DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 05 · Volume 64 · August 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-006-32210

Editorial

  • 363
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    A Brief Letter on “Letters”

    • Commentary

  • 364
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    Editor's Commentary: The Letter to the Other Editor

    • Original Cardiovascular

  • 366
    Schaefer, Andreas; Conradi, Lenard; Seiffert, Moritz; Lubos, Edith; Blankenberg, Stefan; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Schaefer, Ulrich; Treede, Hendrik:

    Valve-in-Valve Procedures in Failing Biological Xenografts Using a Novel Balloon-Expandable Device: Experience in Aortic, Mitral, and Tricuspid Positions

  • 374
    Liu, Zhifang; He, Renliang; Wu, Canghao; Xia, Yu:

    Transfemoral versus Transapical Aortic Implantation for Aortic Stenosis Based on No Significant Difference in Logistic EuroSCORE: A Meta-Analysis

  • 382
    Silaschi, Miriam; Conradi, Lenard; Treede, Hendrik; Reiter, Beate; Schaefer, Ulrich; Blankenberg, Stefan; Reichenspurner, Hermann:

    Trends in Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in More Than 3,000 Consecutive Cases in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations

  • 392
    Stoliński, Jarosław; Fijorek, Kamil; Plicner, Dariusz; Grudzień, Grzegorz; Kruszec, Paweł; Musiał, Robert; Andres, Janusz:

    Perioperative Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy

  • 400
    Takagi, Hisato; Umemoto, Takuya:

    A Meta-Analysis of Sutureless or Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement

  • 410
    Okamoto, Yuki; Yamamoto, Kazuo; Sugimoto, Tsutomu; Yoshii, Shinpei:

    Early and Late Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement with Aortic Annular Enlargement: A Propensity Analysis

  • 418
    Disha, Kushtrim; Espinoza, Andres; Rouman, Mina; Secknus, Maria-Anna; Kuntze, Thomas; Girdauskas, Evaldas:

    Long-Term Recovery of Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction after Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

  • 427
    Martínez-Comendador, Jose; Marcos-Vidal, Jose Miguel; Gualis, Javier; Martin, Carlos Esteban; Martin, Elio; Otero, Javier; Castaño, Mario:

    Subclinical Hypothyroidism Might Increase the Risk of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Aortic Valve Replacement

  • 434
    Guenzinger, Ralf; Guenther, Thomas; Ratschiller, Thomas; Minkner, Kathrin; Rondak, Ina-Christine; Voss, Bernhard; Lange, Ruediger:

    Is a Profiled Annuloplasty Ring Suitable for Repair of Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation? A Single-Center Experience Comprising 200 Patients

  • 441
    Yalcinkaya, Adnan; Diken, Adem Ilkay; Aksoy, Eray; Lafci, Gokhan; Cicek, Omer Faruk; Kadirogullari, Ersin; Ulusar, Umit Deniz; Cagli, Kerim:

    Effect of Left Atrial Reduction on Restoration and Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Replacement: A Pilot Study

    • Editor's Commentary

  • 389
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    Editor's Commentary

    • Invited Commentary

  • 390
    Antunes, Manuel J.:

    Biological versus Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses. Has the Paradigm Shifted Definitively?

    • How to Do it

  • 447
    Bothe, Wolfgang; Doenst, Torsten:

    Ring-Noose-String Technique Allows Adjustable Papillary Muscle Repositioning During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Functional/Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

    Video available

    • Original Thoracic

  • 450
    Jin, Yu-xing; Jiang, Ge-ning; Jiang, Lei; Ding, Jia-an:

    Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation of 48 Cases of Broncholithiasis

  • 456
    Lin, Zong-wu; Gu, Jie; Xu, Song-tao; Ge, Di; Wang, Qun:

    Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration: Wedge Resection Is Feasible in Limited Peripheral Lesions