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    Clinical outcomes of continuous flow left ventricular assist device therapy as bridge to transplant strategy in muscular dystrophy: a single-center study

    In muscular dystrophies (MD) patients with end-stage heart failure (HF), continuous flow left ventricular assist device (cf-LVAD) therapy is still controversial due to a progressive nature of MD-associated mus...

    Takayuki Gyoten, Eisuke Amiya in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2023)

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    Perigraft seroma after total aortic arch replacement using Triplex graft

    A 42-year-old gentleman underwent total aortic arch replacement with Triplex graft (Terumo corporation, Tokyo, Japan) for acute type A dissection. Sixteen months later, a computed tomography revealed a rapidly...

    Yugo Kunibe, Masahiko Ando, Hyoe Komae in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2022)

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    Lanthanum carbonate, a phosphate binder, inhibits calcification of implanted aortic allografts in a rat model

    Calcification is one of the major postoperative problems after aortic allograft implantation. We hypothesized that phosphate binders, lanthanum carbonate and calcium carbonate inhibit calcification of implante...

    Osamu Kinoshita, Haruo Yamauchi in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2019)

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    Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic nonclam** technique may reduce the incidence of cerebral complications

    Cerebrovascular accidents after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remain a complication despite the advancements in techniques. Aortic partial clam** should be avoided to prevent this cerebral complicat...

    Hiroshi Osawa, Hirotaka Inaba in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2011)