DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 04 · Volume 52 · August 2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-3516

Original Thoracic

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Brega-Massone, P. P.; Conti, B.; Magnani, B.; Ferro, F.; Lequaglie, C.: Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery for Diagnostic Assessment and Palliative Treatment in Recurrent Neoplastic Pleural Effusion
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Moriya, Y.; Iyoda, A.; Hiroshima, K.; Sekine, Y.; Shibuya, K.; Iizasa, T.; Saitoh, Y.; Fujisawa, T.: Clinicopathological Analysis of Clinical N0 Peripheral Lung Cancers with a Diameter of 1 cm or Less
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Ohta, M.; Hirabayasi, H.; Shiono, H.; Minami, M.; Maeda, H.; Sawabata, N.; Matsumiya, G.; Miyoshi, S.; Matsuda, H.: Hemi-Clamshell Approach for Advanced Primary Lung Cancer
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Nakamura, H.; Kato, Y.; Kato, H.: Outcome of Surgery for Small Cell Lung Cancer - Response to Induction Chemotherapy Predicts Survival

Original Cardiovascular

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Fritzsche, D.; Eitz, T.; Grimmig, O.; Brensing, A.; Minami, K.; Körfer, R.: Home Monitoring of Patients after Prosthetic Valve Surgery - Experimental Background and First Clinical Attempts
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Alexi-Meskishvili, V.; Ovroutski, S.; Ewert, P.; Nürnberg, J.-H.; Stiller, B.; Abdul-Khaliq, H.; Hetzer, R.; Lange, P. E.: Mid-Term Follow-Up After Extracardiac Fontan Operation
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Christenson, J. T.; Kalangos, A.: Autologous Fibrin Glue Reinforced by Platelets in Surgery of Ascending Aorta

Brief Communications

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Unic, D.; Mihaljevic, T.; Leacche, M.; Gasparovic, H.; Albert, M. A.; Byrne, J. G.: Surgical Treatment of a Large Left-Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm
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Etz, C.; Welp, H.; Tjan, T. D. T.; Krasemann, T.; Schmidt, C.; Scheld, H. H.; Schmid, C.: Successful Long-Term Bridge to Transplant in a 5-Year-Old Boy with the EXCOR Left Ventricular Assist Device
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Kessel, B.; Alfici, R.; Ashkenazi, I.; Risin, E.; Moisseev, E.; Soimu, U.; Bartal, G.: Massive Hemothorax Caused by Intercostal Artery Bleeding: Selective Embolization May Be an Alternative to Thoracotomy in Selected Patients

Review

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Lutter, G.; Quaden, R.; Cremer, J.: Biological Bypass in Cardiovascular Surgery

Special Report

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Schmid, C.; Rothenburger, M.; Rukosujew, A.; Scheld, H. H.: ICD Implantation - Between Necessity and Tragedy

Letter to the Editor

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