Editorials:

Gene Transfer and Thoracic Surgery: More to Come

Larry R. Kaiser and Steven M. Albelda
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1527-1528. [Full Text]  

Thoughts and Considerations on Modeling Coronary Bypass Surgery Risk

Bradley A. Warner
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1529-1530. [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic Databases: Where Are We Headed?

Frederick L. Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1531-1532. [Full Text]  

J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper:

Prospective Study of the Natural History of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Tatu Juvonen, M. Arisan Ergin, Jan D. Galla, Steven L. Lansman, Khanh H. Nguyen, Jock N. McCullough, Dale Levy, Richard A. de Asla, Carol A. Bodian, and Randall B. Griepp
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1533-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Ex Vivo Adenoviral-Mediated Gene Transfer to Lung Isografts During Cold Preservation

Carlos Henrique R. Boasquevisque, Bassem N. Mora, Ralph A. Schmid, Teng C. Lee, Itaru Nagahiro, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1556-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Experimental Bronchiolitis Obliterans Induced by In Vivo HVJ-Liposome–Mediated Endothelin-1 Gene Transfer

Shin-ichi Takeda, Yoshiki Sawa, Masato Minami, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshitaka Fujii, Ryota Shirakura, Masashi Yanagisawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1562-1567. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal Resection for Cancer of the Esophagus: Long-Term Function and Quality of Life

Allison J. McLarty, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Peter C. Pairolero, and William S. Harmsen
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1568-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Bovine Pericardial Strips on Air Leak After Stapled Pulmonary Resection

Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Theresa M. Boley, Keith S. Naunheim, Mitchell J. Magee, Carl Lawyer, Joseph Q. Henkle, and Cesar N. Keller
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1573-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early and Late Airway Complications After Lung Transplantation: Incidence and Management

Vibhu R. Kshettry, Timothy J. Kroshus, Marshall I. Hertz, David W. Hunter, Sara J. Shumway, and R. Morton Bolman, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1576-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emergency Pulmonary Embolectomy With Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Hitoshi Ohteki, Hiroaki Norita, Masahito Sakai, and Yasushi Narita
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1584-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Resection for Lung Trauma

Kenneth C. Stewart, John D. Urschel, Someshwar S. Nakai, Elliot T. Gelfand, and Stewart M. Hamilton
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1587-1588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Surgical Management of Ventricular Tachycardia

Sara J. Shumway, Eric M. Johnson, Charles A. Svendsen, Jolene M. Kriett, and W. Steves Ring
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1589-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus

Jonathan C. Nesbitt, Ernesto R. Soltero, Colin P. N. Dinney, Garrett L. Walsh, David S. Schrump, David A. Swanson, Louis L. Pisters, Kelly D. Willis, and Joe B. Putnam, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1592-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion on Ascending Aortic and Arch Aneurysm Repair

Hazim J. Safi, George V. Letsou, Dimitrios C. Iliopoulos, Mahesh H. Subramaniam, Charles C. Miller, III, Heitham Hassoun, Panayiotis J. Asimacopoulos, and John C. Baldwin
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1601-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement With Patch Enlargement of the Aortic Annulus

K. Eric Sommers and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1608-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk Factors and Solutions for the Development of Neurobehavioral Changes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

John W. Hammon, Jr, David A. Stump, Neal D. Kon, A. Robert Cordell, Allen S. Hudspeth, Timothy E. Oaks, Robert F. Brooker, Anne T. Rogers, Rosie Hilbawi, Laura H. Coker, and B. Todd Troost
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1613-1617. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of 7,000+ Patients With Two Different Routes of Cardioplegia

Kit V. Arom, Robert W. Emery, Rebecca J. Petersen, and Joseph W. Bero
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1619-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Addition of -Ketoglutarate to Blood Cardioplegia Improves Cardioprotection

Ulf W. Kjellman, Kerstin Björk, Rolf Ekroth, Hans Karlsson, Rudolf Jagenburg, Folke N. Nilsson, Gunnar Svensson, and Jan Wernerman
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1625-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Risk Prediction Using Neural Networks

Richard P. Lippmann and David M. Shahian
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1635-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Allograft Aortic Root Replacement in Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis: A Review of 32 Patients

Karl M. Dossche, Joseph J. Defauw, Sjef M. Ernst, Ton W. Craenen, Bartelt M. De Jongh, and Aart Brutel de la Rivière
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1644-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results After Surgical Repair of Ebstein's Anomaly

Norbert Augustin, Peter Schmidt-Habelmann, Michael Wottke, Hans Meisner, and Fritz Sebening
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1650-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predicting Feasibility of Biventricular Repair of Right-Dominant Unbalanced Atrioventricular Canal

Jacques A. M. van Son, Colin K. Phoon, Norman H. Silverman, and Gary S. Haas
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1657-1663. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intravenous Phenylephrine Preconditioning of Cardiac Grafts From Non–Heart-Beating Donors

Jeffrey T. Cope, Michael C. Mauney, David Banks, Oliver A. R. Binns, Christopher L. Moore, Jeffrey J. Rentz, Kimberly S. Shockey, R. Christoper King, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1664-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Expression of Immediate Early Genes After Cardioplegic Arrest and Reperfusion

Hermann Aebert, Torsten Cornelius, Tobias Ehr, Stephan R. Holmer, Dietrich E. Birnbaum, Günter A. J. Riegger, and Heribert Schunkert
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1669-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt in Patients With Anomalies of Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Phillip Moore, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1676-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Operations in Patients 90 Years of Age and Older

Carlos Blanche, Jack M. Matloff, Timothy A. Denton, Steven S. Khan, Michele A. DeRobertis, Sharon Nessim, and Aurelio Chaux
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1685-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Surgical Reconstruction on Flow Profiles in the Aorta Using Magnetic Resonance Blood Tagging

Mark A. Fogel, Paul M. Weinberg, Alison K. Hoydu, Anne M. Hubbard, Jack Rychik, Marshall L. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Fellows, and John Haselgrove
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1691-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin-Bonded Circuits Decrease Myocardial Ischemic Damage: An Experimental Study

Harold L. Lazar, Xi Zhang, Takafumi Hamasaki, Ciriaco A. Memmelo, Patrick Treanor, Samuel Rivers, Gabriel S. Aldea, Sheilah A. Bernard, and Richard J. Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1701-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Wrapping Tightness on Acute Cardiac Function in Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty

Hisato Takagi, Hajime Hirose, Eisaku Sasaki, Michiya Bando, Yasunobu Furuzawa, Shinji Murakawa, and Yoshio Mori
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1706-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Outcome and Left Ventricular Function After Pulmonary Autograft Implantation in Children

Raymond B. Hokken, Adri H. Cromme-Dijkhuis, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Silja E. C. Spitaels, Maarten Witsenburg, John Hess, and Egbert Bos
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1713-1717. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is There an Advantage to Repairing Infected Mitral Valves?

Derek D. Muehrcke, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, Alexandra M. Burgar, Celeste P. Durnwald, and Floyd D. Loop
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1718-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Brain Uses Mostly Dissolved Oxygen During Profoundly Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Franklin Dexter, Frank H. Kern, Bradley J. Hindman, and William J. Greeley
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1725-1729. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Silicone-Coated Polypropylene Hollow-Fiber Oxygenator: Experimental Evaluation and Preliminary Clinical Use

Takatsugu Shimono, Yu Shomura, Iwao Hioki, Akira Shimamoto, Hironori Tenpaku, Yasumi Maze, Koji Onoda, Motoshi Takao, Hideto Shimpo, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1730-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Active Native Valve Endocarditis: Determinants of Operative Death and Late Mortality

Frédérique Jault, Iradj Gandjbakhch, Akhtar Rama, Marc Nectoux, Valéria Bors, Elisabeth Vaissier, Patrick Nataf, Alain Pavie, and Christian Cabrol
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1737-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Initial Experience Using an Intraluminal Shunt During Revascularization of the Beating Heart

Luiz Antônio Rivetti and Sylvio M. A. Gandra
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1742-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Closed-Chest Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia: Basis for Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery

William S. Peters, Lawrence C. Siegel, John H. Stevens, Frederick G. St. Goar, Mario F. Pompili, and Thomas A. Burdon
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1748-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extension of the "Elephant Trunk" Technique in Complex Aortic Pathology: The "Bidirectional" Option

Thierry Carrel and Ulrich Althaus
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1755-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Persistence of Mammary Artery Branches and Blood Supply to the Left Anterior Descending Artery

Raffaele Luise, Giovanni Teodori, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Erminio D'Annunzio, Leonardo Paloscia, Antonio Barsotti, Sabina Gallina, Marco Contini, Giuseppe Vitolla, and Antonio M. Calafiore
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1759-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Embolization of IMA Side Branch for Post-CABG Ischemia

Renee S. Hartz and Richard R. Heuser
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1765-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Osteogenic Sarcoma of the Left Atrium

Surajit Dan and Andrew J. Hodge
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1766-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Torn Ascending Aorta Missed by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Scott D. Lick, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, William J. Mileski, and Masood Ahmad
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1768-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marfanoid Aneurysm in Donor Aorta After Transplantation

Vivek L. Pathi, Thaseegaran M. Pillay, David J. Wheatley, Philip R. Belcher, and Surendra K. Naik
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1770-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chondrosarcoma Originating From the Trachea

Masanobu Kiriyama, Akira Masaoka, Yosuke Yamakawa, Hiroshi Niwa, Ichiro Fukai, and Takeshi Yamada
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1772-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recanalization of the Left Atrial Appendage Demonstrated by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Mary Lynch, Jack S. Shanewise, George L. Chang, Randolph P. Martin, and Stephen D. Clements
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1774-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Axillary-Coronary Artery Bypass

Wade L. Knight, Clinton E. Baisden, and Charles G. Reiter
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1776-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of Refractory, Nonmalignant Hydrothorax With a Pleurovenous Shunt

Saung Z. Park, Joseph B. Shrager, Mark S. Allen, and David M. Nagorney
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1777-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

One-Stage Repair of Truncus Arteriosus, CAVC, and TAPVC

Stefano Conte, Tim Jensen, Joes Ramsøe Jacobsen, Frederic S. Joyce, Poul Lauridsen, and Gösta Pettersson
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1781-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Retrieval of Foreign Bodies After Penetrating Chest Trauma

James P. Bartek, Anthony Grasch, and Stephen R. Hazelrigg
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1783-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intramural Esophageal Dissection

Giao Q. Phan and Richard F. Heitmiller
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1785-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tracheal Stenosis Treated With Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent

Kazuhiro Yanagihara, Hiroshi Mizuno, Hiromi Wada, and Shigeki Hitomi
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1786-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting After a Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Operation

Panayota Liopyris, Anastasios N. Triantafillou, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Mark I. Block, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1790-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistula

Samir M. Maher, Husein M. M. Rabee, Mohammed S. Takrouri, and Mussaad M. S. Al-Salman
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1792-1794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracardiac Right Atrium-to-Right Ventricle Homograft for Uncorrectable Tricuspid Valve Disease

Zohair Al-Halees and Fadel Al-Fadley
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1794-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

Bradley S. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1634. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Thomas P. Graham, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1663. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Nevin M. Katz
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1690. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Anthony P. Furnary
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1711-1712. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Gus J. Vlahakes
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1729. [Full Text]  

Albert J. Pfister
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1747. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Renee S. Hartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1764. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1789-1790. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

M. Clive Robinson
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1799. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Facilitated Exposure of the Internal Mammary Artery in Minimally Invasive Direct-Vision CABG

Erik W. L. Jansen, Hendricus J. Mansvelt Beck, Paul F. Gründeman, and Johan J. Bredée
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1797-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correction of Left Superior Vena Cava Draining to the Left Atrium Using Extracardiac Techniques

V. Mohan Reddy, Doff B. McElhinney, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1800-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alternative Technique for the Ostium Primum Defect Repair: A Free Wall Flap of Right Atrium

Massimo Massetti, Gerard Babatasi, Eugenio Neri, and Andre Khayat
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1803-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Linear Segmental Annuloplasty for Mitral Valve Repair

Alessandro Ricchi, Paolo Ortu, Emiliano M. Cirio, Susanna Falchi, Giovanni Lixi, and Valentino Martelli
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1805-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Single-Stage Bilateral, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Operation

Wickii T. Vigneswaran and Francis J. Podbielski
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1807-1809. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Pancoast (Superior Sulcus) Tumors

Frank C. Detterbeck
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1810-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Mitral Annular Calcification: A New Technique for Valve Replacement

Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1819-1820. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

The History of Cardiothoracic Surgery: Edited by Raymond Hurt New York, Parthenon Publishing, 1996 514 pp, illustrated, $98.00 ISBN: 1-85070-681-6

Andreas P. Naef
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1656. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Pneumonectomy for Inflammatory Lung Disease

Mark De Groot, James O. Fulton, Carolyn E. Reed, Gilbert Massard, and Jean-Marie Wihlm
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1825-1826. [Full Text]  

Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Mechanical Valve Prosthesis

Tsung O. Cheng, Tsung-Ming Lee, and Shu-Hsun Chu
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1826-1827. [Full Text]  

Long-Term Follow-up After Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta in Adults

Mario Viganò, Laura Ressia, Roberto Gaeta, and Winfield J. Wells
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1827-1828. [Full Text]  

Platelet-Rich Plasma Harvest in Redo CABG

Robert L. Quigley, Jan T. Christenson, and Gerald G. Davies
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1828-1830. [Full Text]  

Psychological Implications in the Surgical Treatment of Pneumothorax

Stefano Nazari
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1830-1831. [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Direct Atrial Septal Defect Closure

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Anthony P. C. Yim, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Pyng Jing Lin, Constantine Mavroudis, Devi P. Shetty, Mohan D. Gan, Mrinal B. Das, Raghavan Harish, and Lalit Kapoor
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1831-1834. [Full Text]  

Delayed Tamponade After MIDCABG

Yvon R. Baribeau, Benjamin M. Westbrook, Peter Klementowicz, David C. Charlesworth, and Christopher T. Maloney
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1834. [Full Text]  

RETRACTION: van Son JAM, Falk V, Mohr FW. Ross-Konno Operation With Resection of Endocardial Fibroelastosis for Critical Aortic Stenosis With Borderline-Sized Left Ventricle in Neonates. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:112-6.

Jacques A.M. van Son
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1834. [Full Text]  

Report:

"Resource-Based" Practice Expense: How We Got Where We Are Today

Robert H. Wilbur
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 1821-1823. [Full Text]  

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