Circulation -- Table of Contents (Volume 106, Issue 12 Supplement)

Volume 106, Issue 12 Supplement; September 24, 2002

Myocardial Protection and Vascular Biology

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease

Surgery for Coronary Heart Disease

Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support for Congestive Heart Failure

Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Surgery

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	Myocardial Protection and Vascular Biology:
	In Vivo Gene Transfection With Hepatocyte Growth Factor via the Pulmonary Artery Induces Angiogenesis in the Rat Lung Masamichi Ono, Yoshiki Sawa, Kunio Matsumoto, Toshikazu Nakamura, Yasufumi Kaneda, and Hikaru Matsuda Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-264-I-269, doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000032879.55215.f4 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Heat Shock Protein 72 Enhances Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Activity During Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Associated With Mitochondrial Protection and Apoptosis Reduction Ken Suzuki, Bari Murtuza, Ivan A. Sammut, Najma Latif, Jay Jayakumar, Ryszard T. Smolenski, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshiki Sawa, Hikaru Matsuda, and Magdi H. Yacoub Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-270-I-276, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032880.55215.92 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Optimizing Ischemia/Reperfusion in the Failing Rat Heart—Improved Myocardial Protection With Acute ACE Inhibition Bruno K. Podesser, Jan Schirnhofer, Oliver Y. Bernecker, Andreas Kröner, Maximilian Franz, Severin Semsroth, Barbara Fellner, Josef Neumüller, Seth Hallström, and Ernst Wolner Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-277-I-283, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032903.33237.40 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Differential Effects of Amrinone and Milrinone Upon Myocardial Inflammatory Signaling Nikhil K. Chanani, Douglas B. Cowan, Koh Takeuchi, Dimitrios N. Poutias, Lina M. Garcia, Pedro J. del Nido, and Francis X. McGowan, Jr Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-284-I-289, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032904.33237.8e Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Dopamine Treatment of Postischemic Contractile Dysfunction Rapidly Induces Calcium-Dependent Pro-Apoptotic Signaling Christof Stamm, Ingeborg Friehs, Douglas B. Cowan, Hung Cao-Danh, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Lennart F. Duebener, Francis X. McGowan, and Pedro J. del Nido Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-290-I-298, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032896.55215.a0 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:
	Global Impairment of Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Activity Late After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot Constantinos H. Davos, Periklis A. Davlouros, Roland Wensel, Darrel Francis, L. Ceri Davies, Philip J. Kilner, Andrew J. S. Coats, Massimo Piepoli, and Michael A. Gatzoulis Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-69-I-75, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032886.55215.15 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Inhaled Nitric Oxide as a Preoperative Test (INOP Test I): The INOP Test Study Group David T. Balzer, Henry W. Kort, Ronald W. Day, Howard M. Corneli, John P. Kovalchin, Bryan C. Cannon, Stephen F. Kaine, D. Dunbar Ivy, Steven A. Webber, Abraham Rothman, Robert D. Ross, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Masato Takahashi, and J. Deane Waldman Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-76-I-81, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032875.55215.cb Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Improved Survival of Patients Undergoing Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Lessons Learned From 115 Consecutive Patients James S. Tweddell, George M. Hoffman, Kathleen A. Mussatto, Raymond T. Fedderly, Stuart Berger, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Stephanie J. Frisbee, and S. Bert Litwin Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-82-I-89, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032878.55215.bd Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Safety of Aprotinin Use and Re-Use in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Michael C. Zacharisen, Kathleen A. Mussatto, James S. Tweddell, and S. Bert Litwin Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-90-I-94, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032902.33237.09 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Neurodevelopmental Outcome After Congenital Heart Surgery: Results From an Institutional Registry Joseph M. Forbess, Karen J. Visconti, Camille Hancock-Friesen, Robert C. Howe, David C. Bellinger, and Richard A. Jonas Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-95-I-102, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032915.33237.72 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Effects of pH Management During Deep Hypothermic Bypass on Cerebral Microcirculation: Alpha-Stat Versus pH-Stat Lennart F. Duebener, Ikuo Hagino, Takahiko Sakamoto, Lotfi Ben Mime, Christof Stamm, David Zurakowski, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, and Richard A. Jonas Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-103-I-108, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032916.33237.a9 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	An MRI Study of Neurological Injury Before and After Congenital Heart Surgery William T. Mahle, Federica Tavani, Robert A. Zimmerman, Susan C. Nicolson, Kristin K. Galli, J. William Gaynor, Robert R. Clancy, Lisa M. Montenegro, Thomas L. Spray, Rosetta M. Chiavacci, Gil Wernovsky, and C. Dean Kurth Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-109-I-114, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032908.33237.b1 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease:
	Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling After Surgical Therapy for Aortic Stenosis: Correlation to Renin-Angiotensin System Gene Expression Thomas Walther, Andreas Schubert, Volkmar Falk, Christian Binner, Claudia Walther, Nico Doll, Alex Fabricius, Stefan Dhein, Jan Gummert, and Friedrich W. Mohr Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-23-I-26, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032919.33237.4d Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Annular Versus Subvalvular Approaches to Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Tomasz A. Timek, David T. Lai, Frederick Tibayan, David Liang, Filiberto Rodriguez, George T. Daughters, Paul Dagum, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and Craig Miller Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-27-I-32, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032920.33237.c0 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Will a Partial Posterior Annuloplasty Ring Prevent Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation? Tomasz A. Timek, Paul Dagum, David T. Lai, Frederick Tibayan, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Motoya Hayase, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-33-I-39, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032873.55215.4c Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Mechanistic Insights Into Posterior Mitral Leaflet Inter-Scallop Malcoaptation During Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation David T. Lai, Frederick A. Tibayan, Truls Myrmel, Tomasz A. Timek, Paul Dagum, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-40-I-45, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032874.55215.82 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	The Effect of Cryo-Maze Procedure on Early and Intermediate Term Outcome in Mitral Valve Disease: Case Matched Study Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Osamu Tagusari, Yoshikado Sasako, Takeshi Nakatani, and Soichiro Kitamura Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-46-I-50, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032883.55215.49 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Carcinoid Heart Disease: Impact of Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Right Ventricular Function and Remodeling Heidi M. Connolly, Hartzell V. Schaff, Charles J. Mullany, Martin D. Abel, and Patricia A. Pellikka Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-51-I-56, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032884.55215.87 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hemodynamic Performance at Rest and During Exercise After Aortic Valve Replacement: Comparison of Pulmonary Autografts Versus Aortic Homografts Isabelle Laforest, Jean G. Dumesnil, Martin Briand, Paul C. Cartier, and Philippe Pibarot Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-57-I-62, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032912.33237.bc Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Construction of Autologous Human Heart Valves Based on an Acellular Allograft Matrix Serghei Cebotari, Heike Mertsching, Klaus Kallenbach, Sawa Kostin, Oleg Repin, Aurel Batrinac, Carmen Kleczka, Anatol Ciubotaru, and Axel Haverich Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-63-I-68, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032900.55215.85 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Surgery for Coronary Heart Disease:
	First Clinical Results With a New Mechanical Connector for Distal Coronary Artery Anastomoses in CABG Friedrich S. Eckstein, Luis F. Bonilla, Lars Englberger, Franz Eberli, Stephan Windecker, Todd A. Berg, Michel Romanens, Franz F. Immer, and Thierry P. Carrel Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-1-I-4, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032892.55215.b5 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Reduced Mortality and Strokes With Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery in Octogenarians Roland G. Demaria, Michel Carrier, Simon Fortier, Raymond Martineau, Annick Fortier, Raymond Cartier, Michel Pellerin, Yves Hébert, Denis Bouchard, Pierre Pagé, and Louis P. Perrault Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-5-I-10, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032891.55215.6e Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Brachial Gradient in Cardiac Surgical Patients Yvon Baribeau, Benjamin M. Westbrook, David C. Charlesworth, Michael J. Hearne, William A. Bradley, and Christopher T. Maloney Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-11-I-13, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032894.55215.32 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Perfusion and Contractile Reserve in Chronic Dysfunctional Myocardium: Relation to Functional Outcome After Surgical Revascularization Jeroen J. Bax, Don Poldermans, Arend F. L. Schinkel, Eric Boersma, Abdou Elhendy, Alexander Maat, Roelf Valkema, Eric P. Krenning, and Jos R. T. C. Roelandt Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-14-I-18, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032911.33237.67 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Preoperative Use of Enoxaparin Compared With Unfractionated Heparin Increases the Incidence of Re-Exploration for Postoperative Bleeding After Open-Heart Surgery in Patients Who Present With an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Clinical Investigation and Reports Heath U. Jones, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Kent W. Jones, Tami L. Bair, Farangis Lavasani, Mahtab Sohrevardi, Benjamin D. Horne, Donald Doty, and Donald L. Lappe Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-19-I-22, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032917.33237.e0 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support for Congestive Heart Failure:
	Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Helps Prevent Late Remodeling After Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair in Rats Takuya Nomoto, Takeshi Nishina, Senri Miwa, Hiroshi Tsuneyoshi, Izumi Maruyama, Kazunobu Nishimura, and Masashi Komeda Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-115-I-119, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032887.55215.5c Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Keratinocyte Growth Factor Enhances Post-Pneumonectomy Lung Growth by Alveolar Proliferation Aditya K. Kaza, Irving L. Kron, Shari M. Leuwerke, Curtis G. Tribble, and Victor E. Laubach Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-120-I-124, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032918.33237.04 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	*Cellular Cardiomyoplasty of Cardiac Fibroblasts by Adenoviral Delivery of MyoD* Ex Vivo: An Unlimited Source of Cells for Myocardial Repair** Sharon Etzion, Israel M. Barbash, Micha S. Feinberg, Parvin Zarin, Liron Miller, Esther Guetta, Radka Holbova, Robert A. Kloner, Laurence H. Kedes, and Jonathan Leor Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-125-I-130, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032888.55215.b8 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Long-Term Efficacy of Myoblast Transplantation on Regional Structure and Function After Myocardial Infarction Saïd Ghostine, Claire Carrion, Luiz César Guarita Souza, Pascal Richard, Patrick Bruneval, Jean-Thomas Vilquin, Bruno Pouzet, Ketty Schwartz, Philippe Menasché, and Albert Alain Hagège Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-131-I-136, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032889.55215.f1 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Mechanical Stretch Regimen Enhances the Formation of Bioengineered Autologous Cardiac Muscle Grafts Payam Akhyari, Paul W. M. Fedak, Richard D. Weisel, Tsu-Yee Joseph Lee, Subodh Verma, Donald A. G. Mickle, and Ren-Ke Li Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-137-I-142, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032893.55215.fc Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Tissue Engineering of Functional Trileaflet Heart Valves From Human Marrow Stromal Cells Simon P. Hoerstrup, Alexander Kadner, Serguei Melnitchouk, Andreas Trojan, Karim Eid, Jay Tracy, Ralf Sodian, Jeroen F. Visjager, Stefan A. Kolb, Jurg Grunenfelder, Gregor Zund, and Marko I. Turina Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-143-I-150, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032872.55215.05 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cardiac Grafting of Engineered Heart Tissue in Syngenic Rats Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann, Michael Didié, Gerald H. Wasmeier, Uwe Nixdorff, Andreas Hess, Ivan Melnychenko, Oliver Boy, Winfried L. Neuhuber, Michael Weyand, and Thomas Eschenhagen Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-151-I-157, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032876.55215.10 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Human Cytomegalovirus Immediate-Early Protein IE2–86, but not IE1–72, Causes Graft Coronary Arteriopathy in the Transplanted Rat Heart Ken Suzuki, Bari Murtuza, Noriko Suzuki, Mahboob Khan, Yasufumi Kaneda, and Magdi H. Yacoub Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-158-I-162, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032881.55215.db Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Duration of Graft Cold Ischemia Does Not Affect Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Albertus M. Scheule, Grenith J. Zimmerman, Joyce K. Johnston, Anees J. Razzouk, Steven R. Gundry, and Leonard L. Bailey Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-163-I-167, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032882.55215.00 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Altered Left Ventricular Geometry Changes the Border Zone Temporal Distribution of Stress in an Experimental Model of Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Finite Element Model Study Pavlos Moustakidis, Hersh S. Maniar, Brian P. Cupps, Tarek Absi, Jie Zheng, Julius M. Guccione, Thoralf M. Sundt, and Michael K. Pasque Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-168-I-175, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032898.55215.0d Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Optimal Biomaterial for Creation of Autologous Cardiac Grafts Tsukasa Ozawa, Donald A. G. Mickle, Richard D. Weisel, Nobuya Koyama, Sumiko Ozawa, and Ren-Ke Li Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-176-I-182, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032901.55215.cc Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Circulatory Assistance With a Permanent Implantable IABP: Initial Human Experience Valluvan Jeevanandam, David Jayakar, Allen S. Anderson, Suzanne Martin, William Piccione, Jr, A.L. Heroux, J. Wynne, Larry W. Stephenson, Jack Hsu, Paul S. Freed, and Adrian Kantrowitz Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-183-I-188, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032899.55215.44 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Treatment of Thrombus Formation Associated With the MicroMed DeBakey VAD Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Markus Rothenburger, Markus J. Wilhelm, Dieter Hammel, Christoph Schmidt, Tonny D. T. Tjan, Dirk Böcker, Hans H. Scheld, and Christof Schmid Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-189-I-192, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032913.33237.f5 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Combined Procedure of Surgical Repair and Cell Transplantation for Left Ventricular Aneurysm: An Experimental Study Yutaka Sakakibara, Keiichi Tambara, Fanglin Lu, Takeshi Nishina, Genichi Sakaguchi, Noritoshi Nagaya, Kazunobu Nishimura, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, and Masashi Komeda Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-193-I-197, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032905.33237.c7 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Predictors of Severe Right Ventricular Failure After Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion: Analysis of 245 Patients Yoshie Ochiai, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, Michael K. Banbury, Jose L. Navia, Jingyuan Feng, Amy P. Hsu, Michael L. Yeager, Tiffany Buda, Katherine J. Hoercher, Michael W. Howard, Masami Takagaki, Kazuyoshi Doi, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-198-I-202, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032906.33237.1c Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prognosis After the Implantation of an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Cardiac Surgery Calculated With a New Score Harald Hausmann, Evgenij V. Potapov, Andreas Koster, Thomas Krabatsch, Julia Stein, Ruhi Yeter, Marian Kukucka, Ralf Sodian, Hermann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-203-I-206, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032909.33237.f8 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device Reduces Myocardial Akinetic Area in an Ovine Model of Acute Infarction James J. Pilla, Aaron S. Blom, Daniel J. Brockman, Frank Bowen, Qing Yuan, Joseph Giammarco, Victor A. Ferrari, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Robert C. Gorman, and Michael A. Acker Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-207-I-211, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032871.55215.de Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Viral Gene Transfer of the Antiapoptotic Factor Bcl-2 Protects Against Chronic Postischemic Heart Failure Subhasis Chatterjee, Allan S. Stewart, Lawrence T. Bish, Vasant Jayasankar, Elizabeth M. Kim, Timothy Pirolli, Jeffrey Burdick, Y. Joseph Woo, Timothy J. Gardner, and H. Lee Sweeney Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-212-I-217, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032907.33237.55 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Surgery:
	Does Profound Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest Improve Survival in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection? David T. Lai, Robert C. Robbins, R. Scott Mitchell, Kathleen A. Moore, Philip E. Oyer, Norman E. Shumway, Bruce A. Reitz, and D. Craig Miller Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-218-I-228, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032890.55215.27 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	High Failure Rate After Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement Using the "Remodeling Technique" in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Rainer G. Leyh, Stefan Fischer, Klaus Kallenbach, Theo Kofidis, Klaus Pethig, Wolfgang Harringer, and Axel Haverich Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-229-I-233, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032850.20885.9b Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Immediate Versus Delayed Endovascular Treatment of Post-Traumatic Aortic Pseudoaneurysms and Type B Dissections: Retrospective Analysis and Premises to the Upcoming European Trial Alessandro S. Bortone, Stefano Schena, Donato D’Agostino, Giovanni Dialetto, Vito Paradiso, G. Mannatrizio, Tommaso Fiore, Maurizio Cotrufo, and Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-234-I-240, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000039154.47029.a4 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Transluminal Stent-Graft Placements for the Treatments of Acute Onset and Chronic Aortic Dissections Takatsugu Shimono, Noriyuki Kato, Fuyuhiko Yasuda, Tomoaki Suzuki, Uhito Yuasa, Koji Onoda, Tadanori Hirano, Kan Takeda, and Iaso Yada Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-241-I-247, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032877.55215.59 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Long-Term Prognosis of Patients With Type A Aortic Intramural Hematoma Shuichiro Kaji, Takashi Akasaka, Yoko Horibata, Kazuhiro Nishigami, Hiroyuki Shono, Minako Katayama, Atsushi Yamamuro, Shigefumi Morioka, Ichiro Morita, Kazuo Tanemoto, Takashi Honda, and Kiyoshi Yoshida Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-248-I-252, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032897.55215.e9 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	An Alternative Approach Using Long Elephant Trunk for Extensive Aortic Aneurysm: Elephant Trunk Anastomosis at the Base of the Innominate Artery Satoru Kuki, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Takafumi Masai, Takenori Yokota, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Keiji Yamamoto, and Hikaru Matsuda Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-253-I-258, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032885.55215.ce Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- ${gamma}$ in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Is Upregulated in Cystic Medial Degeneration of Annuloaortic Ectasia in Marfan Syndrome Yasunari Sakomura, Hirotaka Nagashima, Yoshikazu Aoka, Kenta Uto, Akiko Sakuta, Shigeyuki Aomi, Hiromi Kurosawa, Toshio Nishikawa, and Hiroshi Kasanuki Circulation. 2002;106 [Suppl I]:I-259-I-263, doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000032914.33237.3b Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
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Volume 106, Issue 12 Supplement; September 24, 2002

Myocardial Protection and Vascular Biology:

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease:

Surgery for Coronary Heart Disease:

Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support for Congestive Heart Failure:

Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Surgery:

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