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Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021
Guidelines
2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease: Developed by the Task Force for the management of valvular heart disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 727–800, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab389
Reviews
Mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty ring dehiscence: a systematic review with pooled analysis
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 801–810, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab178
Mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty ring dehiscence, a story yet to be told
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 811–812, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab345
Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Transplantation of donor hearts after circulatory death using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage preservation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 813–819, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab139
Intra-corporeal recovery of the donor heart after circulatory-determined death followed by cold storage in clinical practice
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 820–821, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab360
Liver-first strategy for a combined lung and liver transplant in patients with cystic fibrosis
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 822–830, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab164
Obesity is not a contraindication to veno-arterial extracorporeal life support
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 831–838, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab165
No more excuses… Extracorporeal life support in obese patients
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 839, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab279
General Adult Cardiac
Haemodynamic benefit of bridging use of bosentan prior to pulmonary endarterectomy
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 840–847, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab137
Pharmacological treatment prior to pulmonary endarterectomy
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 848–849, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab262
Long-term results of thoracoscopic ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is the glass half full or half empty?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 850–856, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab138
What we need to do so that the glass is more than half full in stand-alone thoracoscopic ablation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 857–858, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab351
Conventional Valve Operations
The efficacy of sinus plication in aortic valvuloplasty for bicuspid aortic valve: experiments in a pulsatile flow simulation model
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 859–864, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab115
Rationale behind symmetrical BAV repair: time to generalize a standardized approach of bicuspid valve repair
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 865–866, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab268
Postoperative outcome after reoperative isolated tricuspid valve surgery—is there a predictor for survival?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 867–871, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab134
Do we really need more evidences to support early intervention for tricuspid regurgitation? The paradox of a well-tolerated disease
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 872–873, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab256
Catheter-Based Valve Operations
Carotid versus femoral access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: comparable results in the current era
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 874–879, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab109
Transcarotid aortic valve implantation: ‘the 2nd preferred access site for the TAVR’
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 880, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab282
Thoracic
Thymomectomy plus total thymectomy versus simple thymomectomy for early-stage thymoma without myasthenia gravis: a European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Thymic Working Group Study
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 881–887, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab224
Surgery for thymomas: is less worthwhile? A clear answer from the European experience
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 888–889, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab293
Robotic thymectomy for thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis: neurological and oncological outcomes
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 890–895, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab253
Why robotic surgery for thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis is not ‘one size fits all’
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 896–897, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab284
Minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis favours left-sided approach and low severity class
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 898–905, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab014
Minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: the world seems to turn left
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 906–907, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab281
Experimental
Cardioprotection with esmolol-based cardioplegia for non-infarcted and infarcted rat hearts
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 908–917, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab117
The importance of conducting relevant animal studies to advance cardioprotection for cardiac surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 918–919, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab172
Congenital
Surgical outcomes of infective endocarditis in children: should we delay surgery for infective endocarditis?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 920–927, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab149
Infective endocarditis in childhood: moving forward
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 928–929, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab243
Impact of bilateral bidirectional Glenn anastomosis on staged Fontan strategy and Fontan circulation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 930–938, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab162
Long-term outcomes of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit insertion in adults with congenital heart disease: survival analysis by National Death Index
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 939–946, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab148
Pulmonary valve replacement following repair of tetralogy of Fallot: comparison of outcomes between bio- and mechanical prostheses
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 947–954, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab099
Is there an indication for mechanical prosthesis in Fallot patients?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 955–956, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab209
Conventional Aortic Surgery
Risk analysis for early mortality in emergency acute type A aortic dissection surgery: experience of Tokyo Acute Aortic Super-network
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 957–964, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab146
The reality of the treatment for acute aortic dissection in a megacity
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 965–966, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab261
Comparative outcomes of total arch versus hemiarch repair in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection: the impact of 21 years of experience
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 967–975, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab189
The long road to excellence in aortic surgery: Practice. Adopt. Repeat
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 976–977, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab257
Implications of abnormal ascending aorta geometry for risk prediction of acute type A aortic dissection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 978–986, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab218
A new ‘angle’ towards prediction of type A aortic dissection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 987–988, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab270
Endovascular Aortic Surgery
The beauty of diversity: thoughts on different total arch repair
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 989–990, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab169
Surgical Technique
Staged endovascular treatment of aneurysmal progressive development of an intercostal arteries island reimplanted with the loop-graft technique
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 991–993, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab278
Case Reports
Successful surgical treatment of a long ingrowing intra-coronary septic vegetation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 994–996, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab230
Complex transcatheter aortic valve replacement in aortic regurgitation and transcatheter mitral annuloplasty in severe dextrocardia
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 997–999, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab124
Images in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Accidental finding of 2 giant coronary button aneurysms 23 years after composite graft replacement
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1000, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab240
A rare combination of the type III congenital bronchopulmonary foregut malformation—thoracic gastric bronchus
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1001, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab241
Letters to the Editor
OBSERVANT aortic valve replacement score to predict 30-day mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1002, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab203
Reply to Nezic
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1002–1003, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab204
One-year results of beating heart mitral repair: where do we set the limit?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1003, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab106
Reply to Hysi and Fabre
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1003–1004, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab108
Omentopexy may not be enough
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1004, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab159
Reply to Yurekli et al.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1004–1005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab152
About usefulness of GERAADA score
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab168
Reply to Pollari et al
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1005–1006, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab151
‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire’: near-infrared spectroscopy as a safeguard perioperative perfusion tool in cardiac surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1006, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab202
Reply to Anastasiadis et al.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1007, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab208
Prediction model of lymph node metastases for lung adenocarcinoma: increased applicability of this model
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1007–1008, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab191
More ectopic thymic tissues resection results in a better outcome for patients with myasthenia gravis†
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Page 1008, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab187
Corrigendum
Corrigendum to ‘Thymomectomy plus total thymectomy versus simple thymomectomy for early-stage thymoma without myasthenia gravis: a European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Thymic Working Group Study’: [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021;60:881--7]
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 60, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 1009–1010, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab316
