The Jounral of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Myocardial Management, And Support Techniques

Historical Perspectives Of The American Association For Thoracic Surgery

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE

A profile of candidates for repeat myocardial revascularization: Implications for selection of treatment
Sorin J. Brener, MD, Floyd D. Loop, MD, Bruce W. Lytle, MD, Stephen G. Ellis, MD, Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, and Eric J. Topol, MD

Cardiac surgery in a high-risk group of patients: Is prolonged postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis effective?
Urs Niederh

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty: Its chronic and acute effects on the failing heart
Himanshu J. Patel, MD, Edward B. Lankford, MD, PhD, David J. Polidori, MD, James J. Pilla, PhD, Theodore Plappert, CVT, Martin St. John Sutton, FRCP, and Michael A. Acker, MD

Outcome of atrial fibrillation after mitral valve repair
Jean F. Obadia, MD, PhD, Mazen El Farra, MD, Olivier H. Bastien, MD, Michel Li

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT

Mature pulmonary lobar transplants grow in an immature environment
Oliver A. R. Binns, MD, Nuno F. DeLima, MD, Scott A. Buchanan, MD, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, MD, Jeffrey T. Cope, MD, Chris A. Marek, BS, Robert C. King, MD, Victor E. Laubach, PhD, Curtis G. Tribble, MD, FACS, and Irving L. Kron, MD, FACS

Risk factors for the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation
Timothy J. Kroshus, MD, Vibhu R. Kshettry, MD, Kay Savik, MS, Ranjit John, MD, Marshall I. Hertz, MD, and R. Morton Bolman III, MD

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY

Editorial on combined therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
David B. Skinner, MD

A randomized trial of surgery with and without chemotherapy for localized squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: The Japan Clinical Oncology Group study
Nobutoshi Ando, MD, FACS, Toshifumi Iizuka, MD, Teruo Kakegawa, MD, FACS, Kaichi Isono, MD, FACS, Hiroshi Watanabe, MD, Hiroko Ide, MD, Otsuo Tanaka, MD, Masayuki Shinoda, MD, Wataru Takiyama, MD, Masaki Arimori, MD, Kaoru Ishida, MD, and Shoichiro Tsugane, MD

Preoperative chemotherapy versus surgical therapy alone for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A prospective randomized trial
Simon Law, MB, BChir, FRCSEd, Manson Fok, MB, BS, FRCSEd, Selwyn Chow, Kent-Man Chu, MB, BS, FRCSEd, and John Wong, PhD, MD, FRACS, FACS

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

New-generation valved conduit: An experimental study
Jyotirmay Chanda, MD, Ryosei Kuribayashi, MD, and Tadaaki Abe, MD

Use of a bovine jugular vein graft with natural valve for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: A one - year animal study
Yukio Ichikawa, MD, PhD, Yasuharu Noishiki, MD, PhD, Takayuki Kosuge, MD, PhD, Kenji Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Jiro Kondo, MD, PhD, and Akihiko Matsumoto, MD, PhD

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Editorial: Intravenous co-infusion of adenosine and norepinephrine
Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD, and Gregory Kay, MD

Intravenous co-infusion of adenosine and norepinephrine preconditions the heart without adverse hemodynamic effects
Michael V. Cohen, MD, Jon D. Thornton, MD, PhD, Christy S. Thornton, MD, Hiroshi Sato, PhD, Takayuki Miki, MD, and James M. Downey, PhD

Organ perfusion with Hemopump device assistance with and without intraaortic balloon pumping
Bart Meyns, MD, Yousuke Nishimura, MD, Rozalia Racz, MD, Ramadan Jashari, MD, and Willem Flameng, MD, PhD

Left ventricular diastolic function after coronary artery bypass grafting: A correlative study with three different myocardial protection techniques
Pierre A. Casthely, MD, Chirag Shah, Haroutune Mekhjian, MD, Daniel Swistel, MD, Thil Yoganathan, MD, Claudia Komer, MD, Ricardo A. Miguelino, MD, and Ramon Rosales, MD

Effects of minimal-dose aprotinin on coronary artery bypass grafting
Nobuhiko Hayashida, MD, Tadashi Isomura, MD, Tohru Sato, MD, Hiroshi Maruyama, MD, Kenichi Kosuga, MD, and Shigeaki Aoyagi, MD

Cerebral dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting done with mild or moderate hypothermia
Eric J. Heyer, MD, PhD, David C. Adams, MD, Ellise Delphin, MD, Donald J. McMahon, MS, Susan D. Steneck, PhD, Mehmet C. Oz, MD, Robert E. Michler, MD, and Eric A. Rose, MD

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

Inverted left atrial appendage: An unrecognized cause of left atrial mass
Bradley S. Allen, MD, Michel Ilbawi, MD, Renee S. Hartz, MD, Sulekha Kumar, MD, and David Thoele, MD

Giant atherosclerotic aneurysm of the sinoatrial nodal artery
Sung Ho Kim, MD, In Seok Jang, MD, Chang Dae Ouck, MD, Chong Woo Kim, MD, Jun Young Choi, MD, Hyung - Jin Kim, MD, and Bonggwan Seo, MD

Total anomalous systemic venous drainage to the coronary sinus in association with hypoplastic left heart disease: More than a mere coincidence
Margit Kadletz, MD, Michael D. Black, MD, Jeffery Smallhorn, MD, Robert M. Freedom, MD, and Stella Van Praagh, MD

Acute graft-versus-host disease after human heart-lung transplantation: A case report
R. Pfitzmann, MD, M. Hummel, MD, O. Grauhan, MD, P. Waurick, MD, R. Ewert, MD, M. Loebe, MD, Y. Weng, MD, and R. Hetzer, MD

Rupture of inflow conduits in the TCI-HeartMate system
Hans H. Scheld, MD, Rasjid Soeparwata, MD, Christof Schmid, MD, Michael Loick, MD, Michael Weyand, MD, and Dieter Hammel, MD

Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis
Francis J. Podbielski, MD, Darren G. Nelson, MD, Gurney F. Pearsall, Jr., MD, Guillermo D. Marquez, MD, and Mark M. Connolly, MD, FACS

Hepatic blood flow during cardiopulmonary bypass operations: The effect of temperature and pulsatility
R. T. Mathie, PhD, S. K. Ohri, MD, FRCS, J. J. Batten, PhD, A. M. Peters, MD, and B. E. Keogh, MD, FRCS

Methemoglobinemia complicating topical anesthesia during bronchoscopic procedures
Bryan Clary, MD, Lynne Skaryak, MD, Mark Tedder, MD, Andrew Hilton, MD, Gregory Botz, MD, and David Harpole, MD

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism caused by renal cell carcinoma
Patrick Paw, MD, and Stuart W. Jamieson, MB, FRCS

Right heart bypass with an extracardiac conduit for functionally single ventricle with anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the right atrium
Charles S. Roberts, MD, Paul Peters, FRCS, and Christopher Lincoln, FRCS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Isolated primary chylopericardium
Mustafa Yüksel, MD, Bedrettin Y

Reply: Markus Furrer, MD

Technique for one-lung ventilation during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical interruption of patent ductus arteriosus in children
Kanchi Muralidhar, MD, and Shetty Devi Prasad, MS

Tumor dissemination after video-assisted thoracic surgery: What does it mean?
Ulf Hermansson, MD, Igor E. Konstantinov, MD, and Claes Arén, MD, PhD

Reply: Robert J. Downey, MD, Patricia McCormack, MD, and Joseph LoCicero III, MD

Effect of milrinone on coronary artery bypass grafts
Guo-Wei He, MD, PhD

Hyperoxic cardiopulmonary bypass causes reoxygenation injury and lipid peroxidation
Kai Ihnken, MD

Reply: Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, MD

The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
311 Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting

The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
312 Notices

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
313 Award Recipients

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