SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE
Transmyocardial laser treatment denervates canine myocardium
King F. Kwong, MD. Georgios K. Kanellopoulos, MD, Joshua C. Nickols, Steven M. Pogwizd, MD, Jeffrey F. Saffitt, MD, PhD, Richard B. Schuessler, PhD, and Toralf M. Sundt III, MD, St. Louis, Mo.
Aortic valve grafts in the rat: Evidence for rejection
Ahmad Moustapha, MD, David B. Ross, MD, Binju Bittira, BSc, Dick Van-Velzen, PhD, Vivian C. McAlister, MB, Christopher L. Lannon, BSc, and Timothy D. Lee, PhD, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Reliability audit of a regional cardiac surgery registry
Theresa Volk, MBA, Linleu Hahn, BSc, Robert Huyden, MD, James Abel, MD, Martin L. Puterman, PhD, and G. Frank O. Tyers, MD, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Total myocardial revascularization with arterial conduits: Radial artery combined with internal theracic arteries
Ernesto E. Weinschelbaum, MD, Eduardo D. Bage, MD, Alejandro Macchia, MD, Raffaele Smimmo, MD, and Luis D. Sudrez, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT
Experience with living-donor lobar transplantation for indications other than cystic fibrosis
Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, Mark I. Barr, MD, Felicia A. Schenkel, RN, Monica V. Horn, RN, Robbin G. Cohen, MD, Jeffery A. Hagen, MD, and Winfield J. Wells, MD, Los Angeles, Calif.
Intracoronary adenovirs-mediated transfer to immunosuppressive cytokine genes prolongs allograft survival
Ron Brauner, MD, Masaki Nonoyama, MD, Hillel Laks, MD, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., MD, Sharon McCuffery, MS, Thomas Drake, MD, Arnold J. Berk, MD, Luyi Sen, MD, and Lily Wu, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, Calif.
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
Reoperative tracheal resection and reconstruction for unsuccessful repair of ppostintubation stenosis
Dean M. Donahue, MD, Hermes C. Grillo, MD, John C. Wain, MD, Cameron D. Wright, MD, and Douglas J. Mathisen, MD, Boston, Mass.
Photodynamic therapy for endobronchial malignant disease: A prospective fourteen-year study
James S. McCaughan, Jr., MD, and Thomas E. Williams, MD, Columbus, Ohio
En block esophagectomy improves survival for stage III esophageal cancer
Nasser K. Altorki, MD, Leonard Girardi, MD, and David B. Skinner, MD, New York, N.Y.
Patient selection criteria for lung volume reduction surgery
Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD, FACS, Matthew Brenner, MD, Richard J. Fischel, MD, PhD, Narinder Singh, MD, Ben Young, MD, Arthur F. Gelb, MD, and Kathryn E. Osann, PhD, Orange, Lakewood, and Los Angeles, Calif.
Effect of esophageal distention on pressure and electromyographic activity of the phuryngoesophageal sphincter, with identification of the esophagopharyngeal reflex
Ahmed Shafik, MD, PhD, Cairo, Egypt
SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Outflow obstruction after the arterial switch operation: A multiinstitutional study
William G. Williams, MD, Jan M. Quaegebeur, MD, John W. Kirklin, MD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, and The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, New York, N.Y. and Birmingham, Ala.
Perioperative effects of alpha-stat versus pH-stat strategies for deep hypotermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infants
Adre J. du Plessis, MBChB, MPH, Richard A. Jonas, MD, David Wypij, PhD, Paul R. Hickey, MD, James Riviello, MD, David L. Wessel, MD, Stephen J. Roth, MD, MPH, Frederick A. Burrows, MD, Gene Walter, REEGT, David M. Farrell, MA, CCP, Amy Z. Walsh, RN, Christine A. Plumb, RN, MSN, Pedro del Nido, MD, Redmund P. Burke, MD, Aldo R. Castaneda, MD, John E. Mayer, Jr., MD, and Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, Boston, Mass.
Antegrade cold blood cardioplegia is not demonstrahly advantageous over cold crystalloid carioplegia in surgery for congenital heart disease
J. Nilas Young, MD, Isaac O. Choy, MD, Nolli K. Silva, MD, Derek Y. Obayashi, MA, and Howard E. Barkan, DrPH, Oakland, Calif.
The relationshop between calcium and magnesium in pediatric myocardial protection
Michael Kronon, MD, Kirk S. Bolling, MD, Bradley S. Allen, MD, Shaikh Rahman, MS, Tingrong Want, MD, Ari Halldorsson, MD, and Ilarold Feinberg, PhD, Chicago, Ill.
Extracardia fontan operation for complex cardia anomalies: Seven years' experience
Antonio Amodeo, MD, Lorenzo Galletti, MD, Stefano Marianeschi, MD, Sergio Picardo, MD, Salvatore Giannico, MD, Paolo Di Renzi, MD, and Carlo Marcelletti, MD, Rome, Italy
The nature of flow in the systemic venous pathway measured
by magnetic resonance blood tagging in patients having the Fontan operation
Mark A. Fogel, MD, FACC, Paul M. Weinberg, MD, FACC, Alison Hoydu, PhD, Anne Hubbard, MD, Jack Rychik, MD, FACC, Marshall Jacobs, MD, Kenneth E. Fellows, MD, and John Haselgrove, PhD, Philadelphia, Pa.
Early markers of major adverse events in children after cardiac operations
Trevor Duke, FRACP, Warwick Butt, FRACP, Mile South, MD, FRACP, and Tom R. Karl, MS, MD, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Nitrogen balance, 3-methylhistidine excretion, and plasma amino acid profile in infants after cardiac operations for congenital heart defects: The effect of early nutritional support
Vaclav Chaloupecky, MD, Bahumil Hucin, MD, Tomas Tlaskal, MD, Martin Kostelka, MD, Vladimir Kucera, MD, Jan Janousek, MD, Jan Skovranek, MD, and Ludek Sprongl, Ing. Prague, Czech Republic
Alteration of the neonatal pulmonary physiuology after total cardiopulmonary bypass
Alain Serraf, MD, Monica Robotin, MD, Nicolas Bonnet, MD, Helene Detruit, PharmD, Bruno Baudet, VSc, Michel G. Mazmanian, MD, Philippe Herve, MD, and Claude Planche, MD, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
Ischemic intervals during warm blood cardioplegia in the canine heart evaluated by
phosphorus 31-magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Niltro Barias de Oliveria, MD, Theodore, J. Boeve, MD, David F. Torchiano, MD, Howard L. Kantor, MD, PhD, James S. Titus, Christopher J. Schmidt, BA, Cheng-zui Lu, BS, Heehyang Kin, Willard M. Daggett, MD, and Gillian A. Geffin, MB, BS, Boston, Mass.
Commentary
Michael A. Borger, MD, Gideon Cohn, MD, Richard D. Weisel, MD, Stephen E. Fremes, MD, Terrence M. Yuu, MD, and Roxanne Deslauriers, Toronto, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Flow velocity of central retinal artery and retrobulbar vessels during cardiovascular operaitons
Kazumasa Orihashi, MD, Yuichiro Matsuura, MD, Taijiro Sueda, MD, Hiroo Shikata, MD, Satoru Morita, MD, Shinji Hirai, MD, Musafumi Sueshiro, MD, and Kenji Okada, MD, Hiroshima, Jappan
Ischemic and reperfusion injury of cyanotic myocardium in chronic hyposic rat model:
Changes in cyanotic myocardial antioxidant system
Kaji Nakanishi, MD, Masachiro Inoue, MD, Eihi Sugawara, MD, and Shunji Sano, MD, Okayama, Japan
New method for monitoring the functional state of a dynamic cardiomyoplasty
Norbert W. Guildner, MD, Peter Klapproth, MSc, J. Michael Hasenkam, MD, DMSc, Thomas Fischer, MD, Robert Keller, MD, Ralf Noel, VS, Britta Keding, MT, Elrina Joubert-Hubner, MSc, Hermann Kuppe, MD, PhD, and Hans-H. Sievers, MD, PhD, Lubeck, Germany and Aurchus, Denmark
Prolonged hemodynamic stability during arteriovenous carbon dioxide removal for severe respiratory failure
Robert I. Brunston, Jr., MD, Weike Tao, MD, Akhil Bidani, MD, PhD, Scott K. Aplard, MD, Daniel L. Traber, PhD, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, Galveston, Tex.
GUEST REVIEWERS
Guest Reviewers for THE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Cellular deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation during operative course in human saphenous vein grafts
L. Lecerf, PhD, M. Moczar, PhD, and D. Loisance, MD, Creteil, France
Early lung allograft function after retrograde and antegrade preservation
A. Varela, MD, M. Cardoba, MD, S. Serrano-Fiz, MD, R. Burgos, MD, C. G. Montero, MD, G. Tellez, MD, N. Novoa, MD, E. Castedo, MD, F. Tebar, MD, J. Tellez, MD, J. Roda, MD, and J. Ugarte, MD, Madrid, Spain
Lead failure caused by twiddler's syndrome in subpectorally implanted unipolar single-lead cardioverter-defibrillators
Christian Mewis, MD, Volker Kuhlkamp, MD, Volker Dornberger, MD, Kuroursh Kalighi, MD, and Ludger Seipel, MD, Tubingen, Germany
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bidirectional inferior vena cavia-pulmonary artery shunt
J. Alex Haller, Jr., MD, Baltimore, MD
A temporary bidirectional superior vena cava-pulmonary artery shunt
William W. L. Glenn, MD, New Haven, Conn.
Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse: Chordal transfer versus chordal shortening. Which is better?
P. Fundaro, M. Lemma, D. G. DiMattia, and C. Santoli, Milano, Italy
Effect of preoperative antioxidant supplements on perioperative myocardial injruy
M. A. Wait, MD, and Paul A. Grayburn, MD, Dallas, Tex.
Reply:
J. Westhuyzen, PhD, and A. D. Cochrane, FRACS, FRCS(Cth), Brisbane and Melbourne, Astralia
Should introaortic balloon counterpulsation be continued during cardiopulmonary bypass?
Anway V. Malay, MCh, Sunny Zacharias, FRCS(Cth), Steve D. Hansbro, Roger W. Catchpole, and R. Unnikrishnan Nair, FRCS, Leeds, United Kingdon
Yes, I can top that!
John W. Hammon, Jr., MD, Winston-Salem, N.C.
EVENTS OF INTEREST
Events
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
1132Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting
The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
1133Announcement of 1998 Annual Meeting
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
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