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Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 127, No. 2, February 2004

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New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma ΠA. E. Saltman

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I. Friedrich, J. Bo¨rgermann, F. H. Splittgerber, M. Brinkmann, J. C. Reidemeister, R. E. Silber, W. Seeger, R. Schmidt, and A. Gu¨nther

Incidence of peripheral vascular disease in women: Is it different from that in men? f V. Cheanvechai, N. L. Harthun, L. M. Graham, J. A. Freischlag, and V. Gahtan

Bronchoscopic surfactant administration preserves gas exchange and pulmonary compliance after single lung transplantation in dogs 䊉

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Arterial occlusive disease of the lower extremities: Do women differ from men in occurrence of risk factors and response to invasive treatment? f

Surfactant abnormalities after single lung transplantation in dogs: Impact of bronchoscopic surfactant administration 䊉 A. Gu¨nther, M. Balser, R. Schmidt, P. Markart, A. Olk, J. Bo¨rgermann, F. H. Splittgerber, W. Seeger, and I. Friedrich

N. L. Harthun, V. Cheanvechai, L. M. Graham, J. A. Freischlag, and V. Gahtan

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Outcome of carotid endarterectomy on the basis of patient sex: Is there a difference? f N. L. Harthun, V. Cheanvechai, L. M. Graham, J. A. Freischlag, and V. Gahtan

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Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm and repair outcomes on the basis of patient sex: Should the timing of intervention be the same? f

R. E. Merritt, R. E. Yamada, R. G. Crystal, and R. J. Korst

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N. L. Harthun, V. Cheanvechai, L. M. Graham, J. A. Freischlag, and V. Gahtan

Slow release of bone morphogenetic protein 2 from a gelatin sponge to promote regeneration of tracheal cartilage in a canine model T. Okamoto, Y. Yamamoto, M. Gotoh, C.-L. Huang, T. Nakamura, Y. Shimizu, Y. Tabata, and H. Yokomise

Potentiation of paclitaxel cytotoxicity in lung and esophageal cancer cells by pharmacologic inhibition of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/ protein kinase B (Akt)–mediated signaling pathway D. M. Nguyen, G. A. Chen, R. Reddy, W. Tsai, W. D. Schrump, G. Cole, Jr, and D. S. Schrump

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Augmenting major histocompatibility complex class I expression by murine tumors in vivo enhances antitumor immunity induced by an active immunotherapy strategy

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Endotracheal calcineurin inhibition ameliorates injury in an experimental model of lung ischemia-reperfusion S. M. Woolley, A. S. Farivar, B. V. Naidu, M. Rosengart, R. Thomas, C. Fraga, and M. S. Mulligan

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