Presidential Address:

Vaughn A. Starnes

Presidential address: An evolving discipline
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 483-487. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Anthony P. Furnary

Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting: The good, the bad, and the ugly
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 488-490. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Marshall L. Jacobs

The Fontan operation, thromboembolism, and anticoagulation: A reappraisal of the single bullet theory
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 491-495. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Kwok L. Yun, YingXing Wu, Vicken Aharonian, Prakash Mansukhani, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Colleen F. Sintek, Gary S. Kochamba, Gary Grunkemeier, and Siavosh Khonsari

Randomized trial of endoscopic versus open vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: Six-month patency rates
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 496-503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiharu Enomoto, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Sina L. Moainie, T. Sloane Guy, Benjamin M. Jackson, Landi M. Parish, Theodore Plappert, Ahmad Zeeshan, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, and Robert C. Gorman

Surgical treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation might not influence ventricular remodeling
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 504-511. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cristiano Amarelli, Alessandro Della Corte, Gianpaolo Romano, Gennaro Iasevoli, Giovanni Dialetto, Luca S. De Santo, Marisa De Feo, Michele Torella, Michelangelo Scardone, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement with 17-mm St Jude Medical mechanical prostheses in isolated aortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 512-517. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Louis Trouillet, Albert Vuagnat, Alain Combes, Valeria Bors, Jean Chastre, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Claude Gibert

Acute poststernotomy mediastinitis managed with debridement and closed-drainage aspiration: Factors associated with death in the intensive care unit
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 518-524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sten Lyager Nielsen, Søren B. Hansen, Katrine O. Nielsen, Hans Nygaard, Peter K. Paulsen, and J. Michael Hasenkam

Imbalanced chordal force distribution causes acute ischemic mitral regurgitation: Mechanistic insights from chordae tendineae force measurements in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 525-531. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Nicola Luciani, Giuseppe Nasso, Andrea Salica, Carlo Canosa, and Gianfederico Possati

Is postoperative calcium channel blocker therapy needed in patients with radial artery grafts?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 532-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, Stefano de Notaris, Raffaele Scaffa, Saverio Nardella, Jacob Zeitani, Costantino Del Giudice, Alfonso Penta De Peppo, Fabrizio Tomai, and Luigi Chiariello

The effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting on superficial and deep sternal infection: The role of skeletonization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 536-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Vitaly V. Piluiko, Jeffrey A. Poynter, Hassan Nemeh, Ronald L. Thomas, Thomas J. Forbes, Ralph E. Delius, and Henry L. Walters, III

Efficacy of intraluminal pulmonary artery banding
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 544-550. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James S. Tweddell, Andrew N. Pelech, Peter C. Frommelt, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, George M. Hoffman, Kathleen A. Mussatto, and S. Bert Litwin

Complex aortic valve repair as a durable and effective alternative to valve replacement in children with aortic valve disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 551-558. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jonathan M. Chen, Julie S. Glickstein, Ryan R. Davies, Michelle L. Mercando, William E. Hellenbrand, Ralph S. Mosca, and Jan M. Quaegebeur

The effect of repair technique on postoperative right-sided obstruction in patients with truncus arteriosus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 559-568. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Renate Kaulitz, Gerhard Ziemer, Ralf Rauch, Monika Girisch, Harald Bertram, Armin Wessel, and Michael Hofbeck

Prophylaxis of thromboembolic complications after the Fontan operation (total cavopulmonary anastomosis)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 569-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Yuji Kadoi, Shigeru Saito, Nao Fujita, and Fumio Goto

Risk factors for cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 576-583. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Marlina Multani, John S. Ikonomidis, Peter Y. Kim, Elizabeth A. Miller, Kim J. Payne, Rupak Mukherjee, B. Hugh Dorman, and Francis G. Spinale

Dynamic and differential changes in myocardial and plasma endothelin in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 584-590. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrik Boivie, Cecilia Edström, and Karl Gunnar Engström

Side differences in cerebrovascular accidents after cardiac surgery: A statistical analysis of neurologic symptoms and possible implications for anatomic mechanisms of aortic particle embolization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 591-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joel S. Corvera, Hajime Kin, Geoffrey P. Dobson, Faraz Kerendi, Michael E. Halkos, Sara Katzmark, Christopher S. Payne, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Polarized arrest with warm or cold adenosine/lidocaine blood cardioplegia is equivalent to hypothermic potassium blood cardioplegia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 599-606. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norbert I. Stauder, Michael Fenchel, Heidrun Stauder, Axel Küttner, Albertus M. Scheule, Ulrich Kramer, Claus D. Claussen, and Stephan Miller

Assessment of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting of the left internal thoracic artery by means of magnetic resonance imaging
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 607-614. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolving Technology:

N. Hanna, D. Saltzman, D. Mukai, Z. Chen, S. Sasse, J. Milliken, S. Guo, W. Jung, H. Colt, and M. Brenner

Two-dimensional and 3-dimensional optical coherence tomographic imaging of the airway, lung, and pleura
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 615-622. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General Thoracic Surgery:

Sina Ercan, Thomas W. Rice, Sudish C. Murthy, Lisa A. Rybicki, and Eugene H. Blackstone

Does esophagogastric anastomotic technique influence the outcome of patients with esophageal cancer?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 623-631. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cliff K. Choong, Fabio J. Haddad, Elaine Y. Gee, and Joel D. Cooper

Feasibility and safety of airway bypass stent placement and influence of topical mitomycin C on stent patency
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 632-638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiran C. Fernando, Alberto De Hoyos, Rodney J. Landreneau, Sebastian Gilbert, William E. Gooding, Percival O. Buenaventura, Neil A. Christie, Chandra Belani, and James D. Luketich

Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer in marginal surgical candidates
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 639-644. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mirko Doss, Jeffrey P. Wood, Joern Balzer, Sven Martens, Heinz Deschka, and Anton Moritz

Emergency endovascular interventions for acute thoracic aortic rupture: Four-year follow-up
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 645-651. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Korst, Heather T. Gold, Michael S. Kent, Jeffrey L. Port, Paul C. Lee, and Nasser K. Altorki

Surveillance computed tomography after complete resection for non–small cell lung cancer: Results and costs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 652-660. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Cliff K. Choong, Stuart C. Sweet, Tracey J. Guthrie, Eric N. Mendeloff, Fabio J. Haddad, Pam Schuler, Maite De La Morena, and Charles B. Huddleston

Repair of congenital heart lesions combined with lung transplantation for the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension: A 13-year experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 661-669. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Historical Perspectives:

Philip E. Bernatz

Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Stuart Harrington, MD (1889-1975)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 670-671. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communications:

Hassan Kattach, XuYu Jin, Shafi Mussa, and Ravi Pillai

Regurgitation through a stentless prosthesis treated with aortic root banding
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 672-673. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eric J. Okum, Daniel Henry, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, and Abe DeAnda

Cardiac pheochromocytoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 674-675. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alan P. Kypson, David W. Frazier, and Jon F. Moran

Internal thoracic artery injury after transvenous pacemaker implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 675-676. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jennifer K. White, Arvind K. Agnihotri, Christian Latrémouille, Emmanuel Messas, Alain Carpentier, and David F. Torchiana

A method of using the pulmonary trunk to form a trileaflet valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 677-679. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A. Marc Gillinov, Gosta Pettersson, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III

Stapled excision of the left atrial appendage
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 679-680. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pascal Sève, Olivier Dubreuil, Fadi Farhat, Henry Plauchu, Paul Touboul, and Christiane Broussolle

Acute mitral regurgitation caused by papillary muscle rupture in the immediate postpartum period revealing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 680-681. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Gabriele Iannelli, Luigi Di Tommaso, Mario Monaco, and Federico Piscione

Endovascular treatment of right-sided subclavian artery aneurysm in a congenitally malformed aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 682-684. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Koichi Sughimoto, Hiromi Kurosawa, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Masayoshi Nagatsu, Shigehiro Morishima, and Takahiko Sakamoto

A successful total cavopulmonary connection conversion 13 years after an anatomic repair for tricuspid atresia IIc with severe pulmonary resistance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 684-685. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Riccardo Marano, Maria Luigia Storto, Nicola Maddestra, and Lorenzo Bonomo

Could multidetector computed tomography play a role in the management of patients readmitted with recurrent chest pain after surgical coronary revascularization?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 686-687. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Berkant Ozpolat, Murat Ozeren, Tolga Soyal, and Ertan Yucel

Unusually located intrathoracic extrapulmonary mediastinal hydatid cyst manifesting as Pancoast syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 688-689. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, and Jerome Mouroux

Video-assisted mediastinoscopy: A useful technique for paratracheal mesothelial cysts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 690-691. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hisashi Oishi, Akira Miyamoto, Akira Sakuraada, Yasushi Hoshikawa, Hirokazu Aikawa, Satoshi Suzuki, Masami Sato, and Takashi Kondo

Successful closure of an empyema space associated with persistent bronchopleural fistula: Muscle transposition combined with endobronchial plug
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 692-693. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Giulia Veronesi, Giulio Pompilio, Roberto Gasparri, Fabio Presicci, Domenico Galetta, Paolo Biglioli, and Lorenzo Spaggiari

Extended right pneumonectomy with partial left atrial resection for primary leiomyosarcoma of the mediastinum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 694-695. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Todd K. Rosengart, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Gerald Patejunas, and Mauricio Retuarto

Vascular endothelial growth factor before cells
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 696. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of Interest:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 697-698. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcements:

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting April 9–13, 2005 Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 699-718. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Graham Traveling Fellowship, 2006–2007
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 719-720. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery John W. Kirklin Research Scholarship, 2006–2008
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 721-722. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Volunteer Leadership and Senior Staff Disclosure Statement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 723. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 129: 724-726. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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