DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 05 · Volume 73 · August 2025 DOI: 10.1055/s-015-62045

Editorial

331
Boening, Andreas: “With a Little Help from My Friends”

Review Article

332
Kirov, Hristo; Caldonazo, Tulio; Mukharyamov, Murat; Toshmatov, Sultonbek; Fleckenstein, Philine; Kyashif, Timur; Siemeni, Thierry; Doenst, Torsten: Cardiac Surgery 2024 Reviewed
Supplementary Material
346
Rangwala, Hussain Sohail; Rangwala, Burhanuddin Sohail; Alotaibi, Moath; Siddiq, Mohammad Arham; Qamber, Amna; Zaidi, Syeda Dua E. Zehra; Naveed, Tooba; Naveed, Hufsa; Azam, Syed Talal; Hameed, Ishaque: Clinical Outcomes with High- versus Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid Infusion in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

360
Leviner, Dror B.; Abraham, Dana; Shiner, Maayan; Schwartz, Naama; Lavon, Ophir; Sharoni, Erez: Implementation of a Short-term Treatment Protocol in Anemic Patients before Cardiac Surgery
Supplementary Material
368
Chuong, Pham Tran Viet; Thuan, Phan Quang; Thanh, Vu Tri; Dinh, Nguyen Hoang: Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Single-Center Experience in Vietnam
373
Niemann, Bernd; Doll, Nicolas; Grubitzsch, Herko; Hanke, Thorsten; Knaut, Michael; Senges, Jochen; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Vondran, Maximilian; Böning, Andreas: Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in High-Risk Patients: Success versus Risk
Supplementary Material
387
Zajonz, Thomas; Edinger, Fabian; Hofmann, Johannes; Yoerueker, Uygar; Akintürk, Hakan; Markmann, Melanie; Müller, Matthias: Evaluation of Point-of-Care-Directed Coagulation Management in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Supplementary Material

Original Basic Science

401
Zhao, Kun; Wang, Mei: miR-92b-3p Protects against Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting MAP3K2 in a Mouse Model
Supplementary Material
410
Zhu, Mei; Yuan, Zhiguo; Wen, Chuanyun; Wei, Xiaojia: DEX Inhibits H/R-induced Cardiomyocyte Ferroptosis by the miR-141-3p/lncRNA TUG1 Axis

Original Thoracic

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Ozgur, Gizem Kececi; Yavuz, Hasan; Cakan, Alpaslan; Durgun, Kevser; Ergonul, Ayse Gul; Akcam, Tevfik Ilker; Özdil, Ali; Bayraktaroglu, Selen; Turhan, Kutsal; Cagirici, Ufuk: Analysis of Factors Affecting Prolonged Air Leak and Expansion Failure in the Lung after Resection in Patients with Pulmonary Malignancy and Predictive Value of Preoperative Quantitative Chest Computed Tomography
427
Galetin, Thomas; Rheinhold, Lisann; Klamer, Rachel; Alkhatam, Ahmet; Koryllos, Aris: Role of the Goddard Score in Predicting Prolonged Air Leak in Pulmonary Segmentectomies