Published in Ann Surg on June 01, 2005
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Oral sildenafil reduces pulmonary hypertension after cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.07
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Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography detects a sheared catheter wire and alters surgical approach in a Jehovah's Witness patient undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth (2004) 0.75
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