SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Antonio M. Calafiore, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giovanni Teodori, Sabina Gallina, Nicola Maddestra, Leonardo Paloscia, Giovanni Scipioni, Teresa Iovino, Marco Contini, and Giuseppe Vitolla

Midterm results after minimally invasive coronary surgery (last operation)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 763-771. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Didier F. Loulmet, Alain Carpentier, Peter W. Cho, Alain Berrebi, Nicola d'Attellis, Conal B. Austin, Jean-Paul Couëtil, and Paul Lajos

Less invasive techniques for mitral valve surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 772-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rosa Manteiga, Juan Carlos Souto, Albert Altès, Jose Mateo, Alejandro Arís, José M Dominguez, Xavier Borrás, Francesc Carreras, and Jordi Fontcuberta

Short-course thrombolysis as the first line of therapy for cardiac valve thrombosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 780-784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianfederico Possati, Mario Gaudino, Francesco Alessandrini, Marco Zimarino, Franco Glieca, and Nicola Luciani

Systematic clinical and angiographic follow-up of patients undergoing minimally invasive coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 785-790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Domenico Pagano, Jonathan N. Townend, William A. Littler, Richard Horton, Paolo G. Camici, and Robert S. Bonser

Coronary artery bypass surgery as treatment for ischemic heart failure: the predictive value of viability assessment with quantitative positron emission tomography for symptomatic and functional outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 791-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Noedir A. G. Stolf, Edimar A. Bocchi, Fernando Bacal, Maria C. P. Giorgi, José R. Parga, and Adib D. Jatene

Partial left ventriculectomy with mitral valve preservation in the treatment of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 800-807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Georgiadis, R. W. Baumgartner, R. Karatschai, A. Lindner, and H. R. Zerkowski

Further evidence of gaseous embolic material in patients with artificial heart valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 808-810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin Ishimaru, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Nobusato Koizumi, Yukio Obitsu, and Mikio Ishikawa

Preliminary report on prediction of spinal cord ischemia in endovascular stent graft repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm by retrievable stent graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 811-818. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

R. Morton Bolman, III

Editorial: Intracoronary adenovirus-mediated transfer of immunosuppressive cytokine genes prolongs allograft survival
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 819-821. [Full Text]  

Allan G. L. Lee, Florian M. Wagner, Moy-Fong Chen, Cyril Serrick, Adel Giaid, and Hani Shennib

A novel charcoal-induced model of obliterative bronchiolitis–like lesions: Implications of chronic nonspecific airway inflammation in the development of posttransplantation obliterative bronchiolitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 822-827. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Nasser K. Altorki, David Yankelevitz, and David B. Skinner

Massive hiatal hernias: The anatomic basis of repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 828-835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Noriaki Tsubota, Masahiro Yoshimura, and Yoshifumi Miyamoto

Operative approach for multiple primary lung carcinomas
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 836-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fabrizio Benedetti, Sergio Vighetti, Claudia Ricco, Martina Amanzio, Luciana Bergamasco, Caterina Casadio, Roberto Cianci, Roberto Giobbe, Alberto Oliaro, Bruno Bergamasco, and Giuliano Maggi

Neurophysiologic assessment of nerve impairment in posterolateral and muscle-sparing thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 841-847. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Tetsuya Kitagawa, Lucian A. Durham, III, Ralph S. Mosca, and Edward L. Bove

Techniques and results in the management of multiple ventricular septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 848-856. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James E. Lock

Commentary on Techniques and results in the management of multiple ventricular septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 856. [Full Text]  

Roland Hetzer, Nicole Nagdyman, Peter Ewert, Yu Guo Weng, Valdimir Alexi-Meskhisvili, Felix Berger, Miralem Pasic, and Peter E. Lange

A modified repair technique for tricuspid incompetence in Ebstein's anomaly
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 857-868. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carl L. Backer, Constantine Mavroudis, Michael E. Dunham, and Lauren D. Holinger

Repair of congenital tracheal stenosis with a free tracheal autograft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 869-874. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Dunbar Ivy, John P. Kinsella, James W. Ziegler, and Steven H. Abman

Dipyridamole attenuates rebound pulmonary hypertension after inhaled nitric oxide withdrawal in postoperative congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 875-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Albertus M. Scheule, Wolfram Beierlein, Hans P. Wendel, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Markus K. Heinemann, and Gerhard Ziemer

Fibrin sealant, aprotinin, and immune response in children undergoing operations for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 883-889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Donald B. Wiest, Sandra S. Garner, Walter E. Uber, and Robert M. Sade

Esmolol for the management of pediatric hypertension after cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 890-897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacques Robin, Stéphane Martinot, Alain Curtil, Catherine Vedrinne, François Tronc, Michel Franck, and Gérard Champsaur

Experimental right ventricle to pulmonary artery discontinuity: Outcome of polyurethane valved conduits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 898-903. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas O. Smedira, Rita L. Vargo, Marlene Goormastic, Robert E. Hobbs, Randall C. Starling, and James B. Young

One hundred patients with the HeartMate left ventricular assist device: evolving concepts and technology
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 904-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ganghong Tian, Jie Shen, Jiankang Sun, Bo Xiang, Godwin I. Oriaku, Luo Zhezong, Gordon Scarth, Ray Somorjai, John K. Saunders, Tomas A. Salerno, and Roxanne Deslauriers

Does simultaneous antegrade/retrograde cardioplegia improve myocardial perfusion in the areas at risk? A magnetic resonance perfusion imaging study in isolated pig hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 913-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daisuke Segawa, Nobuo Hatori, Hiroshi Yoshizu, Yozo Uriuda, Masafumi Shimizu, and Susumu Tanaka

The effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on reperfusion injury of the brain under hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 925-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tomohiro Mizuno, Masazumi Watanabe, Tohru Sakamoto, and Makoto Sunamori

L-Arginine, a nitric oxide precursor, attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 931-936. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gerhard E. H. Kuhnle, Hermann Reichenspurner, Thomas Lange, Florian Wagner, Joachim Groh, Konrad Messmer, and Alwin E. Goetz

Microhemodynamics and leukocyte sequestration after pulmonary ischemia and reperfusion in rabbits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 937-944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Kazumasa Orihashi, Yuichiro Matsuura, Taijiro Sueda, Hiroo Shikata, Satoru Morita, Shinji Hirai, Masafumi Sueshiro, and Kenji Okada

Abdominal aorta and visceral arteries visualized with transesophageal echocardiography during operations on the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 945-947. [Full Text]  

Dean Pappas, George L. Hines, Mark Gennaro, and Alan Hartman

Delayed iatrogenic aortic dissection from coronary bypass managed with extraanatomic bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 947-949. [Full Text]  

Peter Bruins, Henk te Velthuis, Piet G. M. Jansen, León Eijsman, and C. Erik Hack

Biphasic release of secretory phospholipase A₂ during and after cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 949-951. [Full Text]  

K. Adam Lee and A. Alan Conlan

Synchronous patent foramen ovale and bronchopleural fistula after right pneumonectomy: Nonoperative management with survival
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 951-952. [Full Text]  

Yukinori Moriyama, Kazuo Nakamura, Hiroko Kariyazono, Hitoshi Toyohira, and Akira Taira

Influence of low-intensity anticoagulation and low-dose antiplatelet agent on coagulation-fibrinolysis system after mechanical prosthetic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 952-954. [Full Text]  

Yuki Yoshida, Masatoshi Fujita, Yasuki Kihara, Shigeru Kubo, Terumitsu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Iwase, Shun-ichi Tamaki, Tatsuro Sato, Chang-Hee Park, and Ario Yamazato

Assessment of long-term left internal thoracic artery graft patency by exercise Doppler echocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 954-956. [Full Text]  

Johannes Bonatti, Herbert Hangler, Herwig Antretter, and Ludwig C. Müller

Axillocoronary bypass for severely atherosclerotic aorta in coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 956-957. [Full Text]  

Melissa A. Bochner, Regina Crameri, Yi Fei Huang, Osamu Kawaguchi, Russell Carrington, Christopher Horam, Peter Brady, and Stephen N. Hunyor

Thoracoscopic approach for biopsy of the latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty wrap
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 958-959. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Yoshikazu Goto

Should the anticalcification effect of epoxy compound in vascular bioprostheses be judged after implantation in mongrel dogs?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 960-961. [Full Text]  

Yukio Ichikawa and Yasuharu Noishiki

Should the anticalcification effect of epoxy compound in vascular bioprostheses be judged after implantation in mongrel dogs?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 961. [Full Text]  

Mark F. O'Brien

Early failure of freehand aortic stentless xenograft valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 961-963. [Full Text]  

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Paolo Bertolini, and Alessandro Mazzucco

Early failure of freehand aortic stentless xenograft valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 963-964. [Full Text]  

Raúl García Rinaldi, Ernesto R. Soltero, and Jorge Carballido

Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 964. [Full Text]  

Christopher Lincoln

Right heart bypass with an extracardiac conduit: A cautionary tale!
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 964-965. [Full Text]  

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