Volume 25, Issue 6, December 2017

Incomplete fissures are associated with increased alveolar ventilation via spiracles in severe emphysema

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Prognostic implication of aquaporin 1 overexpression in resected lung adenocarcinoma

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Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional video-assisted thoracic surgery for thoracic disease: a meta-analysis

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National practice variation in pneumonectomy perioperative care among Canadian thoracic surgeons

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Surgical results of mitral valve repair for congenital mitral valve stenosis in paediatric patients

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Optimum position of transthoracic intracardiac line following cardiac surgery†

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Incidence and echocardiographic predictors of early postoperative right ventricular dysfunction following left ventricular assist implantation in paediatric patients

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The unnatural history of failing univentricular hearts: outcomes up to 25 years after heart transplantation

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Bivalirudin anticoagulation for left ventricular assist device implantation on an extracorporeal life support system in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies

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Comparison of latest generation transfemoral self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves

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Reoperative analysis after mitral valve repair with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium

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Outcome of heart transplantation after bridge-to-transplant strategy using various mechanical circulatory support devices

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Red cell distribution width is a prognostic marker of perioperative stroke in patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery

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eComment. The importance of definition

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Cardiopulmonary bypass does not induce lung dysfunction after pulmonary thrombarterectomy: role of pulmonary compliance

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High-frequency percussive ventilation in cardiac surgery patients failing mechanical conventional ventilation

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Flexible mechanoprosthesis made from woven ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibres: proof of concept in a chronic sheep model

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Early and late outcomes of open repair for dissecting aneurysms of the descending or thoraco-abdominal aorta

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Preoperative statins as modifiers of cardiac and inflammatory outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a meta-analysis

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The clinical benefits of perioperative antioxidant vitamin therapy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

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A technical review of subvalvular techniques for repair of ischaemic mitral regurgitation and their associated echocardiographic and survival outcomes

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Follow-up of a simple method for aortic valve reconstruction with fixed pericardium in children

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Pulmonary valve restitution following transannular patch repair of tetralogy of Fallot

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The ‘entangled’ stent: a preventable cause of paravalvular leak of the Perceval bioprosthesis

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An aorto-oesophageal fistula treated with endovascular aortic repair: the fate of untreated oesophageal lesion on endoscopic follow-up

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Spontaneous intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to segmental arterial mediolysis following oesophagocolojejunostomy

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Triple ultrasonography for iatrogenic acute aortic dissection caused by axillary arterial perfusion

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Quadruple-valve infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva

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eComment. Abiotrofia defectiva – a fastidious bacterial species that warrants optimal co-operation between the clinic and the laboratory

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Easy technique for emergency fenestration in non-fenestrated Fontan patients

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‘Caput medusae’: tension reduction on a dehiscent native annulus in valve implantation in an endocarditis case

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Surgical treatment of a pericardio-oesophageal fistula using a right lower lobe pulmonary tissue patch

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Full metal jacket: transfemoral aortic valve implantation for regurgitant valve after endovascular aortic repair

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Clinical application of projection mapping technology for surgical resection of lung metastasis

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Bilateral uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lung resections

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Spotlight on recently published EJCTS articles

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