THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY:

D. Craig Miller and Robert C. Robbins

1998 AATS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT—NORMAN E. SHUMWAY, MD, PHD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 783-786. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

David H. Adams, Raymond H. Chen, Alexander Kadner, Sary F. Aranki, Elizabeth N. Allred, and Lawrence H. Cohn

IMPACT OF SMALL PROSTHETIC VALVE SIZE ON OPERATIVE MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR AORTIC STENOSIS: DOES GENDER MATTER?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 815-822. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard S. D’Agostino, Jerilynn Jacobson, Mindy Clarkson, Lars G. Svensson, Christina Williamson, and David M. Shahian

READMISSION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS: PREVALENCE, PATTERNS, AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 823-832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James L. Cox, Niv Ad, and Terry Palazzo

IMPACT OF THE MAZE PROCEDURE ON THE STROKE RATE IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 833-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Olaf Wendler, Benno Hennen, Torsten Markwirth, Jochem König, Dietmar Tscholl, Qi Huang, Erfane Shahangi, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, and Sponsor: Hans G. Borst

T GRAFTS WITH THE RIGHT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY TO LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY VERSUS THE LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY AND RADIAL ARTERY: FLOW DYNAMICS IN THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY MAIN STEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 841-848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Victor Chu, Jin-qiang Kuang, Amy McGinn, Adel Giaid, Stephen Korkola, and Ray C. -J. Chiu

ANGIOGENIC RESPONSE INDUCED BY MECHANICAL TRANSMYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 849-856. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norman M. Rowe, Paul Impellizzeri, Mikhail Vaynblat, Nuria M. Lawson, Yoon D. Kim, Marcel Sierra, Peter Homel, Anthony J. Acinapura, Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr, and Joshua H. Burack

STUDIES IN THORACIC AORTIC GRAFT INFECTIONS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORCINE MODEL AND A COMPARISON OF COLLAGEN-IMPREGNATED DACRON GRAFTS AND CRYOPRESERVED ALLOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 857-865. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel T. Engelman, David H. Adams, John G. Byrne, Sary F. Aranki, John J. Collins, Jr, Gregory S. Couper, Elizabeth N. Allred, Lawrence H. Cohn, and Robert J. Rizzo

IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX AND ALBUMIN ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 866-873. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Christof Stamm, Christian Kreutzer, David Zurakowski, Georg Nollert, Ingeborg Friehs, John E. Mayer, Richard A. Jonas, and Pedro J. del Nido

FORTY-ONE YEARS OF SURGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CONGENITAL SUPRAVALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 874-885. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Caroline Ovaert, Christopher A. Caldarone, Brian W. McCrindle, David Nykanen, Robert M. Freedom, J. G. Coles, W. G. Williams, and Lee N. Benson

ENDOVASCULAR STENT IMPLANTATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION: CLINICAL EFFICACY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 886-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Giuseppe Faggian, Giuseppe Montalbano, Gianluca Casali, Alberto Forni, Bartolomeo Chiominto, and Alessandro Mazzucco

BLOOD VERSUS CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA FOR MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION OF DONOR HEARTS DURING TRANSPLANTATION: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 787-795. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles B. Huddleston, Stuart C. Sweet, George B. Mallory, Aaron Hamvas, and Eric N. Mendeloff

LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN VERY YOUNG INFANTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 796-804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Macchiarini, Rafael Oriol, Agnès Azimzadeh, Vincent de Montpreville, Philippe Wolf, and Philippe Dartevelle

CHARACTERIZATION OF A PIG-TO-GOAT ORTHOTOPIC LUNG XENOTRANSPLANTATIONMODEL TO STUDY BEYOND HYPERACUTE REJECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 805-814. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Zane T. Hammoud, Richard C. Anderson, Bryan F. Meyers, Tracey J. Guthrie, Charles L. Roper, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

THE CURRENT ROLE OF MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN THE EVALUATION OF THORACIC DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 894-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neil A. Christie, Thomas W. Rice, Malcolm M. DeCamp, John R. Goldblum, David J. Adelstein, Gregory Zuccaro, Jr, Lisa A. Rybicki, and Eugene H. Blackstone

M1A/M1B ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA: CLINICAL RELEVANCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 900-907. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dao M. Nguyen, Aaron Chen, Arnold Mixon, David S. Schrump, and Sponsor: Jack A. Roth

SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT OF PACLITAXEL TOXICITY IN NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER BY 17-ALLYLAMINO 17-DEMETHOXYGELDANAMYCIN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 908-915. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Wiechmann, Mark K. Ferguson, Keith S. Naunheim, Steven R. Hazelrigg, Michael J. Mack, Ronald J. Aronoff, Robert J. Weyant, Tibetha Santucci, Robin Macherey, and Rodney J. Landreneau

VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ACHALASIA OF THE ESOPHAGUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 916-923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Ram Sharony, Eyal Porat, Yosuke Nishimura, Bart Meyns, Shigeyuki Ozaki, Rozalia Racz, Willem Flameng, and Gideon Uretzky

THE INTRA-AORTIC CANNULA PUMP: A NOVEL ASSIST DEVICE FOR THE ACUTELY FAILING HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 924-929. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcus K. Ilton, Paul E. Langton, Marcia L. Taylor, Neil L. A. Misso, Mark Newman, Philip J. Thompson, and Joseph Hung

DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF NEUTROPHIL ADHESION MOLECULES DURING CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 930-937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vesa Anttila, Kai Kiviluoma, Matti Pokela, Jussi Rimpiläinen, Minna Mäkiranta, Ville Jäntti, Jorma Hirvonen, and Tatu Juvonen

COLD RETROGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION IMPROVES CEREBRAL PROTECTION DURING MODERATE HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST: A LONG-TERM STUDY IN A PORCINE MODEL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 938-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Piet Borgdorff, Rogier H. van den Berg, Martijn A. Vis, Gerard C. van den Bos, and Geert Jan Tangelder

PUMP-INDUCED PLATELET AGGREGATION IN ALBUMIN-COATED EXTRACORPOREAL SYSTEMS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 946-952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Virginie Lambert, Philippe Durand, Denis Devictor, Claude Planché, and Alain Serraf

UNILATERAL RIGHT PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY FOR CHRONIC EMBOLISM: A SUCCESSFUL PROCEDURE IN AN INFANT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 953-954. [Full Text]  

Jari Petäjä, Kaija Peltola, and Paula Rautiainen

DISAPPEARANCE OF SYMPTOMATIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS AFTER NEONATAL CARDIAC OPERATIONS DURING ANTITHROMBIN III SUBSTITUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 955-956. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas

COMMENTARY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 957. [Full Text]  

Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Timothy A. Denton, Rémon Baak, Alfredo Trento, Ewout W. Steyerberg, and Lex A. van Herwerden

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AFTER PRIMARY ISOLATED AORTIC VALVE SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 958-959. [Full Text]  

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

ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 960-961. [Full Text]  

Mitchell I. Cohen, J. William Gaynor, Venkataramani Ramesh, Tom R. Karl, James M. Steven, Jill Posner, Bernard J. Clark, III, and Larry A. Rhodes

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION FOR PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 961-963. [Full Text]  

Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Philipp K. Haager, Mechthild Genius, Markus Eblenkamp, Heinrich G. Klues, Peter Hanrath, and Bruno J. Messmer

ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY FROM THE RIGHT AORTIC SINUS WITH INTRAMYOCARDIAL TUNNELING THROUGH THE SEPTUM WITH FREE PORTION IN THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR CAVITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 963-965. [Full Text]  

Gregory R. Brevetti, Carolyn Clary-Macy, and David M. Jablons

PULMONARY PLACENTAL TRANSMOGRIFICATION: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 966-967. [Full Text]  

Mikio Ohmi, Koichi Tabayashi, Yoshimasa Moizumi, Tsunehiro Komatsu, Yoshihito Sekino, and Chikao Goko

EXTREMELY RAPID REGRESSION OF AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 968-969. [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami, Ken Takeuchi, and Masao Naruke

LOW-GRADE FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA ARISING IN THE MEDIASTINUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 970-971. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis and Andrew Poullis

BILIPTYSIS CAUSED BY A BRONCHOBILIARY FISTULA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 971-972. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

David W. Wormuth

Actuarial and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis: There is a difference
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 973. [Full Text]  

Eugene H. Blackstone

Actuarial and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis: There is a difference
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 973-975. [Full Text]  

Gerald D. Buckberg

Cardioplegic solutions: Unproved herbal approach versus tested scientificstudy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 975-977. [Full Text]  

Jiri T. Beranek

Emerging new concepts of myocardial laser revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 977. [Full Text]  

Marco Zenati and Howard A. Cohen

Emerging new concepts of myocardial laser revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 977-978. [Full Text]  

Christopher A. Caldarone and Douglas M. Behrendt

Aortic arch reconstruction without circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 978-979. [Full Text]  

William M. Weightman and M. A. J. Newman

Drug therapy before coronary artery operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 979. [Full Text]  

Edwin L. Alderman

Drug therapy before coronary artery operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 979-980. [Full Text]  

John H. Lemmer, Jr

Abciximab (ReoPro) removal with a hemoconcentrator during cardiopulmonarybypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 980-981. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

Abciximab (ReoPro) removal with a hemoconcentrator during cardiopulmonarybypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 981. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 982. [Full Text]  

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