Statistician's Page:

Cardiac surgery report cards: making the grade

Gary L. Grunkemeier, Kathryn J. Zerr, and Ruyun Jin
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1845-1848. [Full Text]  

Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Award:

Pharmacologically induced preconditioning with diazoxide: a novel approach to brain protection

Jay G. Shake, Eric A. Peck, Eduardo Marban, Vincent L. Gott, Michael V. Johnston, Juan C. Troncoso, J. Mark Redmond, and William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1849-1854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Hospital readmission after pulmonary resection: prevalence, patterns, and predisposing characteristics

John R. Handy, Jr, Avon I. Child, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Peter Fowler, James W. Asaph, E. Charles Douville, Andrew C. Tsen, and Gary Y. Ott
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1855-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for staging patients with carcinoma of the lung

Michael B. Wallace, Gerard A. Silvestri, Anand V. Sahai, Robert H. Hawes, Brenda J. Hoffman, Valerie Durkalski, Winnie S. Hennesey, and Carolyn E. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1861-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immunohistochemical analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor family members in stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Wu-Wei Lai, Fen-Fen Chen, Ming-Ho Wu, Nan-Haw Chow, Wu-Chou Su, Mi-Chia Ma, Pei-Fang Su, Helen Chen, Mu-Yen Lin, and Yau-Lin Tseng
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1868-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary resection for Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary infection

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Catherine Offredo, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Claire Danel, Antoine Dujon, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1877-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracic rupture of hepatic hydatidosis (123 cases)

El Hassane Kabiri, Abderahman El Maslout, and Abdellatif Benosman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1883-1886. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart-lung transplantation for Eisenmenger syndrome: early and long-term results

Serban C. Stoica, Keith D. McNeil, Kostas Perreas, Linda D. Sharples, Duwarakan K. Satchithananda, Steven S. Tsui, Stephen R. Large, and John Wallwork
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1887-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1891. [Full Text]  

Inhaled NO and prostacyclin during porcine single lung transplantation

Tiina L.S. Vainikka, Lasse J. Heikkilä, Sinikka Kukkonen, and Hannu J. Toivonen
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1892-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortopexy in severe tracheal instability: short-term and long-term outcome in 29 infants and children

Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Jörg S. Sachweh, Oliver J. Liakopoulos, Werner Hügel, Josef Holzki, Götz von Bernuth, and Bruno J. Messmer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1898-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infrasternal mediastinoscopic thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: surgical results in 23 patients

Akihiko Uchiyama, Shuji Shimizu, Hiroyuki Murai, Syoji Kuroki, Masayuki Okido, and Masao Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1902-1905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracic metastasectomy in thyroid malignancies

Aristotle D. Protopapas, Andrew G. Nicholson, Louiza Vini, Clive L. Harmer, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1906-1908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagomyotomy

James D. Luketich, Hiran C. Fernando, Neil A. Christie, Percival O. Buenaventura, Robert J. Keenan, Sayeed Ikramuddin, and Philip R. Schauer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1909-1913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinicopathologic characteristics of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in younger patients

Tadahiro Nozoe, Hiroshi Saeki, Takefumi Ohga, and Keizo Sugimachi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1914-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transthoracic esophagectomy with radical mediastinal and abdominal lymph node dissection and cervical esophagogastrostomy for esophageal carcinoma

Scott J. Swanson, Hasan F. Batirel, Raphael Bueno, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Elizabeth Allred, Steven J. Mentzer, and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1918-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Cardiopulmonary bypass affects cognitive brain function after coronary artery bypass grafting

Juliane Kilo, Martin Czerny, Michael Gorlitzer, Daniel Zimpfer, Harald Baumer, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Grimm
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1926-1932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Safety and efficacy of intraarterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke after cardiac operation

Nader Moazami, Nicholas G. Smedira, Patrick M. McCarthy, Irene Katzan, Cathy A. Sila, Bruce W. Lytle, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1933-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Victor G. Davila-Roman and Charles W. Hogue, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1938-1939. [Full Text]  

Conventional carbon dioxide application does not reduce cerebral or myocardial damage in open heart surgery

Sven Martens, Markus Dietrich, Stefanie Wals, Sonja Steffen, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Anton Moritz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1940-1944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High-dose cimetidine reduces proinflammatory reaction after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Eiki Tayama, Nobuhiko Hayashida, Shuji Fukunaga, Keiichiro Tayama, Toru Takaseya, Ryouichi Hiratsuka, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1945-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Restraining acute infarct expansion decreases collagenase activity in borderzone myocardium

Frank W. Bowen, Stephen C. Jones, Nanveet Narula, Martin G. St. John Sutton, Theodore Plappert, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, and Ian M.C. Dixon
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1950-1956. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimal time for cardiomyocyte transplantation to maximize myocardial function after left ventricular injury

Ren-Ke Li, Donald A.G. Mickle, Richard D. Weisel, Vivek Rao, and Zhi-Qiang Jia
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1957-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esmolol and cardiopulmonary bypass during reperfusion reduce myocardial infarct size in dogs

Hans J. Geissler, Karen L. Davis, L. Maximilian Buja, Glen A. Laine, Michael L. Brennan, Uwe Mehlhorn, and Steven J. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1964-1969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Gus J. Vlahakes
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1969. [Full Text]  

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EET_11,12) may partially restore endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor–mediated function in coronary microarteries

Wei Zou, Qin Yang, Anthony P.C. Yim, and Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1970-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief pretreatment of radial artery conduits with phenoxybenzamine prevents vasoconstriction long term

Daniel A. Velez, Cullen D. Morris, Satoshi Muraki, Jason M. Budde, Rachel N. Otto, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1977-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of L-arginine administration before cardioplegic arrest on ischemia-reperfusion injury

Yusheng Yan, Siamak Davani, Sidney Chocron, Bernadette Kantelip, Patrice Muret, and Jean-Pierre Kantelip
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1985-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic changes with right lateral decubitus body positioning in the tilted porcine heart

Paul F. Gründeman, Cornelius Borst, Cees W.J. Verlaan, Stefan Damen, and Sabine Mertens
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1991-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Functional comparison of transmyocardial revascularization by mechanical and laser means

Keith A. Horvath, Noam Belkind, Irene Wu, Rodney Greene, John Doukas, Jon W. Lomasney, David D. McPherson, and David A. Fullerton
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 1997-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of internal mammary artery grafting and completeness of revascularization on long-term outcome in octogenarians

Marc R. Moon, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Michael K. Pasque, Hendrick B. Barner, William A. Gay, Jr, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2003-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adequacy of flow capacity of bilateral internal thoracic artery T graft

Masami Ochi, Nobuo Hatori, Ryuzo Bessho, Masahiro Fujii, Yoshiaki Saji, Shigeo Tanaka, and Hiroshi Honma
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2008-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2012. [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for elderly patients

Hitoshi Hirose, Atushi Amano, and Akihito Takahashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2013-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary revascularization with or without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with preoperative nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency

Raimondo Ascione, Guy Nason, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Chung Ko, Franco Ciulli, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2020-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Changes in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

John S. Rumsfeld, David J. Magid, Maureen O'Brien, Martin McCarthy, Jr, Samantha MaWhinney, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Thomas E. Moritz, William G. Henderson, Gulshan K. Sethi, Frederick L. Grover, and Karl E. Hammermeister
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2026-2032. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk factors for intermediate-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Sheila C. Gardner, Gary K. Grunwald, John S. Rumsfeld, Todd Mackenzie, Dexiang Gao, Jonathan B. Perlin, Gerald McDonald, and A. Laurie W. Shroyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2033-2037. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wound-healing disturbances after vein harvesting for CABG: a randomized trial to compare the minimally invasive direct vision and traditional approaches

Volker Düsterhöft, Matthias Bauer, Semih Buz, Beate Schaumann, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2038-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial tumor necrosis factor– expression does not correlate with clinical indices of heart failure in patients on left ventricular assist device support

Peter Razeghi, Madhuri Mukhopadhyay, Timothy J. Myers, Janelle N. Williams, Christine S. Moravec, O. Howard Frazier, and Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2044-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Reiner Körfer, Aly El Banayosy, and Hendrik Milting
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2050. [Full Text]  

Ventricular assist device use with mechanical heart valves: an outcome series and literature review

William B. Tisol, Dale K. Mueller, Frederick B. Hoy, Robert C. Gomez, Barry S. Clemson, and Syed M. Hussain
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2051-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2055. [Full Text]  

Management of catheter-induced pulmonary artery perforation: a rare complication in cardiovascular operations

Srikrishna Sirivella, Isaac Gielchinsky, and Victor Parsonnet
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2056-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Benefits of surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in patients older than 50 years

Matthias Bauer, Vladimir V. Alexi-Meskishvili, Ulrike Bauer, Diab Alfaouri, Peter E. Lange, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2060-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk stratification in acute type A dissection: proposition for a new scoring system

M. Erwin S.H. Tan, Johannes C. Kelder, Wim J. Morshuis, and Marc A.A.M. Schepens
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2065-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The fate of small-diameter homografts in the pulmonary position

Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Jutta Wetter, Hedwig C. Blaschczok, Mi-Young Cho, Anne Marie Brecher, and Andreas E. Urban
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2070-2076. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John A. Hawkins
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2076. [Full Text]  

First-stage palliation of complex univentricular cardiac anomalies in older infants

Brian W. Duncan, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, Thomas K. Jones, and Flavian M. Lupinetti
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2077-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Alon S. Aharon, Susannah V. Quisling, Debra Dodd, V. Seenu Reddy, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, Thomas Doyle, Neal R. Patel, Frederick E. Barr, Jay K. Kambam, Thomas P. Graham, and Paul A. Chang
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2081-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic effects of inspired carbon dioxide after the Norwood procedure

Scott M. Bradley, Janet M. Simsic, and Andrew M. Atz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2088-2093. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John L. Myers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2093-2094. [Full Text]  

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children after repair of congenital cardiac lesions

Alon S. Aharon, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Kevin B. Churchwell, Susannah V. Quisling, V. Seenu Reddy, Mary Taylor, Sue Hix, Karla G. Christian, John B. Pietsch, Jayant K. Deshpande, Jay Kambam, Thomas P. Graham, and Paul A. Chang
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2095-2102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of atrial septal defect through a right posterolateral thoracotomy: a cosmetic approach for female patients

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, and Masahiro Yoshida
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2103-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Major mediastinal injury from crossbow bolt

Santiago A. Endara, Antonio A. Xabregas, Christopher S. Butler, Mark J.E. Zonta, and John Avramovic
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2106-2107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical management of severe common carotid artery injury after mediastinoscopy

Jurg Schmidli, Paul R. Vogt, Michele Genoni, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2107-2109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoscopic repair of bronchial dehiscence after lung transplantation

James D. Maloney, Tracey L. Weigel, and Robert B. Love
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2109-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Unusual cause of recurrent pneumothorax: excavated metastasis of osteosarcoma

Gwenaëlle Le Garff, Hervé Léna, Hervé Corbineau, Pierre Kerbrat, and Philippe Delaval
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2111-2113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Beware the malignant jellyfish

Robert James Cerfolio
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2113-2115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intrapulmonary lymph nodes enlarged after lobectomy for lung cancer

Itaru Nagahiro, Akio Andou, Motoi Aoe, Hiroshi Date, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2115-2117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adenocarcinoma arising in a retained esophageal remnant

Onur Genc, Ronald K. Knight, Andrew G. Nicholson, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2117-2119. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double switch operation for superior-inferior ventricles

Narutoshi Hibino, Yasuharu Imai, Mitsuru Aoki, Toshiharu Shin'oka, and Takeshi Hiramatsu
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2119-2121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of persistent esophageal compression by an unusual form of right aortic arch

Igor E. Konstantinov and Francisco J. Puga
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2121-2123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot and aortic root replacement

H. Tarik Kiziltan, Semra Topcu, Nazan Ozbarlas, and Fazilet Kayaselcuk
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2124-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator in an infant

Hiroshi Watanabe, Jun-ichi Hayashi, Manabu Haga, Masayuki Saito, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Seiichi Sato
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2125-2127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rare venous connection causes severe cyanosis after the Fontan operation

Fumikazu Nomura, Kirsten Finucane, and Alan R. Kerr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2127-2128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery

Edward Malec, Tomasz Mroczek, Jacek Pajak, Andrzej Zajac, Jacek Kolcz, and Katarzyna Januszewska
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2129-2130. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pacemaker endocarditis: approach for lead extraction in endocarditis with large vegetations

Albert Miralles, Victor Moncada, Hermes Chevez, Rafael Rodriguez, Jordi Granados, and Eduard Castells
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2130-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spontaneous intramural left atrial hematoma associated with systemic amyloidosis

Ko Watanabe, Bruno Miguel, Jean L. Kemeny, Bernard Citron, and Lionel F. Camilleri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2132-2134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of innominate artery injury in the setting of bovine arch anomaly

Michael M. Mauney, David C. Cassada, Aditya K. Kaza, Stewart M. Long, and John A. Kern
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2134-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute type A aortic dissection associated with an aortic annular abscess

Yuriko Niitsuma, Yoshiharu Takahara, Yoshio Sudo, and Hideyuki Nakano
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2136-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atypically located pericardial cysts

Hakan Kutlay, Sínasí Yavuzer, Serdar Han, and Ayten Kayi Cangir
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2137-2139. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Concomitant off-pump myocardial revascularization and pheochromocytoma resection

Pankaj Kumar, Nicholas Walcot, Roger Carpenter, and Rakesh Uppal
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2139-2141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Splenic injury after intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

Stephen A. Olenchock, Jr, John J. Lukaszczyk, James Reed, III, and Terrill E. Theman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2141-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Pneumopericardium after lobectomy

Robert G. Stuklis and David F. Weeden
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2144. [Full Text]  

Imaging a coronary artery aneurysm

Holger Reinecke, Eva Maria Fallenberg, Roman Fischbach, Sebastian Kerber, Günter Breithardt, Hans H. Scheld, and Thomas Wichter
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2145. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Larynx-preserving pharyngo-esophagectomy after chemoradiation in the treatment of cancer of the pharyngo-esophageal junction

Örs Péter Horváth, László Cseke, Katalin Kalmár, Gábor Varga, and Gábor Horváth
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2146-2147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A simple method of left ventricular reconstruction without patch for ischemic cardiomyopathy

Christiano Caldeira and Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2148-2149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary artery translocation: a surgical option for complex anomalous coronary artery anatomy

Mark D. Rodefeld, Casey B. Culbertson, Howard M. Rosenfeld, Frank L. Hanley, and Lenardo D. Thompson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2150-2152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified quadrangular resection for mitral valve repair

A. Marc Gillinov and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2153-2154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Cardiac surgery report cards: comprehensive review and statistical critique

David M. Shahian, Sharon-Lise Normand, David F. Torchiana, Stanley M. Lewis, John O. Pastore, Richard E. Kuntz, and Paul I. Dreyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2155-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The antithrombotic and antiinflammatory mechanisms of action of aprotinin

R. Clive Landis, George Asimakopoulos, Mike Poullis, Dorian O. Haskard, and Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2169-2175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass

Edward R. Stephenson, Jr and John L. Myers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2176-2177. [Full Text]  

Update:

Update 2001: Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: long-term results of "one and a half ventricular repair"

Hiroo Takayama, Akihiko Sekiguchi, and Masahide Chikada
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2178-2179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Coronary sinus interventions in cardiac surgery, 2nd edition: Edited by Werner Mohl, MD, PhD, Georgetown, Texas, Landes Bioscience, 2000, 224 pp, illustrated, $99.00, ISBN: 1-58706-006-X

Keith A. Horvath
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2202. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Amelioration of postthoracotomy pain

Myles Edwin Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2180. [Full Text]  

Amelioration of postthoracotomy pain: Reply

Jan Bucerius
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2180. [Full Text]  

Pharmacological spinal cord protection with magnesium during replacement of the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski and Jean Bachet
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2180-2181. [Full Text]  

Left hemispheric stroke in CABG

Anja Gerdes and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2181. [Full Text]  

Left hemispheric stroke in CABG: Reply

Gerald S. Weinstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2181-2182. [Full Text]  

Myocardial stunning after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: safeguards and pitfalls

Giuseppe D'Ancona, Harry W. Donias, Jacob Bergsland, and Hratch L. Karamanoukian
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2182. [Full Text]  

Myocardial stunning after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: safeguards and pitfalls: Reply

Herko Grubitzsch, Knut Ansorge, Hans-Georg Wollert, and Lothar Eckel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2183. [Full Text]  

Left axillary to left anterior descending coronary artery

John B. Flege, Jr and Randall K. Wolf
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2183. [Full Text]  

Left axillary to left anterior descending coronary artery: Reply

James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2183-2184. [Full Text]  

Right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting: a word of caution

Olivier Chavanon, Rachid Hacini, and Jean-Luc Cracowski
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2184. [Full Text]  

Right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting: a word of caution: Reply

Kenzo Yasuura, Hiroshi Okamoto, and Akio Matsuura
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2184-2185. [Full Text]  

Is the harmonic scalpel feasible in cardiac reoperations?

Peter Lamm, Gerd Juchem, Albert Schütz, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2185. [Full Text]  

Optimal treatment for adult patent ductus arteriosus

Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Masahiko Matsumoto, and Takaaki Sugita
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2186. [Full Text]  

Optimal treatment for adult patent ductus arteriosus: Reply

Riichiro Toda, Goichi Yotsumoto, and Yukinori Moriyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2186. [Full Text]  

Online CO₂ monitoring during cardiopulmonary bypass using ETCO₂ gas analysis during pH stat strategy of acid-base management

Pravin Saxena, Anil Bhan, Rajesh Sharma, and Nita Saxena
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2186-2187. [Full Text]  

Online CO₂ monitoring during cardiopulmonary bypass using ETCO₂ gas analysis during pH stat strategy of acid-base management: Reply

Richard A. Jonas and Willis Geiser
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2187. [Full Text]  

Aortopulmonary shunts in neonates

Emin Tireli and Murat Basaran
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2187-2188. [Full Text]  

STS Annual Meeting:

STS/AATS tech-con 2002 meeting program

Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2189-2190. [PDF]  

Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting January 28–30, 2002 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2191-2202. [PDF]  

Corrections:

Correction: Potaris K, Miller DL, Trastek VF, Deschamps C, Allen MS, Pairolero PC. Role of Surgical Resection in Broncholithiasis. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:248–52

Daniel L. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: 2188. [Full Text]  

Supplement: Monitoring and Improving Patient Safety During and Following Cardiac Surgery:

Monitoring and improving patient safety during and following cardiac surgery: San Diego, California, May 5, 2001 : A symposium on monitoring and avoiding injury to the heart in cardiac surgery

Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2203-S2204. [Full Text]  

Evidence, sources, and assessment of injury during and following cardiac surgery

Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2205-S2207. [Full Text]  

Patient outcomes in the assessment of myocardial injury following cardiac surgery

Vladimir Birjiniuk
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2208-S2212. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Dennis T. Mangano
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2212-S2213. [Full Text]  

The role of state-of-the-art echocardiography in the assessment of myocardial injury during and following cardiac surgery

Amer Al-Tabbaa, R. Mauricio Gonzalez, and Dara Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2214-S2218. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2218-S2219. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative metabolic monitoring of the heart: I. Clinical assessment of coronary sinus metabolites

Michael D. Crittenden
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2220-S2226. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2226. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative metabolic monitoring of the heart: II. Online measurement of myocardial tissue pH

Kamal R. Khabbaz, Fuad Zankoul, and Kenneth G. Warner
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2227-S2233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2233-S2234. [Full Text]  

Role of myocardial temperature measurement in monitoring the adequacy of myocardial protection during cardiac surgery

Joseph A. Dearani, Trevor C. Axford, Manisha A. Patel, Nancy A. Healey, Philip T. Lavin, and Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2235-S2243. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2243-S2244. [Full Text]  

The coronary artery bypass conduit: I. Intraoperative endothelial injury and its implication on graft patency

Hemant S. Thatte and Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2245-S2252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2252. [Full Text]  

The coronary artery bypass conduit: II. Assessment of the quality of the distal anastomosis

J. Alan Wolfe
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2253-S2258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2258-S2259. [Full Text]  

The systemic factor: the comparative roles of cardiopulmonary bypass and off-pump surgery in the genesis of patient injury during and following cardiac surgery

Philippe Menasché
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2260-S2265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2265-S2266. [Full Text]  

Panel discussion: monitoring and improving patient safety during and following cardiac surgery

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., Shukri F. Khuri, Sidney Levitsky, Dennis T. Mangano, Philippe Menasché, Frank W. Sellke, and Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 72: S2267-S2270. [Full Text]  

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