Editorials:

Andrew S. Wechsler
	Coming next month: CME online J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1235. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank L. Hanley
	Religion, politics...deep hypothermic circulatory arrest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1236. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Tirone E. David, Joan Ivanov, Susan Armstrong, Debbie Christie, and Harry Rakowski
	A comparison of outcomes of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease with posterior, anterior, and bileaflet prolapse J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1242-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
James O. O'Neill, Randall C. Starling, Yaariv Khaykin, Patrick M. McCarthy, James B. Young, Melanie Hail, Nancy M. Albert, Nicholas Smedira, and Mina K. Chung
	Residual high incidence of ventricular arrhythmias after left ventricular reconstructive surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1250-1256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Veena Guru, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Stephen E. Fremes, Gerald T. O'Connor, Frederick L. Grover, Jack V. Tu Canadian CABG Surgery Quality Indicator Consensus Panel
	The identification and development of Canadian coronary artery bypass graft surgery quality indicators J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alberto Repossini, Igor Kotelnikov, Riad Bouchikhi, Tiziano Torre, Bruno Passaretti, Oberdan Parodi, and Vincenzo Arena
	Single–suture line placement of a pericardial stentless valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1265-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
C. Rajakaruna, C.A. Rogers, G.D. Angelini, and R. Ascione
	Risk factors for and economic implications of prolonged ventilation after cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1270-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

J. William Gaynor, Susan C. Nicolson, Gail P. Jarvik, Gil Wernovsky, Lisa M. Montenegro, Nancy B. Burnham, Diane M. Hartman, Andy Louie, Thomas L. Spray, and Robert R. Clancy
	Increasing duration of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest is associated with an increased incidence of postoperative electroencephalographic seizures J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1278-1286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Trushar Gajjar, Choudary Voleti, Rekha Matta, Ramnath Iyer, Prabhat Kumar Dash, and Neelam Desai
	Aorta–right atrial tunnel: Clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and surgical options J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1287-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Margaret L. Skinner, Lucinda A. Halstead, Catherine S. Rubinstein, Andrew M. Atz, Diane Andrews, and Scott M. Bradley
	Laryngopharyngeal dysfunction after the Norwood procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1293-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Michelle L. Mercando, Joy Kay, and Yoshifumi Naka
	Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic congestive heart failure who undergo left ventricular assist device implantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1302-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shafie Fazel, Liwen Chen, Richard D. Weisel, Denis Angoulvant, Charit Seneviratne, Amir Fazel, Phillip Cheung, Jason Lam, Paul W.M. Fedak, Terrence M. Yau, and Ren-Ke Li
	Cell transplantation preserves cardiac function after infarction by infarct stabilization: Augmentation by stem cell factor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John Butterworth, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Claudine Legault, Daniel J. Zaccaro, Neal D. Kon, John W. Hammon, Jr, Anne T. Rogers, B. Todd Troost, David A. Stump, Curt D. Furberg, and Laura H. Coker
	Attempted control of hyperglycemia during cardiopulmonary bypass fails to improve neurologic or neurobehavioral outcomes in patients without diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Igor E. Konstantinov, Sara Arab, Jia Li, John G. Coles, Cathy Boscarino, Alessandro Mori, Eva Cukerman, Fayez Dawood, Michael M.H. Cheung, Mikiko Shimizu, Peter P. Liu, and Andrew N. Redington
	The remote ischemic preconditioning stimulus modifies gene expression in mouse myocardium J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1326-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Imran A. Memon, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Satoshi Taketani, Satoru K. Sakakida, Haruhiko Kondoh, Alexey N. Aleshin, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, and Hikaru Matsuda
	Repair of impaired myocardium by means of implantation of engineered autologous myoblast sheets J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1333-1341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank Langer, Michael Bauer, Dietmar Tscholl, Rene Schramm, Takashi Kunihara, Henning Lausberg, Thomas Georg, Heinrike Wilkens, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
	Circulating big endothelin-1: An active role in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1342-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Yoshihiro Suematsu, Joseph F. Martinez, Benjamin K. Wolf, Gerald R. Marx, Jeffrey A. Stoll, Pierre E. DuPont, Robert D. Howe, John K. Triedman, and Pedro J. del Nido
	Three-dimensional echo-guided beating heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: Atrial septal defect closure in a swine model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1348-1357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Osamu Ishii, Michael Shin, Taijiro Sueda, and Joseph P. Vacanti
	In vitro tissue engineering of a cardiac graft using a degradable scaffold with an extracellular matrix–like topography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1358-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Charles R. Bridges, Kapil Gopal, David E. Holt, Charles Yarnall, Steven Cole, Rochelle B. Anderson, Xiaoqing Yin, Anthony Nelson, Benjamin W. Kozyak, Zhonglin Wang, James Lesniewski, Leonard T. Su, Danielle M. Thesier, Hari Sundar, and Hansell H. Stedman
	Efficient myocyte gene delivery with complete cardiac surgical isolation in situ J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Ching Tzao, Han-Sui Hsu, Guang-Huan Sun, Hsiou-Lei Lai, Yi-Ching Wang, Ho-Jui Tung, Cheng-Ping Yu, Yeung-Leung Cheng, and Shih-Chun Lee
	Promoter methylation of the hMLH1 gene and protein expression of human mutL homolog 1 and human mutS homolog 2 in resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Young Tae Kim, Sun Jung Park, Seung Hee Lee, Hee Jung Kang, Seokyung Hahn, Chang Hyun Kang, Sook Whan Sung, and Joo Hyun Kim
	Prognostic implication of aberrant promoter hypermethylation of CpG islands in adenocarcinoma of the lung J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Khaled M. Al-Kattan, Mohamed A. Essa, Waseem M. Hajjar, Mahmoud H. Ashour, Waleed N. Saleh, and Mohamad A. Rafay
	Surgical results for bronchiectasis based on hemodynamic (functional and morphologic) classification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1385-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Anthony J. Ascioti, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Michael J. Miller, David C. Rice, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Jack A. Roth, J.B. Putnam, W. Roy Smythe, Barry W. Feig, Paul F. Mansfield, Peter W.T. Pisters, Marla T. Torres, and Garrett L. Walsh
	Long-segment, supercharged, pedicled jejunal flap for total esophageal reconstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1391-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Raphaelle Pilloud, Yves Jaquet, and Philippe Monnier
	Extensive circumferential endoscopic mucosal resection with a new rigid esophagoscope: An animal study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Leah M. Backhus, Nicos A. Petasis, Jasim Uddin, Axel H. Schönthal, Robert D. Bart, Yuanguang Lin, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Ross M. Bremner
	Dimethyl celecoxib as a novel non–cyclooxygenase 2 therapy in the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Daniel R. Wong, Dean M. Donahue, Henning A. Gaissert, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen
	Predictors of recurrence in thymic tumors: Importance of invasion, World Health Organization histology, and size J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1413-1421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chadrick E. Denlinger, Brian K. Rundall, and David R. Jones
	Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and histone deacetylase activity induces apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1422-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Paul W.M. Fedak, Paul E. Szmitko, Richard D. Weisel, Svetlana M. Altamentova, Nafiseh Nili, Nobuhisa Ohno, Subodh Verma, Shafie Fazel, Bradley H. Strauss, and Ren-Ke Li
	Cell transplantation preserves matrix homeostasis: A novel paracrine mechanism J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1430-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter I. Ellman, Jeffrey S. Alvis, Carlos Tache-Leon, Ramesh Singh, T. Brett Reece, John A. Kern, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
	Hyperoxic ventilation exacerbates lung reperfusion injury J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takahiro Oto, Marc Rabinov, Anne P. Griffiths, Helen Whitford, Bronwyn J. Levvey, Donald S. Esmore, Trevor J. Williams, and Gregory I. Snell
	Unexpected donor pulmonary embolism affects early outcomes after lung transplantation: A major mechanism of primary graft failure? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Notices of Correction:

	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1445. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1445. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communication:

Nicholas C. Dang, Veli K. Topkara, Brian T. Kim, Brian J. Lee, Romolo Remoli, and Yoshifumi Naka
	Nutritional status in patients on left ventricular assist device support J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: e3-e4. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kuan-Ming Chiu, Tzu-Yu Lin, Jer-Shen Chen, Shao-Jung Li, and Shu-Hsun Chu
	Tricuspid valve replacement with a cryopreserved pulmonary homograft J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: e5-e6. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rachid Zegdi, Alain Carpentier, Fabien Doguet, Alain Berrebi, Ziad Khabbaz, Sylvain Chauvaud, Alain Deloche, and Jean-Noël Fabiani
	Systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: An exceptional cause of late failure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1453-1454. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kalpaj Parekh, Harold M. Burkhart, Ammar Hatab, Alan Ross, and Barbara A. Muller
	Heparin allergy: Successful desensitization for cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1455-1456. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cliff K. Choong, Daniel M. Goodenberger, Daniel Picus, and Bryan F. Meyers
	Surgical treatment of recurrent transient ischemic attacks and hemoptysis in a young man with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1456-1458. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasuko Yamaura, Nozomi Watanabe, Yasuo Ogasawara, Nozomi Wada, Takahiro Kawamoto, Eiji Toyota, Takashi Akasaka, Kazuo Tanemoto, and Kiyoshi Yoshida
	Geometric change of mitral valve leaflets and annulus after reconstructive surgery for ischemic mitral regurgitation: Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiographic study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1459-1461. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cristina Basso, Tomaso Bottio, Maurizio Rubino, Amelia Ruffatti, Demetrio Pittarello, Gaetano Thiene, and Gino Gerosa
	Antiphospholipid syndrome and right atrial mass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1462-1463. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Yasuhisa Ozu, Kazuto Yokoyama, and Masaki Kajimoto
	A Fontan completion through stage I bilateral pulmonary artery banding for hypoplastic left heart syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1464-1465. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Vladimiro L. Vida, Ricardo Mack, Joaquin Barnoya, Luis A. Larrazabal, Randal Lou, and Aldo R. Castañeda
	The association of renal tubular acidosis and cyanotic congenital heart disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1466-1467. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atilla Eroglu, Cemal Gundogdu, Atila Turkyilmaz, and Nurettin Karaoglanoglu
	Intraosseous lipoma of the rib J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1468-1469. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andria S. Chambers, Terri Jordan, Tim McGranahan, and Jon Kiev
	A new management approach for esophageal perforation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1470-1471. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atilla Eroglu, Duran Yildiz, and Habil Tunc
	Dextrocardia is a component of left-sided Poland syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1471-1472. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John R. Mehall, James L. Leach, and Walter H. Merrill
	Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome after nontransplant cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1473-1474. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Timo Kaakinen, Anita Naukkarinen, Hannu Tuominen, Pekka Romsi, Matti Nuutinen, Fausto Biancari, and Tatu Juvonen
	Neuronal ultrastructure is preserved by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate after hypothermic circulatory arrest in pigs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1475-1476. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yongde Zhang, Luke Janssen, and F. Victor Chu
	Atherosclerosis of radial arterial graft may increase the potential of vessel spasm in coronary bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1477-1478. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masayoshi Inoue, Hiroyuki Shiono, Masahito Monami, and Meinoshin Okumura
	Malignant margin in wedge resection for peripheral lung cancer and adjuvant radiotherapy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1479-1480. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hani Shennib
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1480. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mathias H. Aazami, Mehrdad Salehi, and Roya Satarzadeh
	Whatever the approach, cutting strut chordae would not smell as sweet J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1480-1481. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
G. Fayad, T. Modine, and H. Warembourg
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1481-1482. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Francesca di Marco, Giorgio Meneghetti, and Gino Gerosa
	Early anticoagulation after aortic valve replacement with bioprostheses: Time to abandon it? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1482-1483. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shahzad G. Raja
	Atrial septal defect in infancy: To close or not to close? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1483. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Astrid Lammers and John Hess
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1483. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Attila Nemes, Tamás Forster, and Miklós Csanády
	The evaluation of aortic atherosclerosis and distensibility in aortic valve stenosis—The role of transesophageal echocardiography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1483-1484. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mehmet Ates, Ozden Altundag, Serdal Aktolga, and Kadri Altundag
	Association between cyclooxygenase and epidermal growth factor receptor pathways in non–small cell lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1484-1485. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric Sievers and R.M. Bremner
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1485. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1486-1487. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The American Association for Thoracic SurgeryAnnouncement: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery:

	J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1488-1489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Western Thoracic Surgical AssociationAnnouncement: The Western Thoracic Surgical Association:

	J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1489-1490. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 130: 1490. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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