DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 06 · Volume 62 · September 2014 DOI: 10.1055/s-004-27709

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: Lost in Translation

Obituary: Donald Nixon Ross

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Yankah, Charles: In Memoriam: Mr. Donald Nixon Ross October 4, 1922 to July 7, 2014

Review Article

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Doenst, Torsten; Amorim, Paulo A.; Diab, Mahmoud; Hagendorff, Andreas; Faerber, Gloria; Graff, Jürgen; Rastan, Ardawan; Deutsch, Oliver; Eichinger, Walter; PAR I Investigators: Novel Thoughts on Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch in Aortic Valve Replacement: The Rationale for the PAR I Trial

Original Cardiovascular

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Hoffmann, Grischa; Ogbamicael, Selam Abraham; Jochens, Arne; Frank, Derk; Lutter, Georg; Cremer, Jochen; Petzina, Rainer: Impact of Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch Following Aortic Valve Replacement on Short-Term Survival: A Retrospective Single Center Analysis of 632 Consecutive Patients with Isolated Stented Biological Aortic Valve Replacement
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Böning, Andreas; Niemann, Bernd; Ennker, Ina; Richter, Michael; Roth, Peter; Ennker, Jürgen: Are Aortic Valve Reoperations after Primary Replacement with Stentless Heart Valve Prostheses More Demanding than after Stented Biological Prostheses?
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Haldenwang, Peter; Trampisch, Matthias; Schlömicher, Markus; Pillokeit, Nina; Rehman, Attik; Garstka, Nathalie; Bechtel, Matthias; Strauch, Justus: Risk Factors for Acute Kidney Injury following TA-TAVI or Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Which Procedure Is Less Kidney Damaging in Elderly Patients?
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O' Sullivan, Katie E.; Bracken-Clarke, Darragh; Segurado, Ricardo; Barry, Mitchel; Sugrue, Declan; Flood, Georgina; Hurley, John: Is Local Anesthesia the Optimum Strategy in Retrograde Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Conradi, Lenard; Seiffert, Moritz; Shimamura, Kazuo; Schirmer, Johannes; Blankenberg, Stefan; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Diemert, Patrick; Treede, Hendrik: Successful Use of a Left Ventricular Apical Access and Closure Device for Second-Generation Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation

Letters to the Editor

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Vural, Kerem M.: Pitfalls in Interpreting the Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch Outcome

Original Thoracic

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Kim, Jung Tae; Oh, Tae Yoon; Chang, Woon Ha; Kong, Joon Hyuk; Baek, Kang Seok; Lee, Won Jin; Bang, Yun Yi: Natural Course of Spontaneous Pneumothorax without Bullae or Blebs under High-Resolution Computed Tomography
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Jablonski, Slawomir; Brocki, Marian; Wawrzycki, Marcin; Smigielski, Jacek Arkadiusz; Kozakiewicz, Marcin: Efficacy Assessment of the Drainage with Permanent Airflow Measurement in the Treatment of Pneumothorax with Air Leak
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Karasaki, Takahiro; Shintomi, Shizuya; Nomura, Yukihiro; Tanaka, Nobutaka; Saito, Haruhisa; Yoshida, Yukihiro: Outcomes of Outpatient Treatment for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Using a Small-Bore Portable Thoracic Drainage Device
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Kang, Du-Young; Lee, Sungsoo: Lymphatic Vessel Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

How to Do It

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Wei, Bo; Jiang, Fusheng; Yin, Jinshu: A Specific Instrument to Facilitate Thoracoscopic Ligation

Case Report

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Özdemir, Ahmet Coşkun; Yüksel, Volkan; Hüseyin, Serhat; Baltalarlı, Ahmet: Aortic Valve Regurgitation and Ventricular Septal Defect Diagnosed 5 Years after Penetrating Cardiac İnjury
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Chea, J. S.; Chae, S. M.; Moon, S. W.: Tension Subcutaneous Emphysema during Laparoscopic Surgery Treatment of Colon Cancer: A Case Report