Editorial

A short message from the Editor-in-Chief: Submit articles for academic advancement or contribute to evidence pool and education

Gulmira Kudaiberdieva

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Research articles

Surgical treatment of multi-valve heart disease associated with infective endocarditis  

Hamidullah A. Abdumadzhidov, Hayrullah J. Buranov, Ilkhom K. Huzhakulov, Ikrom I. Mirhodzhaev, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Ovarian vein diameters measured by MDCT in women without evidence of pelvic congestion syndrome  &;

Kairgeldy Aikimbaev, Tugsan Huseyin Balli, Erol Akgul, Erol Huseyin Aksungur, Adana, Turkey

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Reviews

Postpericardiotomy syndrome and its complications: prevalence, clinical significance and management                                              

Taalaibek Z. Kudaiberdiev, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Case Reports

A funnel-shaped pannus formation above mitral prosthetic valve diagnosed with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Ezgi Polat Ocaklı, Oben Baysan, Tugba Kayhan Altuner, Sinan Altan Kocaman, Ankara, Turkey

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Right coronary artery thrombosis within drug eluting stents more than 10 years after deployment. Two cases of very, very late    stent thrombosis.

Sam Lovibond,  Michael Leung, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Brief Report

Types and structure of complications, and causes of mortality with different combinations of immunosuppressants in patients undergoing organ transplantation

Jamalbek Ashimov, Janybek Gaibyldaev, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 

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Education

Brief guideline on use of statistical analysis and reporting data in articles submitted for consideration for publication in Heart Vessels and Transplantation

Samat Kadyrov, Vienna, Austria

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In Memoriam

In Memory of Professor Galen S. Wagner M.D., Ph.D. (1939 - 2016) – our mentor, colleague and friend

Marylin Wagner, Laura Wagner, Chris Wagner, Samuel J. Bell, Brit W. Nicholson, David G. Strauss, Stafford Warren, Ole Pahlm, Ljuba Bacharova, Eric Eisenstein, Jonathan Lipton, Maria Sejersten Ripa, Rasmus Sejersten Ripa, Stefan Nelwan, Michael Ringborn, Gulmira Kudaiberdieva and collaborators, Durham, NC, U.S.A.;  Boston, MA, U.S.A.; Bratislava, Slovakia; Durham, NC, U.S.A.; Hobart, TAS and Melbourne, Australia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Karlskrona, Sweden

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In memory of Professor Dr. Ahmet Birand (1938-2017) – cardiologist, scientist, innovator and educator

Esmeray Acarturk, Asli Birand, Oben Baysan, Bulent, Gorenek, Gulmira Kudaiberdieva, Adana, Ankara, Eskisehir, Turkey

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