Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

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German Heart Surgery Report 2020: The Annual Updated Registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	76
German Heart Surgery Report 2021: The Annual Updated Registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	47
German Heart Surgery Report 2022: The Annual Updated Registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	22
Thromboembolic and Bleeding Events in COVID-19 Patients receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation	17
S3 Guideline of Extracorporeal Circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for Cardiocirculatory Failure	14
Comparison of Chronic Postsurgical Pain Between Single-Port and Multi-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection: A Prospective Study	11
Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections: A Systematic Review	10
Association of Lymphatic Abnormalities with Early Complications after Fontan Operation	10
The German–Austrian S3 Guideline “Cardiogenic Shock Due to Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment”	10
Health System Needs to Establish Cardiac Surgery Centers	10
Extracorporeal Circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for Cardio-circulatory Failure—Summary of the S3 Guideline	9
Impact of Reported Donor Ejection Fraction on Outcome after Heart Transplantation	9
Safety Analysis of Salvage Surgery for Advanced Stages or Metastatic Lung Cancers	8
Does Age Matter? Pulmonary Endarterectomy in the Elderly Patient with CTEPH	8
Thoracic Paravertebral Block Ameliorates Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Patients	8
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lung Resection in United States Veterans: Trends and Outcomes versus Thoracotomy	8
German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Report 2021 and 9 Years' Longitudinal Observations on Fallot and Coarctation Patients	8
Comparison of Self-Expanding RDV Perceval S versus TAVI ACURATE neo/TF	7
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy for Deep and Peripheral Small Lung Cancer	7
Tricuspid Valve Surgery in Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Devices	7
Early Results of Total Coronary Revascularization via Left Anterior Thoracotomy	7
Efficacy of Vascular Closure Devices in Closing Large-Bore Sheath Arterial Sites after Treatment with Extracorporeal Life Support System	6
German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Report 2020—Comprehensive Data from 6 Years of Experience	6
Cardiac Surgery 2021 Reviewed	6
The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	6

Preoperative Risk Factors and Early Outcomes of Delirium in Valvular Open-Heart Surgery	6
Aortic Thrombosis following COVID-19: A Systematic Review	6
Thoracic Surgery during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): The Experience of a Level 1 Trauma Center	5
Paravertebral Block versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Postthoracotomy Pain Relief: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials	5
CIRP Secretion during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated with Increased Risk of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury	5
Effect of Prolonged Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Heparin, and Protamine on Platelet: A Small-Group Study	5
Endocarditis: Who Is Particularly at Risk and Why? Ten Years Analysis of Risk Factors for In-hospital Mortality in Infective Endocarditis	5
25 Years' Experience with Redo Operations in Cardiac Surgery—Third-Time Sternotomy Procedures	5
Delayed Discharge after Thoracic Surgery under the Guidance of ERAS Protocols	5
Long-Term Outcomes and Course of Compensatory Sweating after Endoscopic Sympathicotomy	5
TEVAR Following FET: Current Outcomes of Rendezvous Procedures in Clinical Practice	4
First Experiences with MANTA Vascular Closure Device in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery	4
“Select Crowd Review”: A New, Innovative Review Modality for The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	4
Postcardiotomy Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Neonates	4
Valve-in-Valve TAVR versus Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Outcomes	4
The German Cardiosurgery Atrial Fibrillation Registry: 1-Year Follow-up Outcomes	4
Heater–Cooler Devices and Risk of Contamination during Cardiac Surgery	4
Risk Factor Analysis for 30-day Mortality After Surgery for Infective Endocarditis	4
Aortic Root Remodeling in Acute Aortic Dissection	4
Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: What Is the Optimal Time Interval and Amount of Blood?	4
Risk Factors for High Blood Product Use in Patients with Stanford Type A Dissection	4
Benefit of Self-Managed Anticoagulation in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device	4
Five-Year Survival of Patients Treated with Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) Compared with the General Swiss Population	4
Tracheal Resection after Previous Treatment Provides Comparable Outcome to Primary Surgery	4
Outcomes Following Surgical Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Monocenter Experience	4
Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement in a Real-World All-Comers Population	4
Ovine Biosynthetic Grafts for Aortoiliac Reconstructions in Nonsterile Operative Fields	4
Transmitral Septal Myectomy and Mitral Valve Surgery via Right Mini-Thoracotomy	4
Factor Xa Inhibitors for Patients after Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement?	4
Current Status of Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Report of a Workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers, Martinsried, March 3, 2023	4
Lymphocyte Immune Response and T Cell Differentiation in Fontan Patients with protein-losing enteropathy	4
Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Output Growth in the Field of Lung Transplantation	3
Surgical Cutdown Avoids Vascular Complications in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Calcified and Small Femoral Arteries	3
Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for the Development of Postoperative Delirium after Cardiac Surgery	3
Does Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Prevent Sternal Wound Infections?	3
Surgery for Pulmonary Metastases: Long-Term Survival in 281 Patients	3
The Heartguard: A Humanitarian Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Rural China	3
Effects of a Technical Solution on Stress of Surgical Staff in Operating Theatres	3
The German CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation Registry: In-Hospital Outcomes	3
The Weekday Effect on Morbidity of Lung Cancer Surgery: A Real-World Analysis	3
Impact of Second Arterial Conduit on Outcomes Following Coronary Bypass Grafting	3
Predictors of 30-Day Pulmonary Complications after Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy	3
Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on Long-Term Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	3
Can Minimally Invasive Multivessel Coronary Revascularization Be a Routine Approach?	3
COVID-19 Pulmonary Failure and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: First Experience from Three European Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Centers	3
Long-Term Success of Metal Endobronchial Stents in Lung Transplant Recipients	3
Moderate Dose of Tranexamic Acid and Complications after Valvular Heart Surgery	3
Development of a 3D Printed Lung Model Made of Synthetic Materials for Simulation	3
Evaluation of the MANTA Vascular Closure Device in Transfemoral TAVI	3
Health Care Analysis on Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: The Multicenter REVASK Study: Design and Protocol	3

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in Contemporary Practice: Clinical and Hemodynamic Performance from a Prospective Multicenter Trial	3
Rationale and Initiative of the Impella in Cardiac Surgery (ImCarS) Register Platform	3
Long-Term Results after Fallot Repair	2
The Hemodynamic Performance of the Perceval Sutureless Aortic Valve in a Propensity-Matched Comparison to the Carpentier–Edwards Perimount and Perimount Magna Ease Valves for Aortic Valve Replacement	2
Association of the Extent of Resection with Survival in Multiple Primary Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review	2
Repair of Bronchial Anastomosis Following Lung Transplantation	2
Bleeding during Learning Curve of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: CUSUM Analysis Results	2
Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Prediction for Postdischarge Complications after Lung Surgery	2
Temporal Analysis in Outcomes of Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: Retrospective Study	2
Single Chest Drain Practice Reduces Discharge Opioid Prescriptions in Thoracic Surgery	2
Bacterial Spectrum and Infective Foci in Patients Operated for Infective Endocarditis: Time to Rethink Strategies?	2
Functional Preserving Sublobectomy: A Novel Method for Sublobectomy	2
Moderate or Severe Functional MR and Severe AS: Is Mitral Valve Surgery Justified?	2
Valve-Related Complications in TAVI Leading to Emergent Cardiac Surgery	2
Sutureless Valve in Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis: Modified Technique and Midterm Outcome	2
The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD): A Single Institutional 10-Year Experience	2
Impact of Procedure Volume on the Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement	2
CT-guided Thoracic Sympathicolysis versus VATS Sympathectomy in the Therapeutic Concept for Severe Primary Palmar Hyperhidrosis	2
Lung Cancer Resection after Immunochemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy in Oligometastatic Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer	2
Outcomes of Arch Reintervention for Recurrent Coarctation in Young Children	2
A Modified VATS Procedure for Treating Adult Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration	2
Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Amputation on Left Atrial Morphology and Rhythm after Off-Pump CABG	2
Is Single LIMA-LAD Bypass Appropriate for OPCAB Training?	2
Ejection Fraction Recovery after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy	2
Long-Term Outcome Up To 40 Years after Single Patch Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect in Infancy or Childhood	2
Incidence and Risk Factors of Pannus after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement	2
Dexmedetomidine Can Reduce the Level of Oxidative Stress and Serum miR-10a in Patients with Lung Cancer after Surgery	2
Basis-Anforderungen einer Fachabteilung für Herzchirurgie	2
Sacubitril-Valsartan in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting—Is It Safe?	2
Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients	2
Comparison between Off-Pump and On-Pump Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	2
Pulmonary Vein Stump Thrombosis and Cerebral Infarction after Left Upper Lobectomy	2
Positron Emission Tomography in Segmentectomy for cT1N0M0 Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer	2
Computed Tomography-Guided Trans-scapular Coil Localization for Pulmonary Nodules	2
Emergency Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Acute Mediastinal Hemorrhage	2
Old Borders and New Horizons in Multimodality Imaging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma	2
Cardiac Surgery 2020 Reviewed	2
Continuous Myocardial Perfusion during Distal Anastomosis of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	2
Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Incidence	2
Postoperative Bronchopleural Fistula: A Conservative Way of Treatment in Selected Cases	2
Risk Assessment of Red Cell Transfusion in Congenital Heart Disease	2
Cardiac Surgery 2022 Reviewed	2
Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass in High-Risk Patients with Multivessel Disease	2
Diagnostic Value of Cholinesterase Activity for the Development of Postoperative Delirium after Cardiac Surgery	2
Systemic Inflammation after Uniport, Multiport, or Hybrid VATS Lobectomy for Lung Cancer	2
Increase of Micro-vessels Beneath the Pleural Surface on CT Predicts Pleural Adhesions	1
Behandlung der Thorakalen Aortendissektion Typ A	1
Continuous Analgesia with Intercostal Catheterization after Thoracoscopy	1
Safe Technique of Coronary Button Preparation in Redo Bentall Operation	1
Bibliometric Analysis of 50 Most Cited Articles Comparing Lobectomy with Sublobar Resection	1
Treatment of Pediatric Sternotomy Wound Complications: A Minimally Invasive Approach	1
Foreign Body Reaction Mimicking Lymph Node Metastasis is Not Rare After Lung Cancer Resection	1
New Intercostal Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Access: No Touch	1
Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Cardiac Surgery	1
Myocardial Recovery, Metabolism, and Structure after Cardiac Arrest with Cardioplexol	1
Predictive Value of Body Mass Index in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery	1
Prediction of Postcoronary Artery Bypass Grafting Atrial Fibrillation: POAFRiskScore Tool	1
The Safety and Efficacy of Preoperative Immunotherapy Combined with Chemotherapy in Patients with Stage IIIA-IIIB Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma	1
Acquired Thrombocytopenia in Contemporary Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prosthesis	1
Outcome of Repeated Resection of Pulmonary Metastases for Renal Cell Cancer	1
Isolated or Combined Ascending Aortic Replacement through a Partial Sternotomy: Early and Midterm Outcomes	1
Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes	1
High Efficacy and Low Early Mortality in High-Volume Center Tricuspid Valve Surgery	1
Midterm Surgical Outcomes for ALCAPA Repair in Infants and Children	1
Telemonitoring with Electronic Devices in Patients with a Single Ventricle Anatomy	1
Preliminary Experience of Extracorporeal Cytokine Hemoadsorption during Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Cardiogenic Shock Patients	1
Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve Detachment for Isolated Ventricular Septal Defect Closure	1
Results of the Diaphragmatic Plication Database: 10 Years' Experience	1
No Connection	1
Unilateral Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Thymoma: Does Side Matter? A Single Institutional Experience	1
Single or Combined Valve Surgery and Concomitant Right Coronary Artery Bypass through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy Approach	1
Erratum to: Comparison of Subxiphoid and Intercostal Uniportal Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Nonmyasthenic Early-Stage Thymoma: A Retrospective Single-Center Propensity-Score Matching Analysis	1
Strong German Hearts 2023: A Field Report	1
Pacemaker after Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Prostheses: A Progress Report from the SURD-IR	1
Implanting Impella 5.5 under Local Anesthesia	1
Patient-Reported Long-Term Outcome of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Inoperable CTEPH	1
Transient Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy after Interventional Therapy	1
Outcomes and Characteristics of Patients with Intraprocedural Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation during TAVR	1
Decellularized Pulmonary Xenograft Matrix PplusN versus Cryopreserved Homograft for RVOT Reconstruction during Ross Procedure in Adults	1
ECLS for Life-Threatening Complications in Mesothelioma Surgery: Is It Worthwhile?	1

Experience with “Select Crowd Review” in Peer Review for The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon: 1-Year Experience	1
Omental Flap for Complex Sternal Wounds and Mediastinal Infection Following Cardiac Surgery	1
Exercise Echocardiography following Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy	1
Application of Polydioxanone Sutures in the Nuss Procedure	1
Does Xenotransplantation Offer a Large Benefit for Human Patients?—A Reply	1
Managing One-Lung Ventilation in Tracheostomized Patients: A 6-Year Retrospective Analysis	1
Chest-Wall Collateral Embolization to Reduce Surgical Blood Loss in Peripheral Aspergillomas	1
Percutaneous Cannulation of Femoral Vessels in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	1
Pulmonary Arterial Anatomical Patterns: A Classification Scheme Based on Lobectomy and 3D-CTBA	1
Thrombocytopenia after Implantation of the Perceval, Intuity, and Sapien Aortic Valve Prostheses	1
Impact of a 36-hour Nonstop Training Course on Academic, Physical, and Mental Skills as well as Psychological Stress Perception in Cardiac Surgery Residents	1
The Association Between Perioperative Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analyses and Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery: Methodological Considerations	1
Interventional versus Surgical Treatment of Degenerated Freestyle Prosthesis	1
The Efficacy and Safety of a Low-Dose Tranexamic Acid Bolus-Only Protocol Compared with the Moderate-Dose Protocol in Valvular Heart Surgery	1
The Freestyle Valve in Severe Necrotizing Aortic Root Endocarditis: Comorbidity Upon Outcome	1
Mid-Term Outcomes of a Hybrid Approach Involving Open Surgery Plus TEVAR of the Descending Aorta in the Treatment of Complex Type A Dissection	1
Proximalization of Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure: Zone 0 or 1 versus Zone 2 or 3 Arch Repair	1
Clinical Use of Tailored Computed Tomography to Prevent Poststernotomy Dehiscence	1
The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Foreign Body Aspiration	1
Lobar versus Sublobar Resection in the Elderly for Early Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis	1
Still Following the Rules	1
Results of Four-Stented Biological Aortic Valves and How They Compare to PARTNER-3	1
Surgical Myocardial Revascularization with a Composite T-graft from the Left Internal Mammary Artery—Comparison of the Great Saphenous Vein with the Radial Artery	1
Femoral Artery Cannulation Timing for a Pediatric Aortic Arch Repair	1
Right Mini-Thoracotomy for Aortic Plus Mitral with or without Tricuspid Valve Surgery	1
Hemodynamic Comparison between the Avalus and the Perimount Magna Ease Aortic Bioprosthesis up to 5 Years	1
Don't Call Me Stupid	1
Various Uses of Laryngeal Mask Airway during Tracheal Surgery	1
Surgical Ablation of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Age, LV Dilatation, Obesity	1
A Simple Approach for Minimally Invasive Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery	1
Outcome of Surgery for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease without Pulmonary Hypertension	1
Surgical Strategy of Mitral Valve Repair in Transmitral Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy	1
Routine Mediastinal Drainage Fluid Culture for Early Diagnosis of Poststernotomy Mediastinitis	1
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery in the Elderly	1
Metastases of Urothelium Carcinoma: Differential Diagnosis, Resection, and Survival	1
Left Subclavian Artery Sacrifice in Acute Aortic Dissection Repair using the Frozen Elephant Trunk	1
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Chronic Total Occlusion	1
Early and Late Results after Surgical Mitral Valve Repair: A High-Volume Center Experience	1
Surgical Outcomes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Single-Zone N2 in the Aortopulmonary Zone	1
Comment on: “Continuous Analgesia with Intercostal Catheterization under the Thoracoscopy”	1
The Prediction of Fissure Integrity by Quantitative Computed Tomography Analysis	1
Single-Stage Surgical Procedure for Patients with Primary Esophageal and Lung Cancers	1
Clinical Outcomes after Mitral Valve Repair with the Physio II Annuloplasty Ring	1
Outcome of Revascularizing the Left Subclavian Artery via Carotid-Subclavian Bypass	1
Microbiological Surveillance of Heater-Cooler Units Used in Cardiothoracic Surgery for Detection of Mycobacterium chimaera	1
Surgical Treatment of Another Sequalae of COVID-19: Post-COVID CTEPH	1
Multiple Grafting with Single Left Internal Mammary Artery as T-Graft with Itself	1
Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura: Surgical Treatment and Recurrence	1
Outcomes in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block after Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement	1
Experience of Simultaneous Bilateral Open Surgery and VATS for Pulmonary Metastasectomy	1
“Wings of a Butterfly” Technique in Modified Bentall's Procedure	1
Immunosuppressive Agents and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Real Correlation or Mere Coincidence?	1
Review of Approaches to Developing Intersegmental Plane during Segmentectomy	1
Does Xenotransplantation Offer a Large Benefit for Human Patients?	1
Transapical Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation with the Tendyne Valve: The Swiss Experience	1
Cardiac Surgery 2023 Reviewed	0
Whatever Happened to Style?	0
Confirmation of Safety of Titanium Wire in Sternotomy Closure, A Randomized Prospective Study	0
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The Solid Volume Ratio is Better Than the Consolidation Tumor Ratio in Predicting the Malignant Pathological Features of cT1 Lung Adenocarcinoma	0
Low-Dose CT Screening of Persistent Subsolid Lung Nodules: First-Order Features in Radiomics	0
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The Role of the Heart Team in Patients with Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	0
An Experimental Study on Timing in Tracheal Stenosis Surgery	0
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The Association between Glycosylated Hemoglobin Level and Platelets Reactivity in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	0
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Evaluation of Risk Factors for Early Insufficiency after Bronchial Sleeve Resections	0
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Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Risk Factors for Early and Late Mortality	0
Subxiphoid Mediastinoscopic Autonomous Double Fenestration	0
Comments on “Is Single LIMA-LAD Bypass Appropriate for OPCAB Training?”	0
Positionspapier der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie zum Einsatz von Physician Assistants in der Herzchirurgie	0
Pulmonary Metastasectomy after Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Cell Carcinoma	0
Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery	0
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Removal of Electrophysiological Devices in the Context of Heart Transplantation: Comparison of Combined and Staged Extraction Procedures	0
Prognostic Factors in Patients with Clinic Locally Advanced T4 Lung Cancer: Surgical Considerations	0
Minimized Hemodiafiltration for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Infants	0
Importance of Histopathological Grading for Treatment Selection in Malignant Mesothelioma	0
The Dunning-Kruger Effect	0
Lactate Dehydrogenase Levels after aortic valve replacement: What do they tell us?	0
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Management of Sternal Wound Infection—Determinants of Length of Stay and Recurrence of Infection after Muscle Flap Coverage	0
Papillary Muscle Heads Focalization for Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Severe Tethering	0
Role of Helicopter Transfer and Cloud-Type Imaging for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	0
Outcomes of 881 Consecutive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients Using Heartstring Device	0
The Incidence and Effect of Different Organ Metastasis on the Prognosis of NSCLC	0
Low-Dose Heparin Protocol in Type A Aortic Dissection Surgeries	0
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“Select Crowd Review” – First Follow-Up	0
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Bypass Grafting to Circumflex: Left Internal Thoracic Artery versus Saphenous Vein	0
Erratum: Early Results of Total Coronary Revascularization via Left Anterior Thoracotomy	0
Reply to Letter to Editor titled “Comparing Analgesic Efficacy of Nerve Blocks after Thoracoscopic Surgery: Methodology Is Important”	0