Volume 101; Issue 6

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volume 101; Issue 6

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Rifampin for Surgically Treated Staphylococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Propensity Score-Adjusted Cohort Study

Shrestha, Nabin K., Shah, Shailee Y., Wang, Hannah, Hussain, Syed T., Pettersson, Gosta B., Nowacki, Amy S., Gordon, Steven M.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Year:

2016

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english

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Variation in Pulmonary Resection Practices Between The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Databases

Seder, Christopher W., Salati, Michele, Kozower, Benjamin D., Wright, Cameron D., Falcoz, Pierre-Emmanuel, Brunelli, Alessandro, Fernandez, Felix G.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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3

Human Factors and Human Nature in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fann, James I., Moffatt-Bruce, Susan D., DiMaio, J. Michael, Sanchez, Juan A.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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4

Ascending Aorta Diameters: Normal, Abnormal, or Pathologic?

Sievers, Hans-H., Charitos, Efstratios I.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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5

How I Teach the Norwood Procedure

Si, Ming-Sing, Bove, Edward L., Romano, Jennifer C., Ohye, Richard G.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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6

Outcomes After Elective Proximal Aortic Replacement: A Matched Comparison of Isolated Versus Multicomponent Operations

Idrees, Jay J., Roselli, Eric E., Lowry, Ashley M., Reside, Joshua M., Javadikasgari, Hoda, Johnson, Daniel J., Soltesz, Edward G., Johnston, Douglas R., Pettersson, Gösta B., Blackstone, Eugene H., S

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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7

Primary Cardiac T-Cell Lymphoma Localized in the Mitral Valve

Motomatsu, Yuma, Oishi, Yasuhisa, Matsunaga, Shogo, Onitsuka, Hirofumi, Yamamoto, Hidetaka, Zaitsu, Eiko, Yamada, Yuichi, Kohashi, Kenichi, Oda, Yoshinao, Tominaga, Ryuji

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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The Contribution to Hemodynamics Even at Very Low Pump Speeds in the HVAD

Sunagawa, Gengo, Byram, Nicole, Karimov, Jamshid H., Horvath, David J., Moazami, Nader, Starling, Randall C., Fukamachi, Kiyotaka

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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9

Surgical Challenges of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Bhoje, Amolkumar, Talwar, Sachin, Saxena, Rachit, Gharde, Parag, Choudhary, Shiv Kumar

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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10

A Modified Epicardial Radiofrequency Ablation for Preoperative Atrial Fibrillation Combined With Isolated Aortic Valve Disease

Jiang, Zhaolei, Ma, Nan, Liu, Hao, Tang, Min, Ding, Fangbao, Bao, Chunrong, Mei, Ju

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Clampless and Sutureless Hybrid Technique for Aortic Arch Debranching on a Porcelain Aorta

Poletto, Giorgio L., Musto, Liam, Civilini, Efrem, Giorgetti, PierLuigi

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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12

Minimally Invasive Management of Complex Recurrent Lymphangioma of the Thorax and Abdomen

Knight, Joshua K., Marshall, M. Blair

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Replacement of a Dislocated Aortic Prosthesis After Transcatheter Valve Implantation

Mandegar, Mohammad Hossein, Moradi, Bahieh, Roshanali, Farideh

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Modeling Hospital Length of Stay Data: Pitfalls and Opportunities

Andrei, Adin-Cristian

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Yarboro, Leora T.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Reply

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Epicardial Tachosil Patch Repair of Ventricular Rupture in a 90-Year-Old After Mitral Valve Replacement

Feng, William, Coady, Michael

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Thoracic Duct Decompression for Protein-Losing Enteropathy in Failing Fontan Circulation

António, Marta, Gordo, Andreia, Pereira, Conceição, Pinto, Fátima, Fragata, Isabel, Fragata, José

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Perceval S Valve Solution for Degenerated Freestyle Root in the Presence of Chronic Aortic Dissection

Lio, Antonio, Miceli, Antonio, Ferrarini, Matteo, Glauber, Mattia

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Year:

2016

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english

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Uncommon Multicystic Lesion of the Interventricular Septum in a 7-Year-Old Boy: Unusual Presentation of an Intracardiac Teratoma

Kahlbau, Hagen, Gomes, Ines, Pinto, Fátima, Fragata, José I.G.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Robotic Excision of a Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Mitral Chordae

Arsalan, Mani, Smith, Robert L., Squiers, John J., Wang, Alex, DiMaio, J. Michael, Mack, Michael J.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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22

Hybrid Exclusion of HeartMate ІІ Left Ventricular Assist Device After Bridge to Recovery

El-Sayed Ahmed, Magdy M., Jones, Melissa B., Kanter, Joshua P., Boyce, Steven, Jonas, Richard A., Scheel, Janet, Sinha, Pranava

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Surgical Management of Pulmonary Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Associated With Light-Chain Deposition Disease

Muñoz-Largacha, Juan A., O’Hara, Carl J., Sloan, J. Mark, Fernando, Hiran C., Litle, Virginia R.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Risk Scores and Long-Term Mortality Prediction After Aortic Valve Replacement

Ming Wang, Tom Kai

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Modified In Vivo Lung Perfusion for Local Chemotherapy: A Preclinical Study With Doxorubicin

Reck dos Santos, Pedro, Sakamoto, Jin, Chen, Manyin, Linacre, Virginia, Arce, Chantel, Liu, Mingyao, Waddell, Thomas K., Keshavjee, Shaf, Cypel, Marcelo

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Internal Thoracic Artery Histologic Characteristics Clarify Its High Performance in Coronary Bypass

Roncati, Luca, Manenti, Antonio, Caprili, Luca, Fedeli, Riccardo

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Emergency Cardiac Surgery for Irreversible MitraClip Delivery System Entrapment

Barretta, Antonio, Greco, Ernesto, Mancone, Massimo, Sardella, Gennaro, Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe, Peruzzi, Mariangela, Marullo, Antonino G.M., Piccionetti, Alessandra, Frati, Giacomo

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Reply

Barili, Fabio, Pacini, Davide, Parolari, Alessandro

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Romano, Jennifer C.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary on Fuzellier et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2016;101:1716–23.

Ben Ali, Walid, Bouchard, Denis, Perrault, Louis P.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy Lymph Node Dissection in Clinical Stage I Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and System Review

Zhang, Wenxiong, Wei, Yiping, Jiang, Han, Xu, Jianjun, Yu, Dongliang

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Evans, Charles F., Gammie, James S.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Reliability of EuroSCORE II to Predict Long-Term Mortality After Isolated Aortic Valve Operations

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Shrager, Joseph

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Verrier, Edward D.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Shared Decision Making and Effective Risk Communication in the High-Risk Patient With Operable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Samson, Pamela, Waters, Erika A., Meyers, Bryan, Politi, Mary C.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Delayed Retrograde Ascending Aortic Dissection After Endovascular Repair of Descending Dissection

Dobrilovic, Nikola, Arslan, Bulent, McCarthy, Walter J., March, Robert J., Turba, Ulku C., Michalak, Lauren, Delibasic, Maja, Raman, Jaishankar

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Nonoperative Damage Control: The Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Traumatic Bronchial Avulsion as a Bridge to Definitive Operation

Schmoekel, Nathan H., O’Connor, James V., Scalea, Thomas M.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Successful Multistaged Surgical Management of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula With Graft Infection

Afifi, Rana O., Mushtaq, Harith H., Sandhu, Harleen K., Khalil, Kamal, Safi, Hazim J., Estrera, Anthony L.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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PDF, 1.13 MB

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Total Aortic Repair for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Complicated by Malperfusion or Symptomatic Branch Vessel Malalignment

Perera, Nisal K., Galvin, Sean D., Brooks, Mark, Seevanayagam, Siven, Matalanis, George

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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PDF, 520 KB

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Reply

Barili, Fabio, Pacini, Davide, Parolari, Alessandro

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin Expression After Reperfusion Correlates With Lung Injury in Rat Lung Transplantation

Tanaka, Satona, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi F., Miyamoto, Ei, Takahashi, Mamoru, Ohata, Keiji, Kondo, Takeshi, Hijiya, Kyoko, Motoyama, Hideki, Aoyama, Akihiro, Date, Hiroshi

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

Hughes, G. Chad

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Delayed Asymptomatic Thrombosis and Erosion of the Coronary Sinus After Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty With the Viacor Device

Radermecker, Marc A., Lancellotti, Patrizio, Legrand, Victor, Pierard, Luc

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Thoracoscopic Indocyanine Green Near-Infrared Fluorescence for Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglions

Weng, Wenhan, Liu, Yanguo, Zhou, Jian, Li, Hao, Yang, Fan, Jiang, Guanchao, Wang, Jun

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Editorial Board

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary

del Nido, Pedro J.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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An Extremely Rare Variant of Pulmonary Venous Atresia

Nakamura, Yuki, Miyaji, Kagami, Miyata, Yurie, Kitagawa, Atsushi

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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AKT2 Promotes Bone Marrow Cell-Mediated Aortic Protection in Mice

Zou, Sili, Ren, Pingping, Zhang, Lin, Azares, Alon R., Zhang, Sui, Coselli, Joseph S., Shen, Ying H., LeMaire, Scott A.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Mitral Repair for Decompensated Postinfarction Papillary Muscle Rupture

Patil, Nikhil Prakash, Falconieri, Fabio, Bahrami, Toufan

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Crossed Pulmonary Arteries in a Patient With Persistent Truncus Arteriosus

Talwar, Sachin, Rajashekar, Palleti, Gupta, Saurabh Kumar, Gulati, Gurpreet Singh, Airan, Balram

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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High Risk of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Death After Valve Replacement Operations in Dialysis Patients

Farrington, Danielle K., Kilgo, Patrick D., Thourani, Vinod H., Jacob, Jesse T., Steinberg, James P.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Endovascular Repair of a Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm With an Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery Associated With an Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm

del Río Solá, Ma Lourdes, Vaquero Puerta, Carlos

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Combined Ablation and Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage in a Pediatric Patient: A Minimally Invasive Simplified Approach

Pérez-Caballero-Martínez, Ramón, Pita-Fernández, Ana, González-López, María-Teresa, De-Agustín-Asensio, Juan-Carlos, Gil-Jaurena, Juan-Miguel

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Skirted Cannula Technique for Apical Cannulation in Implantation of Centrimag Left Ventricular Assist Device

Shen, Ta-Chung, Tsai, Kuei-Ton, Hu, Chin-Yuan, Chen, Robert Jeen-Chen

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Patch Repair of an Isolated Right Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm

El-Ashry, Awad, Estrera, Anthony L.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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An Intracardiac Mass in a Pregnant Woman Presenting With Ventricular Tachycardia

Alimi, Hedieh, Samiei, Niloufar, Madadi, Shabnam, Zare, Asghar, Azizian, Nasrin, Chitsazan, Mitra, Mozaffari, Kambiz, Yousefnia, Mohammad Ali, Kashfi, Fahimeh

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Invited Commentary on Ge et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2016;101:1691–9.

Padala, Muralidhar

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategy for a Cyanotic Child With Hemoglobin SC Disease

Machovec, Kelly A., Jaquiss, Robert D.B., Kaemmer, David D., Ames, Warwick A., Homi, Hercilia M., Walczak, Richard J., Lodge, Andrew J., Jooste, Edmund H.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Special Measures to Do De Vega Procedure

Oliveira, Marcos A.B., Santos, Carlos A., Brandi, Antonio C., Botelho, Paulo H.H., Sciarra, Adilia M.P., Braile, Domingo M.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Reply

He, Guo-Wei, Taggart, David P.

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Invited Commentary

Wearden, Peter D.

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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Reply

van der Boon, Robert M.A., van Domburg, Ron T., de Jaegere, Peter P.T.

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Invited Commentary

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Contents

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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Pacemaker Leads

Madkaiker, Ashish N., Krishna, Neethu, Jose, Rajesh, Balasubramoniam, K.R., Murukan, P., Baquero, Luis, Varma, Praveen Kerala

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Factors Affecting Mortality in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Iscan, Sahin, Yurekli, Ismail, Cakir, Habib, Eygi, Bortecin, Iner, Hasan, Kestelli, Mert

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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Board of Directors

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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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2016

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english

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