Published in Metabolism on June 01, 2008
Effect of hydrogen sulphide-donating sildenafil (ACS6) on erectile function and oxidative stress in rabbit isolated corpus cavernosum and in hypertensive rats. BJU Int (2009) 0.98
Attenuation of beta2-adrenergic receptors and homocysteine metabolic enzymes cause diabetic cardiomyopathy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2010) 0.89
Palm tocotrienol-rich fraction improves vascular proatherosclerotic changes in hyperhomocysteinemic rats. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2013) 0.82
Folic acid administration reduces neointimal thickening, augments neo-vasa vasorum formation and reduces oxidative stress in saphenous vein grafts from pigs used as a model of diabetes. Diabetologia (2010) 0.76
Liberal or restrictive transfusion after cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med (2015) 6.69
Increased mortality, postoperative morbidity, and cost after red blood cell transfusion in patients having cardiac surgery. Circulation (2007) 5.31
Control chart methods for monitoring cardiac surgical performance and their interpretation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 3.02
Effect of body mass index on early outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 2.87
Combined clopidogrel and aspirin treatment up to surgery increases the risk of postoperative myocardial infarction, blood loss and reoperation for bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.69
Radial versus right internal thoracic artery as a second arterial conduit for coronary surgery: early and midterm outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 2.29
Effect of adding postoperative noninvasive ventilation to usual care to prevent pulmonary complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized controlled trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 2.18
Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy on clinical outcome in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.78
Retinal and cerebral microembolization during coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized, controlled trial. Circulation (2005) 1.68
Pulmonary injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: beneficial effects of low-frequency mechanical ventilation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.60
On-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left main stem disease: a propensity score analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.55
Evaluation of the effectiveness of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients: an observational study. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.53
Effects of preoperative statin treatment on the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.51
A clinical score to predict the need for intraaortic balloon pump in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.50
Coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart: surgical revascularization for the next decade? Eur Heart J (2004) 1.48
Prevention of post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury by endothelin A receptor blockade. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.48
Retrograde hot-shot cardioplegia in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy undergoing aortic valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.48
Interactive effects of homocysteine and copper on angiogenesis in porcine isolated saphenous vein. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.48
Differential, time-dependent effects of perivenous application of fibrin glue on medial thickening in porcine saphenous vein grafts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.46
Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition prevents postcardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in swine. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.46
Training residents in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a 14-year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.44
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: for the many or the few? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.42
Coronary collateral circulation: effect on early and midterm outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.42
Effect of normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass on renal injury in pediatric cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.41
Mild renal dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery as a new risk factor for EuroSCORE. Heart (2010) 1.40
Saphenous vein harvest with the Mayo extraluminal dissector: is endothelial function preserved? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.39
Orally administered penicillamine is a potent inhibitor of neointimal and medial thickening in porcine saphenous vein-carotid artery interposition grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.39
Early and midterm clinical outcome in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 1.39
Propofol is cardioprotective in a clinically relevant model of normothermic blood cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2005) 1.24
Dismantling of cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts modulates smooth muscle cell proliferation. Circ Res (2003) 1.23
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide inhibits superoxide formation, NOX-1 expression and Rac1 activity in human vascular smooth muscle cells. J Vasc Res (2008) 1.15
Does oxidative stress change ceruloplasmin from a protective to a vasculopathic factor? Atherosclerosis (2006) 1.15
Pharmacological therapies for the prevention of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: a systematic review. Heart Fail Rev (2011) 1.12
Myocardial protection with intermittent cold blood during aortic valve operation: antegrade versus retrograde delivery. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 1.11
Iloprost inhibits superoxide formation and gp91phox expression induced by the thromboxane A2 analogue U46619, 8-isoprostane F2alpha, prostaglandin F2alpha, cytokines and endotoxin in the pig pulmonary artery. Br J Pharmacol (2004) 1.10
Beating heart against cardioplegic arrest studies (BHACAS 1 and 2): quality of life at mid-term follow-up in two randomised controlled trials. Eur Heart J (2004) 1.10
Sildenafil inhibits the formation of superoxide and the expression of gp47 NAD[P]H oxidase induced by the thromboxane A2 mimetic, U46619, in corpus cavernosal smooth muscle cells. BJU Int (2005) 1.10
R-cadherin:beta-catenin complex and its association with vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2004) 1.08
Splanchnic organ injury during coronary surgery with or without cardiopulmonary bypass: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.06
Towards the treatment of saphenous vein bypass graft failure--a perspective of the Bristol Heart Institute. Biorheology (2002) 1.03
Morbidity and mortality following acute conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.02
Long-term reduction of medial and intimal thickening in porcine saphenous vein grafts with a polyglactin biodegradable external sheath. J Vasc Surg (2004) 1.01
Characterization of the differential response of endothelial cells exposed to normal and elevated laminar shear stress. J Cell Physiol (2011) 0.99
Reactive oxygen species, vascular disease and cardiovascular surgery. Curr Vasc Pharmacol (2004) 0.99
Effect of hydrogen sulphide-donating sildenafil (ACS6) on erectile function and oxidative stress in rabbit isolated corpus cavernosum and in hypertensive rats. BJU Int (2009) 0.98
Sildenafil citrate and sildenafil nitrate (NCX 911) are potent inhibitors of superoxide formation and gp91phox expression in porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Br J Pharmacol (2005) 0.98
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: not a flash in the pan. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 0.98
Transcriptomic analysis of patients with tetralogy of Fallot reveals the effect of chronic hypoxia on myocardial gene expression. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.98
Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: the POAF score. J Am Heart Assoc (2014) 0.96
Concise review: MicroRNAs as modulators of stem cells and angiogenesis. Stem Cells (2014) 0.95
Effect of sildenafil citrate and a nitric oxide donating sildenafil derivative, NCX 911, on cavernosal relaxation and superoxide formation in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits. Eur J Pharmacol (2005) 0.95
Oxidative stress, nitric oxide, and vascular disease. J Card Surg (2003) 0.93
Periadventitial rapamycin-eluting microbeads promote vein graft disease in long-term pig vein-into-artery interposition grafts. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 0.93
The effect of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing coronary surgery: a risk-adjusted analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.92
On the biology of saphenous vein grafts fitted with external synthetic sheaths and stents. Biomaterials (2006) 0.92
An open randomized controlled trial of median sternotomy versus anterolateral left thoracotomy on morbidity and health care resource use in patients having off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: the Sternotomy Versus Thoracotomy (STET) trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.92
Superoxide auto-augments superoxide formation and upregulates gp91(phox) expression in porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells: inhibition by iloprost. Eur J Pharmacol (2006) 0.92
Interactions between thromboxane A₂, thromboxane/prostaglandin (TP) receptors, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarization. Cardiovasc Res (2014) 0.92
Thoracic endovascular repair versus open surgical repair - which is the more cost-effective intervention for descending thoracic aortic pathologies? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 0.91
Predictors of new malignant ventricular arrhythmias after coronary surgery: a case-control study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 0.90
A randomized trial of an external Dacron sheath for the prevention of vein graft disease: the Extent study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.90
Transforming growth factor-beta is activated by plasmin and inhibits smooth muscle cell death in human saphenous vein. J Vasc Res (2005) 0.90
Monitoring the performance of residents during training in off-pump coronary surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.89
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is associated with fewer gene expression changes in the human myocardium in comparison with on-pump surgery. Physiol Genomics (2010) 0.89
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase: a promiscuous therapeutic target for cardiovascular drugs? Trends Cardiovasc Med (2005) 0.88
Coronary surgery in patients with preexisting chronic atrial fibrillation: early and midterm clinical outcome. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 0.88
A bioabsorbable (polyglactin), nonrestrictive, external sheath inhibits porcine saphenous vein graft thickening. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.88
Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.87
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: the implications of the evidence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.87
Pathology-related troponin I release and clinical outcome after pediatric open heart surgery. J Card Surg (2003) 0.87
Myocardial, inflammatory, and stress responses in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery with thoracic epidural anesthesia. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 0.86
The evolution of training in off-pump coronary surgery in a single institution. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.86
In-hospital patients exposed to clopidogrel before coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a word of caution. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.86
The effects of normoxic versus hyperoxic cardiopulmonary bypass on oxidative stress and inflammatory response in cyanotic pediatric patients undergoing open cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.86
Oxidative stress and vein graft failure: a focus on NADH oxidase, nitric oxide and eicosanoids. Curr Opin Pharmacol (2012) 0.86
Hybrid coronary revascularization in the era of drug-eluting stents. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.85
The endothelin 1A receptor antagonist BSF 302146 is a potent inhibitor of neointimal and medial thickening in porcine saphenous vein-carotid artery interposition grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.85
Surgery: Open or endoscopic vein graft harvesting-this is the question! Nat Rev Cardiol (2009) 0.85
The administration of folic acid improves erectile function and reduces intracavernosal oxidative stress in the diabetic rabbit. BJU Int (2008) 0.85
Reversal of anemia with allogenic RBC transfusion prevents post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in swine. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (2011) 0.85
Type A aortic dissection: has surgical outcome improved with time? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.85
Coronary artery bypass grafting in high-RISk patients randomised to off- or on-Pump surgery: a randomised controlled trial (the CRISP trial). Health Technol Assess (2014) 0.84