IN MEMORIAM:

In MemoriamDavid J. Dugan (1910-1998)

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 383-387. [Full Text]  

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

American Board of Thoracic Surgery

AMERICAN BOARD OF THORACIC SURGERY: CHANGES IN THE RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE IN THE YEAR 2001
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 385-389. [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Robert S. Poston, Michael Ennen, Jeffrey Pollard, E. G. Hoyt, Margaret E. Billingham, and Robert C. Robbins

Ex vivo gene therapy prevents chronic graft vascular disease incardiac allografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 386-390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katsunobu Kawahara, Kouji Inutsuka, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Satoshi Makihata, Kann Okabayashi, Takeshi Shiraishi, and Takayuki Shirakusa

Tracheal transplantation for carinal reconstruction in dogs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 397-401. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Ton J. van Boxem, Ben J. Venmans, Johan C. van Mourik, Pieter E. Postmus, and Tom G. Sutedja

Bronchoscopic treatment of intraluminal typical carcinoid: a pilotstudy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 402-406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kunihiko Inoue, Masami Sato, Shigefumi Fujimura, Akira Sakurada, Satomi Takahashi, Katsuo Usuda, Takashi Kondo, Tatsuo Tanita, Masashi Handa, Yasuki Saito, and Motoyasu Sagawa

Prognostic assessment of 1310 patients with non–small-cell lungcancer who underwent complete resection from 1980 to 1993
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey B. Rubins, Jordan Dunitz, Hanna B. Rubins, Michael A. Maddaus, and Dennis E. Niewoehner

Serum carcinoembryonic antigen as an adjunct to preoperative stagingof lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 412-416. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Marshall L. Jacobs, Eugene H. Blackstone, Leonard L. Bailey, and The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

INTERMEDIATE SURVIVAL IN NEONATES WITH AORTIC ATRESIA: AMULTI-INSTITUTIONAL STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 417-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

Effects of various flow types on maternal hemodynamics during fetalbypass: Is there nitric oxide release during pulsatile perfusion?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 432-436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

P. Sergeant, E. Blackstone, and B. Meyns

Is return of angina after coronary artery bypass grafting immutable, can it be delayed, and is it important?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 440-444. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroaki Nishioka, Soichiro Kitamura, Yoichi Kameda, Shigeki Taniguchi, Tetsuji Kawata, and Kazumi Mizuguchi

Difference in acetylcholine-induced nitric oxide release of arterialand venous grafts in patients after coronary bypass operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 454-458. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bruce D. Spiess, Catherine Ley, Simon C. Body, Lawrence C. Siegel, E. Price Stover, Rosemarie Maddi, Michael D'Ambra, Uday Jain, Fong Liu, Ahvie Herskowitz, Dennis T. Mangano, and Jack Levin

Hematocrit value on intensive care unit entry influences thefrequency of q-wave myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 460-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carl I. Brookes, Paul A. White, Andrew J. Bishop, Paul J. Oldershaw, Andrew N. Redington, and Neil E. Moat

Validation of a new intraoperative technique to evaluateload-independent indices of right ventricular performance in patients undergoingcardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 468-472. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen Westaby, Xu Y. Jin, Takahiro Katsumata, Ahmed Arifi, and Peter Braidley

Valve replacement with a stentless bioprosthesis: Versatility of theporcine aortic root
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 477-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Vivek Rao, Frank Merante, Richard D. Weisel, Toshizumi Shirai, John S. Ikonomidis, Gideon Cohen, Laura C. Tumiati, Noritsugu Shiono, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A. Mickle, and Brian H. Robinson

Insulin stimulates pyruvate dehydrogenase and protects humanventricular cardiomyocytes from simulated ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 485-489. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Brent New, James L. Zellner, Latha Hebbar, Rupak Mukherjee, Angela C. Sampson, Jennifer W. Hendrick, John R. Handy, Fred Crawford, Jr., and Francis G. Spinale

Isolated left ventricular myocyte contractility in patients undergoing cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 495-499. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Miyano, Michihito Inagaki, Naoto Hashimoto, Toshiaki Shishido, Toru Kawada, Yoshihiro Miyake, and Kenji Sunagawa

Regional cerebral blood flow during rewarming of cardiopulmonary bypass correlates with posthypothermic regional glucose use
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 503-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiki Sawa, Hajime Ichikawa, Koji Kagisaki, Toshihiro Ohata, and Hikaru Matsuda

Interleukin-6 derived from hypoxic myocytes promotes neutrophil-mediated reperfusion injury in myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 511-515. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Paolo Santini, Alberto Dragotto, Paolo Maria Gigli, Tommaso Notaristefano, Graziano Salani, Salvatore Regio, and Alfredo Palmimiello

Postintubation tracheoesophageal fistula: Surgical treatment of three cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 518-519. [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Kubota, Lionel Camilleri, Benoît Legault, Bruno Miguel, Ahmed Tahir El Youssoufi, Patrick Bailly, Isabelle Brazzalotto, Stéphane Helfter, Jean-René Lusson, and Charles de Riberolles

Surgical correction of the hypoplastic aortic arch by the subclavian free flap method in the neonate
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 519-521. [Full Text]  

Hajime Matsue, Tetsuo Sakakibara, Ryousuke Matsuwaka, Masataka Mitsuno, Masahiko Tsujimoto, and Norihiro Nishimoto

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart producing interleukin-6
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 522-524. [Full Text]  

Go Watanabe, Takuro Misaki, Keijyu Kotoh, and Katsushi Ueyama

Left thoracodorsal artery as an inflow graft for minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 524-525. [Full Text]  

Yoshio Tsunezuka, Hideo Sato, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Masaya Tamura, Makoto Tsubota, and Masahiro Seki

Improved expandable prosthesis in postpneumonectomy syndrome with deformed thorax
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 526-528. [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Munemoto Endoh, and Shinichi Takamoto

Minimally invasive left anterior descending coronary artery bypass with right gastroepiploic artery graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 528-529. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Akif Ündar and Charles D. Fraser, Jr.

The relation between pump flow rate and pulsatility on cerebral hemodynamics during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 530-531. [Full Text]  

Gabriel Chow, Idris G. Roberts, A. A. David Edwards, Adrian Lloyd-Thomas, and Martin J. Elliott

The relation between pump flow rate and pulsatility on cerebral hemodynamics during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 531. [Full Text]  

M. M. Kawauchi, J. J. Nakajima, M. M. Takeda, T. T. Oka, S. S. Takamoto, and M. M. Kawauchi

Aortic valves are antigenic but less so than myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 532. [Full Text]  

B. B. Rajani, R. E. Mee, and N. B. Ratliff

Aortic valves are antigenic but less so than myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 532-533. [Full Text]  

R. N. Mitchell and F. J. Schoen

Aortic valves are antigenic but less so than myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 532-533. [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son and Jörg Hambsch

Repair of subdivided left atrium associated with persistent left superior vena cava
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 535. [Full Text]  

Denise Joffe, Peter J. Davis, Ira S. Landsman, and Susan Firestone

Early extubation after cardiac operations in neonates and young infants
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 536. [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 1998 116: 536. [Full Text]  

COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT:

Lawrence H. Cohn

The American Association For Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 537-541. [Full Text]  

COMMENTS FROM THE EDITOR:

John A. Waldhausen

Change In Advisory Editorial Board
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 116: 538-542. [Full Text]  

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