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EDITORIAL
The Journal of
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Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 132, No. 4, October 2006
788
Presidential Address Presidential Address 2003 J. Cooper
J. R. Barbour, R. E. Stroud, A. S. Lowry, L. L. Clark, A. M. Leone, J. A. Jones, F. G. Spinale, and J. S. Ikonomidis
Editorial Our destination and our destiny: Real endoscopic cardiac surgery Œ
796
W. R. Chitwood, Jr
802
Surgical treatment of tumors of the proximal stomach with involvement of the distal esophagus: A 26-year experience with Siewert type III tumors
763
C. Rajakaruna, C. A. Rogers, C. Suranimala, G. D. Angelini, and R. Ascione
811
Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma
D. Baumgartner, C. Baumgartner, E. Schermer, G. Engl, U. Schweigmann, G. Ma´tya´s, B. Steinmann, and J. I. Stein
R. M. Flores, T. Akhurst, M. Gonen, M. Zakowski, J. Dycoco, S. M. Larson, and V. W. Rusch
769
Radical sublobar resection for small-sized non–small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study M. Okada, T. Koike, M. Higashiyama, Y. Yamato, K. Kodama, and N. Tsubota
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) 820
Endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery ΠD. A. Murphy, J. S. Miller, D. A. Langford, and A. B. Snyder
782
Treatment of postoperative sternal dehiscence with mediastinitis: Twenty-four–year use of a single method J. E. Molina, E. C. Nelson, and R. R. A. Smith
Proteomics of cerebral injury in a neonatal model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest A. M. Sheikh, C. Barrett, N. Villamizar, O. Alzate, S. Miller, J. Shelburne, A. Lodge, J. Lawson, and J. Jaggers
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD) 776
Different patterns of aortic wall elasticity in patients with Marfan syndrome: A noninvasive follow-up study
ET
K. R. Shen, S. D. Cassivi, C. Deschamps, M. S. Allen, F. C. Nichols III, W. S. Harmsen, and P. C. Pairolero
The effect of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing coronary surgery: A risk-adjusted analysis
CHD
U. Lockowandt
General Thoracic Surgery (GTS) 755
Apicoaortic valved conduit: Potential for progress?
CSP
753
829
Can pulmonary conduit dysfunction and failure be reduced in infants and children less than age 2 years at initial implantation? T. Karamlou, E. H. Blackstone, J. A. Hawkins, M. L. Jacobs, K. R. Kanter, J. W. Brown, C. Mavroudis, C. A. Caldarone, W. G. Williams, B. W. McCrindle, and the Pulmonary Conduit Working Group for the members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
TX
747
Temporal disparity in the induction of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases after thoracic aortic aneurysm formation
ACD
Condensed Contents
(continued on page 2A)
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EDITORIAL 839 Brain oxygen and metabolism during
884
circulatory arrest with intermittent brief periods of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn piglets
G. S. Kassab, M. Kostelec, G. D. Buckberg, J. Covell, A. Sadeghi, and J. I. E. Hoffman
GTS
S. Schultz, D. Antoni, G. Shears, S. Markowitz, P. Pastuszko, W. Greeley, D. F. Wilson, and A. Pastuszko
845 Intermediate-term outcomes of the arterial
Myocardial protection in the failing heart: II. Effect of pulsatile cardioplegic perfusion under simulated left ventricular restoration ■
891
switch operation for transposition of great arteries in neonates: Alive but well?
ACD
D. H. Freed, C. M. T. Robertson, R. S. Sauve, A. R. Joffe, I. M. Rebeyka, D. B. Ross, and J. D. Dyck, the Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Project Follow-up Group
A combination of omental flap and growth factor therapy induces arteriogenesis and increases myocardial perfusion in chronic myocardial ischemia: Evolving concept of biologic coronary artery bypass grafting K. Takaba, C. Jiang, S. Nemoto, Y. Saji, T. Ikeda, S. Urayama, T. Azuma, A. Hokugo, S. Tsutsumi, Y. Tabata, and M. Komeda
Evolving Technology (ET) 853 Efficacy and safety of right and left atrial
900
ablations on the beating heart with irrigated bipolar radiofrequency energy: A long-term animal study
A. Kilic, T. Li, T. D. C. Nolan, J. R. Nash, S. Li, D. J. Prastein, G. Schwartzbauer, S. L. Moainie, G. K. Yankey, C. DeFilippi, Z. Wu, and B. P. Griffith
CHD
S. J. Melby, S. L. Gaynor, J. G. Lubahn, A. M. Lee, P. Rahgozar, S. D. Caruthers, T. A. Williams, R. B. Schuessler, and R. J. Damiano, Jr
861 Drug-eluting stents versus arterial myocardial
909
revascularization in patients with diabetes mellitus
Aprotinin use in thoracic aortic surgery: Safety and outcomes A. Sedrakyan, A. Wu, G. Sedrakyan, M. Diener-West, M. Tranquilli, and J. Elefteriades
Y. Ben-Gal, R. Mohr, G. Uretzky, B. Medalion, A. Hendler, N. Hansson, I. Herz, and Y. Moshkovitz
ET
867 Mesothelium regeneration on acellular bovine
Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling
918
pericardia loaded with an angiogenic agent (ginsenoside Rg1) successfully reduces postsurgical pericardial adhesions
Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model H. Hata, G. Matsumiya, S. Miyagawa, H. Kondoh, N. Kawaguchi, N. Matsuura, T. Shimizu, T. Okano, H. Matsuda, and Y. Sawa
Y. Chang, P.-H. Lai, C.-C. Wang, S.-C. Chen, W.-C. Chang, and H.-W. Sung
CSP
925
Effect of cardioplegia and the beating state under simulated left ventricular restoration ■
Pharmacologic relaxation of vein grafts is beneficial compared with pressure distention caused by upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production
M. Kostelec, J. Covell, G. D. Buckberg, A. Sadeghi, J. I. E. Hoffman, and G. S. Kassab
A. W. Y. Chung, P. Rauniyar, H. Luo, Y. N. Hsiang, C. van Breemen, and E. B. Okon
Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP) 875 Myocardial protection in the failing heart: I.
(continued on page 4A)
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EDITORIAL 933
GTS 941
Retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation provides adequate neuroprotection: Diffusion- and perfusionweighted magnetic resonance imaging study in an experimental canine model
967
M. Kawata, M. Sekino, S. Takamoto, S. Ueno, S. Yamaguchi, K. Kitahori, H. Tsukihara, Y. Suematsu, M. Ono, N. Motomura, T. Morota, and A. Murakami
969
Nonviral gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
ACD
E. Shi, X. Jiang, T. Kazui, N. Washiyama, K. Yamashita, H. Terada, and A. H. M. Bashar
948
V. Demyanchuk, L. Naumova, M. Atamanyuk, and S. Dykukha
970
CHD
Extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation
972
ET
e23
974
976
Left ventricular encasement after pneumonectomy: Case report
CSP 963
Late-stage, nonanastomotic rupture of double-velour Dacron graft after descending aortic replacement
980
Complex reconstruction of the thoracic aorta using a novel stent graft/graft prosthesis
TX
A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support J. Kohout, F. D. Ferdinand, S. Imaizumi, E. C. Holmes, and L. E. Samuels
Telescoping bronchial anastomosis for extended sleeve lobectomy S. Miyoshi, M. Tamura, O. Araki, N. Yoshii, Y. Karube, N. Seki, H. Umezu, S. Kobayashi, H. Ishihama, S. Nagai, and N. Sawabata
M. Misfeld, L. Duebener, and H.-H. Sievers
965
Mediastinal paraganglioma: Utility of preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging D. S. Jassal, U. Fatima, A. Thakrar, T. G. Neilan, N. Rodriguez, A. Rosenberg, and G. Holmvang
978
M. Kawamura, H. Ogino, H. Matsuda, K. Minatoya, H. Sasaki, and S. Kitamura
Coronary artery bypass grafting and biventricular pacing efficacy: Do past trials dictate a change in future practice? O. Hajiseyedjavadi, M. Pasque, M. Moon, R. Damiano, T. Mucha, K. Hebert, and N. Moazami
S. A. Smulders, J. T. Marcus, C. T.-J. Gan, T. G. Sutedja, F. W. J. M. Smeenk, and A. Vonk-Noordegraaf
961
Bronchogenic cyst: Unexpected finding in a large aneurysm of the pars membranacea septi F. Inzani, F. Recusani, M. Agozzino, A. Cavallero, P. M. De Siena, A. D’Armini, M. Viganò, and E. Arbustini
D. P. Mason, D. J. Boffa, S. C. Murthy, T. R. Gildea, M. M. Budev, A. C. Mehta, A. M. McNeill, N. G. Smedira, J. Feng, T. W. Rice, E. H. Blackstone, and B. G. Pettersson
Brief Communications
Repair of anomalous right and circumflex coronary arteries arising from the pulmonary artery G. B. Luciani, F. Vendrametto, L. Barozzi, R. Oberhollenzer, W. Pitscheider, and A. Mazzucco
Cardiothoracic Transplantation (TX) 954
Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up R. von Wattenwyl, M. T. R. Grapow, D. C. Reineke, and H.-R. Zerkowski
Aprotinin improves cerebral protection: Evidence from a survival porcine model V. Anttila, I. Hagino, Y. Iwata, B. A. Mettler, H. G. W. Lidov, D. Zurakowski, and R. A. Jonas
Left internal thoracic artery patch aortoplasty for repair of coarctation of the aorta
Simultaneous heart valve replacement and reconstruction of the radiation-damaged chest wall with a delayed vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap T. Strecker, R. Feyrer, R. E. Horch, M. Weyand, and U. Kneser
982
Combined bronchial sleeve resection and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return R. L. Smith II, G. L. Zorn III, B. B. Peeler, and D. R. Jones (continued on page 6A)
4A
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EDITORIAL 984 Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma with immunoglobulin G/ light chain monoclonal gammopathy
754
Change of address
795
Interactive eLearning Activities
C.-C. Chang, Y.-L. Chang, L.-N. Lee, and Y.-C. Lee
GTS
986 Large chondrosarcoma of the rib invading the mediastinum and the spine H. Morioka, H. Yabe, S. Kaneko, H. Takaishi, T. Ueda, M. Watanabe, K. Kobayashi, and Y. Toyama
ACD
988
Letters to the Editor
993
Events of Interest
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The Journal of
GTS
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 132, No. 4, October 2006
788
Presidential Address Presidential Address 2003 J. Cooper
J. R. Barbour, R. E. Stroud, A. S. Lowry, L. L. Clark, A. M. Leone, J. A. Jones, F. G. Spinale, and J. S. Ikonomidis
Editorial Our destination and our destiny: Real endoscopic cardiac surgery Œ
796
W. R. Chitwood, Jr
802
Surgical treatment of tumors of the proximal stomach with involvement of the distal esophagus: A 26-year experience with Siewert type III tumors
763
C. Rajakaruna, C. A. Rogers, C. Suranimala, G. D. Angelini, and R. Ascione
811
Positron emission tomography predicts survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma
D. Baumgartner, C. Baumgartner, E. Schermer, G. Engl, U. Schweigmann, G. Ma´tya´s, B. Steinmann, and J. I. Stein
R. M. Flores, T. Akhurst, M. Gonen, M. Zakowski, J. Dycoco, S. M. Larson, and V. W. Rusch
769
Radical sublobar resection for small-sized non–small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study M. Okada, T. Koike, M. Higashiyama, Y. Yamato, K. Kodama, and N. Tsubota
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) 820
Endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery ΠD. A. Murphy, J. S. Miller, D. A. Langford, and A. B. Snyder
782
Treatment of postoperative sternal dehiscence with mediastinitis: Twenty-four–year use of a single method J. E. Molina, E. C. Nelson, and R. R. A. Smith
Proteomics of cerebral injury in a neonatal model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest A. M. Sheikh, C. Barrett, N. Villamizar, O. Alzate, S. Miller, J. Shelburne, A. Lodge, J. Lawson, and J. Jaggers
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD) 776
Different patterns of aortic wall elasticity in patients with Marfan syndrome: A noninvasive follow-up study
ET
K. R. Shen, S. D. Cassivi, C. Deschamps, M. S. Allen, F. C. Nichols III, W. S. Harmsen, and P. C. Pairolero
The effect of diabetes mellitus on patients undergoing coronary surgery: A risk-adjusted analysis
CHD
U. Lockowandt
General Thoracic Surgery (GTS) 755
Apicoaortic valved conduit: Potential for progress?
CSP
753
829
Can pulmonary conduit dysfunction and failure be reduced in infants and children less than age 2 years at initial implantation? T. Karamlou, E. H. Blackstone, J. A. Hawkins, M. L. Jacobs, K. R. Kanter, J. W. Brown, C. Mavroudis, C. A. Caldarone, W. G. Williams, B. W. McCrindle, and the Pulmonary Conduit Working Group for the members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
TX
747
Temporal disparity in the induction of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases after thoracic aortic aneurysm formation
ACD
Condensed Contents
(continued on page 2A)
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● Volume 132, Number 4
1A
EDITORIAL 839 Brain oxygen and metabolism during
884
circulatory arrest with intermittent brief periods of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in newborn piglets
G. S. Kassab, M. Kostelec, G. D. Buckberg, J. Covell, A. Sadeghi, and J. I. E. Hoffman
GTS
S. Schultz, D. Antoni, G. Shears, S. Markowitz, P. Pastuszko, W. Greeley, D. F. Wilson, and A. Pastuszko
845 Intermediate-term outcomes of the arterial
Myocardial protection in the failing heart: II. Effect of pulsatile cardioplegic perfusion under simulated left ventricular restoration ■
891
switch operation for transposition of great arteries in neonates: Alive but well?
ACD
D. H. Freed, C. M. T. Robertson, R. S. Sauve, A. R. Joffe, I. M. Rebeyka, D. B. Ross, and J. D. Dyck, the Western Canadian Complex Pediatric Therapies Project Follow-up Group
A combination of omental flap and growth factor therapy induces arteriogenesis and increases myocardial perfusion in chronic myocardial ischemia: Evolving concept of biologic coronary artery bypass grafting K. Takaba, C. Jiang, S. Nemoto, Y. Saji, T. Ikeda, S. Urayama, T. Azuma, A. Hokugo, S. Tsutsumi, Y. Tabata, and M. Komeda
Evolving Technology (ET) 853 Efficacy and safety of right and left atrial
900
ablations on the beating heart with irrigated bipolar radiofrequency energy: A long-term animal study
A. Kilic, T. Li, T. D. C. Nolan, J. R. Nash, S. Li, D. J. Prastein, G. Schwartzbauer, S. L. Moainie, G. K. Yankey, C. DeFilippi, Z. Wu, and B. P. Griffith
CHD
S. J. Melby, S. L. Gaynor, J. G. Lubahn, A. M. Lee, P. Rahgozar, S. D. Caruthers, T. A. Williams, R. B. Schuessler, and R. J. Damiano, Jr
861 Drug-eluting stents versus arterial myocardial
909
revascularization in patients with diabetes mellitus
Aprotinin use in thoracic aortic surgery: Safety and outcomes A. Sedrakyan, A. Wu, G. Sedrakyan, M. Diener-West, M. Tranquilli, and J. Elefteriades
Y. Ben-Gal, R. Mohr, G. Uretzky, B. Medalion, A. Hendler, N. Hansson, I. Herz, and Y. Moshkovitz
ET
867 Mesothelium regeneration on acellular bovine
Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling
918
pericardia loaded with an angiogenic agent (ginsenoside Rg1) successfully reduces postsurgical pericardial adhesions
Grafted skeletal myoblast sheets attenuate myocardial remodeling in pacing-induced canine heart failure model H. Hata, G. Matsumiya, S. Miyagawa, H. Kondoh, N. Kawaguchi, N. Matsuura, T. Shimizu, T. Okano, H. Matsuda, and Y. Sawa
Y. Chang, P.-H. Lai, C.-C. Wang, S.-C. Chen, W.-C. Chang, and H.-W. Sung
CSP
925
Effect of cardioplegia and the beating state under simulated left ventricular restoration ■
Pharmacologic relaxation of vein grafts is beneficial compared with pressure distention caused by upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production
M. Kostelec, J. Covell, G. D. Buckberg, A. Sadeghi, J. I. E. Hoffman, and G. S. Kassab
A. W. Y. Chung, P. Rauniyar, H. Luo, Y. N. Hsiang, C. van Breemen, and E. B. Okon
Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP) 875 Myocardial protection in the failing heart: I.
(continued on page 4A)
TX
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (ISSN 0022-5223) is published monthly (six issues per volume, two volumes per year) by Elsevier Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710. Business Office: 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Suite 1800, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2899. Editorial Office: 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710. Accounting and Circulation Offices: 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Periodicals postage paid at Orlando, FL 32862 and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Elsevier Periodicals Customer Service, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800.
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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● October 2006
EDITORIAL 933
GTS 941
Retrograde cerebral perfusion with intermittent pressure augmentation provides adequate neuroprotection: Diffusion- and perfusionweighted magnetic resonance imaging study in an experimental canine model
967
M. Kawata, M. Sekino, S. Takamoto, S. Ueno, S. Yamaguchi, K. Kitahori, H. Tsukihara, Y. Suematsu, M. Ono, N. Motomura, T. Morota, and A. Murakami
969
Nonviral gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits
ACD
E. Shi, X. Jiang, T. Kazui, N. Washiyama, K. Yamashita, H. Terada, and A. H. M. Bashar
948
V. Demyanchuk, L. Naumova, M. Atamanyuk, and S. Dykukha
970
CHD
Extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation
972
ET
e23
974
976
Left ventricular encasement after pneumonectomy: Case report
CSP 963
Late-stage, nonanastomotic rupture of double-velour Dacron graft after descending aortic replacement
980
Complex reconstruction of the thoracic aorta using a novel stent graft/graft prosthesis
TX
A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support J. Kohout, F. D. Ferdinand, S. Imaizumi, E. C. Holmes, and L. E. Samuels
Telescoping bronchial anastomosis for extended sleeve lobectomy S. Miyoshi, M. Tamura, O. Araki, N. Yoshii, Y. Karube, N. Seki, H. Umezu, S. Kobayashi, H. Ishihama, S. Nagai, and N. Sawabata
M. Misfeld, L. Duebener, and H.-H. Sievers
965
Mediastinal paraganglioma: Utility of preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging D. S. Jassal, U. Fatima, A. Thakrar, T. G. Neilan, N. Rodriguez, A. Rosenberg, and G. Holmvang
978
M. Kawamura, H. Ogino, H. Matsuda, K. Minatoya, H. Sasaki, and S. Kitamura
Coronary artery bypass grafting and biventricular pacing efficacy: Do past trials dictate a change in future practice? O. Hajiseyedjavadi, M. Pasque, M. Moon, R. Damiano, T. Mucha, K. Hebert, and N. Moazami
S. A. Smulders, J. T. Marcus, C. T.-J. Gan, T. G. Sutedja, F. W. J. M. Smeenk, and A. Vonk-Noordegraaf
961
Bronchogenic cyst: Unexpected finding in a large aneurysm of the pars membranacea septi F. Inzani, F. Recusani, M. Agozzino, A. Cavallero, P. M. De Siena, A. D’Armini, M. Viganò, and E. Arbustini
D. P. Mason, D. J. Boffa, S. C. Murthy, T. R. Gildea, M. M. Budev, A. C. Mehta, A. M. McNeill, N. G. Smedira, J. Feng, T. W. Rice, E. H. Blackstone, and B. G. Pettersson
Brief Communications
Repair of anomalous right and circumflex coronary arteries arising from the pulmonary artery G. B. Luciani, F. Vendrametto, L. Barozzi, R. Oberhollenzer, W. Pitscheider, and A. Mazzucco
Cardiothoracic Transplantation (TX) 954
Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up R. von Wattenwyl, M. T. R. Grapow, D. C. Reineke, and H.-R. Zerkowski
Aprotinin improves cerebral protection: Evidence from a survival porcine model V. Anttila, I. Hagino, Y. Iwata, B. A. Mettler, H. G. W. Lidov, D. Zurakowski, and R. A. Jonas
Left internal thoracic artery patch aortoplasty for repair of coarctation of the aorta
Simultaneous heart valve replacement and reconstruction of the radiation-damaged chest wall with a delayed vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap T. Strecker, R. Feyrer, R. E. Horch, M. Weyand, and U. Kneser
982
Combined bronchial sleeve resection and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return R. L. Smith II, G. L. Zorn III, B. B. Peeler, and D. R. Jones (continued on page 6A)
4A
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● October 2006
EDITORIAL 984 Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma with immunoglobulin G/ light chain monoclonal gammopathy
754
Change of address
795
Interactive eLearning Activities
C.-C. Chang, Y.-L. Chang, L.-N. Lee, and Y.-C. Lee
GTS
986 Large chondrosarcoma of the rib invading the mediastinum and the spine H. Morioka, H. Yabe, S. Kaneko, H. Takaishi, T. Ueda, M. Watanabe, K. Kobayashi, and Y. Toyama
ACD
988
Letters to the Editor
993
Events of Interest
Full-text online access to The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is now available for all print subscribers. See page 768 for details. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery online is sponsored by St. Jude Medical.
Earn CME credits at http://cme.ctsnetjournals.org
995
Announcements
Online article Supplemental material is available online
30A Reader Services
Video clip is available online
CHD ET CSP TX 6A
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● October 2006