EDITORIAL:

David B. Campbell and John A. Waldhausen

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY AND THE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY GO ONLINE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Petra W. Oosthoek, Arnold C. G. Wenink, António J. Macedo, and Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot

THE PARACHUTE-LIKE ASYMMETRIC MITRAL VALVE AND ITS TWO PAPILLARY MUSCLES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 9-15. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christof Stamm, Jia Li, Siew Yen Ho, Andrew N. Redington, and Robert H. Anderson

THE AORTIC ROOT IN SUPRAVALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS: THE POTENTIAL SURGICAL RELEVANCE OF MORPHOLOGIC FINDINGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 16-24. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gordon Gladman, Brian W. McCrindle, William G. Williams, Robert M. Freedom, and Lee N. Benson

THE MODIFIED BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT: CLINICAL IMPACT AND MORBIDITY IN FALLOT'S TETRALOGY IN THE CURRENT ERA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 25-30. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Ioanna Dimopoulou, Katerina Marathias, Maria Daganou, S. Prapas, G. Stavridis, M. Khoury, S. Geroulanos, and D. V. Cokkinos

LOW-DOSE AMIODARONE-RELATED COMPLICATIONS AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 31-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James E. O'Brien, Jr., Yi Shi, Ali Fard, Thomas Bauer, Andrew Zalewski, and John D. Mannion

WOUND HEALING AROUND AND WITHIN SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 38-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel S. Schwartz, Greg H. Ribakove, Eugene A. Grossi, Jess D. Schwartz, Patricia M. Buttenheim, F. Gregory Baumann, Stephen B. Colvin, and Aubrey C. Galloway

SINGLE AND MULTIVESSEL PORT-ACCESS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH CARDIOPLEGIC ARREST: TECHNIQUE AND REPRODUCIBILITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 46-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ron Brauner, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., Gautam Chaudhuri, Oleg Shvarts, Thomas Drake, Sunita Bhuta, David Mishaly, Ilia Fishbein, and Gershon Golomb

CONTROLLED PERIADVENTITIAL ADMINISTRATION OF VERAPAMIL INHIBITS NEOINTIMAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION AND AMELIORATES VASOMOTOR ABNORMALITIES IN EXPERIMENTAL VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 53-63. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

David D. Yuh, Kimberly L. Gandy, Bruce A. Reitz, Grant Hoyt, and Robert C. Robbins

PERINATAL INDUCTION OF IMMUNOTOLERANCE TO CARDIAC AND PULMONARY ALLOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 64-75. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Jerónimo Gonzálvez-Piñera, Alberto Pérez-Martínez, Alfredo Marco-Macián, and Dolores García-Olmo

AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSTANASTOMOTIC TRACHEAL STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 76-83. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshirou Nishida, Kazuyasu Nakao, and Masayasu Hamaji

DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA WITH AIRWAY INVASION: INDICATION FOR TRACHEAL RESECTION BASED ON THE EXTENT OF CANCER INVASION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 84-92. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Incarbone, M. Nava, C. Lequaglie, G. Ravasi, and U. Pastorino

STERNAL RESECTION FOR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TUMORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 93-99. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Pyng Jing Lin, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Cheng-Wei Hsiao, Yen Chu, Hui-Ping Liu, Hung-Chang Hsieh, Kuei-Ton Tsai, Ming-Jang Hsieh, Yun-Ying Chou, and Ying-Shiung Lee

CONTINUOUS ANTEGRADE WARM BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA ATTENUATES AUGMENTED CORONARY ENDOTHELIUM–DEPENDENT CONTRACTION AFTER CARDIAC GLOBAL ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 100-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ganghong Tian, Jie Shen, Sunyu Su, Jiankang Sun, Bo Xiang, Godwin I. Oriaku, John K. Saunders, Tomas A. Salerno, and Roxanne Deslauriers

ASSESSMENT OF RETROGRADE CARDIOPLEGIA WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND LOCALIZED ³¹P SPECTROSCOPY IN ISOLATED PIG HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 109-116. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Henk te Velthuis, Christophe Baufreton, Piet G. M. Jansen, Caroline M. Thijs, C. Erik Hack, Augueste Sturk, Charles R. H. Wildevuur, and Daniel Y. Loisance

HEPARIN COATING OF EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUITS INHIBITS CONTACT ACTIVATION DURING CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 117-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gilles Plourde, Annie Sapin Leduc, Jean E. Morin, Benoit DeVarennes, David Latter, James Symes, Ross Robbins, Nadine Fosset, Lucie Couture, and Alain Ptito

TEMPERATURE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS FOR CORONARY ARTERY OPERATIONS DOES NOT INFLUENCE POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 123-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Aristotelis Panos, Robert Dechamboux, and Bernard Faidutti

DISRUPTION OF THE AORTIC ARCH CONVEXITY CONTAINING THE INNOMINATE AND LEFT COMMON CAROTID ARTERY ORIGINS RESULTING FROM BLUNT TRAUMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 129-131. [Full Text]  

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Yves Pansard, and Ulrik Hvass

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 131-132. [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, Volkmar Falk, and Friedrich W. Mohr

PERICARDIAL PATCH AUGMENTATION OF RESTRICTIVE INNOMINATE VEIN AND DIVISION OF LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA IN UNROOFED CORONARY SINUS SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 132-134. [Full Text]  

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Michael M. Brook, and Frank L. Hanley

REPAIR OF TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS WITH INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM (VAN PRAAGH TYPE B2) IN A NEONATE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 134-138. [Full Text]  

Luis D. Berrizbeitia and William A. Anderson

ULTRAFAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN INFECTIOUS PSEUDOANEURYSM OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 138-139. [Full Text]  

Kouichi Hisatomi, Akira Kobayashi, Yukinori Moriyama, Shinji Shimokawa, Hitoshi Toyohira, and Akira Taira

COMBINED SUPPRESSIVE EFFECT OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND AGING ON CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 140-141. [Full Text]  

Tsuyoshi Itoh, Satoshi Ohtsubo, Kojiro Furukawa, and Hiroaki Norita

AORTIC ROOT ENDOSCOPY IN VALVE-SPARING OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 141-142. [Full Text]  

Salik Jahania, David R. Onsager, Tracey L. Weigel, Charles C. Canver, Robert B. Love, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr.

DIAGNOSIS AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF A UNIQUE FORM OF MALFUNCTION OF THE HEARTMATE LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 143-144. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, M. Cavaglia, and G. A. Poletti

Impregnation of sewing ring with antibiotics to avoid prosthetic valve endocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 145. [Full Text]  

B. G. French and M. F. O'Brien

Impregnation of sewing ring with antibiotics to avoid prosthetic valve endocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 145-146. [Full Text]  

Robert H. Anderson

Measurement of aortic diameter
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 146. [Full Text]  

Andrew M. S. Black, Inderpaul Birdi, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

Neuropsychologic outcome after normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 146-147. [Full Text]  

James H. Oury

Can you top this?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 147. [Full Text]  

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