Editorials:

Gerald D. Buckberg

Imaging, models, and reality: A basis for anatomic-physiologic planning
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 243-245. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Torsten Doenst, Eric J. Velazquez, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Robert Michler, Lorenzo Menicanti, Marisa Di Donato, Sinisa Gradinac, Benjamin Sun, Vivek Rao For the STICH Investigators

To STICH or not to STICH: We know the answer, but do we understand the question?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 246-249. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shafi Mussa, Bikram P. Choudhary, and David P. Taggart

Radial artery conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: Current perspective
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 250-253. [Extract] [Full Text] [On-line only appendices][ ]  

General Thoracic Surgery:

Juan A. Crestanello, Claude Deschamps, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols, III, Mark S. Allen, Cathy Schleck, and Peter C. Pairolero

Selective management of intrathoracic anastomotic leak after esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 254-260. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiran C. Fernando, Ricardo S. Santos, John R. Benfield, Frederic W. Grannis, Robert J. Keenan, James D. Luketich, John M. Close, and Rodney J. Landreneau

Lobar and sublobar resection with and without brachytherapy for small stage IA non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 261-267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masakuni Kido, Lingling Du, Christopher C. Sullivan, Reena Deutsch, Stuart W. Jamieson, and Patricia A. Thistlethwaite

Gene transfer of a TIE2 receptor antagonist prevents pulmonary hypertension in rodents
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 268-276. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Anthony L. Estrera, Zsolt Garami, Charles C. Miller, III, Roy Sheinbaum, Tam T.T. Huynh, Eyal E. Porat, Bradley S. Allen, and Hazim J. Safi

Cerebral monitoring with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography improves neurologic outcome during repairs of acute type A aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 277-285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nilto C. De Oliveira, Tirone E. David, Susan Armstrong, and Joan Ivanov

Aortic and mitral valve replacement with reconstruction of the intervalvular fibrous body: An analysis of clinical outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 286-290. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Nitta, Hiroya Ohmori, Shun-ichiro Sakamoto, Yasuo Miyagi, Shigeto Kanno, and Kazuo Shimizu

Map-guided surgery for atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 291-299. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James Ramsay, Stanton Shernan, Jane Fitch, Paul Finnegan, Thomas Todaro, Thomas Filloon, and Nancy A. Nussmeier

Increased creatine kinase MB level predicts postoperative mortality after cardiac surgery independent of new Q waves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 300-306. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oren Lev-Ran, Rony Braunstein, Ram Sharony, Amir Kramer, Yosef Paz, Rephael Mohr, and Gideon Uretzky

No-touch aorta off-pump coronary surgery: The effect on stroke
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 307-313. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph J. DeRose, Jr, Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, Sandhya K. Balaram, John P. Ioannidis, Scott Belsley, Robert C. Ashton, Jr, Daniel G. Swistel, and Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos

Preoperative prediction of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 314-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giulio Rizzoli, Tomaso Bottio, Vladimiro Vida, Georgios Nesseris, Luca Caprili, Gaetano Thiene, and Gino Gerosa

Intermediate results of isolated mitral valve replacement with a Biocor porcine valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 322-329. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruud M.A. van de Wal, Ben L. van Brussel, Adriaan A. Voors, Tom D.J. Smilde, Johannes C. Kelder, Henry A. van Swieten, Wiek H. van Gilst, Dirk Jan van Veldhuisen, and H.W. Thijs Plokker

Mild preoperative renal dysfunction as a predictor of long-term clinical outcome after coronary bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 330-335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Kazu Minami, Hideaki Kado, Sadahiro Sai, Hideki Tatewaki, Yuichi Shiokawa, Atsuhiro Nakashima, Koji Fukae, and Hitoshi Hirose

Midterm results of mitral valve repair with artificial chordae in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 336-342. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian W. McCrindle, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Igor E. Konstantinov, William G. Williams, Rodolfo A. Neirotti, Marshall L. Jacobs, Eugene H. Blackstone For the members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

Risk factors associated with mortality and interventions in 472 neonates with interrupted aortic arch: A Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 343-350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony Ralph-Edwards, Anna Woo, Brian W. McCrindle, Jonathan L. Shapero, Leonard Schwartz, Harry Rakowski, E. Douglas Wigle, and William G. Williams

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: Comparison of outcomes after myectomy or alcohol ablation adjusted by propensity score
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 351-358. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Walther, Ardawan Rastan, Ingo Dähnert, Volkmar Falk, Stefan Jacobs, Friedrich W. Mohr, and Martin Kostelka

A novel adhesion barrier facilitates reoperations in complex congenital cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 359-363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Enyi Shi, Teruhisa Kazui, Xiaojing Jiang, Naoki Washiyama, Kazuchika Suzuki, Katsushi Yamashita, and Hitoshi Terada

NS-7, a novel Na⁺/Ca²⁺ channel blocker, prevents neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 364-371. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shukri F. Khuri, Nancy A. Healey, Monir Hossain, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Michael D. Crittenden, Miguel Josa, Patrick R. Treanor, Samer F. Najjar, Dharam J. Kumbhani, and William G. Henderson

Intraoperative regional myocardial acidosis and reduction in long-term survival after cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 372-381. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph C. Walker, Julius M. Guccione, Yi Jiang, Peng Zhang, Arthur W. Wallace, Edward W. Hsu, and Mark B. Ratcliffe

Helical myofiber orientation after myocardial infarction and left ventricular surgical restoration in sheep
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 382-390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Karkouti, W.S. Beattie, D.N. Wijeysundera, V. Rao, C. Chan, K.M. Dattilo, G. Djaiani, J. Ivanov, J. Karski, and T.E. David

Hemodilution during cardiopulmonary bypass is an independent risk factor for acute renal failure in adult cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 391-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uzi Izhar, Niv Ad, Ehud Rudis, Eli Milgalter, Amit Korach, Nicola Viola, Eli Levi, Galit Asraff, Gideon Merin, and Amir Elami

When should we discontinue antiarrhythmic therapy for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting? A prospective randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 401-406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Paul W.M. Fedak, Vivek Rao, Subodh Verma, Danny Ramzy, Laura Tumiati, Santiago Miriuka, Patty Boylen, Richard D. Weisel, and Christopher M. Feindel

Combined endothelial and myocardial protection by endothelin antagonism enhances transplant allograft preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 407-415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Milind Chaudhari, Jon Sturman, John O'Sullivan, Jon Smith, Neil Wrightson, Gareth Parry, David Bolton, Simon Haynes, Leslie Hamilton, and Asif Hasan

Rescue cardiac transplantation for early failure of the Fontan-type circulation in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 416-422. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Keshavjee, R.D. Davis, M.R. Zamora, M. de Perrot, and G.A. Patterson

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of complement inhibition in ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation in human beings
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 423-428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidetoshi Inokawa, Hiroshi Date, Mikio Okazaki, Daisuke Okutani, Keiju Aokage, Itaru Nagahiro, Motoi Aoe, Yoshifumi Sano, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Effects of postmortem heparinization in canine lung transplantation with non–heart-beating donors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 429-434. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Historical Perspectives:

Herbert Sloan

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: John Alexander (1891-1954)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 435-436. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communications:

Pei-Ming Huang, Yih-Leong Chang, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen, Jang-Ming Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee

Supine position with alternating inflation pneumatic cuffs in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for bilateral pneumothorax
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 437-439. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ramzi Ramadan, Nawwar Al-Attar, Siamak Mohammadi, Said Ghostine, Alexandre Azmoun, Alexis Therasse, Chokri Kortas, Christophe Caussin, and Rémi Nottin

Left ventricular infarct plication restores mitral function in chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 440-442. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Emile A. Bacha, Gil Bolotin, Karen Consilio, Jai Raman, and David G. Ruschhaupt

Robotically assisted repair of sinus venosus defect
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 442-443. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Massimiliano Paci, Salvatore de Franco, Edoardo Della Valle, Guglielmo Ferrari, Valerio Annessi, Tommaso Ricchetti, and Giorgio Sgarbi

Septum transversum diaphragmatic hernia in an adult
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 444-445. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Santosh Kumar Dora, Praveen Kerala Varma, Chandrabhanu Parija, Krishnakumar Nair, Rupa Sreedhar, Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan, and Jaganmohan Tharakan

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia after radiofrequency maze procedure: Report of two cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 446-447. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, Dorothé Ducreux, Bernard Padovani, and Jérôme Mouroux

Varicose pericardial vein: An unusual cause of right paracardiac opacity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 448-449. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kenichi Okubo and Yasunori Kurahashi

Foreign-body excretion through the bronchial stump after extrapleural pneumonectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 449-450. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Dante Picarelli, José Luis Montenegro, Serrana Antunez, Walter Perez, and Daniel Borbonet

Modified fenestration technique for the Kawashima operation in a young infant
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 451-452. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jianjun Qin and Lunxu Liu

Thymoma with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Report of a case
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 453. [Extract] [Full Text]  

David G. Tse, Nippon Vadehra, and Luiza Iancu

Left tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy: A combined approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 454-455. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Bernhard Gohrbandt, Gregor Warnecke, Stefan Fischer, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber

A novel technique for semiselective in situ bronchial artery perfusion in human lung retrieval
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 456-457. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Heyman Luckraz, Saif Kitchlu, and Aprim Youhana

Aortoesophageal fistula as a late complication of aortic transection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 458-459. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, Babou Soilihi Karimdjee, Fabrice Tiger, and Jérôme Mouroux

Traumatic rupture of retrosternal goiter: A rare case of acute superior mediastinal syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 460-461. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hisato Takagi, Hideaki Manabe, Seishiro Sekino, Takayoshi Kato, Yukihiro Matsuno, and Takuya Umemoto

Coexistent aortic dissection and hepatocellular carcinoma with elevated plasma transforming growth factor ß level: Possible roles of fibrillin 1 and transforming growth factor ß
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 462-463. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mark A. Scheurer, Scott M. Bradley, and Andrew M. Atz

Vasopressin to attenuate pulmonary hypertension and improve systemic blood pressure after correction of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous return
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 464-466. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Takahiro Oto, Marc Rabinov, Franklin Rosenfeldt, and Donald S. Esmore

Extended pericardiotomy avoids cardiopulmonary bypass during bilateral sequential lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 466-467. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sanjay Theodore, Praveen Kerala Varma, Praveen Kumar Neema, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan

Late aneurysm formation with destruction of the left lung after subclavian flap angioplasty for coarctation of aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 468-469. [Extract] [Full Text]  

David Varghese, Malay Deshpande, Tao Xu, Priya Kesari, Sunil Ohri, and Thomas Boland

Advances in tissue engineering: Cell printing
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 470-472. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Maisano, Zvi Ziskind, Antonio Grimaldi, Andrea Blasio, Alessandro Caldarola, Michele De Bonis, Giovanni La Canna, and Ottavio Alfieri

Selective reduction of the septolateral dimensions in functional mitral regurgitation by modified-shape ring annuloplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 472-474. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Shahzad G. Raja

Reasons for inability of clopidogrel to inhibit platelet aggregation early after coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 475. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eric Lim

Reply to the Editor:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 475-476. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Harinder Singh Bedi

Clinical efficacy of retrograde coronary sinus perfusion in off-pump surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 476-477. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eric Lim and Stephen Large

What is the true (unbiased) percentage freedom from atrial fibrillation at 6 months after the modified Cox maze procedure using bipolar radiofrequency energy?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 477. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of Interest:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 478-479. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcements:

Announcements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 480-482. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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