Ethics in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Publication of unethical research studies: the importance of informed consent

Robert M. Sade
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 325-328. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Alternative energy sources for atrial ablation: judging the new technology

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 329-330. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Value of radiotherapy after radical surgery for esophageal carcinoma: a report of 495 patients

Ze Fen Xiao, Zong Yi Yang, Jun Liang, Yan Jun Miao, Mei Wang, Wei Bo Yin, Xian Zhi Gu, De Chao Zhang, Ru Gang Zhang, and Liang Jun Wang
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 331-336. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Editor’s commentary

L. Henry Edmunds
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 336. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Surgical volume and quality of care for esophageal resection: do high-volume hospitals have fewer complications?

Justin B. Dimick, Peter J. Pronovost, John A. Cowan, and Pamela A. Lipsett
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 337-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infectious necrotizing esophagitis: outcome after medical and surgical intervention

Henning A. Gaissert, Charles L. Roper, G. Alexander Patterson, and Hermes C. Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and large cell carcinomas with neuroendocrine morphology of the lung: prognosis after complete resection and systematic nodal dissection

Joseph Zacharias, Andrew G. Nicholson, George P. Ladas, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 348-352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Visceral pleura invasion and pleural lavage tumor cytology by lung cancer: a prospective appraisal

Marc Riquet, Cécile Badoual, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, François-Marie Lhote, Redha Souilamas, Jean-Pierre Hubsch, and Claire Danel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 353-355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Survival in primary lung cancer potentially cured by operation: influence of tumor stage and clinical characteristics

Gunnar Myrdal, Mats Lambe, Gunnar Gustafsson, Kristina Nilsson, and Elisabeth Ståhle
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 356-363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinoscopy in patients with clinical stage I non–small cell lung cancer

Yong Soo Choi, Young Mog Shim, Jhingook Kim, and Kwhanmien Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 364-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchogenic carcinoma after solid organ transplantation

Marc de Perrot, Dennis A. Wigle, Andrew F. Pierre, Ming S. Tsao, Thomas K. Waddell, Thomas R.J. Todd, and Shaf H. Keshavjee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 367-371. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical outcome after coronary artery revascularization and lung transplantation

Vijay S. Patel, Scott M. Palmer, Robert H. Messier, and R.Duane Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 372-377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catamenial pneumothorax: retrospective study of surgical treatment

Patrick Bagan, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Jalal Assouad, Redha Souilamas, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 378-381. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Carolyn E. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 381. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Limited operation for severe multisegmental bilateral bronchiectasis

Julien Mazières, Marléne Murris, Alain Didier, Jacques Giron, Marcel Dahan, Jean Berjaud, and Paul Léophonte
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 382-387. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography of pulmonary vessels for lung resections

Shun-ichi Watanabe, Kazunori Arai, Toshio Watanabe, Wataru Koda, and Hiroshi Urayama
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 388-392. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Peter F. Ferson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 392. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Bronchial fenestration improves expiratory flow in emphysematous human lungs

Henning F. Lausberg, Kimiaki Chino, G. Alexander Patterson, Bryan F. Meyers, Patricia D. Toeniskoetter, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 393-398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Late follow-up of 1095 patients undergoing operation for complex congenital heart disease utilizing pulmonary ventricle to pulmonary artery conduits

Joseph A. Dearani, Gordon K. Danielson, Francisco J. Puga, Hartzell V. Schaff, Carole W. Warnes, David J. Driscoll, Cathy D. Schleck, and Duane M. Ilstrup
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 399-411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complete atrioventricular septal defect, Down syndrome, and surgical outcome: risk factors

Amira A. Al-Hay, Stephanie J. MacNeill, Magdi Yacoub, Darryl F. Shore, and Elliot A. Shinebourne
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 412-421. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sequential diagnosis of coronary arterial anatomy in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Ing-Sh Chiu, Shye-Jao Wu, Shyh-Jye Chen, Jou-Kou Wang, Mei-Hwan Wu, and Hung-Chi Lue
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 422-429. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Hiromi Kurosawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 429. [Extract] [Full Text]  

High-dose aprotinin reduces activation of hemostasis, allogeneic blood requirement, and duration of postoperative ventilation in pediatric cardiac surgery

Hansjörg Mössinger, Wulf Dietrich, Siegmund L. Braun, Marianne Jochum, Hans Meisner, and Josef A. Richter
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 430-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robotic mitral valve repair: experience with the da Vinci system

L. Wiley Nifong, Victor F. Chu, B. Marcus Bailey, David M. Maziarz, Vincent L. Sorrell, Donald Holbert, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The initial experience with the ATS Medical mechanical cardiac valve prosthesis

Robert W. Emery, Guido J. Van Nooten, and Peter J. Tesar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 444-452. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of destructive aortic valve endocarditis with the freestyle aortic root bioprosthesis

Ludwig C. Müller, Orest Chevtchik, Johannes O. Bonatti, Silvana Müller, Manfred Fille, and Günther Laufer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 453-456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Progression of aortic valve stenosis: TGF-ß1 is present in calcified aortic valve cusps and promotes aortic valve interstitial cell calcification via apoptosis

Bo Jian, Navneet Narula, Quan-yi Li, Emile R. Mohler, III, and Robert J. Levy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 457-465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 465-466. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Valved stentless composite graft: clinical outcomes and hemodynamic characteristics

Paul P. Urbanski, Anno Diegeler, Alexander Siebel, Michael Zacher, and Robert W. Hacker
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 467-471. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stroke after cardiac surgery: a risk factor analysis of 16,184 consecutive adult patients

Jan Bucerius, Jan F. Gummert, Michael A. Borger, Thomas Walther, Nicolas Doll, Jörg F. Onnasch, Sebastian Metz, Volkmar Falk, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 472-478. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Markus K. Heinemann
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 478. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Stroke after cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis of the effect of aprotinin dosing regimens

Robert J. Frumento, Catherine M.N. O’Malley, and Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 479-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jerrold H. Levy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 483-484. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Clinical impact of drug-eluting stents in changing referral practices for coronary surgical revascularization in a tertiary care center

Alexandre C. Ferreira, Arley A. Peter, Tomas A. Salerno, Hooshang Bolooki, and Eduardo de Marchena
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 485-489. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pain treatment with a COX-2 inhibitor after coronary artery bypass operation: a randomized trial

Franz F. Immer, Alexsandra S. Immer-Bansi, Nathalie Trachsel, Pascal A. Berdat, Verena Eigenmann, Michele Curatolo, and Thierry P. Carrel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 490-495. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with renal insufficiency

Yoshihiro Nakayama, Ryuzo Sakata, Masashi Ura, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 496-500. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internal thoracic artery grafts for the entire heart at a mean of 12 years

Lester R. Sauvage, Joshua G. Rosenfeld, Paul V. Roby, David M. Gartman, William P. Hammond, and Lloyd D. Fisher
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 501-504. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting does not decrease the incidence of atrial fibrillation

Thomas Salamon, Robert E. Michler, Kelly M. Knott, and David A. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 505-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Estimating group mortality and paraplegia rates after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Scott A. LeMaire, Charles C. Miller, III, Lori D. Conklin, Zachary C. Schmittling, and Joseph S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 508-513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for acute type A dissection using antegrade selective cerebral perfusion: experience with 122 patients

Marco Di Eusanio, M. Erwin S.H. Tan, Marc A.A.M. Schepens, Karl M. Dossche, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Angelo Pierangeli, and Wim J. Morshuis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 514-519. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative shock determines outcome for acute type A aortic dissection

Stewart M. Long, Curtis G. Tribble, Daniel P. Raymond, Steven M. Fiser, Aditya K. Kaza, John A. Kern, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 520-524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is extended aortic replacement in acute type A dissection justifiable?

Paul P. Urbanski, Alexander Siebel, Michael Zacher, and Robert W. Hacker
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 525-529. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoluminal repair of aneurysms associated with coarctation

Rachel E. Bell, Peter R. Taylor, Marion Aukett, Christopher P. Young, David R. Anderson, and John F. Reidy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 530-533. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphism influences the inflammatory response after cardiac operation

Stefan Schroeder, Nicole Börger, Hermann Wrigge, Armin Welz, Christian Putensen, Andreas Hoeft, and Frank Stüber
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 534-537. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of recurrent staphylococcal mediastinitis: still a controversial issue

Marisa De Feo, Luca Salvatore De Santo, Gianpaolo Romano, Attilio Renzulli, Alessandro Della Corte, Riccardo Utili, and Maurizio Cotrufo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 538-542. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of epicardial and endocardial linear ablation using handheld probes

Stuart P. Thomas, Duncan J.R. Guy, Anita C. Boyd, Vicki E. Eipper, David L. Ross, and Richard B. Chard
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 543-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Growth factors improve latissimus dorsi muscle vascularization and trophicity after cardiomyoplasty

Gilbert Zakine, Emmanuel Martinod, Paul Fornes, Marc Sapoval, Denis Barritault, Alain F. Carpentier, and Juan Carlos Chachques
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 549-554. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elimination of fat microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass

Aditya K. Kaza, Jeffrey T. Cope, Steven M. Fiser, Stewart M. Long, John A. Kern, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 555-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of perfusion flow rate on tissue oxygenation in newborn piglets during cardiopulmonary bypass

Gregory Schears, Steven E. Schultz, Jennifer Creed, William J. Greeley, David F. Wilson, and Anna Pastuszko
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 560-565. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Unusual cause of a pulmonary mass on computed tomographic scan of the thorax

Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Pradeep Narayan, Mark Callaway, and Christopher P. Forrester-Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 597. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ventricular fibrillation in a heterotopic heart transplant recipient

D. Michael McMullan, Susan Wilansky, and O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 598. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Liposarcoma of the thyroid gland mimicking retrosternal goiter

Wael I. Awad, Peter H. Rhys Evans, Andrew G. Nicholson, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 566-568. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal talcoma masquerading as thymoma

Zahoor Ahmed and Joseph B. Shrager
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 568-569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

Robert C. Ashton, Jr, Karen M. McGinnis, Cliff P. Connery, Daniel G. Swistel, Douglas R. Ewing, and Joseph J. DeRose, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 569-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal mass evaluation using advanced robotic techniques

Joseph J. DeRose, Jr, Daniel G. Swistel, Ali Safavi, Cliff P. Connery, and Robert C. Ashton, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 571-573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tracheal erosion by an innominate artery graft: presentation and surgical repair

Lori D. Conklin, Scott A. LeMaire, Gregorio J. Casar, and Joseph S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 573-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Unusual presentation of rib exostosis

Waseem M. Hajjar, Yasser M. El-Medany, Mohamed A. Essa, Mohamad A. Rafay, Mahmoud H. Ashour, and Khaled M. Al-Kattan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 575-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and cardiopulmonary bypass: perioperative argatroban use

Norbert Lubenow, Sixten Selleng, Hans-Georg Wollert, Petra Eichler, Bernd Müllejans, and Andreas Greinacher
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 577-579. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria and cardiopulmonary bypass

Alan P. Kypson, John J. Warner, Marilyn J. Telen, and Carmelo A. Milano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 579-581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation after blunt chest trauma

Jacques T. Janson, David G. Harris, Johann Pretorius, and Gawie J. Rossouw
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 581-582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dislocated wrap after previous reduction aortoplasty causes erosion of the ascending aorta

Matthias Bauer, Onnen Grauhan, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 583-584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left atrial dissection after double valve replacement

Mikio Ninomiya, Shinichi Takamoto, Yutaka Kotsuka, and Toshiya Ohtsuka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 584-586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical management of double outlet right ventricle with intact ventricular septum

Carlo Pace Napoleone, Roberto Formigari, Bruno Chiappini, Guido Frascaroli, and Gaetano Gargiulo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 586-587. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catheter closure of autologous pericardial extracardiac Fontan fenestration

Michael R. Recto, Walter Sobczyk, Thomas Yeh, Jr, and Erle H. Austin, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 587-590. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epicardial pulmonary vein isolation by cryoablation as concomitant cardiac operation to treat nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Hiroshi Kubota, Shinichi Takamoto, Tetsuro Morota, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Noboru Motomura, Yutaka Kotsuka, and Kenichi Sudo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 590-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms due to infective endocarditis

A. Kürsat Bozkurt, Funda Öztunç, Canan Akman, Sebuh Kurugoglu, and Ayse Güler Eroglu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 593-596. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Needlescopic operation for partial lung resection

Yasunori Ikeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Norio Seki, Satoru Kobayashi, Hideo Umezu, and Motohiko Tamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 599-601. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopic resection of neurogenic tumors of the superior sulcus using the harmonic scalpel

François Pons, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Pierre Mathieu Bonnet, Léon Meyrat, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 602-604. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edge-to-edge tricuspid repair for redeveloped valve incompetence after DeVega’s annuloplasty

Evaristo Castedo, Alfonso Cañas, Ruben A. Cabo, Raul Burgos, and Juan Ugarte
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 605-606. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump technique for Thoratec left ventricular assist device insertion

Valentino Piacentino, III, Arun K. Singhal, Mahender Macha, James B. McClurken, Carol A. Fisher, and Satoshi Furukawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 607-609. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Development of tracheal surgery: a historical review. Part 1: techniques of tracheal surgery

Hermes C. Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 610-619. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: echocardiography, pathophysiology, and the continuing evolution of surgery for obstruction

Mark V. Sherrid, Farooq A. Chaudhry, and Daniel G. Swistel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 620-632. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Heart transplantation: By James K. Kirklin, MD, James B. Young, MD, and David C. Mcgiffin, MD, 2002, London, England, Churchill Livingstone, Inc, 650 pp, illustrated, $229.00, ISBN: 0443076553

Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 421. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoid) of the thymic gland

Ottavio Rena, Pier Luigi Filosso, Giuliano Maggi, and Caterina Casadio
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 633. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Anterior approach versus posterior approach in apical chest tumor: surgeon’s choice or oncological need?

Lorenzo Spaggiari
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 633-634. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Anterior approach versus posterior approach in apical chest tumor: surgeon’s choice or oncological need?: Reply

Emmanuel Martinod and Jacques F. Azorin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 634. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary complications following esophagectomy

Gil Hauer Santos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 634-635. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alveolar recruitment during one-lung ventilation—really "one" lung?

Mert Sentürk and Mehmet Tugrul
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 635. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alveolar recruitment during one-lung ventilation—really "one" lung?: Reply

Gerardo Tusman, Fernando Melkun, Daniel Staltari, Carlos Quinzio, Carlos Nador, Elsio Turchetto, and Stephan H. Böhm
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 635-636. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Another case of metalloptysis after lung volume reduction surgery

David R. Yates, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, and Roger Vaughan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 636-637. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Another case of metalloptysis after lung volume reduction surgery: Reply

Inger F. Oey and David A. Waller
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 637. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Reoperative aortic valve replacement with patent internal thoracic artery and venous grafts

Luca A. Vricella and Bruce A. Reitz
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 637. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Reoperative aortic valve replacement with patent internal thoracic artery and venous grafts: Reply

Alexandros N. Karavas and John G. Byrne
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 637-638. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Liberal use of delayed sternal closure: sternal infection does not increase

Yoshio Misawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 638. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Liberal use of delayed sternal closure: sternal infection does not increase: Reply

Farzan Filsoufi, Lishan Aklog, and David H. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 638-639. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Successful interventional treatment of a large pulmonary artery aneurysm after Swan-Ganz catheterization

Harald Brandes and Johannes M. Albes
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 639. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Successful interventional treatment of a large pulmonary artery aneurysm after Swan-Ganz catherization: Reply

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 640. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Open technique or Bentall/de Bono technique?

Isaac Gielchinsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 640. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Open technique or Benall and de Bono technique? Reply

Aristotelis Panos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 640. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Supplement: Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury:

Myocardial protection from surgical ischemic–reperfusion injury

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S641-S642. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Introduction

John W. Hammon, Jr and Jakob Vinten-Johansen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S643. [Extract] [Full Text]  

I: Pathophysiology of Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury:

Cellular mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion injury

H. Michael Piper, Karsten Meuter, and Claudia Schäfer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S644-S648. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tissue factor and thrombin mediate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

Albert J. Chong, Timothy H. Pohlman, Craig R. Hampton, Akira Shimamoto, Nigel Mackman, and Edward D. Verrier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S649-S655. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The basic biology of apoptosis and its implications for cardiac function and viability

Guro Valen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S656-S660. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanisms and alternative methods of achieving cardiac arrest

David J. Chambers
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S661-S666. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The mitochondrial K_ATP channel and cardioprotection

James D. McCully and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S667-S673. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac cell transplantation: closer to bedside

Osman O. Al-Radi, Vivek Rao, Ren-ke Li, Terrence Yau, and Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S674-S677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Increased susceptibility of hypertrophied hearts to ischemic injury

Ingeborg Friehs and Pedro J. del Nido
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S678-S684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

II: Surgical Myocardial Protection:

Vascular growth factors and angiogenesis in cardiac surgery

Frank W. Sellke and Marc Ruel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S685-S690. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adenosine in myocardial protection in on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery

Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Joel S. Corvera, Cullen D. Morris, Jason M. Budde, Vinod H. Thourani, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S691-S699. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intracellular sodium hydrogen exchange inhibition and clinical myocardial protection

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Robert D. Lasley, Andreas Jessel, and Morris Karmazyn
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S700-S708. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preconditioning and cardiac surgery

Jarle Vaage and Guro Valen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S709-S714. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass

Jerrold H. Levy and Kenichi A. Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S715-S720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Therapy with insulin in cardiac surgery: controversies and possible solutions

Torsten Doenst, Wolfgang Bothe, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S721-S728. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current strategies for optimizing the use of cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates and infants

Irving Shen, Carmen Giacomuzzi, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S729-S734. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin and preservation of myocardial function after ischemia-reperfusion injury

David A. Bull and Jennifer Maurer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S735-S739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maintaining hemodynamic stability and myocardial performance during off-pump coronary bypass surgery

James C. Hart
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S740-S744. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

III: Abstracts:

Abstracts

John W. Hammon, Jr and Jakob Vinten-Johansen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: S745-S752. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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