Special Report:

Myasthenia gravis: recommendations for clinical research standards

Alfred Jaretzki, III, Richard J. Barohn, Raina M. Ernstoff, Henry J. Kaminski, John C. Keesey, Audrey S. Penn, and Donald B. Sanders
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:327-334. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

The quill passes

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1-2. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Lobectomy with tangential pulmonary artery resection without regard to pulmonary function

Joseph B. Shrager, Eric S. Lambright, Cindy M. McGrath, Peter M. Wahl, Maher E. Deeb, Joseph S. Friedberg, and Larry R. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:234-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Needlescopic thoracic sympathectomy: treatment for palmar hyperhidrosis

Peter M.Y. Goh, Wei-Keat Cheah, Mark De Costa, and Eugene K.W. Sim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:240-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VATS lobectomy reduces cytokine responses compared with conventional surgery

Anthony P.C. Yim, Song Wan, Tak Wai Lee, and Ahmed A. Arifi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:243-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of surgical resection in broncholithiasis

Konstantinos Potaris, Daniel L. Miller, Victor F. Trastek, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:248-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term results after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for first-time and recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax

Rudolf A. Hatz, Michaela F. Kaps, Georgios Meimarakis, Florian Loehe, Christian Müller, and Heinrich Fürst
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:253-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic factors in neuroendocrine lung tumors: a Spanish multicenter study

Mariano García-Yuste, José M. Matilla, Tomás Alvarez-Gago, José L. Duque, Félix Heras, Luis J. Cerezal, and Guillermo Ramos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:258-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of storage and reperfusion oxygen content on substrate metabolism in the isolated rat lung

Paul E. Meyer, Michael E. Jessen, Jayendra B. Patel, Robert Y. Chao, Craig R. Malloy, and Dan M. Meyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:264-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postsurgical pleurodesis with autologous blood in patients with persistent air leak

Juan J. Rivas de Andrés, Sandra Blanco, and Mercedes de la Torre
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:270-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Total arch replacement using aortic arch branched grafts with the aid of antegrade selective cerebral perfusion

Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Bashar A.H. Muhammad, Hitoshi Terada, Katsushi Yamashita, Makoto Takinami, and Yukihiko Tamiya
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:3-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antegrade selective cerebral perfusion during operations on the thoracic aorta: our experience

Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Davide Pacini, Marco Di Eusanio, and Angelo Pierangeli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:10-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta with a valved stentless composite graft: technical considerations and early clinical results

Paul P. Urbanski and Robert W. Hacker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:17-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (remodeling/reimplantation) in acute type A dissection

Rainer G. Leyh, Claudia Schmidtke, Claus Bartels, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:21-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ascending aortic atheroma assessed intraoperatively by epiaortic and transesophageal echocardiography

Michael J. Wilson, Sheri Y.N. Boyd, Philip G. Lisagor, Bernard J. Rubal, and David J. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:25-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Posterior pericardial approach for ascending aorta-to-descending aorta bypass through a median sternotomy

Uzzi Izhar, Hartzell V. Schaff, Charles J. Mullany, Richard C. Daly, and Thomas A. Orszulak
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:31-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selective perfusion of segmental arteries in patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

Toshihiko Ueda, Hideyuki Shimizu, Atsuo Mori, Ichiro Kashima, Katsumi Moro, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:38-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selective intercostal arterial perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Taijiro Sueda, Satoru Morita, Kenji Okada, Kazumasa Orihashi, Hiroo Shikata, and Yuichiro Matsuura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:44-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stentless aortic valve replacement with freestyle or Toronto SPV: an early comparison

Robert D. Riley, John W. Hammon, Jr, Sandy M. Adair, A. Robert Cordell, and Neal D. Kon
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:48-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valve repair in mitral regurgitation complicated by severe annulus calcification

Choi-Keung Ng, Christian Punzengruber, Otmar Pachinger, Joachim Nesser, Hannes Auer, Herbert Franke, and Peter Hartl
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:53-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ Online Discussion][View Related Video]  

Mechanical assist strategy using the BVS 5000i for patients with heart failure

Daniel Marelli, Hillel Laks, Daniel Fazio, Michele A. Hamilton, Gregg C. Fonarow, Deborah A. Meehan, and Jaime D. Moriguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:59-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Demand dynamic cardiomyoplasty: mechanograms prove incomplete transformation of the rested latissimus dorsi

Ugo Carraro, Mario Barbiero, Giorgio Docali, Angelo Cotogni, Giorgio Rigatelli, Dino Casarotto, and Claudio Muneretto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:67-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The LAST operation is safe and effective: MIDCABG clinical and angiographic evaluation

Alberto Repossini, Stefano Moriggia, Vincenzo Cianci, Oberdan Parodi, Paolo Sganzerla, Giorgio Baldrighi, Franco Bortone, and Vincenzo Arena
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:74-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early outcome and graft patency in mammary artery grafting of left anterior descending artery with sternotomy or anterior minithoracotomy

Lars Wiklund, Mats Johansson, Mogens Bugge, L.O. Göran Rådberg, Gunnar Brandup-Wognsen, and Eva Berglin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:79-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trends in coronary artery bypass surgery results: a recent, 9-year study

Dan Abramov, Miguel G. Tamariz, Stephen E. Fremes, Veena Guru, Michael A. Borger, George T. Christakis, Gopal Bhatnagar, Jeri Y. Sever, and Bernard S. Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:84-90. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary artery bypass grafting in the conscious patient without endotracheal general anesthesia

Haldun Y. Karagoz, Beril Sönmez, Beyhan Bakkaloglu, Murat Kurtoglu, Melih Erdinç, Aylin Türkeli, and Kemal Bayazit
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:91-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ten-year experience with Mersilene-reinforced sternal wound closure

Matthew M. Puc, Charles H. Antinori, Dioscoro T. Villanueva, Michael Tarnoff, and John A. Heim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:97-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Results of the double switch operation in the current era

Michiaki Imamura, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, Daniel J. Murphy, Jr, Lourdes R. Prieto, Larry A. Latson, Scott D. Flamm, and Roger B.B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:100-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [ Online Discussion]  

Repair of isolated multiple muscular ventricular septal defects: the septal obliteration technique

Michael D. Black, Vinayak Shukla, Vivek Rao, Jeffery F. Smallhorn, and Robert M. Freedom
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:106-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ectopia cordis and other midline defects

J. Mark Morales, Sanjeet G. Patel, James A. Duff, Roberto L. Villareal, and James W. Simpson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:111-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minimal access approach for the repair of atrial septal defect: the initial 135 patients

David P. Bichell, Tal Geva, Emile A. Bacha, John E. Mayer, Richard A. Jonas, and Pedro J. del Nido
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:115-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary to pulmonary artery collaterals in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect

Zahid Amin, Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Phillip Moore, Frank L. Hanley, and David F. Teitel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Double-chambered right ventricle presenting in adulthood

Doff B. McElhinney, Kanu M. Chatterjee, and V. Mohan Reddy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:124-127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Urgency of operation in infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Jacques A.M. van Son, Jörg Hambsch, Peter Kinzel, Gary S. Haas, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:128-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Retraction]  

Mixed hematopoietic chimerism induces long-term tolerance to cardiac allografts in miniature swine

Margaret L. Schwarze, Matthew T. Menard, Yasushi Fuchimoto, Christene A. Huang, Stuart Houser, Kwabena Mawulawde, Kenneth S. Allison, David H. Sachs, and Joren C. Madsen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:131-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Tissue engineering of heart valves: in vitro experiences

Ralf Sodian, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Jason S. Sperling, Sabine H. Daebritz, David P. Martin, Frederick J. Schoen, Joseph P. Vacanti, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:140-144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glucose-insulin-potassium solutions improve outcomes in diabetics who have coronary artery operations

Harold L. Lazar, Stuart Chipkin, George Philippides, Yusheng Bao, and Carl Apstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:145-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prophylaxis of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass grafting with low-dose sotalol

Patrick Evrard, Manuel Gonzalez, Jacques Jamart, Brigitte Malhomme, Dominique Blommaert, Philippe Eucher, and Etienne Installé
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:151-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intravenous amiodarone for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting

Shih-Huang Lee, Che-Ming Chang, Ming-Jen Lu, Ren-Jen Lee, Jun-Jack Cheng, Chi-Ren Hung, and Shih-Ann Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:157-161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictive accuracy study: comparing a statistical model to clinicians’ estimates of outcomes after coronary bypass surgery

Joan Ivanov, Michael A. Borger, Tirone E. David, Gideon Cohen, Nancy Walton, and C. David Naylor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:162-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predictors of 30-day hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass

Robert D. Stewart, Christian T. Campos, Beth Jennings, S. Scott Lollis, Sidney Levitsky, and Stephen J. Lahey
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:169-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association between postoperative hypothermia and adverse outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery

Steven R. Insler, Michael S. O’Connor, Marvin J. Leventhal, David R. Nelson, and Norman J. Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:175-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marginal cost of liberating ventilator-dependent patients after cardiac surgery in a stepdown unit

Milo Engoren
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:182-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reduction of heparin dose is not beneficial to platelet function

Takayuki Nakajima, Kohei Kawazoe, Kazuyuki Ishibashi, Yoshimitsu Kubota, Tatsuya Sasaki, Hiroshi Izumoto, and Tohru Nitatori
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:186-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impact of heparin bonding on pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized study

Eugene A. Grossi, Klaus Kallenbach, Sophie Chau, Christopher C. Derivaux, Miguel G. Aguinaga, Bryan M. Steinberg, David Kim, Shilesh Iyer, Majid Tayyarah, Michael Artman, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Stephen B. Colvin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:191-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardioplegia and ischemia in the canine heart evaluated by ³¹P magnetic resonance spectroscopy

David F. Torchiana, Anthony J. Vine, Khaled O. Shebani, Howard L. Kantor, James S. Titus, Cheng-Zai Lu, Willard M. Daggett, and Gillian A. Geffin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:197-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myocardial outflow of prostacyclin in relation to metabolic stress during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Ulf Lockowandt, Anders Öwall, and Anders Franco-Cereceda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:206-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transit time flow measurement: experimental validation and comparison of three different systems

Guido Beldi, Andreas Bosshard, Otto M. Hess, Ulrich Althaus, and Beat H. Walpoth
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:212-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assessment of patented coronary end-to-side anastomotic devices using micromechanical bonding

Jules S. Scheltes, Martijn Heikens, Peter V. Pistecky, Carolien J. van Andel, and Cornelius Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:218-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidural versus subdural spinal cord cooling: cerebrospinal fluid temperature and pressure changes

Sven A. Meylaerts, Cor J. Kalkman, Peter de Haan, Marjolein Porsius, and Michael J.H.M. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:222-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhibition of needlestick-induced simulated viremia by local measures

Francis Robicsek, Alexander A. Fokin, Thomas N. Masters, and Joseph W. Cook
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:229-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discussion:

Discussion

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Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:51-52. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Invited Commentaries:

Invited commentary

Teruhisa Kazui
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:15-16. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Walter P. Dembitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:66. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:83. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

David A. Fullerton
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:96. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

John W. Hammon, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:181. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Richard P. Cambria
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

William S. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:247. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Willard M. Daggett
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:274-275. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Donald G. Mulder
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:334. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Malignant mesothelioma of the pleural space

Raja M. Flores and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:306. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Entire septal patch technique for postinfarction ventricular septal rupture

Toshiaki lto, Hiroaki Hagiwara, and Atsuo Maekawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:273-274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical treatment of a chest-wall penetrating left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Matthias Bauer, Michele Musci, Miralem Pasic, Friedrich Knollmann, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:275-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful weaning of a transplanted heart from biventricular assist device

Johannes M. Albes, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Markus K. Heinemann, and Gerhard Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:277-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanical bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis

Stephen Westaby, Takahiro Katsumata, David Pigott, Xu Y. Jin, Kjell Saatvedt, Matthew Horton, and Richard E. Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:278-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

G. Kimble Jett
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:282-283. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Possible relationship between degenerative cardiac valvular pathology and Lyme disease

Charles C. Canver, Jyotirmay Chanda, David M. DeBellis, and John M. Kelley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:283-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heterotopic cardiac transplantation and Batista operation

Obed C. Onuzo, Zdenek Slavik, Rodney C.G. Franklin, Rosemary C. Radley-Smith, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:285-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Strategy for pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

Hideto Shimpo, Hidetoshi Hayakawa, Yoichiro Miyake, Shin Takabayashi, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:287-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intraoperative balloon angioplasty for aortic coarctation after Norwood operation

Isao Shiraishi, Masaaki Yamagishi, Tatsujiro Oka, Ayumi Kawakita, and Kenji Hamaoka
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:289-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Congenital subclavian aortic steal syndrome: hypoplastic aortic arch with severe coarctation of the aorta of unusual location

Turkan T. Elmaci, Ertan Onursal, and Aygun Dindar
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:291-292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracheobronchial glomus tumor

Thomas H. Lange, Mitchell J. Magee, Theresa M. Boley, Stephen W. Bell, and Stephen R. Hazelrigg
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:292-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glomus tumor of the trachea

Yasser M. Menaissy, Anthony A. Gal, and Kamal A. Mansour
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:295-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thymic hemangioma presenting with recurrent pleural effusion

Konstantinos Papagiannopoulos, Mary N. Sheppard, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:297-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracoscopic plication of diaphragmatic eventration using endostaplers

Seok-Whan Moon, Young-Pil Wang, Yong-Whan Kim, Sung-Bo Shim, and Woong Jin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:299-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intrathoracic fibrin sealant application using computed tomography fluoroscopy

Patrick J. O’Neill, Heidi L. Flanagan, Michael C. Mauney, William D. Spotnitz, and Thomas M. Daniel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:301-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bronchial stump aspergillosis

Jean Philippe Le Rochais, Philippe Icard, Thierry Simon, Philippe Poirier, and Claude Evrard
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:302-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary sequestration with myocardial ischemia caused by vasospasm and steal

Yasunori Nakayama, Masakuni Kido, Kennichi Minami, Miwako Ikeda, and Yasushi Kato
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:304-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:

Skeletonization and harvest of the internal thoracic artery with an ultrasonic scalpel

Tetsuya Higami, Syuichi Kozawa, Tatsuro Asada, Tsutomu Shida, and Kyoichi Ogawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:307-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reoperative "off-pump" circumflex revascularization via left thoracotomy: how to prevent graft kinking

Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Tomas A. Salerno, and Jacob Bergsland
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:309-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Right axillary cannulation in the left thoracotomy for thoracic aortic aneurysm

Tomoe Katoh, Hidenori Gohra, Kimikazu Hamano, Hiroaki Takenaka, Nobuya Zempo, and Kensuke Esato
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:311-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis palmaris: a periareolar approach

Kenneth A. Kesler, JoAnn Brooks-Brunn, Robert L. Campbell, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:314-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracoscopic localization of nonpalpable rib tumors for excisional biopsy

Jerome M. McDonald and Richard K. Freeman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:318-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Current Review:

Cardiac xenotransplantation: clinical experience and future direction

David H. Adams, Raymond H. Chen, and Alexander Kadner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:320-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review of Recent Books:

Stentless Bioprostheses, 2nd Edition: Edited by Hans A. Huysmans, MD, PhD, Tirone E. David, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, and Stephen Westaby, BSc, FRCS, MD, Oxford, England, Isis Medical Media Ltd, 1999, 256 pp, illustrated, $150, ISBN: 1-899066-18-7

G. Michael Deeb
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:217. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Heparin coating of bypass systems

Eugene A. Grossi, Christopher Derivaux, and Angelo LaPietra
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:335. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Tom R. Karl and Stephen B. Horton
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:335. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral valve myxoma concomitant with papillary fibroelastoma

Edvin Prifti, Massimo Bonacchi, and Andrea Salica
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:335-336. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Richard A. Howard, Gabriel S. Aldea, Oz M. Shapira, John M. Kascznica, and Ravin Davidoff
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:336. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monitoring adequacy of brain oxygenation

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:336-337. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Yuji Kadoi and Shigeru Saito
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:337. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung ischemia during cardiopulmonary bypass

Christian Schlensak, Torsten Doenst, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:337-338. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endarterectomy on a beating heart

Harinder Singh Bedi and Maninder Singh Kalkat
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:338-339. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:338. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Erdesir Naseri and Sinan Arsan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:339-340. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatal complication due to a mediastinal tumor

Shinji Shimokawa, Shun-ichi Watanabe, and Koh-ichi Sakasegawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:340. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Shin-ichi Takeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:340-341. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Alistair G. Royse, Colin F. Royse, Karen L. Groves, and Gang Yu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:341-342. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Have they really seen the effect of the native coronary blood flow?

Olaf Wendler and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:341. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A technical proposal for the complex flail chest

Paolo Carbognani, Leonardo Cattelani, Michele Rusca, and Giancarlo Bellini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:342-343. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, Enrico Aidala, and Enrico Ruffini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:343. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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