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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Issue 8/2022

Content (12 Articles)

Open Access Cardiomyopathy Original Article

Immunocompetent cells in durable ventricular assist device-implanted non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Ayumi Koga-Ikuta, Satsuki Fukushima, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Naoki Tadokoro, Takashi Kakuta, Takurya Watanabe, Norihide Fukushima, Ken Suzuki, Toshihiro Fukui, Tomoyuki Fujita

Mid-term results of mitral valve reconstruction with autologous pericardial patch for active infective endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction

Ryoji Kinoshita, Hirokuni Arai, Masafumi Yashima, Tsuyoshi Hachimaru, Tatsuki Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Tamura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Keiji Oi, Tomohiro Mizuno, Eiki Nagaoka

Hyperlactatemia as a prognostic indicator for contemporary left ventricular assist device implantation

Yeahwa Hong, Hannah Rinehardt, Toby Zhu, Yisi Wang, Floyd Thoma, Arman Kilic

Combined cardiac surgery procedures and liver transplant: a single-center experience

Samuel Jacob, Justin H. Nguyen, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed, Ian A. Makey, Osama K. Haddad, Mathew Thomas, Basar Sareyyupoglu, Si M. Pham, Kevin P. Landolfo

Aortic Aneurysm Original Article

Effectiveness of early rehabilitation following aortic surgery: a nationwide inpatient database study

Kensuke Nakamura, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kazuaki Uda, Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga

Pleural Mesothelioma Original Article

Control of air leakage during pleurectomy/decortication by the ventilation and anchoring method

Masaki Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Kondo, Toru Nakamichi, Akifumi Nakamura, Ayumi Kuroda, Teruhisa Takuwa, Seiji Matsumoto, Seiki Hasegawa

Successful bridge to transplantation with long-term support using Berlin heart EXCOR in a child with failing Fontan

Moyu Hasegawa, Yuji Tominaga, Takuji Watanabe, Takayoshi Ueno, Masaki Taira, Shigeru Miyagawa

Heart Surgery How to Do It

A knot-pusher technique with hand-tying precision through a mini-thoracotomy

Satoru Maeba, Masatoshi Sunada, Ito Takuya, Dai Kawashima, Ryoi Okano

Thoracotomy How to Do It

Hybrid robotic lobectomy with thoracic wall resection for superior sulcus tumor

Shinsuke Uchida, Kenji Suzuki, Mariko Fukui, Aritoshi Hattori, Takeshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Takamochi