The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Publication Date: 01 August 2025

Letter to the Editor

Voucharas, Christos; Vouchara, Angeliki: Every Piece of Knowledge has its Value

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Reply to Letter to the Editor

Coşgun, Tuğba; Doğruyol, Talha; Tezel, Çağatay: Reply to Every Piece of Knowledge has its Value

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Publication Date: 31 July 2025

How to Do It

Son, Jongbae; Kim, Dae Hyun; Cho, Sang-Ho: Single-Incision Thoracoscopic Surgery using Spinal Needle Anchoring

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Letter to the Editor

Martínez-Sellés, Manuel: Morphology Voltage P-wave Duration Score and Atrial Fibrillation Risk

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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: 24 July 2025

Original Thoracic

Levchenko, Evgeny; Klochkov, Mikhail; Mikhnin, Alexander; Levchenko, Nikita; Ergnyan, Stepan; Mamontov, Oleg; Shabinskaya, Viktoriia: Lung Chemoperfusion Improves Relapse-Free Survival after Metastasectomy for Colorectal Cancer

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Publication Date: 22 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Guven, Hakan; Cetintas, Demir: Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Supported Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Flexible and Effective Alternative to Off-Pump Surgery

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Publication Date: 18 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Akansel, Serdar; Dini, Martina; Sündermann, Simon H.; Jacobs, Stephan; Falk, Volkmar; Kempfert, Jörg; Kofler, Markus: Validation of a Risk Calculator for Surgical Repair of Primary Mitral Regurgitation

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Ruge, Hendrik; Burri, Melchior; Erlebach, Magdalena; Voss, Stephanie S.; Puluca, Nazan; Campanella, Caterina; Wirth, Felix; Xhepa, Erion; Stein, Andreas; Krane, Markus: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Compared to Surgery: One-Year Clinical Outcome

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Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 17 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Yang, Cheng-Wei; Ma, Wei-Guo; Liu, Hao; Li, Xin; Peng, Ming-Liang; Huang, Lian-Jun; Sun, Li-Zhong: Midterm Outcomes of Transcatheter Closure of Anastomotic Leak after Ascending Aortic Surgery

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Publication Date: 07 July 2025

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Lacin, Tunc; Ermerak, Nezih Onur; Onen, Haktan Uygar; Aridas, Aleyna Gultekin: Surgical Repair of Pectus Arcuatum

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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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Supplementary Material

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

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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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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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