Data variability and validity: The elephant in the room
Gary L. Grunkemeier, Anthony P. Furnary
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 273-275)
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The murine monoclonal antibody anti-cytokeratin CAM 5.2 is specific for intracellular cytokeratin 8, not cytokeratin 18
Wen-Chang Cheng, Jeng-Dong Hsu, Chung-Chin Yao, Chih-Ping Han
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1674-1675)
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Simulation in coronary artery anastomosis early in cardiothoracic surgical residency training: The Boot Camp experience , 21 October 2009
James I. Fann, John H. Calhoon, Andrea J. Carpenter, Walter H. Merrill, John W. Brown, Robert S. Poston, Maziyar Kalani, Gordon F. Murray, George L. Hicks, Richard H. Feins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1275-1281)
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The second assistant in cardiac surgery
T.K. Susheel Kumar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Page 1355)
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Live surgery should not be outlawed at national and regional cardiothoracic meetings
Hugo K. Vanermen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages 822-825)
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The successful application of simulation-based training in thoracic surgery residency , 28 December 2009
Harold M. Burkhart, Jeffrey B. Riley, Sarah E. Hendrickson, George F. Glenn, James J. Lynch, Jackie J. Arnold, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff, Thoralf M. Sundt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 707-712)
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They also serve who only stand and wait
Vipin Zamvar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 798-799)
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Thymic carcinoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone , 01 September 2008
Chin-Chih Chang, Yih-Leong Chang, Yung-Chie Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages e1-e2)
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An endangered species
David A. Fullerton
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 4-12)
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Simulation in cardiothoracic surgery: A paradigm shift in education?
Daniel B. Raemer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1065-1066)
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An Australian risk prediction model for 30-day mortality after isolated coronary artery bypass: The AusSCORE , 01 June 2009
Christopher Reid, Baki Billah, Diem Dinh, Julian Smith, Peter Skillington, Michael Yii, Seven Seevanayagam, Morteza Mohajeri, Gil Shardey
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 904-910)
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Transcranial Doppler-guided selective antegrade cerebral perfusion during aortic debranching operation , 16 September 2008
Ali Khoynezhad, Rolando Celis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 1029-1030)
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Acute hepatitis C virus and the cardiac surgeon: An explanation needed
Carlos-A. Mestres
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Page 1038)
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Reply to the Editor
R. Scott Thorston
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Page 1038)
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Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery
Fernando A. Atik
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 253-254)
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Reply to the Editor
Sotiris C. Stamou, Kevin W. Lobdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 254-255)
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The second assistant in cardiac surgery: The challenges and answers
T.K. Susheel Kumar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1311-1314)
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Weathering the storm: How can thoracic surgery training programs meet the new challenges in the era of less-invasive technologies?
Sunil M. Prasad, Malek G. Massad, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Norman J. Snow, Joannie T. Yeh, Himalaya Lele, Ahmed Tarakji, Hersh S. Maniar, Heather Herren, William A. Gay
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1317-1326.e1)
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Reference values: No need for confusion
Nancy A. Obuchowski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1572-1573)
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Accidental perforation of the left ventricle with a Bonanno catheter , 27 May 2008
Sanjay Asopa, Srikanth Iyenger, Clinton T. Lloyd, Ivan Brown, Clifford W. Barlow
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 1023-1024)
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Counterpoint: Minimally invasive bipolar radiofrequency ablation of lone atrial fibrillation: Early multicenter results
Richard J. Shemin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 527-528)
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Predictors of major morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk adjustment model
Cameron D. Wright, John C. Kucharczuk, Sean M. O'Brien, Joshua D. Grab, Mark S. Allen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 587-596)
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of stage I non–small cell lung cancer in high-risk patients
Arjun Pennathur, James D. Luketich, Dwight E. Heron, Ghulam Abbas, Steven Burton, Mang Chen, William E. Gooding, Cihat Ozhasoglu, Rodney J. Landreneau, Neil A. Christie
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 597-604)
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The particle gel immunoassay as a rapid test to rule out heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? , 09 June 2008
Katharina Schallmoser, Camilla Drexler, Eva Rohde, Dirk Strunk, Andrea Groselj-Strele, Gerhard Lanzer, Hartmut Kroll, Simon Panzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 781-783)
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Preoperative and intraoperative considerations for radial artery anomalies in coronary artery bypass grafting
Edward W.K. Peng, Pradip K. Sarkar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Page 785)
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Cardiothoracic surgery: A specialty divided or as one
Douglas E. Wood
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 1-9)
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Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: Changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database
James M. Brown, Sean M. O'Brien, Changfu Wu, Jo Ann H. Sikora, Bartley P. Griffith, James S. Gammie
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 82-90)
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Concomitant cardiac and cerebral leiomyosarcoma: A challenge for surgical and adjuvant therapy , 01 September 2008
Christoph A. Tschan, M. Javad Mirzayan, Alexandru C. Stan, Maximilian A. Pichlmaier, Joachim K. Krauss
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e12-e14)
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Cardiac echinococcosis of the interventricular septum in early childhood: Report of two cases , 13 June 2008
T. Mohsen, N. El Beharry, T. Maree, E.S. Akl
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e14-e16)
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A prospective observational study of human factors, adverse events, and patient outcomes in surgery for pediatric cardiac disease , 09 September 2008
Paul Barach, Julie K. Johnson, Asima Ahmad, Cynthia Galvan, Agnes Bognar, Robert Duncan, Joanne P. Starr, Emile A. Bacha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1422-1428)
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Improvement in coronary anastomosis with cardiac surgery simulation , 24 October 2008
James I. Fann, Anthony D. Caffarelli, Gerald Georgette, Steve K. Howard, David M. Gaba, Patricia Youngblood, R. Scott Mitchell, Thomas A. Burdon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1486-1491)
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Reply to the Editor:
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1608-1609)
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Fifty years of cardiothoracic surgery through the looking glass and what the future holds
Marko Turina
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1117-1122)
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The influence of seasonal variation on cardiac surgery: A time-related clinical outcome predictor , 11 July 2008
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Kimberley Goldsmith, Samer A.M. Nashef
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 894-899)
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Cardiovascular surgery as a single specialty: The case to unify cardiac and vascular surgery , 21 May 2008
Charles Stewart Roberts
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 267-270)
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The case to unify cardiac and vascular surgery
Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 271-272)
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Thoracoscopic lobectomy: Introduction of a new technique into a thoracic surgery training program
Michael F. Reed, Mark W. Lucia, Sandra L. Starnes, Walter H. Merrill, John A. Howington
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 376-382)
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The National Institutes of Health funding for cardiothoracic surgical research
Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 398-399)
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Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery
Sotiris C. Stamou, Sara L. Camp, Robert M. Stiegel, Mark K. Reames, Eric Skipper, Larry T. Watts, Marcy Nussbaum, Francis Robicsek, Kevin W. Lobdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 494-499.e8)
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The future of risk stratification in thoracic surgery , 08 May 2008
Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, Chris K. Rokkas, Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 7-9)
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Structural–functional correlates of the 3-dimensional arrangement of the myocytes making up the ventricular walls , 21 May 2008
Robert H. Anderson, Damian Sanchez-Quintana, Peter Niederer, Paul P. Lunkenheimer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 10-18)
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Focus on the Thoracoscore
Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Marcel Dahan, French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Epithor Group
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 242-243)
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Surgical techniques for posterior aortic root enlargement
Duško Nežić, Aleksandar Knežević, Saša Borović
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1401-1402)
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The university, creativity, and freedom
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 979-983)
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Case report of visceral ischemia: The “tail” of an intra-aortic balloon pump
Justin Rivard, Ashley Vergis, Diamond Kassum
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1167-1168)
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Envisioning simulation in the future of thoracic surgical education
Andrea J. Carpenter, Stephen C. Yang, Paul N. Uhlig, Yolonda L. Colson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 477-484)
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Expert commentary: Cardiothoracic surgical simulation
Richard H. Feins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 485-486)
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The role of propensity scores should be discouraged when there is too little and too early of new surgical techniques
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 713-714)
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Reply to the Editor
Endre Bodnar, Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Page 460)
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Reply to the Editor
P.E. Spronk, M.J. Schultz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Page 468)
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An alternative approach for chest drainage after cardiac surgery: Redon drains
Marek Gwozdziewicz, Petr Nĕmec, Andrea Steriovsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 216-217)
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Propensity-score matching in the cardiovascular surgery literature from 2004 to 2006: A systematic review and suggestions for improvement
Peter C. Austin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1128-1135.e3)
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Complete cavopulmonary shunt completion after in utero balloon atrial septoplasty for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Nicholas H. Von Bergen, Harold M. Burkhart, Larry A. Latson, Stephen P. Emery, Adel K. Younoszai, Heather L. Bartlett
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1355-1356)
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Giant thymic cyst in left lower hemithorax of a healthy teenaged athlete
Cathrine Constantacos, Nicholette M. Lawson, Konstantinos I. Votanopoulos, Oluyinka Olutoye, Karen W. Eldin, Ralph D. Feigin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1373-1374)
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Rebuilding the house of health care
Richard D. Lamm
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 835-838)
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Thoracoscore predicts midterm mortality in patients undergoing thoracic surgery
Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Bhora, Andy Nabong, Ioannis K. Toumpoulis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 883-887)
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The seven stages of an idea
Didier de Cannière
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 562-564)
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Long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: Preoperative kidney function is prognostic
Michel B. Chonchol, Victor Aboyans, Philippe Lacroix, Gerard Smits, Tomas Berl, Marc Laskar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 683-689)
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Left atrial myxoma: The role of multisclice computed tomography
Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Hussein Rayatzadeh, Farideh Roshanali
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 795-795.e1)
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Clinical-Pathologic Conference in Surgery for Congenital and Acquired Cardiovascular Disease: Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis with a contralateral pulmonary varix
Yvonne L. Douglas, Stan A.J. van den Broek, Peter J. Wijkstra, Rienhart F.E. Wolf, Wim Timens, Marco C. DeRuiter, Tjark Ebels
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 496-501)
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Cardiac lymphoma in primary Sjogren syndrome: A novel case established by targeted imaging and pericardial window
Jon Kah-Choun Yoong, Li-Ching Chew, Richard Quek, Chong-Hee Lim, Justinian Qiaojian Zai, Kok-Yong Fong, Julian Thumboo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 513-514)
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Acute intramural hematoma of the aorta as a cause of positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Alex Ryan, Barry McCook, Biatta Sholosh, Daniel A. Pryma, Eric Jablonowski, Carl Fuhrman, Todd M. Blodgett
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 520-521)
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Concurrent primary cardiac tumors
Tulsi Menon, Yuki Watanabe, David Andrews
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 263-264)
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Sternal tuberculosis after sternotomy for coronary artery bypass surgery: A case report and review of the literature
Kirun Gopal, Austin Raj, M.R. Rajesh, S.K. Prabhu, Jayasree Geothe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1365-1366)
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Can the consensus statement on surgery journal authorship be implemented?
Wilhelm P. Mistiaen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1121-1122)
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Left atrial epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Milan Lisy, Wolfram Beierlein, Hartmut Müller, Burkhard Bültmann, Gerhard Ziemer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 803-804)
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Beyond disclosure: Managing conflicts of interest to strengthen trust in our profession
Martin F. McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 300-302)
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The Thoracic Surgery Scoring System (Thoracoscore): Risk model for in-hospital death in 15,183 patients requiring thoracic surgery , 12 January 2007
Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Massimo Conti, Laurent Brouchet, Sidney Chocron, Marc Puyraveau, Mariette Mercier, Joseph Philippe Etievent, Marcel Dahan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 325-332.e1)
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Coincidence of aortic valve stenosis and regurgitation and multiple cardiac papillary fibroelastomas in a young male adult
Karsten Sydow, Sonja Schrepfer, Olaf Franzen, Christian Detter, Stephan Willems, Thomas Meinertz, Hermann Reichenspurner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 564-565)
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A rare type of right atrial tumor in a 66-year-old woman
Alexander Lauten, Justus T. Strauch, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wahlers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 251-252)
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Emerging opportunities for cardiac surgeons within structural heart disease
Oern Stuge, John Liddicoat
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1258-1261)
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The training of congenital heart surgeons , 06 November 2006
Brian E. Kogon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1280-1284)
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Giant cell aortitis with histopathologic and clinical response to steroid therapy: A case report
Howard Blumstein, Leslie Dubin Kerr, John T. Fallon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1467-1468)
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Successful early repair of a traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula after blunt chest trauma
James M. O’Riordan, Niall Hickey, Oleg Ilinski, Parnell Keeling, Thomas N. Walsh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1495-1496.e1)
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Carbon dioxide embolism induced by endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting during coronary artery bypass grafting
Arnaud Mommerot, Louis P. Perrault
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Page 1502)
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Presidential Address 2003
Joel Cooper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 747-752)
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Global statistics/outcomes
A. Thomas Pezzella
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Page 726)
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Reply to the Editor
Riyad Karmy-Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Page 732)
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CONSORT and beyond
Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 229-232)
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Reports of clinical trials: Ethical aspects
Robert M. Sade
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 245-246)
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Believability of clinical trials: A diagnostic testing perspective
Michael S. Lauer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 249-251)
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Controversies in cardiothoracic surgery: Should therapeutic cloning be supported to provide stem cells for cardiothoracic surgery research and treatment?
Martin McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 937-940)
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How many arterial grafts are enough? A population-based study of midterm outcomes , 25 April 2006
Veena Guru, Stephen E. Fremes, Jack V. Tu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1021-1028)
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Fungal prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis species: Case report and review of the literature
Alice May B. Isidro, Valerianna Amorosa, Gary A. Stopyra, Harold L. Rutenberg, William H. Pentz, Charles R. Bridges
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1181-1183)
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A case of ectopic parathyroid hormone production by a pulmonary neoplasm
Eric S. Weiss, John Doty, Malcolm V. Brock, Lloyd Halvorson, Stephen C. Yang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 923-924)
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Inflow occlusion pulmonary embolectomy in the modern era of cardiac surgery
Joseph L. Bobadilla, Christopher H. Wigfield, Paramjeet S. Chopra
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 484-486)
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Assumed oxygen consumption in the determination of cardiac output: Assume carefully…
R.M.F. Berger, A. Bergstra
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Page 504)
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An “actual” problem: Another issue of apples and oranges
Endre Bodnar, Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 1-3)
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Quality indicators, performance measures, and accountability: The right thing, at the right time, for the right reason
Jeffrey B. Rich
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 4-8)
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Attitude toward and application of off-pump coronary artery bypass after continuing education retraining
Richard J. Novick, Michael W. Chu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 14-15)
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Technical challenges in totally endoscopic robotic coronary artery bypass grafting
J. Bonatti, T. Schachner, N. Bonaros, A. Öhlinger, M. Danzmayr, P. Jonetzko, G. Friedrich, C. Kolbitsch, P. Mair, G. Laufer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 146-153)
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Performance analysis of interactive multimodal CME retraining on attitude toward and application of OPCAB
Alexander Albert, Eric A. Peck, Patrick Wouters, Jan Van Hemelrijck, Christophe Bert, Paul Sergeant
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 154-162)
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They’re here: Continuing medical education activities
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Page 1491)
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The identification and development of Canadian coronary artery bypass graft surgery quality indicators
Veena Guru, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Stephen E. Fremes, Gerald T. O’Connor, Frederick L. Grover, Jack V. Tu, Canadian CABG Surgery Quality Indicator Consensus Panel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1257.e1-1257.e11)
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Surgical treatment of recurrent transient ischemic attacks and hemoptysis in a young man with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
Cliff K. Choong, Daniel M. Goodenberger, Daniel Picus, Bryan F. Meyers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1456-1458)
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Reporting and classification of patient safety events in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit and cardiothoracic postoperative care unit
Patricia A. Nast, Michael Avidan, Carolyn B. Harris, Melissa J. Krauss, Eric Jacobsohn, Ann Petlin, W. Claiborne Dunagan, Victoria J. Fraser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1137.e1-1137.e9)
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Pressure gradient in hemodynamics: Is it measured in units of pressure?
Aristotle D. Protopapas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Page 952)
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Contemporary assessment of laryngotracheal trauma
Rehal A. Bhojani, David H. Rosenbaum, Erkan Dikmen, Michelle Paul, B. Zane Atkins, David Zonies, Aaron S. Estrera, Michael A. Wait, Dan M. Meyer, Michael E. Jessen, J. Michael DiMaio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 426-432)
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Significant value of autopsy for quality management in cardiac surgery , 28 April 2005
Ardawan J. Rastan, Jan F. Gummert, Nicole Lachmann, Thomas Walther, Dierck V. Schmitt, Volkmar Falk, Nico Doll, Paul Caffier, Markus M. Richter, Christian Wittekind, Friedrich W. Mohr
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1292-1300)
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Bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet syndrome: Report of two operative cases
Aziz Alami Aroussi, Mohammed Redai, Fouad El Ouardi, Badiae-Ezzamane Mehadji
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1170-1171)
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Monitoring surgical performance
Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 807-810)
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Control chart methods for monitoring cardiac surgical performance and their interpretation
Chris A. Rogers, Barnaby C. Reeves, Massimo Caputo, J.Saravana Ganesh, Robert S. Bonser, Gianni D. Angelini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 811-819)
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Monitoring the performance of residents during training in off-pump coronary surgery
Massimo Caputo, Barnaby C. Reeves, Chris A. Rogers, Raimondo Ascione, Gianni D. Angelini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 907-915)
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Rigid-plate fixation for the treatment of sternal nonunion
Liza C. Wu, John Renucci, David H. Song
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 623-624)
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Total aortic arch replacement with a branched graft and limited circulatory arrest of the brain
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Paolo Masetti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 233-237)
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At the epicenter of severe acute respiratory syndrome
Song Wan, Anthony P.C Yim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1553-1557)
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Who moved my heart? adaptive responses to disruptive challenges
Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1235-1244)
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The influence of right anterolateral thoracotomy in prepubescent female patients on late breast development and on the incidence of scoliosis
Sabine Bleiziffer, Christian Schreiber, Rainer Burgkart, Felix Regenfelder, Martin Kostolny, Paul Libera, Klaus Holper, Rüdiger Lange
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1474-1480)
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Leonardo da Vinci as a paradigm for modern clinical research
F.C. Wells, T. Crowe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 929-944)
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Computer-generated three-dimensional animation of the mitral valve
Joseph H. Dayan, Aaron Oliker, Ram Sharony, F.Gregory Baumann, Aubrey Galloway, Stephen B. Colvin, D.Craig Miller, Eugene A. Grossi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 763-769)
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Incidence of peripheral vascular disease in women: is it different from that in men?
Vasana Cheanvechai, Nancy L Harthun, Linda M Graham, Julie A Freischlag, Vivian Gahtan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 314-317)
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Arterial occlusive disease of the lower extremities: do women differ from men in occurrence of risk factors and response to invasive treatment?
Nancy L Harthun, Vasana Cheanvechai, Linda M Graham, Julie A Freischlag, Vivian Gahtan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 318-321)
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Outcome of carotid endarterectomy on the basis of patient sex: is there a difference?
Nancy L Harthun, Vasana Cheanvechai, Linda M Graham, Julie A Freischlag, Vivian Gahtan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 322-324)
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Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and repair outcomes on the basis of patient sex: should the timing of intervention be the same?
Nancy L Harthun, Vasana Cheanvechai, Linda M Graham, Julie A Freischlag, Vivian Gahtan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 325-328)
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The peer-review process in medical publishing: a reviewer's perspective
Frank W Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1683-1685)
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Asymptomatic mitral valve incompetence: is there evidence for surgery?
Jeffrey H Shuhaiber
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2117-2118)
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Reply to the Editor
Tirone E David, Joan Ivanov, Susan Armstrong, Harry Rakowski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2118-2119)
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Presidential address: thoracic surgery education—responding to a changing environment
Fred A. Crawford
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1235-1242)
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Study design in valve surgery and outcome
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Malek Massad, Alexander Geha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1660-1661)
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Reply to the editor
Gary L. Grunkemeier, YingXing Wu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Page 1661)
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The gender initiative
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Page 617)
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The female perspective: gender in cardiothoracic surgery
Nancy A. Nussmeier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 618-619)
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Sixty-year perspective on coronary artery bypass grafting in women
Renee S Hartz, Julie A Swain, Lynda Mickleborough
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 620-622)
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The helix and the heart
Paul Lunkenheimer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 920-921)
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Reply to the Editor
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 921-922)
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Editorials from The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Content, context, perception, and perspective
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S1)
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Editor's introduction
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Page 227)
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Lewis and Clark, pioneers, and the American dream
Donald B. Doty
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 3-11)
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Basic science review: The helix and the heart
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 863-883)
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Video comes to the Journal
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 884-885)
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The Dor procedure: What has changed after fifteen years of clinical practice?
Lorenzo Menicanti, Marisa Di Donato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 886-890)
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Presidential address: Our heritage and our future
Timothy J. Gardner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 649-654)
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Presidential address: Value, viability, and valves
David R. Clarke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 1-6)
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Where are we going with computer-assisted or robotic cardiac surgery? A piece of the totally endoscopic coronary bypass puzzle
Randall K. Wolf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1029-1030)
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Comparing apples and oranges
Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 8-15)
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Unrealistic expectations arising from mortality data reported in the cardiothoracic journals
Ani C. Anyanwu, Tom Treasure
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 16-20)
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Our “Cover Story”
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2001 (Vol. 122, Issue 1, Pages 1-2)
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