and carinatum in a patient with a history of congenital esophageal atresia repair surgery
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Gyeol Yoo, Jin Yong Jeong
Individualized strategy of minimally invasive cardiac surgery in congenital cardiac septal defects
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiaquan Zhu, Yunjiao Zhang, Chunrong Bao, Fangbao Ding, Ju Mei
Is postoperative cognitive decline after cardiac surgery associated with plasma beta amyloid 1–42 levels?
- Open Access
- Research article
Zrinka Požgain, Grgur Dulić, Goran Kondža, Siniša Bogović, Ivan Šerić, Dejan Hil, Bojan Trogrlić, Ana Bednjanić, Marina Perković-Kovačević, Ines Šahinović
Effect of different storage solutions on oxidative stress in human saphenous vein grafts
- Open Access
- Research article
Ilker Tekin, Meltem Demir, Sebahat Özdem
Left ventricle reverse remodeling in chronic aortic regurgitation patients with dilated ventricle after aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Ming-Kui Zhang, Li-Na Li, Hui Xue, Xiu-Jie Tang, He Sun, Qing-Yu Wu
The full cohort of 512 patients and the nested controlled trial in 93 patients in the Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC) study raise doubts about the effective size at present claimed
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Tom Treasure, Norman R. Williams, Fergus Macbeth
Initial experience of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus toripalimab in a patient with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Wei Li, Chunbo Zhai, Jianpeng Che, Weiqian Wang, Bingchun Liu
Chylothorax after pulmonary resection and lymph node dissection for primary lung cancer; retrospective observational study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yoshiyuki Yasuura, Hayato Konno, Takamitsu Hayakawa, Yukihiro Terada, Kiyomichi Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kayata, Hideaki Kojima, Tetsuya Mizuno, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Yasuhisa Ohde
Surgical repair of an aortico-left ventricular tunnel with Takayasu's arteritis
- Open Access
- Case report
Runqian Sui, Jingtao Zhong, Jie Zi, Anbiao Wang
Impact of valvuloarterial impedance on left ventricular reverse remodeling after aortic valve neocuspidization
- Open Access
- Research article
Naoki Yamamoto, Hisato Ito, Kentaro Inoue, Ayano Futsuki, Koji Hirano, Yu Shomura, Yasuhisa Ozu, Yoshihiko Katayama, Takuya Komada, Motoshi Takao
Growth rate of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms in a non-referral-based population
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Gabe Weininger, Makoto Mori, Sameh Yousef, David J. Hur, Roland Assi, Arnar Geirsson, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula
The effect of first- and third-generation prophylactic antibiotics on hospitalization and medical expenditures for cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Sung-Jin Bae, Inah Kim, Jaechul Song, Euy-Suk Chung
Use of bronchoscopic steam thermal ablation (BTVA) in a clinically compromised patient
- Open Access
- Case report
Roberto Marchese, Chiara Lo Nigro, Federica Scaduto
Sublobar resection versus ablation for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Yong Li, Fang Yang, Ya-Yong Huang, Tao Wang
Morphological diversity of the tricuspid posterior leaflet affects surgical complexity for control of tricuspid regurgitation
- Open Access
- Research article
Takumi Kawase, Yosuke Takahashi, Kenta Nishiya, Noriaki Kishimoto, Kokoro Yamane, Yoshito Sakon, Akimasa Morisaki, Hiromichi Fujii, Toshihiko Shibata
Influence of percutaneous catheter intervention for congenital perimembranous ventricular septal defects in children on the cardiac conduction system and associated risk factors: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Yu-Qing Lei, Wen-Hao Lin, Shi-Hao Lin, Wen-Peng Xie, Jian-Feng Liu, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao
Staged graft replacement with thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair for an extensive thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm after total arch replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Kazufumi Yoshida, Ken Nakamura, Masanosuke Ishigami, Makoto Kinoshita, Tadaaki Koyama
Shone’s complex and aortic dissection: case report and review of a rare, underdiagnosed congenital heart disease
- Open Access
- Case report
Steven Sinfield, Sachini Ranasinghe, Stephani Wang, Fernando Mendoza, Ali Khoynezhad
Development and validation of a risk prediction model for postoperative pneumonia in adult patients undergoing Stanford type A acute aortic dissection surgery: a case control study
- Open Access
- Research article
Dashuai Wang, Xiaerzhati Abuduaini, Xiaofan Huang, Hongfei Wang, Xing Chen, Sheng Le, Manhua Chen, Xinling Du
Preoperative patient factors associated with blood product use in cardiac surgery, a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Aditya Eranki, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Umar Ali, Christopher Merry
Prognostic impact of functional mitral regurgitation prior to left ventricular assist device implantation
- Open Access
- Research article
Jonas Pausch, Oliver Bhadra, Julian Mersmann, Lenard Conradi, Bjoern Sill, Markus J. Barten, Hermann Reichenspurner, Alexander M. Bernhardt
Open surgical treatment of subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm after endovascular repair: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Kyo Seon Lee, Yochun Jung, In Seok Jeong, Sang Yun Song, Kook Joo Na, Sang Gi Oh
Early surgical and oncological outcomes during adoption of a single port VATS lung resection in a tertiary cancer center: a retrospective analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Riad Abdel Jalil, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Obada Al-Qudah, Ahed Al-Edwan, Omar Almajali, Hazim Ababneh, Ahmad U’wais, Munir Al-Ghazawi, Hani Al-Najjar, Ahmad Abu-shanab
Comparison of extended segmentectomy with traditional segmentectomy for stage I lung cancer
- Open Access
- Research article
Ya-Fu Cheng, Yueh-Che Hsieh, Yu-Jun Chang, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Bing-Yen Wang
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair with a right thoracotomy approach
- Open Access
- Case report
Hideki Tanioka, Takanori Shibukawa, Keiji Iwata
A refined procedure for esophageal resection using a full minimally invasive approach
- Open Access
- Research article
Simon K. Ashiku, Ashish R. Patel, Brandon H. Horton, Jeffrey Velotta, Sora Ely, Andrew L. Avins
Mitral valve perforation after left lateral accessory pathway ablation: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Mariem Jabeur, Adrien Carabelli, Peggy Jacon, Sandrine Venier, Jean-François Obadia, Pascal Defaye
Discomfort of postoperative patients with aortic dissection after discharge: telephone follow-up analysis of a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiaorong Lang, Sufang Huang, Quan Wang, Danni Feng, Yaru Xiao, Miqi Li, Zhiran Guo, Quan Zhou
Transfemoral aortic valve replacement in a nonagenarian with aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Deena Akras, Keith Bullinger, Meera Kondapaneni, Aisha Siraj, Rami Akhrass, Ashish Aneja
Esophageal cancer with a double aortic arch: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Review
Kai Kang, Sheng Wang, Fei Xiong, Jindan Kai, Jianjian Wang, Binfeng Li
A retrospective study of 51 pediatric cases of traumatic asphyxia
- Open Access
- Research article
Hui-rong Luo, Xuan Zhai, Si-min Xie, Xin Jin
Plasma levels of receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 is associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Lei Wang, Guodong Zhong, Hao Zhou, Xiaochai Lv, Yi Dong, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaofu Dai, Yanfang Xu, Liangwan Chen
Safety and efficacy of minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy in 1023 consecutive esophageal cancer patients: a single-center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiao-Dong Zheng, Shi-Cong Li, Chao Lu, Wei-Ming Zhang, Jian-Bin Hou, Ke-Feng Shi, Peng Zhang
Thoracoscopic giant lung bullaectomy: our initial experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Marina Kolodii, Sharbel Azzam, Michael Peer
Perioperative incidence of ECMO and IABP on 5901 mitral valve surgery procedures
- Open Access
- Research article
Ignazio Condello, Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe Santarpino, Nicola Di Bari, Flavio Fiore, Marco Moscarelli, Antonio Maria Calafiore, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso
Diagnostic efficacy of CCTA and CT-FFR based on risk factors for myocardial ischemia
- Open Access
- Research article
Gao Yongguang, Shi Yibing, Xia Ping, Zhang Jinyao, Fu Yufei, Huang Yayong, Xu Yuanshun, Li Gutao
The impact of age in acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Jun-Xia Wang, Yun-Xing Xue, Xi-Yu Zhu, Ho-Shun Chong, Zhong Chen, Qing Zhou, Jason-Zhensheng Qu, Dong-Jin Wang
Efficacy of immunonutritional supplement after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer
- Open Access
- Research article
Chao Luo, Kai Xie, Chi Zhang, Zhuang-Zhuang Cong, Wen-Feng Gu, Yang Xu, Yong Qiang, Xiao-Kun Li, Chao Zheng, Li-Wen Hu, Yi Shen
A rare case of severe tricuspid regurgitation caused by detached stent falling into the right ventricle after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
- Open Access
- Case report
Feng Xiong, Kunyue Tan, Lijian Cheng, Yong Luo, Zhengkai Zhao
Complete recovery of deep venous thrombosis from Coombs (+) thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Mi Zhou, Jie Yin
Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion resulting in constriction in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Open Access
- Case report
Joshua S. Chung, Ryan Bylsma, Laura J. Denham, Huayong Hu, Nirav Mamdani, Aditya Bharadwaj, David G. Rabkin
Factors affecting mortality after coronary bypass surgery: a scoping review
- Open Access
- Research article
Sean Christopher Hardiman, Yuri Fabiola Villan Villan, Jillian Michelle Conway, Katie Jane Sheehan, Boris Sobolev
CTHRC1 targeted by miR-30a-5p regulates cell adhesion, invasion and migration in lung adenocarcinoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Chaomian Yang, Tianxia Huang, Yue Liang, Yanlong Xue, Ying Liang, Xianqin Wei, Fangchan Meng, Qiu Wei
Ringed fluorodeoxyglucose uptake predicted poor prognosis after resection of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Yutaka Shishido, Akihiro Aoyama, Shigeo Hara, Yuki Sato, Keisuke Tomii, Hiroshi Hamakawa, Yutaka Takahashi
Hybrid single staged treatment of coronary arteries and aorto-iliac obstruction disease: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Keiichiro Kasama, Yasuko Uranaka, Hiroto Tomita, Atsushi Matsumoto, Shinichi Suzuki
Lung transplantation with concomitant cardiac repair for congenital hypoplasia of bilateral pulmonary arteries and patent ductus arteriosus
- Open Access
- Case report
Che-Chih Cheng, Ming-Tai Lin, Shu-Chien Huang, Hsao-Hsun Hsu
Predictive value of matrix metalloprotease 9 on surgical outcomes after pericardiectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Likui Fang, Wenfeng Yu, Guocan Yu, Bo Ye, Gang Chen
The prevalence of thoracic aorta aneurysm as an important cardiovascular disease in the general population
- Open Access
- Research article
Entezar Mehrabi Nasab, Seyyed Shamsadin Athari
Role of indocyanine green in anomalous arterial supply to the normal dorsobasal segment of the lung
- Open Access
- Case report
Yoshihito Iijima, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono, Katsuo Usuda, Masafumi Morinaga, Shigeki Yamagishi, Kiyoshi Koizumi, Hidetaka Uramoto
Zone 2 hybrid thoracic endovascular aortic repair: Is it a good option for all types of thoracic aortic disease?
- Open Access
- Research article
Bongyeon Sohn, Jae Hang Lee, Joon Chul Jung, Hyoung Woo Chang, Dong Jung Kim, Jun Sung Kim, Cheong Lim, Kay-Hyun Park
Heartmate 3 as a bridge to heart transplantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Yaron D. Barac, Ben Ben-Avraham, Ashraf Hamdan, Rafael Hirsch, Tuvia Ben-Gal, Danny Aravot
Can really plasma interleukin-6 predict postoperative delirium among patients undergoing open repair surgery of acute type A aortic dissection?
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Wen-He Yang, Fu-Shan Xue, Cheng-Wen Li
Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Atsushi Oi, Wataru Tatsuishi, Jun Mohara, Toshikuni Yamamoto, Tomonobu Abe
Surgical treatment of costal cartilage fractures with titanium plate internal fixation
- Open Access
- Research article
Yang Li, Yonghong Zhao, Yi Yang, Weiming Wu, Xiang Guo, Tiancheng Zhao
Contained rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: Is it just a matter of luck?
- Open Access
- Case report
Giorgio Vigano, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Daniël K. M. Pollack, Massimo A. Mariani
Degos disease complicated by constrictive pericarditis in remote phase: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Yuki Tadokoro, Tadashi Kitamura, Tetsuya Horai, Kagami Miyaji
The association between lymphocyte-monocyte ratio and postoperative acute kidney injury in patients with acute type A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Wenxiu Chen, Xiaochun Song, Liang Hong, Huan Xu, Yan Qian, Wenhao Zhang, Jiakui Sun, Xiao Shen, Ying Liu, Xiang Wang, Qiankun Shi, Han Liu, Xinwei Mu, Cui Zhang
The effect of diabetes on surgical versus percutaneous left main revascularization outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Marc-André d’Entremont, Ryuichiro Yagi, Soziema J. S. Salia, Shuqi Zhang, Lamyaa Shaban, Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, Stefania Papatheodorou, Étienne L. Couture, Thao Huynh, Michel Nguyen, Rikuta Hamaya
IgG4-related lung disease with recurrent pulmonary lesions during steroid therapy and difficulty in differentiating from malignancy: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Tomohito Okubo, Nariyasu Nakashima, Yoshimasa Tokunaga, Nobuyuki Kita, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ryou Ishikawa, Setsuo Okada, Tetsuhiko Go, Hiroyasu Yokomise
Technical aspects and early results of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic complex segmentectomy: a 30 case-series study
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiang-Long Kong, Jun Lu, Peng-Ju Li, Bo-Xiong Ni, Kai-Bin Zhu, Hai Xu, Shi-Dong Xu
Evolutionary perspective of drug eluting stents: from thick polymer to polymer free approach
- Open Access
- Review
Sadia Hassan, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Bakhtawar Ghafoor
Modeling of mitral chordae’s length in echocardiography as a function of their manual measurement in the operating room
- Open Access
- Research article
Mesut Gun, Misbaou Barry, Yohann Bohbot, Christophe Tribouilloy, Gilles Touati
The effect of Ulinastatin on postoperative course in cardiopulmonary bypass patients in Asia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Open Access
- Review
Hu Zhenyu, Yuan Qiaoli, Chen Guangxiang, Wang Maohua
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of anterior mediastinal cystic teratoma: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Harry Ramcharran, Jason Wallen
Validation of the society of thoracic surgeons predicted risk of mortality score for long-term survival after cardiac surgery in Israel
- Open Access
- Research article
Eyal I. Ben-David, Orit Blumenfeld, Ayelet Shapira-Daniels, Oz M. Shapira
Fast tracking in cardiac surgery: is it safe?
- Open Access
- Research article
Jeffrey B. MacLeod, Kenneth D’Souza, Christie Aguiar, Craig D. Brown, Zlatko Pozeg, Christopher White, Rakesh C. Arora, Jean-François Légaré, Ansar Hassan
Effect of dexmedetomidine supplementation for thoracoscopic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Open Access
- Research article
Chengjun Song, Quan Lu
Efficacy of CRP in combination with D-dimer in predicting adverse postoperative outcomes of patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhiwei Tang, Hong Liu, Yongfeng Shao
Successful cases of percutaneous left ventricular assist device “Impella” to fulminant myocarditis
- Open Access
- Case report
Takayuki Hori, Mitsuru Iida, Masateru Uchiyama, Tomoki Shimokawa
Antepartum acute Stanford type A aortic dissection: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Shibo Song, Lin Lu, Lihua Li, Hua Peng, Xijie Wu
A rare case of right upper lung cancer with azygos lobe and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Open Access
- Case report
Xiaoyang Su, Qianzhun Huang, Zhiqiang Luo, Ning Fang, Jian Huang
I-125 seeds with chemotherapy for progressive non-small-cell lung cancer after first-line treatment: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Zhong-Ke Chen, Jing Fan, Fen-Qiang Li, Shi-Yan Zhou, Yuan-Shun Xu
Massive primary cardiac synovial sarcoma of the left atrium: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Alice L. Zhou, Meghan E. Halub, John M. Gross, Benjamin L. Shou, Ahmet Kilic
Impact of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery on sexual dysfunction in male patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Liang-liang Yan, Mi-rong Tang, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen, Guan-hua Fang
Clinical outcomes of limited repair and conservative approaches in older patients with acute type A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Yasumi Maze, Toshiya Tokui, Masahiko Murakami, Bun Nakamura, Ryosai Inoue, Reina Hirano, Koji Hirano
Transformation of lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) into malignant lymphoma in patients with Sjogren's syndrome: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case report
Chengyuan Zhu, Jibo Hu, Jun Wu, Lingxiao Cheng
Neonatal congenital heart surgery: contemporary outcomes and risk profile
- Open Access
- Research article
Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Osman Osama AL-Radi, Ragab Shehata Debis, Zaher Faisal Zaher, Gaser Abdelmohsen Abdelmohsen, Mazen Shamsaldeen Faden, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Ahmed Ragab Elakaby, Mohamed Esam Abdelmotaleb, Ahmed Mostafa Abdulgawad, Mohamed Saleh Elhudairy, Abdulla Husain Jabbad, Ahmed Abdelaziz Ismail, Norah Bakheet Aljohani, Arwa Mohammed Alghamdi, Ahmed Mohamed Dohain
Semi-prone thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma with aberrant right subclavian artery and non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve
- Open Access
- Case report
Kazunori Koyama, Toru Watanabe, Hideaki Kato, Masahiko Kawaguchi
Analysis of prognostic factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with unplanned re-exploration after cardiovascular surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Jianying Deng, Qianjin Zhong
Pseudoaneurysm with a fistula to the right ventricle late after surgical repair of type A aortic dissection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
- Open Access
- Case report
Akie Shimada, Taira Yamamoto, Daisuke Endo, Kousuke Nishida, Satoshi Matsushita, Tohru Asai, Atsushi Amano
Prognostic significance of positive family history in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: Do we need to update our assumptions?
- Open Access
- Research article
Hamed Tavolinejad, Sina Rashedi, Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorashi, Masih Tajdini, Saeed Sadeghian, Mina Pashang, Arash Jalali, Abbas Salehi Omran, Jamshid Bagheri, Abbasali Karimi, Mahmoud Shirzad, Mehdi Mehrani, Kaveh Hosseini
Aberrant mediastinal mediobasal segmental pulmonary artery in a patient with lung cancer undergoing right lower lobectomy: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Kazuyuki Komori, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kotaro Yoshikawa, Koji Kameda, Shinichi Taguchi, Yuichi Ozeki
Predictive value of ACEF score for clinical prognosis of patients with heavily calcified coronary lesions after percutaneous coronary intervention with rotational atherectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Hongwu Chen, Xiaofan Yu, Guangquan Qiu, Likun Ma
Late endovascular coil migration following traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm embolization: case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Alina-Maria Budacan, Akshay J. Patel, Helen Foss, Valeria Abiuso, Arul Ganeshan, Maninder Kalkat
miR-182-5p combined with brain-derived neurotrophic factor assists the diagnosis of chronic heart failure and predicts a poor prognosis
- Open Access
- Research article
Fang Fang, Xiaonan Zhang, Bin Li, Shouyi Gan
Autonomic nervous system dysregulation in response to postural change in patients with pectus excavatum in Taiwan: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yu-Ting Hsu, Yeung-Leung Cheng, Yi-Wei Chang, Chou-Chin Lan, Yao-Kuang Wu, Mei-Chen Yang
Single-incision port robot-assisted surgery for thymic carcinoid tumor resection
- Open Access
- Case report
Hiroaki Shidei, Shota Mitsuboshi, Tomoko Yamamoto, Masato Kanzaki
Preoperative Master’s double two-step test may predict survival after lobectomy in patients with lung cancer
- Open Access
- Research article
Satoshi Shiono, Makoto Endo, Kenta Nakahashi, Marina Nakatsuka
Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura
- Open Access
- Case report
Matthew S. Khouzam, Nayer Khouzam
Abnormal glucose regulation in Chinese patients with coronary artery disease: a gender analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Juan Liu, Li-Qun He, Wei Zhu, Gang-Feng Duan, Yong Fang, Ying Feng, Li-Qun Tian, Qiong-Li Zheng
Fluttering cord-like thrombus in the aortic arch
- Open Access
- Case report
Yuki Kuroda, Akira Marui, Yoshio Arai, Atsushi Nagasawa, Shinichi Tsumaru, Ryoko Arakaki, Jun Iida, Yuki Wada, Yoshiharu Soga
Short-term results of percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale guided by transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with cryptogenic stroke: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yilong Guo, Zhensu Shi, Yin Zheng, Caichan Xie, Jiao Yi, Zelun Chen, Yue Shu, Dexing Zhou
Long-term outcome of extensive mitral valve reconstruction with autologous pericardium and artificial chordae for treatment of destructive active infective endocarditis of the mitral valve
- Open Access
- Research article
Kazuma Handa, Takafumi Masai, Toshihiro Ohata, Tomohiko Sakamoto, Toru Kuratani
Clinical results after hybrid coronary revascularization with totally endoscopic coronary surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Jade Claessens, Alaaddin Yilmaz, Camille Awouters, Hanne Oosterbos, Stef Thonnisen, Edouard Benit, Abdullah Kaya, Yoann Bataille
Ginsenoside compound K inhibits the proliferation, migration and invasion of Eca109 cell via VEGF-A/Pi3k/Akt pathway
- Open Access
- Research article
Jianhou Huang, Dinglong Pan, Feng Liu, Yiting Hong, Gang Huang, Xiaowei Huang, Xinwen Wang, Zhiqiang Lin
Comparison of the efficacy and safety of sedation protocols with the use of dexmedetomidine–remifentanil and propofol–remifentanil during percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects: a randomized clinical trial
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiao-Lan Chen, Wen-Hui Huang, Yi-Han Zheng, Gui-Can Zhang
VDI pacing with temporary esophageal and transvenous pacemaker leads to treat post-cardiac surgery cardiogenic shock
- Open Access
- Case report
Sameer Sharif, Adel Dyub, Craig Ainsworth
Predictive model for the probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Gang Chen, Tian Bai, Li-Juan Wen, Yu Li
Prediction of preoperative intrathoracic adhesions for ipsilateral reoperations: sliding lung sign
- Open Access
- Research article
Gaetana Messina, Mary Bove, Antonio Noro, Giorgia Opromolla, Giovanni Natale, Francesco Leone, Vincenzo Di Filippo, Beatrice Leonardi, Mario Martone, Mario Pirozzi, Marianna Caterino, Sergio Facchini, Alessia Zotta, Giovanni Vicidomini, Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorelli, Della Corte Carminia, Fortunato Ciardiello, Morena Fasano
Surgical repair for left coronary artery-right atrium fistula with giant coronary aneurysm
- Open Access
- Case report
Yan Jin, Mengfei Zhang, Juan He
Mechanisms of hypoxia in the hippocampal CA3 region in postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Research article
Ting Liu, Rui Deng, Xin Wang, Ping Liu, Qiu-Xia Xiao, Qing Liu, Ying Zhang
Pulmonary tumour embolism and lymphangitis carcinomatosa: a case report and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Jan Engel, Johann Auer
The impact of segmentectomy versus lobectomy on pulmonary function in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Yuan Xu, Yingzhi Qin, Dongjie Ma, Hongsheng Liu
Accuracy of point-of-care coagulation testing during cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient post COVID-19 infection
- Open Access
- Case report
Nimrat Grewal, David Yousef, Meindert Palmen, Robert Klautz, Jeroen Eikenboom, Jeroen Wink
Ascending aortic wall degeneration in patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve
- Open Access
- Research article
Ari Mennander, Ivana Kholova, Saku Pelttari, Timo Paavonen
Lobectomy versus segmentectomy in patients with stage T (> 2 cm and ≤ 3 cm) N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score matching study
- Open Access
- Research article
Linlin Wang, Lihui Ge, Sibo You, Yongyu Liu, Yi Ren
Long-term surgical results of transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
- Open Access
- Research article
Akihisa Furuta, Masaaki Yamagishi, Goki Matsumura, Takeshi Shinkawa, Hiroshi Niinami
Activation of the stress response among the cardiac surgical residents: comparison of teaching procedures and other (daily) medical activities
- Open Access
- Research article
George Awad, Robert Pohl, Sabine Darius, Beatrice Thielmann, Sam Varghese, Max Wacker, Hendrik Schmidt, Jens Wippermann, Maximilian Scherner, Irina Böckelmann
Quality of life and frailty outcomes following surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Jaewon Kim, Hayley Elizabeth Surman, Ross Roberts-Thomson, Joseph Matthew Montarello, James Edwards, Michael Worthington, John Beltrame
The risk factors for the failure of hook wire localization of ground glass nodules prior to thoracoscopic surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Musu Ala, Junzhong Liu, Jieli Kou, Xinhua Wang, Minfeng Sun, Changcheng Hao, Jianlin Wu
Refractory post-thymectomy myasthenia gravis with onset at MGFA stage V: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Rui-Qin Zhou, Lin-Jun Li, Qing-Chen Wu
Resection and reconstruction of huge tumors in the chest wall
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhibing Dai, Maierdanjiang Maihemuti, Yachao Sun, Renbing Jiang
MiR-144-3p inhibits the proliferation and metastasis of lung cancer A549 cells via targeting HGF
- Open Access
- Research article
Guiju Fang, Canhui Zhang, Zhixin Liu, Zhiwen Peng, Meiyan Tang, Qing Xue
Quality of life following surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Aditya Eranki, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Michael L. Williams, Akshat Saxena, Ross Mejia
Public knowledge and attitudes toward automated external defibrillators use among first aid eLearning course participants: a survey
- Open Access
- Research article
Yun-Ming Wang, Li-Ting Lin, Jing-Hao Jiang, Yi Jiang, Xiao-Qing Jin
Polymyositis as a paraneoplastic syndrome of a patient with primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma: a case report and literature review
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Yu Lei, Caiyang Liu, Xiu Wan, Yanhui Yang, Yi Yao, Lei Luo, Tingyu Huang, Ji Li
Sleep patterns and potential risk factors for disturbed sleep quality in patients after surgery for infective endocarditis
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Xiang-Ming Hu, Wen-Ting Wei, De-Yi Huang, Cai-Di Lin, Fen Lu, Xiao-Ming Li, Huo-Sheng Liao, Zhi-Hong Yu, Xiao-Ping Weng, Shi-Bin Wang, Cai-Lan Hou, Fu-Jun Jia
Review of outcomes of delayed chest closure following lung transplantation: a meta-analysis
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Cheng Chen, Quan Zheng, Dongsheng Wu, Yongxiang Song, Gang Xu
Impact of gender differences on hemostasis in patients after coronary artery bypass grafts surgeries in the context of tranexamic acid administration
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Enshi Wang, Yang Wang, Shengshou Hu, Su Yuan
Tracheal myoepithelioma resected by using rigid bronchoscopy: a case report and review of the literature
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Parviz Mardani, Kamyar Ebrahimi, Reza Shahriarirad, Bita Geramizadeh, Hooman Kamran, Tahmoores Niknam, Mohammad Bagher Khosravi, Pooya Vatankhah
Single center first year experience and outcomes with Impella 5.5 left ventricular assist device
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Joanna R. Rock, Cynthia A. Kos, Anthony Lemaire, Hirohisa Ikegami, Mark J. Russo, Danyaal Moin, Kenneth Dulnuan, Deepa Iyer
Concomitant use of Sapien 3 transcatheter valve for severe MAC with Intuity Elite rapid deployment valve for aortic stenosis
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Gareth J. Hooks, Peter Ball, Mark S. Spence, Reuben Jeganathan
Impact of GERAADA score in patients with acute type A aortic dissection
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Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masato Tochii, Yasuhiro Futamura, Yuka Kitagawa, Satoshi Makino, Wataru Ohashi, Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Histologic evidence of tracheal stenosis directly resulting from SARS-CoV-2 tissue infiltration, a case series
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Tyler B. Draeger, Sarah Tedesco, Shahriyour K. Andaz, Vanessa R. Gibson
The prognostic significance of postoperative hyperbilirubinemia in cardiac surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Dev Raveendran, Jahan C. Penny-Dimri, Reny Segal, Julian A. Smith, Mark Plummer, Zhengyang Liu, Luke A. Perry
VATS surgical anatomical resection of bronchopulmonary sequestration presenting as chest sepsis
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Akshay J. Patel, Tobin Mangel, Rebecca Perris, Islam El-Gamal, Mohamed Shatila, Muhammad Omar Farooq, Maninder S. Kalkat
Developing a new predictive index for anastomotic leak following the anastomosis of esophageal atresia: preliminary results from a single centre
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Song-Ming Hong, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao, Jun-Jie Hong, Jin-Xi Huang
Effect of catheter ablation combined with left appendage occlusion for non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis
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Jun Qu, Zhen Wang, Shuhao Wang
Resection of giant malignant solitary fibrous pleural tumor after interventional embolization: a case report and literature review
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Kelin Yao, Lvcong Zhu, Liang Wang, Ruiming Xia, Jianfeng Yang, Wenbin Hu, Zhongqiang Yu
Surgical outcomes associated with partial upper sternotomy in obese aortic disease patients
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Zeng-Rong Luo, Yi-Xing Chen, Liang-wan Chen
The involvement and autonomy of young children undergoing elective paediatric cardiac surgery: a qualitative study
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Priscilla Alderson, Marc Cohen, Ben Davies, Martin J. Elliott, Mae Johnson, Alessandra Lotteria, Rosa Mendizabal, Emma Stockton, Michael Stylianou, Katy Sutcliffe, Hugo Wellesley
Rapid anticalcification treatment for glutaraldehyde-fixed autologous tissue in cardiovascular surgery
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Shotaro Kaneko, Susumu Isoda, Toru Aoyama, Motohiko Goda, Shota Yasuda, Taisuke Shibuya, Mai Matsumura, Hideaki Mitsui, Koji Okudela, Shinichi Suzuki, Daisuke Machida, Munetaka Masuda
Quality of life following cardiac rehabilitation in cardiac surgery patients
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Ernest Christian Lourens, Robert Ashley Baker, Bronwyn M. Krieg
The influence of minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open esophagectomy on postoperative pulmonary function in esophageal cancer patients: a meta-analysis
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Jingwen Su, Shuang Li, Qiyu Sui, Gongchao Wang
Surgical treatment of type A acute aortic dissection with cerebral malperfusion: a systematic review
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Changtian Wang, Lei Zhang, Tao Li, Zhilong Xi, Haiwei Wu, Demin Li
Comparison of the levels of depression and anxiety in elderly aortic stenosis patients treated with surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement
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Jiao Sun, Qing-Tao Meng, Yu-Wei Wang, Wei-Long Zhao, Feng-Zhi Sun, Ji-Hong Liu, Ji-Yi Liu
ECMO for paediatric cardiac arrest caused by bronchial rupture and severe lung injury: a case report about life-threatening rescue at an adult ECMO centre
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Xiaoqiong Chu, Weibiao Chen, Yafei Wang, Luqi Zhu, Mengqin Zhang, Sheng Zhang
Thoracoscopic resection of posterior mediastinal paraganglioma: perioperative management and surgical tips
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Yuki Matsumura, Mitsuro Fukuhara, Hayato Tanabe, Hikaru Yamaguchi, Hironori Takagi, Yuki Ozaki, Satoshi Muto, Naoyuki Okabe, Yutaka Shio, Hiroyuki Suzuki
Comparison of early outcomes associated with coronary artery bypass grafting for multi-vessel disease conducted using minimally invasive or conventional off-pump techniques: a propensity-matched study based on SYNTAX score
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Lin Liang, Jia-Ji Liu, Qing-Yu Kong, Bin You, Xiao-long Ma, Li-Qun Chi, Jun-ming Zhu
Life threatening rupture of the diaphragm after Covid 19 pneumonia: a case report
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Arvin Imamović, Doris Wagner, Jörg Lindenmann, Nicole Fink-Neuböck, Siegfried Sauseng, Tarik Bajric, Georg Werkgartner, Hans Jörg Mischinger
Aortic valve replacement of a quadricuspid aortic valve with right coronary artery ostium adjacent to one of the commissures
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Shigeto Tsuji, Shogo Shimada, Yoshifumi Itoda, Haruo Yamauchi, Minoru Ono
Comparison of hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
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Li Yu, Keying Zhu, Nannan Du, Yuexiu Si, Jiali Liang, Ruijing Shen, Bangsheng Chen
Concurrent double aortic arch and circumflex aorta repair in a symptomatic child: a case report
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Christopher G. Hurtado, Jennifer S. Nelson
Surgical treatment of papillary fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve: a case report
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Hiroo Uehara, Masateru Uchiyama, Takayuki Hori, Mitsuru Iida, Tomohiro Imazuru, Tomoki Shimokawa
Transhiatal versus transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal SCC: outcomes and complications
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Ehsan Soltani, Habibollah Mahmoodzadeh, Azadeh Jabbari Nooghabi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi, Khosrow Ravankhah Moghaddam, Ehsan Hassanzadeh Haddad
Metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with hypoxemia after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: an observational study
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Like Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zengren Zhao, Yun Liu, Juzeng Wang, Mengye Niu, Xiansheng Sun, Xiansheng Zhao
Outcome of patients with double valve surgery between 2009 and 2018 at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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Martin L. Egger, Brigitta Gahl, Luca Koechlin, Lena Schömig, Peter Matt, Oliver Reuthebuch, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Martin T. R. Grapow
Vacuum sealing drainage combined with naso-intestinal and gastric decompression tubes for the treatment of esophagogastrostomy neck fistula
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Chuan Tian, Kaihao Xu, Yanan Zhao, Yahua Li, Kunpeng Wu, Dechao Jiao, Xinwei Han
Chest radiotherapy after left upper lobectomy may be a risk factor for thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump
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Cheng-Yang Song, Daisuke Kimura, Ikuo Fukuda, Fumiyasu Tsushima, Takehiro Sakai, Takao Tsushima
Early results of totally endoscopic robotic aortic valve replacement: analysis of 4 cases
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Jiaqi Sun, Ye Yuan, Yi Song, Yijie Hu, Xue Bai, Jing Chen, Qianjin Zhong
Does the “obesity paradox” exist after transcatheter aortic valve implantation?
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Zeng-Rong Luo, Liang-wan Chen, Han-Fan Qiu
Non-anemic iron deficiency predicts prolonged hospitalisation following surgical aortic valve replacement: a single-centre retrospective study
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Matthew C. Frise, David A. Holdsworth, Manraj S. Sandhu, Adrian J. Mellor, Adetayo S. Kasim, Helen C. Hancock, Rebecca H. Maier, Keith L. Dorrington, Peter A. Robbins, Enoch F. Akowuah
Effect of levosimendan infusion prior to left ventricular assist device implantation on right ventricular failure
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Amitai Segev, Jacob Lavee, Yigal Kassif, Yedida Shemesh, Alexander Kogan, Dov Freimark, Avi Morgan, Dor Lotan, Edward Itelman, Avishay Grupper
Severe mitral valve insufficiency caused by standard surgical aortic valve implantation and its reparation using suture-less prosthesis
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Mahmoud Al-Obeidallah, Marian Kohut, Milan Štengl
Prognostic implication of isolated pulmonary nodules in patients with a history of breast cancer
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Weigang Zhao, Chuanli Song, Shu Zhu, Zuodong Song
Long-term follow-up of voice changes after cervical mediastinoscopy
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Ikram Achbar, Wilson W. L. Li, Simone T. Timman, Stefan M. van der Heide, Olga C. J. Schuurbiers, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen
In-hospital mortality of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting in Iranian population
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Ahmadali Khalili, Mehran Rahimi, Naser Khezerlouy-aghadam, Fariborz Akbarzadeh, Mohammadreza Taban-sadeghi
Thoracoscopic approach to the resection of idiopathic azygos vein aneurysm: a case report
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Xuefeng Ling, Renjie Yu, Lei Fang, Xiaorong Zhang, Chuan Yao, Ketao Tu, Zhiying Chen
Patient tilt improves efficacy of CO2 field-flooding in minimally invasive cardiac surgery
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Stijn Vandenberghe, Geni Singjeli, Stefanos Demertzis
Innominate artery direct cannulation provides brain protection during total arch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection
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Xiang Kong, Peng Ruan, Jiquan Yu, Hui Jiang, Tianshu Chu, Jianjun Ge
Comparison of two surgical approaches for acute type A aortic dissection: hybrid debranching versus total arch replacement
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Feng Huang, Xiaofeng Li, Zili Zhang, Chunping Li, Fei Ren
Autologous bone marrow stem cell transplantation for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis of 22 randomized controlled trials
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Juelin Song, Kang He, Jianglong Hou
Clinical analysis of extralobar pulmonary sequestration with torsion in children: report of 6 cases
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Yunxing Ti, Yuanxiang Wang, Junrong Huang, Fengnan Zheng, Qing Zhang
The impact of CK-MB elevation in patients with acute type A aortic dissection with coronary artery involvement
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Naoshi Minamidate, Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki
Regional analgesia techniques for effective recovery from coronary artery bypass surgeries: a retrospective study involving the experience of a single center
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Sami Kaan Cosarcan, Özer Ali Sezer, Sami Gürkahraman, Ömür Erçelen
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Perioperative left ventricular perforation in incomplete TAVI and completion of the procedure after surgical repair
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Giuseppe Nasso, Giuseppe Santarpino, Gaetano Contegiacomo, Giuseppe Balducci, Antongiulio Valenzano, Enrico Moranti, Domenico Scaringi, Giuseppe Speziale, Ignazio Condello
Use of CytoSorb® hemoadsorption column during prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass in complex cardiac surgery patient
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Marianne Alarie, Maggie Savelberg, Danika Vautour, Igo B. Ribeiro
Acute mitral valve regurgitation secondary to papillary muscle rupture due to infective endocarditis
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Farshad Amirkhosravi, Qasim Al Abri, Alexander J. Lu, Lamees I. El Nihum, Renee K. Eng, Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Mahesh K. Ramchandani
Impact of postoperative patient-prosthesis mismatch as a risk factor for early structural valve deterioration after aortic valve replacement with Trifecta bioprosthesis
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Tatsuto Wakami, Shigeki Koizumi, Tadaaki Koyama
Program characteristics of cardiothoracic surgery departments versus divisions
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Lisa M. Soler, Raymond A. Lopez, Kyle J. Hornbuckle, Robert J. Dabal, Herbert Chen, Rongbing Xie, Panos N. Vardas
Diagnosis and treatment of congenital tricuspid valve malformation in a case of monozygotic twins
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Pin Shen, Qin Xie, Runwei Ma, Yunxing Dong, Qiang Wang, Yi Sun
Spontaneous ventilation anesthesia combined with uniportal and tubeless thoracoscopic sympathectomy in selected patients with primary palmar hyperhidrosis
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Guang-Qiang Shao, Da-Zhi Pang, Ji-Tian Zhang, Hong-Xia Wang, Tai-Yang Liuru, Zhi-Hai Liu, Ya-Nan Liang, Jing-Si Liu
The routine use of preoperative non-contrast chest computerized tomography and carotid arteries Doppler prior to cardiac surgery
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Ron Nates, Mattan Arazi, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Roy Israel, Jacob Gohari, Leonid Sternik, Erez Kachel
Do obese patients benefit from isolated aortic valve replacement through a partial upper sternotomy?
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Xian-Biao Xie, Xiao-Fu Dai, Zhi-Huang Qiu, De-Bin Jiang, Qing-Song Wu, Yi Dong, Liang-Wan Chen
Comparison of outcomes of trans-subclavian versus trans-apical approaches in transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Olaf Tomala, Vipin Zamvar, Rong Bing, Renzo Pessotto, Nick Cruden
Hybrid convergent ablation versus endocardial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials and propensity matched studies
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Aditya Eranki, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Michael L. Williams, Campbell D. Flynn, Con Manganas
Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery
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Masashi Uramatsu, Hideyuki Maeda, Shiro Mishima, Megumi Takahashi, Jun Wada, Kagehiro Amano, Paul Barach, Tamotsu Miki
CT guided autologous blood localization of pulmonary ground glass nodules for video assisted thoracoscopic surgery compared to micro-coil localization
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Jianxin Xu, Tingting Si, Maohua Zheng, Jun Guan, Zhixin Li, Zhiyang Xu
Delayed sternal closure for intractable bleeding after acute type A aortic dissection repair: outcomes and risk factors analyses
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Chun-Yu Lin, Meng-Yu Wu, Chi-Nan Tseng, Hsin-Fu Lee, Feng-Chun Tsai
Infective endocarditis by HACEK: a review
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Mansoor Khaledi, Fatemeh Sameni, Hamed Afkhami, Jaber Hemmati, Aram Asareh Zadegan Dezfuli, Mohammad-Javad Sanae, Majid Validi
Preoperative computed tomography-guided localization for multiple pulmonary nodules: comparison of methylene blue and coil
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Sheng-Feng Zhang, Hai-Ri Liu, Ai-Li Ma, Er-Liang Li
Morphological changes of the tricuspid valve complex in functional tricuspid regurgitation on contrast-enhanced computed tomography
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Hiroki Uchiyama, Kazutoshi Tachibana, Koichi Osuda, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada
Left axillary cannulation for acute type A aortic dissection
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Yang-Xue Sun, Mao-Long Meng, Gang Li, Hong-Wei Guo
Echo-guided seldinger technique facilitates ascending aorta cannulation in type A aortic dissection
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Yoshito Inoue
Institutional case volume and mortality after aortic and mitral valve replacement: a nationwide study in two Korean cohorts
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Karam Nam, Eun Jin Jang, Jun Woo Jo, Jiwon You, Jung-Bin Park, Ho Geol Ryu
Role of intraoperative feeding jejunostomy in esophageal cancer surgery
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Min Soo Kim, Sumin Shin, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jae Il Zo, Young Mog Shim, Jong Ho Cho
Successful removal of the largest reported intrathoracic lipoma with bilateral extension: a case report
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S. M. Tajdit Rahman, Md. Faizul Islam, S. M. Zakirullah Rasha, Abdur Rahim, Tania Binte Ghani Elora, A. K. M. Razzaque
Risk factors for postoperative delirium on oxygen delivery-guided perfusion
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Hiroshi Mukaida, Satoshi Matsushita, Yuki Minami, Go Sato, Masato Usuba, Rinako Kondo, Tohru Asai, Atsushi Amano
The diagnostic and prognostic value of D-dimer in different types of aortic dissection
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Deli Wang, Jie Chen, Jianhua Sun, Hongmei Chen, Fang Li, Junfeng Wang
Robotic resection of ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma with intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring: a case report
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Yoshihito Iijima, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Aika Yamagata, Kazuhiro Kishimoto, Nozomu Motono, Hidetaka Uramoto
Efficacy of early goal-directed therapy using FloTrac/EV1000 to improve postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized controlled trial
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Sirirat Tribuddharat, Thepakorn Sathitkarnmanee, Kriangsak Ngamsaengsirisup, Sanpicha Sornpirom
Giant aneurysm of left circumflex artery branch with fistula to the coronary sinus: a case report
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Yasuyuki Toyoda, Takahiro Takemura, Kazuaki Shiratori, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Takahiro Tachibana, Hirokazu Niitsu, Takashi Kunihara
Sutureless aortic valve replacement in pure aortic regurgitation: expanding the indications
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Alina Zubarevich, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Lukman Amanov, Marcin Szczechowicz, Anja Osswald, Saeed Torabi, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Alexander Weymann
A rare case of posttraumatic aortic rupture, treated with an endovascular stent graft implantation and complicated with esophageal rupture
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Dimitar Kyuchukov, Peyo Simeonov, Gencho Nachev, Magdalena Alexieva, Georgi Yankov
Transhiatal chest drainage in mediastinoscope and laparoscope-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a retrospective study
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Katsuji Hisakura, Koichi Ogawa, Yoshimasa Akashi, Jaejeong Kim, Shoko Moue, Yusuke Ohara, Yohei Owada, Shinji Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Tatsuya Oda
Testing for coronarvirus disease 2019 before cardiac surgery—safe outcome of infected patients
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Torbjörn Ivert, Magnus Dalén
Surgical treatment of tension pneumomediastinum in patients with covid-19 at the field hospital: a case series
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Phan Quang Thuan, Pham Phan Phuong Phuong, Huynh Phuong Nguyet Anh, Le Phi Long, Le Minh Khoi
Minimally invasive left internal mammary artery harvesting techniques during the learning curve are safe and achieve similar results as conventional LIMA harvesting techniques
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Matiullah Masroor, Chunyang Chen, Kang Zhou, Xianming Fu, Umar Zeb Khan, Yuan Zhao
Treatment of bronchial anastomotic fistula using autologous platelet-rich plasma post lung transplantation
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Aisha Siddique, Belal Nedal Sabbah, Tarek Arabi, Ismail Mohammed Shakir, Rayid Abdulqawi, Khaled AlKattan, Mohamed Hussein Ahmed
Rare ectopic thyroid tissue as multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules: a case report and literature review
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Jianfeng Tan, Jun Kuang, Yong Li, Ruian Wang, Shan Hu, Quanwei Guo, Jianhua Zhang
Nesfatin-1 alleviated lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury through regulating inflammatory response associated with macrophages modulation
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Hongbing Cheng, Yanfang Zhu, Liangji Chen, Yalan Wang
A rare left ventricular cardiac myxoma mimicking fibroma
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Liang-Yan Xia, Hong-Ling Zhu, Rong-Hang Li, Xiao-Hua Pan, Bo Liu, Jing Xu
Measurement of health-related quality of life post aortic valve replacement via minimally invasive incisions
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Mohammed Abd Al Jawad, Faisal Mourad
The combined application of antibiotic-loaded bone cement and vacuum sealing drainage for sternal reconstruction in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection
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Xia Jiang, Yong Xu, Guoqing Jiao, Zhaohui Jing, Fanyu Bu, Jie Zhang, Liuyan Wei, Xiaosong Rong, Mingqiu Li
Esophageal carcinosarcoma comprising undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and squamous cell carcinoma: a case report
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Ziyao Fang, Tian Xia, Shu Pan, Chun Xu, Sheng Ju, Ziqing Shen, Jun Zhao
A comparison of neuromuscular blockade and reversal using cisatricurium and neostigmine with rocuronium and sugamadex on the quality of recovery from general anaesthesia for percutaneous closure of left atria appendage
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Qiongzhen Li, Haixia Yao, Jingxiang Wu, Meiying Xu, Hong Xie, Dongjin Wu
Clinical and economic outcomes after sternotomy for cardiac surgery with skin closure through 2-octyl cyanoacrylate plus polymer mesh tape versus absorbable sutures plus waterproof wound dressings: a retrospective cohort study
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Bob Kiaii, Stephen S. Johnston, Se Ryeong Jang, Nivesh Elangovanraaj, Pranjal Tewari, Brian Po-Han Chen
Impact of remote monitoring in heart failure patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices during COVID-19 pandemic: a single center experience
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Péter Ezer, Marin Gergics, István Szokodi, Attila Kónyi
The effect of posterior pericardiotomy after thoracic aortic surgery
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Yasumi Maze, Toshiya Tokui, Masahiko Murakami, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Ryosai Inoue, Koji Hirano, Bun Nakamura, Hisato Ito
Constrictive pericarditis caused by viral myocarditis in children: a brief report
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Haiyan Lei, Dandan Wang, Haiyong Wang, Yuansheng Xu
New progress in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Zai-qiang Zhang, Sheng-kui Zhu, Man Wang, Xin-an Wang, Xiao-hong Tong, Jian-qiao Wan, Jia-wang Ding
Correction: Long‑term follow‑up of voice changes after cervical mediastinoscopy
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Ikram Achbar, Wilson W. L. Li, Simone T. Timman, Stefan M. van der Heide, Olga C. J. Schuurbiers, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen
Three-dimensional CT angiography facilitates uniportal thoracoscopic anatomic lung resection for pulmonary sequestration: a retrospective cohort study
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Wenlong Zheng, Miao Zhang, Wenbin Wu, Hui Zhang, Xinhui Zhang
The outcomes of ultrafiltration in on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with renal impairment
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Amarit Phothikun, Weerachai Nawarawong, Apichat Tantraworasin, Thitipong Tepsuwan
Femoral artery variation was found during V-A ECMO catheterization
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Liwen Du, Leilei Zhu, Yongwei Shi, Peng Liu, Kai Xun
Robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy with lung cancer in a patient with situs inversus totalis
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Chen Yang, Wenjian Jin, Xiao Fan, Liang Zheng, Hui Wang, Qianyun Wang
Outcomes of surgery for acute type A dissection in octogenarians versus non-octogenarians: a systematic review and meta analysis
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Aditya Eranki, Michael Merakis, Michael L. Williams, Campbell D. Flynn, Claudia Villanueva, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Yangsin Lee, Ross Mejia
Do older surgeons have safer hands? A retrospective cohort study
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Victoria Rizzo, Edward J. Caruana, Kathrin Freystaetter, Gareth Parry, Stephen C. Clark
A meta-analysis of colchicine in prevention of atrial fibrillation following cardiothoracic surgery or cardiac intervention
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Hong Zhao, Yueming Chen, Min Mao, Jun Yang, Jing Chang
Can C-reactive protein predict coagulation in off pump coronary artery bypass grafting? A cohort study
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Xiaojie Liu, Yang Yu, Lijuan Wang, Sudena Wang, Yuchen Gao, Hushan Ao
Effect of modified esophagectomy perioperative technique resection for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer (tumor length > 8 cm): initial experience in 45 cases
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Yunfei Wu, XuWu, Junhua Zhang, Xiang Li, Nanbo Liu, Jun Li, Xuyuan Chen, Lichun Wei
Prognostic value of combined preoperative phase angle and handgrip strength in cardiac surgery
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Mairi Panagidi, Αndreas S. Papazoglou, Dimitrios V. Moysidis, Elpiniki Vlachopoulou, Marios Papadakis, Evangelia Kouidi, Antonios Galanos, Georgios Tagarakis, Kyriakos Anastasiadis
Delayed diagnosis of thoracic esophageal rupture due to blunt abdominal trauma without chest trauma: A case report
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Jae Jun Kim, Jung Wook Han
Profiling symptom burden and its influencing factors at discharge for patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a cross-sectional analysis
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Jia Liao, Yaqin Wang, Wei Dai, Xing Wei, Hongfan Yu, Pu Yang, Tianpeng Xie, Qiang Li, Xiaoqin Liu, Qiuling Shi
Hemothorax caused by costal exostosis injuring diaphragm: a case report and literature review
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Ruonan Pan, Xiaoqian Lu, Zhijun Wang, Lijun Duan, Dianbo Cao
The technical features of the diagnosis or treatment of coronary artery disease through the distal radial artery approach at the anatomical snuffbox compared with the conventional radial artery approach
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Yingkai Xu, Hongzhen Niu, Yi Yu, Lixia Yang, Haiyang Wang, Biyang Zhang, Qi Zhao, Qiang Yong, Yujie Zhou
Predictors of major adverse events and complications after ventricular septal defects surgical closure in children less than 10 kg
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Ayman R. Abdelrehim, Mustafa Al-Muhaya, Alassal A. Alkodami, Luna S. Baangood, Mansour Al-Mutairi, Abdul Quadeer, Fath A. Alabsi, M. Alashwal, Mohamed Mofeed F. Morsy, Abdulhameed A. Alnajjar, Sherif S. Salem
Sufentanil: a risk factor for lactic acidosis in patients after heart valve surgery
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Yu-Fei Zhan, Quan Shi, Yu-Chen Pan, Bao-Shi Zheng, Yi-Peng Ge, Tian-Ge Luo, Zhi-Hong Xiao, Wei Jiang
Modified subcostal arch xiphoid thoracoscopic expanded thymectomy for thymic carcinoma: a case report and review of literature
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Jincheng Wang, Yang Liu, Wenmao Zhuang, Yinghao Zhao
Is cardiopulmonary bypass standby still required for laser lead extractions?
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Lindsay Volk, Nina Verghis, Hirohisa Ikegami, Manabu Takebe, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire
Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery: a bibliometric analysis of impact and force to identify key and facilitating advanced training
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Rickesh Bharat Karsan, Rhian Allen, Arfon Powell, Gwyn William Beattie
Surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous return in an adult patient
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Yohan Bae, Woo Sung Jang, Kyungsub Song
Successful treatment with femoro-femoral venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in traumatic tracheal injury: a case report
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Haein Ko, Sang Gi Oh, Sang Yun Song, Kyo Seon Lee, Do Wan Kim
A case report of an unusual mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta
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Tobin P. Mangel, Damian Balmforth, Aung Oo
Characteristics and prognosis of primary pulmonary osteosarcoma: a pooled analysis
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Weijia Huang, Han-Yu Deng, Deyan Li, Peiwei Li, Kai Xu, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Jia-Hui Weng, Qinghua Zhou
Localization of small peripheral pulmonary nodules for surgical resection: a new intraoperative technique in hybrid operating room
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Hanbo Yu, Wenxin Tian, Yaoguang Sun, Qingjun Wu, Chao Ma, Peng Jiao, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Hongfeng Tong
Impact of hyperbilirubinemia associated acute kidney injury on chronic kidney disease after aortic arch surgery: a retrospective study with follow-up of 1-year
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Lin Lyu, Haicheng Song, Guodong Gao, He Dong, Pingping Liao, Ziying Shen, Hui Liu, Haichen Chu, Li Yuan
Should more patients be offered repair for mitral valve endocarditis? a single-centre 15-year experience
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Clarissa Ng Yin Ling, David Bleetman, Soumik Pal, Hing Chi Kristie Leung, Habib Khan, Donald Whitaker, Olaf Wendler, Ranjit Deshpande, Max Baghai
Analysis of risk factors of multiorgan failure after pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis
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Jing-bin Huang, Zhao-ke Wen, Jian-rong Yang, Jun-jun Li, Min Li, Chang-chao Lu, Da-ying Liang, Cheng-xin Wei
Inflammatory aneurysm of ascending aorta and left anterior descending artery
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Amanda Stella, Alexandra Tuluca, Anastasia Arce, Louis Samuels
Stents versus bypass surgery: 3-year mortality risk of patients with coronary interventions aged 50+ in Germany
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Sophia Nestler, Daniel Kreft, Peter Donndorf, Hüseyin Ince, Gabriele Doblhammer
Prediction model for delirium in patients with cardiovascular surgery: development and validation
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Yanghui Xu, Yunjiao Meng, Xuan Qian, Honglei Wu, Yanmei Liu, Peipei Ji, Honglin Chen
Combined impact of elevated arterial stiffness and left ventricular filling pressure on outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
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Jae-Sung Choi, Se Jin Oh, Sohee Oh
Non-infectious sternal dehiscence after coronary artery bypass surgery
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Martin Silverborn, Leon Arnar Heitmann, Nanna Sveinsdottir, Sigurjon Rögnvaldsson, Tomas Thor Kristjansson, Tomas Gudbjartsson
Successful concomitant minimally invasive surgery for aortic valve stenosis and right lung cancer via right mini-thoracotomy : A case report
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Satoshi Sakakibara, Hiroyuki Nishi, Shinya Fukui, Mutsunori Kitahara, Kazuma Handa, Yumi Kakizawa, Takasumi Goto, Yasunobu Funakoshi
Donor neo-atrial cuff construction after accidental lower lobe vein transection
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Raphael S. Werner, Claudio Caviezel, Isabelle Opitz, Ilhan Inci
Expanding perigraft seroma after ascending aorta replacement
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Shinji Kanemitsu, Shunsuke Sakamoto, Satoshi Teranishi, Toru Mizumoto
Clinical effect of soft coagulation for air leak treatment during pulmonary lobectomy
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Yuki Takahashi, Ryunosuke Maki, Kodai Tsuruta, Makoto Tada, Wataru Arai, Yuma Shindo, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Masahiro Miyajima, Atsushi Watanabe
The predictive value of C-reactive protein to albümin ratio for ascending aort progression in patients with ascending aortic diameter of 40–50 mm
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Ahmet Dolapoglu, Eyüp Avci, Tuncay Kiris
Analysis of changes in “mitral valve reserve” after coronary artery bypass grafts in patients with functional mitral regurgitation
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Fabrizio Ceresa, Antonio Micari, Antonino Salvatore Rubino, Liborio Mammana, Vito Pipitone, Giampiero Vizzari, Francesco Costa, Francesco Patanè
Right vertical axillary incision for atrial septal defect: a propensity score matched study
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Xiaohui Yang, Yuan Hu, Jie Dong, Peng Huang, Jinwen Luo, Guangxian Yang, Xicheng Deng
Thymic adenocarcinoma presenting as an incidental mediastinal mass
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Anne E. O’Shea, Alexander P. Nissen, Donnell K. Bowen, Taylor L. Barnett, Joshua D. Gustafson
Robot-assisted endoscopic removal of a huge tricuspid valve myxoma: case report
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Lun-Wu Hung, Cheng-Ya Lee, Hiong-Ping Hii, Nan-Chun Wu, Bor-Chih Cheng
Post-esophagectomy chylothorax refractory to mass ligation of thoracic duct above diaphragm: a case report
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Shengxi Wang, Wenpeng Jiang
The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on blood thiamine concentration and its association with post-operative lactate concentration
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Andrea L. Odelli, Adam Holyoak, Sumit Yadav, Sarah M. Page, Daniel Lindsay
Post-Acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) right atrioventricular and vena cava thrombus on top of a myxoma. A Case report
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Ghaliya Mohamed H Alrifae, Amel Ahmed Said Almuquddami, Khaled Masaud Etaleb, Mohamed Hadi Mohamed Abdelhamid
Distal aortic replacement followed by endovascular repair for the management of severe intra-pleural adhesions accidentally detected during open surgery for chronic type B aortic dissection: a report of two cases
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Masahiro Daimon, Ryo Shimada, Yoshikazu Motohashi, Hiroaki Uchida, Hideki Ozawa, Takahiro Katsumata
Adhered ECMO cannula in COVID-19 related severe acute respiratory failure
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Mohammed A. Kamalia, Samuel F. Carlson, Joshua Melamed, Adam Ubert, Peter J. Rossi, Lucian A. Durham
Reversal flow in the left anterior descending artery after internal thoracic artery grafting
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Hiroyuki Nakajima, Akitoshi Takazawa, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Akihiro Yoshitake, Atsushi Iguchi
Video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy with combined chest wall resection: A case report
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Yoichi Ohtaki, Toshiki Yajima, Kai Obayashi, Seshiru Nakazawa, Hayato Ikota, Ken Shirabe
The efficacy of azithromycin to prevent exacerbation of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
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Kui Li, Li Liu, Yan Ou
Long-term survival after pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with lung metastasis
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Chien-Ming Lo, Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu, Yen-Hao Chen, Shau-Hsuan Li
Surgical explantation of quaternate transcatheter aortic valve replacement bioprostheses: a case report
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Mengya Liang, Bohao Jian, Guangxian Chen, Zhongkai Wu
Repair of pectus excavatum in a patient with an Eloesser thoracostomy window: sequential extrapleural Nuss procedure and modified Ravitch procedure
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Jung Wook Han, Jae Jun Kim, Won Kyu Choi, Hye Yoon Jeong, Young Eun Lee
Ortner’s syndrome secondary to thoracic aortic aneurysm: a case series
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Zhiwen Zhang, Hai Feng, Xueming Chen, Wenrui Li
The influence of 10-year Nuss bar placement on bar removal: a case report
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Haihua Gu, Guanxin Xu, Tianshu Liu, Sai Zhang
Lung resection surgery in Jehovah’s Witness patients: a 20-year single-center experience
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Andy Chao Hsuan Lee, Mark K. Ferguson, Jessica Scott Donington
Use of cryotherapy to treat obstructing papilloma of an accessory tracheal bronchus: case report
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Alexandra E. Adams, Federico A. Steiner
Hybrid approach for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: immediate versus staged treatment
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Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Lorusso, Nicola Di Bari, Ignazio Condello, Felice Eugenio Agró, Flavio Fiore, Raffaele Bonifazi, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale
Pitfalls in the surgical treatment of undiagnosed lung lesions and cystic pulmonary hydatidosis
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Demet Yaldız, Güntuğ Batıhan, Kenan Can Ceylan, Sadık Yaldız, Seher Susam
Clinical features and outcomes of congenital chylothorax: a single tertiary medical center experience in China
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Beibei Wang, Yun Feng, Yan Guo, Qing Kan, Yunsu Zou, Yue Wu, Mingming Zheng, Rui Cheng
Big Data in cardiac surgery: real world and perspectives
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Andrea Montisci, Vittorio Palmieri, Maria Teresa Vietri, Silvia Sala, Ciro Maiello, Francesco Donatelli, Claudio Napoli
Small nodules (≤ 6 mm in diameter) of multiple primary lung cancers: prevalence and management
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Hua Cheng, Wen-hao Li, Xiao-jian Li, Hong-cheng Zhong, Xiao-jin Wang, Yu-jing Lin, Xue-guo Liu, Xiang-wen Wu, Qing-dong Cao
Continuous field flooding versus final one-shot CO2 insufflation in minimally invasive mitral valve repair
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Giuseppe Nasso, Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Nicola Di Bari, Marco Moscarelli, Felice Eugenio Agrò, Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe Speziale
Prognostic value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I early after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Samuele Nanni, Mattia Garofalo, Matteo Schinzari, Elena Nardi, Franco Semprini, Paola Battistini, Francesco Barberini, Alberto Foà, Massimo Baiocchi, Andrea Castelli, Gianluca Folesani, Davide Pacini, Nazzareno Galiè, Anna Corsini
Identification of the intersegmental plane by arterial ligation method during thoracoscopic segmentectomy
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Haiqi He, Heng Zhao, Lei Ma, Kun Fan, Jinteng Feng, Rui Zhao, Xiaopeng Wen, Jia Zhang, Qifei Wu, Junke Fu, Guangjian Zhang
Diagnosis and treatment of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 on veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
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Maziar Khorsandi, Jeffrey Keenan, Mackenzie Adcox, Ariyan Tabesh, Jenelle Badulak, Jay Pal, Michael Mulligan
Reimplantation approach for an anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery with an aberrant right subclavian artery
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Keiichiro Kasama, Yasuko Uranaka, Hiroto Tomita, Takuya Saba, Takahiro Koura, Yukio Yamashita, Shinichi Suzuki
The perioperative outcomes of uniport versus two-port and three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Ya-Fu Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Bing-Yen Wang
Correction: A meta‑analysis of colchicine in prevention of atrial fibrillation following cardiothoracic surgery or cardiac intervention
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Hong Zhao, Yueming Chen, Min Mao, Jun Yang, Jing Chang
Novel method for bronchial stump coverage for prevents postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula: pedicled thymopericardial fat flap
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Kenan Can Ceylan, Güntuğ Batıhan, Şeyda Örs Kaya
Anesthesia management for tracheoesophageal fistula closed with a new gastrointestinal occluder device: a case report
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He Huang, Jigang Zhang, Lurong Li, Guoxin Zhang, Dechong Zhu
Case report: angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery diagnosed as pulmonary artery emboli
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Edina Korça, Jad Kanaan, Kálmán Benke, Gábor Veres, Jens Michaelsen, Gábor Szabó
An alternative posterior ascending pulmonary artery treatment in lobectomy with inflammatory lymph node infiltration
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Yoshihito Iijima, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Aika Yamagata, Nozomu Motono, Sohsuke Yamada, Hidetaka Uramoto
Correlation and significance of COX-2, Ki67, VEGF and other immune indexes with the growth of malignant pulmonary nodules
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Haoxin Guo, Wenfei Xue, Qingtao Zhao, Huanfen Zhao, Zhonghui Hu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Guochen Duan
Utilization of cardiac graft with single coronary artery for orthotopic heart transplantation
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Nicholas R. Hess, Mary E. Keebler, Carly A. Fabrizio, David J. Kaczorowski
Totally endoscopic non-robotic excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report
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Sadia Batool, Arnaud Patoir, Amelie de Meaux, Marco Vola
Mitral annuloplasty with the interatrial groove-left atrial dome approach in a patient with Marfan syndrome
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Fengjie Chen, Xiang Wang, Xianmian Zhuang, Hongwei Guo
Preoperative inhalation therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing lung surgery: a retrospective study
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Ryusuke Machino, Koichiro Shimoyama, Takeshi Nagayasu, Tsutomu Tagawa
Impact of frailty status on clinical and functional outcomes after concomitant valve replacement and bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients aged 65 years and older
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Zhi-qin Lin, Xiu-jun Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen, Feng Lin
Successful management of hemodynamic instability secondary to saddle pulmonary embolism-induced cardiac arrest using VA-ECMO in advanced malignancy with brain metastases
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Jianneng Pan, Xiaoyang Zhou, Zhaojun Xu, Bixin Chen
Safety and efficacy of using portable coagulation monitor for INR examination after left-sided mechanical prosthetic valve replacement
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Yue Shen, Fu-xiu Zhong, Xue-shan Huang
Pleural effusions are associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery: a propensity-matched analysis
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Fridtjof Schiefenhövel, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Edward M. Boyle, Christian von Heymann, Mario Menk, Gerald Vorderwülbecke, Herko Grubitzsch, Sascha Treskatsch, Felix Balzer
Localization and surgical approach to mediastinal parathyroid glands
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Ian A. Makey, Laura E. Geldmaker, John D. Casler, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed, Samuel Jacob, Mathew Thomas
Usefulness of intraoperative nerve monitoring for giant type AB thymoma combined with an aberrant right subclavian artery: a case report
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Yoshihito Iijima, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Aika Yamagata, Nozomu Motono, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Hidetaka Uramoto
Hybrid surgery for blunt aortic injury with rupture: a case report
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Takaaki Maruhashi, Hideo Maruki, Toshiaki Mishima, Tadashi Kitamura, Yutaro Kurihara, Marina Oi, Yuichi Kataoka, Kagami Miyaji, Yasushi Asari
Novel intraoperative near-infrared imaging strategy to identify abnormalities in the anterior mediastinum
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Sonia Singhal, Feredun Azari, Gabriel C. Caponetti, Gregory T. Kennedy
Biomechanical evaluation of aortic regurgitation from cusp prolapse using an ex vivo 3D-printed commissure geometric alignment device
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Yuanjia Zhu, Matthew H. Park, Annabel Imbrie-Moore, Robert Wilkerson, Sarah Madira, Y. Joseph Woo
Coil and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate migration into the stomach after TIPS for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding: a case report and literature review
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Yue-Lin Zhang, Chun-Hui Nie, Tan-Yang Zhou, Guan-Hui Zhou, Tong-Yin Zhu, Sheng-Qun Chen, Hong-Liang Wang, Bao-Quan Wang, Zi-Niu Yu, Li Jing, Qi Xia, Hong-Tan Chen, Jun-Hui Sun
Endoscopic-assisted descending aortic replacement through a small intercostal incision: a case report
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Takeshi Wada, Hidenori Sako, Kenya Kizu, Takahiro Tashima, Tetsushi Takayama, Shinji Miyamoto
Analysis of the unplanned reoperation following surgical treatment of pulmonary tumor
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Long-Yong Mei, Yong-Geng Feng, Shao-Lin Tao, Bin Jiang, Fu-Qiang Dai, Jing-Hai Zhou, Cheng Shen, Wei Guo, Qun-You Tan, Bo Deng
A rare case of mediastinal mass with massive pleural effusion misdiagnosed as neurogenic tumor
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Wanyu Zheng, Xiaoyang Chen, Liyong Shi
Hemolytic anemia caused by kinked graft 6 months after aortic dissection repair
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Kazuki Tamura, Wataru Tatsuishi, Yasunobu Konishi, Naoki Konno, Yusuke Kato, Tomonobu Abe
Transcoronary sinus repair of a severely dilated and tortuous right coronary artery fistulized to coronary sinus complicated with tricuspid valve insufficiency
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Xuebiao Li, Jianfang Qian, Zhonghua Shen, Aiqiang Dong
Is VATS approach suitable in re-operations for postoperative hemothorax after pulmonary resection? Data analysis in a big volume thoracic center
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Zhixin Li, Lei-Lei Wu, Jiani Gao, Yichao Wang, Xiaogang Zhao, Dong Xie
Correction: Safety and efficacy of using portable coagulation monitor for INR examination after left‑sided mechanical prosthetic valve replacement
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Yue Shen, Fu‑xiu Zhong, Xue‑shan Huang
An unusual occurrence of penetrating aortic arch injury by a ball-point pen: a case report and review of the literature
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Herbert Ariaka, John Paul Magala, Naomi Kebba, Ronald Kabuye, Stella Magara Namirembe, Tom Philip Mwambu, Kenneth Ahabwe, Miriam Nalule
Anxiety and depression in thymoma patients in China before surgery
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Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Yaling Liu
Bilateral tension pneumothoraxes in buffalo chest several months after Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
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Hyung Joo Park, Chan Beom Park, Jin Yong Jeong
Single-blind, randomized study comparing clinical equivalence of trulene and prolene polypropylene sutures in elective primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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Ravi Shankar Shetty, Ajay Kaul, Aayush Goyal, Govardhan Reddy Konda, Sushant Srivastava, Ashok Kumar Moharana, T. S. Deepak
CT-guided placement of microcoil end in the pleural cavity for video-assisted thoracic surgical resection of ground-glass opacity: a retrospective study
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Jianli An, Yanchao Dong, Yanguo Li, Xiaoyu Han, Hongtao Niu, Zibo Zou, Jingpeng Wu, Ye Tian, Zhuo Chen
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without drainage-tube placement for pulmonary wedge resection: a single-center retrospective study
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Seha Ahn, Youngkyu Moon
A challenging upper digestive tract continuity restoration after recurrent esophago-colonic anastomosis complications
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Francesco Ferrante, Massimiliano Bassi, Daniele Diso, Rita Ferreira Vaz Sousa, Alessandro Maria Paganini, Federico Venuta, Tiziano De Giacomo
Staplers versus energy devices for the intersegmental plane separation in thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a comparative study
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Jiajun Han, Hongjie Yu, Haitao Ma
A rare association of invasive infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia defectiva with ventricular septal defect and recurrent Henoch-Schonlein purpura in a child
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Wenpeng Dong, Shuibi Wu, Jing Zhou
Five critically ill pregnant women/parturients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Ying Li, Chi Xu, Furong Li, Zheng Yan, Shugao Ye, Jinqi Ma, Juan Wen
Transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
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Maina P. Jalava, Mikko Savontaus, Tuomas Ahvenvaara, Teemu Laakso, Marko Virtanen, Matti Niemelä, Tuomas Tauriainen, Pasi Maaranen, Annastiina Husso, Eve Kinnunen, Sebastian Dahlbacka, Jussi Jaakkola, Stefano Rosato, Paola D’Errigo, Mika Laine, Timo Mäkikallio, Peter Raivio, Markku Eskola, Antti Valtola, Tatu Juvonen, Fausto Biancari, Juhani Airaksinen, Vesa Anttila
RNA methylation in vascular disease: a systematic review
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Yue Shu, Yilong Guo, Yin Zheng, Shuwu He, Zhensu Shi
Osimertinib showed efficacy on contralateral multiple ground-glass nodules after segmentectomy for lung adenocarcinoma harboring primary EGFR-T790M mutation: a case report and review of the literature
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Haijun Dong, Jianbin Zhang, Weiwei Min, Qibin Shen
Early and midterm outcomes of a bentall operation using an all-biological valved BioConduit™
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Roxana Botea, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Alexandru Goicea, Jean Porterie, Bertrand Marcheix
Long-term analysis of ventricular function in patients with symptomatic coronary disease who underwent on-pump or off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
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Rafael Rocha Mol Silva, Whady Hueb, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Paulo Cury Rezende, Paulo Rogério Soares, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho
Ductus arteriosus banding to regulate excessive pulmonary blood flow in a neonate with necrotizing enterocolitis and complex congenital heart disease, including pulmonary atresia and total anomalous pulmonary venous return: a case report
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Takayoshi Oyasu, Mineji Hayakawa, Noriyoshi Ebuoka, Junichi Oba
Anatomical type analysis of right interlobar artery based on chest thin-slice CT scan and three-dimensional reconstruction
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Long-fei Wang, Lei Zhao, Chang-sheng Lv, Qing-tao Xu, Rong Wang
A case report of robotic-assisted resection of large fibrous benign tumor of second rib
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Bohao Liu, Shan Gao, Qifei Wu, Haijun Li, Guangjian Zhang, Junke Fu
Ground-glass opacity in a patient with right aortic arch and no left pulmonary artery
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Guang Yang, Chenxi Zeng, Dehao Tu, Xiangning Fu, Jing Xiong, Changyu Liu, Yixin Cai
Effect of mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass on end-expiratory lung volume in the perioperative period of cardiac surgery: an observational study
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Léa Trancart, Nathalie Rey, Vincent Scherrer, Véronique Wurtz, Fabrice Bauer, Chadi Aludaat, Zoe Demailly, Jean Selim, Vincent Compère, Thomas Clavier, Emmanuel Besnier
Clinical and imaging characteristics of cardiac magnetic resonance presenting with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries in China
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Xinxiang Zhao, Daobing Zeng, Liping He, Wenjing Sun
A neuroendocrine tumor within an anterior mediastinal mature teratoma: a case report
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Daisuke Sato, Asami Izu, Masashi Sakakibara, Sohei Hayashi, Riken Kawachi, Mie Shimamura, Shinobu Masuda, Hiroyuki Sakurai
The efficacy and safety of thermal ablation for patients with lung malignancy: a meta-analysis of 12 studies in China
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Rongxing Liu, Qiurong Shen, Hongjun Lu
Traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injury: a 10-year single-center retrospective analysis
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Jingwei Sun, Kai Ren, Liyun Zhang, Chao Xue, Weixun Duan, Jincheng Liu, Ren Cong
Delayed aortic regurgitation after TEVAR procedure: a case report
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Soo Jin Park, Seungwook Lee, Jeong A Son, Seungji Hyun, Do Jung Kim, Sang Hyun Lim, You Sun Hong
The characteristics of blood transfusion and analysis of preoperative factors associated with intraoperative blood transfusion in congenital heart surgery: a case–control study
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Ming-wei Yin, Bao-hai Chen, Xue-jun Chen, Tao Zhang, Jie Jin, Jun Xu
Pre-operative kidney biomarkers and risks for death, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease events after cardiac surgery: the TRIBE-AKI study
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George Vasquez-Rios, Dennis G. Moledina, Yaqi Jia, Eric McArthur, Sherry G. Mansour, Heather Thiessen-Philbrook, Michael G. Shlipak, Jay L. Koyner, Amit X. Garg, Chirag R. Parikh, Steven G. Coca
Short and long-term outcomes after off-pump coronary endarterectomy stratified by different target vessels
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Ying Fang, Hua Wei, Zhen Wu, Wei Song, Changcheng Liu, Haiyang Li, Chengxiong Gu
Single coronary ostium with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treated using the Morrow procedure: a case report
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Xin Lv, Jianhua Li, Chuanzhen Liu, Ruyuan Wei, Lingwei Meng, Xiangjin Kong, Kaiming Wei, Guangqing Cao, Kai Liu
Atrial approaches in mitral valve surgery: a propensity analysis of differences in the incidence of clinically relevant adverse effects
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Carlos E. Obando, Javier D. Garzón, Lina M. Ramirez, Andrea C. Castillo, Albert F. Guerrero, Tomás Chalela, Diana C. Sandoval, Manuel Giraldo-Grueso, Nestor F. Sandoval, Jaime Camacho, Juan P. Umaña
The impact of a postoperative multimodal analgesia pathway on opioid use and outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery
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Ceressa T. Ward, Vanessa Moll, David W. Boorman, Lijo Ooroth, Robert F. Groff, Trent D. Gillingham, Laura Pyronneau, Amit Prabhakar
Subannular repair for functional mitral regurgitation with reduced systolic ventricle function: rationale and design of REFORM-MR registry
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Evaldas Girdauskas, Jonas Pausch, Hermann Reichenspurner, Jörg Kempfert, Thomas Kuntze, Tamer Owais, Tomas Holubec, Markus Krane, Keti Vitanova, Michael Borger, Matthias Eden, Violetta Hachaturyan, Peter Bramlage, Volkmar Falk
Surgical treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a single institution
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Hua Li, Shengliang Zhao, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Gang Wang, Jiangtao Dai