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  1. Long‐Term Survival Following Off‐Pump Coronary Surgery: Does Surgeon Experience Make a Difference?
  2. Acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery-Are all AKIs equal?
  3. On- versus off-pump coronary artery bypass-Another nail in the coffin?
  4. Detrimental effects of incomplete revascularization following CABG-multiple arterial grafting may not solve the problem
  5. Is there still a role for balloon aortic valvuloplasty in the TAVR era?
  6. Obesity and cardiac surgery outcomes-Is bigger better?
  7. Chronic deep white matter ischemic changes-A new risk factor to predict strokes following aortic arch surgery
  8. Stem cell therapy for chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy-Why have these stem cells not taken root?
  9. Is there still a role for mechanical aortic valve prostheses in the TAVR era?
  10. Strokes are the achilles heel of LVAD therapy
  11. Chagas disease--What the cardiac surgeon needs to know
  12. Repeat extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support-Are the results better the second time around?
  13. Mitral valve repair for patients with infectious endocarditis-Is it the procedure of choice for all patients?
  14. TAVR versus SAVR: Who determines the risk?
  15. Should patients with hypoalbuminemia undergo LVAD implantation?
  16. Selected papers from the international coronary congress
  17. One-year outcomes in TAVR patients: Dying from versus dying with aortic stenosis
  18. Spontaneous rupture of the ascending aorta-size may not matter
  19. Three-dimensional printing in cardiac surgery: Enhanced imagery results in enhanced outcomes
  20. Coronary artery revascularization in infants, children, and adolescents: The internal mammary artery is still the conduit of choice
  21. Administrative databases for outcomes research-quick, easy, but dirty
  22. Intraoperative thermographic imaging-A potential “solution” to Del Nido cardioplegia
  23. The use of preoperative aspirin in cardiac surgery: The ruling on the field stands
  24. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in type A aortic dissections-Long run for a short slide?
  25. Management of coronary artery obstruction following TAVR-The importance of the heart team approach
  26. CO2 insufflation during endoscopic vein harvesting-Surgeon beware!
  27. Patient prosthetic mismatch following aortic valve replacement-It may not all be due to the prosthesis
  28. The use of the radial artery following transradial catheterization-A word of caution
  29. Left ventricular strain in aortic stenosis-A more sensitive predictor for earlier aortic valve replacement?
  30. Denton Cooley, MD
  31. In Memoriam: Lawrence Cohn