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Contents:  Volume 94, Issue 2 (August 2012)   [Index by Author] 

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J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for General Thoracic Surgery:Back

   Lars P. Riber, Thomas D. Christensen, Henrik K. Jensen, Anette Hoejsgaard, and Hans K. Pilegaard
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:339-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:Back

   Felix G. Fernandez, Traves D. Crabtree, Jingxia Liu, and Bryan F. Meyers
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:354-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
 Chenxi Zhong, Wentao Fang, Teng Mao, Feng Yao, Wenhu Chen, and Dingzhong Hu
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:362-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Stephen Hazelrigg
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:367. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Shari L. Meyerson, Betty C. Tong, Stafford S. Balderson, Thomas A. D'Amico, Joseph D. Phillips, Malcolm M. DeCamp, and Debra A. DaRosa
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:368-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Varun Puri, Tanya L. Pyrdeck, Traves D. Crabtree, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander S. Krupnick, Graham A. Colditz, G. Alexander Patterson, and Bryan F. Meyers
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:374-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Adam Iddriss, Nesri Padayatchi, Darshan Reddy, and Anu Reddi
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:381-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 John A. Odell
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:386. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ian Fournier, Thorsten Krueger, Yabo Wang, Antoine Meyer, Hans-Beat Ris, and Michel Gonzalez
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:387-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Benoit Lahon, Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel, Maria Rosa Ghigna, Boriana Petkova, Sacha Mussot, Dominique Fabre, Thierry Le Chevalier, and Philippe Dartevelle
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:394-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Peter B. Licht, Hans K. Pilegaard, and Lars Ladegaard
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:401-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Donald E. Low
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:405. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 David P. Mason, Chase R. Brown, Sudish C. Murthy, Nakul Vakil, Christopher Lyon, Marie M. Budev, and Gösta B. Pettersson
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:406-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Jeffrey L. Port, Abu Nasar, Paul C. Lee, Subroto Paul, Brendon M. Stiles, Weston Andrews, and Nasser K. Altorki
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:413-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Philip W. Carrott, Jean Hong, MadhanKumar Kuppusamy, Richard P. Koehler, and Donald E. Low
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:421-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ruchir Puri, Adam M. Cline, Daniel T. DeArmond, and Scott B. Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:429-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard E. Clark Award:Back

 Daniel J. Boffa, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Subroto Paul, John D. Mitchell, and Mark Onaitis
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:347-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 George J. Arnaoutakis, Yue Zhao, Timothy J. George, Christopher M. Sciortino, Patrick M. McCarthy, and John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:436-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Adult Cardiac:Back

   Timothy J. George, George J. Arnaoutakis, Claude A. Beaty, Arman Kilic, William A. Baumgartner, and John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:445-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
 Jessica S. Donington, Virginia R. Litle, Joanna Sesti, and Yolonda L. Colson
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:452-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Balu Bhaskar, Joel Dulhunty, Daniel V. Mullany, and John F. Fraser
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:460-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 William L. Holman
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:467. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Joern Karhausen, Roman Dudaryk, Barbara Phillips-Bute, J. Daniel Rivera, Fellery de Lange, Carmelo A. Milano, Madhav Swaminathan, and G. Burkhard Mackensen
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:468-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Kamellia R. Dimitrova, Darryl M. Hoffman, Charles M. Geller, Gabriela Dincheva, Wilson Ko, and Robert F. Tranbaugh
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:475-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Faisal G. Bakaeen, Gulshan Sethi, Todd H. Wagner, Rosemary Kelly, Kelvin Lee, Anjali Upadhyay, Hoang Thai, Elizabeth Juneman, Steven Goldman, and William L. Holman
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:482-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Daisuke Yoshioka, Taichi Sakaguchi, Takashi Yamauchi, Shuhei Okazaki, Shigeru Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Nishi, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Satsuki Fukushima, Shunsuke Saito, and Yoshiki Sawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:489-496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Giuseppe Bruschi, Federico de Marco, Luca Botta, Aldo Cannata, Jacopo Oreglia, Paola Colombo, Alberto Barosi, Tiziano Colombo, Sandra Nonini, Roberto Paino, Silvio Klugmann, and Luigi Martinelli
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:497-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Giuseppe Santarpino, Steffen Pfeiffer, Joachim Schmidt, Giovanni Concistrè, and Theodor Fischlein
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:504-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 John M. Stulak, Rakesh M. Suri, Eric L. Matteson, Joseph A. Dearani, Heidi M. Connolly, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:510-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Gerald Lawrie
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:515. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Himanshu J. Patel, Vikram Sood, David M. Williams, Narasimham L. Dasika, Amy C. Diener, and G. Michael Deeb
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:516-523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Toshiro Ito, Mayuko Uehara, Toshiyuki Maeda, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Satoshi Muraki, Atsushi Watanabe, and Tetsuya Higami
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:524-529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Kenji Okada, Atsushi Omura, Hiroya Kano, Taimi Ohara, Tomonori Shirasaka, Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Shunsuke Miyahara, Toshihito Sakamoto, Akiko Tanaka, Takeshi Inoue, Takanori Oka, Hitoshi Minami, and Yutaka Okita
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:530-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Faisal G. Bakaeen
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:536. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Melissa M. Anastacio, Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, Michael K. Pasque, Hersh S. Maniar, and Jennifer S. Lawton
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:537-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Naoyuki Kimura, Susumu Nakae, Satoshi Itoh, Denis R. Merk, Xi Wang, Yongquan Gong, Homare Okamura, Paul A. Chang, Hideo Adachi, Robert C. Robbins, and Michael P. Fischbein
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:542-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Abeel A. Mangi
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:548. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Björn Reinsfelt, Sven-Erik Ricksten, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Johan Fredén-Lindqvist, and Anne Westerlind
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:549-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 John W. Hammon
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:555. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Uswa Shahzad, Guangming Li, Yaoguang Zhang, and Terrence M. Yau
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:556-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Nicholas Kipshidze
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:562-563. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Pediatric Cardiac:Back

   Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Sean M. O'Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, François G. Lacour-Gayet, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Erle H. Austin, III, Christian Pizarro, Kamal K. Pourmoghadam, Frank G. Scholl, Karl F. Welke, J. William Gaynor, David R. Clarke, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:564-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
 Sara K. Pasquali, Xia He, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O'Brien, and J. William Gaynor
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:573-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Takashi Murashita, Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Kenichi Kurosaki, Isao Shiraishi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Hajime Ichikawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:581-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 James S. Tweddell, Michael G. Earing, Peter J. Bartz, Jennifer L. Dunham-Ingles, Ronald K. Woods, and Michael E. Mitchell
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:587-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Lei Wang, Sancheng Cao, Jun Li, Lifang Yang, Yin Liu, Jun Ren, Qiaomei Ma, Haijian Xing, Dan Li, Danqiu Tian, Yi Wan, Shiqiang Yu, Tao Chen, Xiuling Yang, and Jian Yang
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:592-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Patrick O. Myers, Pedro J. del Nido, Gerald R. Marx, Sitaram Emani, John E. Mayer, Jr, Frank A. Pigula, and Christopher W. Baird
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:599-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Daniel J. Wong, Ajay J. Iyengar, Gavin R. Wheaton, James M. Ramsay, Leeanne E. Grigg, Stephen Horton, Igor E. Konstantinov, Christian P. Brizard, and Yves d'Udekem
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:606-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Diane de Zélicourt, Philsub Jung, Marc Horner, Kerem Pekkan, Kirk R. Kanter, and Ajit P. Yoganathan
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:614-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Dominique Shum-Tim
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:621. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:Back

Giant Aortic Aneurysm in an Infant With Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
   David Kalfa, Céline Gronier, Mohamedou Ly, Emmanuel Le Bret, Régine Roussin, and Emre Belli
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e51. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
A Rare Case of Diffuse Mitral Valve Fibroelastoma
   Martin de Jonge, Albert van Straten, Jan-Melle van Dantzig, Franka van Merrienboer, and Ted Elenbaas
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e53. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Dysphagia Aortica Secondary to Descending Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm
 Dian-bo Cao, Yongsheng Gao, Xiao-yan Sun, and Si-rui Yang
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:656. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thrombosis of a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Thrombus Formation in the Left Heart
 Regine Gottfried, Lech Paluszkiewicz, Lukasz Kizner, Michiel Morshuis, Heinrich Koertke, and Jan Gummert
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:657. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Fenestrated Rudimentary Aortic Valvular Cusp: Report of a Case With Dilatated Cardiomyopathy
 Manabu Yamasaki, Sunao Watanabe, and Kohei Kawazoe
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:658. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Technology:Back

 Oliver J. Wagner, Brian E. Louie, Eric Vallières, Ralph W. Aye, and Alexander S. Farivar
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:622-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:Back

   Taichiro Goto, Yotaro Izumi, Seishi Nakatsuka, and Hiroaki Nomori
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e31-e33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Winnifred R. Staartjes, Bart P. van Putte, and Franz M.N.H. Schramel
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e35-e36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Robert J. Kucejko, Quang Luu, Royce F. Calhoun, and David T. Cooke
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e37-e38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Markus Czesla, Julia Götte, Vladimir Voth, Detlef Roser, Timo Weimar, and Nicolas Doll
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e39-e40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Sandro Sponga, Chiara Nalli, Alessandra Casonato, and Eric Charbonneau
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e41-e43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Yukihiro Matsuno, Katsuya Shimabukuro, Narihiro Ishida, and Hirofumi Takemura
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e45-e47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Frank Edwin, Baffoe Gyan, Mark Tettey, and Ernest Aniteye
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e49-e50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Don Hayes, Jr, Randall M. Schell, Mark D. Plunkett, John C. Gurley, and Charles W. Hoopes
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:626-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Jessica L. Gullung and Lucinda A. Halstead
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:628-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ming-Sing Si
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:630-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Alper Toker, Suat Erus, Serhan Tanju, and Serkan Kaya
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:632-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 K.C. Collins, David D. Odell, Robert G. Sheiman, and Sidhu P. Gangadharan
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:635-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Tor Damén, Lena Sunnermalm, Örjan Friberg, Leszek Zagozdzon, Bo Cederstrand, and Tomas Kellert
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:636-639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Gregory A. Stanley, Frank R. Arko, III, Mazin I. Foteh, Michael E. Jessen, and J. Michael DiMaio
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:639-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Daijiro Hori, Kenichiro Noguchi, Yohei Nomura, Alan Lefor, and Hiroyuki Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:641-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Teruki Sato, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Megumi Okawa, Takako Iino, Kenji Iino, Kazuyuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Fumio Yamamoto, and Hiroshi Ito
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:643-646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Tao Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Xuemin Zhang, Jingjun Jiang, Jian Chen, and Bingying Zhou
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:646-649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Stefano M. Marianeschi, Aldo Cannata, Nicola Uricchio, Stefano Pedretti, and Gabriele Vignati
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:649-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 William I. Douglas, Monesha Gupta, Michael H. Hines, and John T. Bricker
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:651-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Markus Neuray, Gunter Balling, Christian Schreiber, and Klaus Martin
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:653-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:Back

   Yangfeng Tang, Zhiyun Xu, Zilin Liao, and Jibin Xu
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:e55-e57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Elke Ruttenstock, Amulya K. Saxena, and Michael E. Höllwarth
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:659-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Gaetano Rocco, Nicola Martucci, Sergio Setola, and Renato Franco
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:661-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Video]  
 Alexis E. Shafii and Kenneth R. McCurry
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:663-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Shigehiko Tokunaga, Shota Yasuda, Yosuke Atsumi, and Munetaka Masuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:666-667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:Back

 Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang and Thomas A. D'Amico
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:668-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:Back

Lung Function and ECMO After Lung Transplantation
 Enrique Diaz-Guzman, Daniel L. Davenport, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, and Charles W. Hoopes
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:686-687. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Matthew G. Hartwig and R. Duane Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:687. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Metaanalysis on Skeletonization of the Internal Thoracic Artery
 Fraser D. Rubens and Munir Boodhwani
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:687-688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Safety of LeGoo Hemostatic Device for Human Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
 Jessica Forcillo and Louis P. Perrault
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Bernhard Winkler and Martin T.R. Grapow
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:688-689. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Sequential Hybrid Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
 Gianluigi Bisleri, Antonio Curnis, Faisal H. Cheema, and Claudio Muneretto
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:689-690. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Damien J. LaPar, Srijoy Mahapatra, and Gorav Ailawadi
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:690. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Impact of Ventricular Geometry on Outcomes of Surgical Ventricular Restoration
 V. Rao Parachuri and Srilakshmi M. Adhyapak
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:690-691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Marisa Di Donato
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:691-692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Banding of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus During Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt Surgery in Neonates With Pulmonary Atresia
 Ismihan Selen Onan and Ersin Erek
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Martin Zahorec, Rudolf Poruban, and Matej Nosal
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Fundamental Flaw in a Fundamental Measure: Inaccuracies in Death Data Reporting
 Elbert E. Heng, Michael Argenziano, and Faisal H. Cheema
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:692-693. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David M. Shahian, Fred H. Edwards, Sean M. O'Brien, Eugene H. Blackstone, John D. Puskas, Justin Schaffer, Frederick L. Grover, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:693-694. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education:Back

Thanks to TSFRE 2011 Donors
 Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:682-685. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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