DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Ausgabe 05 · Volume 69 · August 2021 DOI: 10.1055/s-011-51535

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  • Original Cardiovascular

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    Petersen, Johannes; Neumann, Niklas; Naito, Shiho; Sequeira Gross, Tatiana; Massel, Robert; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Girdauskas, Evaldas:

    Persistence of Reduced Left Ventricular Function after Aortic Valve Surgery for Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Bicuspid versus Tricuspid

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    Ibrahim, Khalid S.; Kheirallah, Khalid A.; Mayyas, Fadia A.; Alwaqfi, Nizar A.:

    Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury Following Surgical Valve Replacement

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    Schlömicher, Markus; Bechtel, Matthias; Useini, Dritan; Naraghi, Hamid; Haldenwang, Peter Lukas; Moustafine, Vadim; Strauch, Justus T.:

    Single-Center Outcomes with Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement

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    Liakopoulos, Oliver J.; Gerfer, Stephen; Rahmanian, Parwis; Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Djordjevic, Ilija; Schlachtenberger, Georg; Zeriouh, Mohamed; Mader, Navid; Choi, Yeong-Hoon; Wahlers, Thorsten:

    Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement with the Perceval S and Intuity Elite

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    Gerfer, Stephen; Mauri, Victor; Kuhn, Elmar; Adam, Matti; Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Djordjevic, Ilija; Ivanov, Borko; Gaisendrees, Christopher; Frerker, Christian; Schmidt, Tobias; Mader, Navid; Rudolph, Tanja; Baldus, Stephan; Liakopoulos, Oliver; Wahlers, Thorsten:

    Comparison of Self-Expanding RDV Perceval S versus TAVI ACURATE neo/TF

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    Schaefer, Andreas; Sarwari, Harun; Schofer, Niklas; Schneeberger, Yvonne; Westermann, Dirk; Schoen, Gerhard; Blankenberg, Stefan; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Schäfer, Ulrich; Conradi, Lenard:

    TAVI in Patients with Mitral Annular Calcification and/or Mitral Stenosis

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    Lin, Nicole; Nores, Marcos A.; James, Taylor M.; Rothenberg, Mark; Stamou, Sotiris C.:

    Alternative Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians versus Younger Patients

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    Useini, Dritan; Beluli, Blerta; Christ, Hildegard; Mügge, Andreas; Patsalis, Polykarpos; Schlömicher, Markus; Haldenwang, Peter; Bechtel, Matthias; Strauch, Justus:

    Oversized versus Non-oversized Prosthesis: Midterm Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using SAPIEN 3 Valve

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    Ahmad, Ali El-Sayed; Salamate, Saad; Amer, Mohamed; Sirat, Sami; Monsefi, Nadejda; Bakhtiary, Farhad:

    First Experiences with MANTA Vascular Closure Device in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

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    Wilbring, Manuel; Matschke, Klaus Ehrhard; Alexiou, Konstantin; Di Eusanio, Marco; Kappert, Utz:

    Surgery without Scars: Right Lateral Access for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement

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  • Original Thoracic

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    Guo, Qiannan; Yang, Peiwen; Barnabo Nampoukime, Kan-paatib; Ma, Ke; Wang, Haihao:

    Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients

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    Pogorelić, Zenon; Bjelanović, Dora; Gudelj, Ružica; Jukić, Miro; Petrić, Jasna; Furlan, Dubravko:

    Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Early Stage of Pediatric Pleural Empyema Improves Outcome