SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Christian Kreutzer, Julie De Vive, Guido Oppido, Jacqueline Kreutzer, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Michael Freed, John E. Mayer, Jr, Richard Jonas, and Pedro J. del Nido

Twenty-five–year experience with Rastelli repair for transposition of the great arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 211-223. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marjan Jahangiri, Elliot A. Shinebourne, David Zurakowski, Michael L. Rigby, Andrew N. Redington, and Christopher Lincoln

Subclavian flap angioplasty: Does the arch look after itself?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 224-229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc L. Schermerhorn, Motohisa Tofukuji, Philip R. Khoury, Laurie Phillips, Paul R. Hickey, Frank W. Sellke, John E. Mayer, Jr, and David P. Nelson

Sialyl Lewis^X oligosaccharide preserves cardiopulmonary and endothelial function after hypothermic circulatory arrest in lambs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 230-237. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitsugi Nagashima, Georg Nollert, Ulrich Stock, Jason Sperling, Shinichi Hatsuoka, Dominique Shum-Tim, Koh Takeuchi, Arthur Nedder, and John E. Mayer, Jr

Cardiac performance after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in chronically cyanotic neonatal lambs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 238-246. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vesa Anttila, Jussi Rimpiläinen, Matti Pokela, Kai Kiviluoma, Minna Mäkiranta, Ville Jäntti, Vilho Vainionpää, Jorma Hirvonen, and Tatu Juvonen

Lamotrigine improves cerebral outcome after hypothermic circulatory arrest: A study in a chronic porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 247-255. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William J. Dreyer, Sharon C. Phillips, Merry L. Lindsey, Peggy Jackson, Neil E. Bowles, Lloyd H. Michael, and Mark L. Entman

Interleukin 6 induction in the canine myocardium after cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 256-263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Martin F. McKneally and Douglas K. Martin

An entrustment model of consent for surgical treatment of life-threatening illness: Perspective of patients requiring esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 264-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-François Regnard, Marco Alifano, Philippe Puyo, Estephan Fares, Pierre Magdeleinat, and Philippe Levasseur

Open window thoracostomy followed by intrathoracic flap transposition in the treatment of empyema complicating pulmonary resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 270-275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidehiro Yamamoto, Akio Kanehira, Munenori Kawamura, Masayoshi Okada, and Yutaka Ohkita

Needlescopic surgery for palmar hyperhidrosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 276-279. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Toshihiro Ohata, Ikutaro Kigawa, Yoichi Yamashita, and Yasuhiko Wanibuchi

Surgical strategy for severe tricuspid valve regurgitation complicated by advanced mitral valve disease: Long-term outcome of tricuspid valve supra-annular implantation in eighty-eight cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 280-283. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zsolt L. Nagy, John Fisher, Peter G. Walker, and Kevin G. Watterson

The in vitro hydrodynamic characteristics of the porcine pulmonary valve and root with regard to the Ross procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 284-289. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amir Kramer, Menachem Mastsa, Yosef Paz, Chaim Locker, Dimitri Pevni, Jacob Gurevitch, Itzhak Shapira, Oren Lev-Ran, and Rephael Mohr

Bilateral skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafting in 303 patients seventy years and older
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 290-297. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Franco Glieca, Carlo Trani, Alessandro Lupi, Mario A. Mazzari, Giovanni Schiavoni, and Gianfederico Possati

Midterm endothelial function and remodeling of radial artery grafts anastomosed to the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 298-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohanraj K. Karunanithi and Michael P. Feneley

Limitations of unidimensional indexes of right ventricular contractile function in conscious dogs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 302-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Amoroso, René A. Tio, Massimo A. Mariani, Adrianus J. van Boven, Gillian A. J. Jessurun, Stefan H. J. Monnink, Jan G. Grandjean, Piet W. Boonstra, and Harry J. G. M. Crijns

Functional integrity and aging of the left internal thoracic artery after coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 313-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitsuharu Hosono, Makiko Ueda, Shigefumi Suehiro, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Toshihiko Shibata, Koji Hattori, and Hiroaki Kinoshita

Neointimal formation at the sites of anastomosis of the internal thoracic artery grafts after coronary artery bypass grafting in human subjects: An immunohistochemical analysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 319-328. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Byhahn, Thorsten Rinne, Stephan Halbig, Sabine Albert, Hans J. Wilke, Volker Lischke, and Klaus Westphal

Early percutaneous tracheostomy after median sternotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 329-334. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric H. Liu, Leslie M. Turner, Susan X. Lin, Lorissa Klaus, Lorraine Y. Choi, Jery Whitworth, Windsor Ting, and Mehmet C. Oz

Use of alternative medicine by patients undergoing cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 335-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ashish S. Shah, B. Zane Atkins, Jonathan A. Hata, Oliver Tai, Alan P. Kypson, R. Eric Lilly, Walter J. Koch, and Donald D. Glower

Early effects of right ventricular volume overload on ventricular performance and ß-adrenergic signaling
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 342-349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert D. Riley, Hiroki Sato, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Vinod H. Thourani, James E. Jordan, Adolfo X. Fernandez, Xin-Liang Ma, Duncan R. Hite, Dean F. Rigel, Theodore C. Pellas, Jane Peppard, Kurt A. Bill, Rodney W. Lappe, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Recombinant human complement C5a receptor antagonist reduces infarct size after surgical revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 350-358. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY:

Eugenio Pompeo, Carlo Luigi Cardini, Simona Servetti, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo

A simple electronic device for resolving paradoxic motion in video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 359-360. [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

George Asimakopoulos, Richard Thompson, Sussan Nourshargh, Elaine A. Lidington, Justin C. Mason, Chandana P. Ratnatunga, Dorian O. Haskard, Kenneth M. Taylor, and R. Clive Landis

An anti-inflammatory property of aprotinin detected at the level of leukocyte extravasation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 361-369. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis, Richard Manning, Mike Laffan, Dorian O. Haskard, Kenneth M. Taylor, and R. Clive Landis

The antithrombotic effect of aprotinin: actions mediated via the proteaseactivated receptor 1
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 370-378. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John H. Artrip, Geng-Hua Yi, Juichiro Shimizo, Eduard Feihn, Robert R. Sciacca, Jie Wang, and Daniel Burkhoff

Maximizing hemodynamic effectiveness of biventricular assistance by direct cardiac compression studied in ex vivo and in vivo canine models of acute heart failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 379-386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Benjamin J. Pomerantz, Thomas N. Robinson, Todd D. Morrell, Julie K. Heimbach, Anirban Banerjee, and Alden H. Harken

Selective mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate–sensitive potassium channel activation is sufficient to precondition human myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 387-392. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bart Meyns, Paul Sergeant, Patrick Wouters, Filip Casselman, Paul Herijgers, Willem Daenen, Kris Bogaerts, and Willem Flameng

Mechanical support with microaxial blood pumps for postcardiotomy left ventricular failure: Can outcome be predicted?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 393-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Martin P. Talbot, Isabelle Tremblay, André Y. Denault, and Sylvain Bélisle

Vasopressin for refractory hypotension during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 401-402. [Full Text]  

Geoffrey K. Lighthall, Christopher R. Cartwright, and Gordon R. Haddow

An improved method for topical cerebral cooling during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 403-404. [Full Text]  

Kazuhito Imanaka, Shunei Kyo, Hiroaki Tanabe, Hiroshi Ohuchi, Haruhiko Asano, and Yuji Yokote

Fatal intraoperative dissection of the innominate artery due to perfusion through the right axillary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 405-406. [Full Text]  

Norihisa Shigemura, Masaaki Kato, Toru Kuratani, Yasunobu Funakoshi, and Mitsunori Kaneko

New operative method for acute type B dissection: Left carotid artery–left subclavian artery bypass combined with endovascular stent-graft implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 406-408. [Full Text]  

Mircea Dobre, Bansi Koul, and Anders Rojer

Anatomic and physiologic correction of the restricted posterior mitral leaflet motion in chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 409-411. [Full Text]  

Masahiko Higashiyama, Ken Kodama, Hideoki Yokouchi, Koji Takami, Tomio Nakayama, and Takeshi Horai

A novel test of the surgical margin in patients with lung cancer undergoing limited surgery: Lavage cytologic technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 412-413. [Full Text]  

Shinichiro Okada, Yoshiaki Tanaba, Hiromitsu Sugawara, Hideyuki Yamauchi, Shotaro Ishimori, and Shoichi Satoh

Thoracoscopic major lung resection for primary lung cancer by a single surgeon with a voice-controlled robot and an instrument retraction system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 414-415. [Full Text]  

Juan A. Cordero, Jr and Darroch W.O. Moores

Thoracic herniation of the transverse colon after transhiatal esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 416. [Full Text]  

Marc Riquet, Henri Porte, Alain Chapelier, Pierre-Yves Brichon, Alain Bernard, Antoine Dujon, Marcel Dahan, Pierre Bonette, Roger Guidicelli, René Jancovici, Michel Monteau, Jean-Luc Moreau, Jean-Michel Moreau, Christophe Peillon, François Bellenot, Jean-Marie Faillon, and Jérome Mouroux

Resection of lung cancer invading the diaphragm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 417-418. [Full Text]  

Sody Abby Naimer, Orly Weinstein, and Gidon Rosenthal

Congenital Horner syndrome: A rare though significant complication of subclavian flap aortoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 419-421. [Full Text]  

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Kona Samba Murthy, Shivaprakasha Krishnanaik, Ammu Sivaraman, and Kotturathu Mamman Cherian

Cardiac blood-filled cyst at the atrialized portion of the right ventricle in a patient with Ebstein anomaly: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 422-423. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Massimo Massetti, Piergiorgio Bruno, Gerard Babatasi, Eugenio Neri, and André Khayat

Cardiopulmonary bypass and severe drug intoxication
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 424. [Full Text]  

Miralem Pasic and Roland Hetzer

Cardiopulmonary bypass and severe drug intoxication
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 424-425. [Full Text]  

Ross M. Ungerleider

Role for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest during repair of heart defects in infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 425-426. [Full Text]  

Valeri S. Chekanov

The use of diaphragmatic flaps in cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 426. [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi, and Ospedale S. Eugenio

The use of diaphragmatic flaps in cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 427. [Full Text]  

John H. Kennedy, D. Henrion, M. Wassef, C. M. Shanahan, G. Bloch, and A. Tedgui

Osteopontin expression and calcium content in human aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 427. [Full Text]  

Robert Bauernschmitt, Christian Schreiber, and Rüdiger Lange

C1 esterase inhibitor concentrate during surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: Is there an indication beyond substitution therapy in patients with hereditary angioneurotic edema?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 427-428. [Full Text]  

John M. Alvarez

C1 esterase inhibitor concentrate during surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: Is there an indication beyond substitution therapy in patients with hereditary angioneurotic edema?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 428. [Full Text]  

Robin Kanagasabay, M. Jonathan Unsworth-White, Gillian Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. Haxby, and Edward E.J. Smith

Cardiopulmonary bypass and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Pitfalls of anticoagulation with danaparoid
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 428-429. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 430. [Full Text]  

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