CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Paolo Macchiarini, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Rafael Oriol, Vincent de Montpreville, Elisabeth Dulmet, Soly Fattal, Jean-Marie Libert, Sylvie Doubine, Dominique Nochy, Robert Rieben, and Philippe Dartevelle

EX VIVO LUNG MODEL OF PIG-TO-HUMAN HYPERACUTE XENOGRAFT REJECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 315-325. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin A. Nørgaard, Fritz Efsen, Claus B. Andersen, Ulrik G. Svendsen, and Gösta Pettersson

MEDIUM-TERM PATENCY AND ANATOMIC CHANGES AFTER DIRECT BRONCHIAL ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION IN LUNG AND HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION WITH THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY CONDUIT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 326-331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atsushi Watanabe, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Katsuyuki Kusajima, Sakuzo Komatsu, Tomio Abe, and Hiroki Takahashi

INFLUENCE OF OXYGEN IN INFLATION GAS DURING LUNG ISCHEMIA ON ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 332-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Kazuhito Dobashi, Kenji Sugio, Toshihiro Osaki, Takeshi Oka, and Kosei Yasumoto

MICROMETASTATIC P53-POSITIVE CELLS IN THE LYMPH NODES OF NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER: PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 339-346. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ken Kodama, Osamu Doi, Masahiko Higashiyama, and Hideoki Yokouchi

INTENTIONAL LIMITED RESECTION FOR SELECTED PATIENTS WITH T1 N0 M0 NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER: A SINGLE-INSTITUTION STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 347-353. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Yasushi Yatabe, Takashi Koshikawa, Shunnzo Hatooka, Masayuki Shinoda, Motokazu Suyama, Takahiko Sugiura, Makoto Ogawa, and Takashi Takahashi

MUTATIONS OF THE P53 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE AS CLONAL MARKER FOR MULTIPLE PRIMARY LUNG CANCERS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 354-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David R. Flum, Scott D. Steinberg, Thomas R. Bernik, Enrique Bonfils-Roberts, Marshall D. Kramer, Peter X. Adams, and Marc K. Wallack

THORACOSCOPY IN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 361-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph B. Shrager, Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, David F. Torchiana, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen

BRONCHOPULMONARY CARCINOID TUMORS ASSOCIATED WITH CUSHING'S SYNDROME: A MORE AGGRESSIVE VARIANT OF TYPICAL CARCINOID
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 367-375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Thomas L. Gentles, John E. Mayer, Jr., Kimberlee Gauvreau, Jane W. Newburger, James E. Lock, John P. Kupferschmid, Janice Burnett, Richard A. Jonas, Aldo R. Castañeda, and Gil Wernovsky

FONTAN OPERATION IN FIVE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS: FACTORS INFLUENCING EARLY AND LATE OUTCOME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 376-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas L. Gentles, Kimberlee Gauvreau, John E. Mayer, Jr., Steven B. Fishberger, Janice Burnett, Steven D. Colan, Jane W. Newburger, and Gil Wernovsky

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER THE FONTAN OPERATION: FACTORS INFLUENCING LATE MORBIDITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 392-403. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen E. Cyran

COMMENTARY: FUNCTIONALITY AFTER THE FONTAN PROCEDURE—PERCEIVED REALITY AND THE PONDERING PRINCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 404-405. [Full Text]  

Yukihiro Kaneko, Hideo Okabe, Nobuhiro Nagata, Hiroshi Ohuchi, Jotaro Kobayashi, Shinya Kanemoto, and Kenji Itoh

LAY-OPEN PULMONARY ARTERIOPLASTY FOR POSTOPERATIVE HILAR PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 406-412. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey S. Heinle, Laura K. Diaz, and Lawrence S. Fox

EARLY EXTUBATION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS IN NEONATES AND YOUNG INFANTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 413-418. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Michael J. Reardon, Rafael Espada, George V. Letsou, Hazim J. Safi, Charles H. McCollum, and John C. Baldwin

EDITORIAL: MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY—A WORD OF CAUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 419-420. [Full Text]  

Ying C. Song, Lena Y. Yao, James M. Kneebone, and Flavian M. Lupinetti

EFFECT OF CRYOPRESERVATION AND HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ON TYPE I PROCOLLAGEN GENE EXPRESSION IN AORTIC VALVE GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 421-427. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregor Zünd, Markus Hauser, Paul Vogt, Clarence P. Davis, Mario Lachat, Andreas Künzli, Michele Genoni, and Marko Turina

NEW APPROACH TO PATENCY AND FLOW ASSESSMENT AFTER LEFT INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY HYPOPERFUSION SYNDROME WITH ADDITIONAL SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT TO THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY WITH PHASE-CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 428-433. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo A. Mariani, Piet W. Boonstra, Jan G. Grandjean, Johannes O. J. Peels, Stefan H. J. Monnink, Peter den Heijer, and Harry J. G. M. Crijns

MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING VERSUS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY FOR ISOLATED TYPE C STENOSIS OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 434-439. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Akihiko Usui, Keiji Oohara, Fumihiko Murakami, Hideki Ooshima, Mitsuo Kawamura, and Mitsuya Murase

BODY TEMPERATURE INFLUENCES REGIONAL TISSUE BLOOD FLOW DURING RETROGRADE CEREBRAL PERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 440-447. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David F. Bloom, J. Fredrick Cornhill, Paul S. Malchesky, Donna M. Richardson, Kathryn A. Bolsen, Donna M. Haire, Floyd D. Loop, and Delos M. Cosgrove III

TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF REUSING DISPOSABLE PERFUSION CANNULAS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 448-460. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel J. Goldstein, David A. Dean, Arthur Smerling, Mehmet C. Oz, Daniel Burkhoff, and Marc L. Dickstein

INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IS NOT A NEGATIVE INOTROPIC AGENT IN A PORCINE MODEL OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 461-466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Westaby, T. Katsumata, R. Evans, D. Pigott, D. P. Taggart, and R. K. Jarvik

THE JARVIK 2000 OXFORD SYSTEM: INCREASING THE SCOPE OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 467-474. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inderpaul Birdi, Idris Regragui, Mohammed B. Izzat, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

INFLUENCE OF NORMOTHERMIC SYSTEMIC PERFUSION DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS OPERATIONS: A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 475-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kaushik A. Shastri, Gerald L. Logue, Mont P. Stern, Saif Rehman, and Syed Raza

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION BY HEPARIN-PROTAMINE COMPLEXES DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: EFFECT OF C4A NULL ALLELE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 482-488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Valeri S. Chekanov, Sanjay Deshpande, and Donald H. Schmidt

CARDIOMYOPLASTY COMBINED WITH IMPLANTATION OF A CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 489-491. [Full Text]  

Carlos Morales, José M. Bernal, José M. Rabasa, Francisco Gutiérrez, Fernando Val, and José M. Revuelta

CALCIFIED PEDICLED THROMBUS IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE: THE FINE ART OF NATURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 491-492. [Full Text]  

George Ulma, J. Geoffrey Stevenson, Flavian M. Lupinetti, and Jeffrey P. Morray

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF IATROGENIC CORONARY SINUS STENOSIS: A CASE REPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 493-495. [Full Text]  

Jehangir J. Appoo and Jean Francois Morin

SEVERE CEREBRAL AND CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THYROID DECOMPENSATION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 496. [Full Text]  

Daniel Burkhoff, Regan Fulton, Keith Wharton, Margaret E. Billingham, and Robert Robbins

MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION THROUGH NATURALLY OCCURRING SUBENDOCARDIAL CHANNELS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 497-499. [Full Text]  

Benny Weksler, Manjit Bains, Michael Burt, Robert Downey, Nael Martini, Valerie Rusch, and Robert Ginsberg

RESECTION OF LUNG CANCER INVADING THE DIAPHRAGM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 500-501. [Full Text]  

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, and Frank L. Hanley

PULMONARY ROOT TRANSLOCATION FOR BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF DOUBLE-OUTLET LEFT VENTRICLE WITH ABSENT SUBPULMONIC CONUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 501-503. [Full Text]  

Kazuaki Fukahara, Arata Murakami, Tetsuyuki Ueda, Yoshinori Doki, Shinichi Tsubata, Fukiko Ichida, and Takuro Misaki

SCHEDULED AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD DONATION AT THE TIME OF CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 504-505. [Full Text]  

Michael Weyand, Deniz Kececioglu, Christof Schmid, Hans G. Kehl, Rene Tandler, Heinz Michael Loick, and Hans H. Scheld

SUCCESSFUL BRIDGING TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION IN A DYSTROPHIC INFANT WITH THE USE OF A NEW PARACORPOREAL PNEUMATIC PUMP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 505-507. [Full Text]  

Volkmar Falk, Anno Diegeler, Thomas Walther, Hugo Kitzinger, Jacques A. M. van Son, Rüdiger Autschbach, and Friedrich W. Mohr

INTRAOPERATIVE PATENCY CONTROL OF ARTERIAL GRAFTS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT OPERATIONS BY MEANS OF ENDOSCOPIC THERMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 507-509. [Full Text]  

I. Birdi, M Caputo, J. A. Hutter, A. J. Bryan, and G. D. Angelini

TROPONIN I RELEASE DURING MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 509-510. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Paul E. Y. Van Schil

Mediastinal lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical stage I lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 511. [Full Text]  

Tsuneyo Takizawa and Masanori Terashima

Mediastinal lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical stage I lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 511-512. [Full Text]  

Jyotirmay Chanda, Ryosei Kuribayashi, and Tadaaki Abe

Concentration of glutaraldehyde in fixation of bioprosthetic values
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 512. [Full Text]  

Anthony C. Duncan and Derek Boughner

Concentration of glutaraldehyde in fixation of bioprosthetic values
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 513. [Full Text]  

J. M. Alvarez

Use of aprotinin after cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 513-514. [Full Text]  

Sertaç Çiçek and Harun Tatar

Use of aprotinin after cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 514. [Full Text]  

Er-Xiong Lu, Gui-Lin Ying, and Xun Guo

Hypothermia during preconditioned ischemia-reperfusion attenuates the myocardial protection of preconditioning
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 514-515. [Full Text]  

Louis P. Perrault and Philippe Menasché

Hypothermia during preconditioned ischemia-reperfusion attenuates the myocardial protection of preconditioning
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 515-516. [Full Text]  

Tommaso C. Mineo, Eugenio Pompeo, and Vincenzo Ambrogi

Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy: From the right or from the left?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 516-517. [Full Text]  

F. P. J. Peters

Treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 517. [Full Text]  

Richard N. Gates, Hillel Laks, and Davis C. Drinkwater

Angiographic and electron-beam computed tomography studies of retrograde cardioplegia via the coronary sinus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 518-519. [Full Text]  

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