Presidential Address:

From the University of Washington to Washington University: a personal journey

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 301-304. [Full Text]  

Special Presentation:

Experience with lung transplantation

Axel Haverich
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 305-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Long-segment colon interposition for acquired esophageal disease

John C. Wain, Cameron D. Wright, Elbert Y. Kuo, Ashby C. Moncure, Earle W. Wilkins, Jr, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 313-317. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal cancer staging: improved accuracy by endoscopic ultrasound of celiac lymph nodes

Carolyn E. Reed, Girish Mishra, Anand V. Sahai, Brenda J. Hoffman, and Robert H. Hawes
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 319-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary artery occlusion and reperfusion causes microvascular constriction in the rabbit lung

Daniel L. Miller and Andrew M. Roberts
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 323-328. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

POSSUM scoring system as an instrument of audit in lung resection surgery

Alessandro Brunelli, Aroldo Fianchini, Rosaria Gesuita, and Flavia Carle
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 329-331. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partial liquid ventilation for acute allograft dysfunction after canine lung transplantation

Hideki Itano, Motoi Aoe, Shingo Ichiba, Motohiro Yamashita, Hiroshi Date, Akio Andou, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 332-339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T4 lung tumors with infiltration of the thoracic aorta: is an operation reasonable?

Walter Klepetko, Wilfried Wisser, Tudor Bîrsan, Peter Mares, Shahrokh Taghavi, Natascha Kupilik, and Ernst Wolner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 340-344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Clinical and hemodynamic performance of the freestyle aortic root bioprosthesis

Paul C. Cartier, Jean G. Dumesnil, Jacques Métras, Denis Desaulniers, Daniel P. Doyle, Michel D. Lemieux, and Gilles Raymond
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 345-349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Continuous intravenous insulin infusion reduces the incidence of deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients after cardiac surgical procedures

Anthony P. Furnary, Kathryn J. Zerr, Gary L. Grunkemeier, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 352-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ultra–fast track hospital discharge using conventional cardiac surgical techniques

Salim Walji, Richard J. Peterson, Pat Neis, Robert DuBroff, William A. Gray, and William Benge
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 363-369. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Increased intracerebral excitatory amino acids and nitric oxide after hypothermic circulatory arrest

Elaine E. Tseng, Malcolm V. Brock, Christopher C. Kwon, Madhu Annanata, Mary S. Lange, Juan C. Troncoso, Michael V. Johnston, and William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of omental and pectoralis flaps for poststernotomy mediastinitis

Carmelo A. Milano, Gregory Georgiade, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Peter K. Smith, and Walter G. Wolfe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Injury to a patent left internal thoracic artery graft at coronary reoperation

A. Marc Gillinov, Filip P. Casselman, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Eric M. Parsons, Floyd D. Loop, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 382-386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A survey on partial left ventriculectomy in the Asia–Pacific region

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Anthony P.C. Yim, Song Wan, and Wassim Atassi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 387-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pump prime only aprotinin inhibits cardiopulmonary bypass-induced neutrophil CD11b up-regulation

Anselmo Alonso, Charles W. Whitten, and Gary E. Hill
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 392-395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of age in the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI) randomized trial

Charles J. Mullany, Michael B. Mock, Maria Mori Brooks, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Norma M. Keller, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Katherine M. Detre, and Robert L. Frye
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 396-403. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Identifying patients at low risk of death from cardiac failure after operation for postinfarct ventricular tachycardia

John P. Bourke, Janine Gray, Colin J. Hilton, Stephen S. Furniss, Shahi Khan, Janet M. McComb, and Ronald W.F. Campbell
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 404-410. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Medium-term determinants of left ventricular mass index after stentless aortic valve replacement

Xu Y. Jin, Ravi Pillai, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 411-416. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antiischemic effects of nicardipine and nitroglycerin after coronary artery bypass grafting

Ioanna A. Apostolidou, George J. Despotis, Charles W. Hogue, Jr, Nikolaos J. Skubas, Colleen A. McCawley, Edward L. Hauptmann, and Demetrios G. Lappas
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 417-422. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative arrhythmias and tissue damage during transmyocardial laser revascularization

Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, Michele Sartori, Takafumi Masai, Hasan B. Cihan, Fred J. Clubb, Jr, Jeff L. Conger, and O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 423-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmyocardial laser revascularization: early results and 1-year follow-up

Ravi Agarwal, Mullasari Ajit, Valikapathalil M. Kurian, Sethuratnam Rajan, Sarasa B. Arumugam, and Kottoorathu M. Cherian
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 432-436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial effusion: subxiphoid pericardiostomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage

Keith B. Allen, L. Penfield Faber, William H. Warren, and Carl J. Shaar
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 437-440. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Variation in hospital rates of intraaortic balloon pump use in coronary artery bypass operations

William A. Ghali, Arlene S. Ash, Ruth E. Hall, and Mark A. Moskowitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 441-445. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Decreased incidence of arterial thrombosis using heparin-bonded intraaortic balloons

Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Samuel Rivers, Patrick R. Treanor, and Richard J. Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 446-449. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Multiple arterial conduits without cardiopulmonary bypass: early angiographic results

Antonio M. Calafiore, Giovanni Teodori, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giuseppe Vitolla, Nicola Maddestra, Leonardo Paloscia, Marco Zimarino, and Valerio Mazzei
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 450-456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complete thromboendarterectomy of the calcified ascending aorta and aortic arch

Paul R. Vogt, Markus Hauser, Urs Schwarz, Rolf Jenni, Mario L. Lachat, Gregor Zünd, Rolf W. Schüpbach, Daniel Schmidlin, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 457-461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is mediastinitis a preventable complication? A 10-year review

Roger J.F. Baskett, Carolyn E. MacDougall, and David B. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 462-465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of long-term clinical results of double versus single internal mammary artery bypass grafting

Jean-Marc Farinas, Michel Carrier, Yves Hébert, Raymond Cartier, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, and L. Conrad Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 466-470. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Randomized trial of intermittent antegrade warm blood versus cold crystalloid cardioplegia

Luc M. Jacquet, Philippe H. Noirhomme, Michel J. Van Dyck, Gebrin A. El Khoury, Amin J. Matta, Martin J. Goenen, and Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 471-477. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracorporeal circulation before and after ultrasonographic evaluation of the ascending aorta

Masashi Ura, Ryuzo Sakata, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto, and Tomoko Goto
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 478-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Should the pericardium be closed routinely after heart operations?

Vivek Rao, Masashi Komeda, Richard D. Weisel, Gideon Cohen, Michael A. Borger, and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 484-488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Differences in intramuscular vascular connections of human and dog latissimus dorsi muscles

Daping Yang and Steven F. Morris
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 489-493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Assessment of mitral regurgitant jets by three-dimensional color Doppler

Raffaele De Simone, Gerald Glombitza, Christian-Friedrich Vahl, Jörg Albers, Hans-Peter Meinzer, and Siegfried Hagl
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 494-499. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive direct coronary bypass versus cardiopulmonary technique: angiographic comparison

Robert R. Lazzara and Francis E. Kidwell
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 500-503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for partial atrioventricular septal defect in the adult

Michael A. Gatzoulis, Sloane Hechter, Gary D. Webb, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 504-510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A 26-year review of pectus deformity repairs, including simultaneous intracardiac repair

Charles L. Willekes, Carl L. Backer, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 511-518. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Damus-Kaye-Stansel connections in children with previously transected pulmonary arteries

Eli Broekhuis, Christian P.R. Brizard, Roger B.B. Mee, Andrew D. Cochrane, and Tom R. Karl
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 519-521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of chronic pulmonary overcirculation on pulmonary vasomotor tone

Maryam Parviz, Michael Bousamra, II, Joseph H. Chammas, Eric K. Birks, Kenneth W. Presberg, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, and Leif D. Nelin
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 522-527. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended end-to-end repair and enlargement of the entire arch in complex coarctation

Dolores A. Vitullo, Serafin Y. DeLeon, Lynn C. Graham, Benjamin W. Eidem, Patrick T. Roughneen, Joseph J. Javorski, and Frank Cetta
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 528-531. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Surgical resection of intracardiac gastrinoma

Seiichi Noda, Jeffrey A. Norton, Robert T. Jensen, and William A. Gay, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 532-533. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The freestyle stentless bioprosthesis for prosthetic valve endocarditis

Taichi Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Shigeaki Ohtake, Nobuaki Hirata, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 533-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute upper limb ischemia: a complication of coronary artery bypass grafting

Antony D. Fox, Mark S. Whiteley, Jane Phillips-Hughes, and Justin Roake
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 535-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carcinoid heart disease and carcinoid syndrome: successful surgical treatment

Monica L. McDonald, David M. Nagorney, Heidi M. Connolly, Rick A. Nishimura, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 537-539. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortobronchial fistula after coarctation repair and blunt chest trauma

Aldo Milano, Marco De Carlo, Alfredo Mussi, Fabio Falaschi, and Uberto Bortolotti
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 539-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Healing of the intimal dissection of the internal thoracic artery graft

Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Yoshitaka Okamura, Hiroshi Iida, Hideaki Mori, and Koichiro Shimada
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 541-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Drainage of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium

Michele Genoni, Rolf Jenni, Paul R. Vogt, Reinhard Germann, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 543-545. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial tamponade: an unusual complication of lobectomy for lung cancer

Ronald H. McLean, Bahman B. Parandian, and Myung H. Nam
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 545-546. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pitfalls of undetected patent foramen ovale in off-pump cases

Mohammed Akhter and Thomas Z. Lajos
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 546-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Metachronous cancers or late recurrences after resection of stage I lung cancer

Roberta Lenner, Alvin S. Teirstein, and Daniel J. Krellenstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 548-549. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchial-atrial fistula after lung transplant resulting in fatal air embolism

Riyad Karmy-Jones, Eric Vallieres, Bruce Culver, Ganesh Raghu, and Douglas E. Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 550-551. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Progressive pulmonary autograft root dilatation and failure after Ross procedure

Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Pieter E. Zondervan, and Lex A. van Herwerden
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 551-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of infected left ventricular assist device using antibiotic-impregnated beads

Stephen H. McKellar, Bryce D. Allred, John D. Marks, Cris G. Cowley, David C. Classen, Scott C. Gardner, and James W. Long
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 554-555. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac pheochromocytoma: resection after diagnosis by 111-indium octreotide scan

Jeffrey C. Lin, Brian A. Palafox, Hollie A. Jackson, Allen J. Cohen, and Alan B. Gazzaniga
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 555-558. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High origin of the right coronary artery with congenital heart disease

Hitoshi Ogino, Shigehito Miki, Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Tahata, and Koichi Morioka
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 558-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended Ross procedure for aortic valve stenosis and ascending aortic and arch hypoplasia

Antonio Laudito and Richard A. Perryman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 560-561. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 344. [Full Text]  

Robert J. March
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 436. [Full Text]  

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 461. [Full Text]  

Lars G. Svensson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 483. [Full Text]  

Renée S. Hartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 503. [Full Text]  

Richard F. Brodman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 536-537. [Full Text]  

Ronald C. Elkins
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 553-554. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Simplified technique for implantation of a left ventricular assist system after previous cardiac operations

Miralem Pasic, Peter Bergs, Ewald Hennig, Matthias Loebe, Yuguo Weng, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 562-564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videoscopic harvest of the inferior epigastric artery

Stephen J. Hoenig, Richard A. Hodin, Gordon Novak, and William E. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 565-566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Protective wrapping of the internal thoracic artery

Cecil C. Vaughn
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 567-568. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Suprahepatic inferior vena cava cannulation

Eugenio Neri, Massimo Massetti, Olivier Coffin, and Carlo Sassi
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 569-570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive vein harvest: new techniques with old tools

Roxanne V. Newman and W. Greg Lammle
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 571-572. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial patch for atrial septal defect closure

Sanjeeth Peter
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 573-574. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ablation of persistent air leaks after thoracic procedures with fibrin sealant

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, James D. Luketich, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan, and Stuart W. Jamieson
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 575-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Early Islamic physicians and thorax

Hasan F. Batirel
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 578-580. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Mediastinal parathyroid cysts revisited

Thomas W. Shields and Steven C. Immerman
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 581-590. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Anterior mediastinal tracheosotomy with and without cervical exenteration

Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 591. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Cardiac transplantation with single-lung pulmonary hypertension

David A. Murphy, Catherine Kells, John A. Sullivan, and Brian M. Chandler
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 592. [Full Text]  

Outcome after transcervical thymectomy

Alfred Jaretzki, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 592-593. [Full Text]  

Surgical management of the ruptured aortic arch

Hisanaga Moro, Jun-ichi Hayashi, and Masakazu Sogawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 593-594. [Full Text]  

Reply

Vera Bril, Jasna Kojic, Werner K. Ilse, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 593. [Full Text]  

Bulldog with spikes: clamp for coronary artery operations

Ashok Bandyopadhyay, Lalit Kapoor, and Mohan Gan D
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 594. [Full Text]  

Reply

Dilip Oswal, Shrikant D. Kole, and Abhay Singh Walia
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 594-595. [Full Text]  

Reply

René Prêtre
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 594. [Full Text]  

Deep wound infection following minithoracotomy for coronary bypass grafting

Ulrich Hake and Michael Hilker
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 595. [Full Text]  

Reply

Sebastian Pagni and Paul A. Spence
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 595. [Full Text]  

Tumor necrosis factor- and cardiac surgical procedures: still more questions than answers

Andreas Markewitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 595-596. [Full Text]  

Reply

Luiz A. Brasil, Walter J. Gomes, Reinaldo Salomão, and Enio Buffolo
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 596. [Full Text]  

Are we implanting half-valves? The role of sinus wall compliance in aortic valve function

Francis Robicsek and Mano Thubrikar
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 597. [Full Text]  

Pericardial lift facilitates central cannulation in left anteroaxillary thoracotomy

Shiro Sasaguri, Tomonobu Fukuda, and Yasuyuki Hosoda
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 597-598. [Full Text]  

Congenital coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas: 22 months after repair

Mosen Alavi and Andrew S. Olearchyk
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 598-599. [Full Text]  

A surgical method for selecting appropriate size of graft in aortic root remodeling

Suk Jung Choo and Carlos M.G. Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 599. [Full Text]  

A surgical method for selecting appropriate size of graft in aortic root remodeling

Kiyofumi Morishita, Tokuo Koshino, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 599-600. [Full Text]  

Combined therapies for composite graft infection after Bentall’s procedure

Antonis A. Pitsis and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 600. [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Peter P. McKeown
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 600-601. [Full Text]  

Optimizing valve exposure with minimally invasive operations

Evaristo Castedo, Carlos Garcia Montero, and Juan Ugarte
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 601. [Full Text]  

Report:

1998 meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Carolyn E. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 1999 67: 602. [Full Text]  

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