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Presidential Obituary
David C. Sabiston, Jr, MD Robert Anderson pages 1307-1308 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
Editorials
Tribute to a pioneer: Viking Olov Björk, 1918–2009 Francis Robicsek pages 1309-1310 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (122 KB)
The second assistant in cardiac surgery: The challenges and answers T.K. Susheel Kumar pages 1311-1314 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
Invited Commentary John Calhoon pages 1313-1314 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Not if, but when Thoralf M. Sundt pages 1315-1316 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Thoracic Surgical Education
Weathering the storm: How can thoracic surgery training programs meet the new challenges in the era of less-invasive technologies? Sunil M. Prasad, Malek G. Massad, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Norman J. Snow, Joannie T. Yeh, Himalaya Lele, Ahmed Tarakji, Hersh S. Maniar, Heather Herren, William A. Gay pages 1317-1326.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
Discussion pages 1325-1326 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiovascular surgery in children with Marfan syndrome or Loeys-Dietz syndrome, 13 April 2009 Melanie D. Everitt, Nelangi Pinto, John A. Hawkins, Max B. Mitchell, Peter C. Kouretas, Anji T. Yetman pages 1327-1333 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB)
Discussion pages 1332-1333 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Analysis of the US Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database for adverse events involving Amplatzer septal occluder devices and comparison with the Society of Thoracic Surgery congenital cardiac surgery database Daniel J. DiBardino, Doff B. McElhinney, Aditya K. Kaza, John E. Mayer pages 1334-1341 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Discussion pages 1339-1341 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (61 KB)
Differential branch pulmonary artery growth after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit versus modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in hypoplastic left heart syndrome Jay D. Pruetz, Sarah Badran, Fred Dorey, Vaughn A. Starnes, Alan B. Lewis pages 1342-1348 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (333 KB)
Inferior sinus venosus defect: Echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical approach Matthew A. Crystal, Khaled Al Najashi, William G. Williams, Andrew N. Redington, Robert H. Anderson pages 1349-1355 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (257 KB)
Myocyte apoptosis occurs early during the development of pressure-overload hypertrophy in infant myocardium, 12 March 2009 Yeong-Hoon Choi, Douglas B. Cowan, Adrian M. Moran, Steven D. Colan, Christof Stamm, Koh Takeuchi, Ingeborg Friehs, Pedro J. del Nido, Francis X. McGowan pages 1356-1362.e3 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (444 KB)
Use of a novel valve stent for transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: An animal study, 18 March 2009 Gang-Jun Zong, Yuan Bai, Hai-Bin Jiang, Wei-Ping Li, Hong Wu, Xian-Xian Zhao, Yong-Wen Qin pages 1363-1369 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1034 KB)
General Thoracic Surgery
Thoracoscopic sympathetic clipping for hyperhidrosis: Long-term results and reversibility Hiroshi Sugimura, Ernest H. Spratt, Christopher G. Compeau, Deepa Kattail, Yaron Shargall pages 1370-1378 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Discussion pages 1376-1377 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Superior sulcus tumors with vertebral body involvement: A multimodality approach William D. Bolton, David C. Rice, Adam Goodyear, Arlene M. Correa, Jeremy Erasmus, Wayne Hofstetter, Ritsuko Komaki, Reza Mehran, Katherine Pisters, Jack A. Roth, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh, Jason Weaver, Laurence Rhines pages 1379-1387 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (242 KB)
Discussion pages 1386-1387 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Thoracoscopic segmentectomy compares favorably with thoracoscopic lobectomy for patients with small stage I lung cancer, 13 April 2009 Mark Shapiro, Todd S. Weiser, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Cynthia Chin, Michael Arustamyan, Scott J. Swanson pages 1388-1393 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (137 KB)
A prospective study of the association between drainage volume within 24 hours after thoracoscopic lobectomy and postoperative morbidity, 09 March 2009 Ryoichi Nakanishi, Yoshihisa Fujino, Toshihiro Yamashita, Soichi Oka pages 1394-1399 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
Lobectomy with pulmonary artery resection: Morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival, 23 February 2009 Marco Alifano, Giacomo Cusumano, Salvatore Strano, Pierre Magdeleinat, Antonio Bobbio, Frederique Giraud, Bernard Lebeau, Jean-François Régnard pages 1400-1405 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (163 KB)
The normal configuration and interindividual differences in intramural lymphatic vessels of the esophagus, 26 March 2009 Shinji Yajin, Gen Murakami, Hiromi Takeuchi, Tadashi Hasegawa, Hiroya Kitano pages 1406-1414 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (908 KB)
Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer, 09 March 2009 Farhood Farjah, Douglas E. Wood, Michael S. Mulligan, Bahirathan Krishnadasan, Patrick J. Heagerty, Rebecca Gaston Symons, David R. Flum pages 1415-1421 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (109 KB)
Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
Surgery for aortic and mitral valve disease in the United States: A trend of change in surgical practice between 1998 and 2005, 23 February 2009 Scott D. Barnett, Niv Ad pages 1422-1429 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (157 KB)
Characterization and outcome of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous aortic valve replacement, 26 March 2009 Samir R. Kapadia, Sachin S. Goel, Lars Svensson, Eric Roselli, Robert M. Savage, Lee Wallace, Srikanth Sola, Paul Schoenhagen, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Ryan Christofferson, Carmel Halley, L. Leonardo Rodriguez, William Stewart, Vidyasagar Kalahasti, E. Murat Tuzcu pages 1430-1435 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (241 KB)
Impact of preconditioning protocol on anesthetic-induced cardioprotection in patients having coronary artery bypass surgery, 23 February 2009 Jan Fräßdorf, Andreas Borowski, Dirk Ebel, Peter Feindt, Manuel Hermes, Thomas Meemann, René Weber, Jost Müllenheim, Nina C. Weber, Benedikt Preckel, Wolfgang Schlack pages 1436-1442.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (242 KB)
Mild chronic kidney dysfunction and treatment strategies for stable coronary artery disease, 06 February 2009 Neuza Helena Lopes, Felipe da Silva Paulitsch, Alexandre Pereira, Cibele Larossa Garzillo, João Fernando Ferreira, Noedir Stolf, Whady Hueb pages 1443-1449 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (280 KB)
Open distal anastomosis in aortic root replacement using axillary cannulation and moderate hypothermia, 02 March 2009 Hiroo Takayama, Craig R. Smith, Michael E. Bowdish, Allan S. Stewart pages 1450-1453 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
Outcomes after surgical resection of cardiac sarcoma in the multimodality treatment era, 03 April 2009 Faisal G. Bakaeen, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, David C. Rice, Garret L. Walsh, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Steven S. Swisher, Robert Benjamin, Shanda Blackmon, Michael J. Reardon pages 1454-1460 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (125 KB)
The effect of biventricular pacing after coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective randomized trial of different pacing modes in patients with reduced left ventricular function, 31 March 2009 Frank Eberhardt, Matthias Heringlake, Maximilian S. Massalme, Anika Dyllus, Martin Misfeld, Hans-H. Sievers, Uwe K.H. Wiegand, Thorsten Hanke pages 1461-1467 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (379 KB)
Influence of body mass index on the efficacy of revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease, 05 March 2009 Aslan T. Turer, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Emily Honeycutt, Robert H. Tuttle, Linda K. Shaw, Michael H. Sketch, Peter K. Smith, Robert M. Califf, John H. Alexander pages 1468-1474 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (217 KB)
Surgical treatment of multivalvular endocarditis: Twenty-one–year single center experience, 12 March 2009 Feng Yao, Lin Han, Zhi-yun Xu, Liang-jian Zou, Sheng-dong Huang, Zhi-nong Wang, Fang-lin Lu, Ying-long Yao pages 1475-1480 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
Minimally invasive video-assisted mitral valve surgery: A 12-year, 2-center experience in 1178 patients, 31 March 2009 Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, W. Clark Hargrove, Ansar Hassan, Wilson Y. Szeto, W. Randolph Chitwood pages 1481-1487 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (246 KB)
Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Surgical revascularization for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Is it still an option?, 13 April 2009 Jay K. Bhama, Duc Q. Nguyen, Sun Scolieri, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Yoshiya Toyoda, Robert L. Kormos, Kenneth R. McCurry, Dennis McNamara, Christian A. Bermudez pages 1488-1492 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (132 KB)
Prolonged venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after transplantation restores functional integrity of severely injured lung allografts and prevents the development of pulmonary graft failure in a pig model György Lang, Clemens Aigner, Günther Winkler, Keso Shkirdladze, Wilfried Wisser, Gerhard Dekan, Masaya Tamura, Georg Heinze, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Walter Klepetko pages 1493-1498 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
Evolving Technology
Keratinocyte growth factor accelerates compensatory growth in the remaining lung after trilobectomy in rats, 31 March 2009 Keitaro Matsumoto, Takeshi Nagayasu, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, Tsutomu Tagawa, Takatomo Yamayoshi, Takafumi Abo, Shuichi Tobinaga, Katsuro Furukawa, Takehiko Koji pages 1499-1507 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (646 KB)
Selective phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition reduces neointimal hyperplasia in rat carotid arteries after surgical endarterectomy, 11 February 2009 Kristóf Hirschberg, Tamás Radovits, Sivakkanan Loganathan, László Entz, Carsten J. Beller, Marie–Luise Gross, Peter Sandner, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó pages 1508-1514 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (429 KB)
Plasma transforming growth factor β1 as a biochemical marker to predict the persistence of atrial fibrillation after the surgical maze procedure Young Keun On, Eun-Seok Jeon, Sang Yeub Lee, Dae-Hee Shin, Jin-Oh Choi, Jidong Sung, June Soo Kim, Kiick Sung, PyoWon Park pages 1515-1520 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (292 KB)
Cardiopulmonary Support
Optimal dose of aprotinin for neuroprotection and renal function in a piglet survival model, 22 April 2009 Yusuke Iwata, Toru Okamura, Nobuyuki Ishibashi, David Zurakowski, Hart G.W. Lidov, Richard A. Jonas pages 1521-1529 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (355 KB)
Discussion, 22 April 2009 page 1529 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Pulmonary injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: Beneficial effects of low-frequency mechanical ventilation, 06 February 2009 Hajime Imura, Massimo Caputo, Kelvin Lim, Masami Ochi, M.-Saadeh Suleiman, Kazuo Shimizu, Gianni D. Angelini pages 1530-1537 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (528 KB)
Regression of flow-induced pulmonary arterial vasculopathy after flow correction in piglets, 09 February 2009 Olaf Mercier, Edouard Sage, Marc de Perrot, Ly Tu, Elisabeth Marcos, Benoît Decante, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Hervé, Philippe Dartevelle, Saadia Eddahibi, Elie Fadel pages 1538-1546 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (706 KB)
Brief Communications
Clinical
Mitral valve injury late after transcatheter aortic valve implantation, 04 August 2008 Daniel R. Wong, Robert H. Boone, Christopher R. Thompson, Michael F. Allard, Lukas Altwegg, Ronald G. Carere, Anson Cheung, Jian Ye, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, Hilton Ling, John G. Webb pages 1547-1549 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (277 KB)
A new subspecialty in cardiac surgery: Scrap metal merchant, 01 September 2008 Giuseppe Rescigno, Marco Pozzi, Filippo Capestro, Luciano S. Matteucci, Christopher Münch, Gianfranco Iacobone, Gian Piero Piccoli pages 1549-1550 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Concomitant bilateral lung volume reduction surgery and aortic valve replacement: Multidisciplinary strategies in achieving a successful outcome, 16 September 2008 Cliff K. Choong, Yasir Abu-Omar, Ajit Agarwal, Thomas Pulimood, Nicholas Screaton, Ian Hardy, Alain Vuylsteke, Michael Davies pages 1551-1552 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (54 KB)
Successful combined bilateral lung volume reduction and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Implications and advantages, 09 March 2009 Cliff K. Choong, Jon Naylor, Alain Vuylsteke, Ian Hardy, Nicholas Screaton, Jo Porter, Michael Davies pages 1552-1554 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Off-pump revascularization with the use of both internal thoracic arteries in a 3-year-old child with Kawasaki syndrome, 27 January 2009 Monika Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Juraszynski, Piotr Burczynski, Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys, Wanda Kawalec pages 1554-1555 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (120 KB)
Early stenosis of Medtronic Mosaic porcine valves in the aortic position, 22 September 2008 Jennifer S. Lawton, Nader Moazami, Michael K. Pasque, Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano pages 1556-1557 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (182 KB)
Tricuspid valve regurgitation after heart transplantation, 22 December 2008 Daniel Marelli, Fardad Esmailian, Samantha Y. Wong, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Murray H. Kwon, Ramin E. Beygui, Hillel Laks, Mark D. Plunkett, Abbas Ardehali, Richard J. Shemin pages 1557-1559 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Technical
Membranous tracheoplasty using an azygous vein pedicle graft with roundabout-field intubation: A novel surgical technique, 27 May 2008 Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Takashi Ibe, Yasuki Iwasaki, Atsushi Takise, Izumi Takeyoshi pages 1560-1562 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (323 KB)
A modified technique of selective lung ventilation through a tracheostomy to facilitate conservative management of iatrogenic tracheal rupture, 27 January 2009 Elizabeth Belcher, Massimo Conti, Peter Goldstraw, Simon Jordan pages 1562-1564 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (267 KB)
Quadruple valve replacement for acute endocarditis, 11 July 2008 Joerg Seeburger, Heiner Groesdonk, Michael Andrew Borger, Denis Merk, Joerg Ender, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Nicolas Doll pages 1564-1565 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (136 KB)
A new miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass system reduces transfusion requirements during neonatal cardiac surgery: Initial experience in 13 consecutive patients, 19 August 2008 Andreas Koster, Michael Huebler, Wolfgang Boettcher, Mathias Redlin, Felix Berger, Roland Hetzer pages 1565-1568 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (228 KB)
A novel technique for treatment of mitral valve prolapse/flail, 24 October 2008 Goran Panic, Miljko Ristic, Svetozar Putnik, Dejan Markovic, Ivan Divac, Uros U. Babic pages 1568-1570 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
An improved hemostatic aortic anastomotic technique for nondissected aortic aneurysms, 09 March 2009 Robert Saeid Farivar, Lawrence H. Cohn pages 1570-1571 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (190 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Reference values: No need for confusion Nancy A. Obuchowski pages 1572-1573 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
Experimental ventricular pressure overload in young animals induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in addition to hyperplasia of contractile and noncontractile elements of the myocardium Maria C.D. Abduch, Renato S. Assad, V.D. Aiello page 1573 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
Clamping the mitral and tricuspid annuli with bipolar devices Stefano Benussi, Domenico Corradi, Ottavio Alfieri pages 1573-1574 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (56 KB)
Reply to the Editor Manuel Castellá pages 1574-1575 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
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