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Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? by Jacobs, Marshall L, Pourmoghadam, Kamal K, Geary, Elaine M, Reyes, Angelo T, Madan, Nandini, McGrath, Lynn B, Moore, John W

“…Background. Thromboembolism after Fontan’s operation is attributed to low flow states, stasis in venous pathways, right to left shunts, blind cul-de-sacs,…”
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CABG in octogenarians: Early and late events and actuarial survival in comparison with a matched population by Cane, Michael E., Chen, Chao, Bailey, Bridget M., Fernandez, Javier, Laub, Glenn W., Anderson, William A., McGrath, Lynn B.

“…With important demographic changes in cardiac surgical practice, more older patients are undergoing complex cardiac operations. Controversy exists as to…”
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Early and late-phase events after valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical prosthesis in 1200 patients by Fernandez, Javier, Laub, Glenn W, Adkins, Mark S, Anderson, William A, Chen, Chao, Bailey, Bridget M, Nealon, Linda M, McGrath, Lynn B

“…From May 1982 to August 1991, 1200 patients underwent valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical (St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.) valve: 615 men…”
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Images in cardiothoracic surgery. Herniation of emphysematous bulla through a chest tube site by Konecny, J A, Grosso, M A, Fernandez, J, Murphy, D, McGrath, L B

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Predictive value of prosthetic valve area index for early and late clinical results after valve replacement with the St Jude Medical valve prosthesis by FERNANDEZ, J, CHEN, C, LAUB, G. W, ANDERSON, W. A, BRDLIK, O. B, MURPHY, M. M, MCGRATH, L. B

“…Previous studies indicate that a minimal prosthetic valve area index (VAI) of > or = 0.9 cm2/m2 for aortic and > or = 1.3 cm2/m2 for mitral valves minimizes…”
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Perioperative risk factors affecting hospital stay and hospital costs in open heart surgery for patients > or = 65 years old by FERNANDEZ, J, CHEN, C, ANOLIK, G, BRDLIK, O. B, LAUB, G. W, ANDERSON, W. A, MCGRATH, L. B

“…OBJECTIVE: Demographic changes, associated with increased demands foropen heart surgery in the elderly, place increased burden on financialresources. To…”
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Prophylactic procainamide for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study by Laub, G W, Janeira, L, Muralidharan, S, Riebman, J B, Chen, C, Neary, M, Fernandez, J, Adkins, M S, McGrath, L B

“…To evaluate the effect of prophylactic procainamide on the frequency of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization…”
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Tricuspid valve operations in 530 patients. Twenty-five-year assessment of early and late phase events by McGrath, L B, Gonzalez-Lavin, L, Bailey, B M, Grunkemeier, G L, Fernandez, J, Laub, G W

“…From Jan. 1, 1961, through Dec. 31, 1987, 530 patients underwent an intracardiac operation that included a tricuspid valve procedure. The tricuspid valve was…”
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Heat shock protein (HSP 72) expression in patients undergoing cardiac operations by McGrath, Lynn B., Locke, Marius, Cane, Michael, Chen, Chao, Ianuzzo, C.David

“…The major mammalian stress-inducible protein, heat shock protein 72, protects cells from certain stresses and rapidly accumulates in cells after ischemia. Heat…”
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Oxygen Modulation of Superoxide Radical Injury in the Krebs-Perfused, Isolated Rabbit Heart by Berrizbeitia, Luis D., McGrath, Lynn B., Klabunde, Richard E.

“…Myocardial malondialdehyde concentration (MDA) as an index of membrane lipoperoxidation was measured in previously ischemic isolated rabbit hearts reperfused…”
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Elective reoperation for a strut fracture in a Björk-Shiley convexoconcave mitral valve by Cane, Michael E., McGrath, Lynn B.

“…A 71-year-old asymptomatic man who had previously undergone mitral valve replacement with a 31-mm Björk-Shiley 60-degree convexo-concave valve was evaluated…”
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Efficacy of combined coronary revascularization and valve procedures in octogenarians by Adkins, M S, Amalfitano, D, Harnum, N A, Laub, G W, McGrath, L B

“…From January 1982 to October 1991, 42 consecutive patients 80 years of age and older underwent a combined cardiac procedure with coronary revascularization and…”
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Elective reoperation for a strut fracture in a Björk-Shiley convexo-concave mitral valve by Cane, M E, McGrath, L B

“…A 71-year-old asymptomatic man who had previously undergone mitral valve replacement with a 31-mm Björk-Shiley 60-degree convexo-concave valve was evaluated…”
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Establishing a pediatric cardiac surgical unit in the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the Soviet Union) by McGrath, L B

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Perioperative events in patients with failed mechanical and bioprosthetic valves by McGrath, Lynn B., Fernandez, Javier, Laub, Glenn W., Anderson, William A., Bailey, Bridget M., Chen, Chao

“…From 1963 through 1991, 1037 patients underwent reoperative valvular procedures. The 478 patients having reoperations for either failed bioprosthetic (n = 212)…”
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Paraganglioma of the interatrial septum by Cane, Michael E., Berrizbeitia, Luis D., Yang, Sing S., Mahapatro, Darshana, McGrath, Lynn B.

“…The case of a patient undergoing successful resection of an interatrial septal paraganglioma is presented. The diagnosis of an interatrial mass was established…”
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Coronary artery bypass grafting after pneumonectomy by Berrizbeitia, Luis D., Anderson, William A., Laub, Glenn W., McGrath, Lynn B.

“…Coronary artery bypass grafting was carried out in a 61-year-old man 42 years after he had undergone right pneumonectomy. At the time of operation, the heart…”
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Heparinless cardiopulmonary bypass with ancrod by O-Yurvati, Albert H., Laub, Glenn W., Southgate, Theodore J., McGrath, Lynn B.

“…A case is reported of a 22-year-old man with heparininduced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome and a right atrial foreign body (Greenfield filter)…”
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Cryopreserved allograft veins as alternative coronary artery bypass conduits: Early phase results by Laub, Glenn W., Muralidharan, S., Clancy, Robert, Eldredge, W.Jay, Chen, Chao, Adkins, Mark S., Fernandez, Javier, Anderson, William A., McGrath, Lynn B.

“…Traditional autologous conduits are sometimes unavailable or unsuitable to permit total revascularization during coronary artery bypass grafting. In these…”
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Methods for repair of simple isolated ventricular septal defect by McGrath, L B

“…One hundred fifteen consecutive patients underwent repair of a variety of "isolated" simple ventricular septal defects (VSD), from February 1985 through…”
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