HONORED GUEST'S ADDRESS:

Kenneth M. Taylor

A PRACTICAL AFFAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 394-403. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Pasquale Mastroroberto and Massimo Chello

EMERGENCY THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR: CLINICAL OUTCOME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 477-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gerald M. Lawrie

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 481-482. [Full Text]  

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Alok Mathur, Rajesh Sharma, Anita Saxena, Prem Chopra, Ruma Roy, and A. Sampath Kumar

PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT: SHOULD IT BE USED IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 483-490. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 490-491. [Full Text]  

Erkan Kuralay, Ertugrul Özal, Ufuk Demirkiliç, and Harun Tatar

EFFECT OF POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY ON POSTOPERATIVE SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND LATE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (POSTERIOR PERICARDIOTOMY)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 492-495. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amram J. Cohen, Judith Lockman, Mordechai Lorberboym, Othman Bder, Nadav Cohen, Benjamin Medalion, and Arie Schachner

ASSESSMENT OF STERNAL VASCULARITY WITH SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AFTER HARVESTING OF THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 496-502. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Hani K. Najm, John G. Coles, Michael D. Black, Leland Benson, and William G. Williams

EXTENDED AORTIC ROOT REPLACEMENT WITH AORTIC ALLOGRAFTS OR PULMONARY AUTOGRAFTS IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 503-509. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maaike de Leeuw, Joyce M. Williams, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams, Sam D. Shemie, and Brian W. McCrindle

IMPACT OF DIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS AFTER CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 510-517. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

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

NITROGLYCERIN AS A NITRIC OXIDE DONOR ACCELERATES LIPID PEROXIDATION BUT PRESERVES VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN A CANINE MODEL OF ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 547-556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

RATIONALE AND DESIGN OF THE NATIONAL EMPHYSEMA TREATMENT TRIAL (NETT): A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 518-528. [Full Text]  

Angela M. Groeger, Mario Caputi, Vincenzo Esposito, Antonio De Luca, Luigi Bagella, Carmen Pacilio, Walter Klepetko, Giovan G. Giordano, Feliciano Baldi, Hans E. Kaiser, Ernst Wolner, and Antonio Giordano

INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF p16 EXPRESSION IN LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 529-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tsuneyo Takizawa, Manabu Haga, Nobuo Yagi, Masanori Terashima, Hiroko Uehara, Akira Yokoyama, and Yuzo Kurita

PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER SEGMENTECTOMY FOR SMALL PERIPHERAL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 536-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eduardo Bossone, Fernando J. Martinez, Richard I. Whyte, Mark D. Iannettoni, William F. Armstrong, and David S. Bach

DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 542-546. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Talia B. Spanier, Jonathan M. Chen, Mehmet C. Oz, David M. Stern, Eric A. Rose, and Ann Marie Schmidt

TIME-DEPENDENT CELLULAR POPULATION OF TEXTURED-SURFACE LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BIPHASIC SYSTEMIC PROCOAGULANT RESPONSE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 404-413. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David P. Taggart, Stuart M. Browne, Peter W. Halligan, and Derick T. Wade

IS CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS STILL THE CAUSE OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 414-420. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John M. Murkin

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 420-421. [Full Text]  

Jari Petäjä, Eero Pesonen, José A. Fernández, Antti E. Vento, O. Juhani Rämö, and John H. Griffin

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND ACTIVATION OF ANTITHROMBOTIC PLASMA PROTEIN C
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 422-429. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Lorenzo Martinelli, Giuseppe Di Lella, Franco Glieca, Pasquale Marano, Rocco Schiavello, and Gianfederico Possati

SUPERIOR EXTENSION OF INTRAOPERATIVE BRAIN DAMAGE IN CASE OF NORMOTHERMIC SYSTEMIC PERFUSION DURING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Naruto Matsuda, Kathleen G. Morgan, and Frank W. Sellke

PRECONDITIONING IMPROVES CARDIOPLEGIA-RELATED CORONARY MICROVASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE HYPERCONTRACTILITY: ROLE OF K_ATP CHANNELS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 438-445. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Youichi Kawahira, Yoshiki Sawa, Motonobu Nishimura, Satoru Sakakida, Hideki Ueda, Yasufumi Kaneda, and Hikaru Matsuda

GENE TRANSFECTION OF BETA 2–ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR INTO THE NORMAL RAT HEART ENHANCES CARDIAC RESPONSE TO BETA-ADRENERGIC AGONIST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 446-451. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Hendrikx, H. Jiang, H. Gutermann, J. Toelsie, D. Renard, A. Briers, J. L. Pauwels, and U. Mees

RELEASE OF CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN ANTEGRADE CRYSTALLOID VERSUS COLD BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 452-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christine S. Rinder, Henry M. Rinder, Michael J. Smith, Jayne B. Tracey, Jane Fitch, Lan Li, Scott A. Rollins, and Brian R. Smith

SELECTIVE BLOCKADE OF MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX FORMATION DURING SIMULATED EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION INHIBITS PLATELET BUT NOT LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 460-466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey S. Danetz, Henry F. Clemo, Ruth D. Davies, Richard P. Embrey, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, and Clive M. Baumgarten

AGE-RELATED EFFECTS OF ST THOMAS’ HOSPITAL CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION ON ISOLATED CARDIOMYOCYTE CELL VOLUME
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 467-476. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Olivier Chavanon, Isabelle Tremblay, Dominique Delay, Annick Bouveret, Robert Blain, and Louis P. Perrault

CARBON DIOXIDE EMBOLISM DURING ENDOSCOPIC SAPHENECTOMY FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 557-558. [Full Text]  

Kenzo Yasuura, Yasushi Takagi, Yasutoshi Oohara, and Yoshiyuki Takami

TOTAL BODY RETROGRADE PERFUSION DURING OPERATIONS ON THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 559-561. [Full Text]  

Michael T. Jaklitsch, John G. Byrne, and Carlos Mery

THYMOMA ENCASING LAST PATENT VEIN GRAFT TO THE HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 561-563. [Full Text]  

Luís A. O. Dallan, Sérgio A. Oliveira, Luiz F. Poli de Figueiredo, Luiz A. Lisboa, Fernando Platania, and Adib D. Jatene

EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED RADIAL ARTERY GRAFT FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION: A NEW TECHNIQUE TO AVOID VASOSPASM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 563-565. [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Enrico Carone, Gianni Capannini, Enrico Tucci, Francesco Diciolla, and Carlo Sassi

SYMPTOMATIC CORONARY-SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME: REPORT OF A CASE WITH COMPLETE OCCLUSION OF PROXIMAL LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY AND ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY FROM THE AORTIC ARCH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 565-567. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Eugene A. Grossi

Fourier analysis of the intra-aortic balloon pump
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 568. [Full Text]  

Michael Poullis

Fourier analysis of the intra-aortic balloon pump
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 568. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-A. Miyamoto and Koho-J. Miyamoto

Is alpha-stat management still justified for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in adults?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 569-570. [Full Text]  

David L. Reich

Is alpha-stat management still justified for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in adults?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 570. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 571. [Full Text]  

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