DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 06 · Volume 46 · December 1998 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-8723

Original Cardiovascular

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Liebold, A.; Haisch, G.; Rosada, B.; Kleine, P.: Internal Atrial Defibrillation - a New Treatment of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
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Diegeler, A.; Tárnok, A.; Rauch, Th.; Haberer, D.; Falk, V.; Battellini, R.; Autschbach, R.; Hambsch, J.; Schneider, P.; Mohr, F. W.: Changes of Leukocyte Subsets in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Cardiopulmonary Bypass Versus ‘Off-pump’ techniques
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Hekmat, K.; Clemens, R. M.; Mehlhorn, U.; Geissler, H. J.; Kuhn-Régnier, F.; de Vivie, E. R.: Emergency Coronary Artery Surgery After Failed PTCA: Myocardial Protection with Continuous Coronary Perfusion of Beta-Blocker-Enriched Blood
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Szabó, G.; Sebening, C.; Hackert, T.; Hoffmann, L.; Melnitchuk, S.; Vahl, C. F.; Hagl, S.: The Role of Coronary Perfusion Changes in Cardiac Dysfunction Associated With Brain Death.
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Dahm, M.; Prüfer, D.; Dohmen, G.; Mayer, E.; Groh, E.; Choi, Y.-H.; Oelert, H.: Pathophysiology of Early Failure of Autologous Aortic Heart Valves (ATCV)
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Boeken, U.; Feindt, P.; Petzold, T.; Klein, M.; Micek, M.; Seyfert, U. T.; Mohan, E.; Schulte, H. D.; Gams, E.: Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin: the Influence of Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Aprotinin, SIRS, and Sepsis

Original Thoracic

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Wagner, F.; Nasseri, R.; Laucke, U.; Hetzer, R.: Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy: Results and Long-Term Outcome of Critically Ill Patients Following Cardiac Surgery
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Soysal, Ö; Topçu, S.; Tastepe, I.; Kaya, S.; Çetin, G.: Childhood Chronic Pleural Empyema: a Continuing Surgical Challenge in Developing Countries
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Liewald, F.; Lang, G.; Fleiter, Th.; Sokiranski, R.; Halter, G.; Orend, K. H.: Comparison of Virtual and Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
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Wertzel, H.; Siebert, H.; Lange, W.; Swoboda, L.; Graf, E.; Hasse, J.: Results after Surgery in Stage-I Bronchogenic Carcinoma

Case Report

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Baciewicz, F. A.: Transthoracic Pacemaker Lead Insertion Via the Right Atrium
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van Son, J. A. M.; Black, M. D.; Haas, G. S.; Falk, V.; Hambsch, J.; Onnasch, J. F.; Mohr, F. W.: Extracardiac Repair Versus Intracardiac Baffle Repair of Complex Unroofed Coronary Sinus
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Rashid, M. A.; Wikström, T.; Örtenwall, P.: Mediastinal Perforation and Contralateral Hemothorax by a Chest Tube
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Nwose, P.; Galbis, J. M.; Okafor, O.; Torre, W.: Mediastinal Paraganglioma: a Case Report

How To Do It

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Hake, U.; Hilker, M.; Oelert, H.: ‘Soft’ Snaring of the Coronary Artery in Minimally-Invasive Coronary Surgery

Letter to the Editor

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