1 - New Impact Factor: 1.239. Goal is to surpass 1.5 in 2013

Domingo M. Braile

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):I-IV

2 - On-and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. The heart surgeon should master both techniques

Walter J. Gomes

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):V-VIII

3 - Pediatric cardiovascular surgery: what we must preserve, what we should improve and what we must transform

Luiz Fernando Caneo

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):IX-XI

4 - The risk of risk scores and the dream of BraSCORE

Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejía; Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):XII-XIII

5 - Validation of the 2000 Bernstein-Parsonnet and Euroscore at the Heart Institute - USP

Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejía; Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa; Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff; Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira; Fabio Biscegli Jatene; Noedir Antonio Groppo Stolf

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):187-194

6 - Comparison of electrophysiological parameters of septal and apical endocardial cardiac stimulation

Juán Carlos Pachón Mateos; José Carlos Pachón Mateos; Remy Nelson Albornoz Vargas; Enrique Indalécio Pachón Mateos; Khalil Cosac; Hugo Belloti Lopes; Fabrizio Achilles Soares; Amanda Guerra Moraes Rego Sousa

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):195-202

7 - Preoperative risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery: assessment of 2768 patients

Marcos Gradim Tiveron; Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli; Eduardo Moeller Mota; Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejia; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão; Luís A. O. Dallan; Pablo A. M. Pomerantzeff; Noedir A.G Stolf

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):203-210

8 - Impact of socio-economic profile on the prosthesis type choice used on heart surgery

André Maurício S. Fernandes; Larissa Santana Bitencourt; Igor Nogueira Lessa; Agnaldo Viana; Felipe Pereira; Gabriel Bastos; Cristiano Ricardo Bastos de Macedo; Roque Aras Júnior

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):211-216

9 - Risk factors for low cardiac output syndrome after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá; Joana Rosa Costa Nogueira; Paulo Ernando Ferraz; Omar Jacobina Figueiredo; Wagner Cid Palmeira Cavalcante; Thiago Cid Palmeira Cavalcante; Hugo Thiago Torres da Silva; Cecília Andrade Santos; Renato Oliveira de Albuquerque Lima; Frederico Pires Vasconcelos; Ricardo de Carvalho Lima

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):217-223

10 - Heart defects treatment in Sergipe: propose of resources' rationalization to improve care

Debora Cristina Fontes Leite; José Teles de Mendonça; Rosana Cipolotti; Enaldo Viera de Melo

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):224-230

11 - Six-minute walk test as a tool for assessing the quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Vanessa Cristina Baptista; Luciana Campanatti Palhares; Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira; Lindemberg Mota Silveira Filho; Karlos Alexandre de Souza Vilarinho; Elaine Soraya Barbosa de Oliveira Severino; Carlos Fernando Ramos Lavagnoli; Orlando Petrucci

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):231-239

12 - Predicted preoperative maximal static respiratory pressures in adult cardiac surgeries: evaluation of two formulas

Ricardo Kenji Nawa; Ada Clarice Gastaldi; Elisângela Aparecida Soares da Silva; Viviane dos Santos Augusto; Alfredo José Rodrigues; Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):240-250

13 - Use of intra-aortic balloon pump in cardiac surgery: analysis of 80 consecutive cases

Fernando Pivatto Júnior; Ana Paula Tagliari; Anderlise Bard Luvizetto; Edemar Manuel Costa Pereira; Erci Maria Onzi Siliprandi; Ivo Abrahão Nesralla; Rodrigo Pires dos Santos; Renato Abdala Karam Kalil

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):251-259

14 - Calcium dobesilate may improve hemorheology in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Kazim Besirli Besirli; Birsen Aydemir; Caner Arslan; Ali Riza Kiziler; Emir Canturk; Bekir Kayhan

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):260-266

15 - Results of aortic valve surgery in patients over 75 years old, at 4.5 years of follow-up

Ana Paula Tagliari; Fernando Pivatto Júnior; Felipe Homem Valle; João Ricardo Michelin Sant'Anna; Paulo Roberto Prates; Ivo Abrahão Nesralla; Renato Abdala Karam Kalil

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):267-274

16 - Fetal cardiac output and ejection fraction by spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC): comparison between male and female fetuses

Christiane Simioni; Edward Araujo Júnior; Wellington P. Martins; Liliam Cristine Rolo; Luciane Alves da Rocha; Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza; Antonio Fernandes Moron

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):275-282

17 - Flowmetry of left internal thoracic artery graft to left anterior descending artery: comparison between on-pump and off-pump surgery

Filinto Marques de Cerqueira Neto; Marco Antonio Vieira Guedes; Leonardo Eugênio Fonseca Soares; Gustavo Santiago Almeida; André Raimundo F. Guimarães; Mauricio Alves Barreto; Emerson Costa Porto; Álvaro Rabelo Júnior

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):283-289

18 - Initial experience with Pomerantzeff's technique for reduction of the size of giant left atrium

Jocerlano Santos de Sousa; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão; Lisandro Azeredo Gonçalves; Marcos Gradim Tiveron; Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira; Flavio Tarasoutchi; Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):290-295

19 - Point-of-care test (POCT) INR: hope or illusion?

Luci Maria Sant'Ana Dusse; Nataly Carvalho Oliveira; Danyelle Romana Alves Rios; Milena Soriano Marcolino

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):296-301

20 - Cardiology in Brazilian scientific journals: an overview

Kavita Kirankumar Patel; Mauricio Rocha e Silva

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):302-311

21 - Conservative surgical management of mitral insufficiency: an alternative approach

Francisco Gregori Júnior

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):312-317

22 - Greek language: analysis of the cardiologic anatomical etymology: past and present

Georges Bezas; Alexandre Lins Werneck

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):318-326

23 - Heart retransplantation in children without the use of blood product

Antonio Alceu dos Santos; José Pedro da Silva; Luciana da Fonseca; José Francisco Baumgratz

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):327-330

24 - The medical education and the Unified Health System

Alexandre V. Brick

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):331-333

25 - Evidence-Based Medicine - new paradigm or pseudoscience?

Marcelo Derbli Schafranski

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):334-337

26 - Letter to the Editor

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):338

27 - Reviewers BJCVS 27.2

Domingo Braile

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):339

28 - Meetings Calendar 2012

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;27(2):344-346