CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Kenichi Okubo, Shinji Kosaka, Noritaka Isowa, Toshiki Hirata, Shigeki Hitomi, Junji Yodoi, Minoru Nakano, and Hiromi Wada

AMELIORATION OF ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY BY HUMAN THIOREDOXIN IN RABBIT LUNG
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1-9. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Gojo, Soichiro Kitamura, Osamu Hatano, Akira Takakusu, Kenji Hashimoto, Yumi Kanegae, and Izumu Saito

TRANSPLANTATION OF GENETICALLY MARKED CARDIAC MUSCLE CELLS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 10-18. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jun Amano, Shigeru Ishiyama, Toshiro Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Ryozo Nagai, Fumiaki Marumo, and Michiaki Hiroe

PROLIFERATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN ACUTE ALLOGRAFT VASCULAR REJECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 19-25. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryoichi Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Nagaya, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Takeshi Hanagiri, and Kosei Yasumoto

OPTIMAL DOSE OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR FOR LONG-SEGMENT ORTHOTOPIC TRACHEAL AUTOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 26-36. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

The International Registry of Lung Metastases, Writing Committee:, Ugo Pastorino, Marc Buyse, Godehard Friedel, Robert J. Ginsberg, Philippe Girard, Peter Goldstraw, Michael Johnston, Patricia McCormack, Harvey Pass, and Joe B. Putnam, Jr.

LONG-TERM RESULTS OF LUNG METASTASECTOMY: PROGNOSTIC ANALYSES BASED ON 5206 CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 37-49. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hui-Ping Liu, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Pyng Jing Lin, and Ming-Jang Hsieh

THORACOSCOPIC LOOP LIGATION OF PARENCHYMAL BLEBS AND BULLAE: IS IT EFFECTIVE AND SAFE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 50-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Enrico Ruffini, Maurizio Mancuso, Alberto Oliaro, Caterina Casadio, Antonio Cavallo, Roberto Cianci, Pier Luigi Filosso, Massimo Molinatti, Calogero Porrello, Nazario Cappello, and Giuliano Maggi

RECURRENCE OF THYMOMA: ANALYSIS OF CLINICOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES, TREATMENT, AND OUTCOME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 55-63. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Heinrich A. Werner, David F. Wensley, David S. Lirenman, and Jacques G. LeBlanc

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN CHILDREN AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 64-70. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Dean Kurth, James M. Steven, Susan C. Nicolson, and Marshall L. Jacobs

CEREBRAL OXYGENATION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 71-79. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven B. Fishberger, Gil Wernovsky, Thomas L. Gentles, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Janice Burnett, John E. Mayer, Jr., and Edward P. Walsh

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATRIAL FLUTTER AFTER THE FONTAN OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 80-86. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Peter de Haan, Cor J. Kalkman, Bas A. de Mol, Leon H. Ubags, Dirk J. Veldman, and Michael J. H. M. Jacobs

EFFICACY OF TRANSCRANIAL MOTOR-EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS TO DETECT SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA DURING OPERATIONS FOR THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 87-101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Flavian M. Lupinetti, James M. Kneebone, Mark D. Rekhter, Kelvin G. M. Brockbank, and David Gordon

PROCOLLAGEN PRODUCTION IN FRESH AND CRYOPRESERVED AORTIC VALVE GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 102-107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James J. Liu, Laurie A. Doolan, Bing Xie, Joan R. Chen, and Brian F. Buxton

DIRECT VASODILATOR EFFECT OF MILRINONE, AN INOTROPIC DRUG, ON ARTERIAL CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 108-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasuhiro Kouchi, Yoko Onuki, Moses Hong-De Wu, Qun Shi, and Lester R. Sauvage

EFFECT OF ALTERED BLOOD FLOW ON THE CALIBER AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY IN THE DOG
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 114-120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sean O'Nunain, Irving Perez, Marc Roelke, Stefan Osswald, Brian A. McGovern, D. Ross Brooks, David F. Torchiana, Gus J. Vlahakes, Jeremy Ruskin, and Hasan Garan

THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTED IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEMS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 121-129. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Walter O'Brien, Jacek M. Karski, Davy Cheng, Jo Carroll-Munro, Charles Peniston, and Alan Sandler

ROUTINE CHEST ROENTGENOGRAPHY ON ADMISSION TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AFTER HEART OPERATIONS: IS IT OF ANY VALUE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 130-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L-F. Debétaz, P. Ruchat, M. Hurni, A. Fischer, F. Stumpe, H. Sadeghi, G. van Melle, and J-J. Goy

ST. JUDE MEDICAL VALVE PROSTHESIS: AN ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM OUTCOME AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 134-148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. William Gaynor, Michael P. Feneley, Stanley A. Gall, Jr., Michael A. Savitt, Scott C. Silvestry, James W. Davis, J. Scott Rankin, and Donald D. Glower, Jr.

LEFT VENTRICULAR ADAPTATION TO AORTIC REGURGITATION IN CONSCIOUS DOGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 149-158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Sakurai, Masashi Aoki, Koji Abe, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, and Koichi Tabayashi

SELECTIVE MOTOR NEURON DEATH AND HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN INDUCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA IN RABBITS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 159-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claes Wassenaar, Willem A. Bax, Robert-Jan van Suylen, Voijslav D. Vuzevski, and Egbert Bos

EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF PORCINE ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE LEAFLETS AND AORTIC WALL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 165-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Oguz Tasdemir, Süha D. Küçükaksu, Kerem M. Vural, Fehmi S. Katirciolu, Emine Kütük, and Kemal Bayazit

A COMPARISON OFTHE EARLY AND MIDTERM RESULTS AFTER DYNAMIC CARDIOMYOPLASTY IN PATIENTSWITH ISCHEMIC OR IDIOPATHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 173-181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Hiramatsu, Nicolas Gikakis, Harry L. Anderson, III, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Cezary Marcinkiewicz, Robert J. Gould, Stefan Niewiarowski, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr.

TIROFIBAN PROVIDES "PLATELET ANESTHESIA" DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN BABOONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 182-193. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Dietrich, P. Späth, A. Ebell, and J. A. Richter

PREVALENCE OF ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS TO APROTININ: ANALYSIS OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT REEXPOSURES TO APROTININ IN HEART OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 194-201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David J. Farrar, J. Donald Hill, D. Glenn Pennington, Lawrence R. McBride, William L. Holman, Robert L. Kormos, Donald Esmore, Laman A. Gray, Jr., Paul E. Seifert, G. Phillip Schoettle, Charles H. Moore, Paul J. Hendry, and Joginder N. Bhayana

PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPARISON OF PATIENTS WITH UNIVENTRICULAR AND BIVENTRICULAR SUPPORT WITH THE THORATEC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE AS A BRIDGE TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 202-209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Pitambar Shatapathy, Bhuvnesh Kumar Aggarwal, and Julius Punnen

INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AS A FREE ARTERIAL CONDUIT FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 210-211. [Full Text]  

Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Andrew Cohen, Hany Hafez, William Richmond, and Brian Glenville

CONTRIBUTION OF HYPEROXIA TO LIPID PEROXIDATION IN CORONARY ARTERY OPERATIONS: SHOULD WE KEEP A LOW OXYGEN TENSION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 212-213. [Full Text]  

Kenji Ueshima, Koya Hashimoto, Makoto Chiba, Motoyuki Nakamura, Masataka Nasu, Katsuhiko Hiramori, Junya Kamata, Yoko Yagi, and Kohei Kawazoe

RECOVERY OF ATRIAL FUNCTION AFTER COMBINED TREATMENT WITH SURGICAL REPAIR FOR ORGANIC HEART DISEASE AND MAZE PROCEDURE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 214-215. [Full Text]  

Uday Trivedi, Christopher Davies, James Roxburgh, and Graham Cooper

CEREBRAL EMBOLIZATION IS REDUCED WITH USE OF THE STAB TECHNIQUE FOR AORTIC CANNULATION COMPARED WITH THE SIDE-CLAMP TECHNIQUE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 215-216. [Full Text]  

Theodore C. Koutlas, Gil Wernovsky, Nancy D. Bridges, Elsa J. Suh, Rodolfo I. Godinez, Susan C. Nicolson, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor

ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION FOR KAWASAKI DISEASE AFTER RUPTURE OF A GIANT CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 217-218. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Nynke J. Elzenga, Gertie C. M. Beaufort-Krol, and Tjark Ebels

Obstruction of the right pulmonary veins after the modified Fontan operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 219. [Full Text]  

T. Dosios and D. Angouras

Low cardiac output syndrome complicating subxiphoid pericardiostomy for pericardial effusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 220. [Full Text]  

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