PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Shaping the revolution: Thoracic surgeons and something more
David B. Skinner, MD, New York, N.Y.
SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Benefit of neurophysiologic monitoring for pediatric cardiac surgery
Erle H. Austin III, MD, Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr., PhD, Steven M. Auden, MD, Vedad Seremet, MD, Greg Niznik, MS, Aida Sehic, MD, Michael K. Sowell, MD,
Caryn D. Cheppo, RN, BSN, and Karen M. Corlett, RN, BSN, Louisville, Ky.
Modified Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedure for single ventricle, subaortic stenosis, and arch obstruction in neonates
and infants: Midterm results and techniques for avoiding circulatory arrest
Doff B. McElhinney, MS, V. Mohan Reddy, MD, Norman H. Silverman, MD, and Frank L. Hanley, MD, San Francisco, Calif.
One-stage midline unifocalization and complete repair in infancy versus multiple-stage unifocalization
followed by repair for complex heart disease with major aortopulmonary collaterals
Christo I. Tchervenkov, MD, Gary Salasidis, MD, Renzo Cecere, MD, Marie J. Béland, MD, Luc Jutras, MD, Marc Paquet, MD, and Anthony R. C. Dobell, MD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Flow-induced release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor during bypass:Experimental study in the fetal lamb
Gérard Champsaur, MD, Catherine Vedrinne, MD, Stéphane Martinot, MVD,
François Tronc, MD, Jacques Robin, MD, Jean Ninet, MD, and Michel
Franck, MVD, Lyon, France
Extending the concept of the autograft for complete repair of transposition of the great arteries
with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: A report of ten cases of a modified procedure
Dominique Metras, MD, Bernard Kreitmann, MD, Alberto Riberi, MD, John-Godson Yao, MD, Elie E1-Khoury, MD, François Wernert, MD, and Adrienne Pannetier-Mille, MD, Marseilles, France
SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE
Early results with partial left ventryculectomy
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, Randall C. Starling, MD, James Wong, MBBS, PhD, Gregory M. Scalia, MBBS, Tiffany Buda, RN, Rita L. Vargo, MSN, RN, Marlene Goormastic, MPH, James D. Thomas, MD, Nicholas G. Smedira, MD, and James B. Young, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
Aortic and mitral valve replacement with reconstraction of the intervalvular fibrous body
Tirone E. David, MD, James Kuo, MD, and Susan Armstrong, MSc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, Christopher L. Wixon, MD, Joseph R. Elbeery, MD, Jon F. Moran, MD, William H. H. Chapman, MD, and Robert M. Lust, PhD, Greenville, N.C.
CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT
Liposome-mediated gene transfer to lung isografts
Carlos H. R. Boasquevisque, MD, Teng C. Lee, BS, Bassem N. Mora, MD, David Peterson, BS, William O. Osburn, BA, Matthew Bernstein, BS, Wei Zhang, BS, Jennifer B. Nietupski, BS, Ronald K. Scheule, PhD, Joel D. Cooper, MD, Mitchell D. Botney, MD, and G. Alexander Patterson, MD, St. Louis, Mo., and Framingham, Mass.
Successful in vivo and ex vivo transfection of pulmonary artery segments in lung isografts
Motoki Yano, MD, Carlos H. R. Boasquevisque, MD, Ronald K. Scheule, PhD, Mitchell D. Botney, MD, Joel D. Cooper, MD, and G. Alexander Patterson, MD, St. Louis, Mo., and Framingham, Mass.
Specific effects of estrogen on growth factor and major histocompatibility complex class II antigen expression in
rat aortic allograft
Satoshi Saito, MD, Noboru Motomura, MD, PhD, Hong Lou, MD, Peter W. Ramwell, PhD, and Marie L. Foegh, MD, DSc, Washington, D.C.
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Induction therapy for esophageal cancer with paclitaxel and hyperfractionated radiotherapy: A phase I and II study
Cameron D. Wright, MD, John C. Wain, MD, Thomas J. Lynch, MD, Noah C. Choi, MD, Michael L. Grossbard, MD, Robert W. Carey, MD, Ashby C. Moncure, MD, Hermes C. Grillo, MD, and Douglas J. Mathisen, MD, Boston, Mass.
Minimally invasive surgical staging is superior to endoscopic ultrasound in detecting lymph node metastases
in esophageal cancer
James D. Luketich, MD, Philip Schauer, MD, Rodney Landreneau, MD, Ninh Nguyen, MD, Kathleen Urso, BA, Peter Ferson, MD, Robert Keenan, MD, and Richard Kim, MD, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Resection for Barrett's mucosa with high-grade dysplasia: Implications for prophylactic photodynamic
therapy
Mark K. Ferguson, MD, and Keith S. Naunheim, MD, Chicago, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.
Safety and efficacy of bronchovascular reconstraction after induction chemotherapy for lung cancer
Erino A. Rendina, MD, Federico Venuta, MD, Tiziano De Giacomo, MD, Isac Flaishman, MD, Paola Fazi, MD, and Costante Ricci, MD, Rome, Italy
Expression of acidic fibroplast growth factor in Barret's esophagus and associated esophageal
adenocarcinoma
Robert A. Soslow, MD, Liang Ying, BS, and Nasser K. Altorki, MD, New York, N.Y.
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Switch back: Using the pulmonary autograft to replace the aortic valve after arterial switch operation
Mark G. Hazekamp, MD, PhD, Paul H. Schoof, MD, Bert E. Suys, MD, Paul A. Hutter, MD, Erik-Jan Meijboom, MD, PhD, Jaap Ottenkamp, MD, PhD, and Hans A. Huysmans, MD, PhD, Leiden and Utrecht, The Netherlands
Reverse flap of distal latissimus dorsi for diaphragm reconstruction in the adult: Specification of the technical
procedure and report on six cases
Amedeo V. Bedini, MD, Maurizio Valente, MD, Stefano Andreani, MD, and Gianni Ravasi, MD, Milan, Italy
Double switch operation for corrected transposition with total anomalous pulmonary venous return
Masaaki Yamagishi, MD, Yuzuru Nakamura, MD, Toshiyuki Kanazawa, MD, and Noriyasu Kawada, MD, Saitama, Japan
Aortic valvuloplasty for aortic insufficiency associated with ventricular septal defect
Massimo A. Mariani, MD, PhD, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, MD, Jan L. M. Strengers, MD, PhD, and Tjark Ebels, MD, PhD, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ruptured mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm: A dilemma of diagnosis and therapeutic approach
Afksendiyos Kalangos, MD, PhD, Gregory Khatchatourian, MD, Aristotelis Panos, MD, and Bernard Faidutti, MD, Geneva, Switzerland
Cerebral embolization during transmyocardial laser revascularization
Hilary P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC, David W. Amory, MD, PhD, Edward Lowry, BA, Mark F. Newman, MD, James E. Lowe, MD, and Fiona M. Clements, MD, Durham, N.C.
Transluminal endovascular branched graft placement for a pseudoaneurysm: Reconsrtuction of the descending
thoracic aorta incuding the celiac axis
Kanji Inoue, MD, Tomoyuki Iwase, MD, Mitsuru Sato, ME, Yuki Yoshida, MT, Katsuya Ueno, RT, Shunich Tamaki, MD, and Ario Yamazato, MD, Kyoto, Japan
Surgical excision of the sinus node in a patient with inappropriate sinus tachycardia
Bahman Esmailzadeh, MD, Robert Bernat, MD, Kai Winkler, MD, Monika Meybehm, MD, Dietrich Pfeiffer, MD, and Paul Gerhard Kirchhoff, MD, Bonn, Germany
Recurrent infective endocarditis one year after mitral repair in a woman addicted to drugs
Jean-Jacques Monsuez, MD, Daniel Vittecoq, MD, Christophe Acar, MD, John Evans, MD, and Serge Witchitz, MD, Villejuif and Paris, France
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Inhaled nitric oxide after Glenn and Fontan procedures
Ronald Day, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah
Reply:
Andreas Gamillscheg, MD, Gerfried Zobel, MD, Bruno Rigler, MD, and Albrecht Beitzke, MD, Graz, Austria
Extravascular aortic clamping for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery>
J. Robin, MD, F. Tronc, MD, A. Curtil, MD, C. Vedrinne, MD, G. Finet, MD, and G. Champsaur, MD, Lyon, France
Complex reconstruction of the right bronchial system
Horia Sirbu, MD, Bernd Herse, MD, Thomas Busch, MD, and Harald Dalichau, MD, G
The structure of the aortic root
Robert H. Anderson, MD, FRCPath, London, United Kingdom
Reply:
Margot M. Bartelings, MD, PhD, Raymond B. Hokken, MD, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, MD, PhD, and Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, PhD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cerebral oxygenation during cardiopulmonary bypass in children
Georg Nollert, MD, Toshiharu Shin
Reply:
C. Dean Kurth, MD, James M. Steven, MD, Susan C. Nicolson, MD, and Marshall L. Jacobs, MD, Philadelphia, Pa.
Indication for delayed sternal closure
Yoshio Misawa, MD, PhD, Tochigi, Japan
Reply:
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, and Peter C. Laussen, MB, BS, Boston, Mass.
EVENTS OF INTEREST
Events
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
877Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting
The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
878Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
879Report
880Notices