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EDITORIAL Historical Perspectives (HP) 435

GTS

Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: John Alexander (1891-1954)

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Thymoma with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Report of a case J. Qin and L. Liu

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H. Sloan

Left tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy: A combined approach D. G. Tse, N. Vadehra, and L. Iancu

Brief Communications 437

Supine position with alternating inflation pneumatic cuffs in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for bilateral pneumothorax

ACD

P.-M. Huang, Y.-L. Chang, H.-H. Hsu, J.-S. Chen, J.-M. Lee, and Y.-C. Lee

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Left ventricular infarct plication restores mitral function in chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation R. Ramadan, N. Al-Attar, S. Mohammadi, S. Ghostine, A. Azmoun, A. Therasse, C. Kortas, C. Caussin, and R. Nottin

CHD

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Robotically assisted repair of sinus venosus defect E. A. Bacha, G. Bolotin, K. Consilio, J. Raman, and D. G. Ruschhaupt

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B. Gohrbandt, G. Warnecke, S. Fischer, A. Haverich, and M. Strueber

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Septum transversum diaphragmatic hernia in an adult

CSP

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia after radiofrequency maze procedure: Report of two cases

TX

Varicose pericardial vein: An unusual cause of right paracardiac opacity

468 Foreign-body excretion through the bronchial stump after extrapleural pneumonectomy

Late aneurysm formation with destruction of the left lung after subclavian flap angioplasty for coarctation of aorta S. Theodore, P. K. Varma, P. K. Neema, and K. S. Neelakandhan

K. Okubo and Y. Kurahashi

HP

D. Picarelli, J. L. Montenegro, S. Antunez, W. Perez, and D. Borbonet

Extended pericardiotomy avoids cardiopulmonary bypass during bilateral sequential lung transplantation T. Oto, M. Rabinov, F. Rosenfeldt, and D. S. Esmore

D. Pop, N. Venissac, F. Leo, D. Ducreux, B. Padovani, and J. Mouroux

Modified fenestration technique for the Kawashima operation in a young infant

Vasopressin to attenuate pulmonary hypertension and improve systemic blood pressure after correction of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous return M. A. Scheurer, S. M. Bradley, and A. M. Atz

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Coexistent aortic dissection and hepatocellular carcinoma with elevated plasma transforming growth factor ␤ level: Possible roles of fibrillin 1 and transforming growth factor ␤ H. Takagi, H. Manabe, S. Sekino, T. Kato, Y. Matsuno, and T. Umemoto

S. K. Dora, P. K. Varma, C. Parija, K. Nair, R. Sreedhar, K. S. Neelakandhan, and J. Tharakan

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Traumatic rupture of retrosternal goiter: A rare case of acute superior mediastinal syndrome D. Pop, N. Venissac, F. Leo, B. S. Karimdjee, F. Tiger, and J. Mouroux

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Aortoesophageal fistula as a late complication of aortic transection H. Luckraz, S. Kitchlu, and A. Youhana

M. Paci, S. de Franco, E. Della Valle, G. Ferrari, V. Annessi, T. Ricchetti, and G. Sgarbi

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A novel technique for semiselective in situ bronchial artery perfusion in human lung retrieval

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Advances in tissue engineering: Cell printing D. Varghese, M. Deshpande, T. Xu, P. Kesari, S. Ohri, and T. Boland (continued on page 6A)

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● February 2005