EDITORIALS:

Bruce W. Lytle

Skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts and wound complications
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 625-627. [Full Text]  

Gerald D. Buckberg

Congestive heart failure: Treat the disease, not the symptom—Return to normalcy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 628-637. [Full Text]  

Lawrence L. Creswell and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr

Postoperative atrial fibrillation: An old problem crying for new solutions
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 638-641. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Thierry Mom, Marc Filaire, David Advenier, Christophe Guichard, Adel Naamee, Georges Escande, Xavier Llompart, Laurent Vallet, Jean Gabrillargues, Christophe Courtalhiac, Béatrice Claise, and Laurent Gilain

Concomitant type I thyroplasty and thoracic operations for lung cancer: Preventing respiratory complications associated with vagus or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 642-648. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Facciolo, Giuseppe Cardillo, Michele Lopergolo, Guido Pallone, Francesco Sera, and Massimo Martelli

Chest wall invasion in non–small cell lung carcinoma: A rationale for en bloc resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 649-656. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael T. Jaklitsch, Carlos M. Mery, Jeanne M. Lukanich, William G. Richards, Raphael Bueno, Scott J. Swanson, Steven J. Mentzer, Ben D. Davis, Elizabeth N. Allred, and David J. Sugarbaker

Sequential thoracic metastasectomy prolongs survival by re-establishing local control within the chest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 657-667. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Menachem Matsa, Yosef Paz, Jacob Gurevitch, Itzhak Shapira, Amir Kramer, Dimitry Pevny, and Rephael Mohr

Bilateral skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts in patients with diabetes mellitus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 668-674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lynda L. Mickleborough, Susan Carson, and Joan Ivanov

Repair of dyskinetic or akinetic left ventricular aneurysm: Results obtained with a modified linear closure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 675-682. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xavier M. Mueller, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, Patrick Ruchat, Frank Stumpe, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Did the introduction of a minimally invasive technique change the incidence of atrial fibrillation after single internal thoracic artery–left anterior descending artery grafting?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 683-688. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raimondo Ascione, Simon Williams, Clinton T. Lloyd, Thiagarajamirthy Sundaramoorthi, Antonis A. Pitsis, and Gianni D. Angelini

Reduced postoperative blood loss and transfusion requirement after beating-heart coronary operations: A prospective randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 689-696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. K. Moza, H. Mertsching, T. Herden, A. Bader, and A. Haverich

Heart valves from pigs and the porcine endogenous retrovirus: Experimental and clinical data to assess the probability of porcine endogenous retrovirus infection in human subjects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 697-701. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Bauer, Miralem Pasic, Rail Ewert, and Roland Hetzer

Ministernotomy versus complete sternotomy for coronary bypass operations: No difference in postoperative pulmonary function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 702-707. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugene A. Grossi, Angelo LaPietra, Greg H. Ribakove, Julie Delianides, Rick Esposito, Alfred T. Culliford, Christopher C. Derivaux, Robert M. Applebaum, Itzhak Kronzon, Bryan M. Steinberg, F. Gregory Baumann, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Stephen B. Colvin

Minimally invasive versus sternotomy approaches for mitral reconstruction: Comparison of intermediate-term results
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 708-713. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Afshin Ehsan, Michael J. Mann, Giorgio Dell'Acqua, and Victor J. Dzau

Long-term stabilization of vein graft wall architecture and prolonged resistance to experimental atherosclerosis after E2F decoy oligonucleotide gene therapy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 714-722. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gennaro Ismeno, Attilio Renzulli, Marisa De Feo, Alessandro Della Corte, Francesco Enrico Covino, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Standard versus hemodynamic plus 19-mm St Jude Medical aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 723-728. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masayoshi Nishimoto, Shinji Takai, Yoshihide Sawada, Atsushi Yuda, Keiichiro Kondo, Mayumi Yamada, Denan Jin, Masato Sakaguchi, Kunio Asada, Shinjiro Sasaki, and Mizuo Miyazaki

Chymase-dependent angiotensin II formation in the saphenous vein versus the internal thoracic artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 729-734. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xunyu Xu, Jian Li, Michael Simons, Jianyi Li, Roger J. Laham, and Frank W. Sellke

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors is increased, but microvascular relaxation is impaired in patients after acute myocardial ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 735-742. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Michael A. Borger, Charles M. Peniston, Richard D. Weisel, Marie Vasiliou, Robin E. A. Green, and Christopher M. Feindel

Neuropsychologic impairment after coronary bypass surgery: Effect of gaseous microemboli during perfusionist interventions
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 743-749. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genichi Sakaguchi, Richard L. Young, Masashi Komeda, Kazou Yamanaka, Brian F. Buxton, and William J. Louis

Left ventricular aneurysm repair in rats: Structural, functional, and molecular consequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 750-761. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lennart Christiansson, A. Tulga Ulus, Anders Hellberg, David Bergqvist, Lars Wiklund, and Sadettin Karacagil

Aspects of the spinal cord circulation as assessed by intrathecal oxygen tension monitoring during various arterial interruptions in the pig
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 762-772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugenio G. Araujo, Cesario Bianchi, Kaori Sato, Renato Faro, X. Alec Li, and Frank W. Sellke

Inactivation of the MEK/ERK pathway in the myocardium during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 773-781. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Göran Dellgren, Bhagawan Koirala, Andreas Sakopoulus, Aline Botta, Jay Joseph, Lee Benson, Brian McCrindle, Anne Dipchand, Carl Cardella, Kyong-Jin Lee, Lori West, Nancy Poirier, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, and John G. Coles

Pediatric heart transplantation: Improving results in high-risk patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 782-791. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukihisa Isomatsu, Yasuharu Imai, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Mitsuru Aoki, and Yusuke Iwata

Surgical intervention for anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: The Tokyo experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 792-797. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul M. Verheijen, Lukas A. Lisowski, Phillip Stoutenbeek, J. François Hitchcock, Joel I. Brenner, Joshua A. Copel, Charles S. Kleinman, Erik J. Meijboom, and Ger B. W. E. Bennink

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease affects preoperative acidosis in the newborn patient
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 798-803. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitchell I. Cohen, Victoria L. Vetter, Gil Wernovsky, David M. Bush, J. William Gaynor, V. Ramesh Iyer, Thomas L. Spray, Ronn E. Tanel, and Larry A. Rhodes

Epicardial pacemaker implantation and follow-up in patients with a single ventricle after the Fontan operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 804-811. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Richard J. Kaplon, Xiao-shi Qi, Fotios M. Andreopoulos, Mark B. Anderson, Eugene Bauerlein, Antoni Nejman, and Si M. Pham

Tricuspid valvectomy for right ventricular outflow cannula occlusion with the thoratec ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 812-813. [Full Text]  

Isabelle Baeyens and Richard G. Berrisford

Pleuroperitoneal shunts and tumor seeding
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 813. [Full Text]  

Nicholas Kang and Clifford F. Hughes

Massive pulmonary embolus complicating left atrial myxoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 814-815. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto

Alternate explanation for the increasing oxygen consumption and lactatemia after surgery with hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 816-817. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto

Alkalosis induced by alpha-stat management: Cause of neuronal injury after deep hypothermic perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 817-818. [Full Text]  

Afksendiyos Kalangos

Stentless bioprostheses should be properly adjusted according to the disposition of patient coronary ostia at both the inflow and outflow insertion levels
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 818-819. [Full Text]  

Dov Weissberg

Congenital Horner syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 819. [Full Text]  

Sody Naimer

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 819-820. [Full Text]  

Jiri T. Beranek

Vascular endothelial cell is a stem cell for neointimal formation after injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 820. [Full Text]  

Makiko Ueda

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 820-821. [Full Text]  

Dov Weissberg

Resection of lung cancer invading the diaphragm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 821. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 822. [Full Text]  

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