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Editorial
Fifty years of cardiothoracic surgery through the looking glass and what the future holds Marko Turina pages 1117-1122 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (272 KB)
Expert Commentary
Regional heterogeneity within the aorta: Relevance to aneurysm disease, 25 July 2008 Jean Marie Ruddy, Jeffrey A. Jones, Francis G. Spinale, John S. Ikonomidis pages 1123-1130 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (203 KB)
The legacy of coronary sinus interventions: Endogenous cardioprotection and regeneration beyond stem cell research Werner Mohl, Stefan Mina, Dejan Milasinovic, Hirofumi Kasahara, Sheng Wei pages 1131-1135 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (162 KB)
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
Impact of left ventricular function on immediate and long-term outcomes after pericardiectomy in constrictive pericarditis, 01 September 2008 Jong-Won Ha, Jae K. Oh, Hartzell V. Schaff, Lieng H. Ling, Stuart T. Higano, Doug W. Mahoney, Rick A. Nishimura pages 1136-1141 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (206 KB)
Bovine pericardial versus porcine stented replacement aortic valves: Early results of a randomized comparison of the Perimount and the Mosaic valves, 15 August 2008 John B. Chambers, Ronak Rajani, Denise Parkin, Helen M. Rimington, Christopher I. Blauth, Graham E. Venn, Christopher P. Young, James C. Roxburgh pages 1142-1148 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB)
Influence of preoperative renal dysfunction on one-year bypass graft patency and two-year outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, 28 August 2008 Rajendra H. Mehta, Gail E. Hafley, C. Michael Gibson, Robert A. Harrington, Eric D. Peterson, Michael J. Mack, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Robert M. Califf, T. Bruce Ferguson, John H. Alexander, Project of Ex-vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT)-IV Investigators pages 1149-1155 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (159 KB)
Long-term results after ablation for long-standing atrial fibrillation concomitant to surgery for organic heart disease: Is microwave energy reliable?, 09 September 2008 Calin Vicol, Diana Kellerer, Paraskevi Petrakopoulou, Ingo Kaczmarek, Peter Lamm, Bruno Reichart pages 1156-1159 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Influence of patent false lumen on long-term outcome after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection, 01 September 2008 Naoyuki Kimura, Masashi Tanaka, Koji Kawahito, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Ino, Hideo Adachi pages 1160-1166.e3 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (328 KB)
Conduit choice for coronary artery bypass grafting after mediastinal radiation, 16 September 2008 Morgan L. Brown, Hartzell V. Schaff, Thoralf M. Sundt pages 1167-1171 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Type A aortic dissection: Has surgical outcome improved with time?, 09 September 2008 Pradeep Narayan, Chris A. Rogers, Ian Davies, Gianni D. Angelini, Alan J. Bryan pages 1172-1177 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Transgenic model of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma formation, 15 August 2008 Christiane Köbbert, Christa Möllmann, Michael Schäfers, Sven Hermann, Hideo A. Baba, Andreas Hoffmeier, Günter Breithardt, Hans H. Scheld, Gabriele Weissen–Plenz, Jürgen R. Sindermann pages 1178-1186 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2016 KB)
Impact of the Maze operation on the progression of mild functional tricuspid regurgitation, 24 September 2008 Hyung Gon Je, Hyun Song, Sung Ho Jung, Suk Jung Choo, Jong Min Song, Duk Hyun Kang, Sung Cheol Yun, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Kawn Song, Jae Won Lee pages 1187-1192 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
Treatment of type II endoleaks associated with left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic aortic stent grafting, 09 September 2008 Mark D. Peterson, Grayson H. Wheatley, Jacques Kpodonu, James P. Williams, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Edward B. Diethrich pages 1193-1199 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (277 KB)
How does the use of polytetrafluoroethylene neochordae for posterior mitral valve prolapse (loop technique) compare with leaflet resection? A prospective randomized trial, 16 September 2008 Volkmar Falk, Joerg Seeburger, Markus Czesla, Michael A. Borger, Julia Willige, Thomas Kuntze, Nicolas Doll, Franka Borger, Patrick Perrier, Friedrich W. Mohr pages 1200-1206 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (156 KB)
Discussion, 16 September 2008 pages 1205-1206 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Carbon dioxide—a complex gas in a complex circulation: Its effects on systemic hemodynamics and oxygen transport, cerebral, and splanchnic circulation in neonates after the Norwood procedure Jia Li, Gencheng Zhang, Helen Holtby, Bruno Bissonnette, Golden Wang, Andrew N. Redington, Glen S. Van Arsdell pages 1207-1214 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (175 KB)
Impact of early and standardized treatment with amiodarone on therapeutic success and outcome in pediatric patients with postoperative tachyarrhythmia, 13 June 2008 Nikolaus A. Haas, Christoph K. Camphausen pages 1215-1222 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (275 KB)
Complete heart block associated with device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects, 09 June 2008 Dragos Predescu, Rajiv R. Chaturvedi, Mark K. Friedberg, Lee N. Benson, Akira Ozawa, Kyong-Jin Lee pages 1223-1228 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
Perioperative course in 118 infants and children undergoing coarctation repair via a thoracotomy: A prospective, multicenter experience, 01 September 2008 Sarah Tabbutt, Susan C. Nicolson, Troy E. Dominguez, Winfield Wells, Carl L. Backer, James S. Tweddell, Paula Bokesch, Mark Schreiner pages 1229-1236 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (235 KB)
The bidirectional Glenn operation: A risk factor analysis for morbidity and mortality, 18 July 2008 Brian E. Kogon, Courtney Plattner, Traci Leong, Janet Simsic, Paul M. Kirshbom, Kirk R. Kanter pages 1237-1242 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (111 KB)
Cleft closure and undersizing annuloplasty improve mitral repair in atrioventricular canal defects, 16 September 2008 Muralidhar Padala, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, James W. Owen, Jorge H. Jimenez, Lakshmi P. Dasi, Pedro J. del Nido, Ajit P. Yoganathan pages 1243-1249 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1618 KB)
Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Novel approach with intratracheal administration of microgelatin hydrogel microspheres incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor for rescue of rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension, 22 September 2008 Keiichi Hirose, Akira Marui, Yoshio Arai, Toshihiro Kushibiki, Yu Kimura, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Huang Yuang, B.I.R. Shyamal Chandra, Tadashi Ikeda, Shigeru Amano, Yasuhiko Tabata, Masashi Komeda pages 1250-1256 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (351 KB)
The effects of the Cox maze procedure on atrial function, 09 September 2008 Rochus K. Voeller, Andreas Zierer, Shelly C. Lall, Shun–ichiro Sakamoto, Nai–Lun Chang, Richard B. Schuessler, Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano pages 1257-1264.e3 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (571 KB)
Myocardial ischemia is more important than the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on myocardial water handling and postoperative dysfunction: A pediatric animal model, 27 May 2008 Jonathan R. Egan, Tanya L. Butler, Andrew D. Cole, Avetis Aharonyan, David Baines, Neil Street, Manchula Navaratnam, Oliver Biecker, Carla Zazulak, Carol G. Au, Yee Mun Tan, Kathryn N. North, David S. Winlaw pages 1265-1273.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (557 KB)
Inhibitory kappa B kinase-β is a target for specific nuclear factor kappa B-mediated delayed cardioprotection, 10 September 2008 Nancy C. Moss, Ru-Hang Tang, Monte Willis, William E. Stansfield, Albert S. Baldwin, Craig H. Selzman pages 1274-1279 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (293 KB)
Discussion, 10 September 2008 page 1279 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
Inflammatory lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass is attenuated by adenosine A2A receptor activation, 01 September 2008 Turner C. Lisle, Leo M. Gazoni, Lucas G. Fernandez, Ashish K. Sharma, Andrew M. Bellizzi, Grant D. Schifflett, Victor E. Laubach, Irving L. Kron pages 1280-1288 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (391 KB)
Discussion, 01 September 2008 pages 1287-1288 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
Evolving Technology
Secondary surgical procedures after endovascular stent grafting of the thoracic aorta: Successful approaches to a challenging clinical problem, 01 September 2008 Evaldas Girdauskas, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Kuntze, Michael A. Borger, Andrej Schmidt, Dierk Scheinert, Friedrich W. Mohr pages 1289-1294 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (335 KB)
Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: The efficacy of a novel bipolar pen device in the cardioplegically arrested and beating heart Shun-ichiro Sakamoto, Rochus K. Voeller, Spencer J. Melby, Shelly C. Lall, Nai-lun Chang, Richard B. Schuessler, Ralph J. Damiano pages 1295-1301 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (469 KB)
Harmonic scalpel versus electrocautery for harvest of radial artery conduits: Reduced risk of spasm and intimal injury on optical coherence tomography Philip S. Brazio, Patrick C. Laird, Chenyang Xu, Junyan Gu, Nicholas S. Burris, Emile N. Brown, Zachary N. Kon, Robert S. Poston pages 1302-1308 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (578 KB)
A fusion protein of hepatocyte growth factor enhances reconstruction of myocardium in a cardiac patch derived from porcine urinary bladder matrix, 16 September 2008 Takeyoshi Ota, Thomas W. Gilbert, David Schwartzman, Charles F. McTiernan, Takashi Kitajima, Yoshihiro Ito, Yoshiki Sawa, Stephen F. Badylak, Marco A. Zenati pages 1309-1317 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (552 KB)
Low thromboembolic risk for patients with the Heartmate II left ventricular assist device, 16 September 2008 Ranjit John, Forum Kamdar, Kenneth Liao, Monica Colvin–Adams, Leslie Miller, Lyle Joyce, Andrew Boyle pages 1318-1323 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (518 KB)
Multidetector computed tomographic characteristics of nonabsorbable polymer versus titanium ligature clips in a vascular model, 01 September 2008 Gary Foster, Michael Plunkett, Aaron Wagner, Selwin Abraham, Duane Baldwin, Bryan Hill, Hannah Kim pages 1324-1327 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (289 KB)
General Thoracic Surgery
Factors leading to tracheobronchial self-expandable metallic stent fracture, 09 September 2008 Fu-Tsai Chung, Shu-Min Lin, Hao-Cheng Chen, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Teng Yu, Chien-Ying Liu, Chun-Hua Wang, Horng-Chyuan Lin, Chien-Da Huang, Han-Pin Kuo pages 1328-1335 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (343 KB)
Prevention of stricture development after corrosive esophageal burn with a modified esophageal stent in dogs, 01 September 2008 Jing-Hai Zhou, Yao-Guang Jiang, Ru-Wen Wang, Shi-Zhi Fan, Tai-Qian Gong, Qun-You Tan, Zheng Ma, Yun-Ping Zhao, Bo Deng pages 1336-1342.e7 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (460 KB)
Prognostic evaluation based on a new TNM staging system proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer for resected non–small cell lung cancers, 15 August 2008 Takayuki Fukui, Shoichi Mori, Shunzo Hatooka, Masayuki Shinoda, Tetsuya Mitsudomi pages 1343-1348 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (335 KB)
Sleeve lung resection for lung cancer: Analysis according to the type of procedure Kazumichi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Akihiro Ohsumi, Fumitsugu Kojima, Naoko Imanishi, Katsunari Matsuoka, Mitsuhiro Ueda, Chikuma Hamada pages 1349-1356 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (208 KB)
Is lung cancer resection indicated in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?, 25 September 2008 Atsushi Watanabe, Tetsuya Higami, Syunsuke Ohori, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Shinji Nakashima, Tohru Mawatari pages 1357-1363.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Brief Communications
Ascending aortic dissection after proximal bypass anastomotic device Alberto Weber, Reza Tavakoli, Jurg Gruenenfelder, Michele Genoni pages 1364-1365 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (107 KB)
Sclerosing hemangioma with an air halo, 09 September 2008 Jung-Jyh Hung, Jung-Sen Liu, Wen-Hu Hsu pages 1365-1367 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (200 KB)
Long-term remission of hepatic hydrothorax after OK-432 pleurodesis, 01 September 2008 Pei-Ying Lin, Ping-Hung Kuo, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang pages 1367-1369 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (152 KB)
Perioperative nesiritide and possible renal protection in patients with moderate to severe kidney dysfunction, 28 August 2008 Cornelius McKown Dyke, Devinder Bhatia, Solomon Aronson, Nader Moazami, Robert M. Mentzer pages 1369-1370 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Repair of a traumatic sternal deformity, 09 September 2008 Adel I. Irani, Taek-Yeon Lee, Anthony L. Estrera, Hazim J. Safi pages 1371-1372 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (219 KB)
Pumpless extracorporeal gas exchange aiding central airway surgery, 01 September 2008 Thorsten Walles, Volker Steger, Holger Wurst, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt, Godehard Friedel pages 1372-1374 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (127 KB)
Giant left atrial thrombus with mechanical compromise of the mitral valve, 04 July 2008 Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Patrick Moehnle, Ingo Kaczmarek, Florian Weis, Bruno Reichart, Calin Vicol pages 1374-1376 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (316 KB)
Patients with truncus arteriosus do not have a patent arterial duct: True or false?, 09 June 2008 Luca A. Vricella, Duke E. Cameron page 1376 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (162 KB)
Solitary metastasis of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder to the heart: An unusual clinical manifestation, 12 May 2008 Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, Mihalis Argiriou, Theodoros Argyrakos, Konstantinos Haritopoulos, Konstantinos Kanakakis, Timotheos Sakellaridis, Christos Charitos, Ion Bellenis pages 1377-1378.e1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (678 KB)
Infiltration of saline solution around the saphenous vein facilitates stripping for coronary bypass surgery, 28 August 2008 Ahmad Al Khaddour, Andrew Cohen, Uday Trivedi, Jonathan Hyde, Andrew T. Forsyth pages 1379-1380 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (128 KB)
Electromagnetic interaction between an axial left ventricular assist device and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, 07 July 2008 Farhad Bakhtiary, Panagiotis Therapidis, Mirela Scherer, Omer Dzemali, Anton Moritz, Peter Kleine pages 1380-1381 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (112 KB)
Surgical ventricular restoration by means of a new technique to preserve left ventricular compliance: The horseshoe repair, 09 September 2008 Paolo Ferrazzi, Michele Triggiani, Attilio Iacovoni, Samuele Pentiricci, Francesco Vattimo, Pervirgilio Parrella, Eugenio Quaini pages 1382-1383 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (214 KB)
Lecompte operation: Is it still a viable option for truncus arteriosus?, 11 July 2008 Chun Soo Park, Won-Kyoung Jhang, Jae-Kon Ko, Young-Hwue Kim, Tae-Jin Yun pages 1384-1386.e2 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (594 KB)
Pediatric Application of the Thoratec CentriMag BiVAD as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation, 08 August 2008 Yasutaka Hirata, Kevin Charette, Ralph S. Mosca, Jan M. Quaegebeur, Jonathan M. Chen pages 1386-1387 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Mesenchymal stem cells engineered to overexpress stem cell factor improve cardiac function but have malignant potential, 04 July 2008 Shafie S. Fazel, Denis Angoulvant, Jagdish Butany, Richard D. Weisel, Ren-Ke Li pages 1388-1389 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (199 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Coronary sinus reducer stent Werner Mohl, Stefan Mina, Dejan Milansinovic, Hirofumi Kasahara, Paz Yoav page 1390 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (44 KB)
Single-stage versus 2-stage repair of coarctation of the aorta with ventricular septal defect Sachin Talwar, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Balram Airan pages 1390-1391 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Reply to the Editor: Henry L. Walters page 1391 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (41 KB)
Solid and gaseous cerebral microembolization after biologic and mechanical aortic valve replacement: Investigation with multirange and multifrequency transcranial Doppler ultrasound Justin Nowell, Marjan Jahangiri pages 1391-1392 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
Reply to the Editor: Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf, Bikram P. Choudhary, Yasir Abu-Omer, David P. Taggart pages 1392-1393 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
Contegra and extracardiac Fontan Sameh Ibrahim Sersar, Ahmed A. Jamjoom page 1393 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (40 KB)
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