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 Volume 132, Issue 4, October 2006
  [Index by Author] 
      Down Presidential Address
      Down Editorials
      Down General Thoracic Surgery
      Down Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
      Down Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
      Down Evolving Technology
      Down Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
      Down Cardiothoracic Transplantation
      Down Brief Communication
      Down Letters to the Editor
      Down Events of Interest
      Down Announcement
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Presidential Address:Back

Joel Cooper
 Presidential Address 2003
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:747-752. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:Back

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
 Our destination and our destiny: Real endoscopic cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:753-754. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Thoracic Surgery:Back

K. Robert Shen, Stephen D. Cassivi, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Francis C. Nichols, III, W. Scott Harmsen, and Peter C. Pairolero
   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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Raja M. Flores, Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gonen, Maureen Zakowski, Joseph Dycoco, Steven M. Larson, and Valerie W. Rusch
 Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:763-768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Morihito Okada, Teruaki Koike, Masahiko Higashiyama, Yasushi Yamato, Ken Kodama, and Noriaki Tsubota
 Radical sublobar resection for small-sized non–small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:769-775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:Back

Douglas A. Murphy, Jeffrey S. Miller, David A. Langford, and Averel B. Snyder
 Endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:776-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
J. Ernesto Molina, Elaine C. Nelson, and Robin R.A. Smith
 Treatment of postoperative sternal dehiscence with mediastinitis: Twenty-four–year use of a single method
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:782-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
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
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ulf Lockowandt
 Apicoaortic valved conduit: Potential for progress?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:796-801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Chanaka Rajakaruna, Chris A. Rogers, Chinthaki Suranimala, Gianni D. Angelini, and Raimondo Ascione
 The effect of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing coronary surgery: A risk-adjusted analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:802-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Daniela Baumgartner, Christian Baumgartner, Elisabeth Schermer, Georg Engl, Ulrich Schweigmann, Gabor Mátyás, Beat Steinmann, and Jörg Ingolf Stein
 Different patterns of aortic wall elasticity in patients with Marfan syndrome: A noninvasive follow-up study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:811-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:Back

Amir M. Sheikh, Cindy Barrett, Nestor Villamizar, Oscar Alzate, Sara Miller, John Shelburne, Andrew Lodge, Jeffrey Lawson, and James Jaggers
 Proteomics of cerebral injury in a neonatal model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:820-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
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
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Steven Schultz, Diego Antoni, Gregory Shears, Scott Markowitz, Peter Pastuszko, William Greeley, David F. Wilson, and Anna Pastuszko
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
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
   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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  

Evolving Technology:Back

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
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yanai Ben-Gal, Rephael Mohr, Gideon Uretzky, Benjamin Medalion, Alberto Hendler, Natalie Hansson, Itzhak Herz, and Yaron Moshkovitz
   Drug-eluting stents versus arterial myocardial revascularization in patients with diabetes mellitus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:861-866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Yen Chang, Po-Hong Lai, Chung-Chi Wang, Sung-Ching Chen, Wei-Chun Chang, and Hsing-Wen Sung
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:Back

Monica Kostelec, James Covell, Gerald D. Buckberg, Ahmad Sadeghi, Julien I.E. Hoffman, and Ghassan S. Kassab
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ghassan S. Kassab, Monica Kostelec, Gerald D. Buckberg, James Covell, Ahmad Sadeghi, and Julien I.E. Hoffman
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kiyoaki Takaba, Chunli Jiang, Shintaro Nemoto, Yoshiaki Saji, Tadashi Ikeda, Shinichi Urayama, Takashi Azuma, Akishige Hokugo, Sadami Tsutsumi, Yasuhiko Tabata, and Masashi Komeda
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
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
 Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:900-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Artyom Sedrakyan, Albert Wu, George Sedrakyan, Marie Diener-West, Maryann Tranquilli, and John Elefteriades
 Aprotinin use in thoracic aortic surgery: Safety and outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:909-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hiroki Hata, Goro Matsumiya, Shigeru Miyagawa, Haruhiko Kondoh, Naomasa Kawaguchi, Nariaki Matsuura, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Hikaru Matsuda, and Yoshiki Sawa
 Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:918-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ada W.Y. Chung, Pooja Rauniyar, Honglin Luo, York N. Hsiang, Cornelis van Breemen, and Elena B. Okon
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
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
 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. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Enyi Shi, Xiaojing Jiang, Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, and Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
 Nonviral gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:941-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Vesa Anttila, Ikuo Hagino, Yusuke Iwata, Bret A. Mettler, Hart G.W. Lidov, David Zurakowski, and Richard A. Jonas
 Aprotinin improves cerebral protection: Evidence from a survival porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:948-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:Back

David P. Mason, Daniel J. Boffa, Sudish C. Murthy, Thomas R. Gildea, Marie M. Budev, Atul C. Mehta, Ann M. McNeill, Nicholas G. Smedira, Jingyuan Feng, Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, and B. Gösta Pettersson
 Extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:954-960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:Back

Sietske A. Smulders, Johan T. Marcus, C. Tji-Joong Gan, Thomas G. Sutedja, Frank W.J.M. Smeenk, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
   Left ventricular encasement after pneumonectomy: Case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:e23-e24. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Masashi Kawamura, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, and Soichiro Kitamura
 Late-stage, nonanastomotic rupture of double-velour Dacron graft after descending aortic replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:961-962. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Martin Misfeld, Lennart Duebener, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
 Complex reconstruction of the thoracic aorta using a novel stent graft/graft prosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:963-964. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jaromir Kohout, Francis D. Ferdinand, Shotaro Imaizumi, Elena C. Holmes, and Louis E. Samuels
 A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:965-966. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Vitaly Demyanchuk, Larysa Naumova, Mykhaylo Atamanyuk, and Sergiy Dykukha
 Left internal thoracic artery patch aortoplasty for repair of coarctation of the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:967-968. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
R. von Wattenwyl, M.T.R. Grapow, D.C. Reineke, and H.-R. Zerkowski
 Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:969-970. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Giovanni Battista Luciani, Fauzia Vendrametto, Luca Barozzi, Rainer Oberhollenzer, Walter Pitscheider, and Alessandro Mazzucco
 Repair of anomalous right and circumflex coronary arteries arising from the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:970-972. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Frediano Inzani, Franco Recusani, Manuela Agozzino, Alessandra Cavallero, Paolo M. De Siena, Andrea D'Armini, Mario Viganò, and Eloisa Arbustini
 Bronchogenic cyst: Unexpected finding in a large aneurysm of the pars membranacea septi
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:972-974. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Omid Hajiseyedjavadi, Michael Pasque, Marc Moon, Ralph Damiano, Teodoro Mucha, Keith Hebert, and Nader Moazami
 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. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Davinder S. Jassal, Umaima Fatima, Amar Thakrar, Tomas G. Neilan, Norma Rodriguez, Andrew Rosenberg, and Godtfred Holmvang
 Mediastinal paraganglioma: Utility of preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:976-977. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shinichiro Miyoshi, Motohiko Tamura, Osamu Araki, Naoko Yoshii, Yoko Karube, Norio Seki, Hideo Umezu, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiromi Ishihama, Sensuke Nagai, and Noriyoshi Sawabata
 Telescoping bronchial anastomosis for extended sleeve lobectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:978-980. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thomas Strecker, Richard Feyrer, Raymund E. Horch, Michael Weyand, and Ulrich Kneser
 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. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Robert L. Smith, II, George L. Zorn, III, Benjamin B. Peeler, and David R. Jones
 Combined bronchial sleeve resection and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:982-983. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Chin-Chih Chang, Yih-Leong Chang, Li-Na Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee
 Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma with immunoglobulin G/{lambda} light chain monoclonal gammopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:984-985. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hideo Morioka, Hiroo Yabe, Shinjiro Kaneko, Hironari Takaishi, Toshihiko Ueda, Masazumi Watanabe, Koichi Kobayashi, and Yoshiaki Toyama
 Large chondrosarcoma of the rib invading the mediastinum and the spine
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:986-987. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:Back

Usman Ahmad, Muhammad A. Javed, and Saulat H. Fatimi
 Candidate gene association analysis of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:988. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Li Chen, Xing Li Wang, Joseph S. Coselli, and Scott A. LeMaire
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:988-989. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Andrea Garatti, Tiziano Colombo, and Ettore Vitali
 Placement of the Impella Recover LD microaxial blood pump through a bioprosthesis is technically feasible
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:989-990. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Christian Schreiber and Rüdiger Lange
 Off-pump pulmonary valve implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:990. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pascal A. Berdat and Thierry P. Carrel
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:990-991. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Marco Anile, Tiziano De Giacomo, and Federico Venuta
 Tracheal stents in patients with malignancy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:991. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jarmo Salo, Thanos Sioris, Jari Räsänen, and Eero Sihvo
 Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:991-992. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Events of Interest:Back

 Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:993-994. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:Back

 Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:995. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Applications for Membership
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:995. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:995-996. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:996. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:996. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Volunteer Leadership and Senior Staff Disclosure Statement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:997-998. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:998. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Samson Resident Prize Essay
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:998. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Application for Membership
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:999. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:999. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:999. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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