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  1. Content type: Research article

    While many studies have evaluated the change in lung volume before and after lung resection and correlated this with pulmonary function test results, there is very little evidence on the changes in ventilation...

    Authors: Kohei Aoki, Yotaro Izumi, Wataru Watanabe, Yuji Shimizu, Hisato Osada, Norinari Honda, Toshihide Itoh and Mitsuo Nakayama

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:43

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  2. Content type: Case report

    Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital pulmonary dysplasia, which requires surgical resection (either via open thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery [VATS] or via endoluminal occlusion of t...

    Authors: Haining Zhou, Shoujun Tang, Quanshui Fu, Li Yu and Lunxu Liu

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:44

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  3. Content type: Case report

    Cardiac surgery for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients is challenging because anemia and neutropenia develop as a result of the syndrome, leading to infection and bleeding tendency during surgery. We repo...

    Authors: Takura Taguchi, Hiroyuki Nishi, Kimihiro Kurose, Kohei Horikawa, Go Kanazawa and Toshiki Takahashi

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:45

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  4. Content type: Research article

    A small, but unstable, saw-gap may hinder bone-bridging and induce development of painful sternal dehiscence. We propose the use of Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA) for evaluation of sternal instability and pr...

    Authors: Rikke Falsig Vestergaard, Kjeld Søballe, John Michael Hasenkam and Maiken Stilling

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:41

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  6. Content type: Case report

    A displaced bronchus is a rare disorder of the left upper lobe. Displaced bronchi are often accompanied by an anomaly of a pulmonary artery, but rarely of a pulmonary vein.

    Authors: Kazuki Hayashi, Makoto Motoishi, Kanna Horimoto, Satoru Sawai and Jun Hanaoka

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:40

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  7. Content type: Research article

    To evaluate the ability of low radiation dose dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) to depict the features of morphological univentricular heart and to define accuracy by comparing findings with surgery.

    Authors: Narumol Chaosuwannakit and Pattarapong Makarawate

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:39

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  9. Content type: Correction

    The original article [1] contains an error whereby all authors’ names are mistakenly inverted; this was an error mistakenly carried forward by the production team that handled this article, and thus was not th...

    Authors: Lucia Mazzoni, Alexandre Azmoun, Ramzi Ramadan, Saïd Ghostine, Martin Kloeckner, Philippe Brenot, Mohamed Fradi, Rémi Nottin and Philippe Deluze

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:37

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    The original article was published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015 10:A260

  10. Content type: Case report

    Type A Dissection in pregnancy is a devastating medical condition with 2 lives at stake and unclear strategy at early gestational stages. We describe a successful outcome, clearly dependent on the coordination...

    Authors: Jerry Easo, Michael Horst, Bernhard Schmuck, Rohit Philip Thomas, Steffen Saupe, Malte Book and Alexander Weymann

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:36

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  11. Content type: Research article

    Hydatid cyst is an endemic infectious disease. Various modalities have been provided to approach hydatosis. This article reports a 20-years-experience of a new minimally invasive technique for the management o...

    Authors: Nizar Abbas, Sarah Zaher Addeen, Fatima Abbas, Tareq Al Saadi, Ibrahem Hanafi, Mahmoud Alkhatib, Tarek Turk and Ahmad Al Khaddour

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:35

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  12. Content type: Research article

    Glutaraldehyde fixed xenogeneic heart valve prosthesis are hindered by calcification and lack of growth potential. The aim of tissue decellularization is to remove tissue antigenicity, avoiding the use of glut...

    Authors: Mathieu van Steenberghe, Thomas Schubert, Sébastien Gerelli, Caroline Bouzin, Yves Guiot, Daela Xhema, Xavier Bollen, Karim Abdelhamid and Pierre Gianello

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:34

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Several retrospective studies have confirmed that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a safe and feasible treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patient...

    Authors: Zhiqiang Yang and Chunbo Zhai

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:33

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  14. Content type: Research article

    Surgical treatment of complicated aortic valve endocarditis often is challenging, even for experienced surgeons. We aim at demonstrating a standardized surgical approach by stentless bioprostheses for the trea...

    Authors: Anna Gomes, Jayant S. Jainandunsing, Sander van Assen, Peter Paul van Geel, Bhanu Sinha, Sandro Gelsomino, Daniel M. Johnson and Ehsan Natour

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:32

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  15. Content type: Research article

    Generally, the recurrence rate of keloids is unacceptably high after surgical excision alone. Nevertheless, surgical reduction of keloids is inevitable in many cases. The reconstruction of extensive soft tissu...

    Authors: Tae Hwan Park, Jang Won Lee and Chan Woo Kim

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:31

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  16. Content type: Case report

    Optimal anticoagulation strategy for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in end-stage heart failure patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) requiring left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation re...

    Authors: Yan K. Gernhofer, Michael Ross, Swapnil Khoche and Victor Pretorius

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:30

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  17. Content type: Research article

    Over the past decade, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has grown in popularity. Less invasive approaches to mitral valve surgery are increasingly used for improved cosmesis. We sought to compare...

    Authors: Zhibing Qiu, Xin Chen, Yueyue Xu, Fuhua Huang, Liqiong Xiao, Ting Yang and Li Yin

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:29

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  18. Content type: Research article

    Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are associated with poor outcomes following thoracotomy and lung resection. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lobectomy is now frequently utilised as ...

    Authors: Paula J. Agostini, Sebastian T. Lugg, Kerry Adams, Tom Smith, Maninder S. Kalkat, Pala B. Rajesh, Richard S. Steyn, Babu Naidu, Alison Rushton and Ehab Bishay

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:28

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  19. Content type: Research article

    Although systemic inflammatory responses are common after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR), its etiology remains uncertain. It is normally well tolerated and has a benign course. This study was undertaken to ...

    Authors: Jae Hang Lee, Jin-Ho Choi and Eung-Joong Kim

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:27

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  20. Content type: Research article

    Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) regulates DNA repair and metabolism by deacetylating target proteins. SIRT1 may be oncogenic because its overexpression has been detected in many cancers. The aim of the present study was to ...

    Authors: Ming-Chun Ma, Tai-Jan Chiu, Hung-I Lu, Wan-Ting Huang, Chien-Ming Lo, Wan-Yu Tien, Ya-Chun Lan, Yen-Yang Chen, Chang-Han Chen and Shau-Hsuan Li

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:25

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  21. Content type: Case report

    Some patients with thymoma present with a very large mass in the thoracic cavity. Although the most effective treatment for thymoma is surgical resection, it is difficult to perform because of the size of the ...

    Authors: Yoko Azuma, Hajime Otsuka, Takashi Makino, Satoshi Koezuka, Yoichi Anami, Sota Sadamoto, Megumi Wakayama, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya and Akira Iyoda

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:26

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Perioperative myocardial ischemia (PMI) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with poor outcome. The aim of this study was to pool the available data on the outcome after ...

    Authors: Fausto Biancari, Vesa Anttila, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Juhani K. E. Airaksinen and Debora Brascia

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:24

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Differing perfusion of the left and right ventricular coronary territory may influence flow-profiles of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs). We compared flow parameters, measured by transit-time flowmetry (TTFM), in ...

    Authors: Sanaz Amin, Raphael S. Werner, Per Lav Madsen, George Krasopoulos and David P. Taggart

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:23

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVAD) have become the standard of care for patients with end stage heart failure. Device reliability has increased, bringing the potential for VAD, compared ...

    Authors: Ann C. Gaffey, Carol W. Chen, Jennifer J. Chung, Jason Han, Christian A. Bermudez, Joyce Wald and Pavan Atluri

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:22

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  25. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    We modified the conventional aortic arch replacement procedure to avoid circulation arrest and a prolonged extracorporeal circulation time, especially in cases of acute aortic dissection. We herein present our...

    Authors: Feng Gao, Yongjie Ye, Yongheng Zhang and Bo Yang

    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2018 13:21

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