Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Arno Breeman, Marjo Hordijk-Trion, Mattie Lenzen, Sanne Hoeks, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Michel E. Bertrand, Udo Sechtem, Remigijus Zaliunas, Victor Legrand, Menko-Jan de Boer, Elisabeth Stahle, Nestor Mercado, William Wijns, Eric Boersma Euro Heart Survey on Coronary Revascularization
	Treatment decisions in stable coronary artery disease: Insights from the Euro Heart Survey on Coronary Revascularization J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1001-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
E.W. Matthias Kirsch, N. Costin Radu, Marianne Gervais, Eric Allaire, and Daniel Y. Loisance
	Heterogeneity in the remodeling of aneurysms of the ascending aorta with tricuspid aortic valves J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1010-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tomaso Bottio, Marialuisa Valente, Giulio Rizzoli, Vincenzo Tarzia, Gianluigi Bisleri, Elena Pettenazzo, Gino Gerosa, and Gaetano Thiene
	Commissural dehiscence: A rare and peculiar cause of porcine valve structural deterioration J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1017-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Kazuo Niwaya, Toshihiro Funatsu, Atsushi Kawamura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
	Angiographic flow grading and graft arrangement of arterial conduits J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1023-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bertrand Marcheix, Camille Dambrin, Jean-Philippe Bolduc, Catherine Arnaud, Christophe Cron, Lucy Hollington, Antoine Mugniot, Philippe Soula, Mehdi Bennaceur, Valérie Chabbert, Pierre Massabuau, Philippe Otal, Alain Cérène, and Hervé Rousseau
	Midterm results of endovascular treatment of atherosclerotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1030-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bertrand Marcheix, Camille Dambrin, Jean-Philippe Bolduc, Catherine Arnaud, Lucy Hollington, Christophe Cron, Antoine Mugniot, Philippe Soula, Mehdi Bennaceur, Valérie Chabbert, Philippe Otal, Alain Cérène, and Hervé Rousseau
	Endovascular repair of traumatic rupture of the aortic isthmus: Midterm results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1037-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Neil Roberts, Maria Boehm, Madeline Bates, Peter C. Braidley, Graham J. Cooper, and Tom J. Spyt
	Two-center prospective randomized controlled trial of Blake versus Portex drains after cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1042-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Akira Marui, Takeshi Nishina, Keiichi Tambara, Yoshiaki Saji, Takeshi Shimamoto, Masahiko Nishioka, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda
	A novel atrial volume reduction technique to enhance the Cox maze procedure: Initial results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1047-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Ed Petrossian, V. Mohan Reddy, Kathryn K. Collins, Casey B. Culbertson, Malcolm J. MacDonald, John J. Lamberti, Olaf Reinhartz, Richard D. Mainwaring, Paul D. Francis, Sunil P. Malhotra, David B. Gremmels, Sam Suleman, and Frank L. Hanley
	The extracardiac conduit Fontan operation using minimal approach extracorporeal circulation: Early and midterm outcomes J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1054-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rakesh M. Suri, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff, Gordon K. Danielson, and Francisco J. Puga
	Long-term results of the Konno procedure for complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1064-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Tara Karamlou, Masaki Osaki, Mitesh V. Badiwala, Chan Chee Ching, Ann Dipchand, Brian W. McCrindle, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, William G. Williams, and Glen S. Van Arsdell
	Surgical repair of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects: The role of re-endocardialization strategy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1072-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kothandam Sivakumar, Edwin Francis, Prasad Krishnan, and Jagdish Shahani
	Ductal stenting retrains the left ventricle in transposition of great arteries with intact ventricular septum J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1081-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yongzhi Deng, Zongquan Sun, Nianguo Dong, and Xinling Du
	Congenital cardiac diverticulum in the subaortic valve area J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1087-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sheung-Fat Ko, Chi-Di Liang, Chung-Cheng Huang, Shu-Hang Ng, Ming-Jang Hsieh, Jen-Pin Chang, and Min-Chi Chen
	Clinical feasibility of free-breathing, gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for assessing extracardiac thoracic vascular abnormalities in young children with congenital heart diseases J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1092-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jonathan M. Chen, Julie S. Glickstein, Renee Margossian, Michelle L. Mercando, William E. Hellenbrand, Ralph S. Mosca, and Jan M. Quaegebeur
	Superior outcomes for repair in infants and neonates with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1099-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Phalla Ou, Elie Mousseaux, David S. Celermajer, Elisa Pedroni, Pascal Vouhe, Daniel Sidi, and Damien Bonnet
	Aortic arch shape deformation after coarctation surgery: Effect on blood pressure response J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1105-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Chandrashekhar Kubal, Kamlesh Sheth, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, and Manuel Galiñanes
	Bone marrow cells have a potent anti-ischemic effect against myocardial cell death in humans J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1112-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasir Abu-Omar, Sarah Cader, Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf, David Pigott, Paul M. Matthews, and David P. Taggart
	Short-term changes in cerebral activity in on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery defined by functional magnetic resonance imaging and their relationship to microembolization J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1119-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ismail Koramaz, Mehmet Ozkan, Gokalp Altun, Kibar Yasar Guven, Mine Kadioglu Duman, Nuri Ihsan Kalyoncu, Ersin Yaris, and Fahri Ozcan
	Effects of papaverine and carbon dioxide alone or in combination on the blood flow of internal thoracic artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1126-1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
George D. Webb, Lay Har Lim, Vernon M.S. Oh, Reida El Oakley, Chuen Neng Lee, Poo Sing Wong, W. Maung Maung Aye, Edwin S.Y. Chan, and Philip K. Moore
	Expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1131-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Patricia A. Weber, Jérôme Jouan, Akira Matsunaga, Elena Pettenazzo, Thomas Joudinaud, Gaetano Thiene, and Carlos M.G. Duran
	Evidence of mitigated calcification of the Mosaic versus Hancock Standard valve xenograft in the mitral position of young sheep J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1137-1143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Olivier Bouchot, Marie-Claude Aubin, Michel Carrier, William E. Cohn, and Louis P. Perrault
	Temporary coronary artery occlusion during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with the new poloxamer P407 does not cause endothelial dysfunction in epicardial coronary arteries J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1144-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Scott A. LeMaire, Lyssa N. Ochoa, Lori D. Conklin, Ron A. Widman, Fred J. Clubb, Jr, Akif Ündar, Zachary C. Schmittling, Xing Li Wang, Charles D. Fraser, Jr, and Joseph S. Coselli
	Transcutaneous near-infrared spectroscopy for detection of regional spinal ischemia during intercostal artery ligation: Preliminary experimental results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1150-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric J. Lehr, Gina R. Rayat, Leena S. Desai, James Y. Coe, Greg S. Korbutt, and David B. Ross
	Inbred or outbred? An evaluation of the functional allogenicity of farm sheep used in cardiac valve studies J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1156-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Toshiki Watanabe, Sadao Omata, Motoki Odamura, Masahumi Okada, Yoshihiko Nakamura, and Hitoshi Yokoyama
	Three-dimensional quantification of cardiac surface motion: A newly developed three-dimensional digital motion-capture and reconstruction system for beating heart surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1162-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jens Steinbrink, Thomas Fischer, Hermann Kuppe, Roland Hetzer, Kamil Uludag, Hellmuth Obrig, and Wolfgang M. Kuebler
	Relevance of depth resolution for cerebral blood flow monitoring by near-infrared spectroscopic bolus tracking during cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1172-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Prasad S. Adusumilli, David P. Eisenberg, Brendon M. Stiles, Sun Chung, Mei-Ki Chan, Valerie W. Rusch, and Yuman Fong
	Intraoperative localization of lymph node metastases with a replication-competent herpes simplex virus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1179-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dan J. Raz, Anobel Y. Odisho, Benjamin L. Franc, and David M. Jablons
	Tumor fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose avidity on positron emission tomographic scan predicts mortality in patients with early-stage pure and mixed bronchioloalveolar carcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1189-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bryan A. Whitson, Chuong D. Hoang, Adam K. Boettcher, Peter S. Dahlberg, Rafael S. Andrade, and Michael A. Maddaus
	Wedge gastroplasty and reinforced crural repair: Important components of laparoscopic giant or recurrent hiatal hernia repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1196-1202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Rémi Neviere, Michèle Catto, Nathalie Bautin, Sophie Robin, Henri Porte, Jacques Desbordes, and Régis Matran
	Longitudinal changes in hyperinflation parameters and exercise capacity after giant bullous emphysema surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1203-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Mark J. Russo, Ryan R. Davies, Robert A. Sorabella, Timothy P. Martens, Isaac George, Faisal H. Cheema, Seema Mital, Ralph S. Mosca, and Jonathan M. Chen
	Adult-age donors offer acceptable long-term survival to pediatric heart transplant recipients: An analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing database J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1208-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Seiichiro Sugimoto, Hiroshi Date, Ryujiro Sugimoto, Motoi Aoe, and Yoshifumi Sano
	Bilateral native lung–sparing lobar transplantation in a canine model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1213-1218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical-Pathologic Conference:

Benjamin D. Kozower, Robert Jarrett, Sanjeev Bhalla, and G. Alexander Patterson
	Clinical-pathologic conference in general thoracic surgery: Carinal resection for endobronchial grade I neuroendocrine carcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1219-1222. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Giuseppe Rescigno, Sacha L.S. Matteucci, Alessandro D'Alfonso, Gianfranco Iacobone, and Gian Piero Piccoli
	A cryptogenic pulmonary embolism: Left atrial myxoma occluding an atrial septal defect J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1223-1224. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masaki Hashimoto, Yasuhide Okawa, Hiroshi Baba, Yoshiyuki Nishimura, and Masakazu Aoki
	Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome combined with constrictive pericarditis after coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1225-1226. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Serban Stoica, Hiremagalur Balaji, Adel Helmy, Jago Kitcat, Carol Freeman, Linda Sharples, and Samer A.M. Nashef
	Against the odds: Long-term outcome of drastic-risk cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1226-1228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tze-Yu Lee, Shu-Hang Ng, Chi-Di Liang, Ming-Jang Hsieh, and Sheung-Fat Ko
	Dissection of Kommerell's aneurysm mimicking aortic arch dissection on echocardiography: Multislice computed tomographic diagnosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1228-1230. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gustavo Knop and Roberto Margaria
	Cardiac pheochromocytoma: A new case reported J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1230-1231. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Keiji Haseyama, Gengi Satomi, Satoshi Yasukochi, Hikoro Matsui, Yorikazu Harada, and Shunji Uchita
	Pulmonary vasodilation therapy with sildenafil citrate in a patient with plastic bronchitis after the Fontan procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1232-1233. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Constantinos A. Contrafouris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Nicolas M. Giannopoulos, Michael Milonakis, Theofili Kousi, George Kirvassilis, and George E. Sarris
	Emergency surgical intervention for runaway atrial septal defect closure devices: A word of caution J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1234-1235. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hirohisa Murakami, Naoki Yoshimura, Junichiro Kitahara, Shingo Otaka, Fikiko Ichida, and Takuro Misaki
	Collision of the caval flows caused early failure of the Fontan circulation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1235-1236. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masamichi Ono, Dietmar Boethig, Heidi Goerler, and Thomas Breymann
	Surgical repair of anomalous pulmonary venous connection shunting from left atrium to superior vena cava J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1237-1238. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Michael S. Firstenberg, and Benjamin Sun
	Biventricular mechanical assist for complex, acute post-infarction ventricular septal defect J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1238-1239. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gourab Datta, Jeymi Tambiah, Sheila Rankin, Amanda Herbert, and Loïc Lang-Lazdunski
	Atypical presentation of extralobar sequestration with absence of pericardium in an adult J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1239-1240. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Giuseppe De Luca, Salvatore Griffo, Ciriaco Cecere, Marcellino Cicalese, Luigi Di Tommaso, Mario Monaco, and Paolo Stassano
	Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura mimicking neurogenic tumor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1241-1242. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Nicola Luciani, Amedeo Anselmi, and Gianfederico Possati
	Adjusting the indication to polydioxane suture for elective sternal closure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1243-1244. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Akihiko Usui and Yuichi Ueda
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1244. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert H. Anderson and Paul P. Lunkenheimer
	Right ventricular remodeling J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1244-1245. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Murat Basaran
	Bifid cardiac apex: A rare morphologic structure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1245. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Omer Ali Sayin, Murat Ugurlucan, and Emin Tireli
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1245. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Zahid Amin
	Off-pump pulmonary valve placement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1245-1246. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Pascal A. Berdat and Thierry P. Carrel
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1246. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jaswinder Singh, Rajinder S. Dhaliwal, Suvakanta Biswal, and Naveen Swami
	Inflow occlusion in the era of modern cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1246. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J.L. Bobadilla, C.H. Wigfield, and P.S. Chopra
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1246-1247. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1248-1249. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1250-1251. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1251. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1251. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Western Thoracic Surgical Association J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1251-1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Samson Resident Prize Essay J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Application for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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