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  1. Complex Thoracic Aortic Diseases and Surgery: A Quest for the Golden Fleece
  2. Pooled comparative analysis of transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with left ventricular assist device
  3. Assessing Preoperative (EORTC) QLQ-C30 Score in Elderly Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
  4. Hemostatic Properties of Aortic Root Preservation versus Root Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A Pooled Analysis
  5. Neurohormonal Effects of Intravenous Dopamine in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
  6. Transthoracic Cross Clamp versus Endoaortic Balloon Occlusion in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Pooled Study with Subgroup Analyses
  7. Recent advances in the diagnostic methods and therapeutic strategies of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
  8. Transthoracic Cross Clamp Versus Endoaortic Balloon Occlusion in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Pooled Study with Subgroup Analyses
  9. Surgical Strategies in Reoperation of the Proximal Aorta and Arch for Patients with Previous Frozen Elephant Trunk
  10. Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy With Reduced Left Ventricular Function Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  11. Prevention of Anthracyclines and HER2 Inhibitor-Induced Cardiotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  12. Contemporary Use of Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients: A “Real-World” Experience
  13. Stage I and II nonsmall cell lung cancer treatment options
  14. Validation of Perioperative Troponin Levels for Predicting Postoperative Mortality and Long-Term Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer
  15. Latest updates on structure and recommendations of cardiac rehabilitation programs in chronic heart failure
  16. Surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged <50 years and the choice of the prosthesis used: revisiting of the established practice based on convincing evidence or upon ‘comparing apples to oranges’?
  17. Valve Type and Operative Risks in Surgical Explantation of Transcatheter Aortic Valves: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  18. The Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis: A Comprehensive Review
  19. 30-day Morbidity and Mortality after Cholecystectomy for Benign Gallbladder Disease (AMBROSE)
  20. Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and the golden ratio: Nature leads the way
  21. Artificial Intelligence in Heart Failure: Friend or Foe?
  22. Heart Transplantation
  23. Concomitant Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: Lessons from the Past, Guidance for the Future? A Mortality Analysis in 294 Patients
  24. Analysis of the Larissa Heart Failure Risk Score: Predictive Value in 9207 Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure from a Single Center
  25. Transcriptomic Analysis of Tight Junction Proteins Demonstrates the Aberrant Expression and Function of Zona Occludens 2 (ZO-2) Protein in Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection
  26. Pancreatic surgery outcomes: multicentre prospective snapshot study in 67 countries
  27. New challenges for the surgeon in the modern era of transcatheter aortic valves: Early single center experience of their surgical explantation
  28. Pneumomediastinum: Experience with 87 Patients
  29. Sizing the Frozen Elephant Trunk Based on Aortic Pathology and the Importance of Pre-Operative Imaging
  30. Efficacy of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: A Systematic Review and Survival Meta-Analysis
  31. The Sympathetic Nervous System in Hypertensive Heart Failure with Preserved LVEF
  32. Safety outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with advanced organ disease: the ONWARD study: a prospective cohort study
  33. Heart Failure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
  34. The sympathetic nervous system in heart failure revisited
  35. Surgery and Reason: The End of History and the Last Surgeon
  36. Association between Dapagliflozin, Cardiac Biomarkers and Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure
  37. Hypertensive Heart Failure
  38. Lessons learned from the EACTS-MSTCVS quality fellowship: a call to action for continuous improvement of cardiothoracic surgery outcomes in Europe
  39. Comparative Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes in Elderly and Nonelderly Patients Undergoing Elective TEVAR: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  40. The Emerging Role of “Failure to Rescue” as the Primary Quality Metric for Cardiovascular Surgery and Critical Care
  41. Myocardial Recovery
  42. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
  43. Validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) and SORT v2 for Predicting Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Surgery
  44. ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Assembly
  45. Demystifying the Value of Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Context
  46. The Prognostic Role of Spot Urinary Sodium and Chloride in a Cohort of Hospitalized Advanced Heart Failure Patients: A Pilot Study
  47. Infective Endocarditis: Controversies and Convictions in the Surgical Treatment
  48. Long-Term Survival after Extended Sleeve Lobectomy (ESL) for Central Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Meta-Analysis with Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data
  49. Comparing Patient Selection and 30‑Day Outcomes Between One Anastomosis and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a Closer Look
  50. Bioinformatic Analysis of the BCL-xL/BCL2L1 Interactome in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
  51. Differences in long-term survival outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting using single vs multiple arterial grafts: a meta-analysis with reconstructed time-to-event data and subgroup analyses
  52. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries
  53. Post-Implant Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  54. A scoring system for predicting malignancy in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: a multicenter EUROPEAN validation
  55. COVID-19 and the heart
  56. Meta-analysis of survival after extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) versus pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) for malignant pleural mesothelioma in the context of macroscopic complete resection (MCR)
  57. Meta-analysis of robot-assisted versus video-assisted McKeown esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
  58. Heterogeneity of management practices surrounding operable gallbladder cancer – results of the OMEGA-S international HPB surgical survey
  59. Machine learning and artificial intelligence in cardiac transplantation: A systematic review
  60. Radiomics Represent a New Opportunity for Bariatric Surgery When Implemented in a Quality Improvement Context
  61. Implementation of Routine Computed Tomography (CT) Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: New Evidence Brings New Challenges
  62. ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Assembly
  63. Proximal versus extensive repair in acute type A aortic dissection: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
  64. Establishment of Patient-derived Orthotopic Xenografts (PDX) as Models for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  65. A meta-analysis evaluating the role of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as a fourth treatment modality for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer
  66. Use of preoperative EORTC quality-of-life questionnaires to predict postoperative complications after colorectal cancer surgery
  67. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  68. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  69. Recommendations for the use of coronary and valve simulators in cardiac surgical training: a systematic review
  70. In-depth bioinformatic study of the cadherin 5 interactome in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm unveils 8 novel biomarkers
  71. A meta-analysis evaluating contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CE-IOUS) in the context of surgery for colorectal liver metastases
  72. Acute myocardial infarction not attributed to coronary artery disease: A seldom initial presentation of a left ventricular myxoma
  73. Mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty ring dehiscence: a systematic review with pooled analysis
  74. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
  75. Comment on: Randomized clinical trial on closure versus non-closure of mesenteric defects during laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
  76. Laparoscopic Versus Open Right Colectomy for Cancer in the Era of Complete Mesocolic Excision with Central Vascular Ligation: Pathology and Short-Term Outcomes
  77. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection
  78. Correction to: Uniportal Versus Multiportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: An Updated Meta-analysis
  79. Validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) for Predicting Postoperative Mortality in Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery and Subgroup Analysis
  80. Leiomyosarcoma of the spermatic cord presenting as an incarcerated inguinal hernia: a rare presentation of a rare condition
  81. Validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgery
  82. The Significant Hormonal Traits of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Are Further Supported Using Three-Dimensional MDCT Gastrography
  83. Uniportal Versus Multiportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: An Updated Meta-analysis
  84. New issues in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation
  85. Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries: A Critical Appraisal of Classification Systems
  86. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: time to reconsider our strategy?
  87. Facing a dilemma in the treatment of an internal mammary artery mycotic pseudoaneurysm: coil embolization or surgery? A case report and brief literature review
  88. In Silico Transcriptomic Analysis of the Chloride Intracellular Channels (CLIC) Interactome Identifies a Molecular Panel of Seven Prognostic Markers in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  89. Novel Candidate Genes of the Bcl-2 Interactome as Mediators of Apoptosis in Lung Transplant Recipients With Primary Graft Dysfunction
  90. Ulcerative Colitis in Hematological Malignancies: Paraneoplastic Manifestation or Coincidental Bystander?
  91. The Necessity for Routine Administration of Ursodeoxycholic Acid After Bariatric Surgery
  92. Transcriptomic Analysis of the Aquaporin Gene Family and Associated Interactors in Rectal Cancer
  93. Perioperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for retroperitoneal sarcomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  94. A meta-analysis of liver-first versus classical strategy for synchronous colorectal liver metastases
  95. Closure of Mesenteric Defects in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: a Meta-Analysis
  96. Aquaporins in health and disease
  97. Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Teenager After Physical Exercise: a Benign and Rare, but Sometimes Challenging, Entity
  98. Letter to the Editor Concerning: Clinical Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass After Failed Adjustable Gastric Banding
  99. Unveiling the malabsorptive nature of one anastomosis gastric bypass: a closer look
  100. One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: an Updated Meta-Analysis
  101. Transcriptomic analysis of the Aquaporin (AQP) gene family interactome identifies a molecular panel of four prognostic markers in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
  102. Hyperuricemia and acute gout after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
  103. Comments on “Treatment of Pericardial Effusion Through Subxiphoid Tube Pericardiostomy and Computerized Tomography - Or Echocardiography - Guided Percutaneous Catheter Drainage Methods”
  104. A meta-analysis of laparoscopic versus open left lateral hepatic sectionectomy
  105. Comment on: Single-stage conversions from failed gastric band to sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a closer look
  106. Updated meta-analysis of survival after extrapleural pneumonectomy versus pleurectomy/decortication in mesothelioma
  107. Patient Derived Xenografts (PDX) for personalized treatment of pancreatic cancer: emerging allies in the war on a devastating cancer?
  108. Banded vs. non-banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  109. Hair Loss After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
  110. Single Incision Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: A Meta-Analysis
  111. Tumor-treating fields as a fourth treating modality for glioblastoma: a meta-analysis
  112. One anastomosis gastric bypass versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a meta-analysis
  113. Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Gastrointestinal Motility
  114. Robotic versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a review of the current evidence
  115. Early Career Members at the ERS International Congress 2017: highlights from the Assemblies
  116. Current knowledge and perception of bariatric surgery among Greek doctors living in Thessaly
  117. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus cardiopulmonary bypass during lung transplantation: a meta-analysis
  118. Ursodeoxycholic Acid in the Prevention of Gallstone Formation After Bariatric Surgery: an Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  119. One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Versus Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  120. Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass versus Sleeve Gastrectomy as Revisional Procedure after Adjustable Gastric Band: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  121. Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Metabolic and Gut Microbiota Profile: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  122. Robotic versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  123. Transcriptional over-expression of chloride intracellular channels 3 and 4 in malignant pleural mesothelioma
  124. Airways microbiota: Hidden Trojan horses in asbestos exposed individuals?