Editorials:

Michael J. Mack, Robert M. Sade, American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee
	Relations between cardiothoracic surgeons and industry J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1047-1049. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter K. Smith
	Treatment selection for coronary artery disease: The collision of a belief system with evidence J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1050-1053. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ara A. Vaporciyan, Carolyn E. Reed, Clese Erikson, Michael J. Dill, Andrea J. Carpenter, Kristine J. Guleserian, and Walter Merrill
	Factors affecting interest in cardiothoracic surgery: Survey of North American general surgery residents J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1054-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Michael Flynn, Ronan Curtin, Edward R. Nowicki, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Scott D. Flamm, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Tomislav Mihaljevic
	Regional wall motion abnormalities and scarring in severe functional ischemic mitral regurgitation: A pilot cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1063-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1069-1070. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rakesh M. Suri, Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, and Thomas A. Orszulak
	Recovery of left ventricular function after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1071-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jason L. Quill, Alexander J. Hill, Timothy G. Laske, Ottavio Alfieri, and Paul A. Iaizzo
	Mitral leaflet anatomy revisited J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1077-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Luca Weltert, Ruggero De Paulis, Raffaele Scaffa, Daniele Maselli, Alessandro Bellisario, and Stefano D'Alessandro
	Re-creation of a sinuslike graft expansion in Bentall procedure reduces stress at the coronary button anastomoses: A finite element study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1082-1087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cheng-Hon Yap, Nick Andrianopoulos, Diem T. Dinh, Baki Billah, Alexander Rosalion, Julian A. Smith, Gilbert C. Shardey, Peter D. Skillington, James Tatoulis, Morteza Mohajeri, Michael Yii, and Chistopher M. Reid
	Short- and midterm outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery performed by surgeons in training J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1088-1092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Giuseppe Nasso, Roberto Coppola, Raffaele Bonifazi, Felice Piancone, Giuseppe Bozzetti, and Giuseppe Speziale
	Arterial revascularization in primary coronary artery bypass grafting: Direct comparison of 4 strategies—Results of the Stand-in-Y Mammary Study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1093-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Human, Thomas Franz, Jacques Scherman, Lovendran Moodley, and Peter Zilla
	Dimensional analysis of human saphenous vein grafts: Implications for external mesh support J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1101-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
W.R. Eric Jamieson, Guy J. Fradet, James G. Abel, Michael T. Janusz, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, Joan S. MacNab, Elizabeth A. Stanford, and Florence Chan
	Seven-year results with the St Jude Medical Silzone mechanical prosthesis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1109-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Suma H. Konety, Gary E. Rosenthal, and Mary S. Vaughan-Sarrazin
	Surgical volume and outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Does it matter? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1116-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Correction:

Irina V. Volguina, D. Craig Miller, Scott A. LeMaire, Laura C. Palmero, Xing Li Wang, Heidi M. Connolly, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph E. Bavaria, Harry C. Dietz, Dianna M. Milewicz, Joseph S. Coselli Aortic Valve Operative Outcomes in Marfan Patients study group
	Valve-sparing and valve-replacing techniques for aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: Analysis of early outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1124-1132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1131-1132. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Karl F. Welke, Sean M. O'Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Ross M. Ungerleider, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Jeffery P. Jacobs
	The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1133-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1139-1140. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
François Godart, Ivan Bouzguenda, Francis Juthier, Fabrice Wautot, Alain Prat, Christian Rey, Delphine Corseaux, Alexandre Ung, Brigitte Jude, and André Vincentelli
	Experimental off-pump transventricular pulmonary valve replacement using a self-expandable valved stent: A new approach for pulmonary incompetence after repaired tetralogy of Fallot? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1141-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Amir M. Sheikh, Cindy Barrett, Nestor Villamizar, Oscar Alzate, Anne Marie Valente, J. Rene' Herlong, Damian Craig, Andrew Lodge, Jeffrey Lawson, Carmelo Milano, and James Jaggers
	Right ventricular hypertrophy with early dysfunction: A proteomics study in a neonatal model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1146-1153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jonathan R. Egan, Tanya L. Butler, Andrew D. Cole, Smartin Abraham, John S. Murala, David Baines, Neil Street, Lance Thompson, Oliver Biecker, John Dittmer, Sandra Cooper, Carol G. Au, Kathryn N. North, and David S. Winlaw
	Myocardial membrane injury in pediatric cardiac surgery: An animal model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1154-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tara Karamlou, Alessandra Bernasconi, Edgar Jaeggi, Fahad Alhabshan, William G. Williams, Glen S. Van Arsdell, John G. Coles, and Christopher A. Caldarone
	Factors associated with arch reintervention and growth of the aortic arch after coarctation repair in neonates weighing less than 2.5 kg J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1163-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yasutaka Hirata, Jonathan M. Chen, Jan M. Quaegebeur, and Ralph S. Mosca
	The role of enucleation with or without septal myectomy for discrete subaortic stenosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1168-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Ayesha S. Bryant and Robert James Cerfolio
	The analysis of a prospective surgical database improves postoperative fast-tracking algorithms after pulmonary resection J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1173-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1177-1179. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kotaro Kameyama, Mamoru Takahashi, Keiji Ohata, Hitoshi Igai, Akihiko Yamashina, Tomoaki Matsuoka, Tatsuo Nakagawa, and Norihito Okumura
	Evaluation of the new TNM staging system proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer at a single institution J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1180-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Marco Lucchi, Federico Davini, Roberta Ricciardi, Leonardo Duranti, Laura Boldrini, Gerardo Palmiero, Fulvio Basolo, and Alfredo Mussi
	Management of pleural recurrence after curative resection of thymoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1185-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Leonard M. Rademakers, Paul F. Gründeman, Robert W. Bolderman, Frederik H. van der Veen, and Jos G. Maessen
	Stability of an autologous platelet clot in the pericardial sac: An experimental and clinical study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1190-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jin-Shing Chen, Kai-Chieh Huang, Yen-Ching Chen, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Jan-Ming Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee
	Pediatric empyema: Outcome analysis of thoracoscopic management J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1195-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kentaro Yoshimoto, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Hironori Kobayashi, Yasuomi Ohba, Hidekatsu Shibata, Kuniyuki Tashiro, Shinya Shiraishi, and Toshiaki Kobayashi
	Quantification of the impact of segmentectomy on pulmonary function by perfusion single-photon-emission computed tomography and multidetector computed tomography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1200-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support:

Francesco Formica, Francesco Broccolo, Antonello Martino, Jennifer Sciucchetti, Vincenzo Giordano, Leonello Avalli, Gianluigi Radaelli, Orazio Ferro, Fabrizio Corti, Clementina Cocuzza, and Giovanni Paolini
	Myocardial revascularization with miniaturized extracorporeal circulation versus off pump: Evaluation of systemic and myocardial inflammatory response in a prospective randomized study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1206-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Subha V. Raman, Tam Tran, Orlando P. Simonetti, and Benjamin Sun
	Dynamic computed tomography to determine cardiac output in patients with left ventricular assist devices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1213-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Adam Sokal, Michal Zembala, Anna Radomski, Alfred Kocher, Jerzy Pacholewicz, Joanna Los, Ewa Jedrzejczyk, Marian Zembala, and Marek Radomski
	A differential release of matrix metalloproteinases 9 and 2 during coronary artery bypass grafting and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1218-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shu-Hong Li, Teresa Y.Y. Lai, Zhuo Sun, Mihan Han, Eduardo Moriyama, Brian Wilson, Shafie Fazel, Richard D. Weisel, Terrence Yau, Joseph C. Wu, and Ren-Ke Li
	Tracking cardiac engraftment and distribution of implanted bone marrow cells: Comparing intra-aortic, intravenous, and intramyocardial delivery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1225-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

David P. Mason, Lillian H. Batizy, Jeffrey Wu, Edward R. Nowicki, Sudish C. Murthy, Ann M. McNeill, Marie M. Budev, Atul C. Mehta, Gösta B. Pettersson, and Eugene H. Blackstone
	Matching donor to recipient in lung transplantation: How much does size matter? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1234-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christine L. Lau, Yunge Zhao, Jiyoun Kim, Irving L. Kron, Ashish Sharma, Zequan Yang, Victor E. Laubach, Joel Linden, Gorav Ailawadi, and David J. Pinsky
	Enhanced fibrinolysis protects against lung ischemia–reperfusion injury J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1241-1248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric S. Weiss, Hunter C. Champion, Jason A. Williams, William A. Baumgartner, and Ashish S. Shah
	Long-acting oral phosphodiesterase inhibition preconditions against reperfusion injury in an experimental lung transplantation model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1249-1257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1256-1257. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Vikram Kurra, Paul Schoenhagen, Eric E. Roselli, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Roy Greenberg, Mateen Akhtar, Milind Y. Desai, Scott D. Flamm, Sandra S. Halliburton, Lars G. Svensson, and Srikanth Sola
	Prevalence of significant peripheral artery disease in patients evaluated for percutaneous aortic valve insertion: Preprocedural assessment with multidetector computed tomography J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1258-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Louise Bagge, Per Blomström, Leif Nilsson, Gunnar Myrdal Einarsson, Lena Jidéus, and Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
	Epicardial off-pump pulmonary vein isolation and vagal denervation improve long-term outcome and quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1265-1271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Naveen Swami, Shyam K.S. Thingnam, and Harkant Singh
	Cavernous hemangioma of the bronchial wall: A systemic–pulmonary vessel fistula J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1272-1273. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maria Grazia Croccia, Stefano Pratali, Cristina Basso, Giovanni Scioti, Mila Della Barbera, Gaetano Thiene, and Uberto Bortolotti
	Early calcification of a stentless pericardial bioprosthesis in the elderly J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1273-1275. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rony Atoui, Tarek Hijal, Richard Fraser, and Dominique Shum-Tim
	Acute rupture of both papillary muscles after aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1275-1276. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tsai-Wang Huang, Yung-Lung Cheng, Jen-Chih Chen, Wen-Chiuan Tsai, Hung Chang, and Shih-Chun Lee
	Spontaneous regression of a mediastinal thymoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1277-1278. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Naoko Nagano, Jean-François Morin, Dominique Joyal, and Lawrence Rudski
	Acute myocardial infarction and limb ischemia as manifestation of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1278-1280. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Reiji Hattori, Chihiro Oishi, Junji Iwasaka, Toshiji Iwasaka, Takayuki Okada, Hiroyuki Johno, Chiharu Enoki, Tomohiko Sumida, Yoshihisa Nakao, and Hiroji Imamura
	Multiple papillary fibroelastoma with quadricuspid aortic valve J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1280-1282. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshikatsu Saiki, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Junetsu Akasaka, Naotaka Motoyoshi, Sadahiro Sai, and Koichi Tabayashi
	Pulmonary venous obstruction in a patient with Marfan syndrome: Rare presentation of an expanding dissecting descending thoracic aortic aneurysm with annuloaortic ectasia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1282-1284. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Abbas Emaminia, Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Masih Shafa, Alireza Moaref, and Ramin Javan
	Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm after aortic valve replacement: Watch the tip of the cardioplegia cannula! J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1285-1286. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takeshi Shimamoto, Takeshi Nishina, Akira Marui, and Masashi Komeda
	Dual left ventricular restorations in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1286-1288. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Video]
Francesco Patanè, Paolo Centofanti, Edoardo Zingarelli, Fabrizio Sansone, and Michele La Torre
	Potential role of the Impella Recover left ventricular assist device in the management of postinfarct ventricular septal defect J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1288-1289. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Payam Akhyari, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Tobias Heye, Artur Lichtenberg, and Matthias Karck
	Aortic dissection type A after supra-aortic debranching and implantation of an endovascular stent-graft for type B dissection: A word of caution J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1290-1292. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Shlomo Gabbay
	Why are the results reported from this center inconsistant with the general experience of 4000 implants and 10 years of follow-up? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1293-1294. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thierry Carrel, Florian S. Schoenhoff, Friedrich Eckstein, and Jürg Schmidli
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1294-1295. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michele Musci, Henryk Siniawski, and Roland Hetzer
	Shelhigh bioprosthesis in active infective endocarditis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1295-1296. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thierry Carrel, Florian S. Schoenhoff, and Duke Cameron
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1296-1297. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maurizio Salati
	Distal axillary artery cannulation can be useful to achieve arterial inflow in descending aortic surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1297-1298. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hitoshi Ogino
	Reply to the editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1298-1299. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meetings and Courses:

	Meetings and Courses J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1300-1302. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Announcement of 2009 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1303. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Grant Writing Workshop 2009 – A Success J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1303-1304. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Meetings and Sponsored Events J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1304. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Online Award Applications Now Available on www.aats.org J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1304. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2009 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1304-1305. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1305. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1305. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1305. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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