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Case report
 Bentall Procedure 39 years after Implantation of a
Starr-Edwards Aortic Caged- Ball-Valve Prosthesis
Jan D. Schmitto, Philipp Ortmann, Aron F. Popov, Kasim O. Coskun, Hanna Schotola, Martin Friedrich, Christoph H. Wiese, Christian Sohns, Suyog A. Mokashi, Vassilios N. Didilis, Friedrich A. Schoendube Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:12 (18 March 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
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Case report
 Spontaneous chylous cardiac tamponade: a case report Nikolaos Barbetakis, Christos Asteriou, Dimitrios Konstantinou, Dimitrios Giannoglou, Christodoulos Tsilikas, Georgios Giannoglou Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:11 (17 March 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
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Case report
 Intrathoracic fire during preparation of the left internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting Martin Friedrich, Theodor Tirilomis, Jan D Schmitto, Aron F Popov, Suyog A Mokashi, Marc Hinterthaner, Gunnar G Hanekop, Paul Zwaka, Friedrich A Schoendube Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:10 (10 March 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Case report
 Intravenous levosimendan-norepinephrine combination during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a hemodialysis patient with severe myocardial dysfunction Georgios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Petros Tzimas, Stavros N Siminelakis, Menelaos Karanikolas Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:9 (2 March 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Research article
 Preoperative statin is associated with decreased operative mortality in high risk coronary artery bypass patients James A Magovern, Robert J Moraca, Stephen H Bailey, David A Dean, Kathleen A Simpson, Thomas D Maher, Daniel H Benckart, George J Magovern Jr Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:8 (24 February 2010) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Research article
 Intra-operative intravenous fluid restriction reduces perioperative red blood cell transfusion in elective cardiac surgery, especially in transfusion-prone patients: a prospective, randomized controlled trial George Vretzakis, Athina Kleitsaki, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Metaxia Bareka, Stauroula Georgopoulou, Menelaos Karanikolas, Athanasios Giannoukas Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:7 (24 February 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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Study protocol
 "The non-ischemic repair" as a safe alternative method for repair of anterior post-infarction VSD Efstratios E Apostolakis, Antonios Kallikourdis, Nikolaos G Baikoussis, Panagiotis Dedeilias, Dimitrios Dougenis Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:6 (19 February 2010) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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