EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler and Pamela W. Fried

Electronic submission, electronic review: Better for authors and reviewers ... ultimately
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 401-402. [Full Text]  

Robert M. Sade

Profits and professionalism
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 403-405. [Full Text]  

Thomas M. Egan

QALYs or quackery? The quagmire of quantifying the cost of breathing
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 406-408. [Full Text]  

Thomas A. D'Amico

Molecular biologic substaging of non-small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 409-410. [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION (TX):

Ani C. Anyanwu, Alistair McGuire, Chris A. Rogers, and A. J. Murday

An economic evaluation of lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 411-420. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew F. Pierre, Yasuo Sekine, Michael A. Hutcheon, Thomas K. Waddell, and Shaf H. Keshavjee

Marginal donor lungs: A reassessment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 421-428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anna Maria Ciccone, Ken C. Stewart, Bryan F. Meyers, Tracey J. Guthrie, Richard J. Battafarano, Elbert P. Trulock, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

Does donor cause of death affect the outcome of lung transplantation?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 429-436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (CHD):

Zohair Al-Halees, Frans Pieters, Fatima Qadoura, Maie Shahid, Mohammed Al-Amri, and Fadel Al-Fadley

The Ross procedure is the procedure of choice for congenital aortic valve disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Régine Roussin, Emre Belli, François Lacour-Gayet, Francois Godart, Christian Rey, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Claude Planché, and Alain Serraf

Aortic arch reconstruction with pulmonary autograft patch aortoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 443-450. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. J. Alcaraz, L. Sancho, L. Manzano, F. Esquivel, A. Carrillo, A. Prieto, E. D. Bernstein, and M. Alvarez-Mon

Newborn patients exhibit an unusual pattern of interleukin 10 and interferon serum levels in response to cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 451-458. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirsten C. Odegard, Francis X. McGowan, Jr, James A. DiNardo, Robert A. Castro, David Zurakowski, Caroline M. Connor, Dolly D. Hansen, Ellis J. Neufeld, Pedro J. del Nido, and Peter C. Laussen

Coagulation abnormalities in patients with single-ventricle physiology precede the Fontan procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 459-465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORAIC SURGERY (GTS):

Steven A. Ahrendt, Stephen C. Yang, Li Wu, Carmen M. Roig, Pamela Russell, William H. Westra, Jin Jen, Malcolm V. Brock, Richard F. Heitmiller, and David Sidransky

Molecular assessment of lymph nodes in patients with resected stage I non–small cell lung cancer: Preliminary results of a prospective study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 466-474. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Siva Raja, James D. Luketich, Lori A. Kelly, William E. Gooding, Sydney D. Finkelstein, and Tony E. Godfrey

Rapid, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: Application to intraoperative molecular detection of occult metastases in esophageal cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 475-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jonathan D'Cunha, Angela L. Corfits, James E. Herndon, II, Jeffrey A. Kern, Leslie J. Kohman, G. Alexander Patterson, Robert A. Kratzke, and Michael A. Maddaus

Molecular staging of lung cancer: Real-time polymerase chain reaction estimation of lymph node micrometastatic tumor cell burden in stage I non-small cell lung cancer—preliminary results of cancer and leukemia group B trial 9761
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 484-491. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Olgun Kadir Aribas, Fikret Kanat, Niyazi Gormus, and Emel Turk

Pleural complications of hydatid disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 492-497. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

In-Hyuk Chung, Chang-Seok Oh, Ki-Seok Koh, Hee-Jin Kim, Hyo-Chae Paik, and Doo-Yun Lee

Anatomic variations of the T2 nerve root (including the nerve of Kuntz) and their implications for sympathectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 498-501. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yung-Chie Lee, Chen-Tu Wu, Chin-Shin Chen, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, and Yih-Leong Chang

The significance of E-cadherin and -, ß-, and -catenin expression in surgically treated non–small cell lung cancers of 3 cm or less in size
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 502-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD):

Benjamin Medalion, Michael G. Katz, Mordechai Lorberboym, Othman Bder, Arie Schachner, and Amram J. Cohen

Decreased sternal vascularity after internal thoracic artery harvesting resolves with time: An assessment with single photon emission computed tomography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 508-511. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard F. Brodman, Laurie E. Hirsh, and Rosemary Frame

Effect of radial artery harvest on collateral forearm blood flow and digital perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 512-516. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yana Zitser-Gurevich, Elisheva Simchen, Noya Galai, and Micha Mandel

Effect of perioperative complications on excess mortality among women after coronary artery bypass: The Israeli Coronary Artery Bypass Graft study (ISCAB)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 517-524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Koki Nakamura, Shahid Khan, Magdi Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani

The early clinical and angiographic outcome of sequential coronary artery bypass grafting with the off-pump technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 525-530. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY (CSP):

Jeroen Lips, Peter de Haan, Gerrit J. Bouma, Michael J. Jacobs, and Cor J. Kalkman

Delayed detection of motor pathway dysfunction after selective reduction of thoracic spinal cord blood flow in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 531-538. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ertugrul Özal, Erkan Kuralay, Hakan Bingöl, Faruk Cingöz, Süleyman Ceylan, and Harun Tatar

Does tranexamic acid reduce desmopressin-induced hyperfibrinolysis?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 539-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masami Takagaki, Patrick M. McCarthy, Tomotsugu Tabata, Ray Dessoffy, Lisa A. Cardon, Jason Connor, Yoshie Ochiai, James D. Thomas, Gary S. Francis, James B. Young, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi

Induction and maintenance of an experimental model of severe cardiomyopathy with a novel protocol of rapid ventricular pacing
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 544-549. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Aldo D. Milano, Marco De Carlo, Flavia Sorrentino, Stefano Pratali, Carmela Nardi, and Uberto Bortolotti

Intravascular hemolysis in patients with new-generation prosthetic heart valves: A prospective study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 550-556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. J. Ankersmit, G. Wieselthaler, B. Moser, S. Gerlitz, G. Roth, G. Boltz-Nitulescu, and E. Wolner

Transitory immunologic response after implantation of the DeBakey VAD continuous-axial-flow pump
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 557-561. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Niranjan Seshadri, Gian M. Novaro, Harry Lever, Richard D. White, Nicholas Smedira, Richard A. Grimm, and Mario J. Garcia

Myectomy site thrombus formation: An underappreciated source of thromboembolism after septal myectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 562-564. [Full Text]  

Nicolas Noiseux, Pasquale Ferraro, Guy Cousineau, Ignacio Prieto, and André Duranceau

Combined surgery for lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum and pulmonary carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 564-566. [Full Text]  

Martin H. Chamberlain and Chandi Ratnatunga

Fluctuating consciousness caused by hydrocephalus: A complication of aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 566-567. [Full Text]  

A. Fraisse, E. Le Bret, T. Abdel Massih, A. Batisse, F. Laborde, D. Sidi, and D. Bonnet

Intra-aortic extension of ductal tissue
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 568-569. [Full Text]  

Niv Ad, Patricia Lee, and James L Cox

Type A aortic dissection with associated anomaly of the carotid and vertebral vessels
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 570-571. [Full Text]  

Eric Dumont, Norman Racine, Patricia Ugolini, Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, and Louis P. Perrault

Paradoxical cerebral emboli of hypernephroma metastatic to the right ventricle five years after primary tumor resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 572-573. [Full Text]  

M. E. Lewis, T. J. Jones, A. M. Ranasinghe, J. R. Lewis, and R. S. Bonser

Homograft aortic root with prosthetic extension as a treatment for aneurysm of the proximal aorta in elderly patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 573-575. [Full Text]  

Zsolt Antal Varga, Ivan Gyõri-Molnár, Lajos Kollár, and Lajos Papp

A surgically treated arteriovenous fistula between the vertebral artery and internal jugular vein after insertion of a central venous catheter for mitral valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 575-577. [Full Text]  

Klaus Kallenbach, Jochen Cremer, and Axel Haverich

Partial ex situ surgery of the heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 577-578. [Full Text]  

Yoshiaki Yamada, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Takahisa Okano, Kyoko Hayashida, Takeshi Shinkawa, and Nobuo Kitamura

Unifocalization of the neck arteries combined with aortic arch replacement for Williams syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 579-580. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Joseph Galea and Alexander Manché

Pulmonary artery sarcoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 581. [Full Text]  

Teruhisa Kazui, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, and Naoki Washiyama

Impact of the duration of adjunctive hypothermic circulatory arrest on neurologic outcome with antegrade cerebral perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 581-582. [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

The first experiments to use resuscitated human cadaver hearts as donor organs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 582. [Full Text]  

Robert C. Gorman and Joseph H. Gorman, III

Cellular myoplasty: What are we really trying to achieve?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 582-583. [Full Text]  

J. C. Chachques and A. Carpentier

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 583-584. [Full Text]  

Paul W.M. Fedak, Richard D. Weisel, Terrence M. Yau, Donald A.G. Mickle, and Ren-Ke Li

Cell transplantation, ventricular remodeling, and the extracellular matrix
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 584-585. [Full Text]  

Lokeswara Rao Sajja, Gopichand Mannam, and Sriramulu Sompalli

Neurologic hand complications after radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 585-586. [Full Text]  

Timothy A. Denton and Alfredo Trento

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 586. [Full Text]  

Münacettin Ceviz, Yahya Ünlü, and Necip Bect

Aortic arch replacement in acute aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 586-587. [Full Text]  

Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Shogo Shirota, and Takayuki Kumamoto

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 587. [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of Interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 588. [Full Text]  

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