Presidential Address:

Cardiothoracic surgery in the new millennium: challenges and opportunities in a time of paradox

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1303-1311. [Full Text]  

Special Report:

The medicare program and thoracic surgery: challenges for the new century

Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1312-1314. [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Postoperative drug therapy to extend survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Charles S. Roberts
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1315-1316. [Full Text]  

Res ipsa loquitur: protecting the brain in the new millennium, "outcomes 2000"

John M. Murkin and David A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1317-1318. [Full Text]  

Education or training in cardiothoracic surgery?

Hermes C. Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1319-1320. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Influence of panel-reactive antibodies on posttransplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients

Christine L. Lau, Scott M. Palmer, Katherine E. Posther, David N. Howell, Nancy L. Reinsmoen, H. Todd Massey, Victor F. Tapson, James J. Jaggers, Thomas A. D’Amico, and R. Duane Davis, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1520-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic excision of mediastinal bronchogenic cysts: results in 20 cases

Emmanuel Martinod, François Pons, Jacques Azorin, Jérome Mouroux, Marcel Dahan, Jean-Marie Faillon, Antoine Dujon, Paul S. Lajos, Marc Riquet, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1525-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The anatomic distribution of acute cellular rejection in the allograft lung

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Aldo T. Iacono, and Samuel A. Yousem
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1529-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Apoptosis induced by ischemia and reperfusion in experimental lung transplantation

Uz Stammberger, Ariana Gaspert, Sven Hillinger, Peter Vogt, Bernhard Odermatt, Walter Weder, and Ralph A. Schmid
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1532-1536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic thymectomy in autoimmune myasthenia: results of left-sided approach

Tommaso C. Mineo, Eugenio Pompeo, Toni E. Lerut, Giorgio Bernardi, Willy Coosemans, and Italo Nofroni
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1537-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated lung perfusion for patients with unresectable metastases from sarcoma: a phase I trial

Michael E. Burt, David Liu, Amir Abolhoda, Howard M. Ross, Yoshikazu Kaneda, Ellen Jara, Ephraim S. Casper, Robert J. Ginsberg, and Murray F. Brennan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1542-1549. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic relevance of Masaoka and Müller-Hermelink classification in patients with thymic tumors

Didier Lardinois, Renate Rechsteiner, R. Hubert Läng, Matthias Gugger, Daniel Betticher, Christian von Briel, Thorsten Krueger, and Hans-Beat Ris
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1550-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary graft function after long-term preservation of non-heart-beating donor lungs

Florian Loehe, Christian Mueller, Thorsten Annecke, Alexander Siebel, Iris Bittmann, Konrad F.W. Messmer, and Friedrich W. Schildberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1556-1562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute injuries of the trachea and major bronchi: importance of early diagnosis

David C. Cassada, Mudiwa P. Munyikwa, Mark P. Moniz, Raymond A. Dieter, Jr, George F. Schuchmann, and Blaine L. Enderson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1563-1567. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Content of thoracic residency training and its relevance to the practice of medicine

Debra A. DaRosa, David A. Fullerton, Irving L. Kron, and Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1321-1326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic valve replacement: comparison of late survival between autografts and homografts

Christopher J. Knott-Craig, Ronald C. Elkins, KathyLee Santangelo, Carolyn McCue, and Mary M. Lane
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1327-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Options for repair of a bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm

Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Bassem N. Mora, Marc R. Moon, Marci S. Bailey, Michael K. Pasque, and William A. Gay, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1333-1337. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1337-0. [Full Text]  

Anterior thoracotomy wound complications in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Peter C. Ng, Arlene N. Chua, Melvin S. Swanson, Theodore C. Koutlas, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, and Joseph R. Elbeery
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1338-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1340-1341. [Full Text]  

Experience with postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture

René Prêtre, Peter Benedikt, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1342-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Differential perfusion: a new technique for isolated brain cooling during cardiopulmonary bypass

Umar S. Boston, Hulya Sungurtekin, Christopher G.A. McGregor, John A. Macoviak, and David J. Cook
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1346-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

An experimental model of chronic myocardial hibernation

James D. St. Louis, G. Chad Hughes, Alan P. Kypson, Timothy R. DeGrado, Carolyn L. Donovan, R. Edward Coleman, Bangliang Yin, Charles Steenbergen, Kevin P. Landolfo, and James E. Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1351-1357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative amiodarone as prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation after coronary operations

Hilmar Dörge, Friedrich A. Schoendube, Mark Schoberer, Christoph Stellbrink, Meinolf Voss, and Bruno J. Messmer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1358-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Potassium channel openers: are they effective as pretreatment or additives to cardioplegia?

Christopher T. Ducko, Edward R. Stephenson, Jr, A. Mark Jayawant, Deon W. Vigilance, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1363-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of left ventricular assist devices on outcomes in patients undergoing heart transplantation

Alan J. Bank, Sajad H. Mir, Duc Q. Nguyen, R. Morton Bolman, III, Sara J. Shumway, Leslie W. Miller, Daniel R. Kaiser, Sofia M. Ormaza, and Soon J. Park
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1369-1374. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Controlled clinical trial of a novel hemostatic agent in cardiac surgery

Mehmet C. Oz, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, Brian R. Badduke, J. Donald Hill, Margaret R. Flannery, Roberta Palumbo, and Nina Topic
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1376-1382. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Beating heart versus conventional single-vessel reoperative coronary artery bypass

Sotiris C. Stamou, Albert J. Pfister, George Dangas, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Steven W. Boyce, Ammar S. Bafi, Jorge M. Garcia, and Paul J. Corso
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1383-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early onset prosthetic valve endocarditis: the Cleveland Clinic Experience 1992–1997

Steven M. Gordon, Janet M. Serkey, David L. Longworth, Bruce W. Lytle, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1388-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardioplegia-induced cell swelling: prevention by normothermic infusion

Edward R. Stephenson, Jr, A. Mark Jayawant, Clive M. Baumgarten, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1393-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimal damage during endoscopic latissimus dorsi muscle mobilization with the harmonic scalpel

Hirotaka Inaba, Yukihiro Kaneko, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Masahiko Ezure, Keita Tanaka, Katsuhito Ueno, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1399-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary artery perfusion with protective solution reduces lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass

Yinglong Liu, Qiang Wang, Xiaodong Zhu, Dongqing Liu, Shiwei Pan, Yingmao Ruan, and Yongli Li
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1402-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The effect of sizing on the hydrodynamic parameters of the medtronic freestyle valve in vitro

Zsolt L. Nagy, John Fisher, Peter G. Walker, and Kevin G. Watterson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1408-1413. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angiogenesis in ischemic human myocardium: clinical results after 3 years

Peter Pecher and Bernd A. Schumacher
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1414-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of single dose, postinduction dexamethasone on recovery after cardiac surgery

Jean-Pierre Yared, Norman J. Starr, Frederick K. Torres, C. Allen Bashour, Gregory Bourdakos, Marion Piedmonte, Judith A. Michener, Jeffrey A. Davis, and Thomas E. Rosenberger
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1420-1424. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hydrodynamics of aortic arch vessels during perfusion through the right subclavian artery

Anja Gerdes, Elrina Joubert-Hübner, Katja Esders, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1425-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduced neuropsychological dysfunction using epiaortic echocardiography and the exclusive Y graft

Alistair G. Royse, Colin F. Royse, Andrew E. Ajani, Emma Symes, Paul Maruff, Steven Karagiannis, Richard P. Gerraty, Leeanne E. Grigg, and Stephen M. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1431-1438. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impairment of aortal tone by no flow–reflow conditions and its partial amelioration by mannitol

Avi A. Weinbroum, Yoram Kluger, and Valery Rudick
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1439-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty: long-term clinical results in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Domingo M. Braile, Moacir F. Godoy, Grácia H. Thèvenard, Rubens S. Thèvenard, Maria C.V.B. Braile, João C.F. Leal, and Max Schaldach
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1445-1447. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for active culture-positive endocarditis: determinants of early and late outcome

Christos Alexiou, Stephen M. Langley, Helena Stafford, John A. Lowes, Steven A. Livesey, and James L. Monro
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1448-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anterior intercostal nerve damage after coronary artery bypass graft surgery with use of internal thoracic artery graft

Angela Mailis, Margarita Umana, and Christopher M. Feindel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1455-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Standard aortic St. Jude valve at 18 years: performance profile and determinants of outcome

Ole Lund, Sten Lyager Nielsen, Hanne Arildsen, Lars B. Ilkjaer, and Hans K. Pilegaard
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1459-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary abnormalities after coronary arterial bypass grafting operation: cardiopulmonary bypass versus mechanical stabilization

Gary S. Kochamba, Kwok L. Yun, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Colleen F. Sintek, and Siavosh Khonsari
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1466-1470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Reginald Abraham, Kurt Von Fricken, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Sue Choi, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1471-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for infant postcardiotomy support: significance of shunt management

James J. Jaggers, Joseph M. Forbess, Ashish S. Shah, Jon N. Meliones, Paul M. Kirshbom, Coleen E. Miller, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1476-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Free hemoglobin impairs cardiac function in neonatal rabbit hearts

Shintaro Nemoto, Mitsuru Aoki, Chang Dehua, and Yasuharu Imai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1484-1489. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dexamethasone reduces the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in children

Ronald A. Bronicki, Carl L. Backer, Harris P. Baden, Constantine Mavroudis, Susan E. Crawford, and Thomas P. Green
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1490-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Transaortic closure of residual intramural ventricular septal defect

Emre Belli, Lucile Houyel, Alain Serraf, François Lacour-Gayet, Jérôme Petit, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1496-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systemic pulmonary shunts in neonates: early clinical outcome and choice of surgical approach

Abdul M. Alkhulaifi, François Lacour-Gayet, Alain Serraf, Emre Belli, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1499-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neonatal repair of Ebstein’s anomaly: indications, surgical technique, and medium-term follow-up

Christopher J. Knott-Craig, Edward D. Overholt, Kent E. Ward, and Jerry D. Razook
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1505-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Apicoaortic conduit for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: revisited

Denton A. Cooley, Ruben M. Lopez, and Tarek S. Absi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1511-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S-100 after correction of congenital heart defects in neonates: is it a reliable marker for cerebral damage?

Michael A. Erb, Markus K. Heinemann, Hans P. Wendel, Leo Häberle, Ludger Sieverding, Christian P. Speer, and Gerhard Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1515-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

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Invited Commentaries:

Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1375. [Full Text]  

Francis G. Spinale
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1398. [Full Text]  

James F. Symes
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1419. [Full Text]  

Takuya Miura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1489. [Full Text]  

Sylvain M. Chauvaud
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1510. [Full Text]  

David S. Schrump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1549. [Full Text]  

Donald C. Watson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1603. [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Megaesophagus from a 26-year history of achalasia

Joseph B. Zwischenberger and Clare Savage
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1597. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Myocardial infarction caused by a large coronary artery aneurysm

Fredi von Rotz, Urs Niederhäuser, Edwin Straumann, David Kurz, Osmund Bertel, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1568-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage

Giuseppe Pome’, Stefano Pelenghi, Modestina Grassi, Gabriele Vignati, and Alessandro Pellegrini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1569-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impersonation of a ruptured thoracic aneurysm by a transdiaphragmatic pancreatic cyst

Evgenij V. Potapov, Matthias Bauer, Friedrich Knollmann, Henning Weidemann, Peter Neuhaus, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1571-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopic drainage of mediastinal abscess: an alternative to thoracotomy

Darryl A. Chung and Andrew J. Ritchie
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1573-1574. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arm ischemia after subclavian flap angioplasty: repair by carotid-subclavian bypass

Winfield J. Wells and Luis J. Castro
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1574-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Upper limb ischemia after subclavian flap aortoplasty: unusual long-term complication

Frank F. Diemont, Eric S. Chemla, Pierre L. Julia, Didier Sirieix, and Jean-Noël Fabiani
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1576-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chest wall implantation of a mediastinal liposarcoma after thoracoscopy

Axel Aubert, Philippe Chaffanjon, Michel Peoc’h, and Pierre Y. Brichon
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1579-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic treatment of primary chylopericardium

Shuji Sakata, Ichiro Yoshida, Yoshimi Otani, Susumu Ishikawa, and Yasuo Morishita
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1581-1582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Willard A. Fry
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1581. [Full Text]  

Management of retroperitoneal arterial injury after heart catheterization in children

Frank A. Pigula, Percival Buenaventura, Jose A. Ettedgui, and Ralph D. Siewers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1582-1584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmural necrosis of the esophagus secondary to acute aortic dissection

Kenji Minatoya, Yutaka Okita, Osamu Tagusari, Masami Imakita, Chikao Yutani, and Soichiro Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1584-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment for an unusual cause of localized bronchiectasis

Augustine T.M. Tang, Sarah J. Hulin, and David F. Weeden
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1586-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iatrogenic main pulmonary artery-left atrial fistula in a child

Vlado Bricelj, Andrej Robida, and Rashid Mazhar
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1588-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to valve myxoma

Ingeborg Keeling, Peter Oberwalder, Helmut Schuchlenz, Michael Anelli-Monti, and Bruno Rigler
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1590-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emergency ligation of anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery

Christian Kreutzer, Andres J. Schlichter, Maria Ines Roman, and Guillermo O. Kreutzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1591-1592. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The stomach as a microvascularly augmented flap for esophageal replacement

Azim M. Valji, Donna E. Maziak, Murray W. Allen, and Farid M. Shamji
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1593-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pseudoaneurysm of the outflow graft in a patient with novacor N100 LVAD system

Christoph Knosalla, Yu-guo Weng, Semih Buz, Matthias Loebe, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1594-1596. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Aortoventriculoplasty in patients with aortic malposition

Ichiro Kashima, Ryo Aeba, Toshiyuki Katogi, Koji Tsutsumi, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1598-1600. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new approach to correction of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve

Viktor Hraska
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1601-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High-risk bronchoscopy

Raja M. Flores and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1604-1605. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The innominate artery as an inflow site in coronary reoperations without cardiopulmonary bypass

Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Mark R. Jajkowski, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1606-1608. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of esophageal perforation after treatment for achalasia

Moria Urbani and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1609-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Evolution of mechanical heart valves

Richard A. DeWall, Naureen Qasim, and Liz Carr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1612-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Cardiac operations during pregnancy: review of factors influencing fetal outcome

Ahmet Mahli, Seval Izdes, and Demet Coskun
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1622-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Pediatric cardiac transplantation

James K. Kirklin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1627-1628. [Full Text]  

Update:

Postoperative bronchopleural fistula: endoscopic closure in 12 patients

Ermanno Scappaticci, Francesco Ardissone, Enrico Ruffini, Sergio Baldi, Flavio Revello, and Francesco Coni
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1629-1630. [Full Text]  

Report:

Thirty-sixth annual meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1631-1639. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Minimal access cardiothoracic surgery: Edited by Anthony PC Yim, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Rodney H. Landreneau, Michael J. Mack, and Keith S. Naunheim, philadelphia, wb saunders, 1999, 720 pp, illustrated, $295.00, isbn: 0-7216-7723-1

R. Sudhir Sundaresan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1611. [Full Text]  

Minimal access cardiothoracic surgery: Edited by Anthony PC Yim, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Rodney H. Landreneau, Michael J. Mack, and Keith S. Naunheim, philadelphia, wb saunders, 1999, 720 pp, illustrated, $295.00, isbn: 0-7216-7723-1

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1611. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Chylothorax and lymphangiomyomatosis

Bedrettin Yildizeli and Mustafa Yüksel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1640. [Full Text]  

Moderate mitral insufficiency in coronary disease: when should it be corrected?

Roberto Scrofani and Carlo Antona
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1640. [Full Text]  

Reply

Kazuhiro Yanagihara
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1641-1642. [Full Text]  

Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm

Shinji Shimokawa, Naoki Ishizaki, and Shun-ichi Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1641-0. [Full Text]  

Only redox state of cytochrome a,a3 reflects adequacy of tissue oxygenation

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1642-1643. [Full Text]  

Interventional closure of a fenestrated fontan avoids cytokine production

Armin Wessel, Reiner Buchhorn, and Harald Loppnow
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1642. [Full Text]  

Reply

Tetsuya Higami
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1643. [Full Text]  

Harmonic scalpel: a word of caution

Sachin Talwar, Anil Bhan, Rajesh Sharma, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1643-1644. [Full Text]  

Catamenial pneumothorax: a unifying concept

Paul A. Kirschner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1644. [Full Text]  

Cardiovascular effects of inhaled nitric oxide in a canine model of cardiomyopathy

Michael Argenziano and Marc L. Dickstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1644-1645. [Full Text]  

Reply

Evan Loh
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1645. [Full Text]  

Aortocoronary graft markers and subsequent catheterization

Michael D. Eisenhauer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1645-1646. [Full Text]  

Reply

Linda R. Peterson, Clark R. McKenzie, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, John O. Eichling, and Alan J. Tiefenbrunn
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1646. [Full Text]  

Left atrial reduction for chronic atrial fibrillation

Shuji Fukunaga, Tomokazu Kosuga, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1646-1647. [Full Text]  

Predictive factors for persistence of atrial fibrillation after mitral valve operation

Stephen R. Large and Amir-Reza Hosseinpour
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1647-1648. [Full Text]  

Reply

Alan E. Farnsworth
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1647. [Full Text]  

Reply

Yung-Chie Lee, Yih-Leong Chang, Shi-Ping Luh, Jang-Ming Lee, and Jin-Shing Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1648. [Full Text]  

Analysis of stage I lung carcinoma patients including p53 and Rb protein

Neal S. Goldstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1648-1649. [Full Text]  

Partial clamping of the inferior vena cava

Lalit Kapoor, S. Pande, and S. Singh
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1649. [Full Text]  

Left internal mammary artery branches after minimally invasive harvesting

Paul Peters
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1649-1650. [Full Text]  

Reply

Raymond Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1649. [Full Text]  

Reply

Antonio M. Calafiore
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1650. [Full Text]  

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