SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Frank L. Hanley

EDITORIAL: THE ONE AND A HALF VENTRICLE REPAIR—WE CAN DO IT, BUT SHOULD WE DO IT?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 659-661. [Full Text]  

Christian Kreutzer, Rita de C. Mayorquim, Guillermo O. A. Kreutzer, Willy Conejeros, Maria Ines Roman, Haydee Vazquez, Andres J. Schlichter, and Eduardo A. Kreutzer

EXPERIENCE WITH ONE AND A HALF VENTRICLE REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 662-668. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alain Serraf, Joy Zoghby, François Lacour-Gayet, Rémi Houel, Emré Belli, Lorenzo Galletti, and Claude Planché

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SUBAORTIC STENOSIS: A SEVENTEEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 669-678. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

François Lacour-Gayet, Joy Zoghbi, Alain E. Serraf, Emré Belli, Dominique Piot, Christian Rey, François Marçon, Jacqueline Bruniaux, and Claude Planché

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PROGRESSIVE PULMONARY VENOUS OBSTRUCTION AFTER REPAIR OF TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS CONNECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 679-687. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ed Petrossian, V. Mohan Reddy, Doff B. McElhinney, George P. Akkersdijk, Phillip Moore, Andrew J. Parry, LeNardo D. Thompson, and Frank L. Hanley

EARLY RESULTS OF THE EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT FONTAN OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 688-696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Albert C. Lardo, Steven A. Webber, Ingeborg Friehs, Pedro J. del Nido, and Edward G. Cape

FLUID DYNAMIC COMPARISON OF INTRA-ATRIAL AND EXTRACARDIAC TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 697-704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Motoki Yano, Bassem N. Mora, Jon M. Ritter, Ronald K. Scheule, Nelson S. Yew, Thalachalour Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson

EX VIVO TRANSFECTION OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-ß₁ GENE TO PULMONARY ARTERY SEGMENTS IN LUNG GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 705-713. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James Longoria, Randall F. Roberts, Charles C. Marboe, Bruce C. Stouch, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Mark L. Barr

SIROLIMUS (RAPAMYCIN) POTENTIATES CYCLOSPORINE IN PREVENTION OF ACUTE LUNG REJECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 714-718. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Geoffrey M. Graeber, Naresh C. Gupta, and Gordon F. Murray

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING WITH FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE IS EFFICACIOUS IN EVALUATING MALIGNANT PULMONARY DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 719-727. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John C. Chen, Dan L. Serna, Matt Brenner, Ledford L. Powell, Joseph Huh, Robert McKenna, Jr, Richard J. Fischel, Arthur Gelb, Jill Monti, Tanya Burney, Mark D. Gaon, Henry Aryan, and Archie Wilson

DIFFUSING CAPACITY LIMITATIONS OF THE EXTENT OF LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 728-735. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas A. D'Amico, MD, Marga Massey, MD, James E. Herndon II, PhD, Mary-Beth Moore, and David H. Harpole, Jr

A BIOLOGIC RISK MODEL FOR STAGE I LUNG CANCER: IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF 408 PATIENTS WITH THE USE OF TEN MOLECULAR MARKERS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 736-743. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniela Kandioler-Eckersberger, S. Kappel, M. Mittlböck, G. Dekan, C. Ludwig, E. Janschek, R. Pirker, E. Wolner, and F. Eckersberger

THE TP53 GENOTYPE BUT NOT IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL RESULT IS PREDICTIVE OF RESPONSE TO CISPLATIN-BASED NEOADJUVANT THERAPY IN STAGE III NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 744-750. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Macchiarini, John Wain, Susan Almy, and Philippe Dartevelle

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A NEW SYNTHETIC, ABSORBABLE SEALANT TO REDUCE AIR LEAKS IN THORACIC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 751-758. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni B. Ratto, Dario Civalleri, Mauro Esposito, Elisabetta Spessa, Antonella Alloisio, Franco De Cian, and Maria O. Vannozzi

PLEURAL SPACE PERFUSION WITH CISPLATIN IN THE MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA: A FEASIBILITY AND PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 759-765. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Marjon Kallewaard, Ale Algra, Jo Defauw, Yolanda van der Graaf, and for the Björk-Shiley Study Group

WHICH MANUFACTURING CHARACTERISTICS ARE PREDICTORS OF OUTLET STRUT FRACTURE IN LARGE SIXTY-DEGREE BJÖRK-SHILEY CONVEXO-CONCAVE MITRAL VALVES?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 766-775. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tatu Juvonen, M. Arisan Ergin, Jan D. Galla, Steven L. Lansman, Jock N. McCullough, Khanh Nguyen, Carol A. Bodian, Marek P. Ehrlich, David Spielvogel, James J. Klein, and Randall B. Griepp

RISK FACTORS FOR RUPTURE OF CHRONIC TYPE B DISSECTIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 776-786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elie Fadel, Jean Yves Riou, Michel Mazmanian, Philippe Brenot, Elisabeth Dulmet, Hélène Detruit, Alain Serraf, Emile A. Bacha, Philippe Herve, and Philippe Dartevelle

PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY FOR CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC OBSTRUCTION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY IN PIGLETS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Vibeke Videm, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Erik Fosse, Brit Mohr, MD, Kåre Bergh, Tor-Arne Hagve, Ansgar O. Aasen, and Jan L. Svennevig

HEPARIN-COATED CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS EQUIPMENT. I. BIOCOMPATIBILITY MARKERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN A HIGH-RISK POPULATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 794-802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vibeke Videm, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Kåre Bergh, Erik Fosse, Brit Mohr, Tor-Arne Hagve, Ansgar O. Aasen, and Jan L. Svennevig

HEPARIN-COATED CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS EQUIPMENT. II. MECHANISMS FOR REDUCED COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION IN VIVO
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 803-809. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Salik Jahania, Robert D. Lasley, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr

ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING DOES NOT ACUTELY IMPROVE LOAD-INSENSITIVE PARAMETERS OF CONTRACTILITY IN IN VIVO STUNNED PORCINE MYOCARDIUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 810-817. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Avishai Ziser, Yochai Adir, Haim Lavon, and Avi Shupak

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR MASSIVE ARTERIAL AIR EMBOLISM DURING CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 818-821. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Miguel Barbero-Marcial, Carla Tanamati, Edmar Atik, Munir Ebaid, and Adib Jatene

ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY WITH INTRAMURAL AORTIC ROUTE: DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 823-824. [Full Text]  

Taijiro Sueda, Masanobu Watari, Kazumasa Orihahsi, Hiroo Shikata, and Yuichiro Matsuura

ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFTING VIA THE AORTIC ARCH FOR CHRONIC AORTIC DISSECTION COMBINED WITH CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 825-827. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

FOURIER ANALYSIS OF THE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 827-828. [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Carone, Enrico Tucci, Francesco Diciolla, and Carlo Sassi

THE MISSING FLAP: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT A CASE OF AORTIC INTUSSUSCEPTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 829-830. [Full Text]  

Neil J. Thomas and Adrian T. Harvey

BRIDGE TO RECOVERY WITH THE ABIOMED BVS-5000 DEVICE IN A PATIENT WITH INTRACTABLE VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 831-832. [Full Text]  

Masaaki Kato, Mitsunori Kaneko, Toru Kuratani, Kei Horiguchi, Hirofumi Ikushima, and Kenji Ohnishi

NEW OPERATIVE METHOD FOR DISTAL AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM: COMBINED CERVICAL BRANCH BYPASS AND ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT IMPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 832-834. [Full Text]  

Neil J. Thomas and Adrian T. Harvey

PARAPLEGIA AFTER CORONARY BYPASS OPERATIONS: RELATIONSHIP TO SEVERE HYPERTENSION AND VASCULAR DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 834-836. [Full Text]  

CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE:

G. Alexander Patterson and David B. Campbell

CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE IN GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 837-842. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Vlademir Alexi-Meskhishvili, and Peter E. Lange

Serum S-100 protein levels after pediatric cardiac surgery: A possible new marker for postperfusion cerebral injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 843-844. [Full Text]  

Lars Lindberg, Ann-Kristin Olsson, Peeter Jögi, and Kenneth Andersson

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 844. [Full Text]  

James E. Lock

Invited letter concerning surgical repair of recurrent aortic coarctation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 844-845. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 847. [Full Text]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.