DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 02 · Volume 68 · March 2020 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-46018

Editorial

095
Heinemann, Markus K.: 20/20 Vision

Reviewer's List

096
Heinemann, Markus K.; Editor-in-Chief, on behalf of the Editorial Board and Thieme Medical Publishers: Reviewers for The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Original Cardiovascular

099
Mve Mvondo, Charles; Pugliese, Marta; Ambassa, Jean Claude; Giamberti, Alessandro; Bovio, Emanuele; Dailor, Ellen: Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement in a Low-Middle Income Region in the Modern Era: Midterm Results from a Sub-Saharan Center
107
Saha, Shekhar; Varghese, Sam; Ahmad, Ammar Al; Jebran, Ahmad Fawad; Waezi, Narges; Niehaus, Heidi; Baraki, Hassina; Kutschka, Ingo: Complex Valve Surgery in Elderly Patients: Increasingly Necessary and Surprisingly Feasible
114
Lorusso, Roberto; Folliguet, Thierry; Shrestha, Malakh; Meuris, Bart; Kappetein, Arie Pieter; Roselli, Eric; Klersy, Catherine; Nozza, Michele; Verhees, Luc; Larracas, Cristina; Goisis, Giovanni; Fischlein, Theodor: Sutureless versus Stented Bioprostheses for Aortic Valve Replacement: The Randomized PERSIST-AVR Study Design
124
Hoffmann, Grischa; Abraham-Westphal, Selam; Attmann, Tim; Frank, Derk; Lutter, Georg; Cremer, Jochen; Petzina, Rainer: Impact of Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch following Aortic Valve Replacement on Long-Term Survival and Quality of Life
131
Blasi, Stefania; Ravenni, Giacomo; Celiento, Michele; De Martino, Andrea; Milano, Aldo D.; Bortolotti, Uberto: Durability of the Mitroflow Pericardial Prosthesis: Influence of Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch and New Anticalcification Treatment
141
Oezpeker, Cenk; Barbieri, Fabian; Zujs, Vitalijs; Grimm, Michael; Lio, Antonio; Glauber, Mattia; Bonaros, Nikolaos: Minimally Invasive Redo-Aortic Valve Replacement: Reduced Operative Times as Compared to Full Sternotomy
148
Yang, Chun; Liu, Yang; Tang, Jiayou; Jin, Ping; Li, Lanlan; Yu, Shiqiang; Yang, Jian: Prognosis of Transcatheter Closure Compared with Surgical Repair of Paravalvular Leak after Prosthetic Valve Replacement: A Retrospective Comparison
158
Eghbalzadeh, Kaveh; Kuhn, Elmar W.; Sabashnikov, Anton; Weber, Carolyn; Sahyoun, Cherif; Rudolph, Tanja; Baldus, Stephan; Wahlers, Thorsten C.W.; Mader, Navid: “Vascular Outlining”: Augmented Imaging for Transfemoral Access—A Preclinical Investigation
162
De Leon, Maximiliano; Stanham, Roberto; Soca, Gerardo; Dayan, Victor: Do Flow and Pulsatility Index within the Accepted Ranges Predict Long-Term Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Original Thoracic

169
Zhang, Fan; Chen, Jing; Yang, Zhi-Gang; Liu, Han: Preoperative Assessment of Coronary Arteries by Cardiac Computed Tomography in Patients with Lung Cancer
176
Ucvet, Ahmet; Yazgan, Serkan; Gursoy, Soner; Samancilar, Ozgur: Prognosis of Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with Ipsilateral Pulmonary Metastasis
183
Tezel, Cagatay; Dogruyol, Talha; Alpay, Levent; Akyıl, Mustafa; Evman, Serdar; Metin, Serda; Baysungur, Volkan; Yalcinkaya, Irfan: Prognostic Importance of the Lymph Node Factor in Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
190
Sezen, Celal Bugra; Kocaturk, Celalettin Ibrahim; Bilen, Salih; Kalafat, Cem Emrah; Cansever, Levent; Dincer, Seyyit Ibrahim; Bedirhan, Mehmet Ali: Long-Term Outcomes of Carinal Sleeve Resection in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer