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Robert J. Downey, Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gonen, Bernard Park, and Valerie Rusch
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Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic maximal standardized uptake value predicts survival independent of clinical but not pathologic TNM staging of resected nonsmall cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1419-1427.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1425-1427.
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Pawel Maga, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Rafal Nizankowski, Andrzej Szczeklik, and Krzysztof Sladek
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Long-term effects of thoracic sympathectomy on microcirculation in the hands of patients with primary Raynaud disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1428-1433.
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David J. Lederer, Byron M. Thomashow, Mark E. Ginsburg, John H.M. Austin, Matthew N. Bartels, Chun K. Yip, Patricia A. Jellen, Frances L. Brogan, Steven M. Kawut, Roger A. Maxfield, Angela M. DiMango, Paul F. Simonelli, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Gregory D.N. Pearson, and Joshua R. Sonett
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Lung-volume reduction surgery for pulmonary emphysema: Improvement in body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index after 1 year
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1434-1438.
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John M. Alvarez, Jeremy Tan, Nand Kejriwal, Karim Ghanim, Mark A.J. Newman, Amanda Segal, Greg Sterret, and Max K. Bulsara
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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
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1439-1447.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1446-1447.
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Morihito Okada, Shunsuke Tauchi, Koichiro Iwanaga, Takeshi Mimura, Yoshitaka Kitamura, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shuji Adachi, Toshiko Sakuma, and Chiho Ohbayashi
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Associations among bronchioloalveolar carcinoma components, positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic findings, and malignant behavior in small lung adenocarcinomas
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1448-1454.
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Christian D. Etz, Tobias M. Homann, Neil Rane, Carol A. Bodian, Gabriele Di Luozzo, Konstadinos A. Plestis, David Spielvogel, and Randall B. Griepp
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Aortic root reconstruction with a bioprosthetic valved conduit: A consecutive series of 275 procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1455-1463.
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Buu-Khanh Lam, Vincent Chan, Paul Hendry, Marc Ruel, Roy Masters, Pierre Bedard, Bill Goldstein, Fraser Rubens, and Thierry Mesana
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The impact of patientprosthesis mismatch on late outcomes after mitral valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1464-1473.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1472-1473.
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Eric E. Roselli, Roy K. Greenberg, Kathryn Pfaff, Catherine Francis, Lars G. Svensson, and Bruce W. Lytle
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Endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1474-1482.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1481-1482.
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Michael A. Borger, Patricia M. Murphy, Asim Alam, Shafie Fazel, Manjula Maganti, Susan Armstrong, Vivek Rao, and Tirone E. David
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Initial results of the chordal-cutting operation for ischemic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1483-1492.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1490-1492.
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Fernando Hornero, Ignacio Rodriguez, Vanesa Estevez, Oscar Gil, Sergio Canovas, Rafael Garcia, and Juan Martinez Leon
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Analysis of the postoperative epicardial auriculogram after surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Risk stratification of late recurrences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1493-1498.
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Jay L. Ankeney and Darlene J. Goldstein
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Off-pump bypass of the left anterior descending coronary artery: 23- to 34-year follow-up
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1499-1503.
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Stephen H. McKellar, Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Thomas A. Orszulak, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Heidi M. Connolly, Carole A. Warnes, and Francisco J. Puga
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Intermediate-term results of ascendingdescending posterior pericardial bypass of complex aortic coarctation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1504-1509.
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Maria C.D. Abduch, Renato S. Assad, Miguel Q. Rodriguez, Acrisio S. Valente, José L. Andrade, Léa M.M. Demarchi, Miguel B. Marcial, and Vera D. Aiello
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Reversible pulmonary trunk banding III: Assessment of myocardial adaptive mechanismscontribution of cell proliferation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1510-1516.
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Steven R. Meyer, David B. Ross, Karen Forbes, Lois E. Hawkins, Anne M. Halpin, Susan N. Nahirniak, Jennifer M. Rutledge, Ivan M. Rebeyka, and Patricia M. Campbell
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Failure of prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin to prevent sensitization to cryopreserved allograft tissue used in congenital cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1517-1523.
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Anne Sarajuuri, Eero Jokinen, Riina Puosi, Marianne Eronen, Leena Mildh, Ilkka Mattila, Leena Valanne, and Tuula Lönnqvist
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Neurodevelopmental and neuroradiologic outcomes in patients with univentricular heart aged 5 to 7 years: Related risk factor analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1524-1532.
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Michael G. McBride, Paul M. Kirshbom, J. William Gaynor, Richard F. Ittenbach, Gil Wernovsky, Robert R. Clancy, Thomas B. Flynn, Diane M. Hartman, Thomas L. Spray, Ronn E. Tanel, Mayra C. Santiago, and Stephen M. Paridon
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Late cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal exercise performance after repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection during infancy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1533-1539.
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Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Gerald R. Marx, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Frank A. Pigula, Emile A. Bacha, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Pedro J. del Nido
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Coarctectomy reduces neoaortic arch obstruction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1540-1546.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1544-1546.
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Craig I. Coleman, Vera T. Rigali, Jonathan Hammond, Jeffrey Kluger, Kenneth W. Jeleniowski, and C. Michael White
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Evaluating the safety implications of aprotinin use: The Retrospective Evaluation of Aprotinin in Cardio Thoracic Surgery (REACTS)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1547-1552.
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Yujiro Kawanishi, Kenji Okada, Hiroshi Tanaka, Teruo Yamashita, Keitaro Nakagiri, and Yutaka Okita
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The adverse effect of back-bleeding from lumbar arteries on spinal cord pathophysiology in a rabbit model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1553-1558.
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Takashi Akata, Hidekazu Setoguchi, Kazuhiro Shirozu, and Jun Yoshino
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Reliability of temperatures measured at standard monitoring sites as an index of brain temperature during deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conducted for thoracic aortic reconstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1559-1565.
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Dharam J. Kumbhani, Nancy A. Healey, Hemant S. Thatte, Sammy Nawas, Michael D. Crittenden, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Patrick R. Treanor, and Shukri F. Khuri
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Patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing cardiac surgery are at greater risk for developing intraoperative myocardial acidosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1566-1572.
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Mark S. Slaughter, Steven S. Tsui, Aly El-Banayosy, Benjamin C. Sun, Robert L. Kormos, Dale K. Mueller, H. Todd Massey, Timothy B. Icenogle, David J. Farrar, J. Donald Hill IVAD Study Group
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Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1573-1580.
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Guenter Weigel, Ilinka Kajgana, Helga Bergmeister, Gunther Riedl, Helmut-Dietmar Glogar, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Stefan Blasnig, Georg Heinze, and Werner Mohl
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Beck and back: A paradigm change in coronary sinus interventionspulsatile stretch on intact coronary venous endothelium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1581-1587.
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Edward J. Hickey, Xiaomang You, Vassil Kaimaktchiev, Mary Stenzel-Poore, and Ross M. Ungerleider
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Lipopolysaccharide preconditioning induces robust protection against brain injury resulting from deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1588-1596.
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Francesca di Marco, Silvia Grendene, Giuseppe Feltrin, Dino Meneghetti, and Gino Gerosa
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Antiplatelet therapy in patients receiving aortic bioprostheses: A report of clinical and instrumental safety
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1597-1603.
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Jean-Claude Tardif, Michel Carrier, David E. Kandzari, Robert Emery, Robert Cote, Therese Heinonen, Marjorie Zettler, Vic Hasselblad, Marie-Claude Guertin, Robert A. Harrington MEND-CABG Investigators
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Effects of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (MC-1) in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass surgery: Results of the MEND-CABG randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1604-1611.
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Hiroshi Tanaka, Kenji Okada, Keitaro Nakagiri, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, and Yutaka Okita
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Reducing the posterior wall length by using a small endoventricular patch for ischemic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1633-1635.
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Ani C. Anyanwu and David H. Adams
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The intraoperative "ink test": A novel assessment tool in mitral valve repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1635-1636.
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Farhad Bakhtiary, Selami Dogan, Peter Risteski, Hans Ackermann, Feyzan Oezaslan, Peter Kleine, Anton Moritz, and Tayfun Aybek
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Mild hypothermic (30°C) body perfusion during replacement of the aortic arch with a novel arterial perfusion cannula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1637-1639.
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Bertrand Marcheix, Philippe Demers, Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Yoan Lamarche, Éric Therasse, and Raymond Cartier
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Alternative approach for stent grafting of the thoracic descending aorta: The antegrade right axillary approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1639-1641.
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Enrico Maria Marone, Gloria Esposito, Andrea Kahlberg, Yamume Tshomba, Chiara Brioschi, Piero Zannini, and Roberto Chiesa
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Surgical treatment of tracheoinnominate fistula after stent-graft implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1641-1643.
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Bart P. Van Putte, Thomas L. Bollen, and Marc A.A.M. Schepens
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Bleeding sarcoma of the aorta mimicking a symptomatic aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1643-1644.
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Michael Flynn, Sherard G. Little, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Gösta B. Pettersson
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Reversing the Ross operation: A new reoperation option for autograft failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1645-1647.
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Pasquale Perrone-Filardi, Pierluigi Costanzo, Paolo Cesarano, Antonio Marzano, Giovanni Esposito, Gabriele Iannelli, and Massimo Chiariello
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Long abdominal aortic stenosis: A rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis treated with percutaneous stent implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1647-1648.
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Stefano Schena, Troy Wildes, Michael A. Beardslee, John M. Lasala, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, and Jennifer S. Lawton
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Successful management of unremitting spasm of the nongrafted right coronary artery after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1649-1650.
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Richard Jensen, Pamela Burg, Chris Anderson, Carl Garabedian, Hrair Garabedian, Leland Siwek, and Neil Worrall
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Postoperative ventricular septal hematoma: Natural history of two pediatric cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1651-1652.
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Yoshihide Mitani, Shin Takabayashi, Hirofumi Sawada, Hiroyuki Ohashi, Hidetoshi Hayakawa, Yukiko Ikeyama, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Kazuo Maruyama, Hideto Shimpo, and Yoshihiro Komada
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Fate of the "opened" arterial duct: Lessons learned from bilateral pulmonary artery banding for hypoplastic left heart syndrome under the continuous infusion of prostaglandin E1
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1653-1654.
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Hao Zhang, Shou-jun Li, Yong-qing Li, Hao Wang, and Sheng-shou Hu
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Hybrid procedure for the neonatal management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1654-1656.
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Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Kazuto Yokoyama, Koji Onoda, and Yoshihide Mitani
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Reduced regional right ventricular wall motion after transventricular repair of tetralogy of Fallot
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1656-1658.
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I.-Lin Hsu, Ming-Ho Wu, Wu-Wei Lai, Mu-Yen Lin, Jia-Ming Chang, Yi-Ting Yen, and Yau-Lin Tseng
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Cervical ectopic thymoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1658-1659.
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Gokhan Yuncu, Serpil Sevinc, Berna Ozturk, Goksel Kiter, Ferda Bir, and Nevzat Karabulut
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Bilateral sleeve lobectomy for synchronized bilateral central carcinoid tumor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1660-1661.
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Velayutham Vimalraj, Satyanesan Jeswanth, Eswaran Selvakumar, Damodaran Jyotibasu, Shanmugasundaram Rajendran, Palaniappan Ravichandran, Tirupporur Govindaswamy Balachandar, Devy Gounder Kannan, and Rajagopal Surendran
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A case of recurrent biliptysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1662-1663.
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Charalambos Zisis, Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, Marios Patronis, George Filippakis, Grigoris Stratakos, George Tzelepis, and Ion Bellenis
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Diffuse lymphangiomatosis: Are there any clinical or therapeutic standards?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1664-1665.
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Anthony W. Kim, Robert J. Korst, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki, and Paul C. Lee
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Giant cavernous hemangioma of the distal esophagus treated with esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1665-1667.
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Subroto Paul, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Daniel M. Cohen, Abraham Lebenthal, Lambros Zellos, Sary F. Aranki, and David J. Sugarbaker
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Primary Ewing sarcoma invading the heart: Resection and reconstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1667-1669.
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Tzu-Ping Chen, Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Yi-Cheng Wu, and Hui-Ping Liu
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Combined pedicled antropyloroplasty and gastric pull-up reconstruction for corrosive esophagogastric stricture
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1669-1670.
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Soon-Ho Chon, Sung Ho Shinn, Chul Burm Lee, Kyung Tae, Yong Seop Lee, Si-Hyong Jang, and Seung Sam Paik
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Thyroglossal duct cyst within the mediastinum: An extremely unusual location
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1671-1672.
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Andrea Campione, Marco Agostini, Mario Portolan, Antonella Alloisio, Carlo Fino, and Giuseppe Vassallo
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in respiratory failure for pulmonary contusion and bronchial disruption after trauma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1673-1674.
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Timothy L. Van Natta and Mark D. Iannettoni
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Reduction pneumoplasty for a giant right upper lobe bulla causing massive bilateral lung compression
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1674-1675.
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Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Laurent Rami, and Jérôme Mouroux
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Gastropericardial fistula after laparoscopic surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1676-1677.
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Hideo Ichimura, Hiroo Okazaki, Kazunori Kikuchi, Toshihiko Saitoh, Norihiro Haraguchi, and Masataka Onizuka
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A pseudoaneurysmal cyst in the pulmonary artery secondary to lung suppuration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1678-1679.
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Masayoshi Inoue, Masato Minami, Hajime Ichikawa, Norihide Fukushima, Hiroyuki Shiono, Tomoki Utsumi, Meinoshin Okumura, and Yoshiki Sawa
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with direct central cannulation followed by delayed chest closure for graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: Report of two cases with pulmonary arterial hypertension
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1680-1681.
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