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  1. The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery—Core Curriculum for the Cardiac/Cardiovascular Surgeon
  2. A common exit examination for thoracic surgery in Europe—the Unified European Board of Thoracic Surgery
  3. Ethical considerations in controlled donation after circulatory death
  4. European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Machine Perfusion in Cardiothoracic Transplant
  5. Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion of the donor heart in heart transplantation: the short-term outcome from a randomised, controlled, open-label, multicentre clinical trial
  6. Quality of Life after Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery in the United Kingdom: The QUADS Study
  7. The coronary circulation in healthy and diseased states
  8. Can ChatGPT transform cardiac surgery and heart transplantation?
  9. Enhancing surgical performance in cardiothoracic surgery with innovations from computer vision and artificial intelligence: a narrative review
  10. Risk of prolonged ischemic time linked to use of cardiopulmonary bypass during implantation for lung transplantation in the United Kingdom
  11. Transventricular Cardioscopic Release of a Trapped Prosthetic Mitral Valve Leaflet
  12. A national pilot of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplantation within the United Kingdom
  13. Association between sternal wound complications and 10-year mortality following coronary artery bypass grafting
  14. Early experience of a new national lung allocation scheme in the UK based on clinical urgency
  15. Combined heart–liver transplantation in the UK
  16. A distractions capture tool for cardiac surgery and lung transplantation: impact on outcomes
  17. Lung injury in cardiopulmonary bypass
  18. Heart and lung transplantation
  19. Do older surgeons have safer hands? A retrospective cohort study
  20. A human model of bilateral pulmonary vein sampling to assess the effects of one-lung ventilation on neutrophil function
  21. Effects on the Patient Pathway for Heart and Lung Transplantation During the COVID 19 Pandemic
  22. Single versus multiple arterial grafting in diabetic patients at 10 years: the Arterial Revascularization Trial
  23. Diagnosis and predicted outcomes of patients with cystic fibrosis related liver disease considered for lung transplantation
  24. Feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity behavioural modification tele-coaching intervention in lung transplant recipients
  25. Comparison of Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Skeletonized vs Pedicled Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting Techniques in the Arterial Revascularization Trial
  26. Long-term follow-up of a patient with JAG1-associated retinopathy
  27. Is there a renoprotective value to leukodepletion during heart valve surgery? A randomized controlled trial (ROLO)
  28. The impact of the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic and COVID‐19 on lung transplantation in the UK: Lessons learned from the first wave
  29. Cost-effectiveness of bilateral vs. single internal thoracic artery grafts at 10 years
  30. Exercise training for lung transplant candidates and recipients: a systematic review
  31. Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Long-Term Risk of Stroke After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
  32. Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users in Europe: A clean start?
  33. Giant solitary fibrous tumour: an uncommon approach for an uncommon tumour
  34. Is There A Renoprotective Value to Leukodepletion During Heart Valve Surgery? A Randomized Controlled Trial (ROLO)
  35. Patient safety checklists in heart and lung transplantation
  36. Donation after circulatory death in lung transplantation—five-year follow-up from ISHLT Registry
  37. Five-Year Outcomes after PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease
  38. Bilateral versus Single Internal-Thoracic-Artery Grafts at 10 Years
  39. British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, 11–12 October 2018, Glasgow, UK
  40. Extended trans-septal versus left atrial approach in mitral valve surgery: 1017 patients ’ experience
  41. Incidence and clinical implications of intraoperative bilateral internal thoracic artery graft conversion: Insights from the Arterial Revascularization Trial
  42. Outcomes of lung transplantation in adults with bronchiectasis
  43. ISHLT Consensus Statement on adult and pediatric airway complications after lung transplantation: Definitions, grading system, and therapeutics
  44. Safety of Perioperative Aprotinin Administration During Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the ART (Arterial Revascularization Trial)
  45. Carcinoid Heart Disease: Early Outcomes after Surgical Valve Replacement in Nine Patients
  46. Leadership Oversight for Patient Safety Programs: An Essential Element
  47. Quadruple Valve Replacement for Carcinoid Heart Disease
  48. Aortic Valve Replacement with a Conventional Stented Bioprosthesis versus Sutureless Bioprosthesis: a Study of 763 Patients
  49. Thrombocytopenia After Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison Between Sutureless Perceval S Valve and Perimount Magna Ease Bioprosthesis
  50. Early Clinical Results of Perceval Sutureless Aortic Valve in 139 Patients: Freeman Experience
  51. Sutureless aortic valve replacement: Progress for the sake of progress?
  52. Pacemaker Implantation Rate Post Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: 23% Is Just Too High
  53. Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock after adult cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  54. Profiling inflammation and tissue injury markers in perfusate and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid during humanex vivolung perfusion
  55. Randomized Trial of Bilateral versus Single Internal-Thoracic-Artery Grafts
  56. Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
  57. RELPRON: A Relative Clause Evaluation Data Set for Compositional Distributional Semantics
  58. Comment on: Compassionate deactivation of ventricular assist devices in pediatric patients
  59. Observational study of lung transplant recipients surviving 20 years
  60. Are lower levels of red blood cell transfusion more cost-effective than liberal levels after cardiac surgery? Findings from the TITRe2 randomised controlled trial
  61. International Expert Consensus on Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Valves in Aortic Valve Replacement Using Minimally Invasive Approaches
  62. Lung Transplant With Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Impact of Blood Transfusion on Rejection, Function, and Late Mortality
  63. Bridging to lung transplantation for severe pulmonary hypertension using dual central Novalung lung assist devices
  64. Lung transplantation in Turkey: lessons from surgeons and pulmonologists
  65. Sutureless, rapid deployment valves and stented bioprosthesis in aortic valve replacement: recommendations of an International Expert Consensus Panel
  66. Allogeneic blood transfusion in bilateral lung transplantation: impact on early function and mortality
  67. Palliative care in cardiopulmonary transplantation
  68. National Healthcare Delivery Systems Influence Lung Transplant Outcomes for Cystic Fibrosis
  69. Where are the surgeons? A safety opportunity missed?
  70. Unusual cause of hypoxemia after automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorleads extraction
  71. 248 * BLOOD TRANSFUSION AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: IMPACT ON EARLY FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL
  72. The effect of ex vivo lung perfusion on microbial load in human donor lungs
  73. The role of cardiopulmonary bypass in the management of retrohepatic vena cava injury – A case report and review of the literature
  74. The Frobenius anatomy of word meanings II: possessive relative pronouns
  75. Poster Sessions: Heart
  76. Multi-Centre Experience of Donor Choice Consent Forms in the United Kingdom
  77. Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay after Bilateral Lung Transplantation - Late Mortality & Functional Outcome?
  78. The Effect of Cold and Warm Ischemia Time on Survival After Lung Transplantation in a Large National Cohort
  79. The UK Retrieval Team “Scout” Pilot Programme
  80. Trends in long-term mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure in the UK
  81. Vascular anastomotic complications in lung transplantation: a single institution's experience
  82. Tunnelling defibrillator leads from the chest to the abdomen for chronic pain
  83. Donation after Circulatory Death Lung Activity in the UK – 100 Transplants and Counting
  84. Managing Bronchial Anastomotic Complications – The Influence of Aspergillosis
  85. Should Recipients Choose Their Donor? Experience of a New Consent Process in Lung Transplantation
  86. Improving Outcomes in Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis – A Unified Approach
  87. Response to withdrawal of life-sustaining medical devices and advance care planning
  88. Life-sustaining medical devices at the end of life
  89. Abstracts: Suppl. 2 to Vol. 15 (October 27-31, 2012)
  90. Comparison of single lung transplant with and without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass
  91. Abstracts of the 7th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
  92. 323 Successful Transplantation of Unusable Donor Lungs Using Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion: The Newcastle Experience
  93. EACTS guidelines for the use of patient safety checklists
  94. Guidelines for withdrawal of ventricular assist devices
  95. 194 Lung resections in octogenarians: 7 year experience in a single centre
  96. UK guidelines for referral and assessment of adults for heart transplantation
  97. Current smoking predicts increased operative mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery in the elderly☆
  98. Single lung transplantation with cardiopulmonary bypass
  99. Lung transplantation for patients with cystic fibrosis and Burkholderia cepacia complex infection: A single-center experience
  100. Invasive biopsy is effective and useful after lung transplant
  101. Standardization of transplant procurement procedures
  102. Needs to be customised by specialty
  103. Extraosseous Pericardial Ewing's Sarcoma
  104. Adjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: The need for a further trial in the context of the new (seventh) TNM staging system for Lung and Pleura
  105. Imaging modalities for retrieval of a migrated coil from the left ventricle, after pulmonary arterio-venous malformation embolisation
  106. Outcomes of lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in a large UK cohort
  107. Interventional bronchoscopy for benign tracheobronchial diseases under cardiopulmonary bypass support: case reports and literature review
  108. 452: Non-Utilization of Donor Organs for Non Medical Reasons – Impact on Patients Waiting for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  109. Clinical Experience with Assisted Venous Drainage Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Elective Cardiac Reoperations
  110. Infective Endocarditis during Pregnancy: Case Report
  111. Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Modulation of Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Lung Transplantation
  112. A pulmonary artery false aneurysm after right middle lobectomy: a case report
  113. Coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly people
  114. 140: Lung transplantation from deceased donors without pretreatment
  115. Lung Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  116. A Fatal Fungus
  117. Single centre experience with bronchial healing after lung transplantation: A review of 555 anastomoses
  118. Book Review
  119. First Report of No-React Bovine Internal Mammary Artery Performance and Patency
  120. Importance of   blockade in the treatment of advanced heart failure
  121. Pentoxifylline is as effective as leukocyte depletion for modulating pulmonary reperfusion injury
  122. Unilateral pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for iatrogenic pulmonary hypertension in a ten-year-old child
  123. Automated proximal anastomosis for redo coronary artery bypass grafting through a lateral thoracotomy
  124. Improvements in lung compliance after pulmonary transplantation: correlation with interleukin 8 expression
  125. Clinical and hemodynamic evaluation of small perimount aortic valves in patients aged 75 years or older
  126. Effect of WBC reduction of transfused RBCs on postoperative infection rates in cardiac surgery
  127. Football yes, surgery no
  128. Controlled perfusion of the transplanted lung
  129. Effect of low molecular weight heparin (Fragmin) on bleeding after cardiac surgery
  130. A new porcine model of reperfusion injury after lung transplantation
  131. Modulation of reperfusion injury after single lung transplantation by pentoxifylline, inositol polyanions, and sin-1
  132. Correspondence
  133. Controlled reperfusion and pentoxifylline modulate reperfusion injury after single lung transplantation
  134. Single or bilateral lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  135. Neutrophil Transmigration: Modulation by Pentoxifylline and Nitric Oxide
  136. An assay of neutrophil adhesion to fibronectin and its attenuation by pentoxifylline and nitric oxide
  137. Glyceryl trinitrate prevents neutrophil activation but not thromboxane release following ischaemia-reperfusion injury
  138. Surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery: Follow-up with magnetic resonance imaging
  139. Vascular complications of lung transplantation
  140. Bilateral patellar tendon rupture secondary to repeated local steroid injections.
  141. New deal not satisfactory for cardiothoracic surgery
  142. Treatment of major aortic graft infection: Preliminary experience with total graft excision and in situ replacement with a rifampicin bonded prosthesis
  143. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum.
  144. Critical care by emergency physicians in American and English hospitals.
  145. Access to convalescent beds in vascular surgery
  146. An aid to renal preservation during repair of suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms
  147. Lung transplantation