Presidential Obituary:

Robert Anderson
	David C. Sabiston, Jr, MD J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1307-1308. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Editorials:

Francis Robicsek
	Tribute to a pioneer: Viking Olov Björk, 1918–2009 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1309-1310. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
T.K. Susheel Kumar
	The second assistant in cardiac surgery: The challenges and answers J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1311-1314. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John Calhoon
	Invited Commentary J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1313-1314. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thoralf M. Sundt
	Not if, but when J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1315-1316. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thoracic Surgical Education:

Sunil M. Prasad, Malek G. Massad, Edgar G. Chedrawy, Norman J. Snow, Joannie T. Yeh, Himalaya Lele, Ahmed Tarakji, Hersh S. Maniar, Heather Herren, and William A. Gay
	Weathering the storm: How can thoracic surgery training programs meet the new challenges in the era of less-invasive technologies? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1317-1326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1325-1326. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Melanie D. Everitt, Nelangi Pinto, John A. Hawkins, Max B. Mitchell, Peter C. Kouretas, and Anji T. Yetman
	Cardiovascular surgery in children with Marfan syndrome or Loeys-Dietz syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1327-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1332-1333. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel J. DiBardino, Doff B. McElhinney, Aditya K. Kaza, and John E. Mayer, Jr.
	Analysis of the US Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database for adverse events involving Amplatzer septal occluder devices and comparison with the Society of Thoracic Surgery congenital cardiac surgery database J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1334-1341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1339-1341. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jay D. Pruetz, Sarah Badran, Fred Dorey, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Alan B. Lewis
	Differential branch pulmonary artery growth after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit versus modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in hypoplastic left heart syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1342-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Matthew A. Crystal, Khaled Al Najashi, William G. Williams, Andrew N. Redington, and Robert H. Anderson
	Inferior sinus venosus defect: Echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical approach J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1349-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yeong-Hoon Choi, Douglas B. Cowan, Adrian M. Moran, Steven D. Colan, Christof Stamm, Koh Takeuchi, Ingeborg Friehs, Pedro J. del Nido, and Francis X. McGowan, Jr.
	Myocyte apoptosis occurs early during the development of pressure-overload hypertrophy in infant myocardium J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1356-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gang-Jun Zong, Yuan Bai, Hai-Bin Jiang, Wei-Ping Li, Hong Wu, Xian-Xian Zhao, and Yong-Wen Qin
	Use of a novel valve stent for transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: An animal study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1363-1369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Hiroshi Sugimura, Ernest H. Spratt, Christopher G. Compeau, Deepa Kattail, and Yaron Shargall
	Thoracoscopic sympathetic clipping for hyperhidrosis: Long-term results and reversibility J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1370-1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1376-1377. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
William D. Bolton, David C. Rice, Adam Goodyear, Arlene M. Correa, Jeremy Erasmus, Wayne Hofstetter, Ritsuko Komaki, Reza Mehran, Katherine Pisters, Jack A. Roth, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh, Jason Weaver, and Laurence Rhines
	Superior sulcus tumors with vertebral body involvement: A multimodality approach J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1379-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1386-1387. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mark Shapiro, Todd S. Weiser, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Cynthia Chin, Michael Arustamyan, and Scott J. Swanson
	Thoracoscopic segmentectomy compares favorably with thoracoscopic lobectomy for patients with small stage I lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1388-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ryoichi Nakanishi, Yoshihisa Fujino, Toshihiro Yamashita, and Soichi Oka
	A prospective study of the association between drainage volume within 24 hours after thoracoscopic lobectomy and postoperative morbidity J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1394-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marco Alifano, Giacomo Cusumano, Salvatore Strano, Pierre Magdeleinat, Antonio Bobbio, Frederique Giraud, Bernard Lebeau, and Jean-François Régnard
	Lobectomy with pulmonary artery resection: Morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1400-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shinji Yajin, Gen Murakami, Hiromi Takeuchi, Tadashi Hasegawa, and Hiroya Kitano
	The normal configuration and interindividual differences in intramural lymphatic vessels of the esophagus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1406-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Farhood Farjah, Douglas E. Wood, Michael S. Mulligan, Bahirathan Krishnadasan, Patrick J. Heagerty, Rebecca Gaston Symons, and David R. Flum
	Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1415-1421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Scott D. Barnett and Niv Ad
	Surgery for aortic and mitral valve disease in the United States: A trend of change in surgical practice between 1998 and 2005 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1422-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Samir R. Kapadia, Sachin S. Goel, Lars Svensson, Eric Roselli, Robert M. Savage, Lee Wallace, Srikanth Sola, Paul Schoenhagen, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Ryan Christofferson, Carmel Halley, L. Leonardo Rodriguez, William Stewart, Vidyasagar Kalahasti, and E. Murat Tuzcu
	Characterization and outcome of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous aortic valve replacement J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1430-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jan Fräßdorf, Andreas Borowski, Dirk Ebel, Peter Feindt, Manuel Hermes, Thomas Meemann, René Weber, Jost Müllenheim, Nina C. Weber, Benedikt Preckel, and Wolfgang Schlack
	Impact of preconditioning protocol on anesthetic-induced cardioprotection in patients having coronary artery bypass surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1436-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Neuza Helena Lopes, Felipe da Silva Paulitsch, Alexandre Pereira, Cibele Larossa Garzillo, João Fernando Ferreira, Noedir Stolf, and Whady Hueb
	Mild chronic kidney dysfunction and treatment strategies for stable coronary artery disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1443-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroo Takayama, Craig R. Smith, Michael E. Bowdish, and Allan S. Stewart
	Open distal anastomosis in aortic root replacement using axillary cannulation and moderate hypothermia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1450-1453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Faisal G. Bakaeen, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, David C. Rice, Garret L. Walsh, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Steven S. Swisher, Robert Benjamin, Shanda Blackmon, and Michael J. Reardon
	Outcomes after surgical resection of cardiac sarcoma in the multimodality treatment era J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1454-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank Eberhardt, Matthias Heringlake, Maximilian S. Massalme, Anika Dyllus, Martin Misfeld, Hans-H. Sievers, Uwe K.H. Wiegand, and Thorsten Hanke
	The effect of biventricular pacing after coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective randomized trial of different pacing modes in patients with reduced left ventricular function J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1461-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Aslan T. Turer, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Emily Honeycutt, Robert H. Tuttle, Linda K. Shaw, Michael H. Sketch, Jr., Peter K. Smith, Robert M. Califf, and John H. Alexander
	Influence of body mass index on the efficacy of revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1468-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Feng Yao, Lin Han, Zhi-yun Xu, Liang-jian Zou, Sheng-dong Huang, Zhi-nong Wang, Fang-lin Lu, and Ying-long Yao
	Surgical treatment of multivalvular endocarditis: Twenty-one–year single center experience J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1475-1480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Modi, Evelio Rodriguez, W. Clark Hargrove, III, Ansar Hassan, Wilson Y. Szeto, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.
	Minimally invasive video-assisted mitral valve surgery: A 12-year, 2-center experience in 1178 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1481-1487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Jay K. Bhama, Duc Q. Nguyen, Sun Scolieri, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Yoshiya Toyoda, Robert L. Kormos, Kenneth R. McCurry, Dennis McNamara, and Christian A. Bermudez
	Surgical revascularization for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Is it still an option? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1488-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
György Lang, Clemens Aigner, Günther Winkler, Keso Shkirdladze, Wilfried Wisser, Gerhard Dekan, Masaya Tamura, Georg Heinze, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Walter Klepetko
	Prolonged venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after transplantation restores functional integrity of severely injured lung allografts and prevents the development of pulmonary graft failure in a pig model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1493-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology:

Keitaro Matsumoto, Takeshi Nagayasu, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, Tsutomu Tagawa, Takatomo Yamayoshi, Takafumi Abo, Shuichi Tobinaga, Katsuro Furukawa, and Takehiko Koji
	Keratinocyte growth factor accelerates compensatory growth in the remaining lung after trilobectomy in rats J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1499-1507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kristóf Hirschberg, Tamás Radovits, Sivakkanan Loganathan, László Entz, Carsten J. Beller, Marie–Luise Gross, Peter Sandner, Matthias Karck, and Gábor Szabó
	Selective phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition reduces neointimal hyperplasia in rat carotid arteries after surgical endarterectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1508-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Young Keun On, Eun-Seok Jeon, Sang Yeub Lee, Dae-Hee Shin, Jin-Oh Choi, Jidong Sung, June Soo Kim, Kiick Sung, and PyoWon Park
	Plasma transforming growth factor β1 as a biochemical marker to predict the persistence of atrial fibrillation after the surgical maze procedure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1515-1520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary Support:

Yusuke Iwata, Toru Okamura, Nobuyuki Ishibashi, David Zurakowski, Hart G.W. Lidov, and Richard A. Jonas
	Optimal dose of aprotinin for neuroprotection and renal function in a piglet survival model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1521-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1529. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hajime Imura, Massimo Caputo, Kelvin Lim, Masami Ochi, M.-Saadeh Suleiman, Kazuo Shimizu, and Gianni D. Angelini
	Pulmonary injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: Beneficial effects of low-frequency mechanical ventilation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1530-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Olaf Mercier, Edouard Sage, Marc de Perrot, Ly Tu, Elisabeth Marcos, Benoît Decante, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Hervé, Philippe Dartevelle, Saadia Eddahibi, and Elie Fadel
	Regression of flow-induced pulmonary arterial vasculopathy after flow correction in piglets J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1538-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Communications:

Daniel R. Wong, Robert H. Boone, Christopher R. Thompson, Michael F. Allard, Lukas Altwegg, Ronald G. Carere, Anson Cheung, Jian Ye, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, Hilton Ling, and John G. Webb
	Mitral valve injury late after transcatheter aortic valve implantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1547-1549. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Giuseppe Rescigno, Marco Pozzi, Filippo Capestro, Luciano S. Matteucci, Christopher Münch, Gianfranco Iacobone, and Gian Piero Piccoli
	A new subspecialty in cardiac surgery: Scrap metal merchant J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1549-1550. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cliff K. Choong, Yasir Abu-Omar, Ajit Agarwal, Thomas Pulimood, Nicholas Screaton, Ian Hardy, Alain Vuylsteke, and Michael Davies
	Concomitant bilateral lung volume reduction surgery and aortic valve replacement: Multidisciplinary strategies in achieving a successful outcome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1551-1552. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cliff K. Choong, Jon Naylor, Alain Vuylsteke, Ian Hardy, Nicholas Screaton, Jo Porter, and Michael Davies
	Successful combined bilateral lung volume reduction and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Implications and advantages J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1552-1554. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Monika Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Juraszynski, Piotr Burczynski, Grazyna Brzezinska-Rajszys, and Wanda Kawalec
	Off-pump revascularization with the use of both internal thoracic arteries in a 3-year-old child with Kawasaki syndrome J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1554-1555. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jennifer S. Lawton, Nader Moazami, Michael K. Pasque, Marc R. Moon, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.
	Early stenosis of Medtronic Mosaic porcine valves in the aortic position J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1556-1557. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel Marelli, Fardad Esmailian, Samantha Y. Wong, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Murray H. Kwon, Ramin E. Beygui, Hillel Laks, Mark D. Plunkett, Abbas Ardehali, and Richard J. Shemin
	Tricuspid valve regurgitation after heart transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1557-1559. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Takashi Ibe, Yasuki Iwasaki, Atsushi Takise, and Izumi Takeyoshi
	Membranous tracheoplasty using an azygous vein pedicle graft with roundabout-field intubation: A novel surgical technique J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1560-1562. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Elizabeth Belcher, Massimo Conti, Peter Goldstraw, and Simon Jordan
	A modified technique of selective lung ventilation through a tracheostomy to facilitate conservative management of iatrogenic tracheal rupture J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1562-1564. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joerg Seeburger, Heiner Groesdonk, Michael Andrew Borger, Denis Merk, Joerg Ender, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, and Nicolas Doll
	Quadruple valve replacement for acute endocarditis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1564-1565. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andreas Koster, Michael Huebler, Wolfgang Boettcher, Mathias Redlin, Felix Berger, and Roland Hetzer
	A new miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass system reduces transfusion requirements during neonatal cardiac surgery: Initial experience in 13 consecutive patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1565-1568. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Goran Panic, Miljko Ristic, Svetozar Putnik, Dejan Markovic, Ivan Divac, and Uros U. Babic
	A novel technique for treatment of mitral valve prolapse/flail J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1568-1570. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert Saeid Farivar and Lawrence H. Cohn
	An improved hemostatic aortic anastomotic technique for nondissected aortic aneurysms J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1570-1571. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Nancy A. Obuchowski
	Reference values: No need for confusion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1572-1573. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maria C.D. Abduch, Renato S. Assad, and V.D. Aiello
	Experimental ventricular pressure overload in young animals induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in addition to hyperplasia of contractile and noncontractile elements of the myocardium J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1573. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stefano Benussi, Domenico Corradi, and Ottavio Alfieri
	Clamping the mitral and tricuspid annuli with bipolar devices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1573-1574. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Manuel Castellá
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1574-1575. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kapilan Varatharajah and Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
	Changes in noninfarcted myocardium explain benefits of on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafting for acute myocardial infarction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1575-1576. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ken Miyahara, Akio Matsuura, Haruki Takemura, and Shunei Saito
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1576-1577. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Augusto D'Onofrio, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Luigi La Vecchia, and Alessandro Fabbri
	Intraoperative coronary angiography: With or without ischemia? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1577. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eckehard Gerd Kilian, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Daniel Bauerfeind, Bruno Reichart, and Peter Lamm
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1577-1578. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alberto Fernández-Villar, Virginia Leiro, and Maribel Botana
	Predictor factors of transbronchial needle aspiration diagnostic yield in sarcoidosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1578-1579. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rocco Trisolini and Marco Patelli
	Reply to the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1579-1580. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Notices of Correction:

	Notice of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1581. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notice of Correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1581. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meetings and Courses:

	Meetings and Courses J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1582-1583. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	AATS Grant Writing Workshop 2009 – A Success J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1584. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Meetings and Sponsored Events J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1584. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Online Award Applications Now Available on www.aats.org J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1584. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2009 Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1584. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1585. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	2009 Research Awards J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1585. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	2009 Education Awards J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1585-1586. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1586. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1586-1587. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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