DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Publication Date: 10 May 2022

Review Article

Doenst, Torsten; Schneider, Ulrich; Can, Tolga; Caldonazo, Tulio; Diab, Mahmoud; Siemeni, Thierry; Färber, Gloria; Kirov, Hristo: Cardiac Surgery 2021 Reviewed
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 19 April 2022

Original Thoracic

Jin, Juying; Du, Xunsong; Min, Su; Liu, Ling: Comparison of Chronic Postsurgical Pain Between Single-Port and Multi-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection: A Prospective Study

Short Communication

Ohira, Suguru; Malekan, Ramin; Kai, Masashi; Spielvogel, David: Safe Technique of Coronary Button Preparation in Redo Bentall Operation

Publication Date: 13 March 2022

Original Thoracic

Liu, Yu-Wei; Chou, Andre; Chou, Shah-Hwa: Experience of Simultaneous Bilateral Open Surgery and VATS for Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Publication Date: 09 March 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Li, J.; Stadlbauer, A.; Terrazas, A.; Floerchinger, B.; Pfister, K.; Creutzenberg, M.; Oikonomou, K.; Schmid, C.; Rupprecht, L.: Mid-Term Outcomes of a Hybrid Approach Involving Open Surgery Plus TEVAR of the Descending Aorta in the Treatment of Complex Type A Dissection

Original Thoracic

Goyal, Ankur; Khan, Imtiyaz Ahmad; Kumar, Aditya; Bhalla, Ashu Seith; Sharma, Raju; Das, Abanti; Bale, Manjunath; Parshad, Rajinder: Chest-Wall Collateral Embolization to Reduce Surgical Blood Loss in Peripheral Aspergillomas

Publication Date: 07 March 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Alwan, Louhai; Ruge, Hendrik; Krane, Markus; Prinzing, Anatol; Noebauer, Christian; Lange, Rüdiger; Erlebach, Magdalena: Incidence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch in Valve-in-Valve with a Supra-Annular Valve

Publication Date: 02 March 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Gyoten, Takayuki; Rojas, Sebastian V.; Fox, Henrik; Deutsch, Marc-Andre; Ruiz-Cano, Maria; Hakim-Meibodi, Kavous; Gummert, Jan F.; Morshuis, Michiel; Schramm, René: The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD): A Single Institutional 10-Year Experience

Original Thoracic

İşgörücü, Özgür; Citak, Necati: Survival Analysis of Surgically Resected ypN2 Lung Cancer after Neoadjuvant Therapy

Publication Date: 25 February 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Jung, Yochun; Lee, Kyo Seon; Oh, Sang Gi; Jeong, Yangseung: Routine Mediastinal Drainage Fluid Culture for Early Diagnosis of Poststernotomy Mediastinitis

Original Cardiovascular

Pingpoh, Clarence; Kreibich, Maximillian; Berger, Tim; Thoma, Martin; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Comberg, Thomas; Fagu, Albi; Siepe, Matthias; Czerny, Martin: Clinical Outcomes after Mitral Valve Surgery in Failed MitraClip Procedures

Review Article

Tamburini, Nicola; Bombardini, Cristina; Chiappetta, Marco; Maniscalco, Pio; Valpiani, Giorgia; Cesario, Alfredo; Cirocchi, Roberto; Anania, Gabriele; Stefanelli, Antonio; Cavallesco, Giorgio; Margaritora, Stefano; Lococo, Filippo: Association of the Extent of Resection with Survival in Multiple Primary Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 12 February 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Taghiyev, Zulfugar T.; Bechtel, Matthias; Schlömicher, Markus; Useini, Dritan; Taghi, Hamid Naraghi; Moustafine, Vadim; Strauch, Justus T.: Early-Term Results of Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement versus Standard Bioprosthesis Implantation Combined with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Original Thoracic

Millaire, Émilie; Ouellet, Étienne; Fortin, Marc; Martel, Simon; Milot, Julie; Bilodeau, Lara; Conti, Massimo; Provencher, Steeve; Dion, Geneviève: Outcomes Following Surgical Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Monocenter Experience

Short Communications

Narayan, Pradeep; Kumar, Satish; Kapoor, Lalit: Sacubitril-Valsartan in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting—Is It Safe?

Publication Date: 10 February 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Li, Han-Yan; Tsai, Feng-Chun; Lu, Cheng-Hui; Chou, An-Hsun; Huang, Huei-Chiun; Gersak, Borut: Sutureless Valve in Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis: Modified Technique and Midterm Outcome

Original Cardiovascular

Rashvand, Jacqueline; Ostovar, Roya; Schroeter, Filip; Hartrumpf, Martin; Kuehnel, Ralf-Uwe; Albes, Johannes M.: Results of Four-Stented Biological Aortic Valves and How They Compare to PARTNER-3

Publication Date: 08 February 2022

Letter to the Editor

Macbeth, Fergus; Treasure, Tom: Pulmonary Metastasectomy: Association Is Not Causation

Original Cardiovascular

Hasde, Ali Ihsan; Sarıcaoğlu, Mehmet Cahit; Kılıçkap, Mustafa; Durdu, Mustafa Serkan: Single or Combined Valve Surgery and Concomitant Right Coronary Artery Bypass through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy Approach

Original Cardiovascular

Saha, Shekhar; Dudakova, Anna; Danner, Bernhard C.; Kutschka, Ingo; Schulze, Marco H.; Niehaus, Heidi: Bacterial Spectrum and Infective Foci in Patients Operated for Infective Endocarditis: Time to Rethink Strategies?

Original Thoracic

Fiorelli, Alfonso; Cascone, Roberto; Carlucci, Annalisa; Natale, Giovanni; Noro, Antonio; Bove, Mary; Santini, Mario: Bleeding during Learning Curve of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: CUSUM Analysis Results

Review Article

Tekneci, Ahmet Kayahan; Ozgur, Gizem Kececi; Akcam, Tevfik Ilker; Cagirici, Ufuk: Bibliometric Analysis of 50 Most Cited Articles Comparing Lobectomy with Sublobar Resection

Publication Date: 02 February 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Ibrahim, Khalid Shaker; Kheirallah, Khaled; Mayyas, Fadia; Waqfi, Nizar; Al-Zoubi, Nabil; Wagner, David Van: Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Lehrke, Jan; Boos, Margarete; Cordes, Andreas; Leitsmann, Conrad; Friedrich, Martin: Effects of a Technical Solution on Stress of Surgical Staff in Operating Theatres

Original Cardiovascular

Petrov, Asen; De Glee Romera, Juan Pablo; Wilbring, Manuel; Alexiou, Konstantin; Kappert, Utz; Matschke, Klaus Ehrhard; Tugtekin, Sems-Malte: Aortic Thrombosis following COVID-19: A Systematic Review

Original Cardiovascular

Schlömicher, Markus; Useini, Dritan; Haldenwang, Peter Lukas; Naraghi, Hamid; Moustafine, Vadim; Bechtel, Matthias; Strauch, Justus Thomas: Outcomes in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block after Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement

Original Thoracic

Rashidi, Farid; Parvizi, Rezayat; Bilejani, Eisa; Mahmoudian, Babak; Koohi, Ata: Outcome of Surgery for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease without Pulmonary Hypertension

Publication Date: 18 January 2022

Original Basic Science

Zhou, Yan; Dong, Xia; Zhang, Lei: Dexmedetomidine Can Reduce the Level of Oxidative Stress and Serum miR-10a in Patients with Lung Cancer after Surgery
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Hulde, Nikolai; Zittermann, Armin; Tigges-Limmer, Katharina; Koster, Andreas; Weinrautner, Nicole; Gummert, Jan; von Dossow, Vera: Preoperative Risk Factors and Early Outcomes of Delirium in Valvular Open-Heart Surgery

Original Cardiovascular

Schafigh, Myriam; Welz, Armin; Hamiko, Marwan; Kohistani, Zaki; Treede, Hendrik; Probst, Chris: Risk Factors for High Blood Product Use in Patients with Stanford Type A Dissection

Publication Date: 17 January 2022

Original Cardiovascular

Goebel, Nora; Holder, Simone A.; Huether, Franziska; Bail, Dorothee H. L.; Franke, Ulrich F. W.: Left Subclavian Artery Sacrifice in Acute Aortic Dissection Repair using the Frozen Elephant Trunk

Original Thoracic

Wiedenroth, Christoph B.; Bandorski, Dirk; Ariobi, Kanischka; Ghofrani, H.-Ardeschir; Lankeit, Mareike; Liebetrau, Christoph; Pruefer, Diethard; Mayer, Eckhard; Kriechbaum, Steffen D.; Guth, Stefan: Does Age Matter? Pulmonary Endarterectomy in the Elderly Patient with CTEPH

Short Communications

Orbay, Hakan; Seng, Sirivan; Kim, Daniel Wonsuk; Geller, Charles M.: Increasing Incidence of Sternoclavicular Joint Infections in Intravenous Drug Users

Publication Date: 31 December 2021

How to Do It

Zhang, Min; Chen, Liang; Wu, Qingchen; Ge, Mingjian: Functional Preserving Sublobectomy: A Novel Method for Sublobectomy
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Penov, Kiril; Haugen, Matz Andreas; Radakovic, Dejan; Hamouda, Khaled; Gorski, Armin; Leyh, Rainer; Bening, Constanze: Decellularized Pulmonary Xenograft Matrix PplusN versus Cryopreserved Homograft for RVOT Reconstruction during Ross Procedure in Adults

Original Thoracic

Ling, Gonghao; Zhou, Jun; Ding, Xun; Long, Qingyun: Emergency Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Acute Mediastinal Hemorrhage

Reply to Letter to the Editor

Dudek, Wojciech; Schreiner, Waldemar; Haj Khalaf, Mohamed; Sirbu, Horia: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Publication Date: 28 December 2021

Original Thoracic

Aydogmus, Umit; Ozturk, Gokhan; Kis, Argun; Karakaya, Yeliz Arman; Aybek, Hulya; Bir, Ferda: An Experimental Study on Timing in Tracheal Stenosis Surgery

Original Thoracic

Tian, Ye; An, Jianli; Zou, Zibo; Dong, Yanchao; Wu, Jingpeng; Chen, Zhuo; Niu, Hongtao: Computed Tomography–Guided Microcoil Localization of Pulmonary Nodules: Effects of Multiple Punctures

Publication Date: 11 December 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Arslan, Ahmet Kadir; Erdil, Nevzat; Guldogan, Emek; Colak, Cemil; Akca, Baris; Colak, M. Cengiz: Prediction of Postcoronary Artery Bypass Grafting Atrial Fibrillation: POAFRiskScore Tool

Original Cardiovascular

Immohr, Moritz Benjamin; Boeken, Udo; Smiris, Konstantinos; Erbel-Khurtsidze, Sophiko; Oehler, Daniel; Dalyanoglu, Hannan; Westenfeld, Ralf; Aubin, Hug; Tudorache, Igor; Lichtenberg, Artur; Akhyari, Payam: Removal of Electrophysiological Devices in the Context of Heart Transplantation: Comparison of Combined and Staged Extraction Procedures

Original Cardiovascular

Ntinopoulos, Vasileios; Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Odavic, Dragan; Haeussler, Achim; Dzemali, Omer: Ejection Fraction Recovery after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Original Cardiovascular

Petrov, Asen; Kappert, Utz; Schmidt, Torsten; Matschke, Klaus Ehrhard; Wilbring, Manuel: Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Cardiac Surgery
Supplementary Material

Original Thoracic

Zorrilla-Vaca, Andres; Feldman, Hope; Antonoff, Maria; Sepesi, Boris; Hofstetter, Wayne; Rajaram, Ravi; Swisher, Stephen; Mena, Gabriel; Vaporciya, Ara; Mehran, Reza; Rice, David: Single Chest Drain Practice Reduces Discharge Opioid Prescriptions in Thoracic Surgery

Review Article

Gerfer, Stephen; Grandoch, Maria; Wahlers, Thorsten C.W.; Kuhn, Elmar W.: Factor Xa Inhibitors for Patients after Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement?

Publication Date: 22 November 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Gerfer, Stephen; Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Brinkschröder, Sarah; Djordjevic, Ilija; Rustenbach, Christian; Rahmanian, Parwis; Mader, Navid; Kuhn, Elmar; Wahlers, Thorsten: Is It Reasonable to Perform Isolated SAVR by Residents in the TAVI Era?

Original Cardiovascular

Gerçek, Muhammed; Ghabrial, Mina; Glaubitz, Lina; Kuss, Oliver; Aboud, Anas; Paluszkiewicz, Lech; Gummert, Jan; Börgermann, Jochen; Gerçek, Mustafa: Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Amputation on Left Atrial Morphology and Rhythm after Off-Pump CABG
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Wittlinger, Thomas; Schramm, René; Bleiziffer, Sabine; Rudolph, Volker; Gummert, Jan Fritz; Deutsch, Marcus-André: Prognosis and Clinical Results after Coronary Artery Bypass Operation in Young Patients Aged <45 Years: Chances and Limitations of a New Therapy Option

Publication Date: 15 October 2021

Original Thoracic

Kosse, Nils Jurriaan; Galetin, Thomas; Schwarz, Sarah Bettina; Mathes, Tim; Koryllos, Aris; Lopez-Pastorini, Alberto; Beckers, Frank; Stoelben, Erich: Results of the Diaphragmatic Plication Database: 10 Years' Experience
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 21 September 2021

Original Thoracic

Liu, Ganwei; Bian, Wenjie; Zu, Guili; Liu, Jing; Zhang, Guoxin; Li, Changji; Jiang, Guanchao: Development of a 3D Printed Lung Model Made of Synthetic Materials for Simulation

Publication Date: 14 September 2021

Original Basic Science

Heng, Lei; Wang, Mingyu; Wang, Mingquan; Li, Li; Zhu, Shanshan: Thoracic Paravertebral Block Ameliorates Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Patients

Original Cardiovascular

Cizmic, Amila; Kuhn, Elmar; Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Weber, Carolyn; Rahmanian, Parwis Baradaran; Adam, Matti; Mauri, Victor; Rudolph, Tanja; Baldus, Stephan; Wahlers, Thorsten: Valve-in-Valve TAVR versus Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Outcomes

Original Cardiovascular

Rohrbach, Susanne; Dominik, Elisabeth; Mirow, Nikolas; Vogt, Sebastian; Böning, Andreas; Niemann, Bernd: Surgical Ablation of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Age, LV Dilatation, Obesity
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Rustenbach, Christian Jörg; Djordjevic, Ilija; Gerfer, Stephen; Ivanov, Borko; Gaisendrees, Christopher; Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Wahlers, Thorsten: Multiple Grafting with Single Left Internal Mammary Artery as T-Graft with Itself

Original Cardiovascular

Wehbe, Mahmoud; Albert, Marc; Lewalter, Thorsten; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Senges, Jochen; Hanke, Thorsten; Doll, Nicolas; on behalf of the CASE-AF Investigators: The German CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation Registry: In-Hospital Outcomes

Original Thoracic

Tamburini, Nicola; D'Urbano, Francesco; Bagolini, Francesco; Trapella, Giulia Salerno; Quarantotto, Francesco; Cavallesco, Giorgio; Maniscalco, Pio: Unilateral Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Thymoma: Does Side Matter? A Single Institutional Experience

Review Article

Krzelj, Kristina; Petricevic, Mate; Gasparovic, Hrvoje; Biocina, Bojan; McGiffin, David: Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections: A Systematic Review
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 17 August 2021

Original Thoracic

Tacconi, Federico; Carlea, Federica; La Rocca, Eleonora; Vanni, Gianluca; Ambrogi, Vincenzo: Systemic Inflammation after Uniport, Multiport, or Hybrid VATS Lobectomy for Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 10 August 2021

How to Do It

Vural, Kerem M.; Sabuncu, Timucin: Technique for Adaptation of Konno Aortoventriculoplasty in Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch

Original Thoracic

Sayan, Bihter; Yamansavci Sirzai, Esra; Yildizeli, Bedrettin: A Word of Caution for Gossypiboma

Publication Date: 29 July 2021

Reviews

Doenst, Torsten; Caldonazo, Tulio; Schneider, Ulrich; Moschovas, Alexandros; Tkebuchava, Sophie; Safarov, Rauf; Diab, Mahmoud; Färber, Gloria; Kirov, Hristo: Cardiac Surgery 2020 Reviewed
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 16 July 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Saha, Shekhar; Lang, Andrea; von der Linden, Julia; Wassilowsky, Dietmar; Peterss, Sven; Pichlmaier, Maximilian; Hagl, Christian; Juchem, Gerd; Joskowiak, Dominik: Clinical Results and Quality of Life after Nonelective Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 07 July 2021

Short Communications

Bertolaccini, Luca; Galetta, Domenico; Sedda, Giulia; de Marinis, Filippo; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Safety Analysis of Salvage Surgery for Advanced Stages or Metastatic Lung Cancers
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 27 June 2021

How to do it

Lutter, Georg; Lozonschi, Lucian; Frank, Derk; Puehler, Thomas: New Intercostal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Access: No Touch

Original Cardiovascular

Huuskonen, Antti; Kesävuori, Risto; Raivio, Peter: Outcomes after Surgery for Endocarditis among Intravenous Drug Users and Nonusers

Original Cardiovascular

Kmiec, Lukasz; Zerdzitzki, Matthaeus; Schmid, Christof; Debl, Kurt; Sossalla, Samuel; Hilker, Michael; Holzamer, Andreas: Evaluation of the MANTA Vascular Closure Device in Transfemoral TAVI

Original Thoracic

Liu, Lei; Zhang, Jiaqi; Wang, Guige; Guo, Chao; Chen, Yeye; Huang, Cheng; Li, Shanqing: Delayed Discharge after Thoracic Surgery under the Guidance of ERAS Protocols

Publication Date: 01 June 2021

Original Thoracic

Slama, Alexis; Zaatar, Mohamed; Demir, Muhittin; Okumus, Oezlem; Mattheis, Stefan; Kampe, Sandra; Darwiche, Kaid; Lang, Stephan; Aigner, Clemens: Tracheal Resection after Previous Treatment Provides Comparable Outcome to Primary Surgery

Review

Ng, Josiah; Masuda, Yoshio; Ng, Jun Jie; Leow, Lowell; Choong, Andrew M. T. L.; Mithiran, Harish: Lobar versus Sublobar Resection in the Elderly for Early Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
Supplementary Material

Review Article

Martini, Katharina; Frauenfelder, Thomas: Old Borders and New Horizons in Multimodality Imaging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Publication Date: 27 May 2021

Original Thoracic

Napolitano, Michael A.; Sparks, Andrew D.; Werba, Gregor; Rosenfeld, Ethan S.; Antevil, Jared L.; Trachiotis, Gregory D.: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lung Resection in United States Veterans: Trends and Outcomes versus Thoracotomy
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 03 May 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Choi, Jae Woong; Hwang, Ho Young; Lee, Yeiwon; Sohn, Suk Ho; Kim, Kyung Hwan; Kim, Ki-Bong; Ahn, Hyuk: Incidence and Risk Factors of Pannus after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 21 April 2021

Original Thoracic

Lee, Kanghoon; Jeong, Yong Ho; Ryu, Jin-Sook; Kim, Yong-Il; Kim, Hyeong Ryul; Park, Seung-Il: Surgical Outcomes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Single-Zone N2 in the Aortopulmonary Zone

Publication Date: 16 April 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Liu, Tom X.; Tanenbaum, Mira T.; Seo, Claire H.; Park, Dan; Lystash, John C.; Joseph, Mark; Arnold, William S.: Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Pulmonary Hypertension: Outcomes in SAVR
Supplementary Material

Review Article

Chen, Xingshi; Zhang, Zhengyuan; Xu, Ning; Ma, Dongchun; Li, Hecheng: Review of Approaches to Developing Intersegmental Plane during Segmentectomy

Publication Date: 13 April 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Useini, Dritan; Beluli, Blerta; Christ, Hildegard; Schlömicher, Markus; Patsalis, Polykarpos; Haldenwang, Peter; Strauch, Justus: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Transfemoral Access

Original Thoracic

Campisi, Alessio; Dell'Amore, Andrea; Zhang, Yonghui; Gu, Zhitao; Ciarrocchi, Angelo Paolo; Faccioli, Eleonora; Bertolaccini, Luca; Rea, Federico; Stella, Franco; Fang, Wentao: Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: What Is the Optimal Time Interval and Amount of Blood?
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 29 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hansen, Lorenz; Ozga, Ann-Kathrin; Klusmeier, Michael; Hillebrand, Mathias; Tulun, Aysun; Pannek, Nora; Rieß, Friedrich-Christian: The Freestyle Valve in Severe Necrotizing Aortic Root Endocarditis: Comorbidity Upon Outcome

Publication Date: 24 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Burri, Melchior; Ruge, Hendrik; Erlebach, Magdalena; Lange, Rüdiger: Surgical Cutdown Avoids Vascular Complications in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Calcified and Small Femoral Arteries
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 04 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hulde, Nikolai; Zittermann, Armin; Deutsch, Marcus-Andre; von Dossow, Vera; Gummert, Jan E.; Koster, Andreas: Moderate Dose of Tranexamic Acid and Complications after Valvular Heart Surgery
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 24 February 2021

Short Communication

Erlebach, Magdalena; Ruge, Hendrik; Lange, Ruediger: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for a Degenerated Transcatheter Valve—A Single Center Experience

Publication Date: 19 February 2021

How to Do It

Lee, Seok In; Choi, Chang Hyu; Park, Kook Yang; Park, Chul-Hyun: “Wings of a Butterfly” Technique in Modified Bentall's Procedure

Publication Date: 18 February 2021

Letter to the Editor

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

Original Cardiovascular

Ntinopoulos, Vasileios; Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Odavic, Dragan; Haeussler, Achim; Loeblein, Helen; Dzemali, Omer: Aortic Root Replacement with Reimplantation of the Aortic Valve: A Low-Volume Center Experience

Original Thoracic

Taber, Samantha; Pfannschmidt, Joachim; Bauer, Torsten T.; Blum, Torsten G.; Grah, Christian; Griff, Sergej: Is Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy Always Mandatory in Patients with Resected N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

Publication Date: 12 February 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Meisenbacher, Katrin; Osswald, Anja; Bischoff, Moritz Sebastian; Böckler, Dittmar; Karck, Matthias; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Geisbüsch, Philipp: TEVAR Following FET: Current Outcomes of Rendezvous Procedures in Clinical Practice

Short Communication

Chamogeorgakis, Themistokles; Moquin, Kenneth; Simoff, Michael; Nemeh, Hassan: Repair of Bronchial Anastomosis Following Lung Transplantation

Publication Date: 04 February 2021

Original Cardiovascular

El Beyrouti, Hazem; Izzat, Mohammad Bashar; Kornberger, Angela; Halloum, Nancy; Dohle, Kathrin; Trinh, Tran Tong; Vahl, Christian-Friedrich; Dorweiler, Bernhard: Ovine Biosynthetic Grafts for Aortoiliac Reconstructions in Nonsterile Operative Fields

Original Thoracic

Bertolaccini, Luca; Prisciandaro, Elena; Sedda, Giulia; Lo Iacono, Giorgio; Filippi, Niccolò; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: The Weekday Effect on Morbidity of Lung Cancer Surgery: A Real-World Analysis

Original Thoracic

Takamori, Satoshi; Oizumi, Hiroyuki; Suzuki, Jun; Suzuki, Katsuyuki; Kabasawa, Takanobu: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy for Deep and Peripheral Small Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 21 January 2021

Original Thoracic

Izhakian, Shimon; Wasser, Walter; Unterman, Avraham; Fruchter, Oren; Gorelik, Oleg; Kramer, Mordechai: Long-Term Success of Metal Endobronchial Stents in Lung Transplant Recipients

Original Thoracic

Xu, Mu; Hu, Jiajia; Yan, Jianqin; Yan, Hong; Zhang, Chengliang: Paravertebral Block versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Postthoracotomy Pain Relief: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Publication Date: 19 January 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Li, Yi-Jia; Ma, Wei-Guo; Qi, Yue; Zhu, Jun-Ming; Yang, Ya; Sun, Li-Zhong: Does the 45 mm Size Cutoff for Ascending Aortic Replacement Predict Better Early Outcomes in Bicuspid Aortic Valve?

Publication Date: 18 January 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Ostovar, Roya; Laux, Magdalena; Kuehnel, Ralf-Uwe; Schroeter, Filip; Braun, Christian; Erb, Michael; Albes, Johannes M.: Immunosuppressive Agents and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Real Correlation or Mere Coincidence?

Publication Date: 31 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Li, Jing; Zilz, Christian; Floerchinger, Bernhard; Holzamer, Andreas; Camboni, Daniele; Schach, Christian; Schmid, Christof; Rupprecht, Leopold: Long-Term Results of Patch Repair in Destructive Valve Endocarditis

Publication Date: 24 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Rupprecht, Leopold; Schopka, Simon; Keyser, Andreas; Lunz, Dirk; Sossalla, Samuel; Hilker, Michael; Schmid, Christof: 25 Years' Experience with Redo Operations in Cardiac Surgery—Third-Time Sternotomy Procedures

Publication Date: 13 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Faerber, Gloria; Tkebuchava, Sophie; Scherag, André; Bley, Maximilian; Kirov, Hristo; Diab, Mahmoud; Doenst, Torsten: Right Mini-Thoracotomy for Aortic Plus Mitral with or without Tricuspid Valve Surgery

Publication Date: 04 September 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Hamiko, Marwan; Charitos, Efstratios I.; Velten, Markus; Hilbert, Tobias; Putensen, Christian; Treede, Hendrik; Duerr, Georg Daniel: Mannitol Is Associated with Less Postoperative Delirium after Aortic Valve Surgery in Patients Treated with Bretschneider Cardioplegia
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 28 July 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Berger, Tim; Voetsch, Andreas; Alaloh, Diaa; Kreibich, Maximilian; Krombholz-Reindl, Philipp; Winkler, Andreas; Rylski, Bartosz; Wolfgruber, Thomas; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Siepe, Matthias; Seitelberger, Rainald; Czerny, Martin; Gottardi, Roman: Diameter Changes in Traumatic Aortic Injury: Implications for Stent-Graft Sizing

Publication Date: 11 July 2020

How to do it

Wang, Chuan; Ma, Weiguo; Gu, Chengxiong; Li, Jingxing: Novel Cardioplegia Delivery in Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 26 June 2020

Erratum

Wang, Qi; Wu, Zixiang; Chen, Gang; Zhang, Sai; Shen, Gang; Wu, Ming: Erratum to: Two-Stage Indicators to Assess Learning Curves for Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

Publication Date: 04 October 2019

Erratum

Casiraghi, Monica; Galetta, Domenico; Borri, Alessandro; Tessitore, Adele; Romano, Rosalia; Diotti, Cristina; Brambilla, Daniela; Maisonneuve, Patrick; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Erratum to: Ten Years' Experience in Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer

Erratum

Petrella, Francesco; Frassoni, Samuele; Bagnardi, Vincenzo; Casiraghi, Monica; Brambilla, Daniela; Diotti, Cristina; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Erratum to: Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Lung Cancers: Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors

Publication Date: 09 September 2019

Original Cardiovascular

Joskowiak, Dominik; Meusel, Daniela; Kamla, Christine; Hagl, Christian; Juchem, Gerd: Impact of Preoperative Functional Status on Quality of Life after Cardiac Surgery

Publication Date: 08 August 2019

Original Thoracic

Shimomura, Masanori; Iwasaki, Masashi; Ishihara, Shunta; Inoue, Masayoshi: Volume-Based Consolidation-to-Tumor Ratio Is a Useful Predictor for Postoperative Upstaging in Stage I and II Lung Adenocarcinomas

Publication Date: 15 May 2019

Erratum

Lo Torto, Federico; Turriziani, Gianmarco; Miraldi, Fabio; Carlesimo, Bruno; Ribuffo, Diego: Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy for the Treatment of Poststernotomy Wound Dehiscence in Neonates and Infants

Publication Date: 15 April 2019

Erratum

Härtel, J. A.; Müller, N.; Manunzio, U.; Manunzio, C.; De Marées, M.; Wolber, M.; Leibold, D.; Jung, T.; Breuer, J.; Herberg, U.: Erratum to: Physical Exercise Is Safe for Fontan Patients in Hypoxia