EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler and Pamela W. Fried

Our "Cover Story"
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 1-2. [Full Text]  

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 3-5. [Full Text]  

William C. Nugent and Stephen K. Plume

Bulk buying
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 6-7. [Full Text]  

John E. Mayer, Jr

In search of the ideal valve replacement device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 8-9. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY (GTS):

Bryan F. Meyers, Roger D. Yusen, Tracey J. Guthrie, Gail Davis, Mary S. Pohl, Stephen S. Lefrak, G. Alexander Patterson, and Joel D. Cooper

Outcome of bilateral lung volume reduction in patients with emphysema potentially eligible for lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 10-17. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andy C. Kiser, Paola Ciriaco, Steven C. Hoffmann, and Thomas M. Egan

Lung retrieval from non–heart beating cadavers with the use of a rat lung transplant model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 18-23. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takehiro Okumura, Hisao Asamura, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, and Ryosuke Tsuchiya

Intrapulmonary metastasis of non–small cell lung cancer: A prognostic assessment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 24-28. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Itano, Bassem N. Mora, Wanjiang Zhang, Jon H. Ritter, Timothy J. McCarthy, Nelson S. Yew, T. Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson

Lipid-mediated ex vivo gene transfer of viral interleukin 10 in rat lung allotransplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 29-38. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Tirone E. David, Susan Armstrong, Joan Ivanov, Christopher M. Feindel, Ahmad Omran, and Gary Webb

Results of aortic valve–sparing operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 39-46. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Timothy Resch, Bansi Koul, Nuno V. Dias, Bengt Lindblad, and Krassi Ivancev

Changes in aneurysm morphology and stent-graft configuration after endovascular repair of aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 47-52. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David M. Shahian, Gerald J. Heatley, and George A. Westcott

Relationship of hospital size, case volume, and cost for coronary artery bypass surgery: Analysis of 12,774 patients operated on in Massachusetts during fiscal years 1995 and 1996
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 53-64. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, Sang H. Lee, Ling-Ling Du, Paul L. Wolf, Christopher Sullivan, Sujit Pradhan, Renna Deutsch, and Stuart W. Jamieson

Human angiopoietin gene expression is a marker for severity of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 65-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Luca Barozzi, Anna Tomezzoli, Gianluca Casali, and Alessandro Mazzucco

Bicuspid aortic valve disease and pulmonary autograft root dilatation after the Ross procedure: A clinicopathologic study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 74-79. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark H. Danton, John G. Byrne, Kathryn Q. Flores, Michael Hsin, Jeffrey S. Martin, Rita G. Laurence, Lawrence H. Cohn, and Lishan Aklog

Modified Glenn connection for acutely ischemic right ventricular failure reverses secondary left ventricular dysfunction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 80-91. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP):

Nicholas G. Smedira, Nader Moazami, Camille M. Golding, Patrick M. McCarthy, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III

Clinical experience with 202 adults receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac failure: Survival at five years
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 92-102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mahmoud Loubani and Manuel Galiñanes

₁-Adrenoceptors during simulated ischemia and reoxygenation of the human myocardium: Effect of the dose and time of administration
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 103-112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Fung, Paul G. Loubser, Akif Ündar, Maryann Mueller, Cecily Sun, William N. Sun, William K. Vaughn, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr

Inhibition of complement, neutrophil, and platelet activation by an anti-factor D monoclonal antibody in simulated cardiopulmonary bypass circuits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 113-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George Asimakopoulos, Elaine A. Lidington, Justin Mason, Dorian O. Haskard, Kenneth M. Taylor, and R. Clive Landis

Effect of aprotinin on endothelial cell activation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 123-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Puspa Batten, Ann M. McCormack, Marlene L. Rose, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Valve interstitial cells induce donor-specific T-cell anergy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 129-135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihisa Nakao, Hajime Otani, Tadashi Yamamura, Reiji Hattori, Motohiko Osako, and Hiroji Imamura

Insulin-like growth factor 1 prevents neuronal cell death and paraplegia in the rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 136-143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY (ET):

Taijiro Sueda, Kazumasa Orihashi, Masanabu Watari, Kenji Okada, Osamu Ishii, and Akira Naito

Endovascular stent-grafting for traumatic aortic aneurysms with the use of a fenestrated stent-graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 144-146. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD):

Antonio Laudito, Michael M. Brook, Sam Suleman, Mark S. Bleiweis, Lenardo D. Thompson, Frank L. Hanley, and V. Mohan Reddy

The Ross procedure in children and young adults: A word of caution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 147-153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emile A. Bacha, Albertus M. Scheule, David Zurakowski, Lars C. Erickson, Judy Hung, Peter Lang, John E. Mayer, Jr, Pedro J. del Nido, and Richard A. Jonas

Long-term results after early primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 154-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emile A. Bacha, Gary M. Satou, Adrian M. Moran, David Zurakowski, Gerald R. Marx, John F. Keane, and Richard A. Jonas

Valve-sparing operation for balloon-induced aortic regurgitation in congenital aortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 162-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael J. Ackerman, Mark E. Wylam, Robert H. Feldt, Coburn J. Porter, Gordon Dewald, Paul D. Scanlon, and David J. Driscoll

Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and persistent airway hyperresponsiveness
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 169-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Permyos Ruengsakulrach, Brian F. Buxton, Norman Eizenberg, and Marius Fahrer

Anatomic assessment of hand circulation in harvesting the radial artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 178-181. [Full Text]  

Yoshikatsu Saiki, John D. Dyck, Michael J. Kantoch, Murray A. Robertson, Peter M. Olley, and Ivan M. Rebeyka

Prenatal right ventricular infarction associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 180-181. [Full Text]  

J. M. Grinda, C. P. Latremouille, N. D'Attellis, A. Berrebi, and J. N. Fabiani

Angioplasty balloon occlusion of internal thoracic artery in redo surgery in patients with coronary artery bypass operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 182-183. [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami

Tracheal laceration: A rare complication of median sternotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 184. [Full Text]  

Kenji Okada, Taijiro Sueda, Kazumasa Orihashi, Masanobu Watari, and Akira Naito

Endovascular stent-graft repair for thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with right-sided aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 185-186. [Full Text]  

Tobias Walker, Markus K. Heinemann, Wilke Schneider, Manfred Wehrmann, Burkhard Bültmann, and Gerhard Ziemer

Early failure of the autograft valve after the Ross procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 187-188. [Full Text]  

Toshiki Takahashi, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Takao Watanabe, Takashi Minowa, Masataka Koshika, Kiyoshige Inui, Jun Hosaka, and Shuji Toyama

Staged perfusion with an axillary artery graft and deep hypothermia during descending aortic replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 188-189. [Full Text]  

Sundara Raman and Norman A. Silverman

Clinical utility of the platelet function analyzer (PFA-100) in cardiothoracic procedures involving extracorporeal circulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 190-191. [Full Text]  

Thomas Yeh, Jr, John Gouldman, Steve M. Auden, Vedad Seremet, Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr, Patricia B. Cerrito, and Erle H. Austin, III

Mixed venous oxygen saturation does not adequately predict cerebral perfusion during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 192-193. [Full Text]  

Kenneth R. Bennett, Jian-Wei Gu, Thomas H. Adair, and Bobby J. Heath

Elevated plasma concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor in cardiac myxoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 193-194. [Full Text]  

Eugenio Neri, Olivier Coffin, Thomas Toscano, Massimo Massetti, Federico Bizzarri, Gianni Capannini, Giacomo Frati, and Carlo Sassi

Replacement of infected prosthesis on the ascending aorta with an abdominal aortic autograft in a young patient
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 194-195. [Full Text]  

Joseph B. Shrager, Benjamin W. Kozyak, John R. Roberts, Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph S. Friedberg, Larry R. Kaiser, and Bruce R. Rosengard

Successful experience with simultaneous lung volume reduction and cardiac procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 196-197. [Full Text]  

Emmanuel Martinod, Rachid Zegdi, Gilbert Zakine, Bertrand Aupecle, Paul Fornes, Alexandre D'Audiffret, Juan-Carlos Chachques, Jacques Azorin, and Alain Carpentier

A novel approach to tracheal replacement: The use of an aortic graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 197-198. [Full Text]  

Kazuhito Imanaka, Shunei Kyo, Masaaki Kato, Hiroaki Tanabe, Hiroshi Ohuchi, Haruhiko Asano, and Yuji Yokote

Sudden intestinal necrosis one month after acute aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 122: 199-200. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
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