Editorials:

Does cerebral microembolization during cardiopulmonary bypass impair cerebral autoregulation

Donald S. Prough
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 983-985. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Latissimus dorsi reverse flap to substitute the diaphragm after extrapleural pneumonectomy

Amedeo V. Bedini, Stefano M. Andreani, and Giuseppe Muscolino
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 986-988. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pharyngeal dysphagia in postesophagectomy patients: correlation with deglutitive biomechanics

Caryn S. Easterling, Michael Bousamra, II, Ivan M. Lang, Mark K. Kern, Terilynn Nitschke, Eytan Bardan, and Reza Shaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 989-992. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the lung

Pasquale Ferraro, Victor F. Trastek, Harkiran Adlakha, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 993-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new portable chest drainage device

Renzo Lodi and Alessandro Stefani
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 998-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Robert J. Cerfolio
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1001. [Full Text]  

Lobectomy for destroyed lung in quadriplegic patients

Gaetano Rocco, Claudio Della Pona, Fabio Massera, Mario Robustellini, Gerolamo Rossi, and Adriano Rizzi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1002-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Palliation of advanced esophageal carcinoma by photodynamic therapy and irradiation

Alfred Maier, Florian Tomaselli, Florian Gebhard, Peter Rehak, Josef Smolle, and Freyja M. Smolle-Jüttner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1006-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

An improved orthotopic xenotransplant procedure for human lung cancer in SCID bg mice

Arnd S. Boehle, Peter Dohrmann, Ivo Leuschner, Holger Kalthoff, and Doris Henne-Bruns
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1010-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The lingula is an appropriate site for lung biopsy

R. Thomas Temes, Nancy E. Joste, Nechol L. Allen, Richard E. Crowell, Hector A. Dox, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1016-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Carolyn E. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1018-1019. [Full Text]  

Segmental nonanastomotic bronchial stenosis after lung transplantation

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Aldo T. Iacono, Philip D. Orons, and Samuel A. Yousem
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1020-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinicopathological and biological assessment of lung cancers with pleural dissemination

Yasuhiko Ohta, Yoko Tanaka, Takuo Hara, Makoto Oda, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Junzo Shimizu, and Yoh Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1025-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term safety and tolerance of silicone and self-expandable airway stents: an experimental study

Francesco Puma, Raffaele Farabi, Moira Urbani, Stefano Santoprete, Niccolò Daddi, Antonio Di Meo, Rodolfo Gialletti, Adriano Tocchi, and Giuliano Daddi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1030-1034. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Differential effects of calcium channel antagonists in the amelioration of radial artery vasospasm

Brian R. Bond, James L. Zellner, B. Hugh Dorman, Marlina M. Multani, John M. Kratz, Arthur J. Crumbley, III, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, and Francis G. Spinale
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1035-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Oz M. Shapira
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1040-1041. [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1040-0. [Full Text]  

Myocardial revascularization in the elderly using beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery

Theodore C. Koutlas, Joseph R. Elbeery, J. Mark Williams, Jon F. Moran, Nicola A. Francalancia, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1042-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1047-0. [Full Text]  

Hypothermic circulatory arrest in octogenarians: risk of stroke and mortality

John R. Liddicoat, J. Mark Redmond, Christina M. Vassileva, William A. Baumgartner, and Duke E. Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1048-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1052-0. [Full Text]  

Stroke after coronary artery operation: incidence, correlates, outcome, and cost

John D. Puskas, A. Daniel Winston, Carolyn E. Wright, John Parker Gott, W. Morris Brown, III, Joseph M. Craver, Ellis L. Jones, Robert A. Guyton, and William S. Weintraub
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1053-1056. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

J. Mark Redmond
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1056. [Full Text]  

Ineffectiveness and potential proarrhythmia of atrial pacing for atrial fibrillation prevention after coronary artery bypass grafting

Mina K. Chung, Ralph S. Augostini, Craig R. Asher, Duane P. Pool, Thomas A. Grady, Magued Zikri, Susan M. Buehner, Martin Weinstock, and Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1057-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tachyarrhythmias and triggering factors for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass operations

Lena Jidéus, Per Blomström, Leif Nilsson, Mats Stridsberg, Peter Hansell, and Carina Blomström-Lundqvist
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1064-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative physiologic variables and outcome in cardiac surgery: part I. In-hospital mortality

Steven E. Hill, Gijs K. van Wermeskerken, Jan-Willem H. Lardenoye, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Peter K. Smith, Joseph G. Reves, and Mark F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1070-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jeffrey P. Gold, Mary E. Charlson, and Gregg S. Hartman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1075-1076. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative physiologic variables and outcome in cardiac surgery: part II. Neurologic outcome

Gijs K. van Wermeskerken, Jan-Willem H. Lardenoye, Steven E. Hill, Hilary P. Grocott, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Peter K. Smith, Joseph G. Reves, and Mark F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1077-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cytokine release and neutrophil activation are not prevented by heparin-coated circuits and aprotinin administration

Jean-Olivier Defraigne, Joël Pincemail, Robert Larbuisson, Francine Blaffart, and Raymond Limet
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1084-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resource utilization in coronary artery bypass operation: does surgical risk predict cost?

Christopher J. Riordan, Milo Engoren, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Gary L. Parenteau, Samuel J. Durham, and Robert H. Habib
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1092-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perioperative cardiac function and predictors for adverse events after transmyocardial laser treatment

Ole Tjomsland, Lars Aaberge, Sven M. Almdahl, Morten Dragsund, Per Moelstad, Kjell Saatvedt, and Kenneth Nordstrand
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1098-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coagulase-negative staphylococci and sternal infections after cardiac operation

Anders Tegnell, Claes Arén, and Lena Öhman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1104-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Sherif B. Mossad
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1109. [Full Text]  

Spread of coagulase-negative staphylococci during cardiac operations in a modern operating room

Catarina Y. Bitkover, Eva Marcusson, and Ulrika Ransjö
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1110-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Functional properties of the saphenous vein harvested by minimally invasive techniques

Myra Rinia-Feenstra, Wim Stooker, Ruud de Graaf, Jaap J. Kloek, Martin Pfaffendorf, Bas A.J.M. de Mol, and Pieter A. van Zwieten
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1116-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulinastatin attenuates reperfusion injury in the isolated blood-perfused rabbit heart

Zhi-Li Cao, Yukio Okazaki, Kozo Naito, Tetsuya Ueno, Masafumi Natsuaki, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1121-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Axillary artery cannulation in acute ascending aortic dissections

Joseph D. Whitlark, Scott M. Goldman, and Francis P. Sutter
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1127-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Lars G. Svensson and Edward Nadolny
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1129. [Full Text]  

Effect of cerebral embolization on regional autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs

Hulya Sungurtekin, Umar S. Boston, Thomas A. Orszulak, and David J. Cook
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1130-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients who require long-term dialysis

Leena Khaitan, Francis P. Sutter, and Scott M. Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1135-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Beating heart surgery in octogenarians: perioperative outcome and comparison with younger age groups

Sotiris C. Stamou, George Dangas, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Albert J. Pfister, Steven W. Boyce, Ammar S. Bafi, Jorge M. Garcia, and Paul J. Corso
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1140-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Left ventricular assist device bridge therapy for acute myocardial infarction

Soon J. Park, Duc Q. Nguyen, Alan J. Bank, Sofia Ormaza, and R. Morton Bolman, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1146-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is early tracheostomy safe in cardiac patients with median sternotomy incisions?

Steven A. Stamenkovic, Ian S. Morgan, David R. Pontefract, and Ciro Campanella
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1152-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Therapeutic angiogenesis with intramyocardial administration of basic fibroblast growth factor

Michio Kawasuji, Hiroshi Nagamine, Masahiro Ikeda, Naoki Sakakibara, Hirofumi Takemura, Susumu Fujii, and Yoh Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1155-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1161. [Full Text]  

Neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in off-pump versus conventional coronary bypass operation

Anno Diegeler, Robert Hirsch, Felix Schneider, Lars-Oliver Schilling, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Rauch, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1162-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

25-year experience with 456 combined mitral and aortic valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease

Stanley John, Edwin Ravikumar, Colin N. John, and Velayudhan V. Bashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1167-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bleeding from the sternal marrow can be stopped using vivostat patient-derived fibrin sealant

Henrik K. Kjaergard and Horace R. Trumbull
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1173-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Three-dimensional video and robot-assisted port-access mitral valve operation

Hermann Reichenspurner, Dieter H. Boehm, Helmut Gulbins, Costas Schulze, Stephen Wildhirt, Armin Welz, Christian Detter, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1176-1181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1181-1182. [Full Text]  

Functional assessment of disease-free saphenous vein grafts at redo coronary artery bypass grafting

Thomas V. Bilfinger, James A. Vosswinkel, Christos M. Rialas, Irvin B. Krukenkamp, and George B. Stefano
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1183-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic changes and right heart support during vertical displacement of the beating heart

Eyal Porat, Ram Sharony, Simon Ivry, Shigeyuki Ozaki, Bart P. Meyns, Willem J. Flameng, and Gideon Uretzky
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1188-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leukocyte integrin expression in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass

George Asimakopoulos, Alejandro Kohn, Demetrios C. Stefanou, Dorian O. Haskard, R. Clive Landis, and Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1192-1197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inflammatory response after coronary revascularization with or without cardiopulmonary bypass

Raimondo Ascione, Clinton T. Lloyd, Malcolm J. Underwood, Attilio A. Lotto, Antonis A. Pitsis, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1198-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Erik Fosse
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1204. [Full Text]  

Clinical and pathological features of accessory valve tissue

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, Teruo Tei, and Kyoichi Ogawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1205-1208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated congenital absence of the pericardium: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

Michael A. Gatzoulis, Marc-David Munk, Naeem Merchant, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Brian W. McCrindle, and Gary D. Webb
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1209-1215. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass

Anil Bhan, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Alok Mathur, Rajesh Sharma, Manoranjan Sahoo, Rajiv Agrawal, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1216-1221. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Incidence and implications of systemic to pulmonary collaterals after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Wayne Tworetzky, Edwin Petrossian, Frank L. Hanley, and Phillip Moore
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1222-1228. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Kirk R. Kanter
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1228. [Full Text]  

Cerebral vascular effects of aortovenous cannulations for pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass

Rosendo A. Rodriguez, Garry Cornel, William M. Splinter, Nihal A. Weerasena, and Craig W. Reid
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1229-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of perioperative factors on outcomes in children younger than 18 months after repair of tetralogy of Fallot

Umesh Dyamenahalli, Brian W. McCrindle, Geoffrey A. Barker, William G. Williams, Robert M. Freedom, and Desmond J. Bohn
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1236-1242. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Inferior vena caval tumor with intracardiac extension

Donald C. Oxorn, Christopher L. Marsh, and William J. Ellis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1272. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Retrograde cerebral perfusion with hypothermic circulatory arrest in a child

Unal Acikel, Baran S. Ugurlu, Ozalp Karabay, Erdem Silistreli, and Oztekin Oto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1243-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internal mammary artery perfusing the Leriche’s syndrome

John R. Arnold, Joel D. Greenberg, and Scott Clements
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1244-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postinfarction acute aortic valve regurgitation and cardiac rupture

Martin H. Chamberlain and Samer A.M. Nashef
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1246-1248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary embolectomy in a child

Dumbor L. Ngaage, Ishtiaq Ahmed, and Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1248-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spontaneous closure of a large tracheal fistula due to descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Hiroshi Kato, Nobukazu Ohkubo, Kenji Akazawa, Hiroyoshi Iseki, and Masaki Haruna
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1249-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Michel S. Slim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1249. [Full Text]  

Repair of traumatic aortic valve disruption and descending aortic transection

Leonard Girardi and O. Wayne Isom
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1251-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful myocardial volume reduction in a 9-month-old infant

Luca A. Vricella, Steven R. Gundry, Ranae L. Larsen, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1253-1255. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cervical mediastinoscopy incisional metastasis

Medhat Al-Sofyani, Donna E. Maziak, and Farid M. Shamji
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1255-1257. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late ventricular structure after partial left ventriculectomy

Paul P. Lunkenheimer, Klaus Redmann, Colin W. Cryer, Damian Sánchez-Quintana, Siew Yen Ho, Robert H. Anderson, and Randas V. Batista
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1257-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John R. Benfield
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1257. [Full Text]  

Anomalous pulmonary artery from the aorta via a patent ductus arteriosus: repair in a premature infant

Khaled J. Salaymeh, Thomas R. Kimball, and Peter B. Manning
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1259-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Redo without transfusion in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Toshiya Koyanagi, Shunei Kyo, Eiji Hirooka, Isamu Koyama, and Ryozo Omoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1261-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Innominate arterial rupture distal to anomalous origin of left carotid artery

Charles S. Roberts, John D. Sadoff, and David R. White
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1263-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Konno procedure for infective endocarditis involving aortic valve in a small child

Kazutomo Goh, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Naoya Tsuda, and Tadahiro Sasajima
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1264-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massive cerebral embolization: successful treatment with retrograde perfusion

John A. Kern and Scott Arnold
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1266-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anatomic biventricular correction by taking down bicaval Glenn shunt

Hiroyuki Tsukui, Yasuharu Imai, Yoshinori Takanashi, Masatsugu Terada, and Takeshi Hiramatsu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1268-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Switch from a BIVAD to a LVAD in a boy with Kawasaki disease

Christoph Schmitz, Armin Welz, Oliver Dewald, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Heinrich Netz, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1270-1271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Minimally invasive resection of congenital subaortic stenosis

Kagami Miyaji, Robert L. Hannan, Jorge W. Ojito, Jeffrey A. White, and Redmond P. Burke
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1273-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mini-sternotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Artur Lichtenberg, Uwe Klima, Wolfgang Harringer, Peter Y. Kim, and Axel Haverich
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1276-1277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified pericardial closure technique in patients with ventricular assist device

Ettore Vitali, Claudio Russo, Colombo Tiziano, Marco Lanfranconi, and Giuseppe Bruschi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1278-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The heart string: a simple, inexpensive exposure of the heart during coronary artery operations

Hiroshi Niinami, Hitoshi Koyanagi, Peter W. Brady, and Donald E. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1280-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

"Cobrahead" graft for intercostal artery implantation during descending aortic replacement

John A. Elefteriades, Michael A. Coady, Dimitri J. Nikas, Gary S. Kopf, and Richard J. Gusberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1282-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Marc A.A.M. Schepens
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1284. [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Chest trauma during the Battle of Troy: ancient warfare and chest trauma

Gil Hauer Santos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1285-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

The radial artery: which place in coronary operation?

Alessandro Parolari, Patrizia Rubini, Francesco Alamanni, Aldo Cannata, Wang Xin, Tiziano Gherli, GianLuca Polvani, Thomas Toscano, Marco Zanobini, and Paolo Biglioli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1288-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung

Thomas A. Horan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1295. [Full Text]  

Tricuspid valve replacement: results comparing mechanical and biological prostheses

Carlos Del Campo and Jon R. Sherman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1295. [Full Text]  

Revised pulmonary artery banding

Antonio F. Corno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1295-1296. [Full Text]  

Classification of descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Shunsuke Endo, and Yasunori Sohara
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1296. [Full Text]  

More about obstructive lesions of the right aortic arch

Amir Elami
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1296-1297. [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass controversy: the truly minimally invasive coronary artery bypass versus the "H" graft

Alan S. Coulson, Shahroukh A. Bakhshay, Timothy J. Sloan, and Michael F. Borges
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1297-1298. [Full Text]  

Reply

Niv Ad and Bernardo A. Vidne
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1297. [Full Text]  

Collagen-thrombin-plasma composite hemostat

Francis Robicsek
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1298-1299. [Full Text]  

Anaphylactic aprotinin reaction

Wolfram Beierlein, Albertus M. Scheule, and Gerhard Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1298. [Full Text]  

A venous shunt between the innominate vein and pulmonary trunk

Shinji Shimokawa, Yoshifumi Iguro, and Yukinori Moriyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1299-1300. [Full Text]  

Reply

Jeff J. Prior
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1299. [Full Text]  

Optimal application of gelatin–resorcin–formaldehyde glue with special reference to the quality of mixing

Hideaki Nishimori, Atsushi Hata, and Shiro Sasaguri
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1299. [Full Text]  

Reply

Afksendiyos Kalangos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1300. [Full Text]  

Flow measurement in coronary artery surgery

Giuseppe D’Ancona, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Tomas A. Salerno, Marco Ricci, and Jacob Bergsland
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1300-1301. [Full Text]  

Reply

Yves A.G. Louagie, Jacques Jamart, Michel Buche, Philippe M. Eucher, and Jean-Claude Schoevaerdts
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1301. [Full Text]  

Transatrial cardiac pacing

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr and Kenneth Jackson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1301-1302. [Full Text]  

Posterior approach for plexus tumors in the apical and mediastinal regions

David G. Kline
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1302. [Full Text]  

Supplement: International Nomenclature and Database Conferences for Pediatric Surgery, 1998-1999:

Introduction

Constantine Mavroudis and Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1. [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: overview and minimum dataset

Constantine Mavroudis and Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 2-17. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: atrial septal defect

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, James A. Quintessenza, Redmond P. Burke, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 18-24. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: ventricular septal defect

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Redmond P. Burke, James A. Quintessenza, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 25-35. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: atrioventricular canal defect

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Redmond P. Burke, James A. Quintessenza, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 36-43. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: aortopulmonary window

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, James A. Quintessenza, J. William Gaynor, Redmond P. Burke, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: truncus arteriosus

Marshall L. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 50-55. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary venous anomalies

J. René Herlong, James J. Jaggers, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 56-69. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: systemic venous anomalies

J. William Gaynor, Paul M. Weinberg, and Thomas L. Spray
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 70-76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: tetralogy of Fallot

Marshall L. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 77-82. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: right ventricular outflow tract obstruction–intact ventricular septum

François Lacour-Gayet
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 83-96. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary atresia—ventricular septal defect

Christo I. Tchervenkov and Nathalie Roy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 97-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: Ebstein’s anomaly and tricuspid valve disease

Joseph A. Dearani and Gordon K. Danielson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 106-117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Database and Nomenclature Project: aortic valve disease

Khanh H. Nguyen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 118-131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: mitral valve disease

Surindra N. Mitruka and John J. Lamberti
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 132-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: aortic aneurysm, sinus of valsalva aneurysm, and aortic dissection

W. Steves Ring
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 147-163. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: aortico-left ventricular tunnel

John L. Myers and Sanjay M. Mehta
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 164-169. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Stephen A. Tahta
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 170-179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pediatric cardiomyopathies and end-stage congenital heart disease

Ralph E. Delius
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 180-190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: diseases of the pericardium

Sanjay M. Mehta and John L. Myers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 191-196. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: single ventricle

Marshall L. Jacobs and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 197-204. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: transposition of the great arteries

James J. Jaggers, Duke E. Cameron, J. René Herlong, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 205-235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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