EDITORIALS:

David H. Adams and Farzan Filsoufi

Another chapter in an enlarging book: Repair degenerative mitral valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1197-1199. [Extract] [Full Text]  

John W. Hammon

Aortic nightmares: Can we sleep better?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1200-1201. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Adam E. Saltman

Is it time to choose amiodarone for postoperative atrial fibrillation?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1202-1203. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christina T. Mora Mangano

Risky business
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1204-1207. [Extract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOTHORACIC TRANSPLANTATION:

Thorsten Wittwer, Johannes M. Albes, Antonia Fehrenbach, Thomas Pech, Ulrich F. W. Franke, Joachim Richter, and Thorsten Wahlers

Experimental lung preservation with Perfadex: Effect of the NO-donor nitroglycerin on postischemic outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1208-1216. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Juergen Martin, Georg Lutter, Christian Ihling, Matthias Siepe, Susanne Wagner, Jan Hilberath, Michael Kemper, Koppany Sarai, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Myocardial viability twenty-four hours after orthotopic heart transplantation from non-heart-beating donors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1217-1228. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Stephen M. Langley, David S. Winlaw, Oliver Stumper, Rami Dhillon, Joseph V. de Giovanni, John G. Wright, Paul Miller, Babulal Sethia, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn

Midterm results after restoration of the morphologically left ventricle to the systemic circulation in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1229-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiya Toyoda, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Shigeteru Oka, and Yutaka Okita

Cardioprotective effects and the mechanisms of terminal warm blood cardioplegia in pediatric cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1242-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harold M. Burkhart, Joseph A. Dearani, Douglas D. Mair, Carole A. Warnes, Charles C. Rowland, Hartzell V. Schaff, Francisco J. Puga, and Gordon K. Danielson

The modified Fontan procedure: Early and late results in 132 adult patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1252-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirsten C. Odegard, Francis X. McGowan, Jr, David Zurakowski, James A. DiNardo, Robert A. Castro, Pedro J. del Nido, and Peter C. Laussen

Procoagulant and anticoagulant factor abnormalities following the Fontan procedure: Increased factor VIII may predispose to thrombosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1260-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James M. Hammel, Christopher A. Caldarone, Timothy L. Van Natta, Li Xing Wang, Karl F. Welke, Weigen Li, Scott Niles, Elisa Barner, Thomas D. Scholz, Douglas M. Behrendt, and Jeffrey L. Segar

Myocardial apoptosis after cardioplegic arrest in the neonatal lamb
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1268-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sunil P. Malhotra, Stephan Thelitz, R. Kirk Riemer, V. Mohan Reddy, Sam Suleman, and Frank L. Hanley

Induced fibrillation is equally effective as crystalloid cardioplegia in the protection of fetal myocardial function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1276-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John Elefteriades, Costantinos Lovoulos, Randolph Edwards, Shawn Tittle, Timothy Riley, Paul Tang, Edward Rocco, and Gary Kopf

Novel technique for isolated accessory right heart transplantation for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1283-1290. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anjan S. Batra, Winfield J. Wells, Kathy W. Hinoki, Robert A. Stanton, and Michael J. Silka

Late recovery of atrioventricular conduction after pacemaker implantation for complete heart block associated with surgery for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1291-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Federico Venuta, G. Furio Coloni, Bryan F. Meyers, G. Alexander Patterson, and Joel D. Cooper

Feasibility and safety of the airway bypass procedure for patients with emphysema
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1294-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chao-Hua Chiu, Ming-Sheng Chern, Mei-Han Wu, Wen-Hu Hsu, Yu-Chung Wu, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Shi-Chuan Chang

Usefulness of low-dose spiral CT of the chest in regular follow-up of postoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients: Preliminary report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1300-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shoichi Tobari, Masanori Niimi, Shigenao Kan, Hiroshi Takami, and Susumu Kodaira

Reliable cervical anastomosis through the retrosternal route with stepwise gastric tube
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1306-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yael Refaely, Siegal Sadetzki, Angela Chetrit, David A. Simansky, Michael Paley, Baruch Modan, and Alon Yellin

The sequence of vessel interruption during lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: Is it indeed important?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1313-1320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Kumar, P. Goldstraw, K. Yamada, A. G. Nicholson, A. U. Wells, D. M. Hansell, R. M. duBois, and G. Ladas

Pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: Risk and benefit analysis of pulmonary resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1321-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Abujiang Pataer, Sunil Chada, Kelly K. Hunt, Jack A. Roth, and Stephen G. Swisher

Adenoviral melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7 induces apoptosis in lung cancer cells through mitochondrial permeability transition-independent cytochrome c release
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1328-1335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter K. M. Kim, Sang-Youel Park, Patrick P. Koty, Yun Hua, James D. Luketich, and Timothy R. Billiar

Fas-associating death domain protein overexpression induces apoptosis in lung cancer cells
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1336-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenshi Kuge, Gen Murakami, Shunji Mizobuchi, Yoichi Hata, Takashi Aikou, and Shiro Sasaguri

Submucosal territory of the direct lymphatic drainage system to the thoracic duct in the human esophagus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1343-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

A. Marc Gillinov, Christiano Faber, Penny L. Houghtaling, Eugene H. Blackstone, Buu-Khanh Lam, Ramon Diaz, Bruce W. Lytle, Joseph F. Sabik, III, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III

Repair versus replacement for degenerative mitral valve disease with coexisting ischemic heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1350-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian F. Buxton, Jai S. Raman, Permyos Ruengsakulrach, Ian Gordon, Alex Rosalion, Rinaldo Bellomo, Mark Horrigan, and David L. Hare

Radial artery patency and clinical outcomes: Five-year interim results of a randomized trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1363-1371. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, Jennifer White, Paul Kerr, Antonino Marullo, Patrick M. McCarthy, and Bruce W. Lytle

Mitral valve repair with aortic valve replacement is superior to double valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1372-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John B. Chambers, Lionel Oo, Andrew Narracott, Pat M. Lawford, and Christopher I. Blauth

Nominal size in six bileaflet mechanical aortic valves: A comparison of orifice size and biologic equivalence
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1388-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tayfun Aybek, P. Kessler, M. F. Khan, S. Dogan, G. Neidhart, A. Moritz, and G. Wimmer-Greinecker

Operative techniques in awake coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1394-1400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Haldun Y. Karagoz, Murat Kurtoglu, Beyhan Bakkaloglu, Beril Sonmez, Taner Cetintas, and Kemal Bayazit

Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient: Three years' experience in 137 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1401-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xavier M. Mueller and Ludwig K. von Segesser

A new equine pericardial stentless valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1405-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Handke, Gudrun Heinrichs, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Manfred Olschewski, Christoph Bode, and Annette Geibel

In vivo analysis of aortic valve dynamics by transesophageal 3-dimensional echocardiography with high temporal resolution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1412-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Tahir Yagdi, Sanem Nalbantgil, Fatih Ayik, Anil Apaydin, Fatih Islamoglu, Hakan Posacioglu, Tanzer Calkavur, Yuksel Atay, and Suat Buket

Amiodarone reduces the incidence of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1420-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rainer G. Leyh, Theo Kofidis, Martin Strüber, Stefan Fischer, Karsten Knobloch, Bjoern Wachsmann, Christian Hagl, Andre R. Simon, and Axel Haverich

Methylene blue: The drug of choice for catecholamine-refractory vasoplegia after cardiopulmonary bypass?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1426-1431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. N. Ramnath, H. R. Naber, A. de Boer, and J. A. Leusink

No benefit of intraoperative whole blood sequestration and autotransfusion during coronary artery bypass grafting: Results of a randomized clinical trial
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1432-1437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, and Aamir Shah

Adverse effects of low hematocrit during cardiopulmonary bypass in the adult: Should current practice be changed?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1438-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrik Boivie, Magnus Hansson, and Karl Gunnar Engström

Embolic material generated by multiple aortic crossclamping: A perfusion model with human cadaveric aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1451-1460. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Subhasis Chatterjee, Lawrence T. Bish, Vasant Jayasankar, Allan S. Stewart, Y. Joseph Woo, Michael T. Crow, Timothy J. Gardner, and H. Lee Sweeney

Blocking the development of postischemic cardiomyopathy with viral gene transfer of the apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1461-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shinya Fukuhara, Shinji Tomita, Seiji Yamashiro, Takayuki Morisaki, Chikao Yutani, Soichiro Kitamura, and Takeshi Nakatani

Direct cell-cell interaction of cardiomyocytes is key for bone marrow stromal cells to go into cardiac lineage in vitro
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1470-1480. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elisabeth Ott, Nancy A. Nussmeier, Peter C. Duke, Robert O. Feneck, R. Peter Alston, Michael C. Snabes, Richard C. Hubbard, Ping H. Hsu, Lawrence J. Saidman, and Dennis T. Mangano

Efficacy and safety of the cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors parecoxib and valdecoxib in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1481-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Africa Muxí, Jordi Magriñá, Francisco Martín, Miguel Josa, David Fuster, Francisco J. Setoain, Félix Pérez-Villa, Javier Pavía, and Xavier Bosch

Technetium 99m-labeled tetrofosmin and iodine 123-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy in the assessment of transmyocardial laser revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1493-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David G. Rabkin, Santos E. Cabreriza, Jared C. LaCorte, Alan D. Weinberg, Lindita Çoku, Rowan Walsh, Ralph Mosca, and Henry M. Spotnitz

Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition preserves ventricular function after ventricular fibrillation in the intact swine heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1499-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Amelia Toesca, Nicola Maggiano, Claudio Pragliola, and Gianfederico Possati

Localization of nitric oxide synthase type III in the internal thoracic and radial arteries and the great saphenous vein: A comparative immunohistochemical study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1510-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annie Rochetaing and Paul Kreher

Reactive hyperemia during early reperfusion as a determinant of improved functional recovery in ischemic preconditioned rat hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1516-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Thomas Schachner, Johannes Bonatti, Doris Balogh, Josef Margreiter, Peter Mair, Günther Laufer, and Günther Putz

Aortic valve replacement in the conscious patient under regional anesthesia without endotracheal intubation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1526-1527. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Riccardo Codecasa, Massimo A. Mariani, Alessandro D'Alfonso, Carmela Nardi, and Jan G. Grandjean

Current indications for elective surgical treatment of dilated ascending aorta: A new formula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1528-1530. [Extract] [Full Text]  

João Costa, Jorge Almeida, Fernando Barreiros, and Rodrigues Sousa

Accessory mitral valve as cause of left ventricular obstruction in the adult
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1531-1532. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shoichi Takahashi, Ikuo Fukuda, Toshihiko Kuga, and Masanori Tanaka

Exposure of the coronary artery using an ultrasonic scalpel
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1533-1534. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ryuji Kunitomo, Shigeyuki Tsurusaki, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Ichiro Ideta, Kentaro Takaji, Yukihiro Katayama, and Michio Kawasuji

A simple method of intraoperative preparation of a stent graft for distal aortic arch aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1535-1537. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Hiroshi Kubota, Yoshihiro Suematsu, Noboru Motomura, and Shinichi Takamoto

Video-assisted transseptal cryoablation of left atrium in nonmitral cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1537-1538. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ko Bando, Soichiro Kitamura, Junjiro Kobayashi, Kazuo Niwaya, and Osamu Tagusari

Maze procedure in the Marfan syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1539-1540. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tatjana M. Fleck, Doris Hutschala, Heinz Tschernich, Erwin Rieder, Martin Czerny, Ernst Wolner, and Martin Grabenwoger

Stent graft placement of the thoracoabdominal aorta in a patient with Marfan syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1541-1543. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. M. Alvarez, L. Chen, and I. N. Sinclair

Acute stent thrombosis after off-pump coronary bypass surgery: A new and avoidable complication?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1544-1546. [Extract] [Full Text]  

G. Hossein Almassi

Proximal prolapse of aortic intimal flap: A rare complication of acute type A aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1546-1548. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Massetti, Eugenio Neri, Gerard Babatasi, Olivier Le Page, Remí Sabatier, Dimitrios Buklas, Gilles Grollier, and André Khayat

Flap suffocation: An uncommon mechanism of coronary malperfusion in acute type A dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1548-1550. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Karck, Ajay Chavan, Christian Hagl, Holger Friedrich, Michael Galanski, and Axel Haverich

The frozen elephant trunk technique: A new treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1550-1553. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jen-Ping Chang, Hung-I Lu, Chiung-Lun Kao, and Teng-Hung Yu

Mitral valve-sparing operation in subaortic stenosis caused by anomalous papillary muscle and discrete subaortic stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1553-1555. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Tsutomu Matsushita, Katsuji Fujiwara, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takako Miyazaki, and Nobuo Kitamura

Complete augmentation of diffuse narrowing of the aorta with Williams syndrome by using an overturn approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1556-1558. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hildegard Tanner, Beat Walder, Beat Kipfer, Christian Seiler, Dieter Wallmann, Thierry Carrel, Paul Mohacsi, and Roger Hullin

Platypnea-orthodeoxia in a patient after atrial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: Case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1559-1560. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshifumi Ikeda, Shoichi Tobari, Masanori Niimi, Susumu Kodaira, and Kota Okinaga

Second primary double carcinomas of the residual cervical esophagus and the gastric tube after thoracic esophagectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1561-1562. [Extract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Bram D. Zuckerman and Wolf Sapirstein

Prosthetic cardiac valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1563. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Raymond A. Dieter, Jr

Resection of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1563-1564. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa, Shin-ichi Oki, and Katsuo Fuse

Aortic valve regurgitation associated with a fibrous band between the leaflet and the aortic wall
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1564-1565. [Extract] [Full Text]  

S. Taheri

Do macrophages and monocytes impede regeneration of transplanted cardiomyocytes?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1565. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Noriyoshi Sawabata

Problems in assessment of serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels in cancers
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1565. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yukihito Saito

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1565-1566. [Extract] [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1567. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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