Determinants of in-hospital and long-term surgical outcomes after repair of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture , 18 November 2009
Satsuki Fukushima, Peter J. Tesar, Homayoun Jalali, Andrew J. Clarke, Hemant Sharma, Jivesh Choudhary, Harry Bartlett, Peter G. Pohlner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 59-65)
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In vitro functional comparison of therapeutically relevant human vasculogenic progenitor cells used for cardiac cell therapy , 18 February 2010
Yan Zhang, Serena Wong, Jessica Laflèche, Suzanne Crowe, Thierry G. Mesana, Erik J. Suuronen, Marc Ruel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 216-224.e4)
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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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Back to the bench: The rejuvenation of stem cell therapy—the therapeutic potential of CD133+ progenitor cells , 19 April 2010
Jian Guo, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1369-1370)
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Modified Ross operation with reinforcement of the pulmonary autograft: Six-year results , 12 April 2010
Francis Juthier, Carlo Banfi, André Vincentelli, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Thierry Le Tourneau, Claire Pinçon, Alain Prat
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1420-1423)
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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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Regional wall motion abnormalities and scarring in severe functional ischemic mitral regurgitation: A pilot cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study
Giuseppe D'Ancona, Michele Pilato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 795-796)
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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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Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock
Ardawan Julian Rastan, Andreas Dege, Matthias Mohr, Nicolas Doll, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 302-311.e1)
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Common genetic variants on chromosome 9p21 predict perioperative myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft surgery , 12 October 2009
Kuang-Yu Liu, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, Tjörvi E. Perry, Amanda A. Fox, Charles D. Collard, Simon C. Body, Stanton K. Shernan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 483-488.e2)
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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery provides better survival in patients with acute coronary syndrome or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction experiencing cardiogenic shock after percutaneous coronary intervention: A propensity score analysis , 11 June 2009
Fu-Chun Chiu, Sheng-Nan Chang, Jou-Wei Lin, Juey-Jen Hwang, Yih-Sharng Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1326-1330)
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Layered implantation of myoblast sheets attenuates adverse cardiac remodeling of the infarcted heart
Naosumi Sekiya, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Yoshiki Sawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 985-993)
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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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Cell therapy with autologous bone marrow mononuclear stem cells is associated with superior cardiac recovery compared with use of nonmodified mesenchymal stem cells in a canine model of chronic myocardial infarction , 17 February 2009
Myrielle Mathieu, Jozef Bartunek, Bachar El Oumeiri, Karim Touihri, Ielham Hadad, Philippe Thoma, Thierry Metens, Agnes Mendes da Costa, Maryam Mahmoudabady, Dominique Egrise, Didier Blocklet, Naïma Mazouz, Robert Naeije, Guy Heyndrickx, Kathleen McEntee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 646-653)
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Surgical left ventricular remodeling leads to better long-term survival and exercise tolerance than coronary artery bypass grafting alone in patients with moderate ischemic cardiomyopathy , 09 April 2009
Omer Dzemali, Petar Risteski, Farhad Bakhtiary, Eduard Singer, Andreas Zierer, Peter Kleine, Anton Moritz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 663-668)
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Intraoperative bypass graft flow in intra-aortic balloon pump–supported patients: Differences in arterial and venous sequential conduits , 26 March 2009
Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Santarpino, Antonio Rubino, Lucia Cristodoro, Cristian Scalas, Attilio Renzulli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 54-61)
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Dysfunction induced by ischemia versus edema: Does edema matter?
Tanya L. Butler, Jonathan R. Egan, Fabian G. Graf, Carol G. Au, Aisling C. McMahon, Kathryn N. North, David S. Winlaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 141-147.e1)
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Impact of preconditioning protocol on anesthetic-induced cardioprotection in patients having coronary artery bypass surgery , 23 February 2009
Jan Fräßdorf, Andreas Borowski, Dirk Ebel, Peter Feindt, Manuel Hermes, Thomas Meemann, René Weber, Jost Müllenheim, Nina C. Weber, Benedikt Preckel, Wolfgang Schlack
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1436-1442.e2)
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Off-pump revascularization with the use of both internal thoracic arteries in a 3-year-old child with Kawasaki syndrome , 27 January 2009
Monika Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Juraszynski, Piotr Burczynski, Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys, Wanda Kawalec
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1554-1555)
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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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Acute rupture of both papillary muscles after aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis , 03 June 2008
Rony Atoui, Tarek Hijal, Richard Fraser, Dominique Shum-Tim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1275-1276)
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Surgical repair of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture: Risk factors of early and late death
Runar Lundblad, Michel Abdelnoor, Odd R. Geiran, Jan L. Svennevig
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 862-868)
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Surgical ventricular reconstruction in mice: Elucidating potential targets for combined molecular/surgical intervention , 12 January 2009
Che-Chung Yeh, Deepak Malhotra, Hongzhe Li, Susan Nicholas, Richard Tu, Michael J. Mann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 942-949)
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Direct epicardial shock wave therapy improves ventricular function and induces angiogenesis in ischemic heart failure
Daniel Zimpfer, Seyedhossein Aharinejad, Johannes Holfeld, Anita Thomas, Julia Dumfarth, Raphael Rosenhek, Martin Czerny, Wolfgang Schaden, Mathias Gmeiner, Ernst Wolner, Michael Grimm
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 963-970)
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Coronary stent disease: When will enough be enough? , 09 June 2008
Igor E. Konstantinov, Pankaj Saxena, Jaffar Shehatha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 1020-1021)
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Acute hepatitis C virus and cardiac surgeons
R. Scott Thurston
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 519-520)
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Acute hyperglycemia enhances oxidative stress and exacerbates myocardial infarction by activating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase during reperfusion , 19 January 2009
Zequan Yang, Victor E. Laubach, Brent A. French, Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 723-729)
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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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Restoration of left ventricular geometry and improvement of left ventricular function in a rodent model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy
Jiashing Yu, Karen L. Christman, Eric Chin, Richard E. Sievers, Maythem Saeed, Randall J. Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 180-187)
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Intramyocardial injection of tannic acid attenuates postinfarction remodeling: A novel approach to stabilize the breaking extracellular matrix , 25 September 2008
Hao Zhang, Shen-jun Zhu, De Wang, Ying-jie Wei, Sheng-Shou Hu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 216-222.e2)
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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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Mechanical support for acute right ventricular failure: Evolving surgical paradigms , 06 May 2008
Thao T. Marquez, Jonathan D'Cunha, Ranjit John, Kenneth Liao, Lyle Joyce
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e39-e40)
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Feasibility of a three-axis epicardial accelerometer in detecting myocardial ischemia in cardiac surgical patients
Per Steinar Halvorsen, Andreas Espinoza, Lars Albert Fleischer, Ole Jakob Elle, Lars Hoff, Runar Lundblad, Helge Skulstad, Thor Edvardsen, Halfdan Ihlen, Erik Fosse
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1496-1502)
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Use of quantitative analysis of remote myocardial fibrosis with delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging to predict outcomes after surgical ventricular restoration for ischemic cardiomyopathy , 21 May 2008
Koji Takeda, Goro Matsumiya, Hajime Matsue, Seiki Hamada, Masayuki Sakaki, Taichi Sakaguchi, Tomoyuki Fujita, Yoshiki Sawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1514-1521)
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The legacy of coronary sinus interventions: Endogenous cardioprotection and regeneration beyond stem cell research
Werner Mohl, Stefan Mina, Dejan Milasinovic, Hirofumi Kasahara, Sheng Wei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1131-1135)
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Inhibitory kappa B kinase-β is a target for specific nuclear factor kappa B-mediated delayed cardioprotection , 10 September 2008
Nancy C. Moss, Ru-Hang Tang, Monte Willis, William E. Stansfield, Albert S. Baldwin, Craig H. Selzman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1274-1279)
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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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Chordal translocation for ischemic mitral regurgitation may ameliorate tethering of the posterior and anterior mitral leaflets
Shinji Masuyama, Akira Marui, Takeshi Shimamoto, Michihito Nonaka, Miwako Tsukiji, Nozomi Watanabe, Tadashi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 868-875)
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Multimodal evaluation of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial restoration by mouse embryonic stem cells , 09 June 2008
Stephen L. Hendry, Koen E.A. van der Bogt, Ahmad Y. Sheikh, Takayasu Arai, Scott J. Dylla, Micha Drukker, Michael V. McConnell, Ingo Kutschka, Grant Hoyt, Feng Cao, Irving L. Weissman, Andrew J. Connolly, Marc P. Pelletier, Joseph C. Wu, Robert C. Robbins, Phillip C. Yang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1028-1037.e1)
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CCR3- and CXCR4-mediated interactions regulate migration of CD34+ human bone marrow progenitors to ischemic myocardium and subsequent tissue repair , 07 July 2008
N. Bonaros, H. Sondermejer, M. Schuster, R. Rauf, S.F. Wang, T. Seki, D. Skerrett, S. Itescu, A.A. Kocher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1044-1053)
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Insights on left ventricular and valvular mechanisms of recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation after restrictive annuloplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting , 06 May 2008
Sandro Gelsomino, Roberto Lorusso, Sabina Caciolli, Irene Capecchi, Carlo Rostagno, Marco Chioccioli, Giuseppe De Cicco, Giuseppe Billè, Pierluigi Stefàno, Gian Franco Gensini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 507-518)
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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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Reply to the Editor:
Luis R. Gerola
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 233-234)
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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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Transmitral endocavitary repair of inferior left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: A simplified approach in patients requiring concomitant mitral valve surgery , 06 May 2008
Pranava Sinha, Praveen Varma, Amit Korach, Oz M. Shapira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1382-1383)
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Cell therapy in ischemic settings: Fact and fiction
Gino Gerosa, Chiara d'Agostino
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 986-990)
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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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Magnetic resonance imaging-based finite element stress analysis after linear repair of left ventricular aneurysm
Joseph C. Walker, Mark B. Ratcliffe, Peng Zhang, Arthur W. Wallace, Edward W. Hsu, David A. Saloner, Julius M. Guccione
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1094-1102.e2)
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Transplantation of hypoxia-preconditioned mesenchymal stem cells improves infarcted heart function via enhanced survival of implanted cells and angiogenesis
Xinyang Hu, Shan Ping Yu, Jamie L. Fraser, Zhongyang Lu, Molly E. Ogle, Jian-An Wang, Ling Wei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 799-808)
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Left ventricular assist device as a bridge to surgery in postinfarction ventricular septal defect
Antonis A. Pitsis, Timotheos G. Kelpis, Aikaterini N. Visouli, Georgios Bobotis, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 951-952)
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Utility of detailed preoperative cardiac testing and incidence of post-thoracotomy myocardial infarction
Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Joseph Huh, Danny Chu, S. Chris Malaisrie, Anthony D. Riffel, Howard S. Gordon, Xing Li Wang, Faisal Bakaeen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 648-655)
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Complete occlusion of the left main coronary artery ostium in Takayasu arteritis
Abbas Emami Nia, Ahmad Ali Amirghofran
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 695-696)
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A modified infarct exclusion technique: Triple-patch technique for postinfarction ventricular septal perforation
Tsutomu Sugimoto, Shinpei Yoshii, Kazuo Yamamoto, Kenji Sakakibara, Yasunori Iida, Akifumi Uehara, Takehito Mishima, Sigetaka Kasuya
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 702-703)
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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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Lipid-lowering effect of preoperative statin therapy on postoperative major adverse cardiac events after coronary artery bypass surgery
Matthias Thielmann, Markus Neuhäuser, Anja Marr, Beate R. Jaeger, Daniel Wendt, Bernd Schuetze, Markus Kamler, Parwis Massoudy, Raimund Erbel, Heinz Jakob
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1143-1149)
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Injection of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in the borderline area of infarcted myocardium: Heart status and cell distribution
Hao Zhang, Peng Song, Yue Tang, Xiao-ling Zhang, Shi-hua Zhao, Ying-jie Wei, Sheng-shou Hu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1234-1240.e1)
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Comparative effects of mesenchymal progenitor cells, endothelial progenitor cells, or their combination on myocardial infarct regeneration and cardiac function
Erik J. Suuronen, Joel Price, John P. Veinot, Kathryn Ascah, Varun Kapila, Xue-Wei Guo, Serena Wong, Thierry G. Mesana, Marc Ruel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1249-1258)
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Myoblast-based cardiac repair: Xenomyoblast versus allomyoblast transplantation
Changfa Guo, Husnain Kh. Haider, Winston S.N. Shim, Ru-San Tan, Lei Ye, Shujia Jiang, Peter K. Law, Philip Wong, Eugene K.W. Sim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1332-1339.e2)
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Long-term efficacy and safety of the intramyocardial implantation of autologous bone marrow cells for the treatment of ischemic heart disease
Tao-Sheng Li, Masanori Murakami, Toshiro Kobayashi, Bungo Shirasawa, Akihito Mikamo, Kimikazu Hamano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1347-1349)
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Endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm increases systolic circumferential shortening in sheep
Peng Zhang, Julius M. Guccione, Susan I. Nicholas, Joseph C. Walker, Philip C. Crawford, Amin Shamal, Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton, Michael A. Guttman, Cengizhan Ozturk, Elliot R. McVeigh, David A. Saloner, Arthur W. Wallace, Mark B. Ratcliffe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1017-1024.e1)
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A new surgical technique for ventricular septal rupture closure after myocardial infarction
Luís Roberto Gerola, Hyong C. Kim, Armindo Pereira Filho, Wesley Araújo, Paulo César Santos, Enio Buffolo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1073-1076)
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Rescue versus regeneration
Christof Stamm, Boris Nasseri, Roland Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1095-1096)
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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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Wakeboarding-related water impact trauma as a cause of fatal cardiac rupture
Jang Wen Su, Chong Hee Lim, Ju Le Tan, Yeow Leng Chua, Paul Peng Sun Chui
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 506-507)
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Diabetes increases apoptosis and necrosis in both ischemic and nonischemic human myocardium: Role of caspases and poly–adenosine diphosphate–ribose polymerase
Mohammed F. Chowdhry, Hunaid A. Vohra, Manuel Galiñanes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 124-131.e3)
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Off-pump bypass of the left anterior descending coronary artery: 23- to 34-year follow-up
Jay L. Ankeney, Darlene J. Goldstein
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1499-1503.e2)
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Reducing the posterior wall length by using a small endoventricular patch for ischemic mitral regurgitation
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kenji Okada, Keitaro Nakagiri, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, Yutaka Okita
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1633-1635)
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Myocardial regeneration therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy with cyclin A2 , 06 March 2007
Y. Joseph Woo, Corinna M. Panlilio, Richard K. Cheng, George P. Liao, Erik E. Suarez, Pavan Atluri, Hina W. Chaudhry
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 927-933)
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Bone marrow cell therapy for heart disease: A few good men and women wanted
Shafie Fazel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 599-600)
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Intramyocardial delivery of CD133+ bone marrow cells and coronary artery bypass grafting for chronic ischemic heart disease: Safety and efficacy studies , 03 February 2007
Christof Stamm, Hans-Dieter Kleine, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Simone Dunkelmann, Jan-Arne Lauffs, Björn Lorenzen, Arpad David, Andreas Liebold, Christoph Nienaber, David Zurakowski, Mathias Freund, Gustav Steinhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 717-725.e5)
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Left anterior descending coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma: Assessment by multi-detector row computed tomography
Tarek Smayra, Roger Noun, Carla Tohmé-Noun
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 811-812)
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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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Transplantation of angiogenin-overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells synergistically augments cardiac function in a porcine model of chronic ischemia
Sheng-Dong Huang, Fang-Lin Lu, Xun-Yu Xu, Xiao-Hong Liu, Xian-Xian Zhao, Bao-Zhen Zhao, Li Wang, De-Jun Gong, Yang Yuan, Zhi-Yun Xu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1329-1338)
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Bone marrow cells have a potent anti-ischemic effect against myocardial cell death in humans
Chandrashekhar Kubal, Kamlesh Sheth, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, Manuel Galiñanes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1112-1118)
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Biventricular mechanical assist for complex, acute post-infarction ventricular septal defect
Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Michael S. Firstenberg, Benjamin Sun
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1238-1239)
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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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Cardiac pneumatic nail gun injury
Jason P. Straus, Randy J. Woods, Mary C. McCarthy, Mark P. Anstadt, Nancy Kwon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 702-703)
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Preoperative statin therapy is associated with reduced cardiac mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Charles D. Collard, Simon C. Body, Stanton K. Shernan, Shirley Wang, Dennis T. Mangano, Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (MCSPI) Research Group, Inc, and the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation (IREF) Investigators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 392-400.e1)
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The disk of bileaflet mechanical mitral valve prosthesis jammed by ruptured papillary muscle
Marcin Fijalkowski, Andrzej Koprowski, Rafal Pawlaczyk, Piotr Siondalski, Rafal Galaska, Jan Rogowski, Andrzej Rynkiewicz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 428-430)
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Randomized controlled trials do not reflect reality: Real-world analyses are critical for treatment guidelines!
Martin T.R. Grapow, Robert von Wattenwyl, Ulrich Guller, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 5-7)
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Myocardial protection using an omega-3 fatty acid infusion: Quantification and mechanism of action , 28 May 2006
J. McGuinness, T.G. Neilan, A. Sharkasi, D. Bouchier-Hayes, J.M. Redmond
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 72-79.e1)
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Myoblast-seeded biodegradable scaffolds to prevent post–myocardial infarction evolution toward heart failure
Matthias Siepe, Marie-Noëlle Giraud, Mladen Pavlovic, Concetina Receputo, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Philippe Menasché, Thierry Carrel, Hendrik T. Tevaearai
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 124-131)
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Reply to the Editor
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Ryuzo Sakata
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Page 1420)
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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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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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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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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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Surgical ventricular reverse remodeling in severe ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: The relevance of the left ventricular equator as a prognostic factor
Paolo Ferrazzi, Marco L.S. Matteucci, Maurizio Merlo, Attilio Iacovoni, Giuseppe Rescigno, Matteo Bottai, Piervirgilio Parrella, Luca Lorini, Michele Senni, Antonello Gavazzi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 357-363.e1)
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An Egr-1 master switch for arteriogenesis: Studies in Egr-1 homozygous negative and wild-type animals , 05 December 2005
Cristian Sorin Sarateanu, Mauricio A. Retuerto, James T. Beckmann, Leslie McGregor, JoAnn Carbray, Gerald Patejunas, Lina Nayak, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Todd K. Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 138-145)
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Ventricular lateral wall rupture after myocardial infarction detected by means of multislice computed tomography
Stefan Klotz, Eva M. Fallenberg, Andreas Hoffmeier, Tonny D.T. Tjan, Hans H. Scheld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 226-227)
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Reply to the Editor
Geoffrey P. Dobson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Page 253)
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Anesthetic preconditioning as the alternative to ischemic preconditioning
Markus Lange, Norbert Roewer, Franz Kehl
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 252-253)
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Technical feasibility of Impella Recover 100 microaxial left ventricular assist device placement after biologic aortic valve replacement (21 mm) for postcardiotomy failure
Justus T. Strauch, Ulrich F.W. Franke, Martin Breuer, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wittwer, Navid Madershahian, Mirko Kaluza, Thorsten Wahlers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1715-1716)
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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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Repair of impaired myocardium by means of implantation of engineered autologous myoblast sheets
Imran A. Memon, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoshi Taketani, Satoru K. Sakakida, Haruhiko Kondoh, Alexey N. Aleshin, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1333-1341)
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In vitro tissue engineering of a cardiac graft using a degradable scaffold with an extracellular matrix–like topography
Osamu Ishii, Michael Shin, Taijiro Sueda, Joseph P. Vacanti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1358-1363)
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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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Correlation of autologous skeletal myoblast survival with changes in left ventricular remodeling in dilated ischemic heart failure , 05 September 2005
Patrick I. McConnell, Carlos L. del Rio, Douglas B. Jacoby, Martina Pavlicova, Pawel Kwiatkowski, Agatha Zawadzka, Jonathan H. Dinsmore, Louis Astra, Sheik Wisel, Robert E. Michler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1001.e1-1001.e12)
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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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Persistence of marrow stromal cells implanted into acutely infarcted myocardium: Observations in a xenotransplant model
Derek J. MacDonald, Jun Luo, Takayuki Saito, Minh Duong, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Ray C.J. Chiu, Dominique Shum-Tim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1114-1121)
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Left ventricular assist device implantation after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: A two-center study
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Marzia Leacche, Ranjit John, John G. Byrne, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 693-698)
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Tissue regeneration observed in a porous acellular bovine pericardium used to repair a myocardial defect in the right ventricle of a rat model
Yen Chang, Sung-Ching Chen, Hao-Ji Wei, Tsu-Juey Wu, Huang-Chien Liang, Po-Hong Lai, Hang-Hsing Yang, Hsing-Wen Sung
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 705.e1-705.e10)
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Partial left ventriculectomy for infantile ischemic cardiomyopathy caused by anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery
Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takahiro Hisaoka, Mitsugu Ogawa, Keitarou Kohshi, Hitoshi Yaku, You Kajiyama, Kenji Hamaoka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 897-899)
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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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Acute aortic dissection with coronary ostium involvement and aortic valve regurgitation: Three-dimensional visualization with multislice computed tomography
Gudrun Maria Feuchtner, Thomas Schachner, Guy Friedrich, Herwig Antretter, Johannes Bonatti, Dieter zur Nedden
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 587.e1-587.e3)
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Reply to the Editor
J.J. Schreuder, A. Donelli, O. Alfieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 615-617)
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Chordal cutting technique through aortotomy: A new approach to treat chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation
Georges Fayad, Thomas Modine, Thierry Le Tourneau, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Christophe Decoene, Henri Warembourg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1173-1174)
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Is there any change in free flow of pedicled left internal thoracic artery conduit at varying degrees of clockwise twist up to 360°?
Apurba Kumar Sarma, Sai Kiran Krishnamurthy Venkata Sathya Siva, Jayakumar Karunakaran, Neelakandhan Kurur Sankaran
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1192-1193)
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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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Quantitative analysis of survival of transplanted smooth muscle cells with real-time polymerase chain reaction
Tamotsu Yasuda, Richard D. Weisel, Chris Kiani, Donald A.G. Mickle, Manjula Maganti, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 904-911)
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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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Imaging, models, and reality: A basis for anatomic-physiologic planning
Gerald D. Buckberg
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 243-245)
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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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Increased creatine kinase MB level predicts postoperative mortality after cardiac surgery independent of new Q waves
James Ramsay, Stanton Shernan, Jane Fitch, Paul Finnegan, Thomas Todaro, Thomas Filloon, Nancy A. Nussmeier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 300-306)
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Helical myofiber orientation after myocardial infarction and left ventricular surgical restoration in sheep
Joseph C. Walker, Julius M. Guccione, Yi Jiang, Peng Zhang, Arthur W. Wallace, Edward W. Hsu, Mark B. Ratcliffe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 382-390)
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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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Surgical management of a giant left main coronary artery aneurysm
Bruno B. Pinheiro, Walter V. Fagundes, Carlos A. Gusmão, Antônio M.C. Lima, Lola H. Santos, Gustavo B. Vieira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 751-752)
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Fatal right ventricular infarction caused by Bioglue coronary embolism
Zahid Mahmood, Debbie S. Cook, Heyman Luckraz, Peter O'Keefe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 770-771)
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Injectable bioartificial myocardial tissue for large-scale intramural cell transfer and functional recovery of injured heart muscle
Theo Kofidis, Jorg L. de Bruin, Grant Hoyt, Darren R. Lebl, Masashi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Yamane, Ching-Pin Chang, Robert C. Robbins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 571-578)
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FR167653 diminishes infarct size in a murine model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
Masaki Yada, Akira Shimamoto, Craig R. Hampton, Albert J. Chong, Hiroo Takayama, Christine L. Rothnie, Denise J. Spring, Hideto Shimpo, Isao Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 588-594)
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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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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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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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Flow dynamics of the St Jude Medical Symmetry aortic connector vein graft anastomosis do not contribute to the risk of acute thrombosis
A. Redaelli, F. Maisano, G. Ligorio, E. Cattaneo, F.M. Montevecchi, O. Alfieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 117-123)
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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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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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Evaluation of heart fatty acid–binding protein as a rapid indicator for assessment of myocardial damage in pediatric cardiac surgery
Tomomi Hasegawa, Naoki Yoshimura, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, Yoshiya Toyoda, Masahiro Yamaguchi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1697-1702)
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The salvage potential of coronary sinus interventions: meta-analysis and pathophysiologic consequences
Bonni Syeda, Christoph Schukro, Georg Heinze, Kourosh Modaressi, Dietmar Glogar, Gerald Maurer, Werner Mohl
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1703-1712)
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Angiogenic pretreatment improves the efficacy of cellular cardiomyoplasty performed with fetal cardiomyocyte implantation
Mauricio A Retuerto, Paul Schalch, Gerald Patejunas, JoAnn Carbray, Naxin Liu, Karyn Esser, Ronald G Crystal, Todd K Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1041-1050)
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Does septal-lateral annular cinching work for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation?
Frederick A Tibayan, Filiberto Rodriguez, Frank Langer, Mary K Zasio, Lynn Bailey, David Liang, George T Daughters, Neil B Ingels, D.Craig Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 654-663)
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The Impella Recover microaxial left ventricular assist device reduces mortality for postcardiotomy failure: a three-center experience
M.P Siegenthaler, K Brehm, T Strecker, T Hanke, A Nötzold, M Olschewski, M Weyand, H Sievers, F Beyersdorf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 812-822)
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Radial versus right internal thoracic artery for myocardial revascularization
Massimo Caputo, Barnaby C Reeves, Gianni D Angelini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 891-892)
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Radiant versus right internal thoracic artery for myocardial revascularizationReply to the Editor
Rinaldo Bellomo, David L Hare, Brian F Buxton
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 892-893)
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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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Adenoviral-mediated transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor 121 cDNA enhances myocardial perfusion and exercise performance in the nonischemic state
Paul Schalch, G.Farah Rahman, Gerald Patejunas, Robert A Goldschmidt, JoAnn Carbray, Mauricio A Retuerto, David Kim, Karyn Esser, Ronald G Crystal, Todd K Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 535-540)
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Pharmacologic inhibition of intracellular caspases after myocardial infarction attenuates left ventricular remodeling: a potentially novel pathway
William M Yarbrough, Rupak Mukherjee, G.Patricia Escobar, Jeffrey A Sample, Julie E McLean, Kathryn B Dowdy, Jennifer W Hendrick, William C Gibson, Amy E Hardin, Joseph T Mingoia, Patrick C White, Ann Stiko, Robert C Armstrong, Fred A Crawford, Francis G Spinale
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1892-1899)
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Quantitative gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography improves the prediction of regional functional recovery in akinetic areas after coronary bypass surgery: useful tool for evaluation of myocardial viability
Toshifumi Murashita, Yutaka Makino, Yasuhiro Kamikubo, Keishu Yasuda, Megumi Mabuchi, Nagara Tamaki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1328-1334)
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Does antegrade blood cardioplegia alone provide adequate myocardial protection in patients with left main stem disease?
Francesco Onorati, Attilio Renzulli, Marisa De Feo, Giuseppe Santarpino, Rosario Gregorio, Andrea Biondi, Flavio Cerasuolo, Maurizio Cotrufo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1345-1351)
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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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Prognostic significance of elevated creatine kinase MB after coronary bypass surgery and after an acute coronary syndrome: results from the GUARDIAN trial
Jeffrey A Gavard, Bernard R. Chaitman, Shunta Sakai, Karen Stocke, Nicolas Danchin, Leif Erhardt, Richard Gallo, Eric Chi, Andreas Jessel, Pierre Théroux, GUARd During Ischemia Against Necrosis (GUARDIAN) Investigators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 807-813)
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Does size matter? What is your infarct rate after coronary artery bypass grafting?
Robert M Mentzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 326-328)
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Coarctation: the search for the Holy Grail
Carl Lewis Backer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 329-331)
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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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Restrictive mitral annuloplasty in refractory cardiogenic shock with acute postinfarction mitral insufficiency and intact papillary muscle
J Braun, P.G Voigt, M.I.M Versteegh, R.A.E Dion
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 284-286)
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Clopidogrel before urgent coronary artery bypass graft
Michele Genoni, Reza Tavakoli, Christoph Hofer, Osmund Bertel, Marko Turina
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 288-289)
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Matrix metalloproteinase inhibition modifies left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in pigs
William M. Yarbrough, Rupak Mukherjee, Theresa A. Brinsa, Kathryn B. Dowdy, Amelia A. Scott, G.Patricia Escobar, Cassandra Joffs, David G. Lucas, Fred A. Crawford, Francis G. Spinale
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 602-610)
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Importance of preserving the apex and plication of the base in left ventricular volume reduction surgery
Tadaaki Koyama, Kazunobu Nishimura, Yoshiharu Soga, Oriyanhan Unimonh, Koji Ueyama, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 669-677)
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Appropriate timing of surgical intervention after transmural acute myocardial infarction
Daniel C. Lee, Mehmet C. Oz, Alan D. Weinberg, Windsor Ting
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 115-120)
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Mechanism of higher incidence of ischemic mitral regurgitation in patients with inferior myocardial infarction: Quantitative analysis of left ventricular and mitral valve geometry in 103 patients with prior myocardial infarction
Toshiro Kumanohoso, Yutaka Otsuji, Shiro Yoshifuku, Keiko Matsukida, Chihaya Koriyama, Akira Kisanuki, Shinichi Minagoe, Robert A. Levine, Chuwa Tei
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 135-143)
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Minimally invasive Port-Access repair of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
Jerome Sepic, Sari F. Aranki, Lawrence H. Cohn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1242-1243)
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Posteroinferior giant true aneurysm of the left ventricle presenting as pseudoaneurysm
Michael Toumbouras, K. Rammos, P. Spanos
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1244-1245)
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Lipopolysaccharide pretreatment attenuates myocardial infarct size: A possible mechanism involving heat shock protein 70-inhibitory κBα complex and attenuation of nuclear factor κB
Masato Shimizu, Mimi Tamamori-Adachi, Hirokuni Arai, Noriyuki Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Makoto Sunamori
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 933-941)
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Long-term administration of nicorandil abolishes ischemic and pharmacologic preconditioning of the human myocardium: Role of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate–dependent potassium channels
Mahmoud Loubani, Manuel Galiñanes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 750-757)
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Implantable left ventricular assist device for patients with postinfarction ventricular septal defect
Cristiano Faber, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, James B. Young, Randall C. Starling, Katherine J. Hoercher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 400-401)
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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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