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Effect of Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis on Severity of Mitral Regurgitation
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Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Denis Bouchard, Ismaïl El-Hamamsy, Ady Butnaru, Philippe Demers, Michel Carrier, Louis P. Perrault, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Michel Pellerin
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1279-1284.
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The Ross Procedure: Clinical and Echocardiographic Follow-Up in 219 Consecutive Patients
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Bruno Chiappini, Bruno Absil, Jean Rubay, Philippe Noirhomme, Jean-Christophe Funken, Robert Verhelst, Alain Poncelet, and Gebrine El Khoury
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1285-1289.
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Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
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Diana Aicher, Carmen Urbich, Andreas Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1290-1294.
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Predictors of Death and Impact of Surgery in Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis
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Jean Paul Remadi, Gilbert Habib, Georges Nadji, Amel Brahim, Franck Thuny, Jean Paul Casalta, Marcel Peltier, and Christophe Tribouilloy
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1295-1302.
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Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair Without Annuloplasty in Combination With Surgical Ventricular Restoration
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Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Albåge, Eva Mattsson, and Dan Lindblom
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1303-1309.
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Hemodynamic Performance of the Medtronic Mosaic Porcine Bioprosthesis Up to Ten Years
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Friedrich-Christian Riess, Ralf Bader, Eva Cramer, Lorenz Hansen, Bèr Kleijnen, Gunther Wahl, Jürgen Wallrath, Stephan Winkel, and Niels Bleese
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1310-1318.
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Ten-year Experience With the Cox-Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation: How Do We Define Success?
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John M. Stulak, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, Thomas A. Orsulak, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1319-1324.
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Hauw T. Sie and Anand R. Ramdat Misier
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1324-1325.
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Practical Regimen for Amiodarone Use in Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
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Lars R. Zebis, Thomas D. Christensen, Henrik F. Thomsen, Martin M. Mikkelsen, Lars Folkersen, Henrik T. Sørensen, and Vibeke E. Hjortdal
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1326-1331.
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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation is Not Correlated to C-Reactive Protein
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Anders J. Ahlsson, Lennart Bodin, Olof H. Lundblad, and Anders G. Englund
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1332-1337.
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Natural History of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms in the Setting of an Unreplaced Bicuspid Aortic Valve
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Ryan R. Davies, Ryan K. Kaple, Divakar Mandapati, Amy Gallo, Donald M. Botta, Jr, John A. Elefteriades, and Michael A. Coady
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1338-1344.
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Delayed Spinal Cord Deficits After Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
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Daniel R. Wong, Joseph S. Coselli, Karen Amerman, John Bozinovski, Stacey A. Carter, William K. Vaughn, and Scott A. LeMaire
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1345-1355.
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Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Chronic Aortic Dissection
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Yasushige Shingu, Norihiko Shiiya, Taisei Mikami, Kenji Matsuzaki, Takashi Kunihara, and Yoshiro Matsui
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1356-1360.
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Evaluation of Robotic Coronary Surgery With Intraoperative Graft Angiography and Postoperative Multislice Computed Tomography
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Thomas Schachner, Gudrun M. Feuchtner, Johannes Bonatti, Nikolaos Bonaros, Armin Oehlinger, Eva Gassner, Otmar Pachinger, and Guy Friedrich
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1361-1367.
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On-Pump Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass: A Propensity Matched Analysis
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Shinichi Mizutani, Akio Matsuura, Ken Miyahara, Tadahito Eda, Akemi Kawamura, Teruaki Yoshioka, and Katsuhiko Yoshida
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1368-1373.
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Simvastatin Increases Neutrophil Apoptosis and Reduces Inflammatory Reaction After Coronary Surgery
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Massimo Chello, Amedeo Anselmi, Cristiano Spadaccio, Giuseppe Patti, Costanza Goffredo, Germano Di Sciascio, and Elvio Covino
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1374-1380.
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Improved Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Status After Surgical Ventricular Restoration
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Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Albåge, and Dan Lindblom
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1381-1387.
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Gerald D. Buckberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1387-1388.
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Postcardiac Surgical Cognitive Impairment in the Aged Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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David J. Cook, John Huston, III, Max R. Trenerry, Robert D. Brown, Jr, Kenton J. Zehr, and Thoralf M. Sundt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1389-1395.
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Clostridium Difficile in Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors and Impact on Postoperative Outcome
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Traves Crabtree, Doug Aitchison, Bryan F. Meyers, Heidi Tymkew, Jennifer R. Smith, Tracey J. Guthrie, Nabil Munfakh, Marc R. Moon, Michael K. Pasque, Jennifer Lawton, Nader Moazami, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1396-1402.
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Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Body Mass Index of 50 or Greater
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Mauricio A. Villavicencio, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Richard C. Daly, Joseph A. Dearani, Christopher G.A. McGregor, Charles J. Mullany, Thomas A. Orszulak, Francisco J. Puga, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1403-1411.
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Application of the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System Methodology to the Cardiovascular Surgery Operating Room
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Andrew W. ElBardissi, Douglas A. Wiegmann, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, and Thoralf M. Sundt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1412-1419.
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Long-Term Follow-Up After Pacemaker Implantation in Neonates and Infants
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Natalie C. Aellig, Christian Balmer, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Mariette Rahn, René Prêtre, and Urs Bauersfeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1420-1423.
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Markus K. Heinemann
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1423-1424.
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Attentional Dysfunction in Children After Corrective Cardiac Surgery in Infancy
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Hedwig H. Hövels-Gürich, Kerstin Konrad, Daniela Skorzenski, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Bruno J. Messmer, and Marie-Christine Seghaye
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1425-1430.
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Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Does Not Normalize Until After Stage 2 Single Ventricle Palliation
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Kathleen N. Fenton, Katherine Lessman, Kimberly Glogowski, Sherrie Fogg, and Kim F. Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1431-1436.
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Ralph Delius
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1436-1437.
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Causes of Death After Congenital Heart Surgery
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Marsha Ma, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Catherine K. Allan, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Kathy J. Jenkins
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1438-1445.
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Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn With Transposition of the Great Arteries
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Marcus T.R. Roofthooft, Klasina A. Bergman, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, Tjark Ebels, Beatrijs Bartelds, and Rolf M.F. Berger
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1446-1450.
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Surgical Results of Arterial Switch Operation for Taussig-Bing Anomaly: Is Position of the Great Arteries a Risk Factor?
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Mark D. Rodefeld, Mark Ruzmetov, Palaniswamy Vijay, Andrew C. Fiore, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1451-1457.
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Neonatal Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair for In Utero Papillary Muscle Rupture
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Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, Nelson Alphonso, Lars Nölke, Lisa K. Hornberger, Gary W. Raff, Anthony Azakie, and Tom R. Karl
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1458-1462.
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Long-Term Results of Repair of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery
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Rüdiger Lange, Manfred Vogt, Jürgen Hörer, Julie Cleuziou, Andrea Menzel, Klaus Holper, John Hess, and Christian Schreiber
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1463-1471.
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Christian Pizarro
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1471.
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Anomalous Coronary Artery From the Wrong Sinus of Valsalva: A Physiologic Repair Strategy
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Nelson Alphonso, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, Lars Nölke, Anita Moon-Grady, Anthony Azakie, Gary W. Raff, and Tom R. Karl
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1472-1476.
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Complement Factor 1 Inhibitor Improves Cardiopulmonary Function in Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Kamran Baig, Rashid Nassar, Damian M. Craig, George Quick, Jr, Hai Xiang Jiang, Michael M. Frank, Andrew J. Lodge, Page A.W. Anderson, and James Jaggers
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1477-1483.
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Therapeutic Benefit of Intrathecal Injection of Marrow Stromal Cells on Ischemia-Injured Spinal Cord
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Enyi Shi, Teruhisa Kazui, Xiaojing Jiang, Naoki Washiyama, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, and Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1484-1490.
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Tatu Juvonen and Petri Lehenkari
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1490.
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Therapeutic Potential of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Stem Cells in a Rat Myocardial Infarction Model
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Kai Hong Wu, Bin Zhou, Cun Tao Yu, Bin Cui, Shi Hong Lu, Zhong Chao Han, and Ying Long Liu
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1491-1498.
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Yao Liang Tang and Michael Ian Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1499-1500.
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Novel Method of Decellularization of Porcine Valves Using Polyethylene Glycol and Gamma Irradiation
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Takeyoshi Ota, Satoshi Taketani, Shigemitsu Iwai, Shuji Miyagawa, Masakazu Furuta, Masayuki Hara, Eiichiro Uchimura, Yutaka Okita, and Yoshiki Sawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1501-1507.
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Surgical Resection of Melorheostosis in the Ribs
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Binayak Chanda and Russell W.J. Millner
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1518-1519.
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Bronchopleural Fistula Repair During Clagett Closure Utilizing a Collagen Matrix Plug
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Subroto Paul, Simon G. Talbot, Matthew Carty, Dennis P. Orgill, and Lambros Zellos
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1519-1521.
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Massive Spontaneous Hemopneumothorax Complicating Rheumatoid Lung Disease
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Ahmet Basoglu, Burcin Celik, and Tulin Durgun Yetim
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1521-1523.
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Rare Pleural Recurrence of Typical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumor 30 Years After Lobectomy
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Askari P. Townshend, Bhanu Lakshminarayanan, Antonio E. Martin Ucar, Zia R. Chaudry, and John P. Duffy
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1523-1524.
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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome After Pneumonectomy Relieved by Mediastinal Repositioning
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Christophoros Kotoulas, Konstantinos Patris, Konstantinos Tsintiris, Antonios Zoumboulides, Kiriakos Lazarides, and Georgios Laoutides
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1524-1526.
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Shock Induced by Spontaneous Rupture of a Giant Thymoma
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Stefano Santoprete, Mark Ragusa, Moira Urbani, and Francesco Puma
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1526-1528.
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Posterior Mediastinal Chondromatous Hamartoma
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Suad Gholoum, Richard Fraser, and Lorenzo E. Ferri
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1528-1530.
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Drug-Eluting Stent-Induced Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Aneurysm: Repair by Pericardial Patch—Where Are We Headed?
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Suvitesh Luthra, James Tatoulis, and Roderic J. Warren
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1530-1532.
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Hybrid Therapy for Rapid Enlargement of Hibernating Coronary Arteriovenous Fistulas
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Shizu Oyamada, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Kazuo Niwaya, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Shunichi Miyazaki, Kohji Kimura, Shigeyuki Echigo, and Soichiro Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1532-1534.
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One-Stage Repair With a New Integrated Stent-Dacron Prosthesis for Type B Aortic Dissection
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Aristotelis Panos, Spyros Kalakonas, Elefterios Chouliaras, and Gregory Khatchatourov
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1535-1536.
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One-Step Surgical Approach of a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
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Eduardo Bernabeu, Miguel Josa, Benet Nomdedeu, José Ramírez, Antonio García-Valentín, Carlos A. Mestres, and Jaime Mulet
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1537-1538.
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Removal of a Left Atrial Thrombus Adherent to a Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder
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Peter Krieg, Harald Lapp, Klaus Pethig, Jan F. Gummert, and Torsten Bossert
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1539-1541.
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Valvular Heart Disease Associated With Fenfluramine Detected 7 Years After Discontinuation of Treatment
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Guillaume Greffe, Lara Chalabreysse, Carine Mouly-Bertin, Pierre Lantelme, Françoise Thivolet, Gilles Aulagner, and Jean-François Obadia
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1541-1543.
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Combined Simultaneous Heart and Liver Transplantation With Complete Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support
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Pierre-Luc Bernier, Marlene Grenon, Patrick Ergina, Thomas Schricker, Prosanto Chaudhury, Peter Metrakos, and Kevin Lachapelle
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1544-1545.
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Cardiac Autotransplantation and Radical Bi-Atrial Resection for Recurrent Atrial Myxoma
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James S. Gammie, A. Reza Abrishamchian, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1545-1547.
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Postoperative Coagulopathy in a Pediatric Patient After Exposure to Bovine Topical Thrombin
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Sheri S. Crow, Vita V. Sullivan, Agnes E. Aysola, Nigel S. Key, Paul Harker-Murray, John E. Foker, and Marie E. Steiner
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1547-1549.
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Extrapleural Intrathoracic Implantation of Permanent Pacemaker in the Pediatric Age Group
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Ravi Agarwal, Ganapathy Subramaniam Krishnan, Smartin Abraham, Kinnari Bhatt, Prem Sekar, Snehal Kulkarni, and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1549-1552.
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Congenital Defects of the Pericardium
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Nigel E. Drury, Ravi J. De Silva, Roger M.O. Hall, and Stephen R. Large
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1552-1553.
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