Published in Ann Thorac Surg on December 25, 2012
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Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right thoracotomy in patients with patent coronary artery bypass grafts. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 0.99
Mitral valve repair or replacement for ischemic mitral regurgitation? The Italian Study on the Treatment of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (ISTIMIR). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.97
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Perceval S sutureless aortic valve prosthesis implantation via a right anterior minithoracotomy. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 0.95
A new vacuum-assisted probe for minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 0.95
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Therapeutic effect of diagnostic ultrasound on enzymatic thrombolysis. An in vitro study on blood of normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease. Thromb Haemost (2004) 0.95
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Cardiac reflections and natural vibrations: force-frequency relation recording system in the stress echo lab. Cardiovasc Ultrasound (2007) 0.94
Supplemental nitric oxide and its effect on myocardial injury and function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.94
Sizing the aortic annulus. Ann Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 0.94
Sutureless implantation of the perceval s aortic valve prosthesis through right anterior minithoracotomy. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.93
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Hybrid repair of a Kommerell's diverticulum aneurysm. J Card Surg (2009) 0.90
Prognostic value of myocardial viability recognized by low-dose dobutamine echocardiography in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.90
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism is a risk factor for thoracic aortic aneurysm in patients with bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.89
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Sutureless aortic bioprosthesis in severe aortic root calcification: an innovative approach. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.88
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Placental stem cells pre-treated with a hyaluronan mixed ester of butyric and retinoic acid to cure infarcted pig hearts: a multimodal study. Cardiovasc Res (2011) 0.87
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Minimally invasive septal myectomy for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and intrinsic mitral valve disease. Innovations (Phila) (2015) 0.87
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A technique of an upper V-type ministernotomy in the second intercostal space. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 0.86
Valve-sparing replacement of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 0.86
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Cobalt-Protoporphyrin Improves Heart Function by Blunting Oxidative Stress and Restoring NO Synthase Equilibrium in an Animal Model of Experimental Diabetes. Front Physiol (2012) 0.85
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