Editorials:

James L. Cox

The central controversy surrounding the interventional-surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 1-4. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Henry M. Spotnitz

Optimizing temporary perioperative cardiac pacing
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 5-8. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Soon J. Park, Alfred Tector, William Piccioni, Edward Raines, Annetine Gelijns, Alan Moskowitz, Eric Rose, William Holman, Satoshi Furukawa, O. Howard Frazier, and Walter Dembitsky

Left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy: A new look at survival
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 9-17. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Noriyoshi Kajihara, Masataka Eto, Yasuhisa Oishi, Noriko Boku, Kunio Kuwahara, Naoki Nishiguchi, Chikara Kotani, and Shigeki Morita

Three-layered synthetic pericardial substitutes reduce postoperative pericardial adhesions
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 18-24. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franklin Rosenfeldt, Silvana Marasco, William Lyon, Michelle Wowk, Freya Sheeran, Michael Bailey, Donald Esmore, Bruce Davis, Adrian Pick, Mark Rabinov, Julian Smith, Phillip Nagley, and Salvatore Pepe

Coenzyme Q₁₀ therapy before cardiac surgery improves mitochondrial function and in vitro contractility of myocardial tissue
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 25-32. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wei Wei, Cheng-Qin Yang, Anthony Furnary, and Guo-Wei He

Greater vasopressin-induced vasoconstriction and inferior effects of nitrovasodilators and milrinone in the radial artery than in the internal thoracic artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 33-40. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Niv Ad, Aviva Schneider, Igor Khaliulin, Joseph B. Borman, and Herzl Schwalb

Impaired mitochondrial response to simulated ischemic injury as a predictor of the development of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: In vitro study in human myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 41-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manabu Kakinohana, Tetsuya Kawabata, Yuji Miyata, and Kazuhiro Sugahara

Myogenic transcranial motor evoked potentials monitoring cannot always predict neurologic outcome after spinal cord ischemia in rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 46-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General Thoracic Surgery:

Justin B. Maxhimer, Rishindra M. Reddy, Jingtong Zuo, George W. Cole, Jr, David S. Schrump, and Dao M. Nguyen

Induction of apoptosis of lung and esophageal cancer cells treated with the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor (trichostatin A) and protein kinase C inhibitor (calphostin C)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 53-63. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Malcolm V. Brock, Craig M. Hooker, James E. Syphard, William Westra, Li Xu, Anthony J. Alberg, David Mason, Stephen B. Baylin, James G. Herman, Rex C. Yung, Julie Brahmer, Charles M. Rudin, David S. Ettinger, and Stephen C. Yang

Surgical resection of limited disease small cell lung cancer in the new era of platinum chemotherapy: Its time has come
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 64-72. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tommaso C. Mineo, Eugenio Pompeo, Davide Mineo, Paola Rogliani, Carlo Leonardis, and Italo Nofroni

Results of unilateral lung volume reduction surgery in patients with distinct heterogeneity of emphysema between lungs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 73-79. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bernhard Gohrbandt, Sebastian P. Sommer, Stefan Fischer, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Gregor Warnecke, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber

Iloprost to improve surfactant function in porcine pulmonary grafts stored for twenty-four hours in low-potassium dextran solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 80-86. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Wataru Nishio, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Kazuya Uchino, Tsuyoshi Yuki, Akio Nakagawa, and Noriaki Tsubota

Effect of tumor size on prognosis in patients with non–small cell lung cancer: The role of segmentectomy as a type of lesser resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 87-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

D. Dean Potter, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Kenton J. Zehr, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Christopher G.A. McGregor, Francisco J. Puga, Hartzell V. Schaff, and Thomas A. Orszulak

Operative risk of reoperative aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 94-103. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sydney L. Gaynor, Richard B. Schuessler, Marci S. Bailey, Yosuke Ishii, John P. Boineau, Marye J. Gleva, James L. Cox, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr

Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: Predictors of late recurrence
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 104-111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Santi Trimarchi, Christoph A. Nienaber, Vincenzo Rampoldi, Truls Myrmel, Toru Suzuki, Rajendra H. Mehta, Eduardo Bossone, Jeanna V. Cooper, Dean E. Smith, Lorenzo Menicanti, Alessandro Frigiola, Jae K. Oh, Michael G. Deeb, Eric M. Isselbacher, Kim A. Eagle on behalf of the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Investigators

Contemporary results of surgery in acute type A aortic dissection: The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 112-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tsuyoshi Tachibana, Norihiko Shiiya, Takashi Kunihara, Yutaka Wakamatsu, Akimaro Fabio Kudo, Tomonori Ooka, Satoshi Watanabe, and Keishu Yasuda

Immunophilin ligands FK506 and cyclosporine A improve neurologic and histopathologic outcome after transient spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 123-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Taichi Sakaguchi, Tomohiro Asai, Dmitri Belov, Morihito Okada, David J. Pinsky, Ann Marie Schmidt, and Yoshifumi Naka

Influence of ischemic injury on vein graft remodeling: Role of cyclic adenosine monophosphate second messenger pathway in enhanced vein graft preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 129-137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan J. Schreuder, Alessandro Castiglioni, Francesco Maisano, Paul Steendijk, Andrea Donelli, Jan Baan, and Ottavio Alfieri

Acute decrease of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony and improvement of contractile state and energy efficiency after left ventricular restoration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 138-145. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolving Technology:

L. Wiklund, L.F. Bonilla, and E. Berglin

A new mechanical connector for distal coronary artery anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting: A randomized, controlled study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 146-150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaya Kitagawa, Daniell Dokko, Allison M. Okamura, and David D. Yuh

Effect of sensory substitution on suture-manipulation forces for robotic surgical systems
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 151-158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ara Ketchedjian, Paula Kreuger, Howard Lukoff, Elliot Robinson, Alyce Linthurst-Jones, Katrina Crouch, Lloyd Wolfinbarger, and Richard Hopkins

Ovine panel reactive antibody assay of HLA responsivity to allograft bioengineered vascular scaffolds
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 159-166. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Tae-Jin Yun, John G. Coles, Igor E. Konstantinov, Osman O. Al-Radi, Rachel M. Wald, Vitor Guerra, Nilto C. de Oliveira, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Jeffrey Smallhorn, and Christopher A. Caldarone

Conventional and sutureless techniques for management of the pulmonary veins: Evolution of indications from postrepair pulmonary vein stenosis to primary pulmonary vein anomalies
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 167-174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akio Ikai, R. Kirk Riemer, Chandra Ramamoorthy, Sunil Malhatra, Lydia Cassorla, Gabriel Amir, Frank L. Hanley, and V. Mohan Reddy

Preliminary results of fetal cardiac bypass in nonhuman primates
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 175-181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Viktor Hraska, Brian W. Duncan, John E. Mayer, Jr, Michael Freed, Pedro J. del Nido, and Richard A. Jonas

Long-term outcome of surgically treated patients with corrected transposition of the great arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 182-191. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tomomi Hasegawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Naoki Yoshimura, and Yutaka Okita

The dependence of myocardial damage on age and ischemic time in pediatric cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 192-198. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akio Ikai, Mikiyasu Shirai, Kazunobu Nishimura, Tadashi Ikeda, Takayuki Kameyama, Koji Ueyama, and Masashi Komeda

Maintenance of pulmonary vasculature tone by blood derived from the inferior vena cava in a rabbit model of cavopulmonary shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 199-206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Historical Perspectives:

Richard N. Edie

Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: George P. Muller, MD, ScD (1877-1947)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 207-208. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communications:

Muhammad A. Mumtaz, Charles H. Fraga, Chad M. Nicholls, Shailesh Desai, Nikolay Vasilyev, Raja Joshi, Roger B.B. Mee, and Brian W. Duncan

Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger RNA in lungs of rats after cavopulmonary anastomosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 209-210. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Igor E. Konstantinov, Lee N. Benson, Christopher A. Caldarone, Jia Li, Mikiko Shimizu, John G. Coles, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and William G. Williams

A simple surgical technique for interventional transcatheter completion of the total cavopulmonary connection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 210-212. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Franco Stella and Francesco Petrella

Transsternal transpericardial approach for acute descending necrotizing mediastinitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 212-214. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Roland Fasol, Johann Meinhart, and Thomas Binder

A modified and simplified radiofrequency ablation in patients with mitral valve disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 215-217. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ian Adatia, Andrew M. Atz, and David L. Wessel

Inhaled nitric oxide does not improve systemic oxygenation after bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 217-219. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Govind K. Chetty, Maqsood M. Elahi, Vishwanath Siddagangaiah, and Joseph N. Leverment

Bonanno's catheter: A less invasive and cost-effective alternative for drainage of pleural effusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 219-220. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Gabriel Mihai Marta, Clemens Aigner, and Walter Klepetko

Inverse T incision provides improved accessibility to the upper mediastinum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 221-223. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Angelo A. Vlessis and Timothy Hanlon

Repair of acute postinfarction ventricular septal defect by endocardial patch exclusion through the aortic valve orifice
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 223-224. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Luís A. Dallan, Luiz Augusto F. Lisboa, Carlos Alberto C. Abreu Filho, Fernando Platania, and Sérgio Almeida De Oliveira

Coronary artery bypass graft using the right coronary artery–pulmonary artery fistula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 225-226. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pedro E. Antunes, David Prieto, Luís Eugénio, and Manuel J. Antunes

Donor mitral valve repair in cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 227-228. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yvonne M. Carter, Lamia Shagrun, Harvey Klein, Jeffrey Katz, and David M. Jablons

Salmonella infection in an anterior mediastinal mass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 228-230. [Extract] [Full Text]  

F. Bracke, B. van Gelder, B. Dijkman, and A. Meijer

Lead system causing twiddler's syndrome in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 231-232. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Ibrahim Sersar Sameh, Mohammed ElShabrawii, Ahmed Sabry Elsaeid, Yasser Ahmed Farag, Shaban Abulela, and Mohammed Mounir El Salid

Rapidly accumulating spontaneous pulmonary hematoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 233-234. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kenichi Okubo, Toshihiro Okamoto, Jun Isobe, and Yoichiro Ueno

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 234-235. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Puma

Isolated mediastinal skip metastasis in lung cancer: Is it real N2 disease?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 235. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Joseph A. Sedgwick and Pirooz Eghtesady

Studies of fetal cardiac bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 235-236. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Adriano Carotti and Francesco Emma

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 236. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa, Shin-ichi Ohki, and Yasuhito Sakano

Separate or composite graft replacement for diseases of both the aortic valve and the ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 236-237. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 237. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of Interest:

Events
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 238-239. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcements:

Announcements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 240-242. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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