SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr

EDITORIAL: ENDOSCOPIC ROBOTIC CORONARY SURGERY—IS THIS REALITY OR FANTASY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1-3. [Full Text]  

Didier Loulmet, Alain Carpentier, Nicola d'Attellis, Alain Berrebi, Cyril Cardon, Olivier Ponzio, Bertrand Aupècle, and John Y. M. Relland

ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH THE AID OF ROBOTIC ASSISTED INSTRUMENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 4-10. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hermann Reichenspurner, Ralph J. Damiano, Michael Mack, Dieter H. Boehm, Helmut Gulbins, Christian Detter, Bruno Meiser, Reinhard Ellgass, and Bruno Reichart

USE OF THE VOICE-CONTROLLED AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM ZEUS FOR ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 11-16. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott D. Ross, Irving L. Kron, Patrick E. Parrino, Kimberly S. Shockey, John A. Kern, and Curtis G. Tribble

PRESERVATION OF INTERCOSTAL ARTERIES DURING THORACOABDOMINAL AORTICANEURYSM SURGERY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 17-25. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Arisan Ergin

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 24-25. [Full Text]  

Leonard Y. Lee, Xiaohuai Zhou, Dean R. Polce, Tarek El-Sawy, Shailen R. Patel, Geeta D. Thakker, Ko Narumi, Ronald G. Crystal, and Todd K. Rosengart

EXOGENOUS CONTROL OF CARDIAC GENE THERAPY: EVIDENCE OF REGULATED MYOCARDIAL TRANSGENE EXPRESSION AFTER ADENOVIRUS AND ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS TRANSFER OF EXPRESSION CASSETTES CONTAINING CORTICOSTEROID RESPONSE ELEMENT PROMOTERS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 26-25. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew S. Wechsler

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 34-35. [Full Text]  

Robert H. Messier, Jr, Barbara L. Bass, Patrick W. Domkowski, and Richard A. Hopkins

INTERSTITIAL CELLULAR AND MATRIX RESTORATION OF CARDIAC VALVES AFTERCRYOPRESERVATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 36-49. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rephael Mohr, Yaron Moshkovitch, Itzhak Shapira, Gabriel Amir, Hanoch Hod, and Jacob Gurevitch

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS FOR PATIENTSWITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 50-56. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Odd Bech-Hanssen, Kenneth Caidahl, Björn Wall, Pia Mykén, Sture Larsson, and Ingemar Wallentin

INFLUENCE OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT, PROSTHESIS TYPE, AND SIZEON FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AND VENTRICULAR MASS IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 57-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudio Pragliola, Mario Gaudino, Gabriele Bombardieri, Cynthia Barilaro, Piergiorgio Bruno, Carmelita Varano, Tiberio Santoro, and Gianfederico Possati

PATENT SIDE BRANCHES DO NOT AFFECT CORONARY BLOOD FLOW IN INTERNALTHORACIC ARTERY–LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ANASTOMOSIS: AN EXPERIMENTALSTUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 66-70. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. G. Pietersen, C. J. M. Langenberg, G. Geskes, A. Kester, S. de Lange, G. J. Van der Vusse, A. J. M. Wagenmakers, and P. B. Soeters

MYOCARDIAL SUBSTRATE UPTAKE AND OXIDATION DURING AND AFTER ROUTINECARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 71-81. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Lloyd Y. Tani, L. LuAnn Minich, Luciana T. Pagotto, Robert E. Shaddy, Edwin C. McGough, and John A. Hawkins

LEFT HEART HYPOPLASIA AND NEONATAL AORTIC ARCH OBSTRUCTION: IS THERHODES LEFT VENTRICULAR ADEQUACY SCORE APPLICABLE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 81-86. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Janusz Kowalewski, Marian Brocki, Tadeusz Dryjanski, Krystian Zolynski, and Robert Koktysz

PECTUS EXCAVATUM: INCREASE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC, DIASTOLIC,AND STROKE VOLUMES AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 87-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Alex Haller

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 92-93. [Full Text]  

Takashi Matsumoto, Hideaki Kado, Munetaka Masuda, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kouji Fukae, Shigeki Morita, and Hisataka Yasui

CLINICAL RESULTS OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR BY RECONSTRUCTING ARTIFICIAL CHORDAE TENDINEAE IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 94-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, Hirohisa Murakami, Teruo Tei, and Kyoichi Ogawa

SURGERY FOR MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN THE PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 99-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Maurizio Bufi, Giorgio Della Rocca, Tiziano De Giacomo, Maria Gabriella Costa, Francesco Pugliese, Cecilia Coccia, Anna Maria Ciccone, and Giorgio Furio Coloni

PREIMPLANTATION RETROGRADE PNEUMOPLEGIA IN CLINICAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 107-114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tarek Aziz, Tarek Aziz, Malcolm Burgess, Malcolm Burgess, Richard Khafagy, Richard Khafagy, Alison Wynn Hann, Alison Wynn Hann, Colin Campbell, Colin Campbell, Ali Rahman, Ali Rahman, Abdul Deiraniya, Abdul Deiraniya, Nizar Yonan, and Nizar Yonan

BICAVAL AND STANDARD TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION:MEDIUM-TERM EXPERIENCE IN CARDIAC PERFORMANCE AND SURVIVAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 115-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew K. Snabaitis, Michael J. Shattock, and David J. Chambers

LONG-TERM MYOCARDIAL PRESERVATION: EFFECTS OF HYPERKALEMIA, SODIUMCHANNEL, AND Na⁺/K⁺/2Cl^- COTRANSPORTINHIBITION ON EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM ACCUMULATION DURING HYPOTHERMIC STORAGE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 123-134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koichi Kayano, Koichi Kayano, Koichi Toda, Koichi Toda, Yoshifumi Naka, Yoshifumi Naka, Kenji Okada, Kenji Okada, Mehmet C. Oz, Mehmet C. Oz, David J. Pinsky, and David J. Pinsky

SUPERIOR PROTECTION IN ORTHOTOPIC RAT LUNG TRANSPLANTATION WITHCYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE AND NITROGLYCERIN–CONTAINING PRESERVATIONSOLUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 135-144. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Kenji Suzuki, Kanji Nagai, Junji Yoshida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Kenro Takahashi, and Yutaka Nishiwaki

THE PROGNOSIS OF SURGICALLY RESECTED N2 NON–SMALL CELL LUNGCANCER: THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL N STATUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 145-153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

J. Craig Kovacich, Edward M. Boyle, Jr, Elizabeth N. Morgan, Timothy G. Canty, Jr, Angela L. Farr, Michael T. Caps, Norbert Frank, Timothy H. Pohlman, and Edward D. Verrier

INHIBITION OF THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR PROTEIN NUCLEAR FACTOR BPREVENTS HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHOLE-BODY INFLAMMATORYRESPONSE SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 154-162. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Motohisa Tofukuji, Naruto Matsuda, Chantal Dessy, Kathleen G. Morgan, and Frank W. Sellke

INTRACELLULAR FREE CALCIUM ACCUMULATION IN FERRET VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE DURING CRYSTALLOID AND BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIC INFUSIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 163-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhi-Dong Ge and Guo-Wei He

ALTERED ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR–MEDIATEDENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN CORONARY MICROARTERIES BY ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL SOLUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 173-180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfred C. Nicolosi, John G. Markley, and Gordon N. Olinger

EFFECTS OF POSTISCHEMIC LEFT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE-VOLUME UNLOADINGON CONTRACTILE RECOVERY AND MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW IN THE REGIONALLY STUNNEDCANINE HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 181-188. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Olivier Chavanon, Vincent Dutheil, Rachid Hacini, Elisabeth Borrel, Frederic Tremel, and Dominique Blin

TREATMENT OF SEVERE CARDIAC CONTUSION WITH A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IN A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE TRAUMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 189-190. [Full Text]  

Matthias Bauer, Andreas Koster, Miralem Pasic, Yuguo Weng, Hermann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer

RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN FOR EXTENDED AORTIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 191-192. [Full Text]  

Daniel R. Meldrum, David A. Partrick, Brett C. Sheridan, Ernest E. Moore, and Alden H. Harken

KINETICS OF INTERLEUKIN-11 RELEASE AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 193-195. [Full Text]  

P. Yiu, J. Robin, and C. W. Pattison

REVERSAL OF REFRACTORY HYPOTENSION WITH SINGLE-DOSE METHYLENE BLUE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 195-196. [Full Text]  

Aquilino Hurlé, Juan Meseguer, Juan A. Casillas, Jesús Gómez-Plana, and Patricio Llamas

STENT FRACTURE IN A CARPENTIER-EDWARDS SUPRA-ANNULAR PORCINE BIOPROSTHESIS IMPLANTED IN THE MITRAL POSITION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 197-199. [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami, Ken Takeuchi, and Masao Naruke

ASSOCIATION OF ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA AND PULMONARY ACTINOMYCOSIS INFECTION SIMULATING BRONCHIAL NEOPLASM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 199-200. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ralph J. Damiano

The minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass procedure: What is its future role?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 207-208. [Full Text]  

Shiro Sasaguri and Tomonobu Fukuda

Arch-first technique through left antero-axillary thoracotomy or bilateral anterior thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 208. [Full Text]  

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos and Chris K. Rokkas

Arch-first technique through left antero-axillary thoracotomy or bilateral anterior thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 208-209. [Full Text]  

JOINT STATEMENT:

F.L. Tamru, M. Turina, R.B. Karp, T.B. Ferguson, E. Bodnar, and J.A. Waldhausen

JOINT STATEMENT ON REDUNDANT (DUPLICATE) PUBLICATION BY THE EDITORS OF THE UNDERSIGNED CARDIOTHORACIC JOURNALS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 210. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 211. [Full Text]  

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