期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (8)
Background The gold standard treatment of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). Littl......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (4)
PubMed displayed more than 35,000 hits for the search term cardiac surgery AND 2021. We used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Revi......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 ()
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome and freedom from pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) after initial repair of tetr......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 ()
Background Progressive enlargement of the coronary artery (CA) diameters on serial echocardiography can support diagnosis of Kawasaki's disease (KD) e......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (2)
Background Improvement in quality of life (QOL) and patient satisfaction after endoscopic thoracic sympathotomy (ETS) in patients with primary hyperhi......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (6)
Background Tracheal and laryngotracheal surgery provides both excellent functional results and long-term outcomes in the treatment of tracheal stenosi......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (7)
Background Revascularization strategies might be limited in patients with lack of sufficient bypass graft material and increased risk of wound healing......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (1)
Background Morphological and tissue density analysis of the sternum can be performed in the preoperative computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (1)
Background Surgical correction of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) has been associated with excellen......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (2)
Background Endoscopic thoracic sympathicotomy is an effective approach to the treatment of idiopathic localized hyperhidrosis, and compensatory sweati......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (2)
Background The circumflex coronary artery is located close to the mitral annulus. Consequently, it is not immune to iatrogenic damage during mitral va......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (2)
We performed Papillary muscle heads focalization for three patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation with severe leaflet tethering (coaptat......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (1)
Background Incisional negative pressure wound therapy has been described as an effective method to prevent wound infections after open heart surgery i......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (7)
Objectives The objective of this study was to present the procedural details and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) findings of perioperative chest......
期刊： THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 2022; 70 (6)
Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common and related to poor prognosis in patients after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. ......
