| | Editorials In Memoriam: Wilfred Gordon Bigelow • 1913–2005 Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1163450 In Memoriam: H.J.C. (Jeremy) Swan • 1922–2005 Robert J. Hall PMCID: PMC1163451 In Memoriam: Carlo G. Massimo • 1923–2005 Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1163452 Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society Introduction: The Cooley Society: Selected Presentations from the 14th International Symposium James J. Livesay PMCID: PMC1163453 Presidential Address: How Long Will the Heart Still Beat? F. L. Wellens PMCID: PMC1163454 Milestones in Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm: Denton A. Cooley, MD, and the Texas Heart Institute James J. Livesay, Gregory N. Messner, and William K. Vaughn PMCID: PMC1163455 Total Arterial Coronary Bypass: Long-Term Results Ferenc L. Korompai and Wade L. Knight PMCID: PMC1163456 Robert DeWitt Leachman: March 18, 1927–April 1, 1996 D. Richard Leachman PMCID: PMC1163457 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair: A Community Hospital Experience Bruce A. Jones, Steve Krueger, Derek Howell, Barbara Meinecke, and Shannon Dunn PMCID: PMC1163458 Surgical Techniques Interruption of Aortic Arch in Adults: Surgical Experience with Extra-Anatomic Bypass C. Sai Krishna, Anil Bhan, Sanjeev Sharma, Usha Kiran, and Panangipalli Venugopal PMCID: PMC1163459 Arch-First Technique via Clamshell Incision: Successful Surgical Reoperation for Aortic Arch Dissection Ahmet Ozkara, Gurkan Cetin, Murat Mert, Okan Akinci, Can Caglar Erdem, and Kaya Suzer PMCID: PMC1163460 Clinical Investigations Tracheal Stenosis after Tracheostomy or Intubation: Review with Special Regard to Cause and Management Alpay Sarper, Arife Ayten, Irfan Eser, Omer Ozbudak, and Abid Demircan PMCID: PMC1163461 A New Algorithm for Preoperative Cardiac Assessment in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Resection Ufuk Cagirici, Sanem Nalbantgil, Alpaslan Cakan, and Kutsal Turhan PMCID: PMC1163462 The Relationship between P Wave Dispersion and Diastolic Dysfunction Huseyin Gunduz, Emrah Binak, Huseyin Arinc, Ramazan Akdemir, Hakan Ozhan, Ali Tamer, and Cihangir Uyan PMCID: PMC1163463 Reviews Thirty-Five Years of Mechanical Circulatory Support at the Texas Heart Institute: An Updated Overview Courtney J. Gemmato, Matthew D. Forrester, Timothy J. Myers, O. H. Frazier, and Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1163464 Amyloid Heart Disease: New Frontiers and Insights in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management Walid Hassan, Hani Al-Sergani, Walid Mourad, and Rashed Tabbaa PMCID: PMC1163465 Focus on Axillary Arteries Editorial Commentary: Axillary Arteries Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1163466 Surgical Treatment of Axillary Artery Aneurysm Omer Tetik, Levent Yilik, Yuksel Besir, Aynur Can, Cengiz Ozbek, Ayhan Akcay, and Ali Gurbuz PMCID: PMC1163467 Right Axillary Artery Cannulation for Surgical Management of the Hostile Ascending Aorta John Kokotsakis, George Lazopoulos, Michael Milonakis, George Athanasiadis, Konstantina Romana, Elian Skouteli, and Elias Bastounis PMCID: PMC1163468 Recannulation of the Right Axillary Artery for Complex Aortic Surgeries Rahul Shetty, Pierre Voisine, Patrick Mathieu, and François Dagenais PMCID: PMC1163469 THI's 6th Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias Texas Heart Institute Meeting Summaries James J. Ferguson, III and Ali Massumi PMCID: PMC1163470 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Mechanisms and Catheter Ablation Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation Fred Morady PMCID: PMC1163471 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Mechanisms and Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Vivek Y. Reddy PMCID: PMC1163472 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Syncope Evaluation and Management John J. Seger PMCID: PMC1163473 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Patient Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: How to Identify Responders and Non-Responders J. Alberto Lopez PMCID: PMC1163474 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Safe and Effective Pharmacologic Management of Arrhythmias Mehdi Razavi PMCID: PMC1163475 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Electrical Therapy for Heart Failure: Evolving Indications and Choices Bruce L. Wilkoff PMCID: PMC1163476 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Medical Management of Atrial Fibrillation Ramesh Hariharan PMCID: PMC1163477 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Anticoagulants and Atrial Fibrillation Abdi Rasekh PMCID: PMC1163478 Case Reports Intravenous Milrinone Infusion Improves Congestive Heart Failure Caused by Diastolic Dysfunction: A Brief Case Series Carlos A. Albrecht, Gregory M. Giesler, Biswajit Kar, Ramesh Hariharan, and Reynolds M. Delgado, III PMCID: PMC1163479 Substernal Goiter: An Unusual Cause of Respiratory Failure after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Kerim Cagli, Mahmut Mustafa Ulas, Mustafa Hizarci, and Erol Sener PMCID: PMC1163480 Pulmonary Microthrombi during Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Igor D. Gregoric, Vijay Patel, Rajko Radovancevic, Arthur W. Bracey, Branislav Radovancevic, and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1163481 Intracardiac Extension of Intravenous Leiomyoma Veysel Kutay, Mustafa Tuncer, Mustafa Harman, Hasan Ekim, and Cevat Yakut PMCID: PMC1163482 Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Thomas J. Takach, Roberto D. Cervera, and Igor D. Gregoric PMCID: PMC1163483 Complete Embolization of a Left Atrial Myxoma Resulting in Acute Lower Extremity Ischemia Chris Coley, Kenneth R. Lee, Mark Steiner, and Charles S. Thompson PMCID: PMC1163484 Complete Left-Sided Absence of the Pericardium in Association with Ruptured Type A Aortic Dissection Complicated by Severe Left Hemothorax Vedat Nisanoglu, Nevzat Erdil, and Bektas Battaloglu PMCID: PMC1163485 Brief Communication Hyperthyroidism: Presenting as Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation and Right Heart Failure Tanya E. Whitner, Christopher J. Hudson, Timothy D. Smith, and Laszlo Littmann PMCID: PMC1163486 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Use of CT Angiography for Evaluation of 3 Coronary Ostia Originating from the Right Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Howard S. Bush, Jason Nolan, and Michael H.Y. Shen PMCID: PMC1163487 Correspondence Suitability of the Internal Mammary Artery in an Adult Patient with Coarctation of the Aorta Harinder Singh Bedi and Raman Pal Singh PMCID: PMC1163488 Suitability of the Internal Mammary Artery in an Adult Patient with Coarctation of the Aorta Servet Cevik, Cemil Izgi, and Cihan Cevik PMCID: PMC1163489 Drawbacks and Limitations of Computed Tomography David L. Lubell PMCID: PMC1163490 |
