DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 05 · Volume 62 · August 2014 DOI: 10.1055/s-004-27475

Editorial

  • 379
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    It's a Small World

    • Original Cardiovascular

  • 380
    Funkat, A.; Beckmann, A.; Lewandowski, J.; Frie, M.; Ernst, M.; Schiller, W.; Gummert, J. F.; Cremer, J.:

    Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2013: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • 402
    Melki, Vilyam; Tano, Eva; Douhan Hakansson, Lena; Tran, Phan-Kiet; Knutson, Folke; Malinski, Tadeusz; Borowiec, Jan:

    Effect of Glyceryl Trinitrate on Staphylococcus aureus Growth and Leukocyte Activation during Simulated Extracorporeal Circulation

  • 409
    Biefer, Hector Rodriguez Cetina; Sündermann, Simon Harald; Emmert, Maximilian Yosri; Hasenclever, Peter; Lachat, Mario Louis; Falk, Volkmar; Wilhelm, Markus Johannes:

    Experience with a “Hotline” Service for Outpatients on a Ventricular Assist Device

  • 414
    Bartoli, Carlo R.; Ghotra, Amaninderapal S.; Pachika, Ajay R.; Birks, Emma J.; McCants, Kelly C.:

    Hematologic Markers Better Predict Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis than Echocardiographic or Pump Parameters

    • Special Report

  • 393
    Yankah, Charles; Fynn-Thompson, Francis; Antunes, Manuel; Edwin, Frank; Yuko-Jowi, Christine; Mendis, Shanthi; Thameur, Habib; Urban, Andreas; Bolman, Ralph:

    Cardiac Surgery Capacity in Sub—Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?

    • How to Do It

  • 419
    Deuse, Tobias; Reichenspurner, Hermann:

    Minimally Invasive Implantation of Biventricular Assist Devices

    • Short Communication

  • 422
    Kneidinger, Nikolaus; Winter, Hauke; Sisic, Alma; Preissler, Gerhardt; Neurohr, Claus; Czerner, Stephan; Weig, Thomas; Dolch, Michael; Uberfuhr, Peter; Schramm, René:

    Munich Lung Transplant Group: Waiting List during the First 9 Months of the Lung Allocation Score Era

    • Original Thoracic

  • 427
    Tanaka, Yugo; Shigemura, Norihisa; Noda, Kentaro; Kawamura, Tomohiro; Isse, Kumiko; Stolz, Donna B.; Bermudez, Christian A.:

    Optimal Lung Inflation Techniques in a Rat Lung Transplantation Model: A Revisit

  • 434
    Jeong, Jin Yong; Park, Hyung Joo; Park, Jae Kil; Jo, Keon Hyeon; Wang, Young Pil; Lee, Jongho; Shin, Jae Seong:

    Predictive Procedure for Compensatory Hyperhidrosis before Sympathectomy: Preliminary Findings

  • 439
    Jin, Cheng-Hua; Liu, Kai; Yu, Kai-Zhong; Tian, Hui; Mao, Zheng-Chun; Shen, Wei-Yu:

    Single-Port Thoracoscopic Sympathicotomy Using a Double-Lumen Electrocautery Tube and Cautery Hook for Primary Palmar Hyperhidrosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • 445
    Findikcioglu, Alper; Kilic, Dalokay; Hatipoglu, Ahmet:

    Is Clipping Superior to Cauterization in the Treatment of Palmar Hyperhidrosis?

    • Case Report

  • 450
    Ercan, Suleyman; Dogan, Adnan; Altunbas, Gokhan; Davutoglu, Vedat:

    Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: 12 Years of Follow-up. Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • 453
    Papaioannou, Vasilios; Mikroulis, Dimitrios; Chrysafis, Ioannis; Fotakis, Stelios; Pneumatikos, Ioannis:

    Hemoptysis Due to a Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in an Injecting Drug User

    • Letters to the Editor

  • 456
    Kapoor, Shailendra:

    Hughes–Stovin Syndrome: A Rare and Often Overlooked Cause of Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms

    • Erratum

  • e1
    Kang, Du-Young; Lee, Sungsoo:

    Erratum to: Lymphatic Vessel Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [epub ahead of print]