Single double-lumen venous–venous pump-driven extracorporeal lung membrane support
David Sanchez-Lorente, Tetsuhiko Go, Philipp Jungebluth, Irene Rovira, Maite Mata, Maria Carme Ayats, Paolo Macchiarini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 558-563.e2)
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Cellular phenotype transformation occurs during thoracic aortic aneurysm development , 10 March 2010
Jeffrey A. Jones, Juozas A. Zavadzkas, Eileen I. Chang, Nina Sheats, Christine Koval, Robert E. Stroud, Francis G. Spinale, John S. Ikonomidis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 653-659)
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Endothelin A receptor blockade improves regression of flow-induced pulmonary vasculopathy in piglets
Olaf Mercier, Edouard Sage, Mohammed Izziki, Marc Humbert, Philippe Dartevelle, Saadia Eddahibi, Elie Fadel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 677-683)
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A novel mutation in GATA4 gene associated with dominant inherited familial atrial septal defect , 29 March 2010
Yu Chen, Zeng-Qiang Han, Wei-Dong Yan, Chu-Zhong Tang, Ji-Yan Xie, Hong Chen, Da-Yi Hu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 3, Pages 684-687)
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Transcriptomic analysis of patients with tetralogy of Fallot reveals the effect of chronic hypoxia on myocardial gene expression , 23 April 2010
Mohamed T. Ghorbel, Myriam Cherif, Emma Jenkins, Amir Mokhtari, Damien Kenny, Gianni D. Angelini, Massimo Caputo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 2, Pages 337-345.e26)
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In vitro functional comparison of therapeutically relevant human vasculogenic progenitor cells used for cardiac cell therapy , 18 February 2010
Yan Zhang, Serena Wong, Jessica Laflèche, Suzanne Crowe, Thierry G. Mesana, Erik J. Suuronen, Marc Ruel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 216-224.e4)
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Lung cancer osteopontin isoforms exhibit angiogenic functional heterogeneity , 12 October 2009
Justin D. Blasberg, Chandra M. Goparaju, Harvey I. Pass, Jessica S. Donington
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1587-1593)
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Electron transport chain dysfunction in neonatal pressure-overload hypertrophy precedes cardiomyocyte apoptosis independent of oxidative stress , 28 December 2009
Eric R. Griffiths, Ingeborg Friehs, Elisabeth Scherr, Dimitrios Poutias, Francis X. McGowan, Pedro J. del Nido
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1609-1617)
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Persistent plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 gene expression in cardiac transplant recipients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy , 15 April 2010
Romana Schäfer, Katharina Krenn, Matthias Gmeiner, Dietmar Abraham, Seyedhossein Aharinejad
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1644-1651)
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The murine monoclonal antibody anti-cytokeratin CAM 5.2 is specific for intracellular cytokeratin 8, not cytokeratin 18
Wen-Chang Cheng, Jeng-Dong Hsu, Chung-Chin Yao, Chih-Ping Han
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1674-1675)
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Reply to the Editor
Y. Joseph Woo, Pavan Atluri
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1676-1677)
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Comparative glycomic profiling in esophageal adenocarcinoma
Zane T. Hammoud, Yehia Mechref, Ahmed Hussein, Slavka Bekesova, Min Zhang, Kenneth A. Kesler, Milos V. Novotny
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1216-1223)
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Combined treatment with cisplatin and sirolimus to enhance cell death in human mesothelioma , 23 October 2009
Mor-Li Hartman, John Matthew Esposito, Beow Yong Yeap, David John Sugarbaker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1233-1240)
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Genomic characterization of the inflammatory response initiated by surgical intervention and the effect of perioperative cyclooxygenase 2 blockade
Keith D. Coon, Landon J. Inge, Kristen Swetel, Valerie Felton, Phillip Stafford, Ross M. Bremner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1253-1260.e2)
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Augmentation of systemic blood pressure during spinal cord ischemia to prevent postoperative paraplegia after aortic surgery in a rabbit model , 12 November 2009
So Izumi, Kenji Okada, Tomomi Hasegawa, Atsushi Omura, Hiroshi Munakata, Masamichi Matsumori, Yutaka Okita
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1261-1268)
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Aging impairs the angiogenic response to ischemic injury and the activity of implanted cells: Combined consequences for cell therapy in older recipients , 20 November 2009
Yufeng Zhuo, Shu-Hong Li, Min-Sheng Chen, Jun Wu, Heather Y. McDonald Kinkaid, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages 1286-1294.e2)
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Murine model of surgically induced acute aortic dissection type A , 12 November 2009
Peter Matt, David L. Huso, Jennifer Habashi, Tammy Holm, Jeff Doyle, Florian Schoenhoff, Guosheng Liu, James Black, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Harry C. Dietz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages 1041-1047)
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Urinary proteomics before and after extracorporeal circulation in patients with and without acute kidney injury
Fabienne Aregger, Christiane Pilop, Dominik E. Uehlinger, René Brunisholz, Thierry P. Carrel, Felix J. Frey, Brigitte M. Frey
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 692-700)
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Both epithelial cells and mesenchymal stem cell–derived chondrocytes contribute to the survival of tissue-engineered airway transplants in pigs , 08 December 2009
Tetsuhiko Go, Philipp Jungebluth, Silvia Baiguero, Adelaide Asnaghi, Jaume Martorell, Helmut Ostertag, Sara Mantero, Martin Birchall, Augustinus Bader, Paolo Macchiarini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages 437-443)
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Expression of dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation–regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) can be a favorable prognostic marker in pulmonary adenocarcinoma , 12 October 2009
Shin-ichi Yamashita, Masao Chujo, Keita Tokuishi, Kentaro Anami, Michiyo Miyawaki, Satoshi Yamamoto, Katsunobu Kawahara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1303-1308)
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Bone marrow cell–induced protection of the human myocardium: Characterization and mechanism of action , 19 August 2009
Vien Khach Lai, José Linares-Palomino, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, Manuel Galiñanes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 6, Pages 1400-1408.e1)
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Layered implantation of myoblast sheets attenuates adverse cardiac remodeling of the infarcted heart
Naosumi Sekiya, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Yoshiki Sawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 4, Pages 985-993)
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Association of neonatal hypoxia with lasting changes in left ventricular gene expression: An animal model
Danny Del Duca, Guoruey Wong, Phan Trieu, Demetra Rodaros, Athanasios Kouremenos, Artavazd Tadevosyan, George Vaniotis, Louis R. Villeneuve, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Stanley Nattel, Bruce G. Allen, Terence E. Hébert, Charles V. Rohlicek
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 538-546.e1)
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Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 is up-regulated in bacterial endocarditis and binds to components of vegetations , 02 July 2009
Hanna Müller, Marcus Renner, Burkhard M. Helmke, Caroline End, Christel Weiss, Johannes Poeschl, Jan Mollenhauer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 725-732)
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Skeletal myoblast sheet transplantation improves the diastolic function of a pressure-overloaded right heart
Takaya Hoashi, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Hajime Ichikawa, Takayoshi Ueno, Masamichi Ono, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Yoshiki Sawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 460-467)
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Gene expression analysis of endobronchial epithelial lining fluid in the evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules
Nicolas Kahn, Ruprecht Kuner, Ralf Eberhardt, Michael Meister, Thomas Muley, Susanne Winteroll, Philipp A. Schnabel, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Felix J.F. Herth, Annemarie Poustka, Holger Sültmann, Hans Hoffmann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 474-479)
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Increased vascular permeability after cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with diabetes is associated with increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor , 16 March 2009
Sirisha Emani, Basel Ramlawi, Neel R. Sodha, Jian Li, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 185-191)
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Correlation between plasma osteopontin levels and aortic valve calcification: Potential insights into the pathogenesis of aortic valve calcification and stenosis , 09 March 2009
Pey-Jen Yu, Adam Skolnick, Giovanni Ferrari, Katherine Heretis, Paolo Mignatti, Giuseppe Pintucci, Barry Rosenzweig, Juan Diaz-Cartelle, Itzhak Kronzon, Gila Perk, Harvey I. Pass, Aubrey C. Galloway, Eugene A. Grossi, Juan B. Grau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 196-199)
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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in stem cell preconditioning: Mechanistic role of hypoxia-related micro-RNAs
Khawaja Husnain Haider, Ha Won Kim, Muhammad Ashraf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Page 257)
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Myocyte apoptosis occurs early during the development of pressure-overload hypertrophy in infant myocardium , 12 March 2009
Yeong-Hoon Choi, Douglas B. Cowan, Adrian M. Moran, Steven D. Colan, Christof Stamm, Koh Takeuchi, Ingeborg Friehs, Pedro J. del Nido, Francis X. McGowan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1356-1362.e3)
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Regression of flow-induced pulmonary arterial vasculopathy after flow correction in piglets , 09 February 2009
Olaf Mercier, Edouard Sage, Marc de Perrot, Ly Tu, Elisabeth Marcos, Benoît Decante, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Hervé, Philippe Dartevelle, Saadia Eddahibi, Elie Fadel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1538-1546)
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Right ventricular hypertrophy with early dysfunction: A proteomics study in a neonatal model , 28 January 2009
Amir M. Sheikh, Cindy Barrett, Nestor Villamizar, Oscar Alzate, Anne Marie Valente, J. Rene' Herlong, Damian Craig, Andrew Lodge, Jeffrey Lawson, Carmelo Milano, James Jaggers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1146-1153)
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Myocardial membrane injury in pediatric cardiac surgery: An animal model , 23 February 2009
Jonathan R. Egan, Tanya L. Butler, Andrew D. Cole, Smartin Abraham, John S. Murala, David Baines, Neil Street, Lance Thompson, Oliver Biecker, John Dittmer, Sandra Cooper, Carol G. Au, Kathryn N. North, David S. Winlaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1154-1162)
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Decellularization reduces calcification while improving both durability and 1-year functional results of pulmonary homograft valves in juvenile sheep , 23 February 2009
Richard A. Hopkins, Alyce Linthurst Jones, Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Mark A. Moore, Arthur A. Bert, Gary K. Lofland
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 907-913.e4)
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Surgical ventricular reconstruction in mice: Elucidating potential targets for combined molecular/surgical intervention , 12 January 2009
Che-Chung Yeh, Deepak Malhotra, Hongzhe Li, Susan Nicholas, Richard Tu, Michael J. Mann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 942-949)
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Direct epicardial shock wave therapy improves ventricular function and induces angiogenesis in ischemic heart failure
Daniel Zimpfer, Seyedhossein Aharinejad, Johannes Holfeld, Anita Thomas, Julia Dumfarth, Raphael Rosenhek, Martin Czerny, Wolfgang Schaden, Mathias Gmeiner, Ernst Wolner, Michael Grimm
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 963-970)
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Expression of LKB1 tumor suppressor in non–small cell lung cancer determines sensitivity to 2-deoxyglucose
Landon J. Inge, Keith D. Coon, Michael A. Smith, Ross M. Bremner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 580-586)
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CXCL12 and CXCR4 in adenocarcinoma of the lung: Association with metastasis and survival , 22 September 2008
Patrick L. Wagner, Elizabeth Hyjek, Madeline F. Vazquez, Danish Meherally, Yi Fang Liu, Paul A. Chadwick, Tatiana Rengifo, Gabriel L. Sica, Jeffrey L. Port, Paul C. Lee, Subroto Paul, Nasser K. Altorki, Anjali Saqi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 615-621)
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Regression of pressure-induced left ventricular hypertrophy is characterized by a distinct gene expression profile
William E. Stansfield, Peter C. Charles, Ru-hang Tang, Mauricio Rojas, Rajendra Bhati, Nancy C. Moss, Cam Patterson, Craig H. Selzman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 232-238.e8)
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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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Transgenic model of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma formation , 15 August 2008
Christiane Köbbert, Christa Möllmann, Michael Schäfers, Sven Hermann, Hideo A. Baba, Andreas Hoffmeier, Günter Breithardt, Hans H. Scheld, Gabriele Weissen–Plenz, Jürgen R. Sindermann
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1178-1186)
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Myocardial ischemia is more important than the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on myocardial water handling and postoperative dysfunction: A pediatric animal model , 27 May 2008
Jonathan R. Egan, Tanya L. Butler, Andrew D. Cole, Avetis Aharonyan, David Baines, Neil Street, Manchula Navaratnam, Oliver Biecker, Carla Zazulak, Carol G. Au, Yee Mun Tan, Kathryn N. North, David S. Winlaw
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages 1265-1273.e2)
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CCR3- and CXCR4-mediated interactions regulate migration of CD34+ human bone marrow progenitors to ischemic myocardium and subsequent tissue repair , 07 July 2008
N. Bonaros, H. Sondermejer, M. Schuster, R. Rauf, S.F. Wang, T. Seki, D. Skerrett, S. Itescu, A.A. Kocher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1044-1053)
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Cardiac stem cells in the real world
Remco Koninckx, Karen Hensen, Jean-Luc Rummens, Marc Hendrikx
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 797-798)
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Gene array analysis of a rat model of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after superior cavopulmonary anastomosis
Russell S. Tipps, Muhammed Mumtaz, Patrick Leahy, Brian W. Duncan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 283-289)
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Gene expression profiling from endomyocardial biopsy tissue allows distinction between subentities of dilated cardiomyopathy , 12 May 2008
Volker Ruppert, Thomas Meyer, Sabine Pankuweit, Eva Möller, Reinhard C. Funck, Wolfram Grimm, Bernhard Maisch, German Heart Failure Network
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 360-369.e1)
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A proteomic study of the aortic media in human thoracic aortic dissection: Implication for oxidative stress , 12 May 2008
Mingfang Liao, Zhaoyang Liu, Junmin Bao, Zhiqing Zhao, Jianwen Hu, Xiang Feng, Rui Feng, Qingsheng Lu, Zhijun Mei, Yanling Liu, Qingyu Wu, Zaiping Jing
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 65-72.e3)
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Pretreatment with ω-3 fatty acid infusion to prevent leukocyte–endothelial injury responses seen in cardiac surgery , 23 May 2008
Jonathan McGuinness, John Byrne, Claire Condron, Jim McCarthy, David Bouchier-Hayes, J. Mark Redmond
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 135-141)
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Atrial natriuretic peptide gene transfection with a novel envelope vector system ameliorates pulmonary hypertension in rats , 12 May 2008
Yoshihide Mitani, Junko Maruyama, Bao Hua Jiang, Hirofumi Sawada, Hideto Shimpo, Kyoko Imanaka–Yoshida, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshihiro Komada, Kazuo Maruyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 142-149)
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A dynamic and chamber-specific mitochondrial remodeling in right ventricular hypertrophy can be therapeutically targeted , 27 May 2008
Jayan Nagendran, Vikram Gurtu, David Z. Fu, Jason R.B. Dyck, Al Haromy, David B. Ross, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Evangelos D. Michelakis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 168-178.e3)
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Regional remodeling strain and its association with myocardial apoptosis after myocardial infarction in an ovine model
Godfred K. Yankey, Tieluo Li, Ahmet Kilic, Guangming Cheng, Aditee Satpute, Kinjal Savai, Shuying Li, Sina L. Moainie, Deyanira Prastein, Christopher DeFillipi, Zhongjun J. Wu, Bartley P. Griffith
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 991-998.e2)
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Aortic dissection in a young man with Loeys–Dietz syndrome
Vojtech Melenovsky, Marek Adamira, Dana Kautznerova, Ludek Voska, Jiri Weichet, Bart Loeys, Jan Pirk
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1174-1175.e1)
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Acute β-blockade prevents myocardial β-adrenergic receptor desensitization and preserves early ventricular function after brain death
Prakash K. Pandalai, Kelly M. McLean, Christian F. Bulcao, Jodie Y. Duffy, Karen M. D'Souza, Walter H. Merrill, Jeffrey M. Pearl, Shahab A. Akhter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 792-798)
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A simple two-gene prognostic model for adenocarcinoma of the lung , 21 January 2008
Carolyn E. Reed, Amanda Graham, Rana S. Hoda, Andras Khoor, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Michael B. Wallace, Michael Mitas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 627-634)
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Cardiac stem cells in the real world
Julia Pouly, Patrick Bruneval, Chantal Mandet, Suzanne Proksch, Séverine Peyrard, Catherine Amrein, Véronique Bousseaux, Romain Guillemain, Alain Deloche, Jean-Noel Fabiani, Philippe Menasché
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 673-678)
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MicroRNA expression profiles of esophageal cancer , 03 January 2008
Andrew Feber, Liqiang Xi, James D. Luketich, Arjun Pennathur, Rodney J. Landreneau, Maoxin Wu, Scott J. Swanson, Tony E. Godfrey, Virginia R. Litle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 255-260)
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Transmyocardial revascularization to enhance myocardial vasculogenesis and hemodynamic function , 21 January 2008
Pavan Atluri, Corinna M. Panlilio, George P. Liao, Eric E. Suarez, Ryan C. McCormick, William Hiesinger, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Maximilian J. Smith, Abha B. Patel, Wei Feng, Y. Joseph Woo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 283-291.e1)
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Improvement in hemodynamic performance, exercise capacity, inflammatory profile, and left ventricular reverse remodeling after intracoronary delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in an experimental model of pressure overload hypertrophy , 03 January 2008
Ezequiel J. Molina, Jon Palma, Dipin Gupta, Denise Torres, John P. Gaughan, Steven Houser, Mahender Macha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 292-299.e1)
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Spatiotemporal patterns of smooth muscle cell changes in ascending aortic dilatation with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve stenosis: Focus on cell–matrix signaling , 12 November 2007
Alessandro Della Corte, Cesare Quarto, Ciro Bancone, Clotilde Castaldo, Franca Di Meglio, Daria Nurzynska, Luca S. De Santo, Marisa De Feo, Michelangelo Scardone, Stefania Montagnani, Maurizio Cotrufo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 8-18.e2)
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Atorvastatin impairs the myocardial angiogenic response to chronic ischemia in normocholesterolemic swine
Munir Boodhwani, Shigetoshi Mieno, Jun Feng, Neel R. Sodha, Richard T. Clements, Shu-Hua Xu, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 117-122)
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Nonischemic myocardial acidosis adversely affects microvascular and myocardial function and triggers apoptosis during cardioplegia
Kamal R. Khabbaz, Jun Feng, Munir Boodhwani, Richard T. Clements, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 139-146)
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Inhibition of protein kinase Cα improves myocardial β-adrenergic receptor signaling and ventricular function in a model of myocardial preservation
Karen M. D’Souza, Natalia N. Petrashevskaya, Walter H. Merrill, Shahab A. Akhter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 172-179.e1)
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Insulin treatment enhances the myocardial angiogenic response in diabetes , 02 November 2007
Munir Boodhwani, Neel R. Sodha, Shigetoshi Mieno, Basel Ramlawi, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Richard T. Clements, Marc Ruel, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1453-1460)
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Phosphorylation and translocation of heat shock protein 27 and αB-crystallin in human myocardium after cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass
Richard T. Clements, Neel R. Sodha, Jun Feng, Shigetoshi Mieno, Munir Boodhwani, Basel Ramlawi, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1461-1470.e3)
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Fulminant endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a young man
Markus Kondruweit, Michael Weyand, Faidi Omar Mahmoud, Walter Geissdoerfer, Christoph Schoerner, Dieter Ropers, Stephan Achenbach, Thomas Strecker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1579-1580)
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Chronic pulmonary artery occlusion increases alveolar fluid clearance in rats
Zheng Wang, Jin Xu, Gang Ma, Motoyasu Sagawa, Miyako Shimazaki, Yoshimichi Ueda, Tsutomu Sakuma
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1213-1219)
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Reply to the Editor
Elizabeth O. Johnson, Olga Ananiadou
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1382-1383)
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Genomic expression pathways associated with brain injury after cardiopulmonary bypass
Basel Ramlawi, Hasan Otu, James L. Rudolph, Shigetoshi Mieno, Isaac S. Kohane, Handan Can, Towia A. Libermann, Edward R. Marcantonio, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 996-1005.e4)
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Reply to the Editor
Tao-Sheng Li, Ryo Suzuki, Kimikazu Hamano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Page 1096)
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Novel NOTCH1 mutations in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease and thoracic aortic aneurysms
Stephen H. McKellar, David J. Tester, Marineh Yagubyan, Ramanath Majumdar, Michael J. Ackerman, Thoralf M. Sundt
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 290-296)
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Early gene expression profiles during intraoperative myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in cardiac surgery
Sara Arab, Igor E. Konstantinov, Cathy Boscarino, Eva Cukerman, Alessandro Mori, Jia Li, Peter P. Liu, Andrew N. Redington, John G. Coles
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 74-81.e2)
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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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Endothelin-1 accentuates the proatherosclerotic effects associated with C-reactive protein , 29 March 2007
Danny Ramzy, Vivek Rao, Laura C. Tumiati, Ning Xu, Rohit Sheshgiri, Jessica Jackman, Diego H. Delgado, Heather J. Ross
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1137-1146)
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Autologous fibrin-coated small-caliber vascular prostheses improve antithrombogenicity by reducing immunologic response
Tomomi Hasegawa, Kenji Okada, Yoshihito Takano, Yoshiaki Hiraishi, Yutaka Okita
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1268-1276.e1)
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Myocardial regeneration therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy with cyclin A2 , 06 March 2007
Y. Joseph Woo, Corinna M. Panlilio, Richard K. Cheng, George P. Liao, Erik E. Suarez, Pavan Atluri, Hina W. Chaudhry
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 927-933)
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Inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway reduces microglial activation and interleukin-1-beta expression in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats
Kang Lu, Chung-Lung Cho, Cheng-Loong Liang, Shang-Der Chen, Po-Chou Liliang, Shin-Yuan Wang, Han-Jung Chen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 934-941)
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Which cell is transferred hepatocyte growth factor gene?
Masahiro Sakurai
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Page 1120)
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Reply to the Editor
Enyi Shi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1120-1121)
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Differential effects on the mesenteric microcirculatory response to vasopressin and phenylephrine after cardiopulmonary bypass
Tanveer A. Khan, Cesario Bianchi, Marc Ruel, Jun Feng, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 682-688)
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Wnt inhibitory factor inhibits lung cancer cell growth
Jae Kim, Liang You, Zhidong Xu, Kris Kuchenbecker, Dan Raz, Biao He, David Jablons
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 733-737)
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Chemotherapy resistance and oncogene expression in non–small cell lung cancer , 12 January 2007
Thomas A. d‘Amato, Rodney J. Landreneau, William Ricketts, Weidong Huang, Ricardo Parker, Eugene Mechetner, Ing-Ru Yu, James D. Luketich
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 352-363)
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Angiogenic pretreatment to enhance myocardial function after cellular cardiomyoplasty with skeletal myoblasts
Mauricio A. Retuerto, James T. Beckmann, JoAnn Carbray, Gerald Patejunas, Sorin Sarateanu, Bonnie J. Kane, Beverly Smulevitz, David D. McPherson, Todd K. Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 478-484.e2)
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Harm from seat belt: Transthoracic lung herniation and pericardial rupture
Christoph Benckert, Armin Thelen, Robert Pfitzmann, Bernhard Gebauer, Antonino Spinelli, Sven Jonas, Peter Neuhaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 588-589)
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Increased cerebral and renal endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene expression after cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat
C. David Mazer, Francoise Briet, Katherine R. Blight, Duncan J. Stewart, Malcolm Robb, Zhilan Wang, Alana M. Harrington, William Mak, Xiaomao Li, Gregory M.T. Hare
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 13-20.e1)
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Matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor expression in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysms
Joseph D. Schmoker, Kenneth J. McPartland, Erika K. Fellinger, Jon Boyum, Lucy Trombley, Frank P. Ittleman, Christopher Terrien, Andrew Stanley, Alan Howard
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 155-161)
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Proteomics in cardiovascular surgery
Peter Matt, Thierry Carrel, Melanie White, Ivan Lefkovits, Jennifer Van Eyk
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 210-214.e1)
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Myocardial transcription factors are modulated during pathologic cardiac hypertrophy in vivo , 06 November 2006
Anthony Azakie, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Youping He
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1262-1271.e4)
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Overexpression of integrin-linked kinase induces cardiac stem cell expansion , 06 November 2006
Hideaki Yamabi, Huanzhang Lu, Xiaojing Dai, Yanruo Lu, Gregory Hannigan, John G. Coles
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1272-1279)
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High-dose atorvastatin is associated with impaired myocardial angiogenesis in response to vascular endothelial growth factor in hypercholesterolemic swine
Munir Boodhwani, Shigetoshi Mieno, Pierre Voisine, Jun Feng, Neel Sodha, Jian Li, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1299-1306)
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Transplantation of angiogenin-overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells synergistically augments cardiac function in a porcine model of chronic ischemia
Sheng-Dong Huang, Fang-Lin Lu, Xun-Yu Xu, Xiao-Hong Liu, Xian-Xian Zhao, Bao-Zhen Zhao, Li Wang, De-Jun Gong, Yang Yuan, Zhi-Yun Xu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1329-1338)
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Gossypol, a phytochemical with BH3-mimetic property, sensitizes cultured thoracic cancer cells to Apo2 ligand/tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand , 06 November 2006
Wen-Shuz Yeow, Aris Baras, Alex Chua, Duc M. Nguyen, Shailen S. Sehgal, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1356-1362.e2)
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Bone marrow cells have a potent anti-ischemic effect against myocardial cell death in humans
Chandrashekhar Kubal, Kamlesh Sheth, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, Manuel Galiñanes
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1112-1118)
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Expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein
George D. Webb, Lay Har Lim, Vernon M.S. Oh, Reida El Oakley, Chuen Neng Lee, Poo Sing Wong, W. Maung Maung Aye, Edwin S.Y. Chan, Philip K. Moore
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1131-1136)
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Proteomics of cerebral injury in a neonatal model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest , 31 August 2006
Amir M. Sheikh, Cindy Barrett, Nestor Villamizar, Oscar Alzate, Sara Miller, John Shelburne, Andrew Lodge, Jeffrey Lawson, James Jaggers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 820-828.e2)
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A combination of omental flap and growth factor therapy induces arteriogenesis and increases myocardial perfusion in chronic myocardial ischemia: Evolving concept of biologic coronary artery bypass grafting , 31 August 2006
Kiyoaki Takaba, Chunli Jiang, Shintaro Nemoto, Yoshiaki Saji, Tadashi Ikeda, Shinichi Urayama, Takashi Azuma, Akishige Hokugo, Sadami Tsutsumi, Yasuhiko Tabata, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 891-899.e1)
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Pharmacologic relaxation of vein grafts is beneficial compared with pressure distention caused by upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production
Ada W.Y. Chung, Pooja Rauniyar, Honglin Luo, York N. Hsiang, Cornelis van Breemen, Elena B. Okon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 925-932)
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Nonviral gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
Enyi Shi, Xiaojing Jiang, Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 941-947)
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Candidate gene association analysis of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection
Usman Ahmad, Muhammad A. Javed, Saulat H. Fatimi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Page 988)
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Reply to the Editor
Li Chen, Xing Li Wang, Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 988-989)
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Differential diagnosis of solitary lung nodules with gene expression ratios
Gavin J. Gordon, Levi A. Deters, Matthew D. Nitz, Barry C. Lieberman, Beow Y. Yeap, Raphael Bueno
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 621-627)
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Transfemoral stent-graft of distal aortic arch complicated with retrograde dissection
Salvador Torregrosa, Hortensia Montes, Manuel Pérez, Andrés Castelló, Daniel Mata, Francisco Valera, Anastasio Montero
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 697-698)
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Electrographic seizure after neonatal and infant cardiac surgery
Syed Faisal Hashmi, Muhammad Hanif, Kathleen O’Reilly
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 2, Page 441)
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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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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the matrix metalloproteinase 9 gene (−8202A/G) is associated with thoracic aortic aneurysms and thoracic aortic dissection
Li Chen, Xinwen Wang, Stacey A. Carter, Ying H. Shen, Heather R. Bartsch, Robert W. Thompson, Joseph S. Coselli, David L. Wilcken, Xing Li Wang, Scott A. LeMaire
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1045-1052)
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Pharmacologic inhibition of vein graft neointimal hyperplasia
Thomas Schachner
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1065-1072)
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Autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation in patients with nonacute myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up
Juan J. Gavira, Jesús Herreros, Ana Perez, María José Garcia-Velloso, Joaquín Barba, Francisco Martin-Herrero, Consuelo Cañizo, Ana Martin-Arnau, Josep M. Martí-Climent, Milagros Hernández, Natalia López-Holgado, José María González-Santos, Cándido Martín-Luengo, Eduardo Alegria, Felipe Prósper
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 799-804)
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Decellularized heart valve as a scaffold for in vivo recellularization: Deleterious effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Francis Juthier, André Vincentelli, Julien Gaudric, Delphine Corseaux, Olivier Fouquet, Christine Calet, Thierry Le Tourneau, Valérie Soenen, Christophe Zawadzki, Olivier Fabre, Sophie Susen, Alain Prat, Brigitte Jude
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 843-852)
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Homing of intravenously infused embryonic stem cell-derived cells to injured hearts after myocardial infarction
Jiang-Yong Min, Xuling Huang, Meixiang Xiang, Achim Meissner, Yu Chen, Qingen Ke, Emel Kaplan, Jamal S. Rana, Peter Oettgen, James P. Morgan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 889-897)
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Depletion of DNA methyltransferase 1 and/or DNA methyltransferase 3b mediates growth arrest and apoptosis in lung and esophageal cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma cells , 13 January 2006
Edmund S. Kassis, Ming Zhao, Julie A. Hong, G. Aaron Chen, Dao M. Nguyen, David S. Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 298-306.e2)
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From mesothelioma to cardiovascular protection via the phosphoinositide-3 kinase pathway: A new vista in cardiothoracic surgery
Igor E. Konstantinov, Jia Li, Andrew N. Redington
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 509-510)
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Reply to the Editor
Philip A. Rascoe, Xiaobo Cao, Jonathan C. Daniel, Steven D. Miller, W. Roy Smythe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Page 510)
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Linking gene expression, nuclear factor kappa B, remote ischemic preconditioning, and transplantation: A quest for an elusive Holy Grail or a road to an amazing discovery?
Igor E. Konstantinov, Andrew N. Redington
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 507-509)
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Aprotinin inhibits proinflammatory activation of endothelial cells by thrombin through the protease-activated receptor 1
Jonathan R.S. Day, Kenneth M. Taylor, Elaine A. Lidington, Justin C. Mason, Dorian O. Haskard, Anna M. Randi, R. Clive Landis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 21-27)
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An Egr-1 master switch for arteriogenesis: Studies in Egr-1 homozygous negative and wild-type animals , 05 December 2005
Cristian Sorin Sarateanu, Mauricio A. Retuerto, James T. Beckmann, Leslie McGregor, JoAnn Carbray, Gerald Patejunas, Lina Nayak, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Todd K. Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 1, Pages 138-145)
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Ubiquitin fusion degradation 1–like gene dysregulation in bicuspid aortic valve
Salah Ali Mohamed, Thorsten Hanke, Claudia Schlueter, Joern Bullerdiek, Hans-Hinrich Sievers
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1531-1536)
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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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Prognostic implication of aberrant promoter hypermethylation of CpG islands in adenocarcinoma of the lung , 14 October 2005
Young Tae Kim, Sun Jung Park, Seung Hee Lee, Hee Jung Kang, Seokyung Hahn, Chang Hyun Kang, Sook Whan Sung, Joo Hyun Kim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1378.e1-1378.e10)
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Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and histone deacetylase activity induces apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo , 14 October 2005
Chadrick E. Denlinger, Brian K. Rundall, David R. Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1422-1429)
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Association between cyclooxygenase and epidermal growth factor receptor pathways in non–small cell lung cancer
Mehmet Ates, Ozden Altundag, Serdal Aktolga, Kadri Altundag
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1484-1485)
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Upregulation of hypoxia inducible factor is associated with attenuation of neuronal injury in neonatal piglets undergoing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Faraz Kerendi, Michael E. Halkos, Hajime Kin, Joel S. Corvera, Daniel J. Brat, Mary B. Wagner, Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Joseph M. Forbess, Kirk R. Kanter, Mary E. Kelley, Paul M. Kirshbom
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1079.e1-1079.e10)
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Chronic hypoxemia increases myocardial cytochrome oxidase
David A. Piel, Azeem R. Khan, Robert Waibel, Mariusz Birbach, Meryl S. Cohen, Thomas L. Spray, Clifford S. Deutschman, J. William Gaynor, Richard J. Levy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1101-1106)
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Role of the β-adrenergic receptor kinase in myocardial dysfunction after brain death
Prakash K. Pandalai, Jefferson M. Lyons, Jodie Y. Duffy, Kelly M. McLean, Connie J. Wagner, Walter H. Merrill, Jeffrey M. Pearl, Shahab A. Akhter
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1183-1189)
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Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on function and viability of circulating endothelial progenitor cells
Marc Ruel, Erik J. Suuronen, Jianming Song, Varun Kapila, Derek Gunning, Geeta Waghray, Fraser D. Rubens, Thierry G. Mesana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 633-639)
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress induced in motor neurons by transient spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
Masahiro Sakurai, Goro Takahashi, Koji Abe, Takashi Horinouchi, Yasuto Itoyama, Koichi Tabayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 640-645)
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Gene transfection of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates the progression of cardiac remodeling in the hypertrophied heart
Keiji Iwata, Yoshiki Sawa, Satoru Kitagawa-Sakakida, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Toshikazu Nakamura, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 719-725)
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Differential cardiac gene expression during cardiopulmonary bypass: Ischemia-independent upregulation of proinflammatory genes
Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Gregory A. Michelotti, Yukie Sato, Michael P. Smith, Simon Lin, Richard W. Morris, Hilary P. Grocott, Joseph P. Mathew, Debra A. Schwinn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 330-339)
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Local delivery of osteopontin attenuates vascular remodeling by altering matrix metalloproteinase-2 in a rabbit model of aortic injury
Ralf G. Seipelt, Carl L. Backer, Constantine Mavroudis, Veronica Stellmach, Mona Cornwell, Ingrid M. Seipelt, Friedrich A. Schoendube, Susan E. Crawford
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 355-362)
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Receptor tyrosine kinase and phosphoinositide-3 kinase signaling in malignant mesothelioma , 27 June 2005
Philip A. Rascoe, Xiaobo Cao, Jonathan C. Daniel, Steven D. Miller, W. Roy Smythe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 393-400)
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Different patterns of extracellular matrix protein expression in the convexity and the concavity of the dilated aorta with bicuspid aortic valve: Preliminary results
Maurizio Cotrufo, Alessandro Della Corte, Luca S. De Santo, Cesare Quarto, Marisa De Feo, Gianpaolo Romano, Cristiano Amarelli, Michelangelo Scardone, Franca Di Meglio, Germano Guerra, Maria Scarano, Serena Vitale, Clotilde Castaldo, Stefania Montagnani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 504.e1-504.e9)
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Inhibition of nuclear factor κB by IκB superrepressor gene transfer ameliorates ischemia-reperfusion injury after experimental lung transplantation
Takaaki Ishiyama, Sekhar Dharmarajan, Makio Hayama, Hisao Moriya, Kathleen Grapperhaus, G. Alexander Patterson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 194-201)
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Comparing the global mRNA expression profile of human atrial and ventricular myocardium with high-density oligonucleotide arrays
Peter Ellinghaus, Robert J. Scheubel, Dobromir Dobrev, Ursula Ravens, Juergen Holtz, Joachim Huetter, Ulrich Nielsch, Henning Morawietz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1383-1390)
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Modulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling reduces intimal hyperplasia in aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts , 28 April 2005
Jonathan A. Hata, Jason A. Petrofski, Jacob N. Schroder, Matthew L. Williams, Sarah H. Timberlake, Anne Pippen, Michael T. Corwin, Amy K. Solan, Andre Jakoi, Thomas R. Gehrig, Christopher D. Kontos, Carmelo A. Milano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1405-1413)
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Normalization of coronary microvascular reactivity and improvement in myocardial perfusion by surgical vascular endothelial growth factor therapy combined with oral supplementation of l-arginine in a porcine model of endothelial dysfunction , 28 April 2005
Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi, Tanveer A. Khan, Marc Ruel, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Jian Li, Tamer Malik, Audrey Rosinberg, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1414-1420)
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Tetralogy of Fallot and hypoplastic aortic arch: A novel perspective
David L.S. Morales, Daniel J. DiBardino, Wesley Vick, Charles D. Fraser, E. Dean McKenzie
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1448-1450)
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The selective epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor PD153035 suppresses expression of prometastasis phenotypes in malignant pleural mesothelioma cells in vitro , 06 April 2005
George W. Cole, Annette M. Alleva, Rishindra M. Reddy, Justin B. Maxhimer, JingTong Zuo, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1010-1017)
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Cardioprotective stress response in the human fetal heart , 06 April 2005
John G. Coles, Cathy Boscarino, Mark Takahashi, Diane Grant, Astra Chang, Julia Ritter, Xiaojing Dai, Changqing Du, Gabriel Musso, Hideaki Yamabi, Jason Goncalves, Ashu Sunny Kumar, James Woodgett, Huanzhang Lu, Gregory Hannigan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1128-1136)
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Reply to the Editor
Paolo Macchiarini
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1208-1209)
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Bioengineered airway tissue
Hermes C. Grillo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Page 1208)
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Vascular endothelial growth factor before cells
Todd K. Rosengart, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Gerald Patejunas, Mauricio Retuarto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Page 696)
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Advances in tissue engineering: Cell printing
David Varghese, Malay Deshpande, Tao Xu, Priya Kesari, Sunil Ohri, Thomas Boland
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 470-472)
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Induction of apoptosis of lung and esophageal cancer cells treated with the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor (trichostatin A) and protein kinase C inhibitor (calphostin C) , 06 December 2004
Justin B. Maxhimer, Rishindra M. Reddy, Jingtong Zuo, George W. Cole, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 53-63)
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Specific inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase with FR167653 attenuates vascular proliferation in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats
Jun Lu, Hideto Shimpo, Akira Shimamoto, Albert J. Chong, Craig R. Hampton, Denise J. Spring, Masaki Yada, Motoshi Takao, Koji Onoda, Isao Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 850-859)
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Cisplatin enhances apoptosis induced by a tumor-selective adenovirus expressing tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand , 25 October 2004
Rishindra M. Reddy, Wilson S. Tsai, M. Firdos Ziauddin, JingTong Zuo, George W. Cole, Justin B. Maxhimer, BingLiang Fang, David S. Schrump, Dao M. Nguyen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 883-891)
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Inhaled prostacyclin is safe, effective, and affordable in patients with pulmonary hypertension, right-heart dysfunction, and refractory hypoxemia after cardiothoracic surgery
Saima Muzaffar, Nilima Shukla, Gianni D. Angelini, Jamie Y. Jeremy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 6, Pages 949-950)
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Proteasome inhibition sensitizes non–small cell lung cancer to histone deacetylase inhibitor–induced apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species , 28 September 2004
Chadrick E. Denlinger, Brian K. Rundall, David R. Jones
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 740-748)
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Injectable bioartificial myocardial tissue for large-scale intramural cell transfer and functional recovery of injured heart muscle
Theo Kofidis, Jorg L. de Bruin, Grant Hoyt, Darren R. Lebl, Masashi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Yamane, Ching-Pin Chang, Robert C. Robbins
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 571-578)
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FR167653 diminishes infarct size in a murine model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
Masaki Yada, Akira Shimamoto, Craig R. Hampton, Albert J. Chong, Hiroo Takayama, Christine L. Rothnie, Denise J. Spring, Hideto Shimpo, Isao Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 588-594)
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Homozygous deletion of early growth response 1 gene and critical limb ischemia after vascular ligation in mice: Evidence for a central role in vascular homeostasis
Paul Schalch, Gerald Patejunas, Mauricio Retuerto, Sorin Sarateanu, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Geeta Thakker, David Kim, JoAnn Carbray, Ronald G. Crystal, Todd K. Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 595-601)
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First human transplantation of a bioengineered airway tissue
Paolo MacChiarini, Thorsten Walles, Christian Biancosino, Heike Mertsching
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 638-641)
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Locally applied cilostazol suppresses neointimal hyperplasia by inhibiting tenascin-C synthesis and smooth muscle cell proliferation in free artery grafts
Kazuya Fujinaga, Koji Onoda, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Motoshi Takao, Takatsugu Shimono, Hideto Shimpo, Toshimichi Yoshida, Isao Yada
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 357-363)
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Warm blood cardioplegic arrest induces mitochondrial-mediated cardiomyocyte apoptosis associated with increased urocortin expression in viable cells
Tiziano M. Scarabelli, Evasio Pasini, Gianna Ferrari, Mario Ferrari, Anastasis Stephanou, Kevin Lawrence, Paul Townsend, Carol Chen-Scarabelli, Gianluca Gitti, Louis Saravolatz, David Latchman, Richard A. Knight, Julius M. Gardin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 364-371)
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Development of an artificial vessel lined with human vascular cells
Helmut Gulbins, Martin Dauner, Robert Petzold, Angelika Goldemund, Ingrid Anderson, Michael Doser, Bruno Meiser, Bruno Reichart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 372-377)
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Toll-like receptor 4 mediates ischemia/reperfusion injury of the heart
Albert J. Chong, Akira Shimamoto, Craig R. Hampton, Hiroo Takayama, Denise J. Spring, Christine L. Rothnie, Masaki Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 170-179)
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Nitric oxide attenuates cardiomyocytic apoptosis via diminished mitochondrial complex I up-regulation from cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury under cardiopulmonary bypass
Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Yu-Min Lin, Yi-Cheng Wu, Yao-Chang Wang, Pyng Jing Lin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 180-188)
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Poly–adenosine diphosphate–ribose polymerase inhibition for myocardial protection: Pathophysiologic and physiologic considerations
Wilhelm Bloch, Uwe Mehlhorn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 323-324)
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Reply to the editor
Gábor Szabó, Csaba Szabó
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 2, Pages 324-325)
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Myocardial apoptosis prevention by radical scavenging in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Uwe M Fischer, Paschalis Tossios, Astrid Huebner, Hans J Geissler, Wilhelm Bloch, Uwe Mehlhorn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 103-108)
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Vein graft arterialization causes differential activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases
Paul C Saunders, Giuseppe Pintucci, Costas S Bizekis, Ram Sharony, Kevin M Hyman, Fiorella Saponara, F.Gregory Baumann, Eugene A Grossi, Stephen B Colvin, Paolo Mignatti, Aubrey C Galloway
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1276-1284)
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Xenoreactivity and engraftment of human mesenchymal stem cells transplanted into infarcted rat myocardium
K.H Grinnemo, A Månsson, G Dellgren, D Klingberg, E Wardell, V Drvota, C Tammik, J Holgersson, O Ringdén, C Sylvén, K Le Blanc
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1293-1300)
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Cardiopulmonary bypass elicits a prominent innate immune response in children with congenital heart disease
Christian F Stocker, Lara S Shekerdemian, Kumar Visvanathan, Narelle Skinner, Christian P Brizard, John B Carlin, Steven B Horton, Daniel J Penny
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1523-1525)
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Regression of postobstructive vasculopathy after revascularization of chronically obstructed pulmonary artery
Elie Fadel, René P Michel, Saadia Eddahibi, Renée Bernatchez, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Dartevelle, Philippe Herve
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1009-1017)
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Vascular endothelial growth factor transgene expression in cell-transplanted hearts
Terrence M. Yau, Guangming Li, Richard D Weisel, Adili Reheman, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Donald A.G Mickle, Ren-Ke Li
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1180-1187)
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Gene expression profiles in children undergoing cardiac surgery for right heart obstructive lesions1
Igor E Konstantinov, John G Coles, Cathy Boscarino, Mark Takahashi, Jason Goncalves, Julia Ritter, Glen S Van Arsdell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 746-754)
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Right ventricular targeted gene transfer of a β-adrenergic receptor kinase inhibitor improves ventricular performance after pulmonary artery banding
Sitaram M Emani, Ashish S Shah, Michael K Bowman, David C White, Sitaramesh Emani, Donald D Glower, Walter J Koch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 787-793)
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways and cardiac surgery
Tanveer A. Khan, Cesario Bianchi, Marc Ruel, Pierre Voisine, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 806-811)
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Augmenting major histocompatibility complex class I expression by murine tumors in vivo enhances antitumor immunity induced by an active immunotherapy strategy
Robert E Merritt, Reiko E Yamada, Ronald G Crystal, Robert J Korst
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 355-364)
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Potentiation of paclitaxel cytotoxicity in lung and esophageal cancer cells by pharmacologic inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B (Akt)–mediated signaling pathway
Dao M Nguyen, G.Aaron Chen, Rishindra Reddy, Wilson Tsai, William D Schrump, George Cole, David S Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 365-375)
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Nitric oxide synthase gene transfer inhibits biological features of bypass graft disease in the human saphenous vein
Felix C Tanner, Thomas Largiadèr, Helen Greutert, Zhihong Yang, Thomas F Lüscher
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 20-26)
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Intramyocardial and intracoronary basic fibroblast growth factor in porcine hibernating myocardium: a comparative study
Shankha S Biswas, G.Chad Hughes, John E Scarborough, Patrick W Domkowski, Luis Diodato, Monica L Smith, Carolyn Landolfo, James E Lowe, Brian H Annex, Kevin P Landolfo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 34-43)
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Rapamycin has no effect on fibrosis-associated gene expression or extracellular matrix accumulation when administered to animals with established or early allograft vasculopathy
Gavin J Murphy, Michael L Nicholson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2058-2064)
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Cartilaginous metaplasia and calcification in aortic allograft is associated with transforming growth factor β1 expression
P Mathieu, J.C Roussel, F Dagenais, I Anegon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1449-1454)
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MCI-186 prevents spinal cord damage and affects enzyme levels of nitric oxide synthase and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase after transient ischemia in rabbits
Goro Takahashi, Masahiro Sakurai, Koji Abe, Yasuto Itoyama, Koichi Tabayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1461-1466)
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N-acetylcysteine prevents reactive oxygen species–mediated myocardial stress in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Paschalis Tossios, Wilhelm Bloch, Astrid Huebner, M.Reza Raji, Fotini Dodos, Oliver Klass, Michael Suedkamp, Stefan-Mario Kasper, Martin Hellmich, Uwe Mehlhorn
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1513-1520)
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Gene expression profile after cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest
Marc Ruel, Cesario Bianchi, Tanveer A Khan, Shu Xu, John R Liddicoat, Pierre Voisine, Eugenio Araujo, Helen Lyon, Isaac S Kohane, Towia A Libermann, Frank W Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1521-1530)
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Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases during preparation of vein grafts and modulation by a synthetic inhibitor
Costas Bizekis, Giuseppe Pintucci, Christopher C Derivaux, Fiorella Saponara, Jin-Hee Kim, Kevin M Hyman, Eugene A Grossi, F.Gregory Baumann, Paolo Mignatti, Aubrey C Galloway
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 659-665)
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Direct comparison of efficiency and stability of gene transfer into the mammalian heart using adeno-associated virus versus adenovirus vectors
Danny Chu, Christopher C Sullivan, Matthew D Weitzman, Lingling Du, Paul L Wolf, Stuart W Jamieson, Patricia A Thistlethwaite
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 671-679)
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Cell death induced by down-regulation of heat shock protein 70 in lung cancer cell lines is p53-independent and does not require DNA cleavage
Steffen Frese, Manuela Schaper, Jan-Rasmus Kuster, Daniela Miescher, Marja Jäättelä, Thomas Buehler, Ralph A Schmid
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 748-754)
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Express yourself—but consider the consequences
Reed E Pyeritz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 334-336)
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Altered patterns of gene expression distinguishing ascending aortic aneurysms from abdominal aortic aneurysms: complementary DNA expression profiling in the molecular characterization of aortic disease
Tarek S. Absi, Thoralf M Sundt, William S Tung, Marc Moon, Jason K Lee, Ralph R Damiano, Robert W. Thompson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 344-357)
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In vivo gene transfer of pigment epithelium-derived factor inhibits tumor growth in syngeneic murine models of thoracic malignancies
Ali Mahtabifard, Robert E. Merritt, Reiko E. Yamada, Ronald G. Crystal, Robert J. Korst
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 28-38)
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Candidate locus analysis of familial ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections confirms the linkage to the chromosome 5q13-14 in Finnish families
Sakari Kakko, Tuija Räisänen, Minna Tamminen, Juhani Airaksinen, Kaj Groundstroem, Tatu Juvonen, Antti Ylitalo, Paavo Uusimaa, Markku J Savolainen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 106-113)
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Transcoronary implantation of bone marrow stromal cells ameliorates cardiac function after myocardial infarction
Takayuki Saito, Jin-Qiang Kuang, Charles C.H Lin, Ray C.-J Chiu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 114-122)
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Cardiomyocyte-mediated contact programs human mesenchymal stem cells to express cardiogenic phenotype
Sunil Rangappa, John W.C Entwistle, Andrew S Wechsler, J.Yasha Kresh
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 1, Pages 124-132)
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Blocking the development of postischemic cardiomyopathy with viral gene transfer of the apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain
Subhasis Chatterjee, Lawrence T Bish, Vasant Jayasankar, Allan S Stewart, Y.Joseph Woo, Michael T Crow, Timothy J Gardner, H.Lee Sweeney
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1461-1469)
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Direct cell-cell interaction of cardiomyocytes is key for bone marrow stromal cells to go into cardiac lineage in vitro
Shinya Fukuhara, Shinji Tomita, Seiji Yamashiro, Takayuki Morisaki, Chikao Yutani, Soichiro Kitamura, Takeshi Nakatani
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 6, Pages 1470-1479)
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Gene therapy in cardiac surgery: Is there a role?
Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 994-997)
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Multigene adenoviral therapy for the attenuation of ischemia-reperfusion injury after preservation for cardiac transplantation
Haitham J. Abunasra, Ryszard T. Smolenski, John Yap, Mary Sheppard, Timothy O'Brien, Magdi H. Yacoub
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 998-1006)
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Pretreatment with statins enhances myocardial protection during coronary revascularization
Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Yu Zhang, Sheilah A. Bernard
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1037-1042)
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Enhancement of depsipeptide-mediated apoptosis of lung or esophageal cancer cells by flavopiridol: Activation of the mitochondria-dependent death-signaling pathway
Dao M. Nguyen, William D. Schrump*, Wilson S. Tsai, Aaron Chen, John H. Stewart, Federico Steiner, David S. Schrump
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1132-1142)
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Single fiber skeletal muscle transplantation or purified myoblast engraftment?
Eugene K.W. Sim, Husnain K. Haider, Peter K. Law
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1181-1182)
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Reply
Bari Murtuza, Ken Suzuki, Magdi H. Yacoub
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Page 1182)
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In search of the ideal valve replacement device
John E. Mayer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S14-S15)
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Cell transplantation comes of age
Richard D. Weisel, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A.G. Mickle, Terrence M. Yau
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S53-S54)
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Therapeutic cardiac angiogenesis and myogenesis: The promises and challenges on a new frontier
Ray C.-J. Chiu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Supplement, Pages S55-S56)
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Preseeding with autologous fibroblasts improves endothelialization of glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine aortic valves
Helmut Gulbins, Angelika Goldemund, Ingrid Anderson, Ulrike Haas, Antje Uhlig, Bruno Meiser, Bruno Reichart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 592-601)
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Hyperoxia elicits myocardial protection through a nuclear factor κB-dependent mechanism in the rat heart
Peeter Tähepõld, Jarle Vaage, Joel Starkopf, Guro Valen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 650-660)
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Mechanisms of Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R (αGal) expression on porcine valve endothelial cells
R.Saeid Farivar, Farzan Filsoufi, David H. Adams
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 306-314)
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Long-term improvement of cardiac function in rats after infarction by transplantation of embryonic stem cells
Jiang-Yong Min, Yinke Yang, Matthew F. Sullivan, Qingen Ke, Kimber L. Converso, Yu Chen, James P. Morgan, Yong-Fu Xiao
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 361-369)
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Survival and death-promoting events after transient spinal cord ischemia in rabbits: Induction of Akt and caspase3 in motor neurons
Masahiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Nagata, Koji Abe, Takashi Horinouchi, Yasuto Itoyama, Koichi Tabayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 370-377)
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Nuclear factor κB mediates a procoagulant response in monocytes during extracorporeal circulation
Elizabeth N. Morgan, Timothy H. Pohlman, Craig Vocelka, Angela Farr, Gina Lindley, Wayne Chandler, Jeanette M. Griscavage-Ennis, Edward D. Verrier
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 1, Pages 165-171)
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Central sympathetic blockade ameliorates brain death-induced cardiotoxicity and associated changes in myocardial gene expression
Thomas Yeh, Andrew S. Wechsler, Laura Graham, Kathryn E. Loesser, Domenic A. Sica, Luke Wolfe, Emma R. Jakoi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1087-1098)
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Therapeutic angiogenesis in the ischemic canine heart induced by myocardial injection of naked complementary DNA plasmid encoding hepatocyte growth factor
Toshihiro Funatsu, Yoshiki Sawa, Shigeaki Ohtake, Toshiki Takahashi, Goro Matsumiya, Nariaki Matsuura, Toshikazu Nakamura, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1099-1105)
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Alteration of gap junctions and connexins in the right atrial appendage during cardiopulmonary bypass
Hung-I Yeh, Shou-Hsien Hou, Hsiang-Rui Hu, Yi-Nan Lee, Jiun-Yi Li, Emmanuel Dupont, Steven R. Coppen, Yu-Shien Ko, Nicholas J. Severs, Cheng-Ho Tsai
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1106-1112)
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Intratracheal adenovirus-mediated gene transfer is optimal in experimental lung transplantation
Samer A. Kanaan, Benjamin D. Kozower, Takashi Suda, Niccolò Daddi, Tsutomu Tagawa, Jon H. Ritter, T. Mohanakumar, G.Alexander Patterson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1130-1136)
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Gene transfection of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates cardiac remodeling in the canine heart: A novel gene therapy for cardiomyopathy
Ismayil Ahmet, Yoshiki Sawa, Keiji Iwata, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 957-963)
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Alternate explanation of the hypothermic prolonged induction of heat shock protein
Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto, Koho-Julio Miyamoto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 5, Pages 1054-1055)
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Moderate hypothermia during cardiopulmonary bypass increases intramyocardial synthesis of heat shock protein 72
Ma Qing, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Kathrin Schumacher, Ranjit S. Bhardwaj, Bernd Klosterhalfen, Ralf Minkenbergd,e, Bruno J. Messmer, Götz von Bernuth, Marie-Christine Seghaye
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 724-731)
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Endothelial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 is suppressed by postbypass plasma containing increased soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
Michael P. Vallely, Paul G. Bannon, Clifford F. Hughes, Leonard Kritharides
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 4, Pages 758-767)
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Incorporation and integration of implanted myogenic and stem cells into native myocardial fibers: Anatomic basis for functional improvements
Edgar G. Chedrawy, Jih-Shiuan Wang, Dao M. Nguyen, Dominique Shum-Tim, Ray C.J. Chiu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 584-590)
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Fibroblast growth factor 2 regulation of mitral valve interstitial cell repair in vitro
Avrum I. Gotlieb, Alan Rosenthal, Pedram Kazemian
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 591-597)
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Failure of airway healing in an ovine autotransplantation model that includes basic fibroblast growth factor
Matthias Behrend, Reinhard von Wasielewski, Jürgen Klempnauer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 231-240)
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Long-term effects of surgical angiogenic therapy with fibroblast growth factor 2 protein
Marc Ruel, Roger J. Laham, J.Anthony Parker, Mark J. Post, J.Anthony Ware, Michael Simons, Frank W. Sellke
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 28-34)
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Prevascularization with gelatin microspheres containing basic fibroblast growth factor enhances the benefits of cardiomyocyte transplantation
Yutaka Sakakibara, Kazunobu Nishimura, Keiichi Tambara, Masaya Yamamoto, Fanglin Lu, Yasuhiko Tabata, Masashi Komeda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 50-56)
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In vitro engineering of heart muscle: Artificial myocardial tissue
T. Kofidis, P. Akhyari, J. Boublik, P. Theodorou, U. Martin, A. Ruhparwar, S. Fischer, T. Eschenhagen, H.P. Kubis, T. Kraft, R. Leyh, A. Haverich
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 1, Pages 63-69)
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Gene therapy with adenovirus-mediated myocardial transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor 121 improves cardiac performance in a pacing model of congestive heart failure
Eros Leotta, Gerald Patejunas, Glenn Murphy, Joseph Szokol, Leslie McGregor, JoAnn Carbray, Adam Hamawy, David Winchester, Neil Hackett, Ronald Crystal, Todd Rosengart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1101-1113)
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Single fibers of skeletal muscle as a novel graft for cell transplantation to the heart
Ken Suzuki, Bari Murtuza, Louise Heslop, Jennifer E. Morgan, Ryszard T. Smolenski, Noriko Suzuki, Terence A. Partridge, Magdi H. Yacoub
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 984-992)
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In search of the ideal valve replacement device
John E. Mayer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2001 (Vol. 122, Issue 1, Pages 8-9)
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Insulin-like growth factor 1 prevents neuronal cell death and paraplegia in the rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia
Yoshihisa Nakao, Hajime Otani, Tadashi Yamamura, Reiji Hattori, Motohiko Osako, Hiroji Imamura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2001 (Vol. 122, Issue 1, Pages 136-143)
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