The Jounral of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Cardiac And Pulmonary Replacement
  • General Thoracic Surgery
  • Surgery For Congenital Heart Disease
  • Surgery For Acquired Heart Disease
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Myocardial Management, And Support Techniques
  • Brief Communications
  • Letters To The Editor
  • Announcements
  • Reader Services


    • CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT



    Ex vivo lung model of pig-to-human hyperacute xenograft rejection
    Paolo Macchiarini, MD, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, MD, Rafael Oriol, MD, Vincent de Montpreville, MD, Elisabeth Dulmet, MD, Soly Fattal, PhD, Jean-Marie Libert, PhD, Sylvie Doubine, PhD, Dominique Nochy, MD, Robert Rieben, PhD, and Philippe Dartevelle, MD

    Medium-term patency and anatomic changes after direct bronchial artery revascularization in lung and heart-lung transplantation with the internal thoracic artery conduit
    Martin A. Nĝrgaard, MD, Fritz Efsen, MD, Claus B. Andersen, MD, Ulrik G. Svendsen, MD, PhD, Gösta Pettersson, MD, PhD

    Influence of oxygen in inflation gas during lung ischemia on ischemia-reperfusion injury
    Atsushi Watanabe, MD, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, MD, Katsuyuki Kusajima, MD, Sakuzo Komatsu, MD, Tomio Abe, MD, and Hiroki Takahashi, MD

    GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY



    Micrometastatic p53-positive cells in the lymph nodes of non-small-cell lung cancer: Prognostic significance
    Kazuhito Dobashi, MD, Kenji Sugio, MD, Toshihiro Osaki, MD, Takeshi Oka, MD, and Kosei Yasumoto, MD

    Intentional limited resection for selected patients with T1 N0 M0 non-small-cell lung cancer: A single-institution study
    Ken Kodama, MD, Osamu Doi, MD, Masahiko Higashiyama, MD, and Hideoki Yokouchi, MD

    Mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene as clonal marker for multiple primary lung cancers
    Tetsuya Mitsudomi, MD, Yasushi Yatabe, MD, Takashi Koshikawa, MD, Shunnzo Hatooka, MD, Masayuki Shinoda, MD, Motokazu Suyama, MD, Takahiko Sugiura, MD, Makoto Ogawa, MD, and Takashi Takahashi, MD

    Thoracoscopy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
    David R. Flum, MD, Scott D. Steinberg, MD, Thomas R. Bernik, MD, Enrique Bonfils-Roberts, MD, Marshall D. Kramer, MD, Peter X. Adams, MD, and Marc K. Wallack, MD

    Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors associated with Cushing
    Joseph B. Shrager, MD, Cameron D. Wright, MD, J ohn C. Wain, MD, David F. Torchiana, MD, Hermes C. Grillo, MD, and Douglas J. Mathisen, MD

    SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE



    Fontan operation in five hundred consecutive patients: Factors influencing early and late outcome
    Thomas L. Gentles, FRACP, John E. Mayer, Jr., MD, Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD, Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, James E. Lock, MD, John P. Kupferschmid, MD, J anice Burnett, Richard A. Jonas, MD, Aldo R. Casta PhD, and Gil Wernovsky, MD

    Functional outcome after the Fontan operation: Factors influencing late morbidity
    Thomas L. Gentles, FRACP, Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD, John E. Mayer, Jr., MD, Steven B. Fishberger, MD, Janice B urnett, Steven D. Colan, MD, Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, and Gil Wernovsky, MD

    Commentary: Functionality after the Fontan procedure Perceived reality and the pondering prince
    Stephen E. Cyran, MD

    Lay-open pulmonary arterioplasty for postoperative hilar pulmonary artery stenosis
    Yukihiro Kaneko, MD, Hideo Okabe, MD, Nobuhiro Nagata, MD, Hiroshi Ohuchi, MD, Jotaro Kobayashi, MD, Shinya Kanemoto, MD, and Kenji Itoh, MD

    Early extubation after cardiac operations in neonates and young infants
    Jeffrey S. Heinle, MD, Laura K. Diaz, MD, and Lawrence S. Fox, MD

    SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE



    Editorial: Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery - a word of caution
    Michael J. Reardon, MD, Rafael Espada, MD, George V. Letsou, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD, Charles H. McCollum, MD, and John C. Baldwin, MD

    Effect of cryopreservation and histocompatibility on type I procollagen gene expression in aortic valve grafts
    Ying C. Song, MB, PhD, Lena Y. Yao, PhD, James M. Kneebone, MS, and Flavian M. Lupinetti, MD

    New approach to patency and flow assessment after left internal thoracic artery hypoperfusion syndrome with additional saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending artery with phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography
    Gregor Zünd, MD, Markus Hauser, MD, Paul Vogt, MD, Clarence P. Davis, MD, Mario Lachat, MD, Andreas Künzli, MD, Michele Genoni, MD, and Marko Turina, MD

    Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting versus coronary angioplasty for isolated type C stenosis of the left anterior descending artery
    Massimo A. Mariani, MD, PhD, Piet W. Boonstra, MD, PhD, Jan G. Grandjean, MD, Johannes O. J. Peels, MD, Stefan H. J. Monnink, MD, Peter den Heijer, MD, and Harry J. G. M. Crijns, MD, PhD

    CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES



    Body temperature influences regional blood flow during retrograde cerebral perfusion
    Akihiko Usui, MD, Keiji Oohara, MD, Fumihiko Murakami, MD, Hideki Ooshima, MD, Mitsuo Kawamura, MD, and Mitsuya Murase, MD

    Technical and economic feasibility of reusing disposable perfusion cannulas
    David F. Bloom, MS, J. Fredrick Cornhill, DPhil, Paul S. Malchesky, DEng, Donna M. Richardson, MS, Kathryn A. Bolsen, BS, Donna M. Haire, BS, Floyd D. Loop , MD, and Delos M. Cosgrove III, MD

    Inhaled nitric oxide is not a negative inotropic agent in a porcine model of pulmonary hypertension
    Daniel J. Goldstein, MD, David A. Dean, MD, Arthur Smerling, MD, Mehmet C. Oz, MD, Daniel Burkhoff, MD, and Marc L. Dickstein, MD

    The Jarvik 2000 Oxford System: Increasing the scope of mechanical circulatory support
    S. Westaby, FRCS, T. Katsumata, MD, R. Evans, MD, D. Pigott, MD, D. P. Taggart, FRCS, and R. K. Jarvik, MD

    Influence of normothermic systemic perfusion during coronary artery bypass operations: A randomized prospective study
    Inderpaul Birdi, FRCS, Idris Regragui, FRCS, Mohammed B. Izzat, FRCS, Alan J. Bryan, FRCS, and Gianni D. Angelini, FRCS

    Complement activation by heparin-protamine complexes during cardiopulmonary bypass: Effect of C4A null allele
    Kaushik A. Shastri, MD, Gerald L. Logue, MD, Mont P. Stern, MD, Saif Rehman, MD, and Syed Raza, MD

    BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS


    Cardiomyoplasty combined with implantation of a cardio-verter defibrillator
    Valeri S. Chekanov, MD, PhD, Sanjay Deshpande, MD, and Donald H. Schmidt, MD

    Calcified pedicled thrombus in the left ventricle: The fine art of nature
    Carlos Morales, MD, José M. Bernal, MD, José M. Rabasa, MD, Francisco Gutiérrez, MD, Fernando Val, MD, and José M. Revuelta, MD

    Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of iatrogenic coronary sinus stenosis: A case report
    George Ulma, MD, J. Geoffrey Stevenson, MD, Flavian M. Lupinetti, MD, and Jeffrey P. Morray, MD

    Severe cerebral and cardiac dysfunction associated with thyroid decompensation after cardiac operations
    Jehangir J. Appoo, BSc, and Jean Francois Morin, MD, FRCSC

    Myocardial perfusion through naturally occurring subendocardial channels
    Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD, Regan Fulton, MD, PhD, Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Margaret E. Billingham, MD, and Robert Robbins, MD

    Resection of lung cancer invading the diaphragm
    Benny Weksler, MD, Manjit Bains, MD, Michael Burt, MD, PhD, Robert Downey, MD, Nael Martini, MD, Valerie Rusch, MD, and Robert Ginsberg, MD

    Pulmonary root translocation for biventricular repair of double-outlet left ventricle with absent subpulmonic conus
    Doff B. McElhinney, MS, V. Mohan Reddy, MD, and Frank L. Hanley, MD

    Scheduled autologous blood donation at the time of cardiac catheterization in infants and children
    Kazuaki Fukahara, MD, Arata Murakami, MD, Tetsuyuki Ueda, MD, Yoshinori Doki, MD, Shinichi Tsubata, MD, Fukiko Ichida, MD, and Takuro Misaki, MD

    Successful bridging to cardiac transplantation in a dystrophic infant with the use of a new paracorporeal pneumatic pump
    Michael Weyand, MD, Deniz Kececioglu, MD, Christof Schmid, MD, Hans G. Kehl, MD, Rene Tandler, MD, Heinz Michael Loick, MD, and Hans H. Scheld, MD

    In traoperative patency control of arterial grafts in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft operations by means of endoscopic thermal coronary angiography
    Volkmar Falk, MD, Anno Diegeler, MD, Thomas Walther, MD, Hugo Kitzinger, Jacques A. M. van Son, MD, PhD, Rüdiger Autschbach, MD, PhD, and Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD

    Troponin I release during minimally invasive coronary artery surgery
    I. Birdi, FRCS, M. Caputo, MD, J. A. Hutter, FRCS, A. J. Bryan, FRCS, and G. D. Angelini, FRCS

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


    Mediastinal lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical stage I lung cancer
    Paul E. Y. Van Schil, MD

    Reply: Tsuneyo Takizawa, MD, and Masanori Terashima, MD

    Concentration of glutaraldehyde in fixation of bioprosthetic valves
    Jyotirmay Chanda, MD, Ryosei Kuribayashi, MD, and Tadaaki Abe, MD

    Reply: Anthony C. Duncan, PhD, and Derek Boughner, MD, PhD

    Use of aprotinin after cardiac operations
    J. M. Alvarez, MD

    Reply: Sertaç

    Hypothermia during preconditioned ischemia-reperfusion attenuates the myocardial protection of preconditioning
    Er-Xiong Lu, MD, Gui-Lin Ying, MD, and Xun Guo, PhD

    Reply: Louis P. Perrault, MD, FRCSC, and Philippe Menasché, MD, PhD

    Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy: From the right or from the left?
    Tommaso C. Mineo, MD, Eugenio Pompeo, MD, and Vincenzo Ambrogi, MD

    Reply: Michael Mack, MD

    Treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
    F. P. J. Peters, MD

    Angiographic and electron-beam computed tomography studies of retrograde cardioplegia via the coronary sinus
    Richard N. Gates, MD, Hillel Laks, MD, and Davis C. Drinkwater, MD

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    ANNOUNCMENTS


    The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
    522 Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting

    The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

    523 Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting

    The American Board of Thoracic Surgery

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