Table of Contents page: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Fraser B. Gurd (1883-1948)

Joseph Schmoker

Published online: October 02, 2014

p405-407

Additional anatomic information on the aortic root

Tirone E. David

Published online: October 06, 2014

p408-410

Are errors ubiquitous in cardiac surgery?

Emile Bacha

Published online: November 19, 2014

p411

Esophagectomy first: A shift in the treatment algorithm for regionally advanced cancer? Only with brains and brawn

Virginia R. Litle

Published online: November 03, 2014

p412-413

Editor’s Notes

Revisions to information for authors

Richard D. Weisel

Published online: December 11, 2014

p414-415

The classic elephant trunk technique for staged thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair: Long-term results

Sebastiano Castrovinci,
Giacomo Murana,
Gijs E. de Maat,
...
Marc A.A.M. Schepens,
Robin H. Heijmen,
Wim J. Morshuis

Published online: September 25, 2014

p416-422

Editorial Commentary

Who really needs an “elephant trunk”?

Jean E. Bachet

Published online: November 25, 2014

p423-424

Surgical anatomy of the aortic root: Implication for valve-sparing reimplantation and aortic valve annuloplasty

Laurent de Kerchove,
Ramadan Jashari,
Munir Boodhwani,
...
Parla Astarci,
Philippe Noirhomme,
Gebrine El Khoury

Published online: September 18, 2014

p425-433

Minimal access rapid deployment aortic valve replacement: Initial single-center experience and 12-month outcomes

Markus Schlömicher,
Peter Lukas Haldenwang,
Vadim Moustafine,
Matthias Bechtel,
Justus Thomas Strauch

Published online: October 03, 2014

p434-440

Editorial Commentary

Rapid deployment aortic valves and minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: A perfect marriage of technology and technique?

Mattia Glauber,
Matteo Ferrarini,
Antonio Miceli

Published online: November 06, 2014

p441-442

Comparison of four contemporary risk models at predicting mortality after aortic valve replacement

Tom Kai Ming Wang,
David H.M. Choi,
Ralph Stewart,
Greg Gamble,
David Haydock,
Peter Ruygrok

Published online: April 21, 2014

p443-448

Editorial Commentary

Apples with apples, and the history of risk models

Paul Kurlansky

Published online: November 21, 2014

p449-450

The prognostic impact of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting during aortic valve surgery: Implications for revascularization in the transcatheter era

Nassir M. Thalji,
Rakesh M. Suri,
Richard C. Daly,
...
Zhuo Li,
Robert L. Frye,
Hartzell V. Schaff

Published online: September 17, 2014

p451-460.e2

Editorial Commentary

Coronary revascularization in the setting of surgical aortic valve replacement: Do we need extra icing on the cake?

Tomas A. Salerno

Published online: November 21, 2014

p460-461

Early effects of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and aortic valve replacement on myocardial function and aortic valve hemodynamics: Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Gareth Crouch,
Jayme Bennetts,
Ajay Sinhal,
...
Adhiraj Chakrabarty,
Robert A. Baker,
Joseph B. Selvanayagam

Published online: October 17, 2014

p462-470

Late clinical outcome of transient intraoperative systolic anterior motion post mitral valve repair

Rafael Kuperstein,
Dan Spiegelstein,
Gilad Rotem,
...
Alexander Kogan,
Leonid Sternik,
Ehud Raanani

Published online: October 13, 2014

p471-476

Editorial Commentary

Transient systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: Does it affect long-term outcomes?

Niv Ad

Published online: October 27, 2014

p477-478

Survival probability loss from percutaneous coronary intervention compared with coronary artery bypass grafting across age groups

Umberto Benedetto,
Mohamed Amrani,
Toufan Bahrami,
...
Robert D. Smith,
Shahzad G. Raja
on behalf of the Harefield Cardiac Outcomes Research Group

Published online: October 14, 2014

p479-484.e3

Editorial Commentary

Are you ever too old?

Saswata Deb,
Stephen E. Fremes

Published online: October 17, 2014

p485-486

Morphologic changes of the saphenous vein Y-composite graft based on the left internal thoracic artery: 1-year intravascular ultrasound study

Ho Young Hwang,
Bon-Kwon Koo,
Se Jin Oh,
Ki-Bong Kim

Published online: September 14, 2014

p487-493.e1

Editorial Commentary

Composite vein grafting: Is it a “Y's” decision?

Saswata Deb,
Domingos S.R. Souza,
Stephen E. Fremes

Published online: November 21, 2014

p494-495

National Aeronautics and Space Administration “threat and error” model applied to pediatric cardiac surgery: Error cycles precede ∼85% of patient deaths

Edward J. Hickey,
Yaroslavna Nosikova,
Eric Pham-Hung,
...
Christopher A. Caldarone,
Andrew Redington,
Glen S. Van Arsdell

Published online: October 14, 2014

p496-507.e4

Discussion

Published in issue: February 2015

p505-507

Contemporaneous comparison of the Yasui and Norwood procedures at a single institution

Sergio A. Carrillo,
Richard D. Mainwaring,
Justin M. Schaffer,
...
Katsuhide Maeda,
Frank L. Hanley,
V. Mohan Reddy

Published online: October 03, 2014

p508-513

Editorial Commentary

Are better results from anatomy or surgery?

E. Dean McKenzie

Published online: October 22, 2014

p514

A central shunt to rehabilitate diminutive pulmonary arteries in patients with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect

Hyungtae Kim,
Si Chan Sung,
Kwang Ho Choi,
Hyoung Doo Lee,
Gil Ho Ban,
Yun Hee Chang

Published online: October 14, 2014

p515-520.e1

Editorial Commentary

Shunt first: One way to do it

Robert D.B. Jaquiss

Published online: November 19, 2014

p520-521

Cardiac strangulation following epicardial pacemaker implantation: A rare pediatric complication

Erick M. Carreras,
Walter J. Duncan,
Ognjenka Djurdjev,
Andrew I.M. Campbell

Published online: October 25, 2014

p522-527

Editorial Commentary

Surgical cardiac strangulation: Should we worry?

S. Adil Husain

Published online: November 13, 2014

p528-529

Surgical treatment for patients with complete atrioventricular block after device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects

Shijun Hu,
Yifeng Yang,
Qin Wu,
Tianli Zhao

Published online: September 25, 2014

p530-531

Editorial Commentary

New procedures, new complications, and new strategies to deal with them

Emile Bacha

Published online: November 19, 2014

p531

Can a physician ever justifiably euthanize a severely disabled neonate?

Robert M. Sade

Published online: September 18, 2014

p532

No to infant euthanasia

Gilbert Meilaender

Published online: September 25, 2014

p533-534

Physicians can justifiably euthanize certain severely impaired neonates

Udo Schuklenk

Published online: October 11, 2014

p535-537

A propensity-matched analysis comparing survival after primary minimally invasive esophagectomy followed by adjuvant therapy to neoadjuvant therapy for esophagogastric adenocarcinoma

Haris Zahoor,
James D. Luketich,
Ryan M. Levy,
...
Daniel G. Winger,
Michael K. Gibson,
Katie S. Nason

Published online: October 13, 2014

p538-547

Prognostic significance of a positive radial margin after esophageal cancer resection

Sebastien Gilbert,
Andre B. Martel,
Andrew J. Seely,
...
Farid M. Shamji,
Sudhir R. Sundaresan,
P. James Villeneuve

Published online: October 13, 2014

p548-555

Discussion

Published online: November 21, 2014

p555

Editorial Commentary

Involved radial margins: Mountain or molehill?

Wayne L. Hofstetter

Published online: October 20, 2014

p556-557

Pleurectomy/decortication, hyperthermic pleural lavage with povidone-iodine, prophylactic radiotherapy, and systemic chemotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: A 10-year experience

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski,
Andrea Bille,
Sophie Papa,
...
David Landau,
Jeremy Steele,
James Spicer

Published online: October 13, 2014

p558-566

Discussion

Published in issue: February 2015

p565-566

Editorial Commentary

Povidone iodine: The new solution for mesothelioma?

Valerie W. Rusch

Published online: November 01, 2014

p567-568

Pulmonary rehabilitation during induction chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer improves pulmonary function

Shintaro Tarumi,
Hiroyasu Yokomise,
Masashi Gotoh,
...
Natsumi Matsuura,
Sung Soo Chang,
Tetsuhiko Go

Published online: October 03, 2014

p569-573

Editorial Commentary

Prehabilitation: Prevention is better than cure

Karen J. Dickinson,
Shanda H. Blackmon

Published online: October 21, 2014

p574-575

Endobronchial elastography in the evaluation of esophageal invasion

Terunaga Inage,
Takahiro Nakajima,
Shigetoshi Yoshida,
Ichiro Yoshino

Published online: October 21, 2014

p576-577

Spinal cord protection via alpha-2 agonist-mediated increase in glial cell-line–derived neurotrophic factor

Kirsten A. Freeman,
David A. Fullerton,
Lisa S. Foley,
...
Xianzhong Meng,
Ferenc Puskas,
T. Brett Reece

Published online: October 14, 2014

p578-586

Discussion

Published online: November 21, 2014

p584-586

Editorial Commentary

Do we have a novel, clinically applicable approach to spinal cord protection?

John S. Ikonomidis

Published online: October 17, 2014

p586-587

High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol inhibits myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury in vivo

Xianyao Xu,
Jennifer L. Philip,
Md. Abdur Razzaque,
James W. Lloyd,
Charlie M. Muller,
Shahab A. Akhter

Published online: October 17, 2014

p588-593

Editorial Commentary

High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol: A new strategy to limit ischemia–reperfusion injury

Harold L. Lazar

Published online: October 17, 2014

p594-595

Oxidant stress regulatory genetic variation in recipients and donors contributes to risk of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation

Edward Cantu,
Rupal J. Shah,
Wei Lin,
...
Rui Feng,
Jason D. Christie
for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group Investigators

Published online: September 25, 2014

p596-602.e3

February 2015

Presidential Perspectives

Editorials

Editor’s Notes

Acquired Cardiovascular Disease

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Congenital Heart Disease

Editorial Commentary

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General Thoracic Surgery

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Evolving Technology/Basic Science

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Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support