SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Andreas Gamillscheg, Gerfried Zobel, Bernd Urlesberger, Jutta Berger, Drago Dacar, Jörg Ingolf Stein, Bruno Rigler, Helfried Metzler, and Albrecht Beitzke

INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL PULMONARY PERFUSION AFTER FONTAN-TYPE PROCEDURES AND BIDIRECTIONAL GLENN ANASTOMOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 435-442. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Winfield J. Wells, Apichai Khong, and Vaughn A. Starnes

THE CLAMSHELL INCISION FOR BILATERAL PULMONARY ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION IN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 443-452. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raymond B. Hokken, Margot M. Bartelings, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, and Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot

MORPHOLOGY OF THE PULMONARY AND AORTIC ROOTS WITH REGARD TO THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 453-461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. S. Sett, H. Tearle, and J. G. LeBlanc

EFFECT OF GLUTAMATE-ASPARTATE REPERFUSION ON POSTISCHEMIC NEONATAL MYOCARDIUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 462-466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

A. Marc Gillinov, Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, Robert W. Stewart, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, Derek D. Muehrcke, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, and Floyd D. Loop

REOPERATION FOR FAILURE OF MITRAL VALVE REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 467-475. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael A. Coady, John A. Rizzo, Graeme L. Hammond, Divakar Mandapati, Umer Darr, Gary S. Kopf, and John A. Elefteriades

WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE SIZE CRITERION FOR RESECTION OF THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 476-491. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. R. Aupart, P. H. Neville, S. Hammami, A. L. Sirinelli, Y. A. Meurisse, and M. A. Marchand

CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PERICARDIAL VALVES IN THE MITRAL POSITION: TEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 492-498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dilip Sawant, Arun K. Singh, William C. Feng, Arthur A. Bert, and Fred Rotenberg

ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC VALVES IN SMALL AORTIC ROOTS: FOLLOW-UP TO SIXTEEN YEARS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 499-509. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Andrew S. Wechsler

EDITORIAL: GENES PLAY A PART IN PROTECTING THE HEART—A BIT OF POETIC LICENSE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 510-511. [Full Text]  

Yoshiki Sawa, Keishi Kadoba, Ken Suzuki, Hong-Zhi Bai, Yasufumi Kaneda, Ryota Shirakura, and Hikaru Matsuda

EFFICIENT GENE TRANSFER METHOD INTO THE WHOLE HEART THROUGH THE CORONARY ARTERY WITH HEMAGGLUTINATING VIRUS OF JAPAN LIPOSOME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 512-519. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph E. Bavaria, Robert Kotloff, Harold Palevsky, Bruce Rosengard, John R. Roberts, Peter M. Wahl, Nancy Blumenthal, Christine Archer, and Larry R. Kaiser

BILATERAL VERSUS SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 520-528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Paul A. Couetil, Michael J. Tolan, Didier F. Loulmet, Alain Guinvarch, Patrick G. Chevalier, Antoine Achkar, Peter Birmbaum, and Alain F. Carpentier

PULMONARY BIPARTITIONING AND LOBAR TRANSPLANTATION: A NEW APPROACH TO DONOR ORGAN SHORTAGE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 529-537. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Mark B. Orringer

EDITORIAL ON "OCCULT CERVICAL NODAL METASTASES IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THREE-FIELD LYMPHADENECTOMY"
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 538-539. [Full Text]  

Nasser K. Altorki and David B. Skinner

OCCULT CERVICAL NODAL METASTASIS IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THREE-FIELD LYMPHADENECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 540-544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Peter C. Pairolero, Julie O. Johnson, and Dirk R. Larson

LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER REOPERATION FOR FAILED ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 545-551. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paltiel Weiner, Abraham Man, Margalit Weiner, Marinella Rabner, Joseph Waizman, Rasmi Magadle, Doron Zamir, and Yoel Greiff

THE EFFECT OF INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY AND INSPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER LUNG RESECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 552-557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Macchiarini, Elisabeth Dulmet, Vincent de Montpreville, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Alain Chapelier, and Philippe Dartevelle

TRACHEAL GROWTH AFTER SLIDE TRACHEOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 558-566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Jennifer S. Lawton, Peng-Wie Hsia, Cynthia T. Allen, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.

MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION IN THE ACUTELY INJURED HEART: HYPERPOLARIZING VERSUS DEPOLARIZING HYPOTHERMIC CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 567-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mats Ernofsson, Stefan Thelin, and Agneta Siegbahn

MONOCYTE TISSUE FACTOR EXPRESSION, CELL ACTIVATION, AND THROMBIN FORMATION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: A CLINICAL STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 576-584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Quintilio Caretta, Paolo Voci, Maria Cristina Acconcia, and Flavia Chiarotti

COLLATERAL FLOW PREVENTS UNINTENTIONAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA DURING ANTEGRADE CARDIOPLEGIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 585-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anders Jeppsson, Rolf Ekroth, Klaus Kirnö, Italo Milocco, Boris Nilsson, Folke Nilsson, Sveneric Svensson, and Jan Wernerman

INSULIN AND AMINO ACID INFUSION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS: EFFECTS ON SYSTEMIC AND RENAL PERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 594-602. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Massimo Gallerani, Francesco Portaluppi, Enrico Grandi, and Roberto Manfredini

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMICITY IN THE OCCURRENCE OF SPONTANEOUS ACUTE DISSECTION AND RUPTURE OF THORACIC AORTA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 603-604. [Full Text]  

Tetsuo Sakakibara, Ryousuke Matsuwaka, Fuminobu Ishikura, Masataka Mitsuno, Akihiko Yagura, and Kazuhisa Kodama

INTRAOPERATIVE REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF CORONARY ARTERIES BY MEANS OF POWER DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 605-606. [Full Text]  

Elchanan Bruckheimer, Ziad R. Bulbul, William E. Hellenbrand, Charles S. Kleinman, and Gary S. Kopf

TAKEDOWN OF GLENN SHUNTS IN ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE WITH POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE GRAFTS: TECHNIQUE AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 607-608. [Full Text]  

Kiyoyuki Eishi, Hiroaki Sasaki, Kiyoharu Nakano, Yoshio Kosakai, Fumitaka Isobe, Yoshikado Sasako, and Junjiro Kobayashi

SUPERIOR APPROACH TO THE LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY FOR SURGICAL ANGIOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 609-611. [Full Text]  

G. J. Despotis, J. H. Joist, L. T. Goodnough, S. A. Santoro, and E. Spitznagel

WHOLE BLOOD HEPARIN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS BY AUTOMATED PROTAMINE TITRATION AGREE WITH PLASMA ANTI-XA MEASUREMENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 611-613. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Shigeki Morita, Guo-Wen Sun, and Gregory Louis Kay

Predicting survivorship after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with low ejection fraction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 614. [Full Text]  

Andrew S. Wechsler

Predicting survivorship after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with low ejection fraction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 614-615. [Full Text]  

Loïc Macé, Patrice Dervanian, Thierry Folliguet, Jean-Félix Verrier, Jean Losay, and Jean-Yves Neveux

Atrioventricular septal defect with subaortic stenosis: Extended valvular detachment and leaflet augmentation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 615-616. [Full Text]  

Glen Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, and Robert M. Freedom

Atrioventricular septal defect with subaortic stenosis: Extended valvular detachment and leaflet augmentation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 616-617. [Full Text]  

S. Fehmi Katircioglu, Oguz Tasdemir, and Kemal Bayazit

Relation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in reducing the toxic effects of protamine administration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 617. [Full Text]  

Goya V. Raikar and Hartzell V. Schaff

Relation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in reducing the toxic effects of protamine administration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 617. [Full Text]  

Kouichi Hisatomi

Is left ventricular outflow tract obstruction really relieved on long-term follow-up?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 617-618. [Full Text]  

Vaughn A. Starnes

Is left ventricular outflow tract obstruction really relieved on long-term follow-up?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 618-619. [Full Text]  

John M. Murkin

Alpha-stat acid-base regulation during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 619. [Full Text]  

D. J. Chambers

Alpha-stat acid-base regulation during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 619-620. [Full Text]  

Margit Kadletz, Robert M. Freedom, and Michael D. Black

Median sternotomy for prolonged resuscitation in neonatal tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 620-621. [Full Text]  

Myles Edwin Lee

Carbodissection of the internal thoracic artery pedicle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 621-622. [Full Text]  

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