Editorials:

Richard D. Lamm
	Rebuilding the house of health care J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:835-838. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Scott A. LeMaire and Joseph S. Coselli
	Options for managing infected ascending aortic grafts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:839-843. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gerald D. Buckberg
	Congestive heart failure: Treat the disease, not the symptom: Return to normalcy/Part II—The experimental approach J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:844-849. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Michael Y. Chang, Steven J. Mentzer, Yolonda L. Colson, Philip A. Linden, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Stuart R. Lipsitz, and David J. Sugarbaker
	Factors predicting poor survival after resection of stage IA non–small cell lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:850-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:856. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arjun Pennathur, James D. Luketich, Ghulam Abbas, Mang Chen, Hiran C. Fernando, William E. Gooding, Matthew J. Schuchert, Sebastien Gilbert, Neil A. Christie, and Rodney J. Landreneau
	Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of stage I non–small cell lung cancer in high-risk patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:857-864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:862-864. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas Weber, Johanna Mätzl, Alexander Rokitansky, Walter Klimscha, Konrad Neumann, Engelbert Deusch Medical Research Society
	Superior postoperative pain relief with thoracic epidural analgesia versus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:865-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Amulya K. Saxena and Gunter H. Willital
	Valuable lessons from two decades of pectus repair with the Willital–Hegemann procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:871-876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mingyon Mun and Tadasu Kohno
	Efficacy of thoracoscopic resection for multifocal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass opacities of 20 mm or less in diameter J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:877-882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Bhora, Andy Nabong, and Ioannis K. Toumpoulis
	Thoracoscore predicts midterm mortality in patients undergoing thoracic surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:883-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Randolph M. Setser, Nicholas G. Smedira, Michael L. Lieber, Eric D. Sabo, and Richard D. White
	Left ventricular torsional mechanics after left ventricular reconstruction surgery for ischemic cardiomyopathy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:888-896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Enoch Akowuah, Andreas Baumbach, Peter Wilde, Gianni Angelini, and Alan J. Bryan
	Emergency repair of traumatic aortic rupture: Endovascular versus conventional open repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:897-901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sami Kabbani, Hisham Jamil, Fawzi Nabhani, Abdo Hamoud, Karam Katan, Nada Sabbagh, Abir Koudsi, Loay Kabbani, and Ghiath Hamed
	Analysis of 92 mitral pulmonary autograft replacement (Ross II) operations J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:902-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:907-908. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Diana Aicher, Frank Langer, Henning Lausberg, Benjamin Bierbach, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
	Aortic root remodeling: Ten-year experience with 274 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:909-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Jayesh Dhareshwar, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, Hartzell V. Schaff, David J. Cook, and Thomas A. Orszulak
	Aortic root enlargement: What are the operative risks? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:916-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:922-924. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mario Monaco, Paolo Stassano, Luigi Di Tommaso, and Gabriele Iannelli
	Response of plasma matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases to stent-graft surgery for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:925-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexander Kulik, Raisa Levin, Marc Ruel, Thierry G. Mesana, Daniel H. Solomon, and Niteesh K. Choudhry
	Patterns and predictors of statin use after coronary artery bypass graft surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:932-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Jong-Hau Hsu, Roberta L. Keller, Omar Chikovani, Henry Cheng, Seth A. Hollander, Tom R. Karl, Anthony Azakie, Ian Adatia, Peter Oishi, and Jeffrey R. Fineman
	B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcome after neonatal cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:939-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Li Hongxin, Guo Wenbin, Sheng Lijun, Wang Zhengjun, Liang Hao, Zou Chengwei, Du Liang, and Yuan Guidao
	Intraoperative device closure of secundum atrial septal defect with a right anterior minithoracotomy in 100 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:946-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Osman O. Al-Radi, Rakan I. Nazer, Colleen Gruenwald, Celeste Foreman, William G. Williams, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Desmond G. Bohn, and Glen S. Van Arsdell
	Survival outcomes after rescue extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric patients with refractory cardiac arrest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:952-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notice of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:959. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Karim A. Diab, Qi-Ling Cao, Emile A. Bacha, and Ziyad M. Hijazi
	Device closure of atrial septal defects with the Amplatzer septal occluder: Safety and outcome in infants J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:960-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Timothy J. Bradley, Tara Karamlou, Alex Kulik, Bojana Mitrovic, Trisha Vigneswaran, Salima Jaffer, Patrick D. Glasgow, William G. Williams, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and Brian W. McCrindle
	Determinants of repair type, reintervention, and mortality in 393 children with double-outlet right ventricle J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:967-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Paulo F.G. Cardoso, Gregory I. Snell, Peter Hopkins, Gerhard W. Sybrecht, Georgios Stamatis, Alan W. Ng, and Philip Eng
	Clinical application of airway bypass with paclitaxel-eluting stents: Early results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:974-981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:980-981. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeyoshi Ota, David Schwartzman, David Francischelli, Douglas A. Hettrick, and Marco A. Zenati
	Impact of beating heart left atrial ablation on left-sided heart mechanics J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:982-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ryuichi Waseda, Norihiko Ishikawa, Makoto Oda, Isao Matsumoto, Yasuhiko Ohta, Noriyuki Inaki, Yasumitsu Hirano, and Go Watanabe
	Robot-assisted endoscopic airway reconstruction in rabbits, with the aim to perform robot-assisted thoracoscopic bronchoplasty in human subjects J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:989-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Basel Ramlawi, Hasan Otu, James L. Rudolph, Shigetoshi Mieno, Isaac S. Kohane, Handan Can, Towia A. Libermann, Edward R. Marcantonio, Cesario Bianchi, and Frank W. Sellke
	Genomic expression pathways associated with brain injury after cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:996-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Elisabeth Ruetzler, Felix Weidinger, Armin Oehlinger, Guenther Laufer, Guy Friedrich, and Johannes Bonatti
	Myocardial enzyme release in totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting on the arrested heart J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1006-1011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Manabu Taniguchi, Takashi Akasaka, Yasuhiro Saito, Shuichiro Kaji, Takahiro Kawamoto, Renan Sukmawan, Hidetoshi Yoshitani, Yoji Neishi, Tohru Ohe, Kazuo Tanemoto, and Kiyoshi Yoshida
	Improvement of flow capacity of the left internal thoracic artery graft assessed by using a pressure wire J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1012-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peng Zhang, Julius M. Guccione, Susan I. Nicholas, Joseph C. Walker, Philip C. Crawford, Amin Shamal, Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton, Michael A. Guttman, Cengizhan Ozturk, Elliot R. McVeigh, David A. Saloner, Arthur W. Wallace, and Mark B. Ratcliffe
	Endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm increases systolic circumferential shortening in sheep J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1017-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Pierre-Yves Litzler, Laetitia Benard, Noëlle Barbier-Frebourg, Sebastien Vilain, Thierry Jouenne, Eric Beucher, Claude Bunel, Jean-François Lemeland, and Jean-Paul Bessou
	Biofilm formation on pyrolytic carbon heart valves: Influence of surface free energy, roughness, and bacterial species J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1025-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Song Wan, Nilima Shukla, Gianni D. Angelini, Anthony P.C. Yim, Jason L. Johnson, and Jamie Y. Jeremy
	Nitric oxide–donating aspirin (NCX 4016) inhibits neointimal thickening in a pig model of saphenous vein-carotid artery interposition grafting: A comparison with aspirin and morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1033-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Said Yassin, John Marek, Jess Schwartz, Jorge Wernly, Charles Dietl, Stuart Pett, and Mark Langsfeld
	Should large mediastinal hematomas be drained after endovascular repair of ruptured descending thoracic aorta? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1040-1041. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Anand Iyer, Vincent Rajkumar, Dinesh Sadasivan, Jaye Bruce, and Ian Gilfillan
	No one is dead until warm and dead J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1042-1043. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Pierre Voisine, and François Dagenais
	Operative strategy for open surgery after failed thoracic aortic stent grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1044-1046. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atsushi Nakahira, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Junjiro Kobayashi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
	Postural change causing leg malperfusion resulting from expansion of a patent false lumen in type B aortic dissection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1046-1047. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John G.T. Augoustides, Alberto Pochettino, and Reed E. Pyeritz
	Successful surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection associated with Crohn disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1048-1049. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stephen Westaby, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Nikant Sabharwal, and Harald Becher
	The longest functioning heart valve prosthesis? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1049-1050. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Enoch Akowuah, Pradeep Narayan, Gianni Angelini, and Alan J. Bryan
	Management of prosthetic graft infection after surgery of the thoracic aorta: Removal of the prosthetic graft is not necessary J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1051-1052. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John G.T. Augoustides
	Fatal thrombosis in complex cardiac surgery without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in the setting of standard-of-care heparinization: Status quo and directions for further research J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1053-1054. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gaetano Palma, Felice Rosapepe, Mariano Vicchio, Veronica Russolillo, Sabato Cioffi, and Carlo Vosa
	Late perforation of right atrium and aortic root after percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1054-1055. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Victor X. Mosquera, Milagros Marini, Fernando Rodríguez, Ignacio Cao, and Alberto Juffé
	Complicated acute type B aortic dissection with involvement of an aberrant right subclavian artery and rupture of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, Crawford type I: Successful emergency endovascular treatment J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1055-1057. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ilias A. Kouerinis, Martha Deligianni, Vassilios Maniatis, Ilias Elefteriadis, Antonios Kourtesis, and Nikolaos Michalopoulos
	Giant congenital left main coronary artery fistula to the superior vena cava in an adult patient with coronary artery disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1057-1058. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hisato Takagi, Toshiyuki Tanabashi, Norikazu Kawai, and Takuya Umemoto
	Off-pump surgery does not reduce stroke, compared with results of on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1059-1060. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maria Grazia Croccia, Francesca Chiaramonti, Stefano Pratali, Giovanni Scioti, Fabio Guarracino, and Uberto Bortolotti
	Quadricuspid aortic valve associated with hypoplastic aortic annulus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1061-1062. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kohei Ando, Yukihiro Tomita, Munetaka Masuda, Atsuhiro Nakashima, and Ryuji Tominaga
	Repair for a duplicate mitral valve with torn chordae J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1062-1063. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yukihiro Kaneko, Keiji Tsuchiya, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hitoshi Yoda, Wakako Yamamoto, and Jotaro Kobayashi
	Arterial switch in a 1146-gram neonate with transposition of the great arteries and an intramural coronary artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1064-1065. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Priti M. Patel, Heather L. Bartlett, Thomas Scholz, Jeffrey Burzynski, Douglas M. Behrendt, and Harold M. Burkhart
	Norwood modification in a patient with hypoplastic left heart and a right aortic arch J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1065-1066. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kazutoshi Tachibana, Nobuyuki Takagi, Hisayoshi Osawa, Motoki Takamuro, Masato Yokozawa, Hideki Tomita, and Tetsuya Higami
	Cor triatriatum and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the coronary sinus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1067-1069. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John G.T. Augoustides
	Fatal intraoperative thrombosis in contemporary adult thoracic aortic surgery requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: Observations from the literature, 1993–2006 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1069-1070. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ana Olga Mocumbi, Daniel Sidi, Pascal Vouhe, and Magdi Yacoub
	An innovative technique for the relief of right ventricular trabecular cavity obliteration in endomyocardial fibrosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1070-1072. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marcio Scorsin, Nawwar Al-Attar, and Arrigo Lessana
	A novel technique of utilizing artificial chordae for repair of mitral valve prolapse J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1072-1073. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Luís Roberto Gerola, Hyong C. Kim, Armindo Pereira Filho, Wesley Araújo, Paulo César Santos, and Enio Buffolo
	A new surgical technique for ventricular septal rupture closure after myocardial infarction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1073-1076. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Neil D. Saunders, J. Stephen Marshall, and Richard C. Anderson
	A case of chest wall angiosarcoma associated with breast implants J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1076-1077. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hisashi Iwata, Takuji Kiryu, Koyo Shirahashi, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Masafumi Matsui, and Hirofumi Takemura
	Right lower lobectomy after right upper lobectomy for multiple metastases in lung cancer of the right lower lobe: Benefit of middle lobe preservation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1078-1080. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christopher T. Wartmann, Denise Fernandez, and Raja M. Flores
	Fibroepithelial polyps: Preoperative diagnosis may avoid thoracotomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1080-1081. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atila Turkyilmaz and Atilla Eroglu
	A giant thoracic duct cyst: An unusual cause of dysphagia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1082-1083. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Massimo Conti, Pasquale Ferraro, Jocelyne Martin, and André Duranceau
	Esophageal stent migration into the trachea J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1084-1085. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hyde M. Russell, Alberto L. de Hoyos, and Matthew G. Blum
	Successful management of recurrent Actinomyces esophagobronchial fistula with self-expanding covered esophageal stent J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1086-1087. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takashi Suda, Yuka Kitamura, Sachiko Hasegawa, Koji Negi, and Yoshinobu Hattori
	Video-assisted thoracoscopic extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1088-1089. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Charles C. Sticco, Shahriyour Andaz, and Stewart Fox
	Middle lobe torsion after right upper lobectomy: A report of video-assisted thoracoscopic management J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1090-1091. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeshi Shiraishi, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Mitsuteru Munakata, Takao Higuchi, Satoshi Makihata, Yasuteru Yoshinaga, Satoshi Yamamoto, Akinori Iwasaki, Masanobu Yasumoto, Takamitsu Hamada, Kazuo Higa, Takashige Kuraki, Kentaro Watanabe, Noritsugu Morishige, Tadashi Tashiro, Kazuki Nabeshima, Katsunobu Kawahara, Kan Okabayashi, Hiroshi Yasunaga, and Takayuki Shirakusa
	Living-donor single-lobe lung transplantation for bronchiolitis obliterans in a 4-year-old boy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1092-1093. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Pier Andrea Farneti, and Mattia Glauber
	Selective replacement of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva: Preserving the sinus geometry to spare the bicuspid aortic valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1094-1095. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Francesca di Marco, Sara Pontarollo, Sabino Illiceto, and Gino Gerosa
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1095. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christof Stamm, Boris Nasseri, and Roland Hetzer
	Rescue versus regeneration J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1095-1096. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tao-Sheng Li, Ryo Suzuki, and Kimikazu Hamano
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1096. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mohamed Fouad Ismail
	Pulmonary metastatic melanoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1097. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Claudio Rossella and Stefano Nazari
	Superior vena cava resection without blood flow interruption J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1097-1098. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Francesco Leo and Lorenzo Spaggiari
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1098. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1099-1100. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Announcement of 2008 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1101. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1101. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2008-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1101. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1101-1102. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Norman E. Shumway Research Scholarship 2008-2010 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1102. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2008 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1102. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Application for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1102. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1102-1103. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1103. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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