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Editorial Board page 3A Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
Condensed Contents pages 5A-6A Full Text | Full-Text PDF (140 KB)
Table of Contents pages 19A-38A Full Text | Full-Text PDF (191 KB)
Presidential Address
Cardiothoracic surgery: A specialty divided or as one Douglas E. Wood pages 1-9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (253 KB)
Expert Commentary
Esophagectomy volume threshold as a criterion for centers of excellence: Causation or cause, strategy or strategem? Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone pages 10-12 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (69 KB)
Point/Counterpoint
POINT: Clinical stage IA non–small cell lung cancer determined by computed tomography and positron emission tomography is frequently not pathologic IA non–small cell lung cancer: The problem of understaging Brendon M. Stiles, Elliot L. Servais, Paul C. Lee, Jeffrey L. Port, Subroto Paul, Nasser K. Altorki pages 13-19 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (156 KB)
COUNTERPOINT: Despite staging inaccuracies, patients with non–small cell lung cancer are best served by having integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography before therapy Robert J. Cerfolio pages 20-22 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
General Thoracic Surgery
The effect of volume on esophageal cancer resections: What constitutes acceptable resection volumes for centers of excellence? Robert A. Meguid, Eric S. Weiss, David C. Chang, Malcolm V. Brock, Steven C. Yang pages 23-29 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
Discussion pages 28-29 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (69 KB)
A thoracic surgery clinic dedicated to indeterminate pulmonary nodules: Too many scans and too little pathology? Nirmal K. Veeramachaneni, Traves D. Crabtree, Daniel Kreisel, Jennifer B. Zoole, Joanne F. Musick, Nicole G. Taylor, Alexander S. Krupnick, David S. Gierada, G. Alexander Patterson, Bryan F. Meyers pages 30-35 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Discussion pages 33-35 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (72 KB)
Health-related quality of life in esophageal cancer: Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical intervention Najib Safieddine, Wei Xu, Sayed Mohammed Quadri, Jennifer J. Knox, Jennifer Hornby, Joanne Sulman, Rebecca Wong, Maha Guindi, Shaf Keshavjee, Gail Darling pages 36-42 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (272 KB)
Discussion pages 41-42 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and tumor marker expression in non–small cell lung cancer Matthew D. Taylor, Philip W. Smith, William K. Brix, Mark R. Wick, Nicholas Theodosakis, Brian R. Swenson, Benjamin D. Kozower, Christine L. Lau, David R. Jones pages 43-48 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (282 KB)
Salvage esophagectomy after high-dose chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Yuji Tachimori, Norio Kanamori, Norihisa Uemura, Norikazu Hokamura, Hiroyasu Igaki, Hoichi Kato pages 49-54 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (207 KB)
Factors predictive of prognosis after esophagectomy for squamous cell cancer, 04 August 2008 Houhuai Li, Qingzhen Zhang, Lin Xu, Yijiang Chen, Yongxiang Wei, Guoren Zhou pages 55-59 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (281 KB)
Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
The impact of placing multiple grafts to each myocardial territory on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting Danny Chu, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Xing Li Wang, Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire, Joseph Huh pages 60-64 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (155 KB)
Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005 Howard K. Song, Brian S. Diggs, Matthew S. Slater, Steven W. Guyton, Ross M. Ungerleider, Karl F. Welke pages 65-69 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Early and late outcomes in minimally invasive mitral valve repair: An eleven-year experience in 707 patients R. Scott McClure, Lawrence H. Cohn, Esther Wiegerinck, Gregory S. Couper, Sary F. Aranki, R. Morton Bolman, Michael J. Davidson, Frederick Y. Chen pages 70-75 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (170 KB)
A 20-year experience of 1712 patients with the Biocor porcine bioprosthesis Pia S.U. Mykén, Odd Bech-Hansen pages 76-81 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (194 KB)
Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: Changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database James M. Brown, Sean M. O'Brien, Changfu Wu, Jo Ann H. Sikora, Bartley P. Griffith, James S. Gammie pages 82-90 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (178 KB)
Incidence of thromboembolic complications in patients with mechanical heart valves with a subtherapeutic international normalized ratio, 15 August 2008 Francesco Dentali, Nicoletta Riva, Alessandra Malato, Giorgia Saccullo, Sergio Siragusa, Walter Ageno pages 91-93 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Postimplantation morphologic changes of glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine aortic roots and risk of aneurysm and rupture, 16 September 2008 Tirone E. David, Susan Armstrong, Manjula Maganti, Jagdish Butany, Christopher M. Feindel, Joanne Bos pages 94-100 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (404 KB)
Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms are associated with compositional remodeling and vessel stiffening but not weakening in age-matched subjects, 19 September 2008 Dimitrios C. Iliopoulos, Eleftherios P. Kritharis, Athina T. Giagini, Stavroula A. Papadodima, Dimitrios P. Sokolis pages 101-109 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (444 KB)
Outcomes of surgical intervention for isolated active mitral valve endocarditis, 22 September 2008 Amir M. Sheikh, Abdelsalam M. Elhenawy, Manjula Maganti, Susan Armstrong, Tirone E. David, Christopher M. Feindel pages 110-116 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (271 KB)
Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta in the post-FDA approval era, 22 September 2008 Joshua D. Adams, John F. Angle, Alan H. Matsumoto, Benjamin B. Peeler, Bulent Arslan, Kenneth J. Cherry, John A. Kern, Michael D. Dake pages 117-123 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Congenital Heart Disease
Ten-year experience with handmade trileaflet polytetrafluoroethylene valved conduit used for pulmonary reconstruction, 01 December 2008 Makoto Ando, Yukihiro Takahashi pages 124-131 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (435 KB)
Morphologic features of atrioventricular septal defect with only ventricular component: Further observations pertinent to surgical repair, 21 May 2008 Iki Adachi, Hideki Uemura, Karen P. McCarthy, Siew Yen Ho pages 132-138.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (462 KB)
Prospective follow-up study of children with univentricular heart: Neurodevelopmental outcome at age 12 months, 25 July 2008 Anne Sarajuuri, Tuula Lönnqvist, Leena Mildh, Irmeli Rajantie, Marianne Eronen, Ilkka Mattila, Eero Jokinen pages 139-145.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (314 KB)
Impaired neuroanatomic development in infants with congenital heart disease, 19 August 2008 Kazuhiro Watanabe, Mie Matsui, Junko Matsuzawa, Chiaki Tanaka, Kyo Noguchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuhisa Hongo, Mayumi Ishiguro, Sayaka Wanatabe, Keiich Hirono, Keiichiro Uese, Fukiko Ichida, Hideki Origasa, Jun Nakazawa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Toshio Miyawaki, Tachiyo Matsuzaki, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Warren Bilker, Ruben C. Gur pages 146-153 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1792 KB)
Near-infrared spectroscopy: What we know and what we need to know—A systematic review of the congenital heart disease literature, 25 September 2008 Jennifer C. Hirsch, John R. Charpie, Richard G. Ohye, James G. Gurney pages 154-159.e12 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (419 KB)
Evolving Technology
Radiofrequency ablation for treatment of medically inoperable stage I non–small cell lung cancer, 03 November 2008 Michael Lanuti, Amita Sharma, Subba R. Digumarthy, Cameron D. Wright, Dean M. Donahue, John C. Wain, Douglas J. Mathisen, Jo-Anne O. Shepard pages 160-166 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (145 KB)
Discussion, 03 November 2008 pages 165-166 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation: 1-year outcome in 26 patients, 24 October 2008 Jian Ye, Anson Cheung, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, Lukas A. Altwegg, Daniel R. Wong, Ronald G. Carere, Christopher R. Thompson, Robert R. Moss, Brad Munt, Sanjeevan Pasupati, Robert H. Boone, Jean-Bernard Masson, Abdullah Al Ali, John G. Webb pages 167-173 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (275 KB)
Toward the development of a fully elastic mitral ring: Preliminary, acute, in vivo evaluation of physiomechanical behavior Paolo Ferrazzi, Attilio Iacovoni, Samuele Pentiricci, Michele Senni, Maria Iascone, Nicolas Borenstein, Luc Behr, Alessandro Borghi, Rossella Balossino, Eugenio Quaini pages 174-179 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (284 KB)
Restoration of left ventricular geometry and improvement of left ventricular function in a rodent model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy Jiashing Yu, Karen L. Christman, Eric Chin, Richard E. Sievers, Maythem Saeed, Randall J. Lee pages 180-187 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (450 KB)
Beating-heart, off-pump mitral valve repair by implantation of artificial chordae tendineae: An acute in vivo animal study Pietro Bajona, William E. Katz, Richard C. Daly, Kenton J. Zehr, Giovanni Speziali pages 188-193 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (505 KB) | Add-Ons
Paracorporeal pulsatile biventricular assist device versus extracorporal membrane oxygenation–extracorporal life support in adult fulminant myocarditis Olivier N. Pages, Stéphane Aubert, Alain Combes, Charles E. Luyt, Alain Pavie, Philippe Léger, Iradj Gandjbakhch, Pascal Leprince pages 194-197 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Toward a new cold and warm nondepolarizing, normokalemic arrest paradigm for orthotopic heart transplantation, 01 September 2008 Donna M. Rudd, Geoffrey P. Dobson pages 198-207 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
Gastrointestinal bleeding rates in recipients of nonpulsatile and pulsatile left ventricular assist devices, 13 October 2008 Sheri Crow, Ranjit John, Andrew Boyle, Sara Shumway, Kenneth Liao, Monica Colvin-Adams, Carol Toninato, Emil Missov, Marc Pritzker, Cindy Martin, Daniel Garry, William Thomas, Lyle Joyce pages 208-215 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (161 KB)
Intramyocardial injection of tannic acid attenuates postinfarction remodeling: A novel approach to stabilize the breaking extracellular matrix, 25 September 2008 Hao Zhang, Shen-jun Zhu, De Wang, Ying-jie Wei, Sheng-Shou Hu pages 216-222.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (363 KB)
Vagal nerve stimulation prevents reperfusion injury through inhibition of opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore independent of the bradycardiac effect Rajesh G. Katare, Motonori Ando, Yoshihiko Kakinuma, Mikihiko Arikawa, Takemi Handa, Fumiyasu Yamasaki, Takayuki Sato pages 223-231 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (502 KB)
Regression of pressure-induced left ventricular hypertrophy is characterized by a distinct gene expression profile William E. Stansfield, Peter C. Charles, Ru-hang Tang, Mauricio Rojas, Rajendra Bhati, Nancy C. Moss, Cam Patterson, Craig H. Selzman pages 232-238.e8 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (625 KB)
Brief Communications
Clinical
An unusual case of nonbacterial thrombotic (marantic) endocarditis, 06 May 2008 Cevher Ozcan, Edward J. Miller, Kerry S. Russell, Michael L. Dewar, Lynda E. Rosenfeld pages 239-241 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (515 KB)
Technical
Compressed true lumen in the innominate artery: A pitfall of right axillary arterial perfusion in acute aortic dissection, 06 May 2008 Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, Kenji Okada, Shinya Takahashi pages 242-243 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (215 KB)
Partial left ventricular support implanted through minimal access surgery as a bridge to cardiac transplant, 21 May 2008 Bart Meyns, Filip Rega, Joris Ector, Walter Droogne, Johan Vanhaecke, Jan Van Hemelrijck, Bartley Griffith, Robert Dowling, Mark Zucker, Daniel Burkhoff pages 243-245 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (265 KB)
A bilobed thoracic outlet mass: Options for resection, 06 May 2008 Glenn McKay, Vincent Arlet, John A. Kern, Christine L. Lau, David R. Jones, Benjamin D. Kozower pages 245-247 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (511 KB)
Repair of acute postinfarction atrioventricular dehiscence in a patient with posterior left ventricular aneurysm, 21 May 2008 Igor E. Konstantinov, Pankaj Saxena, Shane Ling, Trenton Barrett pages 247-249 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (240 KB)
Video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy for an infectious giant bulla with the concomitant use of the perioperative intracavity fluid suction, 21 May 2008 Yuji Taniguchi, Shinji Fujioka, Yoshin Adachi, Ken Miwa, Hiroshige Nakamura pages 249-251 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (227 KB)
Incomplete transmural ablation caused by bipolar radiofrequency ablation devices, 11 June 2008 Wataru Kato, Akihiko Usui, Hideki Oshima, Toshiaki Akita, Yuichi Ueda pages 251-252 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (534 KB)
Brief Communications Online Only
Spontaneous rupture of the dissected coronary sinus mimicking acute coronary syndrome, 13 June 2008 Thomas Bartel, Alfred Kocher, Gudrun Feuchtner, Silvana Müller, Johannes O. Bonatti, Bernhard Metzler pages e1-e3 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2087 KB) | Add-Ons
Lipomatous septal hypertrophy, 03 June 2008 Christina Doesch, Claudia Plachtzik, Christian S. Haas pages e3-e4 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (526 KB)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, 06 May 2008 Yukio Umeda, Yukihiro Matsuno, Matsuhisa Imaizumi, Yoshio Mori, Hiroshi Takiya pages e4-e6 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (614 KB)
Do statins delay the progression of aortic stenosis?, 06 May 2008 Hisato Takagi, Norikazu Kawai, Takuya Umemoto pages e6-e9 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (280 KB)
Penetrating ulcer of the aortic arch presenting with hemoptysis, 03 June 2008 Vassilios S. Avlonitis, Roger W. Bury, Andrew J. Duncan, Joseph Zacharias pages e10-e12 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1025 KB)
Concomitant cardiac and cerebral leiomyosarcoma: A challenge for surgical and adjuvant therapy, 01 September 2008 Christoph A. Tschan, M. Javad Mirzayan, Alexandru C. Stan, Maximilian A. Pichlmaier, Joachim K. Krauss pages e12-e14 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (637 KB)
Cardiac echinococcosis of the interventricular septum in early childhood: Report of two cases, 13 June 2008 T. Mohsen, N. El Beharry, T. Maree, E.S. Akl pages e14-e16 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (563 KB)
Successful immediate cryorecanalization of a simultaneous high-grade tracheal and bronchial stenosis as rare manifestations of bronchial-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, 21 May 2008 Christian Schumann, Philipp M. Lepper, Thomas F.E. Barth, Peter Möller, Stefan Krüger pages e17-e19 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (449 KB)
New-onset heart failure caused by spontaneous papillary muscle rupture: Diagnosis with dual-source computed tomographic coronary angiography, 08 May 2008 Heon Lee, Balazs Ruzsics, U. Joseph Schoepf, Edward A. Stewart, Philip Costello, James L. Glenn, John S. Ikonomidis pages e19-e21 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (435 KB)
False aneurysm after transapical aortic valve implantation, 09 September 2008 Nawwar Al-Attar, Richard Raffoul, Dominique Himbert, Eric Brochet, Alec Vahanian, Patrick Nataf pages e21-e22 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (238 KB) | Add-Ons
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