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Understanding logistic regression analysis in clinical reports: an introduction

Richard P. Anderson, Ruyun Jin, and Gary L. Grunkemeier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 753-757. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Secondary prevention after coronary bypass: the American Heart Association "Get with the Guidelines" program

Timothy A. Denton, Gregg C. Fonarow, Kenneth A. LaBresh, and Alfredo Trento
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 758-760. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Award:

Bone marrow as a cell source for tissue engineering heart valves

Tjörvi E. Perry, Sunjay Kaushal, Fraser W.H. Sutherland, Kristine J. Guleserian, Joyce Bischoff, Michael Sacks, and John E. Mayer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 761-767. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

A phase I study of Foscan-mediated photodynamic therapy and surgery in patients with mesothelioma

Joseph S. Friedberg, Rosemarie Mick, James Stevenson, James Metz, Timothy Zhu, Jo Buyske, Daniel H. Sterman, Harvey I. Pass, Eli Glatstein, and Stephen M. Hahn
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 952-959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopic bleb excision and pleural abrasion for the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: long-term results

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Olivier Chapuis, Pierre-Mathieu Bonnet, François Pons, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 960-965. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk factors for the development of postoperative complications after bronchial sleeve resection for malignancy: a univariate and multivariate analysis

Peter H. Hollaus, Gerold Wilfing, Peter N. Wurnig, and Nestor S. Pridun
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 966-972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Identifying patients at risk of early postoperative recurrence of lung cancer: a new use of the old CEA test

Gianfranco Buccheri and Domenico Ferrigno
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 973-980. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complement activation and cytokine and chemokines release during mediastinitis

Ivar Risnes, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Runar Lundblad, Svein Tore Baksaas, Tom Eirik Mollnes, and Jan L. Svennevig
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 981-985. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recurrent pleural effusion complicating liver cirrhosis

Jalal Assouad, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Walid Shaker, Redha Souilamas, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 986-989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perfadex for clinical lung procurement: is it an advance?

Tarek M. Aziz, Thaseegaran M. Pillay, Paul A. Corris, Jonathan Forty, Colin J. Hilton, Asif Hasan, and John H. Dark
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 990-995. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Improvement of cardiac function by bone marrow cell implantation in a rat hypoperfusion heart model

Masahiko Nishida, Tao-Sheng Li, Ken Hirata, Masafumi Yano, Masunori Matsuzaki, and Kimikazu Hamano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 768-773. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 773-774. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Transformation of adult mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the fatty tissue into cardiomyocytes

Sunil Rangappa, Chen Fen, Eng Hin Lee, Ariff Bongso, and Eugene Sim Kwang Wei
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 775-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outpatients on mechanical circulatory support

Thorsten N.H. Drews, Matthias Loebe, Michael J. Jurmann, Yuguo Weng, Christoph Wendelmuth, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 780-785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular aneurysm resection with port-access surgery: a new mini-invasive surgical approach

Alessia Alloni, Mauro Rinaldi, Fabrizio Gazzoli, Andrea M. D’Armini, and Mario Viganò
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 786-789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Improved neurohormonal markers of ventricular function after restoring sinus rhythm by the Maze procedure

Anders Albåge, Göran Kennebäck, Jan van der Linden, and Hans Berglund
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 790-795. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Older patients fare better with the Ross operation

Jürgen O. Böhm, Cornelius A. Botha, Wolfgang Hemmer, Christoph Starck, Gunnar Blumenstock, Detlef Roser, and Joachim-Gerd Rein
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 796-801. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 802. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Stentless aortic valves as an alternative to homografts for valve replacement in active infective endocarditis complicated by ring abscess

Henryk Siniawski, Hans Lehmkuhl, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Charles Yankah, Michael Hoffmann, Ingrid Behnke, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 803-808. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 808. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Papillary muscle sling: a new functional approach to mitral repair in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation

Ulrik Hvass, Michel Tapia, Frank Baron, Bruno Pouzet, and Abdel Shafy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 809-811. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral valve surgery and acute renal injury: port access versus median sternotomy

Brian J. McCreath, Madhav Swaminathan, John V. Booth, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Sophia T.H. Chew, Donald D. Glower, and Mark Stafford-Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 812-819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of mitral valve repair: analysis of contemporary United States experience reported to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database

Edward B. Savage, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, and Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 820-825. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results after Starr-Edwards mitral valve replacement in children aged 5 years or younger

Ryuji Higashita, Seiichi Ichikawa, Hiroshi Niinami, Tetsuo Ban, Yuji Suda, and Yasuo Takeuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 826-829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes in nonagenarians after heart valve replacement operation

Maria-Benedicta Edwards and Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 830-834. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cognitive self-assessment one year after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Annemieke M.A. Keizer, Ron Hijman, Diederik van Dijk, Cor J. Kalkman, and René S. Kahn
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 835-838. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John W. Hammon
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 838-839. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Comparative effects of propofol versus fentanyl on cerebral oxygenation state during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and postoperative cognitive dysfunction

Yuji Kadoi, Shigeru Saito, Fumio Kunimoto, Fumio Goto, and Nao Fujita
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 840-846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary reoperations: recurrence of angina and clinical outcome with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

Martin Czerny, Daniel Zimpfer, Juliane Kilo, Roman Gottardi, Daniela Dunkler, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Grimm
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 847-852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative and postoperative risk factors for respiratory failure after coronary bypass

Charles C. Canver and Jyotirmay Chanda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 853-857. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Edda M. Tschernko and Ernst Wolner
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 857-858. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Prophylactic dialysis in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Isa Durmaz, Tahir Yagdi, Tanzer Calkavur, Resad Mahmudov, Anil Z. Apaydin, Hakan Posacioglu, Yüksel Atay, and Cagatay Engin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 859-864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary endarterectomy with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Sadik Eryilmaz, Mustafa Bahadir Inan, Neyyir Tuncay Eren, Levent Yazicioglu, Tumer Corapcioglu, and Hakki Akalin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 865-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preliminary experience with a novel intraoperative fluorescence imaging technique to evaluate the patency of bypass grafts in total arterial revascularization

David P. Taggart, Bikram Choudhary, Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Yasir Abu-Omar, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, and David W. Pigott
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 870-873. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endothelin receptors in endothelium-denuded human coronary artery bypass grafts and coronary arteries

Angelica Wackenfors, Richard Ingemansson, and Malin Malmsjö
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 874-881. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The radial artery is larger than the ulnar

Heikki V. Riekkinen, Kari O. Karkola, and Annaliisa Kankainen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 882-884. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

In vivo validation of cardiac spiral computed tomography using retrospective gating

Jörg Albers, Jan M. Boese, Christian F. Vahl, and Siegfried Hagl
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 885-889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erythrocyte-containing versus crystalloid cardioplegia in the rat: effects on myocardial capillaries

Mubarak A. Chaudhry, Philip R. Belcher, Stephen P. Day, Elijah W. Muriithi, and David J. Wheatley
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 890-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neutrophil CD11b upregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with postoperative renal injury

Christine S. Rinder, Manuel Fontes, Joseph P. Mathew, Henry M. Rinder, and Brian R. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is kidney function altered by the duration of cardiopulmonary bypass?

Joachim Boldt, Torsten Brenner, Andreas Lehmann, Stephan W. Suttner, Bernhard Kumle, and Frank Isgro
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 906-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of PMEA-coated bypass circuits on perioperative inflammatory response

Mikio Ninomiya, Kagami Miyaji, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 913-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Fraser D. Rubens
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 917-918. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Influence of two different perfusion systems on inflammatory response in pediatric heart surgery

Eva Jensen, Svenerik Andréasson, Anders Bengtsson, Håkan Berggren, Rolf Ekroth, Lena Lindholm, and John Ouchterlony
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 919-925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A double-blind randomized trial: prophylactic vasopressin reduces hypotension after cardiopulmonary bypass

David L.S. Morales, Mauricio J. Garrido, John D. Madigan, David N. Helman, Joseph Faber, Mathew R. Williams, Donald W. Landry, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 926-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cannulation of the axillary artery for cardiopulmonary bypass: safeguards and pitfalls

Michael C. Sinclair, Raymond L. Singer, Norman J. Manley, and Ralph M. Montesano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 931-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results of cardiac and general health status in children after neonatal arterial switch operation

Hedwig H. Hövels-Gürich, Marie-Christine Seghaye, Qing Ma, Maria Miskova, Ralf Minkenberg, Bruno J. Messmer, and Götz von Bernuth
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 935-943. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Detachment of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve to expose perimembranous ventricular septal defects

Silke Maile, Alexander Kadner, and René Prêtre
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 944-946. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mesenteric blood flow response to feeding after systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt palliation

Yiu-fai Cheung, Marco H.K. Ho, and Vinson Y.W. Cheng
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 947-951. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Rare but dangerous anomaly of the right pulmonary vein in subcarinal dissection

Toshiki Matsubara
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1026. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Percutaneous unknotting and retrieval of Swan-Ganz catheter

Eric M. Walser, Clare Savage, Orhan Ozkan, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1027. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Natural history of inadvertent aorta-saphenous vein-coronary vein bypass graft

Patrick H. McNulty and Ian C. Gilchrist
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 996-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biventricular pacing with coronary bypass and Dor’s ventriculoplasty

Tomohiro Mizuno, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoru Makita, Noriyuki Tabuchi, Hirokuni Arai, and Makoto Sunamori
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 998-999. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Severe hemoptysis 6 years after coronary artery bypass grafting

Bart J. Gypen, Jacek Poniewierski, Yousef Rouhanimanesh, Tessa Dieudonné, Adolf P.E.M. Van Mulders, Olivier C.M. d’Archambeau, and Paul E.Y. Van Schil
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 999-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A successfully treated case of blunt traumatic right coronary ostium rupture

Satoru Sugimoto, Akihiko Yamauchi, Kinya Kudoh, Mineji Hayakawa, Yasumi Igarashi, and Toshiaki Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1001-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic valve replacement in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria

Goichi Yotsumoto, Hiroshi Masuda, Yoshifumi Iguro, Tamahiro Kinjo, Hitoshi Matsumoto, and Ryuzo Sakata
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1003-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease

Jason A. Petrofski, Charles W. Hoopes, Thomas M. Bashore, Stuart D. Russell, and Carmelo A. Milano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1005-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary artery banding before Norwood procedure

Christian Pizarro and William I. Norwood
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1008-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio oriented management after repair of obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in neonates with single ventricle

Yukihiro Kaneko, Yasutaka Hirata, Kuniyoshi Yagyu, Arata Murakami, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1010-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anatomic correction for corrected transposition after pulmonary unifocalization

Makoto Ando, Brian W. Duncan, and Roger B.B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1012-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Retroaortic innominate vein with coarctation of the aorta: surgical repair and embryology review

Igor E. Konstantinov, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Stacy O’Blenes, Nathalie Roy, and Andrew Campbell
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1014-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development of brain metastasis 5 years before the appearance of the primary lung cancer: "messenger metachronous metastasis"

József Furák, Imre Troján, László Tiszlavicz, Tamás Micsik, and László G. Puskás
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1016-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical resection of a solitary plasmacytoma originating in a rib of a patient with Castleman’s disease

Simon Wilkinson and Christopher P. Forrester-Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1018-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in unilateral hypoplastic lung: a rare tumor in a rarer condition

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar and Gaetano Rocco
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1020-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sclerosing hemangioma isolated to the mediastinum

Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Masato Okita, Hiroshi Kumagiri, Shunji Kawamura, Koichiro Takeuchi, and Riichiro Mikami
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1021-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postpneumonectomy syndrome in single lung transplantation recipient following previous pneumonectomy

Pranya Sakiyalak and Wickii T. Vigneswaran
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1023-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Implantation of the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass

O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1028-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valve-sparing root reduction plasty in aortic aneurysm: the "Jena" technique

Johannes M. Albes and Thorsten Wahlers
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1031-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic arch reconstruction using a trifurcated graft

David Spielvogel, Manu N. Mathur, Steven L. Lansman, and Randall B. Griepp
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1034-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A practical tool to control bleeding during sternal reentry for pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Anil Z. Apaydin, Hakan Posacioglu, Fatih Islamoglu, and Ali Telli
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1037-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Development of tracheal surgery: a historical review. Part 2: treatment of tracheal diseases

Hermes C. Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1039-1047. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The volume-outcome relationship: from Luft to Leapfrog

David M. Shahian and Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1048-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1059-1060. [PDF]  

Report:

2002 meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1061-1062. [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Surgical glue and necrosis of arterial wall

Dov Weissberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1063. [Extract] [Full Text]  

What are the risks of using biologic glues?

Stephen W. Downing
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1063. [Extract] [Full Text]  

What are the risks of using biologic glues: Reply

Teruhisa Kazui
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1063-1064. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alternate technique of routing the in situ right internal mammary artery to graft the left anterior descending artery and its branches

Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1064-1065. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alternate technique of routing the in situ right internal mammary artery to graft the left anterior descending artery and its branches: Reply

Mohamed Amrani, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Koki Nakamura, and Charles Ilsley
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1065. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Which is the best sternotomy closure technique?

Julian E. Losanoff, Bruce W. Richman, James W. Jones, and Andrea D. Collier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1065. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The use of Z scores in assessing neuropsychological change after cardiac operations

Donald Whitaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1066. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The use of Z scores in assessing neuropsychological change after cardiac operations: Reply

Alexander Collie, David G. Darby, Paul Maruff, and Brendan S. Silbert
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1066-1067. [Extract] [Full Text]  

25-year follow-up of homograft aortic conduits for coarctation repair

S. Bert Litwin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1067. [Extract] [Full Text]  

25-year follow-up of 88 cases with homograft aortic conduits for coarctation repair: Reply

Tivadar Hüttl, Laszlo Entz, Kálmán Hüttl, Elek Bodor, and Zoltan Szabolcs
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1067-1068. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative preparation of patients with myasthenia gravis forestalls postoperative respiratory complications after thymectomy

Alfred Jaretzki, III, Johan A. Aarli, Henry J. Kaminski, Lawrence H. Phillips, II, and Donald B. Sanders
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1068. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative preparation of patients with myasthenia gravis forestalls postoperative respiratory complications after thymectomy: Reply

Jozsef Kas, Dorottya Kiss, Veronika Simon, Laszlo Major, Egon Svastics, and Albert Szobor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1069. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Late recurrence after resection of stage I lung adenocarcinoma

Norihiro Kikuchi, Hiroaki Satoh, Kiyohisa Sekizawa, and Shigemi Ishikawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1069-1070. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A favorable way to close the bronchus in pneumonectomy

Árpád Péterffy and Tamás Maros
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1070. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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