DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 03 · Volume 61 · April 2013 DOI: 10.1055/s-003-24829

Editorial

  • 179
    Heinemann, M. K.:

    Space Invaders

    • Original Cardiovascular

  • 180
    Dörge, Hilmar; Sellin, Christian; Bury, Maike-Corinna; Drescher, Andreas; Seipelt, Ralph; Grossmann, Marius; Danner, Bernhard C.; Schoendube, Friedrich A.:

    Incidence of Deep Sternal Wound Infection Is Not Reduced with Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients

  • 185
    Friberg, Örjan; Bodin, Lennart:

    Collagen Gentamicin for Prevention of Sternal Wound Infection: Effective or Not?

  • 194
    Moon, Mi Hyoung; Kang, Joon Kyu; Kim, Hwan Wook; Jo, Keon Hyun; Choi, Soo Hwan; Song, Hyun:

    Pain After Median Sternotomy: Collateral Damage or Mitigatable Byproduct?

  • 202
    Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Hacibaramoglu, Meltem; Kati, Canan; Muller, Dominik; Flöter, Julius; Moritz, Anton:

    Chronic Poststernotomy Pain after Cardiac Surgery: Correlation of Computed Tomography Findings on Sternal Healing with Postoperative Chest Pain

  • 209
    Temizkan, Veysel; Arslan, Gokhan; Ugur, Murat; Alp, Ibrahim; Yedekci, Erturk; Ucak, Alper; Tas, Dilaver; Yilmaz, Ahmet Turan:

    Reversed C Sternotomy versus Conventional Sternotomy in Cardiac Surgery

  • 223
    Yu, Su-Yang; Liu, Lei; Li, Pu; Li, Jie:

    Rapamycin Inhibits the mTOR/p70S6K Pathway and Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis in Adriamycin-induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  • 229
    Xiang, Xujin; Lin, Haixia; Liu, Jin; Duan, Zeyan:

    Equivalent Cardioprotection Induced by Ischemic and Hypoxic Preconditioning

  • 234
    Deppe, Antje-Christin; Kuhn, Elmar; Scherner, Maximilian; Slottosch, Ingo; Liakopoulos, Oliver; Langebartels, Georg; Choi, Yeong-Hoon; Wahlers, Thorsten:

    Coagulation Disorders Do Not Increase the Risk for Bleeding during Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheotomy

    • Original Thoracic

  • 215
    Lococo, F.; Cesario, A.; Mattei, F.; Petrone, G.; Vita, L. M.; Petracca-Ciavarella, L.; Margaritora, S.; Granone, P.:

    Elastofibroma Dorsi: Clinicopathological Analysis of 71 Cases

  • 240
    Hayes, Don; Weiland, Aaron; Kirkby, Stephen; Galantowicz, Mark; McConnell, Patrick I.; Tobias, Joseph D.:

    Gram-Negative Infection and Bronchiectasis in Lung Transplant Recipients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

  • 246
    Keshava, Hari B.; Farver, Carol F.; Brown, Chase R.; Shafii, Alexis E.; Murthy, Sudish C.; Yun, James J.; Vakil, Nakul; Pettersson, Gosta B.; Mason, David Park:

    Timing of Heparin and Thrombus Formation in Donor Lungs after Cardiac Death

    • Special Report

  • 251
    Heim, Christian; Nooh, Ehab; Kondruweit, Markus; Weyand, Michael; Tandler, Rene:

    Single Centre Experience with Prolonged Waiting Time on Transplant List with “High-Urgency” Status

  • 258
    Celik, Sezai; Gurer, Onur; Aydemir, Cuneyt:

    Sternal Dehiscence Accompanied by Protrusion of the Left Lung Through the Chest Wall

    • Case Report

  • 255
    Yildirim, Y.; Pecha, S.; Sill, B.; Deuse, T.; Reichenspurner, H.:

    Severe Bacterial Superinfection Based on Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia in a Heart–Lung Transplant Recipient

  • 261
    Deschka, Heinz; Machner, Matthias; Wimmer-Greinecker, Gerhard:

    Presternal False Aneurysm Due to Osseous Arrosion of the Right Ventricle

  • 264
    Bedeir, Kareem; Hassanein, Wael:

    Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Unusual Presentation in an Adult

  • 267
    Kaths, Moritz; Ebert, Maren; Galle, Peter R.; Keilmann, Annerose; Lang, Hauke; Gockel, Ines:

    Late Consequences of Traumatic Rupture of the Diaphragm

    • Erratum

  • 270
    Hijazi, E.:

    Erratum to: Aspirin does not increase bleeding and allogenic blood transfusion in coronary artery surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;59:421-424