Presidential Obituary:

Constantine Mavroudis
	Paul A. Ebert, MD J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:273-274. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Onkar Khullar and Yolonda L. Colson
	The underfunding of lung cancer research J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:275. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Harold L. Lazar
	Detrimental effects of coronary stenting on subsequent coronary artery bypass surgery: Is there another flag on the field? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:276-277. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Point/Counterpoint:

Khalil Fattouch, Francesco Guccione, Roberta Sampognaro, Gaetano Panzarella, Egle Corrado, Emiliano Navarra, Davide Calvaruso, and Giovanni Ruvolo
	POINT: Efficacy of adding mitral valve restrictive annuloplasty to coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with moderate ischemic mitral valve regurgitation: A randomized trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:278-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alfredo Trento, Sorel Goland, Michele A. De Robertis, and Lawrence S.C. Czer
	COUNTERPOINT: Efficacy of adding mitral valve restrictive annuloplasty to coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with moderate ischemic mitral valve regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:286-288. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Henning A. Gaissert, Dong Yoon Keum, Cameron D. Wright, Marek Ancukiewicz, Eric Monroe, Dean M. Donahue, John C. Wain, Michael Lanuti, James S. Allan, Noah C. Choi, and Douglas J. Mathisen
	POINT: Operative risk of pneumonectomy—Influence of preoperative induction therapy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:289-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mark J. Krasna
	COUNTERPOINT: Pneumonectomy after chemoradiation: The risks of trimodality therapy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:295-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Himanshu J. Patel, David M. Williams, Meir Meekov, Narasimham L. Dasika, Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., and G. Michael Deeb
	Long-term results of percutaneous management of malperfusion in acute type B aortic dissection: Implications for thoracic aortic endovascular repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:300-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:306-308. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Muralidhar Padala, Scott N. Powell, Laura R. Croft, Vinod H. Thourani, Ajit P. Yoganathan, and David H. Adams
	Mitral valve hemodynamics after repair of acute posterior leaflet prolapse: Quadrangular resection versus triangular resection versus neochordoplasty J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:309-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:314-315. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Henry A. Tran, Scott D. Barnett, Sharon L. Hunt, Andrew Chon, and Niv Ad
	The effect of previous coronary artery stenting on short- and intermediate-term outcome after surgical revascularization in patients with diabetes mellitus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:316-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel Y. Sze, R. Scott Mitchell, D. Craig Miller, Dominik Fleischmann, Joan K. Frisoli, Stephen T. Kee, Archana Verma, Michael P. Sheehan, and Michael D. Dake
	Infolding and collapse of thoracic endoprostheses: Manifestations and treatment options J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:324-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael R. Dashwood, Kay Savage, Janice C.S. Tsui, Audrey Dooley, Sidney G. Shaw, Maria S. Fernández Alfonso, Lennart Bodin, and Domingos S.R. Souza
	Retaining perivascular tissue of human saphenous vein grafts protects against surgical and distension-induced damage and preserves endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide synthase activity J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:334-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Santarpino, Domenico Marturano, Antonino S. Rubino, Eugenia Pasceri, Stefania Zinzi, Giuseppina Mascaro, Lucia Cristodoro, and Attilio Renzulli
	Successful surgical treatment of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation achieves left ventricular reverse remodeling but does not affect right ventricular function J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:341-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexander Kulik, Brent T. Allen, and Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
	Incidence and management of intercostal patch aneurysms after repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:352-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Sachin Talwar, and Anubhav Gupta
	Mitral valve replacement with the pulmonary autograft: Midterm results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:359-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Nora Lang, Anja Lehner, Matthias Sigler, Christoph Schmitz, Ralf Sodian, Franz Freudenthal, Robert Dalla-Pozza, Nicolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido, and Heinrich Netz
	Evaluation of a new hybrid technique for closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in a long-term setting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:365-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Janet S. Soul, Richard L. Robertson, David Wypij, David C. Bellinger, Karen J. Visconti, Adré J. du Plessis, Barry D. Kussman, Lisa A. Scoppettuolo, Frank Pigula, Richard A. Jonas, and Jane W. Newburger
	Subtle hemorrhagic brain injury is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment in infants with repaired congenital heart disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:374-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christopher J. Petit, Matthew J. Gillespie, Matthew A. Harris, Travis L. Seymour, Timothy Y. Liu, Azeem Khan, J. William Gaynor, and Jonathan J. Rome
	Relief of branch pulmonary artery stenosis reduces pulmonary valve insufficiency in a swine model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:382-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mohammad Ali Navabi, Reza Shabanian, Abdolrazagh Kiani, and Mitra Rahimzadeh
	The effect of ventricular septal defect enlargement on the outcome of Rastelli or Rastelli-type repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:390-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeffrey B. Anderson, Robert H. Beekman, III, William L. Border, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Philip R. Khoury, Karen Uzark, Pirooz Eghtesady, and Bradley S. Marino
	Lower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:397-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Tamara R. Tilleman, William G. Richards, Lambros Zellos, Bruce E. Johnson, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Jordan Mueller, Beow Yong Yeap, Aneil A. Mujoomdar, Christopher T. Ducko, Raphael Bueno, and David J. Sugarbaker
	Extrapleural pneumonectomy followed by intracavitary intraoperative hyperthermic cisplatin with pharmacologic cytoprotection for treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: A phase II prospective study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:405-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:410-411. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Edmund S. Kassis, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Stephen G. Swisher, Arlene M. Correa, B. Nebiyou Bekele, Jeremy J. Erasmus, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Ritsuko Komaki, Reza J. Mehran, Cesar A. Moran, Katherine M. Pisters, David C. Rice, Garrett L. Walsh, and Jack A. Roth
	Application of the revised lung cancer staging system (IASLC Staging Project) to a cancer center population J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:412-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:417-418. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nestor R. Villamizar, Marcus D. Darrabie, William R. Burfeind, Rebecca P. Petersen, Mark W. Onaitis, Eric Toloza, David H. Harpole, and Thomas A. D'Amico
	Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity compared with thoracotomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:419-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:424-425. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chung-Ping Hsu, Jiun-Yi Hsia, Gee-Chen Chang, Cheng-Yen Chuang, Sen-Ei Shai, Shyh-Sheng Yang, Ming-Ching Lee, and Po-Cheung Kwan
	Surgical–pathologic factors affect long-term outcomes in stage IB (pT2 N0 M0) non–small cell lung cancer: A heterogeneous disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:426-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Attila Kálmán
	Initial results with minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:434-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasuomi Ohba, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Koei Ikeda, Hidekatsu Shibata, Hironori Kobayashi, Shinya Shiraishi, and Kazuhiro Katahira
	Is diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging superior to positron emission tomography with fludeoxyglucose F 18 in imaging non–small cell lung cancer? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:439-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Akira Iyoda, Kenzo Hiroshima, Yasumitsu Moriya, Yasuo Iwadate, Yuichi Takiguchi, Takashi Uno, Yukio Nakatani, and Ichiro Yoshino
	Postoperative recurrence and the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:446-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology/Basic Science:

Álvaro Albrecht, Renato A.K. Kalil, Luciana Schuch, Rogério Abrahão, Joao Ricardo M. Sant'Anna, Gustavo de Lima, and Ivo A. Nesralla
	Randomized study of surgical isolation of the pulmonary veins for correction of permanent atrial fibrillation associated with mitral valve disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:454-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takaya Hoashi, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Hajime Ichikawa, Takayoshi Ueno, Masamichi Ono, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, and Yoshiki Sawa
	Skeletal myoblast sheet transplantation improves the diastolic function of a pressure-overloaded right heart J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:460-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stefano Salizzoni, Pietro Bajona, Kenton J. Zehr, William D. Anderson, Stijn Vandenberghe, and Giovanni Speziali
	Transapical off-pump removal of the native aortic valve: A proof-of-concept animal study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:468-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicolas Kahn, Ruprecht Kuner, Ralf Eberhardt, Michael Meister, Thomas Muley, Susanne Winteroll, Philipp A. Schnabel, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Felix J.F. Herth, Annemarie Poustka, Holger Sültmann, and Hans Hoffmann
	Gene expression analysis of endobronchial epithelial lining fluid in the evaluation of indeterminate pulmonary nodules J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:474-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Andrea Messori, Sabrina Trippoli, Massimo Bonacchi, and Guido Sani
	Left ventricular assist device as destination therapy: Application of the payment-by-results approach for the device reimbursement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:480-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Norihisa Shigemura, Jay Bhama, Duc Nguyen, Jnanesh Thacker, Christian Bermudez, and Yoshiya Toyoda
	Pitfalls in donor lung procurements: How should the procedure be taught to transplant trainees? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:486-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Clinical Reports:

Candy S. Peskey, William J. Mauermann, Steven R. Meyer, and Martin D. Abel
	Vasopressin withdrawal associated with massive polyuria J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:491-492. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Luigi Muzzi, Giuseppe Pugliese, Ilaria D'Angeli, Riccardo Ferrari, Andrea Laghi, D. Rose, F. Vecchietti, and Giacomo Frati
	Giant cardiac myxoma: Real-time characterization by 64-slice computed tomography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:493-495. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Video]
Rony Atoui, Lawrence Lee, and Lorenzo Ferri
	An unusual case of a strangulated lung hernia after an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:495-496. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Subroto Paul, Stacey Su, Heather Edenfield, David J. Kwiatkowski, and Raphael Bueno
	Treatment of refractory lymphangioleiomyomatosis–associated chylous effusion with a pleuroperitoneal window and omental flap J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:497-498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atsutomo Morishima, Akira Marui, Takeshi Shimamoto, Yoshiaki Saji, Takeshi Nishina, and Masashi Komeda
	A case of interleukin-6–producing cardiac myxoma resembling multicentric Castleman's disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:499-501. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Technique Reports:

John G.T. Augoustides, Ted Plappert, and Joseph E. Bavaria
	Aortic decision-making in the Loeys–Dietz syndrome: Aortic root aneurysm and a normal-caliber ascending aorta and aortic arch J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:502-503. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tzu-Yu Lin, Fang-Ming Horng, Kuan-Ming Chiu, Shu-Hsun Chu, and Jiann-Shing Shieh
	A simple modification of inflow cannula to reduce recirculation of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:503-506. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Toshihiko Shibata, Kazushige Inoue, Takeshi Ikuta, and Yasuyuki Bito
	A workbench to make artificial chordal loops for mitral valve repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:506-507. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Pradeep Narayan, Mark Yeatman, Massimo Caputo, Radek Capoun, Franco Ciulli, Jamie Y. Jeremy, and Gianni D. Angelini
	Saphenous vein harvest with the Mayo extraluminal dissector: Is endothelial function preserved? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:508-510. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Modi, Ansar Hassan, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.
	Minimally invasive transaortic thoracoscopic resection of an apical left ventricular myxoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:510-512. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Enoch Akowuah, Sanjay Theodore, and James Tatoulis
	Impact of multiple grafts to each myocardial territory on long-term survival J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:513. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Danny Chu and Faisal G. Bakaeen
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:513-514. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sylvain Chauvaud
	Coronary blood supply of the inferior wall of the right ventricle in hearts with Ebstein malformation: Relevance to vertical plication J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:514-515. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Iki Adachi, Siew Yen Ho, and Hideki Uemura
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:515. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ludovic Canaud and Pierre Alric
	Endovascular treatment for acute transection of the descending thoracic aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:515-516. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rossella Fattori and Luca Botta
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:516-517. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John Santosh Kumar Murala and Graham Nunn
	Management of traumatic manubriosternal dislocation in children J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:517-518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Adel Irani
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meetings and Courses:

	Meetings and Courses J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:519-523. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Save the Date! J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:524-525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Meetings and Sponsored Events J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	2010 AATS Academy Applications Now Available J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership Now Available Online J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:526. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:526. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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