Editorials:

Clinical trials in lung cancer: Truth, Justice, and the American Way

Richard H. Feins
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1139-1141. [Full Text]  

Stents and sense

Hermes C. Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1142. [Full Text]  

Similarity between the STS and New York State databases for valvular heart disease

Frederick L. Grover and Fred H. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1143-1144. [Full Text]  

Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Award:

Contractile smooth muscle cell apoptosis early after saphenous vein grafting

Evelio Rodriguez, Erica H. Lambert, Michael G. Magno, and John D. Mannion
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1145-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Factors associated with false-positive staging of lung cancer by positron emission tomography

Peter F. Roberts, David M. Follette, Derek von Haag, Jason A. Park, Peter E. Valk, Thomas R. Pounds, and Donald M. Hopkins
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1154-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Identification of prognostic factors determining risk groups for lung resection

Alain Bernard, Loic Ferrand, Olivier Hagry, Laurent Benoit, Nicolas Cheynel, and Jean-Pierre Favre
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1161-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic factors in patients with surgically resected stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer

Abdul R. Jazieh, Mohammad Hussain, John A. Howington, H.J. Spencer, Muhammad Husain, Jerome T. Grismer, and Raymond C. Read
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1168-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined tracheal sleeve and superior vena cava resections for non–small cell lung cancer

Lorenzo Spaggiari and Ugo Pastorino
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1172-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical results for centrally-located early stage lung cancer

Teruaki Koike, Masanori Terashima, Tsuneyo Takizawa, Hiroko Tsukada, Akira Yokoyama, Yuzo Kurita, and Keiichi Honma
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1176-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of ultracision in lung metastatic surgery

Uwe Eichfeld, Andrea Tannapfel, Matthias Steinert, and Thomas Friedrich
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1181-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Relevance of an intensive postoperative follow-up after surgery for non–small cell lung cancer

Virginie Westeel, Didier Choma, François Clément, Marie-Christine Woronoff-Lemsi, Jean-François Pugin, André Dubiez, and Alain Depierre
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1185-1190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Covered expandable tracheal stents in the management of benign tracheal granulation tissue formation

Brendan P. Madden, Steven A. Stamenkovic, and Piers Mitchell
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1191-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extensive posterior-lateral tracheal laceration complicating percutaneous dilational tracheostomy

Jeffrey C. Lin, Richard H. Maley, Jr, and Rodney J. Landreneau
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1194-1196. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Malignant laryngotracheal obstruction: a way to treat serial stenoses of the upper airways

Klaus Wassermann, Frank Mathen, and Hans Edmund Eckel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1197-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morbidity and mortality after 94 extrapleural pneumonectomies for empyema

Yuji Shiraishi, Yutsuki Nakajima, Akira Koyama, Keiichiro Takasuna, Naoya Katsuragi, and Satoko Yoshida
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1202-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chest radiograph heterogeneity predicts functional improvement with volume reduction surgery

John C. Baldwin, Charles C. Miller, III, Rebecca A. Prince, and Rafael Espada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1208-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Predictors of mortality for patients undergoing cardiac valve replacements in New York State

Edward L. Hannan, Michael J. Racz, Robert H. Jones, Jeffrey P. Gold, Thomas J. Ryan, Jean-Paul Hafner, and O. Wayne Isom
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1212-1218. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immediate and long-term results of valve replacement for native and prosthetic valve endocarditis

Dominique Delay, Michel Pellerin, Michel Carrier, Richard Marchand, Pierre Auger, Louis P. Perrault, Yves Hébert, Raymond Cartier, Pierre Pagé, and L. Conrad Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1219-1223. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late results of mitral valve reconstruction in the elderly

Eugene A. Grossi, Peter K. Zakow, Martin Sussman, Aubrey C. Galloway, Julie Delianides, Gregory Baumann, and Stephen B. Colvin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1224-1226. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Durability of aortic valve preservation and root reconstruction in acute type A aortic dissection

Filip P. Casselman, M. Erwin S.H. Tan, Freddy E.E. Vermeulen, Johannes C. Kelder, Wim J. Morshuis, and Marc A.A.M. Schepens
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1227-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The role of atrial vessels in aortic root and mitral valve operations

Gustavo Abuin, Alejandro Nieponice, Silvio Martinez, and Cichero Fernando
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1234-1237. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T lymphocytes mediate leaflet destruction and allograft aortic valve failure in rats

Jean François Legare, Tim D.G. Lee, Kimberley Creaser, and David B. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1238-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reconstruction of the ascending aorta and aortic root: experience in 45 consecutive patients

Gebrine A. El Khoury, Malcolm J. Underwood, David Glineur, David Derouck, and Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1246-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Endovascular stent-grafting through the aortic arch: an alternative approach for distal arch aortic aneurysm

Taijiro Sueda, Masanobu Watari, Kenji Okada, Kazumasa Orihashi, and Yuichiro Matsuura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1251-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recurrent remodeling after ventricular assistance: is long-term myocardial recovery attainable?

David N. Helman, Simon W. Maybaum, David L.S. Morales, Mathew R. Williams, Ainat Beniaminovitz, Niloo M. Edwards, Donna M. Mancini, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1255-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bridge to recovery for postcardiotomy failure: is there still a role for centrifugal pumps?

Fredrick B.Y. Hoy, Dale K. Mueller, Dale M. Geiss, James R. Munns, Linda M. Bond, Carol E. Linett, and Robert C. Gomez
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1259-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ascending versus descending aortic balloon: Pumping: organ and myocardial perfusion during ischemia

Bart P. Meyns, Yousuke Nishimura, Ramadan Jashari, Rozalia Racz, Veerle H. Leunens, and Willem J. Flameng
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1264-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partial aortic valve fusion induced by left ventricular assist device

Alan G. Rose, Soon J. Park, Alan J. Bank, and Leslie W. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1270-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Passive epicardial containment prevents ventricular remodeling in heart failure

Pervaiz A. Chaudhry, Takayuki Mishima, Victor G. Sharov, James Hawkins, Clif Alferness, Gaetano Paone, and Hani N. Sabbah
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1275-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Functional assessment of skeletal muscle ventricles after pumping for up to four years in circulation

Gregory A. Thomas, Robert L. Hammond, Kevin Greer, Huiren Lu, Jonathan C. Jarvis, Adam P. Shortland, D. Mark Pullan, Stanley Salmons, and Larry W. Stephenson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1281-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in a growing organism

Bernhard Voss, Matthias Thielmann, Mohamed El-Mehsen, Philipp Albert Schnabel, Siegfried Hagl, and Rüdiger Lange
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1291-1295. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Processing scavenged blood with a cell saver reduces cerebral lipid microembolization

Edward H. Kincaid, Timothy J. Jones, David A. Stump, William R. Brown, Dixon M. Moody, Dwight D. Deal, and John W. Hammon, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1296-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of induction and reperfusion with warm substrate-enriched cardioplegia on ventricular function

Arthur W. Wallace, Mark B. Ratcliffe, Peter S. Nosé, Wayne Bellows, William Moores, M. Terry McEnany, Keith Flachsbart, and Dennis T. Mangano
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1301-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy of aprotinin, epsilon aminocaproic acid, or combination in cyanotic heart disease

Sandeep Chauhan, Bisoi Akshay Kumar, Beeraka Heramba Rao, Marigaddi Sanjeeva Rao, Bharat Dubey, Nita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1308-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Plasma concentrations of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor I and tumor necrosis factor during cardiopulmonary bypass

Colleen W. Marano, Leah Ann Garulacan, Kathleen V. Laughlin, Lisa Igidbashian, Candace Trace, Scott M. Goldman, Francis P. Sutter, George A. Reichard, Jr, and James M. Mullin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1313-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of intraoperative administration of atrial natriuretic peptide

Nobuhiko Hayashida, Shingo Chihara, Hideyuki Kashikie, Eiki Tayama, Shogo Yokose, Koji Akasu, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1319-1326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Relaxation induced by cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitors sildenafil and zaprinast in human vessels

Pascual Medina, Gloria Segarra, Juan B. Martínez-León, José M. Vila, Martín Aldasoro, Eduardo Otero, and Salvador Lluch
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1327-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

In vivo gene gun–mediated transduction into rat heart with Epstein-Barr virus-based episomal vectors

Kazuhiko Nishizaki, Osam Mazda, Yoshiko Dohi, Tetsuji Kawata, Kazumi Mizuguchi, Soichiro Kitamura, and Shigeki Taniguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1332-1337. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Histology and morphology of 59 internal thoracic artery grafts and their distal anastomoses

Matadial Ojha, Richard L. Leask, K. Wayne Johnston, Tirone E. David, and Jagdish Butany
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1338-1344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful repair of myocardial free wall rupture after thrombolytic therapy for acute infarction

Woosup M. Park, Cliff P. Connery, Judith S. Hochman, M. David Tilson, and Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1345-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of graft patency during minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting with Doppler flow analysis

Jeffrey C. Lin, Don L. Fisher, Michael F. Szwerc, and James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1350-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Analysis of hemodynamic changes during beating heart surgical procedures

Megumi Mathison, James R. Edgerton, Jeffrey L. Horswell, Jodi J. Akin, and Michael J. Mack
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1355-1360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reliability of Allen’s test in selection of patients for radial artery harvest

Martin A. Jarvis, Claire L. Jarvis, Peter R.M. Jones, and Tomasz J. Spyt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1362-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Brian F. Buxton
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1365. [Full Text]  

Current indications for left thoracotomy in coronary revascularization and valvular procedures

Jerry W. Pratt, Thomas E. Williams, Robert E. Michler, and David A. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1366-1370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary revascularization of the circumflex

Sotiris C. Stamou, Ammar S. Bafi, Steven W. Boyce, Albert J. Pfister, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Peter C. Hill, Salah Zaki, Jorge M. Garcia, and Paul J. Corso
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1371-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial revascularization with radial and mammary arteries: initial and mid-term results

Ernesto E. Weinschelbaum, Alejandro Macchia, Víctor M. Caramutti, Héctor A. Machain, Héctor A. Raffaelli, Mariano R. Favaloro, Roberto R. Favaloro, Eduardo A. Dulbecco, José A. Abud, Maximiliana De Laurentiis, and Eduardo D. Gabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1378-1383. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arteriotomy closure by glued patch in the porcine carotid artery

Jacqueline Bastiaanse, Cornelius Borst, Yvonne J.M. van der Helm, Karine H.H. Loo, and Paul F. Gründeman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1384-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Apparent air-fluid levels 47 years after treatment of tuberculosis

Lorene S. Valdez-Boyle, R. Thomas Temes, Vincent Muller, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1418. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Simple technique for sizing and positioning tracheal stents

Jemi Olak and Stefanie Rosenberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1389-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extramedullary plasmacytoma presenting with myasthenia gravis and mediastinal mass

Ahmed R. Ahmed, Adrian J. Marchbank, Andrew G. Nicholson, Andrew C. Wotherspoon, and George P. Ladas
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1390-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchobiliary fistula: principles of management

Heidi K. Chua, Mark S. Allen, Claude Deschamps, Daniel L. Miller, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1392-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful surgical treatment of giant coronary artery aneurysm with fistula

Tohru Mawatari, Tokuo Koshino, Kiyofumi Morishita, Kanshi Komatsu, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1394-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Interposition vein graft for giant coronary aneurysm repair

Michael S. Firstenberg, Fouad Azoury, Bruce W. Lytle, and James D. Thomas
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1397-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traumatic coronary–pulmonary artery fistula, 23 years after a stab wound

Bernard Maitre, Stephane Jouveshomme, Richard Isnard, Marc Riquet, Antoine Pavie, and Jean Philippe Derenne
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1399-1400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infradiaphragmatic totally anomalous pulmonary venous return with two separate descending veins in association with right atrial isomerism

LeNardo D. Thompson, Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Kenneth L. Jue, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1400-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac catheter guided surgical closure of an apical ventricular septal defect

John D.R. Thomson, John L. Gibbs, and Carin Van Doorn
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1402-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnosis and management of left ventricular assist device valve-endocarditis: LVAD valve replacement

Koen C. de Jonge, Horst R. Laube, Pascal M. Dohmen, Velimir Ivancevic, and Wolfgang F. Konertz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1404-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double aneurysms of arch and descending aorta associated with right aortic arch

Tamotsu Yasuda, Shinichiro Yamamoto, and Yoshinori Ishida
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1405-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortobronchial fistula after endovascular stent graft repair of the thoracic aorta

Kurt VonFricken, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Marco Ricci, Abe Taheri, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1407-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful in situ treatment of an infected ascending aortic graft

David W. Mathes, Michael J. Yaremchuk, Eric M. Isselbacher, and Joren C. Madsen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1410-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complete resection of cardiac leiomyosarcoma extending into the pulmonary trunk and right pulmonary artery

Tetsuya Kono, Takahiro Takemura, Ikuo Hagino, and Goki Matsumura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1412-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

FDG imaging of a pulmonary artery sarcoma

Robert L. Thurer, Amy Thorsen, J. Anthony Parker, and Daniel D. Karp
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1414-1415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial appendage: echocardiographic findings

Takuro Tsukube, Keiji Ataka, Takahiro Taniguchi, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, and Keisuke Hanioka
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1416-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Tumors involving the tracheal carina: new technique of carinal reconstruction

Kazumichi Yamamoto, Satoshi Kosaba, and Toshikazu Ikeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1419-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reversed-T upper mini-sternotomy for extended thymectomy in myasthenic patients

Jan G. Grandjean, Marco Lucchi, and Massimo A. Mariani
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1423-1424. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1425. [Full Text]  

Pacemaker leads: a simple atraumatic method for replacing pacemaker electrodes

Scott D. Steinberg, David A. Mayer, Makis J. Tsapogas, and Marc K. Wallack
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1426-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education

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Minimally invasive limited pericardiectomy: the hybrid approach

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Shinichi Takamoto, Jun Nakajima, Takeshi Miyairi, and Yutaka Kotsuka
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1429-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lower sternal splitting approach for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Hiroshi Niinami, Yasuo Takeuchi, Yuji Suda, and Donald E. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1431-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Cardiopulmonary bypass in humans: bypassing unfractionated heparin

James W. Frederiksen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1434-1443. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Postinfarction ventricular septal defect in the elderly: analysis and results

Carlos Blanche, Dominique A. Blanche, Timothy A. Denton, Steven S. Khan, Andreas Kamlot, and Alfredo Trento
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1444-1445. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Using saphenous vein segments to extend internal mammary conduits during MIDCAB when arterial interposition grafts are contraindicated: intermediate term results

Tsung-Po Tsai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1446. [Full Text]  

Reply

Toshiki Takahashi, Shigeaki Ohtake, Yoshiki Sawa, Goro Matsumiya, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1446-1447. [Full Text]  

Alternate explanation of the "delayed impairment of cerebral oxygenation"

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1447-1448. [Full Text]  

Reply

Tadashi Tashiro
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1447. [Full Text]  

Thrombosed mechanical heart valve prosthesis in the mitral position: reply

Todd K. Rosengart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1448. [Full Text]  

Thrombosed mechanical heart valve prosthesis in the mitral position

Basem Shabb and Mohammed Samir Arnaout
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1448. [Full Text]  

Reoperation through a previous pectoralis muscle flap in an infant

Fred A. Crawford, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1449. [Full Text]  

Reoperation through a previous pectoralis muscle flap in an infant: reply

Eldad Erez
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1449. [Full Text]  

Thrombosed mechanical heart valve prosthesis in the mitral position: reply

Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Mark St J. Hickey, and Tomasz J. Spyt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1449. [Full Text]  

Controlled pulmonary reperfusion: what is the optimal method of delivery?

Bradley S. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1449-1450. [Full Text]  

Reply

Scott D. Lick, Paul S. Brown, Mark Kurusz CCP, Roger A. Vertrees, Christopher K. McQuitty, and William E. Johnston
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1450. [Full Text]  

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