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Issue Highlights - Adult

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  Aortic allograft infection risk

  James C. Witten, Penny L. Houghtaling, Nabin K. Shrestha, Steven M. Gordon, Wael Jaber, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gösta B. Pettersson on behalf of the Infectious Endocarditis Working Group

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  Aortic valve reintervention after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

  Shinichi Fukuhara, Chan Tran N. Nguyen, Karen M. Kim, Bo Yang, Gorav Ailawadi, Himanshu J. Patel, G. Michael Deeb

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  Aortic root anatomy after aortic valve reimplantation

  Francesco Giosuè Irace, Ilaria Chirichilli, Andrea Salica, Salvatore D'Aleo, Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf, Luigi Garufi, Ruggero De Paulis

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  Comparison of SYNTAX score strata effects of percutaneous and surgical revascularization trials: A meta-analysis

  Mario Gaudino, Irbaz Hameed, Antonino Di Franco, Ajita Naik, Michelle Demetres, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Sripal Bangalore

Issue Highlights - Congenital

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  Surgical repair of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis: A 2-decade experience with 145 patients

  L. Mac Felmly, Richard D. Mainwaring, R. Thomas Collins, Kirstie Lechich, Elisabeth Martin, Michael Ma, Frank L. Hanley

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  Oxygen delivery in pediatric cardiac surgery and its association with acute kidney injury using machine learning

  Alice Hayward, Alex Robertson, Timothy Thiruchelvam, Michael Broadhead, Victor T. Tsang, Neil J. Sebire, Richard W. Issitt

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  A multicentric evaluation of pediatric lung transplantation in Italy

  Marco Schiavon, Stefania Camagni, Federico Venuta, Lorenzo Rosso, Massimo Boffini, Francesco Parisi, Alessandro Bertani, Federica Meloni, Piero Paladini, Eleonora Faccioli, Michele Colledan, Daniele Diso, Margherita Cattaneo, Fabrizio Scalini, Sara Alfieri, Domenica Giunta, Monica Morosini, Luca Luzzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Andrea Dell'Amore, Federico Rea

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  Age at surgery and outcomes following neonatal cardiac surgery: An analysis from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium

  Andrew H. Smith, Andrew Y. Shin, Sarah Tabbutt, Mousumi Banerjee, Wenying Zhang, Santiago Borasino, Justin J. Elhoff, J. William Gaynor, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Sara K. Pasquali, James D. St Louis, Subhadra Shashidharan, Michael Ruppe, Kurt R. Schumacher, Michael Gaies, John M. Costello

Issue Highlights - Thoracic

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  A unique gene signature predicting recurrence-free survival in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

  Shamus R. Carr, Haitao Wang, Rasika Hudlikar, Xiaofan Lu, Mary R. Zhang, Chuong D. Hoang, Fangrong Yan, David S. Schrump

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  Clinical and financial outcomes of pulmonary resection for lung cancer in safety-net hospitals

  Sara Sakowitz, Arjun Verma, Russyan Mark Mabeza, Nam Yong Cho, Joseph Hadaya, Paul Toste, Peyman Benharash

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  Trends in use and three-year outcomes of hepatitis C virus–viremic donor lung transplants for hepatitis C virus–seronegative recipients

  Jessica M. Ruck, Laura B. Zeiser, Alice L. Zhou, Alexis P. Chidi, Sophia L. Winchester, Christine M. Durand, Jinny S. Ha, Pali D. Shah, Allan B. Massie, Dorry L. Segev, Christian A. Merlo, Errol L. Bush

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  Reduction of donor mononuclear phagocytes with clodronate-liposome during ex vivo lung perfusion attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury

  Keiji Yamanashi, Akihiro Ohsumi, Hiromi Oda, Satona Tanaka, Yoshito Yamada, Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroshi Date

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  Adult: Aorta

  Endovascular repair of intercostal and visceral aortic patch aneurysms following open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

  Tenorio et al.
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  Adult: Aortic Valve

  Aortic valve reintervention after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

  Fukuhara et al.
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  Adult: Aortic Valve

  Aortic root anatomy after aortic valve reimplantation

  Irace et al.
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  Adult: Coronary

  Comparison of SYNTAX score strata effects of percutaneous and surgical revascularization trials: A meta-analysis

  Gaudino et al.
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  Congenital: Pulmonary Artery

  Surgical repair of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis: A 2-decade experience with 145 patients

  Felmly et al.
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  Congenital: Professional Affairs

  Effect of procedural volume on the outcomes of congenital heart surgery in Japan

  Yoshimura et al.
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  Thoracic: Lung Cancer

  Clinical and financial outcomes of pulmonary resection for lung cancer in safety-net hospitals

  Sakowitz et al.
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  Thoracic: Lung Transplantation

  Trends in use and three-year outcomes of hepatitis C virus–viremic donor lung transplants for hepatitis C virus–seronegative recipients

  Ruck et al.

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery presents original, peer-reviewed articles on diseases of the heart, great vessels, lungs and thorax with emphasis on surgical interventions. An official publication of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, the Journal focuses on techniques and developments in acquired cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac repair, thoracic procedures, heart and lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support and other procedures.

 

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is an international organization of over 1,500 of the world's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Founded in 1917, its members have a proven record of distinction within the specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world.

 

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  Published online: March 27, 2023
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  Published online: March 27, 2023
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  Published online: March 24, 2023

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