PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

David B. Skinner

SHAPING THE REVOLUTION: THORACIC SURGEONS AND SOMETHING MORE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 699-706. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Erle H. Austin, III, Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr., Steven M. Auden, Vedad Seremet, Greg Niznik, Aida Sehic, Michael K. Sowell, Caryn D. Cheppo, and Karen M. Corlett

BENEFIT OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING FOR PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 707-717. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

MODIFIED DAMUS-KAYE-STANSEL PROCEDURE FOR SINGLE VENTRICLE, SUBAORTIC STENOSIS, AND ARCH OBSTRUCTION IN NEONATES AND INFANTS: MIDTERM RESULTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR AVOIDING CIRCULATORY ARREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 718-726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Gary Salasidis, Renzo Cecere, Marie J. Béland, Luc Jutras, Marc Paquet, and Anthony R. C. Dobell

ONE-STAGE MIDLINE UNIFOCALIZATION AND COMPLETE REPAIR IN INFANCY VERSUS MULTIPLE-STAGE UNIFOCALIZATION FOLLOWED BY REPAIR FOR COMPLEX HEART DISEASE WITH MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERALS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 727-737. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gérard Champsaur, Catherine Vedrinne, Stéphane Martinot, François Tronc, Jacques Robin, Jean Ninet, and Michel Franck

FLOW-INDUCED RELEASE OF ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR DURING PULSATILE BYPASS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE FETAL LAMB
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 738-745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dominique Metras, Bernard Kreitmann, Alberto Riberi, John-Godson Yao, Elie El-Khoury, François Wernert, and Adrienne Pannetier-Mille

EXTENDING THE CONCEPT OF THE AUTOGRAFT FOR COMPLETE REPAIR OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION: A REPORT OF TEN CASES OF A MODIFIED PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 746-754. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Patrick M. McCarthy, Randall C. Starling, James Wong, Gregory M. Scalia, Tiffany Buda, Rita L. Vargo, MSN, Marlene Goormastic, James D. Thomas, Nicholas G. Smedira, and James B. Young

EARLY RESULTS WITH PARTIAL LEFT VENTRICULECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 755-765. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David, James Kuo, and Susan Armstrong

AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERVALVULAR FIBROUS BODY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 766-772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., Christopher L. Wixon, Joseph R. Elbeery, Jon F. Moran, William H. H. Chapman, and Robert M. Lust

VIDEO-ASSISTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 773-782. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Carlos H. R. Boasquevisque, Teng C. Lee, Bassem N. Mora, David Peterson, William O. Osburn, Matthew Bernstein, Wei Zhang, Jennifer B. Nietupski, Ronald K. Scheule, Joel D. Cooper, Mitchell D. Botney, and G. Alexander Patterson

LIPOSOME-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER TO LUNG ISOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 783-792. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Motoki Yano, Carlos H. R. Boasquevisque, Ronald K. Scheule, Mitchell D. Botney, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

SUCCESSFUL IN VIVO AND EX VIVO TRANSFECTION OF PULMONARY ARTERY SEGMENTS IN LUNG ISOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 793-802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Saito, Noboru Motomura, Hong Lou, Peter W. Ramwell, Marie L. Foegh, DSc, Sponsor:, and Edward A. Lefrak

SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN ON GROWTH FACTOR AND MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS II ANTIGEN EXPRESSION IN RAT AORTIC ALLOGRAFT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 803-810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Thomas J. Lynch, Noah C. Choi, Michael L. Grossbard, Robert W. Carey, Ashby C. Moncure, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen

INDUCTION THERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER WITH PACLITAXEL AND HYPERFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY: A PHASE I AND II STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 811-816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James D. Luketich, Philip Schauer, Rodney Landreneau, Ninh Nguyen, Kathleen Urso, Peter Ferson, Robert Keenan, and Richard Kim

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL STAGING IS SUPERIOR TO ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND IN DETECTING LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 817-823. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark K. Ferguson and Keith S. Naunheim

RESECTION FOR BARRETT'S MUCOSA WITH HIGH-GRADE DYSPLASIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROPHYLACTIC PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 824-829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erino A. Rendina, Federico Venuta, Tiziano De Giacomo, Isac Flaishman, Paola Fazi, Costante Ricci, Sponsor:, and Valerie W. Rusch

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF BRONCHOVASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOR LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 830-837. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert A. Soslow, Liang Ying, and Nasser K. Altorki

EXPRESSION OF ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS AND ASSOCIATED ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 838-843. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Mark G. Hazekamp, Paul H. Schoof, Bert E. Suys, Paul A. Hutter, Erik-Jan Meijboom, Jaap Ottenkamp, and Hans A. Huysmans

SWITCH BACK: USING THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT TO REPLACE THE AORTIC VALVE AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 844-846. [Full Text]  

Amedeo V. Bedini, Maurizio Valente, Stefano Andreani, and Gianni Ravasi

REVERSE FLAP OF DISTAL LATISSIMUS DORSI FOR DIAPHRAGM RECONSTRUCTION IN THE ADULT: SPECIFICATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURE AND REPORT ON SIX CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 846-848. [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yamagishi, Yuzuru Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kanazawa, and Noriyasu Kawada

DOUBLE SWITCH OPERATION FOR CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION WITH TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS RETURN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 848-850. [Full Text]  

Massimo A. Mariani, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, Jan L. M. Strengers, and Tjark Ebels

AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY FOR AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 851-853. [Full Text]  

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Gregory Khatchatourian, Aristotelis Panos, and Bernard Faidutti

RUPTURED MEDIASTINAL BRONCHIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM: A DILEMMA OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 853-856. [Full Text]  

Hilary P. Grocott, David W. Amory, Edward Lowry, Mark F. Newman, James E. Lowe, and Fiona M. Clements

CEREBRAL EMBOLIZATION DURING TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 856-858. [Full Text]  

Kanji Inoue, Tomoyuki Iwase, Mitsuru Sato, Yuki Yoshida, Katsuya Ueno, Shunich Tamaki, and Ario Yamazato

TRANSLUMINAL ENDOVASCULAR BRANCHED GRAFT PLACEMENT FOR A PSEUDOANEURYSM: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA INCLUDING THE CELIAC AXIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 859-861. [Full Text]  

Bahman Esmailzadeh, Robert Bernat, Kai Winkler, Monika Meybehm, Dietrich Pfeiffer, and Paul Gerhard Kirchhoff

SURGICAL EXCISION OF THE SINUS NODE IN A PATIENT WITH INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 861-864. [Full Text]  

Jean-Jacques Monsuez, Daniel Vittecoq, Christophe Acar, John Evans, Serge Witchitz, and Nicholas Kouchoukos

RECURRENT INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS ONE YEAR AFTER MITRAL REPAIR IN A WOMAN ADDICTED TO DRUGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 864-866. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ronald Day

Inhaled nitric oxide after Glenn and Fontan procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 867. [Full Text]  

Andreas Gamillscheg, Gerfried Zobel, Bruno Rigler, and Albrecht Beitzke

Inhaled nitric oxide after Glenn and Fontan procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 867-868. [Full Text]  

J. Robin, F. Tronc, A. Curtil, C. Vedrinne, G. Finet, and G. Champsaur

Extravascular aortic clamping for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 868-869. [Full Text]  

Horia Sirbu, Bernd Herse, Thomas Busch, and Harald Dalichau

Complex reconstruction of the right bronchial system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 870. [Full Text]  

Robert H. Anderson

The structure of the aortic root
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 870. [Full Text]  

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

The structure of the aortic root
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 871. [Full Text]  

Georg Nollert, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Mitsugi Nagashima, and Dominique Shum-Tim

Cerebral oxygenation during cardiopulmonary bypass in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 871-872. [Full Text]  

C. Dean Kurth, James M. Steven, Susan C. Nicolson, and Marshall L. Jacobs

Cerebral oxygenation during cardiopulmonary bypass in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 872-873. [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa

Indication for delayed sternal closure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 874. [Full Text]  

Sarah Tabbutt and Peter C. Laussen

Indication for delayed sternal closure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 874. [Full Text]  

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