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The Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an international peer-review journal that keeps cardiothoracic surgeons up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and thoracic diseases. We publish original scientific reports of clinical research, including randomized controlled trials, prospective studies and institutional or multi-institutional reports, and basic science research.

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Vol 9, No 1 (January 29, 2020): Lung Transplantation

The impact of hepatitis C viremic donor lung allograft characteristics on post-transplantation outcomes

Ann E. Woolley, Laura M. Piechura, Hilary J. Goldberg, Steve K. Singh, Antonio Coppolino, Lindsey R. Baden, Hari R. Mallidi

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Vol 8, No 6 (November 29, 2019): Endocarditis

Diagnostic tools in surgically treated patients with infective valve endocarditis

Guenther Kroegh, Khalil Jawad, Piroze Davierwala, Michael Borger, Martin Misfeld

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Surgical options in infective valve endocarditis with neurological complications

Khalil Jawad, Guenther Kroeg, Alex Koziarz, Sven Lehmann, Maja Dieterlen, Stefan Feder, Jens Garbade, Vivek Rao, Michael Borger, Martin Misfeld

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Characteristics and outcomes of patients with right-sided endocarditis undergoing cardiac surgery

Carolyn Weber, Asmae Gassa, Kaveh Eghbalzadeh, Julia Merkle, Ilija Djordjevic, Johanna Maier, Anton Sabashnikov, Antje-Christin Deppe, Elmar W. Kuhn, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Oliver J. Liakopoulos, Thorsten Wahlers

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Aortic valve endocarditis complicated by proximal false aneurysm

Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Elisa Mikus, Luca Caprili, Giuseppe Santarpino, Vito Margari, Simone Calvi, Giuseppe Nasso, Renato Gregorini, Carmine Carbone, Alberto Albertini, Giuseppe Speziale, Domenico Paparella

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Vol 8, No 5 (September 24, 2019): Type A Intramural Hematoma

Management of malperfusion syndrome in acute type A aortic intramural hematoma

Elizabeth L. Norton, David M. Williams, Karen M. Kim, Xiaoting Wu, Minhaj S. Khaja, Himanshu J. Patel, G. Michael Deeb, Bo Yang

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Vol 8, No 4 (July 01, 2019): Type B Intramural Hematoma and Descending Penetrating Aortic Ulcer

Arch and access vessel complications in penetrating aortic ulcer managed with thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Gabriele Piffaretti, Federico Fontana, Marco Tadiello, Chiara Guttadauro, Filippo Piacentino, Ruth L. Bush, Anna Maria Socrate, Matteo Tozzi

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Vol 8, No 3 (May 01, 2019): Advanced Techniques in Aortic Valve Repair

Aortic valve opening and closure: the clover dynamics

Emmanuel Lansac, Hou-Sen Lim, Yu Shomura, Khee Hiang Lim, Nolan T. Rice, Isabelle Di Centa, Pouya Youssefi, Wolfgang Goetz, Carlos M. G. Duran

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Multimodal imaging of aortic annulus and root geometry after valve sparing root reconstruction

Matthew Valdis, Andrew Thain, Philip M. Jones, Ian Chan, Michael W. A. Chu

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Comparison of Dacron ring and suture annuloplasty for aortic valve repair—a porcine study

Leila Louise Benhassen, Diana Mathilde Ropcke, Mona Sharghbin, Troels Lading, Jens Kæstel Skov, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Karen Bagger Poulsen, Tommy Bechsgaard, Søren Nielsen Skov, Sten Lyager Nielsen, John Michael Hasenkam

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Vol 8, No 2 (March 30, 2019): Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Extended thoracic lymph node dissection in robotic-assisted minimal invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) for patients with superior mediastinal lymph node metastasis

Sylvia van der Horst, Michiel F. G. de Maat, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg

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Robotic lobectomy for lung cancer: initial experience of a single institution in Korea

Seha Ahn, Jin Yong Jeong, Hyung Woo Kim, Joong Hyun Ahn, Giyong Noh, Soo Seog Park

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Robot-assisted thoracic surgery in Colombia: a multi-institutional initial experience

Miguel Ricardo Buitrago, Juliana Restrepo

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Vol 7, No 4 (July 31, 2018): Coronary Revascularisation—Cardiology for the Surgeon

Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with bilateral internal thoracic arteries: the Leipzig experience

Piroze M. Davierwala, Sergey Leontyev, Jens Garbade, Sven Lehmann, David Holzhey, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger

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The radial artery is protective in women and men following coronary artery bypass grafting—a substudy of the radial artery patency study

Derrick Y. Tam, Saswata Deb, Bao Nguyen, Dennis T. Ko, Reena Karkhanis, Fuad Moussa, Jaclyn Fremes, Eric A. Cohen, Sam Radhakrishnan, Stephen E. Fremes, on behalf of the Radial Artery Patency Study Investigators

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Vol 7, No 2 (March 31, 2018): Tracheal Surgery

Functional outcome after (laryngo)tracheal resection and reconstruction for acquired benign (laryngo)tracheal stenosis

Simone T. Timman, Christiana Schoemaker, Wilson W. L. Li, Henri A. M. Marres, Jimmie Honings, Wim J. Morshuis, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen

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Vol 6, No 6 (November 30, 2017): Marfan Syndrome

Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome

Ayman Saeyeldin, Mohammad A. Zafar, Camilo A. Velasquez, Kevan Ip, Anton Gryaznov, Adam J. Brownstein, Yupeng Li, John A. Rizzo, Young Erben, Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades

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Biomechanical properties of the thoracic aorta in Marfan patients

Fatiesa Sulejmani, Anastassia Pokutta-Paskaleva, Bulat Ziganshin, Bradley Leshnower, Glen Iannucci, John Elefteriades, Wei Sun

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Vol 6, No 5 (September 30, 2017): Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Parsimonious assessment for reoperative aortic valve replacement; the deterrent effect of low left ventricular ejection fraction and renal impairment

Maroun Yammine, Fernando Ramirez-Del Val, Julius I. Ejiofor, Robert C. Neely, Diana Shi, Siobhan McGurk, Sary F. Aranki, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Prem S. Shekar

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Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in bicuspid aortic valve patients

Sung-Han Yoon, Rahul Sharma, Tarun Chakravarty, Hiroyuki Kawamori, Yoshio Maeno, Masaki Miyasaka, Takahiro Nomura, Tomoki Ochiai, Sharjeel Israr, Tanya Rami, Mamoo Nakamura, Wen Chen, Raj R. Makkar

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Long-term outcomes and prosthesis performance after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results of self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves

Giuseppe Tarantini, Paola A. M. Purita, Augusto D’Onofrio, Chiara Fraccaro, Anna Chiara Frigo, Gianpiero D’Amico, Luca Nai Fovino, Marta Martin, Francesco Cardaioli, Mostafa R. A. Badawy, Massimo Napodano, Gino Gerosa, Sabino Iliceto

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Outcomes of surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the octogenarians—surgery still the gold standard?

Sameer A. Hirji, Fernando Ramirez-Del Val, Ahmed A. Kolkailah, Julius I. Ejiofor, Siobhan McGurk, Ritam Chowdhury, Jiyae Lee, Pinak B. Shah, Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, Sary F. Aranki, Marc P. Pelletier, Prem S. Shekar, Tsuyoshi Kaneko

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Vol 6, No 4 (July 01, 2017): Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Results of surgical septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the Tufts experience

Hassan Rastegar, Griffin Boll, Ethan J. Rowin, Noreen Dolan, Catherine Carroll, James E. Udelson, Wendy Wang, Philip Carpino, Barry J. Maron, Martin S. Maron, Frederick Y. Chen

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy—the Leipzig experience

Jawad Khalil, Michael Kuehl, Pirose Davierwala, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Martin Misfeld

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: the Mayo Clinic experience

Kunal D. Kotkar, Sameh M. Said, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff

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Alcohol septal ablation: in which patients and why?

Paolo Spirito, Jessica Rossi, Barry J. Maron

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Isolated septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: an update on the Toronto General Hospital experience

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Anna Woo, Anthony Ralph-Edwards

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Long-term outcome of simultaneous septal myectomy and anterior mitral leaflet retention plasty in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: the Berlin experience

Eva Maria Delmo Walter, Mariano Francisco Javier, Roland Hetzer

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Vol 6, No 3 (May 31, 2017): Tricuspid Valve Surgery

Surgical outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve procedures: repair versus replacement

Julius I. Ejiofor, Robert C. Neely, Maroun Yammine, Siobhan McGurk, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Marzia Leacche, Lawrence H. Cohn, Prem S. Shekar

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Vol 6, No 2 (March 01, 2017): Esophageal Surgery

Overview of esophageal cancer

Ghulam Abbas, Mark Krasna

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8th edition AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

Thomas W. Rice, Deepa T. Patil, Eugene H. Blackstone

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Vol 6, No 1 (January 20, 2017): Robotic Heart Surgery (II)

Clinical outcomes of robotic mitral valve repair: a single-center experience in Korea

Ho Jin Kim, Joon Bum Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Jae Won Lee

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The state of robotic cardiac surgery in Europe

Matteo Pettinari, Emiliano Navarra, Philippe Noirhomme, Herbert Gutermann

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Robotic cardiac surgery in Brazil

Robinson Poffo, Alisson P. Toschi, Renato B. Pope, Paola K. Montanhesi, Ricardo S. Santos, Alexandre Teruya, Dina M. Hatanaka, Gabriel F. Rusca, Claudio H. Fischer, Marcelo C. Vieira, Marcia R. Makdisse

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Robotic mitral valve repair for degenerative posterior leaflet prolapse

Hoda Javadikasgari, Rakesh M. Suri, Bassman Tappuni, Ashley M. Lowry, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Stephanie Mick, A. Marc Gillinov

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Vol 5, No 6 (November 25, 2016): Robotic Heart Surgery (I)

Long-term results after robotically assisted coronary bypass surgery

Johannes Bonatti, Jehad Ramahi, Faisal Hasan, Ahmad Edris, Thomas Bartel, Ravi Nair, Murat Tuzcu, Rakesh Suri, Tomislav Mihaljevic

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Vol 5, No 5 (September 01, 2016): Pectus Excavatum

Diminished pulmonary function in pectus excavatum: from denying the problem to finding the mechanism

Robert E. Kelly Jr, Robert J. Obermeyer, Donald Nuss

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The sandwich technique for repair of pectus carinatum and excavatum/carinatum complex

Hyung Joo Park, Kyung Soo Kim

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Single centre experience on short bar technique for pectus excavatum

Hans Kristian Pilegaard

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A prospective study on quality of life in youths after pectus excavatum correction

Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt, Elisabeth Brammer Jacobsen, Mikael Thastum, Hans Pilegaard

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Vacuum bell therapy

Frank-Martin Haecker, Sergio Sesia

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Vol 5, No 4 (July 01, 2016): Type A Aortic Dissection (II)

Outcomes and management of type A intramural hematoma

Harleen K. Sandhu, Akiko Tanaka, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, Rana O. Afifi, Charles C. Miller III, Hazim J. Safi, Anthony L. Estrera

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Is the outcome in acute aortic dissection type A influenced by of femoral versus central cannulation?

Stefan Klotz, Bence S. Bucsky, Doreen Richardt, Michael Petersen, Hans H. Sievers

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Surgical management and outcomes of type A dissection—the Mayo Clinic experience

Alduz Cabasa, Alberto Pochettino

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Associated bare stenting of distal aorta with a Djumbodis^® system versus conventional surgery in type A aortic dissection

Thierry Caus, Dmitry Sirota, Joseph Nader, Maxim Lyashenko, Alexander Chernyavsky

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Comparison between antegrade and retrograde cerebral perfusion or profound hypothermia as brain protection strategies during repair of type A aortic dissection

Sotiris C. Stamou, Laura A. Rausch, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Kevin W. Lobdell, Kamal Khabbaz, Edward Murphy, Robert C. Hagberg

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Vol 5, No 3 (May 01, 2016): Type A Aortic Dissection (I)

Differential outcomes of type A dissection with malperfusion according to affected organ system

Joshua C. Grimm, J. Trent Magruder, Todd C. Crawford, Christopher M. Sciortino, Kenton J. Zehr, Kaushik Mandal, John V. Conte, Duke E. Cameron, James H. Black, Joel E. Price

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Repair of type A dissection-benefits of dissection rota

Mohamad Bashir, Matthew Shaw, Mark Field, Manoj Kuduvalli, Deborah Harrington, Mathew Fok, Aung Y. Oo

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The utility of the aortic dissection team: outcomes and insights after a decade of experience

Nicholas D. Andersen, Ehsan Benrashid, Adia K. Ross, Lisa C. Pickett, Peter K. Smith, Mani A. Daneshmand, Jacob N. Schroder, Jeffrey G. Gaca, G. Chad Hughes

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Vol 5, No 2 (March 01, 2016): Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Single port VATS mediastinal tumor resection: Taiwan experience

Ching-Yang Wu, Ming-Ju Heish, Ching-Feng Wu

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: safety, efficacy and learning curve during the first 250 cases in Quebec, Canada

Gabrielle Drevet, Paula Ugalde Figueroa

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Transition from multiple port to single port video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomic pulmonary resection: early experience and comparison of perioperative outcomes

Daniel G. French, Calvin Thompson, Sebastien Gilbert

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Vol 5, No 1 (January 01, 2016): Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Surgery (II)

Long term compensatory sweating results after sympathectomy for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis

Cecilia Menna, Mohsen Ibrahim, Claudio Andreetti, Anna Maria Ciccone, Antonio D’Andrilli, Giulio Maurizi, Camilla Poggi, Erino Angelo Rendina

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Multi-institutional European experience of robotic thymectomy for thymoma

Giuseppe Marulli, Jos Maessen, Franca Melfi, Thomas A. Schmid, Marlies Keijzers, Olivia Fanucchi, Florian Augustin, Giovanni M. Comacchio, Alfredo Mussi, Monique Hochstenbag, Federico Rea

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Vol 4, No 6 (November 30, 2015): Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Surgery (I)

Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenomas: a UK regional experience

Khalid Amer, Ali Zamir Khan, David Rew, Nicholas Lagattolla, Neeta Singh

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Minimally invasive thymectomy: the Mayo Clinic experience

Phillip G. Rowse, Anja C. Roden, Frank M. Corl, Mark S. Allen, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols, K. Robert Shen, Dennis A. Wigle, Shanda H. Blackmon

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Vol 4, No 5 (September 25, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (III)

Conditional long-term survival following minimally invasive robotic mitral valve repair: a health services perspective

Jimmy T. Efird, William F. Griffin, Preeti Gudimella, Wesley T. O’Neal, Stephen W. Davies, Patricia B. Crane, Ethan J. Anderson, Linda C. Kindell, Hope Landrine, Jason B. O’Neal, Hazaim Alwair, Alan P. Kypson, Wiley L. Nifong, W. Randolph Chitwood Jr

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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair through right minithoracotomy in the setting of degenerative mitral regurgitation: early outcomes and long-term follow-up

Antonio Miceli, Michele Murzi, Daniele Canarutto, Danyiar Gilmanov, Matteo Ferrarini, Pier A. Farneti, Marco Solinas, Mattia Glauber

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Long term outcomes of posterior leaflet folding valvuloplasty for mitral valve regurgitation

Igor Gosev, Maroun Yammine, Marzia Leacche, Siobhan McGurk, Vladimir Ivkovic, Michael N. D’Ambra, Lawrence H. Cohn

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Vol 4, No 4 (July 13, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (II)

Quantitation of mitral regurgitation after percutaneous MitraClip repair: comparison of Doppler echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Christian Hamilton-Craig, Wendy Strugnell, Niranjan Gaikwad, Matthew Ischenko, Vicki Speranza, Jonathan Chan, Johanne Neill, David Platts, Gregory M. Scalia, Darryl J. Burstow, Darren L. Walters

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Current state of transcatheter mitral valve repair with the MitraClip

Emily A. Downs, D. Scott Lim, Mike Saji, Gorav Ailawadi

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Vol 4, No 3 (May 28, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (I)

Lifting posterior mitral annuloplasty for enhancing leaflet coaptation in mitral valve repair: midterm outcomes

Meong Gun Song, Je Kyoun Shin, Hyun Keun Chee, Jun Seok Kim, Hyun Suk Yang, Jong Bum Choi

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Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Roland Hetzer, Natalia Solowjowa, Henryk Siniawski, Eva Maria Delmo Walter

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Vol 4, No 2 (March 29, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (II)

Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SU-AVR-IR): design and rationale from the International Valvular Surgery Study Group (IVSSG)

Marco Di Eusanio, Kevin Phan, Denis Bouchard, Thierry P. Carrel, Otto E. Dapunt, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Theodor Fischlein, Thierry Folliguet, Borut Gersak, Mattia Glauber, Axel Haverich, Martin Misfeld, Peter J. Oberwalder, Giuseppe Santarpino, Malakh Lal Shrestha, Marco Solinas, Marco Vola, Francesco Alamanni, Alberto Albertini, Gopal Bhatnagar, Michel Carrier, Stephen Clark, Federic Collart, Utz Kappert, Alfred Kocher, Bart Meuris, Carmelo Mignosa, Ahmed Ouda, Marc Pelletier, Parwis Baradaran Rahmanian, David Reineke, Kevin Teoh, Giovanni Troise, Emmanuel Villa, Thorsten Wahlers, Tristan D. Yan

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