BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS (BSR):

Gerald D. Buckberg

Basic science review: The helix and the heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 863-883. [Full Text] [Figure E3 (Video)][Figure E5 (Video)][Figure E6 (Video)][Figure E12 (Video)][Figure E37 (Video)]  

EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler and Pamela W. Fried

Video comes to the Journal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 884-885. [Full Text]  

Lorenzo Menicanti and Marisa Di Donato

The Dor procedure: What has changed after fifteen years of clinical practice?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 886-890. [Full Text]  

Axel Haverich

Letter to Hans Georg Borst
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 891-893. [Full Text]  

Thoralf M. Sundt

Management of intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta: Still room for debate
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 894-895. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Juan P. Umaña, David T. Lai, R. Scott Mitchell, Kathleen A. Moore, Filiberto Rodriguez, Robert C. Robbins, Phillip E. Oyer, Michael D. Dake, Norman E. Shumway, Bruce A. Reitz, and D. Craig Miller

Is medical therapy still the optimal treatment strategy for patients with acute type B aortic dissections?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 896-910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric Lim, Ziad A. Ali, Clifford W. Barlow, A. Reza Hosseinpour, Christopher Wisbey, Susan C. Charman, Francis C. Wells, and John B. Barlow

Determinants and assessment of regurgitation after mitral valve repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 911-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshimasa Moizumi, Tsunehiro Komatsu, Naotaka Motoyoshi, and Koichi Tabayashi

Management of patients with intramural hematoma involving the ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 918-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Kleine, Mirella Scherer, Ulf Abdel-Rahman, Armin A. Klesius, Hans Ackermann, and Anton Moritz

Effect of mechanical aortic valve orientation on coronary artery flow: Comparison of tilting disc versus bileaflet prostheses in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 925-932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP):

Masato Shimizu, Mimi Tamamori-Adachi, Hirokuni Arai, Noriyuki Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Makoto Sunamori

Lipopolysaccharide pretreatment attenuates myocardial infarct size: A possible mechanism involving heat shock protein 70-inhibitory B complex and attenuation of nuclear factor B
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 933-941. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diethard Pruefer, Ute Buerke, Markus Khalil, Manfred Dahm, Harald Darius, Hellmut Oelert, and Michael Buerke

Cardioprotective effects of the serine protease inhibitor aprotinin after regional ischemia and reperfusion on the beating heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 942-949. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianni D. Angelini, Clinton Lloyd, Ray Bush, Jason Johnson, and Andrew C. Newby

An external, oversized, porous polyester stent reduces vein graft neointima formation, cholesterol concentration, and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 expression in cholesterol-fed pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 950-956. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ismayil Ahmet, Yoshiki Sawa, Keiji Iwata, and Hikaru Matsuda

Gene transfection of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates cardiac remodeling in the canine heart: A novel gene therapy for cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 957-963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ares D. Pasipoularides, Ming Shu, Ashish Shah, and Donald D. Glower

Right ventricular diastolic relaxation in conscious dog models of pressure overload, volume overload, and ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 964-972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION (TX):

Steven M. Fiser, Curtis G. Tribble, Aditya K. Kaza, Stewart M. Long, John A. Kern, David C. Cassada, Joel Linden, Jayson Rieger, Victor E. Laubach, Andy Matisoff, and Irving L. Kron

Adenosine A_2A receptor activation decreases reperfusion injury associated with high-flow reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 973-978. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacquelyn A. Quin, M. Peter Tauriainen, Lynne M. Huber, Donald D. McIntire, Patricia A. Kaiser, W. Steves Ring, and Michael E. Jessen

Predictors of pericardial effusion after orthotopic heart transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 979-983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD):

Rudolf P. Beekman, Margot M. Bartelings, Mark G. Hazekamp, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, and Jaap Ottenkamp

The morphologic nature of noncommitted ventricular septal defects in specimens with double-outlet right ventricle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 984-990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yokrat Sason-Ton, Ron Ben Abraham, Danny Lotan, Ovadia Dagan, Tal Prince, Zohar Barzilay, and Gideon Paret

Tumor necrosis factor and clinical and metabolic courses after cardiac surgery in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 991-998. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos A. Dias, Renato S. Assad, Luiz F. Caneo, Maria Cristina D. Abduch, Vera D. Aiello, Altamiro R. Dias, Miguel Barbero Marcial, and Sérgio A. Oliveira

Reversible pulmonary trunk banding. II. An experimental model for rapid pulmonary ventricular hypertrophy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 999-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY (GTS):

Yukihito Saito, Hideyasu Omiya, Keijiro Kohno, Takanobu Kobayashi, Kazumi Itoi, Masami Teramachi, Masato Sasaki, Hitoyuki Suzuki, Hitoji Takao, and Masaharu Nakade

Pulmonary metastasectomy for 165 patients with colorectal carcinoma: A prognostic assessment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1007-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Boming Dong, Masami Sato, Motoyasu Sagawa, Chiaki Endo, Katsuo Usuda, Akira Sakurada, Shulin Wu, Takeshi Oyaizu, Itaru Ishida, Masashi Handa, and Takashi Kondo

Computed tomographic image comparison between mediastinal and lung windows provides possible prognostic information in patients with small peripheral lung adenocarcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1014-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Ghulam Nabi Lone, Mohd Akbar Bhat, Noor Ali, Adil Bashir, and Showkat Ahmad Garcoo

Single-stage bilateral minimally invasive approach for pulmonary hydatid disease: An alternative technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1021-1024. [Full Text]  

Zahoor Ahmed, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joseph B. Shrager

Benign expectoration of a surgical clip through a pneumonectomy stump
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1025-1026. [Full Text]  

Enoch Akowuah, Eu Chin Ho, Rina George, Karl Brennan, Sue Tennant, Peter Braidley, and Graham Cooper

Less pain with flexible fluted silicone chest drains than with conventional rigid chest tubes after cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1027-1028. [Full Text]  

Anthony P. C. Yim, Alan D. L. Sihoe, T. W. Lee, and Ahmed A. Arifi

A simple maneuver to detect air leaks on the operating table after needlescopic video-assisted thoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1029-1030. [Full Text]  

Sanghoon Jheon, Eung Bae Lee, Joon Yong Cho, Bong Hyun Chang, Jongtae Lee, and Kyu Tae Kim

Thoracoscopic repair of cervical lung hernia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1030-1031. [Full Text]  

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

Placement of self-expandable metallic stents with a laryngeal mask and a fiberoptic flexible bronchoscope for obstructive tracheobronchial lesions
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1032-1034. [Full Text]  

P. Modi, H. Imura, M. Caputo, A. Pawade, A. Parry, G. D. Angelini, and M. S. Suleiman

Cardiopulmonary bypass-induced myocardial reoxygenation injury in pediatric patients with cyanosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1035-1036. [Full Text]  

Arata Murakami, Katsuhide Maeda, Hiroo Takayama, Tetsuhiro Takaoka, Jyotaro Kobayashi, and Shinichi Takamoto

Successful treatment with intraluminal fibrinogen injection of serous leakage from a polytetrafluoroethylene Blalock-Taussig shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1037-1038. [Full Text]  

Paul H. Schoof, Arjun D. Koch, Mark G. Hazekamp, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, Tjark Ebels, and Robert A. Dion

Bovine jugular vein thrombosis in the Fontan circulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1038-1040. [Full Text]  

Arata Murakami, Shinichi Takamoto, Tetsuhiro Takaoka, Jyotaro Kobayashi, Katsuhide Maeda, Hiroo Takayama, Noboru Motomura, Tomohiro Murakawa, and Minoru Ono

Saphenous vein homograft containing a valve as a right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit in the modified Norwood operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1041-1042. [Full Text]  

María Luz Polo, Juan José Legarra, Manuel Vilar, Antonio Cabrera, Darío Durán, and Gonzalo Pradas

Early calcification of a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount mitral valve in an elderly woman
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1043-1044. [Full Text]  

Hsi-Yu Yu, Yih-Sharng Chen, Wen-Yih Tseng, and Fang-Yue Lin

Combined right atrial and ventricular reduction operation: Case report of unrolling-rolling of the right ventricle to preserve ventricular muscle orientation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1045-1047. [Full Text]  

Rainer G. Leyh, Theo Kofidis, Stefan Fischer, Klaus Kallenbach, Wolfgang Harringer, and Axel Haverich

Aortic root reimplantation for successful repair of an insufficient pulmonary autograft valve after the Ross procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1048-1049. [Full Text]  

Ing-Sh Chiu, Jou-Kou Wang, and Mei-Hwan Wu

Spiral arterial switch operation in transposition of the great arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1050-1052. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Robert H. Anderson

Spatial orientation of the ventricular muscle band
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1053. [Full Text]  

Francisco Torrent-Guasp and Gerald D. Buckberg

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1053-1054. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto

Alternate explanation of the hypothermic prolonged induction of heat shock protein
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1054-1055. [Full Text]  

Naotaka Motoyoshi, Masahiro Sakurai, and Koichi Tabayashi

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1055-1056. [Full Text]  

CORRECTIONS:

Notice of Correction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1056. [Full Text]  

Notice of Correction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1056. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 124: 1057. [Full Text]  

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