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    Chimney thoracic endovascular repair for anastomotic leakage after ascending aortic replacement for acute type A aortic dissection: a case report

    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...

    Ko Sakatsume, Yasushi Kudo, Kazuaki Yanagiya in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surger… (2023)

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    Multiple papillary fibroelastoma: report of a case and implications for management

    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...

    Mitsuru Sato, Kouichi Nagaya in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2014)

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    Interleukin-1 induces the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human pericardial mesothelial cells

    Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a mitogen for endothelial cells. We have studied the production of VEGF by human pericardial mesothelial cells. Mesothelial cells were separated by scra** the per...

    Masaharu Hatakeyama, Tadaatsu Imaizumi, Hirotaka Sakaki in Heart and Vessels (2007)

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    Effect of Double-Stranded RNA on the Expression of Epithelial Neutrophil Activating Peptide-78/CXCL-5 in Human Endothelial Cells

    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...

    Tadaatsu Imaizumi, Masaharu Hatakeyama, Kageaki Taima, Akira Ishikawa in Inflammation (2004)

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    Heparin Inhibits IFN-γ-Induced Fractalkine/CX3CL1 Expression in Human Endothelial Cells

    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....

    Masaharu Hatakeyama, Tadaatsu Imaizumi, Wakako Tamo, Koji Yamashita in Inflammation (2004)

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    Standard coronary artery bypass grafting and beating heart bypass

    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...

    Kenji Takahashi, Shigeru Oikawa in The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardi… (2000)