DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 04 · Volume 71 · June 2023 DOI: 10.1055/s-013-57522

Editorial

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Original Cardiovascular

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Czerny, Martin; Gross-Fengels, Walter; Harloff, Andreas; Janosi, Rolf Alexander; Kölbel, Tilo; Mahnken, Andreas; Raddatz, Alexander; Rylski, Bartosz; Schmidt, Sebastian; Schneider, Wolfgang; Teske, Andreas; Berger, Tim: Guideline for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta: Aortic Arch
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Wehbe, Mahmoud; Albert, Marc; Lewalter, Thorsten; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Senges, Jochen; Hanke, Thorsten; Doll, Nicolas; on behalf of the CASE-AF Investigators: The German CArdioSurgEry Atrial Fibrillation Registry: In-Hospital Outcomes
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Wehbe, Mahmoud; Albert, Marc; Lewalter, Thorsten; Ouarrak, Taoufik; Senges, Jochen; Hanke, Thorsten; Doll, Nicolas: The German Cardiosurgery Atrial Fibrillation Registry: 1-Year Follow-up Outcomes
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Rohrbach, Susanne; Dominik, Elisabeth; Mirow, Nikolas; Vogt, Sebastian; Böning, Andreas; Niemann, Bernd: Surgical Ablation of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Age, LV Dilatation, Obesity
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Gerçek, Muhammed; Ghabrial, Mina; Glaubitz, Lina; Kuss, Oliver; Aboud, Anas; Paluszkiewicz, Lech; Gummert, Jan; Börgermann, Jochen; Gerçek, Mustafa: Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Amputation on Left Atrial Morphology and Rhythm after Off-Pump CABG
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Arslan, Ahmet Kadir; Erdil, Nevzat; Guldogan, Emek; Colak, Cemil; Akca, Baris; Colak, M. Cengiz: Prediction of Postcoronary Artery Bypass Grafting Atrial Fibrillation: POAFRiskScore Tool
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Yalçınkaya, Adnan; Fidan, Nurdan; Sarı, Engin; Özyalçın, Sertan; Diken, Adem İlkay: Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Bypass Surgery? Is Epicardial Fat a Risk Factor?
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Ibrahim, Khalid Shaker; Kheirallah, Khaled; Mayyas, Fadia; Waqfi, Nizar; Al-Zoubi, Nabil; Wagner, David Van: Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes

Review Article

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Tekneci, Ahmet Kayahan; Ozgur, Gizem Kececi; Akcam, Tevfik Ilker; Cagirici, Ufuk: Bibliometric Analysis of 50 Most Cited Articles Comparing Lobectomy with Sublobar Resection

Original Thoracic

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Fiorelli, Alfonso; Cascone, Roberto; Carlucci, Annalisa; Natale, Giovanni; Noro, Antonio; Bove, Mary; Santini, Mario: Bleeding during Learning Curve of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: CUSUM Analysis Results
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Holleran, Timothy J.; Napolitano, Michael A.; Duggan, John P.; Peters, Alex S.; Amdur, Richard L.; Antevil, Jared L.; Trachiotis, Gregory D.: Predictors of 30-Day Pulmonary Complications after Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy

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