| | Editorial In Memoriam: Lynn Allan Smaha (1942–2006) Robert J. Hall and Wayne Dear PMCID: PMC1524700 Laboratory Investigation Topical versus Systemic Vancomycin for Deep Sternal Wound Infection Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Rodent Experimental Model Ali V. Ozcan, Melek Demir, Gokhan Onem, Ibrahim Goksin, Ahmet Baltalarli, Veli K. Topkara, and Ilknur Kaleli PMCID: PMC1524712 Clinical Investigations Clinical Experience with the TandemHeart® Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Biswajit Kar, Lindsay E. Adkins, Andrew B. Civitello, Pranav Loyalka, Nanthini Palanichamy, Courtney J. Gemmato, Timothy J. Myers, Igor D. Gregoric, and Reynolds M. Delgado, III PMCID: PMC1524679 Effects of Pleurotomy on Respiratory Sequelae after Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting Hikmet Iyem, Fatih Islamoglu, Tahir Yagdi, Murat Sargin, Ozbek Berber, Ahmet Hamulu, Suat Buket, and Isa Durmaz PMCID: PMC1524704 Course of Weaning from Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery James P. Herlihy, Stephen M. Koch, Robert Jackson, and Hope Nora PMCID: PMC1524720 Early Mobilization of LVAD Recipients Who Require Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Christiane S. Perme, Robert E. Southard, David L. Joyce, George P. Noon, and Matthias Loebe PMCID: PMC1524705 Acute Smoking-Induced Alterations in Doppler Echocardiographic Measurements in Chronic Smokers Osman Karakaya, Irfan Barutcu, Ali Metin Esen, Dayimi Kaya, Muhsin Turkmen, Mehmet Melek, Ersel Onrat, Ozlem Batukan Esen, Atac Celik, Celal Kilit, Mustafa Saglam, and Cevat Kirma PMCID: PMC1524678 Entrapped Coronary Catheter Remnants and Stents: Must They Be Surgically Removed? Konstantin Alexiou, Utz Kappert, Michael Knaut, Klaus Matschke, and Sems Malte Tugtekin PMCID: PMC1524702 Pedicled Right Internal Mammary Artery for Reoperative Off-Pump Revascularization of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Ercan Eren, Mehmet Balkanay, Mehmet Erdem Toker, Berk Ozkaynak, Cuneyt Keles, Mustafa Guler, and Cevat Yakut PMCID: PMC1524715 High Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors for Arterial Hypotension Stefano Casalino, Fabio Mangia, Edmond Stelian, Eugenio Novelli, Marco Diena, and Ugo F. Tesler PMCID: PMC1524708 St. Jude Medical and CarboMedics Mechanical Heart Valves in the Aortic Position: Comparison of Long-Term Results Ozer Kandemir, Hilmi Tokmakoglu, Ulku Yildiz, Tevfik Tezcaner, A. Cem Yorgancioglu, Ilhan Gunay, Kaya Suzer, and Yaman Zorlutuna PMCID: PMC1524677 Historical Perspectives Introduction: The Texas Heart® Institute Award for Undergraduate Writing in the History of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery PMCID: PMC1524696 Rustom Jal Vakil: His Contributions to Cardiology Sumit Isharwal and Shubham Gupta PMCID: PMC1524711 Coronary Anomalies Symptomatic Anomalous Origination of the Left Coronary Artery from the Opposite Sinus of Valsalva: Clinical Presentations, Diagnosis, and Surgical Repair Paolo Angelini, Robert P. Walmsley, Andres Libreros, and David A. Ott PMCID: PMC1524694 Evolving Standards in Cardiovascular Care Lipids: New Guidelines, Intensive Treatment, and Future Directions Peter H. Jones PMCID: PMC1524680 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Robert A. Vogel PMCID: PMC1524701 Acute Coronary Syndromes: What Have We Learned about What We Still Need to Know? Kenneth W. Mahaffey PMCID: PMC1524717 Electrophysiology: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Abdi Rasekh PMCID: PMC1524682 Keynote: Translating Clinical Trials into Practice Robert M. Califf PMCID: PMC1524693 Computed Tomography: New Horizons Matthew J. Budoff PMCID: PMC1524686 Heart Failure: Beyond Practice Guidelines Douglas L. Mann PMCID: PMC1524683 Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Emerson C. Perin PMCID: PMC1524698 Carotid Endarterectomy is Better than Carotid Artery Stenting for Asymptomatic Patients: PRO Position Edward B. Diethrich PMCID: PMC1524721 Carotid Endarterectomy is Better than Carotid Artery Stenting for Asymptomatic Patients: CON Position Subbarao V. Myla PMCID: PMC1524684 Case Reports Perflutren Microspheres for Contrast Echocardiography in a Bloody Pericardiocentesis José E. Escabí-Mendoza, Jorge D. Martínez-Díaz, and Eric D. Avilés-Rivera PMCID: PMC1524699 Right Aortic Arch with Retroesophageal Left Ligamentum Arteriosum Jinping Zhao, Yongde Liao, and Sihai Gao PMCID: PMC1524719 Saphenous Vein Graft Flow during Left Ventricular Assistance with an Axial-Flow Pump Matthew D. Forrester, Timothy J. Myers, Igor D. Gregoric, and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1524688 Complex Pulmonary Atresia in a Neonate: Successful Surgical Palliation for Right Pulmonary Artery Arising from the Right Main Coronary Artery Brian K. Eble, Charles D. Fraser, Jr., Michael R. Nihill, Ronald G. Grifka, and Anthony C. Chang PMCID: PMC1524706 Successful Ventricular Remodeling with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Repair in a Patient with Severe Heart Failure George V. Letsou and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1524676 Prosthesis Replacement in a Calcified Mitral Annulus with Reconstruction of the Intervalvular Fibrous Body: The Value of an Alternative Repair Igor E. Konstantinov, Martin Carter, Pankaj Saxena, Miriam D. Koniuszko, Tushar Singh, John Alvarez, and Mark A.J. Newman PMCID: PMC1524697 Celiac Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report D. Michael McMullan, Michael McBride, James J. Livesay, Kathryn G. Dougherty, and Zvonimir Krajcer PMCID: PMC1524716 Endovascular Repair of a Ruptured Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Michael DeFrain, Neil E. Strickman, Branimir J. Ljubic, Kathryn G. Dougherty, and Igor D. Gregoric PMCID: PMC1524690 Popliteal Vein Aneurysm Presenting as a Popliteal Mass Luis J. Herrera, John W. Davis, and James J. Livesay PMCID: PMC1524713 Idiopathic Chylopericardium: An Unusual Cause of Cardiac Tamponade Sanjay Mehrotra, Naushad Ahmed Peeran, and Abhijit Bandyopadhyay PMCID: PMC1524687 Unprotected Left Main Stent Placement in a Patient with Takayasu's Arteritis: An Unusual Solution for an Unusual Disease Offer Amir, Biswajit Kar, Andrew B. Civitello, Nanthini Palanichamy, Ali Shakir, and Reynolds M. Delgado, III PMCID: PMC1524695 Focal Myocarditis Mimicking Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Jeffrey M. Testani, Daniel M. Kolansky, Harold Litt, and Edward P. Gerstenfeld PMCID: PMC1524714 Brief Communications Hyperacute Rejection of a Bovine Pericardial Prosthesis Frankie A. Puckett, Kurt R. Stahlfeld, and Ross F. DiMarco PMCID: PMC1524681 Grafting the Restenosed Coronary Artery after Removal of Multiple Failed Stents by Endarterectomy Ergun Demirsoy, Altay Tandogan, Oguz Yilmaz, Faruk Tukenmez, Suavi Tufekcioglu, and Bingur Sonmez PMCID: PMC1524692 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Early Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Complicating Successful Reperfusion of Acute Myocardial Infarction Peter S. Hahn, Thomas Donohue, and Andre Ghantous PMCID: PMC1524710 Gastric Volvulus Presenting as an Acute Coronary Syndrome Satish Sivasankaran, Akio Kawamura, Daniel Lombardi, and Richard W. Nesto PMCID: PMC1524689 A Giant Aneurysm of the Left Main Coronary Artery in a Patient with Behçet's Disease Sait Mesut Dogan, Mustafa Aydin, Metin Gursurer, and Tolga Onuk PMCID: PMC1524707 Prolonged Durability of a Kay-Shiley Mechanical Valve Prosthesis Tomaso Bottio, Cristina Basso, Gaetano Thiene, and Gino Gerosa PMCID: PMC1524709 Book Review Emergency Echocardiography John Lynn Jefferies PMCID: PMC1524718 Correspondence Brugada Syndrome in a Black Man with Seizures and Urinary Incontinence Asif Ali, Cezar A. Iliescu, and Richard W. Smalling PMCID: PMC1524685 Norman E. Shumway and the Early Heart Transplants Allen Silbergleit PMCID: PMC1524691 Norman E. Shumway and the Early Heart Transplants Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1524703 |
