PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Timothy J. Gardner

Presidential address: Our heritage and our future
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 649-654. [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL:

Michael J. Mack and Francis G. Duhaylongsod

Through the open door! Where has the ride taken us?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 655-659. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY (GTS):

Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Eugenio Pompeo, Patrizio Bollero, Davide Mineo, and Italo Nofroni

Body weight and nutritional changes after reduction pneumoplasty for severe emphysema: A randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 660-667. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tsutomu Sakuma, Motoyasu Sagawa, Mieko Hida, Yoshihiro Nambu, Kazuhiro Osanai, Hirohisa Toga, Keiji Takahashi, Nobuo Ohya, and Michael A. Matthay

Time-dependent effect of pneumonectomy on alveolar epithelial fluid clearance in rat lungs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 668-674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshifumi Takehisa, Shoji Sakiyama, Tadashi Uyama, Masayuki Sumitomo, Masafumi Tamaki, Hiroyuki Hino, Masatsugu Takehisa, Mingyao Liu, Kazuya Kondo, and Yasumasa Monden

Progressive increase of CD4⁺/CD45RC^- lymphocytes after allograft rat lung transplantation: A marker of acute rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 675-683. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Bruno Chiappini, Carlo Savini, Giuseppe Marinelli, Sofia Martin Suarez, Marco Di Eusanio, Vinicio Fiorani, and Angelo Pierangeli

Cavoatrial tumor thrombus: Single-stage surgical approach with profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest, including a review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 684-688. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David R. Koolbergen, Mark G. Hazekamp, Emile de Heer, Eline F. Bruggemans, Hans A. Huysmans, Robert A. E. Dion, and Jan A. Bruijn

The pathology of fresh and cryopreserved homograft heart valves: An analysis of forty explanted homograft valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 689-697. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph F. Sabik, A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, Catherine Vacha, Penny L. Houghtaling, Jose Navia, Nicholas G. Smedira, Patrick M. McCarthy, Delos M. Cosgrove, and Bruce W. Lytle

Does off-pump coronary surgery reduce morbidity and mortality?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 698-707. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sunil M. Prasad, Hersh S. Maniar, Richard B. Schuessler, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr

Chronic transmural atrial ablation by using bipolar radiofrequency energy on the beating heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 708-713. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP):

Pekka Romsi, Erkka Rönkä, Kai Kiviluoma, Vilho Vainionpää, Jorma Hirvonen, Ari Mennander, Matti Pokela, Fausto Biancari, Jussi Rimpiläinen, and Tatu Juvonen

Potential neuroprotective benefits of erythropoietin during experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 714-723. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ma Qing, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Kathrin Schumacher, Ranjit S. Bhardwaj, Bernd Klosterhalfen, Ralf Minkenberg, Bruno J. Messmer, Götz von Bernuth, and Marie-Christine Seghaye

Moderate hypothermia during cardiopulmonary bypass increases intramyocardial synthesis of heat shock protein 72
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 724-731. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edda M. Tschernko, Anton Bambazek, Wilfried Wisser, Bernhard Partik, Ursula Jantsch, Klaus Kubin, Marek Ehrlich, Walter Klimscha, Michael Grimm, and Franz P. Keznickl

Intrapulmonary shunt after cardiopulmonary bypass: The use of vital capacity maneuvers versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 732-738. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George J. Endo, Kazushi Kojima, Kunihide Nakamura, Yasunori Matsuzaki, and Toshio Onitsuka

Nitric oxide inhalation prompts weaning from the right ventricular assist device: Evaluation under continuous-flow biventricular assistance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 739-749. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mahmoud Loubani and Manuel Galiñanes

Long-term administration of nicorandil abolishes ischemic and pharmacologic preconditioning of the human myocardium: Role of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium channels
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 750-757. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael P. Vallely, Paul G. Bannon, Clifford F. Hughes, and Leonard Kritharides

Endothelial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 is suppressed by postbypass plasma containing increased soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 758-767. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shigeki Morita, Toshihide Asou, Izumi Kuboyama, Yasuhiko Harasawa, Kenji Sunagawa, and Hisataka Yasui

Inelastic vascular prosthesis for proximal aorta increases pulsatile arterial load and causes left ventricular hypertrophy in dogs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 768-774. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Yamashiro, Katsuhiko Noguchi, Toshihiro Matsuzaki, Kanako Miyagi, Junko Nakasone, Mayuko Sakanashi, Kageharu Koja, and Matao Sakanashi

Beneficial effect of tetrahydrobiopterin on ischemia-reperfusion injury in isolated perfused rat hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 775-784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET):

Jan H. R. Eikelaar, Rudy Meijer, Wim Jan van Boven, Patrick Klein, Paul F. Gründeman, and Cornelius Borst

Epicardial 10-MHz ultrasound in off-pump coronary bypass surgery: A clinical feasibility study using a minitransducer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 785-789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD):

P. A. Hutter, D. L. Kreb, S. F. Mantel, J. F. Hitchcock, E. J. Meijboom, and G. B. W. E. Bennink

Twenty-five years' experience with the arterial switch operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 790-797. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul Herijgers, Shigeyuki Ozaki, Erik Verbeken, Alfons Van Lommel, Bart Meuris, Emmanuel Lesaffre, Willem Daenen, and Willem Flameng

Valved jugular vein segments for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in young sheep
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 798-805. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tilman Humpl, Rosalie Campbell, Derek Stephens, Glen Van Arsdell, Lee N. Benson, Helen M. Holtby, Arthur S. Slutsky, and Ian Adatia

Levels of exhaled nitric oxide before and after surgical and transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 806-810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hedwig H. Hövels-Gürich, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Anna Silvestri, Kathrin Schumacher, Ralf Minkenberg, Jean Duchateau, Bruno J. Messmer, Götz von Bernuth, and Marie-Christine Seghaye

Production of proinflammatory cytokines and myocardial dysfunction after arterial switch operation in neonates with transposition of the great arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 811-820. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitchell I. Cohen, David M. Bush, J. William Gaynor, Victoria L. Vetter, Ronn E. Tanel, and Larry A. Rhodes

Pediatric pacemaker infections: Twenty years of experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 821-827. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Amy S. Colwell, Jonathan D'Cunha, Sara O. Vargas, Benjamin Parker, Paola Dal Cin, and Michael A. Maddaus

Synovial sarcoma of the pleura: A clinical and pathologic study of three cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 828-832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Hage, V. A. M. Duurkens, C. A. Seldenrijk, A. Brutel de la Rivière, H. A. van Swieten, and J. M. M. van den Bosch

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor: Report of two cases and review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 833-836. [Full Text]  

Shinichiro Okada, Shotaro Ishimori, Shunsuke Yamagata, Shoichi Satoh, Yoshiaki Tanaba, and Sadanori Yaegashi

Videobronchoscope-assisted repair of the membranous tracheal laceration during insertion of a tracheostomy tube after tracheostomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 837-838. [Full Text]  

Yukihiro Zaizen and Tatsuya Ohtsu

Successful treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis, a rare pulmonary fungal infection, in a patient with diabetes mellitus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 838-840. [Full Text]  

Kazuhito Imanaka, Shunei Kyo, Shinichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kato, Hiroaki Tanabe, Hiroshi Ohuchi, Haruhiko Asano, and Yuji Yokote

Periannular abscess and aorta-left ventricular fistula after infection in the false lumen of an aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 841-843. [Full Text]  

Masato Nakajima, Kouji Tsuchiya, Yuji Naito, Narutoshi Hibino, and Hidenori Inoue

Aortic regurgitation caused by rupture of a well-balanced fibrous strand suspending a degenerative tricuspid aortic valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 843-844. [Full Text]  

Hirokuni Arai, Tetsuya Yoshida, Satoru Hasegawa, and Makoto Sunamori

Bilateral surgical coronary ostial angioplasty with a superficial femoral artery patch in Takayasu aortitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 845-847. [Full Text]  

John S. Ikonomidis and D. Craig Miller

Stentless bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement after valve-sparing aortic root replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 848-851. [Full Text]  

Jack D. Bui, George D. Despotis, Elbert P. Trulock, G. Alexander Patterson, and Lawrence T. Goodnough

Fatal thrombosis after administration of activated prothrombin complex concentrates in a patient supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation who had received activated recombinant factor VII
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 852-854. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Pino Fundarò, Marco Pocar, Francesco Donatelli, and Adalberto Grossi

Chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation: Types and subtypes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 855-856. [Full Text]  

A. Marc Gillinov and Eugene H. Blackstone

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 856. [Full Text]  

Antonio F. Corno

What are the best temperature, flow, and hematocrit levels for pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 856-857. [Full Text]  

Yves Durandy, Sylvie Hulin, and Yves Lecompte

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 857. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 858. [Full Text]  

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