SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Floyd D. Loop, Penny L. Houghtaling, John H. Arnold, Rami Akhrass, Patrick M. McCarthy, and Delos M. Cosgrove

TWO INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 855-872. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John R. Doty, James D. Fonger, Jorge D. Salazar, Peter L. Walinsky, and Neal W. Salomon

EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIRECT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 873-880. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Catherine Heurteaux, Nathalie Vaillant, Catherine Widmann, and Michel Lazdunski

RILUZOLE PREVENTS ISCHEMIC SPINAL CORD INJURY CAUSED BY AORTIC CROSSCLAMPING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 881-889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David S. Peterseim, Ye-Ying Cen, Srinivas Cheruvu, Kevin Landolfo, Thomas M. Bashore, James E. Lowe, Walter G. Wolfe, and Donald D. Glower

LONG-TERM OUTCOME AFTER BIOLOGIC VERSUS MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN 841 PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 890-897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tokuo Koshino, Gen Murakami, Kiyofumi Morishita, Tohru Mawatari, and Tomio Abe

DOES THE ADAMKIEWICZ ARTERY ORIGINATE FROM THE LARGER SEGMENTAL ARTERIES?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 898-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oz M. Shapira, Aiming Xu, Joseph A. Vita, Gabriel S. Aldea, Nirav Shah, Richard J. Shemin, and John F. Keaney, Jr

NITROGLYCERIN IS SUPERIOR TO DILTIAZEM AS A CORONARY BYPASS CONDUIT VASODILATOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 906-911. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Keiju Kotoh, Go Watanabe, Katsushi Ueyama, Masayasu Uozaki, Mamoru Suzuki, Takurou Misaki, Masahiro Wakasugi, and Yusuke Ito

ON-LINE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WITH COLOR KINESIS DURING MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 912-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Pedro J. del Nido

EDITORIAL: PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY FOR DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 918-919. [Full Text]  

Kozo Ishino, Oliver Stümper, Joseph J. V. De Giovanni, Eric D. Silove, John G. C. Wright, Babulal Sethia, William J. Brawn, and Sponsor: Marc de Leval

THE MODIFIED NORWOOD PROCEDURE FOR HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME: EARLY TO INTERMEDIATE RESULTS OF 120 PATIENTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO AORTIC ARCH REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 920-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian W. Duncan, James M. Kneebone, Emil Y. Chi, Viktor Hraska, F. Frank Isik, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, Thomas K. Jones, Sandra L. Starnes, and Flavian M. Lupinetti

A DETAILED HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 931-938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Robert C. Robbins, Clifford W. Barlow, Philip E. Oyer, Sharon A. Hunt, Joan L. Miller, Bruce A. Reitz, Edward B. Stinson, and Norman E. Shumway

THIRTY YEARS OF CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 939-951. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven W. Etoch, Steven C. Koenig, Mary Ann Laureano, Pat Cerrito, Laman A. Gray, and Robert D. Dowling

RESULTS AFTER PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY VERSUS HEART TRANSPLANTATION FOR IDIOPATHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 952-959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

John J. Nigro, Steven R. DeMeester, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Tom R. DeMeester, Jeffrey H. Peters, Milton Kiyabu, Guilherme M. R. Campos, Stefan Öberg, Otavio Gastal, Peter F. Crookes, and Cedric G. Bremner

NODE STATUS IN TRANSMURAL ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA AND OUTCOME AFTER EN BLOC ESOPHAGECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 960-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David H. Harpole, Jr, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Jennifer Daley, Kwan Hur, Charles A. Oprian, William G. Henderson, Shukri F. Khuri, and Participants in the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program

PROGNOSTIC MODELS OF THIRTY-DAY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER MAJOR PULMONARY RESECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 969-979. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Kourosh Baghelai, Laura J. Graham, Andrew S. Wechsler, and Emma R. Jakoi

DELAYED MYOCARDIAL PRECONDITIONING BY 1-ADRENOCEPTORS INVOLVES INHIBITION OF APOPTOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 980-986. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasuyuki Suzuki, Ramin Malekan, C. William Hanson, III, Stefan Niewiarowski, Ling Sun, A. Koneti Rao, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr

PLATELET ANESTHESIA WITH NITRIC OXIDE WITH OR WITHOUT EPTIFIBATIDE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN BABOONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 987-993. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jian Ye, Jiankang Sun, Edward F. Hoffenberg, Jie Shen, Luojia Yang, Randy Summers, Tomas A. Sálerno, and Roxanne Deslauriers

DOES RETROGRADE WARM BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIC PERFUSION PROVIDE BETTER PROTECTION OF ISCHEMIC AREAS THAN ANTEGRADE WARM BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIC PERFUSION? A MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY IN PIG HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 994-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Song Wan, Jean-Louis LeClerc, Chi-Hoang Huynh, Denis Schmartz, Jean-Marie DeSmet, Anthony P.C. Yim, and Jean-Louis Vincent

DOES STEROID PRETREATMENT INCREASE ENDOTOXIN RELEASE DURING CLINICAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1004-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Irvin Mayers, Eduardo Salas, Thomas Hurst, David Johnson, and Marek W. Radomski

INCREASED NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY AFTER CANINE CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IS SUPPRESSED BY S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1009-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Stuart Berger, James S. Tweddell, Peter C. Frommelt, and Larry Weinhaus

PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY FOR DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A NEWBORN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1017-1018. [Full Text]  

Rosendo A. Rodriguez, Garry Cornel, Nihal Weerasena, Martin C. Hosking, Kimmo Murto, and Joe Helou

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY AND CEREBRAL "STEAL" DURING PEDIATRIC CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1019-1021. [Full Text]  

G. M. Aru, W. P. English, D. Netherland, and B. J. Heath

INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY RUPTURE IN A CHILD WITH TYPE IV EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1021-1022. [Full Text]  

Frank A. Pigula, Ralph D. Siewers, and Edwin M. Nemoto

REGIONAL PERFUSION OF THE BRAIN DURING NEONATAL AORTIC ARCH RECONSTRUCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1023-1024. [Full Text]  

David A. Paul, Jay S. Greenspan, Deborah A. Davis, Pierantonio Russo, and Michael J. Antunes

THE ROLE OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND SURFACTANT IN PULMONARY DECOMPENSATION AFTER SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1025-1026. [Full Text]  

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Ingolf E. Blasig, Mark O. Baur, Matthias Hohlfeld, Vlademir Alexi-Meskhishvili, and Peter E. Lange

RELEASE OF THE CEREBRAL PROTEIN S-100 INTO BLOOD AFTER REPERFUSION DURING CARDIAC OPERATIONS IN INFANTS: IS THERE A RELATION TO OXYGEN RADICAL–INDUCED LIPID PEROXIDATION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1027-1028. [Full Text]  

P. M. Dohmen, H. Laube, K. de Jonge, G. Baumann, and W. Konertz

MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT FOR ONE THOUSAND DAYS OR MORE WITH THE NOVACOR N100 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1029-1030. [Full Text]  

N. Mediratta, A. W. Sosnowski, and M. Galiņanes

POSTERIOR AORTOVENTRICULAR BLEEDING AFTER SUPRA-ANNULAR STENTLESS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1031-1032. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis, Richard Manning, Dorian Haskard, and Kenneth Taylor

REOPRO REMOVAL DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS USING A HEMOCONCENTRATOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1032-1034. [Full Text]  

Karl M. Dossche, Aart Brutel de la Rivičre, Wim J. Morshuis, Marc A. Schepens, Egbert T. Bal, and Sjef M. Ernst

TREATMENT OF IMPAIRED CORONARY BLOOD FLOW AFTER AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT WITH HUMAN TISSUE VALVES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1034-1035. [Full Text]  

Tetsuo Kido, Hiroyuki Nishi, Masaaki Nakahara, and Kazuyasu Nakao

TRANSCERVICAL, PARATRACHEAL RESECTION OF A POSTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1036-1037. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Thierry Sluysmans, Caroline Ovaert, Yves d'Udekem, and Cathy Barrea

Coagulation factor abnormalities after the Fontan procedure and its modifications
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1038. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-A. Miyamoto and Koho-J. J. Miyamoto

A word of caution in interpreting the ischemic time causing apoptosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1038-1039. [Full Text]  

Masahiro Sakurai, Takeshi Hayashi, Koji Abe, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, and Koichi Tabayashi

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1039. [Full Text]  

Michele Rusca, Paolo Carbognani, and Paolo Bobbio

Cervicothoracic tumors: Results of resection by the "hemi-clamshell" approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1040. [Full Text]  

Dominique Metras and Bernard Kreitmann

Correction of cardiac defects through a right thoracotomy in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1040-1041. [Full Text]  

Liu Ying-long

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1041-1042. [Full Text]  

Lorenzo Spaggiari and Ugo Pastorino

Anterior approach to the superior sulcus tumors: The transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1042-1044. [Full Text]  

Takamasa Onuki

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1044. [Full Text]  

David B. Ross, Gillian R. Hamilton, James R. Wright, Jr, and Timothy D. G. Lee

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1044-1045. [Full Text]  

Y. John Gu, Piet W. Boonstra, and Willem van Oeveren

Effect of normoxic cardiopulmonary bypass on leukocyte elastase release
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1045-1046. [Full Text]  

Kai Ihnken

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1046. [Full Text]  

Hideki Uemura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Youichi Kawahira

The extracardiac Fontan procedure using a pedicled pericardial roll without cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1046-1047. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1048. [Full Text]  

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