DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 06 · Volume 67 · September 2019 DOI: 10.1055/s-009-44162

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: Shaving with William
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Bilfinger, Thomas V.: A Blood Test to Predict the Future

Original Cardiovascular

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Kunihara, Takashi; Wendler, Olaf; Heinrich, Kerstin; Nomura, Ryota; Schäfers, Hans-Joachim: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Diabetic Patients: Complete Arterial versus Internal Thoracic Artery and Sequential Vein Grafts—A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis
Supplementary Figures
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Diab, Mahmoud; Färber, Gloria; Sponholz, Christoph; Tasar, Raphael; Lehmann, Thomas; Tkebuchava, Sophie; Franz, Marcus; Doenst, Torsten: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting using Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries through a Left-Sided Minithoracotomy: A Single-Center Starting Experience
Supplementary Material
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Jussli-Melchers, Jill; Panholzer, Bernd; Friedrich, Christine; Broch, Ole; Huenges, Katharina; Cremer, Joachim; Haneya, Assad: Mid- and Long-Term Outcomes of Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularization in Patients Aged 70 Years and Older: A Single-Center Experience
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Zientara, Alicja; Mariotti, Sergio; Matter-Ensner, Sonja; Seifert, Burkhardt; Graves, Kirk; Dzemali, Omer; Genoni, Michele: Fast-Track Management in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Dexmedetomidine Provides Rapid Extubation and Effective Pain Modulation
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Lee, Jun Ho; Jeong, Dong Seop; Sung, Kiick; Kim, Wook Sung; Park, Pyo Won; Kim, Hyuck; Carriere, K. C.; Lee, Young Tak: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Versus Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Patients with Multivessel Disease Involving the Right Coronary Artery
Supplementary Material
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Machado, Mauricio Nassau; Rodrigues, Fernando Bruetto; Grigolo, Ingrid Hellen; Sabbag, Amália Tieco Rocha; Silva, Osvaldo Lourenço; Maia, Lilia Nigro; Nakazone, Marcelo Arruda: Early Prognostic Value of High-Sensitivity Troponin T after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Weiler, Pia; Hamiko, Marwan; Mellert, Fritz; Roell, Wilhelm; Roell, Martina; Welz, Cecilia; Duerr, Georg Daniel: Impact of Crystalloid or Albumin Priming of the Heart–Lung Machine on Inhospital Outcome after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Short Communication

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Tschopp, Samuel; Eckstein, Friedrich; Matt, Peter: Low-Volume Cardioplegia and Myocardial Protection in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Special Report

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Schwarzer, Michael; Alscher, Leonhard; Doenst, Torsten: Comparison of Scientific Publications from Three Different Clinical Disciplines of German Universities
Supplementary Material

Original Basic Science

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Tolkmitt, Konstantin J.; Simsekyilmaz, Sakine; Schipke, Julia; Mühlfeld, Christian; Preissner, Klaus T.; Böning, Andreas: Influence of Medication-Induced Preconditioning or Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on the Intrinsic Vascular Extracellular RNA/Ribonuclease System in Cardioprotection
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Arif, Rawa; Franz, Maximilian; Remes, Anca; Zaradzki, Marcin; Hecker, Markus; Karck, Matthias; Müller, Oliver J.; Kallenbach, Klaus; Wagner, Andreas H.: Reduction of Transplant Vasculopathy by Intraoperative Nucleic Acid-based Therapy in a Mouse Aortic Allograft Model

Invited Commentary

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Schwarzer, Michael: Regulation of Animal Research in Science: How to Harm Both Science and Animal Protection