Issue 1/2021
Content (362 Articles)
From pathogenesis to treatment, a systemic review of cardiac lipoma
Shenglei Shu, Jing Wang, Chuangsheng Zheng
Application of bilateral internal mammary artery with different configurations in coronary artery bypass grafting
Zengqiang Han, Guodong Zhang, Shenglong Chen, Gang Liu, Yu Chen
Risk assessment of acute kidney injury following cardiopulmonary bypass
Thomas Wittlinger, Martin Maus, Ingo Kutschka, Hassina Baraki, Martin G. Friedrich
Application of 3D printing and framework internal fixation technology for high complex rib fractures
Xuetao Zhou, Dongsheng Zhang, Zexin Xie, Yang Yang, Menghui Chen, Zheng Liang, Guoliang Zhang, Shujun Li
How decisive is the number of distal arterial anastomoses in coronary bypass surgery?
Olivier J. L. Jegaden, Fadi Farhat, Margaux P. O. Jegaden, Amar O. Hassan, Joel Lapeze, Armand Eker
Perioperative outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Johannesburg, South Africa
Samantha Reiche, Dineo Mpanya, Katharina Vanderdonck, Shungu Mogaladi, Palesa Motshabi-Chakane, Nqoba Tsabedze
Single-center evaluation of prognostic factors for thymoma treated by surgery: a retrospective study
Satoshi Kamata, Itaru Ishida, Yuyo Suzuki, Hiroyuki Oura
Impact of autologous platelet rich plasma use on postoperative acute kidney injury in type A acute aortic dissection repair: a retrospective cohort analysis
Jiaqi Tong, Liang Cao, Liwei Liu, Mu Jin
Preoperative virtual simulation for synchronous multiple primary lung cancers using three-dimensional computed tomography lung reconstruction: a case report
Weichun Wu, Yimin Wu, Gang Shen, Guofei Zhang
Hybrid stepwise external wrapping for type a acute aortic dissection with cerebral Malperfusion
Yoshihiro Suematsu, Satoshi Nishi, Daisuke Arima, Akihiro Yoshimoto
Sfrp1 protects against acute myocardial ischemia (AMI) injury in aged mice by inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Jing Tao, Xian Wei, Ying Huang, Fen Liu, Yun Wu, Dilare Adi, Yang Xiang, You Chen, Yi-tong Ma, Bang-dang Chen
The lymph node ratio predicts cancer-specific survival of node-positive non-small cell lung cancer patients: a population-based SEER analysis
Liu Kai, Chen Zhoumiao, Xu Shaohua, Chen Zhao, Li Zhijun, He Zhengfu, Cai Xiujun
Author’s reply (in reference to letter to editor proposed by Etem Caliskan, Catherine J. Pachuk, Louis P. Perrault, Maximilian Y Emmert and entitled: preservation solutions to improve graft patency: The devil is in the detail)
Olivier Fouquet, Jean-David Blossier, Simon Dang Van, Pauline Robert, Agnès Barbelivien, Frédéric Pinaud, Patrice Binuani, Maroua Eid, Daniel Henrion, Laurent Loufrani, Christophe Baufreton
Lobectomy for lung cancer with a displaced left B1 + 2 and an anomalous pulmonary vein: a case report
Shinichi Sakamoto, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Naoya Kawakita, Akira Tangoku
Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis with rapid progression: a case report and literature review
Ming-Xuan Zhang, Wei-Min Zhang, Chan Yu, Bo-Wen Zhao, Ran Chen, Mei Pan, Bei Wang
Intraoperative collection of autologous platelet-rich plasma from the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit upon initiation of extracorporeal circulation
Takeshi Honda, Yuji Kanaoka, Hiroshi Furukawa, Taishi Tamura, Noriaki Kuwada, Takahiko Yamasawa, Yoshiko Watanabe, Yasuhiro Yunoki, Atsushi Tabuchi, Kazuo Tanemoto
Transdiaphragmatic single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; a novel approach for pulmonary metastasectomy through laparotomy incision – case series
Riad Abdel Jalil, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Omar M. Shihadeh, Obada Al-Qudah, Azza Gharaibeh, Loulia Aldimashki, Ali Dabous, Rami Ghanem, Ahed Al-Edwan
Isolated tricuspid valve surgery; long-term outcomes based on Tehran Heart Center data bank report
Seyed Hosssein Ahmadi Tafti, Farshid Alaeddini, Mahmood Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri, Abbas Salehi Omran, Mehrdad Mahalleh, Shiva Shoja, Negar Omidi
Feasibility of structured light Plethysmography (SLP) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Natalie Simon, Azhar Hussain, Priyanka Kolvekar, Shyam Kolvekar
What is the impact of preserving the endothelium on saphenous vein graft performance? Comments on the ‘NO’ touch harvesting technique
Ninos Samano, Andrzej Loesch, Michael R. Dashwood
Sublobectomy is a safe alternative for localized cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis
Yong Yang, Shaojun Zhang, Zhengwei Dong, Yong Xu, Xuefei Hu, Gening Jiang, Lin Fan, Liang Duan
Catamenial pneumothorax with partial liver herniation due to diaphragmatic laceration: a case report and literature review
Satoshi Arakawa, Hideki Matsudaira, Yuki Noda, Makoto Yamashita, Jun Hirano, Masaichi Ogawa, Takashi Ohtsuka
Clamping of chest drain before removal in spontaneous pneumothorax
Yu-Hong Chan, Ellen Lok-Man Yu, Hau-Chung Kwok, Yiu-Cheong Yeung, Wai-Cho Yu
Mini-invasive surgical instruments in transaortic myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a single-center experience with 168 cases
Qiang Ji, Yu Lin Wang, Ye Yang, Hao Lai, Wen Jun Ding, Li Min Xia, Chun Sheng Wang
Isolated iliac artery aneurysm in association with congenital pelvic kidney treated with iliac branch device: case report
Guilherme Centofanti, Kenji Nishinari, Bruna De Fina, Rafael Noronha Cavalcante, Mariana Krutman, Ross Milner
Spindle cell sarcoma of the right atrium causing right atrial pseudoaneurysm: a case report and review of the literature
Xiaofang Wang, Aiqiang Dong, Weijun Yang, Qunjun Duan
Analysis of the misdiagnosis of 8 adult cases of paragonimiasis with lung masses as the main manifestation in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
Qiu-Hong Shu, Yang Yang, Shu-De Li, Jun-Sheng Zhao, Sheng-Hao Li, Miao-Miao Wang, Wei-Qun Wang, Ming Tian, Shu-Mei-Qi He, Zhi-Qiang Ma, Min Zhu, Wen-Lin Wang
Giant Intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst associated with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a case report
Javier Maldonado Escalante, German Molina, Francisco Mauricio Rincón, Lina M. Acosta Buitrago, Carlos J. Perez Rivera
Minimally invasive closure of transthoracic ventricular septal defect: postoperative complications and risk factors
Chunnian Ren, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Yonggang Li
Early extubation is associated with improved outcomes after complete surgical repair of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries in pediatric patients
Yinan Li, Yuan Jia, Hongbai Wang, Xie Wu, Shoujun Li, Fuxia Yan, Su Yuan
The effect of multi-component interventions on the incidence rate, severity, and duration of post open heart surgery delirium among hospitalized patients
Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Nima Hosseinpour, Arash Mani, Mahnaz Rakhshan
Impact of standardized computed tomographic angiography for minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve surgery
Moritz B. Immohr, Yukiharu Sugimura, Patric Kröpil, Hug Aubin, Jan-Philipp Minol, Alexander Albert, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari
Comparison of flexible, open with semi-rigid, closed annuloplasty-rings for mitral valve repair
Ayse Cetinkaya, Maryam Waheed, Karin Bramlage, Oliver Johannes Liakopoulos, Mohamed Zeriouh, Stefan Hein, Peter Bramlage, Markus Schönburg, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Manfred Richter
Atrio-aortic erosion caused by Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder – a case report
Christine E. Kamla, Joscha Buech, Philipp M. Doldi, Christian Hagl, Gerd Juchem, Alexey Dashkevich
Surgical treatment for brachiocephalic artery aneurysm with Takayasu arteritis using isolated cerebral perfusion: a case study
Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Yasuhiro Futamura, Masaho Okada, Satoshi Makino, Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Peripheral vascular complications following totally endoscopic cardiac surgery
Ling-chen Huang, Qi-chen Xu, Dao-zhong Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen
Percutaneous transluminal stenting for superior vena cava syndrome caused by malignant tumors: a single-center retrospective study
Haitao Liu, Yahua Li, Yang Wang, Lei Yan, Pengli Zhou, Xinwei Han
Energy devices safety and impact on video-assisted thoracoscopic lung lobectomy postoperative course: monopolar electrocautery versus ultrasonic dissector
Maria Cattoni, Nicola Rotolo, Elisa Nardecchia, Silvia De Maio, Lorenzo Dominioni, Andrea Imperatori
Resection of primary cardiac angiosarcoma infiltrating the right atrioventricular junction and tricuspid valve: a case report
Lubna Bakr, Hussam AlKhalaf, Ahmad Takriti
Simultaneous Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery of bilateral pulmonary nodules
Shengcheng Lin, Chenglin Yang, Xiaotong Guo, Yafei Xu, Lixu Wang, Zhe Wang, Xin Yu, Chunguang Wang, Zhentao Yu
Cardiac surgery outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective review of the early experience in nine UK centres
Julie Sanders, Enoch Akowuah, Jackie Cooper, Bilal H. Kirmani, Mazyar Kanani, Metesh Acharya, Reuben Jeganathan, George Krasopoulos, Dumbor Ngaage, Indu Deglurkar, Patrick Yiu, Simon Kendall, Aung Ye Oo
Active clearance vs conventional management of chest tubes after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study
Samuel St-Onge, Vincent Chauvette, Raphael Hamad, Denis Bouchard, Hugues Jeanmart, Yoan Lamarche, Louis P. Perrault, Philippe Demers
Sugammadex is associated with shorter hospital length of stay after open lobectomy for lung cancer: a retrospective observational study
Seung Won Song, Kyung Yeon Yoo, Yong Sung Ro, Taehee Pyeon, Hong-Beom Bae, Joungmin Kim
Treatment of intrathoracic anastomotic leak after esophagectomy with the sump drainage tube
Qifan Yin, Shaohui Zhou, Yongbin Song, Xuejiao Xun, Nana Liu, Lijun Liu
Association of body mass index with in-hospital major adverse outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection patients in Fujian Province, China: a retrospective study
Lingyu Lin, Yanjuan Lin, Qiong Chen, Yanchun Peng, Sailan Li, Liangwan Chen, Xizhen Huang
Long non-coding RNA SPRY4-IT1 as a promising indicator for three field lymph-node dissection of thoracic esophageal carcinoma
Peng Qie, Qifan Yin, Xuejiao Xun, Yongbin Song, Shaohui Zhou, Huining Liu, Junpeng Feng, Ziqiang Tian
Midterm outcomes of early versus late surgery for infective endocarditis with neurologic complications: a meta-analysis
Yujiro Yokoyama, Taichiro Goto
Bilateral one-stage single-port sympathicotomy in primary focal hyperhidrosis, a prospective cohort study: treat earlier?
Michiel Kuijpers, Gwen Peeters, Petra W. Harms, Wobbe Bouma, Mike J. DeJongste, Massimo A. Mariani, Theo J. Klinkenberg
Impact of pre-existing comorbidities on outcomes of patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement – rationale and design of the international IMPACT registry
Farhad Bakhtiary, Ali El-Sayed Ahmad, Rüdiger Autschbach, Peter Benedikt, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michael Borger, Oliver Dewald, Richard Feyrer, Hans-Joachim Geißler, Jürg Grünenfelder, Ka Yan Lam, Rainer Leyh, Andreas Liebold, Markus Czesla, Arash Mehdiani, Francesco Pollari, Saad Salamate, Justus Strauch, Andreas Vötsch, Alberto Weber, Daniel Wendt, Beate Botta, Peter Bramlage, Andreas Zierer
Application of mediastinal drainage tube in intrathoracic esophageal anastomotic leakage for early diagnosis and effective treatment: a retrospective study
Hainong Ma, Xu Song, Jie Li, Guofang Zhao
Clinical evaluation the success rate and complications of fluoroscopically guided removal of tracheal tube metallic stents
Zong-Ming Li, De-Chao Jiao, Xin-Wei Han, Hui-Bin Lu, Ke-Wei Ren, Hong Yang
Trans-scapular approach coil localization for scapular-blocked pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study
Juan Wu, Min-Ge Zhang, Jin Chen, Wen-Bin Ji
Safety analysis of early oral feeding after esophagectomy in patients complicated with diabetes
Zhisheng Jiang, Jing Luo, Mengqing Xu, Zhuangzhuang Cong, Saiguang Ji, Yifei Diao, Yang Xu, Yi Shen
Spontaneous esophageal rupture following perforated peptic ulcer: a report of two cases
Chieh-Wei Chang, Yu-Ju Hung, Chien-Pin Chan, Chang-Lun Huang
Is there a renoprotective value to leukodepletion during heart valve surgery? A randomized controlled trial (ROLO)
Espeed Khoshbin, Sally Spencer, Laurence Solomon, Augustine Tang, Stephen Clark, Elizabeth Stokes, Sarah Wordsworth, Lucy Dabner, Julia Edwards, Barnaby Reeves, Chris Rogers
Determining risk factors of continuous renal replacement treatment after emergency surgery for type A acute aortic dissection: statistical issues
Zhao-Jing Xue, Peng Dong, Fu-Shan Xue
VATS right posterior segmentectomy with anomalous bronchi and pulmonary vessels: a case report and literature review
Jianbin Zhang, Yilv Zhu, Hongwei Li, Caihua Yu, Weiwei Min
Evaluation of isolated abdominal visceral artery dissection with multi-scale spiral computed tomography: a retrospective case series
Qizhou He, Fei Yu, Yajun Fu, Bin Yang, Ran Huo, Rong Xian, Shulan Liu, Kali Liang, Guangcai Tang
Aortotracheal fistula after slide tracheoplasty in a patient with dextrocardia, left pulmonary artery sling and tracheal stenosis: a case report
Yu-san Chien, Yen-Chun Chao, Kuo-Sheng Lee, Kang-Hong Hsu
Long-term outcomes of mitral valve replacement in patients weighing less than 10 kg
Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yilun Tang, Jinlan Chen, Yifeng Yang, Can Huang
5-year results of a newly implemented mechanical circulatory support program for terminal heart failure patients in a Swiss non-cardiac transplant university hospital
Thibault Schaeffer, Otmar Pfister, Constantin Mork, Paul Mohacsi, Florian Rueter, Simon Scheifele, Anne Morgen, Urs Zenklusen, Thomas Doebele, Markus Maurer, Joachim Erb, Jens Fassl, Nadine Cueni, Martin Siegemund, Hans Pargger, Brigitta Gahl, Stefan Osswald, Friedrich Eckstein, Martin Grapow
Diaphragm reconstruction by GORE DUALMESH in patients undergoing resection for thoracic malignancies
Atsushi Sano, Yoko Azuma, Takashi Sakai, Satoshi Koezuka, Hajime Otsuka, Akira Iyoda
Cardiac herniation presenting as superior vena cava obstruction syndrome after intrapericardial pnemonectomy for locally advanced lung cancer---case report
Gengxu He, Tong Yao, Lei Zhao, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo, Yuanzhi Luo, Kai Zhou
Angioplasty for the treatment of left brachiocephalic vein aneurysm: a case report
Long Gui, Hongbo Xu, Chengdong Ning, Niuliu Huang, Yu Pan
Clinical and echocardiographic trends in percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty
Ofir Koren, Asaf Israeli, Ehud Rozner, Nassem Darawshy, Yoav Turgeman
Conservative treatment of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement due to early left ventricular rupture: a case report
Qun-Jun Duan, Cui-Ting Duan, Wei-Jun Yang, Ai-Qiang Dong
Unusual complications following left ventricular assisted device implantation: case series
Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Yigal Kassif, Muin Faqeeh, Preisman Sergey, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Wadi Kinany, Offer Amir, Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Avishay Grupper
Pulmonary infection after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children: a risk estimation model in China
Chunnian Ren, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Quan Wang, Yonggang Li
Parachute mitral valve associated with reticular chordae tendineae in an adult: case report
Qun-Jun Duan, Cui-Ting Duan, Ai-Qiang Dong, Hai-Feng Cheng
Literature-based considerations regarding organizing and performing cardiac surgery against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic
Andrzej Juraszek, Jarosław Kuriata, Piotr Kołsut, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Monika Różewicz-Juraszek, Tomasz Dziodzio, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk
External stenting of vein grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting: interim results from a two centers prospective study
Luca Paolo Weltert, Katia Audisio, Alessandro Bellisaro, Gianluca Bardi, Roberto Flocco, Ruggero De Paulis, Paolo Centofanti
Most patient conditions do not a priori debilitate the sensitivity of thoracic ultrasound in thoracic surgery-a prospective comparative study
Thomas Galetin, Julika Merres, Mark Schieren, Benjamin Marks, Yves Haffke, Jerome Defosse, Frank Wappler, Aris Koryllos, Erich Stoelben
Novel hybrid treatment for extensive aortic arch aneurysms, a case report
Mixia Li, Hulin Piao, Yong Wang, Kexiang Liu
Robotic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using multiport triangular trocar configuration: initial experience at a single center
Vu Huu Vinh, Nguyen Viet Dang Quang, Dang Dinh Minh Thanh, Truong Van Le Phong
An adult with episodic retrosternal chest pain: an unusual presentation of congenital pulmonary airway malformation – case report
Ira Goldsmith, Joseph George, Umair Aslam, Sobaran Sharma
Modified commando procedure in complicated infective endocarditis ─ a case series
Posung Chen, Chungyi Chang, Yicheng Chuang, Ichen Chen, Tingchao Lin
Early single-stage surgical revascularization of pulmonary artery in unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery
Wenlei Li, Li Ma, Shuliang Xia, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Xinxin Chen
Correction to: The use of enoxaparin as bridge to therapeutic INR after LVAD implantation
Zubair Shah, Ioannis Mastoris, Prakash Acharya, Aniket S. Rali, Moghni Mohammed, Farhad Sami, Sagar Ranka, Savahanna Wagner, Giorgio Zanotti, Christopher T. Salerno, Nicholas A. Haglund, Andrew J. Sauer, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, Travis Abicht
Association between glucose variability and postoperative delirium in acute aortic dissection patients: an observational study
Yan-Juan Lin, Ling-Yu Lin, Yan-Chun Peng, Hao-Ruo Zhang, Liang-wan Chen, Xi-Zhen Huang, Qiong Chen
Repair technique for a rare partial anomalous pulmonary venous return associated with retroaortic innominate vein
Hanna Jung, Joon Yong Cho, Youngok Lee
Video-assisted pulmonary metastectomy is equivalent to thoracotomy regarding resection status and survival
Till Markowiak, Beshir Dakkak, Elena Loch, Christian Großer, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried
Behçet’s disease: successful aortic root reconstruction in severely dilated aortoventricular junction after aortic valve replacement with novel surgical method – case report
Miklós Pólos, Ádám Koppányi, Kálmán Benke, László Daróczi, Attila Oláh, Krisztina Heltai, Emese Kiss, Attila Fintha, Beáta Nagy, István Hartyánszky, Bálint Lakatos, Attila Kovács, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs
Debulking surgery for functional pleural dissemination of parathyroid carcinoma-case report
Sachi Kawagishi, Soichiro Funaki, Naoko Ose, Kenji Kimura, Kosuke Mukai, Michio Otsuki, Yasushi Shintani
Lung segmentectomy assisted by highly selective independent segmental ventilation: a series of three cases
Xiaoshun Shi, Jing Ye, Junyong Chen, Jianxue Zhai, Xiguang Liu, Di Lu, Zishi Lin, Zhen Ni, Hua Wu, Kaican Cai
Large cardiac wall hematoma with rapid growth: a case report of a potentially catastrophic complication during cardiac surgery
Kimihiro Kobayashi, Tetsuro Uchida, Yoshinori Kuroda, Atsushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai
Using the autologous innominate vein as a substitute for pulmonary arteries in a patient with pulmonary atresia and absent pulmonary arteries
Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Kamran Jamshidi, Mohammadreza Edraki, Hamid Amoozgar, Farah Peiravian, Elahe Nirooei
A meta-analysis of everolimus-eluting stents versus sirolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in diabetic patients
Hang Ouyang, Xuehui Zeng, Chunlei Zhang, Linli Song, Jiarui Xu, Zhihui Hou, Siya Xie, Zheng Tao, Jincai He
Totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery: early experience in 188 patients
Yi Chen, Ling-chen Huang, Dao-zhong Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Zi-he Zheng, Xiao-fu Dai
Aortic valve surgery for aortic regurgitation caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report
Yan Le Ho, Nurul Atiqah Ahmad Zaidi, Ahmadi Salleh, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem
Short-term assessment of radial artery grafts with multidetector computed tomography
En Qiao, Yuetang Wang, Jun Yu, Xu Wang, Xinjin Luo, Wei Wang
Effect of different cardioprotective methods on extracorporeal circulation in fetal sheep: a randomized controlled trial
Yi-bo Yan, Shuo Shi, Qian-biao Wu, Jin-sheng Cai, Bin-feng Lei
Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?
Mertol Gokce, Bulent Altinsoy, Ozcan Piskin, Burak Bahadir
Research on clinical characteristics and prognostic analysis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after surgery for acute type a aortic dissection
Chu-zhi Zhou, Dong-jie Feng, Yuan Fang, Feng-yan Zha, Er-hui Wang, Yan-zhen Li, Min-xin Wei, Jun-min Wen
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers
Alina Zubarevich, Marcin Szczechowicz, Anja Osswald, Jerry Easo, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Robert Vardanyan, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Konstantin Zhigalov, Alexander Weymann
Long-term prognosis analysis of PARACHUTE device implantation in patients with ischemic heart failure: a single-center experience of Chinese patients
Jianghua Li, Huadong Liu, Qiyun Liu, Cheng Liu, Wei Xiong, Wei Ma, Baowei Zhang, Shaohong Dong, Tangzhiming Li
Impact of tricuspid regurgitation on late right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device patients ~can prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty prevent late right ventricular failure? ~
Taro Nakazato, Daisuke Yoshioka, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoshi Kainuma, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Takayoshi Ueno, Toru Kuratani, Yasushi Sakata, Yoshiki Sawa
Improvement of surgical complications using single-lumen endotracheal tube intubation and artificial carbon dioxide pneumothorax in esophagectomy: a meta-analysis
Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu, Yen-Hao Chen, Shau-Hsuan Li, Chien-Ming Lo
New stent for transapical mitral valve replacement in acute swine experiment
Yu Zou, Peng Teng, Liang Ma
Dexmedetomidine combined with sufentanil and dezocine-based patient-controlled intravenous analgesia increases female patients’ global satisfaction degree after thoracoscopic surgery
Qiongzhen Li, Haixia Yao, Meiying Xu, Jingxiang Wu
Bleeding risk stratification in coronary artery surgery: the should-not-bleed score
Mirna Petricevic, Mate Petricevic, Marijan Pasalic, Branka Golubic Cepulic, Mirela Raos, Vesna Vasicek, Klaus Goerlinger, Kresimir Rotim, Hrvoje Gasparovic, Bojan Biocina
The application analysis of 8F ultrafine chest drainage tube for thoracoscopic lobectomy of lung cancer
Yongbin Song, Chong Zheng, Shaohui Zhou, Hongshang Cui, Jincong Wang, Jianxun Wang, Wenhao Wang, Lijun Liu, Junfeng Liu
Low suction on digital drainage devices promptly improves post-operative air leaks following lung resection operations: a retrospective study
Suguru Mitsui, Shunsuke Tauchi, Takahiro Uchida, Hisashi Ohnishi, Toshio Shimokawa, Satoshi Tobe
Left ventricular free wall rupture as a result of delayed presentation of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to fear of COVID-19: case report
George H. Nasr, Diana Glovaci, Andrew Mikhail, Steven Sinfield, Kevin Chen, Hardikkumar Patel, Michael Johl, Bharath Chakravarthy, Siddharth Singh, Fabio Sagebin, Ailin Barseghian El-Farra
Short-term outcomes of acute coronary involvement in type A aortic dissection without myocardial ischemia: a multiple center retrospective cohort study
Maozhou Wang, Ruixin Fan, Tianxiang Gu, Chengwei Zou, Zonggang Zhang, Zhonghong Liu, Chenhui Qiao, Lizhong Sun, Ming Gong, Haiyang Li, Hongjia Zhang
Isolated ascending aorta dilatation is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Enrique Gallego-Colon, Chaim Yosefy, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Azriel Osherov, Vladimir Khalameizer, Xavier Piltz, Marina Pery, Sharon Bruoha, Jamal Jafari
Preoperative anemia and transfusion in cardiac surgery: a single-centre retrospective study
Quynh Nguyen, Eric Meng, Joel Berube, Richard Bergstrom, Wing Lam
Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery
Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Osman Osama AL-Radi, Zaher Faisal Zaher, Ahmed Mohamed Dohain, Gaser Abdelmohsen Abdelmohsen, Ragab Sayed Mohamed, Mazin Adel Fatani, Mohamed Esam Abdelmotaleb, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Mahmoud Akl Elmeligy, Osama Saber Eldib
A comparison of the outcomes of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil with sufentanil-based general anesthesia in pediatric patients for the transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects
Ling-Shan Yu, Wen-Peng Xie, Jian-Feng Liu, Jing Wang, Hua Cao, Zeng-Chun Wang, Qiang Chen
COVID-19 related mortality in post-operative cardiac surgical patients
Azhar Hussain, Amina Khalil, Priyanka Kolvekar, Prity Gupta, Shyamsunder Kolvekar
Risk factors of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
Haiyan Chen, Liang Mo, Hongjuan Hu, Yulan Ou, Juan Luo
Design optimization of bidirectional arterial perfusion cannula
Saad Abdel-Sayed, Enrico Ferrari, Philippe Abdel-Sayed, Markus Wilhelm, Ludwig-Karl von Segesser, Denis Berdajs
Massive hemothorax in a pregnant patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
Kumiko Hashimoto, Yuji Nomata, Takayuki Fukui, Akira Takada, Kunio Narita
Comparative analysis of postoperative sexual dysfunction and quality of life in type a aortic dissection patients of different ages
Zeng-Rong Luo, Dong-Shan Liao, Liang-Wan Chen
Application and effects of an early childhood education machine on analgesia and sedation in children after cardiothoracic surgery
Li-Li Chen, Yu-Qing Lei, Jian-Feng Liu, Hua Cao, Xian-Rong Yu, Qiang Chen
A practical technique for subacute hemorrhagic pericarditis, a case report
Long Zhao, Ruofeng Hong, Jianbin Fei, Wenyu Yang
The predictive value of creatinine clearance for mortality in patients undergoing revascularization
Eilon Ram, Pazit Beckerman, Amit Segev, Nir Shlomo, Abigail Atlas-Lazar, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani
Survival risk prediction model for patients with pT1–3 N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after R0 esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for therapeutic purposes
Zhan Qi, Yuanping Hu, Rong Qiu, Juan Li, Yuekao Li, Ming He, Yuxiang Wang
Lung cancer with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a different lobe: a case report
Hikaru Watanabe, Naoki Kanauchi, Kouhei Abe, Soumei Matsuo
Multiple arterial conduits for multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with mild to moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a multicenter retrospective study
Hang Zhang, Wen Chen, Yang Zhao, Lichun Guan, Min Yu, Rui Wang, Xin Chen
Prognostic impact of lymph node metastasis along the left gastric artery in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Xuan Liu, Leilei Wu, Dongkun Zhang, Peng Lin, Hao Long, Lanjun Zhang, Guowei Ma
Complications of thoracoscopic talc insufflation for the treatment of malignant pleural effusions: a meta-analysis
Wen Zhang, Yun-long Zhao, Shao-jun Li, Ying-nan Zhao, Nan-nan Guo, Bo Liu
Retention of Bovie scratch pad radio-opaque marker during VATS Pleurodesis: case report
Deena Akras, Daniel Raymond, Rami Akhrass, Sudish Murthy
Mechanical stretching of the pulmonary vein mediates pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease by regulating SAC/MAPK pathway and the expression of IL-6 and TNF-α
Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Hongwei Yang, Jing Lin, Hui Zhang
Predicting recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer based on mean computed tomography value
Masaya Tamura, Isao Matsumoto, Yusuke Tanaka, Daisuke Saito, Shuhei Yoshida, Munehisa Takata
Rupture of contralateral mainstem bronchus during uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery lobectomy and 3 successful cases of repair
Zhilin Luo, Tianhu Wang, Hong Zhang
Long-term survival after Carpentier-Edwards Perimount aortic valve replacement in Western Denmark: a multi-centre observational study
Lytfi Krasniqi, Mads P. Kronby, Lars P. S. Riber
Surgery in congenital lung malformations: the evolution from thoracotomy to VATS, 10-year experience in a single center
Kenan C. Ceylan, Güntuğ Batihan, Ahmet Üçvet, Soner Gürsoy
Advantages of intraoperative implantation of Impella 5.5 SmartAssist in the Management of Acute Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with cardiogenic shock
Jeko M. Madjarov, Michael G. Katz, Svetozar Madzharov, Shahood Fazal, Francis Robicsek
Predictive value of postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio in anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy
Chi Zhang, Xiao Kun Li, Li Wen Hu, Chao Zheng, Zhuang Zhuang Cong, Yang Xu, Jing Luo, Gao Ming Wang, Wen Feng Gu, Kai Xie, Chao Luo, Yi Shen
Analysis of risk factors of low cardiac output syndrome after congenital heart disease operation: what can we do
Bangrong Song, Haiming Dang, Ran Dong
Case report: surgical resection of right ventricular cardiac fibroma in an adult patient
Hirohisa Ikegami, Anthony Lemaire, Subhashini Gowda, Billie Fyfe, Mahmoud Ali, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee
A life-saving case of cardiopulmonary arrest with cardiac tamponade caused by erosion 6 years after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure: a case report
Takuma Kobayashi, Taiji Watanabe, Haruka Fu, Okada Yohei, Tomoyuki Goto
The concept of broad exposure facilitates uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph nodes dissection
Wei Wang, Sunyin Rao, Mingsheng Ma, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Xin Cui, Qinling Sun, Lianhua Ye
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients on ticagrelor therapy is not associated with adverse perioperative outcomes
Sammer Diab, Mattan Arazi, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani, Erez Kachel, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Amjad Shalabi, Offer Amir, Shemy Carasso
Non-coding RNAs modulate autophagy in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a systematic review
Fuwen Huang, Jingting Mai, Jingwei Chen, Yinying He, Xiaojun Chen
Double valve replacement in a patient with Maroteaux – Lamy syndrome as an ultimate team challenge
Alexandros Agron Demis, Stella Oikonomidou, Fotios Daglis, Spyridon Polymenakos, Matthew Panagiotou
Cerebral microemboli in mini-sternotomy compared to mini- thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement: a cross sectional cohort study
Marija Bozhinovska, Matej Jenko, Gordana Taleska Stupica, Tomislav Klokočovnik, Juš Kšela, Matija Jelenc, Matej Podbregar, Andrej Fabjan, Maja Šoštarič
Case report: a step-wise management of concurrent presentation of congenital single lung and aberrant right subclavian artery in an infant girl
Keon Young Park, Kevin C. Janek, Joshua L. Hermsen, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, Hau D. Le
A case of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with bronchoscopic therapy plus lobectomy
Fan Yang, Wenxia Zhang, Cheng Han, Hanliang Jiang
Body mass index is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury after urgent aortic arch surgery for acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissection
Taoshuai Liu, Yuwei Fu, Jie Liu, Yongmin Liu, Junming Zhu, Lizhong Sun, Ming Gong, Ran Dong, Hongjia Zhang
Plasma interleukin-6 is a potential predictive biomarker for postoperative delirium among acute type a aortic dissection patients treated with open surgical repair
Xiao-Chai Lv, Yong Lin, Qing-song Wu, Lei Wang, Yan-ting Hou, Yi Dong, Liang-wan Chen
Comparison of outcome between blood culture positive and negative infective endocarditis patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Kristians Meidrops, Arina Zuravlova, Janis Davis Osipovs, Martins Kalejs, Valerija Groma, Eva Petrosina, Aigars Reinis, Eva Strike, Uga Dumpis, Andrejs Erglis, Peteris Stradins
Integrated transcriptomics explored the cancer-promoting genes CDKN3 in esophageal squamous cell cancer
Wanpeng Wang, Kai Liao, Hao Chun Guo, Suqin Zhou, Ran Yu, Yanyan Liu, Yan Pan, Juan Pu
Treatment of Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection with hypertonic glucose Pleurodesis
Kejian Zhang, Changyuan Li, Mingrui Zhang, Yang Li
Coronary sinus atrial septal defects in adults over the past 20 years at new Tokyo hospital: case series
Haruhiko Sugimori, Tatsuya Nakao, Yuki Ikegaya, Daisuke Iwahashi, Shoichi Tsuda, Nao Kume, Hirokazu Onishi, Sunao Nakamura
Large papillary fibroelastoma of right atrium, an unusual case of respiratory distress in a young man
Yan Le Ho, Pui Fong Ng, Sotheenathan Krishinan, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem
Open surgery retrieval of a missing guidewire causing cerebral infarctions after cerebral angiography: a case report
Chaodi Luo, Jing Li, Yang Yan, Dan Han
A case report of primary pulmonary meningioma masquerading as lung metastasis in a patient with rectal carcinoma: role of 18F-FDG PET/CT
Maoqing Jiang, Ping Chen, Rong Huang, Jingfeng Zhang, Jianjun Zheng
Clinical outcomes after implantation of a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis with concomitant mitral valve surgery: the SURE-AVR registry
Max Baghai, Mattia Glauber, Raphael Fontaine, Jose Cuenca Castillo, Antony H. Walker, Ugolino Livi, José Montiel, Alistair Royse, Gianluigi Bisleri, Davide Pacini, Vincenzo Argano, Aurelien Roumy, George Asimakopoulos, Marco Solinas, Marco Solinas, Raphael Fontaine, Max Baghai, Jose Cuenca Castillo, Antony H. Walker, Ugolino Livi, Josep Maria Padrò, Alistair Royse, Gianluigi Bisleri, Davide Pacini, Vincenzo Argano, Aurelien Roumy, George Asimakopoulos, Mattia Glauber
Preliminary study of the characteristics of rib fractures and their impact on pulmonary ventilatory function
Weiming Wu, Tiancheng Zhao, Yang Li, Xiang Guo, Weiwei He, Yi Yang
Massive hemothorax caused by intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm:a case report
Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Chuanxi Wang, Ji Li
Lidocaine for postoperative pain after cardiac surgery: a systematic review
Michael R. Boswell, Rajat N. Moman, Melissa Burtoft, Harrison Gerdes, Jacob Martinez, Danielle J. Gerberi, Erica Wittwer, M. Hassan Murad, W. Michael Hooten
ECLS supported transport of ICU patients: does out-of -house implantation impact survival?
Felix Fleissner, Alexandru Mogaldea, Andreas Martens, Ruslan Natanov, Stefan Rümke, Jawad Salman, Tim Kaufeld, Fabio Ius, Erik Beckmann, Axel Haverich, Christian Kühn
Blood volume and hemoglobin mass in long-term heart transplant recipients with and without Anemia
Florian Seiler, Christoph Ahlgrim, Philipp Birkner, Nina Wrobel, Jonathan Rilinger, Sebastian Grundmann, Christoph Bode, Torben Pottgiesser
ACURATE neo™ aortic valve implantation via carotid artery access: first case report
Chadi Aludaat, Alexandre Canville, Quentin Landolff, Matthieu Godin, Fabrice Bauer, Fabien Doguet
The effect of N-acetyl cysteine injection on renal function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized double blind clinical trial
Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh, Zahra Shaker, Mahboobeh Rashidi, Reza Akhondzadeh, Fatemeh Hayati
The effect of using the minimized cardio-pulmonary bypass Systems for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in diabetic patients
Turki B. Albacker, Mohammed Fouda, Bakir M. Bakir, Ahmed Eldemerdash
Incidence of valvular regurgitation and leaflet perforation by using automated titanium fasteners (CORKNOT®) in heart valve repair or replacement: less usual than reported
Faizus Sazzad, Ong Zhi Xian, Ashlynn Ler, Chang Guohao, Kang Giap Swee, Theo Kofidis
Totally endoscopic surgical resection for a blood cyst originated from mitral valve: a case report
Xin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lianggang Li, Tong Ren, Shengli Jiang
Comparison of the clinical effect between the lower sternal incision and the left parasternal fourth intercostal incision in the transthoracic closure of ventricular septal defect
Jun Ma, Wenlin Shangguan, Liang-Wan Chen, Dong-shan Liao
Re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery: revaluation of urgency and factors promoting low rate
Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Khalid Ebrahim Al-Ebrahim, Ragab Shehata Debis, Ehab Sobhy Ragab, Mazen Shamsaldeen Faden, Mazin Adel Fatani, Amr Ragab Allam, Ahmed Hasan Abdulla, Auhood Mohammednoor Bukhary, Nada Ahmed Noaman, Osama Saber Eldib
Pulmonary hydatidosis genotypes isolates from human clinical surgery based on sequencing of mitochondrial genes in Fars, Iran
Parviz Mardani, Ali Talebi Ezabadi, Bahareh Sedaghat, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi
Correction to: Isolated ascending aorta dilatation is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Enrique Gallego-Colon, Chaim Yosefy, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Azriel Osherov, Vladimir Khalameizer, Xavier Piltz, Marina Pery, Sharon Bruoha, Jamal Jafari
Correction to: Mechanical stretching of the pulmonary vein mediates pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease by regulating SAC/ MAPK pathway and the expression of IL-6 and TNF-α
Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Hongwei Yang, Jing Lin, Hui Zhang
Case report: a novel approach for the emergency repair of acute aortic rupture associated with congenital aortic Coarctation
Xin Pu, Maozhou Wang, Xiaoyong Huang, Hongjia Zhang, Lianjun Huang
European registry of type A aortic dissection (ERTAAD) - rationale, design and definition criteria
Fausto Biancari, Giovanni Mariscalco, Hakeem Yusuff, Geoffrey Tsang, Suvitesh Luthra, Francesco Onorati, Alessandra Francica, Cecilia Rossetti, Andrea Perrotti, Sidney Chocron, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Matteo Pettinari, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi, Christian Detter, Marek Pol, Peter Ivak, Filip Schlosser, Stefano Forlani, Govind Chetty, Amer Harky, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mark Field, Igor Vendramin, Ugolino Livi, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Christian Etz, Thilo Noack, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Laurent De Kerchove, Mikko Jormalainen, Steven Laga, Bart Meuris, Marc Schepens, Zein El Dean, Antti Vento, Peter Raivio, Michael Borger, Tatu Juvonen
Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Michael Odutola, Michael O. Falster, Louisa R. Jorm
The effect of postoperative complications on health-related quality of life and survival 12 years after coronary artery bypass grafting – a prospective cohort study
Matti Hokkanen, Heini Huhtala, Jari Laurikka, Otso Järvinen
Development of a new sternal dehiscence prediction scale for decision making in sternal closure techniques after cardiac surgery
Ehab Nooh, Colin Griesbach, Johannes Rösch, Michael Weyand, Frank Harig
Outcome of mitral valve repair or replacement for non-ischemic mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Qianqian Fan, Xiaoguang Li, Guilan Cao, Puliang Yu, Fengxiao Zhang
Risk factors for anastomotic complications after one-stage anastomosis for oesophageal atresia
Jin-Xi Huang, Song-Ming Hong, Qiang Chen, Zeng-Chun Wang, Dian-Ming Wu, Jun-Jie Hong, Chaoming Zhou
Giant coronary artery aneurysms involving more than one coronary artery: case report
Matthew S Khouzam, Nayer Khouzam
Study on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated balloons in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Xiaojiao Hao, Damin Huang, Zhaoxia Wang, Jinchun Zhang, Hongqiang Liu, Yingmin Lu
Impact of body mass index on early and mid-term outcomes after surgery for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection
Yanxiang Liu, Bowen Zhang, Shenghua Liang, Yaojun Dun, Luchen Wang, Haoyu Gao, Jie Ren, Hongwei Guo, Xiaogang Sun
Fifteen-year experience with pericardiectomy at a tertiary referral center
Zainab Faiza, Anjali Prakash, Niharika Namburi, Bailey Johnson, Lava Timsina, Lawrence S. Lee
Effect of cannulation site on emboli travel during cardiac surgery
Mira Puthettu, Stijn Vandenberghe, Stefanos Demertzis
Video-assisted minimal access surgery for complicated mitral valve endocarditis, tricuspid valve insufficiency and progressive coronary disease after previous CABG - in the time of COVID-19: a case report
Terézia B. Andrási, Nunijiati Abudureheman, Alannah Glück, Maximilian Vondran, Gerhard Dinges, Ildar Talipov, Ardawan J. Rastan
The effect of phased written health education combined with healthy diet on the quality of life of patients after heart valve replacement
Dan Li, Pujuan Liu, Huijun Zhang, Li Wang
Frailty and pre-frailty in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 66,448 patients
Jessica Avery Lee, Bobby Yanagawa, Kevin R. An, Rakesh C. Arora, Subodh Verma, Jan O. Friedrich
Freestyle aortic root prosthesis in combination with aortic replacement and open anastomosis: a retrospective analysis
Alicja Zientara, Kim Rosselet-Droux, Hans Bruijnen, Dragan Odavic, Michele Genoni, Omer Dzemali
Catheter, surgical, or hybrid procedure: what future for atrial fibrillation ablation?
Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Lorusso, Marco Moscarelli, Giuseppe De Martino, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Arash Motekallemi, Nicola Di Bari, Ignazio Condello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale
Short and long-term outcomes of surgical intervention for empyema in the post-fibrinolytic era
Caitlin J. Cain, Marc Margolis, John F. Lazar, Hayley Henderson, Margaret Hamm, Stefanie Malouf, Puja Gaur Khaitan
Multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing digital and traditional chest drain in a VATS pulmonary lobectomy cohort: interim analysis
Paolo Mendogni, Davide Tosi, Giuseppe Marulli, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Sara Pieropan, Veronica Rossi, Debora Brascia, Luigi Gaetano Andriolo, Giovanna Imbriglio, Gianluca Bonitta, Camillo Lopez, Federico Rea, Mario Nosotti
Right apical-posterior segmentectomy with abnormal anterior segmental bronchus and artery: a case report
Xining Zhang, Gang Lin, Jian Li
Surgical choice for patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer ≤2 cm: an analysis from surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database
Liang Wu, Weigang Zhao, Tangbing Chen, Yi Yang
Rare chondroblastoma of the 6th left rib, video-assisted thoracoscopy resected: one case report and literature review
Yonghui Wu, Jiexia Guan, Kai Zhang, Huiguo Chen, Weibin Wu, Jian Zhang
Case report of a 72-year-old man with diaphragmatic hernia and thoracic gastropericardial fistula after esophagectomy for 18 years
Xinjian Xu, Zhaoyang Yan, Ming He
Effect of silencing C-erbB-2 on esophageal carcinoma cell biological behaviors by inhibiting IGF-1 pathway activation
Zhigao Niu, Wenping Zhang, Jialun Shi, Xiangdong Li, Hanlei Wu
Transit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration
Dror B. Leviner, Miriam von Mücke Similon, Carlo Maria Rosati, Andrea Amabile, Daniel J. F. M. Thuijs, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Daniel Wendt, Gregory D. Trachiotis, Teresa M. Kieser, A. Pieter Kappetein, Stuart J. Head, David P. Taggart, John D. Puskas
Chest wall and diaphragm reconstruction; a technique not well established in literature – case report
Riad Abdel Jalil, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Obada Al-Qudah, Hanna Kakish, Salam Elfar
A rare case of chest wall lipoma growing into the pleural cavity: a case report
Hyo Joon Jang, Bu Hyeon Choi, Seong Oh. Park
Hemoglobin A1c and preoperative glycemia as a decision tool to help minimise sternal wound complications: a retrospective study in OPCAB patients
Jef Van den Eynde, Abel Van Vlasselaer, Annoushka Laenen, Delphine Szecel, Bart Meuris, Tom Verbelen, Steven Jacobs, Peter Verbrugghe, Wouter Oosterlinck
Open Seldinger-guided peripheral femoro-femoral cannulation technique for totally endoscopic cardiac surgery
Yi Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Xiao-fu Dai, Xue-shan Huang
Large mural thrombus in the non-aneurysmal and non-atherosclerotic ascending aorta: a case report
Xiaoyi Dai, Chengyao Ni, Wenzong Luo, Sihan Miao, Liang Ma
Clinical analysis of redo aortic root replacement after cardiac surgery: a retrospective study
Jianying Deng, Qianjin Zhong
A multidisciplinary team nursing model in the treatment of patients undergoing transapical mitral valve clamping: a prospective study
Sailan Li, Haoruo Zhang, Meihua Chen, Zhenzhen Wang, Yanjuan Lin
Geometric changes in aortic root replacement using Freestyle prosthesis
Anja Osswald, Alina Zubarevich, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Robert Vardanyan, Konstantin Zhigalov, Daniel Wendt, Bastian Schmack, Ahmed Mashhour, Arjang Ruhparwar, Alexander Weymann
The additional use of methylene blue has a decatecholaminisation effect on cardiac vasoplegic syndrome after cardiac surgery
Walter Petermichl, Michael Gruber, Ina Schoeller, Kwahle Allouch, Bernhard M. Graf, York A. Zausig
Clinical effect of dexmedetomidine combined with sufentanil on postoperative analgesia for transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects in children with ultrafast track anesthesia
Jing Wang, Wen-Peng Xie, Yu-Qing Lei, Zeng-Chun Wang, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen
Left subclavian artery revascularization in thoracic endovascular aortic repair: single center’s clinical experiences from 171 patients
Wei Xie, Yunxing Xue, Shuchun Li, Min Jin, Qing Zhou, Dongjin Wang
Surgical outcomes of DeBakey type I and type II acute aortic dissection: a propensity score-matched analysis in 599 patients
Chun-Yu Lin, Tao-Hsin Tung, Meng-Yu Wu, Chi-Nan Tseng, Feng-Chun Tsai
Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis of intermediate atrioventricular septal defect in the adult: case report and literature review
Ingrid Schusterova, Marta Jakubova, Marianna Vachalcova, Karolinska Sieradzka, Claudia Gibarty, Tibor Poruban, Ivo Gasparovic, Panagiotis Artemiou
Incorporation of an intercostal catheter into a multimodal analgesic strategy for uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a feasibility study
Jian Wei Tan, Jameelah Sheik Mohamed, John Kit Chung Tam
Malposition of septum primum in isolated dextrocardia: unique and rare form of anomalous pulmonary venous return in association with partial absence of pericardium-case report
Neerod Kumar Jha, Haitham Talo, Laszlo Kiraly, Nishant Shah, Aref Al Hakami, Zafar Althaf Azeez, Ajitha Kumari Kamala Bai
An extremely rare case of Rosai–Dorfman disease in the thymus
Cheng Shen, Hu Liao
Surgical outcomes in cardiogenic shock patients with preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Mahmoud Yousef Ibrahim Abuharb, Dong Ran, Zheng Jubing, Liu Taoshuai, Dong Haiming, Hou Xiaotong, Song Yue, Zhao Yang, Li Yang
Trans-apical aortic valve implantation for quadricuspid aortic valve with aortic regurgitation using J-valve system: a case reports
Chaodi Luo, Yi Jiang, Qiang Chen, Yang Yan, Dan Han
Prevalence and management of driveline infections in mechanical circulatory support - a single center analysis
Andrzej Juraszek, Mikołaj Smólski, Piotr Kołsut, Jarosław Szymański, Paweł Litwiński, Krzysztof Kuśmierski, Joanna Zakrzewska-Koperska, Maciej Sterliński, Tomasz Dziodzio, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk
A 60-year-old woman with asymptomatic total thoracic–abdominal aortic aneurysm
Jianying Deng, Wei Liu
Total endoscopic left ventricle lipoma removal
Tom Langenaeken, Aydin Basoglu, Abdullah Kaya, Alaaddin Yilmaz
Descending thoracic aorta–abdominal aortic bypass and bilateral renal arterial blood circulation reconstruction are effective in atypical coarctation of the aorta with heart failure: a case report
Takuma Mikami, Takeshi Kamada, Toshiyuki Yano, Tomohiro Nakajima, Naomi Yasuda, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Keitaro Nakanishi, Ryo Harada, Syuichi Naraoka, Kojiro Toda, Nobutaka Nagano, Atsuko Muranaka, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of road traffic crashes related thoracic traumas: analysis of 5095 hospitalized chest injury patients
Shengcao Zhang, Xiangzhi Xiao, Jian Wang, Chengkai Hu, Qiancheng Du, Zheng Fu, Wei Cai, Zhilong Zhang, Hao Chen
Aortic prosthetic size predictor in aortic valve replacement
Anh Tuan Vo, Tomomi Nakajima, Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, Nguyen Thoi Hai Nguyen, Nga Bich Le, Tri Huu Cao, Dinh Hoang Nguyen
Neonatal cardiogenic shock revealing obstructive cardiac Hibernoma: case report
Rym Gribaa, Marwen Kacem, Sami Ouannes, Wiem Majdoub, Houssem Thabet, Imen Ben Ali, Aymen Elheraiche, Mehdi Slim, Sihem Hmissa, Elyes Neffati, Taieb Cherif, Chokri Kortas, Jamli Marah, Sofiene Jerbi
2006 to 2019 Story; percutaneously implantable aortic valve prototypes
Constantinos Zervides, Ornella Nohra, Gabriel Hunduma, Neil Wild Thomas, Ramy Samia
Localization of subcentimeter pulmonary nodules using an indocyanine green near-infrared imaging system during uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Zhuo Wu, Lei Zhang, Xi-tong Zhao, Di Zhou, Xue-ying Yang
Correction to: European registry of type A aortic dissection (ERTAAD) - rationale, design and definition criteria
Fausto Biancari, Giovanni Mariscalco, Hakeem Yusuff, Geoffrey Tsang, Suvitesh Luthra, Francesco Onorati, Alessandra Francica, Cecilia Rossetti, Andrea Perrotti, Sidney Chocron, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Matteo Pettinari, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi, Christian Detter, Marek Pol, Peter Ivak, Filip Schlosser, Stefano Forlani, Govind Chetty, Amer Harky, Manoj Kuduvalli, Mark Field, Igor Vendramin, Ugolino Livi, Mauro Rinaldi, Luisa Ferrante, Christian Etz, Thilo Noack, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Laurent De Kerchove, Mikko Jormalainen, Steven Laga, Bart Meuris, Marc Schepens, Zein El Dean, Antti Vento, Peter Raivio, Michael Borger, Tatu Juvonen
Successful IVC thrombus extraction with the AngioVac device following five vessel coronary artery bypass graft: a case report
Steven Neubauer, Gianmarino Gianfrate, Lucas Henn
Perioperative outcomes of combined heart surgery and lung tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shizhao Cheng, Yiyao Jiang, Xin Li, Xike Lu, Xun Zhang, Daqiang Sun
Minimally invasive or sternotomy approach in mitral valve surgery: a propensity-matched comparison
Marek Pojar, Mikita Karalko, Martin Dergel, Jan Vojacek
A three-dimensional printed model in preoperative consent for ventricular septal defect repair
Xicheng Deng, Siping He, Peng Huang, Jinwen Luo, Guangxian Yang, Bing Zhou, Yunbin Xiao
MicroRNAs involve in bicuspid aortic aneurysm: pathogenesis and biomarkers
Hao Jia, Le Kang, Zhen Ma, Shuyang Lu, Ben Huang, Chunsheng Wang, Yunzeng Zou, Yongxin Sun
Cardiovascular characteristics of patients initially diagnosed breast cancer
Zhaoying Dong, Fan Zhang, Qiaojuan Huang, Zhaojun Liu, Siyu Chen, Tao Xu, Jun Xiao, Changhong Zhang, Xiaoli Zhou
Role of pre-operative red cell distribution width estimation in the prediction of in-hospital mortality after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Dharmendra Joshi, Md. Abir Tazim Chowdhury, Md. Alauddin, Redoy Ranjan, Omar Sadeque Khan, Md. Rezwanul Hoque
Posterior pericardiotomy to prevent new-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled trials
Tao Xiong, Lei Pu, Yuan-Feng Ma, Yun-Long Zhu, Hua Li, Xu Cui, Ya-Xiong Li
Findings of prosthetic valve endocarditis in the balloon-expandable trans-catheter aortic valve: review of the literature and tips of management
Domenico Calcaterra, Kevin Harris, Mario Goessl, Gopika Dasari, Navneet Kaur, Ivan Chavez
The effects of WeChat follow-up management to improve the parents’ mental status and the quality of life of premature newborns with patent ductus arteriosus
Bin Yang, Jian-Feng Liu, Wen-Peng Xie, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen
The use of fibrinolytic therapy for parapneumonic effusion in pregnancy: a case report and a review
Awrad Nasralla, Bryce Laing, Simon R. Turner
Atypical and rare cause of myocardial infarction: coronary subclavian steal syndrome (CSSS) treated by a carotid-subclavian bypass in a 71-year-old female patient
Mikolaj Walensi, Johannes Bernheim, Nikodemus Ulatowski, Michal Piotrowski, Konstantinos Karaindros, Benjamin Juntermanns, Christian Mikat, Roland Heesen, Johannes N. Hoffmann
Bilirubin adsorption versus plasma exchange for hyperbilirubinemia in patients after cardiac surgery: a retrospective study
Ke Pan, He Zhang, Kai Zhong, Hai-tao Zhang, Ze-shi Li, Zhong Chen, Su-ping Gu, Man Xie, Tuo Pan, Hai-long Cao, Dong-jin Wang
Case–control study on the interplay between immunoparalysis and delirium after cardiac surgery
Shokoufeh CheheiliSobbi, Annemieke M. Peters van Ton, Esther M. Wesselink, Marjolein F. Looije, Jelle Gerretsen, Wim J. Morshuis, Arjen J. C. Slooter, Wilson F. Abdo, Peter Pickkers, Mark van den Boogaard
Balanced forced-diuresis compared to control as a reno-protective approach in cardiac surgery: secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial, assessment of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels
Heyman Luckraz, Ramesh Giri, Benjamin Wrigley, Kumaresan Nagarajan, Eshan Senanayake, Emma Sharman, Lawrence Beare, Alan Nevill
Preoperative incentive spirometry for preventing postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective, randomized controlled trial
Essa M. Sweity, Aidah A. Alkaissi, Wafiq Othman, Ahmad Salahat
Video assisted, transaortic removal of left ventricular thrombus during concurrent cardiac surgery: a case report
Aditya Eranki, Claudia Villanueva, Nicholas Collins, Peng Seah
The D-dimer level predicts the prognosis in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mingsheng Ma, Run Cao, Wei Wang, Biying Wang, Yichen Yang, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Lianhua Ye
A retrospective study on the impact of bar flipping on the recurrence of pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure
Yu-Jiun Fan, Po-Cheng Lo, Yuan-Yu Hsu, I-Shiang Tzeng, Bo-Chun Wei, Yeung-Leung Cheng
Double left brachiocephalic vein in an adult patient who underwent cardiac surgery: a case report
Kimihiro Kobayashi, Tetsuro Uchida, Yoshinori Kuroda, Atushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai, Mitsuaki Sadahiro
Lung transplant after long-term veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report
Nobuyuki Yoshiyasu, Masaaki Sato, Masaki Anraku, Shingo Ichiba, Jun Nakajima
Correction to: Study on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated balloons in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Xiaojiao Hao, Damin Huang, Zhaoxia Wang, Jinchun Zhang, Hongqiang Liu, Yingmin Lu
Surgical and percutaneous revascularization outcomes based on SYNTAX I, II, and residual scores: a long-term follow-up study
Eduardo Bello Martins, Whady Hueb, David L. Brown, Thiago Luis Scudeler, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Paulo Cury Rezende, Paulo Rogério Soares, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Jaime Paula Pessoa Linhares Filho, Daniel Valente Batista, Jose Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho
The fate of patients after failed epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation
Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Lorusso, Arash Motekallemi, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Nicola Di Bari, Ignazio Condello, Marco Moscarelli, Saverio Iacopino, Giuseppe F. Serraino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale
Left coronary button aneurysm presenting with progressive enlargement after aortic root replacement
Kimihiro Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kuroda, Masahiro Mizumoto, Atsushi Yamashita, Eiichi Ohba, Shingo Nakai, Tomonori Ochiai, Tetsuro Uchida
Correction to: Unusual complications following left ventricular assisted device implantation: case series
Amjad Shalabi, Erez Kachel, Yigal Kassif, Muin Faqeeh, Preisman Sergey, Leonid Sternik, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Wadi Kinany, Offer Amir, Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Avishay Grupper
Effects of seasonal and climate variations on in-hospital mortality and length of stay in patients with type A aortic dissection
Zeng-Rong Luo, Zhi-Qin Lin, Liang-wan Chen, Han-Fan Qiu
In the VEST trial: are we missed to address the pathology incurred by the external stent?
Vijayanand Palanisamy, Valikapthalil Mathew Kurian, Rajan sethuratnam
Magnetic levitation pump versus constrained vortex pump: a pilot study on the hemolysis effect during minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation
Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso
Application of three-dimensional reconstruction combined with dial positioning in small pulmonary nodules surgery
Long Zhao, Wenyu Yang, Ruofeng Hong, Jianbin Fei
Histological regional analysis of the aortic root and thoracic ascending aorta: a complete analysis of aneurysms from root to arch
Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Jim Manavis, John Finnie, Dermot O’Rourke, Karen Jane Reynolds, James Edwards, Michael George Worthington, John Beltrame
Risk factor analysis of clinical outcomes of total aortic arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk with aortic balloon occlusion
Luchen Wang, Yunfeng Li, Yaojun Dun, Xiaogang Sun
Successful treatment of bilateral multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in a patient with brain abscess and severe hypoxemia using a combination of transcatheter embolotherapy and surgical resection: a case report
Takahiro Ochi, Masako Chiyo, Takamasa Ito, Hideharu Furumoto, Toshihiko Sugiura, Yukio Saitoh
Aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients: 30 years single center experience
Johanna Schlein, Paul Simon, Gregor Wollenek, Eva Base, Günther Laufer, Daniel Zimpfer
Peripheral pure ground-glass opacity: segmentectomy versus wedge resection
Taobo Luo, Qixun Chen, Jian Zeng, Lei Cai, Xiancong Huang
Liberal or conservative oxygen therapy for ventilated patients in the ICU: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Lu Liu, Yali Tian
Considerations for prostheses choice in multiple valve surgery
Ahmad Poostizadeh, W. R. Eric Jamieson, A. Ian Munro, Robert T. Miyagishima, Hilton Ling, Guy J. Fradet, Michael T. Janusz, Lawrence H. Burr
An asymptomatic child of pre-perforation erosion after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect
Wen-long Zhang, Fei Liang
ECMO after cardiac surgery: a single center study on survival and optimizing outcomes
Jennifer M. Brewer, Anthony Tran, Jielin Yu, M. Irfan Ali, Constantine M. Poulos, Jonathan Gates, Jason Gluck, David Underhill
Surgical outcomes of one-stage resection for synchronous multiple primary lung adenocarcinomas with no less than three lesions
Rirong Qu, Dehao Tu, Wei Ping, Yixin Cai, Ni Zhang, Xiangning Fu
Anterolateral minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy for the surgical treatment of atrial septal defects: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Yu-Qing Lei, Jian-Feng Liu, Wen-Peng Xie, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao
Modified Nuss operation using introducer-bar complex for pectus excavatum in adults: a retrospective study
Lei Wang, Juan Liu, Yao Li, Tienan Feng, Beibei Cao, Haibo Xiao, Fengqing Hu, Guoqing Li
Cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass in pregnancy: report of four cases
Youhao You, Shenghua Liu, Zhaohong Wu, Dunjin Chen, Gefei Wang, Gangdong Chen, Youguang Pan, Xing Zheng
Unsatisfying mitral valve repair? The “Loop method”: a lifebelt to grab
Claudia Loardi, Marco Zanobini
The occurrence and risk factors of bradycardia after the Maze procedure in patients with atrial fibrillation and tricuspid regurgitation
Xue Wang, Heng Gao, Chao Deng, Miaomiao Liu, Yang Yan
Single-port VATS combined with non-indwelling drain in ERAS: a retrospective study
Jiantian Yang, Wencong Huang, Peijian Li, Huizhen Hu, Yongsheng Li, Wei Wei
Vein-first versus artery-first ligation procedure for lung cancer surgery: An updated review
Tian Zhao, Chu Zhang, Chen Zhao, Wen-Bin Wu, Miao Zhang
Preoperative non-invasive visual localization of synchronous multiple lung cancers using three-dimensional computed tomography lung reconstruction
Guofei Zhang, Duo Xu, Zipu Yu, Lian Wang, Haihua Gu, Ying Chai, Gang Shen
Low postoperative blood platelet count may be a risk factor for 3-year mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection
Guangyu Liu, Hongbai Wang, Qipeng Luo, Liang Cao, Lijing Yang, Cuntao Yu, Fuxia Yan, Su Yuan
Risk factors of prolonged ventilation after thymectomy in thymoma myasthenia gravis patients
Anqi Du, Xiao Li, Youzhong An, Zhancheng Gao
A left lung with four lobes: a new discovery during the thoracotomy for recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Saadat Mehrabi, Nader Tanideh, Reza Hosseinpour, Cambyz Irajie, Mohammad Javad Yavari Barhaghtalabi
Systematic literature review evaluating evidence and mechanisms of action for platelet-rich plasma as an antibacterial agent
Dalip Sethi, Kimberly E. Martin, Sangeeta Shrotriya, Bethany L. Brown
Many steps can be taken to enhance recovery after thoracic surgery
Eliza Sophie Hartmann, Paul Philipp Heinisch, Markus M. Luedi, Maks Mihalj
The effect of postoperative anticoagulation on false lumen patency after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection
Mårten Larsson, Gracijela Bozovic, Johan Sjögren, Igor Zindovic, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Shahab Nozohoor
A new minimally invasive technique for correction of pectus carinatum
Wei Ping, Shengling Fu, Yangkai Li, Jun Yu, Ni Zhang, Xiangning Fu, Yixin Cai
Persistent fifth aortic arch associated with aortic coarctation: a case of surgical correction without artificial material
Chang Hun Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Kwang Ho Choi, Si Chan Sung, Hoon Ko, Ki Seok Choo
A case report of an open aortic valve replacement followed by open adrenalectomy in a patient with symptomatic pheochromocytoma and critical aortic stenosis
Igor Feinstein, Tiffany Lee, Sameer Khan, Lindsay Raleigh, Frederick Mihm
The susceptibility of the aortic root: porcine aortic rupture testing under cardiopulmonary bypass
Timothy Luke Surman, John Matthew Abrahams, Jim Manavis, John Finnie, Chris Christou, Georgia Kate Williams, Angela Walls, Peter Frantzis, Mark Adams, James Edwards, Michael George Worthington, John Beltrame
The timing of oesophageal dilatations in anastomotic stenosis after one-stage anastomosis for congenital oesophageal atresia
Xue-Jie Gao, Jin-Xi Huang, Qiang Chen, Song-Ming Hong, Jun-Jie Hong, Hong Ye
Transthoracic minimally invasive closure for the treatment of arch penetrating aortic ulcer: a case report
Shixiong Wang, Debin Liu, Yongnan Li, Bingren Gao
Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing minimally invasive versus median sternotomy valve surgery: propensity score matching
Mohamed Abdulkadir Mohamed, Cai Cheng, Xiang Wei
Effect of single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy simultaneous laparoscopic-assisted radical esophagectomy on respiration and circulation
Haibo Ye, Xiaojin Wang, Xiaojian Li, Xiangfeng Gan, Hongcheng Zhong, Xiangwen Wu, Qingdong Cao
Pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia in a 53-year-old man with malignant sign: a case report
Zhen Yang, Lianshuang Wei, Xu Li, Xin Liu
Short-term and intermediate outcomes of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest patients supported by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Deep Vakil, Cassandra Soto, Zoee D’Costa, Lindsay Volk, Sivaveera Kandasamy, Deepa Iyer, Hirohisa Ikegami, Mark J. Russo, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire
Antibiotic-loaded bone cement combined with vacuum sealing drainage to treat deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery: the first case report
Xia Jiang, Fanyu Bu, Yong Xu, Zhaohui Jing, Guoqing Jiao, Mingqiu Li, Xiaosong Rong
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement for degenerated mitral valve bioprostheses, failure of mitral valvuloplasty and native valve with severe mitral annulus calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tao You, Wei Wang, Kang Yi, Jie Gao, Xin Zhang, Shao-E. He, Xiao-Min Xu, Yu-Hu Ma, Xin-Yao Li
Risk factors analysis of hyperbilirubinemia after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective observational study
Yingdi Gao, Dongjie Li, Honghong Dong, Yulin Guo, Yuanshu Peng, Yan Liu, Pixiong Su
Left atrial geometry in an ovine ischemic mitral regurgitation model: implications for transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices with a left atrial anchoring mechanism
Akito Imai, Arash Khamooshian, Keitaro Okamoto, Yoshiaki Saito, Inez J. Wijdh-den Hamer, Massimo A. Mariani, Matthew J. Gillespie, Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman III, Wobbe Bouma
Hepatic dysfunction in patients who received acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair surgery: incidence, risk factors, and long-term outcomes
Zhigang Wang, Min Ge, Cheng Chen, Lichong Lu, Lifang Zhang, Dongjin Wang
Quality of life: modified triple-branched stent graft implantation versus frozen elephant trunk technique
Zeng-Rong Luo, Mi-Rong Tang, Jia-Hui Li, Liang-Wan Chen, Liang-Liang Yan
Malignant primary pericardial mesothelioma presenting as effusive constrictive pericarditis: a case report study
Amir Savarrakhsh, Azin Vakilpour, Sam Zeraatian-Nejad Davani, Mahyar Daskareh, Mahdieh Morsaghian, Arsalan Salari, Seyedeh Fatemeh Mirrazeghi
Coronary steal phenomenon following right ventricle decompression and revascularization of atretic left coronary ostium: case report
Jacek Pająk, Maciej Aleksander Karolczak, Michał Buczyński, Wojciech Mądry, Darren James Grégoire, Piotr Weryński, Wanda Król-Jawień, Krzysztof Godlewski, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk, Jacek Kuźma
Bovine xenograft pericardial patch use for definitive single stage repair of a large esophageal defect: a case report
Hani Shennib, Michelle Baribault, Richard Heuser
Video-assisted thoracic surgery sleeve resection and bronchoplasty using 3D imaging system: its safety and efficacy
Yong Won Seong, Jae Hyun Jeon, Hyo-Jun Jang, Sukki Cho, Sanghoon Jheon, Kwhanmien Kim
Risk factors for lymph node metastasis and surgical scope in patients with cN0 non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center study in China
Bu Jianlong, Zhang Pinyi, Wu Xiaohong, Zhao Su, Pang Sainan, Ning Jinfeng, Xu Shidong
Novel microwave surgical instrument for use in various lung resection situations
Atsushi Kamigaichi, Takeshi Mimura, Yoshinori Yamashita
Analysis of bronchial and vascular patterns in left upper lobes to explore the genesis of mediastinal lingular artery and its influence on pulmonary anatomical variation
Chuan Gao, Wen-zheng Xu, Zhi-hua Li, Liang Chen
Multiple bronchiolar adenomas with malignant transformation and CCNE1 mutation: a case report and literature review
Xiaojun Li, Yonghui Wu, Dayang Hui, Xiaoxuan Luo, Weibin Wu, Jian Zhang, Huiguo Chen
Elevated tumor markers in a benign lung disease
Quan Chen, Qijue Lu, Xiang Fei, Chunguang Li, Bai Li
Antimicrobial stewardship measures in cardiac surgery and its impact on surgical site infections
Güzin Surat, Dominik Bernsen, Christoph Schimmer
Thoracoscopic resection of bilateral multiple superior mediastinal neurofibromas
Yoko Azuma, Naobumi Tochigi, Atsushi Sano, Takashi Sakai, Akira Iyoda
Propitious temporal changes in clinical outcomes after transcatheter compared to surgical aortic valve replacement; a meta-analysis of over 65,000 patients
Ankur Panchal, Andreas Kyvernitakis, Geetha Rayarao, Mark Doyle, Robert W. W. Biederman
The optimal duration of anti-tuberculous therapy before pericardiectomy in constrictive tuberculous pericarditis
Likui Fang, Guocan Yu, Bo Ye, Fangming Zhong, Gang Chen
Axillary uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for bullae is a cosmetically superior approach to primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report
Weijiang Ma, Xiuping Deng, Ming Wen, Limin Yang, Xun Ouyang, Xin Liu, Yin Liu
A potential misdiagnosis in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a case report of superimposed thrombosis or tumor recurrence
Arezou Zoroufian, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Mehrdad Mahalleh, Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorashi, Sharam Momtahen, Negar Omidi
Four-branched graft inversion technique for the distal anastomosis in acute aortic dissection
Yu Zou, Peng Teng, Liang Ma
Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with concomitant trans-aortic mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation
Antonios Pitsis, Nikolaos Tsotsolis, Harisios Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas
Effect of ventilation strategy during cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial
Meng-Qiu Zhang, Yu-Qi Liao, Hong Yu, Xue-Fei Li, Wei Shi, Wei-Wei Jing, Zai-Li Wang, Yi Xu, Hai Yu
Risk factors for 30-day mortality in patients who received DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair surgery
Zhigang Wang, Tao Chen, Pingping Ge, Min Ge, Lichong Lu, Lifang Zhang, Dongjin Wang
Risk of venous occlusion after lead laser extraction preventing future lead implantation
Sameer Al-Maisary, Jamila Kremer, Gabrielle Romano, Matthias Karck, Raffaele De Simone
A comparison of bronchial blocker under artificial pneumothorax and double-lumen endobronchial tube for lung isolation in thoracoscopic enucleation of oesophageal leiomyoma
Luo Zhao, Xue Zhang, Chao Gao, Jia He, Zhijun Han, Li Li
PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation
W. R. Eric Jamieson, John L. Ely, Johan Brink, Timothy Pennel, Paul Bannon, Jashvant Patel, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao, Damyanti Agrawal, Lars Wiklund, A. Pieter Kappetein, Rune Haaverstad, Thomas Geisner, Torsten Doenst, Christian Schlensak, Salgunan Nair, Craig Brown, Matthias Siepe, Ralph J. Damiano, Yves Langlois, K. M. Cherian, Hormoz Azar, John C. Chen, Joseph E. Bavaria, Lynn M. Fedoruk, Nabil A. Munfakh, V. Sridhar, Peter M. Scholz, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Jian Ye
LncRNA SCIRT is downregulated in atherosclerosis and suppresses the proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells (HAOSMCs) by sponging miR-146a in cytoplasm
Wenhui Gao, Rong Li, Jingjing Yu, Xijie He, Duo Xu, Hai Zhong, Wenwen Dong, Hanbin Cui
Dual-layer spectral detector CT to study the correlation between pericoronary adipose tissue and coronary artery stenosis
Xiaolong Zhu, Xujiao Chen, Shaowei Ma, Ke Zhou, Yang Hou
Double arterial cannulation versus right axillary artery cannulation for acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective study
He Zhang, Wei Xie, Yuzhou Lu, Tuo Pan, Qing Zhou, Yunxing Xue, Dongjin Wang
Learning curve for minimally invasive oesophagectomy of oesophageal cancer and survival analysis
Yunpeng Zhao, Lei Shan, Chuanliang Peng, Bo Cong, Xiaogang Zhao
Diagnostic value of routine chest tube tip culture in surgery for noninfectious lung disease
Martijn van Schelt, Kevin Jenniskens, Rob J. Rentenaar, Inez Bronsveld
MiR-497-5p down-regulates CDCA4 to restrains lung squamous cell carcinoma progression
Jiangwei Hu, Xinqin Xiang, Wei Guan, Weihua Lou, Junming He, Jian Chen, Yin Fu, Guoliang Lou
Dimethyl fumarate prevents acute lung injury related cognitive impairment potentially via reducing inflammation
Xiaowei Wang, Yanbo Wang, Haiyan Pan, Ci Yan
Occult pleural dissemination detected intraoperatively in patients with thymic tumors: a retrospective analysis
Zuodong Song, Shu Zhu, Tangbing Chen, Weigang Zhao
Transit time flow measurement predicts graft patency in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting upon 5-year angiographic follow-up
Caiwu Zeng, Xiaomi Li, Yan Dai, Ye Zhou, Chenglong Li, Nan Liu, Jiangang Wang
Massive hemorrhage from the posterior intercostal artery following lower partial sternotomy
Masashi Hattori, Yu Matsumura, Fumitaka Yamaki
Flow reserve fraction: the optimal choice in lesion assessing and interventional guiding for patient with unstable angina pectoris and intermediate lesion wrapped with myocardial bridge: a case report
Yuecheng Hu, Hongliang Cong, Liuying Zheng, Dongxia Jin
Neonatal repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection accompanied by unilateral lung agenesis and Goldenhar syndrome: a case report
Takahiro Ito, Ikuo Hagino, Mitsuru Aoki, Kentaro Umezu, Tomohiro Saito, Akiyo Suzuki
Long-term outcomes of pericardial strip versus prosthetic ring annuloplasty for secondary tricuspid regurgitation by a minimally invasive approach
Giuseppe Nasso, Nicola Di Bari, Giuseppe Santarpino, Marco Moscarelli, Mario Siro Brigiani, Ignazio Condello, Francesco Bartolomucci, Giuseppe Speziale
Giant left anterior descending artery aneurysm in a patient with active systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
Zipeng Yao, Yanhong Long, Zheng Zong, Lin Wang
A double-blind randomised controlled trial on the effect of Tocovid, a tocotrienol-rich capsule on postoperative atrial fibrillation at the National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur: an interim blinded analysis
Ahmad Farouk Musa, Jeswant Dillon, Mohamed Ezani Md Taib, Alwi Mohamed Yunus, Abdul Rais Sanusi, Mohd Nazeri Nordin, Julian A. Smith
Central, peripheral ECMO or CPB? Comparsion between circulatory support methods used during lung transplantation
Nikola Ruszel, Kajetan Kiełbowski, Maria Piotrowska, Michał Kubisa, Tomasz Grodzki, Janusz Wójcik, Bartosz Kubisa
A case report of fractured guidewire removal by rotational atherectomy
Xu Wang, Jian Ye, Jun-Qing Gao, Zong-Jun Liu
The diagnostic value of D-dimer in acute aortic dissection: a meta-analysis
Jian Yao, Tao Bai, Bo Yang, Lizhong Sun
Postoperative transverse sternal nonunion with a chest wall defect managed by a tibial locking plate and a Gore-Tex dual mesh membrane: a case report
Tomaz Malovrh, Tomaz Stupnik, Boris Podobnik, Jurij Matija Kalisnik
Application value of preoperative dual-source computed tomography in assessing the rupture site of thoracic aortic dissection
Fang Huang, Hong Wu, Qing-Quan Lai, Xiao-Ting Ke
Comparative analysis of long-term oncologic outcomes for minimally invasive and open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a propensity score matched observational study
Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Desmond M. D’Souza, Kyle A. Perry
Ascending aorta graft pseudoaneurysm and aortobronchial fistula caused by a fractured sternal wire: a case report
Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Elahe Nirooei, Mohammad Ali Ostovan
Outcomes of surgically treated infective endocarditis in a Western Australian population
Aditya Eranki, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Umar Ali, Akshat Saxena, Eric Slimani
The effects of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation on lung function and complications in cardiac surgery patients: a pilot study
Meng-Fang Wu, Tsai-Yu Wang, Da-Shen Chen, Hsiu-Fong Hsiao, Han-Chuang Hu, Fu-Tsai Chung, Ting-Yu Lin, Shu-Min Lin
The effect of intraoperative dexmedetomidine on cognitive dysfunction after surgery: a updated meta-analysis
Jianli Li, Qifan Yin, Xuejiao Xun, Jinhua He, Dongdong Yu, Zhibin Wang, Junfang Rong
Effects of hypercholesterolism on expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysm in rat model
Jong Seok Lee, Sun Cheol Park, Sang Dong Kim
Significance of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction in 5-year outcome after isolated CABG
Aida Fallahzadeh, Ali Sheikhy, Ali Ajam, Saeed Sadeghian, Mina Pashang, Mahmoud Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri, Soheil Mansourian, Shahram Momtahen, Kaveh Hosseini
All we need to know about internal thoracic artery harvesting and preparation for myocardial revascularization: a systematic review
Matiullah Masroor, Kang Zhou, Chunyang Chen, Xianming Fu, Yuan Zhao
Converging rapid deployment prostheses with minimal access surgery: analysis of early outcomes
M. Yousuf Salmasi, Kristo Papa, David Mozalbat, Muhammad Ashraf, Alicja Zientara, Ishaan Chauhan, Nikoleta Karadatkou, Thanos Athanasiou, Isabelle Roussin, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos
Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in end-stage coronary artery disease patients undergoing myocardial revascularization
Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Santarpino, Francesco Bartolomucci, Giovanni Valenti, Nicola Di Bari, Marco Moscarelli, Vincenza Vitobello, Vera Triggiani, Mario Gaudino, Flavio Rimmaudo, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso
Survival prognostic and recurrence risk factors after single pulmonary metastasectomy
Céline Forster, Amaya Ojanguren, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Thorsten Krueger, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Michel Gonzalez
Surgical techniques for aortic valve xenotransplantation
Jennie H. Kwon, Morgan Hill, Brielle Gerry, Steven W. Kubalak, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Minoo N. Kavarana, T. Konrad Rajab
Age-dependent differences in the prognostic relevance of body composition-related variables in type A aortic dissection patients
Zeng-Rong Luo, Xiao-Dong Chen, Liang-wan Chen
Extended myectomy for apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report
Daiki Saitoh, Mike Saji, Schuichiro Takanashi
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on complications and mortality of patients with cardiac surgery
Xue Wang, Heng Gao, Zhanqin Zhang, Chao Deng, Yang Yan, Tao Shi
Diagnostic mystery—a rare right ventricular cardiac hemangioma: a case report
Jingya Fan, Lei Guo, Peng Teng, Xiaoyi Dai, Qi Zheng, Shengjun Wu, Yiming Ni