The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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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
Cebi, Niyazi: “Wings of a Butterfly” Technique in Modified Bentall's Procedure

Issue 06/2024

Voucharas, Christos; Tagarakis, Georgios: Comments on “Is Single LIMA-LAD Bypass Appropriate for OPCAB Training?”

Issue 04/2024

Hurst, Daniel J.; Bobier, Christopher: Does Xenotransplantation Offer a Large Benefit for Human Patients?

Issue 03/2023

Tan, Tong; Liu, Jian; Zhu, Wei; Guo, Huiming: Surgical Strategy of Mitral Valve Repair in Transmitral Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Issue 02/2023

Macbeth, Fergus; Treasure, Tom: Pulmonary Metastasectomy: Association Is Not Causation

Issue 05/2022

Li, Xin-Tao; Xue, Fu-Shan; Tian, Tian; He, Nong: Comment on: “Thoracic Paravertebral Block Ameliorates POD in Geriatric Patients”
Luo, Xin; Xue, Fu-Shan; Shao, Liu-Jia-Zi; He, Nong: Comparing Analgesic Efficacy of Nerve Blocks after Thoracoscopic Surgery: Methodology Is Important

Issue 08/2021

Hu, Bin; Xue, Fu-Shan; Shao, Liu-Jia-Zi; Tian, Tian: Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for Postoperative Delirium
Yankah, Charles: Access to Cardiac Surgery Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?

Issue 04/2020

Yang, He; Xue, Fu-Shan; Shao, Liu-Jia-Zi; Hou, Hai-Jun: Use of Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase Level to Predict Adverse Neurologic Outcomes after Aortic Surgery
Kimura, Fumiaki: Reply to “Use of Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase Level to Predict Adverse Neurologic Outcomes after Aortic Surgery”

Issue 01/2020

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

Issue 06/2018

Russo, Marco; Nardi, Paolo; Saitto, Guglielmo; Bovio, Emanuele; Ruvolo, Giovanni: Focusing on Patient Subcategories: When Could We Expect a Suboptimal Late Result after Coronary Endarterectomy?

Issue 06/2017

Vural, Kerem M.: Why Does Prosthetic Replacement Seemingly Have Higher Perioperative Mortality Than Valve Repair in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?
Cerit, Levent: The Prognostic Role of SYNTAX Score in Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Puzzle
van Putte, Bart P.; Weimar, Timo: Atrial-Esophageal Fistula after Thoracoscopic Maze Surgery: The Real Perspective
van Valen, Richard; Kik, Charles; Mokhles, Mostafa M.; Bogers, Ad J.J.C.: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article
Suwalski, Piotr: Atrioesophageal Fistula after Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Epicardial Ablation Reported by Kik
Valen, Richard van; Kik, Charles; Mokhles, Mostafa M.; Bogers, Ad J.J.C.: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article
Heinemann, Markus K.: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Issue 05/2017

Oncel, Murat; Sunam, Guven Sadi; Yıldıran, Huseyın: Training with Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Issue 01/2017

Domanin, Maurizio; Romagnoni, Giovanni: Regarding “High-Risk Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Intravenous Drug Abuse and/or Active Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: An Ethical Discussion of Six Cases”
Sons, Hermann J.: Letter to the Editor
Stamm, Christof; Kempfert, Jörg; Falk, Volkmar: Re: “Two Minds with but a Single Thought …”
Robicsek, Francis: Prevention of Seroconversion after HIV-Infected Needle Stick
Domanin, Maurizio; Romagnoni, Giovanni: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article

Issue 06/2016

Çubuk, Sezai; Yücel, Orhan: A Comment on the Pulmonary Contusion Model
Boybeyi, Ozlem; Soyer, Tutku: Reply by the Authors of the Original Article
Oncel, Murat; Sunam, Guven Sadi; Yıldıran, Huseyın: Is Clipping the Sympathetic Chain Effective for Palmar Skin Temperature?

Issue 03/2016

Erol, Gokhan; Dilmen, Serkan; Selcuk, Ismail; Doganci, Suat: How Can Relation Between Pericardial Effusion and Acute Kidney Injury Be Explained?

Issue 01/2016

Fenton, Kathleen N.: Ethical Dilemmas at the Bedside: How Do We Decide?
Weiland, Hans-Christian: “Meglio e La Piccola Certezza Che la Gran Bugia” (The Little Truth is Better than the Big Lie) – Leonardo da Vinci Or: The Obligation to Say “Yes” and a Right to Say “No”

Issue 08/2015

Cubuk, Sezai; Yucel, Orhan: Achievements of Unilateral Sympathectomy

Issue 06/2015

Çubuk, Sezai: Is Single Level Paravertebral Analgesia Enough for Controlling Postoperative Pain in VATS?

Issue 05/2015

Yiyit, Nurettin: Is Sympathetic Chain Clipping for Hyperhidrosis a Reversible Procedure?

Issue 04/2015

Petricevic, Mate; Biocina, Bojan; Boban, Marko; Zrno, Martina; White, Alexandra; Rotim, Cecilija; Subasic, Ante; Milicic, Davor: Clinical Relevance and Practical Value of Platelet Function Assessment Using Multiple Electrode Aggregometry during Extracorporeal Circulation

Issue 01/2015

Petricevic, Mate; Biocina, Bojan; Mihaljevic, Martina Zrno; Boban, Marko; Samardzic, Jure; Konosic, Sanja; Ivancan, Visnja: Preoperative Prasugrel Discontinuation Management in Coronary Artery Surgery
Fenton, Kathleen N.; Cardarelli, Marcello: Different Paths to the Same End: A Response to the Question: Quo Vadis?

Issue 08/2014

Lococo, Filippo; Cesario, Alfredo; Ricchetti, Tommaso; Rapicetta, Cristian; Paci, Massimiliano; Sgarbi, Giorgio: Lung Tissue Damage Caused by Heat Accumulation from Adjacent Laser Application: Surgical Implications

Issue 07/2014

Dhein, Stefan: Fat and the Heart: A More and More Complex Interplay
Nezic, Dusko; Borzanovic, Milorad: Clinical Performances of the EuroSCORE II Risk Stratification Model Compared with Old EuroSCORE Models

Issue 04/2014

Horke, Alexander; Cesnjevar, Robert; Sachweh, Joerg S.: Re: Lange R, Hoerer J, Schreiber C. What are the Obstacles to Training in Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease in Germany? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61: 273-277

Issue 03/2014

Sinzobahamvya, Nicodeme; Arenz, Claudia; Hraska, Viktor; Asfour, Boulos: Re: Lange R, Hoerer J, Schreiber C. What are the obstacles to training in surgery for congenital heart disease in Germany? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;61:273–277
Daebritz, Sabine H.: Re: Lange R, Hoerer J, Schreiber C. What are the obstacles to training in surgery for congenital heart disease in Germany? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;61:273–277
Koestenberger, Martin; Ravekes, William: Impairment of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion and Tricuspid Annular Peak Systolic Velocity in Patients with Pectus Excavatum
Böning, Andreas: Vascular Complications after Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Insertion Are Rare Events

Issue 02/2014

Baisi, Alessandro; De Simone, Matilde; Cioffi, Ugo: When and Why to Perform Nodal Dissection in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Nosotti, Mario; De Simone, Matilde; Cioffi, Ugo: Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Issue 08/2013

Petricevic, Mate; Biocina, Bojan; Safradin, Ivica; Gasparovic, Hrvoje: Preoperative Aspirin Discontinuation Management and Bleeding Outcome in Elective Coronary Artery Surgery
Petricevic, Mate; Biocina, Bojan; Milicic, Davor; Lekic, Ante; Safradin, Ivica; Gasparovic, Hrvoje: Multiple Electrode Aggregometry and Prediction of Bleeding and Transfusion Outcomes in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities for Future

Issue 01/2013

Baisi, Alessandro; De Simone, Matilde; Cioffi, Ugo: What Is the Best Treatment for Catamenial Pneumothorax?

Issue 03/2012

Moosdorf, Rainer G. H.: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Implantation Does Not Affect Long-Term Survival after Isolated CABG in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (Thorac Cardiov Surg 2011;59:406–410)

Issue 02/2012

Nosotti, Mario; De Simone, Matilde; Cioffi, Ugo: The Mediastinoscopy and the Future in Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer Staging
Lococo, Filippo; Cesario, Alfredo; Cusumano, Giacomo; Marra, Alessandro; Margaritora, Stefano; Granone, Pierluigi: Sleeve Lobectomy for NSCLC Treatment: A Simple Surgical Choice or a Mandatory Need in High-Risk Patients?

Issue 06/2010

Schreiber, C.; Hörer, J.: Invited Commentary

Issue 03/2010

Urbanski, P.: How Many Aortic Valve Repairs Are Really Performed in Germany?

Issue 01/2010

Fisher, R. L.: Comment on: Takanami et al. Life-Threatening Airway Obstruction
Harris, W.: Omega-3 and Atrial Fibrillation Post-CABG

Issue 04/2009

Knobloch, K.: Polidocanol – A Versatile and Safe Agent?

Issue 06/2008

Robicsek, F.: Surgery for Recurrent Coarctation

Issue 05/2008

Carrel, T. P.: Another Disastrous Outcome Following Aortic Root Replacement with the Shelhigh No-React Aortic Valved Tube

Issue 03/2007

Hartrumpf, M.; Stock, U. A.; Albes, J. M.: Comment on “Fracture of Colvin-Galloway Future Band in a Patient with Mitral Valve Annuloplasty” by Bauer et al., Thorac Cardiov Surg 2006; 54: 352 - 353

Issue 05/2006

Schreiber, C.; Lange, R.: Umsetzung des Strukturpapiers für die Behandlung von Patienten mit angeborenen Herzfehlern in Deutschland

Issue 03/2006

Bleiziffer, S.; Schreiber, C.; Lange, R.: Comment on “Patient Attitudes to Sternotomy and Thoracotomy Scars” by Crossland et al.

Issue 04/2004

Dirksen, H.-H.: The Right of Self-Determination - Why Not Valid for Jehovah's Witnesses?

Issue 02/2004

Knaut, M.; Tugtekin, S. M.; Matschke, K.: Letter to the Editor
Hoffmeier, A.; Schmid, C.; Scheld, H. H.: Reply: “Ex Situ Resection of Primary Cardiac Tumors”

Issue 05/2003

Kallenbach, K.; Haverich, A.: Explantation of the Heart for Resection of Primary Cardiac Tumors can be Avoided by Partial Ex Situ Heart Surgery

Issue 02/2003

Gummert, J. F.; Mohr, F. W.: Deep Sternal Wound Infection and Risk Analysis - What Do We Really Know?
Moosdorf, R.: ICD Implantation With and Without Combined Myocardial Revascularization - Incidence of ICD Therapy and Late Survival

Issue 01/2003

Abdul-Khaliq, H.; Troitzsch, D.: Cerebral Oxygen Monitoring during Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Issue 04/2002

Ishikawa, H.; Satoh, H.; Yamashita, Y. T.; Ohtsuka, M.; Sekizawa, K.: CEA and Survival in Patients with Stage IA-B NSCLC
Nollert, G.; Reichart, B.: Cerebral Oxygen Monitoring during Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Deep Hypothermia Circulatory Arrest
by H. Abdul-Khalig et al.

Issue 02/2002

Christiansen, S.; Jahn, U. R.; Hammel, D.: Heparin in Patients with HIT II Requiring Complex Cardiac Procedures
Maeda, K.; Ninomiya, M.; Moyairi, T.; Morota, T.; Kitamura, R.; Takamoto, S.: Mediastinitis after Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy

Issue 01/2002

Sirbu, H.; Busch, Th.: Bronchial Repair with Pulmonary Preservation for Severe Thoracic Trauma

Issue 06/2001

Geissler, H. J.; Mehlhorn, U.; Laine, G. A.; Allen, S.: The Effect of Cardiopulmonary Lymphatic Obstruction on Heart and Lung Function

Issue 05/2001

Beranek, J. T.: In Situ DNA Nick-End Labeling Positive Reaction around Laser Channels

Issue 06/2000

Regueiro, F.; Arnau, A.; Cantó, A.: Traumatic Chylothorax after Right Pulmonary Resection. Successful Conservative Management

Issue 05/2000

Augustin, N.; Schreiber, C.; Lunge, R.: Valve preserving treatment of Ebstein's Anomaly: Perioperative and Follow-up Results

Issue 06/1998

Wollert, H.-G.; Müllejans, B.; Beholz, S.; Eckel, L.: Intraoperative Visualization of Coronary Artery Fistula Using Medical Dye

Issue 02/1998

Borowski, A.; Korb, H.; Mehlhorn, U.: Improved Myocardial Protection Using Continuous Coronary Perfusion with Normothermic Blood and Beta-Blockade with Esmolol

Issue 04/1997

Wollert, H.-G.; Grossmann, H.; Eckel, L.: Magnesium Sulfate Prevents Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Surgery - What is the Common Mechanism?*

Issue 04/1996

Zeplin, H. E.: Letter to the Editor

Issue 02/1994

Baumgart, D.: Delayed Sternal Closure

Issue 03/1993

Vahl, Chr. F.; Tanzeem, A.; Hagl, S.: Effects of Pulsatile and Nonpulsatile Perfusion Mode during Extracorporeal Circulation - a Comparative Clinical Study

Issue 02/1992

Franke, U.; Wahlers, Th.: Protection of a Transplanted Kidney during Aortoiliac Reconstruction

Issue 06/1990

Panzner, R.; Wollert, H.-G.; Hermann, M.; Taha, M.; Schischka, F.: Reperfusion Arrhythmias After Cardioplegia Using Bretschneider-HTK Solution

Issue 03/1987

Jones, Michael; Ferrans, Victor J.: «Comparative Study of Calcification in the T6-treated and Standard Hancock-I Porcine Xenografts: Experimental Study in Weanling Sheep»*

Issue 05/1986

Andrews, Edwin: Damage of Porcine Aortic Valve Tissue Caused by the Surfactant Sodiumdodecylsulphate

Issue 03/1986

de Vivie, E. R.: “Hemodynamic and Angiographic Late Results Following Enlargement of Narrow Aortic Root Using Autologous Pericardium in Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement”

Issue 02/1986

Robicsek, Francis: Neurologic Complications following Coronary Artery Bypass. The Role of Atherosclerotic Emboli

Issue 05/1985

Huth, Ch.: Closed Mitral Commissurotomy. An Obsolete Operative Approach?

Issue 04/1985

Ross, Donald: Temporary Extraanatomic Subclavian-to-femoral Bypass

Issue 04/1984

Ebels, T.; Eijgelaar, A.; Homan van der Heide, J. N.: Early and Late Results Following Repair of Partial Atrioventricular (AV) Canal

Issue 06/1982

Wolfson, E.: Unintentional Placement of Pleural Drain in the Hepatic Vein