Factitious Disorders and Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Ongoing Multidisciplinary Challenges of a Complex Case by Michael S. Firstenberg, John H. Sirak, Benjamin Sun, David P. Kasick

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Promoting a culture of respect in cardiothoracic surgery: navigating challenges in understanding unethical behaviour by A.Yu. Sydorenko, H. Spindler

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Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis by Nancy J. Halnon, Paige Cooper, Diana Yu Hui Chen, M. Ines Boechat, Christel H. Uittenbogaart

“…Thymectomy is performed in infants during cardiothoracic surgery leaving many patients with reduced thympopoiesis. …”
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Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Zaid Ahmed Shamsi, Vlad Paraoan, Chang Kim, Sarah Raihanah Saifuddin, Thomas D A Cosker, Duncan Whitwell, Christopher L M H Gibbons, Dionisios Stavroulias, Francesco DiChiara

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Reducing postoperative blood product usage and costs in cardiothoracic surgery: the implementation of a multispecialty perioperative care model incorporating a haemostasis checklist by Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Peter Hibbert, Christopher Daniel Smith, Adrian De Luca

“…Transfusion of blood products following cardiothoracic surgery represents a significant proportion of national blood product usage, has significant cost implications and is associated with increased 30-day mortality. …”
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Utilization of ultrasonic aspirator for combined aortic and mitral valve decalcification: a case study by Mohammad Alomari, Breah Paciotti, Pankaj Garg, Sibat Noor, Nafiye Busra Celik, Basar Sareyyupoglu

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Remaining of contrast dye ice cap during PVI by cryoballoon ablation; a case report by Ahmad Yamini Sharif, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

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Rapid growth of a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura after slow long-term progression: a case report by Daichi Kakibuchi, Shunta Ishihara, Masanori Shimomura, Satoshi Ikebe, Ryota Dobashi, Kazuki Honda, Masayoshi Inoue

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Integrative bioinformatics and machine learning approach unveils potential biomarkers linking coronary atherosclerosis and fatty acid metabolism-associated gene by Hong Li, Yongyun Xu, Aiting Wang, Chuanxin Zhao, Man Zheng, Chunyan Xiang

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Monitoring of perioperative tissue perfusion and impact on patient outcomes by Bin Li, Yuchen Dai, Wenlan Cai, Menghan Sun, Jie Sun

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Pregnancy-related chronic type A aortic dissection highlights the importance of thorough prenatal maternal examination by Cristina M. Șulea, Anna B. Kiss, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Elektra Bartha, Bálint Szilveszter, Roland Stengl, Máté Csonka, Zoltán Szabolcs, Miklós Pólos

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Effect of rapamycin-eluting stents on in-stent restenosis and early inflammatory response in coronary artery narrowing animal models by Jianbing Zhang, Jingyi Zhu, Baiping Sui, Ying Wang, Bingxue Zhang

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Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with respiratory rehabilitation training on pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Shujun Jin, Baojuan Huang, Yinfeng Kong, Xiaoxi Zhou, Jing Ma

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Propensity score matched comparison of lymph node upstaging in early-stage lung cancer: open versus minimally invasive surgery with standardized lymphadenectomy by Julia Zimmermann, Julia Walter, Valentina Pfeiffer, Julia Kovács, Gökçe Yavuz, Johannes Schön, Mircea Gabriel Stoleriu, Christian Ketscher, Niels Reinmuth, Rudolf A. Hatz, Amanda Tufman, Christian P. Schneider

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Indications, contributing factors, and short-term outcomes of pneumonectomy: an 8-year retrospective study in a resource-limited setting by Mekonnen Feyissa Senbu, Dereje Gulilat, Hiwot Tadesse Habtamu

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Quality of registration and adherence to guidelines for blood management in CABG surgeries: a case study by Giulia M.R., Eline Vlot, Thomas van Dijk

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Could serum Raftlin and GPER-1levels be new biomarkers for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer? by Aykut Eliçora, Berrak Güven, Hüseyin Engin, Gokcen Tugba Çevik, Hüseyin Fatih Sezer

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Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery in a 62‑year‑old woman: a case report and review of the literature by Mohammad Safariyan, Najmeh Mohammadrafie, Soheila Pourmasumi, Vahid Mohammadi, Xiao Xu, Alaa Hamza Hermis, Mohammed Musaed Al-Jabri, Farkhondeh Jafarian, Mohammad Ali Zakeri

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Evidence and perspectives on miRNA, circRNA, and lncRNA in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a bibliometric study by Xiaowen Bo, Qiuyu Li, Siyuan Chen, Tian Zhou, Ning Yin, Wenpeng Song, Donghui Zhao, Jinghua Liu, Qian Fan

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Superior vena cava obstruction following pericardial effusion absorption in the presence of a pericardial teratoma: a case report by Kai Guo, Hui Wang

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