The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Publication Date: 01 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Timur, Barış; Aksoy, Rezan; Duman, Zihni Mert; Çalışkan, Recep; Baş, Kandemir; Aydoğdu, Cem; Kocogullari, Cevdet Ugur: The Geometry of Survival: Left Ventricular Mass Index's Prognostic Value in Coronary Surgery

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Publication Date: 27 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Doll, Nicolas; Doll, Antonia; Horvath, Geza; Mönnig, Gerold; Pott, Christian; Hanke, Thorsten; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Senges, Jochen; Wehbe, Mahmoud: Totally Thoracoscopic Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: All-Box Clamping

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Publication Date: 25 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Glam, Roi; Ronai, Tom; Makhoul, Maged; Friedman, Tom; Raad, Mahli; Adler, Zvi; Cohen, Oved; Medalion, Benjamin; Bolotin, Gil: Effectiveness of Gentamicin–Collagen Sponges in Preventing Sternal Wound Infections

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Publication Date: 17 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Rau, Christian; Salzmann-Djufri, Miriam; Böning, Andreas; Rohrbach, Susanne; Niemann, Bernd: Do P-Wave Indices Manifest Atrial Fibrillation after Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation?

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Publication Date: 10 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Böning, Andreas; Chapugi, Balli; Heep, Martina; Gärtner, Ulrich; Niemann, Bernd; Taghiyev, Zulfugar T.: Experimental Comparison of Esmolol- and Blood-Based Cardioplegia for Long Aortic Clamping Times

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Publication Date: 05 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Taghiyev, Zulfugar T.; Beier, Lili-Marie; Leweling, Carina; Gunkel, Sophia; Sadowski, Kevin Mike; Assmus, Birgit; Boening, Andreas: Impact of SGLT2 Inhibitor Therapy on Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

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Original Thoracic

Mazzella, Antonio; Bardoni, Claudia; Bertolaccini, Luca; Casiraghi, Monica; Girelli, Lara; Iacono, Giorgio Lo; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: “Vetus Sed Utilis”: Open Window Thoracostomy after Lung Surgery

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Publication Date: 03 June 2025

How to Do It

Zhang, Yu; Wang, Heng; Liu, Jidong; Xue, Song: A Novel Sheath Aligning Method of Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization in TEVAR

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Publication Date: 29 May 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Heuer, Henrik; Song, Zhiyang; Hegner, Philipp; Truong, André; Wiesner, Sigrid; Terrazas, Armando; Larisch, Christopher; Aigner, Hans-Christoph; Floerchinger, Bernhard; Schmid, Christof; Li, Jing: Delayed Sternal Closure in Heart Surgery: Outcomes and Quality of Life

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Publication Date: 20 May 2025

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Perez-Castro, Pablo; Bush, Errol; Haut, Elliott; McGready, John; King, Betsy: Population-level Outcomes of Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) in Lung Transplantation

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Publication Date: 14 May 2025

How to Do It

Hadzijusufovic, Edin; Lozanovski, Vladimir J.; Bellaio, Luca; Tagkalos, Evangelos; Uzun, Eren; Griemert, Eva-Verena; Lang, Hauke; Grimminger, Peter P.: Single-Port Subcostal Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy—How to Do It?

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Publication Date: 02 May 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Rings, Laura; Boulos, Rasha; Ntinopoulos, Vasileios; Haeussler, Achim; Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Hector; Dzemali, Omer: Normothermic Circulatory Arrest with Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion for Type A Aortic Dissection

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“How to Do It”

Fiorelli, Alfonso; Di Filippo, Vincenzo; Vicario, Giuseppe; Capasso, Francesca: Retrograde Simultaneous Ligation of Apico-ventral Vessels during VATS RUL

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Publication Date: 30 April 2025

Original Thoracic

Merhej, Hayan; Saipbaev, Akylbek; Nakagiri, Tomoyuki; Selman, Alaa; Golpon, Heiko; Goecke, Tobias; Zardo, Patrick: Uniportal Video-Assisted Anatomical Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Severe Emphysema

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Yuan, Quan; Shen, Zixiong; Li, Zhiqin: Research Progress in Pediatric Lung Transplantation: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Publication Date: 18 April 2025

Original Thoracic

Xue, Yanan; Yu, Ru; Wang, Wei; Li, Lei; Tao, Jing; Zhuang, Qin; Li, Xiaohong; Zhang, Yang: Predicting the Risk of Postoperative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Lobectomy: Development and Assessment of a Novel Nomogram

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Publication Date: 15 April 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Boening, Andreas; Brühl, Marc; Büsch, Christopher; Luther, Niklas; Xoplaki, Elena; Arif, Rawa; Noack, Thilo; Pöling, Jochen; Czerny, Martin; Brickwedel, Jens; Peterss, Sven; Holubec, Tomas; Jawny, Philipp; for the GERAADA Study Group: Do the Frequency of Aortic Dissection Surgery and 30-day Survival Depend on the Day of the Week, Climate Parameters, or Moon Phase?

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Schenk, Sören; Pecha, Simon; Doll, Nicolas; Burger, Heiko; Knaut, Michael: Concomitant LAA Closure during Cardiac Surgery-Update 2025

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Publication Date: 27 March 2025

Review Article

Kirov, Hristo; Caldonazo, Tulio; Mukharyamov, Murat; Toshmatov, Sultonbek; Fleckenstein, Philine; Kyashif, Timur; Siemeni, Thierry; Doenst, Torsten: Cardiac Surgery 2024 Reviewed

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Short Communication

Evman, Serdar; Akyıl, Mustafa; Bayram, Serkan; Baysungur, Volkan: Metal Hypersensitivity after Nuss Procedure: What and When to do?

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