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Articles for Discussion - 2000


Tom Karl
The Annals Internet Editor.

Bilateral versus single lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: intermediate-term results (Volume 70, Number 6, Page 1813)
Alberto Pochettino, Robert M. Kotloff, Bruce R. Rosengard, Selim M. Arcasoy, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Risk factors for late pulmonary homograft stenosis after the Ross procedure (Volume 70, Number 6, Page 1953)
Ehud Raanani, Terrence M. Yau, Tirone E. David, Goran Dellgren, Brian D. Sonnenberg, and Ahmed Omran
Markers of myocardial ischemia after minimally invasive and conventional coronary operation (Volume 70, Number 6, Page 2023)
Erich Kilger, Bodo Pichler, Florian Weis, Alwin Goetz, Peter Lamm, Albert Schütz, Dieter Muehlbayer, and Lorenz Frey
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary bypass in high-risk subgroups (Volume 70, Number 5, Page 1546)
Taro Yokoyama, Fritz J. Baumgartner, Ali Gheissari, Eli R. Capouya, George P. Panagiotides, and Richard J. Declusin
Staged biventricular repair of pulmonary atresia or stenosis with intact ventricular septum (Volume 70, Number 5, Page 1501)
Shunji Sano, Kozo Ishino, Masaaki Kawada, Emi Fujisawa, Masahiro Kamada, and Shin-ichi Ohtsuki
Lung transplantation is warranted for stable, ventilator-dependent recipients (Volume 70, Number 5, Page 1675)
Bryan F. Meyers, John P. Lynch, Richard J. Battafarano, Tracey J. Guthrie, Elbert P. Trulock, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Passive epicardial containment prevents ventricular remodeling in heart failure (Volume 70, Number 4, Page 1275)
Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, Takayuki Mishima, Victor G. Sharov, James Hawkins, Clif Alferness, Gaetano Paone, and Hani N. Sabbah
Reconstruction of the ascending aorta and aortic root: experience in 45 consecutive patients (Volume 70, Number 4, Page 1246)
Gebrine A. El Khoury, Malcolm J. Underwood, David Glineur, David Derouck, and Robert A. Dion
Functional assessment of skeletal muscle ventricles after pumping for up to four years in circulation (Volume 70, Number 4, Page 1281)
Gregory A. Thomas, Robert L. Hammond, Kevin Greer, Huiren Lu, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Adam P. Shortland, D. Mark Pullan, Stanley Salmons, and Larry W. Stephenson
Comparison of porcine xenografts and homografts for pulmonary valve replacement in children (Volume 70, Number 3, Page 717)
Sven Dittrich, Vladimir V. Alexi-Meskishvili, Abraham C. Yankah, Ingo Dähnert, Rudolf Meyer, Roland Hetzer, and Peter E. Lange
Reduction pneumoplasty versus respiratory rehabilitation in severe emphysema: a randomized study (Volume 70, Number 3, Page 948)
Eugenio Pompeo, Mario Marino, Italo Nofroni, Giuseppe Matteucci, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo
Robotic-assisted instruments enhance minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (Volume 70, Number 3, Page 835)
Angelo LaPietra, Eugene A. Grossi, Christopher C. Derivaux, Robert M. Applebaum, Costas D. Hanjis, Greg H. Ribakove, Aubrey C. Galloway, Patricia M. Buttenheim, Bryan M. Steinberg, Alfred T. Culliford, and Stephen B. Colvin
Do peritoneal catheters remove pro-inflammatory cytokines after cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates?(Volume 70, Number 2, Page 639)
Paula M. Bokesch, Miranda B. Kapural, Emad B. Mossad, Marco Cavaglia, Elumalai Appachi, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, and Roger B.B. Mee
Bronchial and bronchovascular sleeve resection for treatment of central lung tumors (Volume 70, Number 2, Page 367)
Henning F. Lausberg, Thomas P. Graeter, Olaf Wendler, Stefanos Demertzis, Dieter Ukena, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Remodeling of the aortic root and reconstruction of the bicuspid aortic valve (Volume 70, Number 2, Page 542)
Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Frank Langer, Diana Aicher, Thomas P. Graeter, and Olaf Wendler
Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism Induces Long-term tolerance to Cardiac Allografts in Miniature Swine(Volume 70, Number 1, Page 131)
Margaret L. Schwarze, Matthew T. Menard, Yasushi Fuchimoto, Christene A. Huang, Stuart Houser, Kwabena Mawulawde, Kenneth S. Allison, David H. Sachs, and Joren C. Madsen
Results of the double switch operation in the current era(Volume 70, Number 1, Page 100)
Michiaki Imamura, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, Daniel J. Murphy, Jr, Lourdes R. Prieto, Larry A. Latson, Scott D. Flamm, and Roger B.B. Mee
Valve repair in mitral regurgitation complicated by severe annulus calcification(Volume 70, Number 1, Page 53)
Choi-Keung Ng, Christian Punzengruber, Otmar Pachinger, Joachim Nesser, Hannes Auer, Herbert Franke, and Peter Hartl
Right ventricle-sparing heart transplant: promising new technique for recipients with pulmonary hypertension (Volume 69, Number 6, Page 1858)
John A. Elefteriades, Costantinos J. Lovoulos, George Tellides, Lee J. Goldstein, Edward J. Rocco, Spyros G. Condos, and Gary S. Kopf
Univentricular repair: is routine fenestration justified? (Volume 69, Number 6, Page 1900)
Balram Airan, Rajesh Sharma, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Smruti R. Mohanty, Anil Bhan, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhari, Rajnish Juneja, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Anita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
The heart reinnervates after transplantation (Volume 69, Number 6, Page 1769)
David A. Murphy, Gregory W. Thompson, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Rollin McCraty, Robert S. Stevenson, Virgilio E. Sangalang, René Cardinal, Michael Wilkinson, Sylvia Craig, Frank M. Smith, John G. Kingma, and J. Andrew Armour
Stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass (Volume 69, Number 5, Page 1471)
Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Reginald Abraham, Kurt Von Fricken, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Sue Choi, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Dexamethasone reduces the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in children (Volume 69, Number 5, Page 1490)
Ronald A. Bronicki, Carl L. Backer, Harris P. Baden, Constantine Mavroudis, Susan E. Crawford, and Thomas P. Green
Pulmonary abnormalities after coronary arterial bypass grafting operation: cardiopulmonary bypass versus mechanical stabilization (Volume 69, Number 5, Page 1466)
Gary S. Kochamba, Kwok L. Yun, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Colleen F. Sintek, and Siavosh Khonsari
Beating heart surgery in octogenarians: perioperative outcome and comparison with younger age groups (Volume 69, Number 4, Page 1140)
Sotiris C. Stamou, George Dangas, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Albert J. Pfister, Steven W. Boyce, Ammar S. Bafi, Jorge M. Garcia, and Paul J. Corso
Neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in off-pump versus conventional coronary bypass operation (Volume 69, Number 4, Page 1162)
Anno Diegeler, Robert Hirsch, Felix Schneider, Lars-Oliver Schilling, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Rauch, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients who require long-term dialysis (Volume 69, Number 4, Page 1135)
Leena Khaitan, Francis P. Sutter, and Scott M. Goldman
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary atresia—ventricular septal defect (Volume 69, Number 4, Page S97)
Christo I. Tchervenkov and Nathalie Roy
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: double outlet right ventricle (Volume 69, Number 4, Page S249)
Henry L. Walters, III, Constantine Mavroudis, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, François Lacour-Gayet, and Marshall L. Jacobs
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: corrected (discordant) transposition of the great arteries (and related malformations) (Volume 69, Number 4, Page S236)
James L. Wilkinson, Andrew D. Cochrane, and Tom R. Karl
Outcome of thoracoabdominal aortic operations using deep hypothermia and distal exsanguination (Volume 69, Number 3, Page 692)
Thierry P. Carrel, Pascal A. Berdat, Jürgen Robe, Jan Gysi, Tung Nguyen, Beat Kipfer, and Ulrich Althaus
Modification of the subclavian patch aortoplasty for repair of aortic coarctation in neonates and infants (Volume 69, Number 3, Page 877)
Bradley S. Allen, Ari O. Halldorsson, Mary Jane Barth, and Michel N. Ilbawi
Arterial switch after failed atrial baffle procedures for transposition of the great arteries (Volume 69, Number 3, Page 851)
Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Issues and outcomes in the management of supravalvar aortic stenosis (Volume 69, Number 2, Page 562)
Doff B. McElhinney, Edwin Petrossian, Wayne Tworetzky, Norman H. Silverman, and Frank L. Hanley
Thoracic aortic aneurysms: treatment with endovascular self-expandable stent grafts (Volume 69, Number 2, Page 441)
Martin Grabenwöger, Doris Hutschala, Marek P. Ehrlich, Fabiola Cartes-Zumelzu, Siegfried Thurnher, Johannes Lammer, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Havel
Postoperative recovery in children after minimum versus full-length sternotomy (Volume 69, Number 2, Page 591)
Peter C. Laussen, David P. Bichell, Frank X. McGowan, David Zurakowski, David Ray DeMaso, and Pedro J. del Nido
Repair of anterior leaflet mitral valve prolapse: chordal replacement versus chordal shortening (Volume 69, Number 1, Page 25)
Michael R. Phillips, Richard C. Daly, Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Charles J. Mullany, and Thomas A. Orszulak
Surgical management of the straddling mitral valve in the biventricular heart (Volume 69, Number 1, Page 130)
Ryo Aeba, Toshiyuki Katogi, Shigeyuki Takeuchi, and Shiaki Kawada
Drew-Anderson technique attenuates systemic inflammatory response syndrome and improves respiratory function after coronary artery bypass grafting (Volume 69, Number 1, Page 77)
Josef A. Richter, Hans Meisner, Peter Tassani, Andreas Barankay, Wulf Dietrich, and Sigmund L. Braun