| | Editorials Retroactive Indexing: The Apotheosis of a Laboratory Bulletin? Editor-in-Chief James J. Ferguson, III PMCID: PMC521754 The Key that Opened the Door: 50 Years of Open Heart Surgery Surgeon-in-Chief Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC521755 Announcement of a New Series: From the Archives of the Texas Heart Institute Journal O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC521756 Editorial Commentary: Reflections on the History of Coronary Surgery James J. Livesay PMCID: PMC521757 Clinical Investigations Off-Pump Bypass Surgery: The Early Experience, 1969–1985 Jay L. Ankeney PMCID: PMC521758 Catheter–Based Transendocardial Delivery of Autologous Bone-Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cells in Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation Guilherme V. Silva, Emerson C. Perin, Hans F.R. Dohmann, Radovan Borojevic, Suzana A. Silva, Andre L.S. Sousa, Joao A.R. Assad, William K. Vaughn, Claudio T. Mesquita, Luciano Belém, Antonio C. Carvalho, Hans J.F. Dohmann, Ellen Barroso do Amaral, Joaquim Coutinho, Rodrigo Branco, Edie Oliveira, and James T. Willerson PMCID: PMC521759 Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Children: Surgery versus Amplatzer® Device Implantation Jacek Bialkowski, Blandyna Karwot, Malgorzata Szkutnik, Pawel Banaszak, Jacek Kusa, and Janusz Skalski PMCID: PMC521760 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Dialysis-Dependent Renal Failure Chung-Dann Kan and Yu-Jen Yang PMCID: PMC521761 Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization as an Adjunct to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Randomized, Multicenter Study with 4-Year Follow-Up O. H. Frazier, Egemen Tuzun, Harald Eichstadt, Steven W. Boyce, Allan M. Lansing, Robet J. March, Michele Satori, and Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu PMCID: PMC521762 Is Posterior Leaflet Extension and Associated Commissurotomy: Effective in Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease? Long-Term Outcome Suat Nail Omeroglu, Kaan Kirali, Denyan Mansuroglu, Deniz Goksedef, Mehmet Balkanay, Gokhan Ipek, Omer Isik, and Cevat Yakut PMCID: PMC521763 Long-Term Results of Cusp-Level Chordal Shortening for Anterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse J. S. Kumar Murala and A. Sampath Kumar PMCID: PMC521764 The Predictive Value of Mitral Leaflet Motion and Thickness Index Scores on Early Restenosis after Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty Mustafa Akin, Abdi Sagcan, Sanem Nalbantgil, Filiz Ozerkan, Azem Akilli, Oguz Yavuzgil, and Mehdi Zoghi PMCID: PMC521765 Ray C. Fish Lecture The Role of Surgical Intervention in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation James L. Cox PMCID: PMC521766 Coronary Anomalies — New Section Announcement of a New Section: Coronary Artery Anomalies Forum Editor-in-Chief James J. Ferguson, III PMCID: PMC521767 Kugel's Artery: An Anatomical and Angiographic Study Using a New Technique Christos E. Nerantzis, Soultana K. Marianou, Spyridon N. Koulouris, Emmanouil B. Agapitos, John A. Papaioannou, and Lampros J. Vlahos PMCID: PMC521768 Editorial Commentary: Kugel's Artery: What's in a Name? Questions on Atrial Circulation Paolo Angelini PMCID: PMC521769 Myocardial Ischemia Caused by a Coronary Anomaly: Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Arising from Right Sinus of Valsalva Mustafa Aydin, Ali Ozeren, Irfan Peksoy, Mehmet Cabuk, Mehmet Bilge, Aydin Dursun, and Mehmet Ali Elbey PMCID: PMC521770 Editorial Commentary: A Casual versus Causal Relationship in Corona: A Question of Method Paolo Angelini PMCID: PMC521771 Cardiovascular Devices Novel Left Ventricular Assist System® II Domingo Liotta PMCID: PMC521772 Surgical Technique Hybrid Endovascular and Off-Pump Open Surgical Treatment for Synchronous Aneurysms of the Aortic Arch, Brachiocephalic Trunk, and Abdominal Aorta Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, M. M. Marrocco-Trischitta, and Roberto Chiesa PMCID: PMC521773 Archives of the Journal — New Series Editorial Commentary: An Abdominal Left Ventricular Assist Device (ALVAD): Perspectives and Prospects O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC521774 Archival Article: AN ABDOMINAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (ALVAD): PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS John C. Norman PMCID: PMC521775 Case Reports Replacement of a Björk-Shiley Delrin Aortic Valve Still Functioning after 25 Years M. Ismail Badak, Erdem Ali Ozkisacik, Mehmet Boga, Ugur Gurcun, and Berent Discigil PMCID: PMC521776 Composite Graft Endocarditis: Repair with a Mechanical Prosthesis Anil Z. Apaydin, Hakan Posacioglu, Fatih Islamoglu, Kenan Degirmenciler, and Isa Durmaz PMCID: PMC521777 Large Mediastinal Teratoma Originating from the Aortic Adventitia Ufuk Yetkin, Aylin Orgencalli, Gokhan Yuncu, and Ali Gurbuz PMCID: PMC521778 Brief Communications Epicardial Mesothelial Cyst Located over the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Suat Nail Omeroglu, Atilla Omeroglu, Hasan Ardal, Atakan Erkilinc, Ebru Bal, Gokhan Ipek, and Cevat Yakut PMCID: PMC521779 Mitral Valve Reoperation through the Left Atrial Appendage in a Patient with Mesocardia Soma Guhathakurta, V. M. Kurian, Manmohan, and K. M. Cherian PMCID: PMC521780 Pseudoaneurysm and Aortobronchial Fistula after Aortic Coarctation Repair by Patch Aortoplasty Hakan Posacioglu and Anil Z. Apaydin PMCID: PMC521781 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma Tomaso Bottio, Demetrio Pittarello, Raffaele Bonato, Gaetano Thiene, Gino Gerosa, Dino Casarotto, and Cristina Basso PMCID: PMC521782 Isolated Large Right Atrial Myxoma Manifested by Syncope Mehmet Yazici, Hakan Ozhan, Omer Tetik, Ozan Kinay, and Oktay Ergene PMCID: PMC521783 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a Pulmonary Autograft in the Mitral Position Gurpreet Singh Gulati, Sanjiv Sharma, Priya Jagia, Sachin Talwar, and A. Sampath Kumar PMCID: PMC521784 A Rare Consequence of Uncorrected Atrial Septal Defect: Diffuse Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms Cihan Cevik, Cemil Izgi, and Bilal Boztosun PMCID: PMC521785 Resolution of an Anastomotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm 4 Years after Endovascular Treatment Germano Melissano, Efrem Civilini, M. M. Marrocco-Trischitta, and Roberto Chiesa PMCID: PMC521786 Book Review A Practical Textbook of Congenital and Acquired Diseases of the Aorta Zvonimir Krajcer PMCID: PMC521787 Correspondence A Sempiternal Chest Tube? Herbert L. Fred PMCID: PMC521789 In Pursuit of an Eponym Paul Damus PMCID: PMC521790 In Pursuit of an Eponym Dimitris-Solon G. Georgopoulos PMCID: PMC521791 The Mythology of Antioxidant Therapy H. J. Roberts PMCID: PMC521792 John Kirklin as a General Surgeon Ronald B. Workman PMCID: PMC521793 Erratum Tex Heart Inst J. 2004; 31(3): 333. PMCID: PMC521788 Corrects: O. H. Frazier, et al. First Clinical Use of the Redesigned HeartMate® II Left Ventricular Assist System in the United States: A Case Report. Tex Heart Inst J. 2004; 31(2): 157–159. |
