DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 02 · Volume 64 · March 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-006-31107

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: The Matthew Effect

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Reviewers for The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Original Cardiovascular

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Endlich, Matthias; Hamiko, Marwan; Gestrich, Christopher; Probst, Chris; Mellert, Fritz; Winkler, Kai; Welz, Armin; Schiller, Wolfgang: Long-Term Outcome and Quality of Life in Aortic Type A Dissection Survivors
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Schoenrath, Felix; Laber, Raffael; Maralushaj, Mergime; Henzi, Deborah; Caliskan, Etem Ibrahim; Seifert, Burkhardt; Bettex, Dominique; Starck, Christoph Thomas; Czerny, Martin; Falk, Volkmar: Survival, Neurologic Injury, and Kidney Function after Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
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Banerjee, Prerana; Theus, Christoph; Bremerich, Jens; Wolff, Thomas; Reuthebuch, Oliver; Eckstein, Friedrich; Matt, Peter: Computed Tomography Scan Predicts Abdominal Interventions but Not Stroke after Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
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Beckmann, Erik; Martens, Andreas; Alhadi, Firas Abd; Ius, Fabio; Koigeldiyev, Nurbol; Fleissner, Felix; Stiefel, Penelope; Kaufeld, Tim; Haverich, Axel; Shrestha, Malakh: Is Bentall Procedure Still the Gold Standard for Acute Aortic Dissection with Aortic Root Involvement?
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Ma, Mingjia; Liu, Ligang; Feng, Xin; Wang, Yuan; Hu, Min; Pan, Tiecheng; Wei, Xiang: Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest with Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion for Rapid Total Arch Replacement in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
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Gansera, Laura; Deutsch, Oliver; Szameitat, Larissa; Eichinger, Walter; Gansera, Brigitte: Aortic Dissections Type A during Sexual Intercourse in Male Patients: Accident or Systematic Coincidence? Examination of 365 Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection within 20 Years

How to do it

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Czerny, Martin; Grabenwöger, Martin; von Segesser, Ludwig: A Smart Solution for Solving Acute Angulations during Frozen Elephant Trunk Implantation

Original Thoracic

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Welter, Stefan; Cheufou, Danjouma; Zahin, Mahmood; Kampe, Sandra; Darwiche, Kaid; Weinreich, Gerhard; Stamatis, Georgios: Short- and Mid-Term Changes in Lung Function after Bilateral Pulmonary Metastasectomy
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Okiror, Lawrence; Peleki, Aikaterini; Moffat, Daniel; Bille, Andrea; Bishay, Ehab; Rajesh, Pala; Steyn, Richard; Naidu, Babu; Grimer, Robert; Kalkat, Maninder: Survival following Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Sarcoma
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Giuliano, Katherine; Sachs, Teviah; Montgomery, Elizabeth; Guzzetta, Angela; Brock, Malcolm; Pawlik, Timothy M.; Yang, Stephen C.; Ahuja, Nita: Survival Following Lung Metastasectomy in Soft Tissue Sarcomas
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Lee, Paul C.; Osakwe, Nonso C.; Narula, Navnett; Port, Jeffrey L.; Paul, Subroto; Stiles, Brendon M.; Andrews, Weston G.; Nasar, Abu; Altorki, Nasser K.: Predictors of Disease-free Survival and Recurrence in Patients with Resected Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors
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Dalar, Levent; Ozdemir, Cengiz; Abul, Yasin; Sokucu, Sinem Nedime; Karasulu, Levent; Urer, Halide Nur; Altin, Sedat: Endobronchial Treatment of Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung
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Lococo, Filippo; Margaritora, Stefano; Cardillo, Giuseppe; Filosso, Perluigi; Novellis, Pierluigi; Rapicetta, Cristian; Carleo, Francesco; Bora, Giulia; Cesario, Alfredo; Stefani, Alessandro; Rossi, Giulio; Paci, Massimiliano: Bronchopulmonary Carcinoids causing Cushing Syndrome: Results from a Multicentric Study Suggesting a More Aggressive Behavior

How to Do It

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Zheng, Hui; Jiang, Sen; Chen, Chang: Stepwise Tactile Localization and Wedge Resections for Deep Pulmonary Nodules during Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery