EDITORIALS:

James D. McCully

Oxygenated multidose delivery of crystalloid esmolol cardioplegia as an alternative to high potassium cardioplegia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 219-220. [Full Text]  

Valerie W. Rusch

High-resolution computed tomography in clinical T1 N0 M0 adenocarcinoma of the lung
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 221-222. [Full Text]  

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr

Developing and financing new technology
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 223-230. [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION (TX):

Matthias Behrend, Reinhard von Wasielewski, and Jürgen Klempnauer

Failure of airway healing in an ovine autotransplantation model that includes basic fibroblast growth factor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 231-240. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wilson Y. Szeto, Daniel Kreisel, Giorgos C. Karakousis, Alberto Pochettino, Daniel H. Sterman, Robert M. Kotloff, Selim M. Arcasoy, David A. Zisman, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Robert J. Gallop, Larry R. Kaiser, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Bruce R. Rosengard

Cardiopulmonary bypass for bilateral sequential lung transplantation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without adverse effect on lung function or clinical outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 241-249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michaela Straznicka, David M. Follette, Mark D. Eisner, Peter F. Roberts, Rebecca L. Menza, and Wayne D. Babcock

Aggressive management of lung donors classified as unacceptable: Excellent recipient survival one year after transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 250-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Niccolâgo Daddi, Takashi Suda, Franco D'Ovidio, Samer A. Kanaan, Tsutomu Tagawa, Kathleen Grapperhaus, Benjamin D. Kozower, Jon H. Ritter, Nelson S Yew, T. Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson

Recipient intramuscular cotransfection of naked plasmid transforming growth factor ß₁ and interleukin 10 ameliorates lung graft ischemia-reperfusion injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 259-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY (GTS):

Manjit S. Bains, Alexander Stojadinovic, Bruce Minsky, Valerie Rusch, Alan Turnbull, Robert Korst, Robert Ginsberg, David P. Kelsen, and David H. Ilson

A phase II trial of preoperative combined-modality therapy for localized esophageal carcinoma: Initial results
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 270-277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Haruhisa Matsuguma, Kohei Yokoi, Masaki Anraku, Tetsuro Kondo, Yukari Kamiyama, Kiyoshi Mori, Keigo Tominaga, Yukio Tsuura, and Satoshi Honjo

Proportion of ground-glass opacity on high-resolution computed tomography in clinical T1 N0 M0 adenocarcinoma of the lung: A predictor of lymph node metastasis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 278-284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidefumi Takei, Hisao Asamura, Arafumi Maeshima, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, Toshiro Niki, Tesshi Yamada, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, and Yoshihiro Matsuno

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: A clinicopathologic study of eighty-seven cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 285-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Otsuka, Sadao Funai, Tatsuya Azumi, Satoshi Hara, Kiyotaka Okuno, and Masayuki Yasutomi

Ability of bivariate cytokeratin and deoxyribonucleic acid flow cytometry to determine the biologic aggressiveness of resectable non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 293-298. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jun-ichi Yamashita, Akinobu Matsuo, Yuji Kurusu, Tetsushi Saishoji, Naoko Hayashi, and Michio Ogawa

Preoperative evidence of circulating tumor cells by means of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA is an independent predictor of survival in non–small cell lung cancer: A prospective study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 299-305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Noriyuki Kato, Takatsugu Shimono, Tadanori Hirano, Tomoaki Suzuki, Masaki Ishida, Hajime Sakuma, Isao Yada, and Kan Takeda

Midterm results of stent-graft repair of acute and chronic aortic dissection with descending tear: The complication-specific approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 306-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wen Cheng, Timothy A. Denton, Gregory P. Fontana, Sharo Raissi, Carlos Blanche, Robert M. Kass, Kathy E. Magliato, James Mirocha, and Alfredo Trento

Off-pump coronary surgery: Effect on early mortality and stroke
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 313-320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matilda Johnell, Graciela Elgue, Rolf Larsson, Anders Larsson, Stefan Thelin, and Agneta Siegbahn

Coagulation, fibrinolysis, and cell activation in patients and shed mediastinal blood during coronary artery bypass grafting with a new heparin-coated surface
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 321-332. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Walter Benno Eichinger, Florian Botzenhardt, Ralf Gunzinger, Bernhard M. Kemkes, Andrzej Sosnowski, Dominique Maïza, Eduardo Otero Coto, and Niels Bleese

European experience with the Mosaic bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 333-339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP):

Ryuzo Bessho and David J. Chambers

Myocardial protection with oxygenated esmolol cardioplegia during prolonged normothermic ischemia in the rat
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 340-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Korn, Andreas Kröner, Jan Schirnhofer, Seth Hallström, Oliver Bernecker, Rudolf Mallinger, Maximilian Franz, Harald Gasser, Ernst Wolner, and Bruno K. Podesser

Quinaprilat during cardioplegic arrest in the rabbit to prevent ischemia-reperfusion injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 352-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Qin Yang, Yao-Chung Liu, Wei Zou, Anthony P. C. Yim, and Guo-Wei He

Protective effect of magnesium on the endothelial function mediated by endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in coronary arteries during cardioplegic arrest in a porcine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 361-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adam E. Saltman, Tunc O. Aksehirli, Virginijus Valiunas, Glenn R. Gaudette, Nanristu Matsuyama, Peter Brink, and Irvin B. Krukenkamp

Gap junction uncoupling protects the heart against ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Micael Appelblad and Gunnar Engström

Fat contamination of pericardial suction blood and its influence on in vitro capillary-pore flow properties in patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 377-386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Martens, M. Dietrich, M. Doss, G. Wimmer-Greinecker, and A. Moritz

Optimal carbon dioxide application for organ protection in cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 387-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Aaron R. Casha, Leslie A. Davidson, P. Roberts, and R. Unnikrishnan Nair

Familial angiosarcoma of the heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 392-394. [Full Text]  

Yoshiro Matsui, Yasuhisa Fukada, Yukio Suto, Hidetoshi Yamauchi, Bin Luo, Masatoshi Miyama, Shigeyuki Sasaki, Tatsuzo Tanabe, and Keishu Yasuda

Overlapping cardiac volume reduction operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 395-397. [Full Text]  

Alan S. Donsky, Jeffrey M. Schussler, Michael S. Donsky, William C. Roberts, and Baron L. Hamman

Thrombotic occlusion of the aortic ostia of saphenous venous grafts early after coronary artery bypass grafting by using the Symmetry aortic connector system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 397-399. [Full Text]  

Cristiano Faber, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, James B. Young, Randall C. Starling, and Katherine J. Hoercher

Implantable left ventricular assist device for patients with postinfarction ventricular septal defect
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 400-401. [Full Text]  

S. Wicky, M. Dusmet, F. Doenz, H. B. Ris, P. Schnyder, and F. Portier

Computed tomography–guided localization of small lung nodules before video-assisted resection: Experience with an efficient hook-wire system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 401-403. [Full Text]  

Pankaj Kumar, Ian Judson, Andrew G. Nicholson, and George Ladas

Mediastinal hemangioma: Successful treatment by alpha-2a interferon and postchemotherapy resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 404-406. [Full Text]  

Paolo Biglioli, Maurizio Roberto, Aldo Cannata, Alessandro Parolari, and Rita Spirito

Paraplegia after iatrogenic extrinsic spinal cord compression after descending thoracic aorta repair: Case report and literature review
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 407-410. [Full Text]  

T. Abdel Massih, P. R. Vouhé, P. Mauriat, E. Mousseaux, D. Sidi, and D. Bonnet

Replacement of the ascending aorta in children: A series of fourteen patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 411-413. [Full Text]  

Akif Ündar, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Joyce E. Bigley, Blake A. Deady, Aimee E. Porter, William K. Vaughn, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr

Effects of pulsatile and nonpulsatile perfusion on cerebral hemodynamics investigated with a new pediatric pump
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 413-416. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Paul Stelzer

Reoperation for dilatation of the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 417-418. [Full Text]  

Thoralf M. Sundt

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 418. [Full Text]  

Uwe Mehlhorn and Wilhelm Bloch

Role of cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest in the regulation of cardiac nitric oxide synthase activity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 418-419. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 420. [Full Text]  

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