DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 03 · Volume 61 · April 2013 DOI: 10.1055/s-003-24829

Editorial

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Heinemann, M. K.: Space Invaders

Original Cardiovascular

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Dörge, Hilmar; Sellin, Christian; Bury, Maike-Corinna; Drescher, Andreas; Seipelt, Ralph; Grossmann, Marius; Danner, Bernhard C.; Schoendube, Friedrich A.: Incidence of Deep Sternal Wound Infection Is Not Reduced with Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients
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Friberg, Örjan; Bodin, Lennart: Collagen Gentamicin for Prevention of Sternal Wound Infection: Effective or Not?
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Moon, Mi Hyoung; Kang, Joon Kyu; Kim, Hwan Wook; Jo, Keon Hyun; Choi, Soo Hwan; Song, Hyun: Pain After Median Sternotomy: Collateral Damage or Mitigatable Byproduct?
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Papadopoulos, Nestoras; Hacibaramoglu, Meltem; Kati, Canan; Muller, Dominik; Flöter, Julius; Moritz, Anton: Chronic Poststernotomy Pain after Cardiac Surgery: Correlation of Computed Tomography Findings on Sternal Healing with Postoperative Chest Pain
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Temizkan, Veysel; Arslan, Gokhan; Ugur, Murat; Alp, Ibrahim; Yedekci, Erturk; Ucak, Alper; Tas, Dilaver; Yilmaz, Ahmet Turan: Reversed C Sternotomy versus Conventional Sternotomy in Cardiac Surgery
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Yu, Su-Yang; Liu, Lei; Li, Pu; Li, Jie: Rapamycin Inhibits the mTOR/p70S6K Pathway and Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis in Adriamycin-induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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Xiang, Xujin; Lin, Haixia; Liu, Jin; Duan, Zeyan: Equivalent Cardioprotection Induced by Ischemic and Hypoxic Preconditioning
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Deppe, Antje-Christin; Kuhn, Elmar; Scherner, Maximilian; Slottosch, Ingo; Liakopoulos, Oliver; Langebartels, Georg; Choi, Yeong-Hoon; Wahlers, Thorsten: Coagulation Disorders Do Not Increase the Risk for Bleeding during Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheotomy

Original Thoracic

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Lococo, F.; Cesario, A.; Mattei, F.; Petrone, G.; Vita, L. M.; Petracca-Ciavarella, L.; Margaritora, S.; Granone, P.: Elastofibroma Dorsi: Clinicopathological Analysis of 71 Cases
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Hayes, Don; Weiland, Aaron; Kirkby, Stephen; Galantowicz, Mark; McConnell, Patrick I.; Tobias, Joseph D.: Gram-Negative Infection and Bronchiectasis in Lung Transplant Recipients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
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Keshava, Hari B.; Farver, Carol F.; Brown, Chase R.; Shafii, Alexis E.; Murthy, Sudish C.; Yun, James J.; Vakil, Nakul; Pettersson, Gosta B.; Mason, David Park: Timing of Heparin and Thrombus Formation in Donor Lungs after Cardiac Death

Special Report

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Heim, Christian; Nooh, Ehab; Kondruweit, Markus; Weyand, Michael; Tandler, Rene: Single Centre Experience with Prolonged Waiting Time on Transplant List with “High-Urgency” Status
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Celik, Sezai; Gurer, Onur; Aydemir, Cuneyt: Sternal Dehiscence Accompanied by Protrusion of the Left Lung Through the Chest Wall

Case Report

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Yildirim, Y.; Pecha, S.; Sill, B.; Deuse, T.; Reichenspurner, H.: Severe Bacterial Superinfection Based on Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia in a Heart–Lung Transplant Recipient
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Deschka, Heinz; Machner, Matthias; Wimmer-Greinecker, Gerhard: Presternal False Aneurysm Due to Osseous Arrosion of the Right Ventricle
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Bedeir, Kareem; Hassanein, Wael: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Unusual Presentation in an Adult
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Kaths, Moritz; Ebert, Maren; Galle, Peter R.; Keilmann, Annerose; Lang, Hauke; Gockel, Ines: Late Consequences of Traumatic Rupture of the Diaphragm

Erratum

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Hijazi, E.: Erratum to: Aspirin does not increase bleeding and allogenic blood transfusion in coronary artery surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;59:421-424