PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Delos M. Cosgrove

The innovation imperative
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 839-842. [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Roland Hetzer, Johannes H. Müller, Yu-Guo Weng, Matthias Loebe, and Gert Wallukat

Midterm follow-up of patients who underwent removal of a left ventricular assist device after cardiac recovery from end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 843-855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angelo LaPietra, Eugene A. Grossi, Bradley B. Pua, Rick A. Esposito, Aubrey C. Galloway, Christopher C. Derivaux, Lawrence R. Glassman, Alfred T. Culliford, Greg H. Ribakove, and Stephen B. Colvin

Assisted venous drainage presents the risk of undetected air microembolism
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 856-863. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Allyson Walker, Simona C. Baicu, Aron T. Goldberg, Colin E. Widener, David J. Fary, Daniel K. Almany, Adviye Ergul, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, and Francis G. Spinale

Temporal endothelin dynamics of the myocardial interstitium and systemic circulation in cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 864-871. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Marshall L. Jacobs

Editorial: Aortic reconstruction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome—A reappraisal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 872-874. [Full Text]  

Nancy C. Poirier, Jonathan J. Drummond-Webb, Kunikazu Hisamochi, Michiaki Imamura, A. Marc Harrison, and Roger B. B. Mee

Modified Norwood procedure with a high-flow cardiopulmonary bypass strategy results in low mortality without late arch obstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 875-884. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirk R. Kanter, Eldad Erez, Willis H. Williams, and Vincent K. H. Tam

Extra-anatomic aortic bypass via sternotomy for complex aortic arch stenosis in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 885-890. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitchell I. Cohen, Nancy D. Bridges, J. William Gaynor, Timothy M. Hoffman, Gil Wernovsky, Victoria L. Vetter, Thomas L. Spray, and Larry A. Rhodes

Modifications to the cavopulmonary anastomosis do not eliminate early sinus node dysfunction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 891-901. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandra L. Starnes, Brian W. Duncan, James M. Kneebone, Charles H. Fraga, Shawn States, Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, and Flavian M. Lupinetti

Pulmonary microvessel density is a marker of angiogenesis in children after cavopulmonary anastomosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 902-908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Richard J. Battafarano, Richard C. Anderson, Bryan F. Meyers, Tracey J. Guthrie, Dan Schuller, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

Perioperative complications after living donor lobectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 909-915. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aditya K. Kaza, Victor E. Laubach, John A. Kern, Stewart M. Long, Steven M. Fiser, Joshua A. Tepper, Richard P. Nguyen, Kimberly S. Shockey, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron

Epidermal growth factor augments postpneumonectomy lung growth
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 916-922. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shinichi Kanno, Paul C. Lee, Stephen J. Dodd, Mangay Williams, Bartley P. Griffith, and Chien Ho

A novel approach with magnetic resonance imaging used for the detection of lung allograft rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 923-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Srdjan V. Kostic, Thomas W. Rice, Mark E. Baker, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Sudish C. Murthy, Lisa A. Rybicki, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Joel E. Richter

Timed barium esophagogram: A simple physiologic assessment for achalasia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 935-946. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Itano, Wanjiang Zhang, Jon H. Ritter, Timothy J. McCarthy, T. Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of human interleukin 10 ameliorates reperfusion injury of rat lung isografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 947-956. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

A. Marc Gillinov, Bruce W. Lytle, Vu Hoang, Delos M. Cosgrove, Michael K. Banbury, Patrick M. McCarthy, Joseph F. Sabik, Gösta B. Pettersson, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Eugene H. Blackstone

The atherosclerotic aorta at aortic valve replacement: Surgical strategies and results
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 957-965. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David T. M. Lai, Tomasz A. Timek, Paul Dagum, G. Randall Green, Julie R. Glasson, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller

The effects of ring annuloplasty on mitral leaflet geometry during acute left ventricular ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 966-975. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William C. Nugent

Editorial: In health care, geography is destiny
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 976-977. [Full Text]  

David M. Shahian, Winnie Yip, George Westcott, and Jerilynn Jacobson

Selection of a cardiac surgery provider in the managed care era
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 978-989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Marco Contini, Giuseppe Vitolla, Michele Di Mauro, Valerio Mazzei, Giovanni Teodori, and Gabriele Di Giammarco

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Long-term clinical and angiographic results of in situ versus Y grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 990-998. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jih-Shiuan Wang, Dominique Shum-Tim, Jacques Galipeau, Edgar Chedrawy, Nicoletta Eliopoulos, and Ray C.-J. Chiu

Marrow stromal cells for cellular cardiomyoplasty: Feasibility and potential clinical advantages
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 999-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Uwe Klima, Tina Peters, Matthias Peuster, Gerd Hausdorf, and Axel Haverich

A novel technique for establishing total cavopulmonary connection: From surgical preconditioning to interventional completion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1007-1009. [Full Text]  

Antonios Loutsidis, Charalambos Zisis, Dimitra Rontogianni, and Ion Bellenis

Actinomycosis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome in a young puerperal woman
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1009-1010. [Full Text]  

Kenichi Okubo, Yoichiro Ueno, and Jun Isobe

Upper sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer with tracheal bronchus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1011-1012. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Mario Gaudino and Gianfederico Possati

Cardiopulmonary bypass temperature and extension of intraoperative brain damage: Controversies persist
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1013-1014. [Full Text]  

Richard Engelman and A. Bernard Pleet

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1014. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 120: 1015. [Full Text]  

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