CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Christopher T. Salerno, Soon J. Park, Nathan S. Kreykes, David M. Kulick, Kay Savik, Marshall I. Hertz, and R. Morton Bolman, III

ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY LUNG TRANSPLANT REJECTION WITH EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1063-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryoichi Nakanishi, Mitsunori Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Masayoshi Umesue, Hiroyuki Kohno, and Kosei Yasumoto

MAXIMAL PERIOD OF CRYOPRESERVATION WITH THE BICELL BIOFREEZING VESSEL FOR RAT TRACHEAL ISOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1070-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Michael K. Banbury, Thomas W. Rice, John R. Goldblum, Sarah B. Clark, Mark E. Baker, Joel E. Richter, Lisa A. Rybicki, and Eugene H. Blackstone

ESOPHAGECTOMY WITH GASTRIC RECONSTRUCTION FOR ACHALASIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1077-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael P. Hagan, Noah C. Choi, Douglas J. Mathisen, John C. Wain, Cameron D. Wright, and Hermes C. Grillo

SUPERIOR SULCUS LUNG TUMORS: IMPACT OF LOCAL CONTROL ON SURVIVAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1086-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. F. Regnard, P. Icard, P. Magdeleinat, B. Jauffret, E. Farés, and P. Levasseur

COMPLETION PNEUMONECTOMY: EXPERIENCE IN EIGHTY PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1095-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hisao Asamura, Haruhiko Nakayama, Haruhiko Kondo, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, and Tsuguo Naruke

LOBE-SPECIFIC EXTENT OF SYSTEMATIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION FOR NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMAS ACCORDING TO A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF METASTASIS AND PROGNOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1102-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cemal Asim Kutlu and Peter Goldstraw

TRACHEOBRONCHIAL SLEEVE RESECTION WITH THE USE OF A CONTINUOUS ANASTOMOSIS: RESULTS OF ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1112-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Suzanne M. Slonim, D. Craig Miller, R. Scott Mitchell, Charles P. Semba, Mahmood K. Razavi, and Michael D. Dake

PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON FENESTRATION AND STENTING FOR LIFE-THREATENING ISCHEMIC COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1118-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Samantha L. Mullis-Jansson, Michael Argenziano, Steven Corwin, Shunichi Homma, Alan D. Weinberg, Mat Williams, Eric A. Rose, and Craig R. Smith

A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE ON CARDIAC FUNCTION AND MORBIDITY AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1128-1135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nobuhiro Handa, Christopher G. A. McGregor, Gordon K. Danielson, Thomas A. Orszulak, Charles J. Mullany, Richard C. Daly, Joseph A. Dearani, Betty J. Anderson, and Francisco J. Puga

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS MEDIASTINAL RADIATION THERAPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1136-1143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Walter E. McGregor, Dennis R. Trumble, and James A. Magovern

MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF MIDLINE STERNOTOMY WOUND CLOSURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1144-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1150. [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, Roberto Battellini, Marco Mierzwa, Thomas Walther, Rüdiger Autschbach, and Friedrich W. Mohr

AORTIC ROOT RECONSTRUCTION WITH PRESERVATION OF NATIVE AORTIC VALVE AND SINUSES IN AORTIC ROOT DILATATION WITH AORTIC REGURGITATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1151-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1156. [Full Text]  

Ernesto Weinschelbaum, Pablo Stutzbach, Martín Oliva, Javier Zaidman, Augusto Torino, and Eduardo Gabe

MANUAL DEBRIDEMENT OF THE AORTIC VALVE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEGENERATIVE AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1157-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Georg Nollert, Mitsugi Nagashima, Jan Bucerius, Toshiharu Shin'oka, and Richard A. Jonas

OXYGENATION STRATEGY AND NEUROLOGIC DAMAGE AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST. I. GASEOUS MICROEMBOLI
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1166-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Georg Nollert, Mitsugi Nagashima, Jan Bucerius, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Hart G. W. Lidov, Adre du Plessis, and Richard A. Jonas

OXYGENATION STRATEGY AND NEUROLOGIC DAMAGE AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST. II. HYPOXIC VERSUS FREE RADICAL INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1172-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos Alva, Siew Yen Ho, Christopher R. Lincoln, Michael L. Rigby, Andrew Wright, and Robert H. Anderson

THE NATURE OF THE OBSTRUCTIVE MUSCULAR BUNDLES IN DOUBLE-CHAMBERED RIGHT VENTRICLE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1180-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adrian M. Moran

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1188-1189. [Full Text]  

Thomas Yeh, Jr, Michael S. Connelly, John G. Coles, Gary D. Webb, Peter R. McLaughlin, Robert M. Freedom, Patricia B. Cerrito, and William G. Williams

ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISCORDANCE: RESULTS OF REPAIR IN 127 PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1190-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiharu Shin'oka, Mitsugi Nagashima, Georg Nollert, Dominique Shum-Tim, Peter C. Laussen, Hart G. W. Lidov, Adre du Plessis, and Richard A. Jonas

A NOVEL SIALYL LEWIS X ANALOG ATTENUATES CEREBRAL INJURY AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1204-1211. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Friedrich W. Mohr, Volkmar Falk, Anno Diegeler, and Rüdiger Autschback

COMPUTER-ENHANCED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1212-1213. [Full Text]  

Ralph J. Damiano

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1214-1215. [Full Text]  

Nobuaki Hirata, Shin Takiuchi, Syouhei Maeda, Shigeaki Ohtake, Yoshiki Sawa, and Hikaru Matsuda

INTRAOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION DURING MINIMALLY INVASIVE DIRECT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS BY MEANS OF ULTRASONIC INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1215-1217. [Full Text]  

Peter Lamm, Gerd Juchem, Peter Weyrich, Stephan Nees, and Bruno Reichart

NEW ALTERNATIVE CORONARY BYPASS GRAFT: FIRST CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN AUTOLOGOUS ENDOTHELIALIZED CRYOPRESERVED ALLOGRAFT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1217-1219. [Full Text]  

Ramón Adalia, Luis Sabater, Manuel Azqueta, Xavier Muntanyá, M. Isabel Real, V. Riambau, F. Xavier González, and Elizabeth Zavala

COMBINED LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM AND THORACIC AORTIC PSEUDOANEURYSM CAUSED BY BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1219-1221. [Full Text]  

Simcha Milo, Zvi Adler, Yaron Bar-El, Victor Kertsman, Shtewee Sawaed, Abraham Lorber, and Shimon Reisner

NO-REACT* ANTICALCIFICATION TISSUE TREATMENT RESULTS WITH STENTLESS HEART VALVES IN TWO ADOLESCENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1222-1223. [Full Text]  

Laurance L. Lequier, Steven R. Leonard, Hisashi Nikaidoh, Matthew S. Lemler, and Claudio Ramaciotti

EXTRAVASCULAR DOPPLER MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN AFTER OPERATIONS FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1223-1225. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Erik W. L. Jansen and Rick E. Grobbee

Off-pump internal thoracic artery–left anterior descendingcoronary artery grafting via small anterior thoracotomy: When and comparedto what?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1226. [Full Text]  

Antonio Maria Calafiore

Reply to the Editor:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1226-1227. [Full Text]  

M. A. Radermecker, T. Grenade, R. Larbuisson, and R. Limet

The use of the calcium antagonist nicardipine in arterial coronarybypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1227-1228. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-A. A. Miyamoto and Koho-J. Miyamoto MD

Regional cerebral blood flow and regional glucose use during rewarmingafter hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1228-1229. [Full Text]  

Bernard Faidutti and Afksendiyos Kalangos

Coronary artery bypass grafting with the descending branch of thelateral femoral circumflex artery used as an arterial conduit: Is arteriographicevaluation necessary before its use?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1229-1230. [Full Text]  

Yuji Hiramatsu, Naotaka Atsumi, Akinobu Sasaki, and Toshio Mitsui

A successful treatment of serous leakage from a polytetrafluoroethyleneBlalock-Taussig shunt with intravenous fibrinogen administration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1230-1231. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

Aortic function in patients during intra-aortic balloon pumpingdetermined by the pressure-diameter relation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1231-1233. [Full Text]  

Christodoulos Stefanadis

Reply to the Editor:
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1233. [Full Text]  

Jiri T. Beranek

Myocardial pseudovascular tubes are present in the delayed rejectionof pig-to-baboon orthotopic cardiac xenografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1233-1234. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 117: 1235. [Full Text]  

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