Editorials:

Timothy J. Gardner
	On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology:

Georg M. Wieselthaler, Michaela Riedl, Heinrich Schima, Oswald Wagner, Werner Waldhäusl, Ernst Wolner, Anton Luger, and Martin Clodi
	Endocrine function is not impaired in patients with a continuous MicroMed–DeBakey axial flow pump J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:2-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ismail El-Hamamsy, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, Denis Bouchard, Philippe Demers, Raymond Cartier, Pierre Page, and Louis P. Perrault
	Effect of intravenous N-acetylcysteine on outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:7-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
C. David Mazer, Francoise Briet, Katherine R. Blight, Duncan J. Stewart, Malcolm Robb, Zhilan Wang, Alana M. Harrington, William Mak, Xiaomao Li, and Gregory M.T. Hare
	Increased cerebral and renal endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene expression after cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:13-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Deborah Morley, Kenneth Litwak, Paul Ferber, Paul Spence, Robert Dowling, Bart Meyns, Bartley Griffith, and Daniel Burkhoff
	Hemodynamic effects of partial ventricular support in chronic heart failure: Results of simulation validated with in vivo data J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:21-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takashi Miura, Takahiko Sakamoto, Makio Kobayashi, Toshiharu Shin’oka, and Hiromi Kurosawa
	Hemodilutional anemia impairs neurologic outcome after cardiopulmonary bypass in a piglet model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:29-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Klaus Jürgen Schmitz, Jenci Palatty, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda, Christian Vahlhaus, Bodo Levkau, Jörg Stypmann, Christof Schmid, Kurt Werner Schmid, and Hideo Andreas Baba
	Roles of cyclooxygenase-2 and phosphorylated Akt ( T hr308) in cardiac hypertrophy regression mediated by left-ventricular unloading J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:37-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter Raivio, Jose A. Fernández, Anne Kuitunen, John H. Griffin, Riitta Lassila, and Jari Petäjä
	Activation of protein C and hemodynamic recovery after coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:44-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kwang Ree Cho, Ho Young Hwang, Won Jun Kang, Dong Soo Lee, and Ki-Bong Kim
	Progressive improvement of myocardial perfusion after off-pump revascularization with bilateral internal thoracic arteries: Comparison of early versus 1-year postoperative myocardial single photon emission computed tomography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:52-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Herre J. Reesink, J. Tim Marcus, Igor I. Tulevski, Stuart Jamieson, Jaap J. Kloek, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, and Paul Bresser
	Reverse right ventricular remodeling after pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Utility of magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate restoration of the right ventricle J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:58-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Douglas E. Wood, Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Roger D. Yusen, Daniel H. Sterman, David E. Ost, Steven C. Springmeyer, H. Xavier Gonzalez, Michael S. Mulligan, Thomas Gildea, Ward V. Houck, Michael Machuzak, and Atul C. Mehta
	A multicenter trial of an intrabronchial valve for treatment of severe emphysema J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:65-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:71-73. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Pramod Bonde, Daqing Gao, Lei Chen, Mark Duncan, Tomoharu Miyashita, Elizabeth Montgomery, John W. Harmon, and Chiming Wei
	Selective decrease in the DNA base excision repair pathway in squamous cell cancer of the esophagus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:74-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:81. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Zane T. Hammoud, Sunil Badve, Romil Saxena, Kenneth A. Kesler, Karen Rieger, Linda H. Malkas, and Robert J. Hickey
	A novel biomarker for the detection of esophageal adenocarcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:82-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:86-87. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alessandro Brunelli, Nicholas J. Morgan-Hughes, Majed Refai, Michele Salati, Armando Sabbatini, and Gaetano Rocco
	Risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality models to compare the performance of two units after major lung resections J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:88-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:95-96. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dino J. Ravnic, Moritz A. Konerding, Juan P. Pratt, Tanja Wolloscheck, Harold T. Huss, and Steven J. Mentzer
	The murine bronchopulmonary microcirculation in hapten-induced inflammation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:97-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:103. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rebecca P. Petersen, Steven I. Hanish, John C. Haney, Charles C. Miller, III, William R. Burfeind, Jr, Douglas S. Tyler, Hilliard F. Seigler, Walter Wolfe, Thomas A. D’Amico, and David H. Harpole, Jr
	Improved survival with pulmonary metastasectomy: An analysis of 1720 patients with pulmonary metastatic melanoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:104-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:109-110. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marc de Perrot, Karl Uy, Masaki Anraku, Ming S. Tsao, Gail Darling, Thomas K. Waddell, Andrew F. Pierre, Andrea Bezjak, Shaf Keshavjee, and Michael R. Johnston
	Impact of lymph node metastasis on outcome after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:111-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Ravi K. Ghanta, Raymond Chen, Narendren Narayanasamy, Siobhan McGurk, Stuart Lipsitz, Frederick Y. Chen, and Lawrence H. Cohn
	Suture bicuspidization of the tricuspid valve versus ring annuloplasty for repair of functional tricuspid regurgitation: Midterm results of 237 consecutive patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:117-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:125-126. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
James C. Halstead, Matthias Meier, Christian Etz, David Spielvogel, Carol Bodian, Michael Wurm, Rohit Shahani, and Randall B. Griepp
	The fate of the distal aorta after repair of acute type A aortic dissection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:127-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:134-135. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Morgan L. Brown, Martin D. Abel, Roger L. Click, Ronald G. Morford, Joseph A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, Thomas A. Orszulak, and Harzell V. Schaff
	Systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: Is surgical intervention necessary? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:136-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:142-143. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tirone E. David, Gheorghe Gavra, Christopher M. Feindel, Tommaso Regesta, Susan Armstrong, and Manjula D. Maganti
	Surgical treatment of active infective endocarditis: A continued challenge J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:144-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:149. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stephanie J. Brister, Zainulabedin Hamdulay, Subodh Verma, Manjula Maganti, and Michael R. Buchanan
	Ethnic diversity: South Asian ethnicity is associated with increased coronary artery bypass grafting mortality J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:150-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joseph D. Schmoker, Kenneth J. McPartland, Erika K. Fellinger, Jon Boyum, Lucy Trombley, Frank P. Ittleman, Christopher Terrien, III, Andrew Stanley, and Alan Howard
	Matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor expression in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysms J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:155-161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andrea M. D’Armini, Giorgio Zanotti, Stefano Ghio, Giulia Magrini, Matteo Pozzi, Laura Scelsi, Giulia Meloni, Catherine Klersy, and Mario Viganò
	Reverse right ventricular remodeling after pulmonary endarterectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:162-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:168. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Fausto Biancari, Martti Mosorin, Elsi Rasinaho, Jarmo Lahtinen, Jouni Heikkinen, Eija Niemelä, Vesa Anttila, Martti Lepojärvi, and Tatu Juvonen
	Postoperative stroke after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:169-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Keiji Kamohara, Zoran B. Popovic, Masao Daimon, Maureen Martin, Yoshio Ootaki, Masatoshi Akiyama, Firas Zahr, Faruk Cingoz, Chiyo Ootaki, Michael W. Kopcak, Jr, Raymond Dessoffy, Jenny Liu, James D. Thomas, A. Marc Gillinov, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi
	Impact of left atrial appendage exclusion on left atrial function J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:174-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dumbor L. Ngaage, Hartzell V. Schaff, Charles J. Mullany, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, Sunni Barnes, Richard C. Daly, and Thomas A. Orszulak
	Does preoperative atrial fibrillation influence early and late outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:182-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notice of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:189. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Claudia Schmidtke, Gerlinde Dahmen, Bernhard Graf, and Hans-H. Sievers
	Pulmonary homograft muscle reduction to reduce the risk of homograft stenosis in the Ross procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:190-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Reza Barkhordarian, Ding Wen-Hong, Wei Li, Manjit Josen, Michael Henein, and Siew Yen Ho
	Geometry of the left ventricular outflow tract in fixed subaortic stenosis and intact ventricular septum: An echocardiographic study in children and adults J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:196-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Charles T. Klodell, Jr, David C. McGiffin, Barry K. Rayburn, Benjamin Sun, William T. Abraham, John V. Conte, Stuart D. Russell, Walter E. Pae, Jr, John P. Boehmer, and Juan M. Aranda, Jr
	Initial United States experience with the Paracor HeartNet myocardial constraint device for heart failure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:204-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:209. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter Matt, Thierry Carrel, Melanie White, Ivan Lefkovits, and Jennifer Van Eyk
	Proteomics in cardiovascular surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:210-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

José Pedro da Silva, José Francisco Baumgratz, Luciana da Fonseca, Sônia Meiken Franchi, Lilian Maria Lopes, Gláucia Maria P. Tavares, Andressa Mussi Soares, Luiz Felipe Moreira, and Miguel Barbero-Marcial
	The cone reconstruction of the tricuspid valve in Ebstein’s anomaly. The operation: early and midterm results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:215-223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:221-223. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
U. Fakler, Ch. Pauli, G. Balling, H.P. Lorenz, A. Eicken, M. Hennig, and J. Hess
	Cardiac index monitoring by pulse contour analysis and thermodilution after pediatric cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:224-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Laszlo Kiraly, Martha Hubay, Andrew C. Cook, Siew Yen Ho, and Robert H. Anderson
	Morphologic features of the uniatrial but biventricular atrioventricular connection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:229-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Deirdre Murray, David Grant, N. Murali, and Warwick Butt
	Unmeasured anions in children after cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:235-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yves Durandy and Sylvie Hulin
	Intermittent warm blood cardioplegia in the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease: Clinical experience with 1400 cases J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:241-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Amir Elami
	Wide splitting of the second heart sound and systolic murmur: Not what you think J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:e1. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hisato Takagi, Toshiyuki Tanabashi, Norikazu Kawai, Takayoshi Kato, and Takuya Umemoto
	Off-pump coronary artery bypass sacrifices graft patency: Meta-analysis of randomized trials J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:e2-e3. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank Langer and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
	RING plus STRING: Papillary muscle repositioning as an adjunctive repair technique for ischemic mitral regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:247-249. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gino Gerosa, Sara Pontarollo, Sabino Iliceto, and Francesca di Marco
	An alternative technique for aortic root remodeling in patients with bicuspid aortic valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:249-250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexander Lauten, Justus T. Strauch, Jens Wippermann, and Thorsten Wahlers
	A rare type of right atrial tumor in a 66-year-old woman J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:251-252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tomaso Bottio, Gianluigi Bisleri, Paolo Piccoli, and Claudio Muneretto
	Valve-sparing aortic root replacement in a patient with a rare connective tissue disorder: Arterial tortuosity syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:252-253. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ben Davies, Guido Oppido, and Christian P. Brizard
	Surgical management of symptomatic cardiac fibromas in children J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:254-255. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Igor E. Konstantinov and Peter Pohlner
	An approach to interrupted aortic arch associated with transposition of the great arteries J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:256-257. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Philippe Demers, Bertrand Marcheix, Denis Bouchard, Raymond Cartier, and Michel Pellerin
	Surgical treatment of a rare association: Aberrant right coronary origination, coronary arteriovenous fistula, and aortic root aneurysm J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:258-259. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alex Frydrychowicz, Cristian Schlensak, Aurélien Stalder, Max Russe, Matthias Siepe, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Mathias Langer, Jürgen Hennig, and Michael Markl
	Ascending–descending aortic bypass surgery in aortic arch coarctation: Four-dimensional magnetic resonance flow analysis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:260-262. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Giuseppe Siniscalchi, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Enrico Ferrari, Dominique Delay, Patrick Ruchat, and Ludwig von Segesser
	Endovascular repair of aortic arch aneurysm after achievement of local anesthesia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:262-263. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael F. Reed and Jaime D. Lewis
	Thoracoscopic mediastinal repositioning for postpneumonectomy syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:264-265. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mika Uchiyama, Yoshie Shimoyama, Noriyasu Usami, Simon Ito, Ayuko Yasuda, Koji Kawaguchi, and Kohei Yokoi
	Primary pulmonary malignant schwannoma with extension to the tracheal carina J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:265-267. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, and Jerome Mouroux
	Video-assisted mediastinoscopy improved radical resection for cancer in transhiatal esophagectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:267-268. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jung-Jyh Hung, Yu-Chung Wu, Han-Shui Hsu, Kung-Ming Wang, and Wen-Hu Hsu
	Major hemorrhage and subsequent cardiac tamponade during mediastinoscopy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:269-270. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
César Pérez-Caballero Macarrón, Alfonso Pérez Palomino, José Antonio Matute de Cárdenas, Nieves Sanz Villa, and Luis Moreno Fernández
	Descending necrotizing mediastinitis in a child with chickenpox J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:271-272. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Seth D. Force, Andres Pelaez, David C. Neujahr, Allan M. Ramirez, William Whitley, Daniel L. Miller, and E. Clinton Lawrence
	Technique of right single-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using cross-field ventilation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:272-273. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Michael R. Dashwood and Andrzej Loesch
	Surgical damage of the saphenous vein and graft patency J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:274-275. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Pierluigi Granone, Paul Van Schil, and Alfredo Cesario
	Restaging patients with N2 (stage IIIa) non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A closer look at redo mediastinoscopy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:275-276. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert J. Cerfolio
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:276-277. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ganapathy Subramaniam Krishnan, Ravi Agarwal, and Kotturathu M. Cherian
	Ascending–descending aortic bypass with the aid of a heart-lifting device J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:277-278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alejandro Aris, Maria Luz Maestre, and Maria Teresa Subirana
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of Interest:

	Events of Interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:279-280. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:281. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:281. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:281-282. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2006-2007 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:282. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Second Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 2007-2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:282. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2007 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:282-283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Samson Resident Prize Essay J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Application for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Recertification/Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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