Published in Semin Pediatr Surg on November 01, 2006
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Novel index for invasively assessing the coronary microcirculation. Circulation (2003) 1.69
Innovation in surgery: a historical perspective. Ann Surg (2006) 1.66
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Intravesical robotically assisted bilateral ureteral reimplantation. J Endourol (2005) 1.42
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Applying a structured innovation process to interventional radiology: a single-center experience. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2012) 1.37
A comparison of laparoscopic and robotic assisted suturing performance by experts and novices. Surgery (2009) 1.26
Outcomes from a postgraduate biomedical technology innovation training program: the first 12 years of Stanford Biodesign. Ann Biomed Eng (2013) 1.25
Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2005) 1.25
The effect of surgeon volume on mortality for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.08
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Location of focal vasospasm provoked by ergonovine maleate within coronary arteries in patients with vasospastic angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol (2006) 1.04
Cutaneous radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast: poor prognosis in a rare secondary malignancy. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 1.04
Comparison of coronary thermodilution and Doppler velocity for assessing coronary flow reserve. Circulation (2003) 1.01
Esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula in very low-birth-weight neonates: improved outcomes with staged repair. J Pediatr Surg (2009) 1.01
Validation of a 2-day water maze protocol in mice. Behav Brain Res (2008) 0.99
A county hospital surgical practice: a model for acute care surgery. Am J Surg (2007) 0.98
Simultaneous assessment of fractional and coronary flow reserves in cardiac transplant recipients: Physiologic Investigation for Transplant Arteriopathy (PITA Study). Circulation (2003) 0.98
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Kilovoltage stereotactic radiosurgery for age-related macular degeneration: assessment of optic nerve dose and patient effective dose. Med Phys (2009) 0.98
Stereotactic low-voltage x-ray irradiation for age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol (2010) 0.98
Cost-effectiveness of measuring fractional flow reserve to guide coronary interventions. Am Heart J (2003) 0.95
Gastroenterology and biodesign: contributing to the future of our specialty. Gastroenterology (2012) 0.94
Profiling surgical staplers: effect of staple height, buttress, and overlap on staple line failure. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2008) 0.93
Mechanisms of lumen narrowing of saphenous vein bypass grafts 12 months after implantation: an intravascular ultrasound study. Am Heart J (2006) 0.93
Repeated and aggressive pulmonary resections for leiomyosarcoma metastases extends survival. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.93
The use of surgery to treat lung cancer in elderly patients. Lancet Oncol (2003) 0.93
Slc25a12 disruption alters myelination and neurofilaments: a model for a hypomyelination syndrome and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. Biol Psychiatry (2009) 0.92
Transcriptome alteration in the diabetic heart by rosiglitazone: implications for cardiovascular mortality. PLoS One (2008) 0.90
Minimal access portoenterostomy: advantages and disadvantages of standard laparoscopic and robotic techniques. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2007) 0.89
Dosimetry characterization of a multibeam radiotherapy treatment for age-related macular degeneration. Med Phys (2008) 0.89
Short and long-term outcomes for bidirectional glenn procedure performed with and without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.89
Casein kinase 1 suppresses activation of REST in insulted hippocampal neurons and halts ischemia-induced neuronal death. J Neurosci (2014) 0.88
24-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for neovascular AMD: 6-month safety and functional outcomes. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging (2012) 0.87
A role for entrepreneurs: an observation on lowering healthcare costs via technology innovation. Am J Prev Med (2013) 0.86
Predictors of edge stenosis following sirolimus-eluting stent deployment (a quantitative intravascular ultrasound analysis from the SIRIUS trial). Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.86
Is mechanically bridging patients with a failing cardiac graft to retransplantation an effective therapy? Analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing database. J Heart Lung Transplant (2012) 0.85
Thoracoscopic segmentectomy for treatment of congenital lung malformations. J Pediatr Surg (2011) 0.85
Biomaterials: a primer for surgeons. Semin Pediatr Surg (2006) 0.84
Small bowel varices from neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas. J Gastrointest Surg (2005) 0.84
Three-dimensional microstructural changes in murine abdominal aortic aneurysms quantified using immunofluorescent array tomography. J Histochem Cytochem (2011) 0.84
Mechanisms of acute lumen gain following cutting balloon angioplasty in calcified and noncalcified lesions: an intravascular ultrasound study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2002) 0.84
16-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for AMD: 6-month safety and functional outcomes. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging (2011) 0.83
Late incomplete apposition with excessive remodeling of the stented coronary artery following intravascular brachytherapy. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.83
Impact of diabetes mellitus on vessel response in the drug-eluting stent era: pooled volumetric intravascular ultrasound analyses. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2012) 0.83
Robotic vs. conventional laparoscopic gastric banding: a comparison of 407 cases. Surg Endosc (2010) 0.82
Changes in coronary anatomy and physiology after heart transplantation. Am J Cardiol (2007) 0.81
Pilot study of the delivery of microcollimated pars plana external beam radiation in porcine eyes. Arch Ophthalmol (2011) 0.81
Laparoscopic resection of a benign liver tumor in a child. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 0.81
Electrodeposition of redox polymers and co-electrodeposition of enzymes by coordinative crosslinking. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 0.81
Impact of different definitions on the interpretation of coronary remodeling determined by intravascular ultrasound. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2005) 0.81
A patient-centered, ethical approach to medical device innovation. Virtual Mentor (2010) 0.81
L1CAM mutation in association with X-linked hydrocephalus and Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatr Surg Int (2009) 0.81
Effect of lumen narrowing within coronary stents on proximal and distal vessel segments following bare metal stent implantation. Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.81
New catheter-based technology for the treatment of restenosis. J Interv Cardiol (2002) 0.80
Robotically assisted perventricular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects: preliminary results in Yucatan pigs. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.80
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Semin Pediatr Surg (2006) 0.80
Coronary risk factors and coronary atheroma burden at severely narrowing segments. Int J Cardiol (2007) 0.80
Assessment of targeting accuracy of a low-energy stereotactic radiosurgery treatment for age-related macular degeneration. Phys Med Biol (2010) 0.80
Influence of plaque calcium on neointimal hyperplasia following bare metal and drug-eluting stent implantation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2006) 0.80
7-hexanoyltaxol-eluting stent for prevention of neointimal growth: an intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Study to COmpare REstenosis rate between QueST and QuaDS-QP2 (SCORE). Circulation (2002) 0.79
Impact of asymmetric stent expansion on neointimal hyperplasia following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. Am J Cardiol (2005) 0.79
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Intracoronary ultrasound diagnosis of an aortic dissection causing anterior acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2003) 0.79
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma developing in the setting of AIDS cholangiopathy. Am Surg (2013) 0.79
Impact of deep vessel wall injury and vessel stretching on subsequent arterial remodeling after balloon angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Am Heart J (2002) 0.79
Ex vivo analysis of human coronary bifurcation anatomy: defining the main vessel-to-side-branch transition zone. EuroIntervention (2009) 0.79
The 2010 Thoracic Surgery Residents Association workforce survey report: a view from the trenches. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.79
16 and 24 Gy low-voltage X-ray irradiation with ranibizumab therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: 12-month outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol (2013) 0.78
Evaluation of high-pressure retrograde coronary venous delivery of FGF-2 protein. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 0.78
A Y-shaped bifurcation-dedicated stent for the treatment of de novo coronary bifurcation lesions: an IVUS analysis from the BRANCH trial. EuroIntervention (2015) 0.78
16 Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation followed by as needed ranibizumab therapy for age-related macular degeneration: 12 month outcomes of a 'radiation-first' strategy. Br J Ophthalmol (2012) 0.78
Discrimination of early/intermediate and advanced/complicated coronary plaque types by radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound analysis. Am J Cardiol (2002) 0.78
16-Gy low-voltage x-ray irradiation followed by as-needed ranibizumab therapy for AMD: 6-month outcomes of a "radiation-first" strategy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging (2011) 0.78
Intellectual property and royalty streams in academic departments: myths and realities. Surgery (2008) 0.78
Delivered dose and vascular response after beta-radiation for in-stent restenosis: retrospective dosimetry and volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis. Circulation (2002) 0.78
Effect of local delivery of L-arginine on in-stent restenosis in humans. Am J Cardiol (2002) 0.78
Late incomplete stent apposition and focal vessel expansion after bare metal stenting. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.78
Discordant changes in epicardial and microvascular coronary physiology after cardiac transplantation: Physiologic Investigation for Transplant Arteriopathy II (PITA II) study. J Heart Lung Transplant (2006) 0.77
Expression of nerve growth factor in human pancreatic beta cells. Growth Factors (2004) 0.77
Cost-effectiveness landscape analysis of treatments addressing xerostomia in patients receiving head and neck radiation therapy. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol (2013) 0.77
Impact of donor-transmitted atherosclerosis on early cardiac allograft vasculopathy: new findings by three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis. Transplantation (2011) 0.77
Detailed intravascular ultrasound analysis of Zotarolimus-eluting phosphorylcholine-coated cobalt-chromium alloy stent in de novo coronary lesions (results from the ENDEAVOR II trial). Am J Cardiol (2007) 0.76
Intravascular ultrasound results from the ENDEAVOR IV trial: randomized comparison between zotarolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 0.76