DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 05 · Volume 57 · August 2009 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-19521

Special Report

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Kowert, A.; Meiser, B.; Ueberfuhr, P.; Reichart, B.: 50 Years of Cardiac Surgery at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Original Cardiovascular

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Breymann, T.; Blanz, U.; Wojtalik, M. A.; Daenen, W.; Hetzer, R.; Sarris, G.; Stellin, G.; Planche, C.; Tsang, V.; Weissmann, N.; Boethig, D.: European Contegra Multicentre Study: 7-Year Results after 165 Valved Bovine Jugular Vein Graft Implantations
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Rüffer, A.; Danch, A.; Gottschalk, U.; Mir, T.; Lacour-Gayet, F.; Haun, C.; Hraska, V.; Reichenspurner, H. C.; Cesnjevar, R. A.: The Norwood Procedure – Does the Type of Shunt Determine Outcome?
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Heidt, M. C.; Vician, M.; Stracke, S. K. H.; Stadlbauer, T.; Grebe, M. T.; Boening, A.; Vogt, P. R.; Erdogan, A.: Beneficial Effects of Intravenously Administered N-3 Fatty Acids for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study
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Sanioglu, S.; Tetik, S.; Sokullu, O.; Deniz, H.; Aydemir, N.; Yilmaz, M.; Arslan, I. Y.; Bilgen, F.: Aspirin Resistance after CABG

Original Thoracic

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Çelik, B.; Sahin, E.; Nadir, A.; Kaptanoglu, M.: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax: Etiology, Incidence and Risk Factors
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Bo, Cong; Xiaopeng, Dong; Chuanliang, Peng; Xiaogang, Zhao: Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors C and D Correlates with Lymphangiogenesis and Lymph Node Metastasis in Lung Adenocarcinoma
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Vasquez, J. C.; Montesinos, E.; Peralta, J.; Rojas, L.; DeLaRosa, J.; Leon, J. J.: Need for Lung Resection in Patients with Intact or Ruptured Hydatid Cysts

Short Communications

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Jin, H.; Yao, F.; Li, Z.-G.; Xu, Z. Y.: Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement with Reconstruction of the Intervalvular Fibrous Body in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
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Usta, E.; Hofbeck, M.; Kaulitz, R.; Sieverding, L.; Greil, G.; Ziemer, G.: Giant Infantile Fibroma of the Right Ventricle – Surgical Debulking and Tumor Plication
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Nezic, D.; Knezevic, A.; Cirkovic, M.; Vukovic, P.; Jovic, M.: Perfect Angiographic Patency of the Arterial Coronary-Coronary Conduit Five Years Following Surgery

Case Reports

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Torres, R. L.; Martins, L. K.; Picoral, M.; Auzani, J.; Fernandes, T. R. G.; Torres, I. L. S.; Ferreira, M. B. C.; Andrade, C. F.; Belló-Klein, A.; Cardoso, P. F. G.: The Potential Protective Effect of Low Potassium Dextran against Lipid Peroxidation in a Rat Lung Transplantation Model
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Takanami, I.; Abiko, T.; Koizumi, S.: Life-threatening Airway Obstruction Due to Retropharyngeal and Cervicomediastinal Hematomas following Stellate Ganglion Block
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Unosawa, S.; Hata, M.; Sezai, A.; Niino, T.; Yoshitake, I.; Minami, K.: Pulmonary Embolism with Myomatous Erythrocytosis Syndrome and Extreme Obesity