IN MEMORIAM:

Vincent L. Gott

C. WALTON LILLEHEI (1918-1999)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 774-775. [Full Text]  

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Lawrence H. Cohn

WHAT THE CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY OUGHT TO BE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 581-587. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Mauro de Sa, Yaron Moshkovitz, Jagdish Butany, and Tirone E. David

HISTOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES OF THE ASCENDING AORTA AND PULMONARY TRUNK IN PATIENTS WITH BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE DISEASE: CLINICAL RELEVANCE TO THE ROSS PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 588-596. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Follis, R. Dragan, K. S. Blisard, M. Hartshorne, T. Temes, S. B. Pett, Jr, and J. A. Wernly

RETROGRADE PERFUSION OF THE SPINAL CORD DURING AORTIC CROSSCLAMPING: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE SWINE MODEL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 597-602. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Arisan Ergin

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 603. [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, Fabrizio Tomai, Achille Gaspardone, Luisa Colagrande, Paolo Nardi, Anna Ghini, Francesco Versaci, Alfonso Penta de Peppo, Pier Agostino Gioffrè, and Luigi Chiariello

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE EARLY AND LATE AFTER MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH TOTALLY OCCLUDED LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 604-609. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hanne I. Flom-Halvorsen, Eivind Øvrum, Geir Tangen, Frank Brosstad, Mari-Anne L. Ringdal, and Rolf Øystese

AUTOTRANSFUSION IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: DISPARITY IN LABORATORY TESTS AND CLINICAL PERFORMANCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 610-617. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michelle M. Graham, R. Jane Chambers, and Richard F. Davies

ANGIOGRAPHIC QUANTIFICATION OF DIFFUSE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: RELIABILITY AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE FOR BYPASS OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 618-627. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nobuhiro Handa, Hartzell V. Schaff, James J. Morris, Betty J. Anderson, Stephen L. Kopecky, and Maurice Enriquez-Sarano

OUTCOME OF VALVE REPAIR AND THE COX MAZE PROCEDURE FOR MITRAL REGURGITATION AND ASSOCIATED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 628-635. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetsuro Sakai, Yutaka Okita, Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Tahata, Hitoshi Ogino, Katsuhiko Matsuyama, and Shigehito Miki

DISTANCE BETWEEN MITRAL ANULUS AND PAPILLARY MUSCLES: ANATOMIC STUDY IN NORMAL HUMAN HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 636-641. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Ian A. Nicholson, Graham R. Nunn, Gary F. Sholler, Richard E. Hawker, Stephen G. Cooper, Kai C. Lau, and Sponsor: Lawrence H. Cohn

SIMPLIFIED SINGLE PATCH TECHNIQUE FOR THE REPAIR OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 642-647. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard G. Ohye, Koji Kagisaki, Lisa A. Lee, Ralph S. Mosca, Caren S. Goldberg, and Edward L. Bove

BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR FOR AORTIC ATRESIA OR HYPOPLASIA AND VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 648-654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael T. Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Ari Halldorsson, Shaikh Rahman, Tingrong Wang, and Michel Ilbawi

DOSE DEPENDENCY OF L-ARGININE IN NEONATAL MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION: THE NITRIC OXIDE PARADOX
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 655-664. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Felix Berger, Michael Vogel, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, and Peter E. Lange

COMPARISON OF RESULTS AND COMPLICATIONS OF SURGICAL AND AMPLATZER DEVICE CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 674-678. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fred A. Crawford, Jr

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 678-679. [Full Text]  

Jonathan J. Rome

Commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 679-680. [Full Text]  

Albert C. Lardo, Steven A. Webber, Arun Iyengar, Pedro J. del Nido, Ingeborg Friehs, and Edward G. Cape

BIDIRECTIONAL SUPERIOR CAVOPULMONARY ANASTOMOSIS IMPROVES MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY IN DILATED ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 681-691. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Tetsuro Sakai, Ren-Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, Donald A.G. Mickle, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Shinji Tomita, Eung-Joong Kim, and Terrence M. Yau

FETAL CELL TRANSPLANTATION: A COMPARISON OF THREE CELL TYPES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 715-725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph A. Schmid, Sven Hillinger, Roland Walter, Andreas Zollinger, Uz Stammberger, Rudolf Speich, Andreas Schaffner, Walter Weder, and Gabriele Schoedon

THE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE COFACTOR TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN REDUCES ALLOGRAFT ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 726-732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tarek Aziz, Malcolm Burgess, Ali Rahman, Colin Campbell, Abdul Deiraniya, and Nizar Yonan

ZONAL ALLOCATION FOR THORACIC ORGANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: HAS IT BEEN SUCCESSFUL? A SINGLE-CENTER VIEW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 733-739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Kenneth A. Kesler, Karen M. Rieger, Kristen N. Ganjoo, Matt Sharma, Naomi S. Fineberg, Lawrence H. Einhorn, and John W. Brown

PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL NONSEMINOMATOUS GERM CELL TUMORS: THE INFLUENCE OF POSTCHEMOTHERAPY PATHOLOGY ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 692-701. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenichi Okubo, Eugene J. Mark, Douglas Flieder, John C. Wain, Cameron D. Wright, Ashby C. Moncure, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen

BRONCHOALVEOLAR CARCINOMA: CLINICAL, RADIOLOGIC, AND PATHOLOGIC FACTORS AND SURVIVAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 702-709. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Noriaki Tsubota, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Miyamoto, Hidehito Matsuoka, Shinsuke Satake, and Hiroyuki Yamagishi

EXTENDED SLEEVE LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER: THE AVOIDANCE OF PNEUMONECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 710-714. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Michael A. Borger, Ruth L. Taylor, Richard D. Weisel, Girish Kulkarni, Mark Benaroia, Vivek Rao, Gideon Cohen, Ludwig Fedorko, and Christopher M. Feindel

DECREASED CEREBRAL EMBOLI DURING DISTAL AORTIC ARCH CANNULATION: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 740-745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Yukinori Moriyama, Riichiro Toda, Koichi Hisatomi, Hitoshi Matsumoto, and Akira Taira

EXTRAPLEURAL APPROACH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH DENSE LUNG ADHESION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 746-747. [Full Text]  

Yukihito Saito, Hideyasu Omiya, Yuzo Shomura, Hiroji Imamura, and Akiharu Okamura

SURGERY FOR "DOUBLE JEOPARDY" IN THE LUNG: LUNG CANCER AND MULTIPLE LUNG METASTASES OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 747-748. [Full Text]  

John L. Faul, Tanya Wahl, Kai Ihnken, Gerald J. Berry, Ramona L. Doyle, and Richard I. Whyte

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME CAUSED BY PULMONARY ARTERY SARCOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 749-750. [Full Text]  

Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Uwe Janssens, Bernd Sellhaus, Benita Hermanns, Werner Huegel, Peter Hanrath, and Bruno J. Messmer

THROMBOSIS OF A MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS IN A PATIENT WITH HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA TYPE II
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 751-753. [Full Text]  

Yuzuru Sakakibara, Masakazu Abe, Yuji Hiramatsu, Osamu Shigeta, Shigemi Ishikawa, Tomoaki Jikuya, and Toshio Mitsui

THE DESCENDING BRANCH OF THE LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 753-754. [Full Text]  

Lars Wiklund, Sveneric Svensson, and Håkan Berggren

IMPLANTATION OF A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE, BACK-TO-FRONT, IN AN ADOLESCENT WITH A FAILING MUSTARD PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 755-756. [Full Text]  

Kazuhiro Kochi, Taijiro Sueda, Kazumasa Orihashi, and Yuichiro Matsuura

NEW NONINVASIVE TEST ALTERNATIVE TO ALLEN’S TEST: SNUFF-BOX TECHNIQUE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 756-758. [Full Text]  

Hiroyoshi Komai, Yasuaki Naito, Keiichi Fujiwara, and Shigeru Uemura

THE BENEFITS OF SURGICAL ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY GUIDED BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 758-759. [Full Text]  

CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE:

G. Alexander Patterson and David B. Campbell

CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE IN THORACIC SURGERY: ALPORT SYNDROME WITH DIFFUSE LEIOMYOMATOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 760-764. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A. Graham and Hugh O’Kane

Is a high hematocrit value an independent risk factor for adverse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 765. [Full Text]  

Bruce D. Spiess

Is a high hematocrit value an independent risk factor for adverse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 765-766. [Full Text]  

Thorsten Wittwer, Jochen Cremer, Uwe Klima, Thorsten Wahlers, and Axel Haverich

Myocardial "hybrid" revascularization: Intermediate results of an alternative approach to multivessel coronary artery disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 766-767. [Full Text]  

Viking O. Björk, Ary Ribeiro, and Mario Canetti

Mechanical mitral valves without long-term anticoagulation up to thirteen years
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 767-769. [Full Text]  

Yukihiro Bonkohara, Kazutomo Minami, Latif Arusoglu, Aly El-Banayosy, Oliver Fey, Peter Sarnowski, and Reiner Körfer

A fatal mechanical disorder of the TCI HeartMate left ventricular assist system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 769-770. [Full Text]  

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-J. Miyamoto

A word of caution in extrapolating the spinal cord protective effects of memantine obtained in a rabbit model under ketamine anesthesia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 770-771. [Full Text]  

Marek Ehrlich

A word of caution in extrapolating the spinal cord protective effects of memantine obtained in a rabbit model under ketamine anesthesia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 771. [Full Text]  

Shlomo Gabbay

Possible mechanism of calcification of the BioCor stentless mitral valve treated with the No-React formula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 771-772. [Full Text]  

Simcha Milo

Possible mechanism of calcification of the BioCor stentless mitral valve treated with the No-React formula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 772-773. [Full Text]  

Tsung O. Cheng

Percutaneous treatment of acute aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 773. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

EVENTS OF INTEREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 118: 776. [Full Text]  

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