DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 08 · Volume 64 · December 2016 DOI: 10.1055/s-006-33002

Editorial

  • 619
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    “We Sing from the Diaphragm a Lot!”

  • 620
    Gaissert, Henning:

    Diaphragm Season

    • Review Article

  • 621
    Gaissert, Henning; Wilcox, Susan R.:

    Diaphragmatic Dysfunction after Thoracic Operations

  • 631
    Podgaetz, Eitan; Diaz, Ilitch; Andrade, Rafael Santiago:

    To Sink the Lifted: Selection, Technique, and Result of Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Plication for Paralysis or Eventration

  • 641
    Baldes, Natalie; Schirren, Joachim:

    Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Diaphragm

    • Original Thoracic

  • 647
    Rombolá, Carlos; Crespo, Marta Genovés; López, Pedro Tárraga; Martínez, Antonio Honguero; Atance, Pablo León; Ramírez, Ana Triviño; Montes, José Antonio Rodríguez:

    Video-Assisted Minithoracotomy Diaphragmatic Plication: Respiratory Effects in Adults

  • 654
    Rapicetta, Cristian; Voltolini, Luca; Lococo, Filippo; Vecchioni, Ilaria; Tenconi, Sara; Paci, Masimiliano; Ricchetti, Tommaso; Rossi, Marcello; Gotti, Giuseppe:

    Time-Trend Analysis of Pulmonary and Diaphragmatic Functionality in Patients with Diaphragmatic Palsy or with Chronic Diaphragmatic Hernia after Surgical Treatment

    • Original Cardiovascular

  • 661
    Zheng, Shuai; Zhang, Haibo; Li, Yan; Han, Jie; Jia, Yixin; Meng, Xu:

    Comparison of Left Atrial and Biatrial Maze Procedure in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Studies

  • 672
    Goette, Julia; Weimar, Timo; Vosseler, Martina; Raab, Michael; Walle, Ulrike; Czesla, Markus; Doll, Nicolas:

    Freezing Equals Freezing? Performance of Two Cryoablation Devices in Concomitant Mitral Valve Repair

  • 679
    Ziegelhoeffer, Tibor; Siebel, Alexander; Markewitz, Andreas; Doll, Nicolas; Bärsch, Volker; Reinartz, Markus; Oswald, Brigitte; Bimmel, Dieter; Meyer, Alexander; Weimar, Timo; Walther, Thomas; Burger, Heiko:

    Intraoperative Defibrillation Testing Should Not Be Generally Abandoned for All ICD Procedures—A Multicenter Study on 4,572 Consecutive Patients

  • 688
    Vlahou, Athanasia; Diplaris, Konstantinos; Ampatzidou, Fotini; Karagounnis, Lampos; Drossos, George:

    The Role of Blood Transfusion in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    • Christmas Special

  • 693
    Reichart, Bruno:

    The Color of a Heart