Editorial Board:

Editorial board changes

Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1363. [Full Text]  

Ethics in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Responsibilities of investigators

Robert M. Sade and Martin McKneally
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1364-1365. [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Arterial conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: a bridge over troubled water

Hisayoshi Suma
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1366-1367. [Full Text]  

Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function

John R. Teerlink and Mark B. Ratcliffe
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1368-1370. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection

Emmanuel Martinod, Alexandre D’Audiffret, Pascal Thomas, Alain J. Wurtz, Marcel Dahan, Marc Riquet, Antoine Dujon, René Jancovici, Roger Giudicelli, Pierre Fuentes, and Jacques F. Azorin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1534-1539. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

David M. Shahian
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1539-1540. [Full Text]  

Induction chemoradiation compared with induction radiation for lung cancer involving the superior sulcus

Cameron D. Wright, Matthew T. Menard, John C. Wain, Dean M. Donahue, Hermes C. Grillo, Thomas J. Lynch, Noah C. Choi, and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1541-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer 1 cm or less in diameter

Daniel L. Miller, Charles M. Rowland, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Victor F. Trastek, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1545-1551. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion by lung cancer using intraoperative touch cytology

Yushi Saito, Yosuke Yamakawa, Masanobu Kiriyama, Ichiro Fukai, Satoshi Kondo, Masahiro Kaji, Motoki Yano, Tomoki Yokoyama, and Yoshitaka Fujii
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1552-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Ronald B. Ponn
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1556-1557. [Full Text]  

Micrometastasis to lymph nodes in stage I left lung cancer patients

Ryoji Kawano, Enjo Hata, Shingo Ikeda, and Hirozo Sakaguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1558-1562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1562. [Full Text]  

Usefulness of videothoracoscopic intrapericardial examination of pulmonary vessels to identify resectable clinical T4 lung cancer

Jesús Loscertales, Rafael Jiménez-Merchán, Miguel Congregado-Loscertales, Carlos Arenas-Linares, Juan Carlos Girón-Arjona, Andrés Arroyo Tristan, and Javier Ayarra
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1563-1566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cell membrane fluidity and prognosis of lung cancer

Miha Sok, Marjeta Sentjurc, Milan Schara, Janez Stare, and Tomaz Rott
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1567-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary blastoma: medium-term results from a regional center

Afzal Zaidi, Vipin Zamvar, Fergus Macbeth, Allen R. Gibbs, Nihal Kulatilake, and Eric G. Butchart
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1572-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neural networks as a prognostic tool of surgical risk in lung resections

Hugo Esteva, Alberto Marchevsky, Tomás Núñez, Carlos Luna, and Mercedes Esteva
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1576-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection

Kohsuke Tayama, Shinzo Takamori, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Akihiro Hayashi, Kohichi Tamura, Hiroharu Mifune, and Kazuo Shirouzu
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1582-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery followed by lung transplantation: a matched cohort study

Karen E.A. Burns, Robert J. Keenan, Wayne F. Grgurich, Jan D. Manzetti, and Marco A. Zenati
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1587-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cystic lung lesions in the pediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton hospital

Konstantinos Papagiannopoulos, Sean Hughes, Andrew G. Nicholson, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1594-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary vein gas analysis for assessing donor lung function

Tarek M. Aziz, Ahmed El-Gamel, Rasheed A.G. Saad, Marcello Migliore, Colin S. Campbell, and Nizar A. Yonan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1599-1604. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John V. Conte
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1604-1605. [Full Text]  

Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study

Francesco Alamanni, Alessandro Parolari, Rossana Visigalli, Ovidio Bussolati, Patrizia Rubini, Roberto Sala, Luigi Bonati, Gian Carlo Gazzola, Paolo Biglioli, and Valeria Dall’Asta
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1606-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Paul W.M. Fedak, Richard D. Weisel, Subodh Verma, and Vivek Rao
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1614-1615. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Coronary artery bypass grafting using the gastroepiploic artery in 1,000 patients

Hitoshi Hirose, Atushi Amano, Shuichirou Takanashi, and Akihito Takahashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1371-1379. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse?

Johnny Steuer, Paul Blomqvist, Fredrik Granath, Bo Rydh, Anders Ekbom, Ulf de Faire, and Elisabeth Ståhle
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1380-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of aortic manipulation on incidence of cerebrovascular accidents after surgical myocardial revascularization

Antonio M. Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Giovanni Teodori, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Sergio Cirmeni, Marco Contini, Angela L. Iacò, and Marco Pano
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1387-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Safe, highly selective use of pulmonary artery catheters in coronary artery bypass grafting: an objective patient selection method

Thomas A. Schwann, Anoar Zacharias, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, Milo Engoren, and Robert H. Habib
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1394-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

William Hanson, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1401-1402. [Full Text]  

Cost-effectiveness of preoperative positron emission tomography in ischemic heart disease

Paul B. Jacklin, Sally F. Barrington, James C. Roxburgh, Graham Jackson, Dimitrios Sariklis, Peter A. West, and Michael N. Maisey
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1403-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

A.P. Kappetein
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1410. [Full Text]  

Intracoronary shunts reduce transient intraoperative myocardial dysfunction during off-pump coronary operations

Mark Yeatman, Massimo Caputo, Pradeep Narayan, Arup Kumar Ghosh, Raimondo Ascione, Ian Ryder, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1411-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John D. Puskas
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1417. [Full Text]  

Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis

Ares K. Menon, Johannes M. Albes, Martin Oberhoff, Karl R. Karsch, and Gerhard Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1418-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral annulus distortion during beating heart surgery: a potential cause for hemodynamic disturbance—a three-dimensional echocardiography reconstruction study

Shane J. George, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, and Mohamed Amrani
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1424-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early clinical and angiographic outcome of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Koki Nakamura, Charles Ilsley, and Mohamed Amrani
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1431-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated myocardial revascularization with intermittent aortic cross-clamping: experience with 800 cases

Lucia Raco, Edward Mills, and Russell J.W. Millner
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1436-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Ruggero De Paulis
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1439-1440. [Full Text]  

Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting

Yoshiyuki Takami and Hiroshi Ina
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1441-1445. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative evaluation of coronary anastomosis by transit-time ultrasonic flow measurement

Tetsuro Morota, Francis G. Duhaylongsod, William R. Burfeind, and Ching-Tsorng Huang
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1446-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig

Marc P. Buijsrogge, Cees W.J. Verlaan, Mattie H.P. van Rijen, Paul F. Gründeman, and Cornelius Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1451-1456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repetitive atrial flutter as a complication of the left-sided simple maze procedure

Akihiko Usui, Yasuya Inden, Shinichi Mizutani, Yasushi Takagi, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1457-1459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic stability during 17 years of the Carpentier-Edwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis

Michael K. Banbury, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, James D. Thomas, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, J. Edward Okies, and Robert M. Frater
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1460-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm

Toshifumi Murashita, Takehiro Kubota, Yasuhiro Kamikubo, Norihiko Shiiya, and Keishu Yasuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1466-1471. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term survival and quality of life in cardiac surgical patients with prolonged intensive care unit length of stay

Mathew R. Williams, Rachel B. Wellner, Elizabeth A. Hartnett, Barbara Thornton, Minoo N. Kavarana, Robert Mahapatra, Mehmet C. Oz, and Robert Sladen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1472-1478. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac valve operation

Abeel A. Mangi, Igor F. Palacios, and David F. Torchiana
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1479-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability

Curtis A. Anderson, Farzan Filsoufi, Lishan Aklog, Robert S. Farivar, John G. Byrne, and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1484-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of end-stage heart disease with outpatient ventricular assist devices

William L. Holman, James E. Davies, Barry K. Rayburn, David C. McGiffin, Brian A. Foley, Raymond L. Benza, Robert C. Bourge, Peggy Blood, and James K. Kirklin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1489-1494. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial preservation using celsior solution in cardiac transplantation: early results and 5-year follow-up of a multicenter prospective study of 70 cardiac transplantations

Jean-Paul Remadi, Olivier Baron, Jean C. Roussel, Oussana Al Habash, Michele Treilhaud, Philippe Despins, Daniel Duveau, and Jean-Luc Michaud
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1495-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BioGlue surgical adhesive impairs aortic growth and causes anastomotic strictures

Scott A. LeMaire, Zachary C. Schmittling, Joseph S. Coselli, Akif Ündar, Blake A. Deady, Fred J. Clubb, Jr, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1500-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial infarction scar plication in the rat: cardiac mechanics in an animal model for surgical procedures

Rosemeire M. Kanashiro, Emília Nozawa, Neif Murad, Luis R. Gerola, Valdir A. Moisés, and Paulo J.F. Tucci
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1507-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Increased pressure during retrograde cerebral perfusion in an acute porcine model improves brain tissue perfusion without increase in tissue edema

Zhijun Li, Luojia Yang, Michael Jackson, Randy Summers, Maureen Donnelly, Roxanne Deslauriers, and Jian Ye
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1514-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury

Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Samuel Rivers, and Sheilah A. Bernard
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1522-1527. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of autologous auricular chondrocytes for lining artificial surfaces: a feasibility study

Timothy Scott-Burden, Jennifer P. Bosley, Doreen Rosenstrauch, Kimberly D. Henderson, Fred J. Clubb, Jr, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Kazuhiro Eya, Igor Gregoric, Timothy J. Myers, Branislav Radovancevic, and O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1528-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Type-A acute aortic dissection: combined operation plus stent management

Daniel Roux, Laurent Brouchet, Philippe Concina, Tamer Elghobary, Yves Glock, and Gérard Fournial
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1616-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stent-graft

Franz X. Schmid, Alois Philipp, Johann Link, Markus Zimmermann, and Dietrich E. Birnbaum
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1618-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Conventional repair and operative stent-grafting for acute and chronic aortic dissection

Takeshi Miyairi, Mikio Ninomiya, Munemoto Endoh, Junichi Naganuma, Yutaka Kotsuka, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1621-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late presentation of retained intracardiac ice pick with papillary muscle injury

Malek G. Massad, Fadi Khoury, Alexander Evans, Christian Sirois, Rabih Chaer, Yaulaunda Thomas, Norman J. Snow, Joan Briller, and Alexander S. Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1623-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lifesaving citrate anticoagulation to bridge to danaparoid treatment

Martin Dworschak, Jörg Michael Hiesmayr, and Andrea Lassnigg
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1626-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful intraventricular thrombolysis during ventricular assist device support

Claudio Russo, Anna Maria De Biase, Giuseppe Bruschi, Salvatore Agati, and Ettore Vitali
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1628-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Retropericardial hematoma complicating off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Toshihiro Fukui, Shigefumi Suehiro, Toshihiko Shibata, Koji Hattori, and Hidekazu Hirai
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1629-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract

Borut Gersak, Nikola Lakic, Vojka Gorjup, Tanja Gulic, Pavle Berden, and Natasa Suligoj Cernic
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1631-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful resection of an epicardial cyst

Roberto Scrofani, Cristina Carro, Luigi Beretta, and Carlo Antona
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1633-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortopulmonary fistula after coarctation repair with dacron patch aortoplasty

Leo O. Heikkinen and Antero A. Järvinen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1634-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atypical presentation of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery with severe compression between the great vessels

Sylvie K. Giroux and Raymond Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1636-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified blalock-taussig shunt

Baran Sevket Ugurlu, Osman Nejat Sariosmanoglu, Sadik Kivanc Metin, Eyup Hazan, and Oztekin Oto
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1638-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic coarctation, vascular ring, and right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian artery

Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Marcos Murtra, Arturo Gonçalves, and Luis Miró
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1640-1642. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ectopic thyroid tissue on the ascending aorta: an operative finding

Richard J. Williams, George Lindop, and John Butler
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1642-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of a long thoracic nerve palsy

Christine B. Novak and Susan E. Mackinnon
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1643-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bullets and biliptysis

John J. Nigro, Hector Arroyo, Jr, Demitri Theodorou, George C. Velmahos, and Ross M. Bremner
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1645-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massive gas embolism during pulmonary nodule hook wire localization

Thomas A. Horan, Petrúcia M. Pinheiro, Luis M. Araújo, Flávia F. Santiago, and Monica R. Rodrigues
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1647-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

McKeown esophagogastrectomy for esophageal carcinoma after free jejunal graft

Douglas P. MacMillan, Ignacio G. Duarte, Kamal A. Mansour, and Sudhir Sundaresan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1649-1651. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brown tumor of the sternum

Chiung-Lun Kao, Jen-Ping Chang, Jui-Wei Lin, and Cheng-Ching Lin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1651-1653. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal angioleiomyoma

Hidehito Matsuoka, Wataru Nishio, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Hiroaki Harada, Terumasa Sashikata, and Noriaki Tsubota
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1653-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Three-dimensional imaging of coronary artery bypass grafts

Yoshihiro Sawamura, Kei Takase, Haruo Saito, Sekinori Kikuchi, and Takashi Ito
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1655. [Full Text]  

Intramyocardial echinococcus cyst

Sohaila M. Ali and Joseph S. McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1656. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery

Alan P. Kypson and Donald D. Glower
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1657-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simplified technique for determining the length of artificial chordae in mitral valve repair

Mazin A.I. Sarsam
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1659-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of transverse sternal nonunions using metal plates and autogenous bone graft

Kim C. Bertin, Robert S. Rice, Donald B. Doty, and Kent W. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1661-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Everting mattress running suture: an improved technique of atrial anastomosis in human lung transplantation

Marc de Perrot and Shaf Keshavjee
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1663-1664. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Aortic coarctation reconstructed by resection and homograft replacement in the 1950s: long-term outcome 40 years after operation

Tivadar Hüttl, György Balázs, László Entz, Kálmán Hüttl, Elek Bodor, and Zoltán Szabolcs
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1678-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Role of amiodarone in reducing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery in adults

Constance K. Haan and Stephen A. Geraci
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1665-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical circulatory support for infants and children with cardiac disease

Brian W. Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1670-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Proposed policy for vad removal

Kenneth M. Prager and Mehmet Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1688. [Full Text]  

Monitoring recovery and weaning from the thoratec left ventricular assist device

Angel L. Fernández and Amparo Martínez
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1689. [Full Text]  

Second order anterior mitral leaflets play a role in preventing systolic anterior motion

Jean-François Obadia and Marc Janier
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1689-1690. [Full Text]  

Second order anterior mitral leaflets play a role in preventing systolic anterior motion: reply

D. Craig Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1690. [Full Text]  

Open heart surgery and abdominal aortic aneurysm

George Economopoulos and John Iliopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1691. [Full Text]  

Open heart surgery and abdominal aortic aneurysm: reply

Raimondo Ascione, Gabriele Iannelli, and Nicola Spampinato
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1691-1692. [Full Text]  

Replacement of the iliac vein

Carlos Del Campo
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1692. [Full Text]  

Replacement of the iliac vein: reply

Satoshi Saito
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1692. [Full Text]  

Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and octreotide scintigraphy

Pier Luigi Filosso, Ottavio Rena, Enrico Ruffini, and Alberto Oliaro
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1692-1693. [Full Text]  

Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and octreotide scintigraphy: reply

Eduardo A. Tovar
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1693-1694. [Full Text]  

Survival after resection of metachronous non-small cell lung cancer

Branislav Jeremic
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1694. [Full Text]  

Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall

Julian E. Losanoff, Bruce W. Richman, and James W. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1694-1695. [Full Text]  

Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall: reply

David B. Safran and William G. Sullivan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1695. [Full Text]  

Preventing radial artery spasm

Franklin L. Rosenfeldt and Donald S. Esmore
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1695-1696. [Full Text]  

Preventing radial artery spasm: reply

James L. Zellner and Francis G. Spinale
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1696. [Full Text]  

Report:

Thirty-eighth annual meeting, the society of thoracic surgeons

Gordon F. Murray
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 1681-1687. [Full Text]  

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