In Memoriam:

Tirone E. David

Wilfred Gordon Bigelow (1914-2005)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 623. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Yukitoshi Shirakawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Yoshiaki Takewa, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, and Hikaru Matsuda

Gene transfection with human hepatocyte growth factor complementary DNA plasmids attenuates cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction in goat hearts implanted with ventricular assist devices
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 624-632. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc Ruel, Erik J. Suuronen, Jianming Song, Varun Kapila, Derek Gunning, Geeta Waghray, Fraser D. Rubens, and Thierry G. Mesana

Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on function and viability of circulating endothelial progenitor cells
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 633-639. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Sakurai, Goro Takahashi, Koji Abe, Takashi Horinouchi, Yasuto Itoyama, and Koichi Tabayashi

Endoplasmic reticulum stress induced in motor neurons by transient spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 640-645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Imran A. Memon, Yoshiki Sawa, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoshi Taketani, and Hikaru Matsuda

Combined autologous cellular cardiomyoplasty with skeletal myoblasts and bone marrow cells in canine hearts for ischemic cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 646-653. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandra Dial, Eugene Delabays, Martin Albert, Anne Gonzalez, Jordan Camarda, Adora Law, and Dick Menzies

Hemodilution and surgical hemostasis contribute significantly to transfusion requirements in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ajay Kher, Kirstan K. Meldrum, Karen L. Hile, Meijing Wang, Ben M. Tsai, Mark W. Turrentine, John W. Brown, and Daniel R. Meldrum

Aprotinin improves kidney function and decreases tubular cell apoptosis and proapoptotic signaling after renal ischemia-reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 662. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lotfi Ben Mime, Stefan Arnhold, Juergen Hartmut Fischer, Klaus Addicks, Ernst Rainer de Vivie, Gerardus Bennink, and Michael Suedkamp

Pharmacologic cerebral capillary blood flow improvement after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: An intravital fluorescence microscopy study in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 670-676. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George Koullias, Raj Modak, Maryann Tranquilli, Dimitris P. Korkolis, Paul Barash, and John A. Elefteriades

Mechanical deterioration underlies malignant behavior of aneurysmal human ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James A. Magovern, James D. Fonger, David H.J. Wang, Dennis Kopilec, Dennis R. Trumble, and Douglas E. Smith

A femoral artery cannula that allows distal blood flow
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 684-686. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nikolaos Skubas, Hendrick B. Barner, Ioanna Apostolidou, and Demetrios G. Lappas

Phenylephrine to increase blood flow in the radial artery used as a coronary bypass conduit
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 687-692. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Marzia Leacche, Ranjit John, John G. Byrne, and Yoshifumi Naka

Left ventricular assist device implantation after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: A two-center study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 693-698. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Goro Matsumiya, Osamu Monta, Norihide Fukushima, Yoshiki Sawa, Toshihiro Funatsu, Kouichi Toda, and Hikaru Matsuda

Who would be a candidate for bridge to recovery during prolonged mechanical left ventricular support in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 699-704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yen Chang, Sung-Ching Chen, Hao-Ji Wei, Tsu-Juey Wu, Huang-Chien Liang, Po-Hong Lai, Hang-Hsing Yang, and Hsing-Wen Sung

Tissue regeneration observed in a porous acellular bovine pericardium used to repair a myocardial defect in the right ventricle of a rat model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 705. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Kunihara, Timo Grün, Diana Aicher, Frank Langer, Oliver Adam, Olaf Wendler, Yasuaki Saijo, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Hypothermic circulatory arrest is not a risk factor for neurologic morbidity in aortic surgery: A propensity score analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 712-718. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Keiji Iwata, Yoshiki Sawa, Satoru Kitagawa-Sakakida, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Toshikazu Nakamura, and Hikaru Matsuda

Gene transfection of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates the progression of cardiac remodeling in the hypertrophied heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 719-725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General Thoracic Surgery:

Yves Jaquet, Florian Lang, Raphaelle Pilloud, Marcel Savary, and Philippe Monnier

Partial cricotracheal resection for pediatric subglottic stenosis: Long-term outcome in 57 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Boming Dong, Masami Sato, Akira Sakurada, Motoyasu Sagawa, Chiaki Endo, Shulin Wu, Sumitaka Yamanaka, Akira Horii, and Takashi Kondo

Computed tomographic images reflect the biologic behavior of small lung adenocarcinoma: They correlate with cell proliferation, microvascularization, cell adhesion, degradation of extracellular matrix, and K-ras mutation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 733-739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaya Tamura, Yasuhiko Ohta, Yoshio Tsunezuka, Isao Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Kawakami, Makoto Oda, and Go Watanabe

Prognostic significance of dysadherin expression in patients with non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 740-745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin J. Holzmann, Staffan Ahnve, Niklas Hammar, Lena Jörgensen, Kristina Klerdal, Kenneth Pehrsson, and Torbjörn Ivert

Creatinine clearance and risk of early mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 746. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manabu Ito, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Hideki Kawai, Satoshi Saito, Hajime Saito, Kazuhiro Imai, and Jun-ichi Ogawa

Intraoperative detection of lymph node micrometastasis with flow cytometry in non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 753-758. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

J. Chambers, J. Roxburgh, C. Blauth, J. O'Riordan, F. Hodson, and H. Rimington

A randomized comparison of the MCRI On-X and CarboMedics Top Hat bileaflet mechanical replacement aortic valves: Early postoperative hemodynamic function and clinical events
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 759-764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elfriede Ruttmann, Christina Legit, Gerhard Poelzl, Silvana Mueller, Orest Chevtchik, Marco Cottogni, Hanno Ulmer, Othmar Pachinger, Guenther Laufer, and Ludwig C. Mueller

Mitral valve repair provides improved outcome over replacement in active infective endocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 765-771. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Praveen Kerala Varma, Sanjay Theodore, Praveen Kumar Neema, Padmakumar Ramachandran, Harikrishnan Sivadasanpillai, Krishna Kumar Nair, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan

Emergency surgery after percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy: Operative versus echocardiographic findings, mechanisms of complications, and outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 772-776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ivo Martinovic, Ibrahim Farah, Manfred Everlien, Stephan Lindemann, Igor Knez, Thomas Wittlinger, Hans Greve, and Paul Vogt

Eight-year results after aortic valve replacement with the CryoLife-O'Brien Stentless Aortic Porcine Bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Jane Grande-Allen, J. Edward Barber, Katrina M. Klatka, Penny L. Houghtaling, Ivan Vesely, Christine S. Moravec, and Patrick M. McCarthy

Mitral valve stiffening in end-stage heart failure: Evidence of an organic contribution to functional mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 783-790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Morawski, M. Sanak, M. Cisowski, M. Szczeklik, W. Szczeklik, J. Dropinski, T. Waclawczyk, R. Ulczok, and A. Bochenek

Prediction of the excessive perioperative bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: Role of aspirin and platelet glycoprotein IIIa polymorphism
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 791-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolving Technology:

Randall K. Wolf, E. William Schneeberger, Robert Osterday, Doug Miller, Walter Merrill, John B. Flege, Jr, and A. Marc Gillinov

Video-assisted bilateral pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial appendage exclusion for atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 797-802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean Ninet, Xavier Roques, Rainald Seitelberger, Claude Deville, Jose Luis Pomar, Jacques Robin, Olivier Jegaden, Francis Wellens, Ernst Wolner, Catherine Vedrinne, Roman Gottardi, Javier Orrit, Marc-Alain Billes, Drew A. Hoffmann, James L. Cox, and Gerard L. Champsaur

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation with off-pump, epicardial, high-intensity focused ultrasound: Results of a multicenter trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 803. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Andrew S. Mackie, Karen L. Booth, Jane W. Newburger, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Stephen A. Huang, Peter C. Laussen, James A. DiNardo, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Jr, Richard A. Jonas, Ellen McGrath, Jodi Elder, and Stephen J. Roth

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial of triiodothyronine in neonatal heart surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 810-816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dianyuan Li, Qingyu Wu, Lizhong Sun, Yunhu Song, Wei Wang, Shiwei Pan, Guohua Luo, Yongmin Liu, Zhitao Qi, Tianfu Tao, Jian-Zhong Sun, and Shengshou Hu

Surgical treatment of giant coronary artery aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 817-821. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John M. Costello, Carl L. Backer, Paul A. Checchia, Constantine Mavroudis, Ralf G. Seipelt, and Denise M. Goodman

Effect of cardiopulmonary bypass and surgical intervention on the natriuretic hormone system in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 822-829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony Azakie, Jessica Muse, Marisa Gardner, Kimberly L. Skidmore, Steven P. Miller, Tom R. Karl, and Patrick S. McQuillen

Cerebral oxygen balance is impaired during repair of aortic coarctation in infants and children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 830-836. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Po-Yin Cheung, Natalie Chui, Ari R. Joffe, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Charlene M.T. Robertson, and Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Project, Follow-up Group

Postoperative lactate concentrations predict the outcome of infants aged 6 weeks or less after intracardiac surgery: A cohort follow-up to 18 months
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 837-843. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Christopher G.A. McGregor, William R. Davies, Keiji Oi, Sumeet S. Teotia, Johannes M. Schirmer, Jack M. Risdahl, Henry D. Tazelaar, Walter K. Kremers, Randall C. Walker, Guerard W. Byrne, and John S. Logan

Cardiac xenotransplantation: Recent preclinical progress with 3-month median survival
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 844. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hanzhong Liu, Peter Drew, Yanping Cheng, and Gary A. Visner

Pirfenidone inhibits inflammatory responses and ameliorates allograft injury in a rat lung transplant model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 852-858. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kalpaj Parekh, Bryan F. Meyers, G. Alexander Patterson, Tracey J. Guthrie, Elbert P. Trulock, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, and Nader Moazami

Outcome of lung transplantation for patients requiring concomitant cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 859-863. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sebastian-P. Sommer, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Stefan Fischer, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Gregor Warnecke, Murat Avsar, and Martin Strüber

Glutathione improves the function of porcine pulmonary grafts stored for twenty-four hours in low-potassium dextran solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 864-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical-Pathologic Conference:

Richard Battafarano, Richard Lee, G. Alexander Patterson, Thoralf Sundt, Fernando Gutierrez, Farrokh Dehdashti, Jon Ritter, Ramaswamy Govindan, and Jeffrey Bradley

Clinical-pathologic conference in general thoracic surgery: Cardiac lymphoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 870-874. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Historical Perspective:

Michael E. DeBakey

Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alton Ochsner, MD (1896–1981)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 875-876. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communication:

Reinhard Depping, Katsuhiro Kawakami, Hartmut Ocker, Johannes M. Wagner, Matthias Heringlake, Axel Noetzold, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and Klaus F. Wagner

Expression of the erythropoietin receptor in human heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 877. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cliff K. Choong, Michael K. Pasque, Kim Shelton, Beth Kehoe-Huck, Gregory A. Ewald, Douglas Horstmanshof, and Nader Moazami

The beneficial role of left ventricular assist device destination therapy in the reversal of contraindications to cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 879-880. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Veli K. Topkara, Nicholas C. Dang, Timothy P. Martens, Faisal H. Cheema, Judy F. Liu, Michael Argenziano, and Yoshifumi Naka

Bridging to transplantation with left ventricular assist devices: Outcomes in patients aged 60 years and older
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 881-882. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A. Sondakh, W. Daenen, M. Gewillig, K. Devriendt, and B. Meyns

Right aortic arch with vascular ring in one monozygotic twin
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 883-884. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masamichi Ono, Norihide Fukushima, Hajime Ichikawa, Toru Ishizaka, Yoshiki Sawa, and Hikaru Matsuda

Elevation of plasma angiotensin with the development of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after cavopulmonary shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 885-887. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kimberly L. Gandy, Matthew A. Burtelow, V. Mohan Reddy, and Norman H. Silverman

Myofibroblastic tumor of the heart: A rare intracardiac tumor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 888-889. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Zivojin S. Jonjev, Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Aleksandar Redzek, Vladimir C. Torbica, and Novi Sad

Successful repair of coronary artery–pulmonary artery fistula with coronary artery disease and atrial septal defect in an adult
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 890-891. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Karim A. Diab, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Qi-Ling Cao, and Emile A. Bacha

A truly hybrid approach to perventricular closure of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 892. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ina Michel-Behnke, Hakan Akintuerk, Klaus Valeske, Josef Thul, Matthias Mueller, and Dietmar Schranz

Pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary trunk after placement of an adjustable pulmonary artery banding device (FloWatch-PAB) in a patient with muscular ventricular septal defect
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 894-895. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Joris W.J. Vriend, Peter M. Engelfriet, Eric de Groot, Bart M. Elsen, John J.P. Kastelein, and Barbara J.M. Mulder

Age at repair and left ventricular mass in patients after repair of aortic coarctation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 896-897. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takahiro Hisaoka, Mitsugu Ogawa, Keitarou Kohshi, Hitoshi Yaku, You Kajiyama, and Kenji Hamaoka

Partial left ventriculectomy for infantile ischemic cardiomyopathy caused by anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 897-899. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cliff K. Choong and Bryan F. Meyers

Lung mass after pulmonary artery catheterization: Beware of the pulmonary artery false aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 899-900. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Harikrishna Doshi, Roy Thankachen, Madhu Andrew Philip, Susy Kurien, Vinayak Shukla, and Roy John Korula

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica presenting as an isolated nodule in the right upper lobe bronchus with upper lobe collapse
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 901-902. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Christophe Perrin, Francesco Leo, Bernard Padovani, and Jérôme Mouroux

Extralobar sequestration with anomalous pulmonary artery return or patent ductus arteriosus?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 903-904. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J.M. Alvarez, T. Ha, W. Musk, P. Robins, R. Price, and M.J. Byrne

Importance of mediastinoscopy, bilateral thoracoscopy, and laparoscopy in correct staging of malignant mesothelioma before extrapleural pneumonectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 905-906. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kazutoshi Kotani, Yoshinaru Hirose, Shigeto Endo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, and Shigeki Makihara

Surgical treatment of atypical Mycobacterium intracellulare infection with chronic empyema: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 907-908. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Berkant Özpolat, Murat Sayin, Orhan Veli Dogan, and Yusuf Dogan

Simultaneous traumatic rupture of bilateral pulmonary hydatid cysts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 908-909. [Extract] [Full Text]  

V. Vimalraj, R. Surendran, K.S. Sekar, and N. Rajendran

Massive hemoptysis in a patient with chronic pancreatitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 910. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masazumi Watanabe, Ryohei Yozu, and Koichi Kobayashi

Preliminary experience with minimally invasive video-assisted surgery for thymic diseases, including myasthenia gravis, through a horizontal ministernotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 912-913. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thomas D. Person, Christopher B. Komanapalli, Hannan Chaugle, Mithran S. Sukumar, Brett Sheppard, and Paul H. Schipper

Transhiatal gastrobronchial fistula: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 914-915. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Taniguchi, Yoshimasa Suzuki, Takako Suda, Tomoko Inoue, Kunio Araki, Norimasa Ito, Koichiro Okada, Kiyosuke Ishiguro, Hiroshige Nakamura, and Shigetsugu Ohgi

Video-assisted thoracoscopic bilateral lung metastasectomy with a subxiphoid access port
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 916-917. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kenichi Okubo, Jun Isobe, Jiro Kitamura, and Yoichiro Ueno

Mediastinitis and pseudoaneurysm of brachiocephalic artery long after the resection of invasive thymoma and postoperative irradiation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 918-919. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cliff K. Choong, Ding Z. Hu, and Charles B. Huddleston

Pulmonary segmental venous infarction after living-donor lobar lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 919-921. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cliff K. Choong, Fabio J. Haddad, Carlo Martinez, Ding Z. Hu, John A. Pierce, Bryan F. Meyers, G. Alexander Patterson, and Joel D. Cooper

A simple, reproducible, and inexpensive technique in the preparation of explanted emphysematous lungs for ex vivo studies
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 922. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Russell Hodgson, Shane A. Blackmore, and C. Peter Clarke

Pulmonary botryomycosis: A difficult diagnosis in the preoperative patient
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 924-925. [Extract] [Full Text]  

M.E. Mukadam, D.K. Harrington, I.C. Wilson, J.G. Mascaro, S.J. Rooney, R.D. Thompson, P. Nightingale, and R.S. Bonser

Does donor catecholamine administration affect early lung function after transplantation?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 926-927. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Patrick Wells and Aaron Estrera

Blunt traumatic innominate pseudoaneurysm and left common carotid occlusion with an associated bovine aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 928-929. [Extract] [Full Text]  

E.V. Potapov, Y. Weng, M. Jurmann, H. Lehmkuhl, and R. Hetzer

Bridging to transplantability with a ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 930. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Norimasa Ito, Takako Suda, Tomoko Inoue, Sakiko Yasui, Yoshimasa Suzuki, Yuji Taniguchi, Kiyosuke Ishiguro, and Shigetsugu Ohgi

Use of a soft silicone tube guide for an automatic suture device in video-assisted lung lobectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 931-932. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Konstantinos Tziomalos, Vassilia Garipidou, Eleni Houmpouridou, Antonios A. Pitsis, and Elias Basayannis

Mitral valve reconstruction in a compound heterozygote for sickle cell anemia and hemoglobin Lepore
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 932-933. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Koji Takeda, Hideki Uemura, Koji Kagisaki, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Paul Silvagni

Histologic findings after explantation of a modified expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft used for clinical systemic-to-pulmonary shunting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 934-935. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alan P. Kypson

Sudden cardiac arrest after coronary artery bypass grafting as a result of massive carbon dioxide embolism
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 936-937. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Hellwig, Phalla Ou, Catherine Offredo, Dorothée Stephany, Damien Bonnet, and Daniel Sidi

Unusual chronic pacemaker infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a pediatric patient
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 937-938. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Lucas H.A. Sanders and Mark A.J. Newman

Intractable postoperative internal thoracic artery spasm managed with angiographic intraluminal papaverine
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 938-940. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masanori Murakami, Haruhiko Okada, Masahiko Nishida, and Kimikazu Hamano

Stenosis of the grafted portion of the coronary artery after aortic root replacement with a Freestyle prosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 940-941. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shin Takabayashi, Hideaki Kado, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kouji Fukae, and Toshihide Nakano

Long-term outcome of left ventricular outflow tract after biventricular repair using Damus-Kaye-Stansel anastomosis for interrupted aortic arch and severe aortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 942-944. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Stassano, Antonino Musumeci, Gabriele Iannelli, Giuseppe D'Alise, and Michele Mottola

A new cannula for innominate artery cannulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 944-945. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masakazu Nakao, See Lim Lim, Kiang Hiong Tay, and Yeow Leng Chua

Posterior pericardial approach for ascending-to-descending aortic bypass for anastomotic leak of infected interpositional graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 946-947. [Extract] [Full Text]  

S. Kanaan, K. Shamsuddin, M. Silka, and W. Wells

Right ventricular outflow tract resection for treatment of refractory ventricular tachycardia in a 2-year-old child
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 948-949. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Hisato Takagi and Takuya Umemoto

Does the introduction of off-pump coronary artery bypass into aortic arch aneurysm repair minimize the period of myocardial ischemia and cardiopulmonary bypass?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 950-951. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hitoshi Yokoyama

Reply to the Editor:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 951-952. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Aristotle D. Protopapas

Pressure gradient in hemodynamics: Is it measured in units of pressure?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 952. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Henry L. Waters, III

Reply to the Editor:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 952. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Donald Whitaker

Uses of the leukocyte-depleting filter
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 952-953. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of Interest:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 954-955. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcement:

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 956-958. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 958-959. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 959-960. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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