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The Journal of

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Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 134, No. 6, December 2007

Condensed Contents Editorials

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP)

1391 Andrew S. Wechsler, MD, Editor, The Journal

1443 Effects of sustained mild hypothermia on

I. L. Kron and D. C. Miller

neurocognitive function after coronary artery bypass surgery: A randomized, double-blind study

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of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2000 –December 2007

M. Boodhwani, F. Rubens, D. Wozny, R. Rodriguez, and H. J. Nathan

1393 Passing the torch A. S. Wechsler

1453 Insulin treatment enhances the myocardial

T.-Y. Hsia, S. Khambadkone, S. M. Bradley, and M. R. de Leval

1406 Fate of the right ventricle after fenestrated right ventricular exclusion for severe neonatal Ebstein anomaly B. L. Reemtsen, A. C. Polimenakos, B. T. Fagan, W. J. Wells, and V. A. Starnes

1413 FloWatch versus conventional pulmonary artery banding A. F. Corno, E. J. Ladusans, M. Pozzi, and S. Kerr

1421 Aprotinin is safe in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery C. L. Backer, A. M. Kelle, R. D. Stewart, S. C. Suresh, F. N. Ali, R. A. Cohn, R. Seshadri, and C. Mavroudis

1429 Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases E. J. Hickey, C. A. Caldarone, E. H. Blackstone, G. K. Lofland, T. Yeh, Jr, C. Pizarro, C. I. Tchervenkov, F. Pigula, D. M. Overman, M. L. Jacobs, B. W. McCrindle, and the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society

1438 Early and midterm results in anatomic repair of Ebstein anomaly Q. Wu, Z. Huang, G. Pan, L. Wang, L. Li, and H. Xue

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patients with biventricular and Fontan circulation after diaphragm plication

M. Boodhwani, N. R. Sodha, S. Mieno, B. Ramlawi, S.-H. Xu, J. Feng, R. T. Clements, M. Ruel, and F. W. Sellke

1461 Phosphorylation and translocation of heat

shock protein 27 and ␣B-crystallin in human myocardium after cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass R. T. Clements, N. R. Sodha, J. Feng, S. Mieno, M. Boodhwani, B. Ramlawi, C. Bianchi, and F. W. Sellke

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1397 Subdiaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in

angiogenic response in diabetes

1471 Three-dimensional magnetic resonance flow analysis in a ventricular assist device M. Markl, C. Benk, D. Klausmann, A. F. Stalder, A. Frydrychowicz, J. Hennig, and F. Beyersdorf

General Thoracic Surgery (GTS) 1477 Feasibility of multimodality therapy including extended resections in stage IVA thymoma J. Huang, N. P. Rizk, W. D. Travis, V. E. Seshan, M. S. Bains, J. Dycoco, R. J. Downey, R. M. Flores, B. J. Park, and V. W. Rusch

1485 The evaluation of lymph node metastasis by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Crucial for selection of surgical candidates with metastatic lung tumors T. Nakajima, K. Yasufuku, A. Iyoda, S. Yoshida, M. Suzuki, Y. Sekine, K. Shibuya, K. Hiroshima, Y. Nakatani, and T. Fujisawa (continued on page 4A)

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Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

EDITORIAL 1491 New simple classification for operated bullous

1540 The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment

emphysema

for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial

T. C. Mineo, V. Ambrogi, E. Pompeo, and D. Mineo

E. J. Velazquez, K. L. Lee, C. M. O’Connor, J. K. Oh, R. O. Bonow, G. M. Pohost, A. M. Feldman, D. B. Mark, J. A. Panza, G. Sopko, J. L. Rouleau, and R. H. Jones

1498 Clinical application of infrared thoracoscopy to

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detect bullous or emphysematous lesions of the lung M. Gotoh, Y. Yamamoto, H. Igai, S. Chang, C. Huang, and H. Yokomise

1502 Stress distribution on the thorax after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum results in different patterns between adult and child patients

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T. Nagasao, J. Miyamoto, T. Tamaki, K. Ichihara, H. Jiang, T. Taguchi, R. Yozu, and T. Nakajima

Evolving Technology (ET) 1508 Fast sutureless implantation of mechanical aortic valve prostheses using Nitinol attachment rings: Feasibility in acute pig experiments

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E. Berreklouw, B. Vogel, H. Fischer, F. Weinberg, G. L. van Rijk-Zwikker, G. J. Van Nooten, and L. H. Cohn

1513 Sutureless anastomoses of rabbit carotid arteries with BioGlue W. Schiller, H. Rudorf, C. B. Welzel, M. J. Kiderlen, C. Probst, O. Dewald, and A. Welz

1519 Successful low-energy cardioversion using a

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novel biodegradable gel pad: Feasibility of treating postoperative atrial fibrillation in animals K. Iino, N. Yui, T. Ooya, R. Kawabata, S. Tomita, and G. Watanabe

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD)

1548 Effectiveness of surgical ventricular restoration in patients with dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy and unrepaired mild mitral regurgitation M. Di Donato, S. Castelvecchio, J. Brankovic, C. Santambrogio, V. Montericcio, and L. Menicanti

1554 RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury in aortic arch surgery G. J. Arnaoutakis, A. Bihorac, T. D. Martin, P. J. Hess, Jr, C. T. Klodell, A. A. Ejaz, C. Garvan, C. G. Tribble, and T. M. Beaver

1562 A saddle-shaped annulus reduces systolic strain on the central region of the mitral valve anterior leaflet J. H. Jimenez, S. W. Liou, M. Padala, Z. He, M. Sacks, R. C. Gorman, J. H. Gorman III, and A. P. Yoganathan

1569 Predictors of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement M. Banach, A. Goch, M. Misztal, J. Rysz, R. Jaszewski, and J. H. Goch

Brief Communications 1577 Mechanical properties and microscopic findings of a Dacron graft explanted 27 years after coarctation repair N. Nagano, R. Cartier, T. Zigras, R. Mongrain, and R. L. Leask

1579 Fulminant endocarditis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in a young man

1526 Comparison of eight prosthetic aortic valves in a cadaver model

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B. A. Youdelman, H. Hirose, H. Jain, J. Y. Kresh, J. W. C. Entwistle, III, and A. S. Wechsler

M. Kondruweit, M. Weyand, F. O. Mahmoud, W. Geissdoerfer, C. Schoerner, D. Ropers, S. Achenbach, and T. Strecker

1581 Congenital left internal thoracic 1533 Cusp repair in aortic valve reconstruction: Does the technique affect stability?

artery–pulmonary artery fistula used as an inflow for a coronary artery bypass graft

D. Aicher, F. Langer, O. Adam, D. Tscholl, H. Lausberg, and H.-J. Scha¨fers

Y. Soga, M. Hanyu, M. Kawatou, T. Yokota, T. Nomoto, J. Nakano, and H. Okabayashi (continued on page 6A)

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EDITORIAL 1583 Dilated cardiomyopathy and functional mitral

1597 Transcervical intraluminal repair of posterior

regurgitation complicated with traumatic ventricular septal defect

membranous tracheal laceration through semilateral transverse tracheotomy

H. Ito, K. Yamamoto, and T. Hiraiwa

I. K. Park, J. G. Lee, C. Y. Lee, D. J. Kim, and K. Y. Chung

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1585 Aortoesophageal fistula secondary to stent-graft repair of the thoracic aorta after previous surgical coarctation repair K. C. Santo, P. Guest, I. McCafferty, and R. S. Bonser

1586 Occlusion of the left coronary ostium by an aortic valve leaflet S. Mussa, P. Miller, D. J. Barron, and W. J. Brawn

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1588 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 C. A. Caldarone, O. Honjo, L. N. Benson, and G. S. Van Arsdell

1589 Right minithoracotomy as an alternative

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approach for endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm

1599 Urgent pneumonectomy for metastatic sarcoma H. Gibbaoui and M. Yaman

1601 Letters to the Editor 1603 Events of Interest 1605 Announcements 1608 Guest Reviewers 24A Notice of Correction 29A Reader Services 1420 Change of address 1561 Interactive eLearning Activities

I. Vendramin, G. Piccoli, D. Gasparini, and U. Livi

1592 Laparoscopically harvested omental flap for recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula in a newborn baby A. Bonnard, A. Paye-Jaouen, S. Aizenfisz, and A. El Ghoneimi

Full-text online access to The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is now available for all print subscribers. See page 1525 for details. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery online is sponsored by St. Jude Medical.

1594 Intrathoracic splenosis: A case report and an update

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of invasive and noninvasive diagnostic techniques E. Ruffini, S. Asioli, P. L. Filosso, R. Senetta, L. Macrì, A. Cavallo, and A. Oliaro

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1596 Isolated mediastinal cystic lymphangioma in a child

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A. M. Kavunkal, J. Ramkumar, S. Gangahanumaiah, K. N. Parimelazhagan, and V. K. Cherian

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Cover Photograph The first 4D functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis of flow characteristics inside an operating clinical routine ventricular assist device (VAD) in an in vitro setting is reported. The individual images illustrate 3D streamline visualization of the measured flow characteristics. A: During filling of the VAD lumen, accelerated flow at the inlet and the development of a substantial flow vortex (white arrows) in the already expanded VAD lumen are evident. B: Flow patterns at the end of the out-flow phase (right flow channel) while inflow and filling of the VAD are initiated (left flow channel). The VAD lumen is still compressed, and only a small flow channel along the outer rim of

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the VAD lumen is visible. Such detailed visualization of flow patterns may help to identify vertical or helical flow regions inside the VAD geometry that are likely to develop thrombi or other functional deficits that may impair VAD performance. Michael Markle, PhD

Reference Markl M, Benk C, Klausmann D, Stalder AF, Frydrychowicz A, Hennig J, Beyersdorf F. Three-dimensional magnetic resonance flow analysis in a ventricular assist device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;134:1471-6.

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