Professional Affairs

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A comparison of surgical intervention and stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I lung cancer in high-risk patients: A decision analysis

February 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 2 | Pages 428-436)

Varun Puri, Traves D. Crabtree, Steven Kymes, Martin Gregory, Jennifer Bell, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Clifford Robinson, G. Alexander Patterson, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander S. Krupnick, Bryan F. Meyers et al. Full-length article

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Institutional volume and the effect of recipient risk on short-term mortality after orthotopic heart transplant

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Pages 157-167.e1)

George J. Arnaoutakis, Timothy J. George, Jeremiah G. Allen, Stuart D. Russell, Ashish S. Shah, John V. Conte, Eric S. Weiss et al. Full-length article

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Why cardiothoracic surgeons must tweet and blog

January 2012 (Vol. 143 | No. 1 | Page 247)

Norman Briffa Correspondence

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A minimally invasive approach is more cost-effective than a traditional sternotomy approach for mitral valve surgery

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1507-1514)

Alexander Iribarne, Rachel Easterwood, Mark J. Russo, Y. Claire Wang, Jonathan Yang, Kimberly N. Hong, Craig R. Smith, Michael Argenziano et al. Full-length article

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Inefficiency as the major driver of excess costs in lung resection

December 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 6 | Pages 1418-1422)

Donald E. Fry, Michael Pine, Barbara L. Jones, Roger J. Meimban Full-length article

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Our “default future”

November 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 5 | Pages 961-966)

Robbin G. Cohen Editorial

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Cardiovascular surgery risk prediction from the patient’s perspective

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages e71-e76)

Hiroaki Miyata, Noboru Motomura, Ryohei Yozu, Shunei Kyo, Shinichi Takamoto, Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database et al. Full-length article

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score predicts hospital charges and resource use after aortic valve replacement

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 650-655)

George J. Arnaoutakis, Timothy J. George, Diane E. Alejo, Christian A. Merlo, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron, Ashish S. Shah et al. Full-length article

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Determination of the elastic modulus of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm at different ranges of pressure using uniaxial tensile testing

September 2011 (Vol. 142 | No. 3 | Pages 682-686)

Khalil Khanafer, Ambroise Duprey, Mohammad Zainal, Marty Schlicht, David Williams, Ramon Berguer et al. Full-length article

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Conventional rather than off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting should be performed for non–high-risk patients

May 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages 1330-1331)

Hisato Takagi, Masafumi Matsui, Takuya Umemoto Correspondence

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Seven-year outcome of pulmonary valve autograft replacement of the mitral valve in an infant

May 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages e33-e35)

Tomohito Kanzaki, Masaaki Yamagishi, Masafumi Yashima, Hitoshi Yaku Short communication

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The ethics of innovation: Columbus and others try something new

April 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 4 | Pages 863-866)

Martin F. McKneally Editorial

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Surveillance and epidemiology of surgical site infections after cardiothoracic surgery in The Netherlands, 2002–2007

April 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 4 | Pages 899-904)

Judith Manniën, Jan C. Wille, Jaap J. Kloek, Birgit H.B. van Benthem Full-length article

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Bigger

February 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 2 | Pages 311-317)

J. Scott Millikan Editorial

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database: A continuing commitment to excellence

November 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 5 | Pages 955-959)

David M. Shahian, Fred Edwards, Fred L. Grover, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Cameron D. Wright, Richard L. Prager, Jeffrey B. Rich, Michael J. Mack, Douglas J. Mathisen et al. Editorial

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The effect of regionalization on outcome in pulmonary lobectomy: A Canadian national study

October 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 4 | Pages 757-763)

Christian J. Finley, Anna Bendzsak, George Tomlinson, Shaf Keshavjee, David R. Urbach, Gail E. Darling et al. Full-length article

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The future of cardiac surgery

September 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 3 | Pages 723-724)

Octavio E. Pajaro Correspondence

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Variability in data: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

August 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 2 | Pages 267-273)

Morgan L. Brown, Judy R. Lenoch, Hartzell V. Schaff Full-length article

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Theoretical cost benefits of cryobiopsy

August 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 2 | Pages 487-488)

Andrew R.L. Medford Correspondence

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Reply to the Editor

August 2010 (Vol. 140 | No. 2 | Page 488)

Christian Schumann, Jürgen Hetzel, Philipp M. Lepper, Martin Hetzel Correspondence

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