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Bayesian analysis: A new statistical paradigm for new technology

Gary L. Grunkemeier and Nicola Payne
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1901-1908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Building a "better" mousetrap

L.Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1899-1900. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Results of laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernias: 200 consecutive patients

Andrew F. Pierre, James D. Luketich, Hiran C. Fernando, Neil A. Christie, Percival O. Buenaventura, Virginia R. Litle, and Philip R. Schauer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1909-1916. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Does continuous mucosal partial carbon dioxide pressure measurement predict leakage of intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy?

Wolfgang Schröder, Dirk Stippel, Martin Lacher, Christian A. Gutschow, K.Tobias E. Beckurts, and Arnulf H. Hölscher
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1917-1922. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1922-1923. [Full Text]  

Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: the Tata Memorial Hospital experience

Gouri H. Pantvaidya, C.S. Pramesh, Mandar S. Deshpande, Nirmala A. Jambhekar, Sanjay Sharma, and Ramakant K. Deshpande
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1924-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Palliative management of malignant airway obstruction

Cullen D. Morris, Jason M. Budde, Karen D. Godette, Timothy L. Kerwin, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1928-1933. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endobronchial metallic stent placement for airway complications after lung transplantation: Longitudinal results

Karen E.A. Burns, Philip D. Orons, James H. Dauber, Wayne F. Grgurich, Larry W. Stitt, Sujatha Raghu, and Aldo T. Iacono
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1934-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnostic thoracoscopic lung biopsy: an outpatient experience

Andrew C. Chang, John Yee, Mark B. Orringer, and Mark D. Iannettoni
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1942-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of thoracic surgery and interventional bronchoscopy in Wegener’s granulomatosis

Martin J. Utzig, Johannes Warzelhan, Heinz Wertzel, Ingrid Berwanger, and Joachim Hasse
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1948-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cytologically malignant margins of wedge resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Noriyoshi Sawabata, Akihide Matsumura, Mitsunori Ohota, Hajime Maeda, Hiroshi Hirano, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1953-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pleural tent after upper lobectomy: a randomized study of efficacy and duration of effect

Alessandro Brunelli, Majed Al Refai, Marco Monteverde, Alessandro Borri, Michele Salati, Armando Sabbatini, and Aroldo Fianchini
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1958-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hernia of the lung

Dov Weissberg and Yael Refaely
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1963-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Improving results of the modified Fontan operation in patients with heterotaxy syndrome

Christof Stamm, Ingeborg Friehs, Lennart F. Duebener, David Zurakowski, John E. Mayer, Jr, Richard A. Jonas, and Pedro J. del Nido
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1967-1978. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total lymphoid irradiation for refractory rejection in pediatric heart transplantation

Miki Asano, Steven R. Gundry, Anees J. Razzouk, Michael J. del Rio, Melanie Thomas, Richard E. Chinnock, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1979-1985. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late outcome after arterial switch operation for complete transposition of great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Rajesh Sharma, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Anil Bhan, R. Pradeep Kumar, Rajnish Juneja, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Anita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1986-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracardiac conduit with a limited maze procedure for the failing Fontan with atrial tachycardias

Shaun P. Setty, Kirsten Finucane, Jonathan R. Skinner, and Alan R. Kerr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1992-1997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac troponin I in neonates undergoing the arterial switch operation

Hajime Imura, Paul Modi, Ashwinikumar Pawade, Andrew J. Parry, M.-Saadeh Suleiman, Gianni D. Angelini, and Massimo Caputo
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 1998-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamics and early clinical performance of the St. Jude Medical Regent mechanical aortic valve

David S. Bach, Marc P. Sakwa, Martin Goldbach, Michael R. Petracek, Robert W. Emery, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2003-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ten-year echocardiographic and clinical follow-up of aortic Carpentier-Edwards pericardial and supraannular prosthesis: a case-match study

Thierry Le Tourneau, André Vincentelli, Georges Fayad, Christine Savoye, Olivier H. Fabre, Alain Prat, and Henri Warembourg
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2010-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic valve disease with severe ventricular dysfunction: stentless valve for better recovery

Stefano Bevilacqua, Jacopo Gianetti, Andrea Ripoli, Umberto Paradossi, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Mattia Glauber, Marco L. Sacha Matteucci, Michele Senni, Amando Gamba, Eugenio Quaini, and Paolo Ferrazzi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2016-2021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nineteen-millimeter prosthetic aortic valves allow normalization of left ventricular mass in elderly women

Darren H. Freed, James W. Tam, Michael C. Moon, Gregory E.J. Harding, Ejaz Ahmad, and Edward A. Pascoe
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2022-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of valve-sparing aortic root reconstruction in 158 consecutive patients

Klaus Kallenbach, Christian Hagl, Thorsten Walles, Rainer G. Leyh, Klaus Pethig, Axel Haverich, and Wolfgang Harringer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2026-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perioperative risk factors for mortality in patients with acute type a aortic dissection

Anil Z. Apaydin, Suat Buket, Hakan Posacioglu, Fatih Islamoglu, Tanzer Calkavur, Tahir Yagdi, Mustafa Ozbaran, and Munevver Yuksel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2034-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Christopher M. Feindel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2039. [Full Text]  

Multimodal protocol influence on stroke and neurocognitive deficit prevention after ascending/arch aortic operations

Lars G. Svensson, Edward M. Nadolny, and Wendy A. Kimmel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2040-2046. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aneurysm formation after patch aortoplasty repair (vossschulte): reoperation in adults with and without hypothermic circulatory arrest

Matthias Roth, Peter Lemke, Markus Schönburg, Wolf-Peter Klövekorn, and Erwin P. Bauer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2047-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Do left ventricular assist device (LVAD) bridge-to-transplantation outcomes predict the results of permanent LVAD implantation?

Jose L. Navia, Patrick M. McCarthy, Katherine J. Hoercher, Nicholas G. Smedira, Michael K. Banbury, and Eugene H. Blackstone
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2051-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intracoronary E-/L-selectin blockade reduces neutrophil infiltration in heart transplantation

Yvonne M. Carter, Robert Thomas, Robert Bargatze, Veronica Poppa, Mark Jutila, Charles E. Murry, and Margaret D. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2064-2070. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Yoshifumi Naka
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2070-2071. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative high-rate atrial pacing test as a predictor of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

Tapio Hakala, Ensio Berg, Juha E.K. Hartikainen, and Mikko J. Hippelainen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2072-2075. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Holter changes resulting from right-sided and bilateral infrastellate upper thoracic sympathectomy

Pierre Abraham, Jean Berthelot, Jacques Victor, Jean-Louis Saumet, Jean Picquet, and Bernard Enon
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2076-2081. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revascularization in severe ventricular dysfunction (15% LVEF 30%): a comparison of bypass grafting and percutaneous intervention

Koichi Toda, Karen Mackenzie, Mandeep R. Mehra, Charles J. DiCorte, James E. Davis, P. Michael McFadden, John L. Ochsner, Christopher White, and Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2082-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of off-pump coronary surgery with right ventricular assist device on organ function and inflammatory response: a randomized controlled trial

Massimo Caputo, Mark Yeatman, Pradeep Narayan, Giovanni Marchetto, Raimondo Ascione, Barnaby C. Reeves, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2088-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Piet W. Boonstra and Y. John Gu
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2095-2096. [Full Text]  

Assessment of ascending aorta using epiaortic ultrasonography during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Tomoki Shimokawa, Naoki Minato, Noriko Yamada, Yuji Takeda, Yasushi Hisamatsu, and Manabu Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2097-2100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Assessment of an aortosaphenous vein graft anastomotic device in coronary surgery: Clinical experience and early angiographic results

Carlo Antona, Roberto Scrofani, Massimo Lemma, Paolo Vanelli, Andrea Mangini, Paolo Danna, and Guido Gelpi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2101-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Analysis of mortality within the first six months after coronary reoperation

Frans M. van Eck, Luc Noyez, Freek W.A. Verheugt, and Rene M.H.J. Brouwer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2106-2112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes experience with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in women

Phillip P. Brown, Michael J. Mack, April W. Simon, Salvatore Battaglia, Lynn Tarkington, Steve Horner, Steven D. Culler, and Edmund R. Becker
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2113-2119. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Paul A. Kurlansky
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2120. [Full Text]  

Excess coronary artery bypass graft mortality among women with hypothyroidism

Dlear Zindrou, Kenneth M. Taylor, and Jens Peder Bagger
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2121-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparative study of functional responses and morphometric state of distal radial arteries in male and female

Kam Mong, Jennifer A. Duggan, and Reza Tabrizchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2126-2131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Hughes Jeanmart
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2131. [Full Text]  

Does vacuum-assisted venous drainage increase gaseous microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass?

Timothy J. Jones, Dwight D. Deal, Jason C. Vernon, Noel Blackburn, and David A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2132-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diazoxide amelioration of myocardial injury and mitochondrial damage during cardiac surgery

James D. McCully, Hidetaka Wakiyama, Douglas B. Cowan, Micheline Federman, Robert A. Parker, and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2138-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preconditioning: myocardial function and energetics during coronary hypoperfusion and reperfusion

Ulrich Sunderdiek, Simone Schmitz-Spanke, Bernhard Korbmacher, Emmeran Gams, and Jochen D. Schipke
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2147-2155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Warm and tepid cardioplegia: Do they provide equal myocardial protection?

Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Djamel Kaili, Sidney Chocron, Gérard Toubin, Marc Puyraveau, Jean-François Viel, and Joseph-Philippe Etievent
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2156-2160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Paul W.M. Fedak, Nick Mamalias, and Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2160. [Full Text]  

The use of routine chest x-ray films after chest tube removal in postoperative cardiac patients

James T. McCormick, Michael S. O’Mara, Pavlos K. Papasavas, and Philip F. Caushaj
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2161-2164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Sinus of valsalva aneurysm

Wilson Ko and Shailen Patel
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2198. [Full Text]  

Cardiac hydatid cyst located in the interventricular septum

Hakan Posacioglu, Sanem Nalbantgil, Mert Özbakkaloglu, Halil Halil, and Suat Buket
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2199. [Full Text]  

New Technology:

Atricure bipolar radiofrequency clamp for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation

A.Marc Gillinov and Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2165-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2168. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Congenital unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis and aspergilloma

Isaac S. Kadir, Joyce Thekudan, Anand Dheodar, Mark T. Jones, and Kevin B. Carroll
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2169-2171. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial hemorrhage caused by costal exostosis

Ichiro Fukai, Yoshitaka Fujii, Masazumi Hisada, Keiji Mashita, and Ichiya Suzuki
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2171-2172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Accessory spleniculi in the right hemithorax

Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Mark Yeatman, Arup Kumar Ghosh, Christopher Collins, and Christopher P. Forrester-Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2172-2174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endobronchial closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistula using vascular occluding coils and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate

Toshiki Hirata, Eiji Ogawa, Kazumasa Takenaka, Ryosuke Uwokawa, and Ichiro Fujisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2174-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diclofenac (voltaren)-induced pneumonitis after chest operation

Kazuhiro Ueda, Hisashi Sakano, Toshiki Tanaka, Masatarou Hayashi, Nobuhiro Fujita, and Nobuya Zempo
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2176-2177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anticoagulation with bivalirudin during cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery

Julio C. Vasquez, Anna Vichiendilokkul, Syed Mahmood, and Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2177-2179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt thrombosis in a neonate with factor V Leiden mutation

Janet M. Simsic, Walter E. Uber, John Lazarchick, and Scott M. Bradley
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2179-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Activated recombinant factor VII for control of diffuse bleeding after implantation of ventricular assist device

Evgenij V. Potapov, Miralem Pasic, Matthias Bauer, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2182-2183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endovascular management of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the innominate artery

Ruth L. Bush, Julian E. Hurt, and Charles C. Bianco
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2184-2186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Open surgical intervention to recurrent aortic dissection after endovascular stent grafting

Masato Machii, Kuniyoshi Ohara, Hiroshi Imai, Zong Bo Lin, Kyouichi Sudo, and Hirokuni Yoshimura
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2186-2189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of a fistula at the distal anastomosis after Bentall operation with endoluminal covered stent

Daniel Roux, Laurent Brouchet, Hervé Rousseau, Tamer Elghobary, Yves Glock, and Gérard Fournial
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2189-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Median sternotomy and extended left anterior thoracotomy for repair of traumatic aortic transection with ruptured right atrium

Dong Kang, Duncan S. Thomson, Kiyoshi Doi, and Allen N. James
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2191-2192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump cardiac revascularization after a complex stab wound

Douglas M.G. Bowley, Mohammed Saeed, Dominique Somwe, Kenneth D. Boffard, Krubin Naidoo, and Steve C. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2192-2193. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of intraaortic balloon pump in left ventricle rupture after mitral valve replacement

Qamar Abid, Podila Sitarama Rao, and Simon W.H. Kendall
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2194-2195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection using a Y-shaped graft

Takahisa Okano, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Yoshiaki Yamada, Kyoko Hayashida, Takeshi Shinkawa, and Nobuo Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2195-2197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Tracheal reconstruction with autogenous composite nasal septal graft

A. Kürsat Bozkurt and Harun Cansiz
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2200-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Polytetrafluoroethylene monocusp valve technique for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

Mark W. Turrentine, Ryan P. McCarthy, Palaniswamy Vijay, Andrew C. Fiore, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2202-2205. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double-breasted repair of the posterior mitral valve leaflet

Jai S. Raman, Rajiv Gupta, Pallav Shah, Ravindra Setty, and Keiichi Tambara
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2206-2207. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Free right internal thoracic artery composite graft: an option in left anterior descending artery grafting?

Dmitry Pevni, Rephael Mohr, Gideon Uretzky, Oren Lev-Ran, Josef Paz, Amir Kramer, and Itzhak Shapira
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2208-2209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Atrial fibrillation: current surgical options and their assessment

A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2210-2217. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Poland’s syndrome revisited

Alexander A. Fokin and Francis Robicsek
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2218-2225. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Diseases of the aorta: Edited by Domingo Liotta, MD, Miguel del Rio, MD, Denton A. Cooley, MD, Christian Cabrol, MD, Randall B. Griepp, MD, Robert S. Bonser, FRCS, and Masaaki Kato, MD, Los Angeles, CA, Domingo Liotta Foundation Medical, 2001, 469 pp, illustrated, $144.00, ISBN: 950-9474-30-4

Safuh Attar
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2071. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Long-term follow-up of asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy: Results of first report of thoracoplasty

William J. Norberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2226. [Full Text]  

Reply

Imad L. Kaddoura, Mounir Y. Obeid, Salman M. Mroueh, and Ali A. Nasser
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2226. [Full Text]  

Median sternotomy for combined cardiac and descending thoracic aortic operation

Marco Pocar and Francesco Donatelli
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2226-2227. [Full Text]  

Reply

Thomas M. Beaver and Tomas D. Martin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2227. [Full Text]  

Intraarterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke in patients undergoing cardiac operations

Ikuo Fukuda and Mitsuyoshi Wada
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2227-2228. [Full Text]  

Fontan operation in a patient with separate hepatic venous drainage: is there a problem?

Igor E. Konstantinov
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2228. [Full Text]  

Reply

Jeong Ryul Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2229. [Full Text]  

STS Annual Meeting:

STS/AATS tech-con

Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2230-2231. [PDF]  

Thirty-ninth annual meeting January 31–February 2, 2003 San Diego Convention Center San Diego, California

Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 2232-2242. [PDF]  

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