LEAD ARTICLE:

Marc R. de Leval, Jane Carthey, David J. Wright, Vernon T. Farewell, and James T. Reason

HUMAN FACTORS AND CARDIAC SURGERY: A MULTICENTER STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 661-672. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Si M. Pham, Abdul S. Rao, Adriana Zeevi, Robert L. Kormos, Kenneth R. McCurry, Brack G. Hattler, John J. Fung, Thomas E. Starzl, and Bartley P. Griffith

A CLINICAL TRIAL COMBINING DONOR BONE MARROW INFUSION AND HEART TRANSPLANTATION: INTERMEDIATE-TERM RESULTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 673-681. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Giorgio Della Rocca, Tiziano De Giacomo, Francesco Pugliese, Anna Maria Ciccone, Carmine D. Vizza, Giorgio Furio Coloni, and G. Alexander Patterson

PULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS CONTRIBUTE TO INDICATE PRIORITY FOR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 682-689. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David M. Kulick, Christopher T. Salerno, Agustin P. Dalmasso, Soon J. Park, Manuel Guzman Paz, William L. Fodor, and R. Morton Bolman, III

TRANSGENIC SWINE LUNGS EXPRESSING HUMAN CD59 ARE PROTECTED FROM INJURY IN A PIG-TO-HUMAN MODEL OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 690-699. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tarek Aziz, Philip Hasleton, Alison Wynn Hann, Nizar Yonan, Abdul Deiraniya, and Ian V. Hutchinson

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ß IN RELATION TO CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 700-708. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazuhiko Yamada, Kwabena Mawulawde, Matthew T. Menard, Akira Shimizu, H. Thomas Aretz, Joseph K. Choo, Kenneth S. Allison, Joanna K. Slisz, David H. Sachs, and Joren C. Madsen

MECHANISMS OF TOLERANCE INDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY IN MINIATURE SWINE: THE EFFECT OF AUGMENTATION OF DONOR ANTIGEN LOAD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 709-719. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Deborah L. Williams, Annetine C. Gelijns, Alan J. Moskowitz, Alan D. Weinberg, Judy H. Ng, Emily Crawford, Constance J. Hayes, and Jan M. Quaegebeur

HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME: VALUING THE SURVIVAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 720-731. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrich A. Stock, Mitsugi Nagashima, Philipe N. Khalil, Georg D. Nollert, Tanja Herden, Jason S. Sperling, Adrian Moran, Jamie Lien, David P. Martin, Frederick J. Schoen, Joseph P. Vacanti, and John E. Mayer, Jr

TISSUE-ENGINEERED VALVED CONDUITS IN THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 732-740. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. A. Nicholson, R. B. Chard, G. R. Nunn, and T. B. Cartmill

TRANSCAVAL REPAIR OF THE SINUS VENOSUS SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 741-744. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gunter Balling, Manfred Vogt, Harald Kaemmerer, Andreas Eicken, Hans Meisner, and John Hess

INTRACARDIAC THROMBUS FORMATION AFTER THE FONTAN OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 745-751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 751-752. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

K. Jane Grande-Allen, Richard P. Cochran, Per G. Reinhall, and Karyn S. Kunzelman

RE-CREATION OF SINUSES IS IMPORTANT FOR SPARING THE AORTIC VALVE: A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 753-762. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 762-763. [Full Text]  

Kazutomo Minami, Kazuaki Fukahara, Dietmar Boethig, Andreas Bairaktaris, Dirk Fritzsche, and Reiner Koerfer

LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SIMULTANEOUS CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY AND MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS USED FOR BOTH PROCEDURES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 764-772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cary W. Akins

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 772-773. [Full Text]  

Tomasz Timek, Julie R. Glasson, Paul Dagum, G. Randall Green, J. Francisco Nistal, Masashi Komeda, George T. Daughters, Ann F. Bolger, Linda E. Foppiano, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller

RING ANNULOPLASTY PREVENTS DELAYED LEAFLET COAPTATION AND MITRAL REGURGITATION DURING ACUTE LEFT VENTRICULAR ISCHEMIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 774-783. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Massetti, Gerard Babatasi, Olivier Le Page, Satar Bhoyroo, Eric Saloux, and Andre Khayat

POSTINFARCTION VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE: EARLY REPAIR THROUGH THE RIGHT ATRIAL APPROACH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 784-789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fumiki Yoshihara, Toshio Nishikimi, Yoshikado Sasako, Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, Reiji Hattori, Takeshi Horio, Soichiro Kitamura, Hisayuki Matsuo, Tohru Ohe, and Kenji Kangawa

PRESERVATION OF THE RIGHT ATRIAL APPENDAGE IMPROVES REDUCED PLASMA ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS AFTER THE MAZE PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 790-794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Tracey L. Weigel, Michael T. Lotze, Peter K. Kim, Andrew A. Amoscato, James D. Luketich, and Christine Odoux

PACLITAXEL-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER CELL LINES IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CASPASE-3 ACTIVITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 795-803. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasuhiko Ohta, Hiroshi Nozawa, Yoko Tanaka, Makoto Oda, and Yoh Watanabe

INCREASED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR–C AND DECREASED NM23 EXPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODISSEMINATION IN THE LYMPH NODES IN STAGE I NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 804-813. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Shinsuke Satake, Hidehito Matsuoka, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, Masahiro Yoshimura, and Noriaki Tsubota

SURVIVAL RELATED TO LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN LUNG CANCER AFTER SLEEVE LOBECTOMY COMPARED WITH PNEUMONECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 814-819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Andreas Meissner, Iva Lüss, Norbert Rolf, Peter Boknik, Uwe Kirchhefer, Vadim Kehm, Jörg Knapp, Bettina Linck, Hartmut Lüss, Frank U. Müller, Thomas Weber, Wilhelm Schmitz, Hugo Van Aken, and Joachim Neumann

THE EARLY RESPONSE GENES C-JUN AND HSP-70 ARE INDUCED IN REGIONAL CARDIAC STUNNING IN CONSCIOUS MAMMALS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 820-825. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffery S. Danetz, Ruth D. Davies, Henry F. Clemo, and Clive M. Baumgarten

RABBIT VENTRICULAR MYOCYTE VOLUME CHANGES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE INDUCED BY AORTIC REGURGITATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 826-833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Himanshu J. Patel, James J. Pilla, David J. Polidori, Sorin V. Pusca, Theodore A. Plappert, Martin St John Sutton, Edward B. Lankford, and Michael A. Acker

TEN WEEKS OF RAPID VENTRICULAR PACING CREATES A LONG-TERM MODEL OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 834-841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Monti, Katsunori Iwashiro, Sandra Picard, Anna Criniti, Saverio La Francesca, Giovanni Ruvolo, Ugo Papalia, Pietro Paolo Campa, Benedetto Marino, and Paolo Emilio Puddu

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE–DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNEL MODULATION AND CARDIOPLEGIA-INDUCED PROTECTION OF HUMAN ATRIAL MUSCLE IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF MYOCARDIAL STUNNING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 842-848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Doff B. McElhinney, Alison K. Hoydu, Alvin J. Chin, and Paul M. Weinberg

RIGHT-SIDED AORTIC ARCH WITH BILATERAL DUCTUS: A RARE CASE OF NONCONFLUENT PULMONARY ARTERIES WITHOUT ASSOCIATED CARDIAC ANOMALIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 849-851. [Full Text]  

Mark D. Rodefeld, Frederic D. Wile, Richard I. Whyte, Paul T. Pitlick, and Michael D. Black

PULMONARY VASCULAR COMPROMISE IN A CHILD WITH POSTPNEUMONECTOMY SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 851-853. [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Muscolino, Amedeo V. Bedini, and Paolo F. Buffa

LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE BRONCHUS: REPORT OF TWO CASES OF RESECTION WITH LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 853-854. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto

A possible explanation for the failure to improve the internal jugular venous oxygen saturation with balloon pump–induced pulsatile perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 855-856. [Full Text]  

Yuji Kadoi and Shigeru Saito

A possible explanation for the failure to improve the internal jugular venous oxygen saturation with balloon pump–induced pulsatile perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 856-857. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

Vasodilatation after cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 857. [Full Text]  

Ulrik Hvass

Posterior aortoventricular bleeding after aortic valve replacement with the stentless Cryolife-O’Brien valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 857-856. [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL:

Andrew S. Wechsler

A NEW EDITOR FOR THE JOURNAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 859. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 860. [Full Text]  

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