Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Thoracic esophageal perforations: a decade of experience

Jeffrey L. Port, Michael S. Kent, Robert J. Korst, Matthew Bacchetta, and Nasser K. Altorki
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1071-1074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term results of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for upper limb hyperhidrosis

Dominique Gossot, Domenico Galetta, Antoine Pascal, Denis Debrosse, Raffaele Caliandro, Philippe Girard, Jean-Baptiste Stern, and Dominique Grunenwald
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1075-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Needlescopic versus conventional video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a comparative study

Jin-Shing Chen, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pi-Ru Tsai, Robert J. Chen, Jang-Ming Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1080-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The value of a noninvasive diagnostic approach to mediastinal masses

Ruediger Hoerbelt, Lars Keunecke, Helmuth Grimm, Konrad Schwemmle, and Winfried Padberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1086-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome: effect and results of surgery

Akin Eraslan Balci, Tansel Ansal Balci, Ömer Çakir, Sevval Eren, and Mehmet Nesimi Eren
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1091-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Henning A. Gaissert
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1096. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stereotactic radiosurgery for lung tumors: preliminary report of a phase I trial

Richard I. Whyte, Richard Crownover, Martin J. Murphy, David P. Martin, Thomas W. Rice, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Raymond Rodebaugh, Martin S. Weinhous, and Quynh-Thu Le
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1097-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postinduction video-mediastinoscopy is as accurate and safe as video-mediastinoscopy in patients without pretreatment for potentially operable non–small cell lung cancer

Didier Lardinois, Alex Schallberger, Daniel Betticher, and Hans-Beat Ris
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1102-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A phase II single-institution study of neoadjuvant stage III_A/B chemotherapy and radiochemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

Andreas Granetzny, Eberhard Striehn, Ulrich Bosse, Wolfgang Wagner, Olaf Koch, Ulf Vogt, Peter Froeschle, and Folker Klinke
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1107-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinicopathological analysis of prognostic factors in clinical IA peripheral adenocarcinoma of the lung

Yukinori Sakao, Toru Sakuragi, Masafumi Natsuaki, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1113-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Broad-spectrum chemokine inhibition ameliorates experimental obliterative bronchiolitis

Babu V. Naidu, Alexander S. Farivar, Baiya Krishnadasan, Steven M. Woolley, David J. Grainger, Edward D. Verrier, and Michael S. Mulligan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1118-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CTLA4Ig-gene transfection inhibits obliterative airway disease in rats

Yusuke Kita, Kazuya Suzuki, Hiroshi Nogimura, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, and Teruhisa Kazui
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1123-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of a cardiac-specific didactic course on Thoracic Surgery In-Training Examination performance

Marc R. Moon, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, G. Alexander Patterson, William A. Gay, Jr, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1128-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Gordon N. Olinger
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1131. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Perfusion-assisted direct coronary artery bypass provides early reperfusion of ischemic myocardium and facilitates complete revascularization

William A. Cooper, Joel S. Corvera, Vinod H. Thourani, John D. Puskas, Joseph M. Craver, Omar M. Lattouf, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1132-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preliminary evaluation of the arctic sun temperature-controlling system during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Timothy O. Stanley, Hilary P. Grocott, Barbara Phillips-Bute, Joseph P. Mathew, Kevin P. Landolfo, and Mark F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1140-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multi-photon microscopic evaluation of saphenous vein endothelium and its preservation with a new solution, GALA

Hemant S. Thatte, Kunda S. Biswas, Samer F. Najjar, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Michael D. Crittenden, Thomas Michel, and Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1145-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Brian Buxton
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1152. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the female gender an independent predictor of adverse outcome after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting?

Thanos Athanasiou, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Rex Del Stanbridge, Roberto P. Casula, Brian E. Glenville, and Mohamed Amrani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1153-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patency rates of three arterial grafting patterns to the left anterior descending and diagonal coronary arteries in symptomatic patients

Martin Brueck, Wilfried Kramer, Paul R. Vogt, Werner G. Daniel, Harald Tillmanns, and Josef Ludwig
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1161-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Awake coronary artery bypass grafting: utopia or reality?

Tayfun Aybek, Paul Kessler, Selami Dogan, Gerd Neidhart, Mohammad Fawad Khan, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Anton Moritz
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1165-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of radial artery harvesting on forearm function and blood flow

William C.F. Chong, Paul J.L. Ong, Christopher S. Hayward, Peter Collins, and Neil E. Moat
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1171-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Carbomedics Top Hat supraannular aortic valve: a multicenter study

A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, Joan M. Alster, Joseph M. Craver, William A. Baumgartner, Scot A. Brewster, Leonard H. Kleinman, and Nicholas G. Smedira
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1175-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early and late arrhythmias in patients in preoperative sinus rhythm submitted to mitral valve surgery through the superior septal approach

Mario Gaudino, Giuseppe Nasso, Alessandro Minati, Andrea Salica, Nicola Luciani, Mauro Morelli, and Gianfederico Possati
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1181-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low-energy cardioversion versus medical treatment for the termination of atrial fibrillation after CABG

J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Jan Felix Christiansen, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and Claus Bartels
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1185-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardioscopic guidance of linear lesion creation for radiofrequency ablation

Yoshito Inoue, Ryohei Yozu, Katsuhisa Onoguchi, Nobuyuki Kabei, Shigeyuki Takeuchi, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1189-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surgical treatment of arrhythmias related to congenital heart diseases

Gabriele Vignati, Giancarlo Crupi, Vittorio Vanini, Fiore S. Iorio, Adele Borghi, and Sandra Giusti
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1194-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful experience in bridging patients to heart transplantation with the MicroMed Debakey ventricular assist device

Ettore Vitali, Marco Lanfranconi, Elena Ribera, Giuseppe Bruschi, Tiziano Colombo, Maria Frigerio, and Claudio Russo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1200-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventricular energetics in endoventricular circular patch plasty for dyskinetic anterior left ventricular aneurysm

Yoshihisa Tanoue, Hiromi Ando, Fumio Fukumura, Masayoshi Umesue, Takayuki Uchida, Kenichiro Taniguchi, and Jiro Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1205-1208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Arthur Wallace and Mark Ratcliffe
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of aneurysm on the tensile strength and biomechanical behavior of the ascending thoracic aorta

David A. Vorp, Brian J. Schiro, Marek P. Ehrlich, Tatu S. Juvonen, M.Arisan Ergin, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1210-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcomes of cardiac surgery in nonagenarians: a 10-year experience

Matthew D. Bacchetta, Wilson Ko, Leonard N. Girardi, Charles A. Mack, Karl H. Krieger, O. Wayne Isom, and Leonard Y. Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1215-1220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atheroembolism in cardiac surgery

John R. Doty, Robb E. Wilentz, Jorge D. Salazar, Ralph H. Hruban, and Duke E. Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1221-1226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vertebral osteomyelitis after cardiac surgery

Senol Akman, Ufuk Talu, Abdullah Gögüs, Mustafa Güden, Mustafa Sirvanci, and Azmi Hamzao&glu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1227-1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Off-pump technique for the treatment of ventricular myocardial echinococcosis

Cemal Levent Birincioglu, Onurcan Tarcan, Hasmet Bardakci, Ahmet Saritas, and Oguz Tasdemir
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1232-1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blood cardioplegic protection in profoundly damaged hearts: role of Na⁺-H⁺ exchange inhibition during pretreatment or during controlled reperfusion supplementation

Manuel Castellá, Gerald D. Buckberg, and Zhongtuo Tan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1238-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ischemic preconditioning does not improve myocardial preservation during off-pump multivessel coronary operation

Hannu J. Penttilä, Martti V.K. Lepojärvi, Päivi K. Kaukoranta, Kai T. Kiviluoma, Kari V. Ylitalo, and Keijo J. Peuhkurinen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1246-1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Jarle Vaage
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Activated neutrophils and platelet microaggregates impede blood filterability through microchannels during simulated extracorporeal circulation

Yukihiro Yoshimura, Yuji Hiramatsu, Yukio Sato, Satoshi Homma, Yoshiharu Enomoto, Yuji Kikuchi, and Yuzuru Sakakibara
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1254-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aprotinin reduces operative closure time and blood product use after pediatric bypass

John M. Costello, Carl L. Backer, Alberto de Hoyos, Helen J. Binns, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1261-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calcification resistance with aluminum-ethanol treated porcine aortic valve bioprostheses in juvenile sheep

Matthew F. Ogle, Sheila J. Kelly, Richard W. Bianco, and Robert J. Levy
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1267-1273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell characterization of porcine aortic valve and decellularized leaflets repopulated with aortic valve interstitial cells: the VESALIO project (Vitalitate Exornatum Succedaneum Aorticum Labore Ingenioso Obtenibitur)

Barbara Bertipaglia, Fulvia Ortolani, Lucia Petrelli, Gino Gerosa, Michele Spina, Paolo Pauletto, Dino Casarotto, Maurizio Marchini, and Saverio Sartore
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1274-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor improves angiogenesis and function of chronic ischemic myocardium in canine heart

Ismayil Ahmet, Yoshiki Sawa, Takahiro Yamaguchi, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1283-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Direct visualization of minimal cerebral capillary flow during retrograde cerebral perfusion: an intravital fluorescence microscopy study in pigs

Lennart F. Duebener, Ikuo Hagino, Katharina Schmitt, Takahiko Sakamoto, Christof Stamm, David Zurakowski, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1288-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyclosporin A reduces delayed motor neuron death after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits

Minato Sato, Takashi Horinouchi, Masahiro Sakurai, Noritaka Murakami, Shun Sato, and Masato Kato
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1294-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Mycotic false aneurysm of the ascending aorta

Satoshi Saito, Adrian P. Banning, Hank Giele, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1331. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis with ruptured pseudoaneurysm

James Merlino, R. Thomas Temes, Nancy E. Joste, and Inderjit S. Gill
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1332. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Resection of endobronchial hamartoma by bronchoplasty and transbronchial endoscopic surgery

Hironori Ishibashi, Hideki Akamatsu, Masataka Kikuchi, and Makoto Sunamori
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1300-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massive hemoptysis caused by tracheal hemangioma treated with interventional radiology

Antonio Ríos Zambudio, Maria Jose Roca Calvo, Juan Torres Lanzas, J. García Medina, and Pascual Parrilla Paricio
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1302-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hemopneumothorax associated with marfan syndrome and congenital afibrinogenemia

Ryuzo Kanno, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Koichi Fujiu, Yasuaki Yoshino, Akio Ohishi, and Mitsukazu Gotoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1304-1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac fibroma in an infant: single ventricle palliation as a bridge to heart transplantation

Benjamin R. Waller, Scott M. Bradley, A. Jackson Crumbley, III, Henry B. Wiles, Tim C. McQuinn, and Allan T. Bennett
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1306-1308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lobar emphysema due to ductus arteriosus compressing right upper bronchus in an infant with congenital heart disease

Takashi Hishitani, Kiyoshi Ogawa, Kenji Hoshino, Yuzuru Nakamura, Tadashi Iwanaka, Kayo Masago, and Misako Suzuki
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1308-1310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulcerated mucocele of the esophagus in a child

Leopoldo Martínez and Juan A. Tovar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1310-1311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selective mediastinal tamponade to control coagulopathic bleeding

Johan Sjögren, Ronny Gustafsson, Bansi Koul, and Richard Ingemansson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1311-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstructive pneumonia: an indication for surgery in mega aorta syndrome

Maninder S. Kalkat and Robert S. Bonser
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1313-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postinfarction ventricular septal defect in a patient without coronary lesions

Gianantonio Nappi, Luca Salvatore De Santo, Michele Torella, and Maurizio Cotrufo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1315-1317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful thrombectomy for thrombosis of aortic composite valve graft in pregnancy

Francesco Alessandrini, Elisabetta Lapenna, Giuseppe Nasso, Michele De Bonis, and Gian Federico Possati
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1317-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rupture of a polypropylene suture after aortic operation: a scanning electronic microscopical assessment of potential mechanisms

Christoph Huber, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Marcel Halbeisen, and Thierry P. Carrel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1318-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac Wegener’s granulomatosis masquerading as left atrial myxoma

Anne Herbst, Mary T. Padilla, Anil R. Prasad, Monty C. Morales, and Jack G. Copeland
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1321-1323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multifocal right atrial myxoma and pulmonary embolism

Alden M. Parsons and Frank C. Detterbeck
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1323-1324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management of complex tracheo-aortic fistula following neonatal tracheal reconstruction

Marco Ricci, Gordon A. Cohen, Derek Roebuck, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1325-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coccidioidal pericarditis: implications of surgical treatment in the elderly

Antonio L. Visbal, Patrick A. DeValeria, Janis E. Blair, Matthew A. Zarka, and Louis A. Lanza
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1328-1330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:

Modification of bicaval anastomosis: an alternative technique for orthotopic cardiac transplantation

Nikolaos B. Tsilimingas
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1333-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extending the in situ right internal mammary artery graft with retrocaval positioning

Roberto Battellini, Michael A. Borger, Carlos Climente, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1335-1336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brachiocephalic trunk partial clamping for total ascending aorta replacement without circulatory arrest

Antonio M. Calafiore
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Composite aortic root replacement with a bovine pericardial valve conduit

Alan D. Hilgenberg and Bassem N. Mora
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1338-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Cardiac complications after noncardiac thoracic surgery: an evidence-based current review

Koen De Decker, Philippe G. Jorens, and Paul Van Schil
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1340-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute pain management for patients undergoing thoracotomy

Roy G. Soto and Eugene S. Fu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1349-1357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Single lung resection of second primary after pneumonectomy for lung cancer

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Piergiorgio Solli, and Giulia Veronesi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1358. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Single lung resection of second primary after pneumonectomy for lung cancer: Reply

Daniel L. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1358. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alternative inferior vena cava cannulation facilitates ministernotomy procedures

Laxmanan Mohanakrishnan, Koyilil Vijayakumar, Ponnusamy Sukumaran, Narendra Menon, and Govinden Santhanam
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1358-1359. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alternative inferior vena cava cannulation facilitates ministernotomy procedures: Reply

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shigeteru Oka, Masahiro Yoshida, and Hirohisa Murakami
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1359-1360. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lesser impairment of respiratory function is the mechanism of faster recovery after partial sternotomy for valve replacement

Eugene K.W. Sim and Robert T. Grignani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1360. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lesser impairment of respiratory function is the mechanism of faster recovery after partial sternotomy for valve replacement: Reply

Massimo Bonacchi, Edvin Prifti, Gabriele Giunti, and Guido Sani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1360-1361. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cerebral perfusion and cognitive function

R. Peter Alston
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1361. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cerebral perfusion and cognitive function: Reply

Wilko Reents, Joerg Babin-Ebell, and Wolfgang Muellges
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1361-1362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A request for clarification

Russell W.J. Millner
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A request for clarification: Reply

Raimondo Ascione, Barnaby C. Reeves, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1362-1363. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endomyocardial biopsy of cardiac neoplastic involvement

John P. Veinot
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1363-1364. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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