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K. Robert Shen, Stephen D. Cassivi, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Francis C. Nichols, III, W. Scott Harmsen, and Peter C. Pairolero
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Surgical treatment of tumors of the proximal stomach with involvement of the distal esophagus: A 26-year experience with Siewert type III tumors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:755-762.
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Raja M. Flores, Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gonen, Maureen Zakowski, Joseph Dycoco, Steven M. Larson, and Valerie W. Rusch
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Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:763-768.
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Morihito Okada, Teruaki Koike, Masahiko Higashiyama, Yasushi Yamato, Ken Kodama, and Noriaki Tsubota
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Radical sublobar resection for small-sized non–small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:769-775.
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Douglas A. Murphy, Jeffrey S. Miller, David A. Langford, and Averel B. Snyder
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Endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:776-781.
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J. Ernesto Molina, Elaine C. Nelson, and Robin R.A. Smith
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Treatment of postoperative sternal dehiscence with mediastinitis: Twenty-four–year use of a single method
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:782-787.
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John R. Barbour, Robert E. Stroud, Abigail S. Lowry, Leslie L. Clark, Allyson M. Leone, Jeffery A. Jones, Francis G. Spinale, and John S. Ikonomidis
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Temporal disparity in the induction of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases after thoracic aortic aneurysm formation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:788-795.
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Ulf Lockowandt
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Apicoaortic valved conduit: Potential for progress?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:796-801.
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Chanaka Rajakaruna, Chris A. Rogers, Chinthaki Suranimala, Gianni D. Angelini, and Raimondo Ascione
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The effect of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing coronary surgery: A risk-adjusted analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:802-810.
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Daniela Baumgartner, Christian Baumgartner, Elisabeth Schermer, Georg Engl, Ulrich Schweigmann, Gabor Mátyás, Beat Steinmann, and Jörg Ingolf Stein
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Different patterns of aortic wall elasticity in patients with Marfan syndrome: A noninvasive follow-up study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:811-819.
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Amir M. Sheikh, Cindy Barrett, Nestor Villamizar, Oscar Alzate, Sara Miller, John Shelburne, Andrew Lodge, Jeffrey Lawson, and James Jaggers
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Proteomics of cerebral injury in a neonatal model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:820-828.
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Tara Karamlou, Eugene H. Blackstone, John A. Hawkins, Marshall L. Jacobs, Kirk R. Kanter, John W. Brown, Constantine Mavroudis, Christopher A. Caldarone, William G. Williams, Brian W. McCrindle and the Pulmonary Conduit Working Group for the members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
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Can pulmonary conduit dysfunction and failure be reduced in infants and children less than age 2 years at initial implantation?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:829-838.
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Steven Schultz, Diego Antoni, Gregory Shears, Scott Markowitz, Peter Pastuszko, William Greeley, David F. Wilson, and Anna Pastuszko
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Brain oxygen and metabolism during circulatory arrest with intermittent brief periods of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn piglets
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:839-844.
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Darren H. Freed, Charlene M.T. Robertson, Reginald S. Sauve, Ari R. Joffe, Ivan M. Rebeyka, David B. Ross, John D. Dyck the Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Project Follow-up Group
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Intermediate-term outcomes of the arterial switch operation for transposition of great arteries in neonates: Alive but well?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:845-852.
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Spencer J. Melby, Sydney L. Gaynor, Jordon G. Lubahn, Anson M. Lee, Paymon Rahgozar, Shelton D. Caruthers, Todd A. Williams, Richard B. Schuessler, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
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Efficacy and safety of right and left atrial ablations on the beating heart with irrigated bipolar radiofrequency energy: A long-term animal study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:853-860.
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Yanai Ben-Gal, Rephael Mohr, Gideon Uretzky, Benjamin Medalion, Alberto Hendler, Natalie Hansson, Itzhak Herz, and Yaron Moshkovitz
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Drug-eluting stents versus arterial myocardial revascularization in patients with diabetes mellitus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:861-866.
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Yen Chang, Po-Hong Lai, Chung-Chi Wang, Sung-Ching Chen, Wei-Chun Chang, and Hsing-Wen Sung
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Mesothelium regeneration on acellular bovine pericardia loaded with an angiogenic agent (ginsenoside Rg1) successfully reduces postsurgical pericardial adhesions
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:867-874.
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Monica Kostelec, James Covell, Gerald D. Buckberg, Ahmad Sadeghi, Julien I.E. Hoffman, and Ghassan S. Kassab
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Myocardial protection in the failing heart: I. Effect of cardioplegia and the beating state under simulated left ventricular restoration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:875-883.
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Ghassan S. Kassab, Monica Kostelec, Gerald D. Buckberg, James Covell, Ahmad Sadeghi, and Julien I.E. Hoffman
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Myocardial protection in the failing heart: II. Effect of pulsatile cardioplegic perfusion under simulated left ventricular restoration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:884-890.
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Kiyoaki Takaba, Chunli Jiang, Shintaro Nemoto, Yoshiaki Saji, Tadashi Ikeda, Shinichi Urayama, Takashi Azuma, Akishige Hokugo, Sadami Tsutsumi, Yasuhiko Tabata, and Masashi Komeda
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A combination of omental flap and growth factor therapy induces arteriogenesis and increases myocardial perfusion in chronic myocardial ischemia: Evolving concept of biologic coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:891-899.
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Ahmet Kilic, Tieluo Li, Timothy D.C. Nolan, Jennifer R. Nash, Shuying Li, Deyanira J. Prastein, Gary Schwartzbauer, Sina L. Moainie, G. Kwame Yankey, Christopher DeFilippi, Zhongjun Wu, and Bartley P. Griffith
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Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:900-908.
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Artyom Sedrakyan, Albert Wu, George Sedrakyan, Marie Diener-West, Maryann Tranquilli, and John Elefteriades
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Aprotinin use in thoracic aortic surgery: Safety and outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:909-917.
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Hiroki Hata, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Haruhiko Kondoh, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Hikaru Matsuda, and Yoshiki Sawa
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Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:918-924.
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Ada W.Y. Chung, Pooja Rauniyar, Honglin Luo, York N. Hsiang, Cornelis van Breemen, and Elena B. Okon
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Pharmacologic relaxation of vein grafts is beneficial compared with pressure distention caused by upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:925-932.
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Mitsuhiro Kawata, Masaki Sekino, Shinichi Takamoto, Shoogo Ueno, Sachiko Yamaguchi, Kazuo Kitahori, Hiroyuki Tsukihara, Yoshihiro Suematsu, Minoru Ono, Noboru Motomura, Tetsuro Morota, and Arata Murakami
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Retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation provides adequate neuroprotection: Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging study in an experimental canine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:933-940.
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Enyi Shi, Xiaojing Jiang, Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, and Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
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Nonviral gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:941-947.
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Vesa Anttila, Ikuo Hagino, Yusuke Iwata, Bret A. Mettler, Hart G.W. Lidov, David Zurakowski, and Richard A. Jonas
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Aprotinin improves cerebral protection: Evidence from a survival porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:948-953.
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Sietske A. Smulders, Johan T. Marcus, C. Tji-Joong Gan, Thomas G. Sutedja, Frank W.J.M. Smeenk, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
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Left ventricular encasement after pneumonectomy: Case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:e23-e24.
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Masashi Kawamura, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, and Soichiro Kitamura
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Late-stage, nonanastomotic rupture of double-velour Dacron graft after descending aortic replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:961-962.
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Martin Misfeld, Lennart Duebener, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
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Complex reconstruction of the thoracic aorta using a novel stent graft/graft prosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:963-964.
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Jaromir Kohout, Francis D. Ferdinand, Shotaro Imaizumi, Elena C. Holmes, and Louis E. Samuels
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A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:965-966.
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Vitaly Demyanchuk, Larysa Naumova, Mykhaylo Atamanyuk, and Sergiy Dykukha
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Left internal thoracic artery patch aortoplasty for repair of coarctation of the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:967-968.
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R. von Wattenwyl, M.T.R. Grapow, D.C. Reineke, and H.-R. Zerkowski
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Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:969-970.
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Giovanni Battista Luciani, Fauzia Vendrametto, Luca Barozzi, Rainer Oberhollenzer, Walter Pitscheider, and Alessandro Mazzucco
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Repair of anomalous right and circumflex coronary arteries arising from the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:970-972.
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Frediano Inzani, Franco Recusani, Manuela Agozzino, Alessandra Cavallero, Paolo M. De Siena, Andrea D'Armini, Mario Viganò, and Eloisa Arbustini
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Bronchogenic cyst: Unexpected finding in a large aneurysm of the pars membranacea septi
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:972-974.
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Omid Hajiseyedjavadi, Michael Pasque, Marc Moon, Ralph Damiano, Teodoro Mucha, Keith Hebert, and Nader Moazami
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Coronary artery bypass grafting and biventricular pacing efficacy: Do past trials dictate a change in future practice?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:974-975.
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Davinder S. Jassal, Umaima Fatima, Amar Thakrar, Tomas G. Neilan, Norma Rodriguez, Andrew Rosenberg, and Godtfred Holmvang
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Mediastinal paraganglioma: Utility of preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:976-977.
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Shinichiro Miyoshi, Motohiko Tamura, Osamu Araki, Naoko Yoshii, Yoko Karube, Norio Seki, Hideo Umezu, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiromi Ishihama, Sensuke Nagai, and Noriyoshi Sawabata
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Telescoping bronchial anastomosis for extended sleeve lobectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:978-980.
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Thomas Strecker, Richard Feyrer, Raymund E. Horch, Michael Weyand, and Ulrich Kneser
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Simultaneous heart valve replacement and reconstruction of the radiation-damaged chest wall with a delayed vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:980-981.
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Robert L. Smith, II, George L. Zorn, III, Benjamin B. Peeler, and David R. Jones
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Combined bronchial sleeve resection and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:982-983.
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Chin-Chih Chang, Yih-Leong Chang, Li-Na Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee
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Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma with immunoglobulin G/ light chain monoclonal gammopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:984-985.
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Hideo Morioka, Hiroo Yabe, Shinjiro Kaneko, Hironari Takaishi, Toshihiko Ueda, Masazumi Watanabe, Koichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Toyama
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Large chondrosarcoma of the rib invading the mediastinum and the spine
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:986-987.
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Usman Ahmad, Muhammad A. Javed, and Saulat H. Fatimi
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Candidate gene association analysis of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:988.
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Li Chen, Xing Li Wang, Joseph S. Coselli, and Scott A. LeMaire
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Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:988-989.
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Andrea Garatti, Tiziano Colombo, and Ettore Vitali
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Placement of the Impella Recover LD microaxial blood pump through a bioprosthesis is technically feasible
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:989-990.
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Christian Schreiber and Rüdiger Lange
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Off-pump pulmonary valve implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:990.
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Pascal A. Berdat and Thierry P. Carrel
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Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:990-991.
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Marco Anile, Tiziano De Giacomo, and Federico Venuta
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Tracheal stents in patients with malignancy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:991.
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Jarmo Salo, Thanos Sioris, Jari Räsänen, and Eero Sihvo
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Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:991-992.
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