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1.) [EDITORIAL BOARD, JANUARY 2009] The Annals of Thoracic Surgery: Editorial Board, January 2009

2.) [CASE REPORTS] Propofol Infusion Syndrome in Adult Cardiac Surgery

3.) [GUEST REVIEWERS FOR THE ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY] Guest Reviewers for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

4.) [CASE REPORTS] Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Management of Septic Shock With Severe Cardiac Dysfunction After Ravitch Procedure

5.) [CASE REPORTS] Sirolimus Treatment for Recurrent Lymphangioleiomyomatosis After Lung Transplantation

6.) [EDITORIALS] Myocardial Infarction Comes Into the Cold!

7.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Surgical Treatment of an Isolated Origin of the Right Subclavian Artery From the Pulmonary Artery

8.) [ETHICS IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] No Heroic Measures: How Soon Is Too Soon to Stop?

9.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Late Results of Conventional Versus All-Arterial Revascularization Based on Internal Thoracic and Radial Artery Grafting

10.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Subjective Memory Symptoms in Surgical and Nonsurgical Coronary Artery Patients: 6-Year Follow-up

11.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

12.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Cognitive Decline and Longer Hospital Stay After Cardiac Surgery

13.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Myocardial Revascularization by Left Ventricular Assisted Beating Heart Is Associated With Reduced Systemic Inflammatory Response

14.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

15.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Intracoronary Shunt Prevents Ischemia in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

16.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

17.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Saphenous Vein Conduits Harvested by Endoscopic Technique Exhibit Structural and Functional Damage

18.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Early and Late Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians

19.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

20.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Mitral Regurgitation Due to Myxomatous Degeneration Combined With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease is Often Due to Prolapse of the Anterior Leaflet of the Mitral Valve

21.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

22.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement: A Propensity Analysis

23.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] The 17-mm St. Jude Medical Regent Valve Is a Valid Option for Patients With a Small Aortic Annulus

24.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Ross Operation in the Adult: Long-Term Outcomes After Root Replacement and Inclusion Techniques

25.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

26.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Midterm Change of Descending Aortic False Lumen After Repair of Acute Type I Dissection

27.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

28.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Outcome After the Modified Bentall Technique With a Long Interposed Graft to the Left Coronary Artery

29.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

30.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Patients With High Cognitive Needs: Full Preservation of Cognitive Abilities

31.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] CardioWest (Jarvik) Total Artificial Heart: A Single-Center Experience With 42 Patients

32.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Platelet Dysfunction in Outpatients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices

33.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

34.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] N-Acetylcysteine in Cardiovascular-Surgery-Associated Renal Failure: A Meta-Analysis

35.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Dermal Filler Injection: A Novel Approach for Limiting Infarct Expansion

36.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

37.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Mild Hypothermia to Limit Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Importance of Timing

38.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Regional Heterogeneity of Myocardial Reperfusion Injury: Effect of Mild Hypothermia

39.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Very Mild Hypothermia During Ischemia and Reperfusion Improves Postinfarction Ventricular Remodeling

40.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Risk Factors for Mortality After the Norwood Procedure Using Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Shunt

41.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Risks and Predictors of Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Open Heart Operations

42.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

43.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Ventricular Scoop in Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Relevance to Simplified Single-Patch Method

44.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

45.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Donor-Recipient Race Mismatch and Graft Survival After Pediatric Heart Transplantation

46.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Expression of A and B Blood Group Antigens on Cryopreserved Homografts

47.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

48.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Comparison of Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Mortality Rates From National Administrative Data to Contemporary Clinical Standards

49.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Thoracoscopy Versus Thoracotomy Improves Midterm Musculoskeletal Status and Cosmesis in Infants and Children

50.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Persistent Benefit From Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Patients With Homogeneous Emphysema

51.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Resection of Pulmonary Metastases From Sarcoma: Can Some Patients Benefit From a Less Invasive Approach?

52.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

53.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Mechanical Pleurodesis Aided by Peritoneal Drainage: Procedure for Hepatic Hydrothorax

54.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 for Diagnosing Empyema

55.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Clinical Transplantation of Initially Rejected Donor Lungs After Reconditioning Ex Vivo

56.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Survival of Primary and Repeat Lung Transplantation in the United States

57.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Primary Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis and Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy: A New Objective Assessment Method

58.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Step by Step

59.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Intraoperative Temperature Control Using the Thermogard System During Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

60.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Invited Commentary

61.) [CASE REPORTS] Repair of Type A Dissection in a Jehovah's Witness With Prior Cardiac Operation

62.) [CASE REPORTS] Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Regurgitation in a Patient With Left Ventricular Noncompaction

63.) [CASE REPORTS] Complete Pulmonary Venous Occlusion After Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

64.) [CASE REPORTS] Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm After a Vascular Access Port Catheter Implantation

65.) [CASE REPORTS] Resection and Patch Repair of a Large Saccular Coronary Artery Aneurysm at the Left Main Bifurcation

66.) [CASE REPORTS] Cardiac Tamponade and Pulmonary Embolism as a Complication of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

67.) [CASE REPORTS] Late Aortic Injury: A Rare Complication of a Posterior Rib Fracture

68.) [CASE REPORTS] Total Transvenous Approach to Pacing and Defibrillation After Ebstein's Anomaly

69.) [CASE REPORTS] Right Ventricular Plication in a Neonate With an Unguarded Tricuspid Valvar Orifice

70.) [CASE REPORTS] Repair of Coarctation in Right Circumflex Retroesophageal Arch

71.) [CASE REPORTS] Massive Necrotizing Pneumonia With Pulmonary Gangrene

72.) [CASE REPORTS] Coiling of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries With Agenesis of the Left Pulmonary Artery Prior to Pneumonectomy

73.) [CASE REPORTS] Kimura's Disease Presenting as the Middle Mediastinal Mass

74.) [CASE REPORTS] Parosteal Lipoma of the Rib

75.) [CASE REPORTS] Surgical Experience in a Baby With Congenital Broncho-Biliary Fistula

76.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Early Bioprosthetic Valve Deterioration After Carcinoid Plaque Deposition

77.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Primary Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma With Imminent Tricuspid Valve Obstruction

78.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Fibrosing Mediastinitis Associated With Complete Occlusion of the Left Main Pulmonary Artery

79.) [HOW TO DO IT] A Simple Method of Prevention for Systolic Anterior Motion in Mitral Valve Repair by Loop Technique Method

80.) [HOW TO DO IT] Intracardiac Calipers for Artificial Chordae Replacement in Mitral Valve Repair

81.) [HOW TO DO IT] The Split Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap to Protect a Bronchial Stump at Risk of Bronchial Insufficiency

82.) [REVIEW] Biomechanics of Coronary Artery and Bypass Graft Disease: Potential New Approaches

83.) [KEY REFERENCES] Thymoma

84.) [OUR SURGICAL HERITAGE] Clarence Crafoord: A Giant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First to Repair Aortic Coarctation

85.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Valve-in-a-Valve Implantation: A Word of Caution

86.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

87.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Endovascular Versus Open Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

88.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Design Flaws Make Conclusions Difficult

89.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

90.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Pericardial Patch on Coronary Aneurysm

91.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

92.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation: The Real Impact on Postoperative Outcome

93.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

94.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Valve Size Does Matter in the Young: Letter 1

95.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Pannus Formation in Small Diameter (19-21 mm) St. Jude Aortic Prosthesis: Letter 2

96.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

97.) [REVIEW OF RECENT BOOKS] Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique. Third Edition.: By Siavosh Khonsari, Colleen Flint Sintek. 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 383 pp, illustrated, $229.00 ISBN: 0-7817-6950-7

98.) [CASE REPORTS] Patent Ductus Arteriosus Masquerading as Aortic Transection in a Trauma Victim

99.) [CASE REPORTS] Sirolimus Ameliorated Post Lung Transplant Chylothorax in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

100.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Subepicardial Hematoma Compressing the Right Atrium: Spontaneous Rupture of the Right Coronary Artery

101.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Should We Change Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lung Surgery? Postoperative Pneumonia Is the Critical Issue

102.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

103.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Thoracoscopic Versus Thoracotomy Approaches to Lobectomy: Differential Impairment of Cellular Immunity

104.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

105.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Ipsilateral Diaphragmatic Motion and Lung Function in Long-Term Pneumonectomy Patients

106.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Cryopreserved Arterial Allograft Reconstruction After Excision of Thoracic Malignancies

107.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Technical Challenges and Utility of Anterior Exposure for Thoracic Spine Pathology

108.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Imaging of Lung Hamartomas by Multidetector Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography

109.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

110.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Alveolar Macrophage Secretory Products Effect Type 2 Pneumocytes Undergoing Hypoxia-Reoxygenation

111.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

112.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Survival Benefit of Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis With Low Ejection Fraction And Low Gradient With Normal Ejection Fraction

113.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

114.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch in the Elderly: Survival, Ventricular Mass Regression, and Quality of Life

115.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

116.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Hemodynamic Evaluation and Midterm Outcome of Aortic Valve Replacement With Size 19 Perimount Prosthetic Valve

117.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Simultaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: A Viable Option?

118.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Extent of Aortic Coverage and Incidence of Spinal Cord Ischemia After Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

119.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Distal Aortic Reinterventions After Root Surgery in Marfan Patients

120.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

121.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Surgery for Marfan Patients With Acute Type A Dissection Using a Stented Elephant Trunk Procedure

122.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

123.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Evolving Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Aortic Arch Replacement: High Flow Rate With Moderate Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

124.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

125.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Randomized Study of Mononuclear Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation in Patients With Coronary Surgery

126.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Myoblast Transplantation for Cardiac Repair: From Automyoblast to Allomyoblast Transplantation

127.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

128.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Impact of Surgical Ventricular Restoration on Diastolic Function: Implications of Shape and Residual Ventricular Size

129.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

130.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Minimally Invasive Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization

131.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

132.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Total Arterial Revascularization in Triple-Vessel Disease With Off-Pump and Aortic No-Touch Technique

133.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

134.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] First Report on 30-day and Operative Mortality in Risk Model of Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Japan

135.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

136.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Shunt or Snare: Coronary Endothelial Damage due to Hemostatic Devices for Beating Heart Coronary Surgery

137.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Maze Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

138.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

139.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Delirium After Cardiac Surgery and Predictive Validity of a Risk Checklist

140.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] What Are Patients Really Telling Us? Comparison of Survey Responses and the Medical Record in Cardiovascular Surgical Patients

141.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Prevention of Sternal Dehiscence and Infection in High-Risk Patients: A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial

142.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Usefulness of Osteosynthesis Device Made of Hydroxyapatite-Poly-L-Lactide Composites in Port-Access Cardiac Surgery

143.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Prophylactic Low-Energy Shock Wave Therapy Improves Wound Healing After Vein Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Trial

144.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Efficacy and Safety of On-Pump Beating Heart Surgery

145.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Congenital Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis: Defining Surgical and Nonsurgical Outcomes

146.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Early Primary Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Neonates and Infants Less Than Four Months of Age

147.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

148.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Tetralogy of Fallot With Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

149.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Pediatric Warm Open Heart Surgery and Prolonged Cross-Clamp Time

150.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

151.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Connection of Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries in Patients With a Superior or Total Cavopulmonary Circulation

152.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Left Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation: A Reliable Minimally Invasive Approach for Congenital Long-QT Syndrome

153.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

154.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Toward a Definitive, Totally Thoracoscopic Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation

155.) [CASE REPORTS] Surgical Management of Late Complications After Colonic Interposition for Esophageal Atresia

156.) [CASE REPORTS] Esophago-Pericardial Fistula During the Course of Primary Esophageal Carcinoma

157.) [CASE REPORTS] Combination of Spit Fistula Advancement and External Traction for Primary Repair of Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia

158.) [CASE REPORTS] Cystic Malignant Teratoma With Early Recurrence After Intraoperative Spillage

159.) [CASE REPORTS] Novel Aeration Technique for Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Chest Wall

160.) [CASE REPORTS] Hemangioma of the Sternum

161.) [CASE REPORTS] True Aneurysmal Dilatation of a Contegra Conduit after Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction: A Novel Mechanism of Conduit Failure

162.) [CASE REPORTS] Severe Hypoplasia of the Posterior Mitral Leaflet

163.) [CASE REPORTS] Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis During Orthotopic Cardiac Transplant

164.) [CASE REPORTS] Thoratec Left Ventricular Assist Device Removal After Toxic Myocarditis

165.) [CASE REPORTS] Intractable LIMA Spasm in the Postoperative Period Treated by Placement of 'Bridging' Stent

166.) [CASE REPORTS] Extrinsic Compression of the Left Main Coronary Artery by Atrial Septal Defect

167.) [CASE REPORTS] Hybrid Procedure for Proximal Arch and Descending Aortic Aneurysms

168.) [CASE REPORTS] Left Internal Mammary Artery Atherosclerosis: Twenty-Three Years After Repair of Aortic Coarctation

169.) [CASE REPORTS] Successful Surgical Management for Severe Mitral Regurgitation Unmasked After Pericardiectomy for Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis

170.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Traumatic Sternal Abscess With Mediastinal Involvement

171.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Unusual Case of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Distal Right Pulmonary Artery

172.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Cor Triatriatum Associated with ASD and Common Atrium in 7-Month-Old With Tachypnea and Failure to Thrive

173.) [HOW TO DO IT] Fenestration Between the Left Atrial Appendage and Left Superior Vena Cava in Kawashima Operation

174.) [HOW TO DO IT] The TachoSil-Pledget Stitch: Towards Eradication of Suture Hole Bleeding

175.) [HOW TO DO IT] "Directed" Cardioplegia: A New Approach in Myocardial Protection in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

176.) [REVIEW] Surgery for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy Approaches to Lobectomy

177.) [OUR SURGICAL HERITAGE] Tube Thoracostomy: The Struggle to the "Standard of Care"

178.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Patch Aortoplasty for Proximal Anastomosis of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

179.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Stroke Rate After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair May Not Be Equal Among Various Aortic Pathologies

180.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

181.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Arterial Shunt for Bilateral Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion

182.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

183.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Recombinant Activated Factor VII and Cardiac Surgery

184.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

185.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Arterial Switch Operation, Aortic Root Dilation, and Long-Term Aortic Valve Competence

186.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Unexpected Early Failure of a Decellularized Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Graft

187.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

188.) [REVIEW OF RECENT BOOKS] Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance: By Atul Gawande. 2007, New York, New York, Picador, 288 pp, $14.00 ISBN: 0312427654

189.) [THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS] Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting, January 26-28, 2009, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California

190.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Cardiovascular Dual Source Computed Tomography for Aortic Coarctation in a Neonate: One-Second Scan With Ultra-Low Radiation Dose

191.) [EDITORIALS] Measuring the Quality of Surgical Outcomes in General Thoracic Surgery: Should Surgical Volume Be Used to Direct Patient Referrals?

192.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Intermediate to Long-Term Results of Radiofrequency Modified Maze Procedure as an Adjunct to Open-Heart Surgery

193.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Does Preoperative Hemoglobin Independently Predict Short-Term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery?

194.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Changing Operative Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Operations for Coronary Artery Disease: Impact on Early Outcomes

195.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Elevated Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Level is Associated With Reduced Long-Term Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

196.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Comparison of Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Drug-Eluting Stents for Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease

197.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Preoperative Evaluation of the Right Gastroepiploic Artery on Multidetector Computed Tomography in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

198.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

199.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] High-Risk Patients Referred for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Management and Outcomes

200.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Long-Term Outcomes After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: A Modern Perspective

201.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Pulmonary Valve Implantation With the New Shelhigh Injectable Stented Pulmonic Valve

202.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Value of Augmented Reality-Enhanced Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) for Determining Optimal Annuloplasty Ring Size During Mitral Valve Repair

203.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

204.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Reoperation for Failure of Mitral Valve Repair in Degenerative Disease: A Single-Center Experience

205.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Eight-Year Outcomes of Tricuspid Annuloplasty Using Autologous Pericardial Strip for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation

206.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Prevalence of Aortic Intimal Defect in Surgically Treated Acute Type A Intramural Hematoma

207.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

208.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] One-Stage Repair of Extensive Chronic Aortic Dissection Using the Arch-First Technique and Bilateral Anterior Thoracotomy

209.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

210.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Composite Valve Graft Replacement of the Aortic Root: Twenty-Seven Years of Experience at One Japanese Center

211.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Incidence, Etiology, Histologic Findings, and Course of Thoracic Inflammatory Aortopathies

212.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Supra-aortic Transposition for Combined Vascular and Endovascular Repair of Aortic Arch Pathology

213.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] "Real World" Thoracic Endografting: Results With the Gore TAG Device 2 Years After U.S. FDA Approval

214.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Resection-Plication-Release for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Clinical and Echocardiographic Follow-Up

215.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Myocardial Viability Mapping by Magnetic Resonance-Based Multiparametric Systolic Strain Analysis

216.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

217.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Intrathoracic Organ Transplantation From Donors With Meningitis: A Single-Center 20-Year Experience

218.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Surgical Reexploration After Cardiac Operations: Why a Worse Outcome?

219.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Abnormalities in the Brain Before Elective Cardiac Surgery Detected by Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

220.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

221.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Influence of Mechanical Cell Salvage on Red Blood Cell Aggregation, Deformability, and 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

222.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC] Endothelin-A Receptor Inhibition After Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Cytokines and Receptor Activation

223.) [J. MAXWELL CHAMBERLAIN MEMORIAL PAPER FOR CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY] The Rush to Atrial Septal Defect Closure: Is the Introduction of Percutaneous Closure Driving Utilization?

224.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Costs Associated With Ventricular Assist Device Use in Children

225.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Invited Commentary

226.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair Under 1 Year: Rastelli One-Patch Procedure Yields Excellent Long-Term Results

227.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Ross Patients: Does the Homograft Fare Better?

228.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Comparison of Two Cardioplegia Solutions Using Thermodilution Cardiac Output in Neonates and Infants

229.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PEDIATRIC CARDIAC] Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Cardiac Denervation: A Potential Novel Therapeutic Option for Children With Intractable Ventricular Arrhythmias

230.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] The Significance of One-Station N2 Disease in the Prognosis of Patients With Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer

231.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Invited Commentary

232.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Salvage Lung Resection After Definitive Radiation (>59 Gy) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes

233.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Pulmonary Resection in the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Study of 56 Cases

234.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Roux-en-Y Diversion for Intractable Reflux After Esophagectomy

235.) [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GENERAL THORACIC] Thoracoscopic and Anatomic Landmarks of Kuntz's Nerve: Implications for Sympathetic Surgery

236.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Ablation of Ganglionic Plexi During Combined Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

237.) [NEW TECHNOLOGY] Invited Commentary

238.) [CASE REPORTS] Inferior Vena Cava Filter Migration to the Heart

239.) [CASE REPORTS] Minimally Invasive Off-Pump Aortic Valve Implantation: The Surgical Safety Net

240.) [CASE REPORTS] Aortic Valve Replacement Through Left Thoracotomy After Esophageal Operation

241.) [CASE REPORTS] Perforation of a Tricuspid Pouch Caused by Infective Endocarditis

242.) [CASE REPORTS] Aorto-Atrial Fistula 10 Days After Dissection Repair in Giant Cell Arteritis

243.) [CASE REPORTS] Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patient with Sheehan's Syndrome

244.) [CASE REPORTS] Vineberg Operation: A Successful Case 35 Years Later

245.) [CASE REPORTS] Successful Conversion of TandemHeart Left Ventricular Assist Device to Right Ventricular Assist Device After Implantation of a HeartMate XVE

246.) [CASE REPORTS] Sternectomy and Sternum Reconstruction for Infection After Cardiac Surgery

247.) [CASE REPORTS] Hybrid Transcatheter-Surgical Strategy in Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome

248.) [CASE REPORTS] Successful Surgical Correction of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in the Sixth Decade

249.) [CASE REPORTS] Intrabronchial Foreign Body Extracted With Tranilast and Corticosteroid

250.) [CASE REPORTS] Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Tumor Associated with Cushing Syndrome

251.) [CASE REPORTS] Multidisciplinary Therapy of a Large Esophago-Pericardial Fistula Arising From Barrett's Esophagus

252.) [CASE REPORTS] Transthoracic Repair of an Unsuspected Left Foramen of Morgagni Hernia

253.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Migration of a Rigid Mitral Valve Ring

254.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Isolated Left Subclavian Artery

255.) [IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY] Imaging Characteristics of a Mucinous Colorectal Pulmonary Metastasis

256.) [HOW TO DO IT] Posterior Leaflet Shortening to Correct Systolic Anterior Motion After Mitral Valve Repair

257.) [HOW TO DO IT] Alternative Technique for Implanting an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Infants

258.) [HOW TO DO IT] Extended Mediastinoscopic Examination at the Right Hilum

259.) [REVIEW] Outcome of Endovascular Treatment of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection

260.) [OUR SURGICAL HERITAGE] Vineberg Operation: A Review of the Birth and Impact of This Surgical Technique

261.) [KEY REFERENCES] Statistical Risk Modeling and Outcomes Analysis

262.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Time of Measurement of Troponin is Essential When We Think About Prediction or Phenomena

263.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reinforcement of Anastomosis in Aortic Dissection Surgery

264.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Pericardial Tube for Translocation in Anomalous Origin of Coronary Arteries

265.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

266.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Complement Activation After Cardiac Surgery Follows a Biphasic Pattern

267.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

268.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Can Computed Tomography Guide the Extent of Surgery in Early, Resectable Lung Cancer?

269.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

270.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Successful Long-Term Outcome in Locally Advanced Masaoka IVA Thymoma With Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Complete Resection and Adjuvant Radiotherapy

271.) [CORRESPONDENCE] Reply

272.) [CORRECTIONS] Correction

273.) [CORRECTIONS] Correction

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