SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

King F. Kwong, Georgios K. Kanellopoulos, Joshua C. Nickols, Steven M. Pogwizd, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Richard B. Schuessler, and Thoralf M. Sundt, III

TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER TREATMENT DENERVATES CANINE MYOCARDIUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 883-890. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmad Moustapha, David B. Ross, Bindu Bittira, Dick Van-Velzen, Vivian C. McAlister, Christopher L. Lannon, Timothy D. Lee, and Sponsor: David A. Murphy

AORTIC VALVE GRAFTS IN THE RAT: EVIDENCE FOR REJECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 891-902. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Theresa Volk, Linlea Hahn, Robert Hayden, James Abel, Martin L. Puterman, and G. Frank O. Tyers

RELIABILITY AUDIT OF A REGIONAL CARDIAC SURGERY REGISTRY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 903-910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ernesto E. Weinschelbaum, Eduardo D. Gabe, Alejandro Macchia, Raffaele Smimmo, and Luis D. Suárez

TOTAL MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION WITH ARTERIAL CONDUITS: RADIAL ARTERY COMBINED WITH INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 911-916. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Vaughn A. Starnes, Mark L. Barr, Felicia A. Schenkel, Monica V. Horn, Robbin G. Cohen, Jeffery A. Hagen, and Winfield J. Wells

EXPERIENCE WITH LIVING-DONOR LOBAR TRANSPLANTATION FOR INDICATIONS OTHER THAN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 917-922. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ron Brauner, Masaki Nonoyama, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., Sharon McCaffery, Thomas Drake, Arnold J. Berk, Luyi Sen, and Lily Wu

INTRACORONARY ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED TRANSFER OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CYTOKINE GENES PROLONGS ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 923-933. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Dean M. Donahue, Hermes C. Grillo, John C. Wain, Cameron D. Wright, and Douglas J. Mathisen

REOPERATIVE TRACHEAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR UNSUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF POSTINTUBATION STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 934-939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James S. McCaughan, Jr. and Thomas E. Williams

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR ENDOBRONCHIAL MALIGNANT DISEASE: A PROSPECTIVE FOURTEEN-YEAR STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 940-947. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nasser K. Altorki, Leonard Girardi, and David B. Skinner

EN BLOC ESOPHAGECTOMY IMPROVES SURVIVAL FOR STAGE III ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 948-956. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. McKenna, Jr., Matthew Brenner, Richard J. Fischel, Narinder Singh, Ben Yoong, Arthur F. Gelb, and Kathryn E. Osann

PATIENT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 957-967. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmed Shafik

EFFECT OF ESOPHAGEAL DISTENTION ON PRESSURE AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY OF THE PHARYNGOESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, WITH IDENTIFICATION OF THE ESOPHAGOPHARYNGEAL REFLEX
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 968-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

William G. Williams, Jan M. Quaegebeur, John W. Kirklin, and Eugene H. Blackstone

OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION AFTER THE ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION: A MULTIINSTITUTIONAL STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 975-990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adre J. du Plessis, Richard A. Jonas, David Wypij, Paul R. Hickey, James Riviello, David L. Wessel, Stephen J. Roth, Frederick A. Burrows, Gene Walter, David M. Farrell, Amy Z. Walsh, Christine A. Plumb, Pedro del Nido, Redmond P. Burke, Aldo R. Castaneda, John E. Mayer, Jr., and Jane W. Newburger

PERIOPERATIVE EFFECTS OF ALPHA-STAT VERSUS pH-STAT STRATEGIES FOR DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN INFANTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 991-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Nilas Young, Isaac O. Choy, Nolli K. Silva, Derek Y. Obayashi, and Howard E. Barkan

ANTEGRADE COLD BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA IS NOT DEMONSTRABLY ADVANTAGEOUS OVER COLD CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA IN SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1002-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM IN PEDIATRIC MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1010-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Amodeo, Lorenzo Galletti, Stefano Marianeschi, Sergio Picardo, Salvatore Giannico, Paolo Di Renzi, and Carlo Marcelletti

EXTRACARDIAC FONTAN OPERATION FOR COMPLEX CARDIAC ANOMALIES: SEVEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1020-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark A. Fogel, Paul M. Weinberg, Alison Hoydu, Anne Hubbard, Jack Rychik, Marshall Jacobs, Kenneth E. Fellows, and John Haselgrove

THE NATURE OF FLOW IN THE SYSTEMIC VENOUS PATHWAY MEASURED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE BLOOD TAGGING IN PATIENTS HAVING THE FONTAN OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1032-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Trevor Duke, Warwick Butt, Mike South, and Tom R. Karl

EARLY MARKERS OF MAJOR ADVERSE EVENTS IN CHILDREN AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1042-1052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Václav Chaloupecky, Bohumil Hucín, Tomás Tláskal, Martin Kostelka, Vladimír Kucera, Jan Janousek, Jan skovránek, and Ludek sprongl, Ing

NITROGEN BALANCE, 3-METHYLHISTIDINE EXCRETION, AND PLASMA AMINO ACID PROFILE IN INFANTS AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS: THE EFFECT OF EARLY NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1053-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alain Serraf, Monica Robotin, Nicolas Bonnet, Hélène Détruit, Bruno Baudet, Michel G. Mazmanian, Philippe Hervé, and Claude Planché

ALTERATION OF THE NEONATAL PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY AFTER TOTAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1061-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Nilto Carias de Oliveira, Theodore J. Boeve, David F. Torchiana, Howard L. Kantor, James S. Titus, Christopher J. Schmidt, Cheng-zai Lu, Jeehyang Kim, Willard M. Daggett, and Gillian A. Geffin

ISCHEMIC INTERVALS DURING WARM BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA IN THE CANINE HEART EVALUATED BY PHOSPHORUS 31-MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1070-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael A Borger, Gideon Cohn, Richard D Weisel, Stephen E Fremes, Terrence M Yau, and Roxanne Deslauriers

COMMENTARY ON ISCHEMIC INTERVALS DURING WARM BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA IN THE CANINE HEART EVALUATED BY PHOSPHORUS 31-MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1079-1080. [Full Text]  

Kazumasa Orihashi, Yuichiro Matsuura, Taijiro Sueda, Hiroo Shikata, Satoru Morita, Shinji Hirai, Masafumi Sueshiro, and Kenji Okada

FLOW VELOCITY OF CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY AND RETROBULBAR VESSELS DURING CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1081-1087. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koji Nakanishi, Masahiro Inoue, Eiji Sugawara, and Shunji Sano

ISCHEMIC AND REPERFUSION INJURY OF CYANOTIC MYOCARDIUM IN CHRONIC HYPOXIC RAT MODEL: CHANGES IN CYANOTIC MYOCARDIAL ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1088-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norbert W. Guldner, Peter Klapproth, J. Michael Hasenkam, Thomas Fischer, Robert Keller, Ralf Noel, Britta Keding, Elrina Joubert-Hübner, Hermann Kuppe, and Hans-H. Sievers

NEW METHOD FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL STATE OF A DYNAMIC CARDIOMYOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1097-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert L. Brunston, Jr., Weike Tao, Akhil Bidani, Scott K. Alpard, Daniel L. Traber, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger

PROLONGED HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY DURING ARTERIOVENOUS CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL FOR SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1107-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

L. Lecerf, M. Moczar, and D. Loisance

CELLULAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTATION DURING OPERATIVE COURSE IN HUMAN SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1117-1118. [Full Text]  

A. Varela, M. Cordoba, S. Serrano-Fiz, R. Burgos, C. G. Montero, G. Téllez, N. Novoa, E. Castedo, E. Tebar, J. Téllez, J. Roda, and J. Ugarte

EARLY LUNG ALLOGRAFT FUNCTION AFTER RETROGRADE AND ANTEGRADE PRESERVATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1119-1120. [Full Text]  

Christian Mewis, Volker Kühlkamp, Volker Dörnberger, Koroush Kalighi, and Ludger Seipel

LEAD FAILURE CAUSED BY TWIDDLER'S SYNDROME IN SUBPECTORALLY IMPLANTED UNIPOLAR SINGLE-LEAD CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1121-1122. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

J. Alex Haller, Jr.

Bidirectional inferior vena cava–pulmonary artery shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1123. [Full Text]  

William W. L. Glenn

A temporary bidirectional superior vena cava–pulmonary artery shunt
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1123-1125. [Full Text]  

P. Fundaró, M. Lemma, D. G. Di Mattia, and C. Santoli

Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse: Chordal transfer versus chordal shortening. Which is better?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1125-1127. [Full Text]  

M. A. Wait and Paul A. Grayburn

Effect of preoperative antioxidant supplements on perioperative myocardial injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1127-1128. [Full Text]  

J. Westhuyzen and A. D. Cochrane

Effect of preoperative antioxidant supplements on perioperative myocardial injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1128. [Full Text]  

Anvay V. Mulay, Sunny Zacharias, Steve D. Hansbro, Roger W. Catchpole, and R. Unnikrishnan Nair

Should intraaortic balloon counterpulsation be continued during cardiopulmonary bypass?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1128-1129. [Full Text]  

John W. Hammon, Jr.

Yes, I can top that!
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 114: 1129. [Full Text]  

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