Presidential Address:

Tirone E. David
	For everything there is a season J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 961-965. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Gilbert H.L. Tang, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Subodh Verma, and Ren-Ke Li
	Optimizing cardiac cell therapy: From processing to delivery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 966-968. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Eric Lim, Yoong K. Yap, Bianca L. De Stavola, Andrew G. Nicholson, and Peter Goldstraw
	The impact of stage and cell type on the prognosis of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 969-972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Zhongjun J. Wu, Mark Gartner, Kenneth N. Litwak, and Bartley P. Griffith
	Progress toward an ambulatory pump-lung J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 973-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chen-Tu Wu, Yih-Leong Chang, Jin-Yuan Shih, and Yung-Chie Lee
	The significance of estrogen receptor ß in 301 surgically treated non–small cell lung cancers J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 979-986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Bhavik Patel, and Alfred A. Bartolucci
	Intercostal muscle flap reduces the pain of thoracotomy: A prospective randomized trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 987-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

W.R. Eric Jamieson, Lawrence H. Burr, Robert T. Miyagishima, Eva Germann, Joan S. MacNab, Elizabeth Stanford, Florence Chan, Michael T. Janusz, and Hilton Ling
	Carpentier-Edwards supra-annular aortic porcine bioprosthesis: Clinical performance over 20 years J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 994-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Patrick I. McConnell, Carlos L. del Rio, Douglas B. Jacoby, Martina Pavlicova, Pawel Kwiatkowski, Agatha Zawadzka, Jonathan H. Dinsmore, Louis Astra, Sheik Wisel, and Robert E. Michler
	Correlation of autologous skeletal myoblast survival with changes in left ventricular remodeling in dilated ischemic heart failure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kenton J. Zehr, Marineh Yagubyan, Heidi M. Connolly, Susan M. Nelson, and Hartzell V. Schaff
	Aortic root replacement with a novel decellularized cryopreserved aortic homograft: Postoperative immunoreactivity and early results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1010-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ruggero De Paulis, Christoph Schmitz, Raffaele Scaffa, Paolo Nardi, Luigi Chiariello, and Helmut Reul
	In vitro evaluation of aortic valve prosthesis in a novel valved conduit with pseudosinuses of Valsalva J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1016-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Everard W. Thornton, Christina Groom, Brian M. Fabri, Mark A. Fox, Claire Hallas, and Mark Jackson
	Quality of life outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Relationship to neuropsychologic deficit J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1022-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hideki Kitamura, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Michiya Hanyu, Yoshiharu Soga, Takuya Nomoto, Hiroyuki Johno, Jota Nakano, Takehiko Matsuo, Masashi Kai, and Eitaro Umehara
	Early and midterm patency of the proximal anastomoses of saphenous vein grafts made with a Symmetry Aortic Connector System J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1028-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peng Zhang, Julius M. Guccione, Susan I. Nicholas, Joseph C. Walker, Philip C. Crawford, Amin Shamal, David A. Saloner, Arthur W. Wallace, and Mark B. Ratcliffe
	Left ventricular volume and function after endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm in sheep J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1032-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael Gawenda, Marko Aleksic, Jörg Heckenkamp, Karsten Krüger, and Jan Brunkwall
	Endovascular repair of aneurysm after previous surgical coarctation repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1039-1043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Armin Erasmi, Hans-H. Sievers, Michael Scharfschwerdt, Thorsten Eckel, and Martin Misfeld
	In vitro hydrodynamics, cusp-bending deformation, and root distensibility for different types of aortic valve–sparing operations: Remodeling, sinus prosthesis, and reimplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1044-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Kagami Miyaji, Arata Murakami, Tai-ichi Takasaki, Kuniyoshi Ohara, Shinichi Takamoto, and Hirokuni Yoshimura
	Does a bidirectional Glenn shunt improve the oxygenation of right ventricle–dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1050-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Meredith L. Sheil, Catherine Luxford, Michael J. Davies, Jennifer K. Peat, Graham Nunn, and David S. Celermajer
	Protein oxidation injury occurs during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1054-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marco Ricci, Pierluca Lombardi, Alvaro Galindo, Amelia Vasquez, Jennifer Zuccarelli, and Eliot Rosenkranz
	Distribution of cardiac output and oxygen delivery in an acute animal model of single-ventricle physiology J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1062-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Piers E.F. Daubeney, D. Wang, D.J. Delany, B.R. Keeton, R.H. Anderson, Z. Slavik, M. Flather, S.A. Webber for the UK and Ireland Collaborative Study of Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
	Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Predictors of early and medium-term outcome in a population-based study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Faraz Kerendi, Michael E. Halkos, Hajime Kin, Joel S. Corvera, Daniel J. Brat, Mary B. Wagner, Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Joseph M. Forbess, Kirk R. Kanter, Mary E. Kelley, and Paul M. Kirshbom
	Upregulation of hypoxia inducible factor is associated with attenuation of neuronal injury in neonatal piglets undergoing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Aparna Hoskote, Gordon Cohen, Allan Goldman, and Lara Shekerdemian
	Tracheostomy in infants and children after cardiothoracic surgery: Indications, associated risk factors, and timing J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1086-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
George M. Hoffman, Kathleen A. Mussatto, Cheryl L. Brosig, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Ndidiamaka Musa, Raymond T. Fedderly, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, and James S. Tweddell
	Systemic venous oxygen saturation after the Norwood procedure and childhood neurodevelopmental outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1094-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
David A. Piel, Azeem R. Khan, Robert Waibel, Mariusz Birbach, Meryl S. Cohen, Thomas L. Spray, Clifford S. Deutschman, J. William Gaynor, and Richard J. Levy
	Chronic hypoxemia increases myocardial cytochrome oxidase J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1101-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

P. Feindt, U. Boeken, J.D. Schipke, J. Litmathe, N. Zimmermann, and E. Gams
	Ventricular constraint in dilated cardiomyopathy: A new, compliant textile mesh exerts prophylactic and therapeutic properties J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Derek J. MacDonald, Jun Luo, Takayuki Saito, Minh Duong, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Ray C.J. Chiu, and Dominique Shum-Tim
	Persistence of marrow stromal cells implanted into acutely infarcted myocardium: Observations in a xenotransplant model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1114-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Markus J. Wilhelm, Dieter Hammel, Christof Schmid, Andreas Rhode, Timo Kaan, Markus Rothenburger, Jörg Stypmann, Michael Schäfers, Christoph Schmidt, Hideo A. Baba, and Hans H. Scheld
	Long-term support of 9 patients with the DeBakey VAD for more than 200 days J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1122-1129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yu-Jing Gao, Zhao-hua Zeng, Kevin Teoh, Arya M. Sharma, Labib Abouzahr, Irene Cybulsky, Andre Lamy, Lloyd Semelhago, and Robert M.K.W. Lee
	Perivascular adipose tissue modulates vascular function in the human internal thoracic artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1130-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Patricia A. Nast, Michael Avidan, Carolyn B. Harris, Melissa J. Krauss, Eric Jacobsohn, Ann Petlin, W. Claiborne Dunagan, and Victoria J. Fraser
	Reporting and classification of patient safety events in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit and cardiothoracic postoperative care unit J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Torsten Doenst, Duminda Wijeysundera, Keyvan Karkouti, Christoph Zechner, Manjula Maganti, Vivek Rao, and Michael A. Borger
	Hyperglycemia during cardiopulmonary bypass is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Steve J. Schomisch, Deborah G. Murdock, Nasim Hedayati, Joseph L. Carino, Edward J. Lesnefsky, and Brian L. Cmolik
	Cardioplegia prevents ischemia-induced transcriptional alterations of cytoprotective genes in rat hearts: A DNA microarray study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Nils H. Thoennissen, Michael Schneider, Achim Allroggen, Martin Ritter, Ralf Dittrich, Christof Schmid, Hans H. Scheld, E. Bernd Ringelstein, and Darius G. Nabavi
	High level of cerebral microembolization in patients supported with the DeBakey left ventricular assist device J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1159-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeshi Yokoyama, Osamu Aramaki, Tadatoshi Takayama, Seigo Takano, Qi Zhang, Motohide Shimazu, Masaki Kitajima, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Nozomu Shirasugi, and Masanori Niimi
	Selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor induces indefinite survival of fully allogeneic cardiac grafts and generates CD4+ regulatory cells J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1167-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stephen M. Wildhirt, Costas Schulze, Nicole Conrad, Robert Bauernschmitt, Rüdiger Lange, and Wolfgang von Scheidt
	Persistently increased systemic, but not cardiac-specific, adhesion molecule expression and coronary endothelial dysfunction in human cardiac allografts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Prakash K. Pandalai, Jefferson M. Lyons, Jodie Y. Duffy, Kelly M. McLean, Connie J. Wagner, Walter H. Merrill, Jeffrey M. Pearl, and Shahab A. Akhter
	Role of the ß-adrenergic receptor kinase in myocardial dysfunction after brain death J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1183-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical-Pathologic Conference:

Benjamin D. Kozower, Cylen Javiden-Nejad, James S. Lewis, Shabbir Safdar, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
	Clinical-pathologic conference in general thoracic surgery: Malignant transformation of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1190-1193. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Historical Perspective:

Robert B. Wallace
	Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: George J. Heuer, MD (1882-1950) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1194-1195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Notices of Correction:

	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notice of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communication:

Christopher A. Caldarone, Lee N. Benson, Helen Holtby, and Glen S. Van Arsdell
	Main pulmonary artery to innominate artery shunt during hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: e1-e2. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dante Picarelli, Alejandro Dodera, Serrana Antunez, Guillermo Touyá, and Diego Abdala
	Extensive atrial wall resection in a patient with symptomatic idiopathic right atrial enlargement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: e3-e4. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Abdul Salam Yaseen Taha
	Diagnosis of ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst by means of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy: A report of three cases J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1196-1197. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Juan C. Garzon, Fernand M. Lai, Tony S.K. Mok, Anthony V. Manlulu, Calvin S.H. Ng, Tak Wai Lee, and Anthony P.C. Yim
	Clear cell carcinoma of the lung revisited J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1198-1199. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hideki Kitamura, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Michiya Hanyu, Yoshiharu Soga, Takuya Nomoto, Hiroyuki Johno, Jota Nakano, Takehiko Matsuo, Tadaaki Yokota, and Katsumi Inoue
	Successful enucleation of a giant cardiac hemangioendothelioma showing an unusual proliferation pattern J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1199-1201. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Charalambos Zisis, Dimitra Rontogianni, Eliana Charalambous, and Ion Bellenis
	Lymphangiomatous hamartoma: Cause or bystander of the isolated chylopericardium? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1201-1202. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Naritatsu Saito, Takeshi Kimura, Masanao Toma, Kazunari Sasaki, Toru Kita, Masato Imura, Toshihiko Saga, and Kanji Inoue
	Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus with the Inoue single-branched stent graft J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1203-1204. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroshi Date, Katsuyuki Kiura, Hiroshi Ueoka, Masahiro Tabata, Katsuyuki Hotta, Hideki Katayama, Itaru Kataoka, and Mitsune Tanimoto
	Induction chemotherapy, surgical resection, and high-dose chemotherapy for mediastinal nonseminomatous germ-cell tumor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1205-1206. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeshi Shinkawa, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Keitarou Koushi, Takahiro Hisaoka, and Hitoshi Yaku
	One-stage definitive repair of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic right ventricle J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1207-1208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Georges Fayad, Thomas Modine, Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat, Thierry Le Tourneau, Benoît Larrue, Richard Azzaoui, Olivier Nugue, Olivier Leroy, Christophe Decoene, Philippe Asseman, and Henri Warembourg
	The "clover technique" as a new approach for correction of postendocarditic severe tricuspid valve regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1208-1210. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ying-Jui Lin, Chi-Di Liang, Sheung-Fat Ko, Chien-Fu Huang, and Jen-Ping Chang
	Left main coronary artery atresia masquerading as dilated cardiomyopathy treated with aortic reimplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1210-1211. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Louis C. Benjamin, Jai Nahar, Craig Sable, Frank M. Midgley, and Gregory B. Di Russo
	Separation of thoracopagus-cardiopagus twins joined by a myocardial bridge J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1212-1213. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joshua H. Burack, Emmanuel A. Amulraj, Patricia O'Neill, Gregory Brevetti, and Robert C. Lowery
	Thoracoscopic removal of a knife impaled in the chest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1213-1214. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Aschraf El-Essawi, Jochen Sänger, Stefan Ulrich, Ingo Kutschka, and Wolfgang Harringer
	Aortic valve–sparing operation for autograft failure after the Ross procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1215-1216. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Heyman Luckraz, Saima Ehsan, Allen R. Gibbs, and Eric G. Butchart
	A giant pleural fibrous tumor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1216-1217. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Edgardo Pezzetta, Antoine Meyer, Ziad El Lamaa, Lennart Magnusson, Marcel Kraft, and Hans-Beat Ris
	Left-sided modified Kergin carinoplasty as an alternative to carinal resection for centrally located non–small cell lung cancer pretreated by radiochemotherapy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1218-1219. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Seiichiro Sugimoto, Hiroshi Date, Ryujiro Sugimoto, Megumi Okazaki, Motoi Aoe, Yoshifumi Sano, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
	Thoracoscopic operation with local and epidural anesthesia in the treatment of pneumothorax after lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1219-1220. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jain Bhaskara Pillai, Tirone E. David, and Annette Vegas
	Chronic dissection of the right aortic sinus with detachment of the aortic annulus and coronary artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1221-1222. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chai-Hock Chua, Li-Ming Lien, Chia-Hsun Lin, and Chi-Ren Hung
	Emergency surgical intervention in a patient with delayed diagnosis of aortic dissection presenting with acute ischemic stroke and undergoing thrombolytic therapy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1222-1224. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ramiro de la Llana, Rafael Martínez-Sanz, Francisco Díaz-Romero, Ibrahim Nassar, and Pilar Garrido
	Combined surgical and endoprothesical approach to solve a thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm 15 years after coarctation correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1224. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Elsayed M. Elmistekawy
	Evaluation of surgical trauma and cardiopulmonary bypass as factors in inflammatory status after cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1226. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
R. Prondzinsky and K. Werdan
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1226-1227. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sergio V. Moran
	Radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1227. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shafi Mussa, Bikram P. Choudhary, and David P. Taggart
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1227-1228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1229-1230. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Disclosure Statement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1231-1233. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Western Thoracic Surgical Association J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1233. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1233-1234. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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