The Jounral of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Surgery For Acquired Heart Disease
  • General Thoracic Surgery
  • Surgery For Congenital Heart Disease
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Myocardial Management, And Support Techniques
  • Brief Communications
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Historical Perspectives Of The American Association For Thoracic Surgery
  • Reader Services


    • SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE



    Transmyocardial laser revascularization: Results of a multicenter trial with transmyocardial laser revascularization used as sole therapy for end-stage coronary artery disease
    Keith A. Horvath, MD, Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, Denton A. Cooley, MD, John R. Crew, MD, O. Howard Frazier, MD, Bartley P. Griffith, MD, Kamuran Kadipasaoglu, PhD, Allan Lansing, MD, Finn Mannting, MD, PhD, Robert March, MD, Mahmood R. Mirhoseini, MD, and Craig Smith, MD

    Minimal operative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass with significant left ventricular dysfunction by maximization of metabolic and mechanical support
    George E. Cimochowski, MD, Michael D. Harostock, MD, and Peter J. Foldes, MD

    Does the pulmonary autograft in the aortic position in adults increase in diameter? An echocardiographic study
    Raymond B. Hokken, MD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, MD, PhD, Meindert A. Taams, MD, PhD, Mieke B. Schiks-Berghourt, Lex A. van Herwerden, MD, PhD, Jos R. T. C. Roelandt, MD, PhD, and Egbert Bos, MD, PhD

    GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY



    Functional and oximetric assessment of patients after lung reduction surgery
    Michael Bousamra II, MD, George B. Haasler, MD, Randolph J. Lipchik, MD, Daniel Henry, MD, Joseph H. Chammas, MD, Chris K. Rokkas, MD, Kathryn Menard-Rothe, MS, Dennis C. Sobush, PT, MS, and Gordon N. Olinger, MD

    The prognostic significance of tumor cell detection in intraoperative pleural lavage and lung tissue cultures for patients with lung cancer
    J. Buhr, MD, K. H. Bergh

    Wedge resection versus lobectomy for stage I (T1 N0 M0) non-small-cell lung cancer
    Rodney J. Landreneau, MD, David J. Sugarbaker, MD, Michael J. Mack, MD, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, MD, James D. Luketich, MD, Lynda Fetterman, RN, Michael J. Liptay, MD, Susan Bartley, RN, Theresa M. Boley, RN, Robert J. Keenan, MD, Peter F. Ferson, MD, Robert J. Weyant, DDS, PhD, and Keith S. Naunheim, MD

    Intrathoracic tracheal reconstruction with a collagen-conjugated prosthesis: Evaluation of the efficacy of omental wrapping
    Masayoshi Teramachi, MD, Norihito Okumura, MD, Tatsuo Nakamura, MD, Yasumichi Yamamoto, MD, Tetsuya Kiyotani, MD, Yukinobu Takimoto, MD, Shojiro Matsuda, MAg, Yoshito Ikada, PhD, and Yasuhiko Shimizu, MD

    Giant hydatid cysts of the lung
    Semih Halezeroglu, MD, Muharrem Celik, MD, Aziz Uysal, MD, Canan Senol, MD, Murat Keles, MD, and Bulent Arman, MD

    SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE



    Effect of volume unloading surgery on coronary flow dynamics in patients with aortic atresia
    Mark A. Fogel, MD, FACC, Jack Rychik, MD, FACC, Jane Vetter, RCVT, Mary T. Donofrio, MD, and Marshall Jacobs, MD, FACC
    Commentary
    Tal Geva, MD, Boston, Mass.

    Effects of age and ischemic times on biochemical evidence of myocardial injury after pediatric cardiac operations
    D. P. Taggart, MD(Hons), FRCS, L. Hadjinikolas, MD, J. Hooper, MD, MRCPath, J. Albert, FRCS, M. Kemp, MSc, Dip CB, MI Biol, D. Hue, BSc, PhD, M. Yacoub, FRCS, and J. C. Lincoln, FRCS

    Aortic valve replacement after repair of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect or tetralogy of Fallot
    G. Alfred Dodds III, MD, Carole A. Warnes, MD, MRCP, and Gordon K. Danielson, MD

    Pulmonary blood flow regulates plasma tissue plasminogen activator concentrations in patients with congenital heart defects
    Akira Mishima, MD, Miki Asano, MD, Takayuki Saito, MD, Shigeki Yamamoto, MD, Tomohiko Ukai, MD, Hirohisa Yoshitomi, MD, Kozo Matsumoto, MD, and Tadao Manabe, MD

    CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES



    Neurophysiologic monitoring to assure delivery of retrograde cerebral perfusion
    Brian L. Ganzel, MD, Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr., PhD, John R. Pank, MD, and L. Jane Goldsmith, PhD

    Intraaortic balloon pumping for cardiac support: Trends in practice and outcome, 1968 to 1995
    David F. Torchiana, MD, Gregory Hirsch, MD, Mortimer J. Buckley, MD, Chiwon Hahn, MD, John W. Allyn, MD, Cary W. Akins, MD, John F. Drake, John B. Newell, and W. Gerald Austen, MD

    Influence of basal release of nitric oxide on systolic and diastolic function of both ventricles
    Pankaj Mankad, FRCS(C/Th), and Magdi Yacoub, FRCS

    Cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest increase endothelin-1 production and receptor expression in the lung
    Paul M. Kirshbom, MD, Stella O. Page, M. Todd Jacobs, MD, Steven S. L. Tsui, FRCS, Elizabeth Bello, MD, Ross M. Ungerleider, MD, Debra A. Schwinn, MD, and J. William Gaynor, MD

    Enhancement of the leukocyte
    Helmut Habazettl, MD, Vladimir Martinek, MD, Brigitte Vollmar, MD, and Peter Conzen, MD

    BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS


    A rare case of hydatid cyst perceived as false aneurysm of thoracic aorta
    T. Zakhariev, MD, M. Stankev, MD, B. Baev, MD, R. Iliev, MD, and A. Tschirkov, MD

    Beneficial effect of synthetic human atrial natriuretic polypeptide on renal function in a patient with giant atria
    Kazunobu Nishimura, MD, PhD, Katsuhiko Matsuda, MD, PhD, Satoshi Konno, MD, Akihiro Sugimoto, MD, Takaaki Koshiji, MD, Tadashi Ikeda, MD, Shinichi Nomoto, MD, PhD, and Toshihiko Ban, MD, PhD

    Pyoderma gangrenosum and myelofibrosis after coronary artery bypass grafting
    Louis E. Samuels, MD, Marla S. Kaufman, BA, William G. Kussmaul, MD, and Stanley K. Brockman, MD

    Effects of posterior pericardiotomy on the incidence of atrial fibrillation and chest drainage after coronary revascularization: A prospective randomized trial
    George Asimakopoulos, MD, Renato Della Santa, MD, and David P. Taggart, MD(Hons), FRCS

    Thromboangiitis obliterans of coronary and internal thoracic arteries in a young woman
    Francesco Donatelli, MD, Michele Triggiani, MD, PhD, Simona Nascimbene, MD, Cristina Basso, MD, Stefano Benussi, MD, Sergio L. Chierchia, MD, FESC, FACC, Gaetano Thiene, MD, and Adalberto Grossi, MD

    Additional postbypass administration of tranexamic acid reduces blood loss after cardiac operations
    Junya Katoh, MD, Kouji Tsuchiya, MD, Wataru Sato, MD, Masato Nakajima, MD, and Yoshinao Iida, MD

    Postoperative right ventricular dysfunction related to an unexpected late fatal complication
    Gillian A. J. Jessurun, MD, Erwin J. A. M. G

    Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
    Federico J. Benetti, MD, Massimo A. Mariani, MD, Jose L. Rizzardi, MD, and Ines Benetti, MD

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


    Total cavopulmonary direct anastomosis
    Duccio C. Di Carlo, MD, Adriano Carotti, MD, and Antonio Amodeo, MD

    Reply: Frank L. Hanley, MD, V. Mohan Reddy, MD, and Jacques A. M. van Son, MD

    Deep sternal wound infection after sternotomy
    Miguel Sousa Uva, MD, Marc Fischer, MD, Yves Fromes, MD, PhD, and Olivier Bical, MD

    Reply: Jean-Christophe Lucet, MD, MPH

    Materials for tracheoplasty: Which work? Which are best?
    D. A. Browdie, MD, R. V. Bernstein, MD, and R. Johnson, MD

    Mini-T sternotomy for cardiac operations
    Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral, MD

    HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY



    Carl Arthur Hedblom (1879-1934)
    J. Gordon Scannell, MD

    EVENTS OF INTEREST



    Events

    ANNOUNCEMENTS



    815 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Graham Traveling Fellowship, 1998-1999

    816 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Dwight Harken Research Scholarship, 1998-2000

    816 Announcing The American Association for Thoracic Surgery International Traveling Fellowship

    817 Announcement of 1997 Annual Meeting


    818 Announcement of 1997 Annual Meeting


    819 Notices

    READER SERVICES


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