GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Hiroshi Urayama, Hiroshi Ohtake, Kenji Ohmura, and Yoh Watanabe

PHARYNGOESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE USE OF VASCULAR ANASTOMOSES: OPERATIVE MODIFICATIONS AND LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 975-981. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James M. Habicht, Alois Gratwohl, Michael Tamm, Jürgen Drewe, Michael Proske, and Peter Stulz

DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC THORACIC SURGERY IN LEUKEMIA AND SEVERE APLASTIC ANEMIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 982-988. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Marjan Jahangiri, Darryl Shore, Vijay Kakkar, Christopher Lincoln, and Elliot Shinebourne

COAGULATION FACTOR ABNORMALITIES AFTER THE FONTAN PROCEDURE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 989-993. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirk Bolling, Michael Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Tingrong Wang, Shaik Ramon, and Harold Feinberg

MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION IN NORMAL AND HYPOXICALLY STRESSED NEONATAL HEARTS: THE SUPERIORITY OF BLOOD VERSUS CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 994-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neal D. Hillman, Ira M. Cheifetz, Damian M. Craig, Peter K. Smith, Ross M. Ungerleider, and Jon N. Meliones

INHALED NITRIC OXIDE, RIGHT VENTRICULAR EFFICIENCY, AND PULMONARY VASCULAR MECHANICS: SELECTIVE VASODILATION OF SMALL PULMONARY VESSELS DURING HYPOXIC PULMONARY VASOCONSTRICTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1006-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

José P. Neves, Sérgio Gulbenkian, Teresa Ramos, Ana P. Martins, Margarida C. Caldas, Ramiro Mascarenhas, Marília Guerreiro, António Matoso-Ferreira, Ricardo Santos, Carolino Monteiro, João Q. Melo, Sponsor:, and Manuel Machado Macedo

MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DEGENERATION OF CRYOPRESERVED VASCULAR HOMOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1014-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel S. Schwartz, Greg H. Ribakove, Eugene A. Grossi, Patricia M. Buttenheim, Jess D. Schwartz, Robert M. Applebaum, Itzhak Kronzon, F. Gregory Baumann, Stephen B. Colvin, and Aubrey C. Galloway

MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT: PORT-ACCESS TECHNIQUE, FEASIBILITY, AND MYOCARDIAL FUNCTIONAL PRESERVATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1022-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc L. Dickstein, Henry M. Spotnitz, Eric A. Rose, and Daniel Burkhoff

HEART REDUCTION SURGERY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT ON CARDIAC FUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1032-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Keith Reemtsma

EDITORIAL: CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION FOR AUXILIARY CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1041. [Full Text]  

Asghar Khaghani, Francesco Santini, Cornelius M. Dyke, Obed Onuzu, Rosemary Radley-Smith, and Magdi H. Yacoub

HETEROTOPIC CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1042-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bernard Hausen, Roland Rohde, Charles W. Hewitt, Frank Schroeder, Maike Beuke, Raj Ramsamooj, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Sponsor:, and Hans-George Borst

EXOGENOUS SURFACTANT TREATMENT BEFORE AND AFTER SIXTEEN HOURS OF ISCHEMIA IN EXPERIMENTAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1050-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ron Brauner, Lily Wu, Hillel Laks, Masaki Nonoyama, Frank Scholl, Oleg Shvarts, Arnold Berk, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., and Jing-Liang Wang

INTRACORONARY GENE TRANSFER OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CYTOKINES TO CARDIAC ALLOGRAFTS: METHOD AND EFFICACY OF ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED TRANSDUCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1059-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Hooman R. Ghomeshi, Ganghong Tian, Jian Ye, Jiankang Sun, Edward F. Hoffenberg, Tomás A. Salerno, and Roxanne Deslauriers

ASPARTATE/GLUTAMATE-ENRICHED BLOOD DOES NOT IMPROVE MYOCARDIAL ENERGY METABOLISM DURING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION: A ³¹P MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY IN ISOLATED PIG HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1068-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirk S. Bolling, Ari Halldorsson, Bradley S. Allen, Shaikh Rahman, Tingrong Wang, Michael Kronon, and Harold Feinberg

PREVENTION OF THE HYPOXIC REOXYGENATION INJURY WITH THE USE OF A LEUKOCYTE-DEPLETING FILTER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1081-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James P. Slater, Evan C. Lipsitz, Jonathan M. Chen, Howard R. Levin, Mehmet C. Oz, Daniel J. Goldstein, Robert C. Ashton, and Daniel Burkhoff

SYSTOLIC VENTRICULAR INTERACTION IN NORMAL AND DISEASED EXPLANTED HUMAN HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1091-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthew S. Bayfield, Jonathan R. Lindner, Sanjiv Kaul, Suad Ismail, Meredith L. K. Sheil, N. Craig Goodman, Richard Zacour, and William D. Spotnitz

DEOXYGENATED BLOOD MINIMIZES ADHERENCE OF SONICATED ALBUMIN MICROBUBBLES DURING CARDIOPLEGIC ARREST AND AFTER BLOOD REPERFUSION: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS WITH MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1100-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Paolo Bertolini, and Alessandro Mazzucco

EARLY FAILURE OF FREEHAND AORTIC STENTLESS XENOGRAFT VALVES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1109-1110. [Full Text]  

Kyriakos St. Rammos and George J. Koullias

IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTORS IN INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY AND SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1111-1112. [Full Text]  

Norihiko Shiiya, Keishu Yasuda, Toshifumi Murashita, Yukio Suto, Tsuyoshi Kanaoka, Yoshiro Matsui, and Shigeyuki Sasaki

TRANSAPICAL AORTIC CANNULATION FOR HYPOTHERMIC AORTIC OPERATION THROUGH A LEFT THORACOTOMY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO AVOID RETROGRADE ARTERIAL PERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1113-1114. [Full Text]  

L. C. H. John and O. J. Lau

HEPARIN-ASSOCIATED INTRATHORACIC PSEUDOTUMOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1115-1116. [Full Text]  

Matthias Roth, Erwin P. Bauer, Oliver Reuthebuch, and Wolf Peter Klövekorn

SINGLE LEUKOCYTE FILTER (PALL BC1B) FAILS IN MULTIDOSE COLD BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1116-1117. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

J. G. Reves, W. D. White, and D. W. Amory

Improvement of outcomes after coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1118. [Full Text]  

M. E. Charlson, G. S. Hartman, J. C. Peterson, T. P. Szatrowski, P. Williams-Russo, O. W. Isom, and J. P. Gold

Improvement of outcomes after coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1118-1120. [Full Text]  

Nicholas J. Demos

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1120. [Full Text]  

Giorgio M. Aru, Bobby J. Heath, and Jesse L. Wofford

Subxiphoid tube drainage in bullectomy and lung volume reduction: A word of caution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1120-1121. [Full Text]  

M. Bashar Izzat and Anthony P. C. Yim

Assessment of the hemodynamic performance of small-size aortic valve prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1121-1122. [Full Text]  

Josè Ramòn Gonzàlez-Juanatey

Assessment of the hemodynamic performance of small-size aortic valve prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1122-1123. [Full Text]  

John E. Baker and Gordon N. Olinger

Myocardial protection of the hypoxic heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1123-1124. [Full Text]  

Bradley S. Allen

Myocardial protection of the hypoxic heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1124-1125. [Full Text]  

Hugh O'Kane

Aortic implantation of anomalous left coronary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1125. [Full Text]  

John H. Lemmer, Jr.

Use of epsilon-aminocaproic acid to reduce bleeding
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1125-1126. [Full Text]  

Thomas J. Vander Salm

Use of epsilon-aminocaproic acid to reduce bleeding
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1126-1127. [Full Text]  

Dilip Oswal, Catherine D. Sudarshan, and Philip H. Kay

Twenty-three–year survival of a bovine pericardial bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1127-1128. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. Gordon Scannell

NATHAN GREEN (1871-1955)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1129. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 113: 1130. [Full Text]  

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