DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Publication Date: 01 June 2021

Original Thoracic

Slama, Alexis; Zaatar, Mohamed; Demir, Muhittin; Okumus, Oezlem; Mattheis, Stefan; Kampe, Sandra; Darwiche, Kaid; Lang, Stephan; Aigner, Clemens: Tracheal Resection after Previous Treatment Provides Comparable Outcome to Primary Surgery

Review

Ng, Josiah; Masuda, Yoshio; Ng, Jun Jie; Leow, Lowell; Choong, Andrew M. T. L.; Mithiran, Harish: Lobar versus Sublobar Resection in the Elderly for Early Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
Supplementary Material

Review Article

Martini, Katharina; Frauenfelder, Thomas: Old Borders and New Horizons in Multimodality Imaging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Publication Date: 27 May 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hoffmann, Grischa; Friedrich, Christine; Huenges, Katharina; Petzina, Rainer; Vogt, Astrid-Mareike; Cremer, Joachim; Grothusen, Christina: Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass in High-Risk Patients with Multivessel Disease

Original Thoracic

Napolitano, Michael A.; Sparks, Andrew D.; Werba, Gregor; Rosenfeld, Ethan S.; Antevil, Jared L.; Trachiotis, Gregory D.: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lung Resection in United States Veterans: Trends and Outcomes versus Thoracotomy
Supplementary Material

Original Thoracic

Turhan, Kutsal; Kavurmaci, Önder; Akçam, Tevfik İlker; Ergönül, Ayşe Gül; Özdil, Ali; Çakan, Alpaslan; Çağirici, Ufuk: Long-Term Outcomes and Course of Compensatory Sweating after Endoscopic Sympathicotomy

Publication Date: 11 May 2021

Original Thoracic

Dudek, Wojciech; Schreiner, Waldemar; Haj Khalaf, Mohamed; Sirbu, Horia: Surgery for Pulmonary Metastases: Long-Term Survival in 281 Patients

Publication Date: 03 May 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Choi, Jae Woong; Hwang, Ho Young; Lee, Yeiwon; Sohn, Suk Ho; Kim, Kyung Hwan; Kim, Ki-Bong; Ahn, Hyuk: Incidence and Risk Factors of Pannus after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 21 April 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Kaluza, Mirko; Färber, Gloria; May, Benjamin; Dobermann, Ute; Pletz, Mathias W.; Edel, Birgit; Löffler, Bettina; Doenst, Torsten: Heater–Cooler Devices and Risk of Contamination during Cardiac Surgery

Original Thoracic

Lee, Kanghoon; Jeong, Yong Ho; Ryu, Jin-Sook; Kim, Yong-Il; Kim, Hyeong Ryul; Park, Seung-Il: Surgical Outcomes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Single-Zone N2 in the Aortopulmonary Zone

Publication Date: 16 April 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Durak, Koray; Kersten, Alexander; Grottke, Oliver; Zayat, Rashad; Dreher, Michael; Autschbach, Rüdiger; Marx, Gernot; Marx, Nikolaus; Spillner, Jan; Kalverkamp, Sebastian: Thromboembolic and Bleeding Events in COVID-19 Patients receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Original Cardiovascular

Liu, Tom X.; Tanenbaum, Mira T.; Seo, Claire H.; Park, Dan; Lystash, John C.; Joseph, Mark; Arnold, William S.: Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Pulmonary Hypertension: Outcomes in SAVR
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Sugimura, Yukiharu; Immohr, Moritz Benjamin; Aubin, Hug; Mehdiani, Arash; Rellecke, Philipp; Tudorache, Igor; Lichtenberg, Artur; Boeken, Udo; Akhyari, Payam: Impact of Reported Donor Ejection Fraction on Outcome after Heart Transplantation

Original Thoracic

Oguzhan, Selma; Sponholz, Stefan; Schirren, Moritz; Mese, Mesut; Schirren, Joachim: Metastases of Urothelium Carcinoma: Differential Diagnosis, Resection, and Survival

Review Article

Chen, Xingshi; Zhang, Zhengyuan; Xu, Ning; Ma, Dongchun; Li, Hecheng: Review of Approaches to Developing Intersegmental Plane during Segmentectomy

Publication Date: 15 April 2021

Original Thoracic

Andresen, Julian Ramin; Scheer, Fabian; Schlöricke, Eric; Sallakhi, Aria; Liedke, Marc Olaf; Andresen, Reimer: CT-guided thoracic sympathicolysis versus VATS sympathectomy in the therapeutic concept for severe primary palmar Hyperhidrosis

Publication Date: 13 April 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hu, Renjie; Zhang, Wen; Yu, Xiafeng; Zhu, Hongbin; Zhang, Haibo; Liu, Jinfen: Midterm Surgical Outcomes for ALCAPA Repair in Infants and Children

Original Cardiovascular

Useini, Dritan; Beluli, Blerta; Christ, Hildegard; Schlömicher, Markus; Patsalis, Polykarpos; Haldenwang, Peter; Strauch, Justus: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Transfemoral Access

Original Thoracic

Campisi, Alessio; Dell'Amore, Andrea; Zhang, Yonghui; Gu, Zhitao; Ciarrocchi, Angelo Paolo; Faccioli, Eleonora; Bertolaccini, Luca; Rea, Federico; Stella, Franco; Fang, Wentao: Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: What Is the Optimal Time Interval and Amount of Blood?
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 08 April 2021

How to Do It

Hata, Masatoshi; Bleiziffer, Sabine; Schramm, René; Gummert, Jan F.: Papillary Muscle Heads Focalization for Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Severe Tethering

Publication Date: 29 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hansen, Lorenz; Ozga, Ann-Kathrin; Klusmeier, Michael; Hillebrand, Mathias; Tulun, Aysun; Pannek, Nora; Rieß, Friedrich-Christian: The Freestyle Valve in Severe Necrotizing Aortic Root Endocarditis: Comorbidity Upon Outcome

Publication Date: 24 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Burri, Melchior; Ruge, Hendrik; Erlebach, Magdalena; Lange, Rüdiger: Surgical Cutdown Avoids Vascular Complications in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Calcified and Small Femoral Arteries
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

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

Publication Date: 19 March 2021

Original Thoracic

Celik, Ali; Sayan, Muhammet; Kankoc, Aykut; Tombul, Ismail; Kurul, Ismail Cüneyt; Tastepe, Abdullah Irfan: Various Uses of Laryngeal Mask Airway during Tracheal Surgery

Publication Date: 04 March 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Hulde, Nikolai; Zittermann, Armin; Deutsch, Marcus-Andre; von Dossow, Vera; Gummert, Jan E.; Koster, Andreas: Moderate Dose of Tranexamic Acid and Complications after Valvular Heart Surgery
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 24 February 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Bonacchi, Massimo; Howe, Rosemary; Micali, Linda Renata; Weigel, Daniel; Parise, Orlando; Parise, Gianmarco; Gelsomino, Sandro: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Reduces Cardiac Death in Patients with Peripheral Arteriopathy
Supplementary Material

Short Communication

Erlebach, Magdalena; Ruge, Hendrik; Lange, Ruediger: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for a Degenerated Transcatheter Valve—A Single Center Experience

Publication Date: 19 February 2021

How to Do It

Lee, Seok In; Choi, Chang Hyu; Park, Kook Yang; Park, Chul-Hyun: “Wings of a Butterfly” Technique in Modified Bentall's Procedure

Publication Date: 18 February 2021

Letter to the Editor

Petricevic, Mate; Petricevic, Mirna; Piljic, Dragan; Rotim, Kresimir: The Association Between Perioperative Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analyses and Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery: Methodological Considerations

Original Cardiovascular

Noack, Thilo; Sieg, Franz; Cuartas, Mateo Marin; Spampinato, Ricardo; Holzhey, David; Seeburger, Joerg; Borger, Michael Andrew: Clinical Outcomes after Mitral Valve Repair with the Physio II Annuloplasty Ring

Original Cardiovascular

Ntinopoulos, Vasileios; Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Odavic, Dragan; Haeussler, Achim; Loeblein, Helen; Dzemali, Omer: Aortic Root Replacement with Reimplantation of the Aortic Valve: A Low-Volume Center Experience

Original Cardiovascular

Zhang, Xun E.; Geng, Zhi; Shao, Jun; Yao, Hao; Wang, Lu; Li, Xiaobo; Li, Qingguo: The Heartguard: A Humanitarian Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Rural China
Supplementary Material

Original Thoracic

Taber, Samantha; Pfannschmidt, Joachim; Bauer, Torsten T.; Blum, Torsten G.; Grah, Christian; Griff, Sergej: Is Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy Always Mandatory in Patients with Resected N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

Original Thoracic

Xie, Yimin; Ning, Jinbo: Application of Polydioxanone Sutures in the Nuss Procedure

Short Communications

Bellini, Alice; Dell'Amore, Andrea; Ferrigno, Pia; Sella, Nicolo'; Navalesi, Paolo; Rea, Federico: ECLS for Life-Threatening Complications in Mesothelioma's Surgery: Is It Worthwhile?

Publication Date: 12 February 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Meisenbacher, Katrin; Osswald, Anja; Bischoff, Moritz Sebastian; Böckler, Dittmar; Karck, Matthias; Ruhparwar, Arjang; Geisbüsch, Philipp: TEVAR Following FET: Current Outcomes of Rendezvous Procedures in Clinical Practice

Original Cardiovascular

Minol, Jan-Philipp; Dimitrova, Vanessa; Petrov, Georgi; Langner, Robert; Boeken, Udo; Lichtenberg, Artur; Akhyari, Payam: Predictive Value of Body Mass Index in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

Original Cardiovascular

Nomori, Hiroaki; Machida, Yoichi; Yamazaki, Ikuo; Honma, Koichi; Otsuki, Ayumu; Cong, Yue; Sugimura, Hiroshi; Oyama, Yu: Positron Emission Tomography in Segmentectomy for cT1N0M0 Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
Supplementary Material

Short Communication

Chamogeorgakis, Themistokles; Moquin, Kenneth; Simoff, Michael; Nemeh, Hassan: Repair of Bronchial Anastomosis Following Lung Transplantation

Publication Date: 04 February 2021

Original Basic Science

Liu, Yazhou; Lutter, Georg; Knueppel, Philipp; Frank, Derk; Lozonschi, Lucian; Berndt, Rouven; Attmann, Tim; Puehler, Thomas: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: A Novel Anchor Technology

Original Cardiovascular

El Beyrouti, Hazem; Izzat, Mohammad Bashar; Kornberger, Angela; Halloum, Nancy; Dohle, Kathrin; Trinh, Tran Tong; Vahl, Christian-Friedrich; Dorweiler, Bernhard: Ovine Biosynthetic Grafts for Aortoiliac Reconstructions in Nonsterile Operative Fields

Original Cardiovascular

Jo, Taehee; Hur, Joon; Kim, Eun Key: Treatment of Pediatric Sternotomy Wound Complications: A Minimally Invasive Approach

Original Thoracic

Bertolaccini, Luca; Prisciandaro, Elena; Sedda, Giulia; Lo Iacono, Giorgio; Filippi, Niccolò; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: The Weekday Effect on Morbidity of Lung Cancer Surgery: A Real-World Analysis

Original Thoracic

Takamori, Satoshi; Oizumi, Hiroyuki; Suzuki, Jun; Suzuki, Katsuyuki; Kabasawa, Takanobu: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy for Deep and Peripheral Small Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 21 January 2021

Original Thoracic

Izhakian, Shimon; Wasser, Walter; Unterman, Avraham; Fruchter, Oren; Gorelik, Oleg; Kramer, Mordechai: Long-Term Success of Metal Endobronchial Stents in Lung Transplant Recipients

Original Thoracic

Xu, Mu; Hu, Jiajia; Yan, Jianqin; Yan, Hong; Zhang, Chengliang: Paravertebral Block versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Postthoracotomy Pain Relief: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Publication Date: 19 January 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Li, Yi-Jia; Ma, Wei-Guo; Qi, Yue; Zhu, Jun-Ming; Yang, Ya; Sun, Li-Zhong: Does the 45 mm Size Cutoff for Ascending Aortic Replacement Predict Better Early Outcomes in Bicuspid Aortic Valve?

Short Communication

Epstein, Danny; Vishnepolsky, Andrey; Bolotin, Gil; Atweh, Nardeen; Bonstein, Lilach; Lehavi, Amit: Effect of Prolonged Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Heparin, and Protamine on Platelet: A Small-Group Study
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 18 January 2021

Original Cardiovascular

Ostovar, Roya; Laux, Magdalena; Kuehnel, Ralf-Uwe; Schroeter, Filip; Braun, Christian; Erb, Michael; Albes, Johannes M.: Immunosuppressive Agents and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Real Correlation or Mere Coincidence?

Short Communications

Amore, Dario; Caterino, Umberto; Casazza, Dino; Imitazione, Pasquale; Bergaminelli, Carlo; Massa, Simona; Curcio, Carlo: Postoperative Bronchopleural Fistula: A Conservative Way of Treatment in Selected Cases

Publication Date: 09 January 2021

Short Communications

Vervoort, Dominique; Premkumar, Akash; Ghandour, Hiba; Kpodonu, Jacques: Health System Needs to Establish Cardiac Surgery Centers

Publication Date: 31 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Li, Jing; Zilz, Christian; Floerchinger, Bernhard; Holzamer, Andreas; Camboni, Daniele; Schach, Christian; Schmid, Christof; Rupprecht, Leopold: Long-Term Results of Patch Repair in Destructive Valve Endocarditis

Publication Date: 24 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Pilarczyk, Kevin; Werdan, Karl; Russ, Martin; Thiele, Holger; Michels, Guido; Boeken, Udo; Thielmann, Matthias: The German–Austrian S3 Guideline “Cardiogenic Shock Due to Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment”

Original Cardiovascular

Rupprecht, Leopold; Schopka, Simon; Keyser, Andreas; Lunz, Dirk; Sossalla, Samuel; Hilker, Michael; Schmid, Christof: 25 Years' Experience with Redo Operations in Cardiac Surgery—Third-Time Sternotomy Procedures

Original Thoracic

Çınar, Hüseyín Ulaş; Çelik, Burçin: Does the Sweating Severity of Primary Hyperhidrosis Sites Affect Post-Sympathotomy Results?

Publication Date: 18 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Beckmann, Andreas; Bitzer, Eva-Maria; Lederle, Mareike; Ihle, Peter; Walker, Jochen; Marshall, Ursula; Horenkamp-Sonntag, Dirk; Schneider, Steffen; Zeymer, Uwe: Health Care Analysis on Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: The Multicenter REVASK Study: Design and Protocol

Publication Date: 13 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Faerber, Gloria; Tkebuchava, Sophie; Scherag, André; Bley, Maximilian; Kirov, Hristo; Diab, Mahmoud; Doenst, Torsten: Right Mini-Thoracotomy for Aortic Plus Mitral with or without Tricuspid Valve Surgery

Publication Date: 01 December 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Ehrlich, Tristan; Karliova, Irem; Froede, Lennart; Giebels, Christian; Kunihara, Takashi; Schäfers, Hans-Joachim: Aortic Root Remodeling in Acute Aortic Dissection

Original Cardiovascular

Leviner, Dror B.; Zafrir, Barak; Jaffe, Ronen; Saliba, Walid; Flugelman, Moshe Y.; Sharoni, Erez: Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on Long-Term Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Original Cardiovascular

Vogeler, Elisa; Dieterlen, Maja-Theresa; Garbade, Jens; Lehmann, Sven; Jawad, Khalil; Borger, Michael A.; Meyer, Anna L.: Benefit of Self-Managed Anticoagulation in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device

Original Thoracic

Guo, Qiannan; Yang, Peiwen; Barnabo Nampoukime, Kan-paatib; Ma, Ke; Wang, Haihao: Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients

Publication Date: 20 November 2020

Original Cardiovascular

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

Original Cardiovascular

Dourado, Luciana Oliveira Cascaes; Pereira, Alexandre C.; Poppi, Nilson Tavares; Cavalcante, Rafael; Gaiotto, Fabio; Dallan, Luis Alberto Oliveira; Bittencourt, Marcio Sommer; Cesar, Luiz Antonio M.; Gowdak, Luis Henrique W.: The Role of the Heart Team in Patients with Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Original Cardiovascular

Novén, Johan; Stagmo, Martin; Wierup, Per; Nozohoor, Shahab; Bjursten, Henrik; Sjögren, Johan; Zindovic, Igor; Ragnarsson, Sigurdur: Exercise Echocardiography following Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Original Cardiovascular

Saha, Shekhar; Karaca, Kübra; Jebran, Ahmad Fawad; Waezi, Narges; Ort, Katharina; Brandes, Ivo; Hagl, Christian; Niehaus, Heidi: Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for the Development of Postoperative Delirium after Cardiac Surgery

Short Communication

Zhang, Jian-Hua; Zhou, Shi-Qing; Xia, Feng-Fei; Wang, Tao: Computed Tomography-Guided Trans-scapular Coil Localization for Pulmonary Nodules

Publication Date: 02 November 2020

How to Do It

Fiorelli, Alfonso; Carlucci, Annalisa; Cascone, Roberto; Santini, Mario: Hemopatch to Fix Mobile Lobe after Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Publication Date: 25 October 2020

Original Cardiovascular

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

Original Thoracic

Ülgey, Ayşe; Pehlivan, Sibel Seçkin; Demir, Ömer Faruk: Postoperative Thoracic Pain Treatment: Serratus Anterior or Erector Spinae Plane Block?

Publication Date: 21 October 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Fábián, Bálint; Osadczuk, András; Bárány, László; Baksa, Gábor; Rácz, Gergely; Ruttkay, Tamás: Real 3D Visualization of the Circumflex Artery Surrounding the Mitral Annulus
Appendix A-C

Publication Date: 19 October 2020

How to Do It

Wilbring, Manuel; Matschke, Klaus Ehrhard; Alexiou, Konstantin; Di Eusanio, Marco; Kappert, Utz: Surgery without Scars: Right Lateral Access for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement

Publication Date: 12 October 2020

Original Thoracic

Lacroix, Valérie; Kahn, David; Matte, Pascal; Pieters, Thierry; Noirhomme, Philippe; Poncelet, Alain; Steyaert, Arnaud: Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy Favors Early Lung Recovery versus Limited Thoracotomy

Publication Date: 30 September 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Guan, Xiaonan; Chen, Mulei; Li, Yanbing; Zhang, Jianjun; Xu, Li; Sun, Hao; Zhang, Dapeng; Wang, Lefeng; Yang, Xinchun: Comparison of Safety between Different Kinds of Heparins in Patients Receiving Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation

Original Cardiovascular

Götte, Julia; Zittermann, Armin; Hakim-Meibodi, Kavous; Hata, Masatoshi; Schramm, Rene; Bleiziffer, Sabine; Parsa, Mohammed Amin; Gummert, Jan; Renner, Andre: Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Elderly Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair

Short Communications

Yamamoto, Tomohiro; Saito, Takeshi; Shiraishi, Shuichi; Asfour, Boulos; Hraska, Victor; Schindler, Ehrenfried: Novel Choices of Cannula for Blood Delivery via Femoral Artery in Pediatric Patients

Publication Date: 08 September 2020

How to Do It

Hata, Mitsumasa; Wakui, Shinji; Ishii, Yusuke; Hinoura, Rei; Isaka, Susumu; Tanaka, Masashi: Suturing Fenestration of the Left Subclavian Artery Orifice in Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure

Publication Date: 04 September 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Hamiko, Marwan; Charitos, Efstratios I.; Velten, Markus; Hilbert, Tobias; Putensen, Christian; Treede, Hendrik; Duerr, Georg Daniel: Mannitol Is Associated with Less Postoperative Delirium after Aortic Valve Surgery in Patients Treated with Bretschneider Cardioplegia
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

Zhu, Yifan; Hu, Renjie; Zhang, Wen; Yu, Xiafeng; Dong, Wei; Sun, Yanjun; Zhang, Haibo: Surgical and Transcatheter Treatments in Children with Congenital Aortic Stenosis
Supplementary Material

Original Thoracic

Aydogmus, Umit; Kis, Argun; Ugurlu, Erhan; Ozturk, Gokhan: Superior Strategy in Benign Tracheal Stenosis Treatment: Surgery or Endoscopy?

Publication Date: 13 August 2020

Reviews

Oswald, Irina; Boening, Andreas; Pons-Kuehnemann, Joern; Grieshaber, Philippe: Wound Infection after CABG Using Internal Mammary Artery Grafts: A Meta-Analysis

Publication Date: 28 July 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Berger, Tim; Voetsch, Andreas; Alaloh, Diaa; Kreibich, Maximilian; Krombholz-Reindl, Philipp; Winkler, Andreas; Rylski, Bartosz; Wolfgruber, Thomas; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Siepe, Matthias; Seitelberger, Rainald; Czerny, Martin; Gottardi, Roman: Diameter Changes in Traumatic Aortic Injury: Implications for Stent-Graft Sizing

Publication Date: 25 July 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Ibrahim, Khalid S.; Kheirallah, Khalid A.; Mayyas, Fadia A.; Alwaqfi, Nizar A.: Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury Following Surgical Valve Replacement

Publication Date: 20 July 2020

Original Cardiovascular

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

Publication Date: 16 July 2020

Invited Commentary

Carrel, Thierry; Schoenhoff, Florian S.: Teaching Cardiac Surgery: A Major Contemporary Issue in the Academic Institutions

Original Cardiovascular

Mehdiani, Arash; Immohr, Moritz Benjamin; Sipahi, Nihat Firat; Boettger, Charlotte; Dalyanoglu, Hannan; Scheiber, Daniel; Westenfeld, Ralf; Aubin, Hug; Lichtenberg, Artur; Boeken, Udo; Akhyari, Payam: Successful Heart Transplantation after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Donors

Original Cardiovascular

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

Publication Date: 11 July 2020

How to do it

Wang, Chuan; Ma, Weiguo; Gu, Chengxiong; Li, Jingxing: Novel Cardioplegia Delivery in Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
Supplementary Material

Original Thoracic

Galetta, Domenico; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Primary Intrathoracic Neurogenic Tumors: Clinical, Pathological, and Long-Term Outcomes

Publication Date: 07 July 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Nakanishi, Sentaro; Wakabayashi, Naohiro; Ise, Hayato; Kitahara, Hiroto; Hirofuji, Aina; Ishikawa, Natsuya; Kamiya, Hiroyuki: Proximalized Total Arch Replacement Can Be Safely Performed by Trainee

Original Thoracic

Yoshida, Yukihiro; Yotsukura, Masaya; Nakagawa, Kazuo; Watanabe, Hirokazu; Motoi, Noriko; Watanabe, Shun-ichi: Surgical Results in Pathological N1 Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 26 June 2020

Erratum

Wang, Qi; Wu, Zixiang; Chen, Gang; Zhang, Sai; Shen, Gang; Wu, Ming: Erratum to: Two-Stage Indicators to Assess Learning Curves for Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

Publication Date: 19 June 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Salem, Mohamed; Friedrich, Christine; Thiem, Alexander; Huenges, Katharina; Puehler, Thomas; Cremer, Jochen; Haneya, Assad: Risk Factors for Mortality in Acute Aortic Dissection Type A: A Centre Experience Over 15 Years

Original Cardiovascular

Wang, Lihui; Valencia, Oswaldo; Phillips, Simon; Sharma, Vivek: Implementation of Perioperative Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analyses Reduces Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Original Thoracic

Dudek, Wojciech; AlMoussa, Emad; Schreiner, Waldemar; Mantsopoulos, Konstantinos; Sirbu, Horia: Survival and Prognostic Analysis after Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Head and Neck Cancer

Review Article

Gottardi, Roman; Berger, Tim; Voetsch, Andreas; Winkler, Andreas; Krombholz-Reindl, Philipp; Farkouh, Andre; Kondov, Stoyan; Rylski, Bartosz; Sodian, Ralf; Czerny, Martin: What Is the Best Method to Achieve Safe and Precise Stent-Graft Deployment in Patients Undergoing TEVAR?

Publication Date: 22 May 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Immohr, Moritz; Boeken, Udo; Mehdiani, Arash; Boettger, Charlotte; Aubin, Hug; Dalyanoglu, Hannan; Erbel, Sophia; Scheiber, Daniel; Westenfeld, Ralf; Akhyari, Payam; Lichtenberg, Artur: Use of Organs for Heart Transplantation after Rescue Allocation: Comparison of Outcome with Regular Allocated High Urgent Recipients

Original Thoracic

Fourdrain, Alex; Bagan, Patrick; Georges, Olivier; Lafitte, Sophie; De Dominicis, Florence; Meynier, Jonathan; Berna, Pascal: Outcomes after Contralateral Anatomic Surgical Resection in Multiple Lung Cancer

Publication Date: 30 April 2020

Letter to the Editor

Yankah, Charles: Access to Cardiac Surgery Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?

Publication Date: 12 April 2020

Invited Commentary

Smart, Neil J.; Petter-Puchner, Alexander H.: Commentary on “Sterilization and Cross-Linking Combined with Ultraviolet Irradiation and Low-Energy Electron Irradiation Procedure: New Perspectives for Bovine Pericardial Implants in Cardiac Surgery”

Original Cardiovascular

Kunihara, Takashi; Vukic, Claudia; Sata, Fumihiro; Schäfers, Hans-Jaochim: Surgical Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Non-High-Volume Institution

Publication Date: 08 April 2020

Original Thoracic

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

Publication Date: 06 April 2020

Original Cardiovascular

Lin, Nicole; Nores, Marcos A.; James, Taylor M.; Rothenberg, Mark; Stamou, Sotiris C.: Alternative Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians versus Younger Patients

Publication Date: 29 March 2020

Original Thoracic

Kim, Saeyoung; Bae, Chae-Min; Do, Young Woo; Moon, Suyoung; Baek, Seung Ik; Lee, Deok Heon: Serratus Anterior Plane Block and Intercostal Nerve Block after Thoracoscopic Surgery

Publication Date: 01 March 2020

Original Basic Science

Walker, Simona; Dittfeld, Claudia; Jakob, Aline; Schönfelder, Jessy; König, Ulla; Tugtekin, Sems-Malte: Sterilization and Cross-Linking Combined with Ultraviolet Irradiation and Low-Energy Electron Irradiation Procedure: New Perspectives for Bovine Pericardial Implants in Cardiac Surgery
Supplementary Material

Original Cardiovascular

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
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 13 December 2019

Original Thoracic

Schulz-Drost, Stefan; Finkbeiner, Rebekka; Lefering, Rolf; Grosso, Marco; Krinner, Sebastian; Langenbach, Andreas; DGU, the TraumaRegister: Lung Contusion in Polytrauma: An Analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU

Publication Date: 11 October 2019

Original Cardiovascular

Friedrich, Christine; Freundt, Miriam; Salem, Mohamed Ahmed; Panholzer, Bernd; Huenges, Katharina; Puehler, Thomas; Cremer, Jochen; Haneya, Assad: Sex-Specific Outcome after Ascending Aortic Surgery in Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Original Cardiovascular

Petricevic, Mirna; Petricevic, Mate; Pasalic, Marijan; Cepulic, Branka Golubic; Raos, Mirela; Dujmic, Dora; Kalamar, Viktor; Mestrovic, Vice; Gasparovic, Hrvoje; Vasicek, Vesna; Goerlinger, Klaus; Biocina, Bojan: Cost Analysis of Transfusion Therapy in Coronary Artery Surgery

Publication Date: 04 October 2019

Erratum

Casiraghi, Monica; Galetta, Domenico; Borri, Alessandro; Tessitore, Adele; Romano, Rosalia; Diotti, Cristina; Brambilla, Daniela; Maisonneuve, Patrick; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Erratum to: Ten Years' Experience in Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer

Erratum

Petrella, Francesco; Frassoni, Samuele; Bagnardi, Vincenzo; Casiraghi, Monica; Brambilla, Daniela; Diotti, Cristina; Spaggiari, Lorenzo: Erratum to: Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Lung Cancers: Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors

Publication Date: 15 September 2019

Original Thoracic

Cosgun, Tugba; Kaba, Erkan; Ayalp, Kemal; Toker, Alper: Successful Sleeve Resection as a Marker for Proficiency for Robotic Pulmonary Resection

Publication Date: 09 September 2019

Original Cardiovascular

Joskowiak, Dominik; Meusel, Daniela; Kamla, Christine; Hagl, Christian; Juchem, Gerd: Impact of Preoperative Functional Status on Quality of Life after Cardiac Surgery

Publication Date: 08 August 2019

Original Thoracic

Shimomura, Masanori; Iwasaki, Masashi; Ishihara, Shunta; Inoue, Masayoshi: Volume-Based Consolidation-to-Tumor Ratio Is a Useful Predictor for Postoperative Upstaging in Stage I and II Lung Adenocarcinomas

Publication Date: 30 July 2019

Original Cardiovascular

Petricevic, Mate; Knezevic, Jadranka; Biocina, Bojan; Mikus, Mislav; Konosic, Lucija; Rasic, Mario; Milosevic, Milan; Rotim, Cecilija; Madzar, Tomislav; Rotim, Ante; Gasparovic, Hrvoje; Goerlinger, Klaus: Association among Clopidogrel Cessation, Platelet Function, and Bleeding in Coronary Bypass Surgery: An Observational Trial
Supplementary Material

Publication Date: 22 July 2019

Original Cardiovascular

Beckmann, Erik; Martens, Andreas; Krueger, Heike; Korte, Wilhelm; Kaufeld, Tim; Haverich, Axel; Shrestha, Malakh Lal: Aortic Valve–Sparing Root Replacement (David I Procedure) in Adolescents: Long-Term Outcome

Publication Date: 12 July 2019

Original Cardiovascular

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

Publication Date: 15 May 2019

Erratum

Lo Torto, Federico; Turriziani, Gianmarco; Miraldi, Fabio; Carlesimo, Bruno; Ribuffo, Diego: Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy for the Treatment of Poststernotomy Wound Dehiscence in Neonates and Infants

Publication Date: 28 April 2019

Original Basic Science

Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Guschlbauer, Maria; Weber, Carolyn; Wacker, Max Theodor; Reinhardt, Stefanie; Djordjevic, Ilija; Sabashnikov, Anton; Maul, Alexandra; Sterner-Kock, Anja; Wahlers, Thorsten C.W.; Scherner, Maximilian; Wippermann, Jens: Experimental Studies for Small Diameter Grafts in an In Vivo Sheep Model—Techniques and Pitfalls

Publication Date: 15 April 2019

Erratum

Härtel, J. A.; Müller, N.; Manunzio, U.; Manunzio, C.; De Marées, M.; Wolber, M.; Leibold, D.; Jung, T.; Breuer, J.; Herberg, U.: Erratum to: Physical Exercise Is Safe for Fontan Patients in Hypoxia

Publication Date: 06 February 2019

Short Communication

Cho, Jeong Su; Ahn, Hyo Yeong; Kim, Yeong Dae; I., Hoseok; Eom, Jung Seop: Applying Fibrin Glue under Pleurography for Intractable Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax