HONORED GUEST'S ADDRESS:

T. Lerut

Esophageal surgery at the end of the millennium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 1-20. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

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

Partial biventricular repair for complex congenital heart defects: an intermediate option for complicated anatomy or functionally borderline right complex heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 21-25. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony F. Rossi, Howard S. Seiden, Ali M. Sadeghi, Khanh H. Nguyen, Cid S. Quintana, Ronda P. Gross, and Randall B. Griepp

The outcome of cardiac operations in infants weighing two kilograms or less
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 28-32. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Petra W. Oosthoek, Arnold C. Wenink, Lambertus J. Wisse, and Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot

Development of the papillary muscles of the mitral valve: morphogenetic background of parachute-like asymmetric mitral valves and other mitral valve anomalies
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 36-40. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Gerald D. Buckberg

Editorial: Defining The Relationship Between Akinesia And Dyskinesia And The Cause Of Left Ventricular Failure After Anterior Infarction And Reversal Of Remodeling To Restoration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 47-51. [Full Text]  

V. Dor, M. Sabatier, M. Di Donato, F. Montiglio, A. Toso, and M. Maioli

Efficacy of endoventricular patch plasty in large postinfarction akinetic scar and severe left ventricular dysfunction: comparison with a series of large dyskinetic scars
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 50-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erik W. L. Jansen, Cornelius Borst, Jaap R. Lahpor, Paul F. Gründeman, Frank D. Eefting, Arno Nierich, Etienne O. Robles de Medina, and Johan J. Bredée

Coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass using the octopus method: results in the first one hundred patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 60-67. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oguz Tasdemir, Kerem M. Vural, Haldun Karagoz, and Kemal Bayazit

Coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart without the use of extracorporeal circulation: review of 2052 cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 68-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., Charles R. Webb, Sol D. Pickard, Judith Lehman, and Gordon Jacobsen

The increased need for a permanent pacemaker after reoperative cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 74-78. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Luca A. Vricella, Anees J. Razzouk, Steven R. Gundry, Ranae L. Larsen, Micheal A. Kuhn, and Leonard L. Bailey

Heart transplantation in infants and children with situs inversus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 82-86. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph A. Schmid, Andreas Zollinger, Thomas Singer, Sven Hillinger, Juan R. Leon-Wyss, Othmar M. Schöb, Kolbjørn Høgåsen, Gregor Zünd, G. Alexander Patterson, and Walter Weder

Effect of soluble complement receptor type 1 on reperfusion edema and neutrophil migration after lung allotransplantation in swine
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 90-94. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Yukinobu Takimoto, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kiyotani, Masayoshi Teramachi, and Yasuhiko Shimizu

The experimental replacement of a cervical esophageal segment with an artificial prosthesis with the use of collagen matrix and a silicone stent
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 98-102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Kurusu, Jun-ichi Yamashita, Naoko Hayashi, Seiji Mita, Noboru Fujino, and Michio Ogawa

The sequence of vessel ligation affects tumor release into the circulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 107-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Edward M. Boyle, Jr., John C. Kovacich, Caroline A. Hèbert, Timothy G. Canty, Jr., Emil Chi, Elizabeth N. Morgan, Timothy H. Pohlman, and Edward D. Verrier

Inhibition Of Interleukin-8 Blocks Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 114-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guo-Wei He and Cheng-Qin Yang

Impaired Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor-Mediated Relaxation In Coronary Arteries By Cold Storage With University Of Wisconsin Solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 122-130. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark Jayawant, Edward R. Stephenson, Jr., and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.

Advantages of continuous hyperpolarized arrest with pinacidil over St. Thomas' hospital solution during prolonged ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 131-138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshie Ochiai, Shigeki Morita, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Yoshito Kawachi, Ryuji Tominaga, and Hisataka Yasui

Effects of amrinone, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, on right ventricular/arterial coupling immediately after cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 139-147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joong Hwan Oh, Vinay Badhwar, Brian D. Mott, Carlos M. Li, and Ray C.-J. Chiu

The effects of prosthetic cardiac binding and adynamic cardiomyoplasty in a model of dilated cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 148-153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James D. McCully, Masahisa Uematsu, Robert A. Parker, and Sidney Levitsky

Adenosine-enhanced ischemic preconditioning provides enhanced postischemic recovery and limitation of infarct size in the rabbit heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 154-158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Niwa, Masafumi Nara, Tetsuya Kimura, Yukio Chiba, Akio Ihaya, Koichi Morioka, Takahiko Uesaka, Takeshi Tsuda, and Ryusuke Muraoka

Prolongation of total permissible circulatory arrest duration by deep hypothermic intermittent circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 163-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATION:

Takatsugu Shimono, Noriyuki Kato, Toshiya Tokui, Koji Onoda, Tadanori Hirano, Kan Takeda, Hiroshi Yuasa, and Iaso Yada

Endovascular stent-graft repair for acute type a aortic dissection with an intimal tear in the descending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 171-172. [Full Text]  

Allan M. Lansing

Syndrome X: relief by transmyocardial revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 174-176. [Full Text]  

Suresh K. Nahata, Norman A. Saffra, Mark H. Genovesi, Mark W. Connolly, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr.

Endogenous endophthalmitis resulting from sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 176-177. [Full Text]  

Motoyasu Sagawa, Masami Sato, Hiroto Takahashi, Muneo Minowa, Yasuki Saito, and Shigefumi Fujimura

Electrosurgery with a fiberoptic bronchoscope and a snare for endotracheal/endobronchial tumors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 177-179. [Full Text]  

S. Blanco, F. Hernando, A. Gómez, M. J. González, A. J. Torres, and J. L. Balibrea

Catamenial pneumothorax caused by diaphragmatic endometriosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 179-180. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A. S. Coulson, S. A. Bakhshay, P. Spohn, and M. Borges

Truly minimally invasive coronary artery bypass: The TRUCAB
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 181. [Full Text]  

Stanley C. Fell

Heterotopic ossification in pedicled intercostal muscle flaps causing clinical problems
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 182. [Full Text]  

Antonio Corno

Evaluation of resting coronary blood flow and coronary flow reserve in infants after cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 182-183. [Full Text]  

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