Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Pulmonary artery cannulation to enhance extracorporeal membrane oxygenation management in acute cardiac failure.

Postoperative acute kidney injury in lung transplant recipients.

Development and evaluation of 3-dimensional printed models of the human tracheobronchial system for training in flexible bronchoscopy.

Contemporary outcomes of the concomitant CryoMaze procedure.

Aspirin for patients undergoing major lung resections: hazardous or harmless?†.

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with or without simultaneous intra-aortic balloon pump support as a direct bridge to heart transplantation: results from a nationwide Spanish registry.

Immature granulocytes as a sepsis predictor in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement via an anterolateral approach using a standard prosthesis.

Analysis of survival after coronary endarterectomy combined with coronary artery bypass grafting compared with isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis.

Is systematic lymph node dissection mandatory or is sampling adequate in patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer?

Low incidence of and mortality from a second malignancy after resection of thymic carcinoma†.

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation: reports of the first 50 cases from a Latin American Centre.

Tranexamic acid and convulsive seizures after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: the role of renal insufficiency.

Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging analysis before and after thoracic endovascular aortic repair of chronic type B aortic dissection.

Preoperative atorvastatin reduces bleeding and blood transfusions in patients undergoing elective isolated aortic valve replacement.

The role of sartorius muscle flaps in the management of complex groin wounds.

Patterns of aortic remodelling after total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk for acute aortic dissection.

Does the site of coronary endarterectomy have an impact on the clinical outcomes and graft patency?

The impact of centre volume on outcomes of orthotopic heart transplant in older recipients.

Complicated chylous pericardial and thoracic effusion as the first clinical manifestation of thoracic lymphatic malformation.

Comparative spallation performance of silicone versus Tygon extracorporeal circulation tubing.

Does the use of a hot-shot lead to improved outcomes following adult cardiac surgery?

Expressions of melanoma-associated antigen A1 as a prognostic factor in Chinese patients with resectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia with an aortic arch pseudoaneurysm.

Decreased biventricular function following thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

A truly non-occlusive stent-graft moulding balloon for thoracic endovascular aortic repair†.

Successful bilateral lung transplantation and simultaneous Nuss technique correction of pectus excavatum post-allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Does bilateral versus single thoracic artery grafting provide survival benefit in female patients?

Medico-economic impact of robot-assisted lung segmentectomy: what is the cost of the learning curve?

Usefulness of routine use of bilateral axillary artery perfusion in total arch replacement.

In lung transplantation, are pulmonary grafts from donors deceased from hanging as suitable as grafts from donors deceased from other causes?

Direct ablation and excision of myocardial scar in post-myocarditis ventricular aneurysm.

Successful cardiac surgery in a patient with Evans syndrome.

Salvage endovascular septectomy in patients with chronic abdominal aortic dissection after failed endovascular aneurysm repair.

Robotic resection of a thymoma behind the left innominate vein.

Off-pump tricuspid valve repair by automated sutured tricuspid annular plication via transatrial cannulation: preclinical ex vivo and in vivo results.

In patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung resection, does three-dimensional endoscopic vision provide superior clinical outcomes?

Manifestation of congenital pulmonary airway malformation in a 26-year-old adult, requiring surgery.

Comparison of cardiac energetics after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacements.

Pressure injury to the chest wall caused by vascular graft and endograft after thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aortic repair.

Does concurrent use of intra-aortic balloon pumps improve survival in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?

Fluorescence in situ hybridization for identification and visualization of microorganisms in infected heart valve tissue as addition to standard diagnostic tests improves diagnosis of endocarditis.

Mortality from extrathymic malignancy after thymic tumour resections: incidences and risk factors.

Sevoflurane provides better haemodynamic stability than propofol during right ventricular ischaemia-reperfusion.

Small pulmonary granuloma is often misdiagnosed as lung cancer by positron emission tomography/computer tomography in diabetic patients.

Thoracoscopic retrieval of an atrial appendage occlusion device after embolization into the left ventricular outflow tract and damaging the mitral valve requiring replacement.

Salvage surgery for lung cancer with tracheo-oesophageal fistula during concurrent chemoradiotherapy.