Editorials:

Is an optimal mitral substitute within reach?

Sami S. Kabbani
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1651-1652. [Full Text]  

The right person for the job

Keith S. Naunheim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1653-1654. [Full Text]  

Ralph D. Alley Lecture:

The hammer, the sickle, and the scalpel: a cardiac surgeon’s view of Eastern Europe

Hans G. Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1655-1662. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Paget-Schroetter syndrome: what is the best management?

Harold C. Urschel, Jr and Maruf A. Razzuk
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1663-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of clinical results for unilateral and bilateral thoracoscopic lung volume reduction

Gregory A. Lowdermilk, Robert J. Keenan, Rodney J. Landreneau, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Joseph E. Bavaria, Larry R. Kaiser, Cesar A. Keller, and Keith S. Naunheim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1670-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1674-0. [Full Text]  

Oncogenic ras results in increased cell kill due to defective thermoprotection in lung cancer cells

Roger A. Vertrees, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Paul J. Boor, and Scot D. Pencil
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1675-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reperfusion injury significantly impacts clinical outcome after pulmonary transplantation

Robert C. King, Oliver A.R. Binns, Filiberto Rodriguez, R. Chai Kanithanon, Thomas M. Daniel, William D. Spotnitz, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1681-1685. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1685-0. [Full Text]  

Effect of mast cells on tumor angiogenesis in lung cancer

Masaki Tomita, Yasunori Matsuzaki, and Toshio Onitsuka
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1686-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Artificial lymphogenous metastatic model using orthotopic implantation of human lung cancer

Hisashi Ishikura, Kazuya Kondo, Takanori Miyoshi, Hidetaka Kinoshita, Toshiyuki Hirose, and Yasumasa Monden
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1691-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Who should follow up lung cancer patients after operation?

Sébastien Gilbert, Kenneth R. Reid, Miu Y. Lam, and Dimitri Petsikas
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1696-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revascularization of canine cryopreserved tracheal allografts

Hiroshi Moriyama, Tadahiro Sasajima, Satoshi Hirata, Kosuke Yamazaki, Eiji Yatsuyanagi, and Yoshihiko Kubo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1701-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perforation of Barrett’s ulcer: a challenge in esophageal surgery

Philippe G. Guillem, Henri L. Porte, Alain Saudemont, Pierre A. Quandalle, and Alain J. Wurtz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1707-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of perioperative morbidity and mortality in lung volume reduction surgery

Ian N. Glaspole, Eli Gabbay, Julian A. Smith, Marc Rabinov, and Gregory I. Snell
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1711-1716. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

One-stage approach for retroperitoneal and mediastinal metastatic testicular tumor resection

Elie Fadel, Bernard Court, Alain R. Chapelier, Jean Pierre Droz, and Philippe Dartevelle
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1717-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pleural tent after upper lobectomy: a prospective randomized study

Alessandro Brunelli, Majed Al Refai, Mauro Muti, Armando Sabbatini, and Aroldo Fianchini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1722-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Does multivessel, off-pump coronary artery bypass reduce postoperative morbidity?

Vibhu R. Kshettry, Thomas F. Flavin, Robert W. Emery, Demetre M. Nicoloff, Kit V. Arom, and Rebecca J. Petersen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1725-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1730-1731. [Full Text]  

Long-lasting improvement after septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Walter H. Merrill, Gottlieb C. Friesinger, Thomas P. Graham, Jr, Benjamin F. Byrd, III, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Karla G. Christian, and Harvey W. Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1732-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1735-1736. [Full Text]  

Long-term angiographic results of coronary endarterectomy

Victor A. Ferraris, John D. Harrah, Dennis M. Moritz, Martin Striz, Daniela Striz, and Suellen P. Ferraris
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1737-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1743-0. [Full Text]  

Retrograde perfusion with a sodium channel antagonist provides ischemic spinal cord protection

James J. Gangemi, John A. Kern, Scott D. Ross, Kimberly S. Shockey, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1744-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1748-1749. [Full Text]  

Differences in myocardial and peripheral VEGF and KDR levels after acute ischemia

Reza Miraliakbari, Nicola A. Francalancia, Robert M. Lust, Jamie A. Gerardo, Peter C. Ng, You Su Sun, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1750-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1754-0. [Full Text]  

Predictors of adverse outcome and transient neurological dysfunction after ascending aorta/hemiarch replacement

Marek P. Ehrlich, M. Arisan Ergin, Jock N. McCullough, Steven L. Lansman, Jan D. Galla, Carol A. Bodian, Anil Z. Apaydin, and Randall B. Griepp
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1755-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1763-0. [Full Text]  

Late complications of tissue glues in aortic surgery

John A. Bingley, Michael A.H. Gardner, E. Gregory Stafford, Terrence K. Mau, Peter G. Pohlner, Robert K.W. Tam, Homayoun Jalali, Peter J. Tesar, and Mark F. O’Brien
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1764-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The heart reinnervates after transplantation

David A. Murphy, Gregory W. Thompson, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Rollin McCraty, Robert S. Stevenson, Virgilio E. Sangalang, René Cardinal, Michael Wilkinson, Sylvia Craig, Frank M. Smith, John G. Kingma, and J. Andrew Armour
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1769-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Esophageal Doppler monitor determinations of cardiac output and preload during cardiac operations

Charles J. DiCorte, Paige Latham, Phillip E. Greilich, Mary V. Cooley, Paul A. Grayburn, and Michael E. Jessen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1782-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive coronary artery revascularization on the beating heart

Jochen T. Cremer, Thorsten Wittwer, Andreas Böning, Marcel B. Anssar, Theo Kofidis, Andreas Mügge, and Axel Haverich
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1787-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary and carotid operations under prospective standardized conditions: incidence and outcome

Thomas V. Bilfinger, Hassan Reda, Fabio Giron, Frank C. Seifert, and John J. Ricotta
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1792-1798. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial metabolism and efficiency after warm continuous blood cardioplegia

Odd Petter Elvenes, Christian Korvald, Lars Marius Ytrebø, Øivind Irtun, Truls Myrmel, Terje S. Larsen, and Dag Sørlie
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1799-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Near-infrared monitoring of myocardial oxygenation during ischemic preconditioning

Michio Kawasuji, Masahiro Ikeda, Naoki Sakakibara, Susumu Fujii, Shigeyuki Tomita, and Yoh Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1806-1810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Excimer versus carbon dioxide transmyocardial laser revascularization: effects on regional left ventricular function and perfusion

Jeffrey S. Martin, Umer Sayeed-Shah, John G. Byrne, Mark H.D. Danton, Kathryn Q. Flores, Rita G. Laurence, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1811-1816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Collection of process data after cardiac surgery: initial implementation with a Java-based intranet applet

Mark B. Ratcliffe, Junaid H. Khan, Kevin M. Magee, Doff B. McElhinney, and Cheryl Hubner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1817-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Milrinone for long-term pharmacologic support of the status 1 heart transplant candidates

Charles C. Canver and Jyotirmay Chanda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1823-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin-induced platelet dysfunction and cardiopulmonary bypass

Elijah W. Muriithi, Philip R. Belcher, Stephen P. Day, Valentine C. Menys, and David J. Wheatley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1827-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The harmonic scalpel: optimizing the quality of mammary artery bypass grafts

Peter Lamm, Gerd Juchem, Peter Weyrich, Albert Schütz, and Bruno Reichart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1833-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partial left ventriculectomy: which patients can be expected to benefit?

O.H. Frazier, Sinisa Gradinac, Ana M. Segura, Piotr Przybylowski, Zoran Popovic, Jovan Vasiljevic, Antonietta Hernandez, Hugh A. McAllister, Jr, Milovan Bojic, and Branislav Radovancevic
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1836-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimizing timing of early extubation in coronary artery bypass surgery patients

Anastasios K. Konstantakos and Jai H. Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1842-1845. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early experience with the Mosaic bioprosthesis: a new generation porcine valve

Selwyn P. Wong, Malcolm E. Legget, Sally C. Greaves, Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, F. Paget Milsom, and Peter J. Raudkivi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1846-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanisms of aortic valve incompetence: finite element modeling of aortic root dilatation

K. Jane Grande, Richard P. Cochran, Per G. Reinhall, and Karyn S. Kunzelman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1851-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right ventricle-sparing heart transplant: promising new technique for recipients with pulmonary hypertension

John A. Elefteriades, Costantinos J. Lovoulos, George Tellides, Lee J. Goldstein, Edward J. Rocco, Spyros G. Condos, and Gary S. Kopf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1858-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Incidence and size of lateral costal artery in 103 patients

Fraser W.H. Sutherland and Jatin B. Desai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1865-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immunochemical analysis of polyspecific antibodies in patients exposed to bovine fibrin sealant

Dana R. Fastenau and John A. McIntyre
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1867-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolution of the Fontan procedure in a single center

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Hyung Joo Park, Thomas G. Sharp, Vincent Scavo, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1873-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1879-0. [Full Text]  

Anatomical risk factors for mortality and cardiac morbidity after arterial switch operation

Sabine H. Daebritz, Georg Nollert, Jörg S. Sachweh, Wolfgang Engelhardt, Götz von Bernuth, and Bruno J. Messmer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1880-1886. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified arterial switch operation by spiral reconstruction of the great arteries in transposition

Ing-Sh Chiu, Shye-Jao Wu, Ming-Ren Chen, Meng-Luen Lee, Mei-Hwan Wu, Jou-Kou Wang, and Hung-Chi Lue
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1887-1892. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patients at risk for low systemic oxygen delivery after the Norwood procedure

James S. Tweddell, George M. Hoffman, Raymond T. Fedderly, Nancy S. Ghanayem, John M. Kampine, Stuart Berger, Kathleen A. Mussatto, and S. Bert Litwin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1893-1899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Univentricular repair: is routine fenestration justified?

Balram Airan, Rajesh Sharma, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Smruti R. Mohanty, Anil Bhan, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhari, Rajnish Juneja, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Anita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1900-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Randomized controlled study of inhaled nitric oxide after operation for congenital heart disease

Ronald W. Day, John A. Hawkins, Edwin C. McGough, Kevin L. Crezeé, and Garth S. Orsmond
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1907-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical evaluation of leukocyte-depleted blood cardioplegia for pediatric open heart operation

Yoshitaka Hayashi, Yoshiki Sawa, Motonobu Nishimura, Hajime Ichikawa, Koji Kagisaki, Shigeaki Ohtake, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1914-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemashield implantation in young patients with congenital cardiovascular lesions

Ryo Aeba, Toshiyuki Katogi, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1920-1924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1668-1669. [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1680. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited commentary

Richard J. Battafarano
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1690. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Thierry P. Carrel
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1768. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Richard M. Engelman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1798. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

William S. Weintraub
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1821-1822. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Noedir A.G. Stolf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1841. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1863-1864. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jeffrey R. Fineman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1913. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1924-1925. [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1938. [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Thrombus formation after catheter closure of an atrial septal defect with a clamshell device

Verena Stangl, Karl Stangl, Jürgen Bohm, and Stephan B. Felix
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1956. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Pericardial mesothelioma: the diagnostic dilemma of misleading imaging

David W. Quinn, Ford Qureshi, and Ian M. Mitchell
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1926-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angioleiomyoma of the diaphragm

Aart B.B. van Rijn, Klaas W. van Kralingen, and Ingeborg A. Koelma
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1928-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A continuous murmur after surgery for dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm

Kwan-Leung Chan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1929-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic dissection in a weight lifter with nodular fasciitis of the aorta

Daniel N. Gwan-Nulla, William R. Davidson, Jr, Ronald T. Grenko, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1931-1932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Third-degree burns due to intraoperative use of a Bair Hugger warming device

Kristin D. Truell, Paul R. Bakerman, Michael F. Teodori, and Aubrey Maze
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1933-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Critical subaortic stenosis in a newborn caused by accessory mitral valve tissue

Klaus Meyer-Hetling, Vladimir V. Alexi-Meskishvili, and Ingo Dähnert
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1934-1937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pneumoperitoneum secondary to endoscopic harvest of saphenous vein graft

Andreas Lehmann, Johannes Lang, Udo Weisse, and Joachim Boldt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1937-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dystrophic calcification of the radial artery

Ranjit P. Deshpande, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Afsheen Iqbal, and Jatin B. Desai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1939-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute type A aortic dissection: retrograde perfusion with left superior vena cava

Charles R. Bridges, Robert C. Gorman, Mark M. Stecker, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1940-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of recombinant-hirudin in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Fraser D. Rubens, Mitchell Sabloff, Philip S. Wells, and Michael Bourke
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1942-1943. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Conservative management of postoperative chylothorax using somatostatin

Rosemary F. Kelly and Sara J. Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1944-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Staged repair of acute Type I aortic dissection and coarctation in pregnancy

Mark D. Plunkett, Linda M. Bond, and Dale M. Geiss
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1945-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal schwannoma

Reijiro Saito, Michihiko Kitamura, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Jun-ichi Ogawa, and Masato Sageshima
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1947-1949. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary right atrial synovial sarcoma manifesting as transient ischemic attacks

Bindu Bittira, John Tsang, Thao Huynh, Jean-François Morin, and Istvan Hüttner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1949-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Midline exposure of the thoracoabdominal aorta

Takashi Kunihara, Norihiko Shiiya, Yasuhiro Kamikubo, Yoshiro Matsui, and Keishu Yasuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1951-1953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intrathoracic migration of Kirschner pins

Nicolas Venissac, Marco Alifano, Marcel Dahan, and Jérôme Mouroux
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1953-1955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Reinforcing the conventional sternal closure

Heinz R. Zurbrügg, Timothy Freestone, Matthias Bauer, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1957-1958. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial hood repair of cardiac rupture secondary to extended myocardial infarction

Hiroshi Imagawa, Susumu Nakano, Haruhiko Akagi, Akihiko Yagura, and Tsuyoshi Fujita
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1959-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The modified "hemi-clamshell" approach for tumors of the cervicothoracic junction

Michele Rusca, Paolo Carbognani, and Paolo Bobbio
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1961-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simple method for direct cannulation of ascending aortic aneurysms

Dan Lindblom, Göran Källner, and Jan van der Linden
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1964-1965. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Robert H. Goetz: the surgeon who performed the first successful clinical coronary artery bypass operation

Igor E. Konstantinov
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1966-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Traumatic coronary artery fistula management

Camille Hancock Friesen, Jonathon G. Howlett, and David B. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1973-1982. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach: Edited by James A. Russell and Keith R. Walley, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1999, 356 pp, illustrated, $29.95, ISBN: 0-521-65410-6

John G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1886. [Full Text]  

Echocardiography in Adult Cardiac Surgery: Edited by Mohammad Bashar Izzat, John E. Sanderson, and Martin G. St. John, Oxford, Isis Medical Media Ltd, 1999 (Distributed in the U.S. by Books International, Inc, Herndon, VA), 380 pp, illustrated, $245.00, ISBN: 1-899066-77-2

Susan D. Tiukinhoy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1996. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Harvey’s experiment on occlusion of the vena cava

Charles S. Roberts
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1983. [Full Text]  

Reply

Raymond Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1983. [Full Text]  

Patient-prosthesis mismatch is not negligible

Philippe Pibarot and Jean G. Dumesnil
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1983-1984. [Full Text]  

Ameroid constrictor versus hydraulic occluder: creation of hibernating myocardium

Patrick W. Domkowski, G. Chad Hughes, and James E. Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1984. [Full Text]  

Endobronchial infiltration of malignant lymphoma

Shinji Shimokawa, Shun-ichi Watanabe, and Hiroshi Niwatsukino
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1985. [Full Text]  

Reply

Bernd Schmidt and Christian Witt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1985. [Full Text]  

Endothelial function of bypass grafts: role of endothelin and tetrahydrobiopterin

Subodh Verma, Aaron S. Dumont, Todd J. Anderson, and Andrew Maitland
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1986-1987. [Full Text]  

Impact of graft ischemic time on outcomes after lung transplantation

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Maureen M. O’Brien, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, and Frederick L. Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1986. [Full Text]  

Reply

Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1987. [Full Text]  

Retrograde venous perfusion for spinal cord protection

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1987-1988. [Full Text]  

Reply

Patrick E. Parrino and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1988-1989. [Full Text]  

Comparison between stentless xenografts and homografts

Shuli Silberman, Nadiv Shapira, and Dani Bitran
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1989. [Full Text]  

Tricuspid valve is bicuspid

Solomon Victor and Vijaya M. Nayak
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1989-1990. [Full Text]  

Reply

Robert H. Anderson and Benson R. Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1990. [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic surgery, video-thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS: a confusion in definition

Marcello Migliore and Giulio Deodato
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1990-1991. [Full Text]  

A simple method to save on costs in pulmonary emphysema operations

Giancarlo Roviaro, Federico Varoli, Contardo Vergani, Marco Maciocco, and Luca Saguatti
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1991-1992. [Full Text]  

Neurologic complications in coronary surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass

Suzana M.F. Malheiros, Ayrton R. Massaro, and Enio Buffolo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1992. [Full Text]  

Reply

John M. Murkin, W. Douglas Boyd, and Sugantha Ganapathy
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1992-1993. [Full Text]  

TMR and CABG: the best way to obtain a complete and a more lasting revascularization?

Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, Merzad Hakimpour, Massimo Bacciega, Michele di Summa, and Giuseppe Poletti
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1993-1994. [Full Text]  

Reply

Ravi Agarwal, N. Madhu Sankar, Mullasari Ajit, and Kotturathu M. Cherian
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1995. [Full Text]  

Off-pump surgery and chronic renal insufficiency

Raymond Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 69: 1995-1996. [Full Text]  

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