DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 02 · Volume 56 · March 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-11032

Original Cardiovascular

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Schöttler, J.; Lutter, G.; Böning, A.; Soltau, D.; Bein, B.; Caliebe, D.; Haake, N.; Schoeneich, F.; Cremer, J.: Is There Really a Clinical Benefit of Using Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?
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Pompilio, G.; Steinhoff, G.; Liebold, A.; Pesce, M.; Alamanni, F.; Capogrossi, M. C.; Biglioli, P.: Direct Minimally Invasive Intramyocardial Injection of Bone Marrow-Derived AC133+ Stem Cells in Patients with Refractory Ischemia: Preliminary Results
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Antonitsis, P.; Ioannidou-Papagiannaki, E.; Kaidoglou, A.; Charokopos, N.; Kalogeridis, A.; Kouzi-Koliakou, K.; Kyriakopoulou, I.; Klonizakis, I.; Papakonstantinou, C.: Cardiomyogenic Potential of Human Adult Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Vitro
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Duara, R.; Theodore, S.; Sarma, P. S.; Unnikrishnan, M.; Neelakandhan, K. S.: Correction of Coarctation of Aorta in Adult Patients - Impact of Corrective Procedure on Long-Term Recoarctation and Systolic Hypertension
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Dzemali, O.; Bakhtiary, F.; Israel, C. W.; Ackermann, H.; Moritz, A.; Kleine, P.: Impact of Different Pacing Modes on Left Ventricular Function Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Original Thoracic

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Demir, A.; Gunluoglu, M. Z.; Kara, H. V.; Buyukpinarbasili, N.; Dincer, S. I.: Prognostic Factors in Resected T3 Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: Perineural Invasion as a New Prognostic Factor
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Sonmezoglu, Y.; Turna, A.; Cevik, A.; Demir, A.; Sayar, A.; Dincer, Ý; Bedirhan, M. A.; Gurses, A.: Factors Affecting Morbidity in Chronic Tuberculous Empyema
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Jianjun, Q.; Song, Z.; Yin, L.; Jia, Z.; Donglei, L.: Treatment of Chylothorax with Elemene
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Hirschburger, M.; Sauer, S.; Schwandner, T.; Schief, W.; Kuchenbuch, T.; Zoerb, C.; Janßen, H.; Grau, V.; Stertmann, W.; Rau, W. S.; Padberg, W.: Extratumoral Spiral Fixed Wire Marking of Small Pulmonary Nodules for Thoracoscopic Resection

Short Communications

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Ozay, B.; Ozer, N.; Ketenci, B.; Demirtas, M.: Unsuspected Location of a Ventricular Septal Defect after Blunt Chest Trauma
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Elbey, M. A.; Erkut, B.; Becit, N.; Sevimli, S.: Emergency Surgical Treatment of a Giant Unruptured Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta: The Importance of Routine Chest X‐Ray
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Babin-Ebell, J.; Roth, P.: Delayed Pericardial Tamponade, Mitral Insufficiency and VSD after Stab Wound to the Heart
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Celkan, M. A.; Daglar, B.; Kazaz, H.; Koruk, S.: Posterior Pericardial Ascending-to-Descending Aortic Bypass for Interrupted Aortic Arch in an Adult

Case Reports

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Bayram, A. S.; Köprücüoglu, M.; Filiz, G.; Gebitekin, C.: Case of Solitary Eosinophilic Granuloma of the Sternum
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Schwabegger, A. H.; Jeschke, J.; Del Frari, B.: A Rounded Dissector to Reduce Complications in the Minimally Invasive Repair (Nuss) of Pectus Excavatum in Adolescents and Adults
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Wei, S.; Tian, J.; Song, X.; Chen, Y.: Recurrence of Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma