Effects of head-up tilt on intrapulmonary shunt fraction and oxygenation during 1-lung ventilation in the lateral decubitus position , 26 August 2009
Sung Yong Park, Dae Hee Kim, Jin Soo Kim, Sung Soo Lee, Yong Woo Hong
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1436-1440)
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Lung cancer osteopontin isoforms exhibit angiogenic functional heterogeneity , 12 October 2009
Justin D. Blasberg, Chandra M. Goparaju, Harvey I. Pass, Jessica S. Donington
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1587-1593)
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Carbon monoxide reduces pulmonary ischemia–reperfusion injury in miniature swine , 12 November 2009
Hisashi Sahara, Akira Shimizu, Kentaro Setoyama, Masayoshi Okumi, Manei Oku, Emma Samelson-Jones, Kazuhiko Yamada
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1594-1601)
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Combined treatment with cisplatin and sirolimus to enhance cell death in human mesothelioma , 23 October 2009
Mor-Li Hartman, John Matthew Esposito, Beow Yong Yeap, David John Sugarbaker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1233-1240)
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Lung ventilation/perfusion may reduce pulmonary injury during cardiopulmonary bypass
Francisco Igor B. Macedo, Enisa M. Carvalho, Edward Gologorsky, Tomas A. Salerno
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 234-236)
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Reply to the Editor
Hajime Imura, Gianni D. Angelini, Saadeh M. Suleiman, Raimondo Ascione
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 236-237)
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Expression of dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation–regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) can be a favorable prognostic marker in pulmonary adenocarcinoma , 12 October 2009
Shin-ichi Yamashita, Masao Chujo, Keita Tokuishi, Kentaro Anami, Michiyo Miyawaki, Satoshi Yamamoto, Katsunobu Kawahara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1303-1308)
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A novel method for determining adjacent lung segments with infrared thoracoscopy , 09 March 2009
Noriyuki Misaki, Sung Soo Chang, Masashi Gotoh, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Katashi Satoh, Hiroyasu Yokomise
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 613-618)
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In vitro modeling of nonhypoxic cold ischemia–reperfusion simulating lung transplantation
Monica Casiraghi, Jason R. Tatreau, John B. Abano, John W. Blackwell, Larry Watson, Keith Burridge, Scott H. Randell, Thomas M. Egan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 760-767)
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Keratinocyte growth factor accelerates compensatory growth in the remaining lung after trilobectomy in rats , 31 March 2009
Keitaro Matsumoto, Takeshi Nagayasu, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, Tsutomu Tagawa, Takatomo Yamayoshi, Takafumi Abo, Shuichi Tobinaga, Katsuro Furukawa, Takehiko Koji
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1499-1507)
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Quantification of the impact of segmentectomy on pulmonary function by perfusion single-photon-emission computed tomography and multidetector computed tomography
Kentaro Yoshimoto, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Hironori Kobayashi, Yasuomi Ohba, Hidekatsu Shibata, Kuniyuki Tashiro, Shinya Shiraishi, Toshiaki Kobayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1200-1205)
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Enhanced fibrinolysis protects against lung ischemia–reperfusion injury
Christine L. Lau, Yunge Zhao, Jiyoun Kim, Irving L. Kron, Ashish Sharma, Zequan Yang, Victor E. Laubach, Joel Linden, Gorav Ailawadi, David J. Pinsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1241-1248)
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Long-acting oral phosphodiesterase inhibition preconditions against reperfusion injury in an experimental lung transplantation model , 12 March 2009
Eric S. Weiss, Hunter C. Champion, Jason A. Williams, William A. Baumgartner, Ashish S. Shah
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1249-1257)
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Exogenous surfactant attenuation of ischemia–reperfusion injury in the lung through alteration of inflammatory and apoptotic factors
Bart P. van Putte, Pieter M. Cobelens, Niels van der Kaaij, Burkhard Lachmann, Annemieke Kavelaars, Cobi J. Heijnen, Jozef Kesecioglu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 824-828)
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Atrial septal defect repair after a 10-month treatment with bosentan in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension: A case report , 10 September 2008
Konrad Hoetzenecker, Hendrik J. Ankersmit, Diana Bonderman, Wolfram Hoetzenecker, Reinald Seitelberger, Walter Klepetko, Irene M. Lang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 760-761)
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Cellular electrophysiologic and mechanical evidence of superior vascular protection in pulmonary microcirculation by Perfadex compared with Celsior , 22 December 2008
Min Wu, Qin Yang, Anthony P.C. Yim, Malcolm J. Underwood, Guo-Wei He
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 492-498)
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Blockade of receptor for advanced glycation end product attenuates pulmonary reperfusion injury in mice , 01 September 2008
David I. Sternberg, Ram Gowda, Divya Mehra, Wu Qu, Alan Weinberg, William Twaddell, Joydeep Sarkar, Allison Wallace, Barry Hudson, Frank D'Ovidio, Selim Arcasoy, Ravichandran Ramasamy, Jeanine D'Armiento, Ann Marie Schmidt, Joshua R. Sonett
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1576-1585)
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The unmasking of a Brugada phenotype after pulmonary resection: A case report and implications for postoperative management , 03 June 2008
Saila P. Nicotera, Min P. Kim, Malcolm M. Decamp
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1593-1595)
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Atrial natriuretic peptide gene transfection with a novel envelope vector system ameliorates pulmonary hypertension in rats , 12 May 2008
Yoshihide Mitani, Junko Maruyama, Bao Hua Jiang, Hirofumi Sawada, Hideto Shimpo, Kyoko Imanaka–Yoshida, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshihiro Komada, Kazuo Maruyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 142-149)
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Prevention of local tumor growth with paclitaxel-loaded microspheres
Solomon M. Azouz, Joseph Walpole, Sepideh Amirifeli, Kendra N. Taylor, Mark W. Grinstaff, Yolonda L. Colson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1014-1021)
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Growing clinical evidence for the interaction of the p53 genotype and response to induction chemotherapy in advanced non–small cell lung cancer
Daniela Kandioler, Georgios Stamatis, Wilfried Eberhardt, Sonja Kappel, Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller, Irene Kührer, Martina Mittlböck, Ronald Zwrtek, Clemens Aigner, Christoph Bichler, Victoria Tichy, Marcus Hudec, Thomas Bachleitner, Adelheid End, Michael Rolf Müller, Erich Roth, Walter Klepetko
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1036-1041)
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Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for pulmonary complications after coronary bypass surgery
Achim H. Lauruschkat, Bert Arnrich, Alexander A. Albert, Jörg A. Walter, Berthold Amann, Ulrich P. Rosendahl, Tejas Alexander, Jürgen Ennker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1047-1053)
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A simple two-gene prognostic model for adenocarcinoma of the lung , 21 January 2008
Carolyn E. Reed, Amanda Graham, Rana S. Hoda, Andras Khoor, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Michael B. Wallace, Michael Mitas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 627-634)
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Stress-activated protein kinase inhibition to ameliorate lung ischemia reperfusion injury , 15 February 2008
Patrick S. Wolf, Heather E. Merry, Alexander S. Farivar, Anton S. McCourtie, Michael S. Mulligan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 656-665)
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Effect of cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic clamping on functional residual capacity and ventilation distribution in children
Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Ferenc Petak, Sonja Saudan, Michel Pellegrini, Thomas O. Erb, Walid Habre, Swiss Paediatric Respiratory Research Group
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1193-1198)
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Chronic pulmonary artery occlusion increases alveolar fluid clearance in rats
Zheng Wang, Jin Xu, Gang Ma, Motoyasu Sagawa, Miyako Shimazaki, Yoshimichi Ueda, Tsutomu Sakuma
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1213-1219)
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Reinitiation of compensatory lung growth after subsequent lung resection
Lucas G. Fernandez, Christopher K. Mehta, Irving L. Kron, Victor E. Laubach
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1300-1305)
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Does the method of lung preservation influence outcome after transplantation? An analysis of 681 consecutive procedures
J. Saravana Ganesh, Chris A. Rogers, Nicholas R. Banner, Robert S. Bonser, Steering Group of the UK Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1313-1321)
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Effects of head-down tilt on intrapulmonary shunt fraction and oxygenation during one-lung ventilation in the lateral decubitus position
Yong Seon Choi, Sou Ouk Bang, Jae Kwang Shim, Kyung Young Chung, Young Lan Kwak, Yong Woo Hong
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 613-618)
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One-lung ventilation: For how long?
Celal Tekinbas, Hulya Ulusoy, Esin Yulug, Mehmet Muharrem Erol, Ahmet Alver, Engin Yenilmez, Sukran Geze, Murat Topbas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 405-410)
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Creation of a uniform pleural defect model for the study of lung sealants
Masato Araki, Hiroyuki Tao, Toshihiko Sato, Naoki Nakajima, Hajime Sugai, Suong-Hyu Hyon, Takeshi Nagayasu, Tatsuo Nakamura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 145-151)
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Tracheal cartilage regeneration by slow release of basic fibroblast growth factor from a gelatin sponge
Hitoshi Igai, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Sung Soo Chang, Masaya Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hiroyasu Yokomise
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 170-175)
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Sources of graft restriction after single lung transplantation for emphysema
Stephen H. Loring, Steven J. Mentzer, John J. Reilly
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 204-209)
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Idiopathic postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema: Hyperinflation of the remaining lung is a potential etiologic factor, but the condition can be averted by balanced pleural drainage , 27 April 2007
John M. Alvarez, Jeremy Tan, Nand Kejriwal, Karim Ghanim, Mark A.J. Newman, Amanda Segal, Greg Sterret, Max K. Bulsara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1439-1447)
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Effects of exogenous surfactant instillation in clinical lung transplantation: A prospective, randomized trial
Martin Strüber, Stefan Fischer, Jost Niedermeyer, Gregor Warnecke, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Adelheid Görler, Andre R. Simon, Axel Haverich, Jens M. Hohlfeld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1620-1625)
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Life-supporting function of genetically modified swine lungs in baboons , 13 April 2007
Bao-Ngoc H. Nguyen, Agnes M. Azimzadeh, Tianshu Zhang, Guosheng Wu, Henk-Jan Shuurman, David H. Sachs, David Ayares, James S. Allan, Richard N. Pierson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1354-1363)
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Necessary resection of the left lower lobe due to systemic arterial supply
Rogier Jaspers, Wout Barendregt, Gijs Limonard, Frank Visser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1384-1385)
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A novel instrumented retractor to monitor tissue-disruptive forces during lateral thoracotomy
Gil Bolotin, Gregory D. Buckner, Nicholas J. Jardine, Aaron J. Kiefer, Nigel B. Campbell, Masha Kocherginsky, Jai Raman, Valluvan Jeevanandam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 949-954)
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Wnt inhibitory factor inhibits lung cancer cell growth
Jae Kim, Liang You, Zhidong Xu, Kris Kuchenbecker, Dan Raz, Biao He, David Jablons
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 733-737)
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Inhaled nitric oxide does not prevent postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema in pigs
Marc Filaire, Elie Fadel, Benoît Decante, Frédéric Seccatore, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Philippe Hervé
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 770-774)
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Differential vascular growth in postpneumonectomy compensatory lung growth
Lucas G. Fernandez, Timothy D. Le Cras, Mirta Ruiz, David K. Glover, Irving L. Kron, Victor E. Laubach
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 309-316)
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Chemotherapy resistance and oncogene expression in non–small cell lung cancer , 12 January 2007
Thomas A. d‘Amato, Rodney J. Landreneau, William Ricketts, Weidong Huang, Ricardo Parker, Eugene Mechetner, Ing-Ru Yu, James D. Luketich
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 352-363)
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The murine bronchopulmonary microcirculation in hapten-induced inflammation
Dino J. Ravnic, Moritz A. Konerding, Juan P. Pratt, Tanja Wolloscheck, Harold T. Huss, Steven J. Mentzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 97-103)
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Perioperative cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition to reduce tumor cell adhesion and metastatic potential of circulating tumor cells in non–small cell lung cancer , 04 July 2006
Leah M. Backhus, Eric Sievers, Gloria Y. Lin, Roberto Castanos, Robert D. Bart, Vaughn A. Starnes, Ross M. Bremner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 297-303)
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Importance of endothelial nitric oxide synthase for the hypothermic protection of lungs against ischemia-reperfusion injury
Li Zhang, Sanjeev Kumar, Alexander Kaminski, Cornelius Kasch, Christoph Sponholz, Christof Stamm, Yury Ladilov, Gustav Steinhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 969-974)
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Percutaneous cryoablation of small pulmonary malignant tumors under computed tomographic guidance with local anesthesia for nonsurgical candidates
Masafumi Kawamura, Yotaro Izumi, Norimasa Tsukada, Keisuke Asakura, Hiroaki Sugiura, Hideki Yashiro, Keiko Nakano, Seishi Nakatsuka, Sachio Kuribayashi, Koichi Kobayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1007-1013)
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Histologic grade is an independent prognostic factor for survival in non–small cell lung cancer: An analysis of 5018 hospital- and 712 population-based cases
Zhifu Sun, Marie-Christine Aubry, Claude Deschamps, Randolph S. Marks, Scott H. Okuno, Brent A. Williams, Hiroshi Sugimura, V. Shane Pankratz, Ping Yang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1014-1020)
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Chronic aspiration of gastric fluid accelerates pulmonary allograft dysfunction in a rat model of lung transplantation , 13 December 2005
Matthew G. Hartwig, James Z. Appel, Bin Li, Chong-Chao Hsieh, Yong Han Yoon, Shu S. Lin, William Irish, William Parker, R. Duane Davis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 209-217)
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Dimethyl celecoxib as a novel non–cyclooxygenase 2 therapy in the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer , 14 October 2005
Leah M. Backhus, Nicos A. Petasis, Jasim Uddin, Axel H. Schönthal, Robert D. Bart, Yuanguang Lin, Vaughn A. Starnes, Ross M. Bremner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1406-1412)
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Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and histone deacetylase activity induces apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo , 14 October 2005
Chadrick E. Denlinger, Brian K. Rundall, David R. Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1422-1429)
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Hyperoxic ventilation exacerbates lung reperfusion injury
Peter I. Ellman, Jeffrey S. Alvis, Carlos Tache-Leon, Ramesh Singh, T. Brett Reece, John A. Kern, Curtis G. Tribble, Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1440.e1-1440.e8)
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Pulmonary botryomycosis: A difficult diagnosis in the preoperative patient
Russell Hodgson, Shane A. Blackmore, C. Peter Clarke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 924-925)
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Decision-making for lung resection in patients with empyema and collapsed lung due to tuberculosis
Guven Olgac, Muhammet Ali Yilmaz, Mediha Gonenc Ortakoylu, Cemal Asim Kutlu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 131-135)
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Long-term pulmonary function after thoracic sympathectomy
Miguel A. Ponce González, Gabriel Julià Serdà, Norberto Santana Rodríguez, Pedro Rodríguez Suárez, Gregorio Pérez Peñate, Jordi Freixinet Gilart, Pedro Cabrera Navarro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1379-1382)
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Surgical lung biopsy for diffuse pulmonary disease: Experience of 196 patients
Yung-Chie Lee, Chen-Tu Wu, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Pei-Ming Huang, Yih-Leong Chang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 984-990)
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Soluble α2-macroglobulin receptor is increased in endotracheal aspirates from infants and children after cardiopulmonary bypass , 05 October 2004
Eric A. Williams, Richard J. Ing, Justin P. Hart, James Jaggers, Frank H. Kern, Damian M. Craig, Salvatore V. Pizzo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1098-1103)
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Gene transfer of a TIE2 receptor antagonist prevents pulmonary hypertension in rodents , 31 December 2004
Masakuni Kido, Lingling Du, Christopher C. Sullivan, Reena Deutsch, Stuart W. Jamieson, Patricia A. Thistlethwaite
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 268-276)
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Induction of apoptosis of lung and esophageal cancer cells treated with the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor (trichostatin A) and protein kinase C inhibitor (calphostin C) , 06 December 2004
Justin B. Maxhimer, Rishindra M. Reddy, Jingtong Zuo, George W. Cole, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 53-63)
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Specific inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase with FR167653 attenuates vascular proliferation in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats
Jun Lu, Hideto Shimpo, Akira Shimamoto, Albert J. Chong, Craig R. Hampton, Denise J. Spring, Masaki Yada, Motoshi Takao, Koji Onoda, Isao Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 850-859)
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Inhaled prostacyclin is safe, effective, and affordable in patients with pulmonary hypertension, right-heart dysfunction, and refractory hypoxemia after cardiothoracic surgery
Saima Muzaffar, Nilima Shukla, Gianni D. Angelini, Jamie Y. Jeremy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 949-950)
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Proteasome inhibition sensitizes non–small cell lung cancer to histone deacetylase inhibitor–induced apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species , 28 September 2004
Chadrick E. Denlinger, Brian K. Rundall, David R. Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 740-748)
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Inhaled nitric oxide decreases pulmonary soluble guanylate cyclase protein levels in 1-month-old lambs
Stephan Thelitz, Janine M Bekker, Boaz Ovadia, Regan B Stuart, Michael J Johengen, Stephen M Black, Jeffrey R Fineman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1285-1292)
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Early tumor necrosis factor-α release from the pulmonary macrophage in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury
Babu V Naidu, Steven M Woolley, Alexander S Farivar, Robert Thomas, Charles H Fraga, Christopher H Goss, Michael S Mulligan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1502-1508)
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Regression of postobstructive vasculopathy after revascularization of chronically obstructed pulmonary artery
Elie Fadel, René P Michel, Saadia Eddahibi, Renée Bernatchez, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Dartevelle, Philippe Herve
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1009-1017)
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Combined proteasome and histone deacetylase inhibition in non–small cell lung cancer
Chadrick E Denlinger, Michael D Keller, Marty W Mayo, R.Michael Broad, David R Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1078-1086)
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[18F] 3-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine positron emission tomography: alternative or diagnostic adjunct to 2-[18f]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography in the workup of suspicious central focal lesions?
G. Halter, A.K Buck, H Schirrmeister, I Wurziger, F Liewald, G Glatting, B Neumaier, L Sunder-Plassmann, S.N Reske, M Hetzel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1093-1099)
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Slow release of bone morphogenetic protein 2 from a gelatin sponge to promote regeneration of tracheal cartilage in a canine model
Taku Okamoto, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Masashi Gotoh, Cheng-Long Huang, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasuhiko Shimizu, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hiroyasu Yokomise
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 329-334)
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Bronchoscopic surfactant administration preserves gas exchange and pulmonary compliance after single lung transplantation in dogs
Ivar Friedrich, Jochen Börgermann, Fred H Splittgerber, Matthias Brinkmann, J.Christoph Reidemeister, Rolf E Silber, Werner Seeger, Reinhold Schmidt, Andreas Günther
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 335-343)
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Surfactant abnormalities after single lung transplantation in dogs: impact of bronchoscopic surfactant administration
Andreas Günther, Markus Balser, Reinhold Schmidt, Philipp Markart, Alexander Olk, Jochen Börgermann, Fred H Splittgerber, Werner Seeger, Ivar Friedrich
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 344-354)
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Potentiation of paclitaxel cytotoxicity in lung and esophageal cancer cells by pharmacologic inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B (Akt)–mediated signaling pathway
Dao M Nguyen, G.Aaron Chen, Rishindra Reddy, Wilson Tsai, William D Schrump, George Cole, David S Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 365-375)
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Tumor necrosis factor-α from resident lung cells is a key initiating factor in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury
Thomas S Maxey, Richard I Enelow, Benjamin Gaston, Irving L Kron, Victor E Laubach, Allan Doctor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 541-547)
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Transposition of the lower pulmonary vein for further mobilization in carinal reconstruction after induction therapy for lung cancer
Hiroyuki Shiono, Mitsunori Ohta, Hirohisa Hirabayashi, Masato Minami, Jun Maeda, Norihisa Shigemura, Goro Matsumiya, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 586-587)
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Immuno-gene therapy with interferon-β before surgical debulking delays recurrence and improves survival in a murine model of malignant mesothelioma
Robert J Kruklitis, Sunil Singhal, Peter Delong, Veena Kapoor, Daniel H Sterman, Larry R Kaiser, Steven M Albelda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 123-130)
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Pulmonary blood pressure, not flow, is associated with net endothelin-1 production in the lungs of patients with congenital heart disease and normal pulmonary vascular resistance
Sohrab Fratz, Ralf Geiger, Hans Kresse, Gabriele Roemer, Michael Hennig, Walter Sebening, John Hess
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1724-1729)
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Development of a canine model of pulmonary emphysema and imaging of the emphysematous lung with infrared thoracoscopy
Masashi Gotoh, Taku Okamoto, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Dage Liu, Kotaro Kameyama, Eiichi Hayashi, Cheng-Long Huang, Hiroyasu Yokomise
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1916-1921)
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Cisplatin augments cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–mediated antitumor immunity in poorly immunogenic murine lung cancer
Robert E Merritt, Ali Mahtabifard, Reiko E Yamada, Ronald G Crystal, Robert J Korst
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1609-1617)
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Solitary squamous papillomas of the bronchus: a case report and literature review
C.J McNamee, D Lien, L Puttagunta, A.Alan Conlan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 861-863)
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Drowned donor lung for bilateral lung transplantation
C.J McNamee, D.L Modry, D Lien, A.Alan Conlan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 910-912)
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Simvastatin ameliorates injury in an experimental model of lung ischemia-reperfusion
Babu V Naidu, Steven M Woolley, Alexander S Farivar, Robert Thomas, Charles Fraga, Michael S Mulligan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 482-489)
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Impaired endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor–mediated relaxation in porcine pulmonary microarteries after cold storage with Euro-Collins and University of Wisconsin solutions
Wei Zou, Qin Yang, Anthony P.C Yim, Guo-Wei He
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 208-215)
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The role of proinflammatory cytokines in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury
Baiya Krishnadasan, Babu V. Naidu, Karen Byrne, Charles Fraga, Edward D. Verrier, Michael S. Mulligan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 261-272)
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Adenosine A2A receptor activation decreases reperfusion injury associated with high-flow reperfusion
Steven M. Fiser, Curtis G. Tribble, Aditya K. Kaza, Stewart M. Long, John A. Kern, David C. Cassada, Joel Linden, Jayson Rieger, Victor E. Laubach, Andy Matisoff, Irving L. Kron
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 973-978)
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Gain and subsequent loss of lung function after lung volume reduction surgery in cases of severe emphysema with different morphologic patterns
Konrad E. Bloch, Carmina L. Georgescu, Erich W. Russi, Walter Weder
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 845-854)
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Lipid-mediated ex vivo gene transfer of viral interleukin 10 in rat lung allotransplantation
Hideki Itano, Bassem N. Mora, Wanjiang Zhang, Jon H. Ritter, Timothy J. McCarthy, Nelson S. Yew, T. Mohanakumar, G.Alexander Patterson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2001 (Vol. 122, Issue 1, Pages 29-38)
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