EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler

Publications of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, or "How to be all things to..."
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 831-832. [Full Text]  

Hani Shennib

Enter the era of facilitated anastomotic devices for coronary bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 833-834. [Full Text]  

Richard D. Weisel, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A.G. Mickle, and Terrence M. Yau

Cell transplantation comes of age
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 835-836. [Full Text]  

Martin F. McKneally

A bypass for the Institutional Review Board: Reflections on the Cleveland Clinic study of the Batista operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 837-839. [Full Text]  

Andrew S. Wechsler

Editorial note
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 840. [Full Text]  

Bruce W. Lytle

Evolving technology: Recognition and opportunity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 840-841. [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY:

Friedrich W. Mohr, Volkmar Falk, Anno Diegeler, Thomas Walther, Jan F. Gummert, Jan Bucerius, Stefan Jacobs, and Rüdiger Autschbach

Computer-enhanced "robotic" cardiac surgery: Experience in 148 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 842-853. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Yaron Bar-El, Giuseppe Vitolla, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giovanni Teodori, Angela L. Iacò, Stefano D'Alessandro, and Michele Di Mauro

Early clinical experience with a new sutureless anastomotic device for proximal anastomosis of the saphenous vein to the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 854-858. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arthur C. Hill, Timothy P. Maroney, and Renu Virmani

Facilitated coronary anastomosis using a nitinol U-clip device: Bovine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 859-870. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Rajnoch, J.-C. Chachques, A. Berrebi, P. Bruneval, M.-O. Benoit, and A. Carpentier

Cellular therapy reverses myocardial dysfunction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 871-878. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Anders Franco-Cereceda, Patrick M. McCarthy, Eugene H. Blackstone, Katherine J. Hoercher, Jennifer A. White, James B. Young, and Randall C. Starling

Partial left ventriculectomy for dilated cardiomyopathy: Is this an alternative to transplantation?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 879-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Steve S. Lin, Michael S. Lauer, Craig R. Asher, Delos M. Cosgrove, Eugene Blackstone, James D. Thomas, and Mario J. Garcia

Prediction of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing operations for mitral valve degeneration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 894-901. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John D. Madigan, Alessandro Barbone, Asim F. Choudhri, David L. S. Morales, Bolin Cai, Mehmet C. Oz, and Daniel Burkhoff

Time course of reverse remodeling of the left ventricle during support with a left ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 902-908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elisheva Simchen, Noya Galai, Dalit Braun, Yana Zitser-Gurevich, Eti Shabtai, and Irit Naveh

Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with low quality of life one year after coronary bypass operations: The Israeli Coronary Artery Bypass Study (ISCAB)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 909-919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raymond Cartier and Danielle Robitaille

Thrombotic complications in beating heart operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 920-922. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marek P. Ehrlich, Jock McCullough, David Wolfe, Ning Zhang, Howard Shiang, Donald Weisz, Carol Bodian, and Randall B. Griepp

Cerebral effects of cold reperfusion after hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 923-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetsuro Sakai, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A. G. Mickle, Eung T. Joong Kim, Zhi-Qian Jia, and Terrence M. Yau

The fate of a tissue-engineered cardiac graft in the right ventricular outflow tract of the rat
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 932-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harold L. Lazar, Carmel A. Fitzgerald, Tazeen Ahmad, Yusheng Bao, Theodore Colton, Oz M. Shapira, and Richard J. Shemin

Early discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Are patients really going home earlier?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 943-950. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Timothy A. Denton, Luca Trento, Myles Cohen, Robert M. Kass, Carlos Blanche, Sharo Raissi, Wen Cheng, Gregory P. Fontana, and Alfredo Trento

Radial artery harvesting for coronary bypass operations: Neurologic complications and their potential mechanisms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 951-956. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Jussi Rimpiläinen, Matti Pokela, Kai Kiviluoma, Vilho Vainionpää, Jorma Hirvonen, Pasi Ohtonen, Ville Jäntti, Vesa Anttila, Hanna Heinonen, and Tatu Juvonen

The N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine has no neuroprotective effect during hypothermic circulatory arrest: A study in the chronic porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 957-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hart G. W. Lidov

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 968-970. [Full Text]  

Murray H. Kown, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Christina L. Jahncke, Douglas Miniati, Seiichiro Murata, Jurg Grunenfelder, Mark L. Koransky, Jonathan B. Rothbard, and Robert C. Robbins

L-arginine polymers inhibit the development of vein graft neointimal hyperplasia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 971-980. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Steven M. Fiser, Jeffrey T. Cope, Irving L. Kron, Aditya K. Kaza, Stewart M. Long, John A. Kern, and Curtis G. Tribble

Aerosolized prostacyclin (epoprostenol) as an alternative to inhaled nitric oxide for patients with reperfusion injury after lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 981-982. [Full Text]  

N. Zimmermann, P. Kienzle, A.-A Weber, J. Winter, E. Gams, K. Schrör, and T. Hohlfeld

Aspirin resistance after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 982-984. [Full Text]  

Nobushige Tamura, Kwansong Ku, Yasumasa Shichiri, Yoshiya Sakurai, Masanori Nishimura, Rikiya Shioyama, Morihiro Kondoh, Kazunobu Nishimura, and Masashi Komeda

Renal autotransplantation in a patient with acute renal infarction after surgery for a dissecting aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 985-986. [Full Text]  

Suat Büket, Tahir Yagdi, Mustafa Çikirikçioglu, and E. Alp Alayunt

Single-stage transpericardial repair of acute aortic dissection associated with recoarctation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 987-989. [Full Text]  

Takatsugu Shimono, Noriyuki Kato, Fuyuhiko Yasuda, Tadanori Hirano, Kan Takeda, and Iaso Yada

Acute aortic dissection with critical stenoses of the true lumen treated by transluminal stent-graft placement and findings one year after treatment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 989-992. [Full Text]  

Mikio Ninomiya, Shinichi Takamoto, Yutaka Kotsuka, Takeshi Miyairi, and Munemoto Endo

Stent-graft implantation through partial sternotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 992-993. [Full Text]  

L. Daou, D. Sidi, P. Mauriat, G. Butera, J. Kachaner, P. R. Vouhé, and D. Bonnet

Mitral valve replacement with mechanical valves in children under two years of age
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 994-996. [Full Text]  

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Jean Rubay, Ruth Ouaknine, Nicolas Murith, Laurence Cohen, and Yves Lecompte

Surgical correction of aortic arch hypoplasia associated with crestlike protrusion of the superior arch wall and isthmic coarctation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 996-998. [Full Text]  

Tain-Yen Hsia, Fenella Kirkham, Adam Waldman, and Victor Tsang

The implications of extensive cerebral vascular dysplasia in surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta and ventricular septal defect
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 998-1001. [Full Text]  

Vicens Martí, Sandra Pujadas, Pere Casan, Joan García, Pere Guiteras, and Josep M. Augé

Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy after lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1001-1002. [Full Text]  

Brian C. Grubbs, Douglas R. Baldwin, Stephan W. Trenkner, Robert P. McCabe, Jr, and Michael A. Maddaus

Distal esophageal perforation caused by tuberculosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1003-1004. [Full Text]  

Takeshi Oyaizu, Yoshinori Okada, Motoyasu Sagawa, Kazuo Yamakawa, Hiroshi Kuroda, Kazuo Fujihara, Yasuto Itoyama, Tatsuo Tanita, Masakatsu Motomura, and Takashi Kondo

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome associated with an anterior mediastinal small cell carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1005-1006. [Full Text]  

Ömer Senbaklavaci, Yukihiro Kaneko, Anna Bartunek, Christof Brunner, Erol Kurkciyan, Patrick Wunderbaldinger, Walter Klepetko, Ernst Wolner, and Werner Mohl

Rupture and dissection in pulmonary artery aneurysms: Incidence, cause, and treatment—Review and case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1006-1008. [Full Text]  

T. AydoGdu, N. Sahin, V. Ulusan, F. Gürpinar, C. Türkay, and Ö Bayezid

Right atrial hydatid cyst associated with multiple organ involvement: Case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1009-1011. [Full Text]  

Amy S. Colwell, Jonathan D'Cunha, and Michael A. Maddaus

Carney's triad paragangliomas
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1011-1012. [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Yoshihiro Suematsu, Hiroshi Kubota, Shinichi Takamoto, and Masatoshi Makuuchi

Salvage of right gastroepiploic artery graft before pancreatoduodenectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1013-1014. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 121: 1015. [Full Text]  

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