IN MEMORIAM:

Malek G. Massad

Christiaan Neethling Barnard (1922-2001)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 1-2. [Full Text]  

EDITORIALS:

Richard J. Novick

Innovative techniques to enhance lung preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 3-5. [Full Text]  

Constantine Mavroudis and Jeffrey P. Jacobs

Congenital heart disease outcome analysis: Methodology and rationale
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 6-7. [Full Text]  

STATICS FOR THE REST OF US:

Eugene H. Blackstone

Comparing apples and oranges
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 8-15. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Ani C. Anyanwu and Tom Treasure

Unrealistic expectations arising from mortality data reported in the cardiothoracic journals
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 16-20. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kelvin H. H. Lim, Massimo Caputo, Raimondo Ascione, Jan Wild, Robert West, Gianni D. Angelini, and Alan J. Bryan

Prospective randomized comparison of CarboMedics and St Jude Medical bileaflet mechanical heart valve prostheses: An interim report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 21-32. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, Giovanni Maria De Matteis, Paolo Nardi, Raffaele Scaffa, Dionisio F. Colella, Carlo Bassano, Fabrizio Tomai, and Luigi Chiariello

One-year appraisal of a new aortic root conduit with sinuses of Valsalva
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 33-39. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michel Carrier, Richard Marchand, Pierre Auger, Yves Hébert, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, Raymond Cartier, Denis Bouchard, Nancy Poirier, and Pierre Pagé

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a cardiac surgical unit
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 40-44. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hersh S. Maniar, Thoralf M. Sundt, Hendrick B. Barner, Sunil M. Prasad, Linda Peterson, Tarek Absi, and Pavlos Moustakidis

Effect of target stenosis and location on radial artery graft patency
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 45-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Satoshi Muraki, Cullen D. Morris, Jason M. Budde, Rachel N. Otto, Zhi-Qing Zhao, John D. Puskas, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Preserved myocardial blood flow and oxygen supply-demand balance with active coronary perfusion during simulated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 53-62. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. R. Graham, R. K. Warrian, L. G. Girling, L. Doiron, G. R. Lefevre, M. Cheang, and W. A. C. Mutch

Fractal or biologically variable delivery of cardioplegic solution prevents diastolic dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 63-71. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uwe P. Klima, Myung-Yong Lee, J. Luis Guerrero, Paul J. LaRaia, Robert A. Levine, and Gus J. Vlahakes

Determinants of maximal right ventricular function: Role of septal shift
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 72-80. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregor Warnecke, Benjamin Schulze, Christian Hagl, Axel Haverich, and Uwe Klima

Improved right heart function after myocardial preservation with 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime in a porcine model of allogenic heart transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 81-88. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guangming Li, Michael A. Borger, William G. Williams, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A. G. Mickle, E. Douglas Wigle, and Ren-Ke Li

Regional overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor-ß1 in the myocardium of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 89-95. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY:

Hormoz Mehmanesh, Richard Henze, and Rüdiger Lange

Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 96-97. [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Martin Strüber, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Theo Kofidis, Gregor Warnecke, Jost Niedermeyer, Sebastian P. Sommer, and Axel Haverich

Surfactant function in lung transplantation after 24 hours of ischemia: Advantage of retrograde flush perfusion for preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 98-103. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Fujita, Hiroshi Date, Kouji Ueda, Itaru Nagahiro, Motoi Aoe, Akio Andou, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Experimental study on size matching in a canine living-donor lobar lung transplant model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 104-109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENTIAL HEART DISEASE:

Kathy J. Jenkins, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Jane W. Newburger, Thomas L. Spray, James H. Moller, and Lisa I. Iezzoni

Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 110-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael T. Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Ari Halldorsson, Shaikh Rahman, Mary Jane Barth, and Michel Ilbawi

Delivery of a nonpotassium modified maintenance solution to enhance myocardial protection in stressed neonatal hearts: A new approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 119-129. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul M. Kirshbom, Nancy D. Bridges, Richard J. Myung, J. William Gaynor, Bernard J. Clark, and Thomas L. Spray

Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric thoracic organ transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 130-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

U. Joashi, S. M. Tibby, C. Turner, A. Mayer, C. Austin, D. Anderson, A. Durward, and I. A. Murdoch

Soluble Fas may be a proinflammatory marker after cardiopulmonary bypass in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 137-144. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Hermes C. Grillo, Cameron D. Wright, Gus J. Vlahakes, and Thomas E. MacGillivray

Management of congenital tracheal stenosis by means of slide tracheoplasty or resection and reconstruction, with long-term follow-up of growth after slide tracheoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 145-152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tomohiro Murakawa, Jun Nakajima, Noboru Motomura, Arata Murakami, and Shinichi Takamoto

Successful allotransplantation of cryopreserved tracheal grafts with preservation of the pars membranacea in nonhuman primates
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 153-160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukihito Saito, Kenichirou Minami, Masashi Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Nakao, Hideyasu Omiya, Hiroji Imamura, Noriko Sakaida, and Akiharu Okamura

New tubular bioabsorbable knitted airway stent: Biocompatibility and mechanical strength
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 161-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steffen Frese, Thomas Brunner, Mathias Gugger, Aima Uduehi, and Ralph A. Schmid

Enhancement of Apo2L/TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand)–induced apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer cell lines by chemotherapeutic agents without correlation to the expression level of cellular protease caspase-8 inhibitory protein
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 168-174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen G. Swisher, Paula Wynn, Joe B. Putnam, Melinda B. Mosheim, Arlene M. Correa, Ritsuko R. Komaki, Jaffer A. Ajani, W. Roy Smythe, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Jack A. Roth, and Garrett L. Walsh

Salvage esophagectomy for recurrent tumors after definitive chemotherapy and radiotherapy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 175-183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Kohei Yokoi, Haruhisa Matsuguma, and Masaki Anraku

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for lung cancer with carcinomatous pleuritis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 184-185. [Full Text]  

S. Jaillard, S. Nseir, D. Métois, C. H. Marquette, J. Darras, H. Porte, and A. Wurtz

Extensive corrosive injuries of the upper airways and gastrointestinal tract
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 186-188. [Full Text]  

R. Carrasco, M. Castañón, B. San Vicente, X. Tarrado, A. Montaner, and L. Morales

Extralobar infradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration with a digestive communication
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 188-189. [Full Text]  

Ernesto Hayn, Leonard O. Barrett, J. Christopher DiGiacomo, and Gerald W. Shaftan

Intrathoracic jugular vein avulsion after blunt chest trauma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 190-191. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Yves Lecompte

Rastelli repair for transposition of the great arteries: Still the best choice?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 192-193. [Full Text]  

Pedro J. del Nido

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 193. [Full Text]  

Stanley C. Fell

Fistulectomy for pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: Historical context
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 193-194. [Full Text]  

Yves Durandy, Sylvie Hulin, and Yves Lecompte

Normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 194. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas, Jane W. Newburger, and David C. Bellinger

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 194. [Full Text]  

Zoltán Galajda, István Szentkirályi, and Árpád Péterffy

Neurologic complications after radial artery harvesting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 194-195. [Full Text]  

Timothy A. Denton and Alfredo Trento

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 195. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
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