Andrew S. Wechsler, MD, Editor, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2000–December 2007
Irving L. Kron, D. Craig Miller
pages 1391-1392
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Subdiaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in patients with biventricular and Fontan circulation after diaphragm plication, 29 October 2007
Tain-Yen Hsia, Sachin Khambadkone, Scott M. Bradley, Marc R. de Leval
pages 1397-1405
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Fate of the right ventricle after fenestrated right ventricular exclusion for severe neonatal Ebstein anomaly, 29 October 2007
Brian L. Reemtsen, Anastasios C. Polimenakos, Brian T. Fagan, Winfield J. Wells, Vaughn A. Starnes
pages 1406-1412
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FloWatch versus conventional pulmonary artery banding, 29 October 2007
Antonio F. Corno, Edmund J. Ladusans, Marco Pozzi, Stephen Kerr
pages 1413-1420
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Aprotinin is safe in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery, 22 October 2007
Carl L. Backer, Angela M. Kelle, Robert D. Stewart, Sunitha C. Suresh, Farah N. Ali, Richard A. Cohn, Roopa Seshadri, Constantine Mavroudis
pages 1421-1428
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Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases, 09 November 2007
Edward J. Hickey, Christopher A. Caldarone, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gary K. Lofland, Thomas Yeh, Christian Pizarro, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Frank Pigula, David M. Overman, Marshall L. Jacobs, Brian W. McCrindle, Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society
pages 1429-1437.e7
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Early and midterm results in anatomic repair of Ebstein anomaly, 29 October 2007
Qingyu Wu, Zhixiong Huang, Guangyu Pan, Lianyi Wang, Lei Li, Hui Xue
pages 1438-1442
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Effects of sustained mild hypothermia on neurocognitive function after coronary artery bypass surgery: A randomized, double-blind study, 29 October 2007
Munir Boodhwani, Fraser Rubens, Denise Wozny, Rosendo Rodriguez, Howard J. Nathan
pages 1443-1452.e1
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Insulin treatment enhances the myocardial angiogenic response in diabetes, 02 November 2007
Munir Boodhwani, Neel R. Sodha, Shigetoshi Mieno, Basel Ramlawi, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Richard T. Clements, Marc Ruel, Frank W. Sellke
pages 1453-1460
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Phosphorylation and translocation of heat shock protein 27 and αB-crystallin in human myocardium after cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass
Richard T. Clements, Neel R. Sodha, Jun Feng, Shigetoshi Mieno, Munir Boodhwani, Basel Ramlawi, Cesario Bianchi, Frank W. Sellke
pages 1461-1470.e3
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Feasibility of multimodality therapy including extended resections in stage IVA thymoma, 29 October 2007
James Huang, Nabil P. Rizk, William D. Travis, Venkatraman E. Seshan, Manjit S. Bains, Joseph Dycoco, Robert J. Downey, Raja M. Flores, Bernard J. Park, Valerie W. Rusch
pages 1477-1484
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The evaluation of lymph node metastasis by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Crucial for selection of surgical candidates with metastatic lung tumors
Takahiro Nakajima, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Akira Iyoda, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Makoto Suzuki, Yasuo Sekine, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Kenzo Hiroshima, Yukio Nakatani, Takehiko Fujisawa
pages 1485-1490
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Clinical application of infrared thoracoscopy to detect bullous or emphysematous lesions of the lung
Masashi Gotoh, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Hitoshi Igai, Sungsoo Chang, Chenglong Huang, Hiroyasu Yokomise
pages 1498-1501
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Fast sutureless implantation of mechanical aortic valve prostheses using Nitinol attachment rings: Feasibility in acute pig experiments
Eric Berreklouw, Bernd Vogel, Harald Fischer, Frederik Weinberg, Gerda L. van Rijk-Zwikker, Guido J. Van Nooten, Lawrence H. Cohn
pages 1508-1512
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Successful low-energy cardioversion using a novel biodegradable gel pad: Feasibility of treating postoperative atrial fibrillation in animals
Kenji Iino, Nobuhiko Yui, Tooru Ooya, Ryouji Kawabata, Shigeyuki Tomita, Go Watanabe
pages 1519-1525
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Cusp repair in aortic valve reconstruction: Does the technique affect stability?, 29 October 2007
Diana Aicher, Frank Langer, Oliver Adam, Dietmar Tscholl, Henning Lausberg, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
pages 1533-1539
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The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial
Eric J. Velazquez, Kerry L. Lee, Christopher M. O’Connor, Jae K. Oh, Robert O. Bonow, Gerald M. Pohost, Arthur M. Feldman, Daniel B. Mark, Julio A. Panza, George Sopko, Jean L. Rouleau, Robert H. Jones, STICH Investigators
pages 1540-1547.e4
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RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury in aortic arch surgery, 29 October 2007
George J. Arnaoutakis, Azra Bihorac, Tomas D. Martin, Philip J. Hess, Charles T. Klodell, A. Ahsan Ejaz, Cyndi Garvan, Curtis G. Tribble, Thomas M. Beaver
pages 1554-1561
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A saddle-shaped annulus reduces systolic strain on the central region of the mitral valve anterior leaflet
Jorge H. Jimenez, Shasan W. Liou, Muralidhar Padala, Zhaoming He, Michael Sacks, Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman, Ajit P. Yoganathan
pages 1562-1568
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Mechanical properties and microscopic findings of a Dacron graft explanted 27 years after coarctation repair
Naoko Nagano, Raymond Cartier, Tiffany Zigras, Rosaire Mongrain, Richard L. Leask
pages 1577-1578
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Congenital left internal thoracic artery–pulmonary artery fistula used as an inflow for a coronary artery bypass graft
Yoshiharu Soga, Michiya Hanyu, Masahide Kawatou, Tadaaki Yokota, Takuya Nomoto, Jota Nakano, Hitoshi Okabayashi
pages 1581-1582
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Aortoesophageal fistula secondary to stent-graft repair of the thoracic aorta after previous surgical coarctation repair
Kirkpatrick C. Santo, Peter Guest, Ian McCafferty, Robert S. Bonser
pages 1585-1586
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Modification of stage II procedure after hybrid palliation (bilateral pulmonary artery banding and ductal stenting) for hypoplastic left-sided heart syndrome: Modified arch reconstruction with retained stented ductus patch
Christopher A. Caldarone, Osami Honjo, Lee N. Benson, Glen S. Van Arsdell
pages 1588-1589
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Laparoscopically harvested omental flap for recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula in a newborn baby
Arnaud Bonnard, Annabelle Paye-Jaouen, Sophie Aizenfisz, Alaa El Ghoneimi
pages 1592-1593
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Isolated mediastinal cystic lymphangioma in a child
Alpha Mathew Kavunkal, Jayavelan Ramkumar, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Kancheepuram N. Parimelazhagan, Vijit Koshy Cherian
pages 1596-1597
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Urgent pneumonectomy for metastatic sarcoma
Hayssam Gibbaoui, Mohamed Yaman
pages 1599-1600
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Events of Interest
pages 1603-1604
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Applications for Membership
page 1605
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Resident Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008
page 1606
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Announcement of 2008 Annual Meeting
page 1606
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