1 - Special COVID-19 Early Initiation of Extracorporeal Blood Purification Using the AN69ST (oXiris^®) Hemofilter as a Treatment Modality for COVID-19 Patients: a Single-Centre Case Series

Petar Ugurov; Dijana Popevski; Tanja Gramosli; Dashurie Neziri; Dragica Vuckova; Marko Gjorgon; Emil Stoicovski; Sanja Marinkovic; Lidija Veljanovska-Kiridjievska; Katerina Ignevska; Sanja Mehandziska; Elena Ambarkova; Zan Mitrev; Rodney Alexander Rosalia

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2 - Kissing Lesion of Mitral Valve - A Case Report

Javid Raja; Rupesh Kumar; Krishna Prasad Gourav

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3 - Successful Repair of Infantile Scimitar Syndrome with Contralateral Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in an Infant

Mehmet Akif Onalan; Bahar Temur; Selim Aydın; Ersin Erek

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4 - Tricuspid Valve Repair with Autologous Pericardium in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

Henry Leonardo Robayo Amórtegui; Javier Páez Cristancho; Igor Donís-Gómez

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5 - When an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator can Kill your Patient!

Saulo da Costa Pereira Fontoura; Tiago Luiz Silvestrini; Karila Scardueli Luciano; Gustavo Henrique Sumnienski Bertoldi; Eliana Costa PELISSARI; Rafael de March Ronsoni

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6 - Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the era of Advanced PCI

Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar; Kellan Masharani; Amer Harky; Andrew D Muir

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7 - Coexistent Mitral Stenosis and left Circumflex Coronary Artery to left Atrial Fistula in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Yaming Shi; Yongzhong Zong

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8 - In-Hospital and Long-Term outcomes after Open-Heart Surgery in Turkish Octogenarians: a Single-Center Study

Mehmet Aksüt; Deniz Günay; Tanıl Özer; Özge Altaş Yerlikhan; Emre Selçuk; Mehmet Kaan Kırali

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9 - Short-term outcome of Polytetrafluoroethylene Membrane Valve versus Transannular Pericardial patch Reconstruction of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Tetralogy of Fallot : a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sanjib Rawat; Vivek Jaswal; Shyam Kumar Singh Thingnam; Harkant Singh; Sachin Mahajan; Reuben Lamiaki Kynta; Goverdhan Dutt Puri; Manoj Kumar Rohit

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10 - Predictors of Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Development a Risk Scoring System

Maryam Zarrizi; Ezzat Paryad; Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah; Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili; Hamed Faghani

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11 - Aortic Valve Replacement Via Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy: the Conventional Procedure Performed Through a Smaller Incision

Gabriele Tamagnini; Raoul Biondi; Mauro Del Giglio

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12 - ERRATUM

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13 - Does Decreased SNX10 Serve as a Novel Risk Factor in Atrial Fibrillation of the Valvular Heart Disease? – A Case-Control Study

Jianping Yao; Jian Hou; Linhua Lv; Chen Song; Mingxia Zhang; Zhongkai Wu

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14 - Investigation of Risk Factors Related to the Development of Hepatic Dysfunction in Patients with a Low and Moderate Cardiac Risk During Open-Heart Surgeries

Ayse Baysal; Gonul Sagiroglu; Mevlut Dogukan; Ismail Ozkaynak

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15 - Comparison of Del Nido Cardioplegia and Blood Cardioplegia in Terms of Development of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Umut Serhat Sanrı; Kadir Kaan Özsin; Faruk Toktaş; Şenol Yavuz

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16 - Permanent Pacemaker Post Cardiac Surgery: where do we Stand?

Amer Harky; Francesca Gatta; Arish Noshirwani; Shubhi Gupta; Muhammed Kermali; Andrew D Muir

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17 - Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Aerobic Capacity and Heart Rate Control of Heart Transplant Recipients: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Lino Sergio Rocha Conceição; Caroline Oliveira Gois; Raiane Eunice Santos Fernandes; Paulo Ricardo Saquete Martins-Filho; Mansueto Gomes Neto; Victor Ribeiro Neves; Vitor Oliveira Carvalho

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18 - Acute Kidney Injury after Heart Valve Surgery in Elderly Patients: any Risk Factors to Modify?

Yolanda Carrascal; Gregorio Laguna; Miriam Blanco; Lucia Pañeda; Bárbara Segura

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19 - Early and Late-Term Follow-Up Results of Patients Diagnosed with Aortic Aneurysm or Aortic Dissection with Aortic Regurgitation Undergoing Aortic Valve Repair or Valve-Sparing Aortic Surgery

Görkem Yiğit; Anıl Özen; Ferit Çetinkaya; Ertekin Utku Unal; Hakki Zafer Iscan; Cemal Levent Birincioğlu; Ahmet Sarıtaş

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20 - Comparison between Different Tricuspid Valve Procedures through Postoperative Inflammation and Myocardial Enzymes

Zuoyong Sun; Zhigang Zhang; Shixiong Wei

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21 - Infective Endocarditis in Childhood: a Single-Center Experience of 18 Years

Kahraman Yakut; Zafer Ecevit; Niyazi Kursad Tokel; Birgul Varan; Murat Ozkan

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22 - Single-Dose Del Nido Cardioplegia vs. Blood Cardioplegia in Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery

Haci Ali Ucak; Dilek Ucak

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23 - The Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) on Serum Apelin Levels in Patients with Aortic Valvular Stenosis

Mehmet Kucukosmanoglu; Seyda Sahin; Orsan Deniz Urgun; Arafa Yildirim; Salih Kilic; Omer Sen; Ibrahim Halil Kurt

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24 - The Effects of Preoperative Coronary Collateral Circulation on Cardiac-Related Events after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Hasan Güngör; Fatih Sivri; Burak Oğulcan Yıldırım; Sercan Çayırlı; Özgün Demiroğlu; Cem Utku Yeşilkaya; Cemil Zencir

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25 - A Brief Comment on Vasa Vasorum of Human Saphenous Vein: relevance for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Andrzej Loesch; Michael Richard Dashwood

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26 - Exploration of Simplified Intraluminal TEVAR Technique for the Treatment of Aortic Arch Disease

Bailang Chen; Minxin Wei

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27 - Syncope in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers

Eduardo Arrais Rocha; Gisele Schineider Cunha; Aline Bezerra Tavares; Antônio Brazil Viana Júnior; Ana Rosa Pinto Quidute; Francisca Tatiana Moreira Pereira; Marcelo de Paula Martins Monteiro; Maria Eduarda Quidute Arrais Rocha; Camila Rabelo Ferreira Gomes; Carlos Roberto Martins Rodrigues Sobrinho

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28 - Hybrid Transthoracic Periventricular Device Closure of Ventricular Septal Defects: Single- Center Experience

Liying Wu; Ibrahim Cansaran Tanidir; DongTing Ye; Xiong Zhang; Bin Li; Daliang Zhu; Gaopi Deng; Haisheng Chen

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29 - Dynamic Changes in Perioperative Cellular Inflammation and Acute Kidney Injury after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Hakan Parlar; Ali Ahmet Arıkan; Attila Önmez

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30 - Impact of Early and Regular Mobilization on Vital Signs and Oxygen Saturation in Patients Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery

Sema Köse; Gülçin Avşar

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31 - Visceral Adiposity Index and Prognostic Nutritional Index in Predicting Atrial Fibrillation after On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Operations: a Prospective Study

Mesut Engin; Kadir Kaan Özsin; Muhammed Savran; Orhan Guvenc; Şenol Yavuz; Ahmet Fatih Ozyazicioglu

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32 - The Aortic Pathologies: How Far We Understand It and Its Implications on Thoracic Aortic Surgery

Amer Harky; Pawel Aleksander Sokal; Khubbaib Hasan; Andreas Papaleontiou

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33 - Hybrid Approach to Complex Stanford Type B Dissection: Unusual Extra-anatomical Bypass (Aorto-Celiac-Mesenteric Bypass) + Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) + Cholecystectomy

Demirtaş Sinan; Nazım Kankılıç; Celal Yavuz

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34 - Skills to Perform Vessel Eversion in Mouse Cervical Cardiac Transplantation with Cuff Technique

Liang Tan; Xubiao Xie; Yanan Xu; Qianchuan Tian; Qian Zhang; Gongbin Lan; Hongxia Wang; Yong Zhao; Longkai Peng

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. Ahead of Print

35 - WeChat-Assisted Preoperative Health Education Reduces Burden of Care on Parents of Children with Simple Congenital Heart Disease: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Qi-Liang Zhang; Ning Xu; Shu-Ting Huang; Qiang Chen; Hua Cao

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36 - Patient with Unicuspid Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta Aneurysm Treated with Ozaki Procedure and Ascending Aorta Replacement

Antonios Roussakis; Simone Calvi; Eliana Raviola; Alberto Albertini

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37 - Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii Alleviates Lung Injury by Reduction of Oxidative Stress and Cytokine Response Induced by Supraceliac Aortic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Selim Durmaz; Tünay Kurtoğlu; Emin Barbarus; Nesibe Kahraman Çetin; Mustafa Yılmaz; Ömer Faruk Rahman; Filiz Abacıgil

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. Ahead of Print

38 - Multidisciplinary Approach to Right Ventricular Myxoma

Ali Karagöz; Berhan Keskin; Ahmet Karaduman; Seda Tanyeri; Taylan Adademir

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. Ahead of Print

39 - Mean Platelet Volume and Related Parameters May not Contribute to the Diagnosis in Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Cengiz Beyan; Esin Beyan

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40 - Application of Remote Follow-Up Via the WeChat Platform for Patients who Underwent Congenital Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Epidemic

Qi-Liang Zhang; Shu-Ting Huang; Ning Xu; Zeng-Chun Wang; Hua Cao; Qiang Chen

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41 - Surgical Treatment of Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta in a Patient with Sepsis

Igor Zivkovic; Stefan Stankovic; Stasa Krasic; Miodrag Peric; Ivan Stojanovic

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42 - Early Hemodynamic Profile after Aortic Valve Replacement — A Comparison between Three Mechanical Valves

Khaled D. Algarni; Essam Hassan; Amr A. Arafat; Mostafa A. Shalaby; Hussein H. Elawad; Claudio Pragliola; Turki B. Albacker

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43 - Retrosternal Deformations after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Using Statistical Shape Analysis

Mehmet Senel Bademci; Gokhan Ocakoglu; Cemal Kocaaslan; Fatih Avni Bayraktar; Kaptaniderya Tayfur; Ebuzer Aydin

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44 - Anemia in Cardiac Surgery — Can Something Bad Get Worse?

Leandro Batisti de Faria; Omar Vilca Mejia; Leonardo Augusto Miana; Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa; Valdano Manuel; Marcelo B. Jatene; Fabio B. Jatene

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45 - The Role of the Axillary Artery as a Second Access Choice in TAVI Procedures

Ana Paula Tagliari; Rodrigo Petersen Saadi; Enrico Ferrari; Maurizio Taramasso; Eduardo Keller Saadi

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46 - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Treatment: a Systematic Literature Review

Tatiana Farias de Oliveira; Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Rocha; Aisla Graciele Galdino dos Santos; Luiz Carlos Francelino Silva Junior; Saulo Henrique Salgueiro de Aquino; Euclides José Oliveira da Cunha; Rafaela Campos Alcântara; Rodrigo da Rosa Mesquita; Gabriel Monteiro Arnozo; Fernanda Mayara Santos Santana; Etvaldo Rodrigues da Silva Filho; Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza

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47 - COVID-19 and Methylene Blue

Viroj Wiwanitkit

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48 - Spinal Anesthesia Increases the Frequency of Extubation in the Operating Room and Decreases the Time of Mechanical Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery

Gustavo Siqueira Elmiro; Artur Henrique de Souza; Stanlley de Oliveira Loyola; Maurício Lopes Prudente; Celina Lumi Kushida; José Onofre de Carvalho Sobrinho; Fabiano Zumpano; Giulliano Gardenghi

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49 - Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Replacement at a Cardiovascular Surgery Referral Service: A Retrospective Analysis

Júlia Lasserre Moreira; Pedro Henrique Andrade Araújo Salvatore Barletta; José Augusto Báucia

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50 - Microbiological Spectrum of Nosocomial ECMO Infections in a Tertiary Care Center

Ümmühan Nehir Selçuk; Murat Sargin; Murat Baştopçu; Evren Müge Taşdemir Mete; Sevinç Bayer Erdoğan; Şeyda Öcalmaz; Gökçen Orhan; Serap Aykut Aka

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51 - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve with Aortic Stenosis: a Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan; Sukhdeep Singh; Peter Eriksen; Lok Him Tsui; Amer Harky; for the Cardiovascular Evidence Review Collaboration (CvERC)

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. Ahead of Print

52 - A Rare Associated Anomaly in Tetralogy of Fallot: Scimitar Syndrome in an Infant

Betül Çınar; Sezen Ugan Atik; Alper Guzeltas

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53 - Research Status of SARS-CoV-2 on Cardiovascular System Injury in Children

Yuhai Zhang; Liang Wang; Shixiong Wei

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54 - Cardiac Masses: Pathological and Surgical Features — A Multicenter Study

Arzu Taşdemir; Aydın Tuncay; Hatice Karaman; Ozlem Canoz; Ramazan Aşık; Rifat Özmen; Deniz Elcik

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. Ahead of Print

55 - Relationship Between Waist Circumference, Epicardial Fat Thickness, and Genders

Fatih Aksoy; Serdar Guler

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56 - A Simplest Method to Enhance the Benefits of Internal Thoracic Artery Distal Occlusion

Yoandy López-de la Cruz; Yolepsis Fidel Quintero-Fleites; Manuel Nafeh Abi-Rezk

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57 - Soluble ST2 as a Potential Biomarker in Pericardial Fluid of Coronary Artery Patients

Reşat Dikme; Mahmut Padak; Mesut Işık; İsmail Koyuncu; Ebru Temiz; Mehmet Salih Aydin; Ömer Göç

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58 - Cardioprotective Solutions Exposure For 1 Hour in Hypoxia and Low Temperatures Affects Vascular Reactivity Differently

Priscila Rossi de Batista; Dalton Valentim Vassallo; Maylla Ronacher Simões; Melchior Luiz LIMA

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59 - Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection at a Public Cardiac Center in the Northeast Region of Brazil

Pablo César Lustosa Barros Bezerra; Ricardo de Carvalho Lima; Pedro Rafael de Salerno; Antonio Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Martins; Geovanna Menezes de Medeiros Lustosa; Álvaro Monteiro Perazzo; Juliana Vieira de Oliveira Salerno; Carolina Vieira de Oliveira Salerno; Pedro Rafael Vieira de Oliveira Salerno

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60 - Blood mRNA Expression Profiles of Autophagy, Apoptosis, and Hypoxia Markers on Blood Cardioplegia and Custodiol Cardioplegia Groups

Deniz Elcik; Aydın Tuncay; Elif Funda Sener; Serpil Taheri; Reyhan Tahtasakal; Mehmetbeyoğlu Ecmel; Isın Gunes; Omer Naci Emirogullari

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61 - Inspiratory Muscle Weakness is Related to Poor Short-Term Outcomes for Heart Transplantation

Isis Begot; Walter J. Gomes; Isadora S. Rocco; Caroline Bublitz; Laion R. A. Gonzaga; Douglas W. Bolzan; Vinicius Batista Santos; Rita Simone Lopes Moreira; João R. Moreira; Rita Simone Lopes Breda; Dirceu Rodrigues de Almeida; Ross Arena; Solange Guizilini

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62 - The Current Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Cardiac Metastases from Malignant Melanoma: an Educational Presentation

Kyriakos Spiliopoulos; Peter Engels; Konstantina Kimpouri; Iraklis Floudas; Nikolaos S. Salemis; Franz-Xaver Schmid

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63 - 3D Rapid Prototyping Heart Model Validation for Teaching and Training — A Pilot Project in a Teaching Institution

Sivakumar Krishnasamy; Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar; Ramesh Singh; Sivakumar Sivallingam; Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz; Vickneswaran Mathaneswaran

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