Editorials:

Andrew S. Wechsler
	Conflict of interest: What's a journal to do? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 771-772. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tirone E. David
	Should cardiac surgery be performed in low-volume hospitals? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 773-774. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicholas G. Smedira
	Allocating hearts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 775-776. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nikola Dobrilovic and John A. Elefteriades
	Stenting the descending aorta during repair of type A dissection: Technology looking for an application? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 777-778. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Notices of Correction:

	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 772. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 772. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 772. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Takaaki Suzuki, Richard G. Ohye, Eric J. Devaney, Toru Ishizaka, Paul N. Nathan, Caren S. Goldberg, Carlen A. Gomez, and Edward L. Bove
	Selective management of the left ventricular outflow tract for repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect: Management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 779-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Diane A. de Zélicourt, Kerem Pekkan, James Parks, Kirk Kanter, Mark Fogel, and Ajit P. Yoganathan
	Flow study of an extracardiac connection with persistent left superior vena cava J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 785-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jonathan R. Kaltman, Gail P. Jarvik, Judy Bernbaum, Gil Wernovsky, Marsha Gerdes, Elaine Zackai, Robert R. Clancy, Susan C. Nicolson, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor
	Neurodevelopmental outcome after early repair of a ventricular septal defect with or without aortic arch obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 792-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Juan J. Gavira, Jesús Herreros, Ana Perez, María José Garcia-Velloso, Joaquín Barba, Francisco Martin-Herrero, Consuelo Cañizo, Ana Martin-Arnau, Josep M. Martí-Climent, Milagros Hernández, Natalia López-Holgado, José María González-Santos, Cándido Martín-Luengo, Eduardo Alegria, and Felipe Prósper
	Autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation in patients with nonacute myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 799-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bettina Jungwirth, G. Burkhard Mackensen, Manfred Blobner, Frauke Neff, Bruno Reichart, Eberhard F. Kochs, and Georg Nollert
	Neurologic outcome after cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in rats: Description of a new model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 805-812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Piet Borgdorff and Geert Jan Tangelder
	Pump-induced platelet aggregation with subsequent hypotension: Its mechanism and prevention with clopidogrel J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 813-821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Bryan F. Meyers, Fabio Haddad, Barry A. Siegel, Jennifer Bell Zoole, Richard J. Battafarano, Nirmal Veeramachaneni, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
	Cost-effectiveness of routine mediastinoscopy in computed tomography– and positron emission tomography–screened patients with stage I lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 822-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Peter A. Walts, Sudish C. Murthy, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Jean-Pierre Yared, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Thomas W. Rice, Bruce W. Lytle, and Eugene H. Blackstone
	Tracheostomy after cardiovascular surgery: An assessment of long-term outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 830-837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tomoyuki Hishida, Kanji Nagai, Junji Yoshida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Gen-ichiro Ishii, Motoki Iwasaki, and Yutaka Nishiwaki
	Is surgical resection indicated for a solitary non–small cell lung cancer recurrence? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 838-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Francis Juthier, André Vincentelli, Julien Gaudric, Delphine Corseaux, Olivier Fouquet, Christine Calet, Thierry Le Tourneau, Valérie Soenen, Christophe Zawadzki, Olivier Fabre, Sophie Susen, Alain Prat, and Brigitte Jude
	Decellularized heart valve as a scaffold for in vivo recellularization: Deleterious effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 843-852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Sunil K. Bhudia, Delos M. Cosgrove, Richard I. Naugle, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Buu-Khanh Lam, Emily Walton, John Petrich, Roberta C. Palumbo, A. Marc Gillinov, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, and Eugene H. Blackstone
	Magnesium as a neuroprotectant in cardiac surgery: A randomized clinical trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 853-861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Naomichi Uchida, Hiroshi Ishihara, Hidenori Shibamura, Yoshiki Kyo, and Masamiti Ozawa
	Midterm results of extensive primary repair of the thoracic aorta by means of total arch replacement with open stent graft placement for an acute type A aortic dissection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 862-867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank Langer, Filiberto Rodriguez, Allen Cheng, Saskia Ortiz, Tom C. Nguyen, Mary K. Zasio, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Neil B. Ingels, and D. Craig Miller
	Posterior mitral leaflet extension: An adjunctive repair option for ischemic mitral regurgitation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 868-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John B. Chambers, Helen M. Rimington, Fiona Hodson, Ronak Rajani, and Christopher I. Blauth
	The subcoronary Toronto stentless versus supra-annular Perimount stented replacement aortic valve: Early clinical and hemodynamic results of a randomized comparison in 160 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 878-882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Farhad Bakhtiary, Mirko Schiemann, Omer Dzemali, Thomas Wittlinger, Mirko Doss, Hans Ackermann, Anton Moritz, and Peter Kleine
	Stentless bioprostheses improve postoperative coronary flow more than stented prostheses after valve replacement for aortic stenosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 883-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Jiang-Yong Min, Xuling Huang, Meixiang Xiang, Achim Meissner, Yu Chen, Qingen Ke, Emel Kaplan, Jamal S. Rana, Peter Oettgen, and James P. Morgan
	Homing of intravenously infused embryonic stem cell-derived cells to injured hearts after myocardial infarction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 889-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Vani Nilakantan, Xianghua Zhou, Gail Hilton, Yang Shi, John E. Baker, Ashwani K. Khanna, and Galen M. Pieper
	Antagonizing reactive oxygen by treatment with a manganese (III) metalloporphyrin–based superoxide dismutase mimetic in cardiac transplants J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 898-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communication:

Jeffrey Meadows, Audrey C. Marshall, James E. Lock, Mark Scheurer, Peter C. Laussen, and Emile A. Bacha
	A hybrid approach to stabilization and repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a critically ill newborn infant J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: e1-e2. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ghassan Baslaim
	Effect of patent ductus arteriosus stenting on subsequent bidirectional Glenn anastomosis: A word of caution J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: e3-e4. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Saverio Paulo Laurito Gagliardi, Jose Luiz Santos Nogueira, Lídia Marques Silveira, Enrico Antônio Colosimo, and Carlos Armando Lopes do Nascimento
	Mortality related to cardiac surgery in Brazil, 2000-2003 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 907-909. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kristine Teoh, Emma Wilton, Stephen Brecker, and Marjan Jahangiri
	Simultaneous removal of an Amplatzer device from an atrial septal defect and the descending aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 909-910. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John Santosh Kumar Murala, Steven Cooper, Barry Duffy, Nizam Matbah, Elizabeth Argent, and Graham Nunn
	Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the left pulmonary artery, aortic coarctation, and a large ventricular septal defect J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 911-912. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J.-M. Grinda, M.-O. Bricourt, S. Salvi, M. Carlier, F. Grossenbacher, C. Brasselet, and J.-N. Fabiani
	Unusual cardiogenic shock due to pheochromocytoma: Recovery after bridge-to-bridge (extracorporeal life support and DeBakey ventricular assist device) and right surrenalectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 913-914. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric M. Graham, Varsha M. Bandisode, Andrew M. Atz, Charles H. Kline, Marian H. Taylor, and John S. Ikonomidis
	Percutaneous occlusion of a pseudoaneurysm evolving after homograft aortic valve and root replacement with the Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect occluder J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 914-916. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rafael Aguiló, Juan Minguella, Jaime Jimeno, Sonia Puig, José A. Galeras, Angel Gayete, and José M. Sánchez-Ortega
	Congenital bronchoesophageal fistula in an adult woman J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 916-917. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christopher R. Morse, Michael B. Ishitani, and Stephen D. Cassivi
	Video-assisted resection of bilateral intralobar pulmonary sequestrations J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 917-918. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hon Chi Suen, Sundeep Das, Ronald L. Palmer, Cami L. Watkins, and Ajit S. Nagra
	Intrapericardial colonic herniation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 919-920. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gaetano Rocco, Antonello La Rocca, Carmine La Manna, Francesco Scognamiglio, Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Raj Jutley, and Nicola Martucci
	Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pericardial window J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 921-922. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric S. Weiss, John Doty, Malcolm V. Brock, Lloyd Halvorson, and Stephen C. Yang
	A case of ectopic parathyroid hormone production by a pulmonary neoplasm J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 923-924. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nahush A. Mokadam, Gregory A. Ewald, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, and Nader Moazami
	Deterioration and mortality among patients with United Network for Organ Sharing status 2 heart disease: Caution must be exercised in diverting organs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 925-926. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Sachin Talwar, and Panangipalli Venugopal
	Severe mitral regurgitation after percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy: Underestimated subvalvular disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 927. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Praveen Kerala Varma and Praveen Kumar Neema
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 927-928. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Antonio F. Corno, Marco Pozzi, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
	FloWatch and pseudoaneurysm: Complication versus coincidence J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 928-929. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ina Michel-Behnke, Hakan Akintuerk, and Dietmar Schranz
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 929. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
C.K. Hofer, Michael T. Ganter, and Andreas Zollinger
	Evaluation of a modified ThermoWrapTM for the AllonTM warming system in patients undergoing elective off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 929-930. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Omer Ashraf
	Unexpected pulmonary embolism in lung transplantation: Diagnosis and prospects J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 930. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takahiro Oto and Gregory I. Snell
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 930-931. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Event of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 932-933. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

	Announcement of 2006 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 934. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 934-935. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 935. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 935. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Western Thoracic Surgical Association J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 935-936. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The American Board of Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 131: 936. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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