PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

James L. Cox

Presidential address: Changing boundaries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 413-418. [Full Text]  

EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler

Peer review: Recognition and responsibility
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 419-420. [Full Text]  

Daniel Burkhoff

New heart failure therapy: The shape of things to come?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 421-423. [Full Text]  

J. William Gaynor

Management strategies for infants with coarctation and an associated ventricular septal defect
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 424-426. [Full Text]  

Robert Frater

Tricuspid insufficiency
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 427-429. [Full Text]  

STATISTICS FOR THE REST OF US (STATS):

Eugene H. Blackstone

Breaking down barriers: Helpful breakthrough statistical methods you need to understand better
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 430-439. [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CPS):

Brian W. Duncan, Desmond J. Bohn, Andrew M. Atz, James W. French, Peter C. Laussen, and David L. Wessel

Mechanical circulatory support for the treatment of children with acute fulminant myocarditis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 440-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. S. Molicki, A. M. Draaisma, N. Verbeet, R. Munneke, H. A. Huysmans, M. G. Hazekamp, and H. M. Berger

Prime solutions for cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates: Antioxidant capacity of prime based on albumin or fresh frozen plasma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 449-456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John M. Alvarez, Lee R. Jackson, Clare Chatwin, and Joseph J. Smolich

Low-dose postoperative aprotinin reduces mediastinal drainage and blood product use in patients undergoing primary coronary artery bypass grafting who are taking aspirin: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 457-463. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sunil P. Malhotra, R. Kirk Riemer, Stephan Thelitz, You-Ping He, Frank L. Hanley, and V. Mohan Reddy

Superior cavopulmonary anastomosis suppresses the activity and expression of pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 464-469. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. C. F. Chong, P. J. L. Ong, C. Hayward, N. Moat, and P. Collins

Effects of storage solutions on in vitro vasoreactivity of radial artery conduits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 470-475. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven F. Bolling, Vinay Badhwar, Charles F. Schwartz, Peter R. Oeltgen, Kenneth Kilgore, and Tsung-Ping Su

Opioids confer myocardial tolerance to ischemia: Interaction of delta opioid agonists and antagonists
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 476-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET):

Patrick M. McCarthy, Masami Takagaki, Yoshie Ochiai, James B. Young, Tomotsugu Tabata, Takahiro Shiota, Jian Xin Qin, James D. Thomas, Todd J. Mortier, Richard F. Schroeder, Cyril J. Schweich, Jr, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi

Device-based change in left ventricular shape: A new concept for the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 482-490. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Horia Sirbu, Dieter Zenker, and Thomas Busch

Video-assisted thoracic surgical implantation of an endocardial pacemaker: A challenging procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 491-492. [Full Text]  

Antonio F. Corno, Michel Hurni, Helen Griffin, Xavier Jeanrenaud, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine jugular vein as a substitute for the pulmonary valve in the Ross operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 493-494. [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION (TX):

Carlos Blanche, Andreas Kamlot, Dominique A. Blanche, Brenda Kearney, Angela V. Wong, Lawrence S. C. Czer, and Alfredo Trento

Combined heart-kidney transplantation with single-donor allografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 495-500. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vivek Rao, Christopher M. Feindel, Gideon Cohen, Michael A. Borger, Patty Boylen, and Heather J. Ross

Is profound hypothermia required for storage of cardiac allografts?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 501-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sadahiro Sai, Akiko Iwata, Robert Thomas, and Margaret D. Allen

Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation and phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells predate mononuclear infiltration in transplant arteriopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 508-517. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD):

Sandra L. Starnes, Brian W. Duncan, James M. Kneebone, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, Kathleen Patterson, Charles H. Fraga, Karen M. Kilian, Sanjeev K. Mathur, and Flavian M. Lupinetti

Angiogenic proteins in the lungs of children after cavopulmonary anastomosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 518-523. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukihisa Isomatsu, Yasuharu Imai, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Mitsuru Aoki, and Kazuki Sato

Coarctation of the aorta and ventricular septal defect: Should we perform a single-stage repair?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 524-528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tongdar Tang, Ing-Sh Chiu, Hsin-Chi Chen, Koung-Yo Cheng, and Shyh-Jye Chen

Comparison of pulmonary arterial flow phenomena in spiral and Lecompte models by computational fluid dynamics
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 529-534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideaki Senzaki, Chen-Huan Chen, Satoshi Masutani, Mio Taketazu, Jun Kobayashi, Toshiki Kobayashi, Nozomu Sasaki, Haruhiko Asano, Shunei Kyo, and Yuji Yokote

Assessment of cardiovascular dynamics by pressure-area relations in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 535-547. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY (GTS):

Peter S. Billing, Daniel L. Miller, Mark S. Allen, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, and Peter C. Pairolero

Surgical treatment of primary lung cancer with synchronous brain metastases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 548-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ali Dodge-Khatami, Carl L. Backer, Lauren D. Holinger, Constantine Mavroudis, Keith E. Cook, and Susan E. Crawford

Healing of a free tracheal autograft is enhanced by topical vascular endothelial growth factor in an experimental rabbit model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 554-561. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter F. Roberts, Federico Venuta, Erino Rendina, Tiziana De Giacomo, Giorgio F. Coloni, David M. Follette, David P. Richman, and John R. Benfield

Thymectomy in the treatment of ocular myasthenia gravis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 562-568. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Ye-Ying Cen, Donald D. Glower, Kevin Landolfo, James E. Lowe, R. Duane Davis, Walter G. Wolfe, Carl Pieper, and Bercedis Peterson

Comparison of survival after mitral valve replacement with biologic and mechanical valves in 1139 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 569-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Paolo Masetti, Chris K. Rokkas, and Suzan F. Murphy

Single-stage reoperative repair of chronic type A aortic dissection by means of the arch-first technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 578-582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Sachin Talwar, Rajnish Juneja, and Arkalgud Sampath Kumar

Fate of mild aortic valve disease after mitral valve intervention
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 583-586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thierry Carrel, Pascal Berdat, Beat Kipfer, Friedrich Eckstein, and Jürg Schmidli

The reversed and bidirectional elephant trunk technique in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 587-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Julius M. Guccione, Scott M. Moonly, Arthur W. Wallace, and Mark B. Ratcliffe

Residual stress produced by ventricular volume reduction surgery has little effect on ventricular function and mechanics: A finite element model study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 592-599. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roh Yanagida, Motoaki Sugawara, Akihiko Kawai, and Hitoshi Koyanagi

Regional differences in myocardial work of the left ventricle in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Implications for the surgical technique used for left ventriculoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 600-607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin'ichiro Kihara, Tadayuki Shimakura, Satoshi A. Tanaka, Naoji Hanayama, Norihiko Saito, Yujiro Hirasawa, Yuji Sugawara, Satoru Maeba, and Hideyuki Yoshizumi

Staged coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous angioplasty for intracranial vascular stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 608-610. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Liang Yiwu, Chen Yingchun, Zhang Jianqun, You Bin, and Bo Ping

Exact quantitative selective annuloplasty of the tricuspid valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 611-614. [Full Text]  

Raghavan Nair Suresh Kumar, Anil Kumar Dharmapuram, Ivatury M. Rao, Venkitachalam C. Gopalakrishnan, Velayudhan Ramakrishna Pillai, Yoosuph Abdul Nazer, and Timothy Cartmill

The fate of the unligated vertical vein after surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in early infancy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 615-617. [Full Text]  

Thomas L. Spray

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 617. [Full Text]  

Marc Riquet, Cedric Perrotin, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Jean-Pierre Hubsch, Antoine Dujon, Dominique Manac'h, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, and Josette Briere

Do patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung need a more aggressive approach?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 618-619. [Full Text]  

Anna Arslanian, Alberto Oliaro, Giovanni Donati, and Pier Luigi Filosso

Posttraumatic pulmonary hernia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 619-621. [Full Text]  

Hilary P. Grocott, Mark F. Newman, Habib El-Moalem, Daniel Bainbridge, Aimee Butler, and Daniel T. Laskowitz

Apolipoprotein E genotype differentially influences the proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 622-623. [Full Text]  

Mustafa Çikirikçioglu, Mukadder Yasa, Zeliha Kerry, Hakan Posacioglu, Mehmet Boga, Tahir Yagdi, Nejat Topçuoglu, Suat Büket, and Ahmet Hamulu

The effects of the Harmonic Scalpel on the vasoreactivity and endothelial integrity of the radial artery: A comparison of two different techniques
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 624-626. [Full Text]  

Cengiz Türkay, Ilhan Gölbasi, Nursel Sahin, Mehmet Kabukcu, and Ömer Bayezid

Surgical management of an atherosclerotic aneurysm of the left main coronary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 626-627. [Full Text]  

Syed M. Saleem and Carin A. van Doorn

A swollen shoulder after repair of acute dissection of the aorta: An unusual presentation of a compartment syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 627-628. [Full Text]  

Masanori Niimi, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shigenao Kan, Nozomu Shirasugi, and Kimikazu Hamano

Indefinite survival of fully allogeneic cardiac grafts induced by antigen delivery through the alimentary tract
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 629-630. [Full Text]  

Michele Genoni, Daniela Zeller, O. Bertel, M. Maloigne, and M. Turina

Tirofiban therapy does not increase the risk of hemorrhage after emergency coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 630-632. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ming-Chien Kao

Needlescopic surgery for palmar hyperhidrosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 633. [Full Text]  

Hidehiro Yamamoto

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 633. [Full Text]  

Yukihiro Kaneko, Yoshihiro Suematsu, Katsuhide Maeda, Arata Murakami, and Shinichi Takamoto

Superior vena cava–left atrial connection for Eisenmenger syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 634-635. [Full Text]  

Stacy O'Blenes and Marlene Rabinovitch

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 635. [Full Text]  

Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili and Roland Hetzer

Surgical intervention for anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 635-636. [Full Text]  

Yukihisa Isomatsu, Yasuharu Imai, and Toshiharu Shin'oka

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 636. [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

A few words about multiple choice tests: An open letter to the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 637. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 638. [Full Text]  

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