Published in Chest on July 01, 2004
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Comparative effectiveness of linezolid and vancomycin among a national cohort of patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 0.80
Trends in antimicrobial drug development: implications for the future. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 5.23
Phosphodiesterase type 5 is highly expressed in the hypertrophied human right ventricle, and acute inhibition of phosphodiesterase type 5 improves contractility. Circulation (2007) 3.33
Patient-reported outcomes to support medical product labeling claims: FDA perspective. Value Health (2007) 3.16
Endothelin axis is upregulated in human and rat right ventricular hypertrophy. Circ Res (2012) 2.83
World Health Organization ranking of antimicrobials according to their importance in human medicine: A critical step for developing risk management strategies for the use of antimicrobials in food production animals. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.54
Standardizing measurement of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Reliability and validity of a patient-reported diary. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.09
Coronary revascularization for patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.06
Correlation between bacteriologic and clinical endpoints in trials of acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 1.98
Glutaraldehyde-fixed bioprosthetic heart valve conduits calcify and fail from xenograft rejection. Circulation (2006) 1.89
Voriconazole versus liposomal amphotericin B in patients with neutropenia and persistent fever. N Engl J Med (2002) 1.87
Fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter species and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.76
A comparison of intent-to-treat and per-protocol results in antibiotic non-inferiority trials. Stat Med (2005) 1.67
Diagnosis of lyme disease. Am Fam Physician (2005) 1.56
Human leukocyte antigen-DR and ABO mismatch are associated with accelerated homograft valve failure in children: implications for therapeutic interventions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.53
Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints in clinical trials. Stat Med (2012) 1.53
Rapid extracorporeal life support rescue in patients undergoing the Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.40
Health-related quality of life in pediatric cardiac extracorporeal life support survivors. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2014) 1.38
Partial zone of apposition closure in atrioventricular septal defect: are papillary muscles the clue. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 1.38
Neurocognitive, functional, and health outcomes at 5 years of age for children after complex cardiac surgery at 6 weeks of age or younger. Pediatrics (2007) 1.37
Issues in noninferiority trials: the evidence in community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.32
Risk factors for and outcomes of acute kidney injury in neonates undergoing complex cardiac surgery. J Pediatr (2012) 1.29
Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention and cardiac surgery. Can J Cardiol (2006) 1.22
Difference between pre-operative and cardiopulmonary bypass mean arterial pressure is independently associated with early cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.21
Two-year survival and mental and psychomotor outcomes after the Norwood procedure: an analysis of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt and right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt surgical eras. Circulation (2008) 1.17
A dynamic and chamber-specific mitochondrial remodeling in right ventricular hypertrophy can be therapeutically targeted. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.15
Is it safe to train residents to perform cardiac surgery? Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.13
Using the rate of bacterial clearance determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction to evaluate antibiotic effectiveness in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.07
The use of ventricular assist devices in pediatric patients with univentricular hearts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.05
Anti-infective research and development--problems, challenges, and solutions. Lancet Infect Dis (2007) 1.05
Sample size and the ethics of non-inferiority trials. Lancet (2005) 1.05
Five-year neurocognitive and health outcomes after the neonatal arterial switch operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.04
Two-year general and neurodevelopmental outcome after neonatal complex cardiac surgery in patients with deletion 22q11.2: a comparative study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.04
Comparison of aortic valve allograft decellularization techniques in the rat. J Biomed Mater Res A (2006) 1.01
Antibacterial R&D incentives. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2011) 1.00
Intermediate-term outcomes of the arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries in neonates: alive but well? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.00
Neurodevelopmental outcome following exposure to sedative and analgesic drugs for complex cardiac surgery in infancy. Paediatr Anaesth (2011) 0.99
Surgical management of valvular heart disease 2004. Can J Cardiol (2004) 0.99
Community-acquired pneumonia: symptoms and burden of illness at diagnosis among US adults aged 50 years and older. Patient (2013) 0.96
Heterotaxy syndrome: is a prophylactic Ladd procedure necessary in asymptomatic patients? Pediatr Cardiol (2012) 0.96
Approval and withdrawal of new antibiotics and other antiinfectives in the U.S., 1980-2009. J Law Med Ethics (2013) 0.95
Two-year survival, mental, and motor outcomes after cardiac extracorporeal life support at less than five years of age. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.95
Decellularization reduces the immune response to aortic valve allografts in the rat. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.95
The United States Food and Drug Administration and noninferiority margins in clinical trials of antimicrobial agents. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 0.94
Q fever endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature. Can J Cardiol (2006) 0.94
Ketek--the FDA perspective. N Engl J Med (2007) 0.93
Duodenal infusion of feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile. N Engl J Med (2013) 0.93
Heterotaxy syndrome and intestinal rotation abnormalities: a survey of institutional practice. J Pediatr Surg (2013) 0.92
Pediatric poststernotomy mediastinitis. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.92
Preoperative statin use and infection after cardiac surgery: a cohort study. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 0.91
Use of an allograft patch in repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome may complicate future transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.90
Decellularization reduces immunogenicity of sheep pulmonary artery vascular patches. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.90
Reassessing the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials of therapy for community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 0.90
Beyond intuition: patient fever symptom experience. J Pain Symptom Manage (2013) 0.90
Declining need for permanent pacemaker insertion with the bicaval technique of orthotopic heart transplantation. Can J Cardiol (2005) 0.89
The registry and follow-up of complex pediatric therapies program of Western Canada: a mechanism for service, audit, and research after life-saving therapies for young children. Cardiol Res Pract (2011) 0.89
Two-year neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants undergoing neonatal cardiac surgery for interrupted aortic arch: a descriptive analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.87
Association of hemoglobin and transfusion with outcome after operations for hypoplastic left heart. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 0.86
Effect of beta-blocker use on outcomes after discharge in patients who underwent cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.86
Do patient data really support the clinical and laboratory standards institute recommendation for lowering third-generation cephalosporin interpretive breakpoints? Clin Infect Dis (2013) 0.85
β(3)-Adrenoceptor Antagonist SR59230A Attenuates the Imbalance of Systemic and Myocardial Oxygen Transport Induced by Dopamine in Newborn Lambs. Clin Med Insights Cardiol (2012) 0.85
The rapid prototyping of anatomic models in pulmonary atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.85
Clinical, demographic and laboratory parameters at HAART initiation associated with decreased post-HAART survival in a U.S. military prospective HIV cohort. AIDS Res Ther (2012) 0.84
Practice guidelines: belief, criticism, and probability. Arch Intern Med (2011) 0.83
Two-dimensional versus transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in the evaluation of the mechanisms and sites of atrioventricular valve regurgitation in a congenital heart disease population. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 0.82
Progress in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria? A Review of U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Approved Antibiotics, 2010-2015. Ann Intern Med (2016) 0.82
FDA evaluation of antimicrobials: subgroup analysis. Chest (2005) 0.82
Timing of nonemergent coronary artery bypass grafting and mortality after non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. Am Heart J (2010) 0.82
Two-year survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in neonatal patients after complex cardiac surgery. Resuscitation (2011) 0.82
Is mitral valve surgery safe in octogenarians? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.82
Early childhood health, growth, and neurodevelopmental outcomes after complete repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection at 6 weeks or younger. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.82
Quality of life 4 years after complex heart surgery in infancy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.81
Atrial septal defect closure in the elderly is associated with excellent quality of life, functional improvement, and ventricular remodelling. Can J Cardiol (2011) 0.81
Pretransplant diabetes, not donor age, predicts long-term outcomes in cardiac transplantation. J Card Surg (2006) 0.80
Quantitative real-time three-dimensional echocardiography provides new insight into the mechanisms of mitral valve regurgitation post-repair of atrioventricular septal defect. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2012) 0.80
Antithrombotic strategies in children receiving long-term Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist device therapy. J Heart Lung Transplant (2013) 0.80
Neurotoxicity of sedative and analgesia drugs in young infants with congenital heart disease: 4-year follow-up. Paediatr Anaesth (2013) 0.80
Fast-track extubation after modified Fontan procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.80
The survival of a newborn with an interrupted aortic arch and a closed ductus arteriosus. Congenit Heart Dis (2008) 0.79
Preoperative cardiovascular risk factor control in elective coronary artery bypass graft patients: a failure of present management. Can J Cardiol (2002) 0.79
The profile of the systemic inflammatory response in children undergoing ventricular assist device support. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.79
Risk perception and inappropriate antimicrobial use: yes, it can hurt. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 0.79
Lyme disease: what you should know. Am Fam Physician (2005) 0.79
Outcome Assessments in Clinical Trials of Cryptococcal Meningitis: Considerations on Use of Early Fungicidal Activity as a Potential Surrogate Endpoint for All-Cause Mortality. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis (2014) 0.79
Failure of prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin to prevent sensitization to cryopreserved allograft tissue used in congenital cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.78
Regulating Antibiotics in an Era of Resistance: The Historical Basis and Continued Need for Adequate and Well-Controlled Investigations. Ann Intern Med (2015) 0.78
An intra-aortic shunt prevents paralysis during aortic surgery in sheep. J Surg Res (2007) 0.78
Comparison of two surgical techniques for complete atrioventricular septal defect repair using two- and three-dimensional echocardiography. Pediatr Cardiol (2014) 0.78
Moderate altitude is not associated with adverse postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and Fontan operation: a comparative study among Denver, Edmonton, and Toronto. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 0.77
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of a coronary sinus diverticulum associated with congenital heart disease. Circulation (2007) 0.77
Glutaraldehyde treatment of allograft tissue decreases allosensitization after the Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.77
Entering the new era of therapy for HBV and HCV infections. J Fam Pract (2010) 0.77
Antimicrobial drug resistance, regulation, and research. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 0.77
NMR assessment of Me(2)SO in decellularized cryopreserved aortic valve conduits. J Surg Res (2007) 0.77
Bilateral sensory permanent hearing loss after palliative hypoplastic left heart syndrome operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.76
Evaluation of preventive cardiovascular pharmacotherapy after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Pharmacotherapy (2014) 0.76