DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 03 · Volume 60 · April 2012 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-23182

Editorial

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Review

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Photiadis, Joachim; Sinzobahamvya, Nicodème; Hraška, Viktor; Asfour, Boulos: Does Bilateral Pulmonary Banding in Comparison to Norwood Procedure Improve Outcome in Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Beyond Second-Stage Palliation? A Review of the Current Literature

Original Cardiovascular

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Rüffer, A.; Klopsch, C.; Münch, F.; Gottschalk, U.; Mir, T. S.; Weil, J.; Reichenspurner, H. C.; Cesnjevar, R. A.: Aortic Arch Repair: Let It Beat!
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Boethig, Dietmar; Schreiber, Christian; Hazekamp, Mark; Blanz, Ute; Prêtre, Rene; Asfour, Boulos; Greco, Ruben; Alexi-Meskishvili, Vladimir; Gonçalves, Arturo; Breymann, Thomas: Risk Factors for Distal Contegra Stenosis: Results of a Prospective European Multicentre Study
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Vohra, Hunaid A.; Whistance, Robert N.; Baliulis, Gedrius; Janusauskas, Vilius; Kaarne, Marrkku; Veldtman, Gruschen R.; Roman, Kevin; Vettukattil, Joseph J.; Gnanapragasam, James; Salmon, Anthony P.; Haw, Marcus P.: Midterm Evaluation of Biological Prosthetic Valves in the Pulmonary Position of Grown-Up Patients
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Reents, W.; Froehner, S.; Diegeler, A.; Urbanski, P. P.: Ascending-to-Descending Bypass for Simultaneous Surgery of Aortic Coarctation with Other Cardiac Pathologies
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Murin, Peter; Sinzobahamvya, Nicodème; Blaschczok, Hedwig Ch; Photiadis, Joachim; Haun, Christoph; Asfour, Boulos; Hraska, Viktor: Aortopulmonary Window Associated with Interrupted Aortic Arch: Report of Surgical Repair of Eight Cases and Review of Literature
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Valeske, Klaus; Mueller, Matthias; Hijjeh, Nizar; Boening, Andreas; Schranz, Dietmar; Akintuerk, Hakan: Modified Repair of Interrupted Aortic Arch Utilizing Retroesophageal Right Subclavian Artery Based on a Neonatal Hybrid Approach in Hypoplastic Left Heart Complex

Short Communication

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Ma, R.-Y.; Yang, Z.-Y.; Zhong, Q.-J.; Xiao, Y.: Cor Triatriatum with Tetralogy of Fallot and Anomalous Drainage of Left Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report and Literature Review

Special Report

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Gajjar, T. P.; Desai, N. B.: Bicameral Repair of Right Pulmonary Artery to Left Atrial Communication

Case Report

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Furtado, A. D.; Manohar, S. R. K.; Pradhan, S. K.; Pillai, V.; Karunakaran, J.: Persistent Left Fifth Aortic Arch with Pentalogy of Fallot
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Said, S.; Salhab, K.; Muehlstedt, S.; Wahoff, D.: Paramediastinal Air Cyst with Traumatic Bronchial Injury: A Rare Complication of Neonatal Resuscitation
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Schweigert, M.; Wolf, F.; Stadlhuber, R. J.; Ficker, J. H.; Stein, H. J.: Infected Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst in a 12 Year Old Girl

Letter to the Editor

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Moosdorf, Rainer G. H.: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Implantation Does Not Affect Long-Term Survival after Isolated CABG in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (Thorac Cardiov Surg 2011;59:406–410)

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