Editorials:

Lawrence H. Cohn
	The state of the Journal: A critique by the Editor J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:259. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Presidential Perspectives:

Claude A. Beaty, Timothy J. George, and John V. Conte
	Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899–1964) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:260-263. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Surgical Education and Training:

James I. Fann, Richard H. Feins, George L. Hicks, Jr., Jonathan C. Nesbitt, John W. Hammon, Fred A. Crawford, Jr. Senior Tour in Cardiothoracic Surgery
	Evaluation of simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery: The Senior Tour perspective J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:264-2729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Andrew W. ElBardissi, Sary F. Aranki, Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Caprice C. Greenberg, and James S. Gammie
	Trends in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:273-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:280-281. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Howard K. Song, Mark Kindem, Joseph E. Bavaria, Harry C. Dietz, Dianna M. Milewicz, Richard B. Devereux, Kim A. Eagle, Cheryl L. Maslen, Barbara L. Kroner, Reed E. Pyeritz, Kathryn W. Holmes, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Victor Menashe, William Ravekes, Scott A. LeMaire Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions Consortium
	Long-term implications of emergency versus elective proximal aortic surgery in patients with Marfan syndrome in the Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions Consortium Registry J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:282-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul A. Kurlansky, Michael Argenziano, Robert Dunton, Robert Lancey, Edward Nast, Allan Stewart, Timothy Williams, Alex Zapolanski, Helena Chang, Judy Tingley, and Craig R. Smith
	Quality, not volume, determines outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery in a university-based community hospital network J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:287-2931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:292-293. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul P. Urbanski, Xiaochun Zhan, Husam Hijazi, Michael Zacher, and Anno Diegeler
	Valve-sparing aortic root repair without down-sizing of the annulus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:294-3021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:301-302. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Steve R. Ommen, Paul Sorajja, and Rick A. Nishimura
	Expanding the indications for septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Results of operation in patients with latent obstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:303-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:309. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sabine Bleiziffer, Domenico Mazzitelli, Anke Opitz, Ina Hettich, Hendrik Ruge, Nicolo Piazza, and Rüdiger Lange
	Beyond the short-term: Clinical outcome and valve performance 2 years after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 227 patients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:310-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:316-317. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shalin P. Desai, Linda L. Henry, Sari D. Holmes, Sharon L. Hunt, Chidima T. Martin, Shrinivas Hebsur, and Niv Ad
	Strict versus liberal target range for perioperative glucose in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective randomized controlled trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:318-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:324-325. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas Walther, Jörg Kempfert, Ardawan Rastan, Michael A. Borger, Axel Linke, Jörg Ender, Gerhard Schuler, and Friedrich W. Mohr
	Transapical aortic valve implantation at 3 years J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:326-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sergey Leontyev, Michael A. Borger, Paul Modi, Sven Lehmann, Jörg Seeburger, Thorsten Doenst, and Friedrich W. Mohr
	Surgical management of aortic root abscess: A 13-year experience in 172 patients with 100% follow-up J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:332-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Congenital Heart Disease:

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Barbara Robinson, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Roger Breitbart, John E. Mayer, Pedro J. del Nido, and Frank Pigula
	Outcome after repair of atrioventricular septal defect with tetralogy of Fallot J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:338-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jonathan M. Chen, Marc E. Richmond, Kevin Charette, Hiroo Takayama, Mathew Williams, Lisa Gilmore, Alejandro Garcia, and Linda J. Addonizio
	A decade of pediatric mechanical circulatory support before and after cardiac transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:344-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:349-351. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Peter C. Chen, Maggie S. Sager, David Zurakowski, Frank A. Pigula, Christopher W. Baird, John E. Mayer, Jr., Pedro J. del Nido, and Sitaram M. Emani
	Younger age and valve oversizing are predictors of structural valve deterioration after pulmonary valve replacement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:352-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:358-360. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andreea Dragulescu, Fraser Golding, Glen Van Arsdell, Christopher Caldarone, Luc Mertens, Osman Al-Radi, and Kyong-Jin Lee
	The impact of additional epicardial imaging to transesophageal echocardiography on intraoperative detection of residual lesions in congenital heart surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:361-3671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joshua J. Blinder, Stuart L. Goldstein, Vei-Vei Lee, Alixandra Baycroft, Charles D. Fraser, David Nelson, and John L. Jefferies
	Congenital heart surgery in infants: Effects of acute kidney injury on outcomes J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:368-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Selma O. Algra, Verena N.N. Kornmann, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Antonius N.J. Schouten, Nicolaas J.G. Jansen, and Felix Haas
	Increasing duration of circulatory arrest, but not antegrade cerebral perfusion, prolongs postoperative recovery after neonatal cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:375-382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General Thoracic Surgery:

Bernard J. Park, Franca Melfi, Alfredo Mussi, Patrick Maisonneuve, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Ruy Kuenzer Caetano Da Silva, and Giulia Veronesi
	Robotic lobectomy for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Long-term oncologic results J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:383-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:387-389. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shamus R. Carr, Matthew J. Schuchert, Arjun Pennathur, David O. Wilson, Jill M. Siegfried, James D. Luketich, and Rodney J. Landreneau
	Impact of tumor size on outcomes after anatomic lung resection for stage 1A non–small cell lung cancer based on the current staging system J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:390-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:396-397. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Philip W. Carrott, Jean Hong, MadhanKumar Kuppusamy, Steven Kirtland, Richard P. Koehler, and Donald E. Low
	Repair of giant paraesophageal hernias routinely produces improvement in respiratory function J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:398-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:403-404. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jessica A. Yu, Miral R. Sadaria, Xianzhong Meng, Sanchayita Mitra, Lihua Ao, David A. Fullerton, and Michael J. Weyant
	Lung cancer cell invasion and expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) are attenuated by secretory phospholipase A2 inhibition J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:405-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:410-411. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John A. Harvin, Guy Lahat, Arlene M. Correa, Jared Lee, Dipen Maru, Jaffer Ajani, Edith M. Marom, James Welsh, Manoop S. Bhutani, Garret Walsh, Jack Roth, Reza Mehran, Ara Vaporciyan, David Rice, Stephen Swisher, and Wayne Hofstetter
	Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma: Significance of microscopically positive circumferential radial margins J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:412-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:418-420. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hyun Joo Lee, Young Tae Kim, Pil Je Park, Yong Sung Shin, Kyung Nam Kang, Yongdai Kim, and Chul Woo Kim
	A novel detection method of non–small cell lung cancer using multiplexed bead-based serum biomarker profiling J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:421-4273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:426-427. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Varun Puri, Traves D. Crabtree, Steven Kymes, Martin Gregory, Jennifer Bell, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Clifford Robinson, G. Alexander Patterson, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander S. Krupnick, and Bryan F. Meyers
	A comparison of surgical intervention and stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I lung cancer in high-risk patients: A decision analysis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:428-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:434-436. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving Technology/Basic Science:

Ladislav Novotny, Michal Crha, Petr Rauser, Ales Hep, Jan Misik, Alois Necas, and David Vondrys
	Novel biodegradable polydioxanone stents in a rabbit airway model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:437-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Cheng-Bin Zhou, Jian Zhuang, Ji-Mei Chen, Xiao-Hua Zhang, and Raphael C. Lui
	Decrease in inflammatory response does not prevent placental dysfunction after fetal cardiac bypass in goats J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:445-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lorena Garcia, Hugo E. Verdejo, Jovan Kuzmicic, Ricardo Zalaquett, Sergio Gonzalez, Sergio Lavandero, and Ramon Corbalan
	Impaired cardiac autophagy in patients developing postoperative atrial fibrillation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:451-4591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Salvatore Pasta, Julie A. Phillippi, Thomas G. Gleason, and David A. Vorp
	Effect of aneurysm on the mechanical dissection properties of the human ascending thoracic aorta J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:460-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Arman Kilic, Eric S. Weiss, David D. Yuh, Ashish S. Shah, and John V. Conte
	Factors associated with 5-year survival in older heart transplant recipients J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:468-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Perioperative Management:

Abbas Emaminia, Phillip C. Corcoran, Michael P. Siegenthaler, Melissa Means, Sarah Rasmussen, Linda Krause, Damien J. LaPar, and Keith A. Horvath
	The universal bed model for patient care improves outcome and lowers cost in cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:475-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Discussion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:480-481. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tina Raman, Nancy Roistacher, Jennifer Liu, Hao Zhang, Weiji Shi, Howard T. Thaler, and David Amar
	Preoperative left atrial dysfunction and risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation complicating thoracic surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:482-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takashi Nojiri, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Hajime Maeda, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Funakoshi, Masayoshi Inoue, and Meinoshin Okumura
	Effect of low-dose human atrial natriuretic peptide on postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing pulmonary resection for lung cancer: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:488-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Steven G. Coca, Divakar Jammalamadaka, Kyaw Sint, Heather Thiessen Philbrook, Michael G. Shlipak, Michael Zappitelli, Prasad Devarajan, Sabet Hashim, Amit X. Garg, Chirag R. Parikh Translational Research Investigating Biomarker Endpoints in Acute Kidney Injury Consortium
	Preoperative proteinuria predicts acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:495-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiothoracic Imaging:

Ailin Barseghian, Daniel M. Bethencourt, and Gabriel Vorobiof
	Dual anterior and posterior mitral valve clefts evaluated by 3-dimensional echocardiography with robot-assisted surgical correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:503-504. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgical Techniques:

T. K. Susheel Kumar, Pranava Sinha, Mary T. Donofrio, and Richard A. Jonas
	Anomalous left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery with aortic fusion J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:505-507. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Martin Strueber, Jan D. Schmitto, Ingo Kutschka, and Axel Haverich
	Placement of 2 implantable centrifugal pumps to serve as a total artificial heart after cardiectomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:507-509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Xianqiang Wang, Hengchao Wu, and Hansong Sun
	Massive calcified left ventricular aneurysm and ventricular septum: Successful surgical repair and reconstruction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:509-511. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jan D. Schmitto, Ulrich Molitoris, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber
	Implantation of a centrifugal pump as a left ventricular assist device through a novel, minimized approach: Upper hemisternotomy combined with anterolateral thoracotomy J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:511-513. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicholas D. Andersen, Judson B. Williams, J. Kevin Harrison, and G. Chad Hughes
	Ascending–descending aortic bypass with valve-sparing root replacement for coarctation with aortic root aneurysm J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:514-515. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcements:

	Aortic Symposium 2012 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:516. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS 92nd Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:516-517. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	AATS Online Award Applications J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:517. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Applications for Membership J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	WTSA 38th Annual Meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Notices J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Requirements for Maintenance of Certification J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:518. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Online Only: Case Reports:

Philippe Demers and Nicolas Beaulieu
	Left atrial myxoma in association with life-saving mitral stenosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e9-e10. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shojiro Yamaguchi, Norihiko Ishikawa, and Go Watanabe
	Cardiac herniation during robot-assisted cardiac operation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e10-e11. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hidehito Kuroki, Kazunobu Hirooka, and Masahiro Ohnuki
	Pentacuspid aortic valve causing severe aortic regurgitation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e11-e12. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sheen Peeceeyen, Christopher Cao, Gary Fermanis, and Con Manganas
	Early stenosis of Medtronic Mosaic bioprosthesis in the aortic position J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e13-e14. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Elizabeth Belcher, Edward Townsend, and Fabio De Robertis
	Saphenous vein graft bronchopulmonary fistula after coronary artery bypass grafting presenting as chronic cough and subsequent massive hemoptysis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e14-e16. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mitsuhiro Kawata, Kazuhito Imanaka, Takahiro Matsuoka, and Hideaki Yamabi
	Left atrial appendage aneurysm causes severe mitral regurgitation and heart failure: Report of a successfully treated case J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:e17-e18. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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