Ausgabe 1/2024
Inhalt (700 Artikel)
Influence of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival for patients with completely resected high-risk stage IB NSCLC
- Open Access
- Research
Zi-Qing Shen, Kun-Peng Feng, Zi-Yao Fang, Tian Xia, Shu Pan, Cheng Ding, Chun Xu, Sheng Ju, Jun Chen, Chang Li, Jun Zhao
Effectiveness of pleurodesis for postoperative air leaks after lung resection
- Open Access
- Research
Norifumi Tsubokawa, Takahiro Mimae, Risa Ito, Ryuma Sasai, Kouichi Hirano, Atsushi Kamigaichi, Nobutaka Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Miyata, Morihito Okada
Surgical aortic valve replacement etiologies, hemodynamics, and outcomes in 1346 patients from the Malaysian heart centre
- Open Access
- Research
Aslannif Roslan, Chong Kee Soon, Tey Yee Sin, Ahmad Tantawi Jauhari Aktifanus, Soh Si Ling, Wong Kian Boon, Beni I. Rusani, Hafidz Abd Hadi, Jayakhanthan Kolanthaivelu, Shaiful Azmi Yahaya, Jeswant Dillon, Alwi M. Yunus
The efficacy of pregabalin for pain control after thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Li Zhang, Hong Zhang
Randomized controlled trial of remote ischemic preconditioning in children having cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Research
Yuk M. Law, Christine Hsu, Sangeeta R. Hingorani, Michael Richards, David M. McMullan, Howard Jefferies, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Ronit Katz
Research progress in the management of vascular disease with cannabidiol: a review
- Open Access
- Review
Yilong Guo, Ren Wei, Jianqing Deng, Wei Guo
Letter to the Editor: The effectiveness of early surgical stabilization for multiple rib fractures: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Correspondence
Charlie Slowey
Robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy with systemic pulmonary vein anomaly: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Wenwu Liu, Shaohua Xie, Kaixin Zhang, Yingzhi Zhao, Xin Gao, Wei Dai, Qiuling Shi, Bin Hu, Qiang Li, Xing Wei
Placement of stent grafts with different calibers into the true and false lumens of anastomotic aneurysms after descending aortic replacement for aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Correspondence
Hiroo Uehara, Masateru Uchiyama, Tomohiro Imazuru
Correction: Successful treatment of cardiogenic shock due to Takotsubo syndrome with implantation of a temporary microaxial left ventricular assist device in transaxillary approach
- Open Access
- Correction
Johanna K. R. von Mackensen, Ahmed El Shazly, Felix Schoenrath, Joerg Kempfert, Christoph T. Starck, Evgenij V. Potapov, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Leonhard Wert
Use of selective visceral angiography in surgical strategy planning for celiac artery aneurysm in the celiacomesenteric trunk
- Open Access
- Case Report
Takasumi Goto, Hironobu Fujimura, Takashi Shintani, Takashi Shibuya, Shigeru Miyagawa
Trans-apical catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with metallic aortic and mitral valves
- Open Access
- Case Report
Ali Bozorgi, Saeed Sadeghian, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab
Rapid expansion of a left atrial myxoma caused by acute multiple internal hemorrhages: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case Report
Takayoshi Kato, Etsuji Umeda, Natsuko Suzui, Ryo Fujii, Hiroki Ogura, Osamu Sakai, Katsuya Shimabukuro, Kiyoshi Doi
Efficacy and safety of intraoperative partial spray of 50% glucose for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax
- Open Access
- Research
Ryota Kiriyama, Shota Nakamura, Hironori Oyamatsu, Seijiro Niimi, Takaki Fujimura, Takehiko Okagawa, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa
Strategy for acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection considering midterm results: a retrospective cohort study comparing ascending aortic replacement and total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique
- Open Access
- Research
Sho Takagi, Yoshihiro Goto, Junji Yanagisawa, Yui Ogihara, Yasuhide Okawa
Risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Shan Lu, Yi Jiang, Fangfang Meng, Xiaoli Xie, Dongjin Wang, Yunyan Su
Establishing and validation of the VBV score for assessing Lung ground-glass nodules based on high-resolution computed tomography
- Open Access
- Research
Yuwei Zhou, Xiaoqing Cao, Haiyong Gu, Shenhu Gao, Yuxuan Wu, Haoyang Li, Bing Xiong, Haiyang Dong, Yan Lv, Rong Yang, Yihe Wu
Video assisted thorascopic assisted correction of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: one case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Gengxu He, Kai Zhou, Lei Zhao, Yuanzhi Luo, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo
The correlation between tumor radiological features and spread through air spaces in peripheral stage IA lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score-matched analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Chao Jia, Hai-Cheng Jiang, Cong Liu, Yu-Feng Wang, Hong-Ying Zhao, Qiang Wang, Xiu-Qing Xue, Xiao-Feng Li
The application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in emergent airway management - a single-center retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research
Zhijun Fan, Simin Zhu, Jinling Chen, Junlin Wen, Binfei Li, Xiaozu Liao
Nonmalignant tracheal stenosis: presentation, management and outcome in limited resources setting
- Open Access
- Research
Dereje Gulilat, Abraham Genetu, Segni Kejela, Seyoum Kassa, Abebe Bekele, Ayalew Tizazu
Distinguishing sterile inflammation from graft infection
- Open Access
- Case Report
Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Yujiro Miura, Yu Arakawa, Tatsuya Noguchi
Nomogram for predicting major bleeding after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research
Jianqin Zhu, Zhenjun Wu, Guiming Huang, Yuting Zhong, Cheng Peng
Navigating the challenges of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a risk analysis and learning curve evaluation
- Open Access
- Research
Nestoras Papadopoulos, Vasileios Ntinopoulos, Stak Dushaj, Achim Häussler, Dragan Odavic, Hector Rodríguez Cetina Biefer, Omer Dzemali
The impact of two radical sternectomy surgical techniques on the outcome of deep sternal wound infections
- Open Access
- Research
Olimpiu Bota, Feras Taqatqeh, Florian Bönke, Maxime Mülhausen, Klaus Matschke, Adrian Dragu, Kevin Bienger, Stefan Rasche
Study on the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy regimen for III–IVA esophageal squamous cell carcinoma post-surgery
- Open Access
- Research
Chunyang Li, Pengyi Yu, Hong Li, Xin Yang, Jun Wang, Bo Jiang
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after cardiac arrest for acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by Legionella: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
John C. Grotberg, Linda Schulte, Erin Schumer, Mary Sullivan, Kunal Kotkar, Mohammad F. Masood, Amit Pawale
Surgical management of mediastinal mature cystic teratoma of the elderly remaining asymptomatic
- Open Access
- Case Report
Badreddine Belayachi, Hicham Fenane, Yassine Msougar
Multifaceted surgical approach of combined thoracoretroperitoneal incision and midline abdominal incision for a secondary aortoenteric fistula
- Open Access
- Case Report
Tomoyuki Minami, Takahiro Kojima, Naoto Yabu, Ichiya Yamazaki, Aya Saito
Mitral valve leaflet blood cyst treated with minimally invasive approach: a case report and review of literature
- Open Access
- Case Report
Matiullah Masroor, Ting Xie, Dayan Yang, Shengxiong Lin, Nianguo Dong, Fujin Liu, Long Wu
Gastric and cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: an extremely rare case
- Open Access
- Case Report
Yueqi Huang, Mingqi Zhang, Qingchun Li, Qiulin Huang
Salvage treatment of acute respiratory failure after autogenous tissue flap transplantation for chronic empyema with chest wall sinus: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case Report
Lei Wang, Fei Chen, Zhongliang He, Xueming He, Chun Zhang
Comparison of analgesic effects of percutaneous and transthoracic intercostal nerve block in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a propensity score-matched study
- Open Access
- Research
Hongliang Hui, Haoran Miao, Fan Qiu, Huaming Li, Yangui Lin, Bo Jiang, Yiqian Zhang
Transaortic removal of a large primary sarcoma from the left ventricle assisted by strategic partial resection and endoscopic guidance: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Jae-Sung Choi, Jeongwon Kim, Se Jin Oh, You Jung Ok, Yong Won Seong, Hyeon Jong Moon
Comparison of the safety and effectiveness of the four-hook needle and hook wire for the preoperative positioning of localization ground glass nodules
- Open Access
- Research
Yongming Wang, Lijun Jing, Changsheng Liang, Junzhong Liu, Shubo Wang, Gongchao Wang
Short and mid-term outcomes of valve-sparing, aortic root reimplantation (David’s procedure)
- Open Access
- Research
Abbas Salehi Omran, Ali Aeen, Sepehr Nayebirad, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Sadeq Najafi, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Shapour Shirani, Arezou Zoroufian, Arash Jalali, Fatemeh Alsadat Mostafanejad, Mohammad Sahebjam
Thymoma negatively affects the neurological outcome of myasthenia gravis after thymectomy: a propensity score matching study
- Open Access
- Research
Wenxin Tian, Hanbo Yu, Yaoguang Sun, Jing He, Qingjun Wu, Chao Ma, Peng Jiao, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Hongfeng Tong
Up against the wall - emergency double myocardial rupture repair
- Open Access
- Case Report
Rajeevlochan Ravi, Shubhra Sinha, Craig Dunlop, Jonathan Unsworth-White
Predictive value of systemic immune-inflammation index in the high-grade subtypes components of small-sized lung adenocarcinoma
- Open Access
- Research
BoHua Wei, Yi Zhang, Kejian Shi, Xin Jin, Kun Qian, Peilong Zhang, Teng Zhao
One case of surgical treatment of coagulation factor XI deficiency complicated with esophageal cancer: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Yang Tian, Zhaowei Zheng, Nannan Song, Jun Wang
Histopathology reveals concealed aortic valve inflammation
- Open Access
- Research
Mona Laaksonen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander
Single arterial access technique for simultaneous dual mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock
- Open Access
- Case Report
Alexander Fardman, Nikolay Dranishnikov, Gaik Nersesian, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov
Tracheal resection anastomosis for rare tracheal inflammatory lesions mimicking malignancy: report of 2 cases
- Open Access
- Case Report
Ahmed Musaad Abd-Elfattah, Alaa Gaafar, Hisham Atef Ebada, Mahmoud Seif-Elnasr, Ahmed Domain, Fedaey Ramadan Habaza, Khaled Zalata, Ali Tawfik
Asymptomatic esophageal perforation discovered after elective cardiac surgery: the importance of clinical awareness
- Open Access
- Case Report
N. A. Hasami, W. W. L. Li, T. Smith, A. F. T. M. Verhagen, K. Ko, R. H. Heijmen
Factors affecting duration of stay in the intensive care unit after coronary artery bypass surgery and its impact on in-hospital mortality: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research
Khalid S. Ibrahim, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Abdel Rahman A. Al Manasra, Mahmoud A. Megdadi
Risk factors for prolonged postoperative ICU stay in the patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research
Haiyuan Liu, Shuaipeng Zhang, Chengxin Zhang, Qinyun Gao, Yuyong Liu, Fangfang Liao, Shenglin Ge
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart in an older woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a case report and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case Report
Fu-Rong Luo, Yi-Fen Lin, Jing-Lian Lin, Xiao-Shan Liang, Hui-Jun Xiao, Rui-Gang Huang
No cupid, just an arrow: a penetrating injury into the interventricular septum
- Open Access
- Case Report
Miia Lehtinen, Antti Nykänen, Peter Raivio
Right-sided infective endocarditis or thrombus? Report of two cases diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography
- Open Access
- Case Report
Wenjing Ge, Bijun Wu, Zhen Wang, Haichun Zhang
Chylopericardium following esophagectomy: a case report and systematic review
- Open Access
- Case Report
Xinglin Yang, Jinghong Zhang, Pengxia Sun, Jihai Liu, Jiangshan Wang, Huadong Zhu
Association between HbA1c and deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Wenyu Zhao, Jingui Xie, Zhichao Zheng, Han Zhou, Oon Cheong Ooi, Haidong Luo
Similar survival after endoscopic submucosal dissection and esophagectomy in early esophageal cancer and synchronous or metachronous head and neck cancer
- Open Access
- Research
Ruei-Ti Ke, Yu-Hsin Hsiao, Wei-Chen Tai, Shau-Hsuan Li, Chih-Chien Yao, Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu, Yen-Hao Chen, Chien-Ming Lo
Left coronary sinus of valsalva aneurysm dissecting into interventricular septum: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Lei Zhang, Dong-hui Ji, Xiao-yun Li, Kuo-peng Liang
A Y-incision to enlarge the aortic root for aortic valve stenosis with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery
- Open Access
- Case Report
Keisuke Yoshida, Yujiro Miura, Yukiko Fukunaga, Atsuyuki Mitsuishi
Bibliometric and visualized analysis of scientific publications on subglottic stenosis based on web of science core collection
- Open Access
- Review
Yaping Zhang, Zhanqiu Dai, Qixin Xia, Yufeng Wu, TingxiaoZhao, Qi Chen, Chen Xia, Jun Zhang, Jiongnan Xu
Endovascular repair with a physician-modified fenestrated endograft to treat abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm with Behcet’s disease: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Wenzhuo Lian, Xitao Song, Liqiang Cui, Yuehong Zheng, Changwei Liu, Leng Ni
Selective aneurysmal sac neck-targeted embolization during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with hostile neck anatomy
- Open Access
- Research
Lifeng Zhang, Yongjiang Tang, Jiantao Wang, Xianjun Liu, Yang Liu, Wei Zeng, Chunshui He
Nrf2/HO-1 signaling activation alleviates cigarette smoke-induced inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by suppressing NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis
- Open Access
- Research
Yanan Zhang, Jinxia Wang, Yuling Wang, Kai Lei
Clinical effect of the internal fixation for rib fracture with single utility port complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Open Access
- Research
Jindong Wang, Zhiguang Sun, Yongshuai Liu, Weiyong Gong, Jianxin Wang, Junyi Deng, Yue Fu, Jishan Lan
The impact of goal-directed fluid therapy on postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Shuang Han, Xiaoqian Wu, Pan Li, Kun He, Jianli Li
A rare case of a neonate with fallot-type absent pulmonary valve and occlusion of the left main bronchus
- Open Access
- Case Report
Chunjie Mu, Minzhang Zhao, Runwei Ma, Xiang Li, Min Liu, Yao Deng
Bedside zero-fluoroscopy temporary permanent pacemaker implantation in the electrical storm treatment under the guidance of EnSite 3D system: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Lei Wang, Pengfei Li, Jun li, Jicheng Xi, Zhibiao Zhang, Fang Yan, Yanan Zhang, Haixiong Wang, Huiyuan Han
Coronary pseudoaneurysm with a superficial mass and accompanying Brucella infection
- Open Access
- Case Report
Chuanxiao Mi, Xiangxi Zhang, Liyuan Wang, Yan Yun, Fang Li, Yi Li, Yuxin Liu, Shouji Zhang, Chengwei Zou, Haizhou Zhang, Xiaochun Ma
Management of penetrating cardiac injury and tricuspid regurgitation with extracorporeal-membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Alexandros N. Karavas, Keeyon Olia, Dane Scantling, Jacob Nudel, Jacob Kriegel, Niloo M. Edwards
Body measurement changes in adults with pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure: a study of 272 patients
- Open Access
- Research
Nay Htut, I-Shiang Tzeng, Yu-Jiun Fan, Yeung-Leung Cheng
Predictive values of ultrasonic diaphragm thickening fraction combined with integrative weaning index in weaning patients with mechanical ventilation: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research
Hai Lin, Mingming Yao, Ziwen Qin, Shilin Fu, Hongyou Wang
Bidirectional glenn surgery without palliative pulmonary artery banding in univentricular heart with unrestricted pulmonary flow. Retrospective multicenter experience
- Open Access
- Research
Gaser A. Abdelmohsen, Hala A. Gabel, Rawan M. Alamri, Ahmed Baamer, Osman O. Al-Radi, Aliaa Binyamin, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Saud A. Bahaidarah, Naif A. Alkhushi, Mohamed H. Abdelsalam, Hossam Ibrahim, Ahmed R. Elakaby, Adeep Khawaji, Abdullah Alghobaishi, Khadijah A. Maghrabi, Zaher F. Zaher, Jameel A. Al-Ata, Ahmad S. Azhar, Ahmed M. Dohain
Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on postoperative cognitive dysfunction in adult patients with general anesthesia: a meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Mengnan Han, Yanru Du, Jianli Li, Yi Li, Shuang Han, Chong Li
Transbronchial lymph node forceps biopsy as a novel tool in diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Ahmed Al-Halfawy, Sabah Hussein, Wafaa Ashur, Ali El-Hendawi, Sara Hussein
A successful endovascular aortic repair of aortoesophageal fistula following esophagectomy: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case Report
Jina Li, Yan Hu, Wenliang Liu, Jingqun Tang, Song Zhu, Chao Zeng
Coral reef aorta: a rare form of obstruction of the ascending aorta in adolescent with aortopathy- case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Neerod Kumar Jha, Benedict Raj Kumar, Nishant Shah, Osama Abdullah, Oraib Al Ketan, Fraser Harban, Mohammad Daud Khan
Surgical outcomes and perioperative risk factors of patients with interstitial lung disease after pulmonary resection
- Open Access
- Research
Chuan Huang, Yao-Guang Sun, Chao Ma, Peng Jiao, Qing-Jun Wu, Wen-Xin Tian, Han-Bo Yu, Hong-Feng Tong
Modified blade: an interventional option in rigid bronchoscopy for non-resectable benign tracheal stenosis
- Open Access
- Research
Gaetana Messina, Vincenzo Di Filippo, Francesca Capasso, Maria Antonietta Puca, Beatrice Leonardi, Mario Grande, Anna Rainone, Francesco Leone, Giuseppe Vicario, Simona De Gregorio, Giuseppe Cerullo, Antonio Ponticiello, Mario Pirozzi, Stefano Farese, Alessia Zotta, Giovanni Natale, Giovanni Messina, Giovanni Vicidomini, Alfonso Fiorelli, Fortunato Ciardiello, Morena Fasano
Simple and secure thrombectomy without circulatory arrest for acute pulmonary embolism
- Open Access
- Case Report
Hanae Sasaki, Ryosuke Kowatari, Norihiro Kondo, Masahito Minakawa
Mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation with Carpentier’s functional classification type II in elderly patients: a single center experience
- Open Access
- Research
Masashi Kawamura, Osamu Monta, Shusaku Maeda, Yasushi Tsutsumi
Pectoral muscle mass is not a robust prognostic factor for survival after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation
- Open Access
- Research
Freya Sophie Jenkins, Jan-Philipp Minol, Tarik Akar, Esma Yilmaz, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Ismail Dalyanoglu, Bernhard Korbmacher, Joel Aissa, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari, Hannan Dalyanoglu
Tricuspid mechanical valve replacement for severe tricuspid stenosis in a child who underwent surgical correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect, a rare long-term complications
- Open Access
- Case Report
Qi-Liang Zhang, Yu-Kun Chen, Shi-Hao Lin, Xin-Wei Du, Qiang Chen, Shun-Min Wang, Hua Cao
The chief culprit of intractable hypoxemia: a case report of rare pulmonary arteriovenous fistula complicated with giant hemangioma
- Open Access
- Case Report
Zhangmin Wu, Chunyu Zeng, Hongyong Wang, Weibin Shi, Xiaoli Luo
Papillary fibroelastoma originating from the atrial septum touching the mitral valve leading to infective endocarditis: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Koji Funaishi, Hirofumi Kasahara, Naohiko Oki, Tomoyori Nakatogawa, Kazuhiro Yamanoi
Aortic elastic fiber degeneration during acute type a aortic dissection and reverse aortic remodeling
- Open Access
- Research
Trina Chen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander
Off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease
- Open Access
- Research
Kohei Hachiro, Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki
When to anatomically excise a benign lung tumor-correspondence regarding the article: “large mesenchymal cystic and chondroid pulmonary hamartoma mimicking lung cancer: case report”
- Open Access
- Correspondence
Fani Tsolaki, Georgios I. Tagarakis, Ioannis Tagarakis
Determinants of survival following heart transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease
- Open Access
- Research
Hüseyin Sicim, Pierre Emmanuel Noly, Suyash Naik, Vikram Sood, Richard G. Ohye, Jonathan W. Haft, Keith D. Aaronson, Francis D. Pagani, Ming-Sing Si, Paul C. Tang
Hospital infections and health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery: a multicenter survey
- Open Access
- Research
Hilda G. Rijnhart-de Jong, Jo Haenen, Fabiano Porta, Marijke Timmermans, E. Christiaan Boerma, Kim de Jong, S. Bramer, E. J. Daeter, G. J. F. Hoohenkerk, A. L. P. Markou, R. G. H. Speekenbrink, P. Segers, W. Stooker, W. W. L. Li, J. A. Bekkers, F. Porta
Hybrid operating room with ceiling mounted imaging system assisted pre-operative and intra-operative lung nodule localization for thoracoscopic resections: a 5-year case series
- Open Access
- Research
Audrey Qi Xin Chia, Apoorva Gogna, Angela Maria Takano Pena, Vishnu Vemula Sri Sai, Sivanathan Chandramohan, Shaun Ju Min Xavier Chan, Boon-Hean Ong
The effect of body mass index on short-term outcomes in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective study from a single cardiovascular center
- Open Access
- Research
Chen-ying Ding, Wen-hui Qi, Yu-jie An, Xin Yuan, Yun-tai Yao
The negative pressure wound therapy for prevention of sternal wound infection: Can we reduce infection rate after the use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Review
Hind Elhassan, Ridha Amjad, Unna Palaniappan, Mahmoud Loubani, David Rose
Regulation of overexpression lncRNA ATP2B1-AS1 on lung adenocarcinoma progression
- Open Access
- Research
Shiyi Chen, Chao Huang, E Jin
The clinical value of P-wave terminal force in lead V1 in evaluating pericardial thickness in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis
- Open Access
- Research
Yanhong Ren
Clinical relevance of transcranial Doppler in a cardiac surgery setting: embolic load predicts difficult separation from cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Research
Stéphanie Jarry, Etienne J. Couture, William Beaubien-Souligny, Armindo Fernandes, Annik Fortier, Walid Ben-Ali, Georges Desjardins, Karel Huard, Tanya Mailhot, André Y. Denault
Factors associated with safe and successful postoperative day 1 discharge after lung operations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Russell Seth Martins, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Amna Irfan Ansari, Hamna Raheel, Kostantinos Poulikidis, M. Jawad Latif, Syed Shahzad Razi, Faiz Y. Bhora
Clinical and functional outcomes associated with pulmonary complications after coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research
Altina Vitória Souza, Raquel da Cunha Carvalho, Daniela da Cruz Dias, Darley Gabrielle Teles Santana, Hayssa de Cássia Mascarenhas, André Luiz Lisboa Cordeiro, André Raimundo França Guimarães
Improved early risk stratification of deep sternal wound infection risk after coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research
Tina Kamensek, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Mirek Ledwon, Giuseppe Santarpino, Matthias Fittkau, Ferdinand Aurel Vogt, Janez Zibert
Enhancing surgical performance in cardiothoracic surgery with innovations from computer vision and artificial intelligence: a narrative review
- Open Access
- Review
Merryn D. Constable, Hubert P. H. Shum, Stephen Clark
Perceval sutureless bioprosthesis versus Perimount sutured bioprosthesis for aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis: a retrospective, propensity-matched study
- Open Access
- Research
Sharan J Kapadia, Mohammed Yousuf Salmasi, Alicja Zientara, Isabelle Roussin, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos
The effect of ulinastatin on acute kidney injury in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Research
Soo Jung Park, Sung Yong Park, Se Yoon Kang, Ji Ho Kim, Ji Yeong Heo, Ji Young Yoo
Association between preoperative hemoglobin with length of hospital stay among non-cardiac and non-obstetric surgery patients: a secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
Zhaopeng Wang, Min Liu, Hengtong Men, Chunfeng Lyu, Ning Zheng
Staged therapeutic surgery for progressive pulmonary regurgitation and pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy after the tetralogy of fallot repair
- Open Access
- Case Report
Goki Inno, Keiichi Itatani, Kenta Nishiya, Yosuke Takahashi, Toshihiko Shibata
Resolution of insulin resistance, lactic acidosis, and decrease in mechanical support requirements in patients post orthotopic heart transplant with the use of long-acting insulin glargine
- Open Access
- Research
Ribal Darwish, Eva Chen, Steven Minear, Cedric Sheffield
Successful tricuspid valve repair and right atrial mass excision for calcified thrombus causing severe tricuspid regurgitation and near-occlusion of inferior vena cava
- Open Access
- Case Report
Caroline Pennacchio, Brad Rosinski, Richard Grimm, Shinya Unai
Intrapulmonary migration of a fractured acupuncture needle: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Lei Liu, Dong-Jie Ma, Ying-Zhi Qin, Hongsheng Liu
Totally endoscopic concomitant aortic and mitral valve surgery in junctional epidermolysis bullosa: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Kazufumi Yoshida, Soshi Yoshida, Yoshimasa Hori, Hideki Tsubota, Ryosuke Mochizuki, Tohru Nagano, Tadaaki Koyama
Ectopic colloid goiter in mediastinum with normal thyroid gland
- Open Access
- Case Report
Jagannath Kolwalkar, Dattaprasad Samant, Shirish Borkar, M. Sunil Chandra Vidyasagar, Jagadeesh N. Vaggar
Image fusion guidance for left subclavian artery in situ fenestration during thoracic endovascular repair
- Open Access
- Research
Liang Zhao, Jidong Liu, Xiaoshu Cai, Wengang Yang, Ji Wang
Resection of hypertrophic papillary muscles and mitral valve replacement in a patient with midventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy – a new approach
- Open Access
- Case Report
Julian J. Berg, Jan Eckstein, Marcus-André Deutsch, Jan F. Gummert, Masatoshi Hata
Risk factors for postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
- Open Access
- Research
Na Chen, Yun-chang Mo, Min Xu, Si-si Chen, Wei Gao, Qiong Zheng, Jue Wang, Xiao-chu Wang, Jun-lu Wang
MSCT study for adult esophageal diverticulum with secondary broncho-esophageal fistula
- Open Access
- Original Article
Xin Dong, Ruonan Pan, Lijun Duan, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao
Operative treatment of pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a case report and literature review
- Open Access
- Case Report
Yiyuan Zhang, Ke Shang, Jialin Li, Mengyao Sun, Xiaoying Gu
Study on the rationality of small diameter metallic airway stent in treatment of tracheal stenosis in injured rabbits
- Open Access
- research
Xiaoxiao Li, Changguo Wang, Ziyi Liu, Kai Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Daxiong Zeng, Dang Lin, Junhong Jiang
Comparison of surgical and conservative treatment outcomes for type a aortic intramural hematoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Li Yin, Jiankai Wang, Zhibing Qiu, Xin Chen, Cunhua Su
Vascular covered stent and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for Aortoesophageal fistula caused by esophageal fishbone: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Jianfeng Chen
Prognostic significance of T lymphocyte subgroups (CD4 and CD8) in lung cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Open Access
- Research
Aykut Elicora, Busra Yaprak Bayrak, Cigdem Vural, Huseyin Fatih Sezer, Semra Uzun Erkal, Elif Metin
Myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism after mechanical aortic valve replacement: a case report
- Open Access
- Case Report
Mukan Kagan Kus, Anil Karaagac, Burak Bozkurt, Ufuk Sadik Ceylan, Mehmet Kaplan
Temporary pacing following cardiac surgery – a reference guide for surgical teams
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- Review
Steve W F R Waqanivavalagi
Systematic review of the effect of cerebrospinal fluid drainage on outcomes after endovascular type B aortic dissection repair
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Huajie Zheng, Deqing Lin, Yongbo Cheng, Chaojun Yan, Sanjiu Yu, Jun Li, Wei Cheng
Surgery for pulmonary lesions in patients with a history of urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma
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Ryu Kanzaki, Akihiro Nagoya, Seiji Taniguchi, Hiroto Ishida, Kenji Kimura, Eriko Fukui, Toru Kimura, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Masato Minami, Eiichi Morii, Yasushi Shintani
Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a 39-Year-old female: a case report
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Parviz Mardani, Reza Shahriarirad, Mohammad Nekooeian, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Bizhan Ziaian, Hooman Kamran, Nazanin Ayare, Masoud Vafabin, Damoun Fouladi
Decreased levels of sex hormones in females with solitary pulmonary nodules were risk factors for malignancy
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Wang Wendan, Li Mengyu, Zhang Qiufeng
Zero-leak prediction during major lung resection aiming for minimal chest drainage duration: a retrospective analysis
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Kuniyo Sueyoshi, McAndrew Merlini, Kosuke Otsubo, Fumitsugu Kojima, Toru Bando
Predictive value of preoperative platelet count and D-dimer levels for spinal cord injury following acute type a aortic dissection
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Fengbo Pei, Jinhua Wei, Yao Yao, Hui Wu, Zujun Chen
Axillary vein as an alternative venous access site for VV-ECMO cannulation: a case report
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Tao Pan, Xiaoyang Zhou, Jianneng Pan, Bixin Chen, Chang Xu, Zhaojun Xu, Pingping Dong, Tingting Yu
Acute type a aortic intramural hematoma complicated with preoperative hemopericardium: early and late surgical outcome analyses
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Chun-Yu Lin, Ming-Chang Kao, Hsin-Fu Lee, Meng-Yu Wu, Chi-Nan Tseng
The association of regional block with intraoperative opioid consumption in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a single-center, retrospective study
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Yan Xiang, Liang Chen, Jiang Jia, Fu Yili, Wei Changwei
The effectiveness of a web-based information-knowledge-attitude-practice continuous intervention on the psychological status, medical compliance, and quality of life of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a parallel randomized clinical trial
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Jin Li, Yueli Deng, Yan Jiang
An innovative reconstruction of an enbloc resected composite giant chest and abdominal wall chondrosarcoma with 3D-composite mesh
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Klein Dantis, Ramandeep Singh, Archit Goel, Brijesh Garg
Thoracoscopic McKeown esophagectomy in a patient with an azygos lobe
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Rie Nakashima, Kohei Tajima, Kazuo Koyanagi, Akihito Kazuno, Miho Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Shoji, Kentaro Yatabe, Kohei Kanamori, Mika Ogimi, Kazuhito Nabeshima, Kenji Nakamura, Masaki Mori
Decision making of iatrogenic coronary embolism after SAVR: a case report
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Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Kazumasa Orihashi, Yujiro Miura, Ren Saito
Fixation devices made of poly-L-lactide composite for rib reconstruction after thoracotomy
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Naoto Fukunaga, Hideki Sato, Tatsuto Wakami, Akio Shimoji, Otohime Mori, Kosuke Yoshizawa, Nobushige Tamura
Huge mediastinal ancient schwannoma causing acute respiratory failure: a case report
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Hsuan-Ying Huang, Chien-Ming Lo, Hung-I Lu, Jen-Ping Chang
A case report of drug interaction between co-packaged nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and tacrolimus causing hyponatremia in a lung transplant recipient
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Chien-Ming Lo, Wei-Hsun Chen, Meng-Yun Tsai, Hung-I Lu, Yu-Hsin Hsiao, Kai-Hao Chuang, Yu Chen, Hsuan-Feng Wu, Kuo-Tung Huang, Yi-Hsi Wang
Evaluation of intramural hematoma: a novel use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging
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Fan Yang, Yuanwei Chen, Yongrong Zhou, Dan Shao, Jianfang Luo
Significant thrombus in saccular aneurysm in a patient with polycythemia: a case report
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Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Hiromasa Nakamura, Yujiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Miyata, Kazumasa Orihashi, Keisuke Yoshida, Kouhei Araki
Cardioprotective role of royal jelly in the prevention of celecoxib-mediated cardiotoxicity in adult male albino rats
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Naglaa Z. H. Eleiwa, Hesham A. M. I. Khalifa, Heba A. Nazim
Right upper lobectomy with mediastinal dissection under uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer in a patient with a right-sided aortic arch: a case report
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Hidenori Goto, Kozo Nakanishi
Successful surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolism with pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction
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Yong Liu, Zhiyun Yang, Xinxin Sun, Mei Yang, Tao Zhang, Ruilin Li, Ying Wei, Hao Cao
Postoperative hyper-inflammation as a predictor of poor outcomes in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) undergoing surgical repair
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Yuan-Xi Luo, Yusanjan Matniyaz, Yu-Xian Tang, Yun-Xing Xue, Yi Jiang, Ke Pan, Zhi-Kang Lv, Zhi-Wei Fan, Kuo Wang, Hai-Tao Zhang, He Zhang, Wen-Zhe Wang, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang, Fu-Dong Fan
Recognition and management of left atrial dissection during mitral repair
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Haya Alshaabi, Jack F. Donaghue, Denise M. Franko, Jock N. McCullough
Safety and efficacy of Cox‐Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Yaxuan Gao, Hanqing Luo, Rong Yang, Wei Xie, Yi Jiang, Dongjin Wang, Hailong Cao
Smoking behavior associated upregulation of SERPINB12 promotes proliferation and metastasis via activating WNT signaling in NSCLC
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Hong-Zhen Zheng, Xiang Miao, Jing Chang, Hai Zhou, Jing-Jian Zhang, Hui-Min Mo, Qin Jia
Association of systemic inflammatory markers with postoperative arrhythmias in esophageal cancer: a propensity score matching
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Hongbi Xiao, Xiaoxia lv, Siding Zhou, Qinglin Ren, Ziang Zhang, Xiaolin Wang
High risk of coronary artery obstruction during TAVR, how to avoid it?
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Jose R. Gayosso-Ortíz, Juan F. Garcia-Garcia, Jose Alfredo Merino-Rajme, Roberto Muratalla-González, Juan C. Fuentes-Moreno, Arnoldo S. Jiménez-Valverde, Marco A. Alcantara-Melendez, Heberto Aquino-Bruno
Later aorta operation after aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve
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Kohei Hachiro, Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki
Clinicopathological factors associated with sentinel lymph node detection in non-small-cell lung cancer
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Christophe Wollbrett, Joseph Seitlinger, Florent Stasiak, Juliette Piccoli, Arthur Streit, Joelle Siat, Guillaume Gauchotte, Stéphane Renaud
A case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with previous aortic valve replacement
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Hongyan Xiao, Laichun Song, Meng Guo, Liang Tao
Interpapillary muscle distance independently predicts recurrent mitral regurgitation
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Ivancarmine Gambardella, Cristiano Spadaccio, Sanjeet S. A. Singh, Yasushige Shingu, Takashi Kunihara, Satoru Wakasa, Francesco Nappi
18F-FDG PET/CT based model for predicting malignancy in pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis
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Yu Li, Yi-Bing Shi, Chun-Feng Hu
Investigation of the appropriate viscosity of fibrinogen in repairing pleural defects using ventilation and anchoring in an ex vivo pig model
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Akihiro Fukuda, Masaki Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Takegawa, Nobuyuki Kondo, Seiki Hasegawa
Valvar bypass surgery to ameliorate persistent lower limb edema caused by post-thrombotic syndrome: a case report and literature review
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Yanyang Wang, Liang Zhao, Jie Zhang, Yali Du, Jianfeng Chen, Yingfeng Wu
Hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade in a hemodialysis patient with catheter-related superior vena cava syndrome: a case report
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Xiaohong Zhao, Kang Wang
Predictive factors of thoracic aortic calcification in patients candidate for cardiac surgery
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Amin Bagheri, Shapour Shirani, Arash Jalali, Shahrzad Salehbeigi, Jamshid Bagheri
Cabrol procedure and its modifications: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Sen Yang, Ya-yong Zhang, Yun-feng Zi, Lei Pu, Xu Qian, Le Ren, Yong-bo Li, Zhi-hao Jin, Jian-feng Liu, Zhuo Yuan, Ya-Xiong Li
Evaluation of veteran community care outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective pilot cohort
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Jake L Cotton, Adom Netsanet, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Danielle Abbitt, Teresa S Jones, Jessica Y Rove, Edward L Jones
Robotic portal resection for mediastinal tumours: a prospective observational study
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Wei Gan, Mu-Zi Yang, Zi-Hui Tan, Chu-Long Xie, Tian-Yu Sun, Hao-Xian Yang
Sub-coronary aortic root replacement post-aortic valve dehiscence: a case report
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Aabha Divya, Tobin Mangel, Rakesh Seetharaman, John Fouad Taghavi
Develop of endocavitary suction device for MiECC on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
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Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso
Tricuspid repair: short and long-term results of suture annuloplasty techniques and rigid and flexible ring annuloplasty techniques
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Ufuk Türkmen, Tezcan Bozkurt, Sertan Özyalçın, Ilknur Günaydın, Sadi Kaplan
Comparison of the effects of using feedback devices for training or simulated cardiopulmonary arrest
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Jinghao Jiang, Jinghuang Yan, Dongai Yao, Jinsong Xiao, Rongtao Chen, Yan Zhao, Xiaoqing Jin
Impact of delayed removal of pectus bar on outcomes following Nuss repair: a retrospective analysis
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Der-En Keong, I-Shiang Tzeng, Nay Htut, Yu-Jiun Fan, Min-Shiau Hsieh, Yeung-Leung Cheng
Unusual presentation and delayed diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma
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Salman Zaheer, Alice L. Zhou, John M. Gross, Ahmet Kilic
Double lung transplantation is better than single lung transplantation for end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis
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Yu-Chi Fang, Wen-Hsin Cheng, Hung-I Lu, Yi-Shi Wang, Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Meng-Yun Tsai, Yu-Ping Chang, Kuo-Tung Huang, Chien-Ming Lo
Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting post-discharge mortality risk in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Lingling Zhang, Zhican Liu, Yunlong Zhu, Mingxin Wu, Haobo Huang, Wenbin Yang, Ke Peng, Jianping Zeng
Clinical and echocardiographic results of the MEMO 4D semi-rigid annuloplasty ring
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Corrado Fiore, Marcello Melone, Kia Vaziri Farahani, Rebani Sinani, Anna Nicoletti, Luigi Specchia, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale
Multiple thrombi mimicking metastases in the right atrium of patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed by multimodal cardiac imaging: one case report
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Zhiqiang Hu, Shuai Yuan, Yun Mou
Mediastinal Rosai-Dorfman Disease with KRAS mutation case report and literature review
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Wenyu Zhang, Linan Fang, Jing Wang, Xiaobo Ma, Xintong Hu, Wei Liu
Management of incessant ventricular arrhythmias in a patient with left ventricular assist device: a case report
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Chen Chen, Juan Du, Xianqiang Wang, Liang Zou
Primary left ventricular leiomyosarcoma: a case report
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Vipin Balachandran, Vanessa Young, Tina Baillie, Allen James
Combination of electrophysiological mapping, radiofrequency catheter ablation, and atrial appendectomy in a 5-year-old girl with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: a case report
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Min Zhang, Xiaoxiao Cao, Yong Zhang
Risk factors of 30-day and long-term mortality and outcomes in open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
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Sudena Wang, Chunrong Wang, Yuchen Gao, Yu Tian, Jia Liu, Yuefu Wang
Short- and Long-term survival prediction in patients with acute type A aortic dissection undergoing open surgery
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Yusanjan Matniyaz, Yuan-Xi Luo, Yi Jiang, Ke-Yin Zhang, Wen-Zhe Wang, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang, Yun-Xing Xue
Airway and anesthesia management in tracheoesophageal fistula closure implantation: a single-centre retrospective study
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Zhu Dechong, Huang He, Zhang Jigang, Liu Cunming
Rosai-Dorfman disease manifesting as a solitary mass with fat in the thymus a case report
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Dan Liu, Xia Liu, Yi Sha Liu, Chao Xin Zhou
Continuous or interrupted pledgeted suture technique in stented bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: a comparison of in-hospital outcomes
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Bardia Arabkhani, Sebastien Gonthier, Veronica Lorenz, Samuel Deschamps, Jama Jahanyar, Marin Boute, David Vancraeynest, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Gebrine El Khoury, Laurent de Kerchove
A rare case of isolated persistent left superior vena cava diagnosed by echocardiography
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Dorota Smolarek, Hanna Jankowska, Karolina Dorniak, Marcin Hellmann
Revisiting echocardiographic features of prosthetic heart valves: the necessity of correct differentiation of mono-leaflet vs. bileaflet mechanical heart valves in a case report
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Farnoosh Larti, Babak Geraiely, Samaneh Hasanpour Asli, Arman Soltani Moghadam
Thoracoscopic treatment of mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenomas: a Latinamerica experience case series and literature review
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Chavez Karla Veronica, Chavez-Tostado Mariana, Peña-Rivera Adriana Graciela, Cervantes-Perez Gabino, Bolaños-Morales Francina Valezka
Circ_0001786 facilitates gefitinib resistance and malignant progression in non-small cell lung cancer via miR-34b-5p/SRSF1
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Kaobin Ouyang, Dan Xie, Haojie Liao, Ying He, Hailin Xiong
Right ventricular myocardial edema leading to severe heart failure after open heart surgery – possible effect of high-dose corticosteroid therapy
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Karoline Korsholm Jeppesen, Lars Peter Riber, Jordi Sanchez Dahl
Efficacy and safety of intracoronary pro-urokinase combined with low-pressure balloon pre-dilatation during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
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Shicheng Yu, Haoxuan Jia, Shengkai Ding, Mengda Zhang, Fengyun Li, Pan Xu, Yuan Tian, Lingling Ma, Lijie Gong, Jun Feng, Zhaojin Sun, Fudong Qian, Hui Li
In a porcine model of implantable pacemakers for pediatric unilateral diaphragm paralysis, the phrenic nerve is the best target
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Tobias Kratz, Jan Dauvergne, Roman Ruff, Timo Koch, Johannes Breuer, Boulos Asfour, Ulrike Herberg, Benjamin Bierbach
Comparison of laser guidance and freehand hook-wire for CT-guided preoperative localization of pulmonary nodules
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Zijian Li, Ziyue Zhou, Kunpeng Feng, Xinyu Song, Chun Xu, Chang Li, Jun Zhao, Li Ye, Ziqing Shen, Cheng Ding
A visceral organ function-focused therapeutic strategy using a 6-hour time window for patients with acute type a aortic dissection complicated by mesenteric malperfusion
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Ling-chen Huang, Shuang-kun Chen, Hua Peng, Xi-jie Wu
Ectopic pancreas tissue in the posterior mediastinum
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Zeynep Berkarda, Jasmina Kuvendjiska, Fabian Bamberg, Elmar Kotter
Effective Apixaban removal using hemoadsorption during emergent open-heart surgery: a case report and narrative literature review
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Vitor Mendes, Jaid Mamode, Jalal Jolou, Mourad Malki, Christoph Ellenberger, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Christoph Huber
Surgical management of multiple coronary artery to coronary sinus fistulas with giant left circumflex artery and multivalvular infective endocarditis
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Sang Bin Shin, Won Kyoun Park, Jae Won Choi, Jong Pil Jung, Chang Ryul Park, Yong Jik Lee, Gwan Sic Kim
Analysis of the thickness characteristics of the left atrial posterior wall and its correlation with the low and no voltage areas of the left atrial posterior wall in patients with atrial fibrillation
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Longchang Li, Lijun Li, Dezhi Yang, Shuxiong Nong, Cheng Luo, Chun Gui
Aspiration of thrombus for intermediate-risk subacute pulmonary embolism
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Jiahao He, Chunli Liu
Experience with aortic arch inclusion technique using artificial blood vessel for type A aortic dissection: an application study
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Qingfeng Li, Bin Li, Shuqiang Xi, Zhaobin Li, Zhe Zhu, Zeyue Jin, Fan Yang, Lei Liu
Optimal patient selection for maze procedure in patients undergoing mitral valve disease
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Tomoaki Masuda, Atsushi Aoki, Tadashi Omoto, Kazuto Maruta
Devastating fungal endocarditis involving ascending aorta in a patient with a history of aortic valve replacement: a case report
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Parisa Koohsari, Akram Nakhaee, Mehrzad Rahmanian, Faeze Salahshour, Roya Parkhideh, Farnoosh Larti
Perceval-S over time. Clinical outcomes after ten years of usage
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Nikolaos Schizas, Ilias Samiotis, Georgia Nazou, Dimitrios C. Iliopoulos, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Maria Kousta, Nafsika Papaioannou, Mihalis Argiriou, Panagiotis Dedeilias
Unusual origins of cardiac insufficiency: a case of iliac arteriovenous fistula post-spinal disc surgery
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Zheng-Ji Chen, Nouman Ahmad, Ling-Jin Huang
Radiotherapy combined with anti-PD-1 and TKI for primary cardiac angiosarcoma considering the joint assessment of TLSs and PD-L1: a case report
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Shuzhe Deng, Xinxin Yang, Lin He, Qian Zhang, Chunbo Zhao, Hongxue Meng
Efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a systematic review and PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis
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Bin Gao, Yang Liu, Yun-tai Yao
Transcarotid vascular access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: is choosing the left side always right?
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Adil Salihu, David C. Rotzinger, Guillaume Fahrni, Anna Nowacka, Panagiotis Antiochos, Stephane Fournier, Olivier Muller, Matthias Kirsch, Henri Lu
Management of left atrial myxoma in pregnant women: a case series
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Yanli Liu, Haiping Wang, Huanlei Huang, Fengzhen Han, Jian Zhuang, Yanqiu Ou, Yanyan Lin, Weina Zhang
A basaloid carcinoma with multilocular thymic cyst mimicking a mediastinal teratoma
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Chen Su, Xiaobo Zhu, Qiang Wang, Junjie Zhang
Surgeon-modified fenestrated endovascular grafts and thoracoscope-assisted fixation for treatment of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms
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Hong Wang, Wei Wang, Weifan Wang, Debin Liu
The characteristics and prognosis of different disease patterns of multiple primary lung cancers categorized according to the 8th edition lung cancer staging system
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Yalong Wang, Lingling Fang, Xiao Hu, Hongliang Wu, Lina Zhou, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao, Jie He
Restrictive annuloplasty or replacement on reverse remodeling for nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
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Yusuke Misumi, Masashi Kawamura, Daisuke Yoshioka, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Yoshito Ito, Tsubasa Mikami, Masaki Taira, Kazuo Shimamura, Shigeru Miyagawa
Left ventricular free wall rupture caused by myocardial ischemia without treatable atherosclerotic coronary disease: a case series
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Terézia B. Andrási, Nunijiati Abudureheman, Alannah C. Glück, Kai Dielmann, Gerhard Dinges
Open aortic arch repair without circulatory arrest by frozen elephant trunk in Ishimaru zone 0
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Ciro Bancone, Alessandro Della Corte, Federica Lo Presti, Rasul Ashurov, Giacomo Sica, Lucrezia Palmieri, Rita Di Fraia, Marisa De Feo
Uncommon using of the pulmonary homograft in oncological case - three years follow up
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Dhaker Lahidheb, Roman Komarov, Ruslan Alikhanov, Boris Tlisov, Alisher Ismailbaev, Ines Dhif
Transapical intramyocardial septal microwave ablation in treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: 12-month outcomes of a swine model
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Mi Zhou, Zhaolong Li, Yun Liu, Yuehua Fang, Le Qin, Wenjie Yang, Fuhua Yan, Qiang Zhao
A combined subsegmentectomy of right S9 + 10b with single direction thoracoscopic surgery
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Cheng Shen, Chengwu Liu
Triple-induction treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a case report of pathological complete response
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Raphael S. Werner, Olivia Lauk, Georg Tscherry, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Sylvia Höller, Isabelle Opitz
Mechanism of sodium butyrate, a metabolite of gut microbiota, regulating cardiac fibroblast transdifferentiation via the NLRP3/Caspase-1 pyroptosis pathway
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Tiancheng Dong, Dingkao Huang, Zhengzheng Jin
Surgical strategy for intravenous leiomyomatosis spreading from uterine to the right atrium presenting with recurrent syncope
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Gengxu He, Tong Yao, Lei Zhao, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo, Yuanzhi Luo, Kai Zhou
Endovascular repair of bilateral isolated common iliac artery aneurysms with unsuitable anatomy utilizing an aortic bifurcated unibody endograft and modified sandwich technique to preserve pelvic blood flow: a case series
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Haodong Liao, Enquan Zhou, Yongjiang Tang, Chunshui He
Successful Implantation of Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve after TAVR Explantation
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Yusuke Yanagino, Naonori Kawamoto, Satoshi Kainuma, Naoki Tadokoro, Takashi Kakuta, Ayumi Ikuta, Kohei Tonai, Tomoyuki Fujita, Satsuki Fukushima
Staged repair of a ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report
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Akitoshi Takazawa, Toshihisa Asakura, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Akihiro Yoshitake
Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: case report
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Chang Xu, Guangyin Zhao, Hongyu Zhang, Di Ge, Jie Gu
Abnormal performance of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): a case misdiagnosed as achalasia of cardia
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Wen-Quan Yu, Hui-Jiang Gao, Li-Xue Zhai, Yu-Cheng Wei
Comparison of early patient-reported outcomes between uniportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy and wedge resection for peripheral small-sized non-small-cell lung cancer
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Yingzhi Zhao, Wenwu Liu, Xin Gao, Kaixin Zhang, Wei Dai, Xing Wei, Haoqian Zheng, Cheng Lei, Hongfan Yu, Qiuling Shi, Qiang Li, Tianpeng Xie
Different anatomical variations in the anterior segment of the right upper lung
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Wu Yan, MengXuan Wang, JiXing Zhao, YongSheng Li, Wei Wei
Clinical outcome of a branch-first approach with a novel continuous whole-brain perfusion strategy for total arch surgery
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Zezheng Zhao, Haitao Chi, Lei Chen, Junhui Wang, Cangsong Xiao
Video double-lumen tube for one lung ventilation: implementation and experience in 343 cases of routine clinical use during the first 20 months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
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Andrea Irouschek, Joachim Schmidt, Torsten Birkholz, Horia Sirbu, Andreas Moritz
Thrombocytopenia after sutureless and standard stented aortic valve replacement: a retrospective analysis of risk factors, clinical course, and early outcome
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Alicja Zientara, Mohammad Yousuf Salmasi, Bella Milan-Chhatrisha, Sharan Kapadia, Ryan Bashir, Ian Cummings, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos
Management of embolic splenic abscess secondary to aortic valve endocarditis – case report and review of literature
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Nicolas Nunez-Ordonez, Juan Sebastián Luna, Jaime Camacho Mackenzie, Andrés Felipe Jiménez, Alejandro González, Andrea J. Pico, Carlos F. Román, Paulo A. Cabrera Rivera, Carlos A. Villa Hincapié
Alpha gal syndrome, a relative not absolute contraindication to the use of bovine pericardium to close an intracardiac septal defect: a case report
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Kimi Taira, Rahul Kanade, Maroun Yammine, Henry Tannous, Sathappan Kumar
Expression of lncRNA LINC00943 in lung squamous cell carcinoma and its relationship with tumor progression
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Zhenshan Zhao, Haiyang Li, Jing Li, Yao Rong, Lidong Zhao, Menghui Hao, Faming Tian
The value of lung function assessment and Testin expression detection in clinicopathological features and prognosis of NSCLC patients
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Yanmin Zhang, Gaoming Wang, Qian Zhang, Qian Wang, Jing Luo, Chunhua Ling
Transit time flow measurement in arterial grafts
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Dror B. Leviner, John D. Puskas, David P. Taggart
Analysis of 25 surgical cases of thymic neuroendocrine tumors and thymic carcinoma
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Kensuke Midorikawa, So Miyahara, Nanako Nishino, Yuichirou Ueda, Ryuichi Waseda, Takeshi Shiraishi, Toshihiko Sato
Sex-related differences in outcome of thoracic aortic surgery
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Hongxue Jiang, Hongjie Xu, Zhiyun Xu
Diagnostic value of the creatine kinase-MB/creatine kinase and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios in acute myocardial infarction
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Yin Liu, Xiao-Lei Tang, Yong Ni, Li-Zhong Duan, Feng-Jun Jing
Thoracoscopic resection of paraesophageal ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in the superior posterior mediastinum: a case report
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Kai Fu, Xin-Yu Zhu, Xin-Yu Jia, Kun-Peng Feng, Yuan Cui, Jun Zhao, Chang Li
A surgical resection case of myxoma arising from the posterior wall of the left atrium complicated with complete atrioventricular block
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Satoshi Sakakibara, Takashi Yamauchi, Takahiro Ohmori
Comparison of Del Nido (a different application) and crystalloid blood cardioplegia on arrhythmia and early results
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Ferhat Borulu, Ümit Arslan, Eyüp Serhat Çalik, Kaptanıderya Tayfur, Bilgehan Erkut
Cardiac herniation post left upper lobectomy and thymectomy: a case report
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Hiral Jhala, Mathew Thomas
A approach of gastric conduit via the anterior of pulmonary hilum route during minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy
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Zhaoyang Yan, Xinjian Xu, Bin Guo, Pengzeng Wang, Linpeng Niu, Zhanjie Gao, Yusen Yuan, Fei Li, Ming He
Mid-term clinical outcomes of totally endoscopic repair for mitral regurgitation in Barlow’s disease
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Lin Zhang, Huimin Cui, Hong Shen, Dong Li, Lianggang Li, Hua Shen, Shengli Jiang
A middle lobe sparing sleeve resection versus bilobectomy for right lower central non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective propensity score matched cohort study
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Jiongjie Wang, Jichao Guo, Haizhan Shi, Xiangru Chen, Wenxin He, Zhixin Li
Treatment outcomes in patients with acute thromboembolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery
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Wenrui Li, Mingyuan Liu, Lei Jin, Hai Feng, Xueming Chen, Zhiwen Zhang
Repair of a fistula between the aorta and right ventricular outflow tract secondary to infective endocarditis of a unicuspid aortic valve and previously repaired ventricular septal defect
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Rickesh B. Karsan, Katie E. O’Sullivan, Christopher J. Lockhart, Christopher Austin
A challenging case of emergency redo surgery for acute type A aortic dissecting aneurysm of ascending and aortic arch with frozen elephant trunk following aortic root replacement
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Yuh Ing Lok, Jaime Villaquiran, James Kuo
Bleeding sites and treatment strategies for cardiac tamponade by catheter ablation requiring thoracotomy: risks of catheter ablation in patients with left atrial diverticulum
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Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Yujiro Miura, Yoshinori Nomura, Takayoshi Hirota, Naoki Arima, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Hiroki Tateiwa, Yoshifumi Katsumata
Inflammation in aortic surgery: postoperative evolution of biomarkers according pathologies and segments of the aorta
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Martin T Yates, Alexander Smith, Alina A Mistirian, Carola M Bigogno, Michelle Lee, Ana Lopez-Marco
Chylous leakage after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a systematic review
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Xing Zheng, Xi Yang, Sujuan Lei
Heparin-induced DRESS syndrome in a paediatric patient and successful anaesthetic management in cardiovascular bypass surgery: case report
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Laura Peña-Blanco, Laura Gutiérrez-Soriano, Félix Ramón Montes, Andrea Barragán-Méndez, Susana Beltrán-Villegas, Juan José López-Reyes, Carlos A. Villa-Hincapié, Juan Pablo Umaña
Complete resection of a giant intrapericardial cardiac synovial sarcoma
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Binyue Wang, Ligang Liu
The efficacy of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (mics cabg) for patients with coronary artery diseases and diabetes: a single center retrospective study
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Zhao Guangxin, Chi Liqun, Liang Lin, Liu Jiaji, Ma Xiaolong, Zhang Yuxiao, Huang Qiuyue, Kong Qingyu
Reconstruction method for massive lateral chest wall sarcoma using titanium plates and mesh: a case report
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Shin Tanaka, Eiji Nakata, Toshifumi Ozaki, Shinichi Toyooka
Antithrombotic drug removal with hemoadsorption during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
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Helmut Mair, Stephanie Ulrich, Dow Rosenzweig, Johannes Goeppl, Christopher Jurma, Ferdinand Vogt, Benedikt Baumer, Frank Vogel, Peter Lamm
To repair or to replace in mitral valve infective endocarditis? an updated meta-analysis
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Ahmed K. Awad, Karim Wilson, Mahmoud A. Elnagar, Merihan A. Elbadawy, Mohamed H. Fathy
Massive retroperitoneal hematoma caused by intercostal artery bleeding after blunt trauma: a case report
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Ran Zhu, Xiangtian Liu, Xiaoli Li, Liping Ye
Successful repair of recurrent ventricular septal perforation after myocardial infarction using double patch technique via right ventriculotomy: a case report
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Khoirur Rijal Ashsholih, Taiichi Takasaki, Mayu Tomota, Taika Tokumoto, Seimei Go, Shogo Emura, Masamichi Ozawa, Shinya Takahashi
Delayed surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective review of an alternative surgical strategy in the COVID-19 era
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Rin Itokawa, Ryosuke Kowatari, Yuki Imamura, Hanae Sasaki, Norihiro Kondo, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Masahito Minakawa
Giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms causing angina pectoris
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Peng Hu, Zhedong Wan, Qianhui Sun, Peng Teng, Liang Ma
Correction: Circ_0001786 facilitates gefitinib resistance and malignant progression in non-small cell lung cancer via miR-34b-5p/SRSF1
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Kaobin Ouyang, Dan Xie, Haojie Liao, Ying He, Hailin Xiong
Enhanced recovery after surgery program focusing on chest tube management improves surgical recovery after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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Dan Yang, Xi Zheng
Impact of postoperative cerebral complications in acute infective endocarditis: a retrospective single-center study
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Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masato Tochii, Takayuki Kai, Daisuke Koiwa, Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Heparin-free veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study
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ZhaoMin Huang, Jiayi Zheng, Mingyang Wang, Shaoting Zeng, Miaoting Huang, Shuyi Peng, Jiajun Li, Jiaming Ji, Quan Chen, Xin Xu, Chao Yang, GuiLin Peng, Hanyu Yang
A case of pulmonary visceral subpleural hematoma treated by hematoma evacuation during care of post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Yutaka Funaki, Kyoji Hirai
Correction: Experience with aortic arch inclusion technique using artificial blood vessel for type A aortic dissection: an application study
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Qingfeng Li, Bin Li, Shuqiang Xi, Zhaobin Li, Zhe Zhu, Zeyue Jin, Fan Yang, Lei Liu
Outcomes in patients with aortic stenosis and severely reduced ejection fraction following surgical aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement
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Eric R. Bain, Bistees George, Syed H. Jafri, Roopa A. Rao, Anjan K. Sinha, Maya E. Guglin
On the way to the azygos vein: a road of return rather than ruined
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Yiping Feng, Yeqing Liu, Shanxiang Xu, Huiming Zhong, Shouyin Jiang
Mean computed tomography value to predict spread through air spaces in clinical N0 lung adenocarcinoma
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Marino Yamamoto, Masaya Tamura, Ryohei Miyazaki, Hironobu Okada, Noriko Wada, Makoto Toi, Ichiro Murakami
Diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma miR-106a-5p levels in patients with acute heart failure
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Aike Fei, Li Li, Yunfang Li, Tie Zhou, Yanfei Liu
Intraoperative central venous pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass is an alternative indicator for early prediction of acute kidney injury in adult cardiac surgery
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Lei Wang, Lanxin Hu, Qiong yan Dai, HaoYu Qi, ZhenHong Wang, Xin Chen
Posterior pericardiotomy and the prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and cardiac tamponade in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting – A retrospective analysis
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Ayeshmanthe Rathnayake, Siew SC Goh, Carmel Fenton, Ashutosh Hardikar
Efficacy of selenium on patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Ahmed M. Sarhan, Ahmed K. Awad, Abdullah K. Alassiri, Mohamed Sameh Abd-Alkhaleq, Rahmeh Al-Asmar, Ahmed Reda Gonnah
METTL14-mediated N6-methyladenosine modification induces the ferroptosis of hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cardiomyocytes
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Chunyu Zhao, Jianing Li
Del nido cardioplegia in adults: a retrospective observational study in comparison to modified St. Thomas cardioplegia in cardiac surgery
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Sanjeeve Kumar Garg, Rajinder Singh Rawat, Dina Afifi Saad, Ihab Omar
Postoperative serum mir-28-5p level has predictive value for the prognosis after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
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Senyan Wu, Guobing Cheng, Wei Lu, Youyao Xu
Short-term and long-term outcomes of on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis and non-dialysis patients: a retrospective study in a single center
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Chia-Hsun Lin, Yen‐Yang Chen, Yu‐Tong Yen, Patrick Hung‐Ju Kao, Chai-Hock Chua, Hung-Hsing Chao, Ming-Jen Lu
Mind the gap! Interdisciplinary approach to anterior chest wall reconstruction after total sternectomy
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Olaf Michael Glueck, Denis Ehrl, Rudolf A. Hatz, Jan M. Fertmann
Pulmonary transplant complications: a radiologic review
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Samuel Friedlander, Brian Pogatchnik, Yuka Furuya, Tadashi Allen
miR-200b-3p relieved inflammation in patients with heart failure by regulating ZEB1 expression
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Bo Wei, Zhiyong Li, Li Wang, Haitao Zhang, Wen Gou
Risk factors and prognostic significance of early postoperative complications for patients who underwent pneumonectomy for lung cancer
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Güntuğ Batıhan, Kenan Can Ceylan, Şeyda Örs Kaya
Study on risk factors and treatment strategies of hypoxemia after acute type a aortic dissection surgery
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Wenbo Yu, Yuan Liang, Jianfeng Gao, Jianxian Xiong
The efficacy and safety of intraoperative intravenous amiodarone in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a systemic review and PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis
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Jin-He Deng, Bin Jia, Yun-Tai Yao
Export priority technique for Uni-portal thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy
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Yanhui Yang, Ji Li, Xin Cheng, Sipeng Cheng, Xiaoyang Xie
Successful chimney endovascular aortic repair with reconstruction of three visceral branches for huge saccular juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm after trans-thoracoabdominal esophagectomy
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Takasumi Goto, Hironobu Fujimura, Takashi Shintani, Takashi Shibuya
Extension of interval between adjacent pulse delivery cycles to deal with myocardial ischemia by intravascular lithotripsy: case report
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He Lv, Xinyu Li, Zengduoji Ren, Zhilu Qin, Chunying Fu, Qiang Fu
Efficacy and safety of intrapleural perfusion with hyperthermic chemotherapy for malignant pleural effusion: a meta-analysis
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Xue Pan, Zhichao Hou, Tangjuan Zhang, Zheng Ding, Fei Ye, Zhulin Wang, Chunyao Huang, Peng Wang, Xiangnan Li
Twenty-year experience following aortic valve replacement in patients younger than 60 years of age
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Yuki Imamura, Ryosuke Kowatari, Junichi Koizumi, Azuma Tabayashi, Daiki Saitoh, Hajime Kin
Whole exome sequencing and proteomics-based investigation of the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease with diffuse long lesion
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Ce Chao, Yongxiang Qian, Hao Lv, Kun Mei, Min Wang, Yang Liu, Bin Wang, Dongmei Di
Anomalous circumflex artery encircling the aortic annulus: implications for mitral valve repair
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Michele Portoghese, Simone Mureddu, Andrea Balata, Cristina Contini, Giangiacomo Carta
Correction: Transit time flow measurement in arterial grafts
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Dror B. Leviner, John D. Puskas, David P. Taggart
Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment improves multi-organ hemodynamics for postoperative liver transplantation patient. A case report
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Xinchen Zeng, Xin Jin, Zi’an Wu, Jun Hu, Wenjuan Zhou, Xuelian Shen, Jianhang Du
Insight into the research history and trends of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a bibliometric analysis
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Chen Wen, Geng Shen, Chenhao Fang, Lan Tian
Surgical choice for the treatment of partial intestinal ischemic necrosis caused by acute type a aortic dissection combined with malperfusion of superior mesenteric artery
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Wenbo Yu, Yuan Liang, Jianfeng Gao, Dilin Xie, Jianxian Xiong
In vivo mitral valve repair for the transplanted donor heart in orthotopic heart transplantation
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Kazuma Handa, Yusuke Misumi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Shunsuke Saito, Masashi Kawamura, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Takashi Yamauchi, Shigeru Miyagawa
Pulmonary artery sarcoma affecting the pulmonary valve mistaken as pulmonary vasculitis: a case report and comparative literature review
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Harry James Smith, Fadi Al-Zubaidi, Daniel Sitaranjan, Steven Chiu, David Jenkins
Antibiotic-loaded bone cement fixation technique combined with bilateral pectoralis major muscle flaps tension-free management for sternal infection after midline sternotomy
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Xia Jiang, Yong Xu, Mingqiu Li, Guoqing Jiao, Xiaosong Rong, Fanyu Bu
Model for predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after monopolar or bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients with AF and mitral valve disease
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Wei Si, Peng Teng, Liang Ma
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal tumor with immunoglobulin G4-related disease: a case report
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Taihei Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Yoshimi Bando, Akio Hosokawa, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Naoki Miyamoto, Shinichi Sakamoto, Atsushi Morishita, Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba
New insights and novel perspectives in bileaflet mechanical heart valve prostheses thromboresistance
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Giorgio Vigano, Sudip Shyam, Sushanta K. Mitra, Daniël K. M. Pollack, Massimo A. Mariani
Role of surgical simulation on self-reported confidence level on cardiothoracic surgical trainees
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Len En Yean, Shahrul Amry bin Hashim
Spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage after pulmonary endarterectomy surgery
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Aabha Divya, Alicia Chia, David Jenkins
Clinical analysis of temporary pacemaker implantation in 6 children with fulminant myocarditis
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Min Zhang, Xiaofang Cai, Yong Zhang
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing low-dose versus standard-dose computed tomography-guided lung biopsy
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Teng Li, Guanghui Xu, Wenjun Li, Yun Liu
Circumferent dissection of the ascending aorta resulting in the occlusion of supra-aortic vessels repaired using the frozen elephant trunk technique - a case report
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Frieda-Maria Kainz, Kathrin Freystaetter, Felix Nagel, Dominik Wiedemann, Bruno K. Podesser
Comparison of quality of life in patients with mitral valve replacement and mitral valve repair in Imam Ali Hospital during 2014 to 2020: a cross-sectional study
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Nahid Salehi, Pouria Heydarpour, Yahya Salimi, Arash Ziapour, Mohammad Reza Majzoobi, Sahand Geravand, Parisa Janjani
Fistula of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa in a patient with bacterial endocarditis: a case report and systematic literature review
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Rafael Figueroa-Casanova, Juan D. Saavedra-Henao, Juan S. Figueroa-Laverde, Diego A. Beltrán-Gonzales, José G. Labrador-Rosales, Sara Eslait-Olaciregui, Carlos J. Pérez Rivera
Uncommon presentations of type A quadricuspid aortic valve in the Septuagenarian
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Perry Choi, Michael Paulsen, Yihan Lin, William Moskalik, Angela Ji, Ethan Jackson, Sachin Malik, Elan Burton, Y Joseph Woo, Thomas Burdon
Retrograde cerebral perfusion reduces embolic and watershed lesions after acute type a aortic dissection repair with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
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Jacob Ede, Karl Teurneau-Hermansson, Birgitta Ramgren, Marion Moseby-Knappe, Daniel Oudin Åström, Mårten Larsson, Johan Sjögren, Per Wierup, Shahab Nozohoor, Igor Zindovic
Neurofibromatosis type 1 with huge intrathoracic meningoceles misdiagnosed as pleural effusion: A case report and literature review
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Ningyi Chen, Wenjuan Li, Lingfeng Min, Qian Huang, Jiarong Bian
Comparison between one-stage and two-stage CT-guided localization of lung nodules with surgical resection: a single medical center experience
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Kai-Yun Hsueh, En-Kuei Tang, Fu-Zong Wu, Ping-Chung Tsai, Chih-Wen Shu, Yen-Chiang Tseng, Yih-Gang Goan
Unexpected diagnosis: large hemangioma in the interatrial septum
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Begoña Bernal-Gallego, Verónica Hernández-Jiménez, Lidia Castillo, Rosa González-Davia, Nieves De Antonio-Antón, Guillermo Reyes-Copa
Surgical removal of a peripheral venous catheter fragment in the heart in a preterm infant
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Gang Wang, Zhe Zhao, Gengxu Zhou, Zhichun Feng
Nomogram using intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics for the preoperative prediction of visceral pleural invasion in clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
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Yun Wang, Deng Lyu, Su Hu, Yanqing Ma, Shaofeng Duan, Yayuan Geng, Taohu Zhou, Wenting Tu, Yi Xiao, Li Fan, Shiyuan Liu
Treatment of late left bronchopleural fistula after left pneumonectomy through right thoracic approach assisted by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Wenhao Li, Kejun Liu, Xiaozu Liao, Binfei Li, Yi Liang, Weizhao Huang
A nomogram predicting pneumonia after cardiac surgery: a retrospective modeling study
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Kuo Wang, Hai-Tao Zhang, Fu-Dong Fan, Jun Pan, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang
Risk factors for infection at the saphenous vein harvest site after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study
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Hanna Unosson, Maria Hälleberg Nyman, Karin Falk Brynhildsen, Örjan Friberg
Presentation and management of delayed bronchopleural fistula after pulmonary lobectomy: a case report
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Riad Abdel Jalil, Ali Dabous, Almu’atasim Khamees, Ahmad Yasin Alzu’bi, Joud Al-Majali
Ac2-26 reduced the liver injury after cardiopulmonary bypass in rats via AKT1/GSK3β/eNOS pathway
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Xi-chun Xing, Zi-ying Liu, Qing Yang, Bao-wei Jia, Lin Qiu, Lu-lu Zhang, Wei Gao
Primary graft dysfunction in heart transplantation: the challenge to survival
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Hüseyin Sicim, Wing Sum Vincy Tam, Paul C. Tang
Long non-coding RNA MEG3 knockdown represses airway smooth muscle cells proliferation and migration via sponging miR-143-3p/FGF9 in asthma
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Jiaying Gu, Dengfeng Zhou
Epicardial placement of human placental membrane allografts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with reduced postoperative atrial fibrillation: a pilot study for a future multi-center randomized controlled trial
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Zain Khalpey, Ujjawal Kumar, Pamela Hitscherich, Usman Aslam, Evangelia Chnari, Marc Long
“Decompression illness” on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Jiannan Hu, Huijing zhao, BingBing Bian, Renfei San, Peng Yang, Yongpo Jiang
Risk factors of pneumothorax in computed tomography guided lung nodule marking using autologous blood: a retrospective study
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Shaohang Wu, Jianyang Wu, Junkai Xiong, Chengbin Huang, Yiwei Lin, Jun Guan, Jianxin Xu
Ectopic cervical thymoma: a rare entity in the anterior neck
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Yang Yang, Cheng Shen, Lin Ma
Aberrant left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery with patent ductus arteriosus - a case report and review of the literature
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Ahmad Amer, Hanita Shai, Sagi Assa, Avital Mitler, Alona Raucher Sternfeld
Delayed management of acute type A aortic dissection with concomitant coronary artery bypass graft
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Zohaib R. Khawaja, Yusuf M. Aboutabl, Gabriel E. Cambronero, Robert G. Willis, Aaron S. Gilani, Bartlomiej R. Imielski
Joint effects of CD8A and ICOS in Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS)
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Ling-bing Meng, Yongchao Li, Tingting Lv, Changhua Lv, Lianfeng Liu, Ping Zhang
POLR1D silencing suppresses lung cancer cells proliferation and migration via inhibition of PI3K-Akt pathway
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Zhize Yuan, Yichao Wang, Yong Yang, Xiong Qin
Challenges in prompt identification and surgical correction of Marfan Syndrome aortic disease in a middle-income country: a case series study
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Alejandro Velandia-Sánchez, Camilo A. Polanía-Sandoval, Julián Senosiain-González, José V. Álvarez-Martínez, Sebastian Gallo-Bernal, Juan G. Barrera-Carvajal, Juan P. Umana, Jaime Camacho-Mackenzie
The influence of low-dose s-ketamine on postoperative delirium and cognitive function in older adults undergoing thoracic surgery
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Yujia Wang, Bingqiang Ma, Chaochang Wang, Yingqi Wang, Aijia Liu, Lihua Hang
Left atrial volume index and interleukin-6 as predictors for postoperative atrial fibrillation
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Hong Tao, Xiao Shen, Lei Zou, Cui Zhang, Liang Hong
Endovascular repair for thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm induced by pedicle screw implantation: a case report with 8 years follow-up
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Shufen Zhou, Hui Han, Yidan Zhang, Chang Shu, Mingyao Luo
A rare case of left atrial appendage aneurysm
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Ke Qin, Peng Teng, Liping Shi, Liang Ma
Primary glomus tumor of the thymus in a 66-year-old patient
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Yibing Zang, Ruixing Zhao, Chengquan Ma, Dejun Gao
Iatrogenic non-coronary leaflet perforation as a complication after robotic mitral valve repair
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Afksendiyos Kalangos, Yilmaz Zorman, Emel Celiker Güler, Nataliia Shatelen
Co-occurrence of posterior chest wall pilonidal sinus with melanocytic nevus: a challenging presentation: a case report
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Abdulwahid M. Salih, Fahmi Hussein kakamad, Aso S. Muhialdeen, Hardi M. Zahir, Yadgar A. Saeed, Halkawt O. Ali, Sara N. Ahmad, Marwan N. Hassan, Shko H. Hassan, Mohammed Subhan Mohammed
Sex-based disparities in ascending aortic aneurysm surgery outcomes: a comprehensive analysis of 1148 consecutive patients with propensity-score matching
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Mohammed Al-Tawil, Christine Friedrich, Alexandra Broll, Mohamed Salem, Jan Schoettler, Nora de Silva, Philipp Kolat, Felix Schoeneich, Assad Haneya
Efficacy of autologous blood patch injection for pneumothorax rate after CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Xin Chen, Yungui Bian, Hai Li, Shurong Li, Zhaowen Shi, Yunping Zhao, Haibin Li, Yanlong Yang
Right ventricle pierced by a traditional sharp hair straightener: a case report
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Adama Sawadogo, Gaia Severgnini, Moussa Bazongo, Lassina Konaté, Farid Pingwindé Belem, Youssouf Naré, Alain Sanou, Silvia Perlangeli, Lorena Fénoglio, Alberto Pilozzi, Maurizio Roberto, Marco Zanobini
Two-stage hybrid surgical repair for aortic arch pathology with a shaggy aorta: a case report
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Atsushi Morishita, Seiichiro Katahira, Takeshi Hoshino, Kazuhiko Hanzawa, Hideyuki Tomioka
Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve for pregnancy with anti-phospholipid syndrome: a case report
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Zhenzhong Wang, Yuxin Li, Shuo Xiao, Qiuji Wang, Zhaolong Zhang, Fengzhen Han, Huanlei Huang
Pathological findings of pulmonary papillary adenoma with EGFR mutation and literature review: two cases report
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Lu Huang, Yi Liu, Changjun Yi, Lin Han, Shuang Li, Xingzi Li, Xuehui Wu
Prognostic significance of Pleural Fluid triglyceride levels based on a low-Fat Diet Management Strategy in patients with Chylothorax following pulmonary resection
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Hua Ji, Zhen Wang, Cui Xu, Xiaofeng Yu, Haibo Huang
Comparative on the effectiveness and safety of different carotid endarterectomy techniques: a single-center Retrospective Study
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Sensen Wu, Hui Wang, Julong Guo, Fan Zhang, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Yongquan Gu, Lianrui Guo
Aortic arch de-branching for suspected expanding perigraft haematoma after previous acute type-A dissection repair with AMDS stent: a technique for a potential future problem
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Rickesh Karsan, Niamh Shearer, Ciara Doyle, Rachel Roberts, Alsir Ahmed
Early outcomes of aortic valve replacement with Perceval PLUS sutureless valve: results of the prospective multicentric MANTRA study
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Slobodan Micovic, Angelo Nobre, Jae Woong Choi, Marco Solinas, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada, Michele Torella, Cristian Baeza, Eugene Parrino, Francesco Pollari, Giovanni Troise, Utz Kappert, Friedrich Mellert, Hyung Gon Je, Vincenzo Argano, Ka Yan Lam, Mauro Rinaldi, Herbert Gutermann, Bart Meuris
Analysis of long non-coding RNA RMRP in the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
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Haiyan Xiao, Jun Pu, Gaxue Jiang, Chenliang Pan, Jizhe Xu, Bo Zhang, Ming Bai
Massive hemothorax induced by pulmonary arteriovenous malformation rupture: a case report and literature review
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Xiang Li, Lijun Duan, Shengnan Mu, Xin Dong, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao
Echocardiographic features of a giant aneurysm of membranous ventricular septum
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Guobing Hu, Zhen Lv, Jie Ding, Ishaq Muhammad, Xiangming Zhu
Influence of ABC stroke score on late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation
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Ke-Zeng Gong, Zhe Xu, Ting-Pei Zhuang, Xue-Hai Chen, Jian-Hua Chen, Wei-Wei Wang, Wen-Hua Xu, Fei-Long Zhang
Thirty-three-year follow-up of pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa without surgical treatment: a case report and literature review
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Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini, Masood Soltanipur, Hossein Yarmohammadi, Mahdi Rezaei, Eisa Fattah, Fariba Bayat
A rare case of a simultaneous post-dissection saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and large pulmonary artery aneurysm with secondary embolism: a case report
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S. R. van Dinter, T. Arslan, S. Boerman, F. N. Hofman, P. Klein
Small cell lung carcinoma presenting initially with recurrent pneumothoraces: a case report
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John Buchanan, Mohamed Shatila, Ashvini Menon, Akshay J. Patel
Treatment of chronic mini-thoracotomy wound pain and lung herniation with intercostal cryoablation and surgical mesh repair: a case report
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Eun Yeung Jung, Seok Soo Lee
Bleeding in minimally invasive versus conventional aortic valve replacement
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Sorosh Bratt, Axel Dimberg, Mikael Kastengren, Robert D. Lilford, Peter Svenarud, Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Magnus Dalén
Surgical management of anterior mediastinal tumors of thyroid origin: a comprehensive analysis of approaches, techniques, and outcomes
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Georgi Yankov, Magdalena Alexieva, Yordanka Yamakova, Dimitar Kyuchukov, Evgeni Mekov
Thymic Rosai-Dorfmann disease: a case report
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Gaohua Liu, Min Jing, Juan Wang
Clinical value of measuring plasma D-dimer levels in patients with esophageal cancer
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Hao Chen, Bindong Xu, Qiang Zhang, Pengfei Chen
Survival outcomes of segmentectomy and lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Tongxin Li, Wang He, Xiaolong Zhang, Yu Zhou, Dong Wang, Shengyuan Huang, Xiangyang Li, Yong Fu
Partial cardiopulmonary bypass through left thoracotomy for coarctation repair in children
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Kunihiko Joo, Yoshie Ochiai, Yuma Motomatsu, Yuki Hashizumi, Yutaka Maniwa, Yuichiro Sugitani, Mamie Watanabe, Jun Muneuchi, Shigehiko Tokunaga
Exploring new frontiers: a rare case of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation in a patient with cor triatriatum sinister guided by intracardiac echocardiography
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Hengli Lai, Bo Wu, Yu Tao, Haiqiang Ding, Yanfeng Liu, Zhiyun Zhu, Xiantao Huang, Hongyan Li, Zhicheng Xu, Zhenhuan Chen, Haiwen Zhou
Del Nido cardioplegia versus cold blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
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Congcong Li, Haiyan Xiang, Heng Yang, Wu Liu, Wanqi Lan, Chao Luo, Shuangjian Han, Yongqin Li, Yanhua Tang
Investigation of mediastinal lymph node dissection in clinical stage IA pure-solid non-small cell lung cancer patients
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Jianlong Bu, Sainan Pang, Xianglong Kong, Benkun Liu, Qifan Xiao, Changfa Qu
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Ken Sawada, Takahiro Kawaji, Koji Yamana, Kazuki Matsuhashi, Yoshitaka Hara, Naohide Kuriyama, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Atsuo Maekawa, Yasushi Takagi, Osamu Nishida
Resection of the entire first rib for giant osteochondroma by trans manubrial approach: a case report and review of the literature
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Differential impacts of clinical, anatomical, and procedural factors on early and late mortality following open thoracoabdominal aortic repair: a retrospective observational study
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Clinical evaluation of laryngeal mask airways in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Kai Luo, Kaiming Chen, Yu Li, Yang Ji
A novel nomogram model to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection after surgery
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Yifei Zhou, Rui Fan, Hongwei Jiang, Renjie Liu, Fuhua Huang, Xin Chen
Is preoperative IABP insertion significantly reducing postoperative complication in augmented high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting patients?
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Faizus Sazzad, Hai Dong Luo, Guohao Chang, Duoduo Wu, Zhi Xian Ong, Theo Kofidis, Giap Swee Kang
Is a high preoperative HbA1c level a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer?
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Hidetaka Uramoto, Takaki Mizoguchi, Nozomu Motono
A case of lung metastasis from gastric cancer presenting as ground-glass opacity dominant nodules
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Takahiro Niimi, Joji Samejima, Yutaro Koike, Tomohiro Miyoshi, Kenta Tane, Keiju Aokage, Tetsuro Taki, Genichiro Ishii, Masahiro Tsuboi
Prognostic role of CRABP2 in lung cancer: a meta-analysis
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Guang Yang, Qifan Yin, Wenhao Wang, Siwei Xu, Huining Liu
Quality of life and activities of daily living one year after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery: a cross-sectional study
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Graft protective effects and donor-specific antibody suppression by CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell induced by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor rosuvastatin in a murine heart transplant model
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Kazuhito Iguchi, Yasuto Yamamoto, Masateru Uchiyama, Hisanori Masaoka, Masahiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shizuka, Tomohiro Imazuru, Tomoki Shimokawa
From asymptomatic adult patient to cardiopulmonary resuscitation – treatment of ALCAPA with total arterial myocardial revascularisation and mitral valve repair
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Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Florian Hecker, Thomas Walther, Tomas Holubec
Construction of prediction models for novel subtypes in patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans undergoing endovascular therapy: an unsupervised machine learning study
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Resection of pleural solitary fibrous tumors with distinct feeding vessels arising from the descending aorta: a case report
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Bronchoscopic management of bronchopleural fistula using free fat pad transplant with platelet-rich plasma: a case study
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Yu-Hsiang Wang, Hsu-Chih Huang, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin
Complete transection of the bilateral main bronchus in a 5-year-old patient: a case report
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Weimin Wang, Yanliang Yang, Siming Bi, Xiaozheng Lv, Huihui Xu
Ease of sutureless aortic valve replacement in a patient with unexpected ochronosis: a case report
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Saeid Hosseini, Soheila Salari, Mohammad Javad Alemzadeh Ansari, Mahshid Hesami, Sepideh Banar, Mohammad Amin Shojaei
Methadone in combination with magnesium, ketamine, lidocaine, and dexmedetomidine improves postoperative outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: an observational multicentre study
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Laurence Weinberg, Samuel Johnston, Luke Fletcher, Rebecca Caragata, Riley H. Hazard, Peter Le, Jadon Karp, Bradly Carp, Sui Wah Sean Yip, Dominic Walpole, Nicholas Shearer, Tom Neal-Williams, Robert Nicolae, Angelica Armellini, George Matalanis, Siven Seevanayagam, Rinaldo Bellomo, Timothy Makar, Param Pillai, Stephen Warrillow, Ziauddin Ansari, Anoop N. Koshy, Dong-Kyu Lee, Michael Yii
The correlation between KRAS and TP53 gene mutations and early growth of pulmonary nodules
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Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 highly cited articles on sublobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer
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Clinical outcomes of aortic root repair using pericardial autograft for acute type a aortic dissection
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Complete thrombosis of a bioprosthetic mitral valve and left atrium in a patient on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with favorable outcome
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James Hall, Michael Khilkin, Sunil Abrol
Left ventricular unloading therapy using Impella 5.5 after emergency surgery for acute myocardial infarction mechanical complication: a case report
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridging for chemotherapy in obstructing mediastinal mass after cardiopulmonary arrest
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Machine learning-based model development for predicting risk factors of prolonged intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting
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Antithrombotic management after aortic valve replacement with biological prosthesis: a meta-analysis
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Non-malignant pathological results from CT-guided biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a predictive model for identifying false-negative results
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Uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax
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A comparative analysis of open heart surgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgery in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation
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Embolization treatment of right pulmonary artery agenisis with patent ductus arteriosus causing pulmonary hypertension and hemoptysis: a case report and literature review
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Fan Wei, Chang Yaowen, Wang Wenhui
A nomogram combining CT-based radiomic features with clinical features for the differentiation of benign and malignant cystic pulmonary nodules
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Retrograde cerebral embolism and pulmonary embolism caused by patent ductus arteriosus: a case report
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Jian Li, Tihua Liu, Qinfeng Rong
Effects of different anesthetic regimens on postoperative cognitive function of elderly patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial
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Li Xie, Xin Wei, Keqiang He, Sheng Wang, Min Xu
Delayed hemothorax following blunt thoracic trauma: a case report
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Advances in the localization of pulmonary nodules: a comprehensive review
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Yafang Wang, Enguo Chen
Lesion durability found during mandated percutaneous catheter ablation after surgical cryo-ablation for treatment of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
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Alan Bulava, Aleš Mokráček, Petr Němec, Dan Wichterle, Pavel Osmančík, Petr Budera, Petr Kačer, Linda Vetešková, Tomáš Skála, Petr Šantavý, Jan Chovančík, Piotr Branny, Vitalii Rizov, Miroslav Kolesár, Iva Šafaříková, Marian Rybář
Shortness of breath on the day of discharge: an early alert for post-discharge complications in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery
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A massive pulmonary arteriovenous fistula complicated with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease treated by interventional therapy: a case report
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Total aortic arch debranching with antegrade Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) in acute non-A non-B aortic dissection
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Optimal antiplatelet therapy after revascularization of left subclavian artery during TEVAR
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2-year results and myocardial impact of transapical mitral valve repair in patients with primary mitral regurgitation: an echocardiographic study
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Long-term outcomes of TEVAR for thoracic aortic diseases: a retrospective single-center study
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Comparative analysis of the analgesic effects of intercostal nerve block, ultrasound-guided paravertebral nerve block, and epidural block following single-port thoracoscopic lung surgery
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Correction: Epicardial placement of human placental membrane allografts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with reduced postoperative atrial fibrillation: a pilot study for a future multi-center randomized controlled trial
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Zain Khalpey, Ujjawal Kumar, Pamela Hitscherich, Usman Aslam, Evangelia Chnari, Marc Long
Sinus rhythm restoration reverses tricuspid regurgitation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Is the burden of metastatic lymph node stations a prognostic factor in patients with resected lung cancer?
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Necati Çitak, Volkan Erdogu, Yunus Aksoy, Ayşegül Ciftci, Nisa Yildiz, Özgür İsgörücü, Servet Ozdemir, Selçuk Kose, Kenan Can Ceylan, Muzaffer Metin
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Jiajie Li, Zongwang Zhang
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Successful open surgical treatment for persistent type II endoleak following thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a case report
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Impact of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation on systemic inflammatory response – a randomized trial
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First initiation of mobilization out of bed after cardiac surgery – an observational cross-sectional study in Sweden
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Durvalumab supplementation for non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis study
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Which one is the best in treating deep venous thrombosis —— percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, catheter-directed thrombolysis or combination of them?
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The association between heparin sensitivity index and postoperative blood loss in Chinese patients undergoing elective off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a single center retrospective study
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Left anterior mini-thoracotomy: an alternative approach for pulmonary valve replacement after surgically corrected tetralogy of fallot
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Revolutionizing thoracic surgery education: a bibliometric analysis of the past decade’s literature
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Patent conversion of a novel closed chest drainage device
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Shaoqing Huang, Xu Song, Zhongkai Tong, Qiang Shi, Jie Li
Total pulmonary arterial reconstruction in a patient with arterial tortuosity syndrome affecting the pulmonary artery: a case report and review of the literature
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Fahad M. Alshair, Amal S. Alsulami, Mohammad S. Shihata, Osman O. Alradi, Ragab S. Debis, Abdullah H. Baghaffar, Mazin A. Fatani
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A comparative study of shockwave intravascular lithotripsy and conventional percutaneous coronary intervention in the treatment of severe coronary artery calcification lesions
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Shionone relieves oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation induced SH-SY5Y cells injury by inhibiting the p38 MAPK/NF-κB pathway
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Anomalous right coronary artery managed with bypass and proximal ligation
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Harry Ramcharran, Ahmad Nazem
Recognition of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration during lung resection
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Prevalence and risk factors of deep venous thrombosis of hospitalizations in plateau: a cross-section analysis
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COVID-related constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy: a case report
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Nian Tang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Denghong Zhang, Hongfei Li
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RF catheter ablation of AVNRT in a patient with interrupted inferior vena cava anomaly with hemiazygos continuity with persistent left superior vena cava
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Ali Bozorgi, Faezeh Tabesh, Mansour Jahangiri, Parham Rabiei, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab
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Impact of pericardial calcification on early postoperative outcomes after pericardiectomy: a retrospective observational study
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Rapid deployment aortic valve implantation in complex patients with infective endocarditis or aortic valve insufficiency
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Analysis of risk factors for complications in echocardiography-guided percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation
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Correction: Influence of ABC stroke score on late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation
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Ke-Zeng Gong, Zhe Xu, Ting-Pei Zhuang, Xue-Hai Chen, Jian-Hua Chen, Wei-Wei Wang, Wen-Hua Xu, Fei-Long Zhang
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A case of posterior mediastinal myelolipoma and a literature review of its imaging manifestations
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Long Xu, Xing Wen, Shi Yan Feng
Aprotinin in high-risk isolated coronary artery bypass graft patients: a 3-year propensity matched study
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Yang Tian, Hiulai Lv, Mingbo Wang, Ziqiang Tian
Impact of nitric oxide via cardiopulmonary bypass on pediatric heart surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Minli Zhao, Qiuping Zhang, Yuan Lin, Yukun Chen, Hua Cao
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Early surgery to prevent embolic events in patients with infective endocarditis: a comprehensive review
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Sikander Tajik Nielsen, Katra Hadji-Turdeghal, Peter Laursen Graversen, Lauge Østergaard, Morten Holdgaard Smerup, Lars Køber, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl
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The impact of bleeding on outcomes following lung transplantation: a retrospective analysis using the universal definition of perioperative bleeding
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Surgical intervention for lung cancer in patients aged 75 and above: potential associations with increased mortality rates—a single-center observational study
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Correction: Clinical features between paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: a comparative analysis in eastern China
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Correction: Apatinib monotherapy for early non-small cell lung cancer: a case report
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