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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Issue 7/2012

Content (17 Articles)

Open Access Current Topics Review Article

Surgical intervention for small-cell lung cancer: what is the surgical role?

Masayoshi Inoue, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Meinoshin Okumura

Open Access Original Article

Characteristics and treatment strategies of mitral regurgitation associated with undifferentiated papillary muscle

Ichiro Matsumaru, Koji Hashizume, Tsuneo Ariyoshi, Kenta Izumi, Daisuke Onohara, Shun Nakaji, Mizuki Sumi, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Akira Tsuneto, Tomayoshi Hayashi

Original Article

Optimization of thromboelastography-guided platelet transfusion in cardiovascular surgery

Kenji Aoki, Ai Sugimoto, Ayako Nagasawa, Masayuki Saito, Hajime Ohzeki

Original Article

Gender influence in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a propensity match score analysis of early outcomes

Bassel Suffian Al-Alao, Haralabos Parissis, Eilis McGovern, Michael Tolan, Vincent K. Young

Open Access Original Article

One-dimensional mean computed tomography value evaluation of ground-glass opacity on high-resolution images

Akihiko Kitami, Yoshito Kamio, Shoko Hayashi, Kosuke Suzuki, Shugo Uematsu, Ryozo Gen, Takashi Suzuki, Mitsutaka Kadokura

Case Report

Pulmonary artery replacement for pulmonary Takayasu’s arteritis

Masaki Hamamoto, Daisuke Futagami

Case Report

A case of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm in a patient with aortic replacement

Yuichi Ishida, Yasuhito Sakano, Shin-ichi Ohki, Arata Muraoka, Kei Aizawa, Yoshio Misawa

Case Report

Hyperthemia after cardiac surgery due to ascariasis in a child: report of a case

Yoshiyuki Maekawa, Takahiko Sakamoto, Kentaroh Umezu, Noburoh Ohashi, Yorikazu Harada, Hikoroh Matsui

Case Report

Port-access double valve replacement: first case report in Japan

Koyu Tanaka, Masahiko Kuinose, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Toshinori Totsugawa, Genta Chikazawa, Yoshimasa Tsushima

Case Report

Null allele alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: case report of the total pleural covering technique for disease-associated pneumothorax

Takashi Kusu, Tomoyuki Nakagiri, Masato Minami, Yasushi Shintani, Yoshihisa Kadota, Masayoshi Inoue, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Meinoshin Okumura

Case Report

Mediastinal bronchogenic cyst presenting with pericardial effusion

Naoko Kimura, Takatomo Morita

Case Report

Transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia following blunt trauma

Satoshi Yodonawa, Keisuke Kobayashi, Susumu Yoshida, Isao Ogawa, Hiromichi Ito, Akinori Kato, Ryoko Kubokawa, Emika Tokoshima

Case Report

Postpericardiotomy syndrome after thymothymectomy: report of two cases

Shungo Yukumi, Hideaki Suzuki, Yasuaki Kashu, Mikio Okazaki, Yoshifumi Sano

Case Report

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung invaded to esophagus: a case report of successful surgical treatment after preoperative transesophageal echographic evaluation

Tomohiro Haruki, Hiroshige Nakamura, Satoru Kishimoto, Youhei Yurugi, Shinji Fujioka, Ken Miwa, Yuji Taniguchi

Case Report

Localized malignant pleural mesothelioma

Takayuki Nakano, Rurika Hamanaka, Kana Oiwa, Kenei Nakazato, Ryota Masuda, Masayuki Iwazaki