PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Richard G. Sanderson

PRACTITIONER OR PROVIDER: ARE THEY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 227-232. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Nancy Claire Poirier, Luigi Bonavina, Raymond Taillefer, Attilio Nosadini, Alberto Peracchia, and André Duranceau

CRICOPHARYNGEAL MYOTOMY FOR NEUROGENIC OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 233-241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Glenn N. Carlos, Kenneth A. Kesler, John J. Coleman, Lynn Broderick, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown

AGGRESSIVE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT INFECTIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 242-247. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tsuneyo Takizawa, Masanori Terashima, Teruaki Koike, Hideki Akamatsu, Yuzo Kurita, and Akira Yokoyama

MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL STAGE I PERIPHERAL NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Magdi H. Yacoub, Hasnat Khan, George Stavri, Elliott Shinebourne, and Rosemary Radley-Smith

ANATOMIC CORRECTION OF THE SYNDROME OF PROLAPSING RIGHT CORONARY AORTIC CUSP, DILATATION OF THE SINUS OF VALSALVA, AND VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 253-261. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasuharu Imai, Yoshinori Takanashi, Shuuichi Hoshino, Masatsugu Terada, Mitsuru Aoki, and Jun Ohta

MODIFIED FONTAN PROCEDURE IN NINETY-NINE CASES OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE REGURGITATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 262-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeff L. Myers, Joseph J. Wizorek, Adam K. Myers, Michael O'Donoghue, Maria T. Pettit, Peter C. Kouretas, Heidi J. Dalton, Yining Wang, and Richard A. Hopkins

MATURATION ALTERS THE PULMONARY ARTERIAL RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA AND INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 270-277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lena S. Sun, Fang Du, William S. Schechter, Jan M. Quaegebeur, and Yvonne Vulliemoz

PLASMA NEUROPEPTIDE Y AND CATECHOLAMINES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 278-284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Joseph A. Dearani, Thomas A. Orszulak, Hartzell V. Schaff, Richard C. Daly, Betty J. Anderson, and Gordon K. Danielson

RESULTS OF ALLOGRAFT AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR COMPLEX ENDOCARDITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 285-291. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masashi Komeda, Julie R. Glasson, Ann F. Bolger, George T. Daughters II, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., and D. Craig Miller

PAPILLARY MUSCLE–LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL "COMPLEX"
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 292-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony C. Duncan, Derek Boughner, and Ivan Vesely

VISCOELASTICITY OF DYNAMICALLY FIXED BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES. II. EFFECT OF GLUTARALDEHYDE CONCENTRATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 302-310. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David C. McGiffin, Andrew J. Galbraith, Mark F. O'Brien, Geoffrey J. McLachlan, David C. Naftel, Peter Adams, Seenu Reddy, and Lesley Early

AN ANALYSIS OF VALVE RE-REPLACEMENT AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH BIOLOGIC DEVICES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 311-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sean Allen, Nikos Anastasiou, David Royston, Rodolfo Paniagua, and Magdi Yacoub

EFFECT OF APROTININ ON VASCULAR REACTIVITY OF CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 319-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Moninder S. Bhabra, David N. Hopkinson, Trudi E. Shaw, and Timothy L. Hooper

ATTENUATION OF LUNG GRAFT REPERFUSION INJURY BY A NITRIC OXIDE DONOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 327-334. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Keenan, Aldo Iacono, James H. Dauber, Adriana Zeevi, Samuel A. Yousem, N. Paul Ohori, Gilbert J. Burckart, Akihiko Kawai, Gerald C. Smaldone, and Bartley P. Griffith

TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY ACUTE ALLOGRAFT REJECTION WITH AEROSOLIZED CYCLOSPORINE IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 335-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard J. Novick, Andrea A. Gilpin, Kenneth E. Gehman, Imtiaz S. Ali, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Jenifer Duplan, Lynn Denning, Fred Possmayer, David Bjarneson, and James F. Lewis

MITIGATION OF INJURY IN CANINE LUNG GRAFTS BY EXOGENOUS SURFACTANT THERAPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 342-353. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harold L. Lazar, George Philippides, Carmel Fitzgerald, Diane Lancaster, Richard J. Shemin, and Carl Apstein

GLUCOSE-INSULIN-POTASSIUM SOLUTIONS ENHANCE RECOVERY AFTER URGENT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 354-362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

David A. Fullerton, James Jaggers, Fran Piedalue, Frederick L. Grover, and Robert C. McIntyre, Jr.

EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF REFRACTORY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 363-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophe Depré, Jean-Louis J. Vanoverschelde, Bernhard Gerber, Marcel Borgers, Jacques A. Melin, and Robert Dion

CORRELATION OF FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY WITH MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW, GLUCOSE UPTAKE, AND MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LEFT VENTRICULAR ISCHEMIC DYSFUNCTION UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 371-378. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Asatoshi Mizuno, Rufus Baretti, Gerald D. Buckberg, Helen H. Young, Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Xin-Liang Ma, and Louis J. Ignarro

ENDOTHELIAL STUNNING AND MYOCYTE RECOVERY AFTER REPERFUSION OF JEOPARDIZED MUSCLE: A ROLE OF L-ARGININE BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 379-389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. William Daggett, Mark Yeatman, Andrew J. Lodge, Edward P. Chen, Peter Van Trigt, Guerard W. Byrne, John S. Logan, Jeffery H. Lawson, Jeffrey L. Platt, and R. Duane Davis

SWINE LUNGS EXPRESSING HUMAN COMPLEMENT–REGULATORY PROTEINS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST ACUTE PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION IN A HUMAN PLASMA PERFUSION MODEL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 390-398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroki Sato, Zhi-Qing Zhao, James E. Jordan, James C. Todd, Robert D. Riley, C. Spencer Taft, John W. Hammon, Jr., Ping Li, Xin-liang Ma, and J. Vinten-Johansen

BASAL NITRIC OXIDE EXPRESSES ENDOGENOUS CARDIOPROTECTION DURING REPERFUSION BY INHIBITION OF NEUTROPHIL-MEDIATED DAMAGE AFTER SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 399-409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Stefano Conte, Alain Serraf, François Lacour-Gayet, Jacqueline Bruniaux, and Claude Planché

SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM IN A CHILD WITH EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 410-411. [Full Text]  

William G. Liekweg and Ramesh Misra

MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIRECT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, AND STENT PLACEMENT FOR LEFT MAIN STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 411-412. [Full Text]  

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., Joseph R. Elbeery, William H. H. Chapman, Jon M. Moran, Robert L. Lust, William A. Wooden, and David H. Deaton

VIDEO-ASSISTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY: THE "MICRO-MITRAL" OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 413-414. [Full Text]  

Filip E. Muysoms and Henry A. Van Swieten

PRIMARY REPAIR OF RUPTURE OF A MAIN AND LOBAR BRONCHUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 415-417. [Full Text]  

Inez den Hamer, Bouke Hepkema, Jochum Prop, Nynke Elzenga, and Tjark Ebels

HLA ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR CRYOPRESERVED HEART VALVE "HOMOGRAFTS'" IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 417-419. [Full Text]  

George J. Despotis, Vladimir Levine, Heinrich Joist, Samuel A. Santoro, and Eric Mendeloff

MULTIPLE EPISODES OF THROMBOSIS WITH BIVENTRICULAR SUPPORT DEVICES WITH INADEQUATE ANTICOAGULATION AND EVIDENCE OF ACCELERATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 419-422. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Paul R. Vogt, Michele Genoni, Andreas Künzli, and Marko I. Turina

Cryopreserved homograft monocusp valves for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 423. [Full Text]  

Giorgio Aru

Cost reduction by combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 423-424. [Full Text]  

Pat O. Daily

Cost reduction by combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 424-425. [Full Text]  

Guillermo O. A. Kreutzer

Truncus arteriosus repair: Influence of techniques of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 425. [Full Text]  

Yuzuru Sakakibara and Toshio Mitsui

Controlled limb reperfusion in patients with severe limb ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 425-426.  

Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Controlled limb reperfusion in patients with severe limb ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 426. [Full Text]  

Gladwin S. Das

Failure of devices used for the closure of atrial septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 426-427. [Full Text]  

Probal K. Ghosh, Surendra K. Agarwal, and Pramod K. Mittal

Failure of devices used for the closure of atrial septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 427. [Full Text]  

W.-B. Winkler, R. Karnik, and J. Slany

Purulent pericarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 427-428. [Full Text]  

Daniel D. M. Mann-Segal, E. Anne Shanahan, Bruce Jones, and Day Ramasamy

Purulent pericarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 428. [Full Text]  

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