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

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Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Claude S. Beck (1894-1971)

Tom P. Theruvath,
John S. Ikonomidis

Published online: June 26, 2014

p655-660

Channels between the ventricles: Geometry and geography are both important

Robert H. Anderson

Published online: December 04, 2014

p661-662

“How am I doing? Just ask me!” The usefulness of patient self-reported quality of life in thoracic surgery

Michael T. Jaklitsch

Published online: December 02, 2014

p663-664

Ischemic mitral regurgitation: Back to the drawing boards

Paul Kurlansky

Published online: November 19, 2014

p665-666

Science for surgeons: Understanding pump thrombogenesis in continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Andreas R. de Biasi,
Keefe B. Manning,
Arash Salemi

Published online: November 21, 2014

p667-673

Editorial Commentary

Left ventricular assist device pump thrombosis: Understanding mechanisms as a key to causality

Robert L. Kormos

Published online: December 02, 2014

p673-674

Beyond the hammer: The future of cardiothoracic surgery

Tom C. Nguyen,
Isaac George

Published online: December 04, 2014

p675-677

Editorial Commentary

Down to the wire: Acquiring endovascular skills in cardiac surgery

Maral Ouzounian,
Christine Herman

Published online: January 21, 2015

p678

2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS focused update of the guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease

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Stephan D. Fihn,
James C. Blankenship,,
...
Srihari S. Naidu,
E. Magnus Ohman,
Peter K. Smith,

Jeffrey L. Anderson,
Jonathan L. Halperin,
...
Susan J. Pressler,
Frank W. Sellke,
Win-Kuang Shen

Published online: November 06, 2014

e5-e23

Editorial Commentary

To bypass or stent? The changing rules of an advancing game

Saswata Deb,
Stephen E. Fremes

Published online: December 04, 2014

p679-681

Anatomy of the ventricular septal defect in outflow tract defects: Similarities and differences

Meriem Mostefa-Kara,
Damien Bonnet,
Emre Belli,
Elie Fadel,
Lucile Houyel

Published online: December 04, 2014

p682-688.e1

Hemodynamic effects of left pulmonary artery stenosis after superior cavopulmonary connection: A patient-specific multiscale modeling study

Daniele E. Schiavazzi,
Ethan O. Kung,
Alison L. Marsden,
...
Anthony Hlavacek,
Adam L. Dorfman
for the Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators

Published online: December 19, 2014

p689-696.e3

Editorial Commentary

If only Poiseuille had had a computer

William M. DeCampli

Published online: September 17, 2014

p697-698

The assisted bidirectional Glenn: A novel surgical approach for first-stage single-ventricle heart palliation

Mahdi Esmaily-Moghadam,
Tain-Yen Hsia,
Alison L. Marsden
for the Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators

Published online: October 14, 2014

p699-705

Editorial Commentary

The steam locomotive makes a comeback: A new solution to staged single-ventricle palliation?

William M. DeCampli

Published online: November 27, 2014

p706-707

Right ventricular failure secondary to chronic overload in congenital heart diseases: Benefits of cell therapy using human embryonic stem cell–derived cardiac progenitors

Virginie Lambert,
Elodie Gouadon,
André Capderou,
...
Jean-Francois Renaud,
Michel Pucéat,
Catherine Rücker-Martin

Published online: November 24, 2014

p708-715.e1

Editorial Commentary

Myocardial regeneration for chronic heart failure: Not as easy as it sounds

Richard A. Hopkins

Published online: December 18, 2014

p715-717

Analysis of longitudinal quality-of-life data in high-risk operable patients with lung cancer: Results from the ACOSOG Z4032 (Alliance) multicenter randomized trial

Hiran C. Fernando,
Rodney J. Landreneau,
Sumithra J. Mandrekar,
...
Benedict D.T. Daly,
Joe B. Putnam
for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Published online: November 13, 2014

p718-726

Discussion

Published online: December 09, 2014

p725-726

Value of circulating insulin-like growth factor–associated proteins for the detection of stage I non–small cell lung cancer

John C. Kubasiak,
Christopher W. Seder,
Ravi Pithadia,
...
Fabien Maldonado,
Michael J. Liptay,
Jeffrey A. Borgia

Published online: September 18, 2014

p727-734.e3

Discussion

Published online: October 10, 2014

p734

Editorial Commentary

Improved detection of stage I non–small cell lung cancer with a serum-based assay

Bryan M. Burt

Published online: December 02, 2014

p735-736

Resection of thymoma should include nodal sampling

Benny Weksler,
Arjun Pennathur,
Jennifer L. Sullivan,
Katie S. Nason

Published online: November 24, 2014

p737-742

Editorial Commentary

Should lymph nodes be routinely sampled at the time of thymoma resection?

Michael K.Y. Hsin,
Shaf Keshavjee

Published online: December 18, 2014

p743-744

Vacuum-assisted closure device for the management of infected postpneumonectomy chest cavities

Jean Yannis Perentes,
Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold,
Jeannine Blatter,
...
Hans-Beat Ris,
Thorsten Krueger,
Michel Gonzalez

Published online: October 13, 2014

p745-750

Editorial Commentary

Delayed gratification is better than no gratification

Anthony W. Kim

Published online: November 28, 2014

p751

Predicting recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation

Irving L. Kron,
Judy Hung,
Jessica R. Overbey,
...
Louis P. Perrault,
Michael A. Acker
for the CTSN Investigators

Published online: November 06, 2014

p752-761.e1

Hospital volume, mitral repair rates, and mortality in mitral valve surgery in the elderly: An analysis of US hospitals treating Medicare fee-for-service patients

Christina M. Vassileva,
Christian McNeely,
John Spertus,
Stephen Markwell,
Stephen Hazelrigg

Published online: September 18, 2014

p762-768.e1

Editorial Commentary

Megaphone message: Discouraging low-volume mitral surgery

Jo Chikwe,
David H. Adams

Published online: December 12, 2014

p769-770

Comparative long-term results of mitral valve repair in adults with chronic rheumatic disease and degenerative disease: Is repair for “burnt-out” rheumatic disease still inferior to repair for degenerative disease in the current era?

Jeswant Dillon,
Mohd Azhari Yakub,
Pau Kiew Kong,
Mohd Faizal Ramli,
Norfazlina Jaffar,
Intan Fariza Gaffar

Published online: September 15, 2014

p771-779

Discussion

Published online: October 10, 2014

p777-779

Editorial Commentary

Mitral valve repair in patients with rheumatic heart disease: What are the limits?

Hartzell V. Schaff

Published online: December 06, 2014

p779-780

The effect of postoperative medical treatment on left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement

Meghana R.K. Helder,
Murat Ugur,
Joseph E. Bavaria,
...
Kent W. Jones,
Rakesh M. Suri,
Hartzell V. Schaff

Published online: October 14, 2014

p781-786

Editorial Commentary

Left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement: Does size really matter?

David D. Yuh

Published online: October 24, 2014

p787-788

Alternative access for balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Comparison of the transaortic approach using right anterior thoracotomy to partial J-sternotomy

Kazuaki Okuyama,
Hasan Jilaihawi,
James Mirocha,
...
Danny Ramzy,
Raj Makkar,
Wen Cheng

Published online: October 17, 2014

p789-797

Editorial Commentary

Two surgical techniques for transaortic transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Is there a preferred technique?

Hanna A. Jensen,
Vinod H. Thourani

Published online: November 27, 2014

p797-798

Embrella embolic deflection device for cerebral protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Mariam Samim,
Pierfrancesco Agostoni,
Jeroen Hendrikse,
...
Faiz Ramjankhan,
Pieter A. Doevendans,
Pieter R. Stella

Published online: October 17, 2014

p799-805.e2

Editorial Commentary

Protecting the aorta during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Have we found the answer?

Hanna A. Jensen,
Amjad Syed,
Vinod H. Thourani

Published online: December 06, 2014

p806-807

Midterm survival after thoracic endovascular aortic repair in more than 10,000 Medicare patients

Justin M. Schaffer,
Bharathi Lingala,
D. Craig Miller,
Y. Joseph Woo,
R. Scott Mitchell,
Michael D. Dake

Published online: October 17, 2014

p808-823

Discussion

Published online: December 22, 2014

p820-823

Editorial Commentary

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair: Satisfying early results but still a high midterm attrition rate

Thierry Carrel

Published online: December 04, 2014

p823-824

Minimum 10-year follow-up of endovascular repair for acute traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta

Ludovic Canaud,
Charles Marty-Ané,
Vincent Ziza,
Pascal Branchereau,
Pierre Alric

Published online: November 01, 2014

p825-829

Editorial Commentary

Burning bridges: Endovascular therapies for acute traumatic aortic transection

Grayson H. Wheatley III

Published online: November 13, 2014

p829-830

Percutaneous coronary invervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting: A meta-analysis

Yolba Smit,
Joan Vlayen,
Hetty Koppenaal,
Frank Eefting,
Arie Pieter Kappetein,
Massimo A. Mariani

Published online: October 31, 2014

p831-838.e13

Editorial Commentary

The conundrum of coronary revascularization: Stent or bypass

Saswata Deb,
Stephen E. Fremes

Published online: November 19, 2014

p839-840

Impact of the second internal thoracic artery on short- and long-term outcomes in obese patients: A propensity score matched analysis

Umberto Benedetto,
Alessandro Montecalvo,
Hassan Kattach,
Mohamed Amrani,
Shahzad G. Raja
on behalf of the Harefield Cardiac Outcomes Research Group

Published online: September 13, 2014

p841-847.e2

Editorial Commentary

The data and use of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: A paradox indeed

Paul Kurlansky

Published online: December 04, 2014

p848-849

Uniform standards do not apply to readmission following coronary artery bypass surgery: A multi-institutional study

Robert Lancey,
Paul Kurlansky,
Michael Argenziano,
...
Timothy Williams,
Alex Zapolansky,
Craig Smith

Published online: September 13, 2014

p850-857.e1

Discussion

Published online: October 04, 2014

p857

Editorial Commentary

Hospital readmissions after cardiac surgery: Is it a game worth playing?

Hersh Maniar

Published online: December 02, 2014

p858

March 2015

Presidential Perspectives

Editorials

Expert Review

Editorial Commentary

Cardiothoracic Surgical Education and Training: Young Surgeon’s Note

Editorial Commentary

Clinical Guidelines

A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Congenital Heart Disease: Fontan

Editorial Commentary

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General Thoracic Surgery

Editorial Commentary

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Acquired Cardiovascular Disease: Mitral Valve

Editorial Commentary

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Acquired Cardiovascular Disease: Aortic Valve

Editorial Commentary

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Acquired Cardiovascular Disease: Aortic

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Acquired Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary

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