SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Miralem Pasic, Michele Musci, Henryk Siniawski, Onnen Grauhan, Barbara Edelmann, Takeo Tedoriya, Yuguo Weng, and Roland Hetzer

THE COX MAZE III PROCEDURE: PARALLEL NORMALIZATION OF SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION, IMPROVEMENT OF ATRIAL FUNCTION, AND RECOVERY OF THE CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 287-296. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. R. Eric Jamieson, Michel A. Marchand, Conrad L. Pelletier, Robert Norton, Michel Pellerin, Thomas W. Dubiel, Michel R. Aupart, Willem J. Daenen, Michael P. Holden, Tirone E. David, Eke A. Ryba, and William N. Anderson, Jr

STRUCTURAL VALVE DETERIORATION IN MITRAL REPLACEMENT SURGERY: COMPARISON OF CARPENTIER-EDWARDS SUPRA-ANNULAR PORCINE AND PERIMOUNT PERICARDIAL BIOPROSTHESES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 297-305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isa Durmaz, Suat Büket, Yüksel Atay, Tahir Yagdi, Mustafa Özbaran, Mehmet Boga, Ilker Alat, Asuman Güzelant, and Sevket Basarir

CARDIAC SURGERY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 306-315. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul F. Gründeman, Cornelius Borst, Cees W. J. Verlaan, Huub Meijburg, Chantal M. Mouës, and Erik W. L. Jansen

EXPOSURE OF CIRCUMFLEX BRANCHES IN THE TILTED, BEATING PORCINE HEART: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DEFORMATION AND THE EFFECT OF RIGHT OR LEFT HEART BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 316-323. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Massimo Massetti, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Carone, Enrico Tucci, Francesco Diciolla, Edvin Prifti, and Carlo Sassi

AXILLARY ARTERY CANNULATION IN TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 324-329. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yves A. G. Louagie, Jacques Jamart, Michel Buche, Philippe Eucher, Paul van San, Serge Theys, and Jean-Claude Schoevaerdts

INTRAOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY AND SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 330-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Maurice Beghetti, Ary Baldovinos, Dominique Vala, Thierry Bichel, Bernadette Mermillod, Nicolas Murith, Ingrid Oberhansli, Beat Friedli, and Bernard Faidutti

AORTIC VALVE REPAIR BY CUSP EXTENSION WITH THE USE OF FRESH AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIUM IN CHILDREN WITH RHEUMATIC AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 225-236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Griese, C. Wilnhammer, S. Jansen, and C. Rinker

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS REDUCES PULMONARY SURFACTANT ACTIVITY IN INFANTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 237-244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erwin N. Oechslin, David A. Harrison, Louise Harris, Eugene Downar, Gary D. Webb, Samuel S. Siu, and William G. Williams

REOPERATION IN ADULTS WITH REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: INDICATIONS AND OUTCOMES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 245-251. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark G. Hazekamp, Arie-Pieter Kappetein, Paul H. Schoof, Jaap Ottenkamp, Maarten Witsenburg, Hans A. Huysmans, and Ad J. J. C. Bogers

BROM’S THREE-PATCH TECHNIQUE FOR REPAIR OF SUPRAVALVULAR AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 252-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

S. E. Shackney, C. A. Smith, A. Pollice, M. Levitt, J. A. Magovern, R. J. Wiechmann, J. Silverman, L. Sweeney, and R. J. Landreneau

GENETIC EVOLUTIONARY STAGING OF EARLY NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: THE P53 HER-2/NEU ras SEQUENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 259-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Noriaki Tsubota, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, and Hidehito Matsuoka

PROGNOSIS OF COMPLETELY RESECTED pN2 NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMAS: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT NODE THAT AFFECTS SURVIVAL?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 270-275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasumichi Yamamoto, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasuhiko Shimizu, Kazuya Matsumoto, Yukinobu Takimoto, Tetsuya Kiyotani, Takashi Sekine, Hiroki Ueda, Yu Liu, and Nobushige Tamura

INTRATHORACIC ESOPHAGEAL REPLACEMENT IN THE DOG WITH THE USE OF AN ARTIFICIAL ESOPHAGUS COMPOSED OF A COLLAGEN SPONGE WITH A DOUBLE-LAYERED SILICONE TUBE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 276-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Lioubov Poliakova, Imre Kovesdi, Xiatong Wang, Maurizio C. Capogrossi, and Mark Talan

VASCULAR PERMEABILITY EFFECT OF ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR GENE TRANSFER TO THE RABBIT AND RAT SKELETAL MUSCLE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 339-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Albertus M. Scheule, Wolfram Beierlein, Hans P. Wendel, Michael J. Jurmann, Friedrich S. Eckstein, and Gerhard Ziemer

APROTININ IN FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVES INDUCES SPECIFIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE AND INCREASES ANTIBODY RESPONSE OF HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS APPLICATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 348-353. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Osamu Shigeta, Hiroshi Kojima, Yuji Hiramatsu, Tomoaki Jikuya, Yasushi Terada, Naotaka Atsumi, Yuzuru Sakakibara, Toshiro Nagasawa, and Toshio Mitsui

LOW-DOSE PROTAMINE BASED ON HEPARIN-PROTAMINE TITRATION METHOD REDUCES PLATELET DYSFUNCTION AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 354-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fuminori Kawahara, Yuji Kadoi, Shigeru Saito, Daisuke Yoshikawa, Fumio Goto, and Nao Fujita

BALLOON PUMP–INDUCED PULSATILE PERFUSION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DOES NOT IMPROVE BRAIN OXYGENATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 361-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Marjan Jahangiri, Brian Keogh, Elliot A. Shinebourne, and Christopher Lincoln

SHOULD THE BIDIRECTIONAL GLENN PROCEDURE BE PERFORMED THROUGH A THORACOTOMY WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 367-368. [Full Text]  

Richard A. Jonas

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 368. [Full Text]  

Omeros Artemiou, Tudor Birsan, Shahrokh Taghavi, Irmgard Eichler, Wilfried Wisser, Ernst Wolner, and Walter Klepetko

BILATERAL LOBAR TRANSPLANTATION WITH THE SPLIT LUNG TECHNIQUE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 369-370. [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Clelia Miracco, Pietro Luzi, Enrico Carone, Alberto Tripodi, and Carlo Sassi

INTIMAL-TYPE PRIMARY SARCOMA OF THE THORACIC AORTA PRESENTING AS A SACCULAR FALSE ANEURYSM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH EVIDENCE OF RHABDOMYOSARCOMATOUS DIFFERENTIATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 371-372. [Full Text]  

Alessandro Brunelli, Majed Al Refai, and Aroldo Fianchini

MALIGNANT SMALL CELL (ASKIN) TUMOR OF THE THORACOPULMONARY REGION ORIGINATING FROM THE PHRENIC NERVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 373-374. [Full Text]  

BASIC SCIENCE REVIEWS:

C. Allyson Walker and Francis G. Spinale

THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CARDIAC MYOCYTE: A REVIEW OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 375-382. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Michael Nathanson

Atrial fibrillation after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 383. [Full Text]  

Robert G. Johnson, William E. Cohn, and Cheryl A. Sirois

Atrial fibrillation after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 383. [Full Text]  

Motohiro Kawauchi, Masahiro Saigusa, Akira Furuse, and Shinichi Takamoto

Aortic homograft valve functioning for twenty-eight years in the tricuspid position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 384-385. [Full Text]  

Ferzat Zonüzi and Mustafa Yüksel

Neurophysiologic assessment of nerve impairment in posterolateral and muscle-sparing thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 385. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events
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