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| The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Volume 135, Issue 5, Pages 965-1196 (May 2008) |
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Presidential Address
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Who we are – Who we will be
Bruce W. Lytle
pages 965-975
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Add-Ons
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Statement
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A statement on ethics from the HEART Group
pages 976-978
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Editorials
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The university, creativity, and freedom
Gerald D. Buckberg
pages 979-983
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“We didn't expect dementia and diapers”: Reflections on the Nihon experience with type A aortic dissection in octogenarians
Martin F. McKneally
pages 984-985
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Cell therapy in ischemic settings: Fact and fiction
Gino Gerosa, Chiara d'Agostino
pages 986-990
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Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
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Regional remodeling strain and its association with myocardial apoptosis after myocardial infarction in an ovine model
Godfred K. Yankey, Tieluo Li, Ahmet Kilic, Guangming Cheng, Aditee Satpute, Kinjal Savai, Shuying Li, Sina L. Moainie, Deyanira Prastein, Christopher DeFillipi, Zhongjun J. Wu, Bartley P. Griffith
pages 991-998.e2
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Discussion
pages 997-998
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The inflammatory effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on leukocyte extravasation in vivo
B.J. Evans, D.O. Haskard, J.R. Finch, I.R. Hambleton, R.C. Landis, K.M. Taylor
pages 999-1006
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Topical negative pressure therapy of a sternotomy wound increases sternal fluid content but does not affect internal thoracic artery blood flow: Assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
Rainer Petzina, Martin Ugander, Lotta Gustafsson, Henrik Engblom, Roland Hetzer, Håkan Arheden, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö
pages 1007-1013
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Prevention of local tumor growth with paclitaxel-loaded microspheres
Solomon M. Azouz, Joseph Walpole, Sepideh Amirifeli, Kendra N. Taylor, Mark W. Grinstaff, Yolonda L. Colson
pages 1014-1021
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General Thoracic Surgery
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Extension of survival by resection of asynchronous renal cell carcinoma metastases to mediastinal lymph nodes
Bryan A. Whitson, Shawn S. Groth, Rafael S. Andrade, Laurel Garrett, Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, Jose Jessurun, Michael A. Maddaus
pages 1022-1028
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Reduced membranous β-catenin protein expression is associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
Po-Kuei Hsu, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Yi-Ching Wang, Chih-Cheng Hsieh, Min-Hsiung Huang, Wen-Hu Hsu, Han-Shui Hsu
pages 1029-1035
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Growing clinical evidence for the interaction of the p53 genotype and response to induction chemotherapy in advanced non–small cell lung cancer
Daniela Kandioler, Georgios Stamatis, Wilfried Eberhardt, Sonja Kappel, Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller, Irene Kührer, Martina Mittlböck, Ronald Zwrtek, Clemens Aigner, Christoph Bichler, Victoria Tichy, Marcus Hudec, Thomas Bachleitner, Adelheid End, Michael Rolf Müller, Erich Roth, Walter Klepetko
pages 1036-1041
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Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
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Should emergency surgical intervention be performed for an octogenarian with type A acute aortic dissection?
Mitsumasa Hata, Akira Sezai, Tetsuya Niino, Masataka Yoda, Satoshi Unosawa, Nobuyuki Furukawa, Shunji Osaka, Tomohiko Murakami, Kazutomo Minami
pages 1042-1046
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Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for pulmonary complications after coronary bypass surgery
Achim H. Lauruschkat, Bert Arnrich, Alexander A. Albert, Jörg A. Walter, Berthold Amann, Ulrich P. Rosendahl, Tejas Alexander, Jürgen Ennker
pages 1047-1053
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Acute hemodynamic and functional effects of surgical ventricular restoration and heart transplantation in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Maurizio Cotrufo, Luca Salvatore De Santo, Alessandro Della Corte, GianPaolo Romano, Cristiano Amarelli, Marisa De Feo, Giuseppe Santarpino, Michelangelo Scardone, Gianantonio Nappi
pages 1054-1060
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Analysis of benign ventricular tumors: Long-term outcome after resection
Andrew W. ElBardissi, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Thomas A. Orszulak, Francisco J. Puga, Hartzell V. Schaff
pages 1061-1068
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Comparable three months' outcome of total arterial revascularization versus conventional coronary surgery: Copenhagen Arterial Revascularization Randomized Patency and Outcome trial
Sune Damgaard, Jens T. Lund, Nikolaj B. Lilleør, Mario J. Perko, Kåre Sander, Blagoja Dimo, Maiken B. Jensen, Jan K. Madsen, Henning Kelbæk, Daniel A. Steinbrüchel
pages 1069-1075
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Prosthesis–patient mismatch affects long-term survival after mechanical valve replacement
Shun Kohsaka, Shaulnie Mohan, Salim Virani, Vei-Vei Lee, Ariadna Contreras, George J. Reul, Stephanie A. Coulter
pages 1076-1080
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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: Endovascular resection of human aortic valves in situ
René Quaden, Tim Attmann, Michael Schünke, Dirk Theisen-Kunde, Jochen Cremer, Georg Lutter
pages 1081-1086
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Mitral valve repair with the new semirigid partial Colvin–Galloway Future annuloplasty band
Ruediger Lange, Thomas Guenther, Birgit Kiefer, Christian Noebauer, Wolfgang Goetz, Raymonde Busch, Peter Tassani-Prell, Bernhard Voss, Robert Bauernschmitt
pages 1087-1093.e4
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Magnetic resonance imaging-based finite element stress analysis after linear repair of left ventricular aneurysm
Joseph C. Walker, Mark B. Ratcliffe, Peng Zhang, Arthur W. Wallace, Edward W. Hsu, David A. Saloner, Julius M. Guccione
pages 1094-1102.e2
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Risk factors for early and late mortality after thoracic endovascular aortic repair
Ali Khoynezhad, Carlos E. Donayre, Jennifer Smith, George E. Kopchok, Irwin Walot, Rodney A. White
pages 1103-1109.e4
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Myocardial injury in coronary artery bypass grafting: On-pump versus off-pump comparison by measuring high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, cardiac troponin I, heart-type fatty acid–binding protein, creatine kinase-MB, and myoglobin release
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Vishwas Malik, Rakesh Yadav, Sandeep Seth, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Mani Kalaivani, Srikrishna M. Reddy, Ganapathy K. Subramaniam, Raghu Govindappa, Madhava Kakani
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Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
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The outcomes of operations for 539 patients with Ebstein anomaly
Morgan L. Brown, Joseph A. Dearani, Gordon K. Danielson, Frank Cetta, Heidi M. Connolly, Carole A. Warnes, Zhuo Li, David O. Hodge, David J. Driscoll, Mayo Clinic Congenital Heart Center
pages 1120-1136.e7
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Discussion
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The morphologic left ventricle that requires training by means of pulmonary artery banding before the double-switch procedure for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is at risk of late dysfunction
David W. Quinn, Simon P. McGuirk, Chetan Metha, Peter Nightingale, Joseph V. de Giovanni, Rami Dhillon, Paul Miller, Oliver Stumper, John G. Wright, David J. Barron, William J. Brawn
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Feasibility of the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure in patients weighing less than 10 kilograms
Akio Ikai, Yoshifumi Fujimoto, Keiichi Hirose, Noritaka Ota, Yuko Tosaka, Tomohiro Nakata, Yujiro Ide, Kisaburo Sakamoto
pages 1145-1152
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Discussion
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Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: Transaortic repair may cause sinus of Valsalva distortion and aortic regurgitation
Sung-Ho Jung, Tae-Jin Yun, Yu-Mi Im, Jeong-Jun Park, Hyun Song, Jae-Won Lee, Dong-Man Seo, Moo-Song Lee
pages 1153-1158
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Cardiothoracic Transplantation
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Prognosis of patients removed from a transplant waiting list for medical improvement: Implications for organ allocation and transplantation for status 2 patients
Katherine J. Hoercher, Edward R. Nowicki, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gurmeet Singh, Joan M. Alster, Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, Randall C. Starling, James B. Young, Nicholas G. Smedira
pages 1159-1166
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Discussion
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Brief Communications
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Case report of visceral ischemia: The “tail” of an intra-aortic balloon pump
Justin Rivard, Ashley Vergis, Diamond Kassum
pages 1167-1168
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A combined approach for ischemic mitral valve regurgitation: Scar plication and the role of magnetic resonance imaging
Rafael García-Fuster, Ignacio Rodríguez, Jordi Estornell, Juan Martínez-León
pages 1169-1172
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Recurrence of myxoma in the left ventricle with concurrent cerebral fusiform aneurysms after previous atrial myxoma surgery
John-Peder Escobar Kvitting, Jan Engvall, Mats Broqvist, Stefan Franzén, Mats Andersson, Ulf Ohlsson, Niels Erik Nielsen
pages 1172-1173
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Aortic dissection in a young man with Loeys–Dietz syndrome
Vojtech Melenovsky, Marek Adamira, Dana Kautznerova, Ludek Voska, Jiri Weichet, Bart Loeys, Jan Pirk
pages 1174-1175.e1
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Reverse diastolic flow in the common carotid artery in severe aortic regurgitation, causing brain ischemia
Naoto Morimoto, Keisuke Morimoto, Yoshihisa Morimoto, Toshihito Sakamoto, Masamichi Matsumori, Kenji Okada, Yutaka Okita
pages 1176-1177
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Dehiscence of aortic valve commissure complicated by aortic regurgitation
Toshihiro Fukui, Tomoki Shimokawa, Ken-u Fumimoto, Susumu Mananbe, Naomi Ozawa, Shuichiro Takanashi
pages 1178-1179
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Early failure of bioprostheses caused by adhesion of preserved leaflets after chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement
Jason O. Robertson, Amir K. Durrani, Tomislav Mihaljevic
pages 1180-1181
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Right ventricular exclusion procedure with total cavopulmonary connection: An alternative operative approach in adults with severe Ebstein anomaly
Anastasios C. Polimenakos, Brian L. Reemtsen, Winfield J. Wells, Vaughn A. Starnes
pages 1182-1183
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Atypical bronchoplasty to preserve the lung parenchyma: The bronchofolding technique
Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Takashi Ibe, Atsushi Takise, Izumi Takeyoshi
pages 1184-1185
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Use of a prefabricated pectoralis major muscle flap and pedicled jejunal interposition graft for salvage esophageal reconstruction after failed gastric pull-up and colon interposition
K. Robert Shen, William Gerald Austen, Douglas J. Mathisen
pages 1186-1187
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Letters to the Editor
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The importance of distal fixation in total arch replacement for distal aortic arch aneurysm
Mitsuru Asano, Yutaka Okita
pages 1188-1189
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Reply to the Editor
Koichi Toda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Takenori Yokota, Satoshi Kainuma
page 1189
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Tissue-engineered heart valves: Bioreactor—yes or no?
Luca Dainese, Fabio Barili, Paolo Biglioli
pages 1189-1190
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Reply to the Editor
André Vincentelli, Francis Juthier, Brigitte Jude
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Events of Interest
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Events of Interest
pages 1191-1192
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Announcements
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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Announcement of 2008 Annual Meeting
page 1193
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Requests for Preregistration Forms and Hotel Reservations
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Call for Abstracts
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Applications for Membership
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Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2009-2010
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Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2008-2009
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Third Edward D. Churchill Research Scholarship 2009-2011
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The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
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Announcement of 2008 Annual Meeting
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Requests for Meeting Information
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Material for the Program
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Application for Membership
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The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
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Notices
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Requirements for Maintenance of Certification
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