DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

eFirst

Publication Date: 22 August 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Iqbal, Fakhrah Maryam; Geraedts, Max; Ji, Limei; Falk, Volkmar; Doenst, Torsten; Blankenberg, Stefan; Diemert, Patrick; Döbler, Klaus; Günster, Christian; Beckmann, Andreas: Diagnosis-Driven, Cross-Disciplinary QA System for Coronary Artery Disease—Study Protocol

Publication Date: 21 August 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Gadelkarim, Ibrahim; Shaqu, Rakan; Kang, Jagdip; Zakhary, Waseem; Dashkevich, Alexey; Ender, Jörg; Waha, Sussane de; Borger, Michael; Verevkin, Alexander: Minimally Invasive Total Arterial Bypass Grafting via Left Mini-thoracotomy in Obese Patients

Original Cardiovascular

Gaekel, Daniel Maldonado; Waldschmidt, Lara; Ludwig, Sebastian; Kalbacher, Daniel; Schirmer, Johannes; Blankenberg, Stefan; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Schofer, Niklas; Schaefer, Andreas: Three-Year Outcomes Following Mitral Valve-in-Ring and Valve-in-Valve Procedures

Publication Date: 14 August 2025

Letters to the Editor

Voucharas, Christos; Vouchara, Angeliki; Chatzopoulou, Georgia: It Is Not a Shame to Take Precautions

Review Article

Assmann, Alexander: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with STEMI or NSTEMI

Publication Date: 01 August 2025

Letter to the Editor

Voucharas, Christos; Vouchara, Angeliki: Every Piece of Knowledge has its Value

Reply to Letter to the Editor

Coşgun, Tuğba; Doğruyol, Talha; Tezel, Çağatay: Reply to Every Piece of Knowledge has its Value

Publication Date: 31 July 2025

How to Do It

Son, Jongbae; Kim, Dae Hyun; Cho, Sang-Ho: Single-Incision Thoracoscopic Surgery using Spinal Needle Anchoring
Open Access Video available

Letter to the Editor

Martínez-Sellés, Manuel: Morphology Voltage P-wave Duration Score and Atrial Fibrillation Risk

Reply to the Letter to the Editor

Rau, Christian; Salzmann-Djufri, Miriam; Böning, Andreas; Rohrbach, Susanne; Niemann, Bernd: Do P-Wave Indices Manifest Atrial Fibrillation after Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation?

Publication Date: 24 July 2025

Original Thoracic

Levchenko, Evgeny; Klochkov, Mikhail; Mikhnin, Alexander; Levchenko, Nikita; Ergnyan, Stepan; Mamontov, Oleg; Shabinskaya, Viktoriia: Lung Chemoperfusion Improves Relapse-Free Survival after Metastasectomy for Colorectal Cancer

Publication Date: 22 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Guven, Hakan; Cetintas, Demir: Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Supported Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Flexible and Effective Alternative to Off-Pump Surgery

Publication Date: 18 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Akansel, Serdar; Dini, Martina; Sündermann, Simon H.; Jacobs, Stephan; Falk, Volkmar; Kempfert, Jörg; Kofler, Markus: Validation of a Risk Calculator for Surgical Repair of Primary Mitral Regurgitation

Original Cardiovascular

Ruge, Hendrik; Burri, Melchior; Erlebach, Magdalena; Voss, Stephanie S.; Puluca, Nazan; Campanella, Caterina; Wirth, Felix; Xhepa, Erion; Stein, Andreas; Krane, Markus: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Compared to Surgery: One-Year Clinical Outcome
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 17 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Yang, Cheng-Wei; Ma, Wei-Guo; Liu, Hao; Li, Xin; Peng, Ming-Liang; Huang, Lian-Jun; Sun, Li-Zhong: Midterm Outcomes of Transcatheter Closure of Anastomotic Leak after Ascending Aortic Surgery

Publication Date: 07 July 2025

Original Thoracic

Lacin, Tunc; Ermerak, Nezih Onur; Onen, Haktan Uygar; Aridas, Aleyna Gultekin: Surgical Repair of Pectus Arcuatum
Video available

Publication Date: 01 July 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Timur, Barış; Aksoy, Rezan; Duman, Zihni Mert; Çalışkan, Recep; Baş, Kandemir; Aydoğdu, Cem; Kocogullari, Cevdet Ugur: The Geometry of Survival: Left Ventricular Mass Index's Prognostic Value in Coronary Surgery

Publication Date: 27 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Doll, Nicolas; Doll, Antonia; Horvath, Geza; Mönnig, Gerold; Pott, Christian; Hanke, Thorsten; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Senges, Jochen; Wehbe, Mahmoud: Totally Thoracoscopic Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: All-Box Clamping
Video available

Publication Date: 25 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Glam, Roi; Ronai, Tom; Makhoul, Maged; Friedman, Tom; Raad, Mahli; Adler, Zvi; Cohen, Oved; Medalion, Benjamin; Bolotin, Gil: Effectiveness of Gentamicin–Collagen Sponges in Preventing Sternal Wound Infections

Publication Date: 17 June 2025

Original Cardiovascular

Rau, Christian; Salzmann-Djufri, Miriam; Böning, Andreas; Rohrbach, Susanne; Niemann, Bernd: Do P-Wave Indices Manifest Atrial Fibrillation after Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation?
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