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 Volume 132, Issue 3, September 2006
  [Index by Author] 
      Down Editorials
      Down Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
      Down General Thoracic Surgery
      Down Notice of Correction
      Down Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
      Down Evolving Technology
      Down Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
      Down Brief Communication
      Down Letters to the Editor
      Down Events of Interest
      Down Announcement
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Editorials:Back

Thomas B. Ferguson
 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery diamond jubilee—A reflection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:451-452. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Joel D. Cooper
 Lifetime Achievement Award: F. Griffith Pearson
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:453-454. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Eugene A. Grossi and Gregory A. Crooke
 Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: Insights from the Acorn clinical trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:455-456. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Lawrence H. Cohn
 Evidence-based cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:457-458. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Daniel Burkhoff and Andrew S. Wechsler
 Surgical ventricular remodeling: A balancing act on systolic and diastolic properties
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:459-463. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thomas A. D'Amico
 Thoracoscopic lobectomy: Evolving and improving
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:464-465. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francis Duhaylongsod
 Artificial artificial intelligence: Surgeon intuition and computers to predict graft patency
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:466-467. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:Back

Gabriele Di Giammarco, Marco Pano, Sergio Cirmeni, Piero Pelini, Giuseppe Vitolla, and Michele Di Mauro
 Predictive value of intraoperative transit-time flow measurement for short-term graft patency in coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:468-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gavin J. Murphy, Emilio Mango, Vincenzo Lucchetti, Francesco Battaglia, Donato Catapano, Chris A. Rogers, and Gianni D. Angelini
 A randomized trial of tranexamic acid in combination with cell salvage plus a meta-analysis of randomized trials evaluating tranexamic acid in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:475-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Matthew E. Falagas, Evangelos S. Rosmarakis, Konstantinos Rellos, Argyris Michalopoulos, George Samonis, and Sotirios N. Prapas
 Microbiologically documented nosocomial infections after coronary artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:481-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Thoracic Surgery:Back

Özcan Birim, A. Pieter Kappetein, Marco Waleboer, John P.A. Puvimanasinghe, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Michel I.M. Versteegh, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
 Long-term survival after non–small cell lung cancer surgery: Development and validation of a prognostic model with a preoperative and postoperative mode
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:491-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Toshio Fujimoto, Stephen D. Cassivi, Ping Yang, Sunni A. Barnes, Francis C. Nichols, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, and Peter C. Pairolero
 Completely resected N1 non–small cell lung cancer: Factors affecting recurrence and long-term survival
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:499-506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Norihisa Shigemura, Akinori Akashi, Soichiro Funaki, Tomoyuki Nakagiri, Masayoshi Inoue, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Hiroyuki Shiono, Masato Minami, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Meinoshin Okumura, and Yoshiki Sawa
 Long-term outcomes after a variety of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy approaches for clinical stage IA lung cancer: A multi-institutional study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:507-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ya-Jung Cheng, Kuang-Cheng Chan, Chiang-Ting Chien, Wei-Zen Sun, and Chen-Jung Lin
 Oxidative stress during 1-lung ventilation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:513-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francesco Leo, PierGiorgio Solli, Giulia Veronesi, Davide Radice, Antonio Floridi, Roberto Gasparri, Francesco Petrella, Alessandro Borri, Domenico Galetta, and Lorenzo Spaggiari
   Does chemotherapy increase the risk of respiratory complications after pneumonectomy?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:519-523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Johannes Schalamon, Stefan Pokall, Jana Windhaber, and Michael E. Hoellwarth
 Minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum in adult patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:524-529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Miguel A. Merino-Ramirez, Gustavo Juan, Mercedes Ramón, Julio Cortijo, Elena Rubio, Anastasio Montero, and Esteban J. Morcillo
 Electrophysiologic evaluation of phrenic nerve and diaphragm function after coronary bypass surgery: Prospective study of diabetes and other risk factors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:530-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ravi Karra, Lisa McDermott, Sarah Connelly, Peter Smith, Daniel J. Sexton, and Keith S. Kaye
 Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:537-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ara Ketchedjian, Benedict D.T. Daly, Hiran C. Fernando, Lauren Florin, Curtis J. Hunter, Donna M. Morelli, and Richard J. Shemin
 Location as an important predictor of lymph node involvement for pulmonary adenocarcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:544-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
John V. Reynolds, Narayanasamy Ravi, Donal Hollywood, M. John Kennedy, Suzanne Rowley, Aoife Ryan, Niall Hughes, Michael Carey, and Patrick Byrne
 Neoadjuvant chemoradiation may increase the risk of respiratory complications and sepsis after transthoracic esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:549-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Andrea Droghetti, Andrea Schiavini, Piergiorgio Muriana, Andrea Comel, Giuseppe De Donno, Massimiliano Beccaria, Barbara Canneto, Carlo Sturani, and Giovanni Muriana
 Autologous blood patch in persistent air leaks after pulmonary resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:556-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Altug Kosar, Alpay Orki, Gokhan Haciibrahimoglu, Hakan Kiral, and Bulent Arman
 Effect of capitonnage and cystotomy on outcome of childhood pulmonary hydatid cysts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:560-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Notice of Correction:Back

 Notice of Correction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:565-567. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:Back

Michael A. Acker, Steven Bolling, Richard Shemin, James Kirklin, Jae K. Oh, Douglas L. Mann, Mariell Jessup, Hani N. Sabbah, Randall C. Starling, Spencer H. Kubo for the Acorn Trial Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators
 Mitral valve surgery in heart failure: Insights from the Acorn Clinical Trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:568-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gilles D. Dreyfus, Olivio Souza Neto, and Stéphane Aubert
 Papillary muscle repositioning for repair of anterior leaflet prolapse caused by chordal elongation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:578-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Nimesh D. Desai, Senri Miwa, David Kodama, Taadaki Koyama, Gideon Cohen, Marc P. Pelletier, Eric A. Cohen, George T. Christakis, Bernard S. Goldman, and Stephen E. Fremes
 A randomized comparison of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography and transit-time flow measurement to detect technical errors in coronary bypass grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:585-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Carlo Valfrè, Giulio Rizzoli, Claudio Zussa, Paolo Ius, Elvio Polesel, Salvatore Mirone, Tomaso Bottio, and Gino Gerosa
 Clinical results of Hancock II versus Hancock Standard at long-term follow-up
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:595-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Giulio Rizzoli, Salvatore Mirone, Paolo Ius, Elvio Polesel, Tomaso Bottio, Loris Salvador, Claudio Zussa, Gino Gerosa, and Carlo Valfrè
 Fifteen-year results with the Hancock II valve: A multicenter experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:602-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Sven A.F. Tulner, Paul Steendijk, Robert J.M. Klautz, Jeroen J. Bax, Martin J. Schalij, Ernst E. van der Wall, and Robert A.E. Dion
   Surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: Evaluation of systolic and diastolic ventricular function, wall stress, dyssynchrony, and mechanical efficiency by pressure-volume loops
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:610-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  

Evolving Technology:Back

Gavin J. Gordon, Levi A. Deters, Matthew D. Nitz, Barry C. Lieberman, Beow Y. Yeap, and Raphael Bueno
 Differential diagnosis of solitary lung nodules with gene expression ratios
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:621-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Carolyn J. Teng, Jun Luo, Ray C.J. Chiu, and Dominique Shum-Tim
 Massive mechanical loss of microspheres with direct intramyocardial injection in the beating heart: Implications for cellular cardiomyoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:628-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:Back

George E. Sarris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Nicolas M. Giannopoulos, George Kirvassilis, Hakan Berggren, Mark Hazekamp, Thierry Carrel, Juan V. Comas, Duccio Di Carlo, Willem Daenen, Tjark Ebels, Josè Fragata, Victor Hraska, Vladimir Ilyin, Harald L. Lindberg, Dominique Metras, Marco Pozzi, Jean Rubay, Heikki Sairanen, Giovanni Stellin, Andreas Urban, Carin Van Doorn, Gerhard Ziemer on behalf of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
   The arterial switch operation in Europe for transposition of the great arteries: A multi-institutional study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:633-639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Mazyar Kanani, Martin Elliott, Andrew Cook, Amy Juraszek, William Devine, and Robert H. Anderson
 Late incompetence of the left atrioventricular valve after repair of atrioventricular septal defects: The morphologic perspective
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:640-646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Astrid Lammers, Harald Kaemmerer, Regina Hollweck, Raphael Schneider, Petra Barthel, Siegmund Braun, Annette Wacker, Silke Brodherr-Heberlein, Michael Hauser, Andreas Eicken, Georg Schmidt, and John Hess
 Impaired cardiac autonomic nervous activity predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with operated and unoperated congenital cardiac disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:647-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Afksendiyos Kalangos, Jan T. Christenson, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Dominique Vala, Anne Buerge, François Simonet, Dominique Didier, Maurice Beghetti, and Edgar Jaeggi
 Long-term outcome after surgical intervention and interventional procedures for the management of Takayasu's arteritis in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:656-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
David L.S. Morales, Brandi E. Braud, Kathryn S. Gunter, Kathleen E. Carberry, Karol A. Arrington, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr
 Encouraging results for the Contegra conduit in the problematic right ventricle–to–pulmonary artery connection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:665-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Parkash Lal Mandhan, Udaya Samarakkody, Stuart Brown, Askar Kukkady, Kiki Maoate, Russell Blakelock, and Spencer Beasley
 Comparison of suture ligation and clip application for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:672-674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Paul M. Kirshbom, Bruce E. Miller, Kathy Spitzer, Kirk A. Easley, Christine E. Spainhour, Brian E. Kogon, and Kirk R. Kanter
 Failure of surface-modified bypass circuits to improve platelet function during pediatric cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:675-680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:Back

Hisayuki Shigematsu, Yoshifumi Sano, Shingo Kasahara, Hiroyuki Yanai, and Hiroshi Date
   Calcifying fibrous tumor arising from the heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:e21-e22. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Masamichi Matsumori, Ayako Maruo, Hiroshi Tanaka, Keitaro Nakagiri, Teruo Yamashita, Kenji Okada, and Yutaka Okita
 Resection of malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the thoracoabdominal aorta with staged emobolization of the intercostal arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:681-683. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Olivier Chavanon, Akhtar Rama, Pascal Leprince, Nicolas Bonnet, Alain Pavie, Guillaume Jondeau, and Iradj Gandjbakhch
 Valve-sparing operation in a young woman with Marfan syndrome: A word of caution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:683-684. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Marie-Claude Aubin, Olivier Bouchot, Michel Carrier, William E. Cohn, and Louis P. Perrault
 Temporary internal thoracic artery occlusion during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with the new poloxamer P407 does not cause endothelial dysfunction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:685-686. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
H. Jeanmart, P. Lecompte, F. Casselman, J. Coddens, G. Van Vaerenberg, and H. Vanermen
 Endoscopic tumor resection of the inferior vena cava
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:687-688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jayesh Dhareshwar, Anthony L. Estrera, Eyal E. Porat, Ali Azizzadeh, and Hazim J. Safi
 Acute type B dissection with involvement of an aberrant right subclavian artery: An unusual presentation and a diagnostic challenge
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:689. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mario Vivirito, Renzo Boldorini, Lidia Rossi, Philippe Primo Caimmi, Massimo Bernardi, and Giovanni Teodori
 Capillary hemangioma of the aortic valve: False preoperative diagnosis of endocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:690-691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Aïda Ayadi-Kaddour, Mohammed Abid, Youssef Harrath, Belhassen Smati, Tarak Kilani, and Faouzi El Mezni
 Asymptomatic hemangioma of the interatrial septum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:691-692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Kazuto Yokoyama, and Masaki Kajimoto
 One-way valved patch repair in an adult with a hypoplastic right ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:693-694. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hajime Sakurai, Shinichi Mizutani, Noriyuki Kato, Sadanari Sawaki, Takahisa Sakurai, Junya Sugiura, and Masaki Matsushima
 A novel ascending aortic extension and plication technique for narrowing the retroaortic space
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:695-696. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Salvador Torregrosa, Hortensia Montes, Manuel Pérez, Andrés Castelló, Daniel Mata, Francisco Valera, and Anastasio Montero
 Transfemoral stent-graft of distal aortic arch complicated with retrograde dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:697-698. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Andreas Koster, Semi Buz, Roland Hetzer, Hermann Kuppe, Klaus Breddin, and Sebastian Harder
 Anticoagulation with argatroban in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies after cardiovascular surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: First results from the ARG-E03 trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:699-700. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Norihisa Shigemura, Michael K. Hsin, and Anthony P.C. Yim
 Segmental rib resection for difficult cases of video-assisted thoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:701-702. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jason P. Straus, Randy J. Woods, Mary C. McCarthy, Mark P. Anstadt, and Nancy Kwon
 Cardiac pneumatic nail gun injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:702-703. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
David P. Mason, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Peter J. Mazzone, Sudish C. Murthy, and Thomas W. Rice
 Extrapleural pneumonectomy for scimitar syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:704-705. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jun Matsumoto, Jun Nakajima, Eriho Takeuchi, Takeshi Fukami, Kan Nawata, and Shin-ichi Takamoto
 Successful perioperative management of a middle mediastinal paraganglioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:705-706. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Takashi Suda, Sachiko Hasegawa, Koji Negi, and Yoshinobu Hattori
 Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for extralobar pulmonary sequestration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:707-708. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Patrick Bagan, Florence Boissier, Pascal Berna, Alain Badia, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Redha Souilamas, and Marc Riquet
 Postpneumonectomy empyema treated with a combination of antibiotic irrigation followed by videothoracoscopic debridement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:708-710. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Marco Anile, Federico Venuta, Tiziano De Giacomo, Erino Angelo Rendina, Daniele Diso, Francesco Pugliese, Franco Ruberto, and Giorgio Furio Coloni
 Treatment of persistent air leakage with endobronchial one-way valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:711-712. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ayako Hirai and Ryoichi Nakanishi
 Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia associated with serum insulin-like growth factor II
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:713-714. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Amir M. Khan, Chang Shim, Nichelle Simmons, Virginia Chung, Daniel D. Alterman, Linda B. Haramati, and Andrew R. Berman
 Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: A rare cause of tracheal stenosis—"TPO stenosis"
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:714-716. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Suk-Won Song, Hyun-Sung Lee, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Mog Lee, Jae Hyun Kim, and Jae Ill Zo
 Repair of gastrotracheal fistula with a pedicled pericardial flap after Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy for esophageal cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:716-717. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Parameswari Rekha, Beena Thomas, Joseph M. Pappachan, Kummannu P. Venugopal, Thanathu K. Jayakumar, and Parackal Sukumaran
 Tracheal rhinosporidiosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:718-719. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Samer Kanaan, William D. Boswell, and Jeffrey A. Hagen
 Clinical and radiographic signs lead to early detection of lobar torsion and subsequent successful intervention
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:720-721. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Andrew E. Newcomb, C. Peter Clarke, Cherie Y. Chiang, and George Jerums
 Urine drug testing in an athlete leads to the diagnosis of unsuspected mediastinal germ cell tumor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:722-723. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Sotirios Papafragkou, Ludmila Haimovici, Stewart Fox, Debasis Adhikari, Peter Chak, and Andaz Shahriyour
 Primary malignant salivary gland tumor of the mediastinum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:724-725. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:Back

A. Thomas Pezzella
 Global statistics/outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:726. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Attila Nemes, Tamás Forster, Marcel L. Geleijnse, Folkert J. ten Cate, and Miklós Csanády
 The effect of aortic valve replacement on coronary flow reserve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:726-727. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Farhad Bakhtiary, Omer Dzemali, Thomas Wittlinger, Anton Moritz, and Peter Kleine
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:727-728. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Manoj Purohit and Joseph Zacharias
 Is the single crossclamp technique superior?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:728. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
John W. Hammon, Jr
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:728-729. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Igor E. Konstantinov
 Primary sutureless repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: The value of intrapleural hilar reapproximation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:729-730. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Emile Bacha
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:730. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Guido Oppido and Ben Davies
 Subclavian artery from ascending aorta or as the first branch of the aortic arch: Another variant of persistent fifth aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:730-731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
K. Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy, Hemant Madan, and Jaganmohan A. Tharakan
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
John Santosh Kumar Murala, Andrew Numa, and Peter Grant
 Traumatic rupture of the aorta in children—stenting or surgical intervention? A word of caution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:731-732. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Riyad Karmy-Jones
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:732. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
 I am afraid of using aprotinin because they say so?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:732-733. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Valter Casati, Francisco Guerra, and Armando D'Angelo
 About the activation of the coagulation system during on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery and the use of antifibrinolytic drugs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:733-734. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Domenico Paparella, Antonella Galeone, and Giuseppe Scrascia
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:734. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Grayson H. Wheatley, III
 A new surgical paradigm: Hybrid open and endovascular repair of the ascending aorta and aortic arch for acute type A dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:734-735. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
John A. Elefteriades, Nikola Dobrilovic, and Arjet Gega
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:735. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Christof Stamm and Gustav Steinhoff
 When less is more: Go slowly when repopulating a decellularized valve in vivo!
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:735-737. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
André Vincentelli, Francis Juthier, and Brigitte Jude
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:737. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Omar A. Minai, Atul C. Mehta, Gosta Pettersson, and Karnak Demet
 Lung transplantation in a patient with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:737-738. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Events of Interest:Back

 Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:739-740. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:Back

 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:741-742. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Applications for Membership
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:743-744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:744-745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Samson Resident Prize Essay
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Application for Membership
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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