DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Publication Date: 27 June 2017

Original Basic Science

Wang, Meng; Verhaegh, Rabea; Tsagakis, Konstantinos; Brencher, Lisa; Zwanziger, Denise; Jakob, Heinz G.; Groot, Herbert de; Dohle, Daniel-Sebastian: Impact of Acute Intestinal Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury on Hemodynamics and Remote Organs in a Rat Model

Publication Date: 19 June 2017

Short Communications

Imanishi, Naoko; Takenaka, Masaru; Hirai, Ayako; Tanaka, Fumihiro: Proximal Left Main Bronchus Resection–Reconstruction through Left Thoracotomy with Tracheal Traction

Short Communications

Padalino, Massimo A.; Carrozzini, Massimiliano; Vida, Vladimiro; Stellin, Giovanni: Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy for the Treatment of Poststernotomy Wound Dehiscence in Neonates and Infants

Publication Date: 11 June 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Kavakbasi, Erhan; Scheld, Hans Heinrich; Kessler, Torsten; Sindermann, Jürgen R.; Kösek, Volkan; Tjan, T. D. T.; Martens, Sven; Hoffmeier, Andreas: Postoperative Complications and Long-Term Results after Primary Cardiac Sarcoma Resection

Original Cardiovascular

Schroeter, Thomas; Vondran, Maximilian; Wehbe, Mahmoud Sleiman; Mende, Meinhard; Sauer, Matthias; Aydin, Muhammed Ikbal; Bakhtiary, Farhad; Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm: Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of a High-Risk Cohort

Publication Date: 05 June 2017

How-to-Do-It

Hecker, Matthias; Hecker, Andreas; Mayer, Konstantin; Witte, Biruta: Management of Persistent Air Leaks with Intrabronchial Valves

Letter to the Editor

Cerit, Levent: The Prognostic Role of SYNTAX Score in Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Puzzle

Original Cardiovascular

Monsefi, Nadejda; Risteski, Petar; Miskovic, Aleksandra; Moritz, Anton; Zierer, Andreas: Midterm Results of a Minimally Invasive Approach in David Procedure

Reply to Letter to the Editor

Anantha Narayanan, Mahesh; Reddy, Yogesh N. V.; Alla, Venkata M.; Kanmanthareddy, Arun; Suri, Rakesh: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article: SYNTAX Score and Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Bypass

Short Communication

Shoji, Fumihiro; Katsura, Masakazu; Haratake, Naoki; Akamine, Takaki; Takamori, Shinkichi; Takada, Kazuki; Toyokawa, Gouji; Okamoto, Tatsuro; Maehara, Yoshihiko: Surgical Repair of Pleuroperitoneal Communication with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Publication Date: 30 May 2017

Letter to the Editor

Russo, Marco; Nardi, Paolo; Saitto, Guglielmo; Bovio, Emanuele; Ruvolo, Giovanni: Focusing on Patient Subcategories: When Could We Expect a Suboptimal Late Result after Coronary Endarterectomy?

Reply to Letter to the Editor

Bitan, Ohad; Leshem, Eyal: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Publication Date: 17 May 2017

How to Do It

Grimminger, Peter P.; Lang, Hauke: Totally Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Gastric Pull-Up Reconstruction with an Intrathoracic Circular Stapled Anastomosis with a Team of Two (Surgeon and Assistant Only)
Supplementary Figure

Letter to the Editor

Domanin, Maurizio; Romagnoni, Giovanni: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Letter to the Editor

Robicsek, Francis: Prevention of Seroconversion after HIV-Infected Needle Stick

Publication Date: 16 May 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Alex, Shilpa; Hiebert, Brett; Arora, Rakesh; Menkis, Alan; Shah, Pallav: Survival and Long-Term Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged 55 to 65 Years

Original Cardiovascular

Essa, Yasin; Zeynalov, Natig; Sandhaus, Tim; Hofmann, Michael; Lehmann, Thomas; Doenst, Torsten: Low Fibrinogen Is Associated with Increased Bleeding-Related Re-exploration after Cardiac Surgery

Original Thoracic

Lin, Tzu-Hsin; Huang, Pei-Ming: Early Postoperative Endoscopy for Evaluation of the Anastomosis after Esophageal Reconstruction

Short Communication

Welk, Blayne; Winick-Ng, Jennifer; McClure, Andrew; Dubois, Luc; Nagpal, Dave: Cardiac Surgeons after Vacation: Refreshed or Rusty?

Publication Date: 02 May 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Youssef, Marwan; Salem, Oroa; Dünschede, Fritz; Vahl, Christian F.; Dorweiler, Bernhard: Adjunct Perfusion Branch for Reduction of Spinal Cord Ischemia in the Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Original Thoracic

Lei, Yiyan; Feng, Yanfen; Zeng, Bo; Zhang, Xin; Chen, Jingfu; Zou, Jianyong; Su, Chunhua; Liu, Zhenguo; Luo, Honghe; Zhang, Shuishen: Effect of Prophylactic Thoracic Duct Ligation in Reducing the Incidence of Postoperative Chylothorax during Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Publication Date: 20 April 2017

How to do it

Zhang, Linyou; Xu, Hao: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Right Upper Lobectomy with Bronchus-First and Simultaneous Vessel Stapling Technique

Original Cardiovascular

Liakopoulos, Oliver J.; Kuhn, Elmar W.; Slottosch, Ingo; Thielmann, Matthias; Wendt, Daniel; Kuhr, Kathrin; Jakob, Heinz; Wahlers, Thorsten; on behalf of the North-Rhine-Westphalia Study Group: Statin Therapy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Acute Coronary Syndrome

Short Communications

Wang, Tom Kai Ming; Pemberton, James: Performance of Endocarditis-Specific Risk Scores in Surgery for Infective Endocarditis

Publication Date: 12 April 2017

How to do it

Shaikhrezai, Kasra; Spadaccio, Cristiano; Hunter, Steven: Box Lesion with Single Radiofrequency Clamp

Original Cardiovascular

Leon, Maximiliano De; Stanham, Roberto; Soca, Gerardo; Dayan, Victor: Do Flow and Pulsatility Index within the Accepted Ranges Predict Long-Term Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Publication Date: 11 April 2017

Original Thoracic

Haddad, Laura; Bubenheim, Michael; Bernard, Alain; Melki, Jean; Peillon, Christophe; Baste, Jean-Marc: The Interest of Performing “On-Demand Chest X-rays” after Lung Resection by Minimally Invasive Surgery

Publication Date: 05 April 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Irqsusi, Marc; Vannucchi, Alessandro; Beckers, Julius; Kasseckert, Stefan; Waldhans, Stefan; Vogt, Sebastian; Moosdorf, Rainer G. H.: Early Results of Surgical Simultaneous Therapy for Significant Carotid Artery Stenosis and Heart Disease
Supplementary material

Publication Date: 29 March 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Dourado, Luciana Oliveira Cascaes; Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer; Pereira, Alexandre Costa; Poppi, Nilson Tavares; Dallan, Luis Alberto Oliveira; Krieger, José Eduardo; Cesar, Luiz Antonio Machado; Gowdak, Luís Henrique Wolff: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Diffuse Advanced Coronary Artery Disease: 1-Year Clinical and Angiographic Results

Publication Date: 24 March 2017

Short Communication

Karabulut, Ramazan; Turkyilmaz, Zafer; Sonmez, Kaan; Basaklar, Abdullah Can: Conservative Treatment with Octreotide to Provide Early Recovery of Children with Esophageal Perforation

Publication Date: 21 March 2017

Short Communication

Madjarov, Jeko M.; Katz, Michael G.; Poole, Brad; Madzharov, Svetozar; Fedor, John M.; Robicsek, Francis: An Extrapericardial Minimally Invasive Approach for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Publication Date: 17 March 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Bitan, Ohad; Pirundini, Paul A.; Leshem, Eyal; Consalvi, Carrie; McGurk, Siobhan; King, Quincy; Loberman, Dan: Coronary Endarterectomy or Patch Angioplasty for Diffuse Left Anterior Descending Artery Disease

Original Cardiovascular

Calafiore, Antonio M.; Sheikh, Azmat A.; Alfonso, Juan J.; Tantawi, Tarek; Maklouf, Belgeit; Shawki, Ahmed; Allam, Ahmed; Awadi, Mohammed O.; Osman, Ahmed A.; Habib, Aly M.; Di Mauro, Michele: Elective Primary or Secondary Delayed Sternal Closure Improves Outcome in Severely Compromised Patients

Publication Date: 10 March 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Baran, Cagdas; Cakici, Mehmet; Ozcinar, Evren; Durdu, Serkan; Inan, Bahadir; Sirlak, Mustafa; Akar, Ruchan: Clinical Results of Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Their Role in Risk Models: A Case-Control Study

Original Thoracic

Dobosz, Lukasz; Cwalina, Natalia; Stefaniak, Tomasz: Influence of Body Mass Index on Compensatory Sweating in Patients after Thoracic Sympathectomy due to Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Original Thoracic

Zhang, Wenxiong; Wei, Yiping; Jiang, Han; Xu, Jianjun; Yu, Dongliang: R3 versus R4 Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Severe Palmar Hyperhidrosis

Publication Date: 04 March 2017

Editor's Commentary

Heinemann, Markus K.: Editor's Commentary

Letter to the Editor

Heinemann, Markus K.: Reply by the Original Authors of the Article

Letter to the Editor

Vural, Kerem M.: Why Does Prosthetic Replacement Seemingly Have Higher Perioperative Mortality Than Valve Repair in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?

Original Cardiovascular

Dinges, Christian; Steindl, Johannes; Hitzl, Wolfgang; Kiesslich, Tobias; Seitelberger, Rainald: Evidence-based Surgery of Aortic Regurgitation: Results of a Questionnaire in German-speaking Countries

Publication Date: 01 March 2017

How to Do It

Kawai, Hideki: Fibrin Glue–Minocycline Combination as a Sustained Release for the Prevention of Postoperative Alveolar Air Leak in Thoracoscopic Lung Resections

Original Thoracic

Schweigert, Michael; Solymosi, Norbert; Dubecz, Attila; John, Joseph; West, Doug; Boenisch, Paul Leonhard; Karmy-Jones, Riyad; Ospina, Carlos F. Giraldo; Almeida, Ana Beatriz; Witzigmann, Helmut; Stein, Hubert J.: Predictors of Outcome in Modern Surgery for Lung Abscess

Publication Date: 15 February 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Hillebrand, Julia; Alshakaki, Mosab; Martens, Sven; Scherer, Mirela: Minimally Invasive Aortic Root Replacement with Valved Conduits through Partial Upper Sternotomy

Publication Date: 10 February 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Duerr, Georg Daniel; Sinning, Jan-Malte; Welz, Armin Georg; Mellert, Fritz: New Mitral Annuloplasty Ring Enables Oversizing of Transcatheter Heart Valve and Prevents Central or Paravalvular Leakage

Original Thoracic

Schulz-Drost, Stefan; Krinner, Sebastian; Langenbach, Andreas; Oppel, Pascal; Lefering, Rolf; Taylor, Dominic; Hennig, Friedrich F.; Mauerer, Andreas; the TraumaRegister DGU: Concomitant Sternal Fracture in Flail Chest: An Analysis of 21,741 Polytrauma Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU®

Publication Date: 28 January 2017

How to Do It

Rabiou, Sani; Younssa, Hama; Didier, James; Ibrahim, Magagi; Harissou, Adamou; Adakal, Ousseini; Sani, Rachid: A Simplified Technique for Drainage of Chronic Calcified Pleural Empyema

Original Thoracic

Findik, Gokturk; Demiröz, S. Mustafa; Apaydın, Selma Mine Kara; Ertürk, Hakan; Biri, Suzan; Incekara, Funda; Aydogdu, Koray; Kaya, Sadi: Computed Tomography–Guided Methylene Blue Labeling Prior to Thoracoscopic Resection of Small Deeply Placed Pulmonary Nodules. Do We Really Need Palpation?

Publication Date: 22 January 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Kadakia, Sagar; Taghavi, Sharven; Jayarajan, Senthil; Ambur, Vishnu; Wheatley, Grayson; Kaiser, Larry; Toyoda, Yoshiya: Examining Mortality and Rejection in Combined Heart–Lung Transplantations

Original Thoracic

Meyer, Christian; Bartsch, Detlef; Mirow, Nikolas; Kirschbaum, Andreas: Video-Assisted Laser Resection of Lung Metastases—Feasibility of a New Surgical Technique

Publication Date: 21 January 2017

Original Cardiovascular

Anantha Narayanan, Mahesh; Aggarwal, Saurabh; Reddy, Yogesh N. V.; Alla, Venkata M.; Baskaran, Janani; Kanmanthareddy, Arun; Suri, Rakesh M.: Surgical Repair of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation—A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Supplementary Appendix 1, Supplementary Checklist 1, Supplementary Figs. 1 and 2 and Supplementary Table 1

Publication Date: 09 January 2017

Letter to the Editor

Suwalski, Piotr: Atrioesophageal Fistula after Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Epicardial Ablation Reported by Kik

Letter to the Editor

Valen, R. van; Kik, C.; Mokhles, M. M.; Bogers, A. J. J. C.: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Letter to the Editor

Valen, Richard van; Kik, Charles; Mokhles, Mostafa M.; Bogers, Ad J.J.C.: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Letter to the Editor

van Putte, Bart P.; Weimar, Timo: Atrial-Esophageal Fistula after Thoracoscopic Maze Surgery: The Real Perspective

Publication Date: 03 January 2017

How to Do It

Chen, I-Ming; Chen, Po-Lin; Chang, Hsiao-Huang: No Clamp Complete Parachute Technique for Ascending Aorta Anastomosis in Hybrid Aortic Arch Debranching Surgery

Publication Date: 31 December 2016

Erratum

Zhang, Ruoyu; Bures, Maximilian; Höffler, Klaus; Jonigk, Danny; Haverich, Axel; Krueger, Marcus: In Vitro Comparison of Two Widely Used Surgical Sealants for Treating Alveolar Air Leak

Publication Date: 28 December 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Wengenmayer, Tobias; Stephan, Anna; Grundmann, Sebastian; Föll, Daniela; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Bode, Christoph; Geibel, Annette: Altered Regional Myocardial Mechanics in Transplanted Hearts: Influence of Time and Transplantation

Publication Date: 13 December 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Hamiko, Marwan; Endlich, Matthias; Krämer, Christian; Probst, Chris; Welz, Armin; Wilhelm, Kai; Schiller, Wolfgang: Dilatation of Vascular Prostheses in Ascending Aortic Position: A Long-Term Follow-Up Computed Tomography Study with Comparison of Different Measurement Methods

Publication Date: 30 November 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Shaikh, Asad F.; Joseph, Susan M.; Lima, Brian; Hall, Shelley A.; Malyala, Rajasekhar; Rafael, Aldo E.; Gonzalez-Stawinski, Gonzalo V.; Chamogeorgakis, Themistokles: HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Pump Exchange: A Single-Institution Experience

Publication Date: 17 November 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Beckmann, Erik; Ismail, Issam; Cebotari, Serghei; Busse, Alexander; Martens, Andreas; Shrestha, Malakh; Kühn, Christian; Haverich, Axel; Fegbeutel, Christine: Right-Sided Heart Failure and Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients Undergoing Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: A Risk Factor Analysis for Adverse Outcome

Original Thoracic

Garza-Castillon, Rafael; Berger, Jonathan; Andrade, Rafael; Podgaetz, Eitan: The Pharyngostomy Tube: Indications, Technique, Efficacy, and Safety in Modern Surgical Practice

Original Thoracic

Sponholz, Stefan; Baldes, Natalie; Schirren, Moritz; Oguzhan, Selma; Menke, Henrik; Schirren, Joachim: Sternal Resection for Breast Cancer Metastases

Publication Date: 05 October 2016

Original Thoracic

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

Publication Date: 29 September 2016

Short Communication

Kik, Charles; van Valen, Richard; Mokhles, Mostafa M.; Bekkers, Jos A.; Bogers, Ad J. J. C.: Atrioesophageal Fistula after Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Epicardial Ablation for Lone Atrial Fibrillation

Publication Date: 13 September 2016

Erratum

Lacroix, Valerie; Mosala Nezhad, Zahra; Kahn, David; Steyaert, Arnaud; Poncelet, Alain; Pieters, Thierry; Noirhomme, Philippe: Erratum: Pain, Quality of Life, and Clinical Outcomes after Robotic Lobectomy

Erratum

Mosala Nezhad, Zahra; Poncelet, Alain; Fervaille, Caroline; de Kerchove, Laurent; Gianello, Pierre: Erratum: Experimental Aortic Valve Cusp Extension with CorMatrix in a Porcine Model

Original Thoracic

Gunluoglu, Mehmet Zeki; Kocaturk, Celalettin Ibrahim; Demir, Adalet; Urer, Halide Nur; Dincer, Seyyit Ibrahim; Bedirhan, Mehmet Ali: Bronchial Stump Recurrence after Complete Resection of Lung Cancer: Effect of the Distance between the Tumor and Bronchial Resection Margin

Publication Date: 05 September 2016

Letter to the Editor

Oncel, Murat; Sunam, Guven Sadi; Yıldıran, Huseyın: Training with Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Publication Date: 30 August 2016

Original Thoracic

Lacroix, Valerie; Mosala Nezhad, Zahra; Kahn, David; Steyaert, Arnaud; Poncelet, Alain; Pieters, Thierry; Noirhomme, Philippe: Pain, Quality of Life, and Clinical Outcomes after Robotic Lobectomy

Short Communication

Tagawa, Tetsuzo; Ito, Kensaku; Fukuzawa, Kengo; Motohiro, Akira: Pulmonary Resection for a Residual Tumor after Definitive Radiation in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 12 August 2016

Original Thoracic

Seok, Yangki; Lee, Eungbae: Visceral Pleural Invasion Is a Significant Prognostic Factor in Patients with Partly Solid Lung Adenocarcinoma Sized 30 mm or Smaller

Publication Date: 10 August 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Christ, Torsten; Claus, Benjamin; Woythal, Nadine; Dushe, Simon; Falk, Volkmar; Grubitzsch, Herko: The Ross Procedure in Adults: Long-Term Results of Homografts and Stentless Xenografts for Pulmonary Valve Replacement

Original Cardiovascular

Jinghao, Zheng; Kai, Luo; Yanhui, Huang; Zhongqun, Zhu; Botao, Gao; Xinwei, Du; Zhiwei, Xu; Jinfen, Liu: Individualized Surgical Treatments for Children with Ebstein Anomaly

Review Article

Charitos, Efstratios I.; Wilbring, Manuel; Treede, Hendrik: Data Science Meets the Clinician: Challenges and Future Directions

Publication Date: 05 August 2016

Invited Commentary

Gaissert, Henning A.: Invited Commentary

Original Thoracic

Liu, Yu; Lu, Tao; Fan, Hong; Xu, Songtao; Ding, Jianyong; Lin, Zongwu; Wang, Qun: Surgical Approaches to Non-thyrogenic and Non-thymic Mediastinal Tumors of the Thoracic Inlet

Publication Date: 05 July 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Huenges, Katharina; Panholzer, Bernd; Fritzsche, Katharina; Broch, Ole; Renner, Jochen; Friedrich, Christine; Rahimi-Barfeh, Azizolah; Reinecke, Alexander; Cremer, Jochen; Haneya, Assad: Over Ten Years of Experience with a Modified Right Atrial Anastomosis in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Follow-up and Comparison with the Biatrial and Bicaval Technique

Original Thoracic

Kirschbaum, Andreas; Waubke, Katharina; Pehl, Anika; Steinfeldt, Thorsten; Bartsch, Detlef K.: Suture or Stapling Are Superior in Comparison to Bipolar Sealing for Closing the Bronchi

Short Communication

Yamanashi, Keiji; Marumo, Satoshi; Fukui, Motonari; Huang, Cheng-Long: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection and Prognosis after Surgery of Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study

Publication Date: 21 June 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Kepez, Alper; Mutlu, Bulent; Paudel, Ashok; Ileri, Cigdem; Atas, Halil; Yildizeli, Bedrettin: Prevalence of Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Collaterals in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Retrospective Analysis from a Single Center

Publication Date: 08 June 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Dong, Nian Guo; Zhang, Kai Lun; Wu, Long; Hong, Hao: Right Anterolateral Minithoracotomy versus Median Sternotomy Approach for Resection of Left Atrial Myxoma

Publication Date: 13 May 2016

Original Thoracic

Emmert, Alexander; Franke, Robert; Brandes, Ivo Florian; Hinterthaner, Marc; Danner, Bernhard C.; Bauer, Martin; Bräuer, Anselm: Comparison of Conductive and Convective Warming in Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Original Thoracic

Li, Yuping; Hu, Xuefei; Jiang, Gening; Chen, Chang: Pneumonectomy for Treatment of Destroyed Lung: A Retrospective Study of 137 Patients

Publication Date: 05 May 2016

Original Thoracic

Gunay, Samil; Candan, Huseyin; Yılmaz, Rahsan; Eser, Irfan; Aydoğmus, Umit: The Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Rib Fractures

Original Thoracic

Luzzi, Luca; Marulli, Giuseppe; Solli, Piero; Cardillo, Giuseppe; Ghisalberti, Marco; Mammana, Marco; Carleo, Francesco; Spaggiari, Lorenzo; Rea, Federico: Long-Term Results and Prognostic Factors of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Patients with Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma

Original Thoracic

Rantanen, Tuomo; Telaranta, Timo: Long-Term Effect of Endoscopic Sympathetic Nerve Reconstruction for Side Effects after Endoscopic Sympathectomy

Review Article

Naito, Shiho; Hillebrand, Mathias; Bernhardt, Alexander Martin Justus; Jagodzinski, Annika; Conradi, Lenard; Detter, Christian; Sydow, Karsten; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Kodolitsch, Yskert von; Girdauskas, Evaldas: The Value of Circulating Biomarkers in Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Aortopathy

Publication Date: 25 April 2016

Original Thoracic

Evman, Serdar; Baysungur, Volkan; Alpay, Levent; Uskul, Bahadir; Misirlioglu, Aysun Kosif; Kanbur, Serda; Dogruyol, Talha: Management and Surgical Outcomes of Concurrent Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 07 April 2016

Invited Commentary

Calafiore, Antonio M.; Iaco', Angela L.; Di Mauro, Michele: Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Randomized Trials or Observational Studies?

Reviews

Yun-dan, Deng; Wen-jing, Du; Xi-jun, Xiao: Comparison of Outcomes following Mitral Valve Repair versus Replacement for Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Meta-Analysis

Publication Date: 04 April 2016

Original Basic Science

Abicht, Jan-Michael; Mayr, Tanja Axinja Jelena; Jauch, Judith; Guethoff, Sonja; Buchholz, Stefan; Reichart, Bruno; Bauer, Andreas: Large-Animal Biventricular Working Heart Perfusion System with Low Priming Volume—Comparison between in vivo and ex vivo Cardiac Function

Original Thoracic

Kargi, Ahmet Bulent: Plantar Sweating as an Indicator of Lower Risk of Compensatory Sweating after Thoracic Sympathectomy

Original Thoracic

Lenz, Nils; Hirschburger, Markus; Roehrig, Rainer; Menges, Thilo; Mueller, Matthias; Padberg, Winfried; Mann, Valesco: Application of Continuous Wound-Infusion Catheters in Lung Transplantation: A Retrospective Data Analysis

Publication Date: 10 March 2016

Original Thoracic

Dudek, Wojciech; Schreiner, Waldemar; Hohenberger, Werner; Klein, Peter; Sirbu, Horia: Forty-Two Years' Experience with Pulmonary Resections of Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

Publication Date: 24 February 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Heringlake, Matthias; Schön, Julika; Pliet, Teresa; Haake, Nils; Reinecke, Alexander; Habicher, Marit; Sander, Michael; Markewitz, Andreas; Reuter, Daniel A.; Groesdonk, Heinrich Volker; Trummer, Georg; Pilarzyk, Kevin; von der Brelie, Michael; Bein, Berthold; Schirmer, Uwe: Prevalence, Diagnosis, Perioperative Monitoring and Treatment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction and/or Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Cardiac Surgical Patients in Germany—A Postal Survey

Publication Date: 23 February 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Schultheis, Molly; Saadat, Siavash; Dombrovskiy, Victor; Frenchu, Kiersten; Kanduri, Jaya; Romero, Joseph; Lemaire, Anthony; Ghaly, Aziz; Bastides, George; Rahimi, Saum; Lee, Leonard: Carotid Stenosis in Cardiac Surgery—No Difference in Postoperative Outcomes

Publication Date: 18 February 2016

Review Article

Doenst, Torsten; Schlensak, Christian; Schibilsky, David; Faerber, Gloria: Do We Need Basic Research in Cardiac Surgery?

Publication Date: 12 January 2016

Original Cardiovascular

Shingu, Yasushige; Sugiki, Hiroshi; Ooka, Tomonori; Kato, Hiroki; Wakasa, Satoru; Tachibana, Tsuyoshi; Matsui, Yoshiro: Surgery for Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction with a Relatively Thin Interventricular Septum

Original Thoracic

Podgaetz, Eitan; Berger, Jonathan; Small, Joe; Garza, Rafael; Andrade, Rafael: Therapeutic Pneumoperitoneum: Relevant or Obsolete in 2015?

Original Thoracic

Yazicioglu, Alkin; Demirag, Funda; Alici, Ibrahim Onur; Yekeler, Erdal; Karaoglanoglu, Nurettin: Can Sericin Prove Useful as a Pleurodesis Agent or Tissue Glue?