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   A New Procedure for Ebstein’s Anomaly  |
 A Novel Bio-Engineered Small Caliber Vascular Graft Incorporating Heparin and Sirolimus: Excellent 6 Month Patency |
| A Novel Vascularized Graft for Replacement of Long Tracheal Defects |
| A Simple Two-Gene Molecular Prognostic Model for Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
| ABTS Perspective on the Future of Congenital Heart Surgery Education |
| Accelerated Treatment of Postpneumonectomy Empyema: A Bi-National Long-Term Study |
| Accuracy of the New Dual-Source CT Coronary Angiography: Evaluation in a Standardized Protocol for Cardiac Surgeons |
  Address by Honored Speaker |
| Advantages and Limitations of Cardiac CT and MRI: What the Cardiac Surgeon Needs to Know |
| Adverse Events During Reoperative Cardiac Surgery: Frequency, Impact, and Rescue |
| An Analysis of a Modification of the Norwood Procedure Using a Right Ventricle – Pulmonary Artery (RV-PA) Conduit Routed to the Right of the Neoarta |
| Anastomotic Leak and Stricture Post Esophagectomy |
| Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Artificial Chords as a Primary Approach to Leaflet Prolapse |
| Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Artificial Chords When Other Techniques Fail |
| Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Chordal Transfer |
| Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Edge to Edge Repair |
| Antigen-Specific CD8+ Cell Responses in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma |
| Aprotinin Confers Neuroprotection by Reducing Excitotoxic Cell Death |
| Aprotinin is Safe in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery |
| Aprotinin Should Be Taken Off the Market |
| Aprotinin Should Be Taken Off the Market |
| Asymptomatic Child with a Coronary Artery from the Wrong Sinus Should have Surgery |
| Asymptomatic Child with a Coronary Artery from the Wrong Sinus Should have Surgery |
| Birth of a New Program – The Kardias Experience |
| Bronchopleural Fistula and Empyema |
| Cardiac Surgery in Infants with Low Weight Is Associated with Increased Mortality: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database |
| Cardiac Surgical Research: Basic, Clinical, Or Both? |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery and the NIH: Where Do We Stand? |
| Case-Mix Complexity Adjustment Using Both RACHS-1 and Aristotle Applied to 45635 Operations in the STS Congenital Database |
| Cervical Tracheal Resection |
| Chemoradiation as Primary Treatment |
| Chronic Ambulatory Counterpulsation Reverses End Stage Heart Failure |
| Clinical Trial Design: Basic Concepts and Concrete Examples |
| Concomitant Treatment with Oral L-Arginine Improves the Efficacy of Surgical Angiogenesis in Patients with End-Stage Coronary Artery Disease: The Endothelial Modulation in Angiogenic Therapy (EMAT) Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries |
| CTSnet as the Information Standard in the 3rd Millennium |
| Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Therapies |
| Cusp Repair In Aortic Valve Reconstruction; Does the Technique Affect Stability? |
| Data From the STS General Thoracic Database: The Surgical Management of Primary Lung Tumors |
| Development of Collateral Blood Supply for Spinal Cord Immediately After Descending Or Thoracoabdominal Repair with Selective Reconstruction of Adamkiewicz Artery |
| Diaphragm Plication Does Not Correct Splanchnic Venous Flow in Fontan Patients with a Paralyzed Diaphragm |
| Dual Agent Immunosuppression Synergistically Inhibits Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Homeostasis |
| Durability of Hand Sewn Valves in the Right Ventricular Outlet |
| EBUS-TBNA for Mediastinal Restaging |
| Effect of Induction Regimen on Acute Rejection, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, and Survival Following Lung Transplantation |
| En Bloc Resection |
| Endobronchial Lung Volume Reduction |
| Endograft Repair of Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Tears-First Line Therapy? |
| Endoscopic Anti-Reflux Procedures |
| Endoscopic Management |
| Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase G894T Polymorphism Impacts Vascular Resistance and Long-Term Outcome for Single Ventricle Patients |
| Esophagectomy Versus Esophageal Preservation |
| Evaluating the Effects of a Dual Inhibitor of COX-1/COX-2 Versus a Selective COX-2 Inhibitor on Benzo[a]pyrene-Induced Neoplasia of the Forestomach and Lung |
| Evolving Arch Surgery Using Integrated Antegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion; Impact of Axillary Artery Perfusion |
| Extracorporeal Lung Membrane Enables Superior Lung Protection for Post-Pneumonectomy Non-Cardiogenic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP) Versus Pleurectomy/Decortication (P/D) in the Surgical Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM): Results in 663 Patients |
| Fate of the Right Ventricle After Fenestrated Right Ventricular Exclusion for Severe Neonatal Ebstein’s |
| Feasibility of Multimodality Therapy Including Extended Resections in Stage IVA Thymoma |
| FLOWATCH® Versus Conventional Pulmonary Artery Banding |
| From Innovation to Application |
| Gene Array Analysis of a Rat Model of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations After Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis |
| General Surgical Training is a Waste of Time for The Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
| General Surgical Training is a Waste of Time for The Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
| Heparin Reduces Residual Clot Within the Lumen of Endoscopically Harvested Saphenous Veins |
| High Frequency Radio Ablation |
| Iatrogenic Chylothorax |
| Impact of Tumor-Infiltrating T-Cells on Survival in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
| Improved Management of Systemic Venous Anomalies in Single Ventricle: New Rationale |
| Indications, Imaging and Timing of Mitral Valve Repair |
| Induction Therapy Followed by Resection |
| Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery |
| Inhaled Prostacyclin Can Improve Pulmonary Hypertension in Acutely Decompensated Patients |
| Insulin Treatment Enhances the Myocardial Angiogenic Response in Diabetes |
| International Databases are Valuable for Benchmarking, Quality Assurance and Pay-for-Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery |
| International Databases are Valuable for Benchmarking, Quality Assurance and Pay-for-Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery |
| Interventional Procedures by Thoracic Surgeons: The Time Has Come |
| Interventional Procedures by Thoracic Surgeons: The Time Has Come |
| Intracardiac Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle |
| Introduction |
| Is Palpation of the Non-Resected Lobe(s) Required for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? A Prospective Study |
| Is Recurrence of Mitral Valve Regurgitation More Frequent in Barlow Disease Than in Fibroelastic Deficiency Postrepair? |
| Is Survival Always Better After Valve Repair Than After Valve Replacement for Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease? |
| Left Atrial Volume Reduction (LA-VR) Helps Restore Atrial Booster and Reservoir Functions After the Cox-Maze Procedure (MAZE) – A Study by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
| Left Thoracoabdominal Esophagectomy |
| Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Anastomotic Connectors |
| Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Imaging in Coronary Surgery and Hybrid Procedure |
| Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Multivessel Revascularization Via a Mini-Thoracotomy |
| Less Invasive Coronary Surgery: Totally Endoscopic Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting |
| Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Right Thoracotomy – Direct |
| Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Right Thoractomy – Thorascopic |
| Less Invasive Valve Surgery: Upper and Lower Hemisternotomy |
| Limited Resection |
| Lobectomy |
| Long-Term Outcome of Operation for Ebstein’s Anomaly |
| Long-Term Results of Definitive Repair for Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries – Late Outcome of the Unifocalized Pulmonary Vasculature; More Than 10 Years Evaluation |
| Long-Term Results of the Open Stent Grafting Technique for Extended Aortic Arch Disease |
| Lung Transplantation in Older Patients? |
| Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
| Maze Procedure in Single V Patients |
| MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Esophageal Cancer |
| Mid-Term Angiographic Follow-Up After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass; Serial Comparisons Using the Early, One-year, and Five-year Postoperative Angiographies |
| Mitral Valve Repair Surgery with Robotic Technology |
| Models of Academic Thoracic Surgery I |
| Models of Academic Thoracic Surgery II |
| Moderate Versus Deep Hypothermia for the Arterial Switch Operation – Experience with 100 Consecutive Patients |
| MRI Assessment of Reverse Left Ventricular Remodeling Late After Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty in Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| Multifocal Neoplasia in T1 Esophageal Carcinoma: Implications for Endoscopic Treatment |
| Myocardial Revascularization in Infants and Children: Coronary Artery Proximal Patch Arterioplasty and Coronary Artery Bypass – A Single Institution Experience |
| Nanotechnology – Impact on Cardiovascular Medicine |
| New Insights in the Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis in Ascending Aortic Dilatation with Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis: Possible Key-Role of Cell-Matrix Interactions |
| Novel Surgical Approach to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Repair |
| One Or Two Ventricles in Critical Aortic Stenosis? The Disproportionate Impact of Pursuing Biventricular Repair in Borderline Cases |
| One-Stage Repair Coarctation/VSD |
| Optimal Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions |
| Optimal Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions |
| Pancoast Resection |
| Pediatric Lung Transplantation: A Therapy in its Adolescence |
| Perioperative Neuroprotection |
| Perspective on Success in Congenital Heart Surgery |
| Port-Access Surgery as Elective Approach for Mitral Valve Operation in Redo Procedure: A Single Center Experience |
| Posterior Leaflet Prolapse: Posterior Leaflet Rotation (NYU Repair) |
