Congestive Heart Failure

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Surgical management of aortic root abscess: A 13-year experience in 172 patients with 100% follow-up

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 332-337)

Sergey Leontyev, Michael A. Borger, Paul Modi, Sven Lehmann, Jörg Seeburger, Thorsten Doenst, Friedrich W. Mohr et al. Full-length article

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Massive calcified left ventricular aneurysm and ventricular septum: Successful surgical repair and reconstruction

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 509-511)

Xianqiang Wang, Hengchao Wu, Hansong Sun Short communication

509-511
Left atrial appendage aneurysm causes severe mitral regurgitation and heart failure: Report of a successfully treated case

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages e17-e18)

Mitsuhiro Kawata, Kazuhito Imanaka, Takahiro Matsuoka, Hideaki Yamabi Short communication

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Expanding the indications for septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Results of operation in patients with latent obstruction

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 303-309)

Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Steve R. Ommen, Paul Sorajja, Rick A. Nishimura et al. Full-length article

303-309
A decade of pediatric mechanical circulatory support before and after cardiac transplantation

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 344-351)

Jonathan M. Chen, Marc E. Richmond, Kevin Charette, Hiroo Takayama, Mathew Williams, Lisa Gilmore, Alejandro Garcia, Linda J. Addonizio et al. Full-length article

344-351
A heart team’s perspective on interventional mitral valve repair: Percutaneous clip implantation as an important adjunct to a surgical mitral valve program for treatment of high-risk patients

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages 78-84)

Hendrik Treede, Johannes Schirmer, Volker Rudolph, Olaf Franzen, Malgorzata Knap, Michael Schluter, Lenard Conradi, Moritz Seiffert, Dietmar Koschyk, Thomas Meinertz, Stephan Baldus, Hermann Reichenspurner et al. Full-length article

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Impact of preoperative left ventricular function and time from infarction on the long-term benefits after intramyocardial CD133+ bone marrow stem cell transplant

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1530-1539.e3)

Can Yerebakan, Alexander Kaminski, Bernd Westphal, Peter Donndorf, Aenne Glass, Andreas Liebold, Christof Stamm, Gustav Steinhoff et al. Full-length article

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of ventricular function, geometry, and viability before and after surgical ventricular reconstruction

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1515-1522.e1)

Jan Hüther, Torsten Doenst, Stefan Nitzsche, Holger Thiele, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, Matthias Gutberlet et al. Full-length article

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The first successful use of the Levitronix PediMag ventricular support device as a biventricular bridge to transplant in an infant

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 1282-1283)

Rabin Gerrah, Kevin Charette, Jonathan M. Chen Short communication

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Mitral regurgitation surgery in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and ischemic mitral regurgitation: Factors that influence survival

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 995-1001)

Simon Maltais, Hartzell V. Schaff, Richard C. Daly, Rakesh M. Suri, Joseph A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Yan Topilsky, Soon J. Park et al. Full-length article

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Intramyocardial bone marrow stem cell transplantation during coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta-analysis

October 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 4 | Pages 911-920)

Peter Donndorf, Guenther Kundt, Alexander Kaminski, Can Yerebakan, Andreas Liebold, Gustav Steinhoff, Aenne Glass et al. Full-length article

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Large left ventricular aneurysm

October 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 4 | Pages 940-941)

Antonio Grimaldi, Alessandro Castiglioni, Michele De Bonis, Ottavio Alfieri Editorial

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Mitral valve repair in heart failure: Five-year follow-up from the mitral valve replacement stratum of the Acorn randomized trial

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 569-574.e1)

Michael A. Acker, Mariell Jessup, Steven F. Bolling, Jae Oh, Randall C. Starling, Douglas L. Mann, Hani N. Sabbah, Richard Shemin, James Kirklin, Spencer H. Kubo et al. Full-length article

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Noninvasive assessment of filling pressure and left atrial pressure overload in severe aortic valve stenosis: Relation to ventricular remodeling and clinical outcome after aortic valve replacement

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages e77-e83)

Jordi S. Dahl, Lars Videbæk, Mikael K. Poulsen, Patricia A. Pellikka, Karsten Veien, Lars Ib Andersen, Torben Haghfelt, Jacob E. Møller et al. Full-length article

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Cardiac support device, restrictive mitral valve annuloplasty, and optimized medical treatment: A multimodality approach to nonischemic cardiomyopathy

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages e93-e100)

Jerry Braun, Agnieszka Ciarka, Michel I.M. Versteegh, Victoria Delgado, Eric Boersma, Harriette F. Verwey, Martin J. Schalij, Jeroen J. Bax, Robert A.E. Dion, Nico R. van de Veire, Robert J.M. Klautz et al. Full-length article

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Successful combined procedure of HeartMate II left ventricular assist device implantation and minimally invasive transapical aortic valve replacement

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 708-709)

Ares K. Menon, Guido Dohmen, Andreas H. Mahnken, Rüdiger Autschbach Short communication

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Management of HeartWare left ventricular assist device thrombosis using intracavitary thrombolytics

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 712-714)

Michael S. Kiernan, Duc Thinh Pham, David DeNofrio, Navin K. Kapur Short communication

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Building an infrastructure for clinical trials in cardiac surgery

August 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 265-266)

Timothy J. Gardner, Marissa A. Miller, Patrick T. O’Gara, Annetine C. Gelijns Editorial

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Total ventricular assist for long-term treatment of heart failure

August 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 464-467)

Antonis A. Pitsis, Aikaterini N. Visouli, Vlasis Ninios, Dimitrios T. Kremastinos Short communication

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Comparative outcomes in cardiogenic shock patients managed with Impella microaxial pump or extracorporeal life support

July 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 60-65)

Yoan Lamarche, Anson Cheung, Andrew Ignaszewski, Jennifer Higgins, Annemarie Kaan, Donald E.G. Griesdale, Robert Moss et al. Full-length article

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