PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Kent W. Jones

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: THE LEGACY AND THE CHALLENGE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 203-209. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Tirone E. David, Ahmad Omran, Joan Ivanov, Susan Armstrong, Mauro P.L. de Sa, Brian Sonnenberg, and Gary Webb

DILATION OF THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT AFTER THE ROSS PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 210-220. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raymond Cartier, Stacey Brann, François Dagenais, Raymond Martineau, and André Couturier

SYSTEMATIC OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION IN MULTIVESSEL DISEASE: EXPERIENCE OF THREE HUNDRED CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 221-229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard M. Engelman, A. Bernard Pleet, Richard Hicks, John A. Rousou, Joseph E. Flack III, David W. Deaton, Penelope S. Pekow, and Cheryl A. Gregory

IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYSTEMIC PERFUSION TEMPERATURE DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AND EXTENT OF INTRAOPERATIVE ISCHEMIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 230-232. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hermann Reichenspurner, Jose A. Navia, Gerald Berry, Robert C. Robbins, Denise Barbut, Jeffrey P. Gold, and Bruno Reichart

PARTICULATE EMBOLI CAPTURE BY AN INTRA-AORTIC FILTER DEVICE DURING CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 233-241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

David A. Bull, Rafe C. Connors, Aida Albanil, Bruce B. Reid, Leigh A. Neumayer, Ryan Nelson, James C. Stringham, and Shreekanth V. Karwande

APROTININ PRESERVES MYOCARDIAL BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTION DURING COLD STORAGE THROUGH SUPPRESSION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 242-250. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David L.S. Morales, Katharine A. Catanese, David N. Helman, Mathew R. Williams, Alan Weinberg, Daniel J. Goldstein, Eric A. Rose, and Mehmet C. Oz

SIX-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF CARING FOR FORTY-FOUR PATIENTS WITH A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE AT HOME: SAFE, ECONOMICAL, NECESSARY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 251-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Richard K. Freeman, Eric Vallières, Edward D. Verrier, Riyad Karmy-Jones, and Douglas E. Wood

DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF SERIAL SURGICAL DEBRIDEMENT ON PATIENT MORTALITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 260-267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Macchiarini, Jean-Philippe Verhoye, Alain Chapelier, Elie Fadel, and Philippe Dartevelle

EVALUATION AND OUTCOME OF DIFFERENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR POSTINTUBATION TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULAS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 268-276. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark B. Orringer, Becky Marshall, and Mark D. Iannettoni

ELIMINATING THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGOGASTRIC ANASTOMOTIC LEAK WITH A SIDE-TO-SIDE STAPLED ANASTOMOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 277-288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenton E. Stephens, Jr and Douglas E. Wood

BRONCHOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 289-296. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Takashi Suda, Bassem N. Mora, Franco D’Ovidio, Jonas A. Cooper, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Wanjiang Zhang, T. Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson

IN VIVO ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE TRANSFER AMELIORATES LUNG ALLOGRAFT ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 297-304. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Stephen M. Langley, Paul J. Chai, James J. Jaggers, and Ross M. Ungerleider

THE FREE RADICAL SPIN TRAP -PHENYL-TERT-BUTYL NITRONE ATTENUATES THE CEREBRAL RESPONSE TO DEEP HYPOTHERMIC ISCHEMIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 305-313. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Marc P. Pelletier, Dominique Shum-Tim, Marie J. Béland, and Charles Rohlicek

Primary repair minimizing the use of conduits in neonates and infants with tetralogy or double-outlet right ventricle and anomalous coronary arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 314-323. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John A. Hawkins, John P. Breinholt, Linda M. Lambert, Thomas C. Fuller, Tracie Profaizer, Edwin C. McGough, and Robert E. Shaddy

CLASS I AND CLASS II ANTI-HLA ANTIBODIES AFTER IMPLANTATION OF CRYOPRESERVED ALLOGRAFT MATERIAL IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 324-330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

REGIONAL LOW-FLOW PERFUSION PROVIDES CEREBRAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DURING NEONATAL AORTIC ARCH RECONSTRUCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 331-339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlo F. Marcelletti, Frank L. Hanley, Constantine Mavroudis, Doff B. McElhinney, Raul F. Abella, Stefano M. Marianeschi, Francesco Seddio, V. Mohan Reddy, Ed Petrossian, Teresa de la Torre, Luisa Colagrande, Carl L. Backer, Adriano Cipriani, Fiore S. Iorio, and Francis Fontan

REVISION OF PREVIOUS FONTAN CONNECTIONS TO TOTAL EXTRACARDIAC CAVOPULMONARY ANASTOMOSIS: A MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 340-346. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert R. Clancy, Susan A. McGaurn, Gil Wernovsky, Thomas L. Spray, William I. Norwood, Marshall L. Jacobs, John D. Murphy, J. William Gaynor, and James E. Goin

PREOPERATIVE RISK-OF-DEATH PREDICTION MODEL IN HEART SURGERY WITH DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST IN THE NEONATE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 347-357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sabine H. Daebritz, Georg D.A. Nollert, David Zurakowski, Philipe N. Khalil, Peter Lang, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Richard A. Jonas

RESULTS OF NORWOOD STAGE I OPERATION: COMPARISON OF HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME WITH OTHER MALFORMATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 358-367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ren-Ke Li, Terrence M. Yau, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A.G. Mickle, Tetsuro Sakai, Angel Choi, and Zhi-Qiang Jia

CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOENGINEERED CARDIAC GRAFT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 368-375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

P. Biglioli, R. Spirito, M. Roberto, F. Grillo, A. Cannata, A. Parolari, M. Maggioni, and G. Coggi

THE ANTERIOR SPINAL ARTERY: THE MAIN ARTERIAL SUPPLY OF THE HUMAN SPINAL CORD—A PRELIMINARY ANATOMIC STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 376-379. [Full Text]  

Miralem Pasic, Evgenij Potapov, Hermann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer

PROLONGED CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS FOR SEVERE DRUG INTOXICATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 379-380. [Full Text]  

Dante Picarelli, José Surraco, Carlos Zúñiga, Carlos Peluffo, Rafael Anzibar, Jorge Tambasco, Ruben Leone, José Nozar, and Pedro Duhagon

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN A PREMATURE NEONATE WEIGHING 950 GRAMS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 380-381. [Full Text]  

Eugenio J. Guzman, Anthony J. Smith, and Patricia A. Tietjen

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS–ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 382-383. [Full Text]  

Kazumasa Orihashi, Yuichiro Matsuura, Taijiro Sueda, Masanobu Watari, and Kenji Okada

REVERSIBLE VISCERAL ISCHEMIA DETECTED BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 384-386. [Full Text]  

Vahe C. Gasparyan

METHOD OF DETERMINATION OF AORTIC VALVE PARAMETERS FOR ITS RECONSTRUCTION WITH AUTOPERICARDIUM: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 386-387. [Full Text]  

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS:

C. Allyson Walker, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, and Francis G. Spinale

MYOCYTE CONTRACTILE DYSFUNCTION WITH HYPERTROPHY AND FAILURE: RELEVANCE TO CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 388-400. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Steven R. Steinhubl, Scott A. Moore, and A. Michael Lincoff

Abciximab (ReoPro) removal during cardiopulmonary bypass with a hemoconcentrator
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 401. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

Abciximab (ReoPro) removal during cardiopulmonary bypass with a hemoconcentrator
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 401-402. [Full Text]  

Andres Varela, Carlos García Montero, Evaristo Castedo, Jorge Roda, Pablo Gámez, Luis Madrigal, and Juan Ugarte

Transcutaneous extracorporeal cannulation for bilateral lung transplantation without splitting the sternum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 402-403. [Full Text]  

J. I. Villate, G. Aldamiz-Echevarria, L. Gaztelurrutia, J. I. Barrenechea, and P. González de Zárate

Cardiac aspergillosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 403-404. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 405. [Full Text]  

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