| | Guest Editorial Hyposkillia: Deficiency of Clinical Skills Herbert L. Fred PMCID: PMC1336689 Editorials Pulmonary Emboli: How Subtle? Robert J. Hall PMCID: PMC1336690 The Stethoscope Song Robert J. Hall PMCID: PMC1336691 In Memoriam: Clarence Dennis • 1909–2005 Denton A. Cooley PMCID: PMC1336692 Clinical Investigations Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Jarvik 2000 Axial-Flow LVAD Raymond F. Stainback, Mihai Croitoru, Antonieta Hernandez, Timothy J. Myers, Yasmin Wadia, and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1336693 A Single-Stage Procedure for Carotid Endarterectomy and Myocardial Revascularization: Early and Late Results Luigi Di Tommaso, Gabriele Iannelli, Mario Monaco, Michele Mottola, Vincenzo De Amicis, and Nicola Spampinato PMCID: PMC1336694 Intracutaneous versus Transcutaneous Suture Techniques: Comparison of Sternal Wound Infection Rates in Open-Heart Surgery Patients Ozalp Karabay, Emel Fermanci, Erdem Silistreli, Koray Aykut, Ismail Yurekli, Hudai Catalyurek, and Unal Acikel PMCID: PMC1336695 Laboratory Investigations Temporary Support with TandemHeart® pVAD during Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement in an Animal Model: Rationale and Methodology Biswajit Kar, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, Andrew B. Civitello, Pranav Loyalka, David Paniagua, R. David Fish, Matthew D. Forrester, Daniel Moser, and Branislav Radovancevic PMCID: PMC1336696 A Functional and Histopathological Comparison of Proximal and Distal Saphenous Vein Contractility and Morphology Ilhan Golbasi, Arda Tasatargil, Nazif Hikmet Aksoy, Gulay Sadan, Edibe Karasu, Cengiz Turkay, and Omer Bayezid PMCID: PMC1336697 The Effect of LVAD Aortic Outflow-Graft Placement on Hemodynamics and Flow: Implantation Technique and Computer Flow Modeling Biswajit Kar, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, O. H. Frazier, Igor D. Gregoric, Matthew T. Harting, Yasmin Wadia, Timothy J. Myers, Robert D. Moser, and Jonathan Freund PMCID: PMC1336698 Surgical Technique A Modified Infarct Exclusion Technique for Repair of Anteroapical Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Omer Bayezid, Cengiz Turkay, and Ilhan Golbasi PMCID: PMC1336699 Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society Houston and Oxford: A Celebration of International Fellowship Stephen Westaby PMCID: PMC1336700 Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Endovascular Specialist's Perspective Neil E. Strickman and Pranav Loyalka PMCID: PMC1336701 Will Drug-Eluting Stents Replace Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery? Ross M. Reul PMCID: PMC1336702 Stents or Surgery: The Case for Stents James M. Wilson PMCID: PMC1336703 Review of Literature Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Failure Doreen Rosenstrauch, Gregor Poglajen, Nina Zidar, and Igor D. Gregoric PMCID: PMC1336704 Coronary Anomalies Double Anomalous Coronary Origin from the Pulmonary Artery: Successful Surgical Correction in an Infant Enrique Ochoa-Ramírez, Héctor E. Valdez-Garza, Roberto Reyes-González, Dimas Mateos-Corral, David Sánchez-Sigel, and Valeria González-López PMCID: PMC1336705 Editorial Commentary: The Miraculous Survival of an Exceptional Baby: Can a Heart Manage to Function with Anomalous Origin of Both Coronary Arteries from the Pulmonary Artery? Paolo Angelini PMCID: PMC1336706 Current Issues in Cardiology New Surgical Approaches for Coronary Disease: What's Coming? William E. Cohn PMCID: PMC1336707 Implantable Defibrillators With and Without Resynchronization for Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Sanjiv M. Narayan PMCID: PMC1336708 Does Patent Foramen Ovale Promote Cryptogenic Stroke and Migraine Headache? Jonathan M. Tobis and Babak Azarbal PMCID: PMC1336709 A-HeFT: Old Dog, New Endothelial Tricks Jay N. Cohn PMCID: PMC1336710 Carotid Stenting Zvonimir Krajcer PMCID: PMC1336711 Keynote Address: Drug-Eluting Stents: Current Issues Andrew T.L. Ong and Patrick W. Serruys PMCID: PMC1336712 Cholesterol, Lipids, and Statins Christie M. Ballantyne PMCID: PMC1336713 Keynote Address: COX-2 Inhibitors Richard C. Becker PMCID: PMC1336714 C-Reactive Protein, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Update Paul M. Ridker PMCID: PMC1336715 Obesity: A Major Component of the Metabolic Syndrome Richard W. Nesto PMCID: PMC1336716 The Use of Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Emerson C. Perin PMCID: PMC1336717 First Report First Human Case of Retrograde Transcatheter Implantation of an Aortic Valve Prosthesis David Paniagua, José A. Condado, José Besso, Manuel Vélez, Bruno Burger, Salvatore Bibbo, Douglas Cedeno, Harry Acquatella, Carlos Mejia, Eduardo Induni, and R. David Fish PMCID: PMC1336718 A Successful Anticoagulation Protocol for the First HeartMate® II Implantation in the United States Offer Amir, Arthur W. Bracey, Frank W. Smart, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, Nyma Shah, Biswajit Kar, and Igor D. Gregoric PMCID: PMC1336719 Case Reports Total Circulatory Support with an LVAD in an Adolescent with a Previous Fontan Procedure O. H. Frazier, Igor D. Gregoric, and Gregory N. Messner PMCID: PMC1336720 Secondary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Endothelin Receptor Blockade Sat Sharma, Tarek Kashour, and Roger Philipp PMCID: PMC1336721 Treatment of Symptomatic Vascular Rings in the Elderly Rosemarie E. Hardin, Gregory R. Brevetti, Michael Sanusi, Dinesh Bhaskaran, Joshua H. Burack, Mark H. Genovesi, Robert C. Lowery, Shahrokh Rafii, and Elliot Bondi PMCID: PMC1336722 Endovascular Exclusion of a Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Retrograde Visceral Artery Revascularization Igor D. Gregoric, Kamal Gupta, Michael J. Jacobs, Gregor Poglajen, Nina Suvorov, Kathy G. Dougherty, and Zvonimir Krajcer PMCID: PMC1336723 Successful Use of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Treatment of ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion Howard S. Bush, David E. Strong, and Gian M. Novaro PMCID: PMC1336724 Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report and Literature Review Offer Amir, Ronald Smith, Akaira Nishikawa, Igor D. Gregoric, and Frank W. Smart PMCID: PMC1336725 “Rubral” Tremor after Cardiac Catheterization: Report of 2 Cases Lucas Restrepo, Alejandro Quiroga-Chand, Carlo Tornatore, and Marshall Balish PMCID: PMC1336726 Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Role of the Cardiac Surgeon Alireza Sadeghi, Gregory R. Brevetti, Sanghyun Kim, Joshua H. Burack, Mark H. Genovese, Dale A. Distant, Ramesh Kodavatiganti, and Robert C. Lowery PMCID: PMC1336727 Posttransplant Off-Pump Coronary Bypass and Laser Revascularization in a Jehovah's Witness Igor D. Gregoric, Michael T. Nolen, Jus Ksela, Linda B. Chandler, Gregory N. Messner, Roberto D. Cervera, Frank W. Smart, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1336728 Octreotide for Treating Chylothorax after Cardiac Surgery Dalokay Kilic, Ekber Sahin, Oner Gulcan, Bulent Bolat, Riza Turkoz, and Ahmet Hatipoglu PMCID: PMC1336729 Lymphoepithelial Cyst of the Mediastinum Refik Ulku, Fahri Yilmaz, Sevval Eren, and Serdar Onat PMCID: PMC1336730 Aortic Root Enlargement for Aortic Valve Replacement in an Achondroplastic Dwarf Antonio Scafuri, Marco Moscarelli, Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf, Costantino Del Giudice, Paolo Nardi, and Luigi Chiariello PMCID: PMC1336731 Atrial Myxoma: An Unusual Cause of Myocardial Infarction Mesut Demir, Onur Akpinar, and Esmeray Acarturk PMCID: PMC1336732 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Evaluation of Myocardial Iron Overload by T2* Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Benjamin Cheong, Steffen Huber, Raja Muthupillai, and Scott D. Flamm PMCID: PMC1336733 Book Reviews The Year in Interventional Cardiology, Volume 3 James M. Wilson PMCID: PMC1336734 The Year in Heart Failure, Volume I Edward K. Massin PMCID: PMC1336735 CT of the Heart: Principles and Applications Scott D. Flamm PMCID: PMC1336736 Colombo's Tips and Tricks with Drug-Eluting Stents Paolo Angelini PMCID: PMC1336737 Correspondence Prevention of Systolic Anterior Motion after Mitral Valve Repair Horia Muresian PMCID: PMC1336738 Prevention of Systolic Anterior Motion after Mitral Valve Repair Leonid Sternik and Kenton J. Zehr PMCID: PMC1336739 |
