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Contents:  Volume 88, Issue 6 (December 2009)   [Index by Author] 

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Original Articles: General Thoracic:Back

   Patrick Bagan, Pascal Berna, Emmanuel Brian, Flora Crockett, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Antoine Dujon, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1732-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Invited Commentary
 Hans Hoffmann
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1736. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ziad Mansour, Evgenia A. Kochetkova, Nicola Santelmo, Pierre Meyer, Jean-Marie Wihlm, Elisabeth Quoix, and Gilbert Massard
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1737-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Niels P. van der Kaaij and Jolanda Kluin
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1743-1744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Toshiro Obuchi, Wakako Hamanaka, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Jun Yanagisawa, Daisuke Hamatake, Takeshi Shiraishi, and Akinori Iwasaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1745-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Farhood Farjah, Douglas E. Wood, Thomas K. Varghese, Nader N. Massarweh, Rebecca Gaston Symons, and David R. Flum
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1749-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Eric S. Weiss, Jeremiah G. Allen, Christian A. Merlo, John V. Conte, and Ashish S. Shah
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1757-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Wissam J. Halabi, Janis E. Blair, Brandon J. Coakley, Raymond K. Wong, James M. Parish, Laszlo T. Vaszar, Shimon Kusne, Holenarasipur R. Vikram, Paterick A. DeValeria, Louis A. Lanza, and Francisco A. Arabia
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1765-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Marlos de Souza Coelho, Ruy Fernando Kuenzer Caetano Silva, Nelson Bergonse Neto, Wilson de Souza Stori, Jr, Anna Flávia Ribeiro dos Santos, Rafael Garbelotto Mendes, and Lucas de Matos Fernandes
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1773-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Marlos de Souza Coelho, Ruy Fernando Kuenzer Caetano Silva, Giovanni Mezzalira, Nelson Bergonse Neto, Wilson de Souza Stori, Jr, Anna Flávia Ribeiro dos Santos, and Samir El Haje
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1780-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Adult Cardiac:Back

   Christian Hagl, Nawid Khaladj, Sven Peterss, Andreas Martens, Ingo Kutschka, Heidi Goerler, Malakh Shrestha, and Axel Haverich
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1786-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Invited Commentary
 Rohinton J. Morris
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1792. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Amy M. Engel, Sarah McDonough, and J. Michael Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1793-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
 Basar Sareyyupoglu, Hartzell V. Schaff, Ibrahim Ucar, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Joseph A. Dearani, and Soon J. Park
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1801-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Giovanna A. Lurati Buse, Michael T. Koller, Martin Grapow, Céline M. Brüni, Jorge Kasper, Manfred D. Seeberger, and Miodrag Filipovic
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1806-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Steve K. Singh and Stephen E. Fremes
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1812-1813. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Loes M.A. Klieverik, Magdi H. Yacoub, Sue Edwards, Jos A. Bekkers, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, A. Pieter Kappetein, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1814-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Igor D. Gregoric, Pranav Loyalka, Rajko Radovancevic, Zoran Jovic, O.H. Frazier, and Biswajit Kar
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1822-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Louis Samuels
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1826-1827. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Mani A. Daneshmand, Carmelo A. Milano, J. Scott Rankin, Emily F. Honeycutt, Madhav Swaminathan, Linda K. Shaw, Peter K. Smith, and Donald D. Glower
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1828-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Feroze Mahmood, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Robert M. Levine, Robert C. Gorman, Andrew Maslow, Peter J. Panzica, Robert M. Hagberg, Swaminathan Karthik, and Kamal R. Khabbaz
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1838-1844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Teng C. Lee, Bhargavi Desai, and Donald D. Glower
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1845-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Michael A. Borger
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1850. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Andre Plass, Hans Scheffel, Hatem Alkadhi, Philipp Kaufmann, Michele Genoni, Volkmar Falk, and Jürg Grünenfelder
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1851-1856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ali N. Azadani, Nicolas Jaussaud, Peter B. Matthews, Liang Ge, T. Sloane Guy, Timothy A.M. Chuter, and Elaine E. Tseng
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1857-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ali N. Azadani, Nicolas Jaussaud, Peter B. Matthews, Liang Ge, T. Sloane Guy, Timothy A.M. Chuter, and Elaine E. Tseng
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1864-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Thomas Walther and Claudia Walther
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1870. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Giovanni Mariscalco and Karl Gunnar Engström
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1871-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Lawrence L. Creswell
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1876. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Giovanni Mariscalco, Gabriele Piffaretti, Matteo Tozzi, Alessandro Bacuzzi, Giampaolo Carrafiello, Andrea Sala, and Patrizio Castelli
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1877-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 G. Chad Hughes, Mani A. Daneshmand, Keki R. Balsara, Hardean A. Achneck, Bantayehu Sileshi, Sean M. Lee, and Richard L. McCann
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1882-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Justin M. Schaffer, Jeremiah G. Allen, Eric S. Weiss, Nishant D. Patel, Stuart D. Russell, Ashish S. Shah, and John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1889-1896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Jiangang Wang, Jie Han, Yixin Jia, Wen Zeng, Jiahai Shi, Xiaotong Hou, and Xu Meng
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1897-1903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Wael Bedda and Nicolas Doll
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1904. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ivy S. Modrau, Tove Ejlertsen, and Bodil S. Rasmussen
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1905-1909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Alfred T. Culliford
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1909. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Steinn Steingrímsson, Ronny Gustafsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Arash Mokhtari, Richard Ingemansson, and Johan Sjögren
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1910-1915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 William E. Stansfield, Nancy M. Andersen, Ru-Hang Tang, and Craig H. Selzman
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1916-1921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Invited Commentary
 Ian M.C. Dixon
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1921-1922. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orignal Articles: Pediatric Cardiac:Back

   John W. Brown, Mark Ruzmetov, Mark H. Hoyer, Mark D. Rodefeld, and Mark W. Turrentine
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1923-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
 Sunjay Kaushal, Carl L. Backer, Jay N. Patel, Shivani K. Patel, Brandon L. Walker, Thomas J. Weigel, Guy Randolph, David Wax, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1932-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Serban C. Stoica, Alistair B. Philips, Matthew Egan, Roberta Rodeman, Joanne Chisolm, Sharon Hill, John P. Cheatham, and Mark E. Galantowicz
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1939-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Bin Feng, Yinglong Liu, Shenshou Hu, Xiangdong Shen, Xu Wang, Hua Wang, and Bo Ming
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1948-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Michael G. Gaies, Caren S. Goldberg, Richard G. Ohye, Eric J. Devaney, Jennifer C. Hirsch, and Edward L. Bove
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1952-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Yves d'Udekem, Michael M.H. Cheung, Stella Setyapranata, Ajay J. Iyengar, Patricia Kelly, Naomi Buckland, Leeanne E. Grigg, Robert G. Weintraub, Alasdair Vance, Christian P. Brizard, and Dan J. Penny
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1961-1969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Qiang Chen, Simon Langton-Hewer, Stephen Marriage, Alison Hayes, Massimo Caputo, Ash Pawade, and Andrew J. Parry
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1970-1974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Sunil P. Malhotra, Ed Petrossian, V. Mohan Reddy, Mary Qiu, Katsushide Maeda, Sam Suleman, Malcolm MacDonald, Olaf Reinhartz, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1975-1981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Mark P. Anstadt, Subbaraju Budharaju, Rebecca J. Darner, Benjamin A. Schmitt, Lawrence J. Prochaska, Anthony J. Pothoulakis, and Peer M. Portner
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1982-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:Back

Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in Patient With Previous Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis for Right Recurrent Pneumothorax
   Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lybéris, Emilpaolo Manno, and Ferdinando Massaglia
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:e68. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pericardial Tamponade Secondary to Castleman's Disease
 Chaoji Zhang, Qi Miao, Guangjun Chen, Xingrong Liu, Guotao Ma, Lihua Cao, and Haibo Deng
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2039. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Bilateral Communicating Intralobar Sequestration and Microgastria
 Sonali Nagendran, Navroop Johal, Pat Set, Jeffrey Brain, Adil Aslam, and Madan Samuel
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2040. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Dyna-CT During Minimally Invasive Off-Pump Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
 Jörg Kempfert, Volkmar Falk, Gerhard Schuler, Axel Linke, Denis Merk, Friedrich W. Mohr, and Thomas Walther
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2041. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Technology:Back

 Wei Bo, Jiang Fusheng, and Wang Tianyou
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1989-1992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Gregory I. Snell, Peter Hopkins, Glen Westall, Lynda Holsworth, Anne Carle, and Trevor J. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1993-1998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:Back

   Piero Trabattoni, Stefano Zoli, Luca Dainese, Rita Spirito, Paolo Biglioli, and Marco Agrifoglio
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:e60-e62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Jamal Hussain, Nathan Laufer, Suzane Sorrof, and Ashish Pershad
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:e63-e65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Thittamaranahalli Kariyappa Susheel Kumar, Karen Kuehl, Christine Reyes, Sachin Talwar, Achintya Moulick, and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:e66-e67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Warren Swee, Ahmed M. Housseini, J. Fritz Angle, David R. Jones, Thomas M. Daniel, Ulku C. Turba, Ehab A. Abdel-Gawad, and Klaus D. Hagspiel
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1999-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorelli, Giovanni Vicidomini, and Filomena Napolitano
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2001-2004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Vanessa Van Brandt, Stijn Heyman, Eric Van Marck, Jeroen Hendriks, and Paul Van Schil
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2004-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Keith D. Mortman
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2006-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Masaya Tamura, Makoto Oda, Isao Matsumoto, Hideki Fujimori, Yosuke Shimizu, and Go Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2008-2010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Satoshi Ambiru, Shunta Nakamura, Motoji Fukasawa, Osamu Mishima, Takeichiro Kuwahara, and Akihiko Takeshi
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2010-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 François Leduc, Seng Thipphavong, Fred Matzinger, Carole Dennie, and Sudhir Sundaresan
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2011-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Serdar Sen, Ekrem Senturk, Nilgun Kanlioglu Kuman, Engin Pabuscu, and Firuzan Kacar
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2013-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Hisayuki Shigematsu, Akio Andou, Arubi Teramoto, Kiyoshi Matsuo, Wakako Oda, Ichiro Yamadori, and Ryohei Higashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2016-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Kausik Bhattacharya, Rashmi Birla, David Northridge, and Vipin Zamvar
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2018-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Hui Li, Bin Hu, Tong Li, Mulan Jin, and Jianyu Hao
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2019-2021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Reza A. Khodaverdian and Kent W. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2021-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Isaac George, Jinesh N. Shah, Matthew Bacchetta, and Allan Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2022-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Paul P. Urbanski
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2024-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Joon Hwa Hong, Nihan Kayalar, Peter C. Spittell, and Soon J. Park
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2025-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Sebastian Pagni, Anthony Dempsey, and Erle H. Austin, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2027-2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Shuji Chino, Noriyuki Kato, Takatsugu Shimono, and Kan Takeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2029-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Masaaki Ryomoto, Masataka Mitsuno, Hiroyuki Nishi, Shinya Fukui, Yuji Miyamoto, and Hiroyuki Hao
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2031-2034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Rubie Maybury, Philip Mullenix, Michael Greenberg, Minling Liu, and Gregory Trachiotis
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2034-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Cheng-Hsueh Wu, Shih-Hsien Sung, Julia Chia-Yu Chang, Cheng-Hsiung Huang, and Tse-Min Lu
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2036-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:Back

   Chul-Hyun Park, Chang-Hu Choi, Yang-Bin Jeon, Jae-Ik Lee, Sung-Youl Hyun, and Kook-Yang Park
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:e69-e71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Ming-Ho Wu
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2042-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Shawn S. Groth, Bryan A. Whitson, Jonathan D'Cunha, Rafael S. Andrade, George H. Landis, and Michael A. Maddaus
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2044-2046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Farhad Bakhtiary, Nadejda Monsefi, Maria Trendafilow, Thomas Wittlinger, Mirko Doss, and Anton Moritz
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2047-2049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Lucas H.A. Sanders, Weiwen Chen, Jacques P.A.M. Schönberger, Jaffar Shehatha, and Mark A.J. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2050-2051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Our Surgical Heritage:Back

 Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1729-1731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:Back

 Loretta Erhunmwunsee and Thomas A. D'Amico
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2052-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
 Helmut Gulbins and Hermann Reichenspurner
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2061-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:Back

The One and Only
 Gaetano Rocco
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2069. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Single Station N2 NSCLC: A Brief Reflection on Possible Overdoing
 Stefano Cafarotti, Alfredo Cesario, Giacomo Cusumano, and Pierluigi Granone
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2069-2070. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Frank Detterbeck
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2070. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Tumor Cells in the Pulmonary Vein
 Bernward Passlick
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2071. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Fumihiro Tanaka, Yoshitomo Okumura, Kazue Yoneda, and Seiki Hasegawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2071. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Therapy Is Not Aortic Valve Replacement
 Michele Portoghese
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2071-2072. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Commissural Fenestrations Are Not Contraindication for Aortic Valve and Root Repair
 Paul Urbanski
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2072-2073. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Are Rigid Annuloplasty Rings Better Than Flexible Annuloplasty Rings in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Repair: Where is the Evidence?
 Chee Fui Chong
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2073. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Reply
 Shuli Silberman
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2073-2074. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons:Back

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting January 25–27, 2010 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center Fort Lauderdale, Florida
 Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:2075-2078. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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