Editorials:

Hans-Hinrich Sievers
	Prosthetic aortic valve replacement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 961-965. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gaetano Thiene
	Evolving role of cardiovascular pathology in clinical and surgical decision making J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 966-969. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STS/AATS/SCAI Position Statement:

American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA), Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr, Peter C. Block, Lawrence H. Cohn, David H. Adams, Jeffrey S. Borer, Ted Feldman, David R. Holmes, Warren K. Laskey, Bruce W. Lytle, Michael J. Mack, and David O. Williams
	The clinical development of percutaneous heart valve technology: A position statement of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 970-976. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Kenji Suzuki, Yukito Ichinose, Yoh Watanabe, Tsutomu Yasumitsu, Naoki Ishizuka, and Harubumi Kato
	Phase II trial of postoperative adjuvant cisplatin and etoposide in patients with completely resected stage I-IIIa small cell lung cancer: The Japan Clinical Oncology Lung Cancer Study Group Trial (JCOG9101) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 977-983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yung-Chie Lee, Chen-Tu Wu, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Pei-Ming Huang, and Yih-Leong Chang
	Surgical lung biopsy for diffuse pulmonary disease: Experience of 196 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 984-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Junji Yoshida, Kanji Nagai, Tomoyuki Yokose, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Hironobu Ohmatsu, and Yutaka Nishiwaki
	Limited resection trial for pulmonary ground-glass opacity nodules: Fifty-case experience J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 991-996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Artyom Sedrakyan, Tom Treasure, John Browne, Harlan Krumholz, Carlos Sharpin, and Jan van der Meulen
	Pharmacologic prophylaxis for postoperative atrial tachyarrhythmia in general thoracic surgery: Evidence from randomized clinical trials J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 997-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Henning A. Gaissert, Hermes C. Grillo, Behgam M. Shadmehr, Cameron D. Wright, Manjusha Gokhale, John C. Wain, and Douglas J. Mathisen
	Laryngotracheoplastic resection for primary tumors of the proximal airway J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1006-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
George W. Cole, Jr, Annette M. Alleva, Rishindra M. Reddy, Justin B. Maxhimer, JingTong Zuo, David S. Schrump, and Dao M. Nguyen
	The selective epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor PD153035 suppresses expression of prometastasis phenotypes in malignant pleural mesothelioma cells in vitro J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1010-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Marzia Leacche, Daniel Unic, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, James D. Rawn, Sary F. Aranki, Gregory S. Couper, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Robert J. Rizzo, Lawrence H. Cohn, Lishan Aklog, and John G. Byrne
	Modern surgical treatment of massive pulmonary embolism: Results in 47 consecutive patients after rapid diagnosis and aggressive surgical approach J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1018-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
T.M. Sundt, K.J. Zehr, J.A. Dearani, R.C. Daly, C.J. Mullany, C.G.A. McGregor, F.J. Puga, T.A. Orszulak, and H.V. Schaff
	Is early anticoagulation with warfarin necessary after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1024-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ko Bando, Hitoshi Kasegawa, Yukikatsu Okada, Junjiro Kobayashi, Akiko Kada, Tomoki Shimokawa, Michinori Nasu, Satoshi Nakatani, Kazuo Niwaya, Osamu Tagusari, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Hirata, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
	Impact of preoperative and postoperative atrial fibrillation on outcome after mitral valvuloplasty for nonischemic mitral regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1032-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
F. Dagenais, P. Cartier, P. Voisine, D. Desaulniers, J. Perron, R. Baillot, G. Raymond, J. Métras, D. Doyle, and P. Mathieu
	Which biologic valve should we select for the 45- to 65-year-old age group requiring aortic valve replacement? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1041-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
H. Rousseau, C. Dambrin, B. Marcheix, L. Richeux, M. Mazerolles, C. Cron, A. Watkinson, A. Mugniot, P. Soula, V. Chabbert, G. Canevet, D. Roux, P. Massabuau, G. Meites, T. Tran Van, and P. Otal
	Acute traumatic aortic rupture: A comparison of surgical and stent-graft repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1050-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Walter B. Eichinger, Florian Botzenhardt, Alexandra Keithahn, Ralf Guenzinger, Sabine Bleiziffer, Ina Wagner, Robert Bauernschmitt, and Ruediger Lange
	Exercise hemodynamics of bovine versus porcine bioprostheses: A prospective randomized comparison of the mosaic and perimount aortic valves J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1056-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Narutoshi Hibino, Toshiharu Shin’oka, Goki Matsumura, Yoshihito Ikada, and Hiromi Kurosawa
	The tissue-engineered vascular graft using bone marrow without culture J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1064-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Keith A. Horvath, Chia Yang J. Lu, Emmanuel Robert, Glenn F. Pierce, Rodney Greene, Barbara A. Sosnowski, and John Doukas
	Improvement of myocardial contractility in a porcine model of chronic ischemia using a combined transmyocardial revascularization and gene therapy approach J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1071-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ricardo P.J. Budde, Rudy Meijer, Thomas C. Dessing, Cornelius Borst, and Paul F. Gründeman
	Detection of construction errors in ex vivo coronary artery anastomoses by 13-MHz epicardial ultrasonography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1078-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

William T. Mahle, Joseph M. Forbess, Paul M. Kirshbom, Angel R. Cuadrado, Janet M. Simsic, and Kirk R. Kanter
	Cost-utility analysis of salvage cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1084-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul M. Kirshbom, Thomas B. Flynn, Robert R. Clancy, Richard F. Ittenbach, Diane M. Hartman, Stephen M. Paridon, Gil Wernovsky, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor
	Late neurodevelopmental outcome after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1091-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric A. Williams, Richard J. Ing, Justin P. Hart, James Jaggers, Frank H. Kern, Damian M. Craig, and Salvatore V. Pizzo
	Soluble 2-macroglobulin receptor is increased in endotracheal aspirates from infants and children after cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1098-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lena S. Sun, Carmen Dominguez, Navin A. Mallavaram, and Jan M. Quaegebeur
	Dysfunction of atrial and B-type natriuretic peptides in congenital univentricular defects J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1104-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Virginie Lambert, Anne Sigal-Cinqualbre, Emre Belli, Claude Planché, Régine Roussin, Alain Serraf, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Claude Angel, and Jean-François Paul
	Preoperative and postoperative evaluation of airways compression in pediatric patients with 3-dimensional multislice computed tomographic scanning: Effect on surgical management J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1111-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicolas Borenstein, Zhou Jian, Gaelle Fromont, Patrick Bruneval, Mehrak Hekmati, Luc Behr, François Laborde, Didier Montarras, and Emmanuel Le Bret
	Noncultured cell transplantation in an ovine model of right ventricular preparation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1119-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John G. Coles, Cathy Boscarino, Mark Takahashi, Diane Grant, Astra Chang, Julia Ritter, Xiaojing Dai, Changqing Du, Gabriel Musso, Hideaki Yamabi, Jason Goncalves, Ashu Sunny Kumar, James Woodgett, Huanzhang Lu, and Gregory Hannigan
	Cardioprotective stress response in the human fetal heart J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1128-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

T. Brett Reece, Peter I. Ellman, Thomas S. Maxey, Ivan K. Crosby, Patrick S. Warren, Tae W. Chong, Robin D. LeGallo, Joel Linden, John A. Kern, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
	Adenosine A2A receptor activation reduces inflammation and preserves pulmonary function in an in vivo model of lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1137-1143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank D’Ovidio, Marco Mura, Melanie Tsang, Thomas K. Waddell, Michael A. Hutcheon, Lianne G. Singer, Denis Hadjiliadis, Cecilia Chaparro, Carlos Gutierrez, Andrew Pierre, Gail Darling, Mingyao Liu, and Shaf Keshavjee
	Bile acid aspiration and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1144-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J. Saravana Ganesh, Chris A. Rogers, Nicholas R. Banner, Robert S. Bonser on behalf of the Steering Group
	Donor cause of death and medium-term survival after heart transplantation: A United Kingdom national study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1153-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masashi Tanaka, Feny Gunawan, Raya D. Terry, Koichi Inagaki, Anthony D. Caffarelli, Grant Hoyt, Philip S. Tsao, Daria Mochly-Rosen, and Robert C. Robbins
	Inhibition of heart transplant injury and graft coronary artery disease after prolonged organ ischemia by selective protein kinase C regulators J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1160-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Shoji Sakiyama, Kazuya Kondo, Yoshida Mitsuteru, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Koichiro Kenzaki, Takanori Miyoshi, Masahiro Abe, Shingo Wakatsuki, and Yasumasa Monden
	Extramedullary plasmacytoma immunoglobulin D () in the chest wall and the subglottic region J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1168-1169. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Aziz Alami Aroussi, Mohammed Redai, Fouad El Ouardi, and Badiae-Ezzamane Mehadji
	Bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet syndrome: Report of two operative cases J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1170-1171. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
A. Kentos, P. Rocmans, M. Remmelink, and W. Feremans
	Long-term remission with surgery for recurrent localized Hodgkin lymphoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1172. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Georges Fayad, Thomas Modine, Thierry Le Tourneau, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Christophe Decoene, and Henri Warembourg
	Chordal cutting technique through aortotomy: A new approach to treat chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1173-1174. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sathyaki Purushotham, Soman Rema Krishna Manohar, Sivasankaran Sivasubramaniam, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan
	Submitral left ventricular aneurysm: The location of the circumflex coronary artery in relation to the aneurysm influences the surgical approach and outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1175-1177. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeremy W. Pyle, Jennifer L. Ash, Syed M. Hussain, Nicole Reid, and Richard C. Anderson
	Sternal resection and reconstruction after renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the sternum J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1177-1178. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
M. Lanthaler, M. Freund, R. Margreiter, and H. Nehoda
	Unusual impalement injury in a Jehovah’s Witness J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1179-1180. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Miralem Pasic, Peter Müller, Peter Bergs, Ilirijana Karabdic, Wolfgang Ruisz, Michael Hofmann, and Roland Hetzer
	Reimplantation of a left internal thoracic artery during repeat coronary artery revascularization: Early and midterm results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1180-1182. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nai-Chen Cheng, Jiun Hsu, Jing-Shing Chen, Hao-Chih Tai, and Hsi-Yu Yu
	Open-window thoracostomy and microvascular muscle flap for severe intrathoracic infection around aortic prosthetic graft J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1182-1184. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hironori Izutani, Masao Yoshitatsu, Jyun Kawamoto, and Keijiro Katayama
	Novel knot-tying technique for mitral valve repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1184-1186. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Franziska H. Bernet, Martin T.R. Grapow, and Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski
	How to avoid traction to a pedicled internal thoracic artery graft J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1186-1187. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
S. Maltais, M. Carrier, M. Pellerin, and L.P. Perrault
	Closure of ventricular septal defects in the donor heart before transplantation: Toward expanded acceptance criteria J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1187-1188. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Y. Altemur Karamustafaoglu and Ahmet Güngör
	Giant soft tissue liposarcoma of chest wall J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1189-1190. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Genichi Sakaguchi, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Nobushige Tamura, Shogo Obata, Shinji Masuyama, Chieri Kimura, and Taira Kobayashi
	Cerebral malperfusion in acute type A dissection: Direct innominate artery cannulation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1190-1191. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Apurba Kumar Sarma, Sai Kiran Krishnamurthy Venkata Sathya Siva, Jayakumar Karunakaran, and Neelakandhan Kurur Sankaran
	Is there any change in free flow of pedicled left internal thoracic artery conduit at varying degrees of clockwise twist up to 360°? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1192-1193. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Reza Motallebzadeh and Marjan Jahangiri
	Distinguishing solid from gaseous emboli during cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1194. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasir Abu-Omar, Paul M. Matthews, and David P. Taggart
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1194-1195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshiyuki Takami and Hiroshi Masumoto
	The answer is an intra-aortic balloon pump J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1195-1196. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
D. Sortini, K. Maravegias, and A. Sortini
	Difficulty of early diagnosis in patients with solitary pulmonary nodule J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1196. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mark Allen, Juan Crestanello, Francis Nichols, Stephen Cassivi, Claude Deschamps, James Jett, Stephen Swensen, and Peter Pairolero
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1196-1197. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ian Hunt, Lucy J.H. Blows, and Sundip J. Patel
	Why clopidogrel failed to inhibit platelet function early after coronary artery bypass surgery: To load or not to load, and is it a question of resistance? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1197. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric Lim
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1197-1198. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hisato Takagi, Seishiro Sekino, and Takuya Umemoto
	Aortic dissection and ankylosing spondylitis in hypocystinemia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1198. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marco Alifano, Pierre Magdeleinat, and Jean François Regnard
	Catamenial pneumothorax: Some commentaries J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1199. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Walter Weder
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1199-1200. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Richard A. Jonas
	Hematocrit trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1200. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
	Randomized prospective trial for blood transfusion during adult cardiopulmonary bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1200-1201. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshio Ootaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, and Naoki Yoshimura
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1201-1202. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Carol Tan, and Tom Treasure
	Extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant mesothelioma: Should pericardium be resected routinely? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1202. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lambros Zellos and David J. Sugarbaker
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1202-1203. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshio Ootaki and Kiyotaka Fukamachi
	Technique for microsphere injection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1203. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Steve J. Schomisch and Alan H. Markowitz
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1203. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Myles Edwin Lee
	Carbodissection of the internal thoracic artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1203-1204. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mehmet Özkan
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1204. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Murat Basaran
	Early ischemic preconditioning provides transient protection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1204. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sarah Burdett, Lesley Stewart, and Jean-Pierre Pignon
	Chemotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer: An update of an individual patient data-based meta-analysis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1205. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Artyom Sedrakyan and Ken O’Byrne
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1205-1206. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Carmine Minale
	Single-stage repair of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1206-1207. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1207. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Teruhisa Kazui, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, and Naoki Washiyama
	Total aortic arch replacement and limited circulatory arrest of the brain J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1207-1208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hermes C. Grillo
	Bioengineered airway tissue J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paolo Macchiarini
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1208-1209. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1210-1211. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1212-1214. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Program for 2005 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1215-1221. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1222. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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