Cavopulmonary assist for the univentricular Fontan circulation: von Kármán viscous impeller pump , 21 June 2010
Mark D. Rodefeld, Brandon Coats, Travis Fisher, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, Jun Chen, John W. Brown, Steven H. Frankel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 529-536)
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Bridge to lung transplantation using short-term ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , 12 April 2010
Abeel A. Mangi, David P. Mason, James J. Yun, Sudish C. Murthy, Gosta B. Pettersson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 713-715)
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Architecture of a pulmonary thrombus removed during embolectomy in a patient with acute pulmonary embolism , 19 August 2009
Anetta Undas, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Rudziński, Jerzy Sadowski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages e40-e41)
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Novel use of plasmapheresis in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia requiring urgent insertion of a left ventricular assist device under cardiopulmonary bypass
Rochus K. Voeller, Spencer J. Melby, Brett E. Grizzell, Nader Moazami
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages e56-e58)
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Effects on pre- and posttransplant pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices , 03 May 2010
Ranjit John, Kenneth Liao, Forum Kamdar, Peter Eckman, Andrew Boyle, Monica Colvin-Adams
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 447-452)
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Influence of timing of intraaortic balloon placement in cardiac surgical patients , 12 November 2009
Jayshree D. Lavana, John F. Fraser, Susan E. Smith, Lesley Drake, Peter Tesar, Daniel V. Mullany
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 80-85)
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How much of the intraaortic balloon volume is displaced toward the coronary circulation? , 18 January 2010
Christina Kolyva, George M. Pantalos, John R. Pepper, Ashraf W. Khir
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 110-116)
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The impact of bridge-to-transplant ventricular assist device support on survival after cardiac transplantation , 10 May 2010
David A. Bull, Bruce B. Reid, Craig H. Selzman, Rebecca Mesley, Stavros Drakos, Steven Clayson, Greg Stoddard, Edward Gilbert, Josef Stehlik, Feras Bader, Abdallah Kfoury, Deborah Budge, David D. Eckels, Anne Fuller, Dale Renlund, Amit N. Patel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 169-173)
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Post–cardiac transplant survival after support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: Impact of duration of left ventricular assist device support and other variables , 06 May 2010
Ranjit John, Francis D. Pagani, Yoshifumi Naka, Andrew Boyle, John V. Conte, Stuart D. Russell, Charles T. Klodell, Carmelo A. Milano, Joseph Rogers, David J. Farrar, O. Howard Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 174-181)
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Mechanical left ventricular unloading to prevent recurrent myocardial rupture , 31 August 2009
Stephen Westaby, Vipin Mehta, Fidelma Flynn, Neil Wilson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages e16-e17)
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Early thrombus in a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device: A potential cause of hemolysis and diagnostic dilemma , 30 November 2009
Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, Gorav Ailawadi, James Bergin, John A. Kern
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages e7-e8)
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Infection after implantation of pulsatile mechanical circulatory support devices , 05 April 2010
William L. Holman, James K. Kirklin, David C. Naftel, Robert L. Kormos, Patricia Desvign-Nickens, Margarita T. Camacho, Deborah D. Ascheim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1632-1636.e2)
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Esmark elastoplasty for bleeding ventricular assist device outflow graft associated with severe coagulopathy , 11 December 2009
Daniel J. DiBardino, Gregory S. Couper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1658-1659)
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Altered coronary microvascular serotonin receptor expression after coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass , 27 July 2009
Michael P. Robich, Eugenio G. Araujo, Jun Feng, Robert M. Osipov, Richard T. Clements, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages 1033-1040)
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Localizing an occult gastrointestinal bleeding by wireless PillCam SB capsule videoendoscopy in a patient with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device , 18 May 2009
J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Peter Wellhöner, Efstratios I. Charitos, Bence Bucsky, Michiel Morshuis, Hans H. Sievers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages e73-e74)
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Selective endothelin-1 receptor type A inhibition in subjects undergoing cardiac surgery with preexisting left ventricular dysfunction: Influence on early postoperative hemodynamics , 14 January 2010
John M. Toole, John S. Ikonomidis, Wilson Y. Szeto, James L. Zellner, John Mulcahy, Rachael L. Deardorff, Francis G. Spinale
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 646-654)
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A 20-year experience with urgent percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass for salvage of potential survivors of refractory cardiovascular collapse
Brian E. Jaski, Bryan Ortiz, Koteswara R. Alla, Sidney C. Smith, Dale Glaser, Cynthia Walsh, Suzanne Chillcott, Marcia Stahovich, Robert Adamson, Walter Dembitsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 753-757.e2)
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Ventricular assist device implantation in neonates: Adjustment of the BerlinHeart EXCOR arterial cannula with bovine pericardium , 06 July 2009
Tonny D.T. Tjan, Andreas Hoffmeier, Hans Heinrich Scheld, Stefan Klotz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 783-784)
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Successful implantation of a Berlin Heart ventricular assist device in ventricular heart failure 23 years after Senning operation , 03 April 2009
Christoph Schmitz, Ralf Sodian, Edward Malec, Katarzyna Januszewska, Ingo Kaczmarek, Sieglinde Kofler, Christina Bruegger, Christian Kowalski, Nora Lang, Bruno Reichart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e30-e31)
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Optimism derived from 7.5 years of continuous-flow circulatory support , 18 March 2009
Stephen Westaby, Adrian Banning, Desley Neil, Philip Poole-Wilson, O. Howard Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e45-e47)
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Prolonged use of right ventricular assist device for refractory graft failure following orthotopic heart transplantation , 09 March 2009
Pietro Bajona, Stefano Salizzoni, Stacey H. Brann, Judy Coyne, Christian Bermudez, Robert Kormos, Yoshiya Toyoda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages e53-e54)
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Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock
Ardawan Julian Rastan, Andreas Dege, Matthias Mohr, Nicolas Doll, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 302-311.e1)
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Is the “sterile cockpit” concept applicable to cardiovascular surgery critical intervals or critical events? The impact of protocol-driven communication during cardiopulmonary bypass
Rishi K. Wadhera, Sarah Henrickson Parker, Harold M. Burkhart, Kevin L. Greason, James R. Neal, Katherine M. Levenick, Douglas A. Wiegmann, Thoralf M. Sundt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 312-319)
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Thoratec implantable ventricular assist device: The Papworth experience , 15 October 2009
Marius Berman, Jayan Parameshwar, David P. Jenkins, Kumud Dhital, Clive Lewis, Kirsty Dempster, Paul Lincoln, Catherine Sudarshan, Stephen R. Large, John Dunning, Steven S.L. Tsui
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 466-473)
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Cardiopulmonary bypass flow rate: A risk factor for hyperlactatemia after surgical repair of secundum atrial septal defect in children
Boban P. Abraham, Parthak Prodhan, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, Adnan T. Bhutta, Jeffrey M. Gossett, Michiaki Imamura, Charles E. Johnson, Michael L. Schmitz, William R. Morrow, Umesh Dyamenahalli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 170-173)
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Posttransplant survival is not diminished in heart transplant recipients bridged with implantable left ventricular assist devices
Mark J. Russo, Kimberly N. Hong, Ryan R. Davies, Jonathan M. Chen, Robert A. Sorabella, Deborah D. Ascheim, Mathew R. Williams, Annetine C. Gelijns, Allan S. Stewart, Michael Argenziano, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1425-1432.e3)
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Left ventricular assist device as destination therapy: Application of the payment-by-results approach for the device reimbursement , 01 May 2009
Andrea Messori, Sabrina Trippoli, Massimo Bonacchi, Guido Sani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 480-485)
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A simple modification of inflow cannula to reduce recirculation of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , 01 September 2008
Tzu-Yu Lin, Fang-Ming Horng, Kuan-Ming Chiu, Shu-Hsun Chu, Jiann-Shing Shieh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 503-506)
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Man and machine: Understanding the complex physiologic interactions to reduce complications
Nicholas G. Smedira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 9-10)
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Intraoperative bypass graft flow in intra-aortic balloon pump–supported patients: Differences in arterial and venous sequential conduits , 26 March 2009
Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Santarpino, Antonio Rubino, Lucia Cristodoro, Cristian Scalas, Attilio Renzulli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 54-61)
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Dysfunction induced by ischemia versus edema: Does edema matter?
Tanya L. Butler, Jonathan R. Egan, Fabian G. Graf, Carol G. Au, Aisling C. McMahon, Kathryn N. North, David S. Winlaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 141-147.e1)
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Chronic septal infarction confers right ventricular protection during mechanical left ventricular unloading
James Mau, Stuart Menzie, Yifei Huang, Michael Ward, Stephen Hunyor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 172-178)
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Bridging patients after salvage from bridge to decision directly to transplant by means of prolonged support with the CentriMag short-term centrifugal pump , 13 May 2009
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Emma J. Birks, Mohammed Amrani, Mario Petrou, Toufan Bahrami, Gilles Dreyfus, Asghar Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 227-230)
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Combined use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and activated protein C for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock , 15 August 2008
Yoan Lamarche, Anson Cheung, Keith R. Walley, Peter Dodek
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 246-247)
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Pulmonary injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: Beneficial effects of low-frequency mechanical ventilation , 06 February 2009
Hajime Imura, Massimo Caputo, Kelvin Lim, Masami Ochi, M.-Saadeh Suleiman, Kazuo Shimizu, Gianni D. Angelini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1530-1537)
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Surgical volume and outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Does it matter? , 26 March 2009
Suma H. Konety, Gary E. Rosenthal, Mary S. Vaughan-Sarrazin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1116-1123.e1)
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Dynamic computed tomography to determine cardiac output in patients with left ventricular assist devices , 09 February 2009
Subha V. Raman, Tam Tran, Orlando P. Simonetti, Benjamin Sun
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1213-1217)
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Potential role of the Impella Recover left ventricular assist device in the management of postinfarct ventricular septal defect , 16 June 2008
Francesco Patanè, Paolo Centofanti, Edoardo Zingarelli, Fabrizio Sansone, Michele La Torre
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1288-1289)
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Early planned institution of biventricular mechanical circulatory support results in improved outcomes compared with delayed conversion of a left ventricular assist device to a biventricular assist device
J. Raymond Fitzpatrick, John R. Frederick, William Hiesinger, Vivian M. Hsu, Ryan C. McCormick, Elliott D. Kozin, Carine M. Laporte, Mary Lou O'Hara, Elan Howell, Deborah Dougherty, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Kevin W. Southerland, Jessica L. Howard, E. Carter Paulson, Michael A. Acker, Rohinton J. Morris, Y. Joseph Woo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 971-977)
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The role of cerebral hyperperfusion in postoperative neurologic dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation for end-stage heart failure
Katherine Lietz, Kevin Brown, Syed S. Ali, Monica Colvin-Adams, Andrew J. Boyle, David Anderson, Alan D. Weinberg, Leslie W. Miller, Soon Park, Ranjit John, Ronald M. Lazar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 1012-1019)
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Dynamic fluid shifts induced by fetal bypass
R. Scott Baker, Christopher T. Lam, Emily A. Heeb, Pirooz Eghtesady
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 714-722)
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Evaluation of platelet activation in patients supported by the Jarvik 2000∗ high–rotational speed impeller ventricular assist device
Christoph Löffler, Andreas Straub, Nicole Bassler, Katharina Pernice, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Christoph Bode, Michael P. Siegenthaler, Karlheinz Peter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 736-741)
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Contractile function is preserved in unloaded hearts despite atrophic remodeling
Henriette Brinks, Hendrik Tevaearai, Christian Mühlfeld, Daniela Bertschi, Brigitta Gahl, Thierry Carrel, Marie-Noelle Giraud
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 742-746)
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Long-term cardiac remodeling after salvage partial left ventriculectomy in an infant with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery , 01 September 2008
Stephen Westaby, Nick Archer, Saul G. Myerson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 757-759)
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Rapid extracorporeal life support rescue in patients undergoing the Norwood procedure , 04 July 2008
Nathalie Roy, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Joseph Atallah, David B. Ross
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 765-766)
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Mechanical cavopulmonary assist maintains pulmonary and cerebral blood flow in a piglet model of a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt with high pulmonary vascular resistance , 29 December 2008
Osami Honjo, Sandra L. Merklinger, John B. Poe, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Setsuo Takatani, Glen S. Van Arsdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 355-361)
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Chronic partial unloading restores β-adrenergic responsiveness and reverses receptor downregulation in failing rat hearts , 22 December 2008
Jian Wang, Masaki Tsukashita, Takeshi Nishina, Akira Marui, Eiji Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Satoshi Matsuoka, Tadashi Ikeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 465-470)
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Paracorporeal pulsatile biventricular assist device versus extracorporal membrane oxygenation–extracorporal life support in adult fulminant myocarditis
Olivier N. Pages, Stéphane Aubert, Alain Combes, Charles E. Luyt, Alain Pavie, Philippe Léger, Iradj Gandjbakhch, Pascal Leprince
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 194-197)
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Gastrointestinal bleeding rates in recipients of nonpulsatile and pulsatile left ventricular assist devices , 13 October 2008
Sheri Crow, Ranjit John, Andrew Boyle, Sara Shumway, Kenneth Liao, Monica Colvin-Adams, Carol Toninato, Emil Missov, Marc Pritzker, Cindy Martin, Daniel Garry, William Thomas, Lyle Joyce
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 208-215)
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Partial left ventricular support implanted through minimal access surgery as a bridge to cardiac transplant , 21 May 2008
Bart Meyns, Filip Rega, Joris Ector, Walter Droogne, Johan Vanhaecke, Jan Van Hemelrijck, Bartley Griffith, Robert Dowling, Mark Zucker, Daniel Burkhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 243-245)
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Mechanical support for acute right ventricular failure: Evolving surgical paradigms , 06 May 2008
Thao T. Marquez, Jonathan D'Cunha, Ranjit John, Kenneth Liao, Lyle Joyce
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e39-e40)
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Successful cardiac transplant after Berlin Heart bridge in a single ventricle heart: Use of aortopulmonary shunt as a supplementary source of pulmonary blood flow , 03 June 2008
F. Bennett Pearce, James K. Kirklin, William L. Holman, Cindy S. Barrett, Robb L. Romp, Yung R. Lau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e40-e42)
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Demand dynamic biogirdling: Ten-year results
Gianluca Rigatelli, Ugo Carraro, Roberto Riccardi, Giorgio Rigatelli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages e58-e59)
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Low thromboembolic risk for patients with the Heartmate II left ventricular assist device , 16 September 2008
Ranjit John, Forum Kamdar, Kenneth Liao, Monica Colvin–Adams, Leslie Miller, Lyle Joyce, Andrew Boyle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1318-1323)
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Two–year survival, mental, and motor outcomes after cardiac extracorporeal life support at less than five years of age , 03 June 2008
Laurance Lequier, Ari R. Joffe, Charlene M.T. Robertson, Irina A. Dinu, Yuttapong Wongswadiwat, Natalie R. Anton, David B. Ross, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Program Follow-up Group
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 976-983.e3)
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Survival after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in infants and children with heart disease
Titus Chan, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Deborah Frank, Susan L. Bratton
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 984-992)
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Hypoxemia after an axial flow pump Jarvik-2000 implantation: Catheter induced , 26 June 2008
Joonhwa Hong, Soon J. Park, Sunil V. Mankad, Frank Cetta, Norman E. Torres, Morgan L. Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1082-1083)
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Aortic valve replacement dilemma: mechanical or biological prosthesis?
Aldo Cannata, Claudio Francesco Russo, Corrado Taglieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1101-1102)
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Left ventricular assist device as bridge to transplantation does not adversely affect one-year heart transplantation survival
Joseph C. Cleveland, Frederick L. Grover, David A. Fullerton, David N. Campbell, Max B. Mitchell, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Eugene E. Wolfel, Brian D. Lowes, Simon F. Shakar, Andreas Brieke, Anne Cannon, Alastair D. Robertson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 774-777)
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Left ventricular unloading before reperfusion reduces endothelin-1 release and calcium overload in porcine myocardial infarction , 03 June 2008
Sophie Tamareille, Hela Achour, James Amirian, Patricia Felli, Roger J. Bick, Brian Poindexter, Yong J. Geng, William H. Barry, Richard W. Smalling
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 343-351)
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Longer duration of continuous-flow ventricular assist device support predicts greater hemodynamic compromise after return of pulsatility , 27 May 2008
Allen S. Stewart, Mark J. Russo, Timothy P. Martens, Tariq M. Naseem, Mario C. Deng, Ray Wang, Michael Argenziano, Mehmet Oz, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 524-525)
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Beyond Berlin: Heart transplantation in the “untransplantable” , 03 June 2008
Sanjiv K. Gandhi, R. Mark Grady, Charles B. Huddleston, David T. Balzer, Charles E. Canter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 529-531)
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Reduced Pulsatility Induces Periarteritis in Kidney: Role of the Local Renin–Angiotensin System , 21 May 2008
Chiyo Ootaki, Michifumi Yamashita, Yoshio Ootaki, Keiji Kamohara, Stephan Weber, Ryan S. Klatte, William A. Smith, Alex L. Massiello, Steven N. Emancipator, Leonard A.R. Golding, Kiyotaka Fukamachi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 150-158)
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Improving outcomes with long-term “destination” therapy using left ventricular assist devices
James W. Long, Aaron H. Healy, Brad Y. Rasmusson, Cris G. Cowley, Karl E. Nelson, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Stephen E. Clayson, Bruce B. Reid, Stephanie A. Moore, Douglas U. Blank, Dale G. Renlund
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1353-1361)
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Association of device surface and biomaterials with immunologic sensitization after mechanical support
Isaac George, Patrick Colley, Mark J. Russo, Timothy P. Martens, Elizabeth Burke, Mehmet C. Oz, Mario C. Deng, Donna M. Mancini, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1372-1379.e1)
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Case report of visceral ischemia: The “tail” of an intra-aortic balloon pump
Justin Rivard, Ashley Vergis, Diamond Kassum
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1167-1168)
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Left ventricular assist device as a bridge to surgery in postinfarction ventricular septal defect
Antonis A. Pitsis, Timotheos G. Kelpis, Aikaterini N. Visouli, Georgios Bobotis, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 951-952)
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Right-sided heart reperfusion in pediatric patients with left ventricular assist device
Daniel Schmauss, Christoph Schmitz, Edward Malec, Markus A. Deutsch, Ingo Kaczmarek, Andre Beiras-Fernandez, Matthias Loebe, Bruno Reichart, Ralf Sodian
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Page 953)
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support improves survival of patients with severe Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome , 21 January 2008
Charles A. Dietl, Jorge A. Wernly, Stuart B. Pett, Said F. Yassin, José P. Sterling, Robert Dragan, Karen Milligan, Mark R. Crowley
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 579-584)
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Circulatory support system as a bridge to decision in patients with refractory acute cardiogenic shock: Is there a space for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
Gianluca Santise, Sergio Sciacca, Giuseppe D'Ancona, Michele Pilato
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Page 717)
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The use of mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation in pediatric patients: An analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database
Ryan R. Davies, Mark J. Russo, Kimberly N. Hong, Michael L. O'Byrne, David P. Cork, Alan J. Moskowitz, Annetine C. Gelijns, Seema Mital, Ralph S. Mosca, Jonathan M. Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 421-427.e1)
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Limited surgical approach for explanting the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device after myocardial recovery
S. Haj-Yahia, E.J. Birks, G. Dreyfus, A. Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 453-454)
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Stenting of the superior vena cava in a patient with a total artificial heart
Markus Kondruweit, Thomas Strecker, Timo Seitz, Michael Uder, Michael Weyand, Rene Tandler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 455-456)
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Aprotinin is safe in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery , 22 October 2007
Carl L. Backer, Angela M. Kelle, Robert D. Stewart, Sunitha C. Suresh, Farah N. Ali, Richard A. Cohn, Roopa Seshadri, Constantine Mavroudis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1421-1428)
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Three-dimensional magnetic resonance flow analysis in a ventricular assist device
Michael Markl, Christoph Benk, Dominik Klausmann, Aurelien F. Stalder, Alex Frydrychowicz, Jürgen Hennig, Friedhelm Beyersdorf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1471-1476)
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Extended operation for recurrent thymic carcinoma presenting with intracaval growth and intracardiac extension
Tiziano De Giacomo, Giuseppe Mazzesi, Federico Venuta, G.F. Coloni
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1364-1365)
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Survival outcomes after rescue extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric patients with refractory cardiac arrest
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Osman O. Al-Radi, Rakan I. Nazer, Colleen Gruenwald, Celeste Foreman, William G. Williams, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Desmond G. Bohn, Glen S. Van Arsdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 952-959.e2)
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Fatal thrombosis in complex cardiac surgery without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in the setting of standard-of-care heparinization: Status quo and directions for further research
John G.T. Augoustides
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1053-1054)
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Rescue versus regeneration
Christof Stamm, Boris Nasseri, Roland Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1095-1096)
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Time-dependent response of both ventricles after septal ablation: Implications for biventricular support after left ventricular assist device placement
James Mau, Stuart Menzie, Michael Ward, Henning Bundgaard, Stephen Hunyor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 579-586)
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Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted support provides improved survival in hypothermic patients with cardiocirculatory arrest
Elfriede Ruttmann, Annemarie Weissenbacher, Hanno Ulmer, Ludwig Müller, Daniel Höfer, Juliane Kilo, Walter Rabl, Birgit Schwarz, Günther Laufer, Herwig Antretter, Peter Mair
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 594-600)
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Cerebrovascular accidents in patients with a ventricular assist device , 04 June 2007
Hiroyuki Tsukui, Adib Abla, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Dennis M. McNamara, Michael A. Mathier, Linda M. Cadaret, Robert L. Kormos
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 114-123)
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Midterm experience with the Jarvik 2000 axial flow left ventricular assist device
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Emma J. Birks, Paula Rogers, Christopher Bowles, Mandy Hipkins, Robert George, Mohammed Amrani, Mario Petrou, John Pepper, Gilles Dreyfus, Asghar Khaghani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 199-203)
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Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device⁎
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
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1573-1580.e2)
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Prevalence and risks of allosensitization in HeartMate left ventricular assist device recipients: The impact of leukofiltered cellular blood product transfusions
Stavros G. Drakos, James C. Stringham, James W. Long, Edward M. Gilbert, Thomas C. Fuller, Beverly K. Campbell, Benjamin D. Horne, Mary E. Hagan, Karl E. Nelson, Judy M. Lindblom, Patty A. Meldrum, Joanne F. Carlson, Stephanie A. Moore, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Dale G. Renlund
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1612-1619)
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Effects of exogenous surfactant instillation in clinical lung transplantation: A prospective, randomized trial
Martin Strüber, Stefan Fischer, Jost Niedermeyer, Gregor Warnecke, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Adelheid Görler, Andre R. Simon, Axel Haverich, Jens M. Hohlfeld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1620-1625)
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Cellular coating of the left ventricular assist device textured polyurethane membrane reduces adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus
Tomohiro Asai, Mei-Ho Lee, Carlos Arrecubieta, Manuel Prinz von Bayern, Christian A. Cespedes, Helen M. Baron, Martin Cadeiras, Taichi Sakaguchi, Charles C. Marboe, Yoshifumi Naka, Mario C. Deng, Franklin D. Lowy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1147-1153)
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Lung fibrosis as a potential complication of the hemostatic tissue sealant, biologic glue (Bioglue)
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Tarun Mittal, Emma Birks, Martin Carby, Mario Petrou, John Pepper, Gilles Dreyfus, Mohammed Amrani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1387-1388)
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Extracorporeal life support: An effective and noninvasive way to treat acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis
Ziad Khabbaz, Jean-Michel Grinda, Jean-Noël Fabiani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1122-1123)
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Reply to the Editor
Louis Samuels
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1123-1124)
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Indication for initiation of mechanical circulatory support impacts survival of infants with shunted single-ventricle circulation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Catherine K. Allan, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Pedro J. del Nido, Stephen J. Roth, Melvin C. Almodovar, Peter C. Laussen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 660-667)
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Left ventricular assist devices decrease fixed pulmonary hypertension in cardiac transplant candidates
Daniel Zimpfer, Philipp Zrunek, Wilfried Roethy, Martin Czerny, Heinz Schima, Leopold Huber, Michael Grimm, Angela Rajek, Ernst Wolner, Georg Wieselthaler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 689-695)
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Surgical management of giant left atrial diverticulum
Jonathan McGuinness, Ali Kindawi, Shaf Tajri, Kevin Walsh, Lars Nolke, Alfred E. Wood
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 820-822)
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Successful extracorporeal life support using a new micro-diagonal pump in a child with acute laryngotracheobronchitis, lung failure, and untractable septic shock
Thierry Carrel, Erich Gygax, Hans-Jürg Jenni, Bendicht Wagner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 824-825)
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Vascular pulsatility in patients with a pulsatile- or continuous-flow ventricular assist device
Adam R. Travis, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, George M. Pantalos, Robert D. Dowling, Sumanth D. Prabhu, Mark S. Slaughter, Mike Sobieski, Akif Undar, David J. Farrar, Steven C. Koenig
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 517-524)
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Circulatory support with attenuated pulse pressure alters human aortic wall morphology
Stephen Westaby, Gabriele B. Bertoni, Colin Clelland, Tomohiro Nishinaka, O.H. Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 575-576)
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Elective transfer from cardiopulmonary bypass to centrifugal blood pump support in very high-risk cardiac surgery
Stephen Westaby, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Betsy J. Evans, Gabriele B. Bertoni, Xu Y. Jin, Desiree Robson, Catherine R. Grebenik
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 577-578)
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Endocrine function is not impaired in patients with a continuous MicroMed–DeBakey axial flow pump
Georg M. Wieselthaler, Michaela Riedl, Heinrich Schima, Oswald Wagner, Werner Waldhäusl, Ernst Wolner, Anton Luger, Martin Clodi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 2-6)
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Hemodynamic effects of partial ventricular support in chronic heart failure: Results of simulation validated with in vivo data
Deborah Morley, Kenneth Litwak, Paul Ferber, Paul Spence, Robert Dowling, Bart Meyns, Bartley Griffith, Daniel Burkhoff
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 21-28.e4)
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Roles of cyclooxygenase-2 and phosphorylated Akt (Thr308) in cardiac hypertrophy regression mediated by left-ventricular unloading
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Klaus Jürgen Schmitz, Jenci Palatty, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda, Christian Vahlhaus, Bodo Levkau, Jörg Stypmann, Christof Schmid, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo Andreas Baba
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 37-43)
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Successful early repair of a traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula after blunt chest trauma
James M. O’Riordan, Niall Hickey, Oleg Ilinski, Parnell Keeling, Thomas N. Walsh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1495-1496.e1)
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Biventricular mechanical assist for complex, acute post-infarction ventricular septal defect
Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Michael S. Firstenberg, Benjamin Sun
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1238-1239)
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A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support
Jaromir Kohout, Francis D. Ferdinand, Shotaro Imaizumi, Elena C. Holmes, Louis E. Samuels
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 965-966)
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Placement of the Impella Recover LD microaxial blood pump through a bioprosthesis is technically feasible
Andrea Garatti, Tiziano Colombo, Ettore Vitali
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 989-990)
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Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: Insights from the Acorn Clinical Trial , 31 July 2006
Michael A. Acker, Steven Bolling, Richard Shemin, James Kirklin, Jae K. Oh, Douglas L. Mann, Mariell Jessup, Hani N. Sabbah, Randall C. Starling, Spencer H. Kubo, Acorn Trial Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 568-577.e4)
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Circulating endothelial cells demonstrate an attenuation of endothelial damage by minimizing the extracorporeal circulation
Christian A. Skrabal, Yeong H. Choi, Alexander Kaminski, Michael Steiner, Guenther Kundt, Gustav Steinhoff, Andreas Liebold
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 291-296)
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A case of giant cell myocarditis: Bridge to recovery by long-term mechanical circulatory support without immunosuppressive therapy
Toshifumi Murashita, Takashi Sugiki, Tsuyoshi Tachibana, Takashi Kunihara, Hiroshi Sugiki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Pages 432-433)
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More pumps—more questions
E.V. Potapov, R. Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Page 210)
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Reply to the Editor:
Markus J. Wilhelm, Christof Schmid, Hans H. Scheld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 210-211)
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Contemporary techniques and safety of cardiovascular procedures in the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus
Jordon G. Lubahn, Arthur I. Sagalowsky, David H. Rosenbaum, Erkan Dikmen, Rehal A. Bhojani, Michelle C. Paul, Bart L. Dolmatch, Shellie C. Josephs, Elie A. Benaim, Barry S. Levinson, Michael A. Wait, W. Steves Ring, J. Michael DiMaio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1289-1295)
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in patients receiving mechanical circulatory support , 01 May 2006
Soren Schenk, Aly El-Banayosy, Wolfgang Prohaska, Latif Arusoglu, Michiel Morshuis, Wilhelm Koester-Eiserfunke, Lukasz Kizner, Edward Murray, Petra Eichler, Reiner Koerfer, Andreas Greinacher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1373-1381.e4)
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Intra-aortic balloon pumping in children undergoing cardiac surgery: An update of the Liverpool experience
Georgios Kalavrouziotis, Ajith Karunaratne, Shahzad Raja, Giovanna Ciotti, Manoj Purohit, Antonio F. Corno, Marco Pozzi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1382-1389.e1)
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Successful implantation of a Berlin heart biventricular assist device in a failing single ventricle
Meena Nathan, Christopher Baird, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Christopher Almond, Ravi Thiagarajan, Peter Laussen, Elizabeth Blume, Frank Pigula
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1407-1408)
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Fatal pulmonary microthrombi during surgical therapy for end-stage heart failure: Possible association with antifibrinolytic therapy
John R. Cooper, Jacki Abrams, O.H. Frazier, Rajko Radovancevic, Branislav Radovancevic, Arthur W. Bracey, Michel J. Kindo, Igor D. Gregoric
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 963-968)
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Restoration of myocardial β-adrenergic receptor signaling after left ventricular assist device support
Prakash K. Pandalai, Christian F. Bulcao, Walter H. Merrill, Shahab A. Akhter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 975-980)
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Extracorporeal life support after staged palliation of a functional single ventricle: Subsequent morbidity and survival
Aparna Hoskote, Desmond Bohn, Colleen Gruenwald, David Edgell, Sally Cai, Ian Adatia, Glen Van Arsdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1114-1121)
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Ventricular assist device use for the treatment of acute viral myocarditis
Veli K. Topkara, Nicholas C. Dang, Fabio Barili, Timothy P. Martens, Isaac George, Faisal H. Cheema, Hasmet Bardakci, Ali Vefa Ozcan, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1190-1191)
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Left ventricular assist device in heart failure
Omer Ashraf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1211-1212)
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Unusual cardiogenic shock due to pheochromocytoma: Recovery after bridge-to-bridge (extracorporeal life support and DeBakey ventricular assist device) and right surrenalectomy
J.-M. Grinda, M.-O. Bricourt, S. Salvi, M. Carlier, F. Grossenbacher, C. Brasselet, J.-N. Fabiani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 913-914)
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Antegrade cerebral perfusion reduces apoptotic neuronal injury in a neonatal piglet model of cardiopulmonary bypass
Valerie Y. Chock, Gabriel Amir, Corrine R. Davis, Chandra Ramamoorthy, R. Kirk Riemer, Dustin Ray, Rona G. Giffard, V. Mohan Reddy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 659-665)
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Prediction of cardiac function after weaning from ventricular assist devices
Hong Liang, Hansheng Lin, Yuguo Weng, Michael Dandel, Roland Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1555-1560)
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Technical feasibility of Impella Recover 100 microaxial left ventricular assist device placement after biologic aortic valve replacement (21 mm) for postcardiotomy failure
Justus T. Strauch, Ulrich F.W. Franke, Martin Breuer, Jens Wippermann, Thorsten Wittwer, Navid Madershahian, Mirko Kaluza, Thorsten Wahlers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1715-1716)
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Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic congestive heart failure who undergo left ventricular assist device implantation , 14 October 2005
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Michelle L. Mercando, Joy Kay, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1302-1309)
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Efficient myocyte gene delivery with complete cardiac surgical isolation in situ
Charles R. Bridges, Kapil Gopal, David E. Holt, Charles Yarnall, Steven Cole, Rochelle B. Anderson, Xiaoqing Yin, Anthony Nelson, Benjamin W. Kozyak, Zhonglin Wang, James Lesniewski, Leonard T. Su, Danielle M. Thesier, Hari Sundar, Hansell H. Stedman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1364.e1-1364.e8)
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Nutritional status in patients on left ventricular assist device support
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Brian J. Lee, Romolo Remoli, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages e3-e4)
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Ventricular constraint in dilated cardiomyopathy: A new, compliant textile mesh exerts prophylactic and therapeutic properties
P. Feindt, U. Boeken, J.D. Schipke, J. Litmathe, N. Zimmermann, E. Gams
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1107.e1-1107.e11)
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Long-term support of 9 patients with the DeBakey VAD for more than 200 days
Markus J. Wilhelm, Dieter Hammel, Christof Schmid, Andreas Rhode, Timo Kaan, Markus Rothenburger, Jörg Stypmann, Michael Schäfers, Christoph Schmidt, Hideo A. Baba, Hans H. Scheld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1122-1129)
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High level of cerebral microembolization in patients supported with the DeBakey left ventricular assist device
Nils H. Thoennissen, Michael Schneider, Achim Allroggen, Martin Ritter, Ralf Dittrich, Christof Schmid, Hans H. Scheld, E. Bernd Ringelstein, Darius G. Nabavi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1159-1166)
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Gene transfection with human hepatocyte growth factor complementary DNA plasmids attenuates cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction in goat hearts implanted with ventricular assist devices
Yukitoshi Shirakawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Yoshiaki Takewa, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 624-632)
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A femoral artery cannula that allows distal blood flow
James A. Magovern, James D. Fonger, David H.J. Wang, Dennis Kopilec, Dennis R. Trumble, Douglas E. Smith
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 684-686)
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Left ventricular assist device implantation after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: A two-center study
Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Marzia Leacche, Ranjit John, John G. Byrne, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 693-698)
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Who would be a candidate for bridge to recovery during prolonged mechanical left ventricular support in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
Goro Matsumiya, Osamu Monta, Norihide Fukushima, Yoshiki Sawa, Toshihiro Funatsu, Kouichi Toda, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 699-704)
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Bridging to transplantation with left ventricular assist devices: Outcomes in patients aged 60 years and older
Veli K. Topkara, Nicholas C. Dang, Timothy P. Martens, Faisal H. Cheema, Judy F. Liu, Michael Argenziano, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 881-882)
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Bridging to transplantability with a ventricular assist device
E.V. Potapov, Y. Weng, M. Jurmann, H. Lehmkuhl, R. Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Page 930)
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Mechanical support of total cavopulmonary connection with an axial flow pump
R. Kirk Riemer, Gabriel Amir, Steven H. Reichenbach, Olaf Reinhartz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 351-354)
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A novel protocol of retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation for brain protection
Kazuo Kitahori, Shinichi Takamoto, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshihiro Suematsu, Minoru Ono, Noboru Motomura, Teturo Morota, Kengo Takeuchi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 363-370)
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Left atrial decompression by percutaneous cannula placement while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Anthony M. Hlavacek, Andrew M. Atz, Scott M. Bradley, Varsha M. Bandisode
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 595-596)
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Acute decrease of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony and improvement of contractile state and energy efficiency after left ventricular restoration
Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Serban Stoica, Paul White, Stephen R. Large
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Page 615)
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The effects of steroids on the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: A prospective randomized trial
Kriengchai Prasongsukarn, James G. Abel, W.R. Eric Jamieson, Anson Cheung, James A. Russell, Keith R. Walley, Samuel V. Lichtenstein
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 93-98)
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In the current era, complete revascularization improves survival after coronary artery bypass surgery , 28 April 2005
Thomas Kleisli, Wen Cheng, Milagros J. Jacobs, James Mirocha, Michele A. DeRobertis, Robert M. Kass, Carlos Blanche, Gregory P. Fontana, Sharo S. Raissi, Kathy E. Magliato, Alfredo Trento
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1283-1291)
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Reply to the Editor
Steve J. Schomisch, Alan H. Markowitz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Page 1203)
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Left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy: A new look at survival , 06 December 2004
Soon J. Park, Alfred Tector, William Piccioni, Edward Raines, Annetine Gelijns, Alan Moskowitz, Eric Rose, William Holman, Satoshi Furukawa, O. Howard Frazier, Walter Dembitsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 9-17)
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Acute decrease of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony and improvement of contractile state and energy efficiency after left ventricular restoration
Jan J. Schreuder, Alessandro Castiglioni, Francesco Maisano, Paul Steendijk, Andrea Donelli, Jan Baan, Ottavio Alfieri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 138-145)
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Pressure criterion for placement of distal perfusion catheter to prevent limb ischemia during adult extracorporeal life support
Shu-Chien Huang, Hsi-Yu Yu, Wen-Je Ko, Yih-Sharng Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 776-777)
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HeartMate XVE malfunction caused by fluid aspiration into the vent port
Sinan A. Simsir, Shu S. Lin, Myra F. Ellis, Stuart D. Russell, Carmelo A. Milano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 619-621)
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Biventricular assistance with the Jarvik FlowMaker: A case report
O.H. Frazier, Timothy J. Myers, Igor Gregoric
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 625-626)
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Innominate artery transection in the setting of a bovine arch
Mireille A. Moise, Vivian Hsu, Benjamin Braslow, Y.Joseph Woo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 632-634)
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Use of the AbioCor replacement heart as destination therapy for end-stage heart failure with irreversible pulmonary hypertension
Louis Samuels, John Entwistle, Elena Holmes, Jane Fitzpatrick, Andrew Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 643-645)
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Effect of carbon dioxide insufflation on free internal thoracic artery flows: Is it a vasodilator?
Mehmet Özkan, İsmail Koramaz, A.Tulga Ulus, Yusuf Tavil, Hakan Filizlioglu, Emre C. Baykan, Sadık Eryılmaz, Bahadır Inan, S.Fehmi Katırcıoglu, Ümit Özyurda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 354-356)
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Platelet activation and aggregation profile in prolonged external ventricular support
Rémi Houël, Elisabeth Mazoyer, Bernadette Boval, Mathias Kirsch, Emmanuelle Vermès, Ludovic Drouet, Daniel Y. Loisance
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 197-202)
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In vivo inhibition of neutrophil activity by a FAS (CD95) stimulating module: arterial in-line application in a porcine cardiac surgery model
Martin Scholz, Andreas Simon, Markus Berg, Alina Maria Schuller, Meltem Hacibayramoglu, Stefan Margraf, Alf Theisen, Joachim Windolf, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Anton Moritz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1735-1742)
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Weaning of rotary blood pump recipients after myocardial recovery: a computer study of changes in cardiac energetics
Heinrich Schima, Michael Vollkron, Herbert Boehm, Wilfried Röthy, Markus Haisjackl, Georg Wieselthaler, Ernst Wolner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1743-1750)
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Optimal timing of cardiac transplantation after ventricular assist device implantation
James S Gammie, Leah B Edwards, Bartley P Griffith, Richard N Pierson, Lana Tsao
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1789-1799)
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HLA sensitization in ventricular assist device recipients: does type of device make a difference?
Ganesh S Kumpati, Daniel J Cook, Eugene H Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Ashraf S Abdo, James B Young, Randall C Starling, Nicholas G Smedira, Patrick M McCarthy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1800-1807)
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Transplant and ventricular assist devices: gender differences in application and implementation
Sara Shumway
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1253-1255)
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Bridging to transplant with the HeartMate left ventricular assist device: The Columbia Presbyterian 12-year experience
Jeffrey A Morgan, Ranjit John, Vivek Rao, Alan D Weinberg, Brian J Lee, Pamela A Mazzeo, Margaret R Flannery, Jonathan M Chen, Mehmet C Oz, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1309-1316)
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Psychosocial and sexual concerns of patients with implantable left ventricular assist devices: A pilot study
Louis E Samuels, Elena C Holmes, Ralph Petrucci
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1432-1435)
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Effect of gender on bridging to transplantation and posttransplantation survival in patients with left ventricular assist devices
Jeffrey A Morgan, Alan D Weinberg, Karen W Hollingsworth, Margaret R Flannery, Mehmet C Oz, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1193-1195)
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A simplified technique for short-term postcardiotomy pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Christián Kreutzer, Graciela Zapico, Christian Blunda, Maria I Roman, Willy M Conejeros, Adrian D Revora, Jorge L Simon, Andres J Schlichter, Guillermo O Kreutzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1200-1202)
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Thoratec left ventricular assist device as a bridge to recovery in a child weighing 27 kilograms
Peter Pastuszko, Peter J Gruber, Gil Wernovsky, Ronn E Tanel, Larry A Rhodes, Susan C Nicolson, Thomas L Spray, J.William Gaynor
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1203-1204)
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Cavopulmonary assist in the neonate: an alternative strategy for single-ventricle palliation
Mark D Rodefeld, Jack H Boyd, Cynthia D Myers, Robert G Presson, Wiltz W Wagner, John W Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 705-711)
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The Impella Recover microaxial left ventricular assist device reduces mortality for postcardiotomy failure: a three-center experience
M.P Siegenthaler, K Brehm, T Strecker, T Hanke, A Nötzold, M Olschewski, M Weyand, H Sievers, F Beyersdorf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 812-822)
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Rescue of a case of ventricular septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator
Hsi-Yu Yu, Nai-Hsin Chi, Jang-Ming Lee, Shu-Chien Huang, Wen-Je Ko, Jou-Kou Wang, Yung-Chie Lee, Shoei-Shen Wang, Fang-Yue Lin, Yih-Sharng Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 582-583)
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Initial experience with the AbioCor implantable replacement heart system
Robert D Dowling, Laman A Gray, Steven W Etoch, Hillel Laks, Daniel Marelli, Louis Samuels, John Entwistle, Greg Couper, Gus J Vlahakes, O.H Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 131-141)
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Off-pump technique for insertion of a HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist device
Valentino Piacentino, Janice Jones, Carol A Fisher, Arun K Singhal, Mahender Macha, James B McClurken, Satoshi Furukawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 262-264)
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Management of aortic insufficiency in patients with left ventricular assist devices: a simple coaptation stitch method (Park's stitch)
Soon J Park, Kenneth K Liao, Romualdo Segurola, K.P Madhu, Leslie W Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 264-266)
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Partial left ventriculectomy in patients with neoplasms and severe heart failure who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation
Stefan Christiansen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 302-303)
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Ventricular assist surprise: giant cell myocarditis or sarcoidosis?
S.C Stoica, M Goddard, S Tsui, J Dunning, K McNeil, J Parameshwar, Stephen R Large
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2072-2074)
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Axillary artery cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support in adults: An approach to minimize complications
Nader Moazami, Marc R Moon, Jennifer S Lawton, Marci Bailey, Ralph Damiano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2097-2098)
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Mechanical support of the unrepaired postinfarction ventricular septal defect with the abiomed BVS 5000 ventricular assist device
Louis E Samuels, John C Entwistle, Elena C Holmes, Ted Parris, Andrew S Wechsler
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2100-2101)
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Activated prothrombin complex concentrates and recombinant factor VIIa in the bleeding patient: are they appropriate and safe?
Louis M Aledort
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2112-2113)
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Implantation of a left ventricular assist device and the hub-and-spoke system in treating acute cardiogenic shock: Who survives?
Aftab R Kherani, Faisal H Cheema, Mehmet C Oz, Jennifer M Fal, Jeffrey A Morgan, Veli K Topkara, David A Wilson, Deon W Vigilance, Mauricio J Garrido, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1634-1635)
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Resistance to aspirin after external ventricular assist device implantation
Rémi Houël, Elisabeth Mazoyer, Matthias Kirsch, Bernadette Boval, Ludovic Drouet, Daniel Y Loisance
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1636-1637)
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Global surgical experience with the Acorn cardiac support device
Mehmet C Oz, Wolfgang F Konertz, Franz X Kleber, Friedrich W Mohr, Jan F Gummert, Jorg Ostermeyer, Michael Lass, Jai Raman, Michael A Acker, Nicholas Smedira
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 983-991)
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Does bridging to transplantation with a left ventricular assist device adversely affect posttransplantation survival? A comparative analysis of mechanical versus inotropic support
Jeffrey A Morgan, YooKyung Park, Aftab R Kherani, Deon W Vigilance, Faisal H Cheema, Mehmet C Oz, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1188-1190)
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Fifteen-month circulatory support for sustained ventricular fibrillation by left ventricular assist device
Motonobu Nishimura, Masanori Ogiwara, Masayuki Ishikawa, Syogo Yatsu, Ayumu Masuoka, Nobuyuki Okamura, Kazuhito Imanaka, Masaaki Kato, Haruhiko Asano, Shunei Kyo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1190-1192)
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Successful LVAS and RVAS-ECMO support in a patient with fulminant myocarditis who failed to recover from ventricular fibrillation with PCPS and IABP
Satoshi Gojo, Shunei Kyo, Hiroshige Sato, Motonobu Nishimura, Toshihisa Asakura, Hiroyuki Ito, Kaoru Koyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 885-886)
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Insertion of a left ventricular assist device in patients without thorough transplant evaluations: a worthwhile risk?
Mathew Williams, Jennifer Casher, Neel Joshi, Todd Hankinson, Michelle Warren, Mehmet Oz, Yoshifumi Naka, Donna Mancini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 436-441)
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BVS5000 support after cardiac transplantation
Jason A Petrofski, Vijay S Patel, Stuart D Russell, Carmelo A. Milano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 442-447)
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Doppler microembolic load predicts risk of thromboembolic complications in Novacor patients
Darius G Nabavi, Joerg Stockmann, Christof Schmid, Michael Schneider, Dieter Hammel, Hans H Scheld, E.Bernd Ringelstein
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 160-167)
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Revised screening scale to predict survival after insertion of a left ventricular assist device
Vivek Rao, Mehmet C. Oz, Margaret A. Flannery, Katharine A. Catanese, Michael Argenziano, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 4, Pages 855-862)
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Immunologic sensitization in recipients of left ventricular assist devices
Ranjit John, Katherine Lietz, Michael Schuster, Yoshifumi Naka, Vivek Rao, Donna M. Mancini, Eric A. Rose, Craig R. Smith, Mehmet C. Oz, Niloo M. Edwards, Silviu Itescu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 578-591)
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Multicenter bridge to transplantation with the HeartMate assist device: Evaluation from another perspective
Jack G. Copeland
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 228-230)
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Autosynchronized systolic unloading during left ventricular assist with a centrifugal pump
Satoshi Kono, Kazunobu Nishimura, Takeshi Nishina, Sadatoshi Yuasa, Koji Ueyama, Chikuma Hamada, Teruaki Akamatsu, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 353-360)
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The last to die is hope: Prolonged mechanical circulatory support with a Novacor left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation
Dino Casarotto, Tomaso Bottio, Antonio Gambino, Luca Testolin, Gino Gerosa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 417-418)
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Adverse events in the use of HeartMate vented electric and Novacor left ventricular assist devices: Comparing apples and oranges
Michael K. Pasque, Joseph G. Rogers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1063-1067)
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Nitric oxide inhalation prompts weaning from the right ventricular assist device: Evaluation under continuous-flow biventricular assistance
George J. Endo, Kazushi Kojima, Kunihide Nakamura, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Toshio Onitsuka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 739-749)
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Fatal thrombosis after administration of activated prothrombin complex concentrates in a patient supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation who had received activated recombinant factor VII
Jack D. Bui, George D. Despotis, Elbert P. Trulock, G.Alexander Patterson, Lawrence T. Goodnough
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 852-854)
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A respiratory gas exchange catheter: In vitro and in vivo tests in large animals
Brack G. Hattler, Laura W. Lund, Joseph Golob, Heide Russian, Michael F. Lann, Thomas L. Merrill, Brian Frankowski, William J. Federspiel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 520-530)
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with nafamostat mesilate as an anticoagulant for massive pulmonary hemorrhage after living-donor lobar lung transplantation
Kazutoshi Kotani, Shingo Ichiba, Masanori Andou, Yoshifumi Sano, Hiroshi Date, Takeo Tedoriya, Keiji Goto, Nobuyoshi Shimizu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 626-627)
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Implantable left ventricular assist device for patients with postinfarction ventricular septal defect
Cristiano Faber, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, James B. Young, Randall C. Starling, Katherine J. Hoercher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 400-401)
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Severe aortic valve fusion after nearly three years of support with the Novacor left ventricular assist system
Motonobu Nishimura, Shegeaki Ohtake, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Goro Matsumiya, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 179-180)
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Postauricular percutaneous power delivery for permanent mechanical circulatory support
Stephen Westaby, Robert Jarvik, Andrew Freeland, David Pigott, Desiree Robson, Satoshi Saito, Pedro Catarino, O.H. Frazier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 977-983)
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Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric thoracic organ transplantation
Paul M. Kirshbom, Nancy D. Bridges, Richard J. Myung, J.William Gaynor, Bernard J. Clark, Thomas L. Spray
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 1, Pages 130-136)
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Clinical experience with 202 adults receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac failure: Survival at five years
Nicholas G. Smedira, Nader Moazami, Camille M. Golding a, Patrick M. McCarthy, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Eugene H. Blackstone, Delos M. Cosgrove
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2001 (Vol. 122, Issue 1, Pages 92-102)
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