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Chen RJ-C, Chou H-H, Tsai K-T, Shen T-C, Hu C-Y (2015). Cardiac Myxoma With
Unusual Obstructive and Embolic Presentations: Concurrent Stroke and
Angiography-Negative Myocardial Infarction-A Case Report. Medicine 94(38):
e1602
Chiu KM, Lin TY, Chen RJ, et al (2014). Serum Amyloid and C-reactive Protein in
Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass. Exp Clin Cardiol 20 (6): 145-72.
Chiu, KM, Chen RJC, Lin TY, Chen JS, Huang JH, Chu SH (2014). Intra-operative
measurement of fractional flow reserve in off-pump coronary artery bypass -- a pilot
study. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon (ePub)
Chiu KM, Chen RJC, Lin TY, Chen JS, Huang JH, Chu SH (2014). Right
mini-parasternotomy may be a good minimally invasive alternative to full sternotomy
for cardiac valve operationsa propensity-adjusted analysis. J Cardiovasc Surg
(ePub)
Chiu KM, Chen RJ (2014). Videoscope-assisted Cardiac Surgery. J Thorac Dis 6(1):
22-30.
Chiu KM, Chen RJC, Lin TY, Chen JS, Huang JH, Chu SH (2013). Cardioplegia
Delivery by Transcutaneous Pigtail Catheter in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve
Operations. Anna Thorac Surg 95(3): e77-e78.
Lin BR, Chang CC, Chen RJC, Jeng YM, Liang JT, Lee PH, Chang KJ, Ku ML
(2011). Connective Tissue Growth Factor Acts as a Therapeutic Agent and Predictor
for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 17(10):
3077-3088
Yin JH, Chen RJ (2011). Effect of Coronary Artery Disease on the Outcomes of the
Patients with Ischemic Stroke in Taiwan. Stroke 42(3): E336
Chen RJ, Chu YS, Wei J, Wang HH (2010). An Improved Method of Robotic Knot
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Tying and a Brief Comparison with Conventional Method. Innovations:Technology

and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 5(3): 212
Wu SY, Ma L, Chen RJ, Tsai YJ, Chu YC (2010). Analysis of bicanalicular nasal
intubation in the repair of canalicular lacerations. Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
54(1): 24-31

Hsieh NC, Chang CY, Lee KC, Chen JC, Chan CH (2010). Technological
Innovations in the Development of Cardiovascular Clinical Information Systems.
Journal of Medical Systems 36(2): 965-78.
Chen RJ, Wei J, Chang CY, Chuang YC, Sue SH, and Lee KC (2009).
Risk-prediction models for CABG of coronary artery left-main disease and EuroScore
in Chinese patients in Taiwan. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on
Coronary Artery Disease, Prague, Czech Republic, MEDIMOND S.r.l., Bologna,
Italy: 491-495.
Lin SC, Chen RJ, Lee JH (2009). The correlation between right descending
pulmonary artery diameter and echocardiography-estimated systolic pulmonary artery
pressure. Acta Cardiologica Sinica 25: 213-217.
Lee KC, Chen RJC, Chang CY, Sue SH, Tung TH, et al. (2009). Risk Factors and
Surgical Prognosis in Patients with Infra-Renal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Acta
Cardiologica Sinica 25: 91-97.
Hsu HH, Chen JS, Ko WJ, Huang SC, Kuo SW, Huang PM, Chi NH, Chang CC,
Chen RJ, Lee YC. (2009). Short-term outcomes of cadaveric lung transplantation in
ventilator-dependent patients. Critical Care 13: R129
Chen RJC, Wei J, Chang CY, Chuang YC, Lee KC, Sue SH and Chen HL (2008).
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation and Endomyocardial Biopsy After Orthotopic Heart
Transplantation. Transplantation proceedings 40(8): 2603-2606.

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Tsao CI, Chen RJ, Chou NK, Ko WJ, Chi NH, Yu HY, Chen YS, Chen SC and Wang
SS (2008). The Influence of Gender on Survival After Heart Transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings 40(8): 2634-2635.
Tsao CI, Chen RJ, Chou NK, Ko WJ, Chi NH, Yu HY, Chen YS, Chen SC and Wang
SS (2008). The Influence of Donor Characteristics on Survival After Heart
Transplantation. Transplant proc 40(8): 2636-2637.
Lee KC, Chang CY, Chuang YC, Sue SH, Chu TW, Chen RJ, Chen SH, Wei J and
Chen CH (2008). Measurement of Human Erythrocyte C4d to Erythrocyte
Complement Receptor 1 Ratio in Cardiac Transplant Recipients With Acute
Symptomatic Allograft Failure. Transplant proc 40(8): 2638-2642.
Hsu HH, Chen JS, Chen RJ, Ko WJ, Kuo SW, Wu ET, Wu MH, Wang JK and Lee
YC (2007). Long-term outcome and effects of oral bosentan therapy in Taiwanese
patients with advanced idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Respir Med 101(7):
1556-62.
Hsu RB, Lin FY, Chen RJ, Chou NK, Ko WJ, Chi NH, Wang SS and Chu SH (2007).
Incidence, risk factors, and prognosis of postoperative hyperbilirubinemia after heart
transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 32(6): 917-22.
Chen JS, Hsu HH, Chen RJ, Kuo SW, Huang PM, Tsai PR, Lee JM and Lee YC
(2006). Additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic surgery for primary
spontaneous pneumothorax. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173(5): 548-54.
Chang CC, Lin MT, Lin BR, Jeng YM, Chen ST, Chu CY, Chen RJ, Chang KJ, Yang
PC and Kuo ML (2006). Effect of connective tissue growth factor on
hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha degradation and tumor angiogenesis. J Natl Cancer
Inst 98(14): 984-95.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Lin FY and Chu SH (2005). Influence of ciprofloxacin resistance
on risk factors for endovascular infection in patients with infection due to group C
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nontyphoid salmonellae. Clin Infect Dis 40(9): 1364-7.

Hsu RB, Chen RJ and Chu SH (2005). Nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia in patients
with liver cirrhosis. Am J Med Sci 329(5): 234-7.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Chou NK, Ko WJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2005). Low incidence of
malignancy after transplantation in Chinese heart allograft recipients. Transpl Int
18(3): 283-8.
Hsu RB, Ho YL, Chen RJ, Wang SS, Lin FY and Chu SH (2005). Outcome of
medical and surgical treatment in patients with acute type B aortic dissection. Ann
Thorac Surg 79(3): 790-4; author reply 794-5.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Lin CH, Chou NK, Ko WJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2005). Renal
dysfunction after heart transplantation: incidence, prognosis and risk factors. J
Formos Med Assoc 104(7): 482-6.
Lin BR, Chang CC, Che TF, Chen ST, Chen RJ, Yang CY, Jeng YM, Liang JT, Lee
PH, Chang KJ, Chau YP and Kuo ML (2005). Connective tissue growth factor
inhibits metastasis and acts as an independent prognostic marker in colorectal cancer.
Gastroenterology 128(1): 9-23.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2005). Incidence of serum creatine kinase
elevation and its relation to medications used after heart transplantation. Clin
Transplant 19(1): 45-50.
Hsu RB, Lin FY, Chen RJ, Hsueh PR and Wang SS (2005). Antimicrobial drug
resistance in salmonella-infected aortic aneurysms. Ann Thorac Surg 80(2): 530-6.
Lee JM, Lo AC, Yang SY, Tsau HS, Chen RJ and Lee YC (2005). Association of
angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism with serum level and
development of pulmonary complications following esophagectomy. Ann Surg 241(4):
659-65.
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Chou NK, Chen RJ, Ko WJ, Lin HL, Yu SY, Chen YS, Hsu RB, Lee CM, Lin FY and
Wang SS (2004). Cyclosporine C2 monitoring is superior to C0 in predicting acute
cellular rejection in heart transplant recipients in Taiwan. Transplant Proc 36(8):
2393-5.
Chen YS, Ko WJ, Chi NH, Wu IH, Huang SC, Chen RJ, Chou NK, Hsu RB, Lin FY,
Wang SS, Chu SH and Yu HY (2004). Risk factor screening scale to optimize
treatment for potential heart transplant candidates under extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation. Am J Transplant 4(11): 1818-25.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ and Chu SH (2004). Infective endocarditis in patients with liver
cirrhosis. J Formos Med Assoc 103(5): 355-8.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2004). Infected aortic aneurysms: clinical
outcome and risk factor analysis. J Vasc Surg 40(1): 30-5.
Chen JS, Hsu HH, Kuo SW, Tsai PR, Chen RJ, Lee JM and Lee YC (2004). Effects
of additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic procedures for primary
spontaneous pneumothorax. Chest 125(1): 50-5.
Hsu RB, Chen RJ and Chu SH (2004). Risk factors for recurrent bacteremia in adult
patients with nontyphoid salmonellosis. Am J Med Sci 328(6): 315-8.
Huang MT, Wang W, Wei PL, Chen RJ and Lee WJ (2003). Minilaparoscopic and
laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a comparative study. Arch Surg 138(9): 1017-23.
Huang MT, Lee WJ, Wang W, Wei PL and Chen RJ (2003). Hand-assisted
laparoscopic hepatectomy for solid tumor in the posterior portion of the right lobe:
initial experience. Ann Surg 238(5): 674-9.
Chen YS, Chao A, Yu HY, Ko WJ, Wu IH, Chen RJ, Huang SC, Lin FY and Wang
SS (2003). Analysis and results of prolonged resuscitation in cardiac arrest patients
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rescued by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Am Coll Cardiol 41(2): 197-203.

Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Wu MH, Wang JK, Wang SS and Chu SH (2003). Non-transplant
cardiac surgery for end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy in small children. J Heart Lung
Transplant 22(1): 94-7.
Lee JM, Tu CF, Huang SC, Tsuji K, Chen RJ, Hu CY, Hsieh RP, Tai HC, Weng CN,
Lee YC and Lee CJ (2003). Attenuation of human-to-pig xenogenic cellular
proliferation and Th1 response by expressing the human MHC II DQ exogenes on
porcine cells. Transplant Proc 35(1): 527-8.
Hsu RB, Tsay YG, Lee CM, Chen RJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2003). Soluble
inflammatory markers in coronary sinus and peripheral blood of heart transplant
recipients. Clin Transplant 17(4): 331-7.
Hsu RB, Tsay YG, Chen RJ and Chu SH (2003). Risk factors for primary bacteremia
and endovascular infection in patients without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
who have nontyphoid salmonellosis. Clin Infect Dis 36(7): 829-34.
Chen JS, Hsu HH, Kuo SW, Tsai PR, Chen RJ, Lee JM and Lee YC (2003).
Needlescopic versus conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary
spontaneous pneumothorax: a comparative study. Ann Thorac Surg 75(4): 1080-5.
Ko WJ, Chen YS, Chen RJ, Lai MK and Lee PH (2002). Non-heart-beating donors
under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Transplant Proc 34(7): 2600-1.
Lee JM, Tu CF, Yang PW, Lee KH, Tsuji K, Tsai MK, Chen RJ, Hu CY, Hsieh RP,
Tai HC, Chiang BL, Weng CN, Lee YC and Lee CJ (2002). Reduction of
human-to-pig cellular response by alteration of porcine MHC with human HLA
DPW0401 exogenes. Transplantation 73(2): 193-7.
Ko WJ, Lin CY, Chen RJ, Wang SS, Lin FY and Chen YS (2002). Extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation support for adult postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock. Ann
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Thorac Surg 73(2): 538-45.

Hsu RB, Chen RJ, Wang SS and Chu SH (2002). Determinants of successful surgical
revascularization for failed angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction
and cardiogenic shock. J Formos Med Assoc 101(12): 815-9.
Chen RJ, Ko WJ and Lin FY (2002). Successful rescue of sustained ventricular
tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting by
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Formos Med Assoc 101(4): 283-6.
Huang MT, Wei PL, Wu CC, Lai IR, Chen RJ and Lee WJ (2001). Needlescopic,
laparoscopic, and open appendectomy: a comparative study. Surg Laparosc Endosc
Percutan Tech 11(5): 306-12.

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