ARTICLES:

FD Loop

Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Presidential address
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 683-688. [PDF]  

MD Dake, DC Miller, RS Mitchell, CP Semba, KA Moore, and T Sakai

The "first generation" of endovascular stent-grafts for patients with aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 689-703. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L Aklog, DH Adams, GS Couper, R Gobezie, S Sears, and LH Cohn

Techniques and results of direct-access minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a paradigm for the future
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 705-715. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EL Alderman, JH Levy, JB Rich, M Nili, B Vidne, H Schaff, G Uretzky, G Pettersson, JJ Thiis, CB Hantler, B Chaitman, and A Nadel

Analyses of coronary graft patency after aprotinin use: results from the International Multicenter Aprotinin Graft Patency Experience (IMAGE) trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 716-730. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S Westaby and T Katsumata

Aprotinin and vein graft occlusion--the controversy continues
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 731-733. [PDF]  

AM Gillinov, DM Cosgrove, EH Blackstone, R Diaz, JH Arnold, BW Lytle, NG Smedira, JF Sabik, PM McCarthy, and FD Loop

Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 734-743. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J Dorfman, M Duong, A Zibaitis, MP Pelletier, D Shum-Tim, C Li, and RC Chiu

Myocardial tissue engineering with autologous myoblast implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 744-751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R Malekan, ST Kelley, Y Suzuki, C Reynolds, T Plappert, MS Sutton, LH Edmunds, Jr, and CR Bridges

Transmyocardial laser revascularization fails to prevent left ventricular functional deterioration and aneurysm formation after acute myocardial infarction in sheep
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 752-762. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

U Sayeed-Shah, MJ Mann, J Martin, S Grachev, S Reimold, R Laurence, V Dzau, and LH Cohn

Complete reversal of ischemic wall motion abnormalities by combined use of gene therapy with transmyocardial laser revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 763-769. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CP Brizard, C Mas, YS Sohn, AD Cochrane, and TR Karl

Transatrial-transpulmonary tetralogy of Fallot repair is effective in the presence of anomalous coronary arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 770-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D Shum-Tim, M Nagashima, T Shinoka, J Bucerius, G Nollert, HG Lidov, A du Plessis, PC Laussen, and RA Jonas

Postischemic hyperthermia exacerbates neurologic injury after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 780-792. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G Champsaur, J Robin, A Curtil, F Tronc, C Vedrinne, F Sassolas, A Bozio, and J Ninet

Long-term clinical and hemodynamic evaluation of porcine valved conduits implanted from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 793-804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MC Robotin-Johnson, PE Swanson, DC Johnson, RB Schuessler, and JL Cox

An experimental model of small intestinal submucosa as a growing vascular graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 805-811. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MA Smith, S Sundaresan, T Mohanakumar, EP Trulock, JP Lynch, DL Phelan, JD Cooper, and GA Patterson

Effect of development of antibodies to HLA and cytomegalovirus mismatch on lung transplantation survival and development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 812-820. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

WH Hassanein, L Zellos, TA Tyrrell, NA Healey, MD Crittenden, V Birjiniuk, and SF Khuri

Continuous perfusion of donor hearts in the beating state extends preservation time and improves recovery of function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 821-830. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P Macchiarini, R Oriol, A Azimzadeh, V de Montpreville, R Rieben, N Bovin, M Mazmanian, and P Dartevelle

Evidence of human non-alpha-galactosyl antibodies involved in the hyperacute rejection of pig lungs and their removal by pig organ perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 831-843. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

PW Vriens, FG Blankenberg, JH Stoot, K Ohtsuki, GJ Berry, JF Tait, HW Strauss, and RC Robbins

The use of technetium Tc 99m annexin V for in vivo imaging of apoptosis during cardiac allograft rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 844-853. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

HI Pass, JS Donington, P Wu, P Rizzo, M Nishimura, R Kennedy, and M Carbone

Human mesotheliomas contain the simian virus-40 regulatory region and large tumor antigen DNA sequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 854-859. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

TB Spanier, JM Chen, MC Oz, NM Edwards, W Kisiel, DM Stern, EA Rose, and AM Schmidt

Selective anticoagulation with active site-blocked factor IXA suggests separate roles for intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathways in cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 860-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CM Schamun, JC Duran, JM Rodriguez, M Rodriguez, CM Sanguinetti, G Braccini, and F Zorzano

Coronary revascularization with the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery as a composite arterial graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 870-871. [PDF]  

P Fonseca

Catamenial pneumothorax: a multifactorial etiology
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 872-873. [PDF]  

S Kaur, J Balaguer, and TJ Vander Salm

Improved myocardial protection in minimally invasive aortic valve surgery with the assistance of port-access technology
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 874-875. [PDF]  

T Ohata, S Fukuda, I Kigawa, M Osaka, Y Yamashita, Y Wanibuchi, and M Kato

Limitation of implantation of endovascular stent-graft: case report of a patient with thoracoabdominal aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 876-877. [PDF]  

RT Temes, P Paramsothy, SA Endara, and JA Wernly

Resection of a solitary pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by video- assisted thoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 878-879. [PDF]  

LH Cohn, WR Chitwood, JG Dralle, RW Emery, RA Esposito, JD Fonger, RF Heitmiller, LK Kaiser, RJ Landreneau, TE Lerut, BW Lytle, M Mack, LR McBride, BA Reitz, HV Schaff, VA Subramanian, JL Svennevig, JA Swain, and DJ Ullyot

Policy statement: minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. STS/AATS Ad Hoc Committee on New Technology Assessment. American Association for Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 887-888. [PDF]  

LH Cohn, WR Chitwood, JG Dralle, RW Emery, RA Esposito, JD Fonger, RF Heitmiller, B Lytle, M Mack, LR McBride, BA Reitz, H Schaff, VA Subramanian, LR Kaiser, RJ Landreneau, TE Lerut, JL Svennevig, JA Swain, and D Ullyot

Course guidelines for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. STS/AATS Ad Hoc Committee on New Technology Assessment. American Association for Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 889-890.  

LETTERS:

C Kreutzer

Repair of subdivided left atrium associated with a persistent left superior vena cava (van Son and Hambsch; J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;116:535)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 880.  

J Chanda, R Kuribayashi, K Kondoh, Y Goto, and S Sekine

Should the surgical technique of the left ventricular volume reduction be modified?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 880-881.  

RR Chaturvedi, C Lincoln, J Gothard, M Scallan, P White, D Shore, and A Redington

Left ventricular dysfunction after open repair of simple congenital heart defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 881-884.  

JB Flege, Jr

"This" is topped again
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 884.  

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