Editorials:

Niv Ad
	How do we spell maze? A dialogue concerning definitions and goals J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1253-1255. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert T. Ownbey
	"Invading papillary fibroelastoma" J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1256. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
R. Scott Mitchell
	Early computed tomographic control J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1257. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Oern Stuge and John Liddicoat
	Emerging opportunities for cardiac surgeons within structural heart disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1258-1261. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Anthony Azakie, Jeffrey R. Fineman, and Youping He
	Myocardial transcription factors are modulated during pathologic cardiac hypertrophy in vivo J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1262-1271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1270-1271. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hideaki Yamabi, Huanzhang Lu, Xiaojing Dai, Yanruo Lu, Gregory Hannigan, and John G. Coles
	Overexpression of integrin-linked kinase induces cardiac stem cell expansion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1272-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1279. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Brian E. Kogon
	The training of congenital heart surgeons J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1280-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Brian L. Reemtsen, Brian T. Fagan, Winfield J. Wells, and Vaughn A. Starnes
	Current surgical therapy for Ebstein anomaly in neonates J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1285-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1289-1290. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Glyn D. Williams, Chandra Ramamoorthy, Larry Chu, Gregory B. Hammer, Komal Kamra, Madalane G. Boltz, Krassimira Pentcheva, James P. McCarthy, and Vadiyala M. Reddy
	Modified and conventional ultrafiltration during pediatric cardiac surgery: Clinical outcomes compared J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1291-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Munir Boodhwani, Shigetoshi Mieno, Pierre Voisine, Jun Feng, Neel Sodha, Jian Li, and Frank W. Sellke
	High-dose atorvastatin is associated with impaired myocardial angiogenesis in response to vascular endothelial growth factor in hypercholesterolemic swine J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1299-1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gabriel Amir, Chandra Ramamoorthy, R. Kirk Riemer, Corrine R. Davis, Frank L. Hanley, and V. Mohan Reddy
	Visual light spectroscopy reflects flow-related changes in brain oxygenation during regional low-flow perfusion and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1307-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1312-1313. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jian Wang, Hongyu Liu, Bo Xiang, Gang Li, Marco Gruwel, Michael Jackson, Boguslaw Tomanek, Tomas A. Salerno, Roxanne Deslauriers, and Ganghong Tian
	Keeping the heart empty and beating improves preservation of hypertrophied hearts for valve surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1314-1320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nikolaos Bonaros, Rauend Rauf, Dominik Wolf, Eva Margreiter, Alexandar Tzankov, Bernhard Schlechta, Alfred Kocher, Harald Ott, Thomas Schachner, Steffen Hering, Johannes Bonatti, and Guenther Laufer
	Combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and angiopoietic progenitor cells reduces infarct size and apoptosis and improves cardiac function in chronic ischemic heart failure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1321-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sheng-Dong Huang, Fang-Lin Lu, Xun-Yu Xu, Xiao-Hong Liu, Xian-Xian Zhao, Bao-Zhen Zhao, Li Wang, De-Jun Gong, Yang Yuan, and Zhi-Yun Xu
	Transplantation of angiogenin-overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells synergistically augments cardiac function in a porcine model of chronic ischemia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1329-1338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hanna Alaoja, Eija Niemelä, Vesa Anttila, Sebastian Dahlbacka, Jussi Mäkelä, Kai Kiviluoma, Päivi Laurila, Timo Kaakinen, and Tatu Juvonen
	Leukocyte filtration to decrease the number of adherent leukocytes in the cerebral microcirculation after a period of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1339-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shigetoshi Mieno, Munir Boodhwani, Richard T. Clements, Basel Ramlawi, Neel R. Sodha, Jian Li, and Frank W. Sellke
	Aging is associated with an impaired coronary microvascular response to vascular endothelial growth factor in patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1348-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1355. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Wen-Shuz Yeow, Aris Baras, Alex Chua, Duc M. Nguyen, Shailen S. Sehgal, David S. Schrump, and Dao M. Nguyen
	Gossypol, a phytochemical with BH3-mimetic property, sensitizes cultured thoracic cancer cells to Apo2 ligand/tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1356-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ayesha S. Bryant and Robert James Cerfolio
	The clinical stage of non–small cell lung cancer as assessed by means of fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomographic/computed tomographic scanning is less accurate in cigarette smokers J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1363-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1368. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter G. Weber, Hans P. Huemmer, and Bertram Reingruber
	Forces to be overcome in correction of pectus excavatum J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1369-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nabil Rizk, Ennapadam Venkatraman, Bernard Park, Raja Flores, Manjit S. Bains, and Valerie Rusch
	The prognostic importance of the number of involved lymph nodes in esophageal cancer: Implications for revisions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1374-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Paul C. Lee, Robert J. Korst, Jeffrey L. Port, Yaniv Kerem, Amanda L. Kansler, and Nasser K. Altorki
	Long-term survival and recurrence in patients with resected non–small cell lung cancer 1 cm or less in size J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1382-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1388-1389. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Rakesh M. Suri, Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, and Thomas A. Orszulak
	Recurrent mitral regurgitation after repair: Should the mitral valve be re-repaired? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1390-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1396-1397. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul P. Urbanski, Aristidis Lenos, Yvonne Lindemann, Ernst Weigang, Michael Zacher, and Anno Diegeler
	Carotid artery cannulation in aortic surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1398-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1402-1403. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Anthony L. Estrera, Zsolt Garami, Charles C. Miller, Eyal E. Porat, Paul E. Achouh, Jayesh Dhareshwar, Riad Meada, Ali Azizzadeh, and Hazim J. Safi
	Acute type A aortic dissection complicated by stroke: Can immediate repair be performed safely? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1404-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric Lim, Andrew Drain, William Davies, Lyn Edmonds, and Bruce R. Rosengard
	A systematic review of randomized trials comparing revascularization rate and graft patency of off-pump and conventional coronary surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1409-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Hiroaki Sakamoto, Landi M. Parish, Hirotsugu Hamamoto, Yoshiharu Enomoto, Ahmad Zeeshan, Theodore Plappert, Benjamin M. Jackson, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, Robert C. Gorman, and Joseph H. Gorman, III
	Effects of hemodynamic alterations on anterior mitral leaflet curvature during systole J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1414-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jae Kwang Shim, Yong Seon Choi, Young Jun Oh, Dae Hee Kim, Yong Woo Hong, and Young Lan Kwak
	Effect of oral sildenafil citrate on intraoperative hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing valvular heart surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1420-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul H. Schoof, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Robert-Jan van Suylen, Pieter E. Zondervan, Mark G. Hazekamp, Robert A.E. Dion, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
	Degeneration of the pulmonary autograft: An explant study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1426-1432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Philippe K.E.W. Ballaux, Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, Norbert M. van Hemel, Johannes C. Kelder, Karl M.E. Dossche, Jef M.P.G. Ernst, Lukas V.A. Boersma, Eric F.D. Wever, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, and Jo J.A.M.T. Defauw
	Freedom from atrial arrhythmias after classic maze III surgery: A 10-year experience J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1433-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Takahiro Oto, Anne P. Griffiths, Bronwyn J. Levvey, Trevor J. Williams, and Gregory I. Snell
	Unilateral radiographic abnormalities after bilateral lung transplantation: Exclusion from the definition of primary graft dysfunction? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1441-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masayuki Saitoh, Masanori Tsuchida, Terumoto Koike, Koichi Satoh, Manabu Haga, Tadashi Aoki, Shin-ichi Toyabe, and Jun-ichi Hayashi
	Ultrafiltration attenuates cardiopulmonary bypass–induced acute lung injury in a canine model of single-lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1447-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical-Pathologic Conference:

Sonia S. Shah, Demet Karnak, Shetal N. Shah, Charles Biscotti, Sudish Murthy, and Atul C. Mehta
	Clinical-pathologic conference in general thoracic surgery: A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the trachea J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1455-1459. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Robert Bauernschmitt, Bernhard Voss, Albrecht Will, Eva U. Schirmbeck, Christian Firschke, Stefan Martinoff, and Ruediger Lange
	Stent-grafting of the descending aorta: Value of early postinterventional computed tomographic control J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:e25-e26. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
M. Ibrahim Nassar, Ramiro de la Llana, Eduardo de Bonis, Pilar Garrido, Antonio Alarcó, Rafael Méndez, and Rafael Martínez-Sanz
	Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma involving the left atrium: An infrequent pathologic occurrence J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1460-1461. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hideyuki Iwaki, Seko Suzuki, Toshimi Yajima, Shigeo Yamauchi, Masami Ochi, and Kazuo Shimizu
	Use of open stent grafting for a mycotic aortic arch aneurysm J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1462-1463. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nakao Masakazu, Lim See Lim, and Chua Yeow Leng
	Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis in a patient in sinus rhythm after the radiofrequency maze procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1464-1465. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shingo Taguchi, Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Hiroshi Okuyama, and Shinichi Ishii
	A case of mitral valve plasty for Libman–Sacks endocarditis mimicking a cardiac tumor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1465-1467. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Howard Blumstein, Leslie Dubin Kerr, and John T. Fallon
	Giant cell aortitis with histopathologic and clinical response to steroid therapy: A case report J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1467-1468. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexander Kulik, Marino Labinaz, Luc M. Beauchesne, Donna Nicholson, and Pierre Bédard
	Hybrid repair of mitral paravalvular leak: Open surgical placement of a percutaneous occluder device J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1469-1470. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroshi Tanaka, Teruo Yamshita, Kenji Okada, Keitaro Nakagiri, Yujiro Kawanishi, and Yutaka Okita
	Feasibility of preservation of subvalvular apparatus in mitral valve replacement with the On-X mechanical valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1470-1471. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Georges Fayad, Thomas Modine, Thierry Le Tourneau, Richard Azzaoui, Christophe Decoene, Marie Christine Copin, Christophe Bauters, and Henri Warembourg
	An unusual case of papillary fibroelastoma "invading" the mitral valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1472-1473. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masashi Kai, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Yoshiharu Soga, Michiya Hanyu, Takuya Nomoto, Jota Nakano, Hideki Kitamura, Takehiko Matsuo, Tomohiro Tsunekawa, Eitaro Umehara, and Masahide Kawato
	Total arch replacement through a midsternotomy for a right-sided aortic arch aneurysm with an aberrant left subclavian artery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1473-1475. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Victor O. Morell, Peter D. Wearden, and Mahesh S. Sharma
	Wound complications associated with the submammary incision for repair of congenital heart defects in female patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1475-1476. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masaki Komiyama and Toshihiro Yasui
	Left subclavian artery originating from Kommerell diverticulum in the left aortic arch J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1477. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Roger W. Simon, Mario Lachat, Thomas Pfammatter, and Beatrice R. Amann-Vesti
	Giant aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery from the left aortic arch J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1478-1479. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshito Inoue, Toshihiko Ueda, Shinichi Taguchi, Ichiro Kashima, Kiyoshi Koizumi, and Tokuhiro Kimura
	Nonaneurysmal rupture 30 years after patch aortoplasty for coarctation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1480-1481. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter Grant, John Santosh Kumar Murala, Rao Kolli, Andrew Numa, John Awad, and Anthony Vincent Dilley
	Massive hematemesis in a child with undiagnosed aortic coarctation and mycotic aneurysm J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1482-1483. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Saulat H. Fatimi, Usman Ahmad, Muhammad A. Javed, Sara Shamim, and Rizwan Ahmad
	Familial membranous subaortic stenosis: Review of familial inheritance patterns and a case report J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1484-1486. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert Tam, Pragnesh Joshi, and Igor E. Konstantinov
	A simple method of preparing artificial chordae for mitral valve repair J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1486-1487. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lucian R. Chirieac, David C. Rice, and A. Kevin Raymond
	Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a patient with unusual involvement of the rib and intercostal lymph nodes J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1488-1489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicolas Venissac, Daniel Pop, and Jerome Mouroux
	Closure of left-sided bronchopleural fistula by video-assisted mediastinoscopy: Is it always possible? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1490-1491. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Judith Boone, Inne H.M. Borel Rinkes, and Richard van Hillegersberg
	Gastric conduit staple line after esophagectomy: To oversew or not? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1491-1492. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andrew R. Davies, Vinayak Bapat, and Tom Treasure
	Adult presentation of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation: Successful surgical management J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1493-1494. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
James M. O’Riordan, Niall Hickey, Oleg Ilinski, Parnell Keeling, and Thomas N. Walsh
	Successful early repair of a traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula after blunt chest trauma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1495-1496. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Loïc Lang-Lazdunski
	Closure of a bronchopleural fistula after extended right pneumonectomy after induction chemotherapy with BioGlue surgical adhesive J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1497-1498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Walter B. Eichinger, Ina M. Hettich, and Ruediger Lange
	Small aortic annulus: The hydrodynamic performances of 5 commercially available tissue valves J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1499-1500. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gino Gerosa, Vincenzo Tarzia, Giulio Rizzoli, and Tomaso Bottio
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1500-1501. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maurice Beghetti, Yacine Aggoun, and Eduardo Da Cruz
	Nitric oxide precursors and congenital cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial of oral citrulline. Definition of pulmonary hypertension in Fontan circulation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1501-1502. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arnaud Mommerot and Louis P. Perrault
	Carbon dioxide embolism induced by endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting during coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1502. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alan P. Kypson
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1502-1503. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Xue Ning Yang and Ugo Pastorino
	Are absorbable sutures inadequate to close the sternum? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1503. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sanjay Asopa and Anish Patel
	Bonnano’s catheter: A less invasive and cost-effective alternative for drainage of pleural effusion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1503-1504. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1505-1506. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1507. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1507-1508. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1508. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1508. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1508-1509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Samson Resident Prize Essay J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Application for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guest Reviewers:

	Guest Reviewers for The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1510-1512. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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