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  1. We previously reported that arterial infarction of vital organs after lobectomy might occur only after left upper lobectomy and be caused by thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump. We hypothesize...

    Authors: Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Satoko Uemura, Yasuhito Shoji, Satoshi Hayama, Tatsunosuke Ichimura, Naoto Senmaru, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga and Yoshiro Matsui
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:159
  2. Mitral Valve Aneurysm (MVA) is rarely reported and occurs most in association with infective endocarditis of the aortic valve. In our case, the 46-yr-old Chinese man was referred to our hospital with dyspnea a...

    Authors: Hongqiang Zhang, Hao Chen, Xiaoning Sun, Shouguo Yang and Chunsheng Wang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:148
  3. The bronchobiliary fistula is an abnormal interconnection between the biliary tract and bronchial trees. It is rare but troublesome. The management of such fistula is a challenge. Surgical intervention is cons...

    Authors: Yen-Shou Kuo, Shih-Chun Lee, Hung Chang, Chung-Bao Hsieh and Tsai-Wang Huang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:139

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015 10:102

  4. Excessive bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is risk factor for adverse outcomes after elective cardiac surgery (ECS). Although many different point-of-care devices to diagnose hemostatic disturbances...

    Authors: Mate Petricevic, Bojan Biocina, Davor Milicic, Lucija Svetina, Marko Boban, Ante Lekić, Sanja Konosic, Milan Milosevic and Hrvoje Gasparovic
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:129
  5. Despite significant advances in the treatment of thoracic infections, complex lung abscess remains a problem in modern thoracic surgery. We describe the novel application of vacuum-assisted closure for the tre...

    Authors: Zsolt Sziklavari, Michael Ried and Hans-Stefan Hofmann
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:157
  6. The “seed and soil” hypothesis emphasizes the importance of interactions between tumor cells and their microenvironment. CAFs (Cancer associated fibroblasts) are important components of the tumor microenvironm...

    Authors: Heng Du, Dali Chen, Yubin Zhou, Zhaojie Han and Guowei Che
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:147
  7. In myasthenia gravis (MG) both native and ectopic thymic tissue containing germinal centers should show greater metabolism compared to adjacent tissues. We evaluated whether preoperative standardized uptake va...

    Authors: Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi and Orazio Schillaci
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:146
  8. Surgical management of acute aortic infection is challenging, including excision of the infected segment and reconstruction either through extra-anatomical bypass or in situ graft replacement with higher risk ...

    Authors: Hamdy Awad, Haytham Elgharably, Lamia Buohliqah, Galina T Dimitrova and Michael R Go
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:142
  9. Refractory blood loss is a common problem in surgeries for acute type A aortic dissections. Significant evidence has supported the benefit of using recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) to control of intra...

    Authors: Wen Yan, Chengluan Xuan, Guojia Ma, Liang Zhang, Ning Dong, Zijian Wang and Rihao Xu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:156
  10. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of concurrent coronary artery disease in patients who underwent surgery due to severe valvular heart disease. The study also investig...

    Authors: Zeynep Yapan Emren, Sadık Volkan Emren, Barış Kılıçaslan, Hatice Solmaz, İbrahim Susam, Ahmet Sayın, Burçin Abud, Mehmet Aydın and Özgür Bayturan
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:153
  11. Lung transplantation (LTx) is still limited by organ shortage. To expand the donor pool, lung retrieval from non-heart-beating donors (NHBD) was introduced into clinical practice recently. However, primary gra...

    Authors: Thorsten Wittwer, Parwis Rahmanian, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Mohamed Zeriouh, Samira Karavidic, Klaus Neef, Astrid Christmann, Tanja Piatkowski, Anke Schnapper, Matthias Ochs, Christian Mühlfeld and Thorsten Wahlers
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:151

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2015 10:75

  12. Treatment of left ventricle wall rupture is very challenging, ruptured myocardial tissue is usually of poor quality and has a high risk of total rupture when being sutured. Furthermore, rapid decision-making i...

    Authors: Remco Bergman, Jayant S Jainandunsing, Bozena D Woltersom, Inez J den Hamer and Ehsan Natour
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:136
  13. Since the optimal management of patients with acute aortic dissection is unclear, this study analyzed total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation in the treatment of acute type A a...

    Authors: Su-Min Yang, Ping Xu, Cheng-Xiang Li, Qiang Huang, Hong-Bo Gao, Zhen-Fu Li and Qing Chang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:140
  14. Despite increasingly radical surgery for esophageal carcinoma, many patients still develop tumor recurrence after operation. This study was designed to analyze the clinical and pathologic influencing factors o...

    Authors: Xu-feng Guo, Teng Mao, Zhi-tao Gu, Chun-yu Ji, Wen-tao Fang and Wen-hu Chen
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:150
  15. Traditionally, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is performed under general anesthesia with selective ventilation and endotracheal intubation. Although some sparse data exists on VATS under local anesthes...

    Authors: Ara S Klijian, Michael Gibbs and Nicole T Andonian
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:149
  16. Objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of age on comparative early outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with minimized (MECC) and conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC).

    Authors: Philipp Kolat, Michael Ried, Assad Haneya, Alois Philipp, Reinhard Kobuch, Stephan Hirt, Michael Hilker, Christof Schmid and Claudius Diez
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:143
  17. The experiment was carried out on 100 symptomatic patients with internal carotid artery stenosis that underwent carotid endarterectomy. Every patient had the wall of the carotid artery resected during organ ha...

    Authors: Dariusz Janczak, Piotr Ziolkowski, Jerzy Garcarek, Dawid Janczak Jr, Karolina Dorobisz and Mariusz Chabowski
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:9060
  18. The Saphenous Vein (SVG) is used in over 80% of coronary artery bypass procedures (CABG) and SVG patency is the Achilles heel of CABG. To address this issue, the eSVS Mesh®, an external Nitinol knitted mesh, f...

    Authors: Uwe Klima, Abdalla A Elsebaey, Mohamed R Gantri, Jochen Bongardt, Gary Miller and Robert W Emery
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:126
  19. Anemia is an established adverse risk factor in cardiovascular disease. However, the effect of preoperative anemia is not well defined in heart surgery. This study evaluates the effect of preoperative anemia o...

    Authors: Antonio Miceli, Francesco Romeo, Mattia Glauber, Paolo M de Siena, Massimo Caputo and Gianni D Angelini
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:9050
  20. We aim to evaluate in-hospital events and long-term clinical outcomes in patients over 60 years of age with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction undergoing off-pump o...

    Authors: Rodrigo Morel Vieira de Melo, Whady Hueb, Paulo Cury Rezende, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, José Antonio Franchini Ramires and Roberto Kalil Filho
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:136
  21. We aim to evaluate in-hospital events and long-term clinical outcomes in patients over 60 years of age with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction undergoing off-pump o...

    Authors: Rodrigo Morel Vieira de Melo, Whady Hueb, Paulo Cury Rezende, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, José Antonio Franchini Ramires and Roberto Kalil Filho
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:127
  22. In total arch repair with open placement of a triple-branched stent graft for acute type A aortic dissection, the diameters of the native arch vessels and the distances between 2 neighboring arch vessels did n...

    Authors: Liang-Wan Chen, Xi-Jie Wu, Xiao-Fu Dai, Lin Lu, Dong-Shan Liao, Chao Li and Qian-Zhen Li
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:135
  23. Topical hemostatic agents are used to reduce bleeding and transfusion need during cardiothoracic surgery. We report our experience with Arista® AH Absorbable Hemostatic Particles (Arista® AH), a novel plant-ba...

    Authors: Brian A Bruckner, Lance N Blau, Limael Rodriguez, Erik E Suarez, Uy Q Ngo, Michael J Reardon and Matthias Loebe
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:134
  24. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a late mediator of systemic inflammation. Extracellular HMGB1 play a central pathogenic role in critical illness. The purpose of the study was to investigate the associatio...

    Authors: Xiao-Wen Wang, Avash Karki, Xing-Ji Zhao, Xiao-Yong Xiang and Zhi-Qian Lu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:133
  25. Macroscopic cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy perfusion (HITHOC) is a new multimodal approach for selected patients with primary and secondary pleural tumors, which may provide ...

    Authors: Christoph Kerscher, Michael Ried, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Bernhard M Graf and York A Zausig
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:125
  26. Sinus of Valsalva-right atrial fistulas are abnormal connections between the aorta and the right atrium, and present challenging surgical conditions. An extremely rare etiology of aorto-right atrial fistula is...

    Authors: Elizabeth S John, Joseph Boyer, Bradford Ledzian, Howard Steward, Richard Moro and Hartmuth B Bittner
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:124
  27. Primary cardiac tumors are very rare, papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) being the second most common benign tumor of the heart in previous series. However, as a consequence of increased imaging examinations, incid...

    Authors: Thomas Strecker, Sabine Scheuermann, Ehab Nooh, Michael Weyand and Abbas Agaimy
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:123
  28. Sternal wound infections (SWI) continue to be a major cause of concern after cardiac surgery. It leads to prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity, mortality and increased hospital costs. Prophylactic s...

    Authors: Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Ahmed Ashoub, Kareem Salhiyyah, Dincer Aktuerk, Sunil Ohri, Shahzad G Raja and Heyman Luckraz
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:122
  29. Hemorrhage from the left ventricle can be critical and sutureless repair using a fibrin-based haemostat (TachoComb) is one effective option. When active hemorrhage is not controlled by the haemostat, we have u...

    Authors: Hirofumi Kasahara and Ichiro Hayashi
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:121
  30. The reduction ascending aortoplasty in patients with an aortic ectasia/dilatation is a common procedure during concomitant cardiac operations. Aim of the follow up study was the evaluation of possible re-dilat...

    Authors: Arndt H Kiessling, Eva Odwody, Alexandra Miskovic, Ulrich A Stock, Andreas Zierer and Anton Moritz
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:120
  31. Primary intrathoracic liposarcoma is an extremely rare malignancy as well as a rare histologic subtype of intrathoracic sarcoma. Relatively few reports appear in the world literatures. We explored the clinicop...

    Authors: Ming Chen, Jun Yang, Lei Zhu, Cao Zhou and Heng Zhao
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:119
  32. The current study was performed to investigate the potential biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusions (MPE).

    Authors: Mingying Li, Helin Wang, Xia Wang, Jian Huang, Junxiang Wang and Xiue Xi
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:118
  33. Airway injuries are life threatening conditions. A very little number of patients suffering air injuries are transferred live at the hospital. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion based on the pres...

    Authors: Christos Prokakis, Efstratios N Koletsis, Panagiotis Dedeilias, Fotini Fligou, Kriton Filos and Dimitrios Dougenis
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:117
  34. The preoperative diagnosis of intraosseous schwannoma is challenging because of its rarity. We report a resected case of sternal intraosseous schwannnoma mimicking late recurrence of breast cancer.

    Authors: Hitoshi Igai, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Natsuko Kawatani, Takashi Ibe and Kimihiro Shimizu
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:116
  35. Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has been hypothesised to be beneficial in the high-risk patient population undergoing re-operative coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). In addition, this...

    Authors: Amir H Sepehripour, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Roberto Casula and Thanos Athanasiou
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:115
  36. Disturbances of interatrial conduction have been proposed as one of the contributing mechanisms of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF). P-wave dispersion has been recognized as a sensitive tool for detectin...

    Authors: Nima Hatam, Ali Aljalloud, Karl Mischke, Elias A Karfis, Rüdiger Autschbach, Rainer Hoffmann and Andreas Goetzenich
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:114
  37. Extralobar pulmonary sequestrations may be located in intrathoracic or extrathoracic areas. Extrathoracic intradiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestrations are an extremely rare subset of bronchopulmonary...

    Authors: Jang-Hoon Lee and Mi-Jin Kim
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:112
  38. About eighty percent of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cases occur in the elderly, we aim to examine the use of reperfusion strategies in elderly patients (≥65 years) with AMI and to investigate the factors...

    Authors: Gui-yan Yi, Xing-guang Zhang, Jian Zhang and Xian Wang
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:111
  39. The O-arm is an intraoperative imaging device that can provide computed tomography images. Surgery for small lung tumors was performed based on intraoperative computed tomography images obtained using the O-ar...

    Authors: Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Kichizo Kaga, Naoto Senmaru, Yoshihisa Kotani and Yoshiro Matsui
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:110
  40. There are no previous reports of rupture of a heterologous pericardial patch after aortic annulus enlargement. Our patient, a 72-year-old Japanese female, presented with congestive heart failure resulting from...

    Authors: Akimasa Morisaki, Yasuyuki Kato, Manabu Motoki, Yosuke Takahashi, Shinsuke Nishimura and Toshihiko Shibata
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:109
  41. A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with premature valve dysfunction and abnormalities of the ascending aorta. The aim of our study was to assess the degree of ascending aortic dilatation by measuring ...

    Authors: Yuki Nakamura, Masahiro Ryugo, Fumiaki Shikata, Masahiro Okura, Toru Okamura, Takumi Yasugi and Hironori Izutani
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:108
  42. Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is a known but rare complication of pacemaker lead implantation, accounting for approximately less than 0.5% of cases. Its pathophysiology is due to either infection or endoth...

    Authors: John Kokotsakis, Umar AR Chaudhry, Dimitris Tassopoulos, Leanne Harling, Hutan Ashrafian, Michail Vernandos, Meletis Kanakis and Thanos Athanasiou
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:107
  43. Primary chest wall tumors originate from different constructions of thoracic wall. We report our multidisciplinary experience on primary thoracic tumor resection and thoracic reconstruction, the need to additi...

    Authors: Reza Bagheri, Seyed Ziaollah Haghi, Mahmoud reza Kalantari, Alireza Sharifian Attar, Maryam Salehi, Azadeh Tabari and Maliheh Soudaneh
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:106
  44. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare postoperative short-term, mid-term and long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery performed with or without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients...

    Authors: Abdulkadir Ercan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Tolga Onder and Davit Saba
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:105
  45. A 75-year-old man (Asian, Japanese) was readmitted for examination of a heart murmur and haemolytic anemia 3 months after mitral valve and tricuspid annuloplasties and coronary artery bypass. A new systolic mu...

    Authors: Eiki Tayama, Yukihiro Tomita, Ken-ichi Imasaka and Takanori Kono
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:104
  46. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacies of goal-directed renal replacement therapy (GDRRT) and daily hemofiltration (DHF) for treating acute kidney injury (AKI) patients after cardiac surgery.

    Authors: Jiarui Xu, Xiaoqiang Ding, Yi Fang, Bo Shen, Zhonghua Liu, Jianzhou Zou, Lan Liu, Chunsheng Wang and Jie Teng
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:103
  47. The present study attempts to compare the immunohistochemistry (IHC) of von Willebrand factor (vWf) , endothelial cadherin, Caveolin and endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) in VasoView Endoscopic Vein Har...

    Authors: Mohammad Hassan Nezafati, Pouya Nezafati, Sakineh Amoueian, Armin Attaranzadeh and Hamid Reza Rahimi
    Citation: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2014 9:101

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