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Osman O. Al-Radi, Frank E. Harrell, Jr, Christopher A. Caldarone, Brian W. McCrindle, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M. Gail Williams, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and William G. Williams
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Case complexity scores in congenital heart surgery: A comparative study of the Aristotle Basic Complexity score and the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:865-875.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:874-875.
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Masamichi Ono, Heidi Goerler, Klaus Kallenbach, Dietmar Boethig, Mechthild Westhoff-Bleck, and Thomas Breymann
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Aortic valvesparing reimplantation for dilatation of the ascending aorta and aortic regurgitation late after repair of congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:876-879.
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Caren S. Goldberg, Edward L. Bove, Eric J. Devaney, Eileen Mollen, Edward Schwartz, Shauna Tindall, Cheryl Nowak, John Charpie, Morton B. Brown, Tom J. Kulik, and Richard G. Ohye
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A randomized clinical trial of regional cerebral perfusion versus deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: Outcomes for infants with functional single ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:880-887.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:886-887.
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Nicholas T. Kouchoukos and Paolo Masetti
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Aberrant subclavian artery and Kommerell aneurysm: Surgical treatment with a standard approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:888-892.
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Sara K. Pasquali, David Shera, Gil Wernovsky, Meryl S. Cohen, Sarah Tabbutt, Susan Nicolson, Thomas L. Spray, and Bradley S. Marino
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Midterm outcomes and predictors of reintervention after the Ross procedure in infants, children, and young adults
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:893-899.
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Joanna Rekawek, Andrzej Kansy, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Malgorzata Manowska, Katarzyna Bieganowska, Monika Brzezinska-Paszke, Elzbieta Szymaniak, Anna Turska-Kmiec, Przemyslaw Maruszewski, Piotr Burczynski, and Wanda Kawalec
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Risk factors for cardiac arrhythmias in children with congenital heart disease after surgical intervention in the early postoperative period
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:900-904.
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Gwen Y. Alton, Charlene M.T. Robertson, Reg Sauve, Abhay Divekar, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Sharon Selzer, Ari R. Joffe, Ivan M. Rebeyka, David B. Ross Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Project Follow-Up Group
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Early childhood health, growth, and neurodevelopmental outcomes after complete repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection at 6 weeks or younger
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:905-911.
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Jeffery Meadows, Frank Pigula, James Lock, and Audrey Marshall
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Transcatheter creation and enlargement of ventricular septal defects for relief of ventricular hypertension
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:912-918.
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Olga G. Ananiadou, Katherine Bibou, George E. Drossos, Antonia Charchanti, Mary Bai, Saleem Haj-Yahia, Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, and Elizabeth O. Johnson
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Effect of profound hypothermia during circulatory arrest on neurologic injury and apoptotic repressor protein Bcl-2 expression in an acute porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:919-926.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:926.
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Y. Joseph Woo, Corinna M. Panlilio, Richard K. Cheng, George P. Liao, Erik E. Suarez, Pavan Atluri, and Hina W. Chaudhry
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Myocardial regeneration therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy with cyclin A2
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:927-933.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:933.
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Kang Lu, Chung-Lung Cho, Cheng-Loong Liang, Shang-Der Chen, Po-Chou Liliang, Shin-Yuan Wang, and Han-Jung Chen
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Inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway reduces microglial activation and interleukin-1-beta expression in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:934-941.
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Enyi Shi, Xiaojing Jiang, Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, and Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
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Controlled low-pressure perfusion at the beginning of reperfusion attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:942-948.
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Gil Bolotin, Gregory D. Buckner, Nicholas J. Jardine, Aaron J. Kiefer, Nigel B. Campbell, Masha Kocherginsky, Jai Raman, and Valluvan Jeevanandam
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A novel instrumented retractor to monitor tissue-disruptive forces during lateral thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:949-954.
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Suat Gezer, Irfan Tastepe, Mehmet Sirmali, Göktürk Findik, Hasan Türüt, Sadi Kaya, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu, and Güven Çetin
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Pulmonary sequestration: A single-institutional series composed of 27 cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:955-959.
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Eugenio Pompeo and Tommaso Claudio Mineo
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Awake pulmonary metastasectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:960-966.
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Giulia Veronesi, Francesco Petrella, Francesco Leo, Piergiorgio Solli, Patrick Maissoneuve, Domenico Galetta, Roberto Gasparri, Giuseppe Pelosi, Tommaso De Pas, and Lorenzo Spaggiari
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Prognostic role of lymph node involvement in lung metastasectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:967-972.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:972.
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Hes A.P. Brokx, Elle K. Risse, Marinus A. Paul, Katrien Grünberg, Richard P. Golding, Peter W.A. Kunst, Jan-Peter Eerenberg, Johan C. van Mourik, Pieter E. Postmus, Wolter J. Mooi, and Tom G. Sutedja
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Initial bronchoscopic treatment for patients with intraluminal bronchial carcinoids
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:973-978.
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Byung-Chul Chang, Young-Nam Youn, Jong-Won Ha, Sang-Hyun Lim, You-Sun Hong, and Namsik Chung
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Long-term clinical results of mitral valvuloplasty using flexible and rigid rings: A prospective and randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:995-1003.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1002-1003.
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Masahira Fukuoka, Michihito Nonaka, Shinji Masuyama, Takeshi Shimamoto, Keiichi Tambara, Hajime Yoshida, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda
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Chordal "translocation" for functional mitral regurgitation with severe valve tenting: An effort to preserve left ventricular structure and function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1004-1011.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1010-1011.
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Charles R. Bridges, Sean M. OBrien, Joseph C. Cleveland, Edward B. Savage, James S. Gammie, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and Frederick L. Grover
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Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1012-1021.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1020-1021.
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John M. Stulak, Joseph A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Richard C. Daly, Christopher G.A. McGregor, Kenton J. Zehr, and Hartzell V. Schaff
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Superiority of cut-and-sew technique for the Cox maze procedure: Comparison with radiofrequency ablation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1022-1027.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1027.
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John S. Ikonomidis, Jeffery A. Jones, John R. Barbour, Robert E. Stroud, Leslie L. Clark, Brooke S. Kaplan, Ahmed Zeeshan, Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Francis G. Spinale, and Robert C. Gorman
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Expression of matrix metalloproteinases and endogenous inhibitors within ascending aortic aneurysms of patients with bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1028-1036.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1036.
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John R. Doty, Donald B. Doty, Kent W. Jones, Jean H. Flores, Marlene Mensah, Bruce B. Reid, Stephen E. Clayson, Greg Snow, Emily Righter, and Roger C. Millar
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Comparison of standard Maze III and radiofrequency Maze operations for treatment of atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1037-1044.
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John B. Chambers, Helen M. Rimington, Ronak Rajani, Fiona Hodson, and Fikrat Shabbo
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A randomized comparison of the Cryolife OBrien and Toronto stentless replacement aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1045-1050.
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Ryo Suzuki, Tao-Sheng Li, Akihito Mikamo, Masaya Takahashi, Mako Ohshima, Masayuki Kubo, Hiroshi Ito, and Kimikazu Hamano
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The reduction of hemodynamic loading assists self-regeneration of the injured heart by increasing cell proliferation, inhibiting cell apoptosis, and inducing stem-cell recruitment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1051-1058.
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Ridwan Lin, Lars Svensson, Rishi Gupta, Bruce Lytle, and Derk Krieger
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Chronic ischemic cerebral white matter disease is a risk factor for nonfocal neurologic injury after total aortic arch replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1059-1065.
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Hugues Jeanmart, Filip P. Casselman, Yuan De Grieck, Ihsan Bakir, Jose Coddens, Luc Foubert, Geert Van Vaerenbergh, Yvette Vermeulen, and Hugo Vanermen
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Avoiding vascular complications during minimally invasive, totally endoscopic intracardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1066-1070.
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Mitsuru Asano, Ohtake Hiroshi, Yuji Hanafusa, Hiroshi Kazuma, and Masahiro Tanji
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Intramural hematoma and thoracic aortic aneurysm with syphilis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1085-1086.
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Petr Symersky, Anton P. de Jong, Karel T. Koch, Edouard M. de Beaumont, and Bas A.J.M. de Mol
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Purse-string deformity of the right coronary artery: A pitfall in de Vega tricuspid annuloplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1086-1087.
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Davide Gabbieri, Pascal M. Dohmen, Jörg Linneweber, Alexander Lembcke, Jan P. Braun, and Wolfgang Konertz
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Ross procedure with a tissue-engineered heart valve in complex congenital aortic valve disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1088-1089.
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Sheng-shou Hu, Shou-jun Li, Xin Wang, Li-qing Wang, Hui Xiong, Li-huan Li, Fu-xia Yan, and Xu Wang
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Pulmonary and aortic root translocation in the management of transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1090-1092.
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Victor T. Tsang, Philip J. Kilner, Tain-Yen Hsia, Sian Hughes, and Magdi Yacoub
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Interruption of the aorta with multilobulated arch aneurysms: A new clinicopathologic entity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1092-1093.
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Gillian M. Blue, Jean M. Mah, Andrew D. Cole, Vanita Lal, Meredith J. Wilson, Richard B. Chard, Gary F. Sholler, Richard E. Hawker, Megan C. Sherwood, and David S. Winlaw
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The negative impact of Alagille syndrome on survival of infants with pulmonary atresia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1094-1096.
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Aimee B. Gardner and Pirooz Eghtesady
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Infant arch reconstruction during total system perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1096-1098.
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Dante Picarelli, Serrana Antunez, Christian Kreutzer, Guillermo Touyá, Diego Abdala, Luis Ligüera, and Gabriel Echegaray
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Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a young infant with congenital aortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1098-1099.
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Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshihiro Oshima, Chikashi Shimazu, Hironori Matsuhisa, Tomonori Higuma, and Yutaka Okita
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Main pulmonary artery translocation for left pulmonary stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1100-1101.
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Iki Adachi, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Koji Kagisaki, Ikuo Hagino, Toru Ishizaka, and Hideki Uemura
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Immunohistologic examination of pedicled autologous pericardium 9 years after implantation for an extracardiac conduit in Fontan pathway: Comparison with in situ pericardium and pulmonary arterial tissue from the same patient
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1101-1103.
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Said Fayoumi and Samer Sawalhi
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Closure of tracheogastric fistula by video-assisted tracheoscopy, direct repair, and self-expandable titanium stent in a patient with total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1103-1104.
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Francesco Leo, Laura Della Grazia, Marco Tullii, Roberto Gasparri, Alessandro Borri, Marco Venturino, and Lorenzo Spaggiari
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Hemodynamic instability during superior vena cava crossclamping: Predictors, management, and clinical consequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1105-1106.
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Benjamin Planquette, Patrick Bagan, Amanda Cox, Judith Valcke, and Marc Riquet
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Massive hemoptysis: Successful treatment with surgical ligation of the thyrocervical artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1106-1108.
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Chuanliang Peng, Xiaogang Zhao, Xiaopeng Dong, and Xingtao Jiang
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Liposarcoma of the pleural cavity: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1108-1109.
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Yavuz Koksal, Ekrem Unal, Olgun Kadir Aribas, and Bulent Oran
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An uncommon extrapulmonary sequestration located in the upper posterior mediastinum associated with the azygos lobe in a child
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1110-1111.
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Gaetano Rocco, Flavio Fazioli, Francesco Scognamiglio, Valerio Parisi, Carmine La Manna, Antonello La Rocca, Rocco Cerra, Rosanna Accardo, and Elisabetta De Lutio
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The combination of multiple materials in the creation of an artificial anterior chest cage after extensive demolition for recurrent chondrosarcoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1112-1114.
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Ching-Wen Yu, Ming-Jang Hsieh, Kao-Pin Hwang, Chung-Cheng Huang, Shu-Hang Ng, and Sheung-Fat Ko
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Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the pleura, lung, and bronchus complicated with mycoplasma pneumonia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1114-1115.
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Phalla Ou, Elisa Seror, Wael Layouss, Yann Révillon, and Francis Brunelle
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Definitive diagnosis and surgical planning of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula in a critically ill neonate: First experience using air distension of the esophagus during high-resolution computed tomography acquisition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1116-1117.
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Franklin Rosenfeldt, Guo Wei He, and Nick Roubos
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Vein graft neointimal hyperplasia: Prevention is better than cure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1118.
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Thomas Schachner
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1119.
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Douglas A. Murphy, Jeffrey S. Miller, and David A. Langford
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Endoscopic Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1119-1120.
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W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1120.
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Masahiro Sakurai
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Which cell is transferred hepatocyte growth factor gene?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1120.
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Enyi Shi
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1120-1121.
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Francis Robicsek
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Apical cannulation for aortic perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1121.
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Wilhelm P. Mistiaen
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Can the consensus statement on surgery journal authorship be implemented?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1121-1122.
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Martin McKneally
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1122.
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Ziad Khabbaz, Jean-Michel Grinda, and Jean-Noël Fabiani
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Extracorporeal life support: An effective and noninvasive way to treat acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1122-1123.
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Louis Samuels
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1123-1124.
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Helmut Mair, Ingo Kaczmarek, and Sabine Daebritz
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Modern drainage techniques include not only smaller drains for pain reduction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1124.
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Neil Roberts and Tom J. Spyt
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Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1124-1125.
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Marco Picichè, Roland G. Demaria, and Bernard Albat
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Endovascular repair of postoperative aortobronchopulmonary fistulas
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1125.
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