CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Reida El Oakley, Nigel J. Brand, Paul B. Burton, Madeleine C. McMullen, Gregor B. Adams, Mark C. Poznansky, Paul J. Barton, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Efficiency of a high-titer retroviral vector for gene transfer into skeletal myoblasts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph E. Bavaria, Alberto Pochettino, Robert M. Kotloff, Bruce R. Rosengard, Peter M. Wahl, Roberts, Harold I. Palevsky, and Larry R. Kaiser

Effect of volume reduction on lung transplant timing and selection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 9-13. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. William Daggett, Mark Yeatman, Andrew J. Lodge, Edward P. Chen, Shu S. Linn, Carmelo Gullotto, Michael M. Frank, Jeffrey L. Platt, R. Duane Davis, and Ross M. Ungerleider

Total respiratory support from swine lungs in primate recipients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 19-27. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surindra N. Mitruka, Si M. Pham, Adriana Zeevi, Sen Li, Jane Cai, Gilbert J. Burckart, Samuel A. Yousem, Robert J. Keenan, and Bartley P. Griffith

Aerosol cyclosporine prevents acute allograft rejection in experimental lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 28-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos H. Boasquevisque, Bassem N. Mora, Matthew Bernstein, William O. Osburn, Jennifer Nietupski, Ronald K. Scheule, Joel D. Cooper, Mitchell Botney, and G. Alexander Patterson

Ex vivo liposome-mediated gene transfer to lung isografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 38-42. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Ruffin J. Graham, Moulay A. Meziane, Thomas W. Rice, Thirugnanam Agasthian, Neil Christie, Kathleen Gaebelein, and Nancy A. Obuchowski

Postoperative portable chest radiographs: Optimum use in thoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 45-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Donna E. Maziak, Thomas R. J. Todd, and F. Griffith Pearson

Massive hiatus hernia: Evaluation and surgical management
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 53-62. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

O. Baron, B. Guillaumé, P. Moreau, P. Germaud, P. Despins, A. Y. De Lajartre, J. L. Michaud, Sponsor :, and Willard A. Fry

Aggressive surgical management in localized pulmonary mycotic and nonmycotic infections for neutropenic patients with acute leukemia: Report of eighteen cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 63-69. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiromi Wada, Takayuki Nakamura, Kenbu Nakamoto, Masazumi Maeda, and Yoh Watanabe

Thirty-day operative mortality for thoracotomy in lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 70-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Steven D. Colan and Pedro J. del Nido

Editorial: Left ventricular dysfunction after open repair of simple confenital heart defects in infants and children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 74-76. [Full Text]  

Rajiv R. Chaturvedi, Christopher Lincoln, John W. W. Gothard, Michael H. Scallan, Paul A. White, Andrew N. Redington, and Darryl F. Shore

Left ventricular dysfunction after open repair of simple congenital heart defects in infants and children: Quantitation with the use of a conductance catheter immediately after bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 77-83. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sylvain Chauvaud, Jean François Fuzellier, Rémi Houel, Alain Berrebi, Serban Mihaileanu, and Alain Carpentier

Reconstructive surgery in congenital mitral valve insufficiency (Carpentier’s techniques): Long-term results
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 84-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Idris G. Roberts, Penny Fallon, Fenella J. Kirkham, Paul M. Kirshbom, Christopher E. Cooper, Martin J. Elliott, and A. David Edwards

Measurement of cerebral blood flow during cardiopulmonary bypass with near-infrared spectroscopy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 94-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jon P. Donnelly, David M. Raffel, Barry L. Shulkin, James R. Corbett, Edward L. Bove, Ralph S. Mosca, and Thomas J. Kulik

Resting coronary flow and coronary flow reserve in human infants after repair or palliation of congenital heart defects as measured by positron emission tomography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 103-110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bijal Rajani, Roger B. Mee, and Norman B. Ratliff

Evidence for rejection of homograft cardiac valves in infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 111-115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard N. Mitchell, Richard A. Jonas, and Frederick J. Schoen

Pathology Of Explanted Cryopreserved Allograft Heart Valves: Comparison With Aortic Valves From Orthotopic Heart Transplants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 118-127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yutaka Okita, Shinichi Takamoto, Motomi Ando, Tetsuro Morota, Ritsu Matsukawa, and Yasunaru Kawashima

Mortality And Cerebral Outcome In Patients Who Underwent Aortic Arch Operations Using Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest With Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion: No Relation Of Early Death, Stroke, And Delirium To The Duration Of Circulatory Arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 129-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ki-Bong Kim, Chang-Ha Lee, Cheol-Ho Kim, Young-Joo Cha, Sponsor :, and James L. Cox

Effect of the Cox maze procedure on the secretion of atrial natriuretic peptide
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 139-147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William E. Cohn, Hon Chi Suen, Ronald M. Weintraub, and Robert G. Johnson

The "H" graft: An alternative approach for performing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 148-151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John D. Mannion, Michael L. Ormont, Yi Shi, James E. O'Brien, Jr.,, Wooksung Chung, Fernando Roqué, and Andrew Zalewski

Saphenous vein graft protection: Effects of c-myc antisense
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 152-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen Westaby and Takahiro Katsumata

Proximal aortic perfusion for complex arch and descending aortic disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 162-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Charles A. Mack, Shailen R. Patel, Eric A. Schwarz, Pat Zanzonico, Rebecca T. Hahn, Arzu Ilercil, Richard B. Devereux, Stanley J. Goldsmith, Timothy F. Christian, Timothy A. Sanborn, Imre Kovesdi, Neil Hackett, O. Wayne Isom, Ronald G. Crystal, and Todd K. Rosengart

Biologic bypass with the use of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the complementary deoxyribonucleic acid for vascular endothelial growth factor 121 improves myocardial perfusion and function in the ischemic porcine heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 168-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rashid Mazhar, FCPS, Adrian Samenesco, David Royston, and Alun Rees

Cardiopulmonary effects of 7.2% saline solution compared with gelatin infusion in the early postoperative period after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 178-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ward V. Houck, Chadwick V. Thomas, Melissa A. Doscher, Ying Hua Wang, Latha Hebbar, Jignesh D. Joshi, Rupak Mukherjee, Fred A. Crawford, Jr., and Francis G. Spinale

Downstream defects in ß-adrenergic signaling and relation to myocyte contractility after cardioplegic arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 190-199. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Amrani, N. Latif, K. Morrison, Gray, J. Jayakumar, J. Corbett, Goodwin, Dunn, and Yacoub

Relative induction of heat shock protein in coronary endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes: Implications for myocardial protection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 200-209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshizumi Shirai, Vivek Rao, Richard D. Weisel, John S. Ikonomidis, Ren-Ke Li, Laura C. Tumiati, Frank Merante, and Donald A. Mickle

Preconditioning human cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 210-214. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marek Ehrlich, Martin Grabenwöger, Fabiola Cartes-Zumelzu, Doris Luckner, Josef Kovarik, Günther Laufer, Alfred Kocher, Ricarda Konetschny, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Havel

Operations on the thoracic aorta and hypothermic circulatory arrest: Is aprotinin safe?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 220-224. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vivek Rao, Gideon Cohen, Richard D. Weisel, Noritsugu Shiono, Yoshiki Nonami, Susan M. Carson, Joan Ivanov, Michael A. Borger, Robert J. Cusimano, and Donald A. Mickle

Optimal flow rates for integrated cardioplegia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 226-230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

R. A. Schmid, P. Vogt, R. Stocker, M. Zalunardo, E. W. Russi, and W. Weder

Lung volume reduction surgery for a patient receiving mechanicalventilation after a complex cardiac operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 236-237. [Full Text]  

J. H. Kennedy, D. Henrion, M. Wassef, A. Piwnica, G. Bloch, and A. Tedgui

Increased calcium 45 fluxes in histologically abnormal humanascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 238-239. [Full Text]  

Salwa Sheikh, Mario Gomes, and Elizabeth Montgomery

Multiple plexiform schwannomas in a patient with neurofibromatosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 240-242. [Full Text]  

Eduardo A. Tovar, Nathan Blau, and Alan Borsari

Axillary artery–coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 242-243. [Full Text]  

Eduardo da Cruz, Daniel Carbognani, François Laborde, Joëlle Bougaran, Alain Dibie, Jerôme Le Bidois, Alain Batisse, and Laurent Fermont

Aortic coarctation, multiple ventricular septal defects, andanomalous coronary artery arising from the right pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 244-246. [Full Text]  

Robert K. W. Tam, Chris Ho, and Aubrey A. Almeida

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 246-247. [Full Text]  

M. J. Munclinger, J. J. Patel, and A. S. Mitha

Thrombolysis of thrombosed St. Jude medical prosthetic valves:rethrombosis—a sign of tissue ingrowth
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 248-249. [Full Text]  

E. R. Wijburg, A. H.M.M. Balk, and L. A. van Herwerden

Double valve repair in a transplanted heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 250-251. [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Eugenio Pompeo, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Giorgio Bernardi, Cesare Iani, and Alessandro Fabrizio Sabato

Video-assisted completion thymectomy in refractory myasthenia gravis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 252-254. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Kiew-Kong Pau, Azhari Yakub, and Yahya Awang

Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery: Pocket AVR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 255. [Full Text]  

Federico Benetti

Minimally invasive coronary bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 256. [Full Text]  

G. Walterbusch

Partial sternotomy for cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 256-257. [Full Text]  

Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral

Partial sternotomy for cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 258. [Full Text]  

Mohammad Bashar Izzat and Anthony P. C. Yim

Minimal-access or minimally invasive surgery?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 258. [Full Text]  

Federico Benetti

Minimal-access or minimally invasive surgery?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 258-259. [Full Text]  

Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral

Minimal-access or minimally invasive surgery?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 259. [Full Text]  

Jyotirmay Chanda MD, Ryosei Kuribayashi, and Tadaaki Abe

Role of lipid in calcification of porcine pulmonary and aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 259-260. [Full Text]  

J. Dunmore-Buyze, I. Vesely, and D. R. Boughner

Role of lipid in calcification of porcine pulmonary and aortic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 260-261. [Full Text]  

Jyotirmay Chanda, Ryosei Kuribayashi, and Tadaaki Abe

Batista operation for dilated cardiomyopathy: A physiologic concept
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 261-262. [Full Text]  

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

Batista operation for dilated cardiomyopathy: A physiologic concept
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 262. [Full Text]  

Mark De Groot

Role of lung resection for hydatid cysts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 262-263. [Full Text]  

Semih Halezeroglu

Role of lung resection for hydatid cysts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 263. [Full Text]  

Lajos Kotsis

The choice of fundoplication for mixed hiatal hernia and associated anemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 263. [Full Text]  

Victor F. Trastek

The choice of fundoplication for mixed hiatal hernia and associated anemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 263-264. [Full Text]  

Massimo Massetti, Gerard Babatasi, and André Khayat

Enhanced air removal from coronary circulation during cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 264. [Full Text]  

Jacob W. T. Ng, Gustus H. C. Yeung, and David P. W. Cheng

Video-assisted thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis: Lateral versus supine position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 265-266. [Full Text]  

Michael J. Mack

Video-assisted thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis: Lateral versus supine position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 266. [Full Text]  

Vaughn A. Starnes

Pulmonary autograft after repair of interrupted aortic arch, ventricular septal defect, and subaortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 266-267. [Full Text]  

James D. Wisheart

Can you top this?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 115: 267. [Full Text]  

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