This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery headlines.
The impact of renal insufficiency on patients outcomes in emergent angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 29, 2006 Authors: Abid R. Assali, David Brosh, Itsik Ben-Dor, Alejandro Solodky, Shmuel Fuchs, Igal Teplitsky, Ran Kornowski Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Concomitant Traumatic Aortic Valve and Coronary Artery Injury
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Aoyagi, S., Okazaki, T., Fukunaga, S., Ueda, T. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Clinical Utility of Tissue Doppler Imaging in Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Benedetto, U., Melina, G., Roscitano, A., Ciavarella, G. M., Tonelli, E., Sinatra, R. Source Type: news
Simultaneous kissing stent technique to treat left main stem bifurcation disease
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Allison C. Morton, Anjan Siotia, Nadine D. Arnold, Peter Korgul, John Bowles, James Heppenstall, Julian Gunn Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Effect of Sildenafil on Pulmonary Artery Pressure, Systemic Pressure, and Nitric Oxide Utilization in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Klodell, C. T., Morey, T. E., Lobato, E. B., Aranda, J. M., Staples, E. D., Schofield, R. S., Hess, P. J., Martin, T. D., Beaver, T. M. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Feasibility and Utility of a Lung Donor Score: Correlation With Early Post-Transplant Outcomes
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Oto, T., Levvey, B. J., Whitford, H., Griffiths, A. P., Kotsimbos, T., Williams, T. J., Snell, G. I. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction With Contegra Monocuspid Transannular Patch in Tetralogy of Fallot
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Chiappini, B., Barrea, C., Rubay, J. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Subcoronary Ross Procedure in Patients With Active Endocarditis
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Schmidtke, C., Dahmen, G., Sievers, H.-H. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Pulmonary Arterial Reconstruction for Pulmonary Coarctation in Early Infancy
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Shinkawa, T., Yamagishi, M., Shuntoh, K., Miyazaki, T., Hisaoka, T., Yaku, H. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Is Extracorporeal Life Support Contraindicated in Elderly Patients?
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Saito, S., Nakatani, T., Kobayashi, J., Tagusari, O., Bando, K., Niwaya, K., Nakajima, H., Miyazaki, S., Yagihara, T., Kitamura, S. Source Type: news
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Kan, C.-D., Yang, Y.-J. Source Type: news
[HOW TO DO IT] The "Hybrid Flip-Over" Technique for Anterior Leaflet Prolapse Repair
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Mesana, T. G., Ibrahim, M., Kulik, A., Ruel, M., Dover, K., Nicholson, D., Hynes, M. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Large Clear Cell Tumor of the Lung Mimicking Malignant Behavior
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Kavunkal, A. M., Pandiyan, M. S., Philip, M. A., Parimelazhagan, K. N., Manipadam, M. T., Cherian, V. K. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Is Early Too Early? Effect of Shorter Stays After Bypass Surgery
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Cowper, P. A., DeLong, E. R., Hannan, E. L., Muhlbaier, L. H., Lytle, B. L., Jones, R. H., Holman, W. L., Pokorny, J. J., Stafford, J. A., Mark, D. B., Peterson, E. D. Source Type: news
[IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Troubleshooting for a Stuck Balloon-Catheter
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Matt, P., Zerkowski, H.-R., Pfisterer, M., Brett, W. Source Type: news
Transcatheter closure of ischemic and post-traumatic ventricular septal ruptures
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Matthew W. Martinez, Farouk Mookadam, Yinguang Sun, Donald J. Hagler Source Type: news
[NEW TECHNOLOGY] Arrow CorAide Left Ventricular Assist System: Initial Experience of the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Center in Pavia
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Gazzoli, F., Alloni, A., Pagani, F., Pellegrini, C., Longobardi, A., Ricci, D., Rinaldi, M., Vigano, M. Source Type: news
[IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Primary Sarcoma of the Thoracic Aorta
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Kouchoukos, N. T., Masetti, P. Source Type: news
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Tatoulis, J. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Routine Evaluation for Aspiration After Thoracotomy for Pulmonary Resection
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Keeling, W. B., Lewis, V., Blazick, E., Maxey, T. S., Garrett, J. R., Sommers, K. E. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Bi-Ventricular Circulatory Support With the Abiomed AB5000 System in a Patient With Idiopathic Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Zhang, L., Kapetanakis, E. I., Cooke, R. H., Sweet, L. C., Boyce, S. W. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited commentary
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Lim, E. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Surgery for Transposition of the Great Arteries in Neonates Weighing Less Than 2,000 Grams: A Consecutive Series of 25 Patients
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Roussin, R., Belli, E., Bruniaux, J., Demontoux, S., Touchot, A., Planche, C., Serraf, A. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Superior Transseptal Approach to Mitral Valve Is Associated With a Higher Need for Pacemaker Implantation Than the Left Atrial Approach
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Lukac, P., Hjortdal, V. E., Pedersen, A. K., Mortensen, P. T., Jensen, H. K., Hansen, P. S. Source Type: news
Incidence and clinical impact of coronary stent fracture after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Jiro Aoki, Gaku Nakazawa, Kengo Tanabe, Angela Hoye, Hirosada Yamamoto, Tomohiro Nakayama, Yoshinobu Onuma, Yasutomi Higashikuni, Syuji Otsuki, Atsuhiko Yagishita, Sen Yachi, Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Kazuhiro Hara Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Invited commentary
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Lee, H.-S. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Preoperative Embolization Followed by Surgical Excision of an Intrapericardial Pheochromocytoma
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Ali, A. M., Devbhandari, M., Sastry, A., Ashleigh, R. J., Jones, M. T. Source Type: news
Percutaneous septal ablation with absorbable gelatin sponge in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Guillermo A. Llamas-Esperón, Santiago Sandoval-Navarrete Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Successful Aortic Valve Replacement for Heyde Syndrome With Confirmed Hematologic Recovery
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Morishima, A., Marui, A., Shimamoto, T., Saji, Y., Tambara, K., Nishina, T., Komeda, M. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Lung Large Cell Carcinoma Producing Granulocyte-Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Hasegawa, S., Suda, T., Negi, K., Hattori, Y. Source Type: news
Effectiveness and safety of the sirolimus-eluting stents coated with bioabsorbable polymer coating in human coronary arteries
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Junbo Ge, Juying Qian, Xiangfei Wang, Qibing Wang, Wei Yan, Yan Yan, Bing Fan, Lei Ge, Xuebo Liu Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Impact of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia on Outcome in Patients with Ventricular Assist Device Support: Single-Institution Experience in 358 Consecutive Patients
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Koster, A., Huebler, S., Potapov, E., Meyer, O., Jurmann, M., Weng, Y., Pasic, M., Drews, T., Kuppe, H., Loebe, M., Hetzer, R. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Clinical Value of Serum Cytokeratin 19 Fragment and Sialyl-Lewis X in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Mizuguchi, S., Nishiyama, N., Iwata, T., Nishida, T., Izumi, N., Tsukioka, T., Inoue, K., Kameyama, M., Suehiro, S. Source Type: news
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Yoshida, K., Tobe, S., Yamaguchi, M. Source Type: news
[IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Tension Pneumopericardium Caused by Pericarditis
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Li, J., Omo, A., Chen, T., Zheng, Z., Pan, T. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Temporary Perfusion for Mesenteric Ischemia With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Okada, Y., Okimoto, M., Katsumata, M., Takeuchi, S. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Invited commentary
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Lappegard, K. T. Source Type: news
One-year results of unprotected left main disease treatment with paclitaxel-eluting stents: Results of a multicenter registry
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2006 Authors: Marcelo Sanmartin, Jose Antonio Baz, Iñigo Lozano, Jose Maria de la Torre, Jose Maria Hernandez, Pascual Bordes, Vicente Mainar, Josepa Mauri, Andrés Iñiguez Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Seven-Year Follow-up After Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass: Experience With More Than 1300 Patients
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Holzhey, D. M., Jacobs, S., Mochalski, M., Walther, T., Thiele, H., Mohr, F. W., Falk, V. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited commentary
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: D'Amico, T. Source Type: news
[CASE REPORTS] Bridge to Transplantation With a Left Ventricular Assist Device for Systemic Ventricular Failure After Mustard Procedure
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: George, R. S., Birks, E. J., Radley-Smith, R. C., Khaghani, A., Yacoub, M. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach in the Positron Emission Tomographic Scan Era
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: De Pas, T. M., de Braud, F., Catalano, G., Putzu, C., Veronesi, G., Leo, F., Solli, P. G., Brambilla, D., Paganelli, G., Spaggiari, L. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited commentary
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Dark, J. Source Type: news
[HOW TO DO IT] Cardiac Luxation to Facilitate Off-Pump Bilateral Lung Transplantation
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Visser, H. T., Erasmus, M. E., Ebels, T. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Recurrence Patterns in Patients With Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers Undergoing Positive Pleural Lavage Cytology
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Satoh, Y., Hoshi, R., Ishikawa, Y., Horai, T., Okumura, S., Nakagawa, K. Source Type: news
[ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CARDIOVASCULAR] Simple Risk Models to Predict Surgical Mortality in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Score
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Rampoldi, V., Trimarchi, S., Eagle, K. A., Nienaber, C. A., Oh, J. K., Bossone, E., Myrmel, T., Sangiorgi, G. M., De Vincentiis, C., Cooper, J. V., Fang, J., Smith, D., Tsai, T., Raghupathy, A., Fattori, R., Sechtem, U., Deeb, M. G., Sundt, T. M., Isselba Source Type: news
[HOW TO DO IT] Tube-Graft Inversion for the Construction of an "Open" Distal Anastomosis During Ascending Aortic Replacement: A New Technique
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Alexiou, C., Sosnowski, A. W. Source Type: news
[CORRESPONDENCE] Caution With the Use of Recombinant Activated Factor VII in Treating Postoperative Hemorrhage in Cardiac Surgery
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2006 Authors: Al-Ruzzeh, S., Mahmoud, A., Shah, S., O'Regan, D. Source Type: news
Diabetes mellitus does not preclude stabilization or improvement of renal function after stent revascularization in patients with kidney insufficiency and renal artery stenosis
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 27, 2006 Authors: Jose A. Silva, Srinivas Potluri, Christopher J. White, Tyrone J. Collins, J. Stephen Jenkins, Rajesh Subramanian, Stephen R. Ramee Source Type: news
Thrombus predicts ischemic complications during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts: Results from TARGET (do tirofiban and reopro give similar efficacy trial?)
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 27, 2006 Authors: Arun Kalyanasundaram, James C. Blankenship, Peter Berger, Howard Herrmann, Rick McClure, David Moliterno Source Type: news
Repeat right transradial percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with dextrocardia: The right approach to the right-sided heart
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Jack P. Chen Source Type: news
Provisionial SFA stenting
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Mark C. Bates Source Type: news
Detection and quantification of embolic particles during percutaneous coronary intervention to stable plaque: It correlates to coronary flow dynamics and myocardial damage
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Atsunori Okamura, Hiroshi Ito, Katsuomi Iwakura, Shigeo Kawano, Toshiya Kurotobi, Motoo Date, Koichi Inoue, Toshio Ogihara, Kenshi Fujii Source Type: news
A new quantitative analysis system for the evaluation of coronary bifurcation lesions: Comparison with current conventional methods
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Omer Goktekin, Sahin Kaplan, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Peter Barlis, Jun Tanigawa, Mehmet Akif Vatankulu, Gerhard Koning, Joan C. Tuinenburg, Carlo Di Mario Source Type: news
Predictors of restenosis after treatment of bifurcational lesions with paclitaxel eluting stents: A multicenter prospective registry of 150 consecutive patients
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Carlo Di Mario, Nuccia Morici, Cosmo Godino, Omer Goktekin, Corrado Tamburino, Rossella Barbagallo, David Antoniucci, Eberhard Grube, Flavio Airoldi, Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, Antonio Colombo, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi Source Type: news
Spontaneous migration of an inferior vena cava filter resulting in cardiac tamponade and percutaneous filter retrieval
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Gaston R. Vergara, William F. Wallace, Kenneth R. Bennett Source Type: news
Relocation of minimal luminal diameter after bare metal and drug-eluting stent implantation: Incidence and impact on angiographic late loss
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Marco A. Costa, Manel Sabaté, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Paula Hu, Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo, Cecilia Corros, Fernando Alfonso, Rosana Hernandez-Antolin, Carlos Macaya, Theodore A. Bass Source Type: news
Stepladder artifact in coronary computed tomography angiography
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre Source Type: news
Factors predictive of cardiac events and restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in small coronary arteries
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Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 26, 2006 Authors: Cheol Whan Lee, Jon Suh, Se-Whan Lee, Duk-Woo Park, Seung-Hwan Lee, Young-Hak Kim, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jung Park, Source Type: news
Historical perspective: surgery for chronic thromboembolic disease.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the bronchopulmonary tract: introduction.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Echocardiography in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas: the spectrum of histologic subtypes and various clinical behaviors.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Outcomes of pulmonary endarterectomy surgery.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Technical advances of pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: an aggressive neuroendocrine lung cancer.
