| | Guest Editorial Of Clamps, Clips, and Computers Dan A. Morgenstern PMCID: PMC1592269 Laboratory Investigations Myotrophin/V-1 Does Not Act as an Extracellular Signal to Induce Myocyte Hypertrophy Pascal Knuefermann, Shu-Ping Shi, Peter Chen, Yashushi Sakata, Georg Baumgarten, and Natarajan Sivasubramanian PMCID: PMC1592290 A Simple and Fast Experimental Model of Myocardial Infarction in the Mouse Jinfeng Wang, Huaben Bo, Xiangying Meng, Yin Wu, Yongli Bao, and Yuxin Li PMCID: PMC1592260 Nitric Oxide, Endothelin-1, and Superoxide Production in Arterial Bypass Grafts Fehime Benli Aksungar, Hadi Moini, Mehmet Unal, Oguz Yilmaz, Bingur Sonmez, and Serpil Bilsel PMCID: PMC1592279 Clinical Investigations Lowest Hematocrit on Cardiopulmonary Bypass Impairs the Outcome in Coronary Surgery: An Italian Multicenter Study from the National Cardioanesthesia Database Marco Ranucci, Bonizella Biagioli, Sabino Scolletta, Giovanni Grillone, Anna Cazzaniga, Iolter Cattabriga, Giuseppe Isgrò, and Pierpaolo Giomarelli PMCID: PMC1592281 Open-Chest Management after Heart Transplantation Hiroo Takayama, Richard J. Leone, Gabriel S. Aldea, Daniel P. Fishbein, Edward D. Verrier, and Christopher T. Salerno PMCID: PMC1592265 Direct versus Side-Graft Cannulation of the Right Axillary Artery for Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion Levent Yilik, Bilgin Emrecan, Mert Kestelli, Ibrahim Ozsoyler, Banu Lafci, Necmettin Yakut, Cengiz Ozbek, and Ali Gurbuz PMCID: PMC1592277 The Transition from Open to Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting and Its Clinical Impact: The Texas Heart Institute Experience Tianjie Lai, Yarrow Babb, Qian Ning, Luz Reyes, Thanh Dao, Vei-Vei Lee, Laurie Mitchell, Layne O. Gentry, Ross M. Reul, and David A. Ott PMCID: PMC1592263 Myocardial Injury in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: On-Pump versus Off-Pump Comparison by Measuring Heart-Type Fatty-Acid-Binding Protein Release Vishwas Malik, Shailaja C. Kale, Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sandeep Chauhan, and Usha Kiran PMCID: PMC1592275 Experience with the Edwards MIRA Mechanical Bileaflet Valve in the Aortic and Mitral Positions Arzum Kale, Ulku Yildiz, Benhur Can, Ozer Kandemir, Hilmi Tokmakoglu, Tevfik Tezcaner, and Yaman Zorlutuna PMCID: PMC1592271 Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Hydatid Disease: A Report of 7 Cases Hafize Yaliniz, Acar Tokcan, Orhan K. Salih, and Tumer Ulus PMCID: PMC1592285 Reviews The Cardiomyopathy of Iron Deficiency Nikita Hegde, Michael W. Rich, and Charina Gayomali PMCID: PMC1592266 The Open-Artery Hypothesis Revisited Alireza Zarrabi, Hossein Eftekhari, S. Ward Casscells, and Mohammad Madjid PMCID: PMC1592286 Surgical Techniques Cannulation in the Diseased Aorta: A Safe Approach Using the Seldinger Technique Ali Khoynezhad and Konstadinos A. Plestis PMCID: PMC1592270 Alternative Surgical Strategy for the Treatment of a Mycotic Aortic Arch Aneurysm Sebastian Pagni, Brian L. Ganzel, and Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr. PMCID: PMC1592284 Cardiac Assist Devices Catheterization of the AbioCor™ Implantable Replacement Heart: Evaluation of the Unique Physiology Created by the Device Reynolds M. Delgado, III, Mohamad Nawar, Catalin Loghin, Timothy J. Myers, Igor D. Gregoric, Toni Pool, Nancy Scroggins, Branislav Radovancevic, and O. H. Frazier PMCID: PMC1592262 Case Reports Clinical Presentation of Persistent 5th Aortic Arch 3 New Cases Sufana Khan and Michael R. Nihill PMCID: PMC1592264 Successful Transcatheter Coil Occlusion of a Right-Sided Patent Ductus Arteriosus with Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery Michael R. Carr, Steven R. Neish, and Glenn T. Leonard, Jr. PMCID: PMC1592283 Chronic Pseudoaneurysm and Coarctation of the Aorta: A Rare Delayed Complication of Trauma Umamahesh C. Rangasetty, Syed Raza, Scott Lick, Barry F. Uretsky, and Yochai Birnbaum PMCID: PMC1592259 Endoluminal Stenting of Mycotic Saccular Aneurysm at the Aortic Arch Ufuk Alpagut, Murat Ugurlucan, Eylul Kafali, Benguhan Surmen, Omer Ali Sayin, Koray Guven, Enver Dayioglu, Izzet Rozanes, and Ertan Onursal PMCID: PMC1592276 Nonsurgical Management of Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysms: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature Brian Lima, Shalendra K. Varma, and James E. Lowe PMCID: PMC1592256 Daughter, You Broke My Heart: Accidental Thrombosis at a Muscular Bridge Fernando Leon, Hector Salazar, Wendel Moreira, and Paolo Angelini PMCID: PMC1592268 Transcatheter Treatment of “Pulmonary Artery Hypertension” due to Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Gianpiero Gaio, Giuseppe Santoro, Michele D'Alto, Maria Teresa Palladino, Maria Giovanna Russo, Giuseppe Caianiello, and Raffaele Calabrò PMCID: PMC1592282 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: Initial Presentation in a Middle-Aged Woman Pedro Diaz Ortiz, Rajiv Agarwal, Ravinder Reddy, Veronica V. Lenge, Andrew B. Civitello, and Scott D. Flamm PMCID: PMC1592257 Giant Left Atrium with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Mehmet Ates, Yavuz Sensoz, Gunseli Abay, and Murat Akcar PMCID: PMC1592273 Penetrating Trauma to the Mitral Valve and Ventricular Septum Serkan Topaloglu, Dursun Aras, Kerim Cagli, Kumral Ergun, Bulent Deveci, Ahmet Duran Demir, Sule Korkmaz, and Irfan Sabah PMCID: PMC1592280 Symptomatic Bradycardia due to Total Occlusion of Left Circumflex Artery without Electrocardiographic Evidence of Myocardial Infarction at Initial Presentation Chih-Feng Lin and Shu-Meng Cheng PMCID: PMC1592258 Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction after Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement with Posterior Mitral Leaflet Preservation Niyazi Guler, Cenap Ozkara, and Aytac Akyol PMCID: PMC1592274 Brief Communication Use of a Nasal Speculum for Chest-Drain Insertion: A Simple Technique Pankaj Saxena, Igor E. Konstantinov, and Mark A.J. Newman PMCID: PMC1592267 Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Nontraumatic Pericardiophrenic Defect with Tamponade Jack C. Salerno, Colleen D. Cailes, and Mark B. Lewin PMCID: PMC1592288 An Unusual Course of the Ramus Intermedius: Shown by Multislice Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography Vito Paolillo, Daniela Gastaldo, and Giacomo Vaudano PMCID: PMC1592261 Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mehmet Ates, Raymond Y. Kwong, Martin J. Lipton, and Servet Tatli PMCID: PMC1592272 A Closed Interatrial Septal Aneurysm Mimicking a Tumor in the Left Atrium Ramazan Akdemir, Sadik Duran, Serkan Bulur, Ahmet Kaya, Serhat Bahadir Sozen, Cemil Bilir, Huseyin Arinc, and Cihangir Uyan PMCID: PMC1592278 Correspondence Chimpanzee Heart Was Not Rejected by Human Recipient Prof. Dr. Raimund Margreiter PMCID: PMC1592287 Use of a Recirculator Device for Pericardial Cold Saline Irrigation in Cardiac Surgery Pankaj Saxena, Igor E. Konstantinov, Mark A. J. Newman, and Franklin Rosenfeldt PMCID: PMC1592289 |
