Variability in data: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database , 24 May 2010
Morgan L. Brown, Judy R. Lenoch, Hartzell V. Schaff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 267-273)
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Theoretical cost benefits of cryobiopsy
Andrew R.L. Medford
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 487-488)
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Reply to the Editor
Christian Schumann, Jürgen Hetzel, Philipp M. Lepper, Martin Hetzel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Page 488)
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Reply to the Editor
Michael C. Christensen, Stephan Krapf, Angela Kempel, Christian von Heymann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1667-1668)
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The murine monoclonal antibody anti-cytokeratin CAM 5.2 is specific for intracellular cytokeratin 8, not cytokeratin 18
Wen-Chang Cheng, Jeng-Dong Hsu, Chung-Chin Yao, Chih-Ping Han
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1674-1675)
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They also serve who only stand and wait
Vipin Zamvar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 798-799)
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Is the “sterile cockpit” concept applicable to cardiovascular surgery critical intervals or critical events? The impact of protocol-driven communication during cardiopulmonary bypass
Rishi K. Wadhera, Sarah Henrickson Parker, Harold M. Burkhart, Kevin L. Greason, James R. Neal, Katherine M. Levenick, Douglas A. Wiegmann, Thoralf M. Sundt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 312-319)
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Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score , 21 December 2009
David M. Shahian, Sean M. O'Brien, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Eric D. Peterson, Fred H. Edwards
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 273-282)
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The quality conundrum
Thomas L. Spray
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1053-1059)
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Acute hepatitis C virus and the cardiac surgeon: An explanation needed
Carlos-A. Mestres
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Page 1038)
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Acute hepatitis C virus and the cardiac surgeon: An explanation needed
Carlos-A. Mestres
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Page 1038)
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The underfunding of lung cancer research
Onkar Khullar, Yolonda L. Colson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Page 275)
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Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery
Fernando A. Atik
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 253-254)
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Reply to the Editor
Sotiris C. Stamou, Kevin W. Lobdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 254-255)
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Reference values: No need for confusion
Nancy A. Obuchowski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1572-1573)
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Relations between cardiothoracic surgeons and industry
Michael J. Mack, Robert M. Sade, American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1047-1049)
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The particle gel immunoassay as a rapid test to rule out heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? , 09 June 2008
Katharina Schallmoser, Camilla Drexler, Eva Rohde, Dirk Strunk, Andrea Groselj-Strele, Gerhard Lanzer, Hartmut Kroll, Simon Panzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 781-783)
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Preoperative and intraoperative considerations for radial artery anomalies in coronary artery bypass grafting
Edward W.K. Peng, Pradip K. Sarkar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Page 785)
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Cardiothoracic surgery: A specialty divided or as one
Douglas E. Wood
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 1-9)
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A prospective observational study of human factors, adverse events, and patient outcomes in surgery for pediatric cardiac disease , 09 September 2008
Paul Barach, Julie K. Johnson, Asima Ahmad, Cynthia Galvan, Agnes Bognar, Robert Duncan, Joanne P. Starr, Emile A. Bacha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1422-1428)
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Coronary sinus reducer stent
Werner Mohl, Stefan Mina, Dejan Milansinovic, Hirofumi Kasahara, Paz Yoav
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Page 1390)
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Reply to the Editor:
David M. Shahian, Sharon-Lise T. Normand
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1394-1395)
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Measurement of technical performance in surgery for congenital heart disease: The stage I Norwood procedure , 15 August 2008
Emile A. Bacha, Luis A. Larrazabal, Frank A. Pigula, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins, Steve D. Colan, Francis Fynn-Thompson, John E. Mayer, Pedro J. del Nido
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 993-997.e2)
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In celebration of our differences
Elliot T. Gelfand
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 259-266)
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Cardiovascular surgery as a single specialty: The case to unify cardiac and vascular surgery , 21 May 2008
Charles Stewart Roberts
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 267-270)
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The case to unify cardiac and vascular surgery
Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 271-272)
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National Institutes of Health funding for cardiothoracic surgical research , 03 June 2008
Mark B. Ratcliffe, Cheryl Howard, Michael Mann, Pedro del Nido
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 392-397)
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Quality improvement program decreases mortality after cardiac surgery
Sotiris C. Stamou, Sara L. Camp, Robert M. Stiegel, Mark K. Reames, Eric Skipper, Larry T. Watts, Marcy Nussbaum, Francis Robicsek, Kevin W. Lobdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 494-499.e8)
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Deleterious outcome of No-React–treated stentless valved conduits after aortic root replacement: Why were Warnings ignored? , 27 May 2008
Thierry P. Carrel, Florian S. Schoenhoff, Juerg Schmidli, Mario Stalder, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Lars Englberger
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 52-57)
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Tribute to our fallen comrades
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Page 1197)
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Low-volume coronary artery bypass surgery: Measuring and optimizing performance
David M. Shahian, Sharon-Lise T. Normand
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1202-1209)
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A statement on ethics from the HEART Group
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 976-978)
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Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions
Cary W. Akins, D. Craig Miller, Marko I. Turina, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Tirone E. David, Eric G. Butchart, David H. Adams, David M. Shahian, Siegfried Hagl, John E. Mayer, Bruce W. Lytle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 732-738)
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Expert commentary: Cardiothoracic surgical simulation
Richard H. Feins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 485-486)
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Robotic cardiac surgery: Time told!
Francis Robicsek
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 243-246)
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Passing the torch
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1393-1396)
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2007 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award Recipient: Gerald D. Buckberg, MD, DSc
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Constantine Athanasuleas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1105-1108)
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The emerging specialty of cardiothoracic surgical critical care: The leadership role of cardiothoracic surgeons on the multidisciplinary team
Nevin M. Katz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1109-1111)
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Rebuilding the house of health care
Richard D. Lamm
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 835-838)
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Risk-adjusted econometric model to estimate postoperative costs: An additional instrument for monitoring performance after major lung resection
Alessandro Brunelli, Michele Salati, Majed Refai, Francesco Xiumé, Gaetano Rocco, Armando Sabbatini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 624-629)
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Left atrial myxoma: The role of multisclice computed tomography
Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Hussein Rayatzadeh, Farideh Roshanali
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 795-795.e1)
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Rewards, risks, and responsibilities of globalization for the cardiothoracic surgeon
Richard A. Jonas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 1-14)
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The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 15-19)
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Norman Edward Shumway, MD (1923–2006)
Denton A. Cooley
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1131-1132)
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Consensus statement on mandatory registration of clinical trials
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 859-860)
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Reply to the Editor
Martin McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Page 1122)
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Beyond disclosure: Managing conflicts of interest to strengthen trust in our profession
Martin F. McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 300-302)
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Presidential Address 2003
Joel Cooper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 747-752)
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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery diamond jubilee—A reflection
Thomas B. Ferguson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 451-452)
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Lifetime Achievement Award: F. Griffith Pearson
Joel D. Cooper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 453-454)
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Global statistics/outcomes
A. Thomas Pezzella
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Page 726)
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Randomized clinical trials in surgery: Why do we need them?
Charles M. Balch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 241-242)
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Randomized controlled trials in surgery: Comic opera no more?
Neal F. Kassell, Aaron S. Dumont
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 243-244)
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Reports of clinical trials: Ethical aspects
Robert M. Sade
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 245-246)
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Improving the quality of clinical trials in surgery
Steven Piantadosi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 247-248)
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The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 1-4)
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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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The “scientific investment” by cardiac surgery
T. Bruce Ferguson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 8-9.e1)
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Consensus statement on surgery journal authorship⁎ —2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1221-1222)
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Controversies in cardiothoracic surgery: Should therapeutic cloning be supported to provide stem cells for cardiothoracic surgery research and treatment?
Martin McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 937-940)
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Conflict of interest: What’s a journal to do?
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 771-772)
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Put my name on that paper: Reflections on the ethics of authorship
Martin McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 517-519)
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They’re here: Continuing medical education activities
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Page 1491)
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Does the internal thoracic artery graft have self-reparative ability?
Soichiro Kitamura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1494-1495)
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Guest Reviewers for The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1739-1741)
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For everything there is a season
Tirone E. David
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 961-965)
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Performance of surgery for congenital heart disease: Shall we wait a generation or look for different statistics?
Francois Lacour-Gayet, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David R. Clarke, J.W. Gaynor, Marshall L. Jacobs, Robert H. Anderson, Martin J. Elliott, Bohdan Maruszewski, Pascal Vouhé, Constantine Mavroudis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 234-235)
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Unusual impalement injury in a Jehovah’s Witness
M. Lanthaler, M. Freund, R. Margreiter, H. Nehoda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1179-1180)
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Presidential address: An evolving discipline
Vaughn A. Starnes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 483-487)
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Monitoring surgical performance
Eugene H. Blackstone
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 807-810)
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Monitoring clinical performance: A commentary
D.J. Spiegelhalter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 820-822)
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Monitoring cardiac surgical performance: A commentary
Tom Treasure, Stephen Gallivan, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 823-825)
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The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Andrew S. Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 337-340)
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At the epicenter of severe acute respiratory syndrome
Song Wan, Anthony P.C Yim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1553-1557)
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Who moved my heart? adaptive responses to disruptive challenges
Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1235-1244)
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Criteria for lung volume reduction surgery reimbursement: too many questions, not enough answers
Keith S Naunheim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 631-632)
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Peer review
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W Fried
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1681-1682)
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The peer-review process in medical publishing: a reviewer's perspective
Frank W Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1683-1685)
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Our surgical culture of blame: A time for change
Jamie Dickey, Ralph J. Damiano,, Ross Ungerleider
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1259-1260)
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Is what's good for the gander good for the goose?
Nanette K. Wenger
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 929-931)
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Is discharge policy a balanced decision between clinical considerations and hospital ownership policy? The CABG example
Noya Galai, Avi Israeli, Yana Zitser-Gurevich, Elisheva Simchen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1018-1025)
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Robert W. Jamplis (1920-2003)
Harold C. Urschel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 311-312)
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Priority issue: who is on first base?
Francis Robicsek
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 321-322)
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Priority issue: who is on first base? Reply
Andrew Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Page 322)
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Ranking institutions
David Spiegelhalter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1171-1173)
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Reply
Kathy Jenkins, Kimberlee Gauvreau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Page 1173)
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An economic evaluation of lung transplantation
J.P. Ouwens, H. Groen, W. van der Bij, E.M. TenVergert
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1175-1176)
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Reply
A.C. Anyanwu, A.J. Murday
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Page 1176)
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“We don't do that here”: Reflections on the Siena experience with dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians
Martin F. McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S34-S35)
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Ethical implications of heart transplantation in elderly patients
Robert C. Robbins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S62-S63)
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Evolving technology: Recognition and opportunity*
Bruce W. Lytle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S80-S81)
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The prisoner dilemma: Should convicted felons have the same access to heart transplantation as ordinary citizens? Opposing views
Martin F. McKneally, Robert M. Sade
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 451-453)
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Comparative economic analyses of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery
Darryl T. Gray, David L. Veenstra
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 618-624)
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Lewis and Clark, pioneers, and the American dream
Donald B. Doty
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 3-11)
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Developing and financing new technology
W.Randolph Chitwood
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 223-230)
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The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Andrew S. Wechlser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Page 7)
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Responsibilities of investigators
Robert M. Sade, Martin McKneally, For the Ethics Forum*
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 837-838)
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Controversies in cardiothoracic surgery: Is it ethical to advertise surgical results to increase referrals?
Martin F. McKneally
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 839-841)
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Reply to the Editor:
James L. Cox
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 1016-1017)
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Worldwide maldistribution of access to cardiac surgery
A.Thomas Pezzella
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Page 1016)
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Congenital heart disease outcome analysis: Methodology and rationale
Constantine Mavroudis, Jeffrey P. Jacobs
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 6-7)
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Unrealistic expectations arising from mortality data reported in the cardiothoracic journals
Ani C. Anyanwu, Tom Treasure
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 16-20)
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Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease
Kathy J. Jenkins, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Jane W. Newburger, Thomas L. Spray, James H. Moller, Lisa I. Iezzoni
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 110-118)
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