| The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups |
| Michael T. Jaklitsch, Francine L. Jacobson, John H. M. Austin, John K. Field, James R. Jett, Shaf Keshavjee, Heber MacMahon, James L. Mulshine, Reginald F. Munden, Ravi Salgia, Gary M. Strauss, Scott J. Swanson, William D. Travis, and David J. Sugarbaker. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;144:33-8 |
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| Patel MR, Bailey SR, Bonow RO, Chambers CE, Chan PS, Dehmer GJ, Kirtane AJ, Wann LS, Ward RP. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:39-71. This article is copublished in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. |
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| Multisociety (AATS, ACCF, SCAI, and STS) Expert Consensus Statement: Operator and Institutional Requirements for Transcatheter Valve Repair and Replacement, Part 1: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |
| Carl L. Tommaso, R. Morton Bolman III, Ted Feldman, Joseph Bavaria, Michael A. Acker, Gabriel Aldea, Duke E. Cameron, Larry S. Dean, Dave Fullerton, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Eric Horlick, Craig Miller, Marc R. Moon, Richard Ringel, Carlos E. Ruiz, Alfredo Trento, Bonnie H. Weiner, and Evan M. Zahn. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:1254-63. This article is copublished in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. |
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| 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS Expert Consensus Document on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |
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| 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Executive summary |
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Hillis LD, Smith PK, Anderson JL, Bittl JA, Bridges CR, Byrne JG, Cigarroa JE, DiSesa VJ, Hiratzka LF, HutterAMJr, Jessen ME, Keeley EC, Lahey SJ, Lange RA, London MJ, Mack MJ, Patel MR, Puskas JD, Sabik JF, Selnes O, Shahian DM, Trost JC,Winniford MD. 2011ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;143:4-34. This article is copublished in Circulation, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. |
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| The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation guideline for coronary artery bypass grafting: 2011 updates |
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| 2012 appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization focused update |
| Patel MR, Dehmer GJ, Hirshfeld JW, Smith PK, Spertus JA. ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/SCCT 2012 appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization focused update: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;143:780–803. |
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| Patel MR, Dehmer GJ, Hirshfeld JW, Smith PK, Spertus JA. ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC 2009 appropriateness criteria for coronary revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53:530 –53 |
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Peter K. Smith Commentary
Treatment selection for coronary artery disease: The collision of a belief system with evidence. |
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| Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities |
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A. Marc Gillinov Commentary
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders |
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| Reporting Mortality and Morbidity After Cardiac Valve Interventions |
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| Treatment of Descending Thoracic Aortic Disease Using Endovascular Stent-Grafts |
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The article appears in Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 85:S1-41 (© 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons) |
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