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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Issue 1/2024

Content (700 Articles)

Influence of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival for patients with completely resected high-risk stage IB NSCLC

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Zi-Qing Shen, Kun-Peng Feng, Zi-Yao Fang, Tian Xia, Shu Pan, Cheng Ding, Chun Xu, Sheng Ju, Jun Chen, Chang Li, Jun Zhao

Effectiveness of pleurodesis for postoperative air leaks after lung resection

Norifumi Tsubokawa, Takahiro Mimae, Risa Ito, Ryuma Sasai, Kouichi Hirano, Atsushi Kamigaichi, Nobutaka Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Miyata, Morihito Okada

Surgical aortic valve replacement etiologies, hemodynamics, and outcomes in 1346 patients from the Malaysian heart centre

Aslannif Roslan, Chong Kee Soon, Tey Yee Sin, Ahmad Tantawi Jauhari Aktifanus, Soh Si Ling, Wong Kian Boon, Beni I. Rusani, Hafidz Abd Hadi, Jayakhanthan Kolanthaivelu, Shaiful Azmi Yahaya, Jeswant Dillon, Alwi M. Yunus

The efficacy of pregabalin for pain control after thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis

Li Zhang, Hong Zhang

Randomized controlled trial of remote ischemic preconditioning in children having cardiac surgery

Yuk M. Law, Christine Hsu, Sangeeta R. Hingorani, Michael Richards, David M. McMullan, Howard Jefferies, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Ronit Katz

Research progress in the management of vascular disease with cannabidiol: a review

Yilong Guo, Ren Wei, Jianqing Deng, Wei Guo

Letter to the Editor: The effectiveness of early surgical stabilization for multiple rib fractures: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Charlie Slowey

Robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy with systemic pulmonary vein anomaly: a case report

Wenwu Liu, Shaohua Xie, Kaixin Zhang, Yingzhi Zhao, Xin Gao, Wei Dai, Qiuling Shi, Bin Hu, Qiang Li, Xing Wei

Placement of stent grafts with different calibers into the true and false lumens of anastomotic aneurysms after descending aortic replacement for aortic dissection

Hiroo Uehara, Masateru Uchiyama, Tomohiro Imazuru

Correction: Successful treatment of cardiogenic shock due to Takotsubo syndrome with implantation of a temporary microaxial left ventricular assist device in transaxillary approach

Johanna K. R. von Mackensen, Ahmed El Shazly, Felix Schoenrath, Joerg Kempfert, Christoph T. Starck, Evgenij V. Potapov, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Leonhard Wert

Use of selective visceral angiography in surgical strategy planning for celiac artery aneurysm in the celiacomesenteric trunk

Takasumi Goto, Hironobu Fujimura, Takashi Shintani, Takashi Shibuya, Shigeru Miyagawa

Trans-apical catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with metallic aortic and mitral valves

Ali Bozorgi, Saeed Sadeghian, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

Rapid expansion of a left atrial myxoma caused by acute multiple internal hemorrhages: a case report and literature review

Takayoshi Kato, Etsuji Umeda, Natsuko Suzui, Ryo Fujii, Hiroki Ogura, Osamu Sakai, Katsuya Shimabukuro, Kiyoshi Doi

Efficacy and safety of intraoperative partial spray of 50% glucose for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax

Ryota Kiriyama, Shota Nakamura, Hironori Oyamatsu, Seijiro Niimi, Takaki Fujimura, Takehiko Okagawa, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

Strategy for acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection considering midterm results: a retrospective cohort study comparing ascending aortic replacement and total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique

Sho Takagi, Yoshihiro Goto, Junji Yanagisawa, Yui Ogihara, Yasuhide Okawa

Risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shan Lu, Yi Jiang, Fangfang Meng, Xiaoli Xie, Dongjin Wang, Yunyan Su

Establishing and validation of the VBV score for assessing Lung ground-glass nodules based on high-resolution computed tomography

Yuwei Zhou, Xiaoqing Cao, Haiyong Gu, Shenhu Gao, Yuxuan Wu, Haoyang Li, Bing Xiong, Haiyang Dong, Yan Lv, Rong Yang, Yihe Wu

Video assisted thorascopic assisted correction of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: one case report

Gengxu He, Kai Zhou, Lei Zhao, Yuanzhi Luo, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo

The correlation between tumor radiological features and spread through air spaces in peripheral stage IA lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score-matched analysis

Chao Jia, Hai-Cheng Jiang, Cong Liu, Yu-Feng Wang, Hong-Ying Zhao, Qiang Wang, Xiu-Qing Xue, Xiao-Feng Li

The application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in emergent airway management - a single-center retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Research

Zhijun Fan, Simin Zhu, Jinling Chen, Junlin Wen, Binfei Li, Xiaozu Liao

Nonmalignant tracheal stenosis: presentation, management and outcome in limited resources setting

Dereje Gulilat, Abraham Genetu, Segni Kejela, Seyoum Kassa, Abebe Bekele, Ayalew Tizazu

Distinguishing sterile inflammation from graft infection

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Yujiro Miura, Yu Arakawa, Tatsuya Noguchi

Nomogram for predicting major bleeding after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Jianqin Zhu, Zhenjun Wu, Guiming Huang, Yuting Zhong, Cheng Peng

Navigating the challenges of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a risk analysis and learning curve evaluation

Nestoras Papadopoulos, Vasileios Ntinopoulos, Stak Dushaj, Achim Häussler, Dragan Odavic, Hector Rodríguez Cetina Biefer, Omer Dzemali

The impact of two radical sternectomy surgical techniques on the outcome of deep sternal wound infections

Olimpiu Bota, Feras Taqatqeh, Florian Bönke, Maxime Mülhausen, Klaus Matschke, Adrian Dragu, Kevin Bienger, Stefan Rasche

Study on the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy regimen for III–IVA esophageal squamous cell carcinoma post-surgery

Chunyang Li, Pengyi Yu, Hong Li, Xin Yang, Jun Wang, Bo Jiang

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after cardiac arrest for acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by Legionella: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

John C. Grotberg, Linda Schulte, Erin Schumer, Mary Sullivan, Kunal Kotkar, Mohammad F. Masood, Amit Pawale

Surgical management of mediastinal mature cystic teratoma of the elderly remaining asymptomatic

Badreddine Belayachi, Hicham Fenane, Yassine Msougar

Multifaceted surgical approach of combined thoracoretroperitoneal incision and midline abdominal incision for a secondary aortoenteric fistula

Tomoyuki Minami, Takahiro Kojima, Naoto Yabu, Ichiya Yamazaki, Aya Saito

Mitral valve leaflet blood cyst treated with minimally invasive approach: a case report and review of literature

Matiullah Masroor, Ting Xie, Dayan Yang, Shengxiong Lin, Nianguo Dong, Fujin Liu, Long Wu

Gastric and cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: an extremely rare case

Yueqi Huang, Mingqi Zhang, Qingchun Li, Qiulin Huang

Salvage treatment of acute respiratory failure after autogenous tissue flap transplantation for chronic empyema with chest wall sinus: a case report and literature review

Lei Wang, Fei Chen, Zhongliang He, Xueming He, Chun Zhang

Comparison of analgesic effects of percutaneous and transthoracic intercostal nerve block in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a propensity score-matched study

Hongliang Hui, Haoran Miao, Fan Qiu, Huaming Li, Yangui Lin, Bo Jiang, Yiqian Zhang

Transaortic removal of a large primary sarcoma from the left ventricle assisted by strategic partial resection and endoscopic guidance: a case report

Jae-Sung Choi, Jeongwon Kim, Se Jin Oh, You Jung Ok, Yong Won Seong, Hyeon Jong Moon

Comparison of the safety and effectiveness of the four-hook needle and hook wire for the preoperative positioning of localization ground glass nodules

Yongming Wang, Lijun Jing, Changsheng Liang, Junzhong Liu, Shubo Wang, Gongchao Wang

Short and mid-term outcomes of valve-sparing, aortic root reimplantation (David’s procedure)

Abbas Salehi Omran, Ali Aeen, Sepehr Nayebirad, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Sadeq Najafi, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Shapour Shirani, Arezou Zoroufian, Arash Jalali, Fatemeh Alsadat Mostafanejad, Mohammad Sahebjam

Thymoma negatively affects the neurological outcome of myasthenia gravis after thymectomy: a propensity score matching study

Wenxin Tian, Hanbo Yu, Yaoguang Sun, Jing He, Qingjun Wu, Chao Ma, Peng Jiao, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Hongfeng Tong

Up against the wall - emergency double myocardial rupture repair

Rajeevlochan Ravi, Shubhra Sinha, Craig Dunlop, Jonathan Unsworth-White

Predictive value of systemic immune-inflammation index in the high-grade subtypes components of small-sized lung adenocarcinoma

  • Open Access
  • Research

BoHua Wei, Yi Zhang, Kejian Shi, Xin Jin, Kun Qian, Peilong Zhang, Teng Zhao

One case of surgical treatment of coagulation factor XI deficiency complicated with esophageal cancer: a case report

Yang Tian, Zhaowei Zheng, Nannan Song, Jun Wang

Histopathology reveals concealed aortic valve inflammation

Mona Laaksonen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander

Single arterial access technique for simultaneous dual mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock

Alexander Fardman, Nikolay Dranishnikov, Gaik Nersesian, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov

Tracheal resection anastomosis for rare tracheal inflammatory lesions mimicking malignancy: report of 2 cases

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Ahmed Musaad Abd-Elfattah, Alaa Gaafar, Hisham Atef Ebada, Mahmoud Seif-Elnasr, Ahmed Domain, Fedaey Ramadan Habaza, Khaled Zalata, Ali Tawfik

Asymptomatic esophageal perforation discovered after elective cardiac surgery: the importance of clinical awareness

N. A. Hasami, W. W. L. Li, T. Smith, A. F. T. M. Verhagen, K. Ko, R. H. Heijmen

Factors affecting duration of stay in the intensive care unit after coronary artery bypass surgery and its impact on in-hospital mortality: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Khalid S. Ibrahim, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Abdel Rahman A. Al Manasra, Mahmoud A. Megdadi

Risk factors for prolonged postoperative ICU stay in the patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection

Haiyuan Liu, Shuaipeng Zhang, Chengxin Zhang, Qinyun Gao, Yuyong Liu, Fangfang Liao, Shenglin Ge

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart in an older woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a case report and review of the literature

Fu-Rong Luo, Yi-Fen Lin, Jing-Lian Lin, Xiao-Shan Liang, Hui-Jun Xiao, Rui-Gang Huang

No cupid, just an arrow: a penetrating injury into the interventricular septum

Miia Lehtinen, Antti Nykänen, Peter Raivio

Right-sided infective endocarditis or thrombus? Report of two cases diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography

Wenjing Ge, Bijun Wu, Zhen Wang, Haichun Zhang

Chylopericardium following esophagectomy: a case report and systematic review

Xinglin Yang, Jinghong Zhang, Pengxia Sun, Jihai Liu, Jiangshan Wang, Huadong Zhu

Association between HbA1c and deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Wenyu Zhao, Jingui Xie, Zhichao Zheng, Han Zhou, Oon Cheong Ooi, Haidong Luo

Similar survival after endoscopic submucosal dissection and esophagectomy in early esophageal cancer and synchronous or metachronous head and neck cancer

Ruei-Ti Ke, Yu-Hsin Hsiao, Wei-Chen Tai, Shau-Hsuan Li, Chih-Chien Yao, Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu, Yen-Hao Chen, Chien-Ming Lo

Left coronary sinus of valsalva aneurysm dissecting into interventricular septum: a case report

Lei Zhang, Dong-hui Ji, Xiao-yun Li, Kuo-peng Liang

A Y-incision to enlarge the aortic root for aortic valve stenosis with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery

Keisuke Yoshida, Yujiro Miura, Yukiko Fukunaga, Atsuyuki Mitsuishi

Bibliometric and visualized analysis of scientific publications on subglottic stenosis based on web of science core collection

Yaping Zhang, Zhanqiu Dai, Qixin Xia, Yufeng Wu, TingxiaoZhao, Qi Chen, Chen Xia, Jun Zhang, Jiongnan Xu

Endovascular repair with a physician-modified fenestrated endograft to treat abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm with Behcet’s disease: a case report

Wenzhuo Lian, Xitao Song, Liqiang Cui, Yuehong Zheng, Changwei Liu, Leng Ni

Selective aneurysmal sac neck-targeted embolization during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with hostile neck anatomy

Lifeng Zhang, Yongjiang Tang, Jiantao Wang, Xianjun Liu, Yang Liu, Wei Zeng, Chunshui He

Nrf2/HO-1 signaling activation alleviates cigarette smoke-induced inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by suppressing NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis

Yanan Zhang, Jinxia Wang, Yuling Wang, Kai Lei

Clinical effect of the internal fixation for rib fracture with single utility port complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Jindong Wang, Zhiguang Sun, Yongshuai Liu, Weiyong Gong, Jianxin Wang, Junyi Deng, Yue Fu, Jishan Lan

The impact of goal-directed fluid therapy on postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shuang Han, Xiaoqian Wu, Pan Li, Kun He, Jianli Li

A rare case of a neonate with fallot-type absent pulmonary valve and occlusion of the left main bronchus

Chunjie Mu, Minzhang Zhao, Runwei Ma, Xiang Li, Min Liu, Yao Deng

Bedside zero-fluoroscopy temporary permanent pacemaker implantation in the electrical storm treatment under the guidance of EnSite 3D system: a case report

Lei Wang, Pengfei Li, Jun li, Jicheng Xi, Zhibiao Zhang, Fang Yan, Yanan Zhang, Haixiong Wang, Huiyuan Han

Coronary pseudoaneurysm with a superficial mass and accompanying Brucella infection

Chuanxiao Mi, Xiangxi Zhang, Liyuan Wang, Yan Yun, Fang Li, Yi Li, Yuxin Liu, Shouji Zhang, Chengwei Zou, Haizhou Zhang, Xiaochun Ma

Management of penetrating cardiac injury and tricuspid regurgitation with extracorporeal-membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Alexandros N. Karavas, Keeyon Olia, Dane Scantling, Jacob Nudel, Jacob Kriegel, Niloo M. Edwards

Body measurement changes in adults with pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure: a study of 272 patients

  • Open Access
  • Research

Nay Htut, I-Shiang Tzeng, Yu-Jiun Fan, Yeung-Leung Cheng

Predictive values of ultrasonic diaphragm thickening fraction combined with integrative weaning index in weaning patients with mechanical ventilation: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hai Lin, Mingming Yao, Ziwen Qin, Shilin Fu, Hongyou Wang

Bidirectional glenn surgery without palliative pulmonary artery banding in univentricular heart with unrestricted pulmonary flow. Retrospective multicenter experience

  • Open Access
  • Research

Gaser A. Abdelmohsen, Hala A. Gabel, Rawan M. Alamri, Ahmed Baamer, Osman O. Al-Radi, Aliaa Binyamin, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Saud A. Bahaidarah, Naif A. Alkhushi, Mohamed H. Abdelsalam, Hossam Ibrahim, Ahmed R. Elakaby, Adeep Khawaji, Abdullah Alghobaishi, Khadijah A. Maghrabi, Zaher F. Zaher, Jameel A. Al-Ata, Ahmad S. Azhar, Ahmed M. Dohain

Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on postoperative cognitive dysfunction in adult patients with general anesthesia: a meta-analysis

Mengnan Han, Yanru Du, Jianli Li, Yi Li, Shuang Han, Chong Li

Transbronchial lymph node forceps biopsy as a novel tool in diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy: a pilot study

Ahmed Al-Halfawy, Sabah Hussein, Wafaa Ashur, Ali El-Hendawi, Sara Hussein

A successful endovascular aortic repair of aortoesophageal fistula following esophagectomy: a case report and literature review

Jina Li, Yan Hu, Wenliang Liu, Jingqun Tang, Song Zhu, Chao Zeng

Coral reef aorta: a rare form of obstruction of the ascending aorta in adolescent with aortopathy- case report

Neerod Kumar Jha, Benedict Raj Kumar, Nishant Shah, Osama Abdullah, Oraib Al Ketan, Fraser Harban, Mohammad Daud Khan

Surgical outcomes and perioperative risk factors of patients with interstitial lung disease after pulmonary resection

Chuan Huang, Yao-Guang Sun, Chao Ma, Peng Jiao, Qing-Jun Wu, Wen-Xin Tian, Han-Bo Yu, Hong-Feng Tong

Modified blade: an interventional option in rigid bronchoscopy for non-resectable benign tracheal stenosis

Gaetana Messina, Vincenzo Di Filippo, Francesca Capasso, Maria Antonietta Puca, Beatrice Leonardi, Mario Grande, Anna Rainone, Francesco Leone, Giuseppe Vicario, Simona De Gregorio, Giuseppe Cerullo, Antonio Ponticiello, Mario Pirozzi, Stefano Farese, Alessia Zotta, Giovanni Natale, Giovanni Messina, Giovanni Vicidomini, Alfonso Fiorelli, Fortunato Ciardiello, Morena Fasano

Simple and secure thrombectomy without circulatory arrest for acute pulmonary embolism

Hanae Sasaki, Ryosuke Kowatari, Norihiro Kondo, Masahito Minakawa

Mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation with Carpentier’s functional classification type II in elderly patients: a single center experience

  • Open Access
  • Research

Masashi Kawamura, Osamu Monta, Shusaku Maeda, Yasushi Tsutsumi

Pectoral muscle mass is not a robust prognostic factor for survival after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation

Freya Sophie Jenkins, Jan-Philipp Minol, Tarik Akar, Esma Yilmaz, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Ismail Dalyanoglu, Bernhard Korbmacher, Joel Aissa, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari, Hannan Dalyanoglu

Tricuspid mechanical valve replacement for severe tricuspid stenosis in a child who underwent surgical correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect, a rare long-term complications

Qi-Liang Zhang, Yu-Kun Chen, Shi-Hao Lin, Xin-Wei Du, Qiang Chen, Shun-Min Wang, Hua Cao

The chief culprit of intractable hypoxemia: a case report of rare pulmonary arteriovenous fistula complicated with giant hemangioma

Zhangmin Wu, Chunyu Zeng, Hongyong Wang, Weibin Shi, Xiaoli Luo

Papillary fibroelastoma originating from the atrial septum touching the mitral valve leading to infective endocarditis: a case report

Koji Funaishi, Hirofumi Kasahara, Naohiko Oki, Tomoyori Nakatogawa, Kazuhiro Yamanoi

Aortic elastic fiber degeneration during acute type a aortic dissection and reverse aortic remodeling

Trina Chen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander

Off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Kohei Hachiro, Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki

When to anatomically excise a benign lung tumor-correspondence regarding the article: “large mesenchymal cystic and chondroid pulmonary hamartoma mimicking lung cancer: case report”

Fani Tsolaki, Georgios I. Tagarakis, Ioannis Tagarakis

Determinants of survival following heart transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease

Hüseyin Sicim, Pierre Emmanuel Noly, Suyash Naik, Vikram Sood, Richard G. Ohye, Jonathan W. Haft, Keith D. Aaronson, Francis D. Pagani, Ming-Sing Si, Paul C. Tang

Hospital infections and health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery: a multicenter survey

Hilda G. Rijnhart-de Jong, Jo Haenen, Fabiano Porta, Marijke Timmermans, E. Christiaan Boerma, Kim de Jong, S. Bramer, E. J. Daeter, G. J. F. Hoohenkerk, A. L. P. Markou, R. G. H. Speekenbrink, P. Segers, W. Stooker, W. W. L. Li, J. A. Bekkers, F. Porta

Hybrid operating room with ceiling mounted imaging system assisted pre-operative and intra-operative lung nodule localization for thoracoscopic resections: a 5-year case series

Audrey Qi Xin Chia, Apoorva Gogna, Angela Maria Takano Pena, Vishnu Vemula Sri Sai, Sivanathan Chandramohan, Shaun Ju Min Xavier Chan, Boon-Hean Ong

The effect of body mass index on short-term outcomes in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective study from a single cardiovascular center

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Chen-ying Ding, Wen-hui Qi, Yu-jie An, Xin Yuan, Yun-tai Yao

The negative pressure wound therapy for prevention of sternal wound infection: Can we reduce infection rate after the use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Hind Elhassan, Ridha Amjad, Unna Palaniappan, Mahmoud Loubani, David Rose

Regulation of overexpression lncRNA ATP2B1-AS1 on lung adenocarcinoma progression

  • Open Access
  • Research

Shiyi Chen, Chao Huang, E Jin

The clinical value of P-wave terminal force in lead V1 in evaluating pericardial thickness in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

Yanhong Ren

Clinical relevance of transcranial Doppler in a cardiac surgery setting: embolic load predicts difficult separation from cardiopulmonary bypass

Stéphanie Jarry, Etienne J. Couture, William Beaubien-Souligny, Armindo Fernandes, Annik Fortier, Walid Ben-Ali, Georges Desjardins, Karel Huard, Tanya Mailhot, André Y. Denault

Factors associated with safe and successful postoperative day 1 discharge after lung operations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Russell Seth Martins, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Amna Irfan Ansari, Hamna Raheel, Kostantinos Poulikidis, M. Jawad Latif, Syed Shahzad Razi, Faiz Y. Bhora

Clinical and functional outcomes associated with pulmonary complications after coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Altina Vitória Souza, Raquel da Cunha Carvalho, Daniela da Cruz Dias, Darley Gabrielle Teles Santana, Hayssa de Cássia Mascarenhas, André Luiz Lisboa Cordeiro, André Raimundo França Guimarães

Improved early risk stratification of deep sternal wound infection risk after coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Tina Kamensek, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Mirek Ledwon, Giuseppe Santarpino, Matthias Fittkau, Ferdinand Aurel Vogt, Janez Zibert

Enhancing surgical performance in cardiothoracic surgery with innovations from computer vision and artificial intelligence: a narrative review

Merryn D. Constable, Hubert P. H. Shum, Stephen Clark

Perceval sutureless bioprosthesis versus Perimount sutured bioprosthesis for aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis: a retrospective, propensity-matched study

Sharan J Kapadia, Mohammed Yousuf Salmasi, Alicja Zientara, Isabelle Roussin, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos

The effect of ulinastatin on acute kidney injury in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac bypass surgery

Soo Jung Park, Sung Yong Park, Se Yoon Kang, Ji Ho Kim, Ji Yeong Heo, Ji Young Yoo

Association between preoperative hemoglobin with length of hospital stay among non-cardiac and non-obstetric surgery patients: a secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study

Zhaopeng Wang, Min Liu, Hengtong Men, Chunfeng Lyu, Ning Zheng

Staged therapeutic surgery for progressive pulmonary regurgitation and pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy after the tetralogy of fallot repair

Goki Inno, Keiichi Itatani, Kenta Nishiya, Yosuke Takahashi, Toshihiko Shibata

Resolution of insulin resistance, lactic acidosis, and decrease in mechanical support requirements in patients post orthotopic heart transplant with the use of long-acting insulin glargine

Ribal Darwish, Eva Chen, Steven Minear, Cedric Sheffield

Successful tricuspid valve repair and right atrial mass excision for calcified thrombus causing severe tricuspid regurgitation and near-occlusion of inferior vena cava

Caroline Pennacchio, Brad Rosinski, Richard Grimm, Shinya Unai

Intrapulmonary migration of a fractured acupuncture needle: a case report

Lei Liu, Dong-Jie Ma, Ying-Zhi Qin, Hongsheng Liu

Totally endoscopic concomitant aortic and mitral valve surgery in junctional epidermolysis bullosa: a case report

Kazufumi Yoshida, Soshi Yoshida, Yoshimasa Hori, Hideki Tsubota, Ryosuke Mochizuki, Tohru Nagano, Tadaaki Koyama

Ectopic colloid goiter in mediastinum with normal thyroid gland

  • Open Access
  • Goiter
  • Case Report

Jagannath Kolwalkar, Dattaprasad Samant, Shirish Borkar, M. Sunil Chandra Vidyasagar, Jagadeesh N. Vaggar

Image fusion guidance for left subclavian artery in situ fenestration during thoracic endovascular repair

Liang Zhao, Jidong Liu, Xiaoshu Cai, Wengang Yang, Ji Wang

Resection of hypertrophic papillary muscles and mitral valve replacement in a patient with midventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy – a new approach

Julian J. Berg, Jan Eckstein, Marcus-André Deutsch, Jan F. Gummert, Masatoshi Hata

Risk factors for postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Na Chen, Yun-chang Mo, Min Xu, Si-si Chen, Wei Gao, Qiong Zheng, Jue Wang, Xiao-chu Wang, Jun-lu Wang

MSCT study for adult esophageal diverticulum with secondary broncho-esophageal fistula

Xin Dong, Ruonan Pan, Lijun Duan, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao

Can ChatGPT transform cardiac surgery and heart transplantation?

S C Clark

Operative treatment of pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a case report and literature review

Yiyuan Zhang, Ke Shang, Jialin Li, Mengyao Sun, Xiaoying Gu

Study on the rationality of small diameter metallic airway stent in treatment of tracheal stenosis in injured rabbits

  • Open Access
  • research

Xiaoxiao Li, Changguo Wang, Ziyi Liu, Kai Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Daxiong Zeng, Dang Lin, Junhong Jiang

Comparison of surgical and conservative treatment outcomes for type a aortic intramural hematoma

Li Yin, Jiankai Wang, Zhibing Qiu, Xin Chen, Cunhua Su

Vascular covered stent and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for Aortoesophageal fistula caused by esophageal fishbone: a case report

Jianfeng Chen

Prognostic significance of T lymphocyte subgroups (CD4 and CD8) in lung cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Aykut Elicora, Busra Yaprak Bayrak, Cigdem Vural, Huseyin Fatih Sezer, Semra Uzun Erkal, Elif Metin

Myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism after mechanical aortic valve replacement: a case report

Mukan Kagan Kus, Anil Karaagac, Burak Bozkurt, Ufuk Sadik Ceylan, Mehmet Kaplan

Temporary pacing following cardiac surgery – a reference guide for surgical teams

Steve W F R Waqanivavalagi

Systematic review of the effect of cerebrospinal fluid drainage on outcomes after endovascular type B aortic dissection repair

Huajie Zheng, Deqing Lin, Yongbo Cheng, Chaojun Yan, Sanjiu Yu, Jun Li, Wei Cheng

Surgery for pulmonary lesions in patients with a history of urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma

Ryu Kanzaki, Akihiro Nagoya, Seiji Taniguchi, Hiroto Ishida, Kenji Kimura, Eriko Fukui, Toru Kimura, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Masato Minami, Eiichi Morii, Yasushi Shintani

Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a 39-Year-old female: a case report

Parviz Mardani, Reza Shahriarirad, Mohammad Nekooeian, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Bizhan Ziaian, Hooman Kamran, Nazanin Ayare, Masoud Vafabin, Damoun Fouladi

Decreased levels of sex hormones in females with solitary pulmonary nodules were risk factors for malignancy

Wang Wendan, Li Mengyu, Zhang Qiufeng

Zero-leak prediction during major lung resection aiming for minimal chest drainage duration: a retrospective analysis

Kuniyo Sueyoshi, McAndrew Merlini, Kosuke Otsubo, Fumitsugu Kojima, Toru Bando

Predictive value of preoperative platelet count and D-dimer levels for spinal cord injury following acute type a aortic dissection

Fengbo Pei, Jinhua Wei, Yao Yao, Hui Wu, Zujun Chen

Axillary vein as an alternative venous access site for VV-ECMO cannulation: a case report

Tao Pan, Xiaoyang Zhou, Jianneng Pan, Bixin Chen, Chang Xu, Zhaojun Xu, Pingping Dong, Tingting Yu

Acute type a aortic intramural hematoma complicated with preoperative hemopericardium: early and late surgical outcome analyses

Chun-Yu Lin, Ming-Chang Kao, Hsin-Fu Lee, Meng-Yu Wu, Chi-Nan Tseng

The association of regional block with intraoperative opioid consumption in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a single-center, retrospective study

Yan Xiang, Liang Chen, Jiang Jia, Fu Yili, Wei Changwei

The effectiveness of a web-based information-knowledge-attitude-practice continuous intervention on the psychological status, medical compliance, and quality of life of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a parallel randomized clinical trial

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Jin Li, Yueli Deng, Yan Jiang

An innovative reconstruction of an enbloc resected composite giant chest and abdominal wall chondrosarcoma with 3D-composite mesh

Klein Dantis, Ramandeep Singh, Archit Goel, Brijesh Garg

Thoracoscopic McKeown esophagectomy in a patient with an azygos lobe

Rie Nakashima, Kohei Tajima, Kazuo Koyanagi, Akihito Kazuno, Miho Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Shoji, Kentaro Yatabe, Kohei Kanamori, Mika Ogimi, Kazuhito Nabeshima, Kenji Nakamura, Masaki Mori

Decision making of iatrogenic coronary embolism after SAVR: a case report

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Kazumasa Orihashi, Yujiro Miura, Ren Saito

Expression level of neutrophil extracellular traps in peripheral blood of patients with chronic heart failure complicated with venous thrombosis and its clinical significance

Fang Liu, Qian Zhai

Fixation devices made of poly-L-lactide composite for rib reconstruction after thoracotomy

Naoto Fukunaga, Hideki Sato, Tatsuto Wakami, Akio Shimoji, Otohime Mori, Kosuke Yoshizawa, Nobushige Tamura

Huge mediastinal ancient schwannoma causing acute respiratory failure: a case report

Hsuan-Ying Huang, Chien-Ming Lo, Hung-I Lu, Jen-Ping Chang

A case report of drug interaction between co-packaged nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and tacrolimus causing hyponatremia in a lung transplant recipient

Chien-Ming Lo, Wei-Hsun Chen, Meng-Yun Tsai, Hung-I Lu, Yu-Hsin Hsiao, Kai-Hao Chuang, Yu Chen, Hsuan-Feng Wu, Kuo-Tung Huang, Yi-Hsi Wang

Evaluation of intramural hematoma: a novel use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging

Fan Yang, Yuanwei Chen, Yongrong Zhou, Dan Shao, Jianfang Luo

Significant thrombus in saccular aneurysm in a patient with polycythemia: a case report

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Hiromasa Nakamura, Yujiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Miyata, Kazumasa Orihashi, Keisuke Yoshida, Kouhei Araki

Cardioprotective role of royal jelly in the prevention of celecoxib-mediated cardiotoxicity in adult male albino rats

Naglaa Z. H. Eleiwa, Hesham A. M. I. Khalifa, Heba A. Nazim

Right upper lobectomy with mediastinal dissection under uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer in a patient with a right-sided aortic arch: a case report

Hidenori Goto, Kozo Nakanishi

Successful surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolism with pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction

Yong Liu, Zhiyun Yang, Xinxin Sun, Mei Yang, Tao Zhang, Ruilin Li, Ying Wei, Hao Cao

Postoperative hyper-inflammation as a predictor of poor outcomes in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) undergoing surgical repair

Yuan-Xi Luo, Yusanjan Matniyaz, Yu-Xian Tang, Yun-Xing Xue, Yi Jiang, Ke Pan, Zhi-Kang Lv, Zhi-Wei Fan, Kuo Wang, Hai-Tao Zhang, He Zhang, Wen-Zhe Wang, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang, Fu-Dong Fan

Recognition and management of left atrial dissection during mitral repair

Haya Alshaabi, Jack F. Donaghue, Denise M. Franko, Jock N. McCullough

Safety and efficacy of Cox‐Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yaxuan Gao, Hanqing Luo, Rong Yang, Wei Xie, Yi Jiang, Dongjin Wang, Hailong Cao

Smoking behavior associated upregulation of SERPINB12 promotes proliferation and metastasis via activating WNT signaling in NSCLC

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Hong-Zhen Zheng, Xiang Miao, Jing Chang, Hai Zhou, Jing-Jian Zhang, Hui-Min Mo, Qin Jia

Association of systemic inflammatory markers with postoperative arrhythmias in esophageal cancer: a propensity score matching

Hongbi Xiao, Xiaoxia lv, Siding Zhou, Qinglin Ren, Ziang Zhang, Xiaolin Wang

High risk of coronary artery obstruction during TAVR, how to avoid it?

Jose R. Gayosso-Ortíz, Juan F. Garcia-Garcia, Jose Alfredo Merino-Rajme, Roberto Muratalla-González, Juan C. Fuentes-Moreno, Arnoldo S. Jiménez-Valverde, Marco A. Alcantara-Melendez, Heberto Aquino-Bruno

Later aorta operation after aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve

Kohei Hachiro, Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki

Clinicopathological factors associated with sentinel lymph node detection in non-small-cell lung cancer

Christophe Wollbrett, Joseph Seitlinger, Florent Stasiak, Juliette Piccoli, Arthur Streit, Joelle Siat, Guillaume Gauchotte, Stéphane Renaud

A case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with previous aortic valve replacement

Hongyan Xiao, Laichun Song, Meng Guo, Liang Tao

Interpapillary muscle distance independently predicts recurrent mitral regurgitation

Ivancarmine Gambardella, Cristiano Spadaccio, Sanjeet S. A. Singh, Yasushige Shingu, Takashi Kunihara, Satoru Wakasa, Francesco Nappi

18F-FDG PET/CT based model for predicting malignancy in pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis

Yu Li, Yi-Bing Shi, Chun-Feng Hu

Investigation of the appropriate viscosity of fibrinogen in repairing pleural defects using ventilation and anchoring in an ex vivo pig model

Akihiro Fukuda, Masaki Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Takegawa, Nobuyuki Kondo, Seiki Hasegawa

Valvar bypass surgery to ameliorate persistent lower limb edema caused by post-thrombotic syndrome: a case report and literature review

Yanyang Wang, Liang Zhao, Jie Zhang, Yali Du, Jianfeng Chen, Yingfeng Wu

Hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade in a hemodialysis patient with catheter-related superior vena cava syndrome: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Xiaohong Zhao, Kang Wang

Predictive factors of thoracic aortic calcification in patients candidate for cardiac surgery

Amin Bagheri, Shapour Shirani, Arash Jalali, Shahrzad Salehbeigi, Jamshid Bagheri

Cabrol procedure and its modifications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sen Yang, Ya-yong Zhang, Yun-feng Zi, Lei Pu, Xu Qian, Le Ren, Yong-bo Li, Zhi-hao Jin, Jian-feng Liu, Zhuo Yuan, Ya-Xiong Li

Evaluation of veteran community care outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective pilot cohort

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Correspondence

Jake L Cotton, Adom Netsanet, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Danielle Abbitt, Teresa S Jones, Jessica Y Rove, Edward L Jones

Robotic portal resection for mediastinal tumours: a prospective observational study

Wei Gan, Mu-Zi Yang, Zi-Hui Tan, Chu-Long Xie, Tian-Yu Sun, Hao-Xian Yang

Sub-coronary aortic root replacement post-aortic valve dehiscence: a case report

Aabha Divya, Tobin Mangel, Rakesh Seetharaman, John Fouad Taghavi

Develop of endocavitary suction device for MiECC on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Speziale, Giuseppe Nasso

Tricuspid repair: short and long-term results of suture annuloplasty techniques and rigid and flexible ring annuloplasty techniques

Ufuk Türkmen, Tezcan Bozkurt, Sertan Özyalçın, Ilknur Günaydın, Sadi Kaplan

Comparison of the effects of using feedback devices for training or simulated cardiopulmonary arrest

Jinghao Jiang, Jinghuang Yan, Dongai Yao, Jinsong Xiao, Rongtao Chen, Yan Zhao, Xiaoqing Jin

Impact of delayed removal of pectus bar on outcomes following Nuss repair: a retrospective analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Der-En Keong, I-Shiang Tzeng, Nay Htut, Yu-Jiun Fan, Min-Shiau Hsieh, Yeung-Leung Cheng

Unusual presentation and delayed diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma

Salman Zaheer, Alice L. Zhou, John M. Gross, Ahmet Kilic

Double lung transplantation is better than single lung transplantation for end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis

Yu-Chi Fang, Wen-Hsin Cheng, Hung-I Lu, Yi-Shi Wang, Kai-Hao Chuang, Hsing-Hua Lai, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Meng-Yun Tsai, Yu-Ping Chang, Kuo-Tung Huang, Chien-Ming Lo

Development and validation of a prognostic model for predicting post-discharge mortality risk in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)

Lingling Zhang, Zhican Liu, Yunlong Zhu, Mingxin Wu, Haobo Huang, Wenbin Yang, Ke Peng, Jianping Zeng

Clinical and echocardiographic results of the MEMO 4D semi-rigid annuloplasty ring

Corrado Fiore, Marcello Melone, Kia Vaziri Farahani, Rebani Sinani, Anna Nicoletti, Luigi Specchia, Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Speziale

Multiple thrombi mimicking metastases in the right atrium of patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed by multimodal cardiac imaging: one case report

Zhiqiang Hu, Shuai Yuan, Yun Mou

Mediastinal Rosai-Dorfman Disease with KRAS mutation case report and literature review

Wenyu Zhang, Linan Fang, Jing Wang, Xiaobo Ma, Xintong Hu, Wei Liu

Management of incessant ventricular arrhythmias in a patient with left ventricular assist device: a case report

Chen Chen, Juan Du, Xianqiang Wang, Liang Zou

Primary left ventricular leiomyosarcoma: a case report

Vipin Balachandran, Vanessa Young, Tina Baillie, Allen James

Combination of electrophysiological mapping, radiofrequency catheter ablation, and atrial appendectomy in a 5-year-old girl with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy: a case report

Min Zhang, Xiaoxiao Cao, Yong Zhang

Risk factors of 30-day and long-term mortality and outcomes in open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

Sudena Wang, Chunrong Wang, Yuchen Gao, Yu Tian, Jia Liu, Yuefu Wang

Short- and Long-term survival prediction in patients with acute type A aortic dissection undergoing open surgery

Yusanjan Matniyaz, Yuan-Xi Luo, Yi Jiang, Ke-Yin Zhang, Wen-Zhe Wang, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang, Yun-Xing Xue

Airway and anesthesia management in tracheoesophageal fistula closure implantation: a single-centre retrospective study

Zhu Dechong, Huang He, Zhang Jigang, Liu Cunming

Rosai-Dorfman disease manifesting as a solitary mass with fat in the thymus a case report

Dan Liu, Xia Liu, Yi Sha Liu, Chao Xin Zhou

Continuous or interrupted pledgeted suture technique in stented bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: a comparison of in-hospital outcomes

Bardia Arabkhani, Sebastien Gonthier, Veronica Lorenz, Samuel Deschamps, Jama Jahanyar, Marin Boute, David Vancraeynest, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Gebrine El Khoury, Laurent de Kerchove

A rare case of isolated persistent left superior vena cava diagnosed by echocardiography

Dorota Smolarek, Hanna Jankowska, Karolina Dorniak, Marcin Hellmann

Revisiting echocardiographic features of prosthetic heart valves: the necessity of correct differentiation of mono-leaflet vs. bileaflet mechanical heart valves in a case report

Farnoosh Larti, Babak Geraiely, Samaneh Hasanpour Asli, Arman Soltani Moghadam

Thoracoscopic treatment of mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenomas: a Latinamerica experience case series and literature review

Chavez Karla Veronica, Chavez-Tostado Mariana, Peña-Rivera Adriana Graciela, Cervantes-Perez Gabino, Bolaños-Morales Francina Valezka

Circ_0001786 facilitates gefitinib resistance and malignant progression in non-small cell lung cancer via miR-34b-5p/SRSF1

Kaobin Ouyang, Dan Xie, Haojie Liao, Ying He, Hailin Xiong

Right ventricular myocardial edema leading to severe heart failure after open heart surgery – possible effect of high-dose corticosteroid therapy

  • Open Access
  • Edema
  • Case Report

Karoline Korsholm Jeppesen, Lars Peter Riber, Jordi Sanchez Dahl

Efficacy and safety of intracoronary pro-urokinase combined with low-pressure balloon pre-dilatation during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Shicheng Yu, Haoxuan Jia, Shengkai Ding, Mengda Zhang, Fengyun Li, Pan Xu, Yuan Tian, Lingling Ma, Lijie Gong, Jun Feng, Zhaojin Sun, Fudong Qian, Hui Li

In a porcine model of implantable pacemakers for pediatric unilateral diaphragm paralysis, the phrenic nerve is the best target

Tobias Kratz, Jan Dauvergne, Roman Ruff, Timo Koch, Johannes Breuer, Boulos Asfour, Ulrike Herberg, Benjamin Bierbach

Comparison of laser guidance and freehand hook-wire for CT-guided preoperative localization of pulmonary nodules

  • Open Access
  • Laser
  • Research

Zijian Li, Ziyue Zhou, Kunpeng Feng, Xinyu Song, Chun Xu, Chang Li, Jun Zhao, Li Ye, Ziqing Shen, Cheng Ding

A visceral organ function-focused therapeutic strategy using a 6-hour time window for patients with acute type a aortic dissection complicated by mesenteric malperfusion

Ling-chen Huang, Shuang-kun Chen, Hua Peng, Xi-jie Wu

Ectopic pancreas tissue in the posterior mediastinum

Zeynep Berkarda, Jasmina Kuvendjiska, Fabian Bamberg, Elmar Kotter

Effective Apixaban removal using hemoadsorption during emergent open-heart surgery: a case report and narrative literature review

Vitor Mendes, Jaid Mamode, Jalal Jolou, Mourad Malki, Christoph Ellenberger, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Christoph Huber

Surgical management of multiple coronary artery to coronary sinus fistulas with giant left circumflex artery and multivalvular infective endocarditis

Sang Bin Shin, Won Kyoun Park, Jae Won Choi, Jong Pil Jung, Chang Ryul Park, Yong Jik Lee, Gwan Sic Kim

Analysis of the thickness characteristics of the left atrial posterior wall and its correlation with the low and no voltage areas of the left atrial posterior wall in patients with atrial fibrillation

Longchang Li, Lijun Li, Dezhi Yang, Shuxiong Nong, Cheng Luo, Chun Gui

Aspiration of thrombus for intermediate-risk subacute pulmonary embolism

Jiahao He, Chunli Liu

Experience with aortic arch inclusion technique using artificial blood vessel for type A aortic dissection: an application study

Qingfeng Li, Bin Li, Shuqiang Xi, Zhaobin Li, Zhe Zhu, Zeyue Jin, Fan Yang, Lei Liu

Optimal patient selection for maze procedure in patients undergoing mitral valve disease

Tomoaki Masuda, Atsushi Aoki, Tadashi Omoto, Kazuto Maruta

Devastating fungal endocarditis involving ascending aorta in a patient with a history of aortic valve replacement: a case report

Parisa Koohsari, Akram Nakhaee, Mehrzad Rahmanian, Faeze Salahshour, Roya Parkhideh, Farnoosh Larti

Perceval-S over time. Clinical outcomes after ten years of usage

Nikolaos Schizas, Ilias Samiotis, Georgia Nazou, Dimitrios C. Iliopoulos, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Maria Kousta, Nafsika Papaioannou, Mihalis Argiriou, Panagiotis Dedeilias

Unusual origins of cardiac insufficiency: a case of iliac arteriovenous fistula post-spinal disc surgery

Zheng-Ji Chen, Nouman Ahmad, Ling-Jin Huang

Radiotherapy combined with anti-PD-1 and TKI for primary cardiac angiosarcoma considering the joint assessment of TLSs and PD-L1: a case report

Shuzhe Deng, Xinxin Yang, Lin He, Qian Zhang, Chunbo Zhao, Hongxue Meng

Efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a systematic review and PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis

Bin Gao, Yang Liu, Yun-tai Yao

Transcarotid vascular access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: is choosing the left side always right?

Adil Salihu, David C. Rotzinger, Guillaume Fahrni, Anna Nowacka, Panagiotis Antiochos, Stephane Fournier, Olivier Muller, Matthias Kirsch, Henri Lu

Management of left atrial myxoma in pregnant women: a case series

Yanli Liu, Haiping Wang, Huanlei Huang, Fengzhen Han, Jian Zhuang, Yanqiu Ou, Yanyan Lin, Weina Zhang

A basaloid carcinoma with multilocular thymic cyst mimicking a mediastinal teratoma

Chen Su, Xiaobo Zhu, Qiang Wang, Junjie Zhang

Surgeon-modified fenestrated endovascular grafts and thoracoscope-assisted fixation for treatment of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms

Hong Wang, Wei Wang, Weifan Wang, Debin Liu

The characteristics and prognosis of different disease patterns of multiple primary lung cancers categorized according to the 8th edition lung cancer staging system

Yalong Wang, Lingling Fang, Xiao Hu, Hongliang Wu, Lina Zhou, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao, Jie He

Restrictive annuloplasty or replacement on reverse remodeling for nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Yusuke Misumi, Masashi Kawamura, Daisuke Yoshioka, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Yoshito Ito, Tsubasa Mikami, Masaki Taira, Kazuo Shimamura, Shigeru Miyagawa

Left ventricular free wall rupture caused by myocardial ischemia without treatable atherosclerotic coronary disease: a case series

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Terézia B. Andrási, Nunijiati Abudureheman, Alannah C. Glück, Kai Dielmann, Gerhard Dinges

Open aortic arch repair without circulatory arrest by frozen elephant trunk in Ishimaru zone 0

Ciro Bancone, Alessandro Della Corte, Federica Lo Presti, Rasul Ashurov, Giacomo Sica, Lucrezia Palmieri, Rita Di Fraia, Marisa De Feo

Uncommon using of the pulmonary homograft in oncological case - three years follow up

Dhaker Lahidheb, Roman Komarov, Ruslan Alikhanov, Boris Tlisov, Alisher Ismailbaev, Ines Dhif

Transapical intramyocardial septal microwave ablation in treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: 12-month outcomes of a swine model

Mi Zhou, Zhaolong Li, Yun Liu, Yuehua Fang, Le Qin, Wenjie Yang, Fuhua Yan, Qiang Zhao

A combined subsegmentectomy of right S9 + 10b with single direction thoracoscopic surgery

Cheng Shen, Chengwu Liu

Triple-induction treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a case report of pathological complete response

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Case Report

Raphael S. Werner, Olivia Lauk, Georg Tscherry, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Sylvia Höller, Isabelle Opitz

Mechanism of sodium butyrate, a metabolite of gut microbiota, regulating cardiac fibroblast transdifferentiation via the NLRP3/Caspase-1 pyroptosis pathway

Tiancheng Dong, Dingkao Huang, Zhengzheng Jin

Surgical strategy for intravenous leiomyomatosis spreading from uterine to the right atrium presenting with recurrent syncope

Gengxu He, Tong Yao, Lei Zhao, Hong Geng, Qiang Ji, Kun Zuo, Yuanzhi Luo, Kai Zhou

Endovascular repair of bilateral isolated common iliac artery aneurysms with unsuitable anatomy utilizing an aortic bifurcated unibody endograft and modified sandwich technique to preserve pelvic blood flow: a case series

Haodong Liao, Enquan Zhou, Yongjiang Tang, Chunshui He

Successful Implantation of Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve after TAVR Explantation

Yusuke Yanagino, Naonori Kawamoto, Satoshi Kainuma, Naoki Tadokoro, Takashi Kakuta, Ayumi Ikuta, Kohei Tonai, Tomoyuki Fujita, Satsuki Fukushima

Staged repair of a ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report

Akitoshi Takazawa, Toshihisa Asakura, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Akihiro Yoshitake

Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: case report

Chang Xu, Guangyin Zhao, Hongyu Zhang, Di Ge, Jie Gu

Abnormal performance of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): a case misdiagnosed as achalasia of cardia

Wen-Quan Yu, Hui-Jiang Gao, Li-Xue Zhai, Yu-Cheng Wei

Comparison of early patient-reported outcomes between uniportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy and wedge resection for peripheral small-sized non-small-cell lung cancer

Yingzhi Zhao, Wenwu Liu, Xin Gao, Kaixin Zhang, Wei Dai, Xing Wei, Haoqian Zheng, Cheng Lei, Hongfan Yu, Qiuling Shi, Qiang Li, Tianpeng Xie

Different anatomical variations in the anterior segment of the right upper lung

Wu Yan, MengXuan Wang, JiXing Zhao, YongSheng Li, Wei Wei

Clinical outcome of a branch-first approach with a novel continuous whole-brain perfusion strategy for total arch surgery

  • Open Access
  • Research

Zezheng Zhao, Haitao Chi, Lei Chen, Junhui Wang, Cangsong Xiao

Video double-lumen tube for one lung ventilation: implementation and experience in 343 cases of routine clinical use during the first 20 months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Andrea Irouschek, Joachim Schmidt, Torsten Birkholz, Horia Sirbu, Andreas Moritz

Thrombocytopenia after sutureless and standard stented aortic valve replacement: a retrospective analysis of risk factors, clinical course, and early outcome

Alicja Zientara, Mohammad Yousuf Salmasi, Bella Milan-Chhatrisha, Sharan Kapadia, Ryan Bashir, Ian Cummings, Cesare Quarto, George Asimakopoulos

Management of embolic splenic abscess secondary to aortic valve endocarditis – case report and review of literature

Nicolas Nunez-Ordonez, Juan Sebastián Luna, Jaime Camacho Mackenzie, Andrés Felipe Jiménez, Alejandro González, Andrea J. Pico, Carlos F. Román, Paulo A. Cabrera Rivera, Carlos A. Villa Hincapié

Alpha gal syndrome, a relative not absolute contraindication to the use of bovine pericardium to close an intracardiac septal defect: a case report

Kimi Taira, Rahul Kanade, Maroun Yammine, Henry Tannous, Sathappan Kumar

Expression of lncRNA LINC00943 in lung squamous cell carcinoma and its relationship with tumor progression

  • Open Access
  • Research

Zhenshan Zhao, Haiyang Li, Jing Li, Yao Rong, Lidong Zhao, Menghui Hao, Faming Tian

The value of lung function assessment and Testin expression detection in clinicopathological features and prognosis of NSCLC patients

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Yanmin Zhang, Gaoming Wang, Qian Zhang, Qian Wang, Jing Luo, Chunhua Ling

Transit time flow measurement in arterial grafts

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Review

Dror B. Leviner, John D. Puskas, David P. Taggart

Analysis of 25 surgical cases of thymic neuroendocrine tumors and thymic carcinoma

Kensuke Midorikawa, So Miyahara, Nanako Nishino, Yuichirou Ueda, Ryuichi Waseda, Takeshi Shiraishi, Toshihiko Sato

Sex-related differences in outcome of thoracic aortic surgery

Hongxue Jiang, Hongjie Xu, Zhiyun Xu

Diagnostic value of the creatine kinase-MB/creatine kinase and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios in acute myocardial infarction

Yin Liu, Xiao-Lei Tang, Yong Ni, Li-Zhong Duan, Feng-Jun Jing

Thoracoscopic resection of paraesophageal ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in the superior posterior mediastinum: a case report

Kai Fu, Xin-Yu Zhu, Xin-Yu Jia, Kun-Peng Feng, Yuan Cui, Jun Zhao, Chang Li

A surgical resection case of myxoma arising from the posterior wall of the left atrium complicated with complete atrioventricular block

Satoshi Sakakibara, Takashi Yamauchi, Takahiro Ohmori

Comparison of Del Nido (a different application) and crystalloid blood cardioplegia on arrhythmia and early results

Ferhat Borulu, Ümit Arslan, Eyüp Serhat Çalik, Kaptanıderya Tayfur, Bilgehan Erkut

Cardiac herniation post left upper lobectomy and thymectomy: a case report

Hiral Jhala, Mathew Thomas

A approach of gastric conduit via the anterior of pulmonary hilum route during minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy

Zhaoyang Yan, Xinjian Xu, Bin Guo, Pengzeng Wang, Linpeng Niu, Zhanjie Gao, Yusen Yuan, Fei Li, Ming He

Mid-term clinical outcomes of totally endoscopic repair for mitral regurgitation in Barlow’s disease

Lin Zhang, Huimin Cui, Hong Shen, Dong Li, Lianggang Li, Hua Shen, Shengli Jiang

A middle lobe sparing sleeve resection versus bilobectomy for right lower central non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective propensity score matched cohort study

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Jiongjie Wang, Jichao Guo, Haizhan Shi, Xiangru Chen, Wenxin He, Zhixin Li

Treatment outcomes in patients with acute thromboembolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery

Wenrui Li, Mingyuan Liu, Lei Jin, Hai Feng, Xueming Chen, Zhiwen Zhang

Repair of a fistula between the aorta and right ventricular outflow tract secondary to infective endocarditis of a unicuspid aortic valve and previously repaired ventricular septal defect

Rickesh B. Karsan, Katie E. O’Sullivan, Christopher J. Lockhart, Christopher Austin

A challenging case of emergency redo surgery for acute type A aortic dissecting aneurysm of ascending and aortic arch with frozen elephant trunk following aortic root replacement

Yuh Ing Lok, Jaime Villaquiran, James Kuo

Bleeding sites and treatment strategies for cardiac tamponade by catheter ablation requiring thoracotomy: risks of catheter ablation in patients with left atrial diverticulum

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Yujiro Miura, Yoshinori Nomura, Takayoshi Hirota, Naoki Arima, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Hiroki Tateiwa, Yoshifumi Katsumata

Inflammation in aortic surgery: postoperative evolution of biomarkers according pathologies and segments of the aorta

Martin T Yates, Alexander Smith, Alina A Mistirian, Carola M Bigogno, Michelle Lee, Ana Lopez-Marco

Chylous leakage after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a systematic review

Xing Zheng, Xi Yang, Sujuan Lei

Relationship between pan-immune- inflammation value and in major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in stable coronary artery disease patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Ahmet Dolapoglu, Eyup Avci

Heparin-induced DRESS syndrome in a paediatric patient and successful anaesthetic management in cardiovascular bypass surgery: case report

Laura Peña-Blanco, Laura Gutiérrez-Soriano, Félix Ramón Montes, Andrea Barragán-Méndez, Susana Beltrán-Villegas, Juan José López-Reyes, Carlos A. Villa-Hincapié, Juan Pablo Umaña

Complete resection of a giant intrapericardial cardiac synovial sarcoma

Binyue Wang, Ligang Liu

The efficacy of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (mics cabg) for patients with coronary artery diseases and diabetes: a single center retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Zhao Guangxin, Chi Liqun, Liang Lin, Liu Jiaji, Ma Xiaolong, Zhang Yuxiao, Huang Qiuyue, Kong Qingyu

Reconstruction method for massive lateral chest wall sarcoma using titanium plates and mesh: a case report

Shin Tanaka, Eiji Nakata, Toshifumi Ozaki, Shinichi Toyooka

Antithrombotic drug removal with hemoadsorption during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Helmut Mair, Stephanie Ulrich, Dow Rosenzweig, Johannes Goeppl, Christopher Jurma, Ferdinand Vogt, Benedikt Baumer, Frank Vogel, Peter Lamm

To repair or to replace in mitral valve infective endocarditis? an updated meta-analysis

Ahmed K. Awad, Karim Wilson, Mahmoud A. Elnagar, Merihan A. Elbadawy, Mohamed H. Fathy

Massive retroperitoneal hematoma caused by intercostal artery bleeding after blunt trauma: a case report

Ran Zhu, Xiangtian Liu, Xiaoli Li, Liping Ye

Successful repair of recurrent ventricular septal perforation after myocardial infarction using double patch technique via right ventriculotomy: a case report

Khoirur Rijal Ashsholih, Taiichi Takasaki, Mayu Tomota, Taika Tokumoto, Seimei Go, Shogo Emura, Masamichi Ozawa, Shinya Takahashi

Delayed surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective review of an alternative surgical strategy in the COVID-19 era

Rin Itokawa, Ryosuke Kowatari, Yuki Imamura, Hanae Sasaki, Norihiro Kondo, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Masahito Minakawa

Giant unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms causing angina pectoris

Peng Hu, Zhedong Wan, Qianhui Sun, Peng Teng, Liang Ma

Correction: Circ_0001786 facilitates gefitinib resistance and malignant progression in non-small cell lung cancer via miR-34b-5p/SRSF1

Kaobin Ouyang, Dan Xie, Haojie Liao, Ying He, Hailin Xiong

Enhanced recovery after surgery program focusing on chest tube management improves surgical recovery after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Dan Yang, Xi Zheng

Impact of postoperative cerebral complications in acute infective endocarditis: a retrospective single-center study

Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masato Tochii, Takayuki Kai, Daisuke Koiwa, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Heparin-free veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Research

ZhaoMin Huang, Jiayi Zheng, Mingyang Wang, Shaoting Zeng, Miaoting Huang, Shuyi Peng, Jiajun Li, Jiaming Ji, Quan Chen, Xin Xu, Chao Yang, GuiLin Peng, Hanyu Yang

A case of pulmonary visceral subpleural hematoma treated by hematoma evacuation during care of post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Yutaka Funaki, Kyoji Hirai

Correction: Experience with aortic arch inclusion technique using artificial blood vessel for type A aortic dissection: an application study

Qingfeng Li, Bin Li, Shuqiang Xi, Zhaobin Li, Zhe Zhu, Zeyue Jin, Fan Yang, Lei Liu

Outcomes in patients with aortic stenosis and severely reduced ejection fraction following surgical aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Eric R. Bain, Bistees George, Syed H. Jafri, Roopa A. Rao, Anjan K. Sinha, Maya E. Guglin

On the way to the azygos vein: a road of return rather than ruined

Yiping Feng, Yeqing Liu, Shanxiang Xu, Huiming Zhong, Shouyin Jiang

Mean computed tomography value to predict spread through air spaces in clinical N0 lung adenocarcinoma

Marino Yamamoto, Masaya Tamura, Ryohei Miyazaki, Hironobu Okada, Noriko Wada, Makoto Toi, Ichiro Murakami

Diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma miR-106a-5p levels in patients with acute heart failure

Aike Fei, Li Li, Yunfang Li, Tie Zhou, Yanfei Liu

Intraoperative central venous pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass is an alternative indicator for early prediction of acute kidney injury in adult cardiac surgery

Lei Wang, Lanxin Hu, Qiong yan Dai, HaoYu Qi, ZhenHong Wang, Xin Chen

Posterior pericardiotomy and the prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and cardiac tamponade in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting – A retrospective analysis

Ayeshmanthe Rathnayake, Siew SC Goh, Carmel Fenton, Ashutosh Hardikar

Efficacy of selenium on patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ahmed M. Sarhan, Ahmed K. Awad, Abdullah K. Alassiri, Mohamed Sameh Abd-Alkhaleq, Rahmeh Al-Asmar, Ahmed Reda Gonnah

METTL14-mediated N6-methyladenosine modification induces the ferroptosis of hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cardiomyocytes

  • Open Access
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Chunyu Zhao, Jianing Li

Del nido cardioplegia in adults: a retrospective observational study in comparison to modified St. Thomas cardioplegia in cardiac surgery

Sanjeeve Kumar Garg, Rajinder Singh Rawat, Dina Afifi Saad, Ihab Omar

Postoperative serum mir-28-5p level has predictive value for the prognosis after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Senyan Wu, Guobing Cheng, Wei Lu, Youyao Xu

Short-term and long-term outcomes of on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis and non-dialysis patients: a retrospective study in a single center

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Chia-Hsun Lin, Yen‐Yang Chen, Yu‐Tong Yen, Patrick Hung‐Ju Kao, Chai-Hock Chua, Hung-Hsing Chao, Ming-Jen Lu

Mind the gap! Interdisciplinary approach to anterior chest wall reconstruction after total sternectomy

Olaf Michael Glueck, Denis Ehrl, Rudolf A. Hatz, Jan M. Fertmann

Pulmonary transplant complications: a radiologic review

Samuel Friedlander, Brian Pogatchnik, Yuka Furuya, Tadashi Allen

miR-200b-3p relieved inflammation in patients with heart failure by regulating ZEB1 expression

Bo Wei, Zhiyong Li, Li Wang, Haitao Zhang, Wen Gou

Risk factors and prognostic significance of early postoperative complications for patients who underwent pneumonectomy for lung cancer

Güntuğ Batıhan, Kenan Can Ceylan, Şeyda Örs Kaya

Study on risk factors and treatment strategies of hypoxemia after acute type a aortic dissection surgery

Wenbo Yu, Yuan Liang, Jianfeng Gao, Jianxian Xiong

The efficacy and safety of intraoperative intravenous amiodarone in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a systemic review and PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Jin-He Deng, Bin Jia, Yun-Tai Yao

Export priority technique for Uni-portal thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy

Yanhui Yang, Ji Li, Xin Cheng, Sipeng Cheng, Xiaoyang Xie

Successful chimney endovascular aortic repair with reconstruction of three visceral branches for huge saccular juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm after trans-thoracoabdominal esophagectomy

Takasumi Goto, Hironobu Fujimura, Takashi Shintani, Takashi Shibuya

Extension of interval between adjacent pulse delivery cycles to deal with myocardial ischemia by intravascular lithotripsy: case report

He Lv, Xinyu Li, Zengduoji Ren, Zhilu Qin, Chunying Fu, Qiang Fu

Efficacy and safety of intrapleural perfusion with hyperthermic chemotherapy for malignant pleural effusion: a meta-analysis

Xue Pan, Zhichao Hou, Tangjuan Zhang, Zheng Ding, Fei Ye, Zhulin Wang, Chunyao Huang, Peng Wang, Xiangnan Li

Twenty-year experience following aortic valve replacement in patients younger than 60 years of age

Yuki Imamura, Ryosuke Kowatari, Junichi Koizumi, Azuma Tabayashi, Daiki Saitoh, Hajime Kin

Whole exome sequencing and proteomics-based investigation of the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease with diffuse long lesion

Ce Chao, Yongxiang Qian, Hao Lv, Kun Mei, Min Wang, Yang Liu, Bin Wang, Dongmei Di

Anomalous circumflex artery encircling the aortic annulus: implications for mitral valve repair

Michele Portoghese, Simone Mureddu, Andrea Balata, Cristina Contini, Giangiacomo Carta

Correction: Transit time flow measurement in arterial grafts

  • Open Access
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Dror B. Leviner, John D. Puskas, David P. Taggart

Interval training suppresses nod-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome activation to improve cardiac function in myocardial infarction rats by hindering the activation of the transforming growth factor-β1 pathway

Wei Wei, Ping Xie, Xuemei Wang

Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment improves multi-organ hemodynamics for postoperative liver transplantation patient. A case report

Xinchen Zeng, Xin Jin, Zi’an Wu, Jun Hu, Wenjuan Zhou, Xuelian Shen, Jianhang Du

Insight into the research history and trends of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a bibliometric analysis

Chen Wen, Geng Shen, Chenhao Fang, Lan Tian

Surgical choice for the treatment of partial intestinal ischemic necrosis caused by acute type a aortic dissection combined with malperfusion of superior mesenteric artery

Wenbo Yu, Yuan Liang, Jianfeng Gao, Dilin Xie, Jianxian Xiong

In vivo mitral valve repair for the transplanted donor heart in orthotopic heart transplantation

Kazuma Handa, Yusuke Misumi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Shunsuke Saito, Masashi Kawamura, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Takashi Yamauchi, Shigeru Miyagawa

Pulmonary artery sarcoma affecting the pulmonary valve mistaken as pulmonary vasculitis: a case report and comparative literature review

Harry James Smith, Fadi Al-Zubaidi, Daniel Sitaranjan, Steven Chiu, David Jenkins

Antibiotic-loaded bone cement fixation technique combined with bilateral pectoralis major muscle flaps tension-free management for sternal infection after midline sternotomy

Xia Jiang, Yong Xu, Mingqiu Li, Guoqing Jiao, Xiaosong Rong, Fanyu Bu

Model for predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after monopolar or bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients with AF and mitral valve disease

Wei Si, Peng Teng, Liang Ma

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a posterior mediastinal tumor with immunoglobulin G4-related disease: a case report

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Taihei Takeuchi, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Yoshimi Bando, Akio Hosokawa, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Naoki Miyamoto, Shinichi Sakamoto, Atsushi Morishita, Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba

New insights and novel perspectives in bileaflet mechanical heart valve prostheses thromboresistance

  • Open Access
  • Laser
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Giorgio Vigano, Sudip Shyam, Sushanta K. Mitra, Daniël K. M. Pollack, Massimo A. Mariani

Role of surgical simulation on self-reported confidence level on cardiothoracic surgical trainees

Len En Yean, Shahrul Amry bin Hashim

Spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage after pulmonary endarterectomy surgery

Aabha Divya, Alicia Chia, David Jenkins

Clinical analysis of temporary pacemaker implantation in 6 children with fulminant myocarditis

Min Zhang, Xiaofang Cai, Yong Zhang

A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing low-dose versus standard-dose computed tomography-guided lung biopsy

Teng Li, Guanghui Xu, Wenjun Li, Yun Liu

Circumferent dissection of the ascending aorta resulting in the occlusion of supra-aortic vessels repaired using the frozen elephant trunk technique - a case report

Frieda-Maria Kainz, Kathrin Freystaetter, Felix Nagel, Dominik Wiedemann, Bruno K. Podesser

Comparison of quality of life in patients with mitral valve replacement and mitral valve repair in Imam Ali Hospital during 2014 to 2020: a cross-sectional study

Nahid Salehi, Pouria Heydarpour, Yahya Salimi, Arash Ziapour, Mohammad Reza Majzoobi, Sahand Geravand, Parisa Janjani

Fistula of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa in a patient with bacterial endocarditis: a case report and systematic literature review

Rafael Figueroa-Casanova, Juan D. Saavedra-Henao, Juan S. Figueroa-Laverde, Diego A. Beltrán-Gonzales, José G. Labrador-Rosales, Sara Eslait-Olaciregui, Carlos J. Pérez Rivera

Uncommon presentations of type A quadricuspid aortic valve in the Septuagenarian

Perry Choi, Michael Paulsen, Yihan Lin, William Moskalik, Angela Ji, Ethan Jackson, Sachin Malik, Elan Burton, Y Joseph Woo, Thomas Burdon

Retrograde cerebral perfusion reduces embolic and watershed lesions after acute type a aortic dissection repair with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Jacob Ede, Karl Teurneau-Hermansson, Birgitta Ramgren, Marion Moseby-Knappe, Daniel Oudin Åström, Mårten Larsson, Johan Sjögren, Per Wierup, Shahab Nozohoor, Igor Zindovic

Neurofibromatosis type 1 with huge intrathoracic meningoceles misdiagnosed as pleural effusion: A case report and literature review

Ningyi Chen, Wenjuan Li, Lingfeng Min, Qian Huang, Jiarong Bian

Comparison between one-stage and two-stage CT-guided localization of lung nodules with surgical resection: a single medical center experience

Kai-Yun Hsueh, En-Kuei Tang, Fu-Zong Wu, Ping-Chung Tsai, Chih-Wen Shu, Yen-Chiang Tseng, Yih-Gang Goan

Unexpected diagnosis: large hemangioma in the interatrial septum

Begoña Bernal-Gallego, Verónica Hernández-Jiménez, Lidia Castillo, Rosa González-Davia, Nieves De Antonio-Antón, Guillermo Reyes-Copa

Surgical removal of a peripheral venous catheter fragment in the heart in a preterm infant

Gang Wang, Zhe Zhao, Gengxu Zhou, Zhichun Feng

Nomogram using intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics for the preoperative prediction of visceral pleural invasion in clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Yun Wang, Deng Lyu, Su Hu, Yanqing Ma, Shaofeng Duan, Yayuan Geng, Taohu Zhou, Wenting Tu, Yi Xiao, Li Fan, Shiyuan Liu

Treatment of late left bronchopleural fistula after left pneumonectomy through right thoracic approach assisted by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Wenhao Li, Kejun Liu, Xiaozu Liao, Binfei Li, Yi Liang, Weizhao Huang

A nomogram predicting pneumonia after cardiac surgery: a retrospective modeling study

Kuo Wang, Hai-Tao Zhang, Fu-Dong Fan, Jun Pan, Tuo Pan, Dong-Jin Wang

Risk factors for infection at the saphenous vein harvest site after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Hanna Unosson, Maria Hälleberg Nyman, Karin Falk Brynhildsen, Örjan Friberg

Presentation and management of delayed bronchopleural fistula after pulmonary lobectomy: a case report

Riad Abdel Jalil, Ali Dabous, Almu’atasim Khamees, Ahmad Yasin Alzu’bi, Joud Al-Majali

Ac2-26 reduced the liver injury after cardiopulmonary bypass in rats via AKT1/GSK3β/eNOS pathway

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Xi-chun Xing, Zi-ying Liu, Qing Yang, Bao-wei Jia, Lin Qiu, Lu-lu Zhang, Wei Gao

Primary graft dysfunction in heart transplantation: the challenge to survival

Hüseyin Sicim, Wing Sum Vincy Tam, Paul C. Tang

Long non-coding RNA MEG3 knockdown represses airway smooth muscle cells proliferation and migration via sponging miR-143-3p/FGF9 in asthma

Jiaying Gu, Dengfeng Zhou

Epicardial placement of human placental membrane allografts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with reduced postoperative atrial fibrillation: a pilot study for a future multi-center randomized controlled trial

Zain Khalpey, Ujjawal Kumar, Pamela Hitscherich, Usman Aslam, Evangelia Chnari, Marc Long

“Decompression illness” on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Jiannan Hu, Huijing zhao, BingBing Bian, Renfei San, Peng Yang, Yongpo Jiang

Risk factors of pneumothorax in computed tomography guided lung nodule marking using autologous blood: a retrospective study

Shaohang Wu, Jianyang Wu, Junkai Xiong, Chengbin Huang, Yiwei Lin, Jun Guan, Jianxin Xu

Ectopic cervical thymoma: a rare entity in the anterior neck

  • Open Access
  • Thymoma
  • Correspondence

Yang Yang, Cheng Shen, Lin Ma

Aberrant left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery with patent ductus arteriosus - a case report and review of the literature

Ahmad Amer, Hanita Shai, Sagi Assa, Avital Mitler, Alona Raucher Sternfeld

Delayed management of acute type A aortic dissection with concomitant coronary artery bypass graft

Zohaib R. Khawaja, Yusuf M. Aboutabl, Gabriel E. Cambronero, Robert G. Willis, Aaron S. Gilani, Bartlomiej R. Imielski

Joint effects of CD8A and ICOS in Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS)

Ling-bing Meng, Yongchao Li, Tingting Lv, Changhua Lv, Lianfeng Liu, Ping Zhang

POLR1D silencing suppresses lung cancer cells proliferation and migration via inhibition of PI3K-Akt pathway

Zhize Yuan, Yichao Wang, Yong Yang, Xiong Qin

Challenges in prompt identification and surgical correction of Marfan Syndrome aortic disease in a middle-income country: a case series study

Alejandro Velandia-Sánchez, Camilo A. Polanía-Sandoval, Julián Senosiain-González, José V. Álvarez-Martínez, Sebastian Gallo-Bernal, Juan G. Barrera-Carvajal, Juan P. Umana, Jaime Camacho-Mackenzie

The influence of low-dose s-ketamine on postoperative delirium and cognitive function in older adults undergoing thoracic surgery

Yujia Wang, Bingqiang Ma, Chaochang Wang, Yingqi Wang, Aijia Liu, Lihua Hang

Left atrial volume index and interleukin-6 as predictors for postoperative atrial fibrillation

Hong Tao, Xiao Shen, Lei Zou, Cui Zhang, Liang Hong

Endovascular repair for thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm induced by pedicle screw implantation: a case report with 8 years follow-up

Shufen Zhou, Hui Han, Yidan Zhang, Chang Shu, Mingyao Luo

A rare case of left atrial appendage aneurysm

Ke Qin, Peng Teng, Liping Shi, Liang Ma

Primary glomus tumor of the thymus in a 66-year-old patient

Yibing Zang, Ruixing Zhao, Chengquan Ma, Dejun Gao

Iatrogenic non-coronary leaflet perforation as a complication after robotic mitral valve repair

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Yilmaz Zorman, Emel Celiker Güler, Nataliia Shatelen

Co-occurrence of posterior chest wall pilonidal sinus with melanocytic nevus: a challenging presentation: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Nevi
  • Case Report

Abdulwahid M. Salih, Fahmi Hussein kakamad, Aso S. Muhialdeen, Hardi M. Zahir, Yadgar A. Saeed, Halkawt O. Ali, Sara N. Ahmad, Marwan N. Hassan, Shko H. Hassan, Mohammed Subhan Mohammed

Sex-based disparities in ascending aortic aneurysm surgery outcomes: a comprehensive analysis of 1148 consecutive patients with propensity-score matching

Mohammed Al-Tawil, Christine Friedrich, Alexandra Broll, Mohamed Salem, Jan Schoettler, Nora de Silva, Philipp Kolat, Felix Schoeneich, Assad Haneya

Efficacy of autologous blood patch injection for pneumothorax rate after CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin Chen, Yungui Bian, Hai Li, Shurong Li, Zhaowen Shi, Yunping Zhao, Haibin Li, Yanlong Yang

Right ventricle pierced by a traditional sharp hair straightener: a case report

Adama Sawadogo, Gaia Severgnini, Moussa Bazongo, Lassina Konaté, Farid Pingwindé Belem, Youssouf Naré, Alain Sanou, Silvia Perlangeli, Lorena Fénoglio, Alberto Pilozzi, Maurizio Roberto, Marco Zanobini

Two-stage hybrid surgical repair for aortic arch pathology with a shaggy aorta: a case report

Atsushi Morishita, Seiichiro Katahira, Takeshi Hoshino, Kazuhiko Hanzawa, Hideyuki Tomioka

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve for pregnancy with anti-phospholipid syndrome: a case report

Zhenzhong Wang, Yuxin Li, Shuo Xiao, Qiuji Wang, Zhaolong Zhang, Fengzhen Han, Huanlei Huang

Pathological findings of pulmonary papillary adenoma with EGFR mutation and literature review: two cases report

  • Open Access
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Lu Huang, Yi Liu, Changjun Yi, Lin Han, Shuang Li, Xingzi Li, Xuehui Wu

Prognostic significance of Pleural Fluid triglyceride levels based on a low-Fat Diet Management Strategy in patients with Chylothorax following pulmonary resection

Hua Ji, Zhen Wang, Cui Xu, Xiaofeng Yu, Haibo Huang

Comparative on the effectiveness and safety of different carotid endarterectomy techniques: a single-center Retrospective Study

Sensen Wu, Hui Wang, Julong Guo, Fan Zhang, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Yongquan Gu, Lianrui Guo

Aortic arch de-branching for suspected expanding perigraft haematoma after previous acute type-A dissection repair with AMDS stent: a technique for a potential future problem

Rickesh Karsan, Niamh Shearer, Ciara Doyle, Rachel Roberts, Alsir Ahmed

Early outcomes of aortic valve replacement with Perceval PLUS sutureless valve: results of the prospective multicentric MANTRA study

Slobodan Micovic, Angelo Nobre, Jae Woong Choi, Marco Solinas, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada, Michele Torella, Cristian Baeza, Eugene Parrino, Francesco Pollari, Giovanni Troise, Utz Kappert, Friedrich Mellert, Hyung Gon Je, Vincenzo Argano, Ka Yan Lam, Mauro Rinaldi, Herbert Gutermann, Bart Meuris

Analysis of long non-coding RNA RMRP in the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease

Haiyan Xiao, Jun Pu, Gaxue Jiang, Chenliang Pan, Jizhe Xu, Bo Zhang, Ming Bai

Massive hemothorax induced by pulmonary arteriovenous malformation rupture: a case report and literature review

Xiang Li, Lijun Duan, Shengnan Mu, Xin Dong, Xiaoqian Lu, Dianbo Cao

Echocardiographic features of a giant aneurysm of membranous ventricular septum

Guobing Hu, Zhen Lv, Jie Ding, Ishaq Muhammad, Xiangming Zhu

Influence of ABC stroke score on late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation

Ke-Zeng Gong, Zhe Xu, Ting-Pei Zhuang, Xue-Hai Chen, Jian-Hua Chen, Wei-Wei Wang, Wen-Hua Xu, Fei-Long Zhang

Thirty-three-year follow-up of pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa without surgical treatment: a case report and literature review

Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini, Masood Soltanipur, Hossein Yarmohammadi, Mahdi Rezaei, Eisa Fattah, Fariba Bayat

A rare case of a simultaneous post-dissection saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and large pulmonary artery aneurysm with secondary embolism: a case report

S. R. van Dinter, T. Arslan, S. Boerman, F. N. Hofman, P. Klein

Small cell lung carcinoma presenting initially with recurrent pneumothoraces: a case report

John Buchanan, Mohamed Shatila, Ashvini Menon, Akshay J. Patel

Treatment of chronic mini-thoracotomy wound pain and lung herniation with intercostal cryoablation and surgical mesh repair: a case report

Eun Yeung Jung, Seok Soo Lee

Bleeding in minimally invasive versus conventional aortic valve replacement

Sorosh Bratt, Axel Dimberg, Mikael Kastengren, Robert D. Lilford, Peter Svenarud, Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Magnus Dalén

Surgical management of anterior mediastinal tumors of thyroid origin: a comprehensive analysis of approaches, techniques, and outcomes

Georgi Yankov, Magdalena Alexieva, Yordanka Yamakova, Dimitar Kyuchukov, Evgeni Mekov

Thymic Rosai-Dorfmann disease: a case report

Gaohua Liu, Min Jing, Juan Wang

Clinical value of measuring plasma D-dimer levels in patients with esophageal cancer

Hao Chen, Bindong Xu, Qiang Zhang, Pengfei Chen

Survival outcomes of segmentectomy and lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Review

Tongxin Li, Wang He, Xiaolong Zhang, Yu Zhou, Dong Wang, Shengyuan Huang, Xiangyang Li, Yong Fu

Partial cardiopulmonary bypass through left thoracotomy for coarctation repair in children

Kunihiko Joo, Yoshie Ochiai, Yuma Motomatsu, Yuki Hashizumi, Yutaka Maniwa, Yuichiro Sugitani, Mamie Watanabe, Jun Muneuchi, Shigehiko Tokunaga

Exploring new frontiers: a rare case of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation in a patient with cor triatriatum sinister guided by intracardiac echocardiography

Hengli Lai, Bo Wu, Yu Tao, Haiqiang Ding, Yanfeng Liu, Zhiyun Zhu, Xiantao Huang, Hongyan Li, Zhicheng Xu, Zhenhuan Chen, Haiwen Zhou

Del Nido cardioplegia versus cold blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Congcong Li, Haiyan Xiang, Heng Yang, Wu Liu, Wanqi Lan, Chao Luo, Shuangjian Han, Yongqin Li, Yanhua Tang

Investigation of mediastinal lymph node dissection in clinical stage IA pure-solid non-small cell lung cancer patients

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  • NSCLC
  • Research

Jianlong Bu, Sainan Pang, Xianglong Kong, Benkun Liu, Qifan Xiao, Changfa Qu

Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for perioperative management of infective endocarditis after COVID-19 with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
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Ken Sawada, Takahiro Kawaji, Koji Yamana, Kazuki Matsuhashi, Yoshitaka Hara, Naohide Kuriyama, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Atsuo Maekawa, Yasushi Takagi, Osamu Nishida

Resection of the entire first rib for giant osteochondroma by trans manubrial approach: a case report and review of the literature

Yong Chen, Kun Deng, Chang Zhao, Wei Xiao, Zhong Tang

Differential impacts of clinical, anatomical, and procedural factors on early and late mortality following open thoracoabdominal aortic repair: a retrospective observational study

Jin Kyoung Kim, Gwan Sic Kim, Woo Seok Kim, Ho Jin Kim, Suk Jung Choo, Joon Bum Kim

Clinical evaluation of laryngeal mask airways in video-assisted thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Kai Luo, Kaiming Chen, Yu Li, Yang Ji

A novel nomogram model to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection after surgery

Yifei Zhou, Rui Fan, Hongwei Jiang, Renjie Liu, Fuhua Huang, Xin Chen

Is preoperative IABP insertion significantly reducing postoperative complication in augmented high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting patients?

Faizus Sazzad, Hai Dong Luo, Guohao Chang, Duoduo Wu, Zhi Xian Ong, Theo Kofidis, Giap Swee Kang

Is a high preoperative HbA1c level a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer?

Hidetaka Uramoto, Takaki Mizoguchi, Nozomu Motono

A case of lung metastasis from gastric cancer presenting as ground-glass opacity dominant nodules

Takahiro Niimi, Joji Samejima, Yutaro Koike, Tomohiro Miyoshi, Kenta Tane, Keiju Aokage, Tetsuro Taki, Genichiro Ishii, Masahiro Tsuboi

Prognostic role of CRABP2 in lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Guang Yang, Qifan Yin, Wenhao Wang, Siwei Xu, Huining Liu

Quality of life and activities of daily living one year after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery: a cross-sectional study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Khashayar Rezvani Emamzadehashemi, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Ali Azizi, Ezzat Paryad, Marzieh Jahani Sayad Noveiri

Graft protective effects and donor-specific antibody suppression by CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell induced by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor rosuvastatin in a murine heart transplant model

Kazuhito Iguchi, Yasuto Yamamoto, Masateru Uchiyama, Hisanori Masaoka, Masahiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Shizuka, Tomohiro Imazuru, Tomoki Shimokawa

From asymptomatic adult patient to cardiopulmonary resuscitation – treatment of ALCAPA with total arterial myocardial revascularisation and mitral valve repair

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Case Report

Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Florian Hecker, Thomas Walther, Tomas Holubec

Construction of prediction models for novel subtypes in patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans undergoing endovascular therapy: an unsupervised machine learning study

Xiaocheng Li, Lin Zhang, Que Li, Jiangfeng Zhang, Xiao Qin

Resection of pleural solitary fibrous tumors with distinct feeding vessels arising from the descending aorta: a case report

Yongsen Li, Zihao Lu, Wenxuan Hu, Yonghao Cao, Xin Lv, Jun Zhao, Chun Xu

Bronchoscopic management of bronchopleural fistula using free fat pad transplant with platelet-rich plasma: a case study

Yu-Hsiang Wang, Hsu-Chih Huang, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin

Complete transection of the bilateral main bronchus in a 5-year-old patient: a case report

Weimin Wang, Yanliang Yang, Siming Bi, Xiaozheng Lv, Huihui Xu

Ease of sutureless aortic valve replacement in a patient with unexpected ochronosis: a case report

Saeid Hosseini, Soheila Salari, Mohammad Javad Alemzadeh Ansari, Mahshid Hesami, Sepideh Banar, Mohammad Amin Shojaei

Methadone in combination with magnesium, ketamine, lidocaine, and dexmedetomidine improves postoperative outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: an observational multicentre study

Laurence Weinberg, Samuel Johnston, Luke Fletcher, Rebecca Caragata, Riley H. Hazard, Peter Le, Jadon Karp, Bradly Carp, Sui Wah Sean Yip, Dominic Walpole, Nicholas Shearer, Tom Neal-Williams, Robert Nicolae, Angelica Armellini, George Matalanis, Siven Seevanayagam, Rinaldo Bellomo, Timothy Makar, Param Pillai, Stephen Warrillow, Ziauddin Ansari, Anoop N. Koshy, Dong-Kyu Lee, Michael Yii

The correlation between KRAS and TP53 gene mutations and early growth of pulmonary nodules

Bin Zhao, Bin Li, Haoxin Guo, Qingtao Zhao, Xiaopeng Zhang, Huanfen Zhao, Wenfei Xue, Wei Li, Guochen Duan, Shun Xu

A comparison of three-port and four-port Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer: a retrospective study

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
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Wenjian Jin, Liang Zheng, Xiao Fan, Hui Wang, Qianyun Wang, Chen Yang

Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 highly cited articles on sublobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Chao Guo, Lei Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Ke Zhao, Yeye Chen, Cheng Huang, Shanqing Li

Clinical outcomes of aortic root repair using pericardial autograft for acute type a aortic dissection

Chuang Liu, Yao Wang, Peigang Ouyang, Yangxue Sun, Lingchen Huang, Xiaogang Sun, Xiangyang Qian, Cuntao Yu, Hongwei Guo

Complete thrombosis of a bioprosthetic mitral valve and left atrium in a patient on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with favorable outcome

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

James Hall, Michael Khilkin, Sunil Abrol

Left ventricular unloading therapy using Impella 5.5 after emergency surgery for acute myocardial infarction mechanical complication: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Kenji Iino, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Hideyasu Ueda, Hirofumi Takemura

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridging for chemotherapy in obstructing mediastinal mass after cardiopulmonary arrest

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Daniel Wilkinson, Enoch Yeung, Sanjay Samy, Chikashi Nakai

Machine learning-based model development for predicting risk factors of prolonged intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting

Changqing Yang, Peng Zheng, Luo Li, Qian Zhang, Zhouyu Luo, Zhan Shi, Sheng Zhao, Quanye Li

Development and validation of a machine learning predictive model for perioperative myocardial injury in cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Qian Li, Hong Lv, Yuye Chen, Jingjia Shen, Jia shi, Chenghui Zhou

Antithrombotic management after aortic valve replacement with biological prosthesis: a meta-analysis

Mikko Uimonen, Ilari Kuitunen, Ville Ponkilainen, Ari Mennander, Mikko S. Mattila

Non-malignant pathological results from CT-guided biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a predictive model for identifying false-negative results

Xu-Zhou Wang, Jing-Ya Wang, Tao Meng, Yi-Bing Shi, Jin-Jun Sun

Uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

Nicky Janssen, Aimée J.P.M. Franssen, Arlette A. Ramos González, Iris E.W.G. Laven, Yanina J.L. Jansen, Jean H.T. Daemen, Pieter W.J. Lozekoot, Karel W.E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L.J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

Two cases of atrial myxoma with calcification and ossification as the main features

Yafei Yin, Juan Deng, Yuan Liu, Jingxin Zheng, Yun Zhang, Qizhi Bai, Yali Xu, Guoliang Yang

Mid-term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting in coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Wuwei Wang, Yiming Liu, Haoyu Qi, Yafeng Liu, Yunfei Jiang, Rui Fan, Junjie Shao, Wen Chen, Cunhua Su, Xin Chen

A comparative analysis of open heart surgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgery in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation

Maciej Marek Hubisz, Jan Gerrit van der Stouwe, Mira Ziob, Sonja Steiner, Neslihan Uzun, Sandra Weibel, Vlada Lesan, Dominic Erni, Ladina Meier-Ruge, Hector Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Omer Dzemali, Jan Vontobel, David Niederseer

Embolization treatment of right pulmonary artery agenisis with patent ductus arteriosus causing pulmonary hypertension and hemoptysis: a case report and literature review

Fan Wei, Chang Yaowen, Wang Wenhui

A nomogram combining CT-based radiomic features with clinical features for the differentiation of benign and malignant cystic pulmonary nodules

Yi Yao, Yanhui Yang, Qiuxia Hu, Xiaoyang Xie, Wenjian Jiang, Caiyang Liu, Xiaoliang Li, Yi Wang, Lei Luo, Ji Li

Retrograde cerebral embolism and pulmonary embolism caused by patent ductus arteriosus: a case report

Jian Li, Tihua Liu, Qinfeng Rong

Effects of different anesthetic regimens on postoperative cognitive function of elderly patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial

Li Xie, Xin Wei, Keqiang He, Sheng Wang, Min Xu

Delayed hemothorax following blunt thoracic trauma: a case report

Astrid Carolina Álvarez-Ortega, Alcibíades Aranda-Hoyos, Jose Alejandro Posso-Nuñez, Carlos Alejandro García-González, Juan Carlos Puyana, Álvaro Ignacio Sánchez-Ortiz, Mauricio Velásquez-Galvis

Advances in the localization of pulmonary nodules: a comprehensive review

Yafang Wang, Enguo Chen

Lesion durability found during mandated percutaneous catheter ablation after surgical cryo-ablation for treatment of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Alan Bulava, Aleš Mokráček, Petr Němec, Dan Wichterle, Pavel Osmančík, Petr Budera, Petr Kačer, Linda Vetešková, Tomáš Skála, Petr Šantavý, Jan Chovančík, Piotr Branny, Vitalii Rizov, Miroslav Kolesár, Iva Šafaříková, Marian Rybář

Shortness of breath on the day of discharge: an early alert for post-discharge complications in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery

Dan Kang, Cheng Lei, Yong Zhang, Xing Wei, Wei Dai, Wei Xu, Jingyu Zhang, Qingsong Yu, Xueyao Su, Yanyan Huang, Qiuling Shi

The clinical effectiveness of sivelestat in treating sepsis patients with both acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic cardiomyopathy

Hui Lv, Langjing Huang, Xiuhong Yang, Changdong Zhang, Hao Yu, Xiaoke Shang

A massive pulmonary arteriovenous fistula complicated with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease treated by interventional therapy: a case report

Jingwen Guo, Hongyong Wang, Mingming Zhang

Total aortic arch debranching with antegrade Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) in acute non-A non-B aortic dissection

Aaron Gilani, Benjamin Schachner, Elizabeth Wood, Zohaib Khawaja, Bartlomiej Imielski

Optimal antiplatelet therapy after revascularization of left subclavian artery during TEVAR

Mengxiao Shi, Hong Fang, Ying Wu, Han Li, Chong Sheng, Shuchun Li, Qing Zhou

2-year results and myocardial impact of transapical mitral valve repair in patients with primary mitral regurgitation: an echocardiographic study

Chunqiang Hu, Zhenyi Ge, Wei Li, Wenzhi Pan, Zhengdan Ge, Weipeng Zhao, Dehong Kong, Daxin Zhou, Lai Wei, Xianhong Shu, Cuizhen Pan, Junbo Ge

Clinical application of CT-assisted body surface localization combined with intraoperative stereotactic anatomical localization in thoracoscopic lung nodule resection: a single-centre retrospective study

Xiao Zhu, Zhi Chen, Kun-Lun Zhu, Shao Zhou, Fu-Bao Xing, Wen-Bang Chen, Lei Zhang

Long-term outcomes of TEVAR for thoracic aortic diseases: a retrospective single-center study

Gokay Deniz, Ferit Kasımzade, Evren Ozcınar, Levent Yazicioglu, Sadik Eryılmaz

Comparative analysis of the analgesic effects of intercostal nerve block, ultrasound-guided paravertebral nerve block, and epidural block following single-port thoracoscopic lung surgery

Liang Shen, Zi Ye, Fei Wang, Gao-Feng Sun, Cheng Ji

Long-term outcomes of IVUS-guided and angiography-guided drug-eluting stent implantation for left main coronary artery disease: a retrospective consort study

Qing Yang, Xiaoyi Ma, Yuexi Wang

Balloon atrial septostomy: a weapon to challenge right heart failure after cardiac surgery

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Weijun Yang, Zhean Shen, Manxuan Zhu, Xiaofang Wang, Minjian Kong

A bibliometric study related to the treatment of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion Injury

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Jie Feng, Leilei Han, Yunman Liu, Kai Li, Yanqing Wu

Correction: Epicardial placement of human placental membrane allografts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with reduced postoperative atrial fibrillation: a pilot study for a future multi-center randomized controlled trial

  • Open Access
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Zain Khalpey, Ujjawal Kumar, Pamela Hitscherich, Usman Aslam, Evangelia Chnari, Marc Long

Sinus rhythm restoration reverses tricuspid regurgitation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yufeng Zhan, Ning Li

Prevalence and quantity of lymph nodes at mediastinal stations in patients with lung cancer: lessons from 181 bilateral mediastinal lymphadenectomies

Łukasz Trybalski, Jakub Szadurski, Lanjun Zhang, Jarosław Kużdżał, Akif Turna, Wei-dong Wang, Janusz Warmus, Gizem Ozcibik Isık, Katarzyna Żanowska, Piotr Kocoń

Is the burden of metastatic lymph node stations a prognostic factor in patients with resected lung cancer?

Necati Çitak, Volkan Erdogu, Yunus Aksoy, Ayşegül Ciftci, Nisa Yildiz, Özgür İsgörücü, Servet Ozdemir, Selçuk Kose, Kenan Can Ceylan, Muzaffer Metin

Establishment and validation of a predictive nomogram for polyuria during general anesthesia in thoracic surgery

Jiajie Li, Zongwang Zhang

Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in elderly patients undergoing high risk cardiac surgery

Mohammed Mohsin Uzzaman, Imthiaz Manoly, Mohini Pannikkar, Vincenzo Caruso, Maciej Matuszewski, Nicolas Nikolaidis, Stephen Billing

Successful open surgical treatment for persistent type II endoleak following thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a case report

June Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Ah Lim, Seok Beom Hong, Yong Han Kim, Hwan Wook Kim

Application of the radial artery after angiography in patients undergoing total arterial coronary revascularization

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Zanxin Wang, Haibing Liu, Zhifu Huan, Chao Su, Yao Chen, Minxin Wei

Impact of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation on systemic inflammatory response – a randomized trial

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Deborah Richards Halle, Leila Louise Benhassen, Karsten Lund Søberg, Peter Fast Nielsen, Hans-Henrik Kimose, Adrian Bauer, John Michael Hasenkam, Ivy Susanne Modrau

Long-term outcomes following mitral valve replacement in children at heart center Leipzig: a 20-year analysis

Katja Schumacher, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Muhammed Ikbal Aydin, Manuela de la Cuesta, Sabine Meier, Michael Andrew Borger, Ingo Dähnert, Martin Kostelka, Marcel Vollroth

First initiation of mobilization out of bed after cardiac surgery – an observational cross-sectional study in Sweden

Elisabeth Westerdahl, Johanna Lilliecrona, Maria Sehlin, Anna Svensson-Raskh, Malin Nygren-Bonnier, Monika Fagevik Olsen

Durvalumab supplementation for non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis study

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Chengchen Wang, Hongyi Fu, Feng Wang

Different antithrombotic strategies after coronary artery bypass grafting to prevent adverse events: a retrospective analysis

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Yi Shi, Shenglong Chen, Gang Liu, Bo Lian, Yu Chen, Lixue Zhang

Which one is the best in treating deep venous thrombosis —— percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, catheter-directed thrombolysis or combination of them?

Hao Zhang, Xiao-ye Li, Jia-si Li, Shi-bo Xia, Chao Song, Qing-sheng Lu, Wei Zhao, Lei Zhang

Therapeutic effect of induction therapy including nab-paclitaxel followed by surgical resection for the patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

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Hidetaka Uramoto, Nozomu Motono, Shun Iwai

Effect of flow-optimized pressure control ventilation-volume guaranteed (PCV-VG) on postoperative pulmonary complications: a consort study

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Ting Ting Sun, Ke Xin Chen, Yong Tao, Gong Wei Zhang, Li Zeng, Min Lin, Jing Huang, Yue Hu

The association between heparin sensitivity index and postoperative blood loss in Chinese patients undergoing elective off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a single center retrospective study

Bin Jia, Chenying Ding, Jinhe Deng, Wenhui Qi, Yuntai Yao

Left anterior mini-thoracotomy: an alternative approach for pulmonary valve replacement after surgically corrected tetralogy of fallot

Yan Le Ho, Abu Yamin Khamis, Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem

Revolutionizing thoracic surgery education: a bibliometric analysis of the past decade’s literature

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Chao Guo, Lei Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Ke Zhao, Shanqing Li

Long-term mortality after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting and risk factors for mortality

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Therese K.T. Chua, Fei Gao, Shaw Yang Chia, Kenny Y.K. Sin, Madhava J. Naik, Teing Ee Tan, Yi Chuan Tham

Perventricular device closure of the ventricular septal defects in children-first experience in the United Arab Emirates

Aleksandr Omelchenko, Neerod Kumar Jha, Nishant Shah, Antoine AbdelMassih, Juan Pablo Montiel, Benedict Raj Rajkumar

Patent conversion of a novel closed chest drainage device

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Shaoqing Huang, Xu Song, Zhongkai Tong, Qiang Shi, Jie Li

Total pulmonary arterial reconstruction in a patient with arterial tortuosity syndrome affecting the pulmonary artery: a case report and review of the literature

Fahad M. Alshair, Amal S. Alsulami, Mohammad S. Shihata, Osman O. Alradi, Ragab S. Debis, Abdullah H. Baghaffar, Mazin A. Fatani

Outcomes of maze procedure and mitral valve surgery in atrial functional mitral regurgitation: a retrospective study

Kyungsub Song, Woo Sung Jang, Yun Seok Kim, Jonghoon Yoo

A comparative study of shockwave intravascular lithotripsy and conventional percutaneous coronary intervention in the treatment of severe coronary artery calcification lesions

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Guang-Xin Zou, Gui-Wu Zhang, Zheng-Dong Wang, Ping Li, Wen-Chao Xie, Jian Chen

Shionone relieves oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation induced SH-SY5Y cells injury by inhibiting the p38 MAPK/NF-κB pathway

Xiaoli Zhou, Xueting Luo

Simultaneous bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery is safe and feasible for multiple primary lung cancers

Libing Yang, Chao Guo, Ye Zhang, Huizhen Jiang, Lian Ma, Hongsheng Liu, Shanqing Li

Ablation apprentices and their first experience of pulmonary vein isolation procedure on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with different sheaths

Ye Liu, Jingjing Song, Siyu Wang, Lifeng Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Zheng Liu, Yuxing Wang, Lei Zhao, Xinchun Yang

Comparative analysis of del Nido cardioplegia versus blood cardioplegia in isolate coronary artery bypass grafting

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Soojin Lee, Joon Chul Jung, Hyoung Woo Chang, Jae Hang Lee, Dong Jung Kim, Jun Sung Kim, Cheong Lim

Anomalous right coronary artery managed with bypass and proximal ligation

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Harry Ramcharran, Ahmad Nazem

Recognition of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration during lung resection

Ming Zhang, Weifen Tang, Hao Shi, Xiabin Tu, Weidong Li, Zhengliang Wei

Prevalence and risk factors of deep venous thrombosis of hospitalizations in plateau: a cross-section analysis

Lijuan Sun, Shiqin Pan, Yuemei Li, Mingqin Luo, Xiaofang Li, Hongmei Ma, Jingni Zhang, Limei Wang, Cuo Yong

COVID-related constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy: a case report

Rachel Boyles, Joseph Lu, Joseph Yoo, Louis Samuels

Implantable cardiac monitor and leadless pacemaker in the management of syncope due to intermittent high-degree atrioventricular block: a case report

Nian Tang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Denghong Zhang, Hongfei Li

Comparison of microscopic full-laminectomy (open surgery) and microendoscopic minimally invasive hemilaminectomy for thoracic extramedullary spinal tumours

Gang Chen, Yong Yu, Chengxing Qian, Yong Jiang, Jie Chen

Pneumonectomy following penetrating trauma with ECMO as postoperative support: case report – (Lung trauma and ECMO)

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Álvaro Ignacio Sánchez-Ortiz, Diego Peña-González, Alberto F. García, Diego Fernando Bautista-Rincón, Carlos Alejandro García-González, Alejandro Moreno-Angarita, Astrid Carolina Álvarez-Ortega, Nicolas Felipe Torres-España, Eduardo Alberto Cadavid-Alvear, Mauricio Velásquez-Galvis

Cardiac surgery during wartime in Israel

Eitan Keizman, Tamer Jamal, Irena Sarantsev, Eilon Ram, Aryel Furman, Alexander Kogan, Ehud Raanani, Leonid Sternik

RF catheter ablation of AVNRT in a patient with interrupted inferior vena cava anomaly with hemiazygos continuity with persistent left superior vena cava

Ali Bozorgi, Faezeh Tabesh, Mansour Jahangiri, Parham Rabiei, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

Reoperative approach after extra-anatomic ascending-to-descending aortic bypass graft

Alice L. Zhou, Deven Patel, Michael P. Robich

Impact of pericardial calcification on early postoperative outcomes after pericardiectomy: a retrospective observational study

Soojin Lee, Juhyun Lee, Seohee Joo, You Kyeong Park, Kang Min Kim, Joon Chul Jung, Hyoung Woo Chang, Jae Hang Lee, Dong Jung Kim, Jun Sung Kim, Cheong Lim

Long non-coding RNA SNHG7 serves as a diagnostic biomarker for acute coronary syndrome and its predictive value for the clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention

Ran Liao, Qing Han, Li Zhang

Analysis of cardiac arrest after coronary artery bypass grafting

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Tengjiao Yang, Xieraili Tiemuerniyazi, Zhan Hu, Wei Feng, Fei Xu

Rapid deployment aortic valve implantation in complex patients with infective endocarditis or aortic valve insufficiency

Kálmán Benke, Viktor Bánhegyi, Edina Korca, Gábor Veres, Yuliana Yakobus, Meradjoddin Matin, Gábor Szabó

circPTP4A2 knockdown suppresses NSCLC progression via regulating proliferation and activating anti-tumor immunity

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Chun Wang, Bin Xu, Chengzhi Tao, Huan Lin, Dan Liu, Haitao Zhang

Analysis of risk factors for complications in echocardiography-guided percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation

Hanzhi Wang, Jifang Cheng, Qi Chen, Zhaoxia Pu, Huajun Li

Correction: Influence of ABC stroke score on late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation

Ke-Zeng Gong, Zhe Xu, Ting-Pei Zhuang, Xue-Hai Chen, Jian-Hua Chen, Wei-Wei Wang, Wen-Hua Xu, Fei-Long Zhang

Outcomes after 4 years’ experience with low suction drains. Would it be safe to go drainless or low suction?

Mithat Fazlioglu, Walid Hammad, Deniz Piyadeoglu, Cemal Asim Kutlu

Safety of one 8.5-Fr pigtail catheter for postoperative continuous open gravity drainage after uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pneumonectomy

Xiang-Long Kong, Yue- Zhang, Yu- Jia, Bo-Xiong Ni, Mingyu- Wang, Xiang-Yuan Jin, Hai Xu, Shi-Dong Xu

A case of posterior mediastinal myelolipoma and a literature review of its imaging manifestations

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Long Xu, Xing Wen, Shi Yan Feng

Aprotinin in high-risk isolated coronary artery bypass graft patients: a 3-year propensity matched study

Rishab Makam, Ayush Balaji, Marwan Al Munaer, Shantanu Bajaj, Nabil Hussein, Mahmoud Loubani

A retrospective analysis of lymph node dissection in Siewert II adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction

Yang Tian, Hiulai Lv, Mingbo Wang, Ziqiang Tian

Impact of nitric oxide via cardiopulmonary bypass on pediatric heart surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Minli Zhao, Qiuping Zhang, Yuan Lin, Yukun Chen, Hua Cao

Feasibility of epicardial implantation of medtronic 3830 lead in a pediatric patient : case report

Dou Yuan, Ke Lin, Yuanning Xu

Early surgery to prevent embolic events in patients with infective endocarditis: a comprehensive review

Sikander Tajik Nielsen, Katra Hadji-Turdeghal, Peter Laursen Graversen, Lauge Østergaard, Morten Holdgaard Smerup, Lars Køber, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl

Acute hepatotoxicity of intravenous amiodarone in a Becker muscular dystrophy patient with decompensated heart failing and ABCB4 gene mutation: as assessed for causality using the updated RUCAM

Hui Shi, Ruizhen Chen, Minghui Li, Junbo Ge

KM04416 suppressed lung adenocarcinoma progression by promoting immune infiltration

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Yalan Lin, Weijing Wu, Huihuang Lin, Shiyuan Chen, Huiying Lv, Shuchao Chen, Chuzhao Li, Xinwen Wang, Yunfeng Chen

The impact of bleeding on outcomes following lung transplantation: a retrospective analysis using the universal definition of perioperative bleeding

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Kevin A. Wu, Joshua K. Kim, Morgan Rosser, Bryan Chow, Brandi A. Bottiger, Jacob A. Klapper

A retrospective analysis of transudative pleural effusion due to fibrosing mediastinitis

Yan-Xia Yu, Li An, Zhan-Hong Ma, Huan-Zhong Shi, Yuan-Hua Yang

Non-intubated tracheal resection and reconstruction for a tracheal tumor in an 8-year-old child

Yaoliang Zhang, Zhongqiao Mo, Chao Yang, Jianxing He, Shuben Li, Lan Lan

Current indications and surgical strategies for myocardial revascularization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: a scoping review

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Alejandro Moreno-Angarita, Diego Peña, Juan David Lopez-Ponce de León, Mayra Estacio, Lidy Paola Vila, Maria Isabel Muñoz, Eduardo Cadavid-Alvear

Successfully saving a child with destuctive iliac artery damage by hybrid surgery

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Jianfeng Chen, Wei Zheng, Tingting Liu, Xianling Li, Zhong Xin, Zhonglong Han, Yingfeng Wu

Surgical intervention for lung cancer in patients aged 75 and above: potential associations with increased mortality rates—a single-center observational study

Andrey Kaprin, Oleg Pikin, Andrey Ryabov, Oleg Aleksandrov, Denis Larionov, Airat Garifullin

Surgical management of native aortic valve leaflet avulsion during TAVR

David M. Williams, Andrew Castellano, William Phillips, Kelly Miller, Aakash Garg

Carotid body tumor: characteristics and surgical outcome

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Fahmi Hussein Kakamad, Mihr Naif Mustafa, Shara Wahdaldeen Yasin, Shanga Sherzad Xalid, Ayoob A. Mohammed, Snur Othman, Dilan S. Hiwa, Hiwa O. Abdullah, Berun A. Abdalla, Hawkar A. Nasralla, Sasan M. Ahmed, Ayman M. Mustafa, Shko H. Hassan, Bushra O. Hussein

Short-term outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement in elderly patients - results of a comparative cohort study

Diana A. Wu, Peter Lang, David Varghese, Nawwar Al-Attar, Kasra Shaikhrezai, Vipin Zamvar, Sukumaran Nair

Effects of red blood cell transfusion on patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Queensland – a retrospective cohort study

Nchafatso. G. Obonyo, Vikash Dhanapathy, Nicole White, Declan P. Sela, Reema H. Rachakonda, Matthew Tunbridge, Beatrice Sim, Derek Teo, Zohaib Nadeem, Louise E. See Hoe, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Jonathon P. Fanning, John-Paul Tung, Jacky Y. Suen, John F. Fraser

Association of postoperative delirium with hypotension in critically ill patients after cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study

Saleh Mohammed Alhaj Othman, Mohammed Ali Ali Aziz, Gaber Musaed Ali Al-Mushiki, Chanyanud Sriwayyapram, Tecleab okubai, Gamil Al-Muwaffaq, Qin Xu, Mohammed Alqudaimi

Periareolar minimally invasive approach for cardiac surgery: a case series and description of technique with a review of literature

Hatan Mortada, Abdulaziz Alsuhaim, Nasser Alkhamees, Omar Fouda Neel

Combination of pemetrexed with bevacizumab for non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis study

Wei Fang, Xingqiao Peng, Qun Zhou

Efficacy of atrial fibrillation predictors including MVP ECG risk score compared between single or bilateral internal thoracic artery use

Ozan Erturk, Mert Ilker Hayıroglu, Anıl Karaagac, Yusuf Kagan Pocan, Mehmet Inanc Yesilkaya, Burak Bozkurt, Hakkı Aydogan, Mehmet Kaplan

A case of anaphylactic shock to human fibrinogen infusion during cardiac surgery

Chun Xu, Weipeng Wang

Correction: Surgical repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: a retrospective analysis of a single institution experience

Jian Shi, Jeremy Y. Levett, Haiyu LV, Guoan Zhang, Sha Wang, Tao Wei, Zhikun Wang, Xi Zhang, Dawei Feng, Kan Wang, Qiang Liu, Dominique Shum-Tim

Unusual and very rare presentation of wrist pain in a man with acute anterior myocardial infarction, a case report and literature of review

Alireza Kooshki, Seyed Ali Moezibady, Reyhane Farmani, Seyed Reza Moallem, Tooba Kazemi

The individualized treatment for minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum in adolescent: a single center’ s retrospective study

Xudong Ran, Weijia Shen, Xin Li, Jianyi Liao, Hongliang Yuan, Hao Wang, Songhua Wu, Shuhan Rong

ECG changes following balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study

Tao Guo, Xiao-mei Zeng, Hou-quan Huang, Xiao-feng Wu, Wen-liang Guo, Hai-ming Chen, Qiao-nan Zhong, Xin Yang, Hui-ling Ye, Cheng Hong

Exceptionally rare MINOCA: a case of acute myocardial infarction following surgery for Stanford type A aortic dissection

Miaoyun Chen, Junhai Hao, Chongjian Zhang

Can heartbeat recovery be improved with terminal non-cardioplegic warm blood perfusion prior to aortic unclamping in single-clamp technique coronary artery bypass surgery? A randomized controlled trial

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Opas Satdhabudha, Manita Songvasin, Boonlawat Homvises, Narupa Noppawinyoowong, Pawana Chanawangsa, Jongrak Kaewbunjong

Association between C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and subclinical myocardial injury in the general population free from cardiovascular disease

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Shuiying Li, Yichen Wang, Na Xu, Daqi Xie

Hydrogel-coated and active clearance chest drains in cardiac surgery: real-world results of a single-center study

Freya Sophie Jenkins, Mohammed Morjan, Jan-Philipp Minol, Nora Farkhondeh, Ismail Dalyanoglu, Esma Yilmaz, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Bernhard Korbmacher, Udo Boeken, Artur Lichtenberg, Hannan Dalyanoglu

Preoperative prophylactic insertion of intraaortic balloon pumps in critically ill patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a meta-analysis of RCTS

Yunnan Hu, Mumu Fan, Peirong Zhang, Rui Li

Early extubation after elective surgical aortic valve replacement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Fischbach, Julia Alexandra Simons, Steffen B. Wiegand, Lieselotte Ammon, Rüdger Kopp, Gernot Marx, Rolf Rossaint, Payam Akhyari, Gereon Schälte

Heart transplantation under mechanical circulatory support for fulminant myocarditis: a Case Report

Zhaohua Yang, Shuyang Lu, Gao Liu, Hongqiang Zhang, Chunsheng Wang

Fulminant myocarditis caused by influenza B virus in a male child: a case report and literature review

Fei Tian, Yi Xiao, Zhekang Peng, Lingyun Zhang, Fu Ni, Shengmin Gui, Yuqing Fan, Zuyang Xi, Zhaohui Zhang

International treatment outcomes of neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN): a systematic review

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Saad Alhumaid, Abdulrahman A. Alnaim, Mohammed A. Al Ghamdi, Abdulaziz A. Alahmari, Muneera Alabdulqader, Sarah Mahmoud Al HajjiMohammed, Qasim M. Alalwan, Nourah Al Dossary, Header A. Alghazal, Mohammed H. Al Hassan, Khadeeja Mirza Almaani, Fatimah Hejji Alhassan, Mohammed S. Almuhanna, Aqeel S. Alshakhes, Ahmed Salman BuMozah, Ahmed S. Al‑Alawi, Fawzi M. Almousa, Hassan S. Alalawi, Saleh Mana Al matared, Farhan Abdullah Alanazi, Ahmed H. Aldera, Mustafa Ahmed AlBesher, Ramzy Hasan Almuhaisen, Jawad S. Busubaih, Ali Hussain Alyasin, Abbas Ali Al Majhad, Ibtihal Abbas Al Ithan, Ahmed Saeed Alzuwaid, Mohammed Ali Albaqshi, Naif Alhmeed, Yasmine Ahmed Albaqshi, Zainab Al Alawi

Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a pediatric patient with down syndrome

Mehrdad Salehi, Morteza Foroumandi, Sahand Siami, Alireza Bakhshandeh, Babak Geraiely, Farnoosh Larti

First worldwide use of the hybrid system for extracorporeal circulation in heart transplant

Kaan Kırali, Mehmet Aksüt, Özge Altaş, Mustafa Emre Gürcü, Sibel Aydın

Study on the clinical value of computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of aortic aneurysm

Ji-Lai Yan

Prospective evaluation of automated vascular analysis for ilio-femoral artery lesions before and after percutaneous endovascular aortic repair

Takasumi Goto, Hironobu Fujimura, Takuma Iida, Kohei Horikawa, Takashi Shintani, Takashi Shibuya, Ryoto Sakaniwa, Shigeru Miyagawa

The comparison of perioperative outcomes and disease-free survival between pneumonectomy after immunochemotherapy and after isolated chemotherapy: one single center experience

Guodong Zhang, Yongle Zhu, Zhigang Shi, Zhendan Wang, Pingping Song

Should routine pulmonary function tests be performed in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and/or congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac surgery?

Turki B. Albacker, Abdulaziz M. Alhothali, Amr A. Arafat, Khaled D. Algarni, Ahmed Eldemerdash, Hanan Albackr, Faisal K. AlGhamdi, Bakir Bakir

Coronary protective effect of the J-Valve during transcatheter aortic valve implantation for patients with aortic stenosis and low coronary artery openings

Quanhui Xu, Haibo Zhang, Shengxun Wang, Yuehuan Li, Jinglun Shen, Kaisheng Wu, Jiawei Zhou

Rupture of the ascending aorta 6 months after TAVI procedure caused by TAVI prosthesis

Grzegorz Hirnle, Hanna Kubik, Dominik Tenczyński, Michał Kostro, Tomasz Hrapkowicz

MRI in the prenatal genetic diagnosis and intrauterine treatment of fetal congenital cystic adenoma of the lung

Xiaolin Hou, Mei Yu, Ying Liu, Liwei Yan

Immediate effects of upper limb exercises with and without deep breathing on lung function after cardiac surgery – a randomized crossover trial

Michael Reinhart, Marcus Jonsson, Paul Enthoven, Elisabeth Westerdahl

Depression predicts delayed return to daily activities in patients post-cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study

Illana Posen, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Noa Caspi-Avissar, Amanda Sinderovsky, Sagi Gleitman, Jordan Rimon, Wafaa Sowan, Itzhak Gabizon, Shemy Carasso, Avi Moyal, Edo Y. Birati, Erez Kachel

Peritumoral radiomics increases the efficiency of classification of pure ground-glass lung nodules: a multicenter study

Ying Zeng, Xiao Zhou, Tianzhi Zhou, Haibo Liu, Yingjun zhou, Shanyue Lin, Wei Zhang

Direct aortic TAVI via anterior right mini-thoracotomy using 32 mm myval for pure aortic regurgitation

Firas Aljanadi, Graham McNeilly, Ganesh Manoharan, Andrew McNiece, Reuben Jeganathan

Diagnostic value of miR-34a in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children and its correlation with rehabilitation effect

Min Li, Leijuan Lu, Hong Xu

The protective effect of Ghrelin peptide on doxorubicin hydrochloride induced heart failure in rats

Ying Peng, Ping Zhang, Pengtao Zou, Yuxuan Zhou, Liang Shao

Mechanism of KLF2 in young mice with pneumonia induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Xiaoshuang Li, Weihua Xu, Tao Jing

Descriptive analysis of therapeutic outcomes between thoracoscopic and transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients from 2011 to 2021

Mahdiye Lashkarizadeh, Vahid Haghollahi, Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad, Mohammadreza Lashkarizadeh, Amirhossein Shahpar

Successful mediastinal teratoma resection in a child by assisted VATS: a case report

Masato Kojima, Ryo Touge, Sho Kurihara, Isamu Saeki, Shinya Takahashi

Midterm outcome after surgical correction of an anomaly of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

Yuefeng Cao, Qiang Wang

Wolf in sheep’s clothing: a case of primary lung adenosquamous carcinoma mimicking traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst

Wei Li, Si Chen, Yao Fu, Zhuang Cheng, Sijun Yan

Aortic arch registry of type a aortic dissection (AoArch) - rationale, design and definition criteria

Francesco Nappi, Thibaut Schoell, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Antonio Salsano, Ibrahim Abdou, Ivancarmine Gambardella, F. Francesco Santini, Antonio Fiore, Luigi Garufi, Pierre Demondion, Pascal Leprince, N. Nicolas Bonnet, Cristiano Spadaccio

A rare case of ventricular tachycardia caused by an intramyocardial fibroma with successful surgical resection in an adult

M. Scott Binder, Matthew Roby, William Chancellor, Leora Yarboro, Scott Arnold, Kyle Hodge, John Kern, David Sane

Analysis of influencing factors and construction of risk prediction model for postoperative thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients with heart disease

Changjun Song, Yicai Wu, Yuanyuan Liu, Jun Zhang, Jingliang Peng, Yuming Zhou, Lulu Yi

Abnormal expression of circ_0013958 in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its influence on prognosis

Fei Sun, Shenglan Zou, Xiaomin Li, Xueya Liu

Stroke after heart valve surgery: a single center institution report

Nizar Alwaqfi, Majd M. AlBarakat, Hala Qariouti, Khalid Ibrahim, Nabil alzoubi

Extensive aortic replacement including aortic arch for a mega aorta with chronic aortic dissection via posterolateral thoracotomy

Shinichiro Ikeda, Akihiro Yoshitake, Yu Kumagai, Naohiko Oki, Yuto Hori, Takayuki Gyoten, Osamu Kinoshita, Chiho Tokunaga, Toshihisa Asakura

Efficacy and safety of step-by-step Baduanjin exercise based on doctor-nurse-patient integration mode for pulmonary rehabilitation in patients after lobectomy due to pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Dengzhu Wu, Linghua Wang, Lin Zhang

Cerebral hypoperfusion resulting from improper cannulation positioning during aortic dissection surgery: a case report

Qingping Xia, Fei Lin, Yong Cao, Li Deng

Repercussions of SARS-CoV-2 infection on intrapulmonary shunt in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation

Min Li, Xianning Duan, Jianyou Zhang, Dawei Yang

A retrospective study on safety and efficacy of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin to acute aortic dissection with disseminated intravascular coagulation

Tsukasa Ikeda, Masateru Uchiyama, Naomi Ozawa, Tomohiro Imazuru, Tomoki Shimokawa

Identification of potential therapeutic targets from bioinformatics analysis of necroptosis and immune infiltration in acute myocardial infarction

Likang Ma, Keyuan Chen, Jiakang Li, Linfeng Xie, Zhaofeng Zhang, Mohammad Zarif, Tianci Chai, Qingsong Wu, Liangwan Chen, Zhihuang Qiu

Application of preset coronary artery orifice patch in Bentall surgery

Chunsheng Li, Zhongya Yan, Zhong Lu

“One-stop” interventional therapy for quadricuspid aortic valve combined with severe coronary artery disease: a case report

Cheng Luo, Baoshi Zheng

Spontaneous avulsion of left internal mammary artery graft a complication of coronary artery bypass surgery: case report and review of the literature

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Case Report

Moath Nairat, Hamza Akram, Amro Alaqra, Issa Al-Khdour, Wafiq othman, Nadine Yaghi

Single-branched stent-graft with on-table fenestration for the management of zone 2 landing TEVAR with an isolated left vertebral artery: a pilot study

Xiang Kong, Jiquan Yu, Peng Ruan, Jianjun Ge

Clinical significance of postoperative thrombocytosis after vats lobectomy for NSCLC

Beatrice Leonardi, Giovanni Natale, Salvatore Ferraioli, Francesco Leone, Mario Grande, Maria Antonietta Puca, Anna Rainone, Gaetana Messina, Antonello Sica, Alfonso Fiorelli

Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement in a 6-year-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Jianfan Zhen, Tucheng Sun, Changjiang Yu

SNAI1: a key modulator of survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma and its association with metastasis

Beibei Li, Rongkai Li

Assessing the predictive efficacy of noninvasive liver fibrosis indices and portal vein diameter in predicting esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis

Xiaoxiao Lin, Qiaoli Lan, Ya Liu, Xiuli Dong, Lecan Wu

Iron metabolism indexes as predictors of the incidence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney surgery

Wenxiu Chen, Hao Zhang, Xiao Shen, Liang Hong, Hong Tao, Jilai Xiao, Shuai Nie, Meng Wei, Ming Chen, Cui Zhang, Wenkui Yu

Uniportal left middle lobectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report

Xinyu Jia, Xinyu Zhu, Shiyu Shen, Zihao Lu, Kunpeng Feng, Kai Fu, Jun Zhao, Chang Li

Surgical treatment of graft infection combined with aortoesophageal fistula after TEVAR: a retrospective single-center, single-arm study

Shanshan Jin, Gonghe Wei, Xiangrui Qu, Wenrui Li

Detection of serum SNHG22 and its correlation with prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Quan Cheng, Guoping Chen, Xiaojiao Wu, Hang Fang, Jingjing Shi, Bonian Zhong

Airway management for patients with tracheal stenosis and severe scar contracture of the face and neck via bronchoscopy: a case report

Yu Lu, Wenwen Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xiajuan Hu, Rukun Xu, Hongwei Shi, Xiaoliang Wang

Uncommon presentation of acute type A aortic dissection: sleeve-severed and everted proximal right coronary artery intima without myocardial ischaemia

Ling-chen Huang, Zeng-bin Feng, Hong-wei Guo

Clinical value of peripheral blood miR-21 and miR-486 combined with CT forearly cancer diagnosis in pulmonary nodulessmoking

Zheng Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Qiang Liu, Yingchun Ren, Qiang Wang, Qing Tian, Zhijie Li, Huining Liu

Large ventricular myxoma causing inflow and outflow obstruction of the right ventricle; A Case Report

Younis Yasin, Ahmad K. Darwazah, Izat Rajabi, Fida Hussien Al-Ali, Rama Subhi, Asala Hasani, Diana Yasin, Maroun Helou

Retraction Note: Perioperative left ventricular perforation in incomplete TAVI and completion of the procedure after surgical repair

Giuseppe Nasso, Giuseppe Santarpino, Gaetano Contegiacomo, Giuseppe Balducci, Antongiulio Valenzano, Enrico Moranti, Domenico Scaringi, Giuseppe Speziale, Ignazio Condello

Toxic epidermal necrolysis following heart transplantation may caused by cefoperazone sodium and sulbactam sodium

Zeng Xiaodong, Wu Min, Lei Liming, Huang Jinsong, Qi Xiao, Liang Yuemei, Wu Yijin

Correlation analysis between the expression of serum microRNA-665 and the degree of coronary artery stenosis and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Chen Wang, Jie Yang, Yujie Shi, Lining Liu, Yujie Fu

Pulmonary embolism and intracardiac foreign bodies caused by bone cement leakage: a case report and literature review

Zihan Zhao, Ranran Wang, Lihua Gao, Meijing Zhang

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (TTP) following emergent aortic valve replacement after a complicated TAVR procedure: a case report and review of the literature

Xia Shao, Xiaobin Xu, Qingju Li, Ruying Hu, Kaiyu Tao, Weijun Yang, Aiqiang Dong

Voltage mapping and right ventriculography to guide ablation for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy ventricular tachycardia: a case report

Chengying Yang, Yihua Cai, Yan Wei, Gang Li, Xinrong Fan

Primary intracardiac leiomyoma: rare case report and literature review

Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Uthman Aluthman, Ahmed Jamjoom, Ibrahim Zabani, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

Surgical planning aided with 3D technologies for management of complex paracardiac tumors

Camilo E. Pérez-Cualtán, Catalina Vargas-Acevedo, Juliana Sánchez-Posada, Camila Castro-Páez, Roberto Gutiérrez-Vargas, Julián F. Forero-Melo, Juan Manuel Pérez, Juan Carlos Briceño, Héctor M. Medina, Juan Pablo Umaña, Javier Navarro-Rueda, Carlos Eduardo Guerrero-Chalela

Hsa_circ_0079929 in lung adenocarcinoma and its biological implications in lung adenocarcinoma progression

  • Open Access
  • Research

Yuan Shen, Ruixue Han, Xin Yu, Jing Mao

Diagnostic and prognostic value of microRNA423-5p in patients with heart failure

Xiaohua Guo, Yi Zhou, Honghao Huang, Zhen Zong, Mei Xin, Ke Yang

Open thoracotomy versus VATS versus RATS for segmentectomy: a systematic review & Bayesian network meta-analysis

Jeevan Francis, Diana Meirinho Domingues, Jeremy Chan, Vipin Zamvar

Predictive value of the left atrioventricular coupling index for recurrence after radiofrequency ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Aoshuang Li, Mingyang Zhang, Bin Ning

Correlation between prognosis and peripheral blood levels of NLRP3 and triglyceride-glucose index after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

Lingling Yao, Bing Li, Fusheng Zhang, Qun Ke, Yong Gong

A case of neoadjuvant targeted therapy with pralsetinib for locally advanced lung adenocarcinoma with RET fusion mutation

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Case Report

Wang Chunmao, Cheng Haijie, Wang Zitong, Yang Zhi

The clinical value of serum long non-coding RNA human leukocyte antigen complex group 11/microRNA-532-3p in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Yu Cao, Gaixia Yu, Jing Bai

A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness

Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy, Shabnam M. Sagar, Aman S. Coonar, Sam Raaj, Akhash V. Rathinam, Rick Air, Sarah Murray, Vanessa Heaslip, Heather Iles-Smith, Narain Moorjani, Sridhar Rathinam

Apatinib monotherapy for early non-small cell lung cancer: a case report

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Case Report

Jiafang Xu, Qingjie Hu, Siqi Yin, Huifang He, Hai Li, Ruiqi Yang, Meizi Song, Chaoqun Wang, Yu Liu

Pulmonary artery mass with PIK3CA mutation after orthotopic heart transplantation

Andre Y. Son, Aaron J. Clark, Borislav A. Alexiev, Duc Thinh Pham

Long-term outcomes of frozen elephant trunk for aortic dissection: a single-center experience

Boris N. Kozlov, Dmitri S. Panfilov, Elena B. Kim

Aortic root replacement for bicuspid aortic valve dysfunction does not impair survival rates

Onur B. Dolmaci, Ninieck E. van Maasakker, Robert E. Poelmann, Robert JM Klautz, Nimrat Grewal

Left atrioventricular valve regurgitation repair with concomitant outflow obstruction release on repaired atrioventricular septal defect case

Takumi Kawase, Keiichi Itatani, Jiryo Haibara, Shota Masaki, Hisao Suda

Predictive utility of a combination of the modified caprini risk assessment score and D-dimer for the evaluation and management of lower extremity venous thrombosis after lung cancer surgery

Qin Zhao, Di Wu, Rui-feng Wu, Zhi-hua Wan, Zhi-qiang Zhang, Lu Gao

Type a aortic dissection after aortic wrapping performed 26 years ago: a case report

Taro Nakazato, Tatsuya Ozaki, Mutsunori Kitahara

Overdiagnosing giant bullous emphysema as metastatic adenocarcinoma: a case report

Jiyun Lee, Eunsu Park

Assessment of intercostal nerve block analgesia and local anesthetic infiltration for thoracoscopic pulmonary bullae resection: a comparative study

Bing Huang, Jing Shi, Yingtong Feng, Jianfu Zhu, Sen Li, Ning Shan, Ying Xu, Yujing Zhang

A retrospective analysis of simultaneous bilateral uniportal thoracoscopic surgeries for multiple primary bilateral pulmonary nodules

Jun-jun Zhou, Xiao-yong Song, Bing-yang Huang, Xiao-wei Zhang, Jia-Feng Shao, Lu Li, Yong-sheng Meng

Maximum standardised uptake value of positron emission tomography as a predictor of oesophageal cancer outcomes

Hsing-Hua Lai, Wei Ho, Chien-Ming Lo, Kai-Hao Chuang, Yu Chen, Li-Chun Chen, Hung-I Lu

Activation of the AMPK/Nrf2 pathway ameliorates LPS-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting oxidative stress and reducing inflammation

Haoxuan Li, Yiting Nie, Hongyu Hui, Xinxin Jiang, Yuanyuan Xie, Cong Fu

Characterization of prognostic signature related with twelve types of programmed cell death in lung squamous cell carcinoma

  • Open Access
  • Research

Saiyu Li, Bing Ding, Duanli Weng

Superior long-term patency of no-touch vein graft compared to conventional vein grafts in over 1500 consecutive patients

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Gabriele Ferrari, Richard Loayza, Ava Azari, Håkan Geijer, Yang Cao, Roland Carlsson, Leif Bojö, Ninos Samano, Domingos Souza

The short-term outcomes and risk factors of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture: a multi-center retrospective Study

Wenjian Luo, Li Wen, Jinning Zhang, Junyong Zhao, Zelan Wang, Xiaolin Luo, Shixian Pi, Yang Chen, Jiawen Zhang, Tao Li, Zhihui Zhang, Dan Luo, Zhexue Qin, Shiyong Yu

Predictive value of miR-636 in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and its bioinformatics analysis

Qi Wang, Qiang Tong, Zenan Jiang, Biao Tang

Non-invasive remote ischemic preconditioning for patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac catheterization: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Li-Jun Cao, Wen-Juan Wang, Qin-Xue Zhou

The path to sustainable cardiac surgery in Rwanda: analysis of costs for consumables used during cardiac surgery for a non-governmental organization

Hannah Rando, Maurice Musoni, Bonnie C. Greenwood, Lambert Ingabire, Sam Van Hook, Ceeya Patton Bolman, R. Morton Bolman III, Yihan Lin

Successful occluder removal and reocclusion of an atrial septal defect after occluder immigration to aortic arch: a case report

Zaiqiang Zhang, Jiawang Ding

A case of adenocarcinoma presenting with cystic lesion and recurrent pneumothoraces

Long Yu, Yang Lou, Dan Zhu

Clinical effects of hybrid debranching technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection

Jian-Jun Gu, Xiao-Chao Tian, Ji-Qiang Bu, Zi-ying Chen

Airway management for right thoracoscopic tracheal tumour resection after left pneumonectomy assisted by cardiopulmonary bypass: a case report

Xue Jiang, Zixuan Li, Rukun Xu, Xiaoliang Wang, Lei Xu

Three-dimensional printed titanium chest wall reconstruction for tumor removal in the sternal region

  • Open Access
  • Research

Wenzhang Wang, Shiyan Yang, Menghu Han, Haifeng Liu, Qing Feng, Yonglin Su, Yi Han, Jin Wang

Evaluating the predictive efficacy of real-time 3D echocardiography in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Zhong-Yin Zhou, Jian-Xiang Zhu, Dong-Sheng Zhao, Bing-Qian Ding, Jia-Ling Wang, Gang Lin

Outcome of patient undergoing redo mitral valve surgery with incidence rate of mitral valve infective endocarditis

Basel A Jobeir, Abdelkarim E De Vol, Ziyad M Alanazi, Domenico Galzerano, Anas A Jobeir, Aly M Alsanei, Bandar Alamro, Mohammed Alamri, Zohair Y AlHalees, Feras H Khaliel

Use of ultra-low contrast dose CT aortography for the management of aortic aneurysmal disease

Philip Borkowski, Eugene Ng, Mauro Vicaretti, Noel Young

Association between inflammatory biomarkers and postoperative acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in patients with preoperative renal dysfunction: a retrospective pilot analysis

Wuhua Jiang, Yi Fang, Xiaoqiang Ding, Zhe Luo, Dong Zhang, Xialian Xu, Jiarui Xu

Surgical repair of “Swiss Cheese” ventricular septal defects with two-patch and right ventricular apex-exclusion technique: mid-term follow-up results

Qiteng Xu, Zhen Bing, Bei Lv, Rui Chen, Quansheng Xing

Patients undergoing emergent surgery for type A intramural hematomas or type A aortic dissections have similar outcomes

Sorasicha Nithikasem, Abhishek Chakraborty, Hirohisa Ikegami, Manabu Takebe, Gengo Sunagawa, Antonio Chiricolo, Ashok Chaudhary, Alexander Rahimi, Simran Agarwala, Mark Russo, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire

Coronary artery bypass grafting in octogenarians: a nomogram for predicting all-cause mortality

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Saeed Davoodi, Mohammad Sadeq Najafi, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Arash Jalali, Zahra Karimi, Elnaz Shahmohamadi, Mohadese Dashtkoohi, Aryan Ayati, Alireza Hadizadeh, Shahram Momtahan, Mahmoud Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri

Analysis of the therapeutic effect of right mid-axillary approach in the surgical treatment of ASD and VSD in children

Fuqiang Li, Tian Cheng, Mingliang Yan, Tao Li, Tianchen Zhang, Yaoxuan Huang, Jian Tang

TCD-Guided management in carotid endarterectomy: a retrospective study

Na Yang, Qinghong Wang, Hongmei Qi, Zhen Song, Changjiang Zhou, Shengqiang Zhang, Bai Zhang

Supraclavicular-median sternotomy approach for a large neurilemmoma invading the thoracic outlet: a case report and review of the literature

Jingru Wu, Mo Shi, Xiangyan Liu

Long term outcomes and risk factors of compensatory hyperhidrosis after thoracoscopic sympathectomy in primary palmar hyperhidrosis patients: a retrospective single-center study

Jianxin Xu, Weicheng Liang, Jianxin Cai, Junkai Xiong, Chengbin Huang, Zhiyang Xu, Jun Guan

Clinical features between paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: a comparative analysis in eastern China

Liping Liu, Zhuchao Wu, Weimin Kong, Beibei Qiu, Zhihua Wang, Jian Sun

Taurolidine-containing solution for reducing cardiac implantable electronic device infection-early report from the European TauroPace™ registry

Reinhard Vonthein, Benito Baldauf, Stefan Borov, Ernest W. Lau, Marzia Giaccardi, Ojan Assadian, Christelle Haddad, Philippe Chévalier, Kerstin Bode, Paul Foley, Honey Thomas, Niall G. Campbell, Stephanie Fichtner, Luca Donazzan, Felix Pescoller, Rainer Oberhollenzer, Roberto Cemin, Hendrik Bonnemeier

Influence of preoperative HbA1c levels on the occurrence of postoperative complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
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  • Research

Bing Liu, Zi Li, Xueqing Chen, Sheng Wang, Kun Cheng

Treatment of iliac arteriovenous malformation associated with trisomy 21: a case report

Jinming Yang, Weichao Zhao, Liping Liang, Guoqing Chi

Analysis of different surgical approaches to the treatment of thymoma

Han Ma, Shichun Lu, Chao Sun, Xiaolin Wang, Yusheng Shu, Xiaoxia Lyu

Management of a liver hydatid cyst patient who fistulized the diaphragm and subsequently presented with thorax rupture: a case report

Hüseyin Yönder, Hasan Elkan

Right thoracotomy with central cannulation for valve surgery: 10 years of experience

Anil Sharma, Sunil Dixit, Mohit Sharma, Sourabh Mittal, Apurva Shah, Shefali Goyal

Factors associated with acute kidney injury after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Stepan Maruniak, Oleh Loskutov, Justyna Swol, Borys Todurov

A rare case of IgG4-related aortitis in the thoracic aorta mimicking an intramural hematoma: navigating the diagnostic labyrinth

Victor S. Alemany, Jacqueline Fortier, Himanshu Gupta, Arik Zaider, Juan Grau, Paul Burns, Habib Jabagi

Report of a giant invasive, wall-penetrating cardiac lipoma

  • Open Access
  • Lipoma
  • Case Report

Jingze Zhu, Xiangyu Cao, Lei Chen, Junjie Song, Zhenya Shen, Yunsheng Yu

Post myocardial infarction left ventricular intramyocardial dissecting hematoma penetrated right ventricular outflow tract: a rare complication report

Qinqin Yu, Rong Liu, Ronghui Bao, Meng Cai, Bin Rao, Chang Zhou

Myocardial strain analysis by feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance to identify subclinical cardiac dysfunction in patients with MINOCA

  • Open Access
  • Edema
  • Research

Yimin Li, Ruigang Huang, Shunyong Zheng, Dan Huang, Weihua Lin, Guangyu Lin, Qingwen Huang, Alai Zhan

Perioperative outcomes of thoracoscopic versus non-thoracoscopic minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Haipeng Sun, Yuchen Huang, Yunyan Han, Feng Lin

Redo aortic arch repair using trifurcated hybrid prosthesis after failed Ascyrus medical dissection stent treatment

Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Razan Salem, Thomas Walther, Tomas Holubec

Thoracoscopic minimally invasive surgical treatment with the same incisions in a patient with uremia complicated with large thymoma and right upper lobe lung cancer: a case report

Yongjun Deng, Huanpeng Liu, Jianbin Zou

Coronary artery bypass grafting in dialysis patients: a propensity score-matched analysis

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Jingfang Xu, Yumeng Wang, Cheng Chen, Lifang Zhang, Xiaofeng Cheng, Xueyan Bian, Jiaxin Ye

A case report of acute myocardial infarction with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Wenping Xue, Wei Qin, Tingting Liu, Weichao Shan

Clinical investigation into risk factors for delirium post-cardiac surgery and its implications for nursing intervention guided by behavior change theory

Youwei Zhao, Shichao Guo, Zhiyuan Wang, Yanbo Dong, Wei Wei, Zhenyu Su

A case report of mediastinal extramedullary hematopoiesis: imaging, pathological and thoracoscopic biopsy correlation

  • Open Access
  • Anemia
  • Case Report

Fengbo Yao, Dingbiao Li, Ying Wang, Yanfei Wang, Yongchang Lv

Screening differentially expressed proteins to distinguish thymoma (B1 and B3) from thymic cysts based on tandem mass tag (TMT) technology

Jingwei Shi, Rusong Yang, Xin Chen, Yan Wang, Ye Shi, Yongsheng Wang, Zhengcheng Liu

Double innominate vein in a case with double aortic arch: a case report

Hiroki Ishii, Mika Saito, Tomomi Uyeda, Yuta Kuwahara

Combined effect of anion gap and red cell distribution width on the risk of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Bin Zheng, Shanshan Li, Yinglin Peng, Lixian Zhang

Efficacy of atorvastatin on renal function in patients with contrast-induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary intervention

Heng Li, Hongen Wang, Siqi Ren, Ruihong Zhou

The value of Age-adjusted Charlson and Elixhauser-Van Walraven comorbidity index in predicting prognosis for patients undergoing heart valve surgery

Xingping Lv, Xiaobin Liu, Chen Li, Wei Zhou, Shuyue Sheng, Yezhou Shen, Tuo Shen, Qimin Ma, Shaolin Ma, Feng Zhu

Comparison of early postoperative left ventricular function with 3d ef and strain measurements according to graft selection

Ozan Erturk, Nursen Keles, Anıl Karaagac, Aylin Safak Arslanhan, Yusuf Kagan Pocan, Mehmet Inanc Yesilkaya, Burak Bozkurt, Hakkı Aydogan, Mehmet Kaplan

The clinical effect of thoracoscopic segmentectomy in the treatment of lung malignancies less than 2CM in diameter

Yafeng Zhang, Renzhong Shi, Xiaoming Xia, Kaiyao Zhang

Correction: Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment improves multi-organ hemodynamics for postoperative liver transplantation patient. A case report

Xinchen Zeng, Xin Jin, Zi’an Wu, Jun Hu, Wenjuan Zhou, Xuelian Shen, Jianhang Du

Impact of aortic and pulmonary artery wall histology on radicular dilatation during the Ross procedure

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Misbaou Barry, Fatoumata Barry, Mesut Gun, Paul Padurean, Eric Havet, Bessem Gara Ali, Thierry Caus

Atrial appendage closure is associated with increased risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Mostafa Abbas, Thomas Morland, H. Lester Kirchner, Yasser El-Manzalawy

Advanced presentation of cardiac hemangioma

Francesco Rattenni, Francesco Giuseppe Arlati, Andrea Galanti, Fabrizio Sansone, Alberto Clerici, Michele Triggiani, Claudio Muneretto

The long lost denture: a rare case of an acquired, non-malignant tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Hannah Jesani, Aaron Hundle, Paul Nankivell, Maninder Kalkat

Correction: Clinical features between paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: a comparative analysis in eastern China

Liping Liu, Zhuchao Wu, Weimin Kong, Beibei Qiu, Zhihua Wang, Jian Sun

Fungal endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation complicated with pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Luciano Moreira Baracioli, Walberto Monteiro Neiva Eulálio Filho, Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano, André Franci, Giorgio Marinaro, Roberta Saretta, Ramez Anbar, Fabio Biscegli Jatene

Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in patients with in-stent restenosis: An updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

  • Open Access
  • Review

Ahmed Abdelaziz, Karim Atta, Abdelrahman H. Hafez, Hanaa Elsayed, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Hallas Kadhim, Ahmed Mechi, Ahmed Elaraby, Mahmoud Ezzat, Ahmed Fadel, Abdullah Nouh, Rahma AbdElfattah Ibrahim, Mohamed Hatem Ellabban, Ali Bakr, Ahmed Nasr, Mustafa Suppah

Bullectomy with video-assisted thoracic surgery and minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum simultaneously

Kadir Baturhan Ciflik, Busra Ozdemir Ciflik, Anil Gokce, Suleyman Anil Akboga, Yucel Akkas

Impella 5.5 as a bridge-to-surgery in acute ischemic mitral regurgitation post-percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report

Ioana Dumitru, Askin Uysal, Joel Shoemaker, Maria Sevillano, Leeandra Schnell, Samip Vasaiwala, Syed Osman Ali

A causal association between chemokines and the risk of lung cancer: a univariate and multivariate mendelian randomization study

Mengmeng Wang, Mingjun Gao, Wenbo He, Siding Zhou, Yusheng Shu, Xiaolin Wang

National outcomes for dementia patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a pre-structural era

Andrew Tang, Tal Eitan, Krish C. Dewan, Guangjin Zhou, Brad F. Rosinski, Siran M. Koroukian, Lars G. Svensson, A. Marc Gillinov, Edward G. Soltesz

LncRNA CASC9 facilitates papillary thyroid cancer development and doxorubicin resistance via miR-28-3p/BCL-2 axis and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

Jianping Yu, Chun He, Yun Peng, Yuzhong Wen, Jing Wang

The effect of cardiac rehabilitation prescription on medication complications and ET-1, WMSI in elderly patients with coronary heart disease

Min Li, Xiaojun Zhuo, Lihui Shao, Lin Yin

Prognostic impact of the metabolic syndrome and its components in acute type a aortic dissection after surgery: a retrospective study

Li-Ke Zhang, Hai-Xia Song, Feng Zhang, Zi-Bin Wang, Peng Liu

Contemporary comparative surgical outcomes of type A aortic dissection in US and China: an analysis of the national inpatient sample database and a Chinese multi-institutional registry

Feng Jiang, Xiaodi Wang, Michael Carmichael, Yanfei Chen, Ruijian Huang, Yue Xiao, Jifang Zhou, Cunhua Su

Correction: Apatinib monotherapy for early non-small cell lung cancer: a case report

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Correction

Jiafang Xu, Qingjie Hu, Siqi Yin, Huifang He, Hai Li, Ruiqi Yang, Meizi Song, Chaoqun Wang, Yu Liu

Respiratory endoscopy intervention in 12 patients with refractory persistent air leakage after pulmonary surgery: a preliminary study of case series

Zhenyu Yang, Xiaoli Zhou, Wenying Pan, Yijie Lu, Daxiong Zeng, Junhong Jiang

Fast Fourier transform analysis of intraoperative transit-time flow measurement during coronary artery bypass grafting

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Review

Yoshiyuki Takami, Atsuo Maekawa, Koji Yamana, Kiyotoshi Akita, Kentaro Amano, Kazuki Matsuhashi, Wakana Niwa, Yasushi Takagi

Tricuspid valve replacement with mechanical versus biological prostheses: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muhammad Abdul Qadeer, Ali Abdullah, Amber Noorani, Abdul Hadi Khan, Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa, Zain Ali Nadeem, Shahzaib Samad, Muhammad Usama Siddiq, Rabeeya Qutub Uddin Siddiqui, Sameh M. Said

Clinical application of standardization right thoracic incision for thoracoscopic thymic tumor resection

Shihao Xu, Dongzhao Gao, Xinming Li, Jiagang Zhang, Jian Yang, Enji Yang, Yong Ma, Jun Qian

Correction: The comparison of perioperative outcomes and disease-free survival between pneumonectomy after immunochemotherapy and after isolated chemotherapy: one single center experience

Guodong Zhang, Yongle Zhu, Zhigang Shi, Zhendan Wang, Pingping Song

Complete resection of a giant costal chondrosarcoma with reconstruction of the thoraco-abdominal wall: a case report

Caiyang Liu, Qinyan Yang, Deyuan Zhong, Hongtao Yan, Hang Gu, Xiaozun Yang, Xiaojun Yang, Qiang Li, Xiaolun Huang, Wei Dai

Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease masquerading as intrathoracic invasive malignancy with ankylosing spondylitis: a case report

Jun Xu, Tian Xia, Zhongcheng Li, Jun Zhao, Sheng Ju

Application of pedicle combined muscle flaps in treatment of chronic empyema with huge irregular abscess cavity after pulmonary surgery: a case report and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Lei Wang, Guangjian Li, Zhongliang He

Metastatic parathyroid carcinoma diagnosed after five surgical attempts: a case report and review of the literature

Amir Ali Mahboobipour, Mihan Pourabdollah, Farzad Hadaegh, Mohsen Herik Dizaji, Seyed Mohammad Tavangar, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr

Gender differences in the incidence of saphenous vein graft intervention

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Azriel Osherov, Enrique Gallego-Colon, Ismael Abu-Alkean, Dimitri Nemik, Ian Orlov, Jamal Jafari

Reoperative minimal invasive off-pump coronary artery bypass graft in early left main stem stenosis following Modified Bentall procedure

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Case Report

Anupama Barua, Lucy Cosbey, Avishek Samaddar, Ravish Jeeji, Richard Warwick, Lognathen Balacumaraswami

Intraoperative patient radiation dose from cone-beam computed tomography in thoracic surgery

Shinya Kohmaru, Yuichi Saito, Takeshi Takata, Shizuka Morita, Ryo Takeyama, Yasuyuki Kanamoto, Tomoki Nishida, Hitoshi Dejima, Yoshikane Yamauchi, Ikuo Kobayashi, Masafumi Kawamura, Yukinori Sakao

A massive cardiac lipoma in the right atrium with multimodality imaging

  • Open Access
  • Lipoma
  • Case Report

Li Zhao, Xuan Su, Xiaolei Song, Yunchuan Ding, Qinghui Wang

A case of posterior mediastinal Müllerian cyst characterized by morphology of serous papillary cystadenoma

Wei Chen, Hongjian Yin, Peng Zhou, Muyun Peng

Unexplained disabling and long-lasting cough: a case report

Francesco Ferrante, Ilaria Onorati, Dana Mihaela Radu, Aurélie Herve-Carrega, Morgane Didier, Olivier Huet, Emmanuel Martinod

Concurrent assessment of time-to-isolation and temperature at 30 s as an innovative metric for predicting the persistence of pulmonary vein isolation using second-generation cryoballoons

Mei-Qiong Wu, Lin Chen, Liang-Hua Lian, Jian-Quan Chen, Yi-Ming Peng, Xue-Wen Liao, Ya-Zhou Lin, Jian-Cheng Zhang

Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Undergoing Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Biao Wu, Shi-bo Xia, Li Chen, Jie-fu Fan, Wen-ying Guo, Zhi-shi Wu, Hao Zhang, Lei Zhang

Complete percutaneous repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in adult: a case report

Asit Das, Gaurav Lakhani, Debdatta Kar, Lopamudra Mishra, Nur Nabab Mollah, Shubham Tewary

A simplified approach to managing a complex infected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Sepideh Banar, Yaser Tolouietabar, Mohammad Amin Shojaei, Hamideh Khesali, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Saeid Hosseini

Rotarex®S rotational atherectomy combined with drug-coated balloon angioplasty for treating femoropopliteal artery in-stent restenosis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Wenzhuo Meng, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Jianming Guo, Lianrui Guo, Yongquan Gu

Left-to-right inverted single-lung transplantation: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Runlei Hu, Jun Chen, Zhoubin Li, Yanni Chen, Weili Han

Cerebral air embolism in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Evyatar Hubara, Iris Motro Feingold, Yelena Skourikhin, Reut Kassif Lerner, Amir Vardi, David Mishaly, Uriel Katz, Omer Bar-Yosef

Prognostic significance of free triiodothyronine levels in alpine region patients undergoing drug-coated balloon therapy for coronary heart disease

  • Open Access
  • Research

Qin-Bao Zhang, Gang Wu, Ze-Ying Wang, Zhi-Liang Cui, Hong-Xia Zhang

Evaluating the impact of Benson’s relaxation technique on anxiety and delirium among coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

Ali Golchoubi, Kheizaran Miri, Saeed Vagheei, Fatemeh Hajiabadi, Mahdi Kahrom, Hamid Reza Behnam Vashani

Unexpectedly detected air bubbles in left ventricle during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a case report

Youna Sim, Boohwi Hong, Sang jun Park, Man-Shik Shim

Research on rheumatic heart disease from 2013 to early 2024: a bibliometric analysis

Yifan Chen, Liuding Wang, Dan Ma, Zhijie Cui, Yanjiao Liu, Qinghua Pang, Zhonghui Jiang, Zhuye Gao

Late onset of biliobronchial fistula — a serious complication of hemihepatectomy for atrophic liver with hepatolithiasis: a case report and review of the literature

Chen-Ze Yan, Zhong Jia, Ya-Feng Wan, He-Shan Zhou

A Novel Porcine Model of Bilateral Hindlimb Bypass Graft Surgery Integrating Transit Time Flowmetry

Andrew B. Haymet, Cora Lau, Christina Cho, Sean O’Loughlin, Nigel V. Pinto, David C. McGiffin, Michael P. Vallely, Jacky Y. Suen, John F. Fraser

Prognostic significance of CEA reduction rate in patients with abnormally high preoperative CEA levels who underwent surgery for lung cancer

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Masaya Tamura, Naoki Furukawa, Takashi Sakai, Marino Yamamoto, Ryohei Miyazaki, Hironobu Okada

A randomized study on the impact of optimized modified ultrafiltration on the physiological parameters of infants and children undergoing a cardiopulmonary bypass

Jianhong Niu, Guangdi Zhai, Wei Zhang, Juanying Zhou, Shengqi Jiang, Jianping Ma, Aibin Zheng

Chronobiological variations of acute aortic dissection in a Northwest Chinese population

Ermek Tangsakar, Rinat Imamu, Aybek Nabi, Dongqing Chang, Yongzhong Guo

Aconitine promotes ROS-activated P38/MAPK/Nrf2 pathway to inhibit autophagy and promote myocardial injury

  • Open Access
  • Research

Chunai Yang, Jinxiao Fu, Fenshuang Zheng, Yangshan Fu, Xueqiong Duan, Ruiling Zuo, Junbo Zhu

Long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in women, a meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Daniel Pérez-Camargo, Paula Campelos-Fernández, Alejandro Travieso, Lourdes Montero-Cruces, Manuel Carnero-Alcázar, Carmen Olmos-Blanco, Javier Cobiella-Carnicer, Arantzazu Álvarez-Arcaya, Fernando Reguillo-Lacruz, Luis C. Maroto-Castellanos

A rapid deployment valve option for failing Medtronic Freestyle full root: a single centre experience

Solveig Moss Kolseth, Sahrai Saeed, Pirjo-Riitta Salminen, Vegard Skalstad Ellensen, Venny Lise Kvalheim, Abukar Mohamed Ali, Rune Haaverstad

Comparison of different localization needles and postures in localization of pulmonary nodules

Zengming Wang, Bin Li, Zhonghui Hu, Qingtao Zhao, Xiaopeng Zhang, Huanfen Zhao, Wenfei Xue, Hongzhen Zhao, Guochen Duan, Shun Xu

Appropriate use of vancomycin in a cardiac surgical unit

Sanaa Mekdad, Leenah Alsayed, Suzan Alkhalaif

The predictive value of monocyte count to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio combined with left atrial diameter for post-radiofrequency ablation recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients

Yu Lei, Lijun Hu

Long-term outcomes in thoracic aortic surgery: 11 year single centre experience

Edward Staniforth, Iakovos Ttofi, Jasmina Ttofi, Vanitha Perinparajah, Rohit Vijjhalwar, Raman Uberoi, Ediri Sideso, Shirish Dubey, George Krasopoulos

Comparison of adverse cardiovascular event endpoints between patients with diabetes and patients without diabetes based on coronary artery plaques: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuchen Ma, Huiying Gao, Huiqun Wu

Aortic pressures within a giant right coronary artery aneurysm

Azriel Osherov, Enrique Gallego-Colon, Ella Shaviv, Xavier Piltz, Mohammad Kakoush, Yanai Ben-Gal

Surgical anesthesia in a patient with a pheochromocytoma crisis supported by ECMO: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Minjuan Chen, Wei Yan, ZhiHai Yang, Tao Hong, Lingling Jin, Donghang Cao, Yixiao GU

Risk factors of delirium after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yue Wang, Bingjie Wang

Application of single venous approach under echocardiography without angiography in closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Pan Xiong, Quan Chen, Yiwei He

Long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with oligometastatic disease involving only the brain in the era of PET/CT

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Hirokazu Watari, Ryu Kanzaki, Akiisa Omura, Sachi Kawagishi, Ryo Tanaka, Tomohiro Maniwa, Hideyuki Arita, Koji Konishi, Jiro Okami

Systematic literature review on early detection of postoperative delirium in adult patients after cardiac surgery

Saleh Mohammed Alhaj Othman, Mohammed Ali Ali Aziz, Chanyanud Sriwayyapram, Qin Xu

MiR-618 suppresses the proliferation, invasion, and migration of non-small lung cancer via the JAK2/STAT3 axis

  • Open Access
  • NSCLC
  • Research

Ziyuan Chen, Wei Chen, Zhiqi Hong, Xianqiao Wu, Tianzheng Fang, Yufei Sheng, Shuai Fang, Chengwei Zhou

Acute thrombosis of ductus arteriosus aneurysm causing bilateral pulmonary artery occlusion in a neonate

Wen Xie, Zewen Chen, Jian Zhuang, Jimei Chen, Hujun Cui, Xin Zang

Learning curve for double-port video-assisted thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy: a propensity score matching study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Bixin Yan, Xiao Yao, Zhihong Zhao, Tianhao Sun, Yiming Zhao, Wenbiao Zou, Duofu Wu, Hao Chang

Oral GVHD post-cardiac xenograft valve replacement: a case report

Sarah M. Nizar Feteih, Mohammad S. Shihata, Abdelrazak S. Meliti

Rare bilateral vascular variations of the upper limb: a cadaveric case study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ricky Smith, Yasith Mathangasinghe, David Gonsalvez

Delineation of intersegmental plane: application of blood flow blocking method in pulmonary segmentectomy

  • Open Access
  • Research

Lei Cai, Changchun Wang, Taobo Luo, Shuang Fu, Jingxiao Liang, Xiancong Huang, Chao Pan, Yiding Feng, Wenkui Mo, Haoting Xu, Qixun Chen, Jian Zeng

Prognostic value of albumin-bilirubin grade in lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Jiao Jiang, Hongjuan Li, Lin Chen, Xiaoming Qiu

Potential of right ventricular function assessment with echocardiography in transcatheter aortic valve replacement:

Yoshihisa Morita, Taro Kariya, Michael Dougherty, Andrew Peters, Nicholas Ruggiero

Study of the effect of azithromycin on airway remodeling in asthma via the SAPK/JNK pathway

Dannv Ma, Huaqing Du, Yi Huang, Aiwu Pan, Lu Gan

Therapeutic strategy and efficacy evaluation of chronic empyema after total pneumonectomy: individualized analysis of six patients

Lei Wang, Yunjie Lv, Guoxue Zhao, Guangjian Li, Zhongliang He, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao

Relationship between gender and perioperative clinical features in lung cancer patients who underwent VATS lobectomy

Wei Chen, Qiangqiang Zheng, Yi Shen, Min Liang, Yang Yuan, Yusong Lu, Yunfeng Zhou

Surgical treatment experience of seven cases of Berry syndrome

Zhangke Guo, Zhimin Li, Feng Tong, Song Bai, Xiaofeng Li

Pitfalls of computed tomography angiography examination in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: a case report of a patient with cardiac rupture

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Hua-Liang Ying, Hui Zhao, Chao Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weijun Song, Yongpo Jiang

Real-time computed tomography fluoroscopy-guided dye marking prior to robotic pulmonary resection

Yoko Yamamoto, Naoki Ikeda, Masahisa Nakamura

Bronchial artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with hemoptysis and hemothorax after pulmonary lobectomy: a case report and literature review

Wei-Hao Zhang, Cheng-Yan Jin, Xiao Qi, Guang-Xin Zhang

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma prognosis and outcome: report of two challenging cases

Parviz Mardani, Zahra Hashempour, Reza Shahriarirad, Armin Amirian

Successful treatment of cardiac dysfunction due to left main trunk obstruction and severe acute aortic regurgitation secondary to acute type A aortic dissection using Impella: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Ai Sakai, Kenji Iino, Hideyasu Ueda, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Hirofumi Takemura

A case series of VATS intrapericardial pneumonectomy: a bi-centric experience

Güntuğ Batıhan, Kenan Can Ceylan

Preoperative D-dimer level predicts adverse events after coronary endarterectomy combined with coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Lianxin Chen, Xieraili Tiemuerniyazi, Ziang Yang, Liaoming He, Yifeng Nan, Yangwu Song, Wei Zhao, Wei Feng

Determining influences of intraoperative s-ketamine on postoperative delirium and cognitive function: methodology is important

Dan-Feng Wang, Fei Gao, Fu-Shan Xue

Short term outcomes of the first pediatric cardiac surgery program in Rwanda

Yayehyirad Ejigu, Vongai C. Mlambo, Kara L. Neil, Habtamu Sime, Rex Wong, Michel R. Gatera, Gaston Nyirigira, Yilkal C. Sewnet, Yihan Lin, Bertrand Byishimo, Gloria Rukomeza, Yves Mutabandama, Emmanuel Rusingiza

Windsock mitral valve after prior aortic valve endocarditis

Augustine W. Kang, Hanjay Wang, Diane M. Libert, Gerald J. Berry, Jack H. Boyd

Assessment of the quality of life comparison between open and endovascular aortic arch surgery: a pilot study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Eric Thiam Aik Lim, Hannah S. Kim, Andrew McCombie, Andrew D. P. Laing, Adib Khanafer

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