Editorials:

Breaking down the blood–brain barrier

Paula M. Bokesch
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2013-2014. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Effect of ischemic time on survival in clinical lung transplantation

James S. Gammie, David R. Stukus, Si M. Pham, Brack G. Hattler, Michael F. McGrath, Kenneth R. McCurry, Bartley P. Griffith, and Robert J. Keenan
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2015-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P53 gene protein overexpression predicts results of trimodality therapy in esophageal cancer patients

Mark J. Krasna, You Sheng Mao, Joshua R. Sonett, Gen Tamura, Ray Jones, Mohan Suntharalingam, and Stephen J. Meltzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2021-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term survival after thoracoscopic lung volume reduction: a multiinstitutional review

Keith S. Naunheim, Larry R. Kaiser, Joseph E. Bavaria, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Mitchell J. Magee, Rodney J. Landreneau, Robert J. Keenan, Joan F. Osterloh, Theresa M. Boley, and Cesar A. Keller
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2026-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

New telemetric system for daily pulmonary function surveillance of lung transplant recipients

Florian M. Wagner, Andreas Weber, Jai-Wun Park, Steffen Schiemanck, Sems M. Tugtekin, Vassilios Gulielmos, and Stephan Schüler
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2033-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is there a role for pneumonectomy in pulmonary metastases?

Heng Nung Koong, Ugo Pastorino, and Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2039-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pharmacokinetics of liposomal aerosolized cyclosporine A for pulmonary immunosuppression

George V. Letsou, Hazim J. Safi, Michael J. Reardon, Mehmet Ergenoglu, Zheng Li, Christos N. Klonaris, John C. Baldwin, Brian E. Gilbert, and John C. Waldrep
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2044-2048. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How should interlobar pleural invasion be classified? prognosis of resected T3 non-small cell lung cancer

Morihito Okada, Noriaki Tsubota, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, and Hidehito Matsuoka
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2049-2052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated tumor cells in bone marrow predict reduced survival in node-negative non-small cell lung cancer

Bernward Passlick, Boris Kubuschok, Jakob R. Izbicki, Olaf Thetter, and Klaus Pantel
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2053-2058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of the accuracy of preoperative staging in thoracic esophageal cancer

Tadashi Nishimaki, Otsuo Tanaka, Nobutoshi Ando, Hiroko Ide, Hiroshi Watanabe, Masayuki Shinoda, Wataru Takiyama, Hideaki Yamana, Kaoru Ishida, Kaichi Isono, Mitsuo Endo, Toshiyuki Ikeuchi, Toshio Mitomi, Hiroyoshi Koizumi, Masayuki Imamura, and Toshifumi Iizuka
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2059-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic factors after surgical treatment of lung cancer invading the diaphragm

Gaetano Rocco, Erino A. Rendina, Alberto Meroni, Federico Venuta, Claudio Della Pona, Tiziano De Giacomo, Mario Robustellini, Gerolamo Rossi, Fabio Massera, Giuseppe Vertemati, Adriano Rizzi, and Giorgio F. Coloni
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2065-2068. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic value of bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma component of small lung adenocarcinoma

Masahiko Higashiyama, Ken Kodama, Hideoki Yokouchi, Koji Takami, Masayuki Mano, Shoji Kido, and Keiko Kuriyama
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2069-2073. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Autologous heart cell transplantation improves cardiac function after myocardial injury

Tetsuro Sakai, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A.G. Mickle, Eung-Joong Kim, Shinji Tomita, Zhi-Qian Jia, and Terrence M. Yau
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2074-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brain SPECT imaging and neuropsychological testing in coronary artery bypass patients

R. Alan Hall, David J. Fordyce, Marie E. Lee, Brian Eisenberg, Richard F. Lee, James H. Holmes, IV, and William G. Campbell
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2082-2088. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delta opioid receptors and low temperature myocardial protection

Charles F. Schwartz, Anthony J. Georges, Marsha A. Gallagher, Le Yu, Kenneth S. Kilgore, and Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2089-2092. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total arterial coronary revascularization: techniques and results in 3,220 patients

James Tatoulis, Brian F. Buxton, John A. Fuller, and Alistair G. Royse
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2093-2099. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Restricted posterior leaflet motion after mitral ring annuloplasty

G. Randall Green, Paul Dagum, Julie R. Glasson, J. Francisco Nistal, George T. Daughters, II, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2100-2106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: the effect on postoperative outcomes

Thomas Z. Hayward, III, Lloyd A. Hey, Lewis L. Newman, Francis G. Duhaylongsod, Katharine A. Hayward, James E. Lowe, and Peter K. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2107-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral commissurotomy, a technique outdated? long-term follow-up over a period of 35 years

Christian Detter, Teddy Fischlein, Christina Feldmeier, Georg Nollert, Hermann Reichenspurner, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2112-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current evaluation of cardiac stab wounds

David G. Harris, Konstantine A. Papagiannopoulos, Johann Pretorius, Tertius Van Rooyen, and Gawie J. Rossouw
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2119-2122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hydrogen peroxide for prevention of bacterial growth on polymer biomaterials

Eckhard Alt, Francesca Leipold, Danica Milatovic, Günter Lehmann, Sybille Heinz, and Albert Schömig
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2123-2128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: can elderly patients benefit? quality of life after cardiac surgery

Deborah S. Fruitman, Carolyn E. MacDougall, and David B. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2129-2135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of behçet’s disease involving aortic regurgitation

Motomi Ando, Yoshio Kosakai, Yutaka Okita, Kiyoharu Nakano, and Soichiro Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2136-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Protective effects of ONO-5046·Na, a specific neutrophil elastase inhibitor, on postperfusion lung injury

Takenori Yamazaki, Hideki Ooshima, Akihiko Usui, Takashi Watanabe, and Kenzo Yasuura
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2141-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Edwards Prima stentless valve: hemodynamic performance at one year

Uberto Bortolotti, Giovanni Scioti, Aldo Milano, Giancarlo Borzoni, Carmela Nardi, and Giuseppe Tartarini
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2147-2151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical repair of postinfarction structural failure of the posterobasal part of the heart

René Prêtre, Nicole Stalder, Qing Ye, Jurg Grünenfelder, Rolf Jenni, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2152-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcome of previous tricuspid valve operation and arrhythmias in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Christopher B. Overgaard, David A. Harrison, Samuel C. Siu, William G. Williams, Gary D. Webb, and Louise Harris
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2158-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative and laboratory evaluation of skeletonized versus pedicled internal thoracic artery

Marek A. Deja, Stanislaw Wos, Krzysztof S. Golba, Pawel Zurek, Wojciech Domaradzki, Ryszard Bachowski, and Tomasz J. Spyt
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2164-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Are older patients with mechanical heart valves at increased risk?

Roy G. Masters, Lloyd C. Semelhago, Andrew L. Pipe, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2169-2172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Measurement of troponin T to detect cardioprotective effect of trimetazidine during coronary artery bypass grafting

Bülent Tünerir, Ömer Çolak, Özkan Alatas, Yavuz Besogul, Tugrul Kural, and Recep Aslan
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2173-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial recovery after mechanical support for acute myocarditis: is sustained recovery predictable?

Rémi Houël, Emanuelle Vermes, Denis B. Tixier, Paul Le Besnerais, Nicole Benhaiem-Sigaux, and Daniel Y. Loisance
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2177-2180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative risk factors for right ventricular failure after implantable left ventricular assist device insertion

Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, Rita L. Vargo, Randall C. Starling, and James B. Young
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2181-2184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arterial patch angioplasty for reconstruction of proximal coronary artery stenosis

Jan Liska, Anders Jönsson, Ulf Lockowandt, Istvan Herzfeld, Svante Gelinder, and Anders Franco-Cereceda
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2185-2189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Storage of radial artery grafts in blood increases vessel reactivity to vasoconstrictors in vitro

James Tatoulis, Guang-Chi Jiang, James D. Moffatt, and Thomas M. Cocks
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2191-2195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new optical immunoassay for detection of S-100B protein in whole blood

Anna Ettinger, Ayla B. Laumark, Rachel M. Ostroff, Jan Brundell, William A. Baumgartner, and Alexander Y. Razumovsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2196-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S100ß after coronary artery surgery: release pattern, source of contamination, and relation to neuropsychological outcome

Henrik Jönsson, Per Johnsson, Christer Alling, Martin Bäckström, Cecilia Bergh, and Sten Blomquist
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2202-2208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partial versus full sternotomy for aortic valve replacement

Michael F. Szwerc, Daniel H. Benckart, Robert J. Wiechmann, Edward B. Savage, Gary W. Szydlowski, George J. Magovern, Jr, and James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2209-2213. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catastrophic hemorrhage on sternal reentry: still a dreaded complication?

Fabrizio M. Follis, Stuart B. Pett, Jr, Kevin B. Miller, Rose S. Wong, R. Thomas Temes, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2215-2219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rescue for acute myocarditis with shock by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Yih-Sharng Chen, Ming-Jiuh Wang, Nai-Kuan Chou, Yin-Yi Han, Ing-Sh Chiu, Fang-Yue Lin, Shu-Hsun Chu, and Wen-Je Ko
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2220-2224. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Can technetium 99m pyrophosphate be used to quantify myocardial injury in donor hearts?

Christopher M.R. Satur, David Doyle, Sally Darracott-Cankovic, William Martin, and David J. Wheatley
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2225-2230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The role of antithrombin III in the perioperative management of the patient with unstable angina

Marco Rossi, Lorenzo Martinelli, Sergio Storti, Michele Corrado, Roberto Marra, Carmelita Varano, and Rocco Schiavello
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2231-2236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Economic outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a prospective randomized study

Raimondo Ascione, Clinton T. Lloyd, Malcolm J. Underwood, Attilio A. Lotto, Antonis A. Pitsis, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2237-2242. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral valve surgery after previous CABG with functioning IMA grafts

John G. Byrne, Sary F. Aranki, David H. Adams, Robert J. Rizzo, Gregory S. Couper, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2243-2247. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ventricular assist device support in patients with mechanical heart valves

Marc T. Swartz, Gregory A. Lowdermilk, Debra A. Moroney, and Lawrence R. McBride
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2248-2251. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemostatic effects of aprotinin, tranexamic acid and -aminocaproic acid in primary cardiac surgery

Valter Casati, Davide Guzzon, Michele Oppizzi, Mariangelo Cossolini, Giorgio Torri, Giliola Calori, and Ottavio Alfieri
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2252-2256. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic root replacement with the Carboseal composite graft: 7-year experience with the first 100 implants

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Gianluca Casali, Luca Barozzi, and Alessandro Mazzucco
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2258-2262. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Value of saphenous vein graft markers during subsequent diagnostic cardiac catheterization

Linda R. Peterson, Clark R. McKenzie, Philip A. Ludbrook, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, John O. Eichling, Ginger Schardan-Watson, and Alan J. Tiefenbrunn
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2263-2266. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Decreasing occupational risk related to blood-borne viruses in cardiovascular surgery in Paris, France

Yu-Hung Kuo, Jean-Noël Fabiani, Ali Si Mohamed, Jean Paul A. Couetil, Michel Lévy, Laurent Gutmann, Alain F. Carpentier, and Laurent Bélec
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2267-2272. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Improved clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy

Oz M. Shapira, Gabriel Akopian, Ali Hussain, Mitchell Adelstein, Harold L. Lazar, Gabriel S. Aldea, and Richard J. Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2273-2278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of outcomes between living donor and cadaveric lung transplantation in children

Vaughn A. Starnes, Marlyn S. Woo, Eithne F. MacLaughlin, Monica V. Horn, Pierre C. Wong, Jon M. Rowland, Carolyn L. Durst, Winfield J. Wells, and Mark L. Barr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2279-2283. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Superiority of magnesium cardioplegia in neonatal myocardial protection

Michael T. Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Janeen Hernan, Ari O. Halldorsson, Shaikh Rahman, Gerald D. Buckberg, Tingrong Wang, and Michel N. Ilbawi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2285-2291. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of aortic arch hypoplasia in infants and children with biventricular hearts

Nancy C. Poirier, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Mary Brindle, Ganeshakrishnan K. Thyagarajan, John G. Coles, Michael D. Black, Robert M. Freedom, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2293-2297. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tissue engineering of autologous aorta using a new biodegradable polymer

Dominique Shum-Tim, Ulrich Stock, Jeff Hrkach, Toshiharu Shinoka, Jamie Lien, Marsha A. Moses, Andrea Stamp, George Taylor, Adrian M. Moran, William Landis, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2298-2304. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adjustable tourniquet to manipulate pulmonary blood flow after Norwood operations

Franz X. Schmid, Christoph Kampmann, Wlodimierz Kuroczynski, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Markus Knuf, Irene Tzanova, and Hellmut Oelert
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2306-2309. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of limited posterior thoracotomy for open-heart surgery in the current era

Krishnanaik Shivaprakasha, Kona Samba Murthy, Robert Coelho, Ravi Agarwal, Suresh G. Rao, Claude Planche, and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2310-2313. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of left and right atrial epicardial pacing in patients with congenital heart disease

Venkat Ramesh, J. William Gaynor, Maully J. Shah, Tammy S. Wieand, Thomas L. Spray, Victoria L. Vetter, and Larry A. Rhodes
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2314-2319. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive mechanical cardiac support without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children awaiting heart transplantation

Daniel Marelli, Hillel Laks, Deborah A. Meehan, Daniel Fazio, and Juan Alejos
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2320-2323. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Richard J. Novick
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2020. [Full Text]  

Harvey I. Pass
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2058. [Full Text]  

Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2190. [Full Text]  

David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2213-2214. [Full Text]  

Jacek M. Karski
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2236. [Full Text]  

Thomas F. Slaughter
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2256-2257. [Full Text]  

Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2278. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Hopkins
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2305. [Full Text]  

Jennifer W. Cole
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2326. [Full Text]  

Neal D. Kon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2344. [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Ruptured aneurysm of an aberrant artery from the descending thoracic aorta

Ahmed A. Arifi, Anthony P.C. Yim, and Song Wan
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2353. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Surgical rescue for life-threatening hypoxemia caused by a mediastinal tumor

Shin-ichi Takeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Ken-ichi Omori, Meinoshin Okumura, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2324-2326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated right ventricular assist for postcardiotomy myocardial infarction

Herbert B. Hangler, Johannes O. Bonatti, Herwig Antretter, Peter Mair, and Ludwig C. Müller
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2326-2328. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Severe diffuse atherosclerotic lesions of right gastroepiploic artery graft

Toshiya Koyanagi, Shunei Kyo, Ryozo Omoto, Shin-ichi Ban, and Motohide Takahama
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2328-2329. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary synovial sarcoma of the left heart

Filip P. Casselman, A. Marc Gillinov, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Norman B. Ratliff, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2329-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian arteries: a cause of esophageal compression

John Yap, Phillip A.R. Hayward, and Christopher Lincoln
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2331-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative subclavian artery stenting to salvage a LIMA graft

Mitar Vranic, Paul L. Vaughn, Armando C. Lobato, Julio Rodriguez-Lopez, and Edward B. Diethrich
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2333-2334. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heterotopic heart transplantation through a right thoracotomy

Asghar Khaghani, Roberto Casula, Natasha E. Khan, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2334-2336. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Implantation of a mechanical valve within a flexible mitral annular ring

Yuzuru Sakakibara, Yoshiharu Enomoto, Akinobu Sasaki, Motoo Osaka, and Toshio Mitsui
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2336-2338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Communicating bronchopulmonary pancreatic foregut malformation

G. Farah Rahman, Nikhil Bhardwaj, Bernard Suster, Jeffrey J. Arliss, and Cliff P. Connery
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2338-2339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thymic cystectomy through subxyphoid by video-assisted thoracic surgery

Shinji Akamine, Takao Takahashi, Tadayuki Oka, Koji Kishimoto, and Hiroyoshi Ayabe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2339-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transhiatal esophagectomy in a patient with aberrant right subclavian artery

R. Thomas Temes, Michael J. Tullis, Patty Lee, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2341-2342. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transient dysfunction of the freestyle stentless xenograft

Kazunori Uemura, Junichi Utoh, Masahiko Hara, Yoshiaki Ikuta, and Nobuo Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2342-2344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal tuberculosis: a rare presentation with massive hematemesis

Hsin-Yuan Fang, Torng-Sen Lin, Ching-Yuan Cheng, and Alan Ronald Talbot
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2344-2346. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery

Virginia M. Walley, Jean-Francois Marquis, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2346-2349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Absence of vasospasm in radial artery CABG on high-dose norepinephrine

Thomas Yeh, Jr and Andrew S. Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2349-2350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bacillus cereus prosthetic valve endocarditis

Evaristo Castedo, Almudena Castro, Paloma Martin, Jorge Roda, and Carlos G. Montero
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2351-2352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Repair of torn pulmonary artery in redo operation

Joseph Galea, Kevin Schembri, Walter Busuttil, and Alexander Manché
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2354-2355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified sliding leaflet technique for repair of the mitral valve

A. Marc Gillinov and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2356-2357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis

Miryam C. Obdeijn, Marjoleine Y. de Lange, Dagna H.E. Lichtendahl, and Willem J. de Boer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2358-2360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical experience with video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy through the retrosternal pulmonary junction

Hidehiro Yamamoto, Masayoshi Okada, Akio Kanehira, Akitoshi Yamada, and Munenori Kawamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2361-2363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mini-thoracotomy for diaphragmatic plication with thoracoscopic assistance

David T.M. Lai and Hugh S. Paterson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2364-2365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

What’s past is prologue

Walter H. Merrill
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2366-2375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Transmyocardial revascularization: the fate of myocardial channels

Peter Whittaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2376-2382. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Report:

Public Affairs/Patient Advocacy and Media Affairs Subcommittee: introductory report and update

Kevin D. Accola, Victor F. Trastek, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2392-2393. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Healing the Heart of Croatia : Joseph Kerrigan, MD, and William Novick, MD, Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 1998, 250 pp, illustrated, $19.95, ISBN: 0-8091-0501-2

Thomas E. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2313. [Full Text]  

Pulmonary and cardiac imaging : Edited by Caroline Chiles and Charles E. Putman, Monticello, NY, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1997, 648 pp, illustrated, $195.00, ISBN: 0-8247-9743-4

William F. Sasser
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2360. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Treatment of pneumothorax with VATS and bullectomy under local anesthesia

Mercedes de la Torre Bravos and Juan J. Rivas de Andrés
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2383. [Full Text]  

Stentless valved composite graft for Bentall operation

Uberto Da Col
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2383-2384. [Full Text]  

Transaortic access for excision of a left ventricular myxoma

Ingeborg Keeling, Peter J. Oberwalder, and Bruno Rigler
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2384-2385. [Full Text]  

Reply

Paul P. Urbanski
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2384. [Full Text]  

Reply

James J. Livesay and Niruparma G. Talwalkar
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2385. [Full Text]  

Exsanguinating hemoptysis after pulmonary embolectomy

Shinji Shimokawa, Shunchi Watanabe, and Akira Kobayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2385-2386. [Full Text]  

Reply

W. Roy Smythe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2386-2387. [Full Text]  

Management of exsanguinating hemoptysis during cardiopulmonary bypass

John D. Urschel and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2386. [Full Text]  

Reply

Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2387. [Full Text]  

Nitric oxide for ARDS

John M. Alvarez
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2387. [Full Text]  

Reduction of wound healing problems after median sternotomy

Tamás Szerafin, Osama Jaber, and Árpád Péterffy
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2388. [Full Text]  

Reply

Peter Lamm
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2388-2389. [Full Text]  

Virtual reality imaging of chest wall and the heart

Eugene K.W. Sim, Quek Swee Tian, Lenny Tan Kheng Ann, and Reida M. El Oakley
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2389. [Full Text]  

Radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting: 23-year graft patency

Sérgio A. de Oliveira
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2390-2391. [Full Text]  

Reply

Michael J. Reardon, Lori D. Conklin, Ron Philo, George V. Letsou, Hazim J. Safi, and Rafael Espada
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2390. [Full Text]  

The plica transversa aortae: an addendum to the anatomic nomenclature of the heart

Felix Unger and W. Gerald Rainer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2391. [Full Text]  

STS Annual Meeting:

Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting January 31–February 2, 2000 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 2394-2404. [Full Text]  

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