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

    Video available
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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 (XLS)

    • 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 (PDF)

    • 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