Propensity score matching analysis of valve-sparing versus aortic root replacement in type A aortic dissection patients by Ling Chen, Yichao Pan, Huaijian Zhang, Yi Chen, Chunsheng Wang, Zhihuang Qiu, Heng Lu, Liangwan Chen

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Successful Treatment of Whole Coronary Artery Spasm after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Akihiro Kobayashi, Yoshimori Araki, Takafumi Terada, Osamu Kawaguchi

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Early Efficacy of In Situ Fenestration with a Triple Chimney Technique for High-Risk Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Qingsong Wu, Heng Lu, Debin Jiang, Zhihuang Qiu, Javed Rashid, Linfeng Xie, Yue Shen, Liangwan Chen

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Coronary Subclavian Steal Syndrome Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient Undergoing Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting by Jiri Mandak, Miroslav Lojik, Martin Tuna, James Lago Chek

“…Coronary subclavian steal syndrome with retrograde blood flow in the left internal mammary-coronary bypass graft is a rare but severe complication of cardiac surgery. The authors present a case of a 68-year-old man after coronary-artery bypass grafting using an internal mammary artery. …”
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Surgical Strategy for Huge Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Combined with Left Ventricular Fistula by Takafumi Terada, Yoshimori Araki, Akihiro Kobayashi, Osamu Kawaguchi

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Fhl1, a new spatially specific protein, regulates vein graft neointimal hyperplasia by Chaoqun Wang, Jiantao Chen, Zicong Feng, Bohao Jian, Suiqing Huang, Kangni Feng, Haoliang Liu, Zhuoming Zhou, Ziyin Ye, Jing Lu, Mengya Liang, Zhongkai Wu

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Hypothermia during Surgical Treatment of Type A Aortic Dissection: A 16 Years’ Experience by Francesco Macrina, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Luigi Tritapepe, Mizar D’abramo, Wael Saade, Alessandra Capelli, Fabio Miraldi

“…This is a retrospective observational study, and we examined 16-year trends in the presentation, diagnosis, hospital outcome and treatment of A AAD type. In our Cardiac Surgery Unit in Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, our analysis focused on patients, who received ACP during aortic surgery and we analyzed the differences between two distinct groups based on the lowest temperature reached during CPB conduction: Lower Temperature Group (LT) (T < 24°C) versus Higher Temperature Group (HT) (T ≥ 24°C) arrest circulation temperature. …”
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Preventive Effect of Albumin Nano TPA Gene Plasmid Ultrasound Microbubble Carrier System on Thrombosis after Cardiac Valve Replacement by Feng Qi, Linlin Zhao, Guohua Cai, Zhendong Sun, Naishi Wu

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The effectiveness of static balloon atrioseptostomy for correcting hemodynamics in complex congenital heart diseases by O.O. Motrechko, A.V. Maksymenko, Yu.L. Kuzmenko, M.P. Radchenko, N.M. Rudenko

“…Freedom from additional cardiac surgery after atrioseptostomy in 12 patients ranged from 6 to 60 months, average period 21 ± 15 months. …”
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Prospective and Longitudinal Analysis of Lymphocyte Subpopulations in SARS-CoV-2 Positive and Negative Pneumonia: Potential Role of Decreased Naïve CD8⁺ in COVID-19 Pati... by Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Lyudmila Akhmaltdinova, Kuanysh Dossybayeva, Ainur Tauekelova, Zauresh Smagulova, Tatyana Tsechoeva, Gulsimzhan Turebayeva, Aliya Sailybayeva, Zhanar Kalila, Takhmina Mirashirova, Timur Muratov, Dimitri Poddighe

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Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices by Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

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Adhesive-Enhanced Sternal Closure: Feasibility and Safety of Late Sternal Reentry by Aaron J. Spooner, Holly E. M. Mewhort, Lisa M. DiFrancesco, Paul W. M. Fedak

“…Surgeons who receive patients who require redoing cardiac surgery after adhesive-enhanced closure with Kryptonite can be reassured that sternal reentry is safe and feasible.…”
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Thymus Hyperplasia and Thymoma Type B in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis: Two case reports and Literature Review by Selman Dumani, Altin Kuqo, Ermal Likaj, Saimir Kuci, Majlinda Ikonomi, Laureta Dibra, Alessia Mehmeti, Ejona Celiku, Altin Veshti

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Absent Pericardium Causing Extreme Levoposition in a Child by Filippos‐Paschalis Rorris, Alexandros Tsoutsinos, Meletios Kanakis

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Emergency Endovascular Interventions on Descending Thoracic Aorta: A Single-Center Experience by Piotr Buczkowski, Mateusz Puslecki, Marcin Ligowski, Marek Dabrowski, Sebastian Stefaniak, Zuzanna Fryska, Jerzy Kulesza, Robert Juszkat, Marek Jemielity, Bartlomiej Perek

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Surgical Management of an Aspergillus Empyema in a 3-Year-Old Child by Meletios A. Kanakis, Konstantinos Th. Petsios, Nicholas M. Giannopoulos, Dimitrios Bobos, Sofia Hatzianastasiou, Lida C. Sianidou, Achilleas Lioulias

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Complicated Sporadic Cardiac Myxomas: A Second Recurrence and Myxomatous Cerebral Aneurysms in One Patient by Mazen E. Iskandar, Kamellia Dimitrova, Charles M. Geller, Darryl M. Hoffman, Robert F. Tranbaugh

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Surgical Cryoablation of Drug Resistant Ventricular Tachycardia and Aneurysmectomy of Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm by Marek Pojar, Jan Harrer, Nedal Omran, Martin Vobornik

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Nonsurgical Management of a Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve by Antonino M. Grande, Nicoletta Castiglione, Adelaide Iervolino, Francesco Nappi, Antonio Fiore

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Anatomy of the coronary arteries in the congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries by O.V. Stogova, N.M. Rudenko, O.O. Motrechko, D.O. Shypov

“…Coronary angiography is of great importance in the preparation to cardiac surgery in patients with CC-TGA due to the variability of the coronary anatomy…”
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