Editorials:

Medicine at the turn of the century

Jerome P. Kassirer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:351-353. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A call to leadership: project access—helping the uninsured community by community

Paul N. Uhlig
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:354-355. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ischemic preconditioning: how close are we to therapeutic implementation?

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:356-357. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Bronchial and bronchovascular sleeve resection for treatment of central lung tumors

Henning F. Lausberg, Thomas P. Graeter, Olaf Wendler, Stefanos Demertzis, Dieter Ukena, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:367-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:371-372. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Median sternotomy versus thoracotomy to resect primary lung cancer: analysis of 815 cases

James W. Asaph, John R. Handy, Jr, Gary L. Grunkemeier, E. Charles Douville, Andrew C. Tsen, Richard C. Rogers, and John F. Keppel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:373-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgery for pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma

Masayoshi Inoue, Yahiro Kotake, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Kiyohiro Fujiwara, Kenjiro Fukuhara, and Tsutomu Yasumitsu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:380-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intraoperative radioisotope sentinel lymph node mapping in non–small cell lung cancer

Michael J. Liptay, Gregory A. Masters, David J. Winchester, Brian L. Edelman, Ben J. Garrido, Todd R. Hirschtritt, Reid M. Perlman, and Willard A. Fry
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:384-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:389-390. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Remediastinoscopy after induction chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

Miquel Mateu-Navarro, Ramón Rami-Porta, Romà Bastus-Piulats, Luis Cirera-Nogueras, and Guadalupe González-Pont
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anastomotic complications after bronchoplastic procedures for nonsmall cell lung cancer

Eiji Yatsuyanagi, Satoshi Hirata, Kousuke Yamazaki, Tadahiro Sasajima, and Yoshihiko Kubo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:396-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Expression of human telomerase subunit genes in primary lung cancer and its clinical significance

Mitsuyuki Arinaga, Shigeki Shimizu, Kunihiko Gotoh, Nobuhiro Haruki, Takao Takahashi, Takashi Takahashi, and Tetsuya Mitsudomi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:401-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

David H. Harpole, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:405-406. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene-modified PA1-STK cells home to tumor sites in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Lynn H. Harrison, Jr, Paul O. Schwarzenberger, Patrick S. Byrne, Aizen J. Marrogi, Jay K. Kolls, and Kevin E. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:411. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: one-stage treatment by bilateral videothoracoscopy

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Xavier de Kerangal, François Pons, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:412-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Jean Deslauriers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:417. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thoracoscopic esophageal mobilization for pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy

Simon Y.K. Law, Manson Fok, William I. Wei, Lai Kun Lam, Peter H.M. Tung, Kent-Man Chu, and John Wong
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:418-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase decreases lung reperfusion injury

Jong D. Kim, Craig J. Baker, Randall F. Roberts, Sevak H. Darbinian, Keith A. Marcus, Suzanne M. Quardt, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Mark L. Barr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:423-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is general thoracic surgical practice evidence based?

James S. Lee, Dorothy M. Urschel, and John D. Urschel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:429-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Decreasing mortality for aortic and mitral valve surgery in northern New England

Nancy J.O. Birkmeyer, Charles A.S. Marrin, Jeremy R. Morton, Bruce J. Leavitt, Stephen J. Lahey, David C. Charlesworth, Felix Hernandez, Elaine M. Olmstead, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis: influence of prosthesis on survival

Richard J. Kaplon, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, A. Marc Gillinov, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Nicholas G. Smedira
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:438-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annular abscesses in surgical endocarditis: anatomic, clinical, and operative features

Fritz J. Baumgartner, Bassam O. Omari, John M. Robertson, Ronald J. Nelson, Avni Pandya, Andy Pandya, and Jeffrey C. Milliken
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:442-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ten-year trends in heart valve replacement operations

Vinod H. Thourani, William S. Weintraub, Joseph M. Craver, Ellis L. Jones, Elizabeth M. Mahoney, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:448-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting: midterm results and quality of life

Paolo Biglioli, Carlo Antona, Francesco Alamanni, Alessandro Parolari, Thomas Toscano, Giulio Pompilio, and Gianluca Polvani
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:456-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of minimal invasive coronary artery bypass on pulmonary function and postoperative pain

Artur Lichtenberg, Christian Hagl, Wolfgang Harringer, Uwe Klima, and Axel Haverich
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:461-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heart displacement during off-pump CABG: how well is it tolerated?

Arno P. Nierich, Jan Diephuis, Erik W.L. Jansen, Cornelius Borst, and Johannes T.A. Knape
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:466-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting techniques: morphology and postoperative outcome

Alexander M. Fabricius, Anno Diegeler, Nicolas Doll, Horst Weidenbach, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:473-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Survey of resident training in beating heart operations

Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Jacob DeLaRosa, Raffy L. Karamanoukian, Sue Choi, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:479-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Third-time coronary artery bypass grafting

Luc Noyez, Issa M. Touma, Stefan H. Skotnicki, and René M.H.J. Brouwer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:483-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Histologic evidence of the safety of endoscopic saphenous vein graft preparation

Dan M. Meyer, Thomas E. Rogers, Michael E. Jessen, Aaron S. Estrera, and Albert K. Chin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:487-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Major leg wound complications after saphenous vein harvest for coronary revascularization

Christian E. Paletta, David B. Huang, Andrew C. Fiore, Marc T. Swartz, Francisco L. Rilloraza, and Jan E. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:492-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transmyocardial laser revascularization with excimer laser: clinical results at 1 year

Leonard Y. Lee, Maureen F. O’Hara, Eileen B. Finnin, Rory Hachamovitch, Massamiliano Szulc, Paul D. Kligfield, Peter M. Okin, O. Wayne Isom, and Todd K. Rosengart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:498-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Induction of angiogenesis after TMR: a comparison of holmium:YAG, CO₂, and excimer lasers

G. Chad Hughes, Alan P. Kypson, Brian H. Annex, Bangliang Yin, James D. St. Louis, Shankha S. Biswas, R. Edward Coleman, Timothy R. DeGrado, Carolyn L. Donovan, Kevin P. Landolfo, and James E. Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:504-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Economic impact of preoperative intraaortic balloon pump therapy in high-risk coronary patients

Jan T. Christenson, François Simonet, and Martin Schmuziger
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:510-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abciximab and bleeding during coronary surgery: results from the EPILOG and EPISTENT trials

A. Michael Lincoff, LeRoy A. LeNarz, George J. Despotis, Peter K. Smith, Joan E. Booth, Russell E. Raymond, Shelly K. Sapp, Catherine F. Cabot, James E. Tcheng, Robert M. Califf, Mark B. Effron, and Eric J. Topol
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:516-526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intramyocardial impedance measurements for diagnosis of acute cardiac allograft rejection

Robert Pfitzmann, Johannes Müller, Onnen Grauhan, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:527-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alterations in coagulation after implantation of a pulsatile Novacor LVAD and the axial flow micromed DeBakey LVAD

Andreas Koster, Matthias Loebe, Roland Hansen, Evgenij V. Potapov, George P. Noon, Hermann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:533-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wound complications after left ventricular assist device implantation

Tonny D.T. Tjan, Boulos Asfour, Dieter Hammel, Christoph Schmidt, Hans H. Scheld, and Christof Schmid
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:538-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Remodeling of the aortic root and reconstruction of the bicuspid aortic valve

Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Frank Langer, Diana Aicher, Thomas P. Graeter, and Olaf Wendler
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:542-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Mediastinal false aneurysm after thoracic aortic surgery

Takahiro Katsumata, Narain Moorjani, Giuseppe Vaccari, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:547-552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical treatment of acquired left ventricular pseudoaneurysms

René Prêtre, André Linka, Rolf Jenni, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:553-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Complications associated with clamping the aorta between the left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery

Toshihiko Ueda, Hideyuki Shimizu, Katsumi Moro, Hankei Shin, Ryouhei Yozu, Ichiro Kashima, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:558-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene expression of inflammatory mediators in different chambers of the human heart

Guro Valen, Gabrielle Paulsson, Anna M. Bennet, Göran K. Hansson, and Jarle Vaage
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:562-567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interventions associated with minimal Fontan mortality

Glen S. Van Arsdell, Brian W. McCrindle, Kathleen D. Einarson, Kyong-Jin Lee, Elizabeth Oag, Christopher A. Caldarone, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:568-574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Marshall L. Jacobs
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:574. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neurological evaluation and intelligence testing in the child with operated congenital heart disease

Rajesh Sharma, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Marla Ram Mohan, Madakshira Vasantha Padma, Sateesh Jain, Madhu Bhardwaj, Anil Bhan, Usha Kiran, Nita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:575-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

David C. Bellinger
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:581. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neutrophil degranulation and complement activation during fetal cardiac bypass

Andrew J. Parry, Edwin Petrossian, Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:582-589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is adenosine preconditioning truly cardioprotective in coronary artery bypass surgery?

Denis Belhomme, Jacqueline Peynet, Emmanuelle Florens, Omar Tibourtine, Masafumi Kitakaze, and Philippe Menasché
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:590-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pharmacological preconditioning with the adenosine triphosphate–sensitive potassium channel opener pinacidil

Adam E. Saltman, Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Glenn R. Gaudette, Hitoshi Horimoto, and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:595-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preconditioning with PKC and the ATP-sensitive potassium channels: a codependent relationship

Glenn R. Gaudette, Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Adam E. Saltman, Hitoshi Horimoto, and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:602-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amrinone preconditioning in the isolated perfused rabbit heart

Adam E. Saltman, Glenn R. Gaudette, Sidney Levitsky, and Irvin B. Krukenkamp
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:609-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The temperature dependence of cardioplegic distribution in the canine heart

David F. Torchiana, Anthony J. Vine, James S. Titus, Chiwon Hahn, Khaled O. Shebani, Gillian A. Geffin, and Willard M. Daggett
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:614-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Age dependence of heat stress mediated cardioprotection

Caroline C. Gray, Mohamed Amrani, Ryszard T. Smolenski, Gemma L. Taylor, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:621-626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor during warm blood cardioplegia

Nobuhiko Hayashida, Shingo Chihara, Eiki Tayama, Shogo Yokose, Koji Akasu, Eizo Kai, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:627-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms responsible for cell volume regulation during hyperkalemic cardioplegic arrest

Xiwu Sun, Christopher T. Ducko, Eric M. Hoenicke, Karen Reigle, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:633-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Do peritoneal catheters remove pro-inflammatory cytokines after cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates?

Paula M. Bokesch, Miranda B. Kapural, Emad B. Mossad, Marco Cavaglia, Elumalai Appachi, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, and Roger B.B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:639-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia: hemodynamics, blood flow, and thermal gradients

Roger A. Vertrees, Akhil Bidani, Donald J. Deyo, Weike Tao, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:644-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Intraseptal coronary aneurysm

Tokuo Koshino, Kiyofumi Morishita, Kanshi Komatsu, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:673. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Early failure of bioprosthesis by preserved mitral leaflets

Roland Fasol and Fitsum Lakew
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:653-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bilateral sequential lung transplant for ectodermal dysplasia

W. Roy Smythe, Nancy D. Bridges, J. William Gaynor, Susan Nicolson, Bernard J. Clark, and Thomas L. Spray
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:654-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Repair of pulmonary vein rupture after deceleration injury

David Varghese, Hitesh Patel, Ewan W.J. Cameron, and Mike Robson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:656-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

James W. Pate
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:658. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventricular thrombosis and systemic embolism in bodybuilders: etiology and management

Kathryn McCarthy, Augustine T.M. Tang, Malcolm J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, and Marcus P. Haw
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:658-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radiation-induced gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma of the esophagus

Preston R. Miller, Stephanie L. Jackson, Benoit C. Pineau, and Edward A. Levine
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:660-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intermittent brachiocephalic vein obstruction secondary to a thymic cyst

Jeffrey S. Miller, Scott A. LeMaire, Michael J. Reardon, Joseph S. Coselli, and Rafael Espada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:662-663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retrocardiac arteriovenous malformation causing recurrent cerebral ischemia

Thomas Busch, Ivan Aleksic, Friederike Schulze, Horia Sirbu, and Harald Dalichau
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:663-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Azygos vein diverticulum

Victor M. Caramutti, Javier C. Zaidman, José A. Abud, and Eduardo D. Gabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:665-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Healing of superior vena cava defect in mediastinal seminoma with invasion

Fu-Min Fang, Sheung-Fat Ko, Cherng-Hwa Hwang, and Chong-Jong Wang
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:667-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reexpansion pulmonary edema after VATS successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure

Mobeen Iqbal, Alan S. Multz, Leonard J. Rossoff, and Rudy P. Lackner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:669-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma: presentation of a rare primary lung tumor

David A. Simansky, Sarit Aviel-Ronen, Ilan Reder, Michael Paley, Yael Refaely, and Alon Yellin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:671-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:

Anatomical reconstruction of aorta and pulmonary trunk in patients with an aortopulmonary window

Jacques A.M. van Son, Jörg Hambsch, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:674-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Retraction]  

Invited commentary

Bruno J. Messmer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:676. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Homograft–autograft valve holder

Uday H. Trivedi and Christopher I. Blauth
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:677-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manubrium-sparing sternotomy and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with tracheal stoma

Marco Ricci, Tomas A. Salerno, and James P. Houck
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:679-680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

External shunt for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: distal coronary perfusion catheter

Hirokuni Arai, Tetsuya Yoshida, Hiroyuki Izumi, and Makoto Sunamori
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:681-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Collective Review:

Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic aorta

Hitoshi Yokoyama, Mikio Ohmi, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, Yoshimi Shoji, Koichi Tabayashi, and Yoshimasa Moizumi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:683-689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review of Recent Books:

Infectious diseases of the respiratory tract: Edited by michael e. ellis, new york, ny, cambridge university press, 1998, 605 pp, illustrated, $200, isbn: 0-521-40554-8

David R. Sanderson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:589. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Bohr effect during cooling to and rewarming from 20°C cannot be ignored

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:690. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Takao Watanabe and Yasuhisa Shimazaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:690-691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of untreated pericardial patches for atrial septal defect closure

Lalit Kapoor, Shantanu Pande, and Partho Protim Roy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:691-692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary artery disease in identical twins

Serdar Ener
Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:692. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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