Presidential Address:

Cardiothoracic surgery: a specialty in transition—good to great?

William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1685-1692. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Paget-Schroetter syndrome therapy: failure of intravenous stents

Harold C. Urschel, Jr and Amit N. Patel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1693-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A modified bronchial anastomosis technique for lung transplantation

Carsten Schröder, Frank Scholl, Emmanuel Daon, Andrea Goodwin, William H. Frist, John R. Roberts, Karla G. Christian, Mathew Ninan, Aaron P. Milstone, James E. Loyd, Walter H. Merrill, and Richard N. Pierson, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1697-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internet Discussion Forum

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1704. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Low potassium dextran lung preservation solution reduces reactive oxygen species production

Rosemary F. Kelly, Jozef Murar, Zhigang Hong, Daniel P. Nelson, Fangxiao Hong, Anthony Varghese, and E. Kenneth Weir
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1705-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Assessment of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: experience with 12 patients

Jacques B. Jougon, Michel Ballester, Frédéric Delcambre, Tarun Mac Bride, Claire E. H. Dromer, and Jean-François Velly
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1711-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The value of chest computer tomography and cervical mediastinoscopy in the preoperative assessment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

J. Hugo Schouwink, Leo Schultze Kool, Emiel J. Rutgers, Frans A. N. Zoetmulder, Nico van Zandwijk, Marc J. v.d. Vijver, and Paul Baas
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1715-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Valerie W. Rusch
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1718-1719. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Factors predictive of complete resection of operable esophageal cancer: a prospective study

Christophe Mariette, Laetitia Finzi, Sylvain Fabre, Jean-Michel Balon, Isabelle Van Seuningen, and Jean-Pierre J. Triboulet
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1720-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ki-67 expression and prognosis for smokers with resected stage i Non–Small cell lung cancer

Yukiko Haga, Kenzo Hiroshima, Akira Iyoda, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Fumihiko Shimamura, Toshihiko Iizasa, Takehiko Fujisawa, and Hidemi Ohwada
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1727-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

W. Roy Smythe
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1732-1733. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A prospective study of indications for mediastinoscopy in lung cancer with CT findings, tumor size, and tumor markers

Hideki Kimura, Naomichi Iwai, Soichiro Ando, Kimitaka Kakizawa, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Hidehisa Hoshino, and Takashi Anayama
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1734-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Poor prognosis after lung resection for patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung

Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Tsutomu Yasumitu, Kenjirou Fukuhara, Hiroyuki Shiono, and Masanori Kikui
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1740-1744. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Survival and prognostic factors of surgically resected T4 non-small cell lung cancer

Toshihiro Osaki, Kenji Sugio, Takeshi Hanagiri, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Toshihiro Yamashita, Masakazu Sugaya, Manabu Yasuda, and Kosei Yasumoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1745-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Douglas E. Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1751. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Cleft mitral valve without ostium primum defect: anatomic data and surgical considerations based on 41 cases

Stella Van Praagh, Diego Porras, Guido Oppido, Tal Geva, and Richard Van Praagh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1752-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discrete subaortic stenosis: incidence, morphology and surgical impact of associated subaortic anomalies

Maurizio Marasini, Lucio Zannini, Gian Paolo Ussia, Robin Pinto, Rodolfo Moretti, Franco Lerzo, and Giacomo Pongiglione
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1763-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

"Bay window" technique for the arterial switch operation of the transposition of the great arteries with complex coronary arteries

Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Katsuji Fujiwara, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takako Miyazaki, and Nobuo Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1769-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Hiromi Kurosawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1773-1774. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Acute hemodynamic benefit of multisite ventricular pacing after congenital heart surgery

Frank J. Zimmerman, Joanne P. Starr, Peter R. Koenig, Patricia Smith, Ziyad M. Hijazi, and Emile A. Bacha
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1775-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimal treatment of type B acute aortic dissection: long-term medical follow-up results

Mitsumasa Hata, Motomi Shiono, Tatsuya Inoue, Akira Sezai, Tetsuya Niino, Nanao Negishi, and Yukiyasu Sezai
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1781-1784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ascending aorta replacement and local repair of tear site in type a aortic dissection with arch tear

Kay-Hyun Park, Kiick Sung, Kwhanmien Kim, Tae-Gook Jun, Young Tak Lee, and Pyo Won Park
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1785-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Thoralf M. Sundt
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1790-1791. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Total arch replacement for thoracic aortic aneurysm via median sternotomy with or without left anterolateral thoracotomy

Toshihiro Ohata, Tetsuo Sakakibara, Hiroshi Takano, and Toru Ishizaka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1792-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fate of coronary ostial anastomoses after the modified Bentall procedure

Aldo D. Milano, Stefano Pratali, Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Piero Boraschi, Giovanni Braccini, Enrico Magagnini, and Uberto Bortolotti
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1797-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Alan D. Hilgenberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1802. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Endovascular repair for acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta

Charles-Henri Marty-Ané, Jean-Philippe Berthet, Pascal Branchereau, Henri Mary, and Pierre Alric
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1803-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic valve replacement in patients with impaired ventricular function

Ram Sharony, Eugene A. Grossi, Paul C. Saunders, Charles F. Schwartz, Giovanni B. Ciuffo, F. Gregory Baumann, Julie Delianides, Robert M. Applebaum, Greg H. Ribakove, Alfred T. Culliford,, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Stephen B. Colvin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1808-1814. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Replacement of the aortic valve in patients under 50 years of age: long-term follow-up of the St. Jude medical prosthesis

Robert W. Emery, Carla A. Erickson, Kit V. Arom, William F. Northrup, III, Thomas E. Kersten, Thomas J. Von Rueden, and Demetre M. Nicoloff
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1815-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A simple model to predict coronary disease in patients undergoing operation for mitral regurgitation

Eric Lim, Ziad A. Ali, Clifford W. Barlow, Christopher H. Jackson, Amir-Reza Hosseinpour, James C. Halstead, John B. Barlow, and Francis C. Wells
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1820-1825. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of residual tricuspid regurgitation after mitral valve surgery

Katsuhiko Matsuyama, Masahiko Matsumoto, Takaaki Sugita, Junichiro Nishizawa, Yoshiyuki Tokuda, and Takehiko Matsuo
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1826-1828. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valvular heart operation is an independent risk factor for acute renal failure

Antony D. Grayson, Magdy Khater, Mark Jackson, and Mark A. Fox
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1829-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The descending branch of lateral femoral circumflex artery in arterial CABG: early and midterm results

Mario Fabbrocini, Khalil Fattouch, Glauco Camporini, Gloria DeMicheli, Carla Bertucci, Paolo Cioffi, and Domenico Mercogliano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1836-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Quality of life and survival after transmyocardial laser revascularization with the holmium:YAG laser

Kristine J. Guleserian, Hersh S. Maniar, Cindy J. Camillo, Marci S. Bailey, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, and Marc R. Moon
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1842-1848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patient characteristics can predict improvement in functional health after elective coronary artery bypass grafting

Karl F. Welke, Jennifer P. Stevens, William C. Schults, Eugene C. Nelson, Virginia L. Beggs, and William C. Nugent
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1849-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1855. [Extract] [Full Text]  

The society of thoracic surgeons: 30-day operative mortality and morbidity risk models

A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Laura P. Coombs, Eric D. Peterson, Mary C. Eiken, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Anita Chen, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Frederick L. Grover, and Fred H. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1856-1865. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Initial experience with proximal anastomoses performed with a mechanical connector

Michael J. Mack, Robert W. Emery, Laura R. Ley, Peter A. Cole, Allie Leonard, James R. Edgerton, Todd M. Dewey, Mitchell J. Magee, and Thomas S. Flavin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1866-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in Insulin-Treated diabetics: should it be avoided?

Oren Lev-Ran, Rephael Mohr, Kramer Amir, Menachem Matsa, Nahum Nehser, Chaim Locker, and Gideon Uretzky
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1872-1877. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Does the pretransplant UNOS status modify the short- and long-term cardiac transplant prognosis?

Olivier Baron, Alexandre Le Guyader, Jean Noël Trochu, Marc Burban, Jean Christophe Chevalier, Michelle Treilhaud, Thierry Petit, Oussama Al Habash, Philippe Despins, Jean Luc Michaud, and Daniel Duveau
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1878-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Abnormal gastric tonometric variables and vasoconstrictor use after left ventricular assist device insertion

Catherine M. N. O’Malley, Robert J. Frumento, Berend Mets, Yoshifumi Naka, and Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1886-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serial measurement of serum S-100B protein as a marker of cerebral damage after cardiac surgery

Takayuki Ueno, Yoshihumi Iguro, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Ryuzo Sakata, Yasuyuki Kakihana, and Kazuo Nakamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1892-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Henrik Jonsson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1897-1898. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Topical head cooling during rewarming after experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest

Matti Pokela, Janne Heikkinen, Fausto Biancari, Erkka Rönkä, Timo Kaakinen, Vilho Vainionpää, Kai T. Kiviluoma, Pekka Romsi, Enrico Leo, Jorma Hirvonen, Pasi Lepola, Jussi Rimpiläinen, and Tatu S. Juvonen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1899-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Tetsuya Ueno
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1910-1911. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Aortic atherosclerosis and postoperative neurological dysfunction in elderly coronary surgical patients

Tomoko Goto, Tomoko Baba, Kumi Matsuyama, Keiko Honma, Masashi Ura, and Takaaki Koshiji
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1912-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Echocardiographic comparison of the standard end-hole cannula, the soft-flow cannula, and the dispersion cannula during perfusion into the aortic arch

Ronald K. Grooters, Dirk A. Ver Steeg, Martha J. Stewart, Kent C. Thieman, and Robert F. Schneider
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1919-1923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Occupational exposure to inhalational anesthetics during cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass

Stephan Mierdl, Christian Byhahn, Ulf Abdel-Rahman, Georg Matheis, and Klaus Westphal
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1924-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Stanley J. Aukburg and Albert T. Cheung
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1927-1928. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Controlled intermittent asystole cardiac therapy induced by pharmacologically potentiated vagus nerve stimulation in normal and hibernating myocardium

Russell S. Ronson, John D. Puskas, Vinod H. Thourani, Daniel A. Velez, Bradley L. Bufkin, Jonathan Glass, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1929-1936. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fetal myocardial protection is markedly improved by reduced cardioplegic calcium content

Sunil P. Malhotra, Stephan Thelitz, R. Kirk Riemer, V. Mohan Reddy, Sam Suleman, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1937-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A pig model of chronic heart failure by intracoronary embolization with gelatin sponge

Genichi Sakaguchi, Yutaka Sakakibara, Keiichi Tambara, Fanglin Lu, Goditha Premaratne, Kazunobu Nishimura, and Masashi Komeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1942-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Rupture of the common carotid artery in a helicopter crash in a patient with aberrant right subclavian artery

Eric Hoffer and Riyad Karmy-Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1977. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thrombus at the pivot of a mechanical heart valve

Yukio Okazaki, Kojiro Furukawa, Shinya Higuchi, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1978. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Chondromyxoid fibroma of the sternum

Dong Eun Song, Shin Kwang Khang, Kyung-Ja Cho, and Dong Kwan Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1948-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the aortopulmonary window

Cristiano F. Andrade, Spencer M. Camargo, Marcelo Zanchet, José C. Felicetti, and Paulo F. G. Cardoso
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1950-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ectopic thyroid

T. Clark Gamblin, G. Russell Jennings, Dudley B. Christie, III, William M. Thompson, Jr, and Martin L. Dalton
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1952-1953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection of a symptomatic pericardial cyst using the computer-enhanced Da Vinci^TM surgical system

Matthew D. Bacchetta, Robert J. Korst, Nasser K. Altorki, Jeffrey L. Port, O. Wayne Isom, and Charles A. Mack
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1953-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal perforation by echoprobe during cardiac surgery: treatment by endoscopic stenting

Albert M. Nana, Constantin Stefanidis, Jean-Pierre Chami, Jacques Deviere, Luc Barvais, and Jean-Marie De Smet
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1955-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delayed intrathoracic rupture of herniated Nissen fundoplication: report of two cases

Kamal A. Mansour and Jyotirmay Sharma
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1957-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vascular ring causing tracheal compression in an adult patient

Andreas Greiner, Reinhold Perkmann, Michael Rieger, Beate Neuhauser, and Gustav Fraedrich
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1959-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A rare case of aortic tube graft occlusion 35 years after coarctectomy

Naoto Ashizawa, Hirofumi Tasaki, Riyako Shibata, Yuji Koide, Shinji Seto, Shiro Yamachika, Shiro Hazama, Kiyoyuki Eishi, and Katsusuke Yano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1961-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A case of acute aortic dissection type a in a patient with situs inversus

Tetsuya Niino, Motomi Shiono, Tatsuya Inoue, Mitsumasa Hata, Akira Sezai, and Nanao Negishi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1963-1965. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rupture of ascending aorta secondary to tuberculous aortitis

Jong Bum Choi, Hyun Woong Yang, Seok Kyu Oh, and Ki Jung Yun
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1965-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute retrograde aortic dissection during endovascular repair of a thoracic aortic aneurysm

Noëlla Bethuyne, Thierry Bove, Pierre Van den Brande, and Jacques P. Goldstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1967-1969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right ventricular mass: a histopathological surprise

Kalyan Thippeswamy Anand, Soman Rema Krishna Manohar, Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan, and Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1969-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the left ventricle in an older adult

Steven J. Kelly, Neil K. Lambie, and Harsh P. Singh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1971-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new technique for repair of atrioventricular disruption complicating mitral valve replacement

Rosauro Mejia and Duncan S. Thomson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1973-1974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nesiritide (BNP) in the management of postoperative cardiac patients

Nader Moazami, Ralph J. Damiano, Marci S. Bailey, Rachel L. Hess, Jennifer S. Lawton, Marc R. Moon, and Michael K. Pasque
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1974-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

A tailored anatomical approach to prevent complications during left atrial ablation

Stefano Benussi, Simona Nascimbene, Simone Calvi, and Ottavio Alfieri
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1979-1981. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimal length of pericardial strip for posterior mitral overreductive annuloplasty

Antonio M. Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Sabina Gallina, Carlo Canosa, and Angela Lorena Iacò
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1982-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of giant left atrium using a combined superior-transseptal approach

Sadatoshi Yuasa, Takeshi Soeda, Shinji Masuyama, Kazuki Shimizu, and Mitsuhiko Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1985-1986. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Conduit-on-valve replacement of a degenerated mitral bioprosthesis with a bioprosthesis

Jen-Ping Chang, Chiung-Lun Kao, Kuei-Ton Tsai, Ming-Jang Hsieh, and Morgan Fu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1987-1989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Changes in the treatment of Pancoast tumors

Frank C. Detterbeck
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1990-1997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postoperative aortic fistulas into the airways: etiology, pathogenesis, presentation, diagnosis, and management

Marco Picichè, Ruggero De Paulis, Alessandro Fabbri, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1998-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Compliance of aortic root conduit

Francis Robicsek and Mano J. Thubrikar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2007. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Compliance of aortic root conduit: Reply

Ruggero De Paulis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2007. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tissuemed porcine bioprosthesis

Juan Sierra, José A. Rubio, Daniel Sánchez, Ángel L. Fernández, and José García-Bengochea
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2007-2008. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tissuemed porcine bioprosthesis: Reply

Ira Goldsmith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2008. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A simplified amiodarone regimen to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation

Morris H. Drucker and Ian Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2008. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A simplified amiodarone regimen to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation: Reply

C. Michael White and Jeffrey Kluger
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2009. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Causes of "idiopathic" aortic thrombus

Michael H. Goldman, Bechara Akl, Shayrar Mafi, and Lucia Pastore
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2009. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical comparison of three sternotomy closure techniques using a polyurethane foam sternal model

Aaron R. Casha and Marilyn Gauci
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2009-2010. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical comparison of three sternotomy closure techniques using a polyurethane foam sternal model: Reply

David J. Cohen and Lanny V. Griffin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2010. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tetralogy of fallot with aortic valvular stenosis and deletion 22q11

Bruno Marino, Federica Mileto, and Maria Cristina Digilio
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2010-2011. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tetralogy of fallot with aortic valvular stenosis and deletion 22q11: Reply

Olivier Ghez, Philippe M. Chetaille, Dominique Metras, Juan Campbell, and Richard Van Praagh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2011. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Right upper lobe venous drainage posterior to the bronchus intermedius

John H. M. Austin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2011-2012. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Righter upper lobe venous drainage posterior to the bronchus intermedius: Reply

Lorenzo Spaggiari
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 2012. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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