Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011

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Contents

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages ii–viii, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(11)00299-5

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Editorial

The future is here: the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery presents its first app

Friedhelm Beyersdorf

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 617–618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.03.003

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Implications of new ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularisation for patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease

Flavio Ribichini and David Taggart

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 619–622, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.029

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the right procedure for the right patient by the right team

Thomas Walther and Jörg Kempfert

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 623–624, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.046

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Articles

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Thorsten Drews and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 625–630, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.06.023

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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: valvuloplasty studies in vitro

David Haberthür and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 631–634, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.045

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The transventricular–transseptal access to the aortic root: a new route for extrapleural trans-catheter aortic stent-valve implantation

Ligang Liu and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 635–641, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.04.033

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Editorial comment: Why do it the easy way?

Volkmar Falk

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 641–642, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.06.012

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Review

Does stentless aortic valve implantation increase perioperative risk? A critical appraisal of the literature and risk of bias analysis

Bari Murtuza and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 643–652, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.013

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Articles

The study of mitral valve annular dimension in relation to the body surface area in the Indian population

Hannah Sugirthabai Rajila Rajendran and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 653–656, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.052

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Tricuspid valve repair in the presence of a permanent ventricular pacemaker lead

Bettina Pfannmueller and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 657–661, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.051

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Preoperative respiratory muscle dysfunction is a predictor of prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation in cardiorespiratory complications after heart valve surgery

Alfredo José Rodrigues and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 662–666, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.021

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Risk models including high-risk cardiovascular procedures: clinical predictors of mortality and morbidity

Hiroaki Miyata and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 667–674, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.050

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On-pump coronary surgery with and without cardioplegic arrest: comparison of inflammation, myocardial, cerebral and renal injury and early and late health outcome in a single-centre randomised controlled trial

Pradeep Narayan and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 675–683, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.032

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Left-ventricular electromechanical delay is prolonged in patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation

Yasushige Shingu and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 684–688, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.015

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Comparison of inflow occlusion on the beating heart with cardiopulmonary bypass in the extraction of a mass lesion or a foreign body from the right heart

Orhan Gokalp and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 689–692, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.048

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Clinical benefits of partial circulatory support in New York Heart Association Class IIIB and Early Class IV patients

Bart P. Meyns and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 693–698, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.049

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Outcomes of ventricular assist device support in young patients with small body surface area

Ye Fan and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 699–704, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.031

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Coronary artery anatomy in anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries and their surgical implications

Shu-Chien Huang and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 705–710, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.006

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Long-term results of one-and-a-half ventricle repair in complex cardiac anomalies

Young Ok Lee and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 711–715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.048

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Review

Cystic fibrosis and the thoracic surgeon

Matilde Rolla and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 716–725, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.024

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Articles

Outcome of lung transplantation in elderly recipients

Sandra C. Tomaszek and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 726–731, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.034

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Predictors of postoperative decline in quality of life after major lung resections

Cecilia Pompili and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 732–737, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.046

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The impact of preoperative body mass index on respiratory complications after pneumonectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Results from a series of 154 consecutive standard pneumonectomies

Francesco Petrella and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 738–744, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.007

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Single T factors predict survival of patients with resected stage-IIB non-small-cell lung cancers

Makoto Suzuki and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 745–748, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.014

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Primary major airway tumors; management and results

Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 749–754, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.047

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Editorial comment: Primary major airway tumors; management and results

Emmanuel Martinod

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 754–755, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.011

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Value of the average basal daily walked distance measured using a pedometer to predict maximum oxygen consumption per minute in patients undergoing lung resection

Nuria Maria Novoa and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 756–762, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.025

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The morphological diversity of small lung adenocarcinoma with mixed subtypes is associated with local invasiveness and prognosis

Tomohiro Haruki and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 763–768, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.047

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Failure of noninvasive ventilation after lung surgery: a comprehensive analysis of incidence and possible risk factors

Sven Riviere and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 769–776, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.016

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Case report

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation in a patient with persistent severe porto-pulmonary arterial hypertension following liver transplantation

Lars Wiklund and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 777–778, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.023

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How-to-do-it

Asymmetric Alfieri’s stitch to correct systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair

Daniel Pereda and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 779–781, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.040

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Slime method: modified hemostatic technique of fibrin glue in major cardiothoracic surgery

Tsutomu Matsushita and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 782–783, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.001

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Reconstruction of the free margin of the anterior mitral leaflet with autologous pericardium in active infected endocarditis

Hankei Shin and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 784–785, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.045

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A simple laparoscopic gastric tube construction

Bing-Yen Wang and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 786–787, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.037

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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Aortic root rupture during trans-catheter aortic valve implantation

Andrea Colli and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.002

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Old prosthesis with a modern concept: 41-year survival with a sutureless Magovern–Cromie aortic valve prosthesis

Pasquale Totaro and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.038

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Pericardial pigtail knotting

Shang-Gin Wu and Jin-Yuan Shih

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 790, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.041

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Left anterior descending artery to pulmonary artery fistula: a rare cause of cardiac arrest

Nikolaos Barbetakis and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.020

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Type 1 congenital pulmonary airway malformation with a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Takashi Muramatsu and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 792, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.039

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Giant anterior chest-wall basal-cell carcinoma

Michael P. Vallely and Harvey S. Stern

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.044

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Transdiaphragmatic growth of asymptomatic dumb-bell thymoma

Emilia Polimeno and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 794, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.043

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Giant low-grade liposarcoma of distal esophagus

Roberto Moretti and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 795, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.042

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Never-changing mediastinal nodules

Simon Schalla and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.026

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Reply to the Letter to the Editor

Reply to Arslan et al.

Khosro Hekmat and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 797–798, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.003

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Letter to the Editor

Specified risk prediction is what we need in cardiac surgical patients

Yucesin Arslan and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.09.004

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Radical lymphadenectomy in octogenarians with lung cancer

Sabita Jiwnani and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 798–799, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.017

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Reply to the Letter to the Editor

Reply to Jiwnani et al

Toshiki Okasaka and Kohei Yokoi

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 799, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.018

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Letter to the Editor

Staging malignant pleural mesothelioma: additional investigation may not improve accuracy

Douglas G. West and William S. Walker

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 800, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.028

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Reply to the Letter to the Editor

Reply to West and Walker

Apostolos Nakas and David A. Waller

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 800–801, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.08.029

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Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Alternate antegrade/retrograde perfusion: an effective technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery” [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 35 (2009) 69–76]

Jian Wang and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page 615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.061

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Articles

Pediatric heart transplantation: 23-year single-center experience

Michael Huebler and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e83–e89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.067

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The myocardial protective effects of adenosine pretreatment in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Zhenxiao Jin and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e90–e96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.052

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Short-term outcome of solitary kidney patients undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery

Nael Al-Sarraf and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e97–e101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.009

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Biomedical and psychological risk in cardiac surgery: is EuroSCORE a more comprehensive risk measure than Stroke Index?

Simone Messerotti Benvenuti and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e102–e106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.009

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Determinants of pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade following cardiac surgery

Giulio Pompilio and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e107–e113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.021

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High-dose tranexamic acid is related to increased risk of generalized seizures after aortic valve replacement

Cornelius Keyl and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e114–e121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.030

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The influence of a low ejection fraction on long-term survival in systematic off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Simon Maltais and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e122–e127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.022

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‘Six Sigma approach’ — an objective strategy in digital assessment of postoperative air leaks: a prospective randomised study

Luca Bertolaccini and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e128–e132, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.027

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Long-term outcome of pleuropneumonectomy for Masaoka stage IVa thymoma

Dominique Fabre and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e133–e138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.064

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Autotransfusion system or integrated automatic suction device in minimized extracorporeal circulation: influence on coagulation and inflammatory response

Hansjörg Jenni and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e139–e143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.11.082

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Bypass surgery in a patient with single coronary artery

Nikolaos Koumallos and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page e144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.015

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Radiological demonstration of a massive left diaphragmatic hernia

Susan Lucas and Owen D. Terreblanche

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page e145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.034

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Giant thymoliposarcoma presented like thymolipoma

Amaravathi Sivaraman and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages e146–e147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.028

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Retrosternal colic hernia and aortic root surgery

Vladimir Saplacan and others

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page e148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.013

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Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in an aged patient

Kai Liu and Shiyuan Liu

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Page e149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.041

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