Published in Ann Thorac Surg on May 01, 2003
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Second and third cardiac valve reoperations: factors influencing death and long-term survival. Tex Heart Inst J (2009) 0.78
Computed tomography scan in redo valvular surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.75
Heart laceration during oesophagectomy for the treatment of oesophageal carcinoma. BMJ Case Rep (2010) 0.75
Preoperative computed tomography is associated with lower risk of perioperative stroke in reoperative cardiac surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 0.75
Multifunctional Alloys Obtained via a Dislocation-Free Plastic Deformation Mechanism. Science (2003) 2.33
Blind subxiphoid pericardiotomy for cardiac tamponade because of acute hemopericardium. J Trauma (2006) 2.11
Myocardial velocity gradient as a noninvasively determined index of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 2.05
A randomized phase II trial of personalized peptide vaccine plus low dose estramustine phosphate (EMP) versus standard dose EMP in patients with castration resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Immunol Immunother (2010) 1.70
Immunologic evaluation of personalized peptide vaccination for patients with advanced malignant glioma. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.65
siRNA-based therapy ameliorates glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 1.58
alpha1,3-Galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pig heart transplantation in baboons with survival approaching 6 months. Transplantation (2005) 1.56
Combined intraarterial 5-fluorouracil and subcutaneous interferon-alpha therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombi in the major portal branches. Cancer (2002) 1.54
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Reduces the Incidence of Postoperative Cerebrovascular Accident in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Circ J (2015) 1.51
Prevalence and clinical implication of metabolic syndrome in chronic heart failure. Circ J (2010) 1.51
Does intensive management of cerebral hemodynamics and atheromatous aorta reduce stroke after coronary artery surgery? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.50
Systematic node dissection by VATS is not inferior to that through an open thoracotomy: a comparative clinicopathologic retrospective study. Surgery (2005) 1.48
Prognostic factors for myasthenic crisis after transsternal thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.44
Effect of previous interferon treatment on outcome after curative treatment for hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Dig Dis Sci (2011) 1.44
Lower serum level of adiponectin is associated with increased risk of endoscopic erosive gastritis. Dig Dis Sci (2011) 1.43
Aortic root remodeling operation: how do we tailor a tube graft? Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.43
A safe strategy for surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in an adult. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.39
Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with humoral rejection of cardiac xenografts from alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout pigs in baboons. Am J Pathol (2008) 1.36
Renal contraction therapy for enlarged polycystic kidneys by transcatheter arterial embolization in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 1.32
Induction of cellular and humoral immune responses to tumor cells and peptides in HLA-A24 positive hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients by peptide vaccination. Prostate (2003) 1.32
Thoracic involvement of type A aortic dissection and intramural hematoma: diagnostic accuracy--comparison of emergency helical CT and surgical findings. Radiology (2003) 1.26
Thrombotic microangiopathy and graft arteriopathy in pig hearts following transplantation into baboons. Xenotransplantation (2004) 1.26
Phase I trial of a personalized peptide vaccine for patients positive for human leukocyte antigen--A24 with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme. J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.23
Diagnostic accuracy of narrow-band imaging and pit pattern analysis significantly improved for less-experienced endoscopists after an expanded training program. Gastrointest Endosc (2010) 1.21
Discrimination of nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy on the basis of strain rate imaging by tissue Doppler ultrasonography. Circulation (2004) 1.18
Personalized peptide vaccine for treatment of advanced cancer. Curr Med Chem (2014) 1.17
Expression of ERCC1 and class III beta-tubulin in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel. Lung Cancer (2008) 1.16
Personalized peptide vaccines: a new therapeutic modality for cancer. Cancer Sci (2006) 1.14
New insights into the interactions between T-cell costimulatory blockade and conventional immunosuppressive drugs. Ann Surg (2002) 1.12
Physiological mechanisms of regulating alloimmunity: cytokines, CTLA-4, CD25+ cells, and the alloreactive T cell clone size. J Immunol (2002) 1.12
Use of a serum-based antifungal susceptibility assay to predict the in vivo efficacy of novel echinocandin compounds. Microbiol Immunol (2008) 1.11
Predicting the treatment effect of sorafenib using serum angiogenesis markers in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 1.10
Human sodium phosphate transporter 4 (hNPT4/SLC17A3) as a common renal secretory pathway for drugs and urate. J Biol Chem (2010) 1.09
Restenosis and stent fracture following sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation. Circ J (2007) 1.08
A phase II study of personalized peptide vaccination combined with gemcitabine for non-resectable pancreatic cancer patients. Oncol Rep (2010) 1.07
Bcl-xL gene transfer protects the heart against ischemia/reperfusion injury. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2003) 1.07
Recent advances in cancer vaccines: an overview. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2008) 1.06
Avoiding chest tube placement after video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.06
Mitral valve repair versus replacement in simultaneous mitral and aortic valve surgery for rheumatic disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.06
Humoral responses to peptides correlate with overall survival in advanced cancer patients vaccinated with peptides based on pre-existing, peptide-specific cellular responses. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 1.05
Assessment of immunological biomarkers in patients with advanced cancer treated by personalized peptide vaccination. Cancer Biol Ther (2010) 1.04
Traumatic coronary artery dissection. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.03
Personalized peptide vaccination in patients with refractory non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Oncol (2012) 1.03
Autoantibodies against carbonic anhydrase II are increased in renal tubular acidosis associated with Sjogren syndrome. Am J Med (2005) 1.03
Attenuation of cardiac dysfunction by a PPAR-alpha agonist is associated with down-regulation of redox-regulated transcription factors. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2006) 1.02
Adenoviral-delivered angiopoietin-1 reduces the infarction and attenuates the progression of cardiac dysfunction in the rat model of acute myocardial infarction. Mol Ther (2003) 1.02
Immunological evaluation of personalized peptide vaccination in combination with UFT and UZEL for metastatic colorectal carcinoma patients. Cancer Immunol Immunother (2009) 1.02
Liver regeneration in heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor transgenic mice after partial hepatectomy. Gastroenterology (2003) 1.01
Excision repair cross-complementation group 1 predicts progression-free and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Sci (2007) 1.00
The use of a lateral stabilizer increases the incidence of wound trouble following the Nuss procedure. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.98
Immunological evaluation of peptide vaccination for patients with gastric cancer based on pre-existing cellular response to peptide. Cancer Sci (2003) 0.98
Prognostic implications of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Int Heart J (2008) 0.98
Optical assessment of silicon nanowire arrays fabricated by metal-assisted chemical etching. Nanoscale Res Lett (2013) 0.98
Peptide vaccination for patients with melanoma and other types of cancer based on pre-existing peptide-specific ctotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors in the periphery. J Immunother (2003) 0.98
Tubulointerstitial nephritis without glomerular lesions in three patients with myeloperoxidase-ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clin Exp Nephrol (2009) 0.98
Pregnancy after undergoing the Fontan procedure for a double outlet right ventricle: report of a case. Surg Today (2002) 0.97
Reconstruction of the dynamic velopharyngeal function by combined radial forearm-palmaris longus tenocutaneous free flap, and superiorly based pharyngeal flap in postoncologic total palatal defect. Ann Plast Surg (2015) 0.97
Overcoming the hurdles of randomised clinical trials of therapeutic cancer vaccines. Eur J Cancer (2010) 0.96
Effect of orally administered shao-yao-gan-cao-tang (Shakuyaku-kanzo-to) on muscle cramps in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a preliminary study. Am J Chin Med (2003) 0.96
Requirements for induction and maintenance of peripheral tolerance in stringent allograft models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 0.96
A phase I study of personalized peptide vaccination for advanced urothelial carcinoma patients who failed treatment with methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin. BJU Int (2010) 0.96
Configurations of the segmental and subsegmental bronchi and arteries in the right upper lobe of the human lung with special reference to their concomitant relations and double subsegmental arterial supply. Anat Sci Int (2002) 0.95
Gene expression profiles in peripheral blood as a biomarker in cancer patients receiving peptide vaccination. Cancer (2011) 0.95
Tensilin-like stiffening protein from Holothuria leucospilota does not induce the stiffest state of catch connective tissue. J Exp Biol (2006) 0.94
Immunological evaluation of individualized peptide vaccination with a low dose of estramustine for HLA-A24+ HRPC patients. Prostate (2005) 0.94
Allorecognition and effector pathways of islet allograft rejection in normal versus nonobese diabetic mice. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 0.94
Personalized peptide vaccination for advanced biliary tract cancer: IL-6, nutritional status and pre-existing antigen-specific immunity as possible biomarkers for patient prognosis. Exp Ther Med (2011) 0.93
Runt-related transcription factor 3 reverses epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2012) 0.93
The relative contribution of direct and indirect antigen recognition pathways to the alloresponse and graft rejection depends upon the nature of the transplant. Hum Immunol (2002) 0.93
Vaccination with predesignated or evidence-based peptides for patients with recurrent gynecologic cancers. J Immunother (2003) 0.92
Specific endoscopic features of ulcerative colitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.92
Assessment of node dissection for clinical stage I primary lung cancer by VATS. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.92
Long-term effect of lamivudine treatment on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis B virus infection. J Gastroenterol (2012) 0.92
Histopathology of spleen allograft rejection in miniature swine. Int J Exp Pathol (2005) 0.92
New material for reconstruction of the anterior chest wall, including the sternum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.92
The impact of patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 polymorphism on hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis. J Gastroenterol (2012) 0.91
Association of low serum adiponectin levels with erosive esophagitis in men: an analysis of 2405 subjects undergoing physical check-ups. J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.91
Phase I clinical study of a personalized peptide vaccination for patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) 1b who failed to respond to interferon-based therapy. Vaccine (2007) 0.91
Effect of preoperative hemoglobin A1c levels on long-term outcomes for diabetic patients after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. J Cardiol (2010) 0.91
Age-related methylation in normal colon mucosa differs between the proximal and distal colon in patients who underwent colonoscopy. Clin Biochem (2008) 0.90
Prostatic acid phosphatase as a target molecule in specific immunotherapy for patients with nonprostate adenocarcinoma. J Immunother (2005) 0.90
Expression of MMP-9 in mesangial cells and its changes in anti-GBM glomerulonephritis in WKY rats. Clin Exp Nephrol (2004) 0.90
Alteration of redox state of human serum albumin before and after hemodialysis. Blood Purif (2004) 0.90
PD-1 expression on peripheral blood T-cell subsets correlates with prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Sci (2014) 0.90
Risk factors for recurrence after transarterial chemoembolization for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.90
Immunopathologic co-localization of MPO, IgG, and C3 in glomeruli in human MPO-ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Clin Nephrol (2013) 0.90
Immediate endovascular stent-grafting for leg ischemia secondary to acute aortic dissection: report of a case. Ann Vasc Surg (2007) 0.89
The efficacy of extended treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin in patients with HCV genotype 1 and slow virologic response in Japan. J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.89
Gene expression of vitamin D hydroxylase and megalin in the remnant kidney of nephrectomized rats. Kidney Int (2003) 0.89
Simultaneous assessment of wall motion and coronary flow velocity in the left anterior descending coronary artery during dipyridamole stress echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2003) 0.89
Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease after allogeneic transplantation of the spleen in miniature swine. Transplantation (2004) 0.89
Personalized peptide vaccination: a novel immunotherapeutic approach for advanced cancer. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2012) 0.89
Prognostic importance of fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with low alpha-fetoprotein. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 0.89
Characteristics of severe adverse events after peptide vaccination for advanced cancer patients: Analysis of 500 cases. Oncol Rep (2011) 0.89
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography depicts small tumor vessels for the evaluation of pancreatic tumors. Eur J Radiol (2006) 0.88
Initial management of acute type-A aortic dissection with a thrombosed false lumen: a retrospective cohort study. Surg Today (2004) 0.88