Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Award:

Angiogenesis in transmyocardial revascularization: comparison of laser versus mechanical punctures

Victor F. Chu, Adel Giaid, Jin-qiang Kuang, Amy N. McGinn, Carlos M. Li, Marc P. Pelletier, and Ray C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 301-307. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Surgeons’ assessment of symptoms suggesting extrathoracic metastases in patients with lung cancer

Gordon H. Guyatt, Deborah J. Cook, Lauren E. Griffith, John D. Miller, Thomas R.J. Todd, Michael R. Johnston, Timothy L. Winton, Alan G. Casson, Richard I. Inculet, Gail E. Darling, Richard J. Finley, and Jean Deslauriers
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 309-315. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Safe pulmonary resection after chemotherapy and high-dose thoracic radiation

Joshua R. Sonett, Mark J. Krasna, Mohan Suntharalingam, Julie Schuetz, L. Austin Doyle, Rogerio Lilenbaum, and Ziv Gamliel
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 316-320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical aspects of resection for suspected invasive pulmonary fungal infection in neutropenic patients

James M. Habicht, Frank Reichenberger, Alois Gratwohl, Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, and Michael Tamm
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 321-325. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of TMN classification for lung carcinoma with ipsilateral intrapulmonary metastasis

Morihito Okada, Noriaki Tsubota, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, and Reiko Nakai
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 326-330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anomalous systemic arterial supply to normal basal segments of the left lower lobe

Akira Yamanaka, Takashi Hirai, Toshio Fujimoto, Mitsuo Hase, Masato Noguchi, and Fumio Konishi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 332-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prevention of postoperative air leakage from lungs using a purified human collagen membrane–polyglycolic acid sheet

Toru Tsuda, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Masayoshi Teramachi, Tetsuya Kiyotani, Yong Ho Lee, and Yasuhiko Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 339-342. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Significance of P53 and Rb protein expression in surgically treated non-small cell lung cancers

Yung-Chie Lee, Yih-Leong Chang, Shi-Ping Luh, Jang-Ming Lee, and Jin-Shing Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 343-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Data Base Panel:

Accountability: the future application of cardiothoracic surgical data in a changing health care environment

George C. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 349. [Full Text]  

Using database information in your clinical practice

Stanley W. Dziuban, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 350-352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Measuring for improvement: from Toyota to thoracic surgery

James M. Levett and Raymond G. Carey
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 353-358. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Innovative uses of a cardiothoracic database

William C. Nugent
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 359-361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Closing the loop: optimizing physicians’ operational and strategic behavior

Paul T. Sergeant and Eugene H. Blackstone
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 362-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database: current status and future directions

Frederick L. Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 367-373. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Frederick W. Grover, Stanley W. Dziuban, Jr, James M. Levett, William C. Nugent, and Paul T. Sergeant
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 374-376. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

An essential role for NF-B in the cardioadaptive response to ischemia

Elizabeth N. Morgan, Edward M. Boyle, Jr, Wang Yun, Jeanette M. Griscavage-Ennis, Angela L. Farr, Timothy G. Canty, Jr, Timothy H. Pohlman, and Edward D. Verrier
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 377-382. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of graft patency by immediate angiography in minimally invasive coronary artery surgery

Michael J. Mack, James A. Magovern, Tea A. Acuff, Rodney J. Landreneau, Denise M. Tennison, Erin J. Tinnerman, and John A. Osborne
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 383-389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stroke in cardiac surgical patients: determinants and outcome

G. Hossein Almassi, Tracy Sommers, Thomas E. Moritz, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Martin J. London, William G. Henderson, Gulshan K. Sethi, Frederick L. Grover, and Karl E. Hammermeister
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 391-397. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total arterial revascularization with an internal thoracic artery and radial artery T graft

Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Hendrick B. Barner, Cynthia J. Camillo, and William A. Gay, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 399-404. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Routine use of bilateral skeletonized internal mammary arteries for myocardial revascularization

Jacob Gurevitch, Yosef Paz, Itzhak Shapira, Menachem Matsa, Amir Kramer, Dimitri Pevni, Oren Lev-Ran, Yaron Moshkovitz, and Rephael Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 406-411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nitecapone as an additive to crystalloid cardioplegia in patients who had coronary artery bypass grafting

Antti E. Vento, Juha Aittomäki, Kalervo A. Verkkala, Lasse J. Heikkilä, Jarmo A. Salo, Jorma Sipponen, and O. Juhani Rämö
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 413-420. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Carpentier-Edwards supraannular porcine bioprosthesis: a 12-year experience

Yves Logeais, Thierry Langanay, Alain Leguerrier, Claude Rioux, Jacques Chaperon, and Marie-Bénédicte Coutté
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 421-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of moderate mitral regurgitation and coronary disease by coronary bypass alone: late results

Ignacio G. Duarte, Yannan Shen, Malcolm J. MacDonald, Ellis L. Jones, Joseph M. Craver, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Initial experience with MIDCAB grafting using the gastroepiploic artery

James D. Fonger, John R. Doty, Jorge D. Salazar, Peter L. Walinsky, and Neal W. Salomon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 431-436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fast track recovery of elderly coronary bypass surgery patients

Jai H. Lee, Brenda Swain, Jennifer Andrey, Helen K. Murrell, and Alexander S. Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 437-441. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and plasma on coronary vasomotion after ischemia

Verena Stangl, Olaf Rödiger, Thomas M. Frank, Marco Böhm, Karl Stangl, Gert Baumann, and Stephan B. Felix
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 442-446. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antegrade crystalloid cardioplegia vs antegrade/retrograde cold and tepid blood cardioplegia in CABG

Ahmed M.F. Elwatidy, Mohsen A. Fadalah, Emad A. Bukhari, Khalid A. Aljubair, Aitizazuddin Syed, Abullah K. Ashmeg, and Mohamed R. Alfagih
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 447-453. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Warm or cold continuous blood cardioplegia provides similar myocardial protection

Anders B. Ericsson, Shigeto Takeshima, and Jarle Vaage
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 454-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmyocardial laser revascularization does not denervate the canine heart

Gregory M. Hirsch, Gregory W. Thompson, Rakesh C. Arora, Kristine J. Hirsch, John A. Sullivan, and John A. Armour
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 460-468. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with pectus excavatum

Peter Y. Kim, Thorsten Wittwer, Axel Haverich, and Jochen T. Cremer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 470-472. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin inhibits thrombin formation and monocyte tissue factor in simulated cardiopulmonary bypass

Mohammad M.H. Khan, Nicolas Gikakis, Shinji Miyamoto, A. Koneti Rao, Stuart L. Cooper, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, and Robert W. Colman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 473-478. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A sprayable hemostat containing fibrillar collagen, bovine thrombin, and autologous plasma

Jeff J. Prior, Donald G. Wallace, Andrew Harner, and Noël Powers
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 479-485. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tracheostomy in cardiosurgical patients: surgical tracheostomy versus Ciaglia and Fantoni methods

Klaus Westphal, Christian Byhahn, Thorsten Rinne, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Volker Lischke
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 486-492. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

On-pump versus off-pump coronary revascularization: evaluation of renal function

Raimondo Ascione, Clinton T. Lloyd, Malcom J. Underwood, Walter J. Gomes, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of cyanosis and hypothermic circulatory arrest on lung function in neonatal lambs

Mitsugi Nagashima, Ulrich Stock, Georg Nollert, Jason Sperling, Dominique Shum-Tim, Shinichi Hatsuoka, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 499-504. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pediatric coronary artery bypass for Kawasaki, congenital, post arterial switch, and iatrogenic lesions

Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, C. Elise Duffy, Elfriede Pahl, and David F. Wax
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 506-512. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infant cardiopulmonary bypass: a procoagulant state

James J. Jaggers, Meg C. Neal, Peter K. Smith, Ross M. Ungerleider, and Jeffrey H. Lawson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 513-520. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intermediate-term results in pediatric aortic valve replacement

Flavian M. Lupinetti, Brian W. Duncan, Aaron M. Scifres, Collette T. Fearneyhough, Karen Kilian, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, Frank Cecchin, Thomas K. Jones, and S. Paul Herndon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 521-525. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current results with pediatric heart transplantation

Kirk R. Kanter, Vincent K.H. Tam, Robert N. Vincent, Angel R. Cuadrado, Anthony A. Raviele, and Alexandria M. Berg
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 527-530. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pediatric open heart operations without diagnostic cardiac catheterization

Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, Pascal A. Berdat, Thierry P. Carrel, and Franco P. Stocker
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 532-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The long-term results of commissure plication annuloplasty for congenital mitral insufficiency

Hideaki Ohno, Yasuharu Imai, Masatsugu Terada, and Takeshi Hiramatsu
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 537-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valved homograft conduit repair of the right heart in early infancy

Jean Perron, Adrian M. Moran, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 542-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular growth in selected hypoplastic left ventricles: outcome after repair of coarctation of aorta

Ernerio T. Alboliras, Constantine Mavroudis, Elfriede Pahl, Samuel S. Gidding, Carl L. Backer, and Albert P. Rocchini
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 549-555. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Prosthetic valve replacement in ebstein’s malformation: 30-year follow-up

Stanley John and Chandrasekhar Rao
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 556-557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

AP window and anomalous origin of right coronary artery from the window

Hiroshi Izumoto, Kazuaki Ishihara, Yutaka Fujii, Kotaro Oyama, and Kohei Kawazoe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 557-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norwood procedure without circulatory arrest

Yutaka Imoto, Hideaki Kado, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kohji Fukae, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 559-561. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gastric tube-to-tracheal fistula closed with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap

Koji Hayashi, Nobutoshi Ando, Soji Ozawa, Kazuyuki Tsujizuka, Masaki Kitajima, and Tsuyoshi Kaneko
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 561-562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right ventricular thrombosis early after bidirectional Glenn shunt

Kazuhito Imanaka, Shinichi Takamoto, Arata Murakami, and Yukihiro Kaneko
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 563-564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A malignant primary cardiac pheochromocytoma

Amine Jirari, Arnaud Charpentier, Sorin Popescu, Philip Boidin, and Bernard Eisenmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 565-566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tension pneumocephalus after excision of posterior mediastinal mass

Rana Sandip Singh and Ashis Pathak
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 566-568. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epidural abscess: a delayed complication of esophageal stenting for benign stricture

Nicholas M. Boulis, Wendy S. Armstrong, William F. Chandler, and Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 568-570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined rastelli and atrial switch procedure: a 10-year follow-up

Marshall L. Jacobs, Mortimer J. Buckley, and Richard L. Liberthson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 570-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rapid two-stage repair of S,L,L, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary atresia, Ebstein anomaly of the tricuspid valve, and stenotic pulmonary arteries

Pietro A. Abbruzzese, Renzo Bianco, Marco Cavaglià, Gianni Ciriotti, and Alberta Rizzo
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 571-573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Separate revascularization of the visceral arteries in thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

Thierry P. Carrel and Christoph Signer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 573-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

An unusual iatrogenic cause of right coronary air embolism

Robert C. Baker, Alastair N.J. Graham, Anne S. Phillips, and Gianfranco Campalani
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 575-576. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in coronary bypass surgery

Juan P. Arnoletti and Glenn J.R. Whitman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 576-578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immune-deficient bronchiectasis associated with x-linked lymphoproliferative disease

Vinod K. Mehta, Malek G. Massad, Sanjay P. Tripathi, Mabel Koshy, and Alexander S. Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 578-580. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular fibroma masquerading as postinfarction myocardial rupture

K. Adam Lee, Joseph G. Kirkpatrick, John M. Moran, and A. Thomas Pezzella
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 580-582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale following mitral valve replacement

Ryszard Skulski, John M. Snider, Carol J. Buzzard, Frederick S. Ling, and Alan M. Mendelsohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 582-583. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Walter B. Cannon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 315. [Full Text]  

Tsuguo Naruke
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 331. [Full Text]  

Jack A. Roth
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 348. [Full Text]  

Richard M. Engelman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 398. [Full Text]  

James M. Cunningham
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 412. [Full Text]  

Hisayoshi Suma
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 436. [Full Text]  

Peter Whittaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 468-469. [Full Text]  

Thomas L. Higgins
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 492. [Full Text]  

John L. Bass
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 536. [Full Text]  

Thomas P. Graham, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 555. [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Herniation of emphysematous bulla through a chest tube site

Jiri A. Konecny, Michael A. Grosso, Javier Fernandez, David Murphy, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 584. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Vascular clamp for hemostasis and stabilization during minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Kazutomo Goh, Masashi Inaba, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Akasaka, and Tadahiro Sasajima
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 585-586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emergency cannulation for proximal perfusion in descending thoracic aorta procedures

Eugenio Neri, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Carone, Enrico Tucci, and Carlo Sassi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 587-589. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmanubrial approach with antero-lateral thoracotomy for apical chest tumor

Lorenzo Spaggiari and Ugo Pastorino
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 590-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Coronary artery disease in identical twins

Louis E. Samuels, Fania S. Samuels, Matthew P. Thomas, Rohinton J. Morris, and Andrew S. Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 594-600. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Gender and coronary artery bypass mortality

Enrico Aidala, E. Lascala, and Giuseppe Poletti
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 625-626. [Full Text]  

Iatrogenic mammary arteriovenous fistula caused by a sternal wire

Rasheed A.G. Saad, Afza Zaidi, N.D. Pugh, and R. Haaverstad
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 626. [Full Text]  

Reply

Jacobo Silva
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 626. [Full Text]  

Bilateral internal thoracic arteries and diabetes

Andrew Chukwuemeka and Andrew T. Forsyth
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 626-627. [Full Text]  

Reply

Fred H. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 626. [Full Text]  

To use or not to use propranolol for prophylaxis of postthoracotomy arrhythmias

Tsung O. Cheng
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 627. [Full Text]  

Reply

Richard I. Inculet, David R. Massel, Charles D. Bayliff, and Richard A. Malthaner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 627. [Full Text]  

Reply

Miguel Sousa Uva
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 627. [Full Text]  

Asymptomatic traumatic aortic rupture

Yoshio Misawa, Katsuo Fuse, and Osamu Kamisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 628-629. [Full Text]  

Video-assisted minimal access in excision of left atrial myxoma

Jonathan R. Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 628. [Full Text]  

Minding the chaperones

Abdallah K. Alameddine
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 628. [Full Text]  

Troponin I and autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood in redo cardiac operation

Liang-Wen Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 629-630. [Full Text]  

Reply

Ruggero De Paulis, Luisa Colagrande, Francesco Seddio, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 630. [Full Text]  

Coronary endarterectomy on beating heart

Erdesir Naseri and Sinan Arsan
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 630-631. [Full Text]  

Inferior epigastric artery

Luiz Boro Puig
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 631-632. [Full Text]  

Avoiding injury to a patent left internal thoracic artery during reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting

Christopher M. Feindel
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 631. [Full Text]  

Reply

A. Marc Gillinov
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 631. [Full Text]  

Reply

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 632. [Full Text]  

Report:

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons national congenital heart surgery database report: : Analysis of the first harvest (1994–1997)

Constantine Mavroudis, Melanie Gevitz, W. Steves Ring, Charles L. McIntosh, and Marc Schwartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 601-624. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SUPPLEMENT: Circulatory Support:

The fourth international conference on circulatory support devices for severe cardiac failure : Westin galleria hotel, Houston, Texas, October 3–5, 1997

Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 635-636. [Full Text]  

A miniature implantable axial flow ventricular assist device

Michael E. DeBakey
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 637-640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical circulatory support systems: past, present, and future

Denton A. Cooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 641-642. [Full Text]  

Economics of a Clinical Device Program:

Ventricular assist device programs: design and function

Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr, Sonja K. Hollenbach Ordoyne, and Joan E. Kateiva
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 643-645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The logistics and cost-effectiveness of circulatory support: advantages of the ABIOMED BVS 5000

Gregory S. Couper, Rene J. Dekkers, and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 646-649. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patient Management and Device Selection for Acute/Temporary Support:

Acute and temporary ventricular support with bioMedicus centrifugal pump

George P. Noon, Javier A. Lafuente, and Suellen Irwin
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 650-654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult cardiac support: the allegheny experience

George J. Magovern, Jr and Kathleen A. Simpson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 655-661. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current strategy of temporary circulatory support for severe cardiac failure after operation

Masaya Kitamura, Shigeyuki Aomi, Mitsuhiro Hachida, Hiroshi Nishida, Masahiro Endo, and Hitoshi Koyanagi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 662-665. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Description of Devices and Surgical Techniques:

Centrifugal pumps: description of devices and surgical techniques

Jack J. Curtis, Joseph T. Walls, Colette C. Wagner-Mann, Richard A. Schmaltz, Todd L. Demmy, Charlotte A. McKenney, and Fred A. Mann
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 666-671. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary support and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac assist

Ludwig K. von Segesser
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 672-677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Temporary pulsatile ventricular assist devices and biventricular assist devices

Reiner Körfer, Aly El-Banayosy, Latif Arusoglu, Kazutomo Minami, Thomas Breymann, Dirk Seifert, and Lukas Kizner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 678-683. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bridge to transplantation: the Penn State experience

Demetrios Mavroidis, Benjamin C. Sun, and Walter E. Pae, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 684-687. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

100 long-term implantable left ventricular assist devices: the Columbia Presbyterian interim experience

Benjamin C. Sun, Katharine A. Catanese, Talia B. Spanier, Margaret R. Flannery, Michael T. Gardocki, Lee S. Marcus, Howard R. Levin, Eric A. Rose, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 688-694. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bridge to transplant with the Novacor left ventricular assist system

Robert C. Robbins and Philip E. Oyer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 695-697. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Implantation technique for the CardioWest total artificial heart

Francisco A. Arabia, Jack G. Copeland, Alan Pavie, and Richard G. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 698-704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alternatives to Transplantation:

Permanent ventricular assist device support versus cardiac transplantation

D. Glenn Pennington, Timothy E. Oaks, and Douglas P. Lohmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 729-733. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular assist system as a bridge to myocardial recovery

O.H. Frazier and Timothy J. Myers
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 734-741. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac recovery in dilated cardiomyopathy by unloading with a left ventricular assist device

Roland Hetzer, Johannes Müller, Yuguo Weng, Gerd Wallukat, Susanne Spiegelsberger, and Matthias Loebe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 742-749. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty: at the crossroads

Michael A. Acker
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 750-755. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patient Management and Device Selection for Long-Term Support:

Arizona experience with CardioWest total artificial heart bridge to transplantation

Jack G. Copeland, Francisco A. Arabia, Richard G. Smith, Gulshan K. Sethi, Paul E. Nolan, and Mary E. Banchy
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 756-760. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Innovative Circulatory Support Systems:

The Hemopump in 1997: a clinical, political, and marketing evolution

Michael S. Sweeney
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 761-763. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart Booster: a pericardial support device

Robert T.V. Kung and Meir Rosenberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 764-767. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The AB-180 circulatory support system: summary of development and plans for phase I clinical trial

Edward B. Savage, Richard E. Clark, Wayne P. Griffin, Scott A. Davis, Suzanne Hughson, Christopher J. Conway, and George J. Magovern, Sr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 768-774. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development of a totally implantable biventricular bypass centrifugal blood pump system

Yukihiko Nosé, Kin-ichi Nakata, Masaharu Yoshikawa, George V. Letsou, Akira Fujisawa, Ernst Wolner, and Heinrich Schima
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 775-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A ventricular assist device powered by conditioned skeletal muscle

Robert L. Whalen, Christopher L. Richards, Gilbert W. Lim, Craig W. Sherman, John C. Norman, Gill B. Bearnson, Gregory L. Burns, and Donald B. Olsen
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 780-784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Progress with the HeartSaver ventricular assist device

Tofy Mussivand, Paul J. Hendry, Roy G. Masters, Mike King, Kevin S. Holmes, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 785-789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development of the Nimbus/University of Pittsburgh innovative ventricular assist system

Kenneth C. Butler, Jerry J. Dow, Philip Litwak, Robert L. Kormos, and Harvey S. Borovetz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 790-794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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