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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of clinical risk models

Gary L. Grunkemeier and Ruyun Jin
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 323-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

The National Emphysema Treatment Trial: a paradigm for future surgical trials

Douglas E. Wood and Malcolm M. DeCamp
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 327-329. [Full Text]  

Paying the piper: the NETT strikes a sour note

Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 330-333. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Hospital volume is related to clinical and economic outcomes of esophageal resection in Maryland

Justin B. Dimick, Stephen M. Cattaneo, Pamela A. Lipsett, Peter J. Pronovost, and Richard F. Heitmiller
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 334-340. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John D. Urschel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 340-341. [Full Text]  

Indications for using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to diagnose diaphragmatic injuries after penetrating chest trauma

Richard K. Freeman, Ghanam Al-Dossari, Kelley A. Hutcheson, Lynn Huber, Michael E. Jessen, Dan M. Meyer, Michael A. Wait, and J. Michael DiMaio
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Do patients with nonmetastatic non-small cell lung cancer demonstrate altered resting energy expenditure?

Aminah Jatoi, Benedict D.T. Daly, Virginia A. Hughes, Gerard E. Dallal, Joseph Kehayias, and Ronenn Roubenoff
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 348-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of lymph node and intrapulmonary metastasis in clinical stage IA non–small cell lung carcinoma

Kenji Suzuki, Kanji Nagai, Junji Yoshida, Mitsuyo Nishimura, and Yutaka Nishiwaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 352-356. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Telescope anastomosis in bronchial sleeve resections with high-caliber mismatch

Peter H. Hollaus, Dan Janakiev, and Nestor S. Pridun
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 357-361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary function, postoperative pain, and serum cytokine level after lobectomy: a comparison of VATS and conventional procedure

Itaru Nagahiro, Akio Andou, Motoi Aoe, Yoshifumi Sano, Hiroshi Date, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 362-365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection and perfusion thermochemotherapy: a new approach for the treatment of thymic malignancies with pleural spread

Yael Refaely, David A. Simansky, Michael Paley, Maya Gottfried, and Alon Yellin
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 366-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Enhancement of paclitaxel-mediated cytotoxicity in lung cancer cells by 17-allylamino geldanamycin: in vitro and in vivo analysis

Dao M. Nguyen, Dominique Lorang, G. Aaron Chen, John H. Stewart, IV, Esmail Tabibi, and David S. Schrump
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 371-379. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epidermal growth factor receptor up-regulation is associated with lung growth after lobectomy

Aditya K. Kaza, Irving L. Kron, Stewart M. Long, Steven M. Fiser, Perry M. Stevens, John A. Kern, Curtis G. Tribble, and Victor E. Laubach
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 380-385. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of endothelin receptor antagonist on lung allograft apoptosis and NOSII expression

Matthew J. Shaw, Hani Shennib, Nicolas Bousette, Eliot H. Ohlstein, and Adel Giaid
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 386-390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Neonatal repair of truncus arteriosus: continuing improvement in outcomes

LeNardo D. Thompson, Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Ed Petrossian, Norman H. Silverman, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical management of severe truncal insufficiency: experience with truncal valve remodeling techniques

Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 396-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Regional low-flow perfusion provides somatic circulatory support during neonatal aortic arch surgery

Frank A. Pigula, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Ralph D. Siewers, Peter J. Davis, Steven A. Webber, and Edwin M. Nemoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 401-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortopulmonary collateral flow in the Fontan patient: does it matter?

Scott M. Bradley, Mary M. McCall, Joseph J. Sistino, and Wolfgang A.K. Radtke
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 408-415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes of intraoperative device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects

Mataichi Okubo, Lee N. Benson, David Nykanen, Anthony Azakie, Glen Van Arsdell, John Coles, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anatomically corrective repair of complete atrioventricular septal defects and major cardiac anomalies

Yoshihiro Oshima, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Shigeteru Oka, and Yoshiro Ootaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 424-429. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Direct closure of ostium primum defect in the repair of atrioventricular septal defect

Masahide Chikada, Akihiko Sekiguchi, Takashi Miyamoto, Mio Matsuzaki, Ryouichi Ishida, and Akira Ishizawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 430-432. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

S. Bert Litwin
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 432-433. [Full Text]  

Vascular anomalies and tracheoesophageal compression: a single institution’s 25-year experience

Ronald K. Woods, Ronald J. Sharp, George W. Holcomb, III, Charles L. Snyder, Gary K. Lofland, Keith W. Ashcraft, and Thomas M. Holder
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 434-438. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Markus K. Heinemann
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 438-439. [Full Text]  

Long-term outcomes after cardiac transplantation: an experience based on different eras of immunosuppressive therapy

Ranjit John, Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, Jonathan M. Chen, Alan D. Weinberg, Prashant Sinha, Donna M. Mancini, Yoshifumi Naka, Mehmet C. Oz, Craig R. Smith, Eric A. Rose, and Niloo M. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 440-449. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Purely internal thoracic artery grafts: outcomes

Alfred J. Tector, Monica L. McDonald, David C. Kress, Francis X. Downey, and Terence M. Schmahl
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 450-455. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Bruce W. Lytle
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 455. [Full Text]  

Myocardial revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass in multivessel disease: impact of the strategy on early outcome

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Marco Contini, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Marco Pano, Giuseppe Vitolla, Antonio Bivona, Rocco Carella, and Stefano D’Alessandro
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 456-462. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 462-463. [Full Text]  

Radial artery for myocardial revascularization: long-term clinical and angiographic results

Angela Lorena Iacò, Giovanni Teodori, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Michele Di Mauro, Luigia Storto, Valerio Mazzei, Giuseppe Vitolla, Bedir Mostafa, and Antonio Maria Calafiore
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 464-468. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Alfred J. Tector
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 468-469. [Full Text]  

Tranexamic acid in off-pump coronary surgery: a preliminary, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Valter Casati, Chiara Gerli, Annalisa Franco, Giorgio Torri, Armando D’Angelo, Stefano Benussi, and Ottavio Alfieri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 470-475. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reversal of preexisting vasospasm in coronary artery conduits

Jyotirmay Chanda and Charles C. Canver
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 476-480. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm: surgical approach and treatment using the adjuncts cerebrospinal fluid drainage and distal aortic perfusion

Anthony L. Estrera, Forrest S. Rubenstein, Charles C. Miller, III, Tam T.T. Huynh, George V. Letsou, and Hazim J. Safi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 481-486. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 486. [Full Text]  

Opening and closing characteristics of the aortic valve after valve-sparing procedures using a new aortic root conduit

Ruggero De Paulis, Giovanni Maria De Matteis, Paolo Nardi, Raffaele Scaffa, Maria Michaela Buratta, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 487-494. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Experience with spiral computed tomography as the sole diagnostic method for traumatic aortic rupture

Stephen W. Downing, Jason S. Sperling, Stuart E. Mirvis, Marcelo G. Cardarelli, Timothy B. Gilbert, Thomas M. Scalea, and Joseph S. McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 495-502. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral oxygenation monitoring for total arch replacement using selective cerebral perfusion

Katsushi Yamashita, Teruhisa Kazui, Hitoshi Terada, Naoki Washiyama, Kazuchika Suzuki, and Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 503-508. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

P. Michael McFadden
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 508. [Full Text]  

Role of biologic glue repair of proximal aortic dissection in the development of early and midterm redissection of the aortic root

Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, Hitoshi Terada, Kazuchika Suzuki, Katsushi Yamashita, and Makoto Takinami
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 509-514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of active monitoring of infection control practices on deep sternal infection after open-heart surgery

Abraham Borer, Jacob Gilad, Naftaly Meydan, Klaris Riesenberg, Francisc Schlaeffer, Michael Alkan, and Pnina Schlaeffer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postoperatively administered aprotinin or epsilon aminocaproic acid after cardiopulmonary bypass has limited benefit

Michael J. Ray, Majella M. Hales, Lee Brown, Mark F. O’Brien, and E. Gregory Stafford
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 521-526. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Richard M. Engelman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 526. [Full Text]  

Albumin versus hydroxyethyl starch in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery: a meta-analysis of postoperative bleeding

Mahlon M. Wilkes, Roberta J. Navickis, and William J. Sibbald
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 527-533. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

William L. Holman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 534. [Full Text]  

Influence of anterior mitral leaflet second-order chordae on leaflet dynamics and valve competence

Tomasz A. Timek, Sten Lyager Nielsen, G. Randall Green, Paul Dagum, Ann F. Bolger, George T. Daughters, J. Michael Hasenkam, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 535-540. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Gus J. Vlahakes and Robert A. Levine
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 541. [Full Text]  

Distribution and hierarchy of regional blood flow during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

Jared M. Slater, Thomas A. Orszulak, and David J. Cook
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 542-547. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Tom Eirik Mollnes and Arnt E. Fiane
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 547. [Full Text]  

High tissue affinity angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors improve endothelial function and reduce infarct size

Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Samuel Rivers, Theodore Colton, and Sheilah A. Bernard
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 548-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

David G. Cable
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 553-554. [Full Text]  

Adenosine-enhanced ischemic preconditioning modulates necrosis and apoptosis: effects of stunning and ischemia–reperfusion

Bradford Stadler, Jonathan Phillips, Yoshiya Toyoda, Micheline Federman, Sidney Levitsky, and James D. McCully
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 555-563. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Robert D. Lasley
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 563-564. [Full Text]  

Endothelin receptor blockade reduces ventricular dysfunction and injury after reoxygenation

Jeffrey M. Pearl, David P. Nelson, Connie J. Wagner, John P. Lombardi, and Jodie Y. Duffy
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 565-570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peroxynitrite formation from human myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion during open heart operation

Yoshitaka Hayashi, Yoshiki Sawa, Shigeaki Ohtake, Naoto Fukuyama, Hiroe Nakazawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 571-576. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CCCETS Basic Science Lecture:

Tissue engineering: a 21st century solution to surgical reconstruction

Julie R. Fuchs, Boris A. Nasseri, and Joseph P. Vacanti
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 577-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Esophageal perforation: a rare complication of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Thomas Ng, Donna E. Maziak, and Farid M. Shamji
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 592-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

Ninh T. Nguyen, David M. Follette, Philippe H. Lemoine, Peter F. Roberts, and James E. Goodnight, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 593-596. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term survival after resection for small cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Shinichi Yachida, Kohtaroh Matsushita, Hisashi Usuki, Hideki Wanibuchi, Takashi Maeba, and Hajime Maeta
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 596-597. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Glomus tumor of the trachea

Russell T. Gowan, Farid M. Shamji, D. Garth Perkins, and Donna E. Maziak
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 598-600. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Operative stabilization of a flail chest six years after injury

Matthew S. Slater, John C. Mayberry, and Donald D. Trunkey
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 600-601. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative embolization in the management of a mediastinal paraganglioma

George Rakovich, Pasquale Ferraro, Eric Therasse, and André Duranceau
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 601-603. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pleuropulmonary blastoma: is prophylactic resection of congenital lung cysts effective?

Konstantinos A. Papagiannopoulos, Mary Sheppard, Andrew P. Bush, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 604-605. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Herniation of the lung after video-assisted thoracic surgery

R. Thomas Temes, William A. Talbot, David P. Green, and Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 606-607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resuscitaton in near drowning with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Markus Thalmann, Ernst Trampitsch, Norbert Haberfellner, Elisabeth Eisendle, Raimund Kraschl, and Georg Kobinia
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 607-608. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A spontaneous ductal aneurysm presenting with left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

Jonathan R.S. Day and Robin K. Walesby
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 608-609. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Computer-enhanced totally endoscopic sequential arterial coronary artery bypass

Selami Dogan, Tayfun Aybek, Klaus Westphal, Stephan Mierdl, Anton Moritz, and Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 610-611. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of coarctation in a right-sided circumflex retroesophageal aortic arch

Timothy W. Pettitt, Joseph Caspi, Satinder K. Sandhu, Kenneth J. Ward, and R. Lester Hixon
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 611-613. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dissection of the ascending aorta due to metastatic carcinoma

Baran S. Ugurlu, Eyüp Hazan, Özer Badak, Kutsal Yörükoglu, and Öztekin Oto
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 614-615. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tricuspid dura mater bioprostheses: more than 20-year follow-up of 3 patients

Luiz Boro Puig, Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, Fábio Antônio Gaiotto, and Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 615-617. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Contained rupture of a myocardial abscess in the free wall of the left ventricle

Michael J. Shackcloth and Walid C. Dihmis
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 617-619. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delayed presentation of right ventricular bullet embolus

Lucy Wales, David P. Jenkins, and Peter L.C. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 619-620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double coronary endarterectomy on the beating heart in two patients with porcelain aorta

Mohammed Tamim, Nevzat Erdil, Ufuk Demirkilic, and Harun Tatar
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 620-621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Concomitant thymectomy and cardiac operation in a patient with pure red cell aplasia

Michael Poullis and Prakash Punjabi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 621-623. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Metastatic cardiac myxoma

Kamil Kaynak, Kazim Besirli, Caner Arslan, Mustafa Özgüroglu, and Büge Öz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 623-625. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Incidental malignancy in internal thoracic artery lymph nodes

Lin-Rui Guo, Mary Lee Myers, and Mary Ellen Kirk
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 625-627. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Congenital quadricuspid aortic valve

Michael S. Firstenberg, David L. Prior, Christopher Cole, Sasan Ghaffari, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, and James D. Thomas
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 628. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Double transmanubrial approach and sternotomy for resection of a giant thymic carcinoid tumor

Lorenzo Spaggiari and Ugo Pastorino
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 629-631. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

New technique for the cystic mediastinal tumor by video-assisted thoracoscopy

Akinori Iwasaki, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Katsunobu Kawahara, and Takayuki Shirakusa
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 632-633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norwood-type operation with adjustable systemic–pulmonary shunt using hemostatic clip

Manoj Kuduvalli, Kenneth E. McLaughlin, Dipesh B. Trivedi, and Marco Pozzi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 634-635. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended use of radial artery with Y-graft technique for complete arterial revascularization

Ahmet Turan Yilmaz, Ertugrul Özal, Celalettin Günay, Mehmet Arslan, and Harun Tatar
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 636-637. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of "BioGlue" in aortic surgical repair

Ehud Raanani, David A. Latter, Lee E. Errett, Daniel B. Bonneau, Yves Leclerc, and Gary C. Salasidis
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 638-640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Lung volume reduction surgery in emphysema: a systematic review

George R. Stirling, Wendy J. Babidge, Morris J. Peacock, Julian A. Smith, Kevin S. Matar, Gregory I. Snell, Deborah J. Colville, and Guy J. Maddern
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 641-648. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Limitations of randomized clinical trials for evaluating emerging operations: the case of lung volume reduction surgery

Robert L. Berger, Bartolome R. Celli, Anne L. Meneghetti, Peter H. Bagley, Cameron D. Wright, Edward P. Ingenito, Anthony Gray, and Gordon L. Snider
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 649-657. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Heart transplantation

Charles C. Canver and Jyotirmay Chanda
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 658-660. [Full Text]  

Update:

Update 2001: Localized supravalvar aortic stenosis: a new technique for repair

Nicholas Kang, Graham R. Nunn, David R. Andrews, and Richard B. Chard
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 661-662. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Lung cancer: principles and practice, 2nd edition: Edited by Harvey I. Pass, MD, James B. Mitchell, MD, David H. Johnson, MD, Andrew T. Turrisi, MD, and John D. Minna, MD, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 1,408 pp, illustrated, $169.00, ISBN: 0-7817-1791-4

Thomas W. Shields
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 662. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Exclusion of mitral valvuloplasty from predictors of mortality for patients undergoing cardiac valve replacements in New York State

Stephen B. Colvin, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Eugene A. Grossi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 663. [Full Text]  

Exclusion of mitral valvuloplasty from predictors of mortality for patients undergoing cardiac valve replacements in New York State: Reply

Jeffrey P. Gold, Edward L. Hannan, Michael J. Racz, Robert H. Jones, Thomas J. Ryan, Jean-Paul Hafner, and O. Wayne Isom
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 663. [Full Text]  

Combined transseptal superior approach to mitral valve: management of left superior vena cava

Alok Mathur, Saify Arsiwala, Karan Singh Yadav, Anil Sharma, and Prakash Chandwani
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 663-664. [Full Text]  

Lower sternal splitting for lateral revascularization during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using a modified "Lima" pericardial traction stitch

Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Jacob Bergsland, Harry W. Donias, and Akira T. Kawaguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 664-665. [Full Text]  

The reluctant use of femoral cannulation as a minimal access approach for pediatric cardiac surgery

Hiroyoshi Komai and Yasuaki Naito
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 665-666. [Full Text]  

Lower sternal splitting for lateral revascularization during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using a modified "Lima" pericardial traction stitch: Reply

Hiroshi Niinami, Yasuo Takeuchi, and Donald E. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 665. [Full Text]  

S100 protein: its use as a marker of cerebral damage in cardiac operations

Natasha E. Khan, Anthony C. De Souza, and John R. Pepper
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 666-667. [Full Text]  

The reluctant use of femoral cannulation as a minimal access approach for pediatric cardiac surgery: Reply

David Bichell
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 666. [Full Text]  

Technical notes on thoracic sympathectomy for essential hyperhidrosis

Ming-Chien Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 667-668. [Full Text]  

Intrathoracic migration of Kirschner pins: is video-assisted thoracic surgery justified?

Igor E. Konstantinov and Ulf Hermansson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 668. [Full Text]  

Technical notes on thoracic sympathectomy for essential hyperhidrosis: Reply

Doo Yun Lee, Yong Han Yoon, Hwa Kyan Shin, Hae Kyoon Kim, and Yoo Joo Hong
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 668. [Full Text]  

Radiation-induced secondary malignancy of the esophagus

Jondavid Pollock
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 669. [Full Text]  

Intrathoracic migration of Kirschner pins: is video-assisted thoracic surgery justified?: Reply

Nicolas Venissac, Marco Alifano, Marcel Dahan, and Jerome Mouroux
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 669. [Full Text]  

Radiation-induced secondary malignancy of the esophagus: Reply

Edward A. Levine
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 669. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Scott RP. Our contributions: scholarship revisited. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:S30–54

Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 670-672. [Full Text]  

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