SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Frank L. Hanley

EDITORIAL: MANAGEMENT OF THE CONGENITALLY ABNORMAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT—WHAT IS THE RIGHT APPROACH?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1-3. [Full Text]  

Laszlo Solymar, Göran Südow, and Daniel Holmgren

INCREASE IN SIZE OF THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT AFTER THE ROSS OPERATION IN CHILDREN: GROWTH OR DILATION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 4-9. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 27-28.  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Richard Essner, Young Huynh, Tung Nguyen, Donald L. Morton, and Dave S. B. Hoon

FUNCTIONAL INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR AND INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR COMMON -CHAIN ON HUMAN NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS: NOVEL TARGETS FOR IMMUNE THERAPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 10-20. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc de Perrot, Marc Licker, Christine Bouchardy, Massimo Usel, John Robert, and Anastase Spiliopoulos

SEX DIFFERENCES IN PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT, AND PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 21-26. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Scott J. Swanson, Steve J. Mentzer, John J. Reilly, Raphael Bueno, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Lester Kobzik, Edward P. Ingenito, Anne Fuhlbrigge, Carolyn Donovan, Charlotte McKee, Kathleen Boyle, Gregory P. Fagan, and David J. Sugarbaker

SURVEILLANCE TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSIES: IMPLICATION FOR SURVIVAL AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 27-38. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott I. Reznik, Andrés Jaramillo, Leiying Zhang, G. Alexander Patterson, Joel D. Cooper, and T. Mohanakumar

ANTI-HLA ANTIBODY BINDING TO HLA CLASS I MOLECULES INDUCES PROLIFERATION OF AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS: A POTENTIAL MECHANISM FOR BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 39-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Braunberger, N. Raynal-Raschilas, V. Thomas-Vaslin, P. Bruneval, J. N. Fabiani, A. Carpentier, D. Glotz, and D. Klatzmann

TOLERANCE INDUCED WITHOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN A T-LYMPHOCYTE SUICIDE-GENE THERAPY CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT MODEL IN MICE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 46-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Terrence M. Yau, Yasser A. Farag El-Ghoneimi, Susan Armstrong, Joan Ivanov, and Tirone E. David

MITRAL VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 53-61. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A. G. Mickle, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Eung-Joong Kim, Tetsuro Sakai, Shinji Tomita, Leonard Schwartz, Mark Iwanochko, Mansoor Husain, Robert J. Cusimano, Robert J. Burns, and Terrence M. Yau

AUTOLOGOUS PORCINE HEART CELL TRANSPLANTATION IMPROVED HEART FUNCTION AFTER A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 62-68. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Phillip A. Carpino, Kamal R. Khabbaz, Robert M. Bojar, Hassan Rastegar, Kenneth G. Warner, Richard E. Murphy, and Douglas D. Payne

CLINICAL BENEFITS OF ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING IN PATIENTS WITH RISK FACTORS FOR SAPHENECTOMY WOUND INFECTIONS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 69-76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, Walter J. Ehrman, Christopher T. Ducko, Harold A. Tabaie, Edward R. Stephenson, Jr, Charles P. Kingsley, and Charles E. Chambers

INITIAL UNITED STATES CLINICAL TRIAL OF ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 77-82. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey T. Ellis and Ajit P. Yoganathan

A COMPARISON OF THE HINGE AND NEAR-HINGE FLOW FIELDS OF THE ST JUDE MEDICAL HEMODYNAMIC PLUS AND REGENT BILEAFLET MECHANICAL HEART VALVES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 83-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guo-Wei He and Cheng-Qin Yang

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CALCIUM CHANNEL ANTAGONISTS IN THE HUMAN RADIAL ARTERY: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 94-100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetsuya Kono, Naohiko Koide, Yoshiyuki Hama, Hiroto Kitahara, Hirohumi Nakano, Jun-ichi Suzuki, Mitsuaki Isobe, and Jun Amano

EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND ANGIOGENESIS IN CARDIAC MYXOMA: A STUDY OF FIFTEEN PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 101-107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William E. Trick, William E. Scheckler, Jerome I. Tokars, Kevin C. Jones, Mel L. Reppen, Ellen M. Smith, and William R. Jarvis

MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP STERNAL SITE INFECTION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 108-114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark B. Ratcliffe, Arthur W. Wallace, Ali Salahieh, James Hong, Stuart Ruch, and Timothy S. Hall

VENTRICULAR VOLUME, CHAMBER STIFFNESS, AND FUNCTION AFTER ANTEROAPICAL ANEURYSM PLICATION IN THE SHEEP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 115-124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitsumasa Hata, Motomi Shiono, Yukihiko Orime, Shinya Yagi, Tomonori Yamamoto, Haruhiko Okumura, Shun-ichi Kimura, Akira Sezai, Satoshi Kashiwazaki, Shinsuke Choh, Nanao Negishi, Yukiyasu Sezai, Eise Yokoyama, and Hiroaki Hata

CLINICAL RESULTS OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING WITH USE OF THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY UNDER LOW FREE FLOW CONDITIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 125-129. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

John W. Hammon, Jr and David Stump

COMMENTARY: BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF BRAIN INJURY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 130-131. [Full Text]  

Stephen Westaby, Kjell Saatvedt, Samantha White, Takahiro Katsumata, Willem van Oeveren, Narendra K. Bhatnagar, Stuart Brown, and Peter W. Halligan

IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM S-100ß PROTEIN AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC DYSFUNCTION AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 132-137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dimitrios Georgiadis, Anja Berger, Ellen Kowatschev, Christine Lautenschläger, Angelika Börner, Alfred Lindner, Wilhelm Schulte-Mattler, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, Stephan Zierz, and Thomas Deufel

PREDICTIVE VALUE OF S-100ß AND NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE SERUM LEVELS FOR ADVERSE NEUROLOGIC OUTCOME AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 138-147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinton T. Lloyd, Raimondo Ascione, Malcolm J. Underwood, Freda Gardner, Andrew Black, and Gianni D. Angelini

SERUM S-100 PROTEIN RELEASE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC OUTCOME DURING CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION ON THE BEATING HEART: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 148-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ricardo Munoz, Peter C. Laussen, Guillermo Palacio, Lynne Zienko, Gary Piercey, and David L. Wessel

CHANGES IN WHOLE BLOOD LACTATE LEVELS DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS FOR SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL CARDIAC DISEASE: AN EARLY INDICATOR OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 155-162. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Lars G. Svensson, Ali Husain, Dana L. Penney, Ronald A. Swanson, David S. Margolis, Wendy A. Kimmel, Edward Nadolny, and David M. Shahian

A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY OF NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION AND S-100 PROTEIN AFTER ANTEGRADE OR RETROGRADE BRAIN PERFUSION WITH HYPOTHERMIC ARREST FOR AORTIC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 163-167. [Full Text]  

Robert E. Ariano, Samir K. Bhattacharya, Michael Moon, and Laurence G. Brownell

FAILURE OF DANAPAROID ANTICOAGULATION FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 167-168. [Full Text]  

John M. Alvarez

SUCCESSFUL USE OF C1 ESTERASE INHIBITOR PROTEIN IN A PATIENT WITH HEREDITARY ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA REQUIRING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 168-171. [Full Text]  

Edward A. James, Jonathan Hill, Rakesh Uppal, and Michael B. Prentice

BARTONELLA INFECTION: A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF NATIVE VALVE ENDOCARDITIS NECESSITATING SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 171-172. [Full Text]  

René Prêtre and Marko I. Turina

RELIEF OF BRONCHIAL COMPRESSION CAUSED BY A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT BY REMODELING OF THE AORTIC ARCH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 173-174. [Full Text]  

Emile A. Bacha, Richard A. Jonas, John E. Mayer, Jr, Stanton Perry, and Pedro J. del Nido

MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS AFTER SURGERY FOR COMPLEX CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 175-176. [Full Text]  

James Patrick Brooks and Henry F. Tripp

BIOABSORBABLE WEAVE TECHNIQUE FOR REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 176-178. [Full Text]  

Roger J. F. Baskett and David B. Ross

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA APPROACH TO REPAIR OF SINUS VENOSUS ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 178-180. [Full Text]  

Salih Topçu, Irfan Tastepe, Aysin Alper, Ali Özdülger, Mustafa Albayrak, Durmus Bozkurt, Tuba Liman, and Güven Çetin

INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMORS OF THE LUNG: A CLINICAL STUDY OF ELEVEN PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 180-182. [Full Text]  

Takashi Suzuki, Akihiko Kitami, Shuichi Suzuki, Yoshito Kamio, Yasunori Hida, and Goichi Hori

INFRARED OBSERVATION DURING THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR BULLOUS DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 182-184. [Full Text]  

Martin H. Chamberlain and David P. Taggart

SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOGLYCEMIA: AN EXAMPLE OF THE DOEGE-POTTER SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 185-187. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

David Bregman

Pulsatile perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 188. [Full Text]  

Yuji Kadoi and Shigeru Saito

Pulsatile perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 188. [Full Text]  

Akif Ündar and Charles D. Fraser, Jr

Balloon pump–induced pulsatile perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass does not improve brain oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 189. [Full Text]  

Yuji Kadoi and Shigeru Saito

Balloon pump–induced pulsatile perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass does not improve brain oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 189-190. [Full Text]  

Reida El Oakley, Khalid Al Nimer, and Emad Bukhari

Is the use of topical vancomycin to prevent mediastinitis after cardiac surgery justified?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 190-191. [Full Text]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Aaron S. Estrera, and Connie C. W. Hsia

In vivo estimation of septal lung tissue volume and correlation with diffusing capacity in lung volume reduction surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 191-192. [Full Text]  

Kenneth John Millar, Peter Anderson Dargaville, and Michael South

Pulmonary surfactant and cardiopulmonary bypass in infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 192. [Full Text]  

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

Pulmonary surfactant and cardiopulmonary bypass in infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 192-193. [Full Text]  

Cemal Asim Kutlu, Adnan Sayar, and Muzaffer Metin

Complete resection: Yes or no?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 193. [Full Text]  

Hisao Asamura

Complete resection: Yes or no?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 193-194. [Full Text]  

Albert Amin Sader

Esophagectomy with gastric reconstruction for achalasia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 194-195. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 196. [Full Text]  

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