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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Issue 8/2019

Content (14 Articles)

Open Access Myocardial Infarction Original Article

Current mechanisms of low graft flow and conduit choice for the right coronary artery based on the severity of native coronary stenosis and myocardial flow demand

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Akitoshi Takazawa, Akihiro Yoshitake, Chiho Tokunaga, Masato Tochii, Jun Hayashi, Hiroaki Izumida, Daisuke Kaneyuki, Toshihisa Asakura, Atsushi Iguchi

CABG Original Article

Predicted Risk of Mortality Score predicts 30-day readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting

Joshua M. Rosenblum, Brendan P. Lovasik, John C. Hunting, Jose Binongo, Michael E. Halkos, Bradley G. Leshnower, Jeffrey S. Miller, Omar M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton, William B. Keeling

Biomarkers Original Article

Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio as a mortality predictor for Norwood stage I operations

Omer Faruk Savluk, Fusun Guzelmeric, Yasemin Yavuz, Fatma Ukil, Arif Yilmaz, Deniz Cevirme, Eylem Tuncer, Ali Can Hatemi, Hakan Ceyran

Endarterectomy Original Article

Intimal regeneration after coronary endarterectomy and onlay grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting

Takayuki Okada, Naoki Minato, Shin-ya Kanemoto, Nobuya Zempo, Kazuho Saiga, Ken Namikawa, Shohei Kanno, Hiroo Ueno

Original Article

Prediction of prolonged air leak after lung resection using continuous log data of flow by digital drainage system

Masaki Goto, Keiju Aokage, Keigo Sekihara, Tomohiro Miyoshi, Kenta Tane, Kohei Yokoi, Masahiro Tsuboi

NSCLC Original Article

Optimal sublobar resection for c-stage I non-small cell lung cancer: significance of margin distance to tumor size ratio and margin cytology (Supplementary analysis of KLSG-0801): complete republication

Nobumasa Takahashi, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masafumi Kawamura, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hirotoshi Horio, Hirozo Sakaguchi, Mitsuo Nakayama, Katsuo Yoshiya, Masayuki Chida, Eishin Hoshi

Computed Tomography Original Article

Quantitative computed tomography for predicting cardiopulmonary complications after lobectomy for lung cancer in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yoshiyuki Yasuura, Tomohiro Maniwa, Keita Mori, Naoko Miyata, Kiyomichi Mizuno, Reiko Shimizu, Hiroyuki Kayata, Hideaki Kojima, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Yasuhisa Ohde

NSCLC Original Article

Predictive importance of galectin-3 for recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer

Yoko Kataoka, Tomoyuki Igarashi, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Takuya Fujita, Jun Hanaoka

Case Report

Aortic valve replacement and tricuspid valve annuloplasty via a left thoracotomy in an adult with left pulmonary agenesis

Akira Furutachi, Kojiro Furukawa, Kouta Shimauchi, Junji Yunoki, Manabu Itoh, Masanori Takamatsu, Eijiro Nogami, Yosuke Mukae, Takahiro Nishida

Case Report

Thoracoscopic resection of mediastinal tumor in a patient with azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava

Hiroaki Komatsu, Nobuhiro Izumi, Takuma Tsukioka, Hidetoshi Inoue, Kantaro Hara, Hikaru Miyamoto, Noritoshi Nishiyama

Case Report

Left upper pulmonary vein connected to the persistent left superior vena cava and the left atrium

Ryunosuke Maki, Masahiro Miyajima, Taijiro Mishina, Atsushi Watanabe

Open Access Rapid Communication

A drainage catheter tangled around a closed left atrial appendage

Koshi Sawada, Hideki Kitamura, Yutaka Koyama, Mototsugu Tamaki, Yasuhiko Kawaguchi