DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 08 · Volume 69 · December 2021 DOI: 10.1055/s-011-52416

Letter to the Editor

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Petricevic, Mate; Petricevic, Mirna; Piljic, Dragan; Rotim, Kresimir: The Association Between Perioperative Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analyses and Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery: Methodological Considerations
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Hu, Bin; Xue, Fu-Shan; Shao, Liu-Jia-Zi; Tian, Tian: Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for Postoperative Delirium
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Yankah, Charles: Access to Cardiac Surgery Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: No Connection

Original Cardiovascular

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Pilarczyk, Kevin; Werdan, Karl; Russ, Martin; Thiele, Holger; Michels, Guido; Boeken, Udo; Thielmann, Matthias: The German–Austrian S3 Guideline “Cardiogenic Shock Due to Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment”
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Saha, Shekhar; Karaca, Kübra; Jebran, Ahmad Fawad; Waezi, Narges; Ort, Katharina; Brandes, Ivo; Hagl, Christian; Niehaus, Heidi: Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for the Development of Postoperative Delirium after Cardiac Surgery
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Kaluza, Mirko; Färber, Gloria; May, Benjamin; Dobermann, Ute; Pletz, Mathias W.; Edel, Birgit; Löffler, Bettina; Doenst, Torsten: Heater–Cooler Devices and Risk of Contamination during Cardiac Surgery
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Wang, Lihui; Valencia, Oswaldo; Phillips, Simon; Sharma, Vivek: Implementation of Perioperative Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analyses Reduces Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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Zhang, Xun E.; Geng, Zhi; Shao, Jun; Yao, Hao; Wang, Lu; Li, Xiaobo; Li, Qingguo: The Heartguard: A Humanitarian Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Rural China
Supplementary Material

Reply to Letter to the Editor

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Saha, Shekhar; Niehaus, Heidi: Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for the Development of Postoperative Delirium after Cardiac Surgery

Short Communication

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Epstein, Danny; Vishnepolsky, Andrey; Bolotin, Gil; Atweh, Nardeen; Bonstein, Lilach; Lehavi, Amit: Effect of Prolonged Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Heparin, and Protamine on Platelet: A Small-Group Study
Supplementary Material

Short Communications

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Vervoort, Dominique; Premkumar, Akash; Ghandour, Hiba; Kpodonu, Jacques: Health System Needs to Establish Cardiac Surgery Centers

Original Thoracic

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Schulz-Drost, Stefan; Finkbeiner, Rebekka; Lefering, Rolf; Grosso, Marco; Krinner, Sebastian; Langenbach, Andreas; the TraumaRegister DGU: Lung Contusion in Polytrauma: An Analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU
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Galetta, Domenico; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Primary Intrathoracic Neurogenic Tumors: Clinical, Pathological, and Long-Term Outcomes
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Aydogmus, Umit; Kis, Argun; Ugurlu, Erhan; Ozturk, Gokhan: Superior Strategy in Benign Tracheal Stenosis Treatment: Surgery or Endoscopy?
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Celik, Ali; Sayan, Muhammet; Kankoc, Aykut; Tombul, Ismail; Kurul, Ismail Cüneyt; Tastepe, Abdullah Irfan: Various Uses of Laryngeal Mask Airway during Tracheal Surgery