DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 08 · Volume 62 · December 2014 DOI: 10.1055/s-004-28224

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: History

Others

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Cremer, Jochen; Heinemann, Markus K.; Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm; Diegeler, Anno; Beyersdorf, Friedhelm; Niehaus, Heidi; Ensminger, Stephan; Schlensak, Christian; Reichenspurner, Hermann; Rastan, Ardawan; Trummer, Georg; Walther, Thomas; Lange, Rüdiger; Falk, Volkmar; Beckmann, Andreas; Welz, Armin: Kommentar der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie zum Positionspapier der DGK - Qualitätskriterien zur Durchführung der transvaskulären Aortenklappenimplantation (TAVI)

Special Report

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Meisner, Hans: Milestones in Surgery: 60 Years of Open Heart Surgery
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Heinemann, Markus K.; Tolksdorf, Marian: 60 and Counting: The History of “The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon”
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Matt, Peter: Bernoulli in the Operating Room: From the Perspective of a Cardiac Surgeon

Original Cardiovascular

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Sachs, Maike K.; Kahr, Peter C.; Scheld, Hans H.; Drees, Gaby: Need for Psychosocial Assistance in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery Evaluated by a Seven-Item Questionnaire
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Holubcova, Zdenka; Kunes, Pavel; Mandak, Jiri; Kolackova, Martina; Andrys, Ctirad; Krejsek, Jan; Holubec, Tomas: Could Pentraxin 3 Be a New Diagnostic Marker for Excessive Inflammatory Response in Cardiac Surgery?
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Beer, Lucian; Szerafin, Tamás; Mitterbauer, Andreas; Debreceni, Tamás; Maros, Tamás; Dworschak, Martin; Roth, Georg A.; Ankersmit, Hendrik Jan: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Reduces Postoperative Chemokine Serum Concentrations
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Böning, Andreas; Hagmüller, Stephanie; Heep, Martina; Rohrbach, Susanne; Niemann, Bernd; Mühlfeld, Christian: Is Warm or Cold Calafiore Blood Cardioplegia Better? Hemodynamic, Metabolic, and Electron Microscopic Differences

Original Thoracic

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Huang, Chang-Lun; Liu, Chia-Chuan; Cheng, Ching-Yuan; Lin, Ching-Hsiung; Wu, Yu-Chung; Wang, Bing-Yen: Learning Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Resident Training
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Takamochi, Kazuya; Oh, Shiaki; Miyasaka, Yoshikazu; Matsunaga, Takeshi; Kitamura, Yoshitaka; Fukui, Mariko; Suzuki, Kenji: Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Buttressed versus Nonbuttressed Stapling in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Lobectomy
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Zhang, Ruoyu; Bures, Maximilian; Höffler, Klaus; Jonigk, Danny; Haverich, Axel; Krueger, Marcus: In Vitro Comparison of Two Widely Used Surgical Sealants for Treating Alveolar Air Leak
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Boybeyi, Ozlem; Bakar, Bulent; Aslan, Mustafa Kemal; Atasoy, Pinar; Kisa, Ucler; Soyer, Tutku: Evaluation of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Dexamethasone on Pulmonary Contusion in Experimental Blunt Thoracic Trauma
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Ulger, Hüseyin; Deniz, Turgut; Comu, Faruk; Agalar, Canan; Kisa, Ucler; Agalar, Fatih: Protective Effect of Hypothermia in a Blunt Thoracic Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock Model

How to Do It

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Kobayashi, Naohiro; Endo, Katsuyuki: Pulmonary Segmentectomy with Tunneling Stapler Technique
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Yang, Shun-Mao; Chen, Jin-Shing; Lee, Jang-Ming: Handmade Guiding Tip Using a Nélaton Tube for Endostapler Application to Pulmonary Vessels
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Huang, Biaotong: A New Suture Technique Avoids Rib Fractures and Intercostal Nerve Trauma in Thoracotomy

Letter to the Editor

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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

Erratum

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Zhang, Ruoyu; Bures, Maximilian; Höffler, Klaus; Jonigk, Danny; Haverich, Axel; Krueger, Marcus: In Vitro Comparison of Two Widely Used Surgical Sealants for Treating Alveolar Air Leak
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Lococo, Filippo; Cesario, Alfredo; Ricchetti, Tommaso; Rapicetta, Cristian; Paci, Massimiliano; Sgarbi, Giorgio: Erratum to: Lung Tissue Damage Caused by Heat Accumulation from Adjacent Laser Application: Surgical Implications