THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY:

Lawrence H. Cohn

1999 AATS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT—MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY, MD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 989-990. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

John G. Byrne, Sary F. Aranki, Gregory S. Couper, David H. Adams, Elizabeth N. Allred, and Lawrence H. Cohn

REOPERATIVE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: PARTIAL UPPER HEMISTERNOTOMY VERSUS CONVENTIONAL FULL STERNOTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 991-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David T. Cheung, Suk Jung Choo, Albert C. Grobe, Douglas C. Marchion, Hong He Luo, David C. Pang, Blaise E. Favara, James H. Oury, and Carlos M. G. Duran

BEHAVIOR OF VITAL AND KILLED AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM IN THE DESCENDING AORTA OF SHEEP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 998-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terrence M. Yau, Paul W. M. Fedak, Richard D. Weisel, Carolyn Teng, and Joan Ivanov

PREDICTORS OF OPERATIVE RISK FOR CORONARY BYPASS OPERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1006-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen M. Langley, Stephen J. Rooney, Malcolm J. R. Dalrymple-Hay, Jonathan M. F. Spencer, Michael E. Lewis, Domenico Pagano, Mohammed Asif, Jonathan R. Goddard, Victor T. Tsang, Robert K. Lamb, James L. Monro, Steven A. Livesey, and Robert S. Bonser

REPLACEMENT OF THE PROXIMAL AORTA AND AORTIC VALVE USING A COMPOSITE BILEAFLET PROSTHESIS AND GELATIN-IMPREGNATED POLYESTER GRAFT (CARBO-SEAL): EARLY RESULTS IN 143 PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1014-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bertrand Janne d’Othée, Hervé Rousseau, Philippe Soula, Bruno Dongay, Maria Ines Millan, Michel Galinier, Pierre Massabuau, Francis Joffre, and Philippe Otal

AORTIC STENT GRAFTING AND SIDE-BRANCH EMBOLIZATION IN AN EXPANDING CHRONIC TYPE B DISSECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1021-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marek P. Ehrlich, W. Christopher Fang, Martin Grabenwöger, Alfred Kocher, Jan Ankersmit, Guenther Laufer, Georg Grubhofer, Michael Havel, and Ernst Wolner

IMPACT OF RETROGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION ON AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1026-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Probal Ghosh, Ian Carroll, Apoorva Kanhere, Bernice Ng, Rober Larbalestier, and Mark Edwards

CARDIAC OPERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH LOW-GRADE SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC MALIGNANCIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1033-1037. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. A. Meylaerts, P. De Haan, C. J. Kalkman, J. Lips, B. A. De Mol, and M. J. Jacobs

THE INFLUENCE OF REGIONAL SPINAL CORD HYPOTHERMIA ON TRANSCRANIAL MYOGENIC MOTOR-EVOKED POTENTIAL MONITORING AND THE EFFICACY OF SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA DETECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1038-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Marjan Jahangiri, David Zurakowski, David Bichell, John E. Mayer, Pedro J. del Nido, and Richard A. Jonas

IMPROVED RESULTS WITH SELECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1046-1052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian W. McCrindle

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1052-1055. [Full Text]  

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

INTRAVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF DOUBLE-OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE WITH NONCOMMITTED VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT: ADVANTAGES OF MULTIPLE PATCHES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1056-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Dean Kurth, Margaret Priestley, Jeff Golden, John McCann, and Ramesh Raghupathi

REGIONAL PATTERNS OF NEURONAL DEATH AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST IN NEWBORN PIGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1068-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Jan Johansson, Folke Johnsson, Susan Groshen, and Bruno Walther

PHARYNGEAL REFLUX AFTER GASTRIC PULL-UP ESOPHAGECTOMY WITH NECK AND CHEST ANASTOMOSES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1078-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo and Vincenzo Ambrogi

THE DIAPHRAGMATIC FLAP: A MULTIUSE MATERIAL IN THORACIC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1084-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koichi Kobayashi, Masafumi Kawamura, and Tsuneo Ishihara

SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR BOTH PULMONARY AND HEPATIC METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1090-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roy T. Temes, Nancy E. Joste, Clifford R. Qualls, Nechol L. Allen, Richard E. Crowell, Hector A. Dox, and Jorge A. Wernly

LUNG BIOPSY: IS IT NECESSARY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1097-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. L. Serna, M. Brenner, K. E. Osann, R. J. McKenna, Jr, J. C. Chen, R. J. Fischel, B. U. Jones, A. F. Gelb, and A. F. Wilson

SURVIVAL AFTER UNILATERAL VERSUS BILATERAL LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY FOR EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1101-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Marek Bednarkiewicz, John H. Robert, Gregory Khatchatourian, Gilles Genin, François Irmay, and Bernard Faidutti

TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE AORTIC ISTHMUS IN A PATIENT WITH AN ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1112-1113. [Full Text]  

P. Lemke, M. Schwab, K. Hellberg, C. Rieckmann, H. Seibert, and B. Urbanyi

PARTIAL AORTECTOMY IN HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST: METHOD OF CHOICE IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC ARCH ATHEROMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1114-1115. [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Massimo Massetti, Piero Tanganelli, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Carone, Alberto Tripodi, Enrico Tucci, and Carlo Sassi

IS IT ONLY A MECHANICAL MATTER? HISTOLOGIC MODIFICATIONS OF THE AORTA UNDERLYING EXTERNAL BANDING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1116-1118. [Full Text]  

Marc T. Swartz, Gregory A. Lowdermilk, and Lawrence R. McBride

REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AS AN INDICATION FOR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SUPPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1119-1120. [Full Text]  

Costas P. Tsioufis, Christodoulos I. Stefanadis, Eleftherios G. Tsiamis, Ioannis E. Kallikazaros, and Pavlos K. Toutouzas

A FREE FLOATING BALL THROMBUS IN THE LEFT ATRIAL CAVITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1120-1122. [Full Text]  

Daniel Navia, Guillermo Vaccarino, Mariano Vrancic, Fernando Piccinini, and Eduardo Iparraguirre

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF AN ASYMPTOMATIC LARGE CORONARY SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT ANEURYSM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1122-1123. [Full Text]  

K. Imanaka, S. Takamoto, A. Murakami, and Y. Kaneko

MINIMALLY INVASIVE EXTRACARDIAC CONDUIT REPLACEMENT VIA A LEFT ANTERIOR SMALL THORACOTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1124-1125. [Full Text]  

Paul M. Kirshbom, James J. Jaggers, and Ross M. Ungerleider

TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH ABSENT PULMONARY VALVE: SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR HOMOGRAFT REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1125-1127. [Full Text]  

Kulbhushan Singh Dagar, Tain-Yen Hsia, Robert Yates, James F. N. Taylor, Marc R. de Leval, and Victor Tsang

CONCURRENT VASCULAR RING AND OCCULT LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY ASSOCIATED WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT: A REPORT OF AN UNCOMMON CONSTELLATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1127-1129. [Full Text]  

Hidefumi Kishimoto, Youichi Kawahira, Hiroaki Kawata, Takuya Miura, Shigemitu Iwai, and Toru Mori

THE MODIFIED NORWOOD PALLIATION ON A BEATING HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1130-1132. [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, Rüdiger Autschbach, and Jörg Hambsch

CONGENITAL OSTIAL MEMBRANE OF LEFT CORONARY ARTERY IN TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1132-1134. [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami, Ken Takeuchi, and Masao Naruke

NONINVASIVE LARGE THYMOMA WITH A NATURAL HISTORY OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1134-1135. [Full Text]  

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS:

Kwun M. Fong, Yoshitaka Sekido, and John D. Minna

MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1136-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A. Marc Gillinov, Joseph F. Sabik, Bruce W. Lytle, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Axillary artery cannulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1153. [Full Text]  

Yvon R. Baribeau, Benjamin M. Westbrook, and David C. Charlesworth

Axillary cannulation: First choice for extra-aortic cannulation and brain protection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1153-1154. [Full Text]  

Roberto Scrofani

Cinefluoroscopic assessment of human mitral anulus after mitral valvuloplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1154-1155. [Full Text]  

D. Craig Miller

Cinefluoroscopic assessment of human mitral anulus after mitral valvuloplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1155-1156. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-J. Miyamoto

A word of caution in extrapolating the riluzole spinal cord injury protective effects obtained in a rabbit model under ketamine anesthesia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1156-1157. [Full Text]  

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Catherine Heurteaux, and Michel Lazdunski

A word of caution in extrapolating the riluzole spinal cord injury protective effects obtained in a rabbit model under ketamine anesthesia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1157. [Full Text]  

Aaron R. Casha, Lang Yang, and Graham J. Cooper

Measurement of chest wall forces on coughing with the use of human cadavers
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1157-1158. [Full Text]  

James A. Magovern

Measurement of chest wall forces on coughing with the use of human cadavers
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1158. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 1159. [Full Text]  

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