Editorial Board:

Editorial Board 1998

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1. [PDF]  

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George C. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 7. [PDF]  

Presidential Address:

It's Not Too Late to Wake Up: Be Proactive and a Leader in the Field

Kit V. Arom
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 8-12. [PDF]  

Invited Presentation:

Retooling Thoracic Surgery Education for the 21st Century

William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 13-16. [Full Text]  

Special Report:

Stentless Aortic Bioprostheses: Compelling Data From the Second International Symposium

Stephen Westaby, Hans A. Huysmans, and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Prognosis of Adenocarcinoma Arising in Barrett’s Esophagus

Steven J. Hoff, John L. Sawyers, Charles D. Blanke, Hak Choy, and James R. Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 176-181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of Major Tracheobronchial Injuries: A 28-Year Experience

Mario M. Rossbach, Scott B. Johnson, Miguel A. Gomez, Edward Y. Sako, O. LaWayne Miller, and John H. Calhoon
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 182-186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Controlled Reperfusion Protects Lung Grafts During a Transient Early Increase in Permeability

Moninder S. Bhabra, David N. Hopkinson, Trudi E. Shaw, Natasha Onwu, and Timothy L. Hooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 187-192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MRI as an Alternative to CT-Guided Biopsy of Adrenal Masses in Patients With Lung Cancer

Lawrence H. Schwartz, Michelle S. Ginsberg, Michael E. Burt, Karen T. Brown, George I. Getrajdman, and David M. Panicek
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 193-197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Role of Open Lung Biopsy in the Management and Outcome of Patients With Diffuse Lung Disease

Mordechai R. Kramer, Neville Berkman, MBBCh, Bella Mintz, Simon Godfrey, Milton Saute, and Gail Amir, MBBCH
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 198-202. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection With Curative Intent After Endoscopic Treatment of Airway Obstruction

Giuliano Daddi, Francesco Puma, Nicola Avenia, Stefano Santoprete, Sandro Casadei, and Moira Urbani
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 203-207. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Trials in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lawrence H. Einhorn
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 208-211. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Survival in Resected Stage I Lung Cancer With Residual Tumor at the Bronchial Resection Margin

Repke J. Snijder, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, Hans J. J. Elbers, and Jules M. M. van den Bosch
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 212-216. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bovine Pericardium Versus Bovine Collagen to Buttress Staples for Lung Reduction Operations

Richard J. Fischel and Robert J. McKenna, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 217-219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

"Incomplete Resection" in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Need for a New Definition

Yves Lacasse, Heiner C. Bucher, Eric Wong, Lauren Griffith, Stephen Walter, Robert J. Ginsberg, and Gordon H. Guyatt, MD,
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 220-226. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Retransplantation: Predictors of Graft Function and Survival in 230 Patients

Richard J. Novick, Larry W. Stitt, Khaled Al-Kattan, Walter Klepetko, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Jean-Pierre Duchatelle, Asghar Khaghani, Robert L. Hardesty, G. Alexander Patterson, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 227-234. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Should Angiographically Disease-Free Saphenous Vein Grafts Be Replaced at the Time of Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Inder D. Mehta, Joy Weinberg, Marc F. Jones, George Tellides, Gary S. Kopf, Richard K. Shaw, Barry L. Zaret, and John A. Elefteriades
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 17-23. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Metabolic Detriment in Donor Heart Valves Induced by Ischemia and Cryopreservation

Jen-Her Lu, Yen Chang, Wen-Hu Hsu, Betau Hwang, Chuh-Khiun Chong, MS, Chi-Chin Wu, MS, Ping-Zen Yang, and Hsung Hsing-Wen
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 24-27. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Topical Hypothermia: Ineffective and Deleterious as Adjunct to Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection

Dimitris J. Nikas, Fuad M. Ramadan, and John A. Elefteriades
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 28-31. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Phrenic Nerve Injury After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Will It Go Away?

Michael G. Katz, Rama Katz, Arie Schachner, and Amram J. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 32-35. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinitis After Cardiovascular Operations: A Case-Control Study of Risk Factors

Catarina Y. Bitkover and Bengt Gårdlund
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 36-40. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of Mediastinitis: Early Modified Robicsek Closure and Pectoralis Major Advancement Flaps

Ahmed El Gamel, Nizar A. Yonan, Rageb Hassan, Mark T. Jones, Colin S. Campbell, Abdul K. Deiraniya, and Robert A. M. Lawson
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 41-46. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Demonstration of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Separate From Postoperative Infarction in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients

Erik J. Fransen, Jos G. Maessen, Wim T. Hermens, and Jan F. C. Glatz
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 48-53. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early Detection of Cardiac Damage With Heart Fatty Acid-Binding Protein After Cardiac Operations

Ken Suzuki, Yoshiki Sawa, Keishi Kadoba, Toshiki Takahashi, Hajime Ichikawa, Koji Kagisaki, Toshihiro Ohata, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 54-58. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Computer-Controlled Cardiopulmonary Bypass Increases Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation During Rewarming

W. Alan C. Mutch, Gerald R. Lefevre, Darren B. Thiessen, Linda G. Girling, and R. Keith Warrian
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 59-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin Enhances the Endogenous Release of Interleukin-10 After Cardiac Operations

Gary E. Hill, Robert P. Diego, BS, Alfred H. Stammers, Suzanne M. Huffman, and Roman Pohorecki
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 66-69. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of High- and Low-Dose Aprotinin on Activation of Hemostasis in Open Heart Operations

Wulf Dietrich, Karl Schöpf, Michael Spannagl, Marianne Jochum, Siegmund L. Braun, and Hans Meisner
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 70-77. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Concomitant Occlusive Disease of the Coronary Arteries and Great Vessels

Thomas J. Takach, George J. Reul, Jr, Denton A. Cooley, James J. Livesay, J. Michael Duncan, David A. Ott, and Grady L. Hallman
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 79-84. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Operations in Patients With Cirrhosis

John D. Klemperer, Wilson Ko, Karl H. Krieger, Michelle Connolly, Todd K. Rosengart, Nasser K. Altorki, Samuel Lang, and O. Wayne Isom
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 85-87. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Role of Gender in Heart Transplantation

Thomas W. Prendergast, Satoshi Furukawa, A. James Beyer, III, Barry J. Browne, Howard J. Eisen, and Valluvan Jeevanandam
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 88-94. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Secular Trends in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in a 55-Bed Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit

Steven M. Gordon, Janet M. Serkey, RN, Thomas F. Keys, Thomas Ryan, Cynthia A. Fatica, RN, Steven K. Schmitt, Judith A. Borsh, RN, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, and Jean-Pierre Yared
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 95-100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thromboxane Production in Human Lung During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Beneficial Effect of Aspirin?

Eldad Erez, Arie Erman, Eitan Snir, Ehud Raanani, Dan Abramov, Jacqueline Sulkes, Geoffrey Boner, and Bernardo A. Vidne
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 101-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Depletion of Leukocytes and Platelets on Cardiac Dysfunction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Yukio Chiba, Kouichi Morioka, Ryusuke Muraoka, Akio Ihaya, Tetsuya Kimura, Takahiko Uesaka, Takeshi Tsuda, and Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 107-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Pressure on Myocardial Function After 6-Hour Preservation With Blood Cardioplegia

Gefeng Li, John A. Sullivan, John M. You, and Richard I. Hall
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 115-124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comprehensive Multimodality Blood Conservation: 100 Consecutive CABG Operations Without Transfusion

Robert E. Helm, Todd K. Rosengart, Maureen Gomez, John D. Klemperer, William J. DeBois, CPP, Ferdinand Velasco, Jeffrey P. Gold, Nasser K. Altorki, Samuel Lang, Stephen Thomas, O. Wayne Isom, and Karl H. Krieger
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 125-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The CarboMedics Valve: Experience With 1,049 Implants

José M. Bernal, José M. Rabasa, Francisco Gutierrez-Garcia, Carlos Morales, J. Francisco Nistal, and José M. Revuelta
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 137-143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Induction of Tolerance in Rodent Cardiac Allotransplantation Using an MHC Class I-Derived Peptide and Cyclosporin A

Saqib Masroor, Silviu Itescu, John H. Artrip, Oktavijan P. Minanov, Roland Buelow, and Robert E. Michler
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 144-148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right-Sided Maze Procedure for Right Atrial Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease

David A. Theodoro, Gordon K. Danielson, Co-burn J. Porter, and Carole A. Warnes
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 149-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Oncotic Pressure and Hematocrit on Outcome After Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Toshiharu Shin’oka, Dominique Shum-Tim, Peter C. Laussen, Sophia M. Zinkovsky, Hart G. W. Lidov, Adre du Plessis, and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 155-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgical Techniques in the Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect: An Alternative Approach

Pyng Jing Lin, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Jaw-Ji Chu, Hui-Ping Liu, Feng-Chun Tsai, Wen-Jen Su, Min-Wen Yang, and Peter P. C. Tan
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 165-169. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

One-Lung Fontan Operation: Hemodynamics and Surgical Outcome

Christopher H. Zachary, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sotiria Apostolopoulou, and Mark A. Fogel
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 171-175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Repair of Ruptured Anastomotic Aneurysm: Elephant Trunk Technique After Endovascular Covered Stents

Masahiko Ezure, Yutaka Kotsuka, Akira Furuse, Motohiro Kawauchi, Tadasu Kohno, and Hiroshi Kubota
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postsegmentectomy Pseudotumor of the Lung

Jerome T. Grismer, Robert F. Schaefer, and Raymond C. Read
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 243. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal Compression by the Aorta After Arterial Switch

Doff B. McElhinney, MS, V. Mohan Reddy, Gautham P. Reddy, Charles B. Higgins, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 246. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Should We Address the Course as Well as the Origin of a Translocated Anomalous Coronary Artery?

Michael D. Black, Brian W. McCrindle, and Robert M. Freedom
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Two-Stage Correction of Transposition of Great Arteries With Complete Atrioventricular Canal

Kisaburo Sakamoto, Lorenzo Galletti, Anita Touchot, Jean Dominique Piot, Jacqueline Bruniaux, and Claude Planche
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 250. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Four Multiple Primary Malignant Neoplasms of the Aerodigestive Tract

Ara Keshishian, Fazlul H. Sarkar, George Kucyj, and Jorge O. Just-Viera
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion From a Retained Left Atrial Catheter 21 Years After Operation

Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, Paula M. Bokesch, Makram R. Ebeid, Daniel J. Murphy, George E. Sarris, and Roger B. B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 254. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended Aortic Arch Atherectomy

Ali Khaki, Pasaca S. Ravichandran, Steven Kelly, Hugh L. Gately, Albert Starr, and H. Storm Floten
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 255. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sequestration of the Lung Arising From the Circumflex Coronary Artery

R. Thomas Temes, William A. Talbot, Ysela M. Carrillo, Gregory M. Keck, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 257. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hybrid Myocardial Revascularization After Previous Left Pneumonectomy

Hooman Soltanian, John H. Sanders, Jr, John C. Robb, and Charles A. S. Marrin
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Palliation of Truncus Arteriosus With Mitral Atresia and Hypoplastic Left Ventricle

Erik C. Michelfelder, Vincent R. Zales, and Marshall L. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 260. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection of a Pulmonary Malignancy Invading the Intrapericardial Inferior Vena Cava

John R. Roberts, Patti S. Abbott, PA, W. Roy Smythe, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Parosteal Osteosarcoma From a Rib

Aminah Jatoi, Maria L. Garcia-Moliner, and Benedict D. T. Daly
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transesophageal Echocardiography in an Operation for Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

Aubrey A. Almeida, Helen L. Thomson, Darryl J. Burstow, and Robert K. W. Tam
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catastrophic Transcatheter Baffle Fenestration for Failing Fontan Physiology

Helena T. Henneveld, Paul Hutter, Francois J. Hitchcock, and Narayanswami Sreeram
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 268. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Right Parasternal Incision: A Uniform Minimally Invasive Approach for Valve Operations

Robert R. Lazzara and Francis E. Kidwell, BS
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Limited Lower Sternotomy for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement

R. Unnikrishnan Nair and David A. C. Sharpe
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 273. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement via Partial Sternotomy

Robert K. W. Tam and Aubrey A. Almeida
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis: A Modification of Extended Aortoplasty

John B. Steinberg, Ralph E. Delius, and Douglas M. Behrendt
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Complex Unroofed Coronary Sinus by Anastomosis of Left to Right Superior Vena Cava

Jacques A. M. van Son, Jörg Hambsch, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 280. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fissureless Lobectomy

R. Thomas Temes, Christopher D. Willms, Santiago A. Endara, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 282. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

William E. Adams: Thomas Mann and The Magic Mountain

Andreas P. Naef
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Reviews:

Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Aorto–Right Ventricular Fistulas

Louis E. Samuels, Marla S. Kaufman, BA, Jose Rodriguez-Vega, Rohinton J. Morris, and Stanley K. Brockman
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Lung Transplantation

Sudhir Sundaresan and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 293-294.  

CTSNet:

Grand Rounds: On Location at CTSNet

John R. Doty, John R. Liddicoat, Peter S. Greene, and Donald B. Doty
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 295.  

Correspondence:

The Surgical Meeting as Informercial

Alan D Muskett
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 297-298.  

"Low SVR Syndrome" or SIRS After Cardiac Operations

Paul S. Miles and Bruce B. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 298. [PDF]  

Mitral Valve Disease Associated With Use of Anorexigenic Medications

Tsung O. Cheng
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 298-299.  

Correlates of Survival in Patients with Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect

Hans D. de Boer, Massimo A. Mariani, and Willem J. de Boer
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 299. [PDF]  

Reply

James E. Lowe and Stanley A. Gall, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 299-300. [PDF]  

Postthoracotomy Pain

Jonathan Richardson, Tracy Smith, Achilies Tsiamis, and Rajesh D. Shah
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 300-301. [PDF]  

Reply

Georg M. Salzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 301-302. [PDF]  

Thoracic Castleman's Disease: Implications for Resection

Avni Pandya, Fritz J. Baumgartner, Dat Nguyen, and Bassam O. Omari
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 302-303. [PDF]  

Reply

Joo Hyun Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 303. [PDF]  

Thermal Coronary Angiography in CABG

Francis Robicsek
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 303. [PDF]  

Reply

Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 303-304. [PDF]  

Axillary-Coronary Bypass

Alan S. Coulson and Shahroukh Bakhshay
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 304. [PDF]  

Reply

Wade L. Knight
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 304-305. [PDF]  

LIMA Harvest for MIDCABG: Which Approach to Use?

Anthon P. C. Yim and M. Bashar Izzat
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 305. [PDF]  

Reply

Erik W. L. Jansen and Arno P. Nierich
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 305-306. [PDF]  

Accidental Hyperfusion During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Suggested Safety Features

Deepak K. Tempe and Sudarshan K. Khanna
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 306. [PDF]  

Corrections:

Correction to 1997;64:368-74

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 306. [PDF]  

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