Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016

WORK IN PROGRESS REPORT

Thoracic

Thoracoscopic anatomic pulmonary segmentectomy: a 3-dimensional guided imaging system for lung operations

Qingjie Yang and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 183–189, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw085

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Thoracic

Thoracoscopic modified pleural tent for spontaneous pneumothorax

Riken Kawachi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 190–194, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw107

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Should the patients' choice guide surgeons for the surgical strategy of primary spontaneous pneumothorax?

Sezai Cubuk and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 195, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw182

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Thoracic

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: simultaneous treatment by bilateral non-intubated videothoracoscopy

Zhihua Guo and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 196–201, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw123

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Single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection: novel approaches in different genders

Kai Xu and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 202–207, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw119

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A model for predicting prolonged length of stay in patients undergoing anatomical lung resection: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database study

Matthew R. DeLuzio and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 208–215, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw090

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Epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation as risk factor for recurrence in patients with surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma: a matched-pair analysis

Yuki Matsumura and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 216–222, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw116

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Chest pain control with kinesiology taping after lobectomy for lung cancer: initial results of a randomized placebo-controlled study

Andrea Imperatori and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 223–230, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw110

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Congenital

Surgery for doubly committed ventricular septal defects

Ahmad Mahir Shamsuddin and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 231–234, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw129

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Systemic haemodynamics and regional tissue oxygen saturation after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt: positive pressure ventilation versus spontaneous breathing

Jihong Huang and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 235–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw126

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Long-term outcomes of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect and/or aortic arch obstruction

Alban-Elouen Baruteau and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 240–246, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw102

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Adult Cardiac

Extracorporeal life support can be a first-line treatment in children with acute fulminant myocarditis

Se Yong Jung and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 247–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw114

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Non-sutureless minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: mini-sternotomy versus mini-thoracotomy: a series of 1130 patients

Khalil Fattouch and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 253–258, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw104

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Observations of retinal vessels during intermittent pressure-augmented retrograde cerebral perfusion in clinical cases

Hidehito Endo and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 259–265, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw120

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Acute kidney injury and outcome following aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Dadi Helgason and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 266–272, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw117

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Obese aortic stenosis patients deserve special attention to prevent kidney injury

Ugur Kucuk and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 272, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw187

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Original Articles

Adult Cardiac

The effect of amifostine on lung ischaemia–reperfusion injury in rats

Ioannis Bougioukas and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 273–279, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw105

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Length of second-order chordae as a predictor of systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve

Farideh Roshanali and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 280–285, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw106

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Treatment of isolated ascending aortic aneurysm by off-pump epiaortic wrapping is safe and durable

Felice Pecoraro and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 286–291, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw103

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Ascending aorta wrapping with minimally invasive approaches

Didem M. Oztas and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 291, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw166

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Original Articles

Adult Cardiac

Total endoscopic ablation of patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled study

Espen Fengsrud and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 292–298, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw088

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Pulmonary vein isolation is not enough to treat long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

Ovidio A. Garcia-Villarreal

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 299, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw139

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STATE-OF-THE-ART

Adult Cardiac

Graft preservation solutions in cardiovascular surgery

Bernhard Winkler and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 300–309, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw056

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BEST EVIDENCE TOPIC

Adult Cardiac

What is the optimum method of weaning intra-aortic balloon pumps?

Luke Rogers and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 310–313, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw122

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Thoracic

In patients with acute flail chest does surgical rib fixation improve outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality?

Katharina Schulte and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 314–319, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw092

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Further series

John G. Edwards

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 319, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw147

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E-reply

eReply: In patients with acute flail chest does surgical rib fixation improve outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality?

Rizwan Q. Attia and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 319–320, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw168

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UNEXPECTED RESULTS

Adult Cardiac

Mental health status of patients with mechanical aortic valves, with ventricular assist devices and after heart transplantation

Claudia Heilmann and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 321–325, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw111

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Brief Communication

Adult Cardiac

Transfusion of small amounts of leucocyte-depleted red blood cells and mortality in patients undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Andreas Koster and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 326–328, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw121

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Case reports

Adult Cardiac

Giant atrial septal aneurysm originating from the right coronary artery

Hiroaki Osada and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 329–331, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw099

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Off-pump minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass in patients with cosmetic prosthesis for pectus excavatum

Francesco Massi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 332–334, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw128

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E-COMMENT

eComment. Coronary artery revascularization and pectus excavatum repair: When and how?

Ilir Hysi and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Page 334, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw219

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Case reports

Adult Cardiac

Bilateral antegrade perfusion of the superficial femoral artery to prevent limb ischaemia during combined use of Impella CP left ventricular assist device and extracorporeal life support

Lukasz Kizner and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 335–337, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw115

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An unusual complication: aortic graft perforation by a fractured rib after type B aortic dissection

Mihriban Yalcin and Ilknur Aytekin

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 338–339, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw093

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Congenital

‘Near death’ thromboembolic episode following device closure of atrial septal defect

John Murala and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 340–341, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw145

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BEST OF CTSNet

Adult Cardiac

The trap-door technique for coronary reimplantation in aortic root surgery

Silvia Mariani and others

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 23, Issue 2, August 2016, Pages 342–344, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivw112

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