SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Stephen A. Tahta, Luc Jutras, and Marie J. Béland

SINGLE-STAGE REPAIR OF AORTIC ARCH OBSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED INTRACARDIAC DEFECTS WITH PULMONARY HOMOGRAFT PATCH AORTOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 897-904. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hani K. Najm, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Stefan Watzka, Lisa Hornberger, John G. Coles, and William G. Williams

PRIMARY REPAIR IS SUPERIOR TO INITIAL PALLIATION IN CHILDREN WITH ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 905-913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adriano Carotti, Roberto M. Di Donato, Cosimo Squitieri, Paolo Guccione, and Glauco Catena

TOTAL REPAIR OF PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERALS: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 914-923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jack Rychik, Hara Levy, J. William Gaynor, William M. DeCampli, and Thomas L. Spray

OUTCOME AFTER OPERATIONS FOR PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 924-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Andrew F. Pierre, Kleber N. DeCampos, Mingyao Liu, Vern Edwards, Ernest Cutz, Arthur S. Slutsky, and Shaf H. Keshavjee

RAPID REPERFUSION CAUSES STRESS FAILURE IN ISCHEMIC RAT LUNGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 932-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Farid Gharagozloo, Gregory Trachiotis, Andrew Wolfe, Kevin J. DuBree, and James L. Cox

PLEURAL SPACE IRRIGATION AND MODIFIED CLAGETT PROCEDURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF EARLY POSTPNEUMONECTOMY EMPYEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 943-948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

PROPOSAL FOR REASONABLE MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY IN BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMAS: ROLE OF SUBCARINAL NODES IN SELECTIVE DISSECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 949-953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Tachimori, Hoichi Kato, and Hiroshi Watanabe

SURGERY FOR THORACIC ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA WITH CLINICALLY POSITIVE CERVICAL NODES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 954-959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jorge D. Salazar, John R. Doty, Elaine E. Tseng, Philip C. Marin, John A. Girotto, Glen S. Roseborough, Stephen C. Yang, and Richard F. Heitmiller

RELATIONSHIP OF THE LONG THORACIC NERVE TO THE SCAPULAR TIP: AN AID TO PREVENTION OF PROXIMAL NERVE INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 960-964. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Paul R. Vogt, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Thierry Carrel, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Christian Ruef, Jörg Debatin, Burkhardt Seifert, Wolfgang Kiowski, and Marko I. Turina

CRYOPRESERVED ARTERIAL ALLOGRAFTS IN THE TREATMENT OF MAJOR VASCULAR INFECTION: A COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 965-972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Argenziano, Jonathan M. Chen, Asim F. Choudhri, Suzanne Cullinane, Evan Garfein, Alan D. Weinberg, Craig R. Smith, Jr, Eric A. Rose, Donald W. Landry, and Mehmet C. Oz

MANAGEMENT OF VASODILATORY SHOCK AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: IDENTIFICATION OF PREDISPOSING FACTORS AND USE OF A NOVEL PRESSOR AGENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 973-980. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophe Acar, Amhad Ramsheyi, Jean-Yves Pagny, Victor Jebara, Pascal Barrier, Jean-Noël Fabiani, Alain Deloche, Jean-Léon Guermonprez, and Alain Carpentier

THE RADIAL ARTERY FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC RESULTS AT FIVE YEARS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 981-989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H.-J. Schäfers, R. Fries, F. Langer, N. Nikoloudakis, T. Graeter, and U. Grundmann

VALVE-PRESERVING REPLACEMENT OF THE ASCENDING AORTA: REMODELING VERSUS REIMPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 990-996. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcelo F. Di Carli, Jamshid Maddahi, Sepehr Rokhsar, Heinrich R. Schelbert, Daniela Bianco-Batlles, Richard C. Brunken, and Barbara Fromm

LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT IN MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 997-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, Warwick M. Jaffe, and Ralph M. Whitlock

THE MEDTRONIC INTACT* PORCINE VALVE: TEN-YEAR CLINICAL REVIEW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1005-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianfederico Possati, Mario Gaudino, Francesco Alessandrini, Nicola Luciani, Franco Glieca, Carlo Trani, Carlo Cellini, Carlo Canosa, and Germano Di Sciascio

MIDTERM CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC RESULTS OF RADIAL ARTERY GRAFTS USED FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1015-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Roger J. Laham, Michael Simons, Motohisa Tofukuji, David Hung, and Frank W. Sellke

MODULATION OF MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION AND VASCULAR REACTIVITY BY PERICARDIAL BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR: INSIGHT INTO ISCHEMIA-INDUCED REDUCTION IN ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1022-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregory A. Thomas, Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, Robert L. Hammond, Kevin A. Greer, Hurien Lu, Steven Bastion, Parmod Jindal, and Larry W. Stephenson

POWER OUTPUT OF PERICARDIUM-LINED SKELETAL MUSCLE VENTRICLES, LEFT VENTRICULAR APEX TO AORTA CONFIGURATION: UP TO EIGHT MONTHS IN CIRCULATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1029-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicolas Gikakis, A. Koneti Rao, Shinji Miyamoto, Joseph H. Gorman III, Mohammed M. H. Khan, Harry L. Anderson, C. Eric Hack, Ling Sun, Stefan Niewiarowski, Robert W. Colman, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr

ENOXAPARIN SUPPRESSES THROMBIN FORMATION AND ACTIVITY DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN BABOONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1043-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christodoulos Stefanadis, John Dernellis, Eleftherios Tsiamis, Costas Stratos, Ioannis Kallikazaros, and Pavlos Toutouzas

AORTIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS DURING INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING DETERMINED BY THE PRESSURE-DIAMETER RELATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1052-1059. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Motohisa Tofukuji, Gregory L. Stahl, Azin Agah, Caroline Metais, Michael Simons, and Frank W. Sellke

ANTI-C5A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY REDUCES CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND CARDIOPLEGIA-INDUCED CORONARY ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1060-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GUEST REVIEWERS:

GUEST REVIEWERS FOR THE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1069-1070. [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Edward R. Stephenson, Jr, Sachin Sankholkar, Christopher T. Ducko, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr

SUCCESSFUL ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: AN ACUTE LARGE ANIMAL TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1071-1072. [Full Text]  

Hideo Okabe, Nobuhiro Nagata, Yukihiro Kaneko, Jotaro Kobayashi, Shinya Kanemoto, and Tetsuhiro Takaoka

EXTRACARDIAC CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION OF FONTAN PROCEDURE WITH AUTOLOGOUS PEDICLED PERICARDIUM WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1073-1075. [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yamagishi, Takeshi Emmoto, Yukio Wada, and Takahiro Oka

PULMONARY RECONSTRUCTION IN THE ROSS PROCEDURE: COMBINED AUTOLOGOUS AORTIC AND POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1076-1077. [Full Text]  

Sunil K. Kaushal, S. Radhakrisnan, Kulbhusan S. Dagar, Savitri Shrivastava, and Krishna S. Iyer

ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1078-1080. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Peter Fonseca

Postthoracotomy pain
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1081-1082. [Full Text]  

G. Schlag and J. Seifert

Fibrin sealant, aprotinin, and immune response in children undergoing operations for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1082-1083. [Full Text]  

Cornelius Dyke and James S. Gammie

Surgical implications of platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1083-1084. [Full Text]  

J. Yasha Kresh and Andrew S. Wechsler

Heart reduction surgery can reconstitute the residual stress-strain state of the left ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1084-1086. [Full Text]  

Eduardo A. Tovar

The route of choice for the axillocoronary bypass graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1086-1087. [Full Text]  

Johannes Bonatti

The route of choice for the axillocoronary bypass graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1087. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. Gordon Scannell

FREDERICK TAYLOR LORD (1875-1941)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1088-1089. [Full Text]  

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