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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Open Access
  • Case report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Review

Cheng Chen, Quan Zheng, Dongsheng Wu, Yongxiang Song, Gang Xu

Tracheal myoepithelioma resected by using rigid bronchoscopy: a case report and review of the literature

  • Open Access
  • Case report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Gareth J. Hooks, Peter Ball, Mark S. Spence, Reuben Jeganathan

Impact of GERAADA score in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Case report

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

  • Open Access
  • Review

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Akshay J. Patel, Tobin Mangel, Rebecca Perris, Islam El-Gamal, Mohamed Shatila, Muhammad Omar Farooq, Maninder S. Kalkat

Resection of giant malignant solitary fibrous pleural tumor after interventional embolization: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Zeng-Rong Luo, Yi-Xing Chen, Liang-wan Chen

The involvement and autonomy of young children undergoing elective paediatric cardiac surgery: a qualitative study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ernest Christian Lourens, Robert Ashley Baker, Bronwyn M. Krieg

Surgical treatment of type A acute aortic dissection with cerebral malperfusion: a systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Review

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Xiaoqiong Chu, Weibiao Chen, Yafei Wang, Luqi Zhu, Mengqin Zhang, Sheng Zhang

Thoracoscopic resection of posterior mediastinal paraganglioma: perioperative management and surgical tips

  • Open Access
  • Case report

Yuki Matsumura, Mitsuro Fukuhara, Hayato Tanabe, Hikaru Yamaguchi, Hironori Takagi, Yuki Ozaki, Satoshi Muto, Naoyuki Okabe, Yutaka Shio, Hiroyuki Suzuki

Life threatening rupture of the diaphragm after Covid 19 pneumonia: a case report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Surgical treatment of tension pneumomediastinum in patients with covid-19 at the field hospital: a case series

Phan Quang Thuan, Pham Phan Phuong Phuong, Huynh Phuong Nguyet Anh, Le Phi Long, Le Minh Khoi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ghaliya Mohamed H Alrifae, Amel Ahmed Said Almuquddami, Khaled Masaud Etaleb, Mohamed Hadi Mohamed Abdelhamid

Adhered ECMO cannula in COVID-19 related severe acute respiratory failure

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

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

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

Anesthesia management for tracheoesophageal fistula closed with a new gastrointestinal occluder device: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

He Huang, Jigang Zhang, Lurong Li, Guoxin Zhang, Dechong Zhu

Case report: angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery diagnosed as pulmonary artery emboli

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Nicholas R. Hess, Mary E. Keebler, Carly A. Fabrizio, David J. Kaczorowski

Totally endoscopic non-robotic excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Fengjie Chen, Xiang Wang, Xianmian Zhuang, Hongwei Guo

Preoperative inhalation therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing lung surgery: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Ryusuke Machino, Koichiro Shimoyama, Takeshi Nagayasu, Tsutomu Tagawa

Pleural effusions are associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery: a propensity-matched analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Takeshi Wada, Hidenori Sako, Kenya Kizu, Takahiro Tashima, Tetsushi Takayama, Shinji Miyamoto

Analysis of the unplanned reoperation following surgical treatment of pulmonary tumor

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Wanyu Zheng, Xiaoyang Chen, Liyong Shi

Hemolytic anemia caused by kinked graft 6 months after aortic dissection repair

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Kazuki Tamura, Wataru Tatsuishi, Yasunobu Konishi, Naoki Konno, Yusuke Kato, Tomonobu Abe

An unusual occurrence of penetrating aortic arch injury by a ball-point pen: a case report and review of the literature

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

Jiaduo Li, Guoyan Qi, Yaling Liu

Bilateral tension pneumothoraxes in buffalo chest several months after Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

  • Open Access
  • Correspondence

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Jianli An, Yanchao Dong, Yanguo Li, Xiaoyu Han, Hongtao Niu, Zibo Zou, Jingpeng Wu, Ye Tian, Zhuo Chen

A challenging upper digestive tract continuity restoration after recurrent esophago-colonic anastomosis complications

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Francesco Ferrante, Massimiliano Bassi, Daniele Diso, Rita Ferreira Vaz Sousa, Alessandro Maria Paganini, Federico Venuta, Tiziano De Giacomo

Five critically ill pregnant women/parturients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Review

Yue Shu, Yilong Guo, Yin Zheng, Shuwu He, Zhensu Shi

Early and midterm outcomes of a bentall operation using an all-biological valved BioConduit™

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

Rafael Rocha Mol Silva, Whady Hueb, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Paulo Cury Rezende, Paulo Rogério Soares, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho

Anatomical type analysis of right interlobar artery based on chest thin-slice CT scan and three-dimensional reconstruction

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research article

Léa Trancart, Nathalie Rey, Vincent Scherrer, Véronique Wurtz, Fabrice Bauer, Chadi Aludaat, Zoe Demailly, Jean Selim, Vincent Compère, Thomas Clavier, Emmanuel Besnier

A neuroendocrine tumor within an anterior mediastinal mature teratoma: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Daisuke Sato, Asami Izu, Masashi Sakakibara, Sohei Hayashi, Riken Kawachi, Mie Shimamura, Shinobu Masuda, Hiroyuki Sakurai

Traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injury: a 10-year single-center retrospective analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Jingwei Sun, Kai Ren, Liyun Zhang, Chao Xue, Weixun Duan, Jincheng Liu, Ren Cong

Delayed aortic regurgitation after TEVAR procedure: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Soo Jin Park, Seungwook Lee, Jeong A Son, Seungji Hyun, Do Jung Kim, Sang Hyun Lim, You Sun Hong

Pre-operative kidney biomarkers and risks for death, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease events after cardiac surgery: the TRIBE-AKI study

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

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

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hua Li, Shengliang Zhao, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Gang Wang, Jiangtao Dai

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Eigentlich sind Lipome recht harmlos. Im Zäkum können sie jedoch erhebliche Komplikationen mit Darminfarkt und Appendizitis verursachen.

Gluteuslappen nach Rektumkarzinom-Op. schützt vor Abszessen

Die Wunddeckung mit einem autologen Rotationslappen nach Entfernung eines Rektumkarzinoms konnte in einer randomisierten Studie gegenüber dem primären Wundverschluss vor allem in einer Hinsicht punkten: Sie führte deutlich seltener zu präsakralen Abszessen.

MedTalk Leitlinie KOMPAKT: S3-Leitline zu peripheren Nervenverletzungen

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Über den Weg zur finalen Fassung der S3-Leitlinie "Versorgung peripherer Nervenverletzungen" sprechen Prof. Dr. Leila Harhaus-Wähner und Ressortleiter Dr. Gunter Freese im WebTalk Leitlinie KOMPAKT, einer neuen Webcast-Serie von SpringerMedizin passend zu Ihrem Fachmagazin Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie Mitteilungen und Nachrichten. In dem kurzen Video geht es darum, was sich im Vergleich zur vorigen Fassung der Leitlinie geändert hat, welche Aspekte für die tägliche Praxis besonders wichtig sind und was jeder gemäß Leitlinie nun anders oder besser machen sollte.

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