Editorials:

Theodore E. Warkentin
	Anticoagulation for cardiopulmonary bypass: Is a replacement for heparin on the horizon? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 515-516. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Martin McKneally
	Put my name on that paper: Reflections on the ethics of authorship J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 517-519. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Harold L. Lazar
	Should all patients receive statins before cardiac surgery: Are more data necessary? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 520-522. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
David H. Adams and Anelechi Anyanwu
	Pitfalls and limitations in measuring and interpreting the outcomes of mitral valve repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 523-529. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STS/AATS Position Statement:

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli, Ralph De La Torre, John S. Ikonomidis, Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Robert Scott Mitchell, Richard J. Shemin, David Spielvogel, Lars G. Svensson, and Grayson H. Wheatley
	Guidelines for Credentialing of Practitioners to Perform Endovascular Stent-Grafting of the Thoracic Aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 530-532. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Cornelius M. Dyke, Nicholas G. Smedira, Andreas Koster, Solomon Aronson, Harry L. McCarthy, II, Ronald Kirshner, A. Michael Lincoff, and Bruce D. Spiess
	A comparison of bivalirudin to heparin with protamine reversal in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: The EVOLUTION-ON study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 533-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Robert Moraca, Eugene Lin, James H. Holmes, IV, David Fordyce, William Campbell, Mary Ditkoff, Mark Hill, Steven Guyton, Daniel Paull, and R. Alan Hall
	Impaired baseline regional cerebral perfusion in patients referred for coronary artery bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 540-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J. Scott Rankin, Bradley G. Hammill, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Donald D. Glower, Sean M. O'Brien, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Eric D. Peterson, and Fred H. Edwards
	Determinants of operative mortality in valvular heart surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 547-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicholas G. Smedira, Eugene H. Blackstone, Eric E. Roselli, Colleen C. Laffey, and Delos M. Cosgrove
	Are allografts the biologic valve of choice for aortic valve replacement in nonelderly patients? Comparison of explantation for structural valve deterioration of allograft and pericardial prostheses J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 558-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
K. Serri, D. Bouchard, P. Demers, M. Coutu, M. Pellerin, M. Carrier, L.P. Perrault, R. Cartier, P. Pagé, M. Cossette, and A.J. Basmadjian
	Is a good perioperative echocardiographic result predictive of durability in ischemic mitral valve repair? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 565-573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeyoshi Ota, Kenji Okada, Shuichiro Takanashi, Shin Yamamoto, and Yutaka Okita
	Surgical treatment for Kommerell's diverticulum J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 574-578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Julius M. Guccione, Joseph C. Walker, Jeremy R. Beitler, Scott M. Moonly, Peng Zhang, Michael A. Guttman, Cengizhan Ozturk, Elliot R. McVeigh, Arthur W. Wallace, David A. Saloner, and Mark B. Ratcliffe
	The effect of anteroapical aneurysm plication on end-systolic three-dimensional strain in the sheep: A magnetic resonance imaging tagging study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 579-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Akira Marui, Keiichi Hirose, Takayuki Maruyama, Yoshio Arai, Yuhong Huang, Kazuhiko Doi, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda
	Prostaglandin E2 EP4 receptor–selective agonist facilitates sternal healing after harvesting bilateral internal thoracic arteries in diabetic rats J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 587-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Judy Cook, Christopher Salerno, Bia Krishnadasan, Stephen Nicholls, Mark Meissner, and Riyad Karmy-Jones
	The effect of changing presentation and management on the outcome of blunt rupture of the thoracic aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 594-600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
E.W. Matthias Kirsch, N. Costin Radu, Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Marie-Line Hillion, and Daniel Loisance
	Aortic root replacement after previous surgical intervention on the aortic valve, aortic root, or ascending aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 601-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lars G. Svensson, Mubashir A. Mumtaz, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jingyuan Feng, Michael K. Banbury, Joseph F. Sabik, III, B. Gosta Pettersson, Steven M. Gordon, and Bruce W. Lytle
	Does use of a right internal thoracic artery increase deep wound infection and risk after previous use of a left internal thoracic artery? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 609-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Sarah Tabbutt, Richard F. Ittenbach, Susan C. Nicolson, Nancy Burnham, Shannon Hittle, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor
	Intracardiac temperature monitoring in infants after cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 614-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Sachin Talwar, Balram Airan, Raghunath Mohapatra, Rajnish Juneja, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Anita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
	A new technique of percutaneously adjustable pulmonary artery banding J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 621-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael M.H. Cheung, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Michael Vogel, Glen Van Arsdell, and Andrew N. Redington
	Disruption of the ventricular myocardial force-frequency relationship after cardiac surgery in children: Noninvasive assessment by means of tissue Doppler imaging J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 625-631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chie-Youn Shih, Anil Sapru, Peter Oishi, Anthony Azakie, Tom R. Karl, Cynthia Harmon, Ritu Asija, Ian Adatia, and Jeffrey R. Fineman
	Alterations in plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels after repair of congenital heart defects: A potential perioperative marker J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 632-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Phalla Ou, Elie Mousseaux, Arshid Azarine, Peggy Dupont, Gabriella Agnoletti, Pascal Vouhé, Daniel Sidi, and Damien Bonnet
	Detection of coronary complications after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: First experience with multislice computed tomography in children J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 639-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Takashi Yamauchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Masahiro Sakurai, Takano Hiroshi, Goro Matsumiya, Koji Abe, and Hikaru Matsuda
	ONO-5046 attenuation of delayed motor neuron death and effect on the induction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, phosphorylated extracellular signal–regulated kinase, and caspase3 after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 644-650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Matthias Kirsch, Christophe Guignambert, Patricia Zadigue, Serge Adnot, Daniel Loisance, and Saadia Eddahibi
	Vascular-wall remodeling of 3 human bypass vessels: Organ culture and smooth muscle cell properties J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 651-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Valerie Y. Chock, Gabriel Amir, Corrine R. Davis, Chandra Ramamoorthy, R. Kirk Riemer, Dustin Ray, Rona G. Giffard, and V. Mohan Reddy
	Antegrade cerebral perfusion reduces apoptotic neuronal injury in a neonatal piglet model of cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 659-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
George Berberian, T. Alexander Quinn, Santos E. Cabreriza, Cara A. Garofalo, Dulce M. Barrios, Alan D. Weinberg, and Henry M. Spotnitz
	Load dependence of cardiac output in biventricular pacing: Left ventricular volume overload in pigs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 666-670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rumin He, Dong-Chuan Guo, Anthony L. Estrera, Hazim J. Safi, Tam T. Huynh, Zhengnan Yin, Shi-Nian Cao, Jing Lin, Thomas Kurian, L. Maximillian Buja, Yong-Jian Geng, and Dianna M. Milewicz
	Characterization of the inflammatory and apoptotic cells in the aortas of patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 671-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Leslie L. Clark, John S. Ikonomidis, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, Arthur Crumbley, III, John M. Kratz, Martha R. Stroud, Robert F. Woolson, James J. Bruce, Joyce S. Nicholas, Daniel T. Lackland, Michael R. Zile, and Francis G. Spinale
	Preoperative statin treatment is associated with reduced postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: An 8-year retrospective cohort study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 679-685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Nicholas G. Smedira, Cornelius M. Dyke, Andreas Koster, Michael Jurmann, Devinder S. Bhatia, Tingfei Hu, Harry L. McCarthy, II, A. Michael Lincoff, Bruce D. Spiess, and Solomon Aronson
	Anticoagulation with bivalirudin for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: The results of the EVOLUTION-OFF study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 686-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Altan Kir, Ilhan Inci, Tulay Torun, Ali Atasalihi, and Kemal Tahaoglu
	Adjuvant resectional surgery improves cure rates in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 693-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
D. Lardinois, F.J. Jung, I. Opitz, K. Rentsch, C. Latkoczy, V. Vuong, Z. Varga, V. Rousson, D. Günther, S. Bodis, R. Stahel, and W. Weder
	Intrapleural topical application of cisplatin with the surgical carrier Vivostat increases the local drug concentration in an immune-competent rat model with malignant pleuromesothelioma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 697-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takanori Miyoshi, Kazuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Koichiro Kenzaki, Haruhiko Fujino, Shoji Sakiyama, and Akira Tangoku
	Fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary nodules after computed tomography–guided bronchoscopic metallic coil marking J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 704-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
David P. Mason, Mohammad A. Quader, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Sudish C. Murthy, Angela K. Quader, and Thomas W. Rice
	Thromboembolism after pneumonectomy for malignancy: An independent marker of poor outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 711-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Stefan Fischer, Andre R. Simon, Tobias Welte, Marius M. Hoeper, Anna Meyer, Rene Tessmann, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Jens Gottlieb, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber
	Bridge to lung transplantation with the novel pumpless interventional lung assist device NovaLung J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 719-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bernhard Gohrbandt, Stefan Fischer, Gregor Warnecke, Murat Avsar, Sebastian P. Sommer, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber
	Glycine intravenous donor preconditioning is superior to glycine supplementation to low-potassium dextran flush preservation and improves graft function in a large animal lung transplantation model after 24 hours of cold ischemia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 724-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communication:

Walter B. Eichinger, Ina Wagner, Sabine Bleiziffer, Friederike von Canal, and Ruediger Lange
	Occasional single-beat regurgitation observed with the new Medtronic ADVANTAGE bileaflet heart valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 730-731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chih-Hsien Wang, Hsi-Yu Yu, Nai-Shin Chi, Yih-Sharng Chen, Kun-Kuang Lee, Ya-Jung Cheng, Lung-Chun Lin, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, and Shoei-Shen Wang
	Complete excision of primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left atrial free wall and mitral annulus by modified autotransplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 731-733. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Olli-Pekka Kangasniemi, Johannes Luukkonen, Fausto Biancari, Enrico Leo, Sailaritta Vuorisalo, Risto Pokela, and Tatu Juvonen
	Risk-scoring methods for prediction of postoperative stroke after coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 734-735. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Vijay S. Patel, James D. St Louis, Olusola Oduntan, and Kevin P. Landolfo
	Intrathoracic peripheral nerve sheath tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 736-737. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael J. Davidson and Lawrence H. Cohn
	Surgical treatment of caseous mitral valve annulus calcification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 738-739. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rudolf Mair, Eva Sames-Dolzer, David Vondrys, Evelyn Lechner, and Gerald Tulzer
	En bloc rotation of the truncus arteriosus—an option for anatomic repair of transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 740-741. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Wan Ki Baek, Jungsoo Cho, Joung Taek Kim, Yong Han Yoon, Kwang Ho Kim, Hyun Kyoung Lim, Lucia Kim, and Hong-Lyoel Lee
	Systemic arterial supply to normal basal segments of the left lower lobe along with the pulmonary artery: Is lung resection warranted? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 742-743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arul Bala, Pankaj Saxena, and Igor E. Konstantinov
	Transthoracic drainage of large Streptococcus milleri liver abscess J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 744-745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alessandro Baisi, Mario Nosotti, Ugo Cioffi, Matilde De Simone, Lorenzo Rosso, Alessandro Palleschi, Barbara Chella, and Luigi Santambrogio
	Pulmonary artery thrombosis caused by hyperinflation of the native lung six years after single lung transplantation for emphysema J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 746-747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Justin L. Ranes, Marie M. Budev, Sudish Murthy, and Atul C. Mehta
	Management of tracheomediastinal fistulas using self-expanding metallic stents J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 748-749. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eugenio Pompeo, Federico Tacconi, Mario Marino, Antonio Gatti, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo
	Ultrasonography-assisted videomediastinoscopy in superior vena cava obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 750-751. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Newton Roech Aerts, Nilon Erling, Jr, and Paulo Roberto Ott Fontes
	Thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation for chylothorax after traumatic subclavian artery injury J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 752-753. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Motoyasu Sagawa, Makoto Sugita, Sumiko Maeda, and Tsutomu Sakuma
	Two-staged treatment of bronchial carcinoid without pulmonary parenchymal resection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 753-754. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masayoshi Inoue, Masato Minami, Hiroyuki Shiono, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Shinichi Takeda, Mitsunori Ohta, Masashi Goto, Hiroshi Takano, Yoshiki Sawa, and Meinoshin Okumura
	Efficient clinical application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support for perioperative management of a huge anterior mediastinal tumor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 755-756. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sonia S. Shah, Demet Karnak, David Mason, Sudish Murthy, Gosta Pettersson, Marie Budev, and Atul C. Mehta
	Pulmonary transplantation in Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: A case report J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 757-758. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Gino Gerosa
	Inappropriate surgical technique or prosthesis malfunctioning? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 759-760. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eivind Øvrum and Geir Tangen
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 760. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert W. Emery
	St Jude Medical Regent valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 760-761. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eivind Øvrum and Geir Tangen
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 761. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr
	Mechanical aortic valve malfunction: An intraoperative BioGlue complication J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 761-762. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
M. Nagarajan
	Right axillary incision: Is it really superior to anterolateral thoracotomy? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 762. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
René Prêtre
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 762-763. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Event of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 764-765. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Volunteer Leadership and Senior Staff Disclosure Statement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 766. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2006 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 767. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 767-768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship 2007-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Western Thoracic Surgical Association J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 769. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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