Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018

EDITORIAL

No pain, no gain

Rafael Andrade and Amit Bhargava

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 969–970, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy347

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Radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: a state-of-the-art primer

Miguel Sousa-Uva and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 971–976, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy335

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REVIEW

How to treat severe symptomatic structural valve deterioration of aortic surgical bioprosthesis: transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation or redo valve surgery?

David Attias and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 977–985, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy204

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CONGENITAL

Results of aortic valve repair using decellularized bovine pericardium in congenital surgery

Sarah Nordmeyer and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 986–992, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy181

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Outcomes and risk factors associated with tricuspid valve repair in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Bahaaldin Alsoufi and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 993–1000, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy198

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Long-term quality of life in adult survivors after the arterial switch operation

Tyson A Fricke and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1001–1003, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy178

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EXPERIMENTAL

Development of novel force-limiting grasping forceps with a simple mechanism

Yasuto Sakaguchi and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1004–1012, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy216

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Transcatheter mitral valve implantation: supra-annular and subvalvular fixation techniques

Klaas Loger and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1013–1021, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy188

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THORACIC

The prognostic effect of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation on recurrence dynamics of lung adenocarcinoma

In Kyu Park and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1022–1027, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy220

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Which T descriptor is more predictive of recurrence after sublobar resection: whole tumour size versus solid component size?

Hang Su and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1028–1036, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy225

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open surgery for Stage I thymic epithelial tumours: a propensity score-matched study

Zhitao Gu and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1037–1044, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy239

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CONVENTIONAL AORTIC SURGERY

Impact of reimplantation technique of supra-aortic branches in total arch replacement on stroke rate and survival: results from the ARCH registry

Florian S Schoenhoff and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1045–1051, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy194

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CATHETER-BASED VALVE OPERATIONS

Feasibility and safety of combined percutaneous coronary intervention among high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Liming Bao and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1052–1059, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy240

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CONVENTIONAL VALVE OPERATIONS

Editor's Choice

Early surgery for acute-onset infective endocarditis

Carlos Ferrera and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1060–1066, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy208

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Comparable perioperative outcomes and mid-term survival in prosthetic valve endocarditis and native valve endocarditis

Makoto Mori and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1067–1072, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy191

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Aortic valve replacement using the Freedom SOLO stentless bioprosthesis: clinical and haemodynamic performance in 625 patients at medium-term follow-up

Jelle Fleerakkers and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1073–1080, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy202

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Comparison of aortic annulus dimensions after aortic valve neocuspidization with those of normal aortic valve using transthoracic echocardiography

Yasunori Iida and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1081–1084, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy190

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Long-term results after concomitant mitral and aortic valve surgery: repair or replacement?

Gonçalo F Coutinho and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1085–1092, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy205

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MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION

The effect on survival from the use of a saphenous vein graft during coronary bypass surgery: a large cohort study

Alistair Royse and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1093–1100, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy213

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Is the non-use of a saphenous vein graft the true question in coronary surgery?

Mario Gaudino and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1100–1101, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy281

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Clinical frailty scale and outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting

Daniel Reichart and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1102–1109, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy222

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Usefulness of thoraco-abdominal computed tomography angiography in coronary artery bypass patients

Kwon Joong Na and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1110–1115, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy235

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TRANSPLANTATION AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

Long-term heart transplant outcomes after lowering fixed pulmonary hypertension using left ventricular assist devices

Roxana Moayedifar and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1116–1121, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy214

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The liver-first approach for combined lung and liver transplantation

Jawad Salman and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1122–1127, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy217

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The feasibility of extubation in the operating room after bilateral lung transplantation in adult emphysema patients: an observational retrospective study

Valentina Assenzo and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1128–1133, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy196

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SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

Video-assisted thoracoscopic anterior vertebral body tethering for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis of the spine

Vijay Joshi and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1134–1136, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy200

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CASE REPORTS

Evolut R implantation via the brachial artery

Giuseppe Bruschi and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1137–1139, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy201

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Transapical valve-in-ring mitral valve implantation through the anterior mitral valve leaflet

Luke J Rogers and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1140–1141, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy212

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Endovascular repair of thrombosed-type acute Type A aortic dissection with critical renal artery malperfusion

Atsushi Omura and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1142–1144, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy183

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The right time-dependent statistics: this is the moment

Jamie L R Romeo and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Page 1145, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy184

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Reply to Romeo et al.

Hyungtae Kim and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1145–1146, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy185

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Infective endocarditis: a mixed bag in need of a comprehensive classification system

Makoto Mori and Arnar Geirsson

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Page 1146, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy209

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Reply to Mori and Geirsson

Lauge Østergaard and Emil Loldrup Fosbøl

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Page 1147, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy210

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Off-pump mitral valve repair: is less really more?

Anton Tomšič and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1147–1148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy229

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Reply to Tomšič et al.

Andrea Colli and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2018, Page 1148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy231

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