CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Bashir M. Matata and Manuel Galiñanes

Cardiopulmonary bypass exacerbates oxidative stress but does not increase proinflammatory cytokine release in patients with diabetes compared with patients without diabetesRegulatory effects of exogenous nitric oxide
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1-11. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Piet Borgdorff, Gerard van den Bos, and Geert Jan Tangelder

Extracorporeal circulation can induce hypotension by both blood-material contact and pump-induced platelet aggregation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 12-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Bryan F. Meyers, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Scott Henry, Elbert P. Trulock, Tracey Guthrie, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

Selective use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is warranted after lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 20-28. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christine L. Lau, William C. Daggett, Mark F. Yeatman, Paul Chai, Shu S. Lin, Andrew J. Lodge, Edward P. Chen, Lisa E. Diamond, Guerard W. Byrne, John S. Logan, William Parker, Jeffrey L. Platt, and R. Duane Davis

The role of antibodies in dysfunction of pig-to-baboon pulmonary transplants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 29-38. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pablo F. Soto, Chao-Xiang Jia, David G. Rabkin, Joseph P. Hart, Yvonne M. Carter, Michael J. Sardo, Daphne T. Hsu, Peter E. Fisher, David J. Pinsky, and Henry M. Spotnitz

Improvement of rejection-induced diastolic abnormalities in rat cardiac allografts with inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 39-46. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. J. Levine, K. Parkes, S. Rooney, and R. S. Bonser

Reduction of endothelial injury after hypothermic lung preservation by initial leukocyte-depleted reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 47-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Paul H. Schoof, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Emile de Heer, Jan A. Bruijn, Mark G. Hazekamp, and Hans A. Huysmans

Remodeling of the porcine pulmonary autograft wall in the aortic position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 55-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ronald C. Elkins

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 64-65. [Full Text]  

Renato S. Assad, Marcelo Cardarelli, Maria Cristina Abduch, Vera D. Aiello, Marina Maizato, Miguel Barbero-Marcial, and Adib Jatene

Reversible pulmonary trunk banding with a balloon catheterAssessment of rapid pulmonary ventricular hypertrophy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 66-72. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John R. Charpie, Mary K. Dekeon, Caren S. Goldberg, Ralph S. Mosca, Edward L. Bove, and Thomas J. Kulik

Serial blood lactate measurements predict early outcome after neonatal repair or palliation for complex congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 73-80. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jack Rychik, David M. Bush, Thomas L. Spray, J. William Gaynor, and Gil Wernovsky

Assessment of pulmonary/systemic blood flow ratio after first-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndromeDevelopment of a new index with the use of doppler echocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 81-87. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Bousamra, II, Robert Rossi, Elizabeth Jacobs, Maryam Parviz, Cory Busch, Leif D. Nelin, Steven Haworth, and Christopher A. Dawson

Systemic lobar shunting induces advanced pulmonary vasculopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 88-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Bryan F. Meyers, John P. Lynch, Elbert P. Trulock, Tracey Guthrie, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

Single versus bilateral lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisA ten-year institutional experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 99-107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yu Liu, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Kazuya Matsumoto, Takashi Sekine, Hiroki Ueda, and Yasuhiko Shimizu

Immunosuppressant-free allotransplantation of the tracheaThe antigenicity of tracheal grafts can be reduced by removing the epithelium and mixed glands from the graft by detergent treatment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 108-114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfredo Mussi, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Gianfranco Menconi, Alessandro Ribechini, and Carlo Alberto Angeletti

Surgical approaches to membranous tracheal wall lacerations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 115-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adelheid End, Peter Hollaus, Andreas Pentsch, Werner Brannath, Dan Janakiev, Michael R. Mueller, Nestor Pridun, and Ernst Wolner

Bronchoplastic procedures in malignant and nonmalignant diseaseMultivariable analysis of 144 cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 119-127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Darren B. Schneider, Carolyn Clary-Macy, Sudha Challa, Kent C. Sasse, Scott H. Merrick, Randall Hawkins, Gary Caputo, and David Jablons

Positron emission tomography with f18-fluorodeoxyglucose in the staging and preoperative evaluation of malignant pleural mesothelioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 128-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Horst R. Laube, Jan Duwe, Wolfgang Rutsch, and Wolfgang Konertz

Clinical experience with autologous endothelial cell–seeded polytetrafluoroethylene coronary artery bypass grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 134-141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shigeaki Aoyagi, Masaru Nishimi, Hiroshi Kawano, Eiki Tayama, Shuji Fukunaga, Nobuhiko Hayashida, Hidetoshi Akashi, and Takemi Kawara

Obstruction of st jude medical valves in the aortic positionSignificance of a combination of cineradiography and echocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 142-147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Anita Saxena, Bharat Dubey, and A. Sampath Kumar

Pulmonary homograftShould it be used in the aortic position?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 148-155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terrence M. Yau, Michael A. Borger, Richard D. Weisel, and Joan Ivanov

The changing pattern of reoperative coronary surgeryTrends in 1230 consecutive reoperations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 156-163. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eimei Shimoike, Yoshikazu Kaji, Norihiro Ueda, Toru Maruyama, Shozo Kanaya, and Yoshiyuki Niho

In vivo and in vitro study of radio-frequency application with a new long linear probeImplication for the maze operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 164-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rosalyn Scott, Eugene H. Blackstone, Patrick M. McCarthy, Bruce W. Lytle, Floyd D. Loop, Jennifer A. White, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Isolated bypass grafting of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary arteryLate consequences of incomplete revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 173-184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, and Teruo Tei

Cerebral infarction in children due to thromboembolism from ligated Blalock-Taussig shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 185-186. [Full Text]  

CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE:

G. Alexander Patterson and David B. Campbell

Clinical-pathologic conference in thoracic surgeryBasaloid squamous carcinoma of the trachea
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 187-193. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Paul R. Vogt

Studies in thoracic aortic graft infections: The development of a porcine model and a comparison of collagen-impregnated Dacron grafts and cryopreserved allografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 194-195. [Full Text]  

Joshua H. Burack and Norman M. Rowe

Studies in thoracic aortic graft infections: The development of a porcine model and a comparison of collagen-impregnated Dacron grafts and cryopreserved allografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 195. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 196. [Full Text]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.