SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Andrés J. Schlichter, Christian Kreutzer, Rita de Cassia Mayorquim, Jorge L. Simon, Maria I. Román, Haydee Vazquez, Eduardo A. Kreutzer, Guillermo O. Kreutzer, and Sponsor: Richard A. Jonas

Five- to fifteen-year follow-up of fresh autologous pericardial valved conduits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 869-879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eyad K. El-Najdawi, David J. Driscoll, Francisco J. Puga, Joseph A. Dearani, Bruce E. Spotts, Douglas W. Mahoney, and Gordon K. Danielson

Operation for partial atrioventricular septal defect: a forty-year review
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 880-889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian W. McCrindle

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 889-890. [Full Text]  

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

Whole blood ionized magnesium: age-related differences in normal values and clinical implications of ionized hypomagnesemia in patients undergoing surgery for congenital cardiac disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 891-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Jun-ichi Yamashita, Yuji Kurusu, Noboru Fujino, Tetsushi Saisyoji, and Michio Ogawa

Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with non–small cell lung cancer undergoing lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery: A potential hazard for intraoperative hematogenous tumor cell dissemination
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gerard Babatasi, Massimo Massetti, Alain Chapelier, Elie Fadel, Paolo Macchiarini, Andre Khayat, and Philippe Dartevelle

Surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma: Current outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 906-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bassem N. Mora, Carlos H. R. Boasquevisque, Mariano Boglione, Jon M. Ritter, Ronald K. Scheule, Nelson S. Yew, Lisa Debruyne, Lihui Qin, Jonathan S. Bromberg, and G. Alexander Patterson

Transforming growth factor–ß1 gene transfer ameliorates acute lung allograft rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 913-920. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sufan Chien, Futing Zhang, Wenying Niu, Michael T. Tseng, and Laman Gray, Jr

Comparison of University of Wisconsin, Euro-Collins, low-potassium dextran, And Krebs-Henseleit solutions for hypothermic lung preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 921-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey M. Pearl, David P. Nelson, Scott A. Wellmann, Jenni L. Raake, Connie J. Wagner, Jerri L. McNamara, and Jodie Y. Duffy

Acute hypoxia and reoxygenation impairs exhaled nitric oxide release and pulmonary mechanics
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 931-938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryoji Yamamoto, Hirohito Tada, Akihiro Kishi, and Takashi Tojo

Effects of preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy on human bronchial blood flow
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 939-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Joseph F. Sabik, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Patrick M. McCarthy, Floyd D. Loop, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Long-term effectiveness of operations for ascending aortic dissections
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 946-962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Benjamin Medalion, Eugene H. Blackstone, Bruce W. Lytle, Jennifer White, John H. Arnold, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Aortic valve replacement: Is valve size important?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 963-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott B. Capps, Ronald C. Elkins, and David M. Fronk

Body surface area as a predictor of aortic and pulmonary valve diameter
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 975-982. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiro Ogata, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Yo-ichi Hoshino, Ken-ichi Sekiguchi, Susumu Ishikawa, Yasuo Morishita, and Ryozo Nagai

Inducible expression of basic transcription element–binding protein 2 in proliferating smooth muscle cells at the vascular anastomotic stricture
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 983-989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudia Schmidtke, J. F. Matthias Bechtel, Michael Hueppe, Axel Noetzold, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers

Size and distensibility of the aortic root and aortic valve function after different techniques of the Ross procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 990-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hajime Otani, Hideyasu Ohmiya, Reiji Hattori, Hirofumi Fujii, Hideki Ninomiya, Masakuni Kido, Hideki Kawaguchi, Motohiko Osako, Hiroji Imamura, Tetsuo Ohta, and Shoji Ohkuma

Potential role of vacuolar H⁺–adenosine triphosphatase in neointimal formation in cultured human saphenous vein
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 998-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michio Kawasuji, Naoki Sakakibara, Susumu Fujii, Tamotsu Yasuda, and Yoh Watanabe

Coronary artery bypass surgery with arterial grafts in familial hypercholesterolemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1008-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfred J. Tector and Monica L. McDonald

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1013-1014. [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Lawrence R. McBride, Gregory A. Lowdermilk, Andrew C. Fiore, Debbie A. Moroney, Jenny A. Brannan, and Marc T. Swartz

Transfer of patients receiving advanced mechanical circulatory support
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1015-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vesa Anttila, Matti Pokela, Kai Kiviluoma, Minna Mäkiranta, Jorma Hirvonen, and Tatu Juvonen

Is maintained cranial hypothermia the only factor leading to improved outcome after retrograde cerebral perfusion? An experimental study with a chronic porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1021-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Flemming Randsbaek, Hans-Henrik Kimose, Thomas Bjerre, Ulla Møldrup, Hans Erik Bøtker, and Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen

Captopril-induced glutamate release at the start of reperfusion after cold cardioplegic storage of pig hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1030-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guo-Wei He and Cheng-Qin Yang

Vasorelaxant effect of phosphodiesterase-inhibitor milrinone in the human radial artery used as coronary bypass graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1039-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Malcolm V. Brock and Richard F. Heitmiller

Spontaneous anterior thoracic lung hernias
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1046-1047. [Full Text]  

Ulrik Hvass

A new technique for sparing the aortic valve in patients with aneurysm of the ascending aorta and root
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1048-1049. [Full Text]  

Duncan A. Killen, Charles L. Weinstein, and William A. Reed

Reversal of spinal cord ischemia resulting from aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1049-1052. [Full Text]  

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS:

Henry M. Spotnitz

Macro design, structure, and mechanics of the left ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1053-1077. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Sidney Chocron and Joseph-Philippe Etievent

Warm reperfusion as an adjunct to myocardial protection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1078. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 119: 1079. [Full Text]  

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