Is it gender, methodology, or something else?
Colleen Gorman Koch, Christina Mora Mangano, Nanette Schwann, Viola Vaccarino
pages 932-935
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Is degenerative calcification of the native aortic valve similar to calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves?
Tirone E. David, Joan Ivanov
pages 939-941
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Finding our way from the heart to the head
Ralph J. Petrucci
pages 944-946
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JTCVS on-line manuscript submission and review
page 949
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Gender-related differences in morbidity and mortality during combined valve and coronary surgery
Mohamed F Ibrahim, Domenico Paparella, Joan Ivanov, Michael R Buchanan, Stephanie J Brister
pages 959-964
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Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for bioprosthetic valve calcification and explantation
Robert Saeid Farivar, Lawrence H. Cohn
pages 969-975
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On the move?
page 976
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Global surgical experience with the Acorn cardiac support device
Mehmet C Oz, Wolfgang F Konertz, Franz X Kleber, Friedrich W Mohr, Jan F Gummert, Jorg Ostermeyer, Michael Lass, Jai Raman, Michael A Acker, Nicholas Smedira
pages 983-991
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Risk factors for leg harvest surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Margaret A Olsen, Thoralf M Sundt, Jennifer S Lawton, Ralph J Damiano, Diane Hopkins-Broyles, Patricia Lock-Buckley, Victoria J Fraser
pages 992-999
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Diabetes and evidence of atherosclerosis are major risk factors for adverse outcome after elective thoracic aortic surgery
Christian Hagl, Jan D. Galla, David Spielvogel, Carol Bodian, Steven L. Lansman, Rafael Squitieri, M.Arisan Ergin, Randall B. Griepp
pages 1005-1012
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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
pages 1018-1025
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Hypoventilation improves oxygenation after bidirectional superior cavopulmonary connection
Scott M Bradley, Janet M Simsic, Denise M Mulvihill
pages 1033-1039
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Emergency hospital admissions and three-year survival of adults with and without cardiovascular surgery for congenital cardiac disease
Harald Kaemmerer, Sohrab Fratz, Ulrike Bauer, Erwin Oechslin, Silke Brodherr-Heberlein, Bernhard Zrenner, Juraj Turina, Rolf Jenni, Peter E Lange, John Hess
pages 1048-1052
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Postoperative hypoxia is a contributory factor to cognitive impairment after cardiac surgery
S.M Browne, P.W Halligan, D.T Wade, D.P Taggart
pages 1061-1064
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L-arginine polymers enhance coronary flow and reduce oxidative stress following cardiac transplantation in rats
Murray H Kown, Maarten A Lijkwan, Christina L Jahncke, Seiichiro Murata, Jonathan B Rothbard, Robert C Robbins
pages 1065-1070
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Association of lipoprotein(a) excess with early vein graft occlusions in middle-aged men undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Sergei N Pokrovsky, Marat V Ezhov, Larisa N Il'ina, Olga I Afanasieva, Valentin Y Sinitsyn, Andrey A Shiriaev, Renat S Akchurin
pages 1071-1075
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Noninvasive evaluation of internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending coronary artery anastomotic sites using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: comparison with coronary arteriography
Nobuaki Hirata, Nobuaki Asaoka, Akira Amemiya, Shinichi Hatsuoka, Takayoshi Ueno, Yoshio Kosakai
pages 1080-1086
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The effect of the maze procedure on the secretion of arginine-vasopressin and aldosterone
Niv Ad, Ying Y Tian, Joseph Verbalis, Scott D Imahara, James L Cox
pages 1095-1100
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Generation of platelet-derived microparticles in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is not affected by complement activation
Jeanette M van den Goor, Albert van den Brink, Rienk Nieuwland, Willem van Oeveren, Peter M Rutten, Robert Tepaske, Jan G Tijssen, Augueste Sturk, Bas A de Mol, León Eijsman
pages 1101-1106
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Gelatin sheet incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor enhances sternal healing after harvesting bilateral internal thoracic arteries
Atsushi Iwakura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Tadaaki Koyama, Kazuhiko Doi, Kazunobu Nishimura, Kazuaki Kataoka, Masatoshi Fujita, Masashi Komeda
pages 1113-1120
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Extracapsular lymph node involvement is a negative prognostic factor in T3 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction
T Lerut, W Coosemans, G Decker, P De Leyn, N Ectors, S Fieuws, J Moons, P Nafteux, D Van Raemdonck, Leuven Collaborative Workgroup for Esophageal Carcinoma
pages 1121-1127
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Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition decreases primary and metastatic tumor burden in a murine model of orthotopic lung adenocarcinoma
Costanzo A. DiPerna, Robert D Bart, Eric M Sievers, Yanling Ma, Vaughn A Starnes, Ross M Bremner
pages 1129-1133
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Impact of interstitial lung disease on surgical morbidity and mortality for lung cancer: analyses of short-term and long-term outcomes
Masako Chiyo, Yasuo Sekine, Takekazu Iwata, Koichiro Tatsumi, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Akira Iyoda, Mizuto Otsuji, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Toshihiko Iizasa, Yukio Saitoh, Takehiko Fujisawa
pages 1141-1146
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Adenovirus encoding soluble tumor necrosis factor α receptor immunoglobulin prolongs gene expression of a cotransfected reporter gene in rat lung
Takashi Suda, Tsutomu Tagawa, Samer A Kanaan, Benjamin D Kozower, Niccolò Daddi, T Mohanakumar, G.Alexander Patterson
pages 1155-1161
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Perm42target
page 1167
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Interleukin 10 gene transfection of donor lungs ameliorates posttransplant cell death by a switch from cellular necrosis to apoptosis
Stefan Fischer, Marc de Perrot, Mingyao Liu, Alexandra A MacLean, Jonathan A Cardella, Yumiko Imai, Michiharu Suga, Shaf Keshavjee
pages 1174-1180
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Off-pump management of aortic arch aneurysm by using an endovascular thoracic stent graft
Charles A Dietl, Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, Stuart B Pett, Jorge A Wernly
pages 1181-1183
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Endovascular flexible stent grafting with arch vessel bypass for a case of aortic arch aneurysm
Yoshio Nitta, Yusuke Tsuru, Kazuhiro Yamaya, Junetsu Akasaka, Katsuhiko Oda, Koichi Tabayashi
pages 1186-1188
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Fifteen-month circulatory support for sustained ventricular fibrillation by left ventricular assist device
Motonobu Nishimura, Masanori Ogiwara, Masayuki Ishikawa, Syogo Yatsu, Ayumu Masuoka, Nobuyuki Okamura, Kazuhito Imanaka, Masaaki Kato, Haruhiko Asano, Shunei Kyo
pages 1190-1192
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