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A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Vein Harvesting in Cardiac Surgery Based on the German DRG System

Zulfugar T. Taghiyev, Justus T. Strauch, Yeong-Hoon Choi, 

• First Published:  21 July 2025

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Modified Left Atrial Closure Technique Using Barbed Sutures in Robotic Cardiac Surgery: A Single‐Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Tomonari Uemura, Yasunari Hayashi, Toshikuni Yamamoto, Masato Mutsuga, 

• First Published:  19 July 2025

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Intraoperative Ultrasound‐Based Assessment of Coagulation in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Single‐Center Experience

Curtis A. Anderson, Clifton Reade, Lance Landvater, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Melissa Alberts, Jamie Burns, Alan P. Kypson, 

• First Published:  17 July 2025

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Effect of Modified Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Perioperative Outcomes of CABG Patients With CPB

Qi Sun, Xiaotong Wang, Guodong Wang, Chunyan Huan, Minjia Guo, Jie Liu, Wanling Wu, Yuanyuan Luo, Hong Zhu, Yongbo Hou, Guoxiang Wang, Defeng Pan, 

• First Published:  16 June 2025

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Angiotensin II Use in Postcardiac Surgery Vasoplegic Syndrome Patients: A Single‐Center Descriptive Experience

Jonathan S. Auerbach, Hayley B. Gershengorn, Jorge L. Cabrera, Joseph Lamelas, Samira S. Patel, Tanira D. Ferreira, Daitiara Perez, Pankaj Jain, 

• First Published:  11 June 2025

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Collateral damage of COVID‐19 pandemic: Delayed medical care

Saqib Masroor MD, MHS, 

• Pages: 1345-1347
• First Published:  17 May 2020

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Contemporary management and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection: An analysis of the STS adult cardiac surgery database

Teng C. Lee MD, Zachary Kon MD, Faisal H. Cheema MD, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda MD, MPH, Brian Englum MD, Sunghee Kim PhD, Paramita S. Chaudhuri PhD, Vinod H. Thourani MD, Gorav Ailawadi MD, G. Chad Hughes MD, Matthew L. Williams MD, J. Matthew Brennan MD, Lars Svensson MD, PhD, James S. Gammie MD, 

• Pages: 7-18
• First Published:  4 January 2018

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Vasoplegic syndrome after cardiovascular surgery: A review of pathophysiology and outcome‐oriented therapeutic management

Vishnu Datt DA, DNB, MNAMS, Rachna Wadhhwa MD, Varun Sharma MD, Sanjula Virmani DA, DNB, Harpreet S. Minhas McH, Shardha Malik DA, DNB, 

• Pages: 3749-3760
• First Published:  12 July 2021

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Lung Dysfunction Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Efstratios Apostolakis M.D., Kriton S. Filos M.D., Efstratios Koletsis M.D., Dimitris Dougenis M.D., 

• Pages: 47-55
• First Published:  27 December 2010

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Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 119 studies

Adam J. Eqbal MD BHSc, Saurabh Gupta MD MSc, Ameen Basha MD BHSc, Yuan Qiu BHSc, Nicole Wu, Filip Rega MD PhD, Fan Victor Chu MD FRCSC, Emilie P. Belley-Cote MD PhD FRCPC, Richard P. Whitlock MD PhD FRCSC, 

• Pages: 1319-1327
• First Published:  16 February 2022

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