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Anastomotic leakage at the distal anastomotic site after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) occasionally leads to malperfusion or false lumen dilatation in the remnant dissected aorta. Open surge...
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A 59-year-old woman with chest discomfort was transferred to our hospital. Echocardiography was suggestive of multiple papillary fibroelastoma (PFE). Tumors on both the left and right coronary cusps were confi...
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Epithelial neutophil activating peptide-78 (ENA-78)/CXCL-5 is a member of CXC chemokines. ENA-78 was originally described as a factor produced by epithelial cells only. But other types of cells including vascu...
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Heparin is primarily used as an anticoagulant but has many biological functions as well. It binds with high affinity to a range of cytokines including interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and members of chemokine superfamily....
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Objectives and Method: We have performed 225 cases of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), between October 15 1995 and September 8 1999. We have evaluated the operative results of 121 cases (5...