Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Official Journal of the Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons

3/2013
vol. 10

Cardiac surgery
Emergency reoperation after open heart surgery: ten years of experience

Volkan Yüksel, Serhat Huseyin, Suat Canbaz, Turan Ege, Hasan Sunar

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 195–198

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38090

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Cardiac surgery
Early clinical outcomes of the surgical treatment of patients with aortic stenosis and small aortic annuli

Grzegorz Filip, Krzysztof Bartuś, Radosław Litwinowicz, Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk, Maciej Bochenek, Piotr Węgrzyn, Bogusław Kapelak, Karol Wierzbicki, Magdalena Bartuś, Jerzy Sadowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 199–203

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38092

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Cardiac surgery
The use of negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of wound infections – a single-center 12-month experience

Krzysztof Kępa, Łukasz Krzych, Tomasz Wacławczyk, Michał Krejca

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 204–210

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38093

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Cardiac surgery
The association between serum testosterone levels and coronary artery disease in middle-aged men

Ahmet Baris Durukan, Hasan Alper Gurbuz, Ali Cevat Tanalp, Elif Durukan, Halil Ibrahim Ucar, Cem Yorgancioglu

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 211–215

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38094

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Congenital heart disease in children and adults
Outcomes of long-term endocavitary cardiac pacing in children

Eliza Szklarz, Ewa Jędrzejczyk-Patej, Krystyna Czapla

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 216–221

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38095

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Thoracic surgery
Surgical treatment of 599 patients with hydatid cysts in the liver and lungs

Irfan Eser, Zafer Hasan Ali Sak, Samil Gunay, Ahmet Seker, Funda Yalcin, Muazzez Cevik, Mehmet Salih Aydin, Turgay Ulas, Ali Uzunkoy, Ibrahim Can Kurkcuoglu

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 222–226

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38096

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Thoracic surgery
Comparison of the effects of pleurodesis induced by talc and hydrogen peroxide

Irfan Eser, Samil Gunay, Ibrahim Can Kurkcuoglu

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 227–231

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38097

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Thoracic surgery
Anatomic variations of pulmonary vessels relevant with regard to lung tissue resections – literature review and personal experiences

Mateusz Polaczek, Jarosław Religioni, Tadeusz Orłowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 232–238

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38098

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Anaesthesiology and intensive care
The use of sugammadex for the reversal of neuromuscular blockade after thymectomy with videothoracoscopy in myasthenia gravis patients – a preliminary report

Hanna Misiołek, Damian Czyżewski, Jacek Karpe, Anna Tomala, Piotr Palaczyński, Jacek Chełchowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 239–243

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38099

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Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Comparison of continuous use of thoracic epidural analgesia and intercostal block for pain management after thoracotomy

Gonul Sagiroglu, Ayse Baysal, Osman Gazi Kiraz, Burhan Meydan, Ahmet Erdal Taşçı, Ilker Iskender

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 244–250

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38100

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Experimental cardiovascular and lung research
Impact of geometric changes in a dilated aorta with a bicuspid aortic valve on blood flow disturbances – a numerical modeling study

Zbigniew Małota, Jan Głowacki, Tomasz Kukulski, Wojciech Sadowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 251–267

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38101

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Experimental cardiovascular and lung research
Remote ischemic preconditioning versus standard myocardial protection in cardiac surgery: ten years of clinical trials. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jakub Marczak, Tomasz Bańkowski, Tomasz Płonek, Marta Negrusz-Kawecka, Wojciech Kustrzycki

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 268–278

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38102

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Case reports
Successful surgical repair of a chronic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Katarzyna Wdowiak-Okrojek, Piotr Lipiec, Monika Szewczyk, Andrzej Lubiński, Jarosław D. Kasprzak

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 279–282

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38103

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Case reports
Cardiac lymphangioma

Andrzej Biskupski, Szymon Waligórski, Krzysztof Mokrzycki, Mariusz Listewnik, Klaudia Biskupska, Andrzej Kram, Wenancjusz Domagała, Mirosław Brykczyński

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 283–288

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38104

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Case reports
Delayed presentation of traumatic left hemidiaphragm rupture in a child

Ewa Matuszczak, Wojciech Dębek

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 289–292

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38105

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Case reports
Incomplete pentalogy of Cantrell: a case report

Celalettin Gunay, Faruk Cingoz, Fahri Gurkan Yesil, Adem Guler, Turgay Celik

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 293–294

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38106

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Diagnostic imaging
Comparative analysis of imaging examinations of the thoracic cage in neonates. Defining indications for cat scanning

Wojciech Sraga, Jan Głowacki, Ewa Kluczewska, Jolanta Myga-Porosiło, Tomasz Legaszewski, Łukasz Czarnecki, Katarzyna Król, Łukasz Kozioł

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 295–298

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38107

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Quality in medicine
In Polish medicine

Marian Zembala

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 3: 299

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38108

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Quality in medicine
Main cardiac surgery procedures performed in Poland in 2012 (according to the National Registry of Cardiac Surgery Procedures – KROK, Warsaw, Poland 2013)

Bohdan Maruszewski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 3: 300–304

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38109

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History of cardiac and thoracic surgery
The beginnings of thoracic surgery in Poland – a resection of an enormous tumor of the clavicle in Gdañsk in 1730

Jacek Zielinski, Radoslaw Jaworski, Ninela Irga-Jaworska, Ireneusz Haponiuk, Janusz Jaskiewicz

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (3): 305–308

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38110

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Scientific chronicle
Calendar of events

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.38111

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Cardiac surgeryEmergency reoperation after open heart surgery: ten years of experience

Cardiac surgeryEarly clinical outcomes of the surgical treatment of patients with aortic stenosis and small aortic annuli

Cardiac surgeryThe use of negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of wound infections – a single-center 12-month experience

Cardiac surgeryThe association between serum testosterone levels and coronary artery disease in middle-aged men

Congenital heart disease in children and adultsOutcomes of long-term endocavitary cardiac pacing in children

Thoracic surgerySurgical treatment of 599 patients with hydatid cysts in the liver and lungs

Thoracic surgeryComparison of the effects of pleurodesis induced by talc and hydrogen peroxide

Thoracic surgeryAnatomic variations of pulmonary vessels relevant with regard to lung tissue resections – literature review and personal experiences

Anaesthesiology and intensive careThe use of sugammadex for the reversal of neuromuscular blockade after thymectomy with videothoracoscopy in myasthenia gravis patients – a preliminary report

Anaesthesiology and intensive careComparison of continuous use of thoracic epidural analgesia and intercostal block for pain management after thoracotomy

Experimental cardiovascular and lung researchImpact of geometric changes in a dilated aorta with a bicuspid aortic valve on blood flow disturbances – a numerical modeling study

Experimental cardiovascular and lung researchRemote ischemic preconditioning versus standard myocardial protection in cardiac surgery: ten years of clinical trials. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Case reportsSuccessful surgical repair of a chronic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Case reportsCardiac lymphangioma

Case reportsDelayed presentation of traumatic left hemidiaphragm rupture in a child

Case reportsIncomplete pentalogy of Cantrell: a case report

Diagnostic imagingComparative analysis of imaging examinations of the thoracic cage in neonates. Defining indications for cat scanning

Quality in medicineIn Polish medicine

Quality in medicineMain cardiac surgery procedures performed in Poland in 2012 (according to the National Registry of Cardiac Surgery Procedures – KROK, Warsaw, Poland 2013)

History of cardiac and thoracic surgery The beginnings of thoracic surgery in Poland – a resection of an enormous tumor of the clavicle in Gdañsk in 1730

Scientific chronicleCalendar of events

Cardiac surgery
Emergency reoperation after open heart surgery: ten years of experience

Cardiac surgery
Early clinical outcomes of the surgical treatment of patients with aortic stenosis and small aortic annuli

Cardiac surgery
The use of negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of wound infections – a single-center 12-month experience

Cardiac surgery
The association between serum testosterone levels and coronary artery disease in middle-aged men

Congenital heart disease in children and adults
Outcomes of long-term endocavitary cardiac pacing in children

Thoracic surgery
Surgical treatment of 599 patients with hydatid cysts in the liver and lungs

Thoracic surgery
Comparison of the effects of pleurodesis induced by talc and hydrogen peroxide

Thoracic surgery
Anatomic variations of pulmonary vessels relevant with regard to lung tissue resections – literature review and personal experiences

Anaesthesiology and intensive care
The use of sugammadex for the reversal of neuromuscular blockade after thymectomy with videothoracoscopy in myasthenia gravis patients – a preliminary report

Anaesthesiology and intensive care
Comparison of continuous use of thoracic epidural analgesia and intercostal block for pain management after thoracotomy

Experimental cardiovascular and lung research
Impact of geometric changes in a dilated aorta with a bicuspid aortic valve on blood flow disturbances – a numerical modeling study

Experimental cardiovascular and lung research
Remote ischemic preconditioning versus standard myocardial protection in cardiac surgery: ten years of clinical trials. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Case reports
Successful surgical repair of a chronic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Case reports
Cardiac lymphangioma

Case reports
Delayed presentation of traumatic left hemidiaphragm rupture in a child

Case reports
Incomplete pentalogy of Cantrell: a case report

Diagnostic imaging
Comparative analysis of imaging examinations of the thoracic cage in neonates. Defining indications for cat scanning

Quality in medicine
In Polish medicine

Quality in medicine
Main cardiac surgery procedures performed in Poland in 2012 (according to the National Registry of Cardiac Surgery Procedures – KROK, Warsaw, Poland 2013)

History of cardiac and thoracic surgery
The beginnings of thoracic surgery in Poland – a resection of an enormous tumor of the clavicle in Gdañsk in 1730

Scientific chronicle
Calendar of events