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Cumulative sum techniques for assessing surgical results

Gary L. Grunkemeier, Ying Xing Wu, and Anthony P. Furnary
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:663-667. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

The role of FDG-PET scan in staging patients with nonsmall cell carcinoma

Robert J. Cerfolio, Buddhiwardhan Ojha, Ayesha S. Bryant, Cynthia S. Bass, Alfred A. Bartalucci, and James M. Mountz
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:861-866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Differentiating between atypical adenomatous hyperplasia and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma using the computed tomography number histogram

Hiroaki Nomori, Takashi Ohtsuka, Tsuguo Naruke, and Keiichi Suemasu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:867-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy after cardiac surgery: are safety and efficacy affected by prior sternotomy?

Pankaj Kumar, Katsuo Yamada, George P. Ladas, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:872-876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Robert J. Downey
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:876-877. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Therapy for thymic epithelial tumors: a clinical study of 1,320 patients from Japan

Kazuya Kondo and Yasumasa Monden
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:878-884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Donald E. Low
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:884-885. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quality of life, before and after thoracic sympathectomy: report on 378 operated patients

José Ribas Milanez de Campos, Paulo Kauffman, Eduardo de Campos Werebe, Laert Oliveira Andrade Filho, Sergio Kusniek, Nelson Wolosker, and Fábio Biscegli Jatene
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:886-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Localized fibrous tumors of the pleura: clinical and surgical evaluation

Tamer Altinok, Salih Topçu, A. Irfan Tastepe, Ulkü Yazici, and Güven Çetin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:892-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beneficial effect of polyethylene glycol in lung preservation: early evaluation by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Christophe Jayle, Pierre Corbi, Michel Eugene, Michel Carretier, William Hebrard, Emmanuelle Menet, and Thierry Hauet
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:896-902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analysis of pulmonary complications after three-field lymph node dissection for esophageal cancer

Wentao Fang, Hoichi Kato, Yuji Tachimori, Hiroyasu Igaki, Hiroshi Sato, and Hiroyuki Daiko
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:903-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinicopathologic significance of cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Kuang-Tai Kuo, Kuan-Chih Chow, Yu-Chung Wu, Chen-Sung Lin, Hao-Wei Wang, Wing-Yin Li, and Liang-Shun Wang
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:909-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Severe aortic insufficiency and normal systolic function: determining regional left ventricular wall stress by finite-element analysis

Brian P. Cupps, Pavlos Moustakidis, Benjamin J. Pomerantz, Giridhar Vedala, Randall P. Scheri, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Victor G. Davila-Roman, and Michael K. Pasque
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:668-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Gerald S. Weinstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:675. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Can progression of valvar aortic stenosis be predicted accurately?

Cornelia Piper, Rito Bergemann, Hagen D. Schulte, Reiner Koerfer, and Dieter Horstkotte
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:676-680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:680. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence for an altered balance between matrix metalloproteinase-9 and its inhibitors in calcific aortic stenosis

Jari Satta, Jani Oiva, Tuula Salo, Heidi Eriksen, Pasi Ohtonen, Fausto Biancari, Tatu S. Juvonen, and Ylermi Soini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:681-688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Ian M. C. Dixon and D. H. Freed
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary autografts in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction

Stephen C. Gauthier, Joshua G. Barton, Mary M. Lane, and Ronald C. Elkins
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:689-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral valve repair in uremic congestive cardiomyopathy

Jen-Ping Chang and Chiung-Lun Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:694-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the bentall procedure for ascending aorta or aortic valve replacement the best approach for long-term event-free survival?

Christian Hagl, Justus T. Strauch, David Spielvogel, Jan D. Galla, Steven L. Lansman, Rafael Squitieri, Carol A. Bodian, and Randall B. Griepp
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:698-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Determination of cerebral blood flow dynamics during retrograde cerebral perfusion using power M-mode transcranial Doppler

Anthony L. Estrera, Zsolt Garami, Charles C. Miller, III, Roy Sheinbaum, Tam T. T. Huynh, Eyal E. Porat, Anders Winnerkvist, and Hazim J. Safi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:704-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhaled iloprost in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: effects before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Thorsten Kramm, Balthasar Eberle, Frank Krummenauer, Stefan Guth, Hellmut Oelert, and Eckhard Mayer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:711-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Repair of left ventricular aneurysm: surgical risk and long-term survival

Runar Lundblad, Michel Abdelnoor, and Jan L. Svennevig
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:719-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Postoperative complications among octogenarians after cardiovascular surgery

Scott D. Barnett, Linda S. Halpin, Alan M. Speir, Robert A. Albus, Bechara F. Akl, Paul S. Massimiano, Nelson A. Burton, Lucas R. Collazo, and Edward A. Lefrak
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:726-731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The clinical anatomy of the sinus node artery

Denis Berdajs, Lajos Patonay, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:732-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Gábor S. Kovács
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:735-736. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxygen metabolism during and after cardiac surgery: role of CPB

Alessandro Parolari, Francesco Alamanni, Glauco Juliano, Gianluca Polvani, Maurizio Roberto, Fabrizio Veglia, Andrea Fumero, Concetta Carlucci, Paolo Rona, Claudio Brambillasca, Erminio Sisillo, and Paolo Biglioli
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:737-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Thomas J. Vander Salm
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quality of intraoperative autologous blood withdrawal used for retransfusion after cardiopulmonary bypass

Hanne I. Flom-Halvorsen, Eivind Øvrum, Rolf Øystese, and Frank Brosstad
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:744-748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Jacob Lavee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:748. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analysis of the learning curve in telerobotic, beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting: a 90 patient experience

Richard J. Novick, Stephanie A. Fox, Bob B. Kiaii, Larry W. Stitt, Reiza Rayman, Kojiro Kodera, Alan H. Menkis, and W. Douglas Boyd
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:749-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Failure of internal thoracic artery grafts: conclusions from coronary angiography mid-term follow-up

Eric Bezon, Jean N. Choplain, Yasser A. Maguid, Ahmed A. Aziz, and Jean A. Barra
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:754-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preoperative white blood cell count and mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting

Lawrence J. Dacey, Joseph DeSimone, John H. Braxton, Bruce J. Leavitt, Stephen J. Lahey, John D. Klemperer, Benjamin M. Westbrook, Elaine M. Olmstead, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:760-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of cerebral embolization during off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Christian Lund, Per K. Hol, Runar Lundblad, Erik Fosse, Kjetil Sundet, Bjørn Tennøe, Rainer Brucher, and David Russell
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:765-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Ola A. Selnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:770. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myocardial revascularization for acute myocardial infarction: benefits and drawbacks of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass

Chaim Locker, Rephael Mohr, Yosef Paz, Amir Kramer, Oren Lev-Ran, Dmitri Pevni, and Itzhak Shapira
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:771-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Lawrence L. Creswell
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:776-777. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery technique for total arterial myocardial revascularization: a prospective randomized study

Claudio Muneretto, Gianluigi Bisleri, Alberto Negri, Jacopo Manfredi, Marco Metra, Savina Nodari, and Livio Dei Cas
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:778-783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The association of lowest hematocrit during cardiopulmonary bypass with acute renal injury after coronary artery bypass surgery

Madhav Swaminathan, Barbara G. Phillips-Bute, Peter J. Conlon, Peter K. Smith, Mark F. Newman, and Mark Stafford-Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:784-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

David J. Cook
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:792. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early and midterm clinical outcome in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery surgery

Raimondo Ascione, Pradeep Narayan, Chris A. Rogers, Kelvin H. H. Lim, Radek Capoun, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:793-799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Incidence and outcome of radial artery infections following cardiac surgery

Ismaïl El-Hamamsy, Nicolas Dürrleman, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Tack Ki Leung, Sylvie Theoret, Michel Carrier, and Louis P. Perrault
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:801-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Permanent wall stretching in porcine coronary and internal mammary arteries

Carolien J. van Andel, Peter V. Pistecky, Paul F. Gründeman, Marc P. Buijsrogge, and Cornelius Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:805-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Karyn S. Kunzelman
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:809-810. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of open subxiphoid pericardial drainage with percutaneous catheter drainage for symptomatic pericardial effusion

Jerome M. McDonald, Bryan F. Meyers, Tracey J. Guthrie, Richard J. Battafarano, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:811-816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pericardiocentesis with extended catheter drainage: an effective therapy

Claire L. Buchanan, Vita V. Sullivan, Richard Lampman, and Mohan G. Kulkarni
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:817-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reevaluation of long-term outcomes of dynamic cardiomyoplasty

Anderson Benício, Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Fernando Bacal, Noedir A. G. Stolf, and Sérgio A. Oliveira
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:821-827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Larry W. Stephenson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:827. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Skeletal muscle ventricle pressure-volume properties conform to dynamic and static conditioning

Kenneth J. Gustafson, James D. Sweeney, John Gibney, and Lee Ann Fiebig-Mathine
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:828-835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

George V. Letsou
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:835. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiological consequences of bipolar radiofrequency energy on the atria and pulmonary veins: a chronic animal study

Sunil M. Prasad, Hersh S. Maniar, Michael D. Diodato, Richard B. Schuessler, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:836-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-term survival after pediatric cardiac transplantation and postoperative ECMO support

Kathleen N. Fenton, Steven A. Webber, David A. Danford, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Jayson Periera, and Frank A. Pigula
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:843-847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

After repair, atrioventricular valve regurgitation during cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation predicts survival

Tiffanie R. Johnson, Marcus S. Schamberger, James C. Hart, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:848-852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitral valve replacement in children: predictors of long-term outcome

Brian K. Eble, William P. Fiser, Pippa Simpson, Judith Dugan, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, and Anji T. Yetman
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:853-859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Christopher A. Caldarone
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:859-860. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Assessment of stent-grafting for aortic dissection using multislice computed tomography

Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Naoya Yama, Kiyofumi Morishita, Yasufumi Asai, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:947. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

True lumen collapse assessed by epiaortic echocardiography in aortic dissection

Angel L. Fernández, Amparo Martínez, Julian Alvarez, José Rubio, and José B. García-Bengochea
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Valve-sparing procedure for dilatation of the autologous pulmonary artery and ascending aorta after the Ross operation

Paolo Masetti, Victor A. Davila-Roman, and Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:915-916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Repair type I aortic dissection in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, Rodger D. MacArthur, and Lawrence R. Crane
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:917-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Port access video-assisted proximal anastomosis with the symmetry aortic connector in MIDCABG procedure

Michal Semrad, Martin Stritesky, Vladimir Vondracek, Jaroslav Lindner, Ivan Vanek, Jan Kristof, and Michael Aschermann
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:919-921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spontaneous cardiac rupture

Chia-Hsun Lin, Ming-Jen Lu, Samuel Haw-Han Chieng, and Chi-Ren Hung
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:921-923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nonpenetrating right atrial and pericardial trauma

Antonino M. Grande, Mauro Rinaldi, Stefano Pasquino, Roberto Dore, and Mario Viganò
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:923-925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Combined off-pump coronary revascularization: ascending aorta to carotid bypass

Shelly C. Lall, Jeffery M. Rhodes, and William H. Risher
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:926-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aberrant right subclavian artery with preductal coarctation of the aorta

Yoshihiro Ko, Yuzuru Nakamura, Michio Yoshitake, and Takahiro Inoue
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:927-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aorto-right atrial fistula

Ahmed F. Elwatidy, Ahmed N. Galal, David Rhydderch, and Abdullah K. Ashmeg
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:929-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Infective aortitis associated with the nonpatent remnant of a ductus arteriosus

Walter J. Flapper, Anand S. Dixit, and Mark M. Murton
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:931-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extended left colon interposition for esophageal replacement using arterial augmentation

Joseph H. Gorman, III, David W. Low, T. Sloane Guy, IV, Robert C. Gorman, and Ernest F. Rosato
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:933-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giant pleural fibroma with an abdominal vascular supply mimicking a pulmonary sequestration

Pradeep Kaul, Samantha Kay, Peter Gaines, Simon Kim Suvarna, David N. Hopkinson, and Gaetano Rocco
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:935-937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Desmoid tumor of the chest wall with pleural involvement

Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Rohit Gupta, Anjana V. Yeldandi, and Sudhir R. Sundaresan
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:937-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Polypoid endobronchial Hodgkin lymphoma with an initial response to photodynamic therapy

Bahram Kiani, Cynthia M. Magro, Pierluigi Porcu, Marcia Starns, Nyla Heerema, and Patrick Ross, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:940-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Traumatic pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with massive hemoptysis 30 years after penetrating chest injury

Con Manganas, Jim Iliopoulos, Leo Pang, and Peter W. Grant
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:942-944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary hemangiopericytoma of the trachea

Masataka Yoshida, Masafumi Morita, Shotaro Kakimoto, Manpei Kawakami, and Shinjiro Sasaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:944-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:

A new approach for proximal anastomosis in type "A" acute aortic dissection: prosthesis eversion

Andrea Rignano, Guido C. Keller, Michele Carmo, Giovanni B. Anguissola, and Piergiorgio G. Settembrini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:949-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Use of cuffed anastomosis in total aortic arch replacement

Katsuhiko Oda, Hiroji Akimoto, Masaki Hata, Junetsu Akasaka, Kazuhiro Yamaya, Atsushi Iguchi, and Koichi Tabayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:952-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The "-Anastomosis": a new revascularization technique for coronary bifurcations

Massimo Bonacchi, Edvin Prifti, and Gabriele Giunti
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:954-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap after unsuccessful delayed sternal closure

Toshihiko Shibata, Koji Hattori, Hidekazu Hirai, Hiromichi Fujii, Takanobu Aoyama, and Shigefumi Seuhiro
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:956-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Preventing saphenous vein graft failure: does gene therapy have a role?

Enoch F. Akowuah, Paul J. Sheridan, Graham J. Cooper, and Christopher Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:959-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endobronchial presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma: a review of the literature

Bahram Kiani, Cynthia M. Magro, and Patrick Ross, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:967-972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Beating heart valvular surgery

Saqib Masroor, Hassan Tehrani, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:973. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Yasushi Matsumoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:973. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Right ventricular rupture during use of high-pressure suction drainage in the management of poststernotomy mediastinitis

Yasir Abu-Omar, Madhava J. Naik, Pedro A. Catarino, and Chandi Ratnatunga
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:974. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Tatjana M. Fleck and Martin Grabenwoger
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:974. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Double criss-cross sternal wiring and chest wound infections

Tomaso Bottio, Vladimiro L. Vida, Gino Gerosa, and Dino Casarotto
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:975-976. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Double criss-cross sternal wiring and chest wound infections: Reply

Ivar Risnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:976-977. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Double criss-cross sternal wiring and chest wound infections: Reply

Hitoshi Hirose
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:977. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dynamic cardiomyoplasty reduces myocardial oxygen consumption

Yoshio Misawa and Katsuo Fuse
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:977. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Osamu Kawaguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:977-978. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Optimal thoracotomy analgesia

Jonathan A. Richardson and Vladimir A. Anikin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:978. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Shinzo Takamori
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:978. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and operation in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer

Branislav Jeremic, Frank B. Zimmermann, and Michael Molls
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:979. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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