Issue 1/2014
Content (197 Articles)
Superior vena cava syndrome caused by a swollen absorbable haemostat after repair of ischaemic mitral regurgitation
Koki Eto, Mitsuaki Matsumoto, Yoji Kubo, Reiko Kemmochi
Left upper lobectomy can be a risk factor for thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump
Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Kawase, Satoshi Hayama, Tatsunosuke Ichimura, Naoto Senmaru, Naotake Honma, Yoshiro Matsui
Repair of left ventricular driveline tear in a SynCardia-total artificial heart patient
Sotirios Spiliopoulos, Magda Tenderich, Dilek Guersoy, Guenes Dogan, Reiner Koerfer, Gero Tenderich
Stanford type A aortic dissection after urgent prosthetic valve replacement: case reports
Yoshihiro Suematsu, Sei Morizumi, Kenichi Okamura, Mitsuhiro Kawata
Progressive dyspnea in patient with large mediastinal mass
Shinichi Fukuhara, Kamellia R Dimitrova, Charles M Geller, Darryl M Hoffman, Wilson Ko, Robert F Tranbaugh
Early postoperative serum cystatin C predicts severe acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: a post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Arndt-Holger Kiessling, Juliane Dietz, Christian Reyher, Ulrich A Stock, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Anton Moritz
VATS bullectomy and apical pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax in a young patient with Swyer-James-Mc Leod syndrome: case report presentation and literature review focusing on surgically treated cases
Nikolaos Panagopoulos, Gerasimos Papavasileiou, Efstratios Koletsis, Myrto Kastanaki, Nikolaos Anastasiou
Seventeen-millimeter St. Jude Medical Regent valve in patients with small aortic annulus: dose moderate prosthesis-patient mismatch matter?
Jia Hu, Hong Qian, Ya-jiao Li, Jun Gu, Jing Janice Zhao, Er-yong Zhang
Epicardial adipose excision slows the progression of porcine coronary atherosclerosis
Mikaela L McKenney, Kyle A Schultz, Jack H Boyd, James P Byrd, Mouhamad Alloosh, Shawn D Teague, Arturo A Arce-Esquivel, John N Fain, M Harold Laughlin, Harold S Sacks, Michael Sturek
Hybrid procedure to treat aortic arch aneurysm combined with aortic arch coarctation and left internal carotid artery aneurysm (Case Report)
Weimin Zhou, Wei Zhou, Jiehua Qiu, Qingzhong Zeng
Human aortic allograft: an excellent conduit choice for superior vena cava reconstruction
Kristyn Spera, Kenneth A Kesler, Amjadullah Syed, Jack H Boyd
Three different situations and approaches in the management for anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left coronary sinus: case report
Woon Heo, Ho-Ki Min, Do Kyun Kang, Hee Jae Jun, Youn-Ho Hwang, Hyung Chae Lee
The midterm outcome and MACE of robotically enhanced grafting of left anterior descending artery with left internal mammary artery
Roberto Casula, Espeed Khoshbin, Thanos Athanasiou
Is crystalloid cardioplegia a strong predictor of intra-operative hemodilution?
Murat Günday, Hakan Bingöl
Single-incision video-assisted thoracic resection for extrapulmonary sequestration: a case report
Masaya Tamura, Yosuke Shimizu, Yasuo Hashizume
Age-dependent defective TGF-beta1 signaling in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Santiago Redondo, Jorge Navarro-Dorado, Marta Ramajo, Úrsula Medina, Pedro Molina-Sanchez, Zaady Garces, Mauricio García-Alonso, Fernando Reguillo, Enrique Rodriguez, Vicente Andres, Teresa Tejerina
Systematic review of surgical treatment techniques for adult and pediatric patients with pectus excavatum
William Rainey Johnson, David Fedor, Sunil Singhal
The rupture of atrioventricular groove after mitral valve replacement in an elderly patient
Jin-Tae Kwon, Tae-Eun Jung, Dong-Hyup Lee
Mid-term results in patients having tricuspidization of the quadricuspid aortic valve
Meong Gun Song, Hyun Suk Yang, Dong Hyup Lee, Je Kyoun Shin, Hyun Keun Chee, Jun Seok Kim
Single-stage surgical repair of airway gastric fistula after esophagectomy
Hui Shi, Wen-Ping Wang, Qiang Gao, Long-Qi Chen
Transthoracic minimally invasive closure for the treatment of ruptured sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: a case report
Xingxu Cao, Fengwei Zhang, Lingling Wang, Hao Jing, Naiyan Li
Giant congenital diaphragmatic hernia in an adult
Yubin Zhou, Heng Du, Guowei Che
Factors affecting postoperative blood loss in children undergoing cardiac surgery
David Faraoni, Philippe Van der Linden
Predictors of temporary epicardial pacing wires use after valve surgery
Nizar R AlWaqfi, Khaled S Ibrahim, Yousef S Khader, Ahmad Abu Baker
Protective role of heparin in the injury of the liver and kidney on the experimental model of ischemia/reperfusion
Ali Ümit Yener, Mustafa Cüneyt Çiçek, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Turgut Özkan, Emre Doğan, Bülent Çağlar Bilgin, Tezcan Akın, Havva Erdem, Handan Ankarali
Surgical treatment of left ventricular fibroma accompanied with ventricular septal defect in an infant: a case report
Yibo Gong, Ni Yin, Jinfu Yang
Complete thoracoscopic enucleation of giant leiomyoma of the esophagus: a case report and review of the literature
XiaoXing Hu, Hui Lee
Commissuroplasty for the anterior commissure defect caused by tricuspid valve endocarditis using patch closure and modified placement of a rigid ring
Jong Hun Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim, Jong Bum Choi, Ja Hong Kuh
Aortic coarctation: guidelines mismatch across the ocean
Martino Pepe, Fortunato Iacovelli, Filippo Masi, Vito Marangelli, Arnaldo Scardapane, Alessandro De Santis, Luca Sgarra, Donato Quagliara, Stefano Favale
Massive pulmonary embolism secondary to longstanding traumatic femoropopliteal pseudoaneurysm associated with arteriovenous fistula
Ahmad K Darwazah, Mohammed Eida, Hamad Madi, Issa Khdour, Naser Hanbali, Hasan Ismail
Eradication of a chronic wound and driveline infection after redo-LVAD implantation
Veronika Walter, Ulrich A Stock, Mauricio Soriano-Romero, Andreas Schnitzbauer, Anton Moritz, Andres Beiras-Fernandez
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Meta-analysis of the effect of percutaneous coronary intervention on chronic total coronary occlusions
Ruogu Li, Shuansuo Yang, Lei Tang, Yiqing Yang, Hui Chen, Shaofeng Guan, Wenzheng Han, Hua Liu, Jinjie Dai, Qian Gan, Weiyi Fang, Xinkai Qu
Anesthetic management of the removal of a giant metastatic cardiac liposarcoma occupying right ventricle and pulmonary artery
Jianhong Xu, Yueying Zheng, Liqing Wang, Qiang Feng, Ceyan Yu, Shengmei Zhu
Central extracorporeal life support with left ventricular decompression for the treatment of refractory cardiogenic shock and lung failure
Alexander Weymann, Bastian Schmack, Anton Sabashnikov, Christopher T Bowles, Philipp Raake, Rawa Arif, Markus Verch, Ursula Tochtermann, Jens Roggenbach, Aron Frederik Popov, Andre Ruediger Simon, Matthias Karck, Arjang Ruhparwar
Multimodal analgesia versus traditional opiate based analgesia after cardiac surgery, a randomized controlled trial
Sulman Rafiq, Daniel Andreas Steinbrüchel, Michael Jaeger Wanscher, Lars Willy Andersen, Albert Navne, Nikolaj Bang Lilleoer, Peter Skov Olsen
Small bowel strangulation due to peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia
Jang-Hoon Lee, Se-Won Kim
Single incision thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy with systematic lymph node dissection
Hyun Woo Jeon, Young-Du Kim, Young Kyu Moon, Young Pil Wang
Surgical repair of distal arch psendoaneurysm from ruptured penetrating aortic ulcer with the frozen elephant trunk technique
John Kokotsakis, Dimitrios Tassopoulos, Jacob Ttofi, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Konstantinos Velissarios, Theodore Kratimenos, Stratos Anagnostou, Thanos Athanasiou
Lung cancer with chest wall invasion: retrospective analysis comparing en-bloc resection and ‘resection in bird cage’
Heron Teixeira Andrade Santos, Agnaldo José Lopes, Cláudio Higa, Rodolfo Acatauassú Nunes, Eduardo Haruo Saito
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis in active intravenous drug users: a justified procedure?
Alexander Weymann, Tobias Borst, Aron-Frederik Popov, Anton Sabashnikov, Christopher Bowles, Bastian Schmack, Gabor Veres, Nicole Chaimow, Andre Rüdiger Simon, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabo
Life-threatening cardiac tamponade: a rare complication of acupuncture
Kook-Jin Chun, Sang-Gwon Lee, Bong Soo Son, Do Hyung Kim
Gamma probe-assisted excision of an ectopic parathyroid adenoma located within the thymus: case report and review of the literature
Stavros I Daliakopoulos, George Chatzoulis, Savvas Lampridis, Varvara Pantelidou, Omiros Zografos, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Michael Sapranidis, Avraam Ploumis
Impact of completeness of revascularization by coronary intervention on exercise capacity early after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Wei Zhao, Jin Bai, Fuchun Zhang, Lijun Guo, Wei Gao
Recurrence after thymoma resection according to the extent of the resection
Mi Kyung Bae, Seok Ki Lee, Ha Yan Kim, Seong Yong Park, In Kyu Park, Dae Joon Kim, Kyung Young Chung
Pacemaker lead malposition in the left atrial roof is masked by normal pacing thresholds
Claus Rath, Martin Andreas, Caesar Khazen, Dominik Wiedemann, Andreas Habertheuer, Alfred Kocher
Pacemaker lead malpositioning led to subsequent ischemic strokes despite antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy
Claus Rath, Martin Andreas, Caesar Khazen, Dominik Wiedemann, Andreas Habertheuer, Alfred Kocher
Video-assisted thoracic bronchial sleeve lobectomy with bronchoplasty for treatment of lung cancer confined to a single lung lobe: a case series of Chinese patients
Daping Yu, Yi Han, Shijie Zhou, Xiaoyun Song, Yunsong Li, Ning Xiao, Zhidong Liu
A retrospective evaluation of fondaparinux for confirmed or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in left-ventricular-assist device patients
Scott T Benken, Nicholas Tillman, Suhuir Dajani, Aesha Shah, Toby Thomas
Portal vein thrombosis after aortic valve replacement surgery in a patient with antithrombin III deficiency - case presentation
Yu-qing Wang, Qiu-lin Chen, Da Zhu, Li Dong
The trabecula septomarginalis (Leonardo’s cord) in abnormal ventriculo-arterial connections: anatomic and morphogenetic implications
Athos Capuani
Effects of continuous renal replacement therapy on intestinal mucosal barrier function during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a porcine model
Changsheng He, Shuofei Yang, Wenkui Yu, Qiyi Chen, Juanhong Shen, Yimin Hu, Jialiang Shi, Xingjiang Wu, Jieshou Li, Ning Li
Minimally invasive epicardial left ventricular lead placement in a case of massive pleural adhesion
Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried, Zsolt Sziklavari
What is an appropriate material to use with a covering technique to prevent the recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax?
Hidetaka Uramoto, Fumihiro Tanaka
Elevation of serum lactate dehydrogenase in patients with pectus excavatum
Jae Jun Kim, Chi Kyeong Kim, Hyung Joo Park, Jae Kil Park, Seok Whan Moon, Young Kyu Moon, Hyun Jung Kim
Screening and selection of peptides specific for esophageal cancer cells from a phage display peptide library
Zhe-Feng Zhang, Xue Shan, Yong-Xin Wang, Wei Wang, Shi-Yun Feng, You-Bin Cui
Primary papillary carcinoma of the thymus with invasion into subcutaneous tissue through the sternum
Yuta Ibuki, Jiro Okami, Yasuhiko Tomita, Ayako Fujiwara, Takashi Kanou, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Masahiko Higashiyama
The effects of a low international normalized ratio on thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with mechanical mitral valve replacement
Ugur Bal, Alp Aydinalp, Kerem Yilmaz, Emre Ozcalik, Senem Hasirci, Ilyas Atar, Bahadir Gultekin, Atilla Sezgin, Haldun Muderrisoglu
Fox smell abrogates the effect of herbal odor to prolong mouse cardiac allograft survival
Xiangyuan Jin, Masateru Uchiyama, Qi Zhang, Masanori Niimi
Performance of steroid eluting bipolar epicardial leads in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients: 15 years of single center experience
Christian Paech, Martin Kostelka, Ingo Dähnert, Patrick Flosdorff, Frank Thomas Riede, Roman Antonin Gebauer
Staphylococcus aureus and repeat bacteremia in febrile patients as early signs of sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery
Teruya Nakamura, Takashi Daimon, Norio Mouri, Hirotada Masuda, Yoshiki Sawa
Missed case of sinus venosus atrial septal defect post coronary artery bypass grafting
Sudeep Das De, Winn Maung Maung Aye, Sriram Shankar
Multikinase inhibitor sorafenib prevents pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy in rats by blocking the c-Raf/ERK1/2 signaling pathway
Arezoo Daryadel, Anna Bogdanova, Max Gassmann, Xavier Mueller, Gregor Zünd, Burkhardt Seifert, Christine Lehalle, Nelly Frossard, Reza Tavakoli
A novel treatment strategy of new onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an observational prospective study
Mohamed Zeriouh, Anton Sabashnikov, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Javid Fatullayev, Hannes Reuter, Aron-Frederik Popov, Georg Langebartels, Lucas Kimmig, Parwis B Rahmanian, Thorsten Wittwer, Klaus Neef, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wahlers
Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
Heng-Chung Chen, Ping-Hsien Chang, Shang-Wun Jhang, Bing-Yen Wang
Congenital coronary artery fistulae: a rare cause of heart failure in adults
Charles M Geller, Kamellia R Dimitrova, Darryl M Hoffman, Robert F Tranbaugh
Quick biochemical markers for assessment of quality control of intraoperative cell salvage: a prospective observational study
Peng Dong, Ji Che, Xiuliang Li, Ming Tian, Fang Gao Smith
Efficacy and complication of endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial esophageal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fenghao Sun, Ping Yuan, Tianxiang Chen, Jian Hu
Pulse wave velocity and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as predictors of acute kidney injury following aortic valve replacement
Emaddin Kidher, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Hatam Naase, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Jon Anderson, Darrel P Francis, Thanos Athanasiou
Long-term outcomes after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy versus lobectomy via open thoracotomy for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer
Mitsunori Higuchi, Hiroshi Yaginuma, Atsushi Yonechi, Ryuzo Kanno, Akio Ohishi, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mitsukazu Gotoh
Successful surgical management of pace-marker induced infective endocarditis under the guidance of real-time three-dimensional trans-esophageal echocardiogram
Jun Gu, Da Zhu, Eryong Zhang
Determinants of distance walked during the six-minute walk test in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at hospital discharge
Géssica Uruga Oliveira, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, Lucas Pereira de Assis Cacau, Amaro Afrânio de Araújo Filho, Manoel Luiz de Cerqueira Neto, Walderi Monteiro da Silva Junior, Telma Cristina Fontes Cerqueira, Valter Joviniano de Santana Filho
Postoperative complications do not influence the pattern of early lung function recovery after lung resection for lung cancer in patients at risk
Maja Ercegovac, Dragan Subotic, Vladimir Zugic, Radoslav Jakovic, Dejan Moskovljevic, Slavisa Bascarevic, Natasa Mujovic
The extent of papillary muscle approximation affects mortality and durability of mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation
Satoru Wakasa, Suguru Kubota, Yasushige Shingu, Tomonori Ooka, Tsuyoshi Tachibana, Yoshiro Matsui
Fibrinogen concentrate administration attributes to significant reductions of blood loss and transfusion requirements in thoracic aneurysm repair
Koji Yamamoto, Akihiko Usui, Junki Takamatsu
Right axillary and femoral artery perfusion with mild hypothermia for aortic arch replacement
Jige Guo, Yue Wang, Jihong Zhu, Jie Cao, Zili Chen, Zhijun Li, Ximing Qian
Propensity matched analysis of longterm outcomes following transcatheter based aortic valve implantation versus classic aortic valve replacement in patients with previous cardiac surgery
Nestoras Papadopoulos, Nina Schiller, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Ralf Lehmann, Christian F Weber, Anton Moritz, Mirko Doss, Andreas Zierer
Aortic stiffness as a marker of cardiac function and myocardial strain in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
Emaddin Kidher, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Hatam Naase, Darrel P Francis, Paul Evans, Thanos Athanasiou
New, goal-directed approach to renal replacement therapy improves acute kidney injury treatment after cardiac surgery
Jiarui Xu, Xiaoqiang Ding, Yi Fang, Bo Shen, Zhonghua Liu, Jianzhou Zou, Lan Liu, Chunsheng Wang, Jie Teng
Iatrogenic left ventricular-right atrial communication after tricuspid annuloplasty; a case report
Eiki Tayama, Yukihiro Tomita, Ken-ichi Imasaka, Takanori Kono
A comparison of off-pump and on-pump coronary bypass surgery in patients with low EuroSCORE
Abdulkadir Ercan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Tolga Onder, Davit Saba
Surgical management of superior vena cava syndrome following pacemaker lead infection: a case report and review of the literature
John Kokotsakis, Umar AR Chaudhry, Dimitris Tassopoulos, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Michail Vernandos, Meletis Kanakis, Thanos Athanasiou
Rupture of equine pericardial aortic-root patch after aortic valve replacement with aortic annulus enlargement: a case report
Akimasa Morisaki, Yasuyuki Kato, Manabu Motoki, Yosuke Takahashi, Shinsuke Nishimura, Toshihiko Shibata
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using mobile computed tomography: New method for locating of small lung nodules
Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Kichizo Kaga, Naoto Senmaru, Yoshihisa Kotani, Yoshiro Matsui
Intradiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adult
Jang-Hoon Lee, Mi-Jin Kim
Primary malignant chest wall tumors: analysis of 40 patients
Reza Bagheri, Seyed Ziaollah Haghi, Mahmoud reza Kalantari, Alireza Sharifian Attar, Maryam Salehi, Azadeh Tabari, Maliheh Soudaneh
Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura slowly growing over 17 years: case report
Hyun Woo Jeon, Soon Seog Kwon, Young-Du Kim
One size does not fit all: the influence of age at surgery on outcomes following Norwood operation
Tara Karamlou, Kristen Sexson, Andrea Parrish, Karl F Welke, D Michael McMullan, Lester Permut, Gordon Cohen
Interatrial conduction disturbance in postoperative atrial fibrillation: a comparative study of P-wave dispersion and Doppler myocardial imaging in cardiac surgery
Nima Hatam, Ali Aljalloud, Karl Mischke, Elias A Karfis, Rüdiger Autschbach, Rainer Hoffmann, Andreas Goetzenich
High plasma levels of high mobility group box 1 is associated with the risk of sepsis in severe blunt chest trauma patients: a prospective cohort study
Xiao-Wen Wang, Avash Karki, Xing-Ji Zhao, Xiao-Yong Xiang, Zhi-Qian Lu
Total arch repair for acute type A aortic dissection with open placement of a modified triple-branched stent graft and the arch open technique
Liang-Wan Chen, Xi-Jie Wu, Xiao-Fu Dai, Lin Lu, Dong-Shan Liao, Chao Li, Qian-Zhen Li
Microporous polysaccharide hemosphere absorbable hemostat use in cardiothoracic surgical procedures
Brian A Bruckner, Lance N Blau, Limael Rodriguez, Erik E Suarez, Uy Q Ngo, Michael J Reardon, Matthias Loebe
Bilateral trans-radial approach in stenting of occluded right axillary artery
Sasko Kedev, Aleksandar Jovkovski, Biljana Zafirovska
Rebuttal to "Life-threatening cardiac tamponade: a rare complication of acupuncture": Who framed acupuncture?
Tae-Hun Kim, Jung Won Kang
Impact of age on early outcome after coronary bypass graft surgery using minimized versus conventional extracorporeal circulation
Philipp Kolat, Michael Ried, Assad Haneya, Alois Philipp, Reinhard Kobuch, Stephan Hirt, Michael Hilker, Christof Schmid, Claudius Diez
AVATS: Awake Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery –extended series report
Ara S Klijian, Michael Gibbs, Nicole T Andonian
Clinical study on postoperative recurrence in patients with pN0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Xu-feng Guo, Teng Mao, Zhi-tao Gu, Chun-yu Ji, Wen-tao Fang, Wen-hu Chen
A modified total arch replacement combined with a stented elephant trunk implantation for acute type A dissection under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion
Su-Min Yang, Ping Xu, Cheng-Xiang Li, Qiang Huang, Hong-Bo Gao, Zhen-Fu Li, Qing Chang
Sutureless management of left ventricle wall rupture; a series of three cases
Remco Bergman, Jayant S Jainandunsing, Bozena D Woltersom, Inez J den Hamer, Ehsan Natour
Evaluation of the prevalence of coronary artery disease in patients with valvular heart disease
Zeynep Yapan Emren, Sadık Volkan Emren, Barış Kılıçaslan, Hatice Solmaz, İbrahim Susam, Ahmet Sayın, Burçin Abud, Mehmet Aydın, Özgür Bayturan
Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation
Thorsten Wittwer, Parwis Rahmanian, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Mohamed Zeriouh, Samira Karavidic, Klaus Neef, Astrid Christmann, Tanja Piatkowski, Anke Schnapper, Matthias Ochs, Christian Mühlfeld, Thorsten Wahlers
Combination use of platelets and recombinant activated factor VII for increased hemostasis during acute type a dissection operations
Wen Yan, Chengluan Xuan, Guojia Ma, Liang Zhang, Ning Dong, Zijian Wang, Rihao Xu
Reversal of paralysis and visceral ischemia after thoracic aortic ligation for infection via extra anatomic ascending aorta to infarenal aorta bypass graft
Hamdy Awad, Haytham Elgharably, Lamia Buohliqah, Galina T Dimitrova, Michael R Go
May positron emission tomography reveal ectopic or active thymus in preoperative evaluation of non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis?
Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Orazio Schillaci
Fibroblast phenotypes in different lung diseases
Heng Du, Dali Chen, Yubin Zhou, Zhaojie Han, Guowei Che
Vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the management of lung abscess
Zsolt Sziklavari, Michael Ried, Hans-Stefan Hofmann
Thoracoscopic surgery for bronchobiliary fistula: a case report
Yen-Shou Kuo, Shih-Chun Lee, Hung Chang, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Tsai-Wang Huang
Repair for Mitral Valve Aneurysm using autologous pericardium: a case of our experience
Hongqiang Zhang, Hao Chen, Xiaoning Sun, Shouguo Yang, Chunsheng Wang
Blood stasis may cause thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy
Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Satoko Uemura, Yasuhito Shoji, Satoshi Hayama, Tatsunosuke Ichimura, Naoto Senmaru, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga, Yoshiro Matsui
Cardioplegia at subnormothermia facilitates rapid functional resuscitation of hearts preserved in SOMAH for transplants
Samar K Lowalekar, Patrick R Treanor, Hemant S Thatte
Surgical management of mitral valve infective endocarditis with annular abscess and calcification in the setting of a leaking mycotic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report
Jordan DW Ross, Masashi Ura, Allan Kruger, Jeremy Wright
Late surgical repair of a traumatic ventricular septal defect
Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Roberto P Casula, Thanos Athanasiou
Lessons learned from the use of 1,977 in-situ bilateral internal mammary arteries: a retrospective study
Siamak Mohammadi, Francois Dagenais, Pierre Voisine, Eric Dumont, Richard Baillot, Daniel Doyle, Eric Charbonneau, Dimitri Kalavrouziotis
Removal of a giant intrathoracic cyst from the anterior mediastinum
Wobbe Bouma, Theo J Klinkenberg, Caroline Van De Wauwer, Wim Timens, Massimo A Mariani
Etiology of pulmonary venous aneurysm diagnosed by a combination of echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography: a case report
Yun Mou, Yan Cheng, Qiang Feng, Chenyao Ni
The "cut-in patch-out" technique for Pancoast tumor resections results in postoperative pain reduction: a case control study
Daniel J Weber, Ikenna C Okereke, Thomas J Birdas, DuyKhanh P Ceppa, Karen M Rieger, Kenneth A Kesler
Wire ‘missing’: a rare presentation of preoperative localization wire system dislocation
Xiaofeng Chen, Shaohua Wang, Zhenhua Hao, Qinyun Ma
Ventriculo-atrial defect after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement
Jayant S Jainandunsing, Remco Bergman, Jacob Wilkens, Angela Wang, Guido Michielon, Ehsan Natour
A clinical study of thoracoscopy-assisted mitral valve replacement concomitant with tricuspid valvuloplasty, with domestically manufactured pipeline products for cardiopulmonary bypass
Hua Cao, Qiang Chen, Qian-Zhen Li, Liang-Wan Chen, Gui-Can Zhang, Dao-Zhong Chen, Zhi-Huang Qiu, Yun-Nan Hu, Jia-Jun He
A new human heart vessel identification, segmentation and 3D reconstruction mechanism
Aqeel Al-Surmi, Rahmita Wirza, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Khalid, Mohd Zamrin Dimon
Correction of aortic coarctation in a girl with severe PHACE syndrome
Lian Xiong, Zhenkun Xia, Chengming Fan, Weizhi Zhang, Jinfu Yang
Severe non-traumatic bleeding events detected by computed tomography: do anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents have a role?
Olivier Risch, Agaicha Alfidja, Aurelien Mulliez, Anderson H Amani, Louis Boyer, Lionel Camilleri, Kasra Azarnoush
Simultaneous repair of pectus excavatum and congenital heart disease without cardiopulmonary bypass or sternal osteotomy
Yong Sun, Peng Zhu, Shao-Yi Zheng
Predictors of in-hospital mortality after mitral valve surgery for post-myocardial infarction papillary muscle rupture
Wobbe Bouma, Inez J Wijdh-den Hamer, Bart M Koene, Michiel Kuijpers, Ehsan Natour, Michiel E Erasmus, Iwan C C van der Horst, Joseph H Gorman III, Robert C Gorman, Massimo A Mariani
A case of lethal spontaneous massive hemothorax in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1
Luisa Zacarias Föhrding, Timur Sellmann, Sebastian Angenendt, Detlef Kindgen-Milles, Stefan A Topp, Bernhard Korbmacher, Artur Lichtenberg, Wolfram T Knoefel
Del Nido Cardioplegia can be safely administered in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting surgery after acute myocardial infarction: a propensity matched comparison
Halit Yerebakan, Robert A Sorabella, Marc Najjar, Estibaliz Castillero, Linda Mongero, James Beck, Maliha Hossain, Hiroo Takayama, Mathew R Williams, Yoshifumi Naka, Michael Argenziano, Emile Bacha, Craig R Smith, Isaac George
Straight versus S-shaped sternotomy: a histologic study in the sheep model
Bekir Inan, Fatih Kucukdurmaz, Sebnem Karakan, Melike E Teker, Caner Akcan, Gulay B Dilek, Kenan Daglioglu
Chylothorax following endovascular aortic repair with subclavian revascularization - a case report
Yuan-Jang Hsu, Pin-Ru Chen, Yu-Sen Lin, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Chien-Kuang Chen
The value of routine chest radiographs after minimally invasive cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study
Martijn Tolsma, Mohamed Bentala, Peter M J Rosseel, Bastiaan M Gerritse, Homme A J Dijkstra, Paul G H Mulder, Nardo J M van der Meer
Early administration of levosimendan is associated with improved kidney function after cardiac surgery – a retrospective analysis
Felix Balzer, Sascha Treskatsch, Claudia Spies, Michael Sander, Mark Kastrup, Herko Grubitzsch, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Jan P Braun
Extrapleural pneumonectomy plus rib resection for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report
Yoshinori Yamashita, Hiroaki Harada, Hidenori Mukaida, Mayumi Kaneko
Association between older age and outcome after cardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study
Wei Wang, Sean M Bagshaw, Colleen M Norris, Rami Zibdawi, Mohamad Zibdawi, Roderick MacArthur
A case study of pulmonary embolism from the right atrial shunt after acute type a aortic dissection surgery
Wei J Yang, Qun J Duan, Hai F Cheng, Ai Q Dong
An exception that proves the rule: recurrence free survival five years after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Tom Treasure, Fergus Macbeth
The use of CorMatrix extracellular matrix for aortic root enlargement
Derek R Brinster, Jay A Patel
Traumatic rupture of the coronary sinus following blunt chest trauma: a case report
Do Wan Kim, Kyo Seon Lee, Kook Joo Na, Sang Gi Oh, Yong Hun Jung, In Seok Jeong
Poststernotomy mediastinitis: a classification to initiate and evaluate reconstructive management based on evidence from a structured review
Jan J van Wingerden, Dirk T Ubbink, Chantal MAM van der Horst, Bas AJM de Mol
The impact of epidural analgesia compared to systemic opioid-based analgesia with regard to length of hospital stay and recovery of bowel function: retrospective evaluation of 1555 patients undergoing thoracotomy
Sandra Kampe, Gerhard Weinreich, Christopher Darr, Kolja Eicker, Georgios Stamatis, Thomas Hachenberg
Erratum to: Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection?
Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Andrea Marshall, Amy Kerr, Khalid Hussain, Robin Wotton, Ehab Bishay, Maninder Kalkat, Pala Rajesh, Richard Steyn, Babu Naidu
Castleman’s disease- a diagnostic dilemma
Anupama Barua, Kostas Vachlas, Richard Milton, James Andrew Charles Thorpe
Successful surgical intervention for delayed chylopericardial tamponade following aortic valve replacement: a case report
Takayuki Gyoten, Toshio Doi, Kazuaki Fukahara, Naoki Yoshimura
Dieulafoy’s disease of the bronchus: report of a case and review of the literature
Yu Fang, Qingchen Wu, Bin Wang
Predictors and prevention of flow insufficiency due to limited flow demand
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