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Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
0.9
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42.8K
(top 1%)
papers
1.0M
(top 1%)
citations
269
(top 1%)
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1.0
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1.1M
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Gino Gerosa
6
162
1
1
2
Atul C Mehta
5
109
1
3
3
Tomaso Bottio
4
156
1
1
3
J William Gaynor
4
231
2
2
3
Federico Venuta
4
68
2
3
3
Luigi Di Tommaso
4
18
1
2
3
Andrew N Redington
4
115
1
3
3
Pankaj Saxena Fracs
4
40
1
1
3
Damien Bonnet
4
290
1
1
3
Valerie W Rusch
4
676
2
2
11
Demet Karnak
3
34
1
3
11
Domenico Galetta
3
92
1
1
11
Noriyoshi Sawabata
3
280
1
1
11
Thomas Schachner
3
173
1
1
11
Georgios Sarris
3
174
1
1
11
Natacha Teissier
3
24
1
1
11
Tiziano De Giacomo
3
42
1
2
11
Gaetano Rocco
3
104
1
2
11
Alfredo Cesario
3
19
1
1
21
Francesco Petrella
2
76
1
1
21
Hsi-Yu Yu
2
12
1
6
21
Ghassan S Kassab
2
30
2
4
21
Gabriel Amir
2
59
1
1
21
Raja M Flores
2
442
2
1
21
Mario Lachat
2
13
1
2
21
Roberto Gasparri
2
76
1
1
21
A Michael Lincoff
2
306
2
2
21
Giulia Veronesi
2
76
1
2
21
Ya-Jung Cheng
2
78
1
1
21
Fabio Barili
2
37
1
2
21
Tae-Jin Yun
2
65
1
1
21
Shu-chien Huang
2
17
2
7
21
Lorenzo Spaggiari
2
76
1
1
21
Tirone E David
2
370
2
2
21
Maurice Beghetti
2
35
1
2
21
Giovanni Stellin
2
162
3
3
21
R Kirk Riemer
2
59
1
1
21
Marialuisa Valente
2
32
1
6
21
Ayesha S Bryant
2
171
2
3
21
Catherine Arnaud
2
107
2
2
21
Josè Ig Fragata
2
162
1
1
21
Sacha Mussot
2
154
1
1
21
Andrew M Atz
2
42
1
2
21
Gail P. Jarvik
2
118
1
1
21
Nikolaos Bonaros
2
134
1
1
21
Elie Mousseaux
2
136
1
2
21
Scott A Lemaire
2
96
2
5
21
Jens Gottlieb
2
316
1
1
21
Bryan Whitson
2
215
1
1
21
André Y Denault
2
138
1
1
21
Linda D Sharples
2
39
1
4
21
Paul Herijgers
2
91
1
4
21
Hartzell V Schaff
2
118
4
4
21
Grayson H Wheatley, Iii
2
28
3
3
21
Timothy P Martens
2
49
1
3
21
Stephen E Fremes
2
191
1
2
21
Vincenzo Tarzia
2
83
1
1
21
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
2
120
2
2
21
Shoei-Shen Wang
2
12
1
5
21
Yih-Sharng Chen
2
12
1
6
21
Ralph J Damiano Jr
2
136
2
2
21
Tatu Juvonen
2
26
1
2
21
Samer A M Nashef
2
95
1
2
21
Richard J Novick
2
60
1
1
21
Hazim J Safi
2
421
2
1
68
Fausto Biancari
1
9
5
9
68
Andrew C Cook
1
34
2
2
68
Timo I Kaakinen
1
17
2
2
68
Stephen Mckellar
1
0
1
0
68
Diane A De Zélicourt
1
60
1
1
68
Yih-Leong Chang
1
11
1
6
68
David Paul Taggart
1
57
1
3
68
Giuseppe Faggian
1
5
1
4
68
Pei-Ming Huang
1
0
1
4
68
Michele Senni
1
21
1
2
68
El hassane Kabiri
1
11
1
1
68
Shinichi Wada
1
99
1
1
68
J Yasha Kresh
1
9
1
1
68
Andrea Kuemmerle
1
14
1
1
68
Zoran B Popovic
1
30
5
7
68
Masamichi Ono
1
3
1
2
68
Masaki Wakasugi
1
6
1
1
68
Ajit P Yoganathan
1
60
4
5
68
George Samonis
1
28
2
5
68
Saba Balasubramanian
1
62
1
5
68
Antonella Galeone
1
77
1
1
68
Felipe Prosper
1
129
3
2
68
Yoshiki Sawa
1
150
1
2
68
Omer Dzemali
1
16
1
2
68
Shyh-Jye Chen
1
12
1
3
68
Ad J J C Bogers
1
50
1
2
68
John A Elefteriades
1
55
2
2
68
Bahaaldin Alsoufi
1
31
2
2
68
Brian W Mccrindle
1
105
2
2
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Anthony L Estrera
1
147
1
2
68
Seiichiro Sugimoto
1
6
2
3
68
Stanton P Newman
1
14
2
5
68
Simon C Body
1
136
2
1
68
Ravi Karra
1
63
1
1
68
Fabrice Muscari
1
14
2
5
68
Marco
1
29
1
1
68
Johan Nilsson
1
91
1
2
68
Darryl Burstow
1
10
1
1
68
Dan J Raz
1
38
2
3
68
Franco Ruberto
1
29
1
1
68
Yamume Tshomba
1
25
2
2
68
Claudia Stöllberger
1
1
5
13
68
Vicente Climent
1
16
2
3
68
D Craig Miller
1
42
2
2
68
Kerem Pekkan
1
60
1
1
68
David S Celermajer
1
74
1
1
68
John G Webb
1
155
3
3
68
Raimondo Ascione
1
70
1
1
68
Eva M Fallenberg
1
4
1
2
68
Katja Schenke-Layland
1
25
1
4
68
Giovanni Mariscalco
1
66
2
1
68
Hyun-Sung Lee
1
33
1
1
68
Christophe Bauters
1
5
2
5
68
Andreas Greinacher
1
72
4
7
68
Yutaka Okita
1
159
1
1
68
Eric A Hoffman
1
190
4
4
68
Zhifu Sun
1
128
1
2
68
Kothandam Sivakumar
1
18
2
1
68
Anselm Uebing
1
39
4
7
68
Wei-Zen Sun
1
71
1
1
68
Elena B Okon
1
6
2
3
68
Olivier Chavanon
1
9
1
4
68
Delphine Corseaux
1
44
1
1
68
Mithat Gönen
1
136
4
5
68
Enrico Antonio Colosimo
1
37
1
1
68
Marshall Summar
1
83
1
1
68
Joaquin Barba
1
129
1
1
68
Carolyn Apperson-Hansen
1
66
1
3
68
Bart Meuris
1
72
1
1
68
Thompson C, Thompson Cr
1
155
4
3
68
Michele De Bonis
1
98
1
1
68
G Burkhard Mackensen
1
55
1
1
68
A Marc Gillinov
1
30
2
4
68
Manon Choinière
1
96
1
1
68
Raphael Schneider
1
45
1
3
68
Jang-Ming Lee
1
4
1
5
68
Chuen Neng Lee
1
16
1
1
68
Bettina Jungwirth
1
55
1
1
68
Carol J Freeman
1
4
1
3
68
Johanna J M Takkenberg
1
50
2
2
68
W Andrew Owens
1
28
1
3
68
Ugo Pastorino
1
7
1
7
68
Piet Borgdorff
1
7
1
2
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Hans-Joachim Schäfers
1
268
1
1
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Manfred Blobner
1
55
1
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Salih Topcu
1
17
1
1
68
Thoralf M Sundt Iii
1
6
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Nagarajan Muthialu
1
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1
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Wen-Shuz Yeow
1
37
1
2
68
Francesca Nanni
1
49
1
1
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Marc A Ruel
1
175
3
2
68
Adel Helmy
1
4
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2
68
Yoshinori Handa
1
685
1
1
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Alfredo José Rodrigues
1
10
1
2
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Aly Saad
1
26
2
2
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Hsing-Wen Sung
1
17
3
7
68
María J García-Velloso
1
129
1
1
68
Daniel De Wolf
1
4
1
5
68
John F Keaney
1
54
1
5
68
Akira Iyoda
1
65
1
3
68
Oscar Alzate
1
19
1
2
68
Alexandar Tzankov
1
40
4
8
68
Joseph F Sabik Iii
1
52
1
2
68
Amedeo Anselmi
1
4
3
5
68
Giles Peek
1
62
1
2
68
Masamichi Matsumori
1
1
1
1
68
Thomas M Egan
1
26
3
4
68
Lu-Ting Kuo
1
4
1
1
68
Junji Yoshida
1
40
2
3
68
En-Ting Wu
1
5
2
10
68
Tomas G Neilan
1
2
3
9
68
Paul M Matthews
1
57
4
10
68
Masakazu Nakao
1
5
1
1
68
Prasad S Adusumilli
1
31
1
6
68
Christoph Sponholz
1
14
1
2
68
Gianni D Angelini
1
70
1
1
68
Roberto Lorusso
1
98
2
1
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Robert A Baker
1
271
1
1
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Lori J West
1
81
1
1
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Marco Alifano
1
11
2
5
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Veli K Topkara
1
37
4
4
68
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng
1
7
1
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Geofrey De Visscher
1
72
1
1
68
Silvia Sterzi
1
16
1
1
68
Ahmet Kilic
1
10
1
1
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T Alexander Quinn
1
13
1
4
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Martin Strueber
1
91
1
1
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Douglas L Mann
1
219
1
3
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Julius
1
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1
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David F Wilson
1
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Antonio Luiz Ribeiro
1
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Kamil Uludag
1
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1
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Hirofumi Kamachi
1
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Marcin Fijałkowski
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Mark G Hazekamp
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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11
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Richard D Mainwaring
1
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1
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3
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1
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1
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2
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1
52
3
3
68
Davinder S Jassal
1
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3
10
68
Kuan-Ting Kuo
1
4
1
4
68
Francesco Maisano
1
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1
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68
Nelson Alphonso
1
22
2
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Christian Baumgartner
1
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1
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Ivan Macía
1
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1
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Alessandro Baisi
1
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1
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Thomas G Christensen
1
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1
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Naoki Yoshimura
1
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1
1
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Pramod N Bonde
1
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Donald D Glower
1
300
2
1
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Lucian R Chirieac
1
10
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Teruo Okano
1
150
7
10
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Nuri Ihsan Kalyoncu
1
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Keisuke Asakura
1
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Afksendiyos Kalangos
1
32
1
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68
Rafal Pawlaczyk
1
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Valérie Soenen
1
44
1
1
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Nai-Hsin Chi
1
5
1
4
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Özcan Özeke
1
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5
15
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Kiyotaka Fukamachi
1
78
1
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Piergiorgio Solli
1
40
1
1
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Davide Radice
1
40
2
2
68
A Ruchan Akar
1
23
2
2
68
Andrzej Rynkiewicz
1
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68
Ugo Cioffi
1
4
1
1
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Hiran C Fernando
1
66
2
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Damián Sánchez-Quintana
1
16
1
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68
Hiroaki Sakamoto
1
11
2
2
68
Jeffrey D Milbrandt
1
23
2
8
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Paolo Sammartino
1
22
1
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Rajan Saggar
1
35
1
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Robert James Cerfolio
1
151
2
2
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Christian Olsson
1
130
1
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68
Simone Sibio
1
22
1
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Lars G Svensson
1
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2
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Sara Ramella
1
16
1
1
68
Lars Husmann
1
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1
2
68
Pilar Garrido
1
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2
68
Matthew E Falagas
1
28
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18
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Eugenio Pompeo
1
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Enrico Maria Marone
1
25
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Gustav Schelling
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1
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Raymund E Horch
1
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68
Ganghong Tian
1
33
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Sunil K Bhudia
1
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Andrea Garatti
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Joachim Pfannschmidt
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1
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Raphaël Schneider
1
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Aryiris S Michalopoulos
1
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Valerie Y Chock
1
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1
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1
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David A Saloner
1
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1
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John B Chambers
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Michael Mengel
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Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
1
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William Wijns
1
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Gianluca Rigatelli
1
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Lung-Chun Lin
1
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Hiroyuki Tao
1
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Mu-Zon Wu
1
12
1
1
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David L S Morales
1
51
2
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Attila Nemes
1
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6
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Tao-Sheng Li
1
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Li-Na Lee
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John T Fallon
1
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Honglin Luo
1
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Ewout Steyerberg
1
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Dianna M Milewicz
1
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Nobuyuki Ishibashi
1
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Spencer Beasley Fracs
1
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John G Edwards
1
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Hong-Shiee Lai
1
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Remi Neviere
1
18
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1
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1
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1
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Aaron S Dumont
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1
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1
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1
119
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1
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Steven M Schwartz
1
202
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Mario Nosotti
1
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Ping Yang
1
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Jens Steinbrink
1
34
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Jia Li
1
32
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Gaetano Thiene
1
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Frank W Sellke
1
22
1
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Yuman Fong
1
31
5
11
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David Pilcher
1
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1
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Nicola Marraudino
1
77
1
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1
32
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Mine Kadioglu Duman
1
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Frediano Inzani
1
18
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1
16
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Eric Lim
1
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1
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Mingyao Liu
1
16
2
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Michael S Lauer
1
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Jens Garbade
1
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Mohsen Ibrahim
1
26
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Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
1
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Sheung-Fat Ko
1
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Chih-Hsien Wang
1
7
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Ekrem Kaya
1
11
1
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Yasir Abu-Omar
1
57
1
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Chris A Rogers
1
70
1
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Lorenzo Rosso
1
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1
1
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Gianluigi Bisleri
1
8
2
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Yury Ladilov
1
14
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Laurent Arthur Décosterd
1
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Suk-Won Song
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Armando D'angelo
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Ana Pérez Ruiz
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Jeffrey P Jacobs
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Gabriele Di Giammarco
1
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Hiroyuki Yanai
1
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Shigeru Miyagawa
1
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Doris A Taylor
1
14
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Jack V Tu
1
50
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10
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Meena Nathan
1
101
1
1
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Sumiko Maeda
1
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Carmelo Mignosa
1
11
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S Kumar
1
14
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Jun Matsumoto
1
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