Published in Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg on December 04, 2006
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Total endoscopic robotic atrial septal defect repair in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 1.57
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Skeletonization of the right gastroepiploic artery using an ultrasonic scalpel. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.52
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Potassium-induced cardiac resetting technique for persistent ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation after aortic declamping. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.46
Pathologic and biological assessment of lung tumors showing ground-glass opacity. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.42
Hybrid surgical angiogenesis: omentopexy can enhance myocardial angiogenesis induced by cell therapy. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.39
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Portable coronary active perfusion system for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.38
Free pericardial fat pads can act as sealant for preventing alveolar air leaks. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.38
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The folate pool in colorectal cancers is associated with DNA hypermethylation and with a polymorphism in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. Clin Cancer Res (2003) 1.35
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The clinical significance of Aurora-A/STK15/BTAK expression in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.28
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Intracorporeal esophagojejunal anastomosis after laparoscopic total gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer. Surg Endosc (2008) 1.20
Pharmacogenetic profiling and clinical outcome of patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with palliative chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol (2006) 1.14
A biochemically defined system for coding joint formation in V(D)J recombination. Mol Cell (2008) 1.13
ABCG2 expression is an independent unfavorable prognostic factor in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Oncology (2007) 1.12
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Inferior vena cava occluder for remote access perfusion in robotic cardiac surgery. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol (2010) 1.10
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Different histological types of non-small cell lung cancer have distinct folate and DNA methylation levels. Cancer Sci (2009) 1.05
Early outcome of a randomized comparison of off-pump and on-pump multiple arterial coronary revascularization. Circulation (2005) 1.03
Total Endoscopic Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using A New 3D Imaging System. Innovations (Phila) (2006) 1.03
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Spontaneous regression of lung metastasis in the absence of tumor necrosis factor receptor p55. Int J Cancer (2004) 1.00
Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) using cross hand technique. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol (2009) 0.98
Myasthenia gravis complicated with lung cancer and middle mediastinal thymoma. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2012) 0.98
Prediction of survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma using artificial neural networks. Cancer (2005) 0.98
Esophagojejunostomy through minilaparotomy after laparoscopic total gastrectomy. Gastric Cancer (2007) 0.97
Doxycycline treatment in a model of early abdominal aortic aneurysm. Surg Today (2003) 0.96
Combined choriocarcinoma, neuroendocrine cell carcinoma and tubular adenocarcinoma in the stomach. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.95
Differentiation of liver epithelial (stem-like) cells into hepatocytes induced by coculture with hepatic stellate cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2002) 0.95
Hypermethylation of the CDKN2A gene in colorectal cancer is associated with shorter survival. Oncol Rep (2003) 0.93
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The effects of an additive small amount of a low residual diet against total parenteral nutrition-induced gut mucosal barrier. Am J Surg (2003) 0.93
Prediction of lymph node metastasis with use of artificial neural networks based on gene expression profiles in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 0.93
Extended thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis with high thoracic epidural anesthesia alone. World J Surg (2004) 0.92
Functional polymorphism of the thymidylate synthase gene in colorectal cancer accompanied by frequent loss of heterozygosity. Jpn J Cancer Res (2002) 0.92
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Total arterial revascularization with composite skeletonized gastroepiploic artery graft in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.91
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Hypermethylation of the MYOD1 gene is a novel prognostic factor in patients with colorectal cancer. Int J Mol Med (2004) 0.91
Esophageal cancer: evaluation with triple-phase dynamic CT--initial experience. Radiology (2006) 0.91
Advanced lung cancer invading the left atrium, treated with pneumonectomy combined with left atrium resection under cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.91
Tumor-infiltrating CD8+ and FOXP3+ lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancer: its correlation with pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2014) 0.91
A 90-year-old woman with trachea-invading thyroid cancer requiring four-ring resection of cervical trachea because of airway stenosis. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.90
Liver regeneration and the atrophy-hypertrophy complex. Semin Intervent Radiol (2008) 0.90
A surgical case of lung cancer in a patient with the left superior and inferior pulmonary veins forming a common trunk. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.90
Association of thymidylate synthase polymorphisms with gastric cancer susceptibility. Int J Cancer (2004) 0.90
Surgical treatment of bilateral coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 0.89
Spontaneous tracheal rupture associated with acquired tracheobronchomalacia. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.89
Rerouting revascularization of the living right gastroepiploic artery graft in a patient with de novo gastric cancer. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 0.89
Association of thymidylate synthase gene polymorphism with its mRNA and protein expression and with prognosis in gastric cancer. Anticancer Res (2003) 0.89
Left ventricular perforation and dissecting subepicardial hematoma after catheter ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.88
Effective use of gemcitabine in the treatment of undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas with portal vein tumor thrombus. Intern Med (2012) 0.88
New instrument for robotic-enhanced skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting: triangular hook. Innovations (Phila) (2007) 0.87
Retrospective analysis of 27 consecutive patients treated with docetaxel/nedaplatin combination therapy as a second-line regimen for advanced esophageal cancer. Int J Clin Oncol (2007) 0.87
The combination assay with circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and VEGF for diagnosing lymph node metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 0.87
New indication for preoperative marking of small peripheral pulmonary nodules in thoracoscopic surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 0.87
Double-barrel reconstruction for complex bronchial disruption due to blunt thoracic trauma. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 0.87
Starfish™ heart positioner maintains right ventricular function during lateral wall displacement. Innovations (Phila) (2007) 0.86
Outcomes and indications of segmental pancreatectomy. Comparison with distal pancreatectomy. Dig Surg (2003) 0.86
Near-infrared spectroscopy for assessment of tissue oxygen saturation of transplanted jejunal autografts in cervical esophageal reconstruction. Surg Today (2005) 0.86
Retrospective review of lung cancer patients with pleural dissemination after limited operations combined with parietal pleurectomy. J Surg Oncol (2005) 0.86
All-trans-retinoic acid ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in mice through modulating cytokine production. Liver Int (2008) 0.86
Pseudocoarctation of the aorta complicated by thoracic aortic aneurysm. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2011) 0.86
Multivisceral fibromuscular dysplasia: an unusual case of renal and superior mesenteric involvement. Ann Vasc Dis (2010) 0.86
Robotic skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting: the sliding fascia technique. Artif Organs (2010) 0.86
Double-patch sandwich repair for left ventricular free wall rupture. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 0.85
Surgical treatment of a bronchogenic cyst in the interatrial septum. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.85