Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015

Editorial

New Additions to Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Marko Turina

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Page 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv173

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NEW IDEAS

Thoracic

Thoracoscopic tunnel technique for anatomical lung resections: a ‘fissure first, hilum last’ approach with staplers in the fissureless patient

Herbert Decaluwe and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 2–7, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv048

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Original Articles

Thoracic

Chitosan tubes can restore the function of resected phrenic nerves

Nobuyoshi Tanaka and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 8–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv091

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Predictors of post-recurrence survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer initially completely resected

Yusuke Takahashi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 14–20, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv085

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Bone marrow micrometastasis is associated with both disease recurrence and poor survival in surgical patients with node-negative non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Xu Feng Deng and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 21–27, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv082

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Lung allocation score and health-related quality of life in Japanese candidates for lung transplantation

Fengshi Chen and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 28–33, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv101

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Efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma patients with positive pleural lavage cytology findings

Hiroyuki Ogawa and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 34–39, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv098

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E-COMMENT

eComment. When and why is it reasonable to perform a pleural lavage cytology in non-small-cell lung cancer patients?

Filippo Lococo and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Page 39, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv137

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Original Articles

Congenital

Early and mid-term clinical experience with extracellular matrix scaffold for congenital cardiac and vascular reconstructive surgery: a multicentric Italian study

Massimo A. Padalino and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 40–49, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv076

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Early growth response gene-1 decoy oligonucleotides inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointimal hyperplasia of autogenous vein graft in rabbits

Xisheng Wang and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 50–54, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv066

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Adult Cardiac

Bridge-to-recovery strategy using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for critical pulmonary hypertension complicated with cardiogenic shock

Meng-Ta Tsai and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 55–61, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv070

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Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells in animal model of rat thoracic aortic aneurysm

Naihui Mao and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 62–70, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv074

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Structure and function of the tricuspid and bicuspid regurgitant aortic valve: an echocardiographic study

Mattias Rönnerfalk and Éva Tamás

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 71–76, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv072

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Aortic cusp sizers to establish the functional classification of aortic insufficiency: algorithm and midterm outcome of operative repair

Mohammad Bashar Izzat and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 77–80, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv081

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Editor's Choice

Aortic arch surgery after previous type A dissection repair: results up to 5 years

Pietro Bajona and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 81–86, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv036

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Development of an algorithm to plan and simulate a new interventional procedure

Buntaro Fujita and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 87–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv080

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Preoperative frontal QRS-T angle is an independent correlate of hospital length of stay and predictor of haemodynamic support requirement following off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Erkan Kaya and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 96–101, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv084

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A retrospective comparative study of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation versus conventional extracorporeal circulation in emergency coronary artery bypass surgery patients: a single surgeon analysis

Magdalena Rufa and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 102–107, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv103

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BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC

Thoracic

Is the learning curve for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy affected by prior experience in open lobectomy?

Sharon Okyere and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 108–112, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv090

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E-COMMENT

eComment. The wide spectrum of thoracic approaches on a learning curve basis

Eleftherios Spartalis and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 112–113, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv140

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Brief Communications

Adult Cardiac

Aortic valve/root procedures in patients with an anomalous left circumflex coronary artery and a bicuspid aortic valve: anatomical and technical implications

Markus Liebrich and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 114–116, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv063

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Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy following total artificial heart implantation

Sotirios Spiliopoulos and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 117–118, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv071

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Case reports

Thoracic

Subxiphoid single-incision thoracoscopic bilateral ablative sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis

Jian-Ting Chen and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 119–120, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv073

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Pneumoperitoneum as a valuable option in the treatment of post lower lobectomy bronchopleural fistula

Jacopo Vannucci and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 121–123, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv079

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Successful management of oesophageal conduit necrosis by a single-stage reconstruction with the pedicled pectoralis major myocutaneous flap

Kanhua Yin and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 124–126, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv093

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Congenital

Percutaneous closure of acquired Gerbode defect: management of a rare complication of cardiac surgery

Zaher Fanari and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 127–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv087

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Vascular

Hybrid repair of rare type IIIb endoleaks from an abdominal endograft: repeatedly undetected endoleaks

Yoshimasa Seike and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 129–131, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv069

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Adult Cardiac

Quadruple valve replacement and bypass surgery 23 years after the Ross operation

Claudia Oeser and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 132–134, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv092

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Implantation of a total abdominal mesh plastic ending up in multiple, lethal right heart injuries

Matthias Endlich and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 135–136, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv083

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Left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm perforating into the right ventricle

Takahiro Inoue and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 137–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv086

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NEWS FROM MMCTS

Summaries of Recently Published MMCTS Articles

Marko Turina

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 140–141, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivv174

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