DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 04 · Volume 65 · June 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-34051

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: Bread and Butter

Original Cardiovascular

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Gatti, Giuseppe; Maschietto, Luca; Benussi, Bernardo; Dreas, Lorella; Forti, Gabriella; Sinagra, Gianfranco; Pappalardo, Aniello: Urgent Coronary Revascularization with Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting: Is the Risk Justified?
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Perrotti, Andrea; Spina, Amedeo; Dorigo, Enrica; Durst, Camille; Kaili, Djamel; Chocron, Sidney: Exclusive Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts for Myocardial Revascularization Requiring Four Anastomoses or More: Outcomes from a Single Center Experience
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Gansera, Brigitte; Delalic, Alem; Eszlari, Edgar; Eichinger, Walter: 14-Year Results of Bilateral versus Single Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts for Left-Sided Myocardial Revascularization in Young Diabetic Patients
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Hegazy, Yasser Y.; Hassanein, Wael; Ennker, Jürgen; Keshk, Noha; Bauer, Stefan; Sodian, Ralf: The Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Different Degrees of Obesity
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Berndt, Rouven; Panholzer, Bernd; Huenges, Katharina; Jussli-Melchers, Jill; Schoeneich, Felix; Friedrich, Christine; Hoffmann, Grischa; Cremer, Jochen; Haneya, Assad: Impact of Gender on Outcome in Octogenarians after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Fleißner, Felix; Issam, Ismail; Martens, Andreas; Cebotari, Serghei; Haverich, Axel; Shrestha, Malakh Lal: The Unplanned Postoperative Coronary Angiogram after CABG: Identifying the Patients at Risk
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Pullan, Mark; Oo, Aung; Poullis, Michael: Off-Pump Conversion: In-hospital Mortality and Long-Term Survival
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Zhang, Jianbin; Xu, Rong Wei; Fan, Xueqiang; Ye, Zhidong; Liu, Peng: A Systematic Review of Early Results Following Synchronous or Staged Carotid Artery Stenting and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Guclu, Orkut; Karahan, Oguz; Karabacak, Mustafa; Yuksel, Volkan; Huseyin, Serhat; Mavitas, Binali: Evaluation of Pericardial Fluid C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients Undergoing Coronary Bypass Surgery
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Akboga, Mehmet Kadri; Yayla, Cagri; Balci, Kevser Gulcihan; Ozeke, Ozcan; Maden, Orhan; Kisacik, Halil; Temizhan, Ahmet; Aydogdu, Sinan: Relationship between Serum Albumin Level and Monocyte-to-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio with Saphenous Vein Graft Disease in Coronary Bypass
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Hautalahti, Juha; Rinta-Kiikka, Irina; Tarkka, Matti; Laurikka, Jari: Symptoms of Sternal Nonunion Late after Cardiac Surgery
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Loladze, Giorgi; Kuehnel, Ralf Uwe; Claus, Thomas; Hartrumpf, Martin; Kuepper, Frank; Pohl, Manfred; Albes, Johannes Maximilian: Double-Wire versus Single-Wire Sternal Closure in Obese Patients: a Randomized Prospective Study
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Vos, Roemer J.; Jongbloed, Lisa; Sonker, Uday; Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T. L.: Titanium Plate Fixation versus Conventional Closure for Sternal Dehiscence after Cardiac Surgery

Short Communication

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Rustenbach, Christian Jörg; Wachter, Kristina; Franke, Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm; Baumbach, Hardy: Expanding Surgical Opportunities: Endoscopic Harvesting of the Vena Saphena Parva in Supine Position