DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 07 · Volume 61 · October 2013 DOI: 10.1055/s-003-25804

Editorial

  • 543
    Heinemann, Markus K.:

    Autumn

  • 545
    Genoni, Michele:

    Swiss Society

    • Original Basic Science

  • 546
    Walther, Thomas; Dhein, Stefan; Ullmann, Cris; Schneider, Katja; Bilz, Thomas; Rastan, Ardawan; Garbade, Jens; Falk, Volkmar; Emrich, Fabian C.; Muth, Petra; Mohr, Friedrich W.; Kostelka, Martin:

    Cerebral Protection during Controlled Hypoperfusion in a Piglet Model: Comparison of Moderate (25°C) versus Deep (18°C) Hypothermia at Various Flow Rates Using Intraoperative Measurements and Ex vivo Investigation

    • Original Cardiovascular

  • 553
    Matt, Peter; Albrecht, Franziska; Rueter, Florian; Grapow, Martin; Pargger, Hans; Fassl, Jens; Reuthebuch, Oliver; Eckstein, Friedrich:

    Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest Using Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion Is Safe for Elective Aortic Arch Surgery

  • 559
    Amorim, Paulo A.; Penov, Kiril; Lehmkuhl, Lukas; Haensig, Martin; Mohr, Friedrich W.; Rastan, Ardawan J.:

    Not All Porcelain Is the Same: Classification of Circular Aortic Calcifications (Porcelain Aorta) According to the Impact on Therapeutic Approach

  • 564
    Ge, Yipeng; Sun, Lizhong; Zhu, Junming; Liu, Yongmin; Cheng, Lijian; Chen, Lei; Zheng, Jun; Li, Chengnan; Liu, Wei:

    Can EuroSCORE II Predict the Mortality and Length of Intensive Care Unit Stay after Total Aortic Arch Replacement with Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation for DeBakey Type I Aortic Dissection?

  • 569
    Yingbin, Jia; Jiefei, Ma; Jian, Li; Yonghui, Su; Haiyan, Pan; Baimeng, Zhang; Weigoo, Fu:

    Evaluation of the Thoracic Aortic Dissection Treated by Endografts Covering a Longer Distance of Aorta According to the Location of the Adamkiewicz Artery

  • 575
    Dorweiler, Bernhard; Weigang, Ernst; Duenschede, Friedrich; Pitton, Michael Bernhard; Dueber, Christoph; Vahl, Christian-Friedrich:

    Strategies for Endovascular Aortic Repair in Aortobronchial and Aortoesophageal Fistulas

    • How to Do It

  • 581
    Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Ahmad, Ali El-Sayed; Marinos, Spiros; Moritz, Anton; Zierer, Andreas:

    Simple and Controlled Method to Avoid Hyperperfusion of the Right Arm Following Axillary Artery Cannulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support

  • 584
    Bassano, Carlo; Mvondo, Charles Mve; Bovio, Emanuele; Chiariello, Luigi:

    Bilateral Cerebral Perfusion via Right Axillary Artery Cannulation Alone in Aortic Arch Surgery

  • 587
    Kim, Jae Hyun; Na, Chan-Young:

    A Simplified Inversion Technique for the Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure Using a Four-Branched Graft

  • 590
    Zeitani, Jacob; Nardi, Paolo; Bellos, Kyriakos; De Propris, Silvia; Chiariello, Luigi:

    Alternative Surgical Approach to Treat Aortic Arch Aneurysm after Ascending Aortic Replacement with Hybrid Prosthesis

  • 594
    Zeitani, Jacob; Mvondo, Charles Mve; Chiariello, Giovanni; Nardi, Paolo; Chiariello, Luigi:

    Hybrid Approach to Treat Total Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient Undergoing Emergency Surgery for Descending Aortic Rupture

  • 642
    Badreldin, Akmal M. A.; Bader, Rolf Dieter; Hekmat, Khosro:

    Successful Management of a Massive Residual Space Empyema Using Intrathoracic Vacuum-Assisted Instillation

    • Case Report

  • 597
    Marjanovic, Ivan; Sarac, Momir; Tomic, Aleksandar; Bezmarevic, Mihailo:

    Endovascular Repair of Mycotic Aneurysm of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas—Two Case Reports with 1-Year Follow-Up

  • 600
    Choi, Si Young; Kim, Chi Kyung; Park, Chan Beom:

    Successful Management of a Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm Involving an Arch Branch Using an Endovascular Stent Graft

  • 603
    Starck, Christoph Thomas; Zientara, Alicja; Alkadhi, Hatem; Falk, Volkmar:

    Uncommon Cause of Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with a Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta

  • 606
    Faccenna, Federico; Alunno, Alessia; Castiglione, Anna; Carnevalini, Martina; Venosi, Salvatore; Gossetti, Bruno:

    Large Aortic Pseudoaneurysm and Subsequent Spondylodiscitis as a Complication of Endovascular Treatment of Iliac Arteries

  • 610
    Seppelt, Philipp; Karck, Matthias; Kallenbach, Klaus:

    Aortic Mispuncture during Routine Catheterization Requires Emergency Cardiac Operation

  • 646
    Sunbul, Murat; Cagac, Ozgur; Birkan, Yasar:

    A Rare Case of Inflammatory Pseudotumor with Both Involvement of Lung and Heart

    • Original Thoracic

  • 612
    Subotic, Dragan; Petrov, Danail; Gajic, Milan:

    Lung Resection for Lung Cancer after Pleural Empyema

  • 619
    Schweigert, Michael; Renz, Marcus; Dubecz, Attila; Solymosi, Norbert; Ofner, Dietmar; Stein, Hubert J.:

    Pancreaticopleural Fistula-Induced Empyema Thoracis: Principles and Results of Surgical Management

  • 626
    Botianu, Petre Vlah-Horea; Botianu, Alexandru-Mihail:

    Muscle Flaps and Thoracomyoplasty: Alternative Solution for Unresectable Primary Pulmonary Abscesses

  • 631
    Celik, Ali; Yekeler, Erdal; Aydın, Ertan; Yazıcı, Ulku; Karaoglanoglu, Nurettin:

    Treatment of Persistent Postpneumonectomy Empyema by Vacuum-Assisted Management: An Analysis of Nine Patients

    • Special Report

  • 636
    Schweigert, Michael; Dubecz, Attila; Beron, Martin; Ofner, Dietmar; Stein, Hubert J.:

    Surgical Therapy for Necrotizing Pneumonia and Lung Gangrene