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Right transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve replacement is comparable to left despite challenges Daniel McGrathHansuh LeeYong Zhan Original Article 09 March 2024
Descriptive analysis of long-term survival after aortic valve replacement for dialysis patients: importance of renal pathologies and age Kaoru MatsuuraHiroyuki YamamotoNoboru Motomura Original Article Open access 07 March 2024
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Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2021 Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic SurgeryNaoki YoshimuraMasayuki Chida Annual Report Open access 29 February 2024 Pages: 254 - 291
Clover stitch technique for aortic valve in mitral valve repair Taro NakatsuEtsuro SuenagaYuta Kitagata How to Do It 28 February 2024
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The significance of regular chest computed tomography in postoperative surveillance for surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer based on TNM 8th staging system Jun SuzukiTomohiro MiyoshiMasahiro Tsuboi Original Article 25 December 2023 Pages: 346 - 354
Multivariate analysis of the factors affecting medical students’ decision to join the cardiovascular surgery department Tomohiro NakajimaYutaka IbaNobuyoshi Kawaharada Original Article 20 December 2023
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