GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

C. Alexiou, D. Beggs, F. D. Salama, E. T. Brackenbury, and W. E. Morgan

Surgery for esophageal cancer in elderly patients: The view from Nottingham
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 545-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Hünerbein, Bijan Michael Ghadimi, Wolfgang Haensch, and Peter M. Schlag

Transesophageal biopsy of mediastinal and pulmonary tumors by means of endoscopic ultrasound guidance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 554-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carolyn E. Reed

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 559. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Andreas G. Sakopoulos, Tara L. Hahn, Mark Turrentine, and John W. Brown

Recurrent aortic coarctation: Is surgical repair still the gold standard?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 560-565. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Mark B. Ratcliffe, James Hong, Ali Salahieh, Stuart Ruch, and Arthur W. Wallace

The effect of ventricular volume reduction surgery in the dilated, poorly contractile left ventricle: A simple finite element analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 566-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean M. Frapier, Jean J. Hubaut, Jean L. Pasquié, and Paul A. Chaptal

LARGE ENCIRCLING CRYOABLATION WITHOUT MAPPING FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AFTER ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: LONG-TERM OUTCOME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 578-583. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marco Zenati, MD, Howard A. Cohen, MD, Richard Holubkov, PhD, A. J. Conrad Smith, MD, Arthur J. Boujoukos, MD, John Caldwell, MD, Leonard Firestone, MD, and Bartley P. Griffith, MD

PREOPERATIVE RISK MODELS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY BYPASS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 584-589. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, MD, Luigi Sommariva, MD, Luisa Colagrande, MD, Giovanni Maria De Matteis, MD, Simona Fratini, MD, Fabrizio Tomai, MD, Carlo Bassano, MD, Alfonso Penta de Peppo, MD, and Luigi Chiariello, MD

REGRESSION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR AORTIC STENOSIS WITH DIFFERENT VALVE SUBSTITUTES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 590-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pia S. U. Mykén, Håkan E. Berggren, Sture Larsson, Barbro Roberts, Ingemar Wallentin, and Kenneth Caidahl

LONG-TERM DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RESULTS OF AORTIC OR MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH BIOCOR PORCINE BIOPROSTHESIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 599-608. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Simon, M. Wilhelmi, G. Steinhoff, W. Harringer, P. Brücke, and A. Haverich

CARDIAC VALVE ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: RELEVANCE IN THE LONG-TERM FUNCTION OF BIOLOGIC VALVE PROSTHESES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 609-616. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Nancy D. Bridges, Thomas L. Spray, Margaret H. Collins, Neil E. Bowles, and Jeffrey A. Towbin

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION IN THE LUNG RESULTS IN GRAFT FAILURE AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 617-623. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Tojo, Soichiro Kitamura, Satoshi Gojo, MD, Keiji Kushibe, MD, Kunimoto Nezu, MD, and Shigeki Taniguchi, MD

EPITHELIAL REGENERATION AND PRESERVATION OF TRACHEAL CARTILAGE AFTER TRACHEAL REPLACEMENT WITH CRYOPRESERVED ALLOGRAFT IN THE RAT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 624-627. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Preston B. Rich, Samir S. Awad, Stefania Crotti, Ronald B. Hirschl, Robert H. Bartlett, and Robert J. Schreiner

A prospective comparison of atrio-femoral and femoro-atrial flow in adult venovenous extracorporeal life support
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 628-632. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Olaf Reinhartz, David J. Farrar, James H. Hershon, G. James Avery, Jr, Ernest A. Haeusslein, and J. Donald Hill

Importance of preoperative liver function as a predictor of survival in patients supported with Thoratec ventricular assist devices as a bridge to transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 633-640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. D. Rubens, D. Fergusson, P. S. Wells, M. Huang, J. L. McGowan, and A. Laupacis

Platelet-rich plasmapheresis in cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis of the effect on transfusion requirements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 641-647. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Enrico Ruffini, Giuliano Maggi, Guglielmo Actis-Dato, Antonio Cavallo, Alberto Oliaro, Andrea Agostinucci, and Maurizio Mancuso

Successful bilobectomy for pulmonary venous obstruction after bilateral lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 648-649. [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami, Ken Takeuchi, Masao Naruke, and Susumu Kodaira

Aggressive surgery for treating a pulmonary metastasis of a benign giant cell tumor of the bone: Results in four cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 649-651. [Full Text]  

Takashi Kondo, Motoyasu Sagawa, Tatsuo Tanita, Masami Sato, Sadafumi Ono, Yuji Matsumura, and Shigefumi Fujimura

Is complete systematic nodal dissection by thoracoscopic surgery possible? A prospective trial of video-assisted lobectomy for cancer of the right lung
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 651-652. [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Benedetto Cristino, and Vincenzo Ambrogi

Paraplegia after surgery of the thoracic esophagus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 653. [Full Text]  

J. M. Alvarez, T. J. Rawdanowicz, and J. Goldstein

Rhadbdomyolysis after coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient receiving simvastatin
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 654-655. [Full Text]  

Paul S. Ramphal, Howard W. Spencer, Derek I. G. Mitchell, and Charles Denbow

Myxoma of right femoral vein origin presenting as a right atrial mass with syncope
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 655-656. [Full Text]  

C. Delgado and F. Barturen

COARCTATION OF THE AORTA WITH RIGHT AORTIC ARCH AND ISOLATION OF THE LEFT INNOMINATE ARTERY: A SURGICAL CHALLENGE IN A PATIENT WITHOUT COLLATERAL POSTERIOR BRAIN CIRCULATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 657-659. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 659. [Full Text]  

Omke Enno Teebken, Matthias Karck, Rano Schulz, and Axel Haverich

RUPTURE OF THE ASCENDING AORTA IN EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF MULTIPLE ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS WITH THE USE OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 660-661. [Full Text]  

William R. Wilson, Georgia E. Greer, and Joseph D. Tobias

CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS AFTER THE FONTAN PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 661-663. [Full Text]  

Takamasa Onuki, Masahide Murasugi, Masahiro Mae, Yasuyuki Sone, Junichi Kei, and Sumio Nitta

MODIFICATION OF ANTERIOR APPROACH TO SUPERIOR SULCUS TUMORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 663-664. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Gerard Babatasi, Massimo Massetti, Françoise Galateau, and Andre Khayat

Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary veins extending into the left atrium or left atrial leiomyosarcoma: Multimodality therapy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 665-666. [Full Text]  

Takatsugu Shimono, Motoshi Takao, Taizo Shiraishi, and Isao Yada

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 666-667. [Full Text]  

Joseph Galea, Walter Busuttil, and Alexander Manché

The addition of saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending artery in left internal thoracic artery hypoperfusion syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 667-668. [Full Text]  

Gregor Zünd, Paul Vogt, and Marko Türina

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 668-669. [Full Text]  

Yukinori Moriyam, Riichiro Tod, Koichi Hisatom, and Akira Tair

Axillary artery–coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with atherosclerotic ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 669-670. [Full Text]  

Antonio Corno

Can you top this?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 670-671. [Full Text]  

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr

Delayed iatrogenic aortic dissection from coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 671-672. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. J. Gordon Scannell

ETHAN FLAGG BUTLER (1884-1964)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 673-674. [Full Text]  

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