Effects of surgical ventricular reconstruction on diastolic function at midterm follow-up , 28 December 2009
Marisa Di Donato, Lorenzo Menicanti, Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio, Carlo de Vincentiis, Josephal Salvia, Tammam Yussuf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 285-291.e1)
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Patent ductus arteriosus ligation is associated with impaired left ventricular systolic performance in premature infants weighing less than 1000 g , 05 April 2010
Patrick J. McNamara, Lilian Stewart, Sandesh P. Shivananda, Derek Stephens, Arvind Sehgal
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 150-157)
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The impact of bridge-to-transplant ventricular assist device support on survival after cardiac transplantation , 10 May 2010
David A. Bull, Bruce B. Reid, Craig H. Selzman, Rebecca Mesley, Stavros Drakos, Steven Clayson, Greg Stoddard, Edward Gilbert, Josef Stehlik, Feras Bader, Abdallah Kfoury, Deborah Budge, David D. Eckels, Anne Fuller, Dale Renlund, Amit N. Patel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 169-173)
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Balloon sizing in surgical ventricular restoration: What volume are we targeting? , 27 September 2009
Ellen A. ten Brinke, Robert J. Klautz, Paul Steendijk
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 240-241)
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How can we prevent functional mitral stenosis after surgery?
Yasushige Shingu, Yoshiro Matsui
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 251-252)
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Mitral and tricuspid valve repair 21 years after cardiac transplantation , 12 April 2010
Joss Fernandez, Djurabek Babadjanov, Robert Saeid Farivar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages e3-e4)
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Left ventricular flow patterns in healthy subjects and patients with prosthetic mitral valves: An in vivo study using echocardiographic particle image velocimetry , 05 April 2010
Réka Faludi, Mariola Szulik, Jan D'hooge, Paul Herijgers, Frank Rademakers, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Jens-Uwe Voigt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1501-1510)
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Baseline left ventricular function and surgical annular stiffening to predict outcome and reverse left ventricular remodeling after undersized annuloplasty for intermediate-degree ischemic mitral regurgitation , 07 December 2009
Marco Pocar, Davide Passolunghi, Andrea Moneta, Alessandra Di Mauro, Alda Bregasi, Roberto Mattioli, Francesco Donatelli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1529-1538)
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Infection after implantation of pulsatile mechanical circulatory support devices , 05 April 2010
William L. Holman, James K. Kirklin, David C. Naftel, Robert L. Kormos, Patricia Desvign-Nickens, Margarita T. Camacho, Deborah D. Ascheim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1632-1636.e2)
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Esmark elastoplasty for bleeding ventricular assist device outflow graft associated with severe coagulopathy , 11 December 2009
Daniel J. DiBardino, Gregory S. Couper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1658-1659)
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Left ventricular surgical restoration for anteroseptal scars: Volume versus shape
Antonio M. Calafiore, Angela L. Iacò, Davide Amata, Cataldo Castello, Egidio Varone, Fabio Falconieri, Antonio Bivona, Sabina Gallina, Michele Di Mauro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1123-1130)
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Bilateral pulmonary artery banding for extremely low birth weight infants with coarctation or interruption of the aorta weighing less than 1.0 kg , 18 November 2009
Yoichi Kawahira, Kyoichi Nishigaki, Yoshito Maehata
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1339-1340)
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Localizing an occult gastrointestinal bleeding by wireless PillCam SB capsule videoendoscopy in a patient with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device , 18 May 2009
J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Peter Wellhöner, Efstratios I. Charitos, Bence Bucsky, Michiel Morshuis, Hans H. Sievers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages e73-e74)
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Apical myectomy: A new surgical technique for management of severely symptomatic patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hartzell V. Schaff, Morgan L. Brown, Joseph A. Dearani, Martin D. Abel, Steve R. Ommen, Paul Sorajja, A. Jamil Tajik, Rick A. Nishimura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 634-640)
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Ventricular assist device implantation in neonates: Adjustment of the BerlinHeart EXCOR arterial cannula with bovine pericardium , 06 July 2009
Tonny D.T. Tjan, Andreas Hoffmeier, Hans Heinrich Scheld, Stefan Klotz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 783-784)
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Ventricular septal defect repair in an infant with severe pulmonary hypertension and preoperatively diagnosed left ventricular noncompaction , 27 March 2009
Yuki Sasaki, Tsukasa Ozawa, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Tsutomu Saji, Takeshiro Fujii, Yoshinori Watanabe, Noritsugu Shiono, Yoshinori Takanashi, Nobuya Koyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e31-e33)
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Huge aneurysms of the aortic sinuses of Valsalva with leaflet perforation in an infant: A case report , 23 July 2009
Atsushi Kawaguchi, Kenji Waki, Yoshio Arakaki, Kiyoshi Baba
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e54-e56)
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Decision support in surgical management of ischemic cardiomyopathy
Dustin Y. Yoon, Nicholas G. Smedira, Edward R. Nowicki, Katherine J. Hoercher, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Eugene H. Blackstone, Bruce W. Lytle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 283-293.e7)
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Acute right ventricular failure after pediatric cardiac transplant: Predictors and long-term outcome in current era of transplantation medicine , 12 November 2009
Aparna Hoskote, Catherine Carter, Phillip Rees, Martin Elliott, Michael Burch, Katherine Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 146-153)
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The STICH trial: Misguided conclusions
Gerald D. Buckberg, Constantine L. Athanasuleas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1060-1064.e2)
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Right ventricular exclusion procedure for right ventricular failure of Ebstein's anomaly , 27 January 2009
Sungkyu Cho, Woong-Han Kim, Jae Gun Kwak, Chun Su Park
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1246-1248)
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Association of electrostimulation with cell transplantation in ischemic heart disease , 10 April 2009
Abdel Shafy, Thomas Lavergne, Christian Latremouille, Miguel Cortes-Morichetti, Alain Carpentier, Juan C. Chachques
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 994-1001)
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Primed for lethal battle: A step forward to enhance the efficacy and efficiency of stem cell transplantation therapy
Molly E. Ogle, Shan Ping Yu, Ling Wei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Page 527)
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Midterm clinical and echocardiographic results and predictors of mitral regurgitation recurrence following restrictive annuloplasty for ischemic cardiomyopathy , 09 April 2009
Francesco Onorati, Antonino S. Rubino, Domenico Marturano, Eugenia Pasceri, Giuseppe Santarpino, Stefania Zinzi, Giuseppina Mascaro, Attilio Renzulli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 654-662)
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Costs of excessive postoperative hemorrhage in cardiac surgery , 20 April 2009
Michael C. Christensen, Stephan Krapf, Angela Kempel, Christian von Heymann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 687-693)
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Man and machine: Understanding the complex physiologic interactions to reduce complications
Nicholas G. Smedira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 9-10)
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Myocardial viability and cardiac dyssynchrony as strong predictors of perioperative mortality in high-risk patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy having coronary artery bypass surgery , 09 February 2009
Michaela Maruskova, Pavel Gregor, Jozef Bartunek, Jaroslav Tintera, Martin Penicka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 62-68)
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The effect of biventricular pacing on cardiac function after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with reduced left ventricular function: A pressure–volume loop analysis , 09 April 2009
Thorsten Hanke, Martin Misfeld, Matthias Heringlake, Jan J. Schreuder, Uwe K.H. Wiegand, Frank Eberhardt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 148-156)
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Bridging patients after salvage from bridge to decision directly to transplant by means of prolonged support with the CentriMag short-term centrifugal pump , 13 May 2009
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Emma J. Birks, Mohammed Amrani, Mario Petrou, Toufan Bahrami, Gilles Dreyfus, Asghar Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 227-230)
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The implications of outcome predictors when transitioning from arterial to double-switch surgery
Jeffrey Shuhaiber
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 257-258)
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The effect of biventricular pacing after coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective randomized trial of different pacing modes in patients with reduced left ventricular function , 31 March 2009
Frank Eberhardt, Matthias Heringlake, Maximilian S. Massalme, Anika Dyllus, Martin Misfeld, Hans-H. Sievers, Uwe K.H. Wiegand, Thorsten Hanke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1461-1467)
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Tracking cardiac engraftment and distribution of implanted bone marrow cells: Comparing intra-aortic, intravenous, and intramyocardial delivery , 12 March 2009
Shu-Hong Li, Teresa Y.Y. Lai, Zhuo Sun, Mihan Han, Eduardo Moriyama, Brian Wilson, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Terrence Yau, Joseph C. Wu, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1225-1233.e1)
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Dual left ventricular restorations in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis , 03 June 2008
Takeshi Shimamoto, Takeshi Nishina, Akira Marui, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1286-1288)
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Reduction of four-and-a-half LIM-protein 2 expression occurs in human left ventricular failure and leads to altered localization and reduced activity of metabolic enzymes
Esta Bovill, Steven Westaby, Alastair Crisp, Shiney Jacobs, Tony Shaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 853-861)
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Why is the surgical ventricular restoration operation effective for ischemic cardiomyopathy? Geometric analysis with magnetic resonance imaging of changes in regional ventricular function after surgical ventricular restoration , 27 January 2009
Hsi-Yu Yu, Yih-Sharng Chen, Wen-Yih Tseng, Nai-Shin Chi, Chih-Hsien Wang, Shoei-Shen Wang, Fang-Yue Lin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 887-894)
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Early planned institution of biventricular mechanical circulatory support results in improved outcomes compared with delayed conversion of a left ventricular assist device to a biventricular assist device
J. Raymond Fitzpatrick, John R. Frederick, William Hiesinger, Vivian M. Hsu, Ryan C. McCormick, Elliott D. Kozin, Carine M. Laporte, Mary Lou O'Hara, Elan Howell, Deborah Dougherty, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Kevin W. Southerland, Jessica L. Howard, E. Carter Paulson, Michael A. Acker, Rohinton J. Morris, Y. Joseph Woo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 971-977)
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Improved myocardial protection in the failing heart by selective endothelin-A receptor blockade , 13 February 2009
Karola Trescher, Michael Bauer, Wolfgang Dietl, Seth Hallström, Nikolaus Wick, Margarita Wolfsberger, Robert Ullrich, Günther Jürgens, Ernst Wolner, Bruno K. Podesser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 1005-1011.e1)
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Specific issues after surgical repair of partial atrioventricular septal defect: Actuarial survival, freedom from reoperation, fate of the left atrioventricular valve, prevalence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and other events
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Balram Airan, Amber Malhotra, Akshay K. Bisoi, Mani Kalaivani, Raghu M. Govindappa, Panangipalli Venugopal
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 548-555.e2)
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Long-term cardiac remodeling after salvage partial left ventriculectomy in an infant with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery , 01 September 2008
Stephen Westaby, Nick Archer, Saul G. Myerson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 757-759)
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Palliative bidirectional Glenn anastomosis for unresectable metastasis in the right ventricle from renal cell carcinoma 16 years after nephrectomy , 28 August 2008
Naoto Morimoto, Keisuke Morimoto, Yoshihisa Morimoto, Toshihito Sakamoto, Akiko Tanaka, Masamichi Matsumori, Kenji Okada, Yutaka Okita
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 775-777)
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Chronic partial unloading restores β-adrenergic responsiveness and reverses receptor downregulation in failing rat hearts , 22 December 2008
Jian Wang, Masaki Tsukashita, Takeshi Nishina, Akira Marui, Eiji Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Satoshi Matsuoka, Tadashi Ikeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 465-470)
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Cell-based gene therapy modifies matrix remodeling after a myocardial infarction in tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-3–deficient mice
Denis Angoulvant, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Teresa Y.Y. Lai, Paul W. Fedak, Liwen Chen, Shahin Rafati, Charit K. Seneviratne, Norbert Degousee, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 471-480.e2)
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Gastrointestinal bleeding rates in recipients of nonpulsatile and pulsatile left ventricular assist devices , 13 October 2008
Sheri Crow, Ranjit John, Andrew Boyle, Sara Shumway, Kenneth Liao, Monica Colvin-Adams, Carol Toninato, Emil Missov, Marc Pritzker, Cindy Martin, Daniel Garry, William Thomas, Lyle Joyce
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 208-215)
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Regression of pressure-induced left ventricular hypertrophy is characterized by a distinct gene expression profile
William E. Stansfield, Peter C. Charles, Ru-hang Tang, Mauricio Rojas, Rajendra Bhati, Nancy C. Moss, Cam Patterson, Craig H. Selzman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 232-238.e8)
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Repair of acute postinfarction atrioventricular dehiscence in a patient with posterior left ventricular aneurysm , 21 May 2008
Igor E. Konstantinov, Pankaj Saxena, Shane Ling, Trenton Barrett
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 247-249)
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Spironolactone alleviates late cardiac remodeling after left ventricular restoration
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Page 257)
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Surgical approach to repair of ruptured chordae tendineae causing tricuspid regurgitation , 06 May 2008
Vincent Chan, Dominique Grisoli, Marc Ruel, John Veinot, Thierry Mesana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e30-e32)
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Successful cardiac transplant after Berlin Heart bridge in a single ventricle heart: Use of aortopulmonary shunt as a supplementary source of pulmonary blood flow , 03 June 2008
F. Bennett Pearce, James K. Kirklin, William L. Holman, Cindy S. Barrett, Robb L. Romp, Yung R. Lau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e40-e42)
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The post–myocardial infarction scarred ventricle and congestive heart failure: The preeminence of magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative assessment
Vincent Dor, Filippo Civaia, Clara Alexandrescu, Françoise Montiglio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1405-1412)
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Complete heart block associated with device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects , 09 June 2008
Dragos Predescu, Rajiv R. Chaturvedi, Mark K. Friedberg, Lee N. Benson, Akira Ozawa, Kyong-Jin Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1223-1228)
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Cleft closure and undersizing annuloplasty improve mitral repair in atrioventricular canal defects , 16 September 2008
Muralidhar Padala, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, James W. Owen, Jorge H. Jimenez, Lakshmi P. Dasi, Pedro J. del Nido, Ajit P. Yoganathan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1243-1249)
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Novel approach with intratracheal administration of microgelatin hydrogel microspheres incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor for rescue of rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension , 22 September 2008
Keiichi Hirose, Akira Marui, Yoshio Arai, Toshihiro Kushibiki, Yu Kimura, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Huang Yuang, B.I.R. Shyamal Chandra, Tadashi Ikeda, Shigeru Amano, Yasuhiko Tabata, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1250-1256)
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Perioperative nesiritide and possible renal protection in patients with moderate to severe kidney dysfunction , 28 August 2008
Cornelius McKown Dyke, Devinder Bhatia, Solomon Aronson, Nader Moazami, Robert M. Mentzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1369-1370)
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Surgical ventricular restoration by means of a new technique to preserve left ventricular compliance: The horseshoe repair , 09 September 2008
Paolo Ferrazzi, Michele Triggiani, Attilio Iacovoni, Samuele Pentiricci, Francesco Vattimo, Pervirgilio Parrella, Eugenio Quaini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1382-1383)
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The role of temporary biventricular pacing in the cardiac surgical patient with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function , 06 May 2008
Rudolph F. Evonich, John C. Stephens, William Merhi, Srinivas Dukkipati, Nicholas Tepe, Francis Shannon, Jeffrey Altshuler, Marc Sakwa, Joseph Bassett, Eric Hanson, Judy Boura, William W. O'Neill, David E. Haines
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 915-921)
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Hypoxemia after an axial flow pump Jarvik-2000 implantation: Catheter induced , 26 June 2008
Joonhwa Hong, Soon J. Park, Sunil V. Mankad, Frank Cetta, Norman E. Torres, Morgan L. Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1082-1083)
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Mitral annuloplasty in an infant with Barth syndrome and severe mitral insufficiency: First case report and determination of annular diameter , 09 June 2008
Shu-Chien Huang, En-Ting Wu, Shuenn–Nan Chiu, Wuh-Liang Hwu, Mei-Hwan Wu, Shoei-Shen Wang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1095-1097)
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The effect of pure mitral regurgitation on mitral annular geometry and three-dimensional saddle shape
Tom C. Nguyen, Akinobu Itoh, Carl J. Carlhäll, Wolfgang Bothe, Tomasz A. Timek, Daniel B. Ennis, Robert A. Oakes, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Neil B. Ingels, D. Craig Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 557-565)
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Induction by left ventricular overload and left ventricular failure of the human Jumonji gene (JARID2) encoding a protein that regulates transcription and reexpression of a protective fetal program , 09 June 2008
Esta Bovill, Stephen Westaby, Shiney Reji, Rana Sayeed, Alastair Crisp, Tony Shaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 709-716)
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Role of fibrillin-1 genetic mutations and polymorphism in aortic dilatation in patients undergoing intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Anand K. Mishra, Prahlad Balakrishnan, Sonika Sharma, Madhulika Kabra, Ruma Ray, Mani Kalaivani, Ruchika Gupta, Raghu M. Govindappa, Ganapathy K. Subramaniam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 757-766.e10)
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Surgical extraction of cardiac resynchronization therapy system with concomitant implantation of a new system with the use of epicardial leads in a patient with endocarditis , 04 July 2008
Jaroslaw Bis, Kinga Goscinska-Bis, Michal Krejca, Elzbieta Zinka, Janusz Skarysz, Leszek Machej, Andrzej Bochenek
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 786-787)
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Thrombus formation within hepatic vein after Fontan procedure , 09 June 2008
Manabu Watanabe, Mitsuru Aoki, Nobuyuki Ishibashi, Tadashi Fujiwara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 519-520)
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Longer duration of continuous-flow ventricular assist device support predicts greater hemodynamic compromise after return of pulsatility , 27 May 2008
Allen S. Stewart, Mark J. Russo, Timothy P. Martens, Tariq M. Naseem, Mario C. Deng, Ray Wang, Michael Argenziano, Mehmet Oz, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 524-525)
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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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Spironolactone alleviates late cardiac remodeling after left ventricular restoration surgery , 08 May 2008
Masaki Tsukashita, Akira Marui, Takeshi Nishina, Eiji Yoshikawa, Hideo Kanemitsu, Jian Wang, Tadashi Ikeda, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 58-64)
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New technique for postinfarction ventricular septal rupture
Marco Pocar, Davide Passolunghi, Francesco Donatelli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 234-235)
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Improving outcomes with long-term “destination” therapy using left ventricular assist devices
James W. Long, Aaron H. Healy, Brad Y. Rasmusson, Cris G. Cowley, Karl E. Nelson, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Stephen E. Clayson, Bruce B. Reid, Stephanie A. Moore, Douglas U. Blank, Dale G. Renlund
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1353-1361)
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Regional remodeling strain and its association with myocardial apoptosis after myocardial infarction in an ovine model
Godfred K. Yankey, Tieluo Li, Ahmet Kilic, Guangming Cheng, Aditee Satpute, Kinjal Savai, Shuying Li, Sina L. Moainie, Deyanira Prastein, Christopher DeFillipi, Zhongjun J. Wu, Bartley P. Griffith
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 991-998.e2)
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Acute hemodynamic and functional effects of surgical ventricular restoration and heart transplantation in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Maurizio Cotrufo, Luca Salvatore De Santo, Alessandro Della Corte, GianPaolo Romano, Cristiano Amarelli, Marisa De Feo, Giuseppe Santarpino, Michelangelo Scardone, Gianantonio Nappi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1054-1060)
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Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with Fontan circulation using transient elastography and biochemical fibrosis markers
Mireen Friedrich-Rust, Constanze Koch, Axel Rentzsch, Christoph Sarrazin, Peter Schwarz, Eva Herrmann, Angelika Lindinger, Ulrike Sarrazin, Thierry Poynard, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Stefan Zeuzem, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 560-567)
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Improvement in hemodynamic performance, exercise capacity, inflammatory profile, and left ventricular reverse remodeling after intracoronary delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in an experimental model of pressure overload hypertrophy , 03 January 2008
Ezequiel J. Molina, Jon Palma, Dipin Gupta, Denise Torres, John P. Gaughan, Steven Houser, Mahender Macha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 292-299.e1)
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Simplified technique for surgical ligation of the left atrial appendage in high-risk patients
Farhad Bakhtiary, Peter Kleine, Sven Martens, Omer Dzemali, Selami Dogan, Harald Keller, Hans Ackermann, Andreas Zierer, Feyzan Özaslan, Thomas Wittlinger, Anton Moritz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 430-431)
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Limited surgical approach for explanting the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device after myocardial recovery
S. Haj-Yahia, E.J. Birks, G. Dreyfus, A. Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 453-454)
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N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide levels in pediatric patients with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac surgery
Rowan Walsh, Clark Boyer, Jared LaCorte, Vincent Parnell, Cristina Sison, Devyani Chowdhury, Kaie Ojamaa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 98-105)
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Mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Anatomic variations, surgical approach, techniques, and results
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Balram Airan, Amber Malhotra, Akshay K. Bisoi, Anita Saxena, Shyam S. Kothari, Mani Kalaivani, Panangipalli Venugopal
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 106-116.e5)
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The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial
Eric J. Velazquez, Kerry L. Lee, Christopher M. O’Connor, Jae K. Oh, Robert O. Bonow, Gerald M. Pohost, Arthur M. Feldman, Daniel B. Mark, Julio A. Panza, George Sopko, Jean L. Rouleau, Robert H. Jones, STICH Investigators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1540-1547.e4)
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Effectiveness of surgical ventricular restoration in patients with dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy and unrepaired mild mitral regurgitation
Marisa Di Donato, Serenella Castelvecchio, Jelena Brankovic, Carlo Santambrogio, Vincenzo Montericcio, Lorenzo Menicanti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1548-1553)
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Predictors of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
Maciej Banach, Aleksander Goch, Malgorzata Misztal, Jacek Rysz, Ryszard Jaszewski, Jan Henryk Goch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1569-1576)
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Dilated cardiomyopathy and functional mitral regurgitation complicated with traumatic ventricular septal defect
Hisato Ito, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Takane Hiraiwa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1583-1584)
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Congestive heart failure: Treat the disease, not the symptom: Return to normalcy/Part II—The experimental approach
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 844-849)
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Left ventricular torsional mechanics after left ventricular reconstruction surgery for ischemic cardiomyopathy
Randolph M. Setser, Nicholas G. Smedira, Michael L. Lieber, Eric D. Sabo, Richard D. White
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 888-896)
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An innovative technique for the relief of right ventricular trabecular cavity obliteration in endomyocardial fibrosis
Ana Olga Mocumbi, Daniel Sidi, Pascal Vouhe, Magdi Yacoub
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1070-1072)
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Evolution of surgical techniques for atrial septal defect repair in adults: A 10-year single-institution experience
Koray Ak, Tayfun Aybek, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Feyzan Özaslan, Farhad Bakhtiary, Anton Moritz, Selami Dogan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 757-764)
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Pulmonary artery banding for idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy: A novel therapeutic strategy using an old surgical procedure
Dietmar Schranz, Alex Veldman, Ulrike Bartram, Ina Michel-Behnke, Jürgen Bauer, Hakan Akintürk
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 796-797)
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The effect of preoperative diastolic dysfunction on outcome after surgical ventricular remodeling
Mark B. Ratcliffe, T. Sloane Guy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 280-283)
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Surgical therapy for ischemic heart failure: Single-center experience with surgical anterior ventricular restoration , 19 June 2007
Lorenzo Menicanti, Serenella Castelvecchio, Marco Ranucci, Alessandro Frigiola, Carlo Santambrogio, Carlo de Vincentiis, Jelena Brankovic, Marisa Di Donato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 433-441.e2)
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Reply to the Editor
Frank Langer, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 552-553)
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Tissue regeneration observed in a basic fibroblast growth factor–loaded porous acellular bovine pericardium populated with mesenchymal stem cells
Yen Chang, Po-Hong Lai, Hao-Ji Wei, Wei-Wen Lin, Chun-Hung Chen, Shiaw-Min Hwang, Sung-Ching Chen, Hsing-Wen Sung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 65-73.e4)
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Cerebrovascular accidents in patients with a ventricular assist device , 04 June 2007
Hiroyuki Tsukui, Adib Abla, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Dennis M. McNamara, Michael A. Mathier, Linda M. Cadaret, Robert L. Kormos
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 114-123)
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Midterm experience with the Jarvik 2000 axial flow left ventricular assist device
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Emma J. Birks, Paula Rogers, Christopher Bowles, Mandy Hipkins, Robert George, Mohammed Amrani, Mario Petrou, John Pepper, Gilles Dreyfus, Asghar Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 199-203)
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Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device⁎
Mark S. Slaughter, Steven S. Tsui, Aly El-Banayosy, Benjamin C. Sun, Robert L. Kormos, Dale K. Mueller, H. Todd Massey, Timothy B. Icenogle, David J. Farrar, J. Donald Hill, IVAD Study Group
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1573-1580.e2)
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Chordal “translocation” for functional mitral regurgitation with severe valve tenting: An effort to preserve left ventricular structure and function , 06 March 2007
Masahira Fukuoka, Michihito Nonaka, Shinji Masuyama, Takeshi Shimamoto, Keiichi Tambara, Hajime Yoshida, Tadashi Ikeda, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1004-1011)
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Purse-string deformity of the right coronary artery: A pitfall in de Vega tricuspid annuloplasty
Petr Symersky, Anton P. de Jong, Karel T. Koch, Edouard M. de Beaumont, Bas A.J.M. de Mol
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1086-1087)
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Extracorporeal life support: An effective and noninvasive way to treat acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis
Ziad Khabbaz, Jean-Michel Grinda, Jean-Noël Fabiani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1122-1123)
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Reply to Di Donato and colleagues
James O. O’Neill, Randall C. Starling, Mina K. Chung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 292-293)
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Elective transfer from cardiopulmonary bypass to centrifugal blood pump support in very high-risk cardiac surgery
Stephen Westaby, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Betsy J. Evans, Gabriele B. Bertoni, Xu Y. Jin, Desiree Robson, Catherine R. Grebenik
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 577-578)
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CorCap device in addition to mitral surgery in heart failure: Is it truly beneficial?
Amir Elami
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Page 590)
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Hemodynamic effects of partial ventricular support in chronic heart failure: Results of simulation validated with in vivo data
Deborah Morley, Kenneth Litwak, Paul Ferber, Paul Spence, Robert Dowling, Bart Meyns, Bartley Griffith, Daniel Burkhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 21-28.e4)
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Roles of cyclooxygenase-2 and phosphorylated Akt (Thr308) in cardiac hypertrophy regression mediated by left-ventricular unloading
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Klaus Jürgen Schmitz, Jenci Palatty, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda, Christian Vahlhaus, Bodo Levkau, Jörg Stypmann, Christof Schmid, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo Andreas Baba
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 37-43)
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Reverse right ventricular remodeling after pulmonary endarterectomy , 12 December 2006
Andrea M. D’Armini, Giorgio Zanotti, Stefano Ghio, Giulia Magrini, Matteo Pozzi, Laura Scelsi, Giulia Meloni, Catherine Klersy, Mario Viganò
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 162-168)
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Initial United States experience with the Paracor HeartNet⁎ myocardial constraint device for heart failure , 12 December 2006
Charles T. Klodell, David C. McGiffin, Barry K. Rayburn, Benjamin Sun, William T. Abraham, John V. Conte, Stuart D. Russell, Walter E. Pae, John P. Boehmer, Juan M. Aranda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 204-209)
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Myocardial transcription factors are modulated during pathologic cardiac hypertrophy in vivo , 06 November 2006
Anthony Azakie, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Youping He
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1262-1271.e4)
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Overexpression of integrin-linked kinase induces cardiac stem cell expansion , 06 November 2006
Hideaki Yamabi, Huanzhang Lu, Xiaojing Dai, Yanruo Lu, Gregory Hannigan, John G. Coles
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1272-1279)
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Combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and angiopoietic progenitor cells reduces infarct size and apoptosis and improves cardiac function in chronic ischemic heart failure
Nikolaos Bonaros, Rauend Rauf, Dominik Wolf, Eva Margreiter, Alexandar Tzankov, Bernhard Schlechta, Alfred Kocher, Harald Ott, Thomas Schachner, Steffen Hering, Johannes Bonatti, Guenther Laufer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1321-1328.e2)
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Right ventricular remodeling
Robert H. Anderson, Paul P. Lunkenheimer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1244-1245)
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Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling , 04 September 2006
Ahmet Kilic, Tieluo Li, Timothy D.C. Nolan, Jennifer R. Nash, Shuying Li, Deyanira J. Prastein, Gary Schwartzbauer, Sina L. Moainie, G. Kwame Yankey, Christopher DeFilippi, Zhongjun Wu, Bartley P. Griffith
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 900-908)
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Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model
Hiroki Hata, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Haruhiko Kondoh, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Hikaru Matsuda, Yoshiki Sawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 918-924)
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Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: Insights from the Acorn clinical trial
Eugene A. Grossi, Gregory A. Crooke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 455-456)
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Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: Insights from the Acorn Clinical Trial , 31 July 2006
Michael A. Acker, Steven Bolling, Richard Shemin, James Kirklin, Jae K. Oh, Douglas L. Mann, Mariell Jessup, Hani N. Sabbah, Randall C. Starling, Spencer H. Kubo, Acorn Trial Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 568-577.e4)
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Surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: Evaluation of systolic and diastolic ventricular function, wall stress, dyssynchrony, and mechanical efficiency by pressure-volume loops
Sven A.F. Tulner, Paul Steendijk, Robert J.M. Klautz, Jeroen J. Bax, Martin J. Schalij, Ernst E. van der Wall, Robert A.E. Dion
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 610-620)
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Massive mechanical loss of microspheres with direct intramyocardial injection in the beating heart: Implications for cellular cardiomyoplasty
Carolyn J. Teng, Jun Luo, Ray C.J. Chiu, Dominique Shum-Tim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 628-632)
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Closure of multiple ventricular septal defects by the felt sandwich technique: Further analysis of 36 patients
Hirohisa Murakami, Naoki Yoshimura, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hironori Matsuhisa, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshihiro Oshima, Takuro Misaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 278-282)
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Endoscopic redo tricuspid valve replacement in complete situs inversus
Ranjit P. Deshpande, Filip Casselman, Anthony Vanermen, Hugo Vanermen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 148-149)
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More pumps—more questions
E.V. Potapov, R. Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Page 210)
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Notice of Retraction
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Page 1226)
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in patients receiving mechanical circulatory support , 01 May 2006
Soren Schenk, Aly El-Banayosy, Wolfgang Prohaska, Latif Arusoglu, Michiel Morshuis, Wilhelm Koester-Eiserfunke, Lukasz Kizner, Edward Murray, Petra Eichler, Reiner Koerfer, Andreas Greinacher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1373-1381.e4)
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Correlation of autologous skeletal myoblast survival with changes in left ventricular remodeling in dilated ischemic heart failure
Helmut Gulbins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Page 1422)
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Prosthesis–patient mismatch and clinical outcomes: The evidence continues to accumulate
Jean G. Dumesnil, Philippe Pibarot
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 952-955)
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Comparison of Coapsys annuloplasty and internal reduction mitral annuloplasty in the randomized treatment of functional ischemic mitral regurgitation: Impact on the left ventricle , 11 April 2006
E.A. Grossi, Y.J. Woo, C.F. Schwartz, D.M. Gangahar, V.A. Subramanian, N. Patel, J. Wudel, P.L. DiGiorgi, A. Singh, R.D. Davis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1095-1098)
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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after left ventricular reconstruction?
Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Albåge, Dan Lindblom
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1210-1211)
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Reply to the Editor
Mina K. Chung, James O. O’Neill
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Page 1211)
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Left ventricular assist device in heart failure
Omer Ashraf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1211-1212)
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Autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation in patients with nonacute myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up
Juan J. Gavira, Jesús Herreros, Ana Perez, María José Garcia-Velloso, Joaquín Barba, Francisco Martin-Herrero, Consuelo Cañizo, Ana Martin-Arnau, Josep M. Martí-Climent, Milagros Hernández, Natalia López-Holgado, José María González-Santos, Cándido Martín-Luengo, Eduardo Alegria, Felipe Prósper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 799-804)
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Homing of intravenously infused embryonic stem cell-derived cells to injured hearts after myocardial infarction
Jiang-Yong Min, Xuling Huang, Meixiang Xiang, Achim Meissner, Yu Chen, Qingen Ke, Emel Kaplan, Jamal S. Rana, Peter Oettgen, James P. Morgan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 889-897)
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FloWatch and pseudoaneurysm: Complication versus coincidence
Antonio F. Corno, Marco Pozzi, Ludwig K. von Segesser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 928-929)
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The effect of anteroapical aneurysm plication on end-systolic three-dimensional strain in the sheep: A magnetic resonance imaging tagging study
Julius M. Guccione, Joseph C. Walker, Jeremy R. Beitler, Scott M. Moonly, Peng Zhang, Michael A. Guttman, Cengizhan Ozturk, Elliot R. McVeigh, Arthur W. Wallace, David A. Saloner, Mark B. Ratcliffe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 579-586.e3)
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Load dependence of cardiac output in biventricular pacing: Left ventricular volume overload in pigs
George Berberian, T. Alexander Quinn, Santos E. Cabreriza, Cara A. Garofalo, Dulce M. Barrios, Alan D. Weinberg, Henry M. Spotnitz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 666-670)
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Combined atrial arterial switch operation (double switch) for hearts with Shone syndrome and pulmonary hypertension
A.R. Hosseinpour, M. Amanullah, I.R. Ramnarine, O. Stümper, D.J. Barron, W.J. Brawn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 471-473)
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Incorporating a pediatric concept into tricuspid valve endocarditis: One and a half ventricle repair
Shu-Chien Huang, Nai-Hsin Chi, I.-Hui Wu, Hsi-Yu Yu, En-Ting Wu, Shoei-Shen Wang, Fang-Yue Lin, Yih-Sharng Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 228-229)
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Novel left ventriculoplasty for nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with functional mitral regurgitation
Hiroshi Irie, Tadashi Isomura, Fumikazu Nomura, Taiko Horii, Joji Hoshino, Haruka Makinae, Hisayoshi Suma KanagawaJapan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 233-235)
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Intermediate outcomes of fenestrated Fontan procedures
S. Garekar, H.L. Walters, R.E. Delius, R.L. Thomas, R.D. Ross
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 247-249)
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Stem cell transplantation for ischemic cardiomyopathy: Hope or hype?
Vivek Rao
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1492-1493)
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Surgical treatment for congestive heart failure with autologous adult stem cell transplantation: A prospective randomized study , 27 October 2005
Amit N. Patel, Luis Geffner, Roberto F. Vina, Jorge Saslavsky, Harold C. Urschel, Robert Kormos, Federico Benetti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1631-1638.e2)
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Surgical ventricular remodeling for multiterritory myocardial infarction: Defining a new patient population , 27 October 2005
Nishant D. Patel, Jason A. Williams, Christopher J. Barreiro, Pramod N. Bonde, Michele M. Waldron, David C. Chang, David A. Bluemke, John V. Conte
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1698-1706)
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Cardiac tamponade: Rare presentation of acquired pericardial-esophageal fistula
Carmelo Mignosa, Salvatore Agati, Placido Gitto, Dario Salvo, Eugenio Santo Trimarchi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1711-1712.e1)
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Residual high incidence of ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular reconstructive surgery
James O. O’Neill, Randall C. Starling, Yaariv Khaykin, Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young, Melanie Hail, Nancy M. Albert, Nicholas Smedira, Mina K. Chung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1250-1256)
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Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic congestive heart failure who undergo left ventricular assist device implantation , 14 October 2005
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Michelle L. Mercando, Joy Kay, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1302-1309)
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Cell transplantation preserves cardiac function after infarction by infarct stabilization: Augmentation by stem cell factor , 14 October 2005
Shafie Fazel, Liwen Chen, Richard D. Weisel, Denis Angoulvant, Charit Seneviratne, Amir Fazel, Phillip Cheung, Jason Lam, Paul W.M. Fedak, Terrence M. Yau, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1310.e1-1310.e10)
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Circulating big endothelin-1: An active role in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy?
Frank Langer, Michael Bauer, Dietmar Tscholl, Rene Schramm, Takashi Kunihara, Henning Lausberg, Thomas Georg, Heinrike Wilkens, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1342-1347)
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Efficient myocyte gene delivery with complete cardiac surgical isolation in situ
Charles R. Bridges, Kapil Gopal, David E. Holt, Charles Yarnall, Steven Cole, Rochelle B. Anderson, Xiaoqing Yin, Anthony Nelson, Benjamin W. Kozyak, Zhonglin Wang, James Lesniewski, Leonard T. Su, Danielle M. Thesier, Hari Sundar, Hansell H. Stedman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1364.e1-1364.e8)
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Cell transplantation preserves matrix homeostasis: A novel paracrine mechanism , 14 October 2005
Paul W.M. Fedak, Paul E. Szmitko, Richard D. Weisel, Svetlana M. Altamentova, Nafiseh Nili, Nobuhisa Ohno, Subodh Verma, Shafie Fazel, Bradley H. Strauss, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1430-1439)
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Nutritional status in patients on left ventricular assist device support
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Brian J. Lee, Romolo Remoli, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages e3-e4)
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Optimizing cardiac cell therapy: From processing to delivery
Gilbert H.L. Tang, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Subodh Verma, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 966-968)
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Left ventricular volume and function after endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm in sheep
Peng Zhang, Julius M. Guccione, Susan I. Nicholas, Joseph C. Walker, Philip C. Crawford, Amin Shamal, David A. Saloner, Arthur W. Wallace, Mark B. Ratcliffe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1032-1038)
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Long-term support of 9 patients with the DeBakey VAD for more than 200 days
Markus J. Wilhelm, Dieter Hammel, Christof Schmid, Andreas Rhode, Timo Kaan, Markus Rothenburger, Jörg Stypmann, Michael Schäfers, Christoph Schmidt, Hideo A. Baba, Hans H. Scheld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1122-1129)
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Left main coronary artery atresia masquerading as dilated cardiomyopathy treated with aortic reimplantation
Ying-Jui Lin, Chi-Di Liang, Sheung-Fat Ko, Chien-Fu Huang, Jen-Ping Chang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1210-1211)
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Gene transfection with human hepatocyte growth factor complementary DNA plasmids attenuates cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction in goat hearts implanted with ventricular assist devices
Yukitoshi Shirakawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Yoshiaki Takewa, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 624-632)
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Mitral valve stiffening in end-stage heart failure: Evidence of an organic contribution to functional mitral regurgitation
K. Jane Grande-Allen, J. Edward Barber, Katrina M. Klatka, Penny L. Houghtaling, Ivan Vesely, Christine S. Moravec, Patrick M. McCarthy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 783-790)
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Bridging to transplantation with left ventricular assist devices: Outcomes in patients aged 60 years and older
Veli K. Topkara, Nicholas C. Dang, Timothy P. Martens, Faisal H. Cheema, Judy F. Liu, Michael Argenziano, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 881-882)
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Reply to the Editor:
Henry L. Waters
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Page 952)
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Reorganization of cytoskeletal proteins and prolonged life expectancy caused by hepatocyte growth factor in a hamster model of late-phase dilated cardiomyopathy
Haruhiko Kondoh, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoru Kitagawa-Sakakida, Imran A. Memon, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 295-302)
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Stromal cell-derived factor and granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor form a combined neovasculogenic therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy
Y. Joseph Woo, Todd J. Grand, Mark F. Berry, Pavan Atluri, Mireille A. Moise, Vivian M. Hsu, Jeffrey Cohen, Omar Fisher, Jeffrey Burdick, Matthew Taylor, Suzanne Zentko, George Liao, Max Smith, Steve Kolakowski, Vasant Jayasankar, Timothy J. Gardner, H. Lee Sweeney
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 321-329)
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Aneurysmal circumflex coronary artery with fistulous connection to the coronary sinus
Afksendiyos Kalangos, Saziye Karaca, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Dominique Vala, Dominique Didier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 580-581)
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Left atrial decompression by percutaneous cannula placement while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Anthony M. Hlavacek, Andrew M. Atz, Scott M. Bradley, Varsha M. Bandisode
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 595-596)
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Percutaneous repair of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm with a septal occluder device
Christopher B. Komanapalli, Grant Burch, Uttam Tripathy, Matthew S. Slater, Howard K. Song
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 603-604)
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Acute hemodynamic effects of restrictive mitral annuloplasty in patients with end-stage heart failure: Analysis by pressure-volume relations
Sven A.F. Tulner, Paul Steendijk, Robert J.M. Klautz, Jeroen J. Bax, Michel I.M. Versteegh, Ernst E. van der Wall, Robert A.E. Dion
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 33-40)
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Alterations in transmural strains adjacent to ischemic myocardium during acute midcircumflex occlusion , 03 March 2005
Filiberto Rodriguez, Frank Langer, Katherine B. Harrington, Allen Cheng, George T. Daughters, John C. Criscione, Neil B. Ingels, D. Craig Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 791-803)
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Alterations in transmural strains adjacent to ischemic myocardium during acute midcircumflex occlusion , 03 March 2005
Filiberto Rodriguez, Frank Langer, Katherine B. Harrington, Allen Cheng, George T. Daughters, John C. Criscione, Neil B. Ingels, D. Craig Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 791-803)
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Surgical treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation might not influence ventricular remodeling , 09 February 2005
Yoshiharu Enomoto, Joseph H. Gorman, Sina L. Moainie, T. Sloane Guy, Benjamin M. Jackson, Landi M. Parish, Theodore Plappert, Ahmad Zeeshan, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, Robert C. Gorman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 504-511)
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Imbalanced chordal force distribution causes acute ischemic mitral regurgitation: Mechanistic insights from chordae tendineae force measurements in pigs
Sten Lyager Nielsen, Søren B. Hansen, Katrine O. Nielsen, Hans Nygaard, Peter K. Paulsen, J. Michael Hasenkam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 525-531)
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Vascular endothelial growth factor before cells
Todd K. Rosengart, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Gerald Patejunas, Mauricio Retuarto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Page 696)
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To STICH or not to STICH: We know the answer, but do we understand the question?
Torsten Doenst, Eric J. Velazquez, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Robert Michler, Lorenzo Menicanti, Marisa Di Donato, Sinisa Gradinac, Benjamin Sun, Vivek Rao, STICH Investigators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 246-249)
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Selective reduction of the septolateral dimensions in functional mitral regurgitation by modified-shape ring annuloplasty
Francesco Maisano, Zvi Ziskind, Antonio Grimaldi, Andrea Blasio, Alessandro Caldarola, Michele De Bonis, Giovanni La Canna, Ottavio Alfieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 472-474)
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Left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy: A new look at survival , 06 December 2004
Soon J. Park, Alfred Tector, William Piccioni, Edward Raines, Annetine Gelijns, Alan Moskowitz, Eric Rose, William Holman, Satoshi Furukawa, O. Howard Frazier, Walter Dembitsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 9-17)
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Acute decrease of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony and improvement of contractile state and energy efficiency after left ventricular restoration
Jan J. Schreuder, Alessandro Castiglioni, Francesco Maisano, Paul Steendijk, Andrea Donelli, Jan Baan, Ottavio Alfieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 138-145)
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Targeted overexpression of leukemia inhibitory factor to preserve myocardium in a rat model of postinfarction heart failure , 25 October 2004
Mark F. Berry, Timothy J. Pirolli, Vasant Jayasankar, Kevin J. Morine, Mireille A. Moise, Omar Fisher, Timothy J. Gardner, Paul H. Patterson, Y. Joseph Woo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 866-875)
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A technique for repair of mitral paravalvular leak
Abeel A. Mangi, David F. Torchiana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 771-772)
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Repair of the Ebstein anomaly
Sylvain Chauvaud
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 798-799)
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Reply
Jonathan M. Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Page 799)
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Functional mitral regurgitation in chronic ischemic coronary artery disease: Analysis of geometric alterations of mitral apparatus with magnetic resonance imaging
Hsi-Yu Yu, Mao-Yuan Su, Ta-Yu Liao, Hsu-Hsia Peng, Fang-Yue Lin, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 543-551)
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HeartMate XVE malfunction caused by fluid aspiration into the vent port
Sinan A. Simsir, Shu S. Lin, Myra F. Ellis, Stuart D. Russell, Carmelo A. Milano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 619-621)
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Nesiritide as an adjunctive therapy in adult patients with heart failure undergoing high-risk cardiac surgery
Louis E. Samuels, Elena C. Holmes, Letwin Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 627-629)
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Surgery for left ventricular aneurysm: Early and late survival after simple linear repair and endoventricular patch plasty
Runar Lundblad, Michel Abdelnoor, Jan Ludvig Svennevig
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 449-456)
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Regional myocardial ischemia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Impact of myectomy
Manuela Jörg-Ciopor, Mehdi Namdar, Jurai Turina, Rolf Jenni, Jürg Schwitter, Marko Turina, Otto M. Hess, Philipp A. Kaufmann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 163-169)
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Angiogenic growth factors and/or cellular therapy for myocardial regeneration: A comparative study
Juan C. Chachques, Fabricio Duarte, Barbara Cattadori, Abdel Shafy, Nermine Lila, Gilles Chatellier, Jean-Noel Fabiani, Alain F. Carpentier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 245-253)
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Late incidence and predictors of persistent or recurrent heart failure in patients with mitral prosthetic valves
Marc Ruel, Fraser D. Rubens, Roy G. Masters, Andrew L. Pipe, Pierre Bédard, Thierry G. Mesana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 278-283)
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Left ventricular reconstruction: The aim and the reality after twenty years
Vincent Dor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 17-20)
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Early and late results of left ventricular reconstruction in thin-walled chambers: Is this our patient population?
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 21-26)
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Neurohormonal response to left ventricular reconstruction surgery in ischemic cardiomyopathy
Soren Schenk, Patrick M McCarthy, Randall C Starling, Katherine J Hoercher, Melanie D Hail, Yoshio Ootaki, Gary S Francis, Kazuyoshi Doi, James B Young, Kiyotaka Fukamachi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 38-43)
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Three-dimensional echocardiography–guided atrial septectomy: An experimental study
Yoshihiro Suematsu, Gerald R Marx, John K Triedman, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Bassem N Mora, Shinichi Takamoto, Pedro J. del Nido
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 53-59)
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Which is the best surgical strategy for “complete” treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy?
Pino Fundarò, Andrea Moneta, Ettore Vitali
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 156-157)
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Reply to the Editor:
Irving L Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Page 157)
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Epicardial left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy: optimal pace site selection with pressure-volume loops
A.L.A.J Dekker, B Phelps, B Dijkman, T van Der Nagel, F.H van Der Veen, G.G Geskes, J.G Maessen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1641-1647)
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Determinants of postinfarction remodeling affect outcome and left ventricular geometry after surgical treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy
Marco Cirillo, Andrea Amaducci, Federico Brunelli, Margherita Dalla Tomba, Piervirgilio Parrella, Giordano Tasca, Giovanni Troise, Eugenio Quaini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1648-1656)
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Heart failure overview
Sharon Hunt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1245-1246)
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Is it important to examine gender differences in the epidemiology and outcome of severe heart failure?
Mariell Jessup, Ileana L Piña
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1247-1252)
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Transplant and ventricular assist devices: gender differences in application and implementation
Sara Shumway
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1253-1255)
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Vascular endothelial growth factor transgene expression in cell-transplanted hearts
Terrence M. Yau, Guangming Li, Richard D Weisel, Adili Reheman, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Donald A.G Mickle, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1180-1187)
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Thoratec left ventricular assist device as a bridge to recovery in a child weighing 27 kilograms
Peter Pastuszko, Peter J Gruber, Gil Wernovsky, Ronn E Tanel, Larry A Rhodes, Susan C Nicolson, Thomas L Spray, J.William Gaynor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1203-1204)
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Integrated overlapping ventriculoplasty combined with papillary muscle plication for severely dilated heart failure
Yoshiro Matsui, Yasuhisa Fukada, Yuji Naito, Shigeyuki Sasaki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1221-1223)
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Why do patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and a substantial amount of viable myocardium not always recover in function after revascularization?
Arend F.L Schinkel, Don Poldermans, Vittoria Rizzello, Jean-Louis J Vanoverschelde, Abdou Elhendy, Eric Boersma, Jos R.T.C Roelandt, Jeroen J Bax
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 385-390)
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Coronary artery bypass with ventricular restoration is superior to coronary artery bypass alone in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Thomas S Maxey, T.Brett Reece, Peter I Ellman, Paris D Butler, John A Kern, Curtis G Tribble, Irving L Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 428-434)
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Initial experience with the AbioCor implantable replacement heart system
Robert D Dowling, Laman A Gray, Steven W Etoch, Hillel Laks, Daniel Marelli, Louis Samuels, John Entwistle, Greg Couper, Gus J Vlahakes, O.H Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 131-141)
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Late incidence and predictors of persistent or recurrent heart failure in patients with aortic prosthetic valves
Marc Ruel, Fraser D Rubens, Roy G Masters, Andrew L Pipe, Pierre Bédard, Paul J Hendry, B.Khanh Lam, Ian G Burwash, William G Goldstein, Maurice P Brais, Wilbert J Keon, Thierry G Mesana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 149-159)
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Ventricular septal defect caused by impact from a horseshoe
Jorge Palazuelos Molinero, Diego Martín-Raymondi, Juan Cosín-Sales, Gregorio Rábago Juan-Aracil, José Daniel Sáenz de Buruaga, Joaquín Barba Cosials
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 275-276)
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in a patient with single ventricle and intracardiac conduction delay
Hideaki Senzaki, Shunei Kyo, Kazuo Matsumoto, Haruhiko Asano, Satoshi Masutani, Hirotaka Ishido, Tamotu Matunaga, Mio Taketatu, Toshiki Kobayashi, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuji Yokote
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 287-288)
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Myogenesis after myocardial stem cell transplantation
Syde Taheri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2116-2117)
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Reply to the Editor
Ray C.-J. Chiu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Page 2117)
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Passive ventricular constraint to improve left ventricular function and mechanics in an ovine model of heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction
James J Pilla, Aaron S Blom, Daniel J Brockman, Victor A Ferrari, Qing Yuan, Michael A Acker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1467-1475)
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Transplantation of cryopreserved muscle cells in dilated cardiomyopathy: Effects on left ventricular geometry and function
Nobuhisa Ohno, Paul W.M Fedak, Richard D Weisel, Donald A.G Mickle, Takeshiro Fujii, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1537-1548)
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Isolated persistent fifth aortic arch with systemic-to-pulmonary arterial connection
Mao-Sheng Hwang, Yu-Sheng Chang, Jaw-Ji Chu, Wen-Jen Su
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1643-1644)
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Global surgical experience with the Acorn cardiac support device
Mehmet C Oz, Wolfgang F Konertz, Franz X Kleber, Friedrich W Mohr, Jan F Gummert, Jorg Ostermeyer, Michael Lass, Jai Raman, Michael A Acker, Nicholas Smedira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 983-991)
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Life-threatening anaphylactic shock caused by porcine heparin intravenous infusion during mitral valve repair
Tomaso Bottio, Giorgio Pittarello, Raffaele Bonato, Umberto Fagiolo, Gino Gerosa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1194-1195)
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Cardiac transplantation in prisoners
Wayne Richenbacher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Page 1226)
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Reply to the Editor
Martin McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Page 1227)
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Reply to the Editor
R.M. Sade
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Page 1227)
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Successful LVAS and RVAS-ECMO support in a patient with fulminant myocarditis who failed to recover from ventricular fibrillation with PCPS and IABP
Satoshi Gojo, Shunei Kyo, Hiroshige Sato, Motonobu Nishimura, Toshihisa Asakura, Hiroyuki Ito, Kaoru Koyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 885-886)
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Ventricular aneurysms, shock, and late follow-up in patients with heart failure
Patrick M McCarthy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 323-325)
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Factors affecting late survival after surgical remodeling of left ventricular aneurysms
Hooshang Bolooki, Eduardo DeMarchena, Stephen M Mallon, Kushagra Katariya, Michael Barron, H.Michael Bolooki, Richard J Thurer, Stana Novak, Robert C Duncan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 374-383)
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Surgical reduction of ventricular radius by aspirated plication of the myocardial wall: an experimental study
P.P Lunkenheimer, K Redmann, J.C Florek, H.H Scheld, A Hoffmeier, C.W Cryer, R.V Batista, J.J Stanton, J.D.Frota Filho, R.H Anderson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 592-596)
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Persistent abnormal left ventricular systolic torsion in dilated cardiomyopathy after partial left ventriculectomy
Randolph M Setser, Jane M Kasper, Michael L Lieber, Randall C Starling, Patrick M McCarthy, Richard D White
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 48-55)
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Left ventricular systolic performance in failing heart improved acutely by left ventricular reshaping
Kun-lun He, Juichiro Shimizu, Geng-hua Yi, Anguo Gu, M.Abul Kashem, Deborah L. Crabbe, Sulli Popilskis, Ed X. Wu, William P. Santamore, David Melvin, Jie Wang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 56-65)
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Blocking the development of postischemic cardiomyopathy with viral gene transfer of the apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain
Subhasis Chatterjee, Lawrence T Bish, Vasant Jayasankar, Allan S Stewart, Y.Joseph Woo, Michael T Crow, Timothy J Gardner, H.Lee Sweeney
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1461-1469)
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Do macrophages and monocytes impede regeneration of transplanted cardiomyocytes?
S. Taheri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Page 1565)
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Simultaneous biventricular pacemaker implantation for a surgical case of aortic regurgitation with severe left ventricular dysfunction and left bundle branch block
Masato Nakajima, Shigeyuki Aomi, Naoki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Masahiro Endo, Hiromi Kurosawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1167-1169)
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First experiences with the stable prostacyclin analog iloprost in the evaluation of heart transplant candidates with increased pulmonary vascular resistance
Armin Sablotzki, Elke Czeslick, Ekkehard Gruenig, Ivar Friedrich, Susann Schubert, Jochen Börgermann, Thomas Hentschel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 4, Pages 960-962)
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Congestive heart failure: Treat the disease, not the symptom—return to normalcy
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S41-S49)
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New heart failure therapy: The shape of things to come?
Daniel Burkhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S50-S52)
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Is mitral valvuloplasty always indicated in patients with poor left ventricular function and ischemic cardiomyopathy?
Lynda L. Mickleborough
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S57)
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Initial experience with a stentless porcine bioprosthesis for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in children
Luca A. Vricella, Michael A. Coady, Michael D. Black
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 727-728)
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Long-term improvement of cardiac function in rats after infarction by transplantation of embryonic stem cells
Jiang-Yong Min, Yinke Yang, Matthew F. Sullivan, Qingen Ke, Kimber L. Converso, Yu Chen, James P. Morgan, Yong-Fu Xiao
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 361-369)
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Left ventricular reshaping: Effects on the pressure-volume relationship
Abul Kashem, Sarmina Hassan, Deborah L. Crabbe, David B. Melvin, William P. Santamore
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 391-399)
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New approach for complete endocardiectomy in left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis
Raja Joshi, Smartin Abraham, Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 40-42)
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Adverse events in the use of HeartMate vented electric and Novacor left ventricular assist devices: Comparing apples and oranges
Michael K. Pasque, Joseph G. Rogers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1063-1067)
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Heterotopic transplantation as a model to study functional recovery of unloaded failing hearts
Hendrik T. Tevaearai, G.Brant Walton, Andrea D. Eckhart, Janelle R. Keys, Walter J. Koch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1149-1156)
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Ventricular remodeling and mitral valve modifications in dilated cardiomyopathy: New insights from anatomic study
Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Pablo Maria Pomerantzeff, Elias Kallás, Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1216-1224)
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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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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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Combined right atrial and ventricular reduction operation: Case report of unrolling-rolling of the right ventricle to preserve ventricular muscle orientation
Hsi-Yu Yu, Yih-Sharng Chen, Wen-Yih Tseng, Fang-Yue Lin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 1045-1047)
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Developmental and neurologic outcomes late after neonatal corrective surgery
Pedro J. del Nido
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 425-427)
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Overlapping cardiac volume reduction operation
Yoshiro Matsui, Yasuhisa Fukada, Yukio Suto, Hidetoshi Yamauchi, Bin Luo, Masatoshi Miyama, Shigeyuki Sasaki, Tatsuzo Tanabe, Keishu Yasuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 395-397)
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Gene therapy with adenovirus-mediated myocardial transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor 121 improves cardiac performance in a pacing model of congestive heart failure
Eros Leotta, Gerald Patejunas, Glenn Murphy, Joseph Szokol, Leslie McGregor, JoAnn Carbray, Adam Hamawy, David Winchester, Neil Hackett, Ronald Crystal, Todd Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1101-1113)
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Improved heart function with myogenesis and angiogenesis after autologous porcine bone marrow stromal cell transplantation
Shinji Tomita, Donald A.G. Mickle, Richard D. Weisel, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Laura C. Tumiati, Yasmin Allidina, Peter Liu, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1132-1140)
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Mathematic modeling and cardiac surgery
Michael K. Pasque
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 4, Pages 617-620)
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Reverse remodeling and improved regional function after repair of left ventricular aneurysm
Christopher M. Kramer, James A. Magovern, Walter J. Rogers, Diane Vido, Edward B. Savage
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 4, Pages 700-706)
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