Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017

EDITORIAL

Innovations and technologies in thoracic surgery

Calvin S.H. Ng and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 203–205, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx192

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REPORT

Adverse events while awaiting myocardial revascularization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Stuart J. Head and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 206–217, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx115

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CONGENITAL

Technical performance scores are predictors of midterm mortality and reinterventions following congenital mitral valve repair†

Elisabeth Martin and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 218–224, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx074

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Significant survival advantage of high pulmonary vein index and the presence of native pulmonary artery in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries: results from preoperative computed tomography angiography

Qianjun Jia and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 225–232, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx064

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Does morphological vessel analysis address pulmonary vascular physiology in patients with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries?

Adriano Carotti

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 232–233, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx134

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Initial shunt type at the Norwood operation impacts myocardial function in hypoplastic left heart syndrome†

Hanna K. Ruotsalainen and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 234–240, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx102

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TRANSPLANTATION AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

Long-term survival and quality of life after extracorporeal life support: a 10-year report

Daniele Camboni and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 241–247, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx100

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EXPERIMENTAL

Successful immunosuppressant-free heterotopic transplantation of tracheal allografts in the pig

Julien De Wolf and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 248–255, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx116

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Pathogenetic role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling during lung ischaemia–reperfusion injury†

Jan F. Gielis and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 256–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx125

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CATHETER-BASED VALVE OPERATIONS

Long-term results of the Mitroflow aortic pericardial bioprosthesis in over 800 patients: limited durability and mechanisms of dysfunction†

Fabio Ius and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 264–271, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx161

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Ten-year results of aortic valve replacement with first-generation Mitroflow bioprosthesis: is early degeneration a structural or a technical issue?

Liesbeth Lootens and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 272–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx117

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Mid- to long-term results following aortic valve replacement using the Mitroflow xeno-pericardial bioprosthesis: somewhat different views from 2 high-volume institutions

Thierry Carrel

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 278–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx145

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Long-term outcomes of a rapid deployment aortic valve: data up to 5 years†

Günther Laufer and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 281–287, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx103

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MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION

Shortening cardioplegic arrest time in patients undergoing combined coronary and valve surgery: results from a multicentre randomized controlled trial: the SCAT trial

Chris A. Rogers and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 288–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx087

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Editor's Choice

Coronary artery bypass surgery within 48 hours after cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction

Christina Grothusen and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 297–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx112

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GENERAL ADULT CARDIAC

Custodiol versus cold Calafiore for elective cardiac arrest in isolated aortic valve replacement: a propensity-matched analysis of 7263 patients

Alexandro Hoyer and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 303–309, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx052

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CONVENTIONAL AORTIC SURGERY

Aortic diameter remodelling after the frozen elephant trunk technique in aortic dissection: results from an international multicentre registry†

Mauro Iafrancesco and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 310–318, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx131

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Valve-sparing David I procedure in acute aortic type A dissection: a 20-year experience with more than 100 patients†

Erik Beckmann and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 319–324, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx170

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David operation for type A aortic dissection: risks and rewards

Sergey Leontyev and Michael A. Borger

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 325–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx175

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Management of cerebral malperfusion in surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection

Tomokuni Furukawa and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 327–332, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx056

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Contemporary results of hemiarch replacement

Ivancarmine Gambardella and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 333–338, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx071

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THORACIC

Adjuvant chemotherapy for large-cell neuroendocrine lung carcinoma: results from the European Society for Thoracic Surgeons Lung Neuroendocrine Tumours Retrospective Database

Pier Luigi Filosso and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 339–345, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx101

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Surgical therapy of thymic tumours with pleural involvement: an ESTS Thymic Working Group Project

Bernhard Moser and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 346–355, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx090

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A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group

Luca Bertolaccini and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 356–362, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx089

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Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: long-term results of lobectomy versus sublobar resection from the Polish National Lung Cancer Registry

Robert Dziedzic and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 363–369, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx092

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Induction chemotherapy for T3N0M0 non-small-cell lung cancer increases the rate of complete resection but does not confer improved survival

Kevin L. Anderson and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 370–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx091

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Poorer prognosis associated with simultaneous lymphatic and vascular invasion in patients with squamous carcinoma of the thoracic oesophagus

Hua Zhang and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 378–384, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx081

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Preoperative stenting in oesophageal cancer has no effect on survival: a propensity-matched case-control study†

Tommi Järvinen and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 385–391, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx097

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CASE REPORT

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in tracheal tumour under spontaneous ventilation anaesthesia

Minzhang Guo and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 392–394, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx076

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IMAGES IN CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Late stent migration in thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a potentially lethal complication

Nelson C. Vale and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Page 395, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx048

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Extension of a Stanford type A aortic dissection into the feeding vessel of a pulmonary sequestration

Mary A. Siki and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Page 396, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx059

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pseudoaneurysm formation in the Biointegral No-React® prosthesis: does it share the problems of its predecessor?

Syed Asif Arafat Sadeque and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Page 397, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx082

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Reply to Sadeque et al.

Tomas Holubec and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 397–398, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx080

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for lung cancer: time for a randomized trial

Morten Bendixen and Peter Bjørn Licht

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Page 398, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx078

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SPOTLIGHT - ICVTS RECENT ARTICLES

Spotlight on recently published ICVTS articles

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2017, Page 399, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx268

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