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Propensity score analysis of stroke after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Gary L. Grunkemeier, Nicola Payne, Ruyun Jin, and John R. Handy, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 301-305. [Full Text]  

Editorials:

The next steps for pediatric tracheal reconstruction

Thomas F. Tracy, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 306-307. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Pediatric tracheal surgery

Cameron D. Wright, Brian B. Graham, Hermes C. Grillo, John C. Wain, and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 308-314. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of tracheomalacia by bronchoscopic monitored aortopexy in infants and children

Ulf Abdel-Rahman, Peter Ahrens, Hans Gerd Fieguth, Richard Kitz, Klaüs Heller, and Anton Moritz
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 315-319. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis achieves results comparable to thymectomy by sternotomy

Joseph B. Shrager, Maher E. Deeb, Rosemarie Mick, Clay J. Brinster, Henry E. Childers, M. Blair Marshall, John C. Kucharczuk, Steven L. Galetta, Shawn J. Bird, and Larry R. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 320-327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes after minimally invasive reoperation for gastroesophageal reflux disease

James D. Luketich, Hiran C. Fernando, Neil A. Christie, Percival O. Buenaventura, Sayeed Ikramuddin, and Philip R. Schauer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 328-332. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of paraesophageal hernia repair on pulmonary function

Donald E. Low and Eric J. Simchuk
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 333-337. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Geoffrey M. Stiles
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 337. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative intercostal nerve blockade for postthoracotomy pain

Shinzo Takamori, Shogo Yoshida, Akihiro Hayashi, Toshihiro Matsuo, Masahiro Mitsuoka, and Kazuo Shirouzu
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 338-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer: induction chemotherapy and chemoradiation before operation

Arnold Cyjon, Moshe Nili, Gershon Fink, Mordechai R. Kramer, Eyal Fenig, Judith Sandbank, Aaron Sulkes, and Erica Rakowsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic implications of microscopic proximal bronchial extension in non-small cell lung cancer

Murat Kara, Erkan Dikmen, Dalokay Kiliç, Serpil Dizbay Sak, Diclehan Orhan, Serdal Kenan Köse, and Sevket Kavukçu
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 348-354. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Novel anti-factor D monoclonal antibody inhibits complement and leukocyte activation in a baboon model of cardiopulmonary bypass

Akif Ündar, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Fred J. Clubb, Jr, Michael Fung, Meisheng Lu, Joyce E. Bigley, William K. Vaughn, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 355-362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Arvind Sahu and John D. Lambris
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 362. [Full Text]  

Proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines after cardiac operation: different cellular sources at different times

Axel Franke, Wolfgang Lante, Volker Fackeldey, Horst Peter Becker, Christian Thode, Wolf Dieter Kuhlmann, and Andreas Markewitz
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 363-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Philippe Menasché
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 370-371. [Full Text]  

Leukodepletion reduces renal injury in coronary revascularization: a prospective randomized study

Augustine T.M. Tang, Christos Alexiou, Jeff Hsu, Stuart V. Sheppard, Marcus P. Haw, and Sunil K. Ohri
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 372-377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac surgery in moderate to end-stage renal failure: analysis of risk factors

Alfonso Penta de Peppo, Paolo Nardi, Ruggero De Paulis, Antonio Pellegrino, Stefano Forlani, Antonio Scafuri, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 378-383. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass on course of chronic lymphatic leukemia: a case-control study

Evgenij V. Potapov, Heinz R. Zurbrügg, Corinna Herzke, Stefanie Srock, Hanno Riess, Ralf Sodian, Sabine Hübler, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 384-389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is the kaolin or celite activated clotting time affected by tranexamic acid?

J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Joachim Prosch, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and Claus Bartels
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 390-393. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John Pepper
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 393. [Full Text]  

Stroke after conventional versus minimally invasive coronary artery bypass

Sotiris C. Stamou, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Albert J. Pfister, Peter C. Hill, Mercedes K.C. Dullum, Ammar S. Bafi, Steven W. Boyce, Kathleen R. Petro, and Paul J. Corso
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 394-399. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neurological outcomes in coronary surgery: independent effect of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass

Nirav C. Patel, Anand P. Deodhar, Antony D. Grayson, D. Mark Pullan, Daniel J.M. Keenan, Ragheb Hasan, and Brian M. Fabri
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 400-406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cognitive deficit after aortic valve replacement

Daniel Zimpfer, Martin Czerny, Juliane Kilo, Marie-Theres Kasimir, Christian Madl, Ludwig Kramer, Georg M. Wieselthaler, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Grimm
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 407-412. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Christopher I. Blauth
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 412. [Full Text]  

Interventions for reversing delayed-onset postoperative paraplegia after thoracic aortic reconstruction

Albert T. Cheung, Stuart J. Weiss, Michael L. McGarvey, Mark M. Stecker, Michael S. Hogan, Alison Escherich, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 413-421. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest on outcome after resection of ascending aortic aneurysm

Franz F. Immer, Hanna Barmettler, Pascal A. Berdat, Alexsandra S. Immer-Bansi, Lars Englberger, Eva S. Krähenbühl, and Thierry P. Carrel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 422-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of retrograde cerebral perfusion during aortic arch procedures

Marc R. Moon and Thoralf M. Sundt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 426-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BioGlue surgical adhesive—an appraisal of its indications in cardiac surgery

Jurgen Passage, Homayoun Jalali, Robert K.W. Tam, Susan Harrocks, and Mark F. O’Brien
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic cusp extension valvuloplasty for rheumatic aortic valve disease: midterm results

Jean-Michel Grinda, Christian Latremouille, Alain J. Berrebi, Rachid Zegdi, Sylvain Chauvaud, Alain F. Carpentier, Jean-Noel Fabiani, and Alain Deloche
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infarct restraint attenuates remodeling and reduces chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation after postero-lateral infarction

Sina L. Moainie, T. Sloane Guy, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Theodore Plappert, Benjamin M. Jackson, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, and Robert C. Gorman
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 444-449. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy of intraoperative mapping to optimize the surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery

Shigeo Yamauchi, Hidetugu Ogasawara, Yoshiaki Saji, Ryuzo Bessho, Yasuo Miyagi, and Masahiro Fujii
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 450-457. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term survival of dialysis patients after coronary bypass grafting

Lawrence J. Dacey, Jean Y. Liu, John H. Braxton, Ronald M. Weintraub, Joseph DeSimone, David C. Charlesworth, Stephen J. Lahey, Cathy S. Ross, Felix Hernandez, Jr, Bruce J. Leavitt, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 458-463. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hospital variability in length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeon’s National Cardiac Database

Eric D. Peterson, Laura P. Coombs, T. Bruce Ferguson, A. Laurie Shroyer, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Fred L. Grover, and Fred H. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 464-473. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of stroke in the modern era of coronary artery bypass grafting: a case control study

Raimondo Ascione, Barnaby C. Reeves, Martin H. Chamberlain, Arup K. Ghosh, Kelvin H.H. Lim, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 474-480. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial functional recovery after fibroblast growth factor 2 gene therapy as assessed by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging

Keith A. Horvath, John Doukas, Chia-Yang J. Lu, Noam Belkind, Rodney Greene, Glenn F. Pierce, and David A. Fullerton
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 481-487. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmyocardial coil implants: a novel approach to transmyocardial revascularization

David Meerkin, Michel Pellerin, H. Thomas Aretz, Patrice Paiement, Stuart L. Houser, and Raoul Bonan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 488-492. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Composite arterial Y graft has less coronary flow reserve than independent grafts

Genichi Sakaguchi, Eiji Tadamura, Motoaki Ohnaka, Keiichi Tambara, Kazunobu Nishimura, and Masashi Komeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 493-496. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of two stabilizer concepts for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Christian Detter, Tobias Deuse, Frank Christ, Dieter H. Boehm, Hermann Reichenspurner, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 497-501. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoscopic radial artery harvesting: results of first 300 patients

Mark W. Connolly, Lisa D. Torrillo, Michael J. Stauder, Nilesh U. Patel, John C. McCabe, Didier F. Loulmet, and Valavanur A. Subramanian
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 502-506. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of acute dynamic cardiomyoplasty in a goat model of chronic ventricular dilatation: part 1

Gil Bolotin, Roberto Lorusso, Jan J. Schreuder, Hans G. Kaulbach, Gideon Uretzky, and Frederik H. van der Veen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 507-513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of chronic cardiomyoplasty on ventricular remodeling in a goat model of chronic cardiac dilatation: part 2

Hans G. Kaulbach, Roberto Lorusso, Gil Bolotin, Jan J. Schreuder, and Frederik H. van der Veen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 514-521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Celsior versus custodiol: early postischemic recovery after cardioplegia and ischemia at 5°C

Juergen Ackemann, Wolfgang Gross, Martin Mory, Michael Schaefer, and Martha-Maria Gebhard
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 522-529. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cold blood versus cold crystalloid cardioplegia for repair of ventricular septal defects in pediatric heart surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Massimo Caputo, Paul Modi, Hajime Imura, Ashwinikumar Pawade, Andrew J. Parry, M-Saadeh Suleiman, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 530-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early results of valved bovine jugular vein conduit versus bicuspid homograft for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

Thierry Bové, Hélène Demanet, Pierre Wauthy, Jacques P. Goldstein, Hugues Dessy, Pierre Viart, Andrée Devillé, and Frank E. Deuvaert
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 536-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early failure of the shelhigh pulmonary valve conduit in infants

Jeffrey M. Pearl, David S. Cooper, Kevin E. Bove, and Peter B. Manning
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 542-549. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shallow stitching close to the rim of the ventricular septal defect eliminates injury to the right bundle branch

Toyoki Fukuda, Takaaki Suzuki, Ichiro Kashima, Masaaki Sato, and Yukihiko Morikawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 550-555. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thromboembolic complications after Fontan procedures: comparison of different therapeutic approaches

Ralf G. Seipelt, Andreas Franke, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Peter Hanrath, Goetz von Bernuth, Bruno J. Messmer, and Eberhard G. Mühler
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 556-562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Chest wall and liver resection for chondrosarcoma

Nicolas Noiseux, Pasquale Ferraro, Stephan Busque, Patrick Harris, and Andre Duranceau
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 598. [Full Text]  

Infravalvular left ventricular diverticulum

Takeshi Kobayashi, Toshiro Ito, Tohru Mawatari, Hideyuki Harada, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 599. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Catamenial pneumothorax: chest X-ray sign and thoracoscopic treatment

Thierry Roth, Marco Alifano, Olivier Schussler, Pierre Magdaleinat, and Jean-François Regnard
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 563-565. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the diaphragm presenting as a chest mass

Howard K. Song, T. Mark Leibold, Anthony A. Gal, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 565-567. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma resected by hemi-plastron window technique

Noritaka Isowa, Seiki Hasegawa, Mari Mino, Kojiro Morimoto, and Hiromi Wada
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 567-569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anterior translocation of the right pulmonary artery for airway obstruction caused by pulmonary hypertension

Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Akiyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takako Miyazaki, and Nobuo Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 569-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital absence of the right upper lobe of the lung

Yoshio Tsunezuka, Makoto Oda, Yasuhiko Ohta, and Go Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 571-573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary myelolipoma

Carlos J. Sabate and David M. Shahian
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 573-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chylous reflux into localized pulmonary lymphangiectasis

Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Alain Badia, Michel Febvre, Philippe Legman, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 575-578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracic intrathymic thyroid and cervical goiter: single-stage resection

Augustine T.M. Tang, Mark J. Johnson, Bruce Addis, and David F. Weeden
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 578-579. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thymic basaloid carcinoma with hepatic metastasis

Toshihiro Matsuo, Ryozo Hayashida, Keita Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Tanaka, and Shoji Ohtsuka
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 579-582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transcatheter closure of traumatic ventricular septal defect: an alternative to surgical repair?

Alain Fraisse, Jean-François Piéchaud, Jean-François Aviérinos, Françoise Aubert, Christian Colavolpe, Gilbert Habib, and Jean-Louis Bonnet
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 582-584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Echocardiographic evidence of right ventricular remodeling after transplantation

Holger K. Eltzschig, Tomislav Mihaljevic, John G. Byrne, Raila Ehlers, Brian Smith, and Stanton K. Shernan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 584-586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Implantation of a left ventricular assist device in situs inversus

Michele Musci, Michael J. Jurmann, Thorsten Drews, Charles Yankah, Hermann Kuppe, Yuguo Weng, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 586-588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Floating nonocclusive thrombus in the ascending aorta

Ralf Sodian, Matthias Bauer, Yu-Guo Weng, Hendrik Siniawski, Andreas Koster, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 588-590. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortopulmonary fistula after aortic root replacement

Masahiro Ueno, Tatsuya Imada, Kazuki Nonaka, and Takeshi Oda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 590-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Accessory fibrous band causing anterior mitral valve leaflet restriction

Irmien Vlassak, Muhammed Mumtaz, Gosta Pettersson, and James D. Thomas
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 592-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardioperitoneal shunt: further development of the procedure using vats technique

Thomas F. Molnar, Barbara Biki, and Örs Péter Horváth
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 593-595. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary obstruction by a calcific pericardial ring

Suresh T. Bhagia, Aashish R. Patel, and George J. Reul
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 595-597. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Surgical relocation of the posterior papillary muscle in chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation

Irving L. Kron, G. Randall Green, and Jeffrey T. Cope
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 600-601. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of mitral valve billowing and prolapse (Barlow): the surgical technique

Roland Fasol and Katja Mahdjoobian
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 602-605. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simplified technique for retrograde cerebral perfusion during repair of distal aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aorta

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Raja Joshi, Anil Bhan, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 606-608. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Implantation of biventricular assist devices for chronic heart transplant rejection

Akira Sezai, Latif Arusoglu, Kazutomo Minami, Aly El-Banayosy, and Reiner Körfer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 609-611. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Leland C. Clark and Frank Gollan: bubble oxygenators and perfusion hypothermia

Robert S. Litwak
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 612-614. [Full Text]  

Reviews:

VATS major pulmonary resection revisited—controversies, techniques, and results

Anthony P.C. Yim
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 615-623. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manual control and tracking—a human factor analysis relevant for beating heart surgery

Volkmar Falk
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 624-628. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Lung preservation

Marc de Perrot and Shaf Keshavjee
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 629-631. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Lung volume reduction surgery: Edited by Michael R. Argenziano, MD, and Mark E. Ginsburg, MD, 2001, Totowa, New Jersey, Humana press, 273 pp, illustrated, $145.00, isbn: 0-89603-848-3

Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 640. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Diazoxide for cerebral protection during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: is it really safe?

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Catherine Heurteaux, and Michel Lazdunski
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 632. [Full Text]  

Reply

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 2002 74: 632-633. [Full Text]  

Injury to the phrenic and recurrent nerves needs to be avoided in the performance of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Alfred Jaretzki, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 633. [Full Text]  

Reply

Akihiko Uchiyama, Shuji Shimizu, and Masao Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 634. [Full Text]  

Chronic pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

James E. McClenathan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 634. [Full Text]  

Sternal suturing technique and chest wound complication

Hitoshi Hirose and Akihito Takahashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 634-635. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Correction

Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 635. [Full Text]  

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