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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Issue 8/2011

Content (15 Articles)

Current Topics Review Article

Molecular oncology of lung cancer

Shinichi Toyooka, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Junichi Soh, Keiju Aokage, Masaomi Yamane, Takahiro Oto, Katsuyuki Kiura, Shinichiro Miyoshi

Current Topics Review Article

Treatment for pulmonary hypertension including lung transplantation

Kengo F. Kusano

Original Article

High-velocity penetrating thoracic trauma with suspected cardiac involvement in a combat support hospital

Francisco Dominguez, Alec C. Beekley, Linda L. Huffer, Philip J. Gentlesk, Robert E. Eckart

Original Article

Treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis complicated by destruction of the aortic annulus

Yuki Okamoto, Kenji Minakata, Tomoyuki Yunoki, Masatake Katsu, Shin-ichiro Chino, Masahiko Matsumoto

Case Report

Traumatic rupture of the false lumen in a patient with preexisting chronic dissection of the descending thoracic aorta

Hiroyuki Abe, Shigeki Funaki, Kiyoshi Chiba, Yosuke Kitanaka, Haruo Makuuchi

Case Report

A case of pulmonary infective endarteritis associated with patent ductus arteriosus: surgical closure under circulatory arrest

Seiji Matsukuma, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Kouji Hashizume, Takashi Oshitomi, Tsuneo Ariyoshi, Shinichiro Taniguchi, Kazuki Hisatomi

Case Report

Acute aortic dissection at 33 weeks of gestation with fetal distress syndrome

Akira Marumoto, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Shingo Harada, Munehiro Saiki, Motonobu Nishimura

Case Report

Patch annulo-aortoplasty in an adult patient with congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus

Naoto Morimoto, Keisuke Morimoto, Yoshihisa Morimoto, Akiko Tanaka, Toshihito Sakamoto, Kenji Okada, Yutaka Okita

Case Report

Castleman’s disease of the pleura

Rajaram Burrah, Vijayalakshmi Deshmane, Syed Althaf, Srinivasalu Yapamakula, Sathyanarayana Kurubabala, Anand Hanumaiah, Veerendra Kumar

Case Report

Lymphatic and venous malformation or “lymphangiohemangioma“ of the anterior mediastinum: case report and literature review

Yoshihisa Kadota, Tomoki Utsumi, Tomohiro Kawamura, Masayoshi Inoue, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masato Minami, Meinoshin Okumura

Case Report

Disseminated calcifying tumor of the pleura: review of the literature and a case report with immunohistochemical study of its histogenesis

Mitsuhiro Isaka, Kazuo Nakagawa, Tomohiro Maniwa, Shinsuke Saisho, Yasuhisa Ohde, Takehiro Okumura, Haruhiko Kondo, Takashi Nakajima

Case Report

Complete sternal cleft in an adult: case report

El Hassane Kabiri, Akram Traibi, Abdellatif Boulahya

How to Do It

Comprehensive preassessment form for adult cardiac surgery

Amir Tahvili, Edward W. K. Peng, Pradip K. Sarkar

Erratum

Erratum to: Thoracic splenosis: know it—avoid unnecessary investigations, interventions, and thoracotomy

Amir Maqbul Khan, Kamran Manzoor, Zeeshan Malik, Yasim Avsar, Chang Shim