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Submissions from 2018

Building and implementing a QI program: What's required, who needs to be involved and how best to overcome barriers?, J Tingley, A Amin, and Tyler J Gluckman

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Taking Systems Medicine to Heart., Kalliopi Trachana, Rhishikesh Bargaje, Gustavo Glusman, Nathan D Price, Sui Huang, and Leroy E Hood

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Polar orientation of renal grafts within the proximal seal zone affects risk of early type IA endoleaks after chimney endovascular aneurysm repair., Kenneth Tran, Brant W Ullery, Nathan Itoga, and Jason T Lee

Application of heli-fx endoachors in AAAs with hostile neck anatomy – A dinner program, Brant Ullery

Drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal occlusive disease, Brant Ullery

Endovascular approach to limb salvage, Brant Ullery

Essentials of endovascular aneurysm repair, Brant Ullery

Grand Rounds: Contemporary lower extremity revascularization options, Brant Ullery

Natural history and clinical relevance of gutter-related type Ia endoleaks after chimney EVAR - Chimney EVAR workshop, Brant Ullery

Role of drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal occlusive disease, Brant Ullery

Streamlining patient care: Developing a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm protocol, Brant Ullery

The Endurant stent graft system: results from the ENGAGE registry, Brant Ullery

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Epidemiology and contemporary management of abdominal aortic aneurysms., Brant W Ullery, Richard L Hallett, and Dominik Fleischmann

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Geometric Deformations of the Thoracic Aorta and Supra-Aortic Arch Branch Vessels Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair., Brant W Ullery, Ga-Young Suh, Kelsey Hirotsu, David Zhu, Jason T Lee, Michael D Dake, Dominik Fleischmann, and Christopher P Cheng

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Impact of New-Onset Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock., Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Shane M Gillespie, David W Barbara, Nandan S Anavekar, and Juan N Pulido

NCDR performance improvement: The power of clinical data, C Van Vleet, Tyler J Gluckman, J Caldwell, and A Caixeta

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A case of mislabeled textbooks: misnomer of the traditional "bicaval" view., Laura Vaskelyte, Stefan Bertog, Ilona Hofmann, Bojan Jovanović, Markus Reinartz, Predrag Matić, Sameer Gafoor, Kolja Sievert, and Horst Sievert

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Abstract 12183: SLCO1B1 Genotype-Guided Statin Therapy Lowers LDL Cholesterol in Patients With Statin-Intolerance- A Randomized Controlled Trial, Deepak Voora, Emily Perry, Kavisha Singh, Gloria Trujillo, Nicholas Milazzo, Dillon Savard, Susanne Haga, Michael D. Musty, Yi-Ju Li, and Bruce Peyser

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Implementing Wearable Sensors for Continuous Assessment of Daytime Heart Rate Response in Inpatient Rehabilitation., Douglas L Weeks, Gina L Sprint, Virgeen Stilwill, Amy Lou Meisen-Vehrs, and Diane J Cook

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Hypertension Across a Woman's Life Cycle., Nanette K Wenger, Anita Arnold, C Noel Bairey Merz, Rhonda M Cooper-DeHoff, Keith C Ferdinand, Jerome L Fleg, Martha Gulati, Ijeoma Isiadinso, Dipti Itchhaporia, KellyAnn Light-McGroary, Kathryn J Lindley, Jennifer H Mieres, Mary L Rosser, George R Saade, Mary Norine Walsh, and Carl J Pepine

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Fifty-Percent Reduction in CABG Mortality During a 3-Year Multi-Institutional Quality Improvement Project, Neil Worrall, James Brevig, Ruyun Jin, Tyler J Gluckman, Robert Hunter, Matthew Ducsik, Braden Batkoff, and Gary Grunkemeier

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Whole-mount Confocal Microscopy for Adult Ear Skin: A Model System to Study Neuro-vascular Branching Morphogenesis and Immune Cell Distribution., Tomoko Yamazaki, Wenling Li, and Yoh-Suke Mukouyama

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Tissue Specific Origin, Development, and Pathological Perspectives of Pericytes., Tomoko Yamazaki and Yoh-Suke Mukouyama

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Single vs. dual chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or programming of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients without a bradycardia pacing indication: systematic review and meta-analysis., Emily P Zeitler, Gillian D Sanders, Kavisha Singh, Ruth Ann Greenfield, Anne M Gillis, Bruce L Wilkoff, Jonathan P Piccini, and Sana M Al-Khatib

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Response by Zghaib et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Standard Ablation Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Ablation in the Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia"., Tarek Zghaib, Esra G Ipek, Rozann Hansford, Hiroshi Ashikaga, Ronald D Berger, Joseph E Marine, David D Spragg, Harikrishna Tandri, Stefan L Zimmerman, Henry Halperin, Scott Brancato, Hugh Calkins, Charles Henrikson, and Saman Nazarian

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Standard Ablation Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Ablation in the Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia., Tarek Zghaib, Esra G Ipek, Rozann Hansford, Hiroshi Ashikaga, Ronald D Berger, Joseph E Marine, David D Spragg, Harikrishna Tandri, Stefan L Zimmerman, Henry Halperin, Scott Brancato, Hugh Calkins, Charles Henrikson, and Saman Nazarian

Submissions from 2017

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Under Pressure: When to Stick Your Neck Out?, Jacob Abraham, Rebecca S Lewis, Lian Wang, Kateri J Spinelli, Josh Remick, Jeff Paulson, and Jay Chappell

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​Left atrial pressure elevation limits exercise capacity in LVAD patients: Insights from left pressure sensor monitoring in a Heartmate II patient, Jacob Abraham, L Wang, and Kateri Spinelli

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Sports Cardiology: Core Curriculum for Providing Cardiovascular Care to Competitive Athletes and Highly Active People., Aaron L Baggish, Robert W Battle, James G Beckerman, Alfred A Bove, Rachel J Lampert, Benjamin D Levine, Mark S Link, Matthew W Martinez, Silvana M Molossi, Jack Salerno, Meagan M Wasfy, Rory B Weiner, and Michael S Emery

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The State of the Absorb Bioresorbable Scaffold: Consensus From an Expert Panel., Sripal Bangalore, Hiram G Bezerra, David G Rizik, Ehrin J Armstrong, Bruce Samuels, Srihari S Naidu, Cindy L Grines, Malcolm T Foster, James W Choi, Barry D Bertolet, Atman P Shah, Rebecca Torguson, Surendra B Avula, John C Wang, James P Zidar, Aziz Maksoud, Arun Kalyanasundaram, Steven J Yakubov, Bassem M Chehab, Anthony J Spaedy, Srini P Potluri, Ronald P Caputo, Ashok Kondur, Robert F Merritt, Amir Kaki, Ramon Quesada, Manish A Parikh, Catalin Toma, Fadi Matar, Joseph DeGregorio, William Nicholson, Wayne Batchelor, Raghava Gollapudi, Ethan C Korngold, Riyaz Sumar, George S Chrysant, Jun Li, John B Gordon, Rajesh M Dave, Guilherme F Attizzani, Tom P Stys, Osvaldo S Gigliotti, Bruce E Murphy, Stephen G Ellis, and Ron Waksman

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TRANSFORM (Multicenter Experience With Rapid Deployment Edwards INTUITY Valve System for Aortic Valve Replacement) US clinical trial: Performance of a rapid deployment aortic valve., Glenn R Barnhart, Kevin D Accola, Eugene A Grossi, Y Joseph Woo, Mubashir A Mumtaz, Joseph F Sabik, Frank N Slachman, Himanshu J Patel, Michael A Borger, H Edward Garrett, Evelio Rodriguez, Patrick M McCarthy, William H Ryan, Francis G Duhay, Michael J Mack, and W Randolph Chitwood

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Rapid deployment aortic valve systems: The surgeons' alternative to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation?, Glenn R Barnhart, W Randolph Chitwood, and Eugene A Grossi

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Rapid rest/stress regadenoson ungated perfusion CMR for detection of coronary artery disease in patients with atrial fibrillation., Erik T Bieging, I Haider, G Adluru, L Chang, P Suksaranjit, D Likhite, A Shaaban, L Jensen, B D Wilson, C J McGann, and E DiBella

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Trends in the Use of Moderate-Intensity to High-Intensity Statin and Nonstatin Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Turning Off the Faucet Is Much More Valuable Than Mopping Up the Floor., Roger S Blumenthal, Tyler J Gluckman, and Seth S Martin

Transitional care bundle overseen by a RN heart failure navigator, Terri Byers, Suzanne Upfield, and Hsin-Fang Li

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Percutaneous transcatheter balloon dilatation and stenting to the inflow cannula stenosis of a left ventricular assist device., Stephen M Carr, Dieter F Lubbe, and Philip R Huber

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Dietary strategies for cardiovascular health., Brad P Dieter and Katherine R Tuttle

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2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document Task Force., John U Doherty, Tyler J Gluckman, William J Hucker, James L Januzzi, Thomas L Ortel, Sherry J Saxonhouse, and Sarah A Spinler

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Cigarette smoking and cardio-renal events in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis., Christopher A Drummond, Pamela S Brewster, Wencan He, Kaili Ren, Yanmei Xie, Katherine Tuttle, Steven T Haller, Kenneth Jamerson, Lance D Dworkin, Donald E Cutlip, Timothy P Murphy, Ralph B D'Agostino, William L Henrich, Jiang Tian, Joseph I Shapiro, and Christopher J Cooper

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Preliminary validation of the Claudication Symptom Instrument (CSI)., Todd C Edwards, Danielle C Lavallee, Alexander W Clowes, Emily B Devine, David R Flum, Mark H Meissner, Ellen T Thomason, Skye P Barbic, Sara J Beck, and Donald L Patrick

Long-term outcomes comparison of mitral valve replacement versus repair for functional mitral regurgitation, Anthony P Furnary, Gary Grunkemeier, Shih-Ting Chiu, and Mansen Wang

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Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Repair With the MitraClip Device Using an Edge-to-Edge Bicuspidization Technique., Sameer Gafoor, O Madalina Petrescu, Eric J Lehr, Charles Puls, Ming Zhang, John L Petersen, John V Olsen, Irina Penev, Mayank Agrawal, Rahul Sharma, and Glenn Barnhart

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TAVR for Pure Native Aortic Regurgitation and Failing Regurgitant Surgical Bioprostheses: Alternative Indication or Alternative Fact?, Sameer Gafoor and Rahul Sharma

Advances in heart failure management: How will recent guidelines changes impact your treatment selection?, Tyler J Gluckman

Anticoagulation for stroke prevention—Unmet needs or controversies, Tyler J Gluckman

Aspirin at the intersection of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy—An act of commission?, Tyler J Gluckman

Clinical documentation improvement—Value (quality and revenue) implications, Tyler J Gluckman

Coding, documentation and attribution: How this impacts the deployment of your team members, Tyler J Gluckman

MACRA (Quality Payment Program) and NCDR in the payment reform era—Understanding the basics, Tyler J Gluckman

MIPS—Understanding meaningful use and clinical practice improvement categories, Tyler J Gluckman

New evidence on the intersection of antiplatelets and anticoagulants, Tyler J Gluckman

Stacking antithrombotic agents—Acts of commission and omission, Tyler J Gluckman

Structured reporting is the new black—How new clinical workflows make every team member look amazing, Tyler J Gluckman

Tackling unexplained variation in care: How to carefully move one's cheese, Tyler J Gluckman

Therapeutic advances for the patient-centered management of hypercholesterolemia, Tyler J Gluckman

When anticoagulation needs to be stopped—What are the options?, Tyler J Gluckman

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What's in a Name? The New ICD-10 (10th Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) Codes and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction., Abhinav Goyal, Tyler J Gluckman, and James E Tcheng

Patient centered specialty practice, Xiaoyan Huang

Patient centered specialty practice: The Providence experience, Xiaoyan Huang

System-based practice management in cardiology, Xiaoyan Huang

Transforming Cardiology Care Towards Patient Centered Specialty Practice, Xiaoyan Huang, Lesley Jones Larson, and Meredeth Rosenthal

Patient centered specialty practice: One year later, Xiaoyan Huang, Lesley Jones Larson, and Lian Wang

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Non-Platelet Thromboxane Generation is an Independent Predictor of Late-Term Mortality After Coronary After Bypass Graft Surgery, Nikolaos Kakouros, Tyler J Gluckman, Bruce Barton, Thomas S. Kickler, and Jeffrey Rade

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Differential Impact of Serial Measurement of Nonplatelet Thromboxane Generation on Long-Term Outcome After Cardiac Surgery., Nikolaos Kakouros, Tyler J Gluckman, John V Conte, Thomas S Kickler, Katherine Laws, Bruce A Barton, and Jeffrey J Rade

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Update on the Management of Chronic Total Occlusions in Coronary Artery Disease., Kathleen Kearney, Ravi S Hira, Robert F Riley, Arun Kalyanasundaram, and William L Lombardi

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The Carotid Artery as a Preferred Alternative Access Route for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement., Eric B Kirker, Robert W. Hodson, Kateri Spinelli, and Ethan C Korngold

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A Sutureless Vascular Closure Device for Emergent Bovine Xenograft Implantation., Joseph F Knapp, Matt Maxwell, Cassidy Briggs, Erin T Shaw, Milton V Marshall, and David Cheung

Avoiding complications in critical limb ischemia (CLI) intervention, Ethan C Korngold

Early and late career decisions for the new and experienced interventionalist, Ethan C Korngold

Referral strategies for advanced Rutherford category disease: Who you gonna call?, Ethan C Korngold

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CHADS, Svetlana Kotova, Mansen Wang, Katie Lothrop, Gary Grunkemeier, Heather E Merry, and John R Handy

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Invited Commentary., Eric J Lehr

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Device-associated thrombus formation after left atrial appendage occlusion: A systematic review of events reported with the Watchman, the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug and the Amulet., Mathieu Lempereur, Adel Aminian, Xavier Freixa, Sameer Gafoor, Joelle Kefer, Apostolos Tzikas, Victor Legrand, and Jacqueline Saw

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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Previous Major Gastrointestinal Bleeding (from the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug Multicenter Registry)., Mathieu Lempereur, Adel Aminian, Xavier Freixa, Sameer Gafoor, Samera Shakir, Heyder Omran, Sergio Berti, Gennaro Santoro, Joelle Kefer, Ulf Landmesser, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk, Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, Prapa Kanagaratnam, Fabian Nietlispach, Reda Ibrahim, Horst Sievert, Wolfgang Schillinger, Jai-Wun Park, Steffen Gloekler, and Apostolos Tzikas

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Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage and thromboembolic complications in patients with left ventricular assist devices., Rebecca S Lewis, Lian Wang, Kateri J Spinelli, Gary Y Ott, and Jacob Abraham

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Vitamin D, Heidi D Moretti, Vincent J Colucci, and Bradley D Berry

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New migraine with visual disturbance after cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation., Annupreet Nadha and Eric S Williams

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Long-term outcomes in leadless Micra transcatheter pacemakers with elevated thresholds at implantation: Results from the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Global Clinical Trial., Jonathan P Piccini, Kurt Stromberg, Kevin P Jackson, Verla Laager, Gabor Z Duray, Mikhael El-Chami, Christopher R Ellis, John Hummel, D Randy Jones, Robert C Kowal, Calambur Narasimhan, Razali Omar, Philippe Ritter, Paul R Roberts, Kyoko Soejima, Shu Zhang, and Dwight Reynolds

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The Infant with Aortic Arch Hypoplasia and Small Left Heart Structures: Echocardiographic Indices of Mitral and Aortic Hypoplasia Predicting Successful Biventricular Repair., Jennifer M Plymale, Peter C Frommelt, Melodee Nugent, Pippa Simpson, James S Tweddell, and Amanda J Shillingford

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The significance of postpericardiotomy syndrome: A real threat or a simple nuisance?, Juan N Pulido

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Assessing the Risks Associated with MRI in Patients with a Pacemaker or Defibrillator., Robert J Russo, Heather S Costa, Patricia D Silva, Jeffrey L Anderson, Aysha Arshad, Robert W W Biederman, Noel G Boyle, Jennifer V Frabizzio, Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, Steven L Higgins, Rachel Lampert, Christian E Machado, Edward T Martin, Andrew L Rivard, Jason C Rubenstein, Raymond H M Schaerf, Jennifer D Schwartz, Dipan J Shah, Gery F Tomassoni, Gail T Tominaga, Allison E Tonkin, Seth Uretsky, and Steven D Wolff

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Patients With Previous Sternotomy and Cardiac Surgery., Derek R Serna-Gallegos, Heather E Merry, and Robert J McKenna

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Missed myocardial infarctions in ED patients prospectively categorized as low risk by established risk scores., A J Singer, M P Than, S Smith, P McCullough, T W Barrett, R Birkhahn, Michael Reed, H C Thode, W D Arnold, L B Daniels, C de Filippi, G Headden, and W F Peacock

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Mission Possible: Successful Careers in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology-What I Wish I Had Known in the First 5 Years After Fellowship., Madhav Swaminathan, Kathryn E Glas, Lori Heller, John G T Augoustides, William C Culp, and Roman M Sniecinski

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Interpretation of positive troponin results among patients with and without myocardial infarction., Kristen M Tecson, William Arnold, Tyler Barrett, Robert Birkhahn, Lori B Daniels, Christopher DeFilippi, Gary Headden, W Frank Peacock, Michael Reed, Adam J Singer, Jeffrey M Schussler, Stephen Smith, Martin P Than, and Peter A McCullough

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Hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum., Endale Tefera, Joseph Knapp, and Michael Teodori

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Real-World Performance of Paclitaxel Drug-Eluting Bare Metal Stenting (Zilver PTX) for the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease., Kenneth Tran, Brant W Ullery, Marcus R Kret, and Jason T Lee

AAA: Is EVAR the solution?, Brant Ullery

Fundamentals and complications of percutaneous EVAR, Brant Ullery

Role of in-situ laser fenestration in acute type B aortic dissection, Brant Ullery

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Dynamic Geometric Analysis of the Renal Arteries and Aorta following Complex Endovascular Aneurysm Repair., Brant W Ullery, Ga-Young Suh, John J Kim, Jason T Lee, Ronald L Dalman, and Christopher P Cheng

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Natural history of gutter-related type Ia endoleaks after snorkel/chimney endovascular aneurysm repair., Brant W Ullery, Kenneth Tran, Nathan K Itoga, Ronald L Dalman, and Jason T Lee

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Defibrillation thresholds with right pectoral implantable cardioverter defibrillators and impact of waveform tuning (the Tilt and Tune trial)., Niraj Varma, Raymond Schaerf, Steven Kalbfleisch, Rhea Pimentel, Mark W Kroll, and Ashish Oza

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Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Durability: A Meta-Regression of Published Studies., M Wang, Anthony P Furnary, Hsin-Fang Li, and Gary Grunkemeier

​Aortic root thrombus and myocardial infarction after LVAD treated with intra-aortic thrombolysis and systemic anticoagulation, Yan Xu, Laura Holton, and Jacob Abraham

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Incomplete Resolution of Deep Vein Thromboses during Rivaroxaban Therapy., Jonathan M Yaghoubian, Jacob Adashek, Bahareh Yaghoubian-Yazi, Menachem Nagar, Nojan Toomari, Richard J Pietras, and Uri M Ben-Zur

Submissions from 2016

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Rationale and design of the SLCO1B1 genotype guided statin therapy trial., Kavisha Singh, Bruce Peyser, Gloria Trujillo, Nicholas Milazzo, Dillon Savard, Susanne B Haga, Michael Musty, and Deepak Voora

Grand Rounds: Current and future trends in vascular surgery, Brant Ullery

Vascular surgery in the modern era, Brant Ullery

Submissions from 2015

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Chapter 20: TRP Channels in Cardiovascular Disease, Arpad Szallasi (ed), Kavisha Singh, N Luo, and P Rosenberg