In Memoriam:

Harold C. Urschel, Jr

Robert W. Jamplis (1920-2003)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 311-312. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, and Leonardo L. Rodriguez

Prosthesis-patient size: measurement and clinical implications
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 313-316. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mani A. Vannan and Kunal Sarkar

Assessment of mechanical aortic valve prosthesis by means of Doppler echocardiography: what to measure and why?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 317-320. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

Priority issue: who is on first base?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 321-322. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Andrew Wechsler

Priority issue: who is on first base? Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 322. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Patrick M. McCarthy

Ventricular aneurysms, shock, and late follow-up in patients with heart failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 323-325. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr

Does size matter? What is your infarct rate after coronary artery bypass grafting?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 326-328. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Carl Lewis Backer

Coarctation: the search for the Holy Grail
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 329-331. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Richard J. Cote

Occult metastases: real harm or false alarm?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 332-333. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Reed E. Pyeritz

Express yourself—but consider the consequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 334-336. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

Marco De Carlo, Aldo D. Milano, Carmela Nardi, Gianclaudio Mecozzi, and Uberto Bortolotti

Serial Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of small-sized sorin bicarbon prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 337-343. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tarek S. Absi, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, William S. Tung, Marc Moon, Jason K. Lee, Ralph R. Damiano, Jr, and Robert W. Thompson

Altered patterns of gene expression distinguishing ascending aortic aneurysms from abdominal aortic aneurysms: complementary DNA expression profiling in the molecular characterization of aortic disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 344-357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ko Bando, Junjiro Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Hirata, Toshihiko Satoh, Kazuo Niwaya, Osamu Tagusari, Satoshi Nakatani, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura

Early and late stroke after mitral valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis: risk factor analysis of a 24-year experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 358-364. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James P. Greelish, Lawrence H. Cohn, Marzia Leacche, Michael Mitchell, Alexandros Karavas, John Fox, John G. Byrne, Sary F. Aranki, and Gregory S. Couper

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair suggests earlier operations for mitral valve disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 365-373. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hooshang Bolooki, Eduardo DeMarchena, Stephen M. Mallon, Kushagra Katariya, Michael Barron, H. Michael Bolooki, Richard J. Thurer, Stana Novak, and Robert C. Duncan

Factors affecting late survival after surgical remodeling of left ventricular aneurysms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 374-385. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrick W. Domkowski, Monica L. Smith, Denis L. Gonyon, Jr, Carol Drye, Mary Kay Wooten, L. Scott Levin, and Walter G. Wolfe

Evaluation of vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 386-390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Herbert Bernd Hangler, Georg Nagele, Michael Danzmayr, Ludwig Mueller, Elfriede Ruttmann, Guenther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti

Modification of surgical technique for ascending aortic atherosclerosis: impact on stroke reduction in coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 391-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Teshima, Nobuhiko Hayashida, Hirohisa Yano, Masaru Nishimi, Eiki Tayama, Shuji Fukunaga, Hidetoshi Akashi, Takemi Kawara, and Shigeaki Aoyagi

Obstruction of St Jude medical valves in the aortic position: histology and immunohistochemistry of pannus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 401-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guglielmo Maria Actis Dato, Anna Arslanian, Paolo Di Marzio, Pier Luigi Filosso, and Enrico Ruffini

Posttraumatic and iatrogenic foreign bodies in the heart: report of fourteen cases and review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 408-414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Mori, Hajime Hirose, Hisato Takagi, Yukio Umeda, Yukiomi Fukumoto, Katsuya Shimabukuro, and Yukihiro Matsuno

Aortic arch repair for Stanford type A aortic dissection with distal anastomosis to the proximal level of the distal aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 415-419. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

Steven W. Boyce, Claus Bartels, Roberto Bolli, Bernard Chaitman, John C. Chen, Eric Chi, Andreas Jessel, Dean Kereiakes, John Knight, Lars Thulin, and Pierre Theroux

Impact of sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition by cariporide on death or myocardial infarction in high-risk CABG surgery patients: results of the CABG surgery cohort of the GUARDIAN study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 420-427. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shinji Kanemitsu, Masakatsu Nishikawa, Koji Onoda, Takatsugu Shimono, Hideto Shimpo, Akira Yazaki, Kuniyoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Shiku, and Isao Yada

Pharmacologic platelet anesthesia by glycoprotein IIb/IIIa complex antagonist and argatroban during in vitro extracorporeal circulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 428-435. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mathew Williams, Jennifer Casher, Neel Joshi, Todd Hankinson, Michelle Warren, Mehmet Oz, Yoshifumi Naka, and Donna Mancini

Insertion of a left ventricular assist device in patients without thorough transplant evaluations: a worthwhile risk?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 436-441. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason A. Petrofski, Vijay S. Patel, Stuart D. Russell, and Carmelo A. Milano

BVS5000 support after cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 442-447. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alan R. Conant, Michael J. Shackcloth, Aung Y. Oo, Michael R. Chester, Alec W. M. Simpson, and Walid C. Dihmis

Phenoxybenzamine treatment is insufficient to prevent spasm in the radial artery: the effect of other vasodilators
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 448-454. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hongbing He, Toshihiko Shirota, Hisataka Yasui, and Takehisa Matsuda

Canine endothelial progenitor cell-lined hybrid vascular graft with nonthrombogenic potential
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 455-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolving technology:

Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Selami Dogan, Tayfun Aybek, Mohammad Fawad Khan, Stephan Mierdl, Christian Byhahn, and Anton Moritz

Totally endoscopic atrial septal repair in adults with computer-enhanced telemanipulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 465-468. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic transplantation:

Gabriel Thabut, Hervé Mal, Yves Castier, Odile Groussard, Olivier Brugière, Rolana Marrash-Chahla, Guy Lesèche, and Michel Fournier

Survival benefit of lung transplantation for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 469-475. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Date, Motoi Aoe, Itaru Nagahiro, Yoshifumi Sano, Akio Andou, Hiromi Matsubara, Keiji Goto, Takeo Tedoriya, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for various lung diseases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 476-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Babu V. Naidu, Steven M. Woolley, Alexander S. Farivar, Robert Thomas, Charles Fraga, and Michael S. Mulligan

Simvastatin ameliorates injury in an experimental model of lung ischemia-reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 482-489. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Younes Boudjemline, Damien Bonnet, Tony Abdel Massih, Gabriella Agnoletti, Franck Iserin, Francis Jaubert, Daniel Sidi, and Pascal Vouhé

Use of bovine jugular vein to reconstruct the right ventricular outflow tract: early results
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 490-497. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Winfield Wells, Mahmoud Malas, Craig J. Baker, Susanne M. Quardt, and Mark L. Barr

Depopulated vena caval homograft: a new venous conduit
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 498-503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shunji Sano, Kozo Ishino, Masaaki Kawada, Sadahiko Arai, Shingo Kasahara, Tomohiro Asai, Zen-ichi Masuda, Mamoru Takeuchi, and Shin-ichi Ohtsuki

Right ventricle–pulmonary artery shunt in first-stage palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 504-510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James L. Monro, Christos Alexiou, Anthony P. Salmon, and Barry R. Keeton

Reoperations and survival after primary repair of congenital heart defects in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 511-520. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ronald J. Walhout, Jaco C. Lekkerkerker, Gordon H. Oron, Francois J. Hitchcock, Erik J. Meijboom, and Ger B.W.E. Bennink

Comparison of polytetrafluoroethylene patch aortoplasty and end-to-end anastomosis for coarctation of the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 521-528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Samuel Weinstein, Cliff Cua, David Chan, and J. Terrance Davis

Outcome of symptomatic patients undergoing extracardiac Fontan conversion and cryoablation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 529-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General thoracic surgery:

Tracy Grikscheit, Erin R. Ochoa, Ashok Srinivasan, Henning Gaissert, and Joseph P. Vacanti

Tissue-engineered esophagus: experimental substitution by onlay patch or interposition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 537-544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. R. Beldholm, M. K. Wilson, R. M. Gallagher, D. Caminer, M. J. King, and A. Glanville

Reconstruction of the trachea with a tubed radial forearm free flap
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 545-550. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alberto M. Marchevsky, Jian-Huan Qiao, Sanja Krajisnik, James M. Mirocha, and Robert J. McKenna

The prognostic significance of intranodal isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in patients with non–small cell carcinoma of the lung
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 551-557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Wataru Nishio, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Hiroaki Harada, Kazuya Uchino, and Noriaki Tsubota

Long-term survival and prognostic factors of five-year survivors with complete resection of non–small cell lung carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 558-562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Taku Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Yoshihisa Katayose, Hajime Saito, Kousei Taguchi, Hiroshi Imano, Hitoshi Watanabe, Katsuhiko Enomoto, Masato Sageshima, Tomoaki Ueda, and Jun-ichi Ogawa

A novel method for sentinel lymph node mapping using magnetite in patients with non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 563-567. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazuro Sugi, Yoshikazu Kaneda, Manabu Sudoh, Hisashi Sakano, and Kimikazu Hamano

Effect of radioisotope sentinel node mapping in patients with cT1 N0 M0 lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 568-573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sevval Eren, Mehmet Nesimi Eren, and Akin Eraslan Balci

Pneumonectomy in children for destroyed lung and the long-term consequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 574-581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief communications:

Jeffrey A. Morgan, David L. Morales, Ranjit John, Mark E. Ginsburg, Aftab R. Kherani, Deon W. Vigilance, Faisal H. Cheema, Craig R. Smith, Jr, Mehmet C. Oz, and Michael Argenziano

Endoscopic, robotically assisted implantation of phrenic pacemakers
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 582-583. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ismail Reisli, Olgun Kadir Aribas, Yavuz Koksal, Mustafa Cihat Avunduk, and Hasan Koc

A giant gastroenteric cyst associated with pectus excavatum and compression of the thoracic duct: a case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 584-585. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ghassan Baslaim, Arif Hussain, Amjad Kouatli, and Ahmed Jamjoom

Bovine valved xenograft conduits in the extracardiac Fontan procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 586-588. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Yeh, Jr, Erle H. Austin, III, Aida Sehic, and Harvey L. Edmonds, Jr

Rapid recognition and treatment of cerebral air embolism: the role of neuromonitoring
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 589-591. [Extract] [Full Text]  

P.P. Lunkenheimer, K. Redmann, J.C. Florek, H.H. Scheld, A. Hoffmeier, C.W. Cryer, R.V. Batista, J.J. Stanton, J.D. Frota Filho, and R.H. Anderson

Surgical reduction of ventricular radius by aspirated plication of the myocardial wall: an experimental study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 592-596. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Akira Yamada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Jyoji Fukada, Takuma Satsu, and Tomio Abe

A safe strategy for surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in an adult
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 597-598. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kazuhito Imanaka, Shunei Kyo, Haruhiko Asano, Noboru Motomura, Shinichi Takamoto, Masaaki Kato, Masanori Ogiwara, and Osami Kohmoto

Severe pulmonary stenosis and aortopulmonary fistula caused by a dissecting aneurysm in the ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 598-600. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shoichi Takahashi, Shunichi Takaya, Ikuo Fukuda, Takemichi Suto, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Toshihiko Kuga, Ikko Ichinoseki, Mamoru Munakata, Kozo Fukui, Hiroshi Noda, and Hiraku Yodono

Stent graft treatment for abdominal pseudoaneurysm near the celiac artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 600-602. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Karck, Christian Hagl, Klaus Kallenbach, and Axel Haverich

The gut-first approach for repair of Crawford extent III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 602-604. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Osawa, Shinpei Yoshii, Shigeru Hosaka, Shoji Suzuki, Samuel J. K. Abraham, and Yusuke Tada

Left atrial dissection after aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 604-605. [Extract] [Full Text]  

K. G. Perreas, G. Niranjan, and S. Clark

Automated proximal anastomosis for redo coronary artery bypass grafting through a lateral thoracotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 606-607. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the editor:

A. Sortini, D. Sortini, and G. Carrella

Preoperative localization techniques during thoracoscopic operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 608-609. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hajime Saito, Yoshihiro Minamiya, and Jun-ichi Ogawa

Preoperative localization techniques during thoracoscopic operations: Reply to the editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 609. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A. Sortini, D. Sortini, and G. Carrella

Negative aspects of preoperative delay in early stage non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 609-610. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mark I. Block

Negative aspects of preoperative delay in early stage non–small cell lung cancer: Reply to the editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 610. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Noriyoshi Sawabata

Malignant status at surgical margin of limited-resected non–small cell lung cancer: a crucial finding for predicting local relapse
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 610-611. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masahiko Higashiyama, Ken Kodama, Koji Takami, Naozumi Higaki, Tomio Nakayama, and Hideoki Yokouchi

Malignant status at surgical margin of limited-resected non–small cell lung cancer: a crucial finding for predicting local relapse: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 611. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of interest:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 612-613. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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