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Spontaneous Closure of Small Residual Ventricular Septal Defects After Surgical Repair
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Ali Dodge-Khatami, Walter Knirsch, Maren Tomaske, René Prêtre, Dominique Bettex, Valentin Rousson, and Urs Bauersfeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:902-905.
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Kirk R. Kanter
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:906.
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Predicting Outcome of Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Adult Tetralogy of Fallot Patients
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Ivo R. Henkens, Alexander van Straten, Martin J. Schalij, Mark G. Hazekamp, Albert de Roos, Ernst E. van der Wall, and Hubert W. Vliegen
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:907-911.
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Anticoagulation and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Impact of Activated Clotting Time and Heparin Dose on Survival
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Christopher W. Baird, David Zurakowski, Barbara Robinson, Sanjiv Gandhi, Leighann Burdis-Koch, Joseph Tamblyn, Ricardo Munoz, Karol Fortich, and Frank A. Pigula
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:912-920.
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Risk Index for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality for Cardiac Valve Surgery
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Edward L. Hannan, Chuntao Wu, Edward V. Bennett, Russell E. Carlson, Alfred T. Culliford, Jeffrey P. Gold, Robert S.D. Higgins, Craig R. Smith, and Robert H. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:921-929.
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Fred H. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:930.
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Risk Factors Associated With Reoperation and Mortality in 252 Patients After Aortic Valve Replacement for Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
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Sorel Goland, Lawrence S.C. Czer, Michele A. De Robertis, James Mirocha, Robert M. Kass, Gregory P. Fontana, Wen Chang, and Alfredo Trento
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:931-937.
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Effect of Prior Valve Type on Mortality in Reoperative Valve Surgery
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Gilbert H.L. Tang, Manjula Maganti, Tirone E. David, Christopher M. Feindel, Hugh E. Scully, and Michael A. Borger
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:938-945.
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Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 Mechanisms in Aortic Valve Calcification: Increased Alkaline Phosphatase and Related Events
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Jocelyn N. Clark-Greuel, Jeanne M. Connolly, Elizabeth Sorichillo, Navneet R. Narula, H. Scott Rapoport, Emile R. Mohler, III, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Robert C. Gorman, and Robert J. Levy
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:946-953.
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Prosthetic Replacement of the Ascending Aorta Increases Wall Tension in the Residual Aorta
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Michael Scharfschwerdt, Hans-H. Sievers, Johanna Greggersen, Thorsten Hanke, and Martin Misfeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:954-957.
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Papillary Muscle Repositioning in Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
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Mohammad Ali Yousefnia, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Farideh Roshanali, Farshid Alaeddini, and Farshad Amouzadeh
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:958-963.
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Donald Glower
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:963.
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Coronary Insufficiency After Stentless Aortic Root Replacement: Risk Factors and Solutions
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Edward H. Kincaid, A. Robert Cordell, John W. Hammon, Sandy M. Adair, and Neal D. Kon
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:964-968.
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Aortic Valve Replacement and Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass: Assessing the Impact of Multiple Grafts
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Kimiyoshi J. Kobayashi, Jason A. Williams, Lois Nwakanma, Vincent L. Gott, William A. Baumgartner, and John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:969-978.
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Paul Kurlansky
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:978.
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Long-Term Results of the Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass
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Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr, V. Seenu Reddy, John D. Puskas, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:979-985.
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Coronary Artery Revascularization (CARE) Registry: An Observational Study of On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Revascularization
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George Palmer, Morley A. Herbert, Syma L. Prince, Janet L. Williams, Mitchell J. Magee, Phillip Brown, Marc Katz, and Michael J. Mack
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:986-992.
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Outcomes Associated With the Use of Secondary Prevention Medications After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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Abhinav Goyal, John H. Alexander, Gail E. Hafley, Stacy H. Graham, Rajendra H. Mehta, Michael J. Mack, Randall K. Wolf, Lawrence H. Cohn, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Robert A. Harrington, Daniel Gennevois, C. Michael Gibson, Robert M. Califf, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Eric D. Peterson PREVENT IV Investigators
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:993-1001.
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Use of Both Internal Thoracic Arteries in Diabetic Patients Increases Deep Sternal Wound Infection
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Edward B. Savage, Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. OBrien, Aman Ali, Eric J. Okum, R. Anthony Perez-Tamayo, Daniel S. Eiferman, Eric D. Peterson, Fred H. Edwards, and Robert S.D. Higgins
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1002-1006.
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Emery Charles Douville
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1007.
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Techniques and Benefits of Multiple Internal Mammary Artery Bypass at 20 Years of Follow-Up
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J. Scott Rankin, Robert H. Tuttle, Andrew S. Wechsler, Tracey L. Teichmann, Donald D. Glower, and Robert M. Califf
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1008-1015.
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Troponin I and Lactate From Coronary Sinus Predict Cardiac Complications After Myocardial Revascularization
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Francesco Onorati, Lucia Cristodoro, Santo Caroleo, Antonio Esposito, Bruno Amantea, Ermenegildo Santangelo, and Attilio Renzulli
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1016-1023.
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Gastroepiploic Artery Grafting Does Not Improve the Late Outcome in Patients With Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting
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Jiro Esaki, Takaaki Koshiji, Minoru Okamoto, Masaki Tsukashita, Takeshi Ikuno, and Ryuzo Sakata
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1024-1029.
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Alfred J. Tector
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1029.
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Robotic Endoscopic Left Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting: What Have We Learned After 100 Cases?
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Armin Oehlinger, Nikolaos Bonaros, Thomas Schachner, Elisabeth Ruetzler, Guy Friedrich, Guenther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1030-1034.
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Intraoperative Transesophagial Echocardiography Modifies Strategy in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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Ahmet Tayfun Gurbuz, Michael L. Hecht, and Ahmet Hulisi Arslan
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1035-1040.
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Optimal End-Organ Protection for Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Using Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
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John W. Fehrenbacher, David W. Hart, Erica Huddleston, Harry Siderys, and Camille Rice
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1041-1046.
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Unsupported Reduction Ascending Aortoplasty: Fate of Diameter and of Windkessel Function
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Tobias Walker, Dorothee H.L. Bail, Miriam Gruler, Reinhard Vonthein, Volker Steger, and Gerhard Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1047-1053.
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Thoralf Sundt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1053-1054.
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Quick Proximal Arch Replacement With Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
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Hiroyuki Kamiya, Christian Hagl, Irina Kropivnitskaya, Juergen Weidemann, Klaus Kallenbach, Nawid Khaladj, Axel Haverich, and Matthias Karck
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1055-1058.
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Endovascular Repair of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Long-Term Follow-Up of True and False Lumen Diameter Changes
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Maria Schoder, Martin Czerny, Manfred Cejna, Thomas Rand, Alfred Stadler, Gottfried H. Sodeck, Roman Gottardi, Christian Loewe, and Johannes Lammer
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1059-1066.
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Are Marfan Syndrome and Marfanoid Patients Distinguishable on Long-Term Follow-Up?
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Lars G. Svensson, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jingyuan Feng, Daniel de Oliveira, A. Marc Gillinov, Maran Thamilarasan, Richard A. Grimm, Brian Griffin, Donald Hammer, Timothy Williams, Deborah H. Gladish, and Bruce W. Lytle
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1067-1074.
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Surgery for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary HypertensionInclusive Experience From a National Referral Center
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Fraser D. Rubens, Michael Bourke, Mark Hynes, Donna Nicholson, Marian Kotrec, Munir Boodhwani, Marc Ruel, Carole J. Dennie, and Thierry Mesana
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1075-1081.
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Clinical Outcomes Are Similar in Pulsatile and Nonpulsatile Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients
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Erika D. Feller, Erik N. Sorensen, Michel Haddad, Richard N. Pierson, Frances L. Johnson, James M. Brown, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1082-1088.
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Determinants of Early Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Operations
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Marco Ranucci, Carmen Bellucci, Daniela Conti, Anna Cazzaniga, and Bruno Maugeri
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1089-1095.
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Acute Cholecystitis Complicating Cardiac Surgery: Case Series Involving More Than 16,000 Patients
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Jurgen Passage, Pragnesh Joshi, and Daniel V. Mullany
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1096-1101.
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Age- and Gender-Related Differences in Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Calcium With Cardioplegia and Diazoxide
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James D. McCully, Anthony J. Rousou, Robert A. Parker, and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1102-1109.
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David J. Chambers
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1109.
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Enhanced Angiogenesis With Multimodal Cell-Based Gene Therapy
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Terrence M. Yau, Christopher Kim, Guangming Li, Yaoguang Zhang, Shafie Fazel, Dan Spiegelstein, Richard D. Weisel, and Ren-Ke Li
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1110-1119.
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Jun Feng and Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1119-1120.
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SodiumHydrogen Exchange Inhibition and ß-Blockade Additively Decrease Infarct Size
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Peipei Wang, Corinne Zaragoza, and William Holman
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1121-1127.
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Steven Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1128.
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Aortocoronary Endothelial Cell-Seeded Polytetrafluoroethylene Graft: 9-Year Patency
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Davide Gabbieri, Pascal M. Dohmen, Christina Koch, Alexander Lembcke, Wolfgang Rutsch, and Wolfgang Konertz
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1166-1168.
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Endothelial Cell-Seeded Bovine Internal Mammary Artery for Complete Revascularization
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Pascal M. Dohmen, Davide Gabbieri, Alexander Lembcke, and Wolfgang Konertz
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1168-1169.
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Myocardial Infarction Secondary to a Coronary Ostial Thrombus in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
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Ibrahim S. Abu Romeh, Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, Fernando A. Atik, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Jose L. Navia
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1170-1171.
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Unusual Complication of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia After Mitral Valve Surgery: Spontaneous Rupture of Spleen
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Christina Mitchell, Catherine A. Riley, and Bobbak Vahid
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1172-1174.
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Single-Stage Surgical Repair of Type II Acute Aortic Dissection Associated With Coarctation of the Aorta
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Tetsuya Horai, Tomoki Shimokawa, Susumu Takeuchi, Yutaka Okita, and Shuichiro Takanashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1174-1175.
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Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery From Pulmonary Artery With Ventricular Septal Defect
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Thomas Stephen, Korah T. Kuruvila, Madhu Andrew Philip, Vinayak Shukla, and Roy John Korula
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1175-1177.
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Late Embolization of Amplatzer Patent Ductus Arteriosus Occlusion Device With Thoracic Aorta Embedment
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David Michael McMullan, Achintya Moulick, and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1177-1179.
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Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device in a Child With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
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Michael W.A. Chu, Kapil Sharma, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Luc F. Jutras, Josée Lavoie, Sam D. Shemie, Eric Laliberte, Christos Calaritis, and Renzo Cecere
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1179-1181.
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Successful Use of the Toyobo Left Ventricular Assist Device in a 16-kg Girl Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation
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Ayumu Masuoka, Toshiyuki Katogi, Haruhiko Asano, Mika Iwazaki, Takahiro Matsuoka, Motonobu Nishimura, and Shunei Kyo
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1181-1183.
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Successful Use of Transvenous Atrial and Bifocal Left Ventricular Pacing in Ebsteins Anomaly After Tricuspid Prosthetic Valve Surgery
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J. Alberto Lopez and D. Richard Leachman
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1183-1185.
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Postpneumonectomy Syndrome: A Spectrum of Clinical Presentations
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Eric L.R. Bédard, Karl Uy, and Shaf Keshavjee
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1185-1188.
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Unusual Case of Hemoptysis 13 Years After Bilobectomy
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Subroto Paul, Siva Raja, Stacey Su, Jacques P. Fontaine, Lambros Zellos, and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1188-1190.
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Septic Arthritis of the Manubriosternal Joint
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Edward W.K. Peng, Graham McKillop, Sai Prasad, and William S. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1190-1194.
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Intrapulmonary Teratoma: An Exceptional Disease
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Sandeep S. Rana, Naveen Swami, Sudhir Mehta, Jaswinder Singh, and Suvkanta Biswal
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1194-1196.
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Facial Flushing Due to Recurrent Bronchial Carcinoid
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Somshekar Ganti, Richard Milton, Leslie Davidson, and Andrew Thorpe
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1196-1197.
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Oral Erosive Lichen Planus Regression After Thymoma Resection
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Antonio Bobbio, Paolo Vescovi, Luca Ampollini, and Michele Rusca
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1197-1199.
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Successful Steroid Treatment for Fibrosing Mediastinitis and Sclerosing Cervicitis
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Koei Ikeda, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Hironori Kobayashi, Kazunori Iwatani, Kentaro Yoshimoto, and Masakazu Yoshioka
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1199-1201.
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Bilateral Diaphragmatic Plication in the Setting of Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation
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Mohammad Shihata and John C. Mullen
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1201-1203.
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