Editorials:

Non-heart-beating lung donors: yes or NO?

Thomas M. Egan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1451-1452. [Full Text]  

Small cell lung cancer: how should we treat it? what is it?

Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1453-1454. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Surgical results for small cell lung cancer based on the new TNM staging system

Masayoshi Inoue, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Tsutomu Yasumitsu, Takashi Mori, Keiji Iuchi, Hajime Maeda, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1615-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of preoperative mediastinoscopy for small cell lung cancer

Masayoshi Inoue, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Kiyohiro Fujiwara, Kenjiro Fukuhara, and Tsutomu Yasumitsu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1620-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Analyses of segmental lymph node metastases and intrapulmonary metastases of small lung cancer

Akira Yamanaka, Takashi Hirai, Toshio Fujimoto, Yohsuke Ohtake, and Fumio Konishi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1624-1628. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic significance of DNA ploidy in squamous cell lung carcinoma: is it really worth it?

Wojciech Dyszkiewicz, Mariusz Kasprzyk, Cezary Piwkowski, and Lukasz Gasiorowski
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1629-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Accelerated growth signals and low tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels predict poor outcome in T4 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Masahiro Yasunaga, Yoichi Tabira, Kanyu Nakano, Shinichi Iida, Nobuuki Ichimaru, Nobuhide Nagamoto, and Tomonori Sakaguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1634-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the staging of bronchogenic carcinoma

Jorge Freixinet Gilart, Pablo Gámez García, Felipe Rodríguez de Castro, Pedro Rodríguez Suárez, Norberto Santana Rodríguez, and Andrés Varela de Ugarte
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1641-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Better pulmonary function and prognosis with video-assisted thoracic surgery than with thoracotomy

Shizuka Kaseda, Teruhiro Aoki, Nanae Hangai, and Kunihiko Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1644-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A randomized, controlled trial comparing thoracoscopy and limited thoracotomy for lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease

John D. Miller, John D. Urschel, Gerard Cox, Jemi Olak, James Edward M. Young, John Michael Kay, and Ellen McDonald
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1647-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal reconstruction for benign disease: early morbidity, mortality, and functional results

Mary M. Young, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Daniel L. Miller, Cathy D. Schleck, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1655-0. [Full Text]  

Pulmonary function after thoracoscopic thymectomy versus median sternotomy for myasthenia gravis

Jens C. Rückert, Michael Walter, and Joachim M. Müller
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1656-1661. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1661-0. [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic direct clipping of the thoracic duct for chylopericardium and chylothorax

Peter N. Wurnig, Peter H. Hollaus, Toshiya Ohtsuka, John B. Flege, and Randall K. Wolf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1662-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mixing collagen with fibrin glue to strengthen the sealing effect for pulmonary air leakage

Hiroaki Nomori, Hirotoshi Horio, and Keiichi Suemasu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1666-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin improves pulmonary function during reperfusion in an isolated lung model

Menen A. Mathias, Curtis G. Tribble, Jeffrey F. Dietz, Richard P. Nguyen, Kimberly S. Shockey, John A. Kern, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1671-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lung transplantation is warranted for stable, ventilator-dependent recipients

Bryan F. Meyers, John P. Lynch, Richard J. Battafarano, Tracey J. Guthrie, Elbert P. Trulock, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1675-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1678-0. [Full Text]  

Short-term inhaled nitric oxide in canine lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donor

Seiki Takashima, Hiroshi Date, Motoi Aoe, Motohiro Yamashita, Akio Andou, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1679-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ascorbic acid for amelioration of reperfusion injury in a lung autotransplantation model in sheep

Stefanos Demertzis, Mirella Scherer, Frank Langer, Alexander Dwenger, Bernard Hausen, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1684-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Early and late surgical outcomes of acute type a aortic dissection in patients aged 75 years and older

Koji Kawahito, Hideo Adachi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, and Takashi Ino
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1455-1459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valve-preserving operation in acute aortic dissection type A

Thomas P. Graeter, Frank Langer, Nikolaus Nikoloudakis, Diana Aicher, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1460-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1465-0. [Full Text]  

Ruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm: early recurrence and fate of the aortic valve

Anthony Azakie, Tirone E. David, Charles M. Peniston, Vivek Rao, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1466-1470. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1470-1471. [Full Text]  

Cerebral complications associated with selective perfusion of the arch vessels

Toshihiko Ueda, Hideyuki Shimizu, Tsutomu Ito, Ichiro Kashima, Kenichi Hashizume, Yoshimi Iino, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1472-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fundus microvascular flow monitoring during retrograde cerebral perfusion: an experimental study

Peiqing Dong, Yulong Guan, Jing Yang, Meiling He, and Caihong Wan
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1478-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coarctation of the aorta in adults: surgical results and long-term follow-up

François Bouchart, Arnaud Dubar, Alfred Tabley, Pierre Yves Litzler, Catherine Haas-Hubscher, Michel Redonnet, Jean Paul Bessou, and Robert Soyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1483-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1488-1489. [Full Text]  

Hyperthermic preconditioning protects against spinal cord ischemic injury

Peng Zhang, V. Simon Abraham, Kati R. Kraft, Alexander G. Rabchevsky, Stephen W. Scheff, and Julie A. Swain
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1490-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Exogenous aspartate neurotoxicity in the spinal cord under metabolic stress in vivo

Yasunori Cho, Toshihiko Ueda, Atsuo Mori, Tsukasa Nakamichi, Hideyuki Shimizu, Yoshito Inoue, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1496-1500. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Staged biventricular repair of pulmonary atresia or stenosis with intact ventricular septum

Shunji Sano, Kozo Ishino, Masaaki Kawada, Emi Fujisawa, Masahiro Kamada, and Shin-ichi Ohtsuki
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1501-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1506-0. [Full Text]  

Repeated procedure after radical surgery for tetralogy of Fallot

Takaaki Sugita, Yuichi Ueda, Masahiko Matsumoto, Hitoshi Ogino, Yutaka Sakakibara, and Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1507-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene monocuspid valve for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

Junzo Iemura, Hidetaka Oku, Masaki Otaki, and Hitoshi Kitayama
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1511-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Venous saturation and the anaerobic threshold in neonates after the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

George M. Hoffman, Nancy S. Ghanayem, John M. Kampine, Stuart Berger, Kathleen A. Mussatto, S. Bert Litwin, and James S. Tweddell
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1515-1520. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1521-0. [Full Text]  

Characterization of the pulmonary arterial response to endothelin-1 and bosentan in neonatal pigs

Patrick W. Domkowski, John T. Cockerham, Peter A. Kot, Jeff L. Myers, and Richard A. Hopkins
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1522-1530. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1530-0. [Full Text]  

Correlation between ICAM-1 and functional recovery of piglet myocardium with leukocyte-depleted reperfusion

Jeong Ryul Lee, Jae Jin Han, and Jeong Wook Seo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1531-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The biocompound method in coronary artery bypass operations: surgical technique and 3-year patency

Heinz Robert Zurbrügg, Friedrich Knollmann, Michele Musci, Markus Wied, Matthias Bauer, Tito Chavez, Andreas Krukenberg, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1536-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery reconstruction for extensive coronary disease: 108 patients and two year follow-up

Jean-Aubert Barra, Eric Bezon, Philippe Mondine, Ahmed Resk, Martine Gilard, and Jacques Boshat
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1541-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump versus on-pump coronary bypass in high-risk subgroups

Taro Yokoyama, Fritz J. Baumgartner, Ali Gheissari, Eli R. Capouya, George P. Panagiotides, and Richard J. Declusin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1546-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Beneficial effects of ischemic preconditioning on right ventricular function after coronary artery bypass grafting

Zhong-Kai Wu, Matti R. Tarkka, Erkki Pehkonen, Liisa Kaukinen, Eva L. Honkonen, and Seppo Kaukinen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1551-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduced neurological injury during CABG in patients with mobile aortic atheromas: a five-year follow-up study

Naresh Trehan, Manisha Mishra, Ravi R. Kasliwal, and Anil Mishra
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1558-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thickened intima of the aortic arch is a risk factor for stroke with coronary artery bypass grafting

Tomohiro Mizuno, Masaaki Toyama, Noriyuki Tabuchi, Kazuyuki Kuriu, Shigeyuki Ozaki, Isamu Kawase, and Hirotsugu Horimi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1565-1570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with cerebrovascular disease

Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Takayuki Kumamoto, Shogo Shirota, and Mototugu Yamano
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1571-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary bypass operations significantly reduce S100 release: an indicator for less cerebral damage?

Wolfgang Wandschneider, Markus Thalmann, Ernst Trampitsch, Gertrud Ziervogel, and Georg Kobinia
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1577-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The maze III procedure for atrial fibrillation: should the indications be expanded?

Roger C. Millar, Joseph M. Arcidi, Jr, and Peter J.M. Alison
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1580-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraaortic balloon pumping for predominantly right ventricular failure after heart transplantation

Osama E. Arafa, Odd R. Geiran, Kai Andersen, Erik Fosse, Svein Simonsen, and Jan L. Svennevig
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1587-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cell composition of the human pulmonary valve: a comparative study with the aortic valve–the VESALIO* project

Foscarina Della Rocca, Saverio Sartore, Diego Guidolin, Barbara Bertiplaglia, Gino Gerosa, Dino Casarotto, and Paolo Pauletto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1594-1600. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardioprotective effects of FK409, a nitric oxide donor, after isolated rat heart preservation for 16 hours

Jie-Min Zhang, Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, and Yuichiro Matsuura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1601-1606. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated four-chamber working swine heart model

Edward Chinchoy, Charles L. Soule, Andrew J. Houlton, William J. Gallagher, Mark A. Hjelle, Timothy G. Laske, Josée Morissette, and Paul A. Iaizzo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1607-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [View Related Video]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Coronary artery graft aneurysm diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Molly M. Yohann, Robert C. Gilkeson, Alan H. Markowitz, and Chawki el-Zein
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1729. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Normalization of native heart function years after heterotopic transplantation

Erik A.K. Beyer, David Michael McMullan, Reynolds Delgado, Igor Gregoric, Branislav Radovancevic, and O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1690-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1691-1692. [Full Text]  

Multiple intracardiac lesions after blunt chest trauma

Alejandro Aris, Luis Javier Delgado, José Montiel, and Maria Teresa Subirana
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1692-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intracardiac ectopic thyroid

Jorge B. Casanova, Richard C. Daly, Brooks S. Edwards, Henry D. Tazelaar, and Geoffrey B. Thompson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1694-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical repair of extracardiac unruptured acquired valsalva aneurysms

Fuyuhiko Yasuda, Takatsugu Shimono, Katsutoshi Adachi, Koji Onoda, Kazuhiro Tani, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1696-1698. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with AIDS

Vicki L. Mahan, Jorge M. Balaguer, A. Thomas Pezzella, Thomas J. Vander Salm, and Brian J. Mady
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1698-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Closed chest bilateral mammary artery grafting in double-vessel coronary artery disease

Utz Kappert, Romuald Cichon, Jens Schneider, Ina Schramm, and Stephan Schüler
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1699-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery narrowing after aortic root reconstruction with resorcin-formalin glue

Luigi Martinelli, Angelo Graffigna, Mauro Guarnerio, Roberto Bonmassari, and Marcello Disertori
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1701-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Temporary one-and-a-half ventricular repair to relieve lymphomatous obstruction of the pulmonary artery

René Prêtre and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1702-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery bypass grafting in adult coronary artery disease due to suspected Kawasaki disease in childhood

Guido Dohmen, Manfred Dahm, Mathias Elsner, Wolfgang Kasper, and Hellmut Oelert
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1704-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Twenty-two-year follow-up of saphenous vein grafts in pediatric Kawasaki disease

Yuji Suda, Yasuo Takeuchi, Tetsuo Ban, Seiichi Ichikawa, and Ryuji Higashita
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1706-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

W. Gerald Rainer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1708-1710. [Full Text]  

Repair of hemitruncus with autologous arterial ring and valved bioconduit

Pietro Guadalupi, Isabella Spadoni, and Vittorio Vanini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1708-0. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Roger B.B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1710-0. [Full Text]  

Unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect with parachute valve

Woong-Han Kim, Taek-Yeon Lee, Soo Cheol Kim, Soo Jin Kim, and Young Tak Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1711-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term survival after radical resection of a primary angiosarcoma of the innominate vein

Ralph I. Rückert, Thomas J. Kröncke, and Klaus Bürger
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1713-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Graft replacement for huge aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery

Kenji Kuwaki, Kiyofumi Morishita, Kanshi Komatsu, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1714-1716. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ectopic metaplastic ossification after sternotomy

Vincenzo Lepore, Mats Geijer, Vigdis Petursdottir, and Anders Jeppsson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1716-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myositis ossificans of the chest wall simulating malignant neoplasm

Joung Taek Kim, Yong Han Yoon, Wan Ki Baek, Jae Yul Han, Young Chae Chu, and Hyung-Jin Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1718-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of empyema complicating lobectomy with superior vena cava replacement

Marco Alifano, Philippe Puyo, Pierre Magdeleinat, Philippe Levasseur, and Jean François Regnard
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1720-1721. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal carcinoma with nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve

Tomoyuki Shimada, Hideo Terashima, Takuya Shimizu, Ryuya Abe, and Katsu Hirayama
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1722-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral valve repair in a transplanted heart via right thoracotomy

Joseph S. Ladowski
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1723-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection of a branchiomeric paraganglioma at a rare extrapulmonary location

Borika Szukics, Michael M. Ritter, Horst-Guenter Rau, and Dieter Engelhardt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1725-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Splenic rupture as a consequence of giant paraesophageal hernia

Michael F. Szwerc and Rodney J. Landreneau
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1727-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Norwood operation without circulatory arrest: a new surgical technique

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Victor F. Chu, Dominique Shum-Tim, Eric Laliberte, and Teodoro U. Reyes
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1730-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Frank A. Pigula
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1733-0. [Full Text]  

Three-dimensional computed tomography for reoperative minimally invasive coronary artery bypass

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Masaaki Akahane, Kuni Ohtomo, Yutaka Kotsuka, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1734-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Exposure and mechanical stabilization in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via sternotomy

Marco Ricci, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Giuseppe D’Ancona, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1736-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative coronary artery imaging with infrared camera in off-pump CABG

Hisayoshi Suma, Tadashi Isomura, Taiko Horii, and Toru Sato
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1741-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Technique for commissural alignment of the arterial trunks during orthotopic heart transplantation

Malek G. Massad and Robert W. Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1743-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Norman Bethune and Edward Archibald: sung and unsung heroes

Lloyd D. MacLean and Martin A. Entin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1746-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Arterial switch operation after left ventricular retraining in the adult

Massimo A. Padalino, Giovanni Stellin, William J. Brawn, Giuseppe Fasoli, Luciano Daliento, Ornella Milanesi, and Dino Casarotto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1753-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Regarding ethics of rapid surgical technological advancement

Stephen B. Colvin, Eugene A. Grossi, and Aubrey C. Galloway
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1758. [Full Text]  

Reply

James W. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1758. [Full Text]  

Efficacy of off-pump coronary artery bypass

Gerald S. Weinstein and Janine E. Janosky
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1758-1759. [Full Text]  

Reply

Kit V. Arom
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1759-1760. [Full Text]  

Coronary air embolism after cardiopulmonary bypass: letter 1

Domingo Liotta
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1760. [Full Text]  

Coronary air embolism after cardiopulmonary bypass: letter 2

Massimo Massetti, Piergiorgio Bruno, Gerard Babatasi, Eugenio Neri, and André Khayat
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1760-1761. [Full Text]  

Reply

Nilanjan Chaudhuri and Mark St J. Hickey
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1761. [Full Text]  

Prevention of recurrent osteomyelitis using cyanoacrylate gluing in mediastinitis

N. Temuçin Ogus, Mustafa Emir, Sertaç Cicek, and Omer Isik
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1761-1762. [Full Text]  

Reply

John C. Opie
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1762. [Full Text]  

Reply

M. Murat Demirtas
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1762-1763. [Full Text]  

Transmyocardial laser revascularization

Allan M. Lansing
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1763. [Full Text]  

Reply

Charles R. Bridges
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1763-1764. [Full Text]  

Prevention of post-hypothermic circulatory arrest temporary neurologic deficits

Tadaomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1764-1765. [Full Text]  

Indications for lung volume reduction surgery

David V. Pecora
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1765. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Bronchial and bronchovascular sleeve reseaction for treatment of central lung tumors

HF Lausberg, TP Graeter, O Wendler, S Demirtzis, D Ukena, and H-J Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1765. [Full Text]  

Off-pump surgery for anterior vessels in patients with severe dysfunction of the left ventricle

Sems M. Tugtekin, Vassilios Gulielmos, Romuald Cichon, Utz Kappert, Klaus Matschke, Michael Knaut, and Stephan Schüler
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1766. [Full Text]  

Supplement: Outcomes 2000:

Proceedings

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1767. [Full Text]  

Introduction

John M. Murkin and David A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1768-1769. [Full Text]  

Program

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1770-1773. [Full Text]  

Point-Counterpoint:

Pro: beating-heart surgery for coronary revascularization: is it the most important development since the introduction of the heart-lung machine?

Michael J. Mack
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1774-1778. [Full Text]  

Con: beating-heart surgery for coronary revascularization: is it the most important development since the introduction of the heart-lung machine?

Denton A. Cooley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1779-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is that outcome different or not? The effect of experimental design and statistics on neurobehavioral outcome studies

David A. Stump, Robert L. James, and John M. Murkin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1782-1785. [Full Text]  

Scientific abstracts:

Commentary

David A. Stump and John M. Murkin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1786. [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary artery bypass in octogenarians

R.G. Carlson, J.C. Schiro, and C. Hertz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1787. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cerebral microembolization after cardiac deairing in children: is trendelenburg better than horizontal head position?

R. Rodriguez, G. Cornel, N. Weerasena, and W. Splinter
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1787. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The relationship between the reinfusion of shed blood and stroke in coronary artery bypass grafting patients

D.A. Stump, J.H. Levy, and J.M. Murkin
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1787. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The role of the systemic inflammatory response on S100b release and cognitive function after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: the effect of zero balanced ultrafiltration

M. de Baar, J.C. Diephuis, J. Holtkamp, and R. Hijman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1787. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Neurocognitive outcomes after standard aortic versus femoral cannulation in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

B.W. Shragge, P.L. Prior, H.C. Bauman, E. Lonn, F. Merali, and I. Doris
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1788. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Neurocognitive dysfunction and quality of life after cardiac surgery

M.F. Newman, H.P. Grocott, T.O. Stanley, G.B. Mackensen, J.L. Kirchner, D.B. Mark, and J.A. Blumenthal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1788. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NPMT performance after coronary artery bypass grafting: cardiopulmonary bypass versus off-pump coronary artery bypass

H. Manspeizer, E.J. Heyer, K. Lee, L. Mongero, B. Esrig, and C.R. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1788. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation on neurocognitive outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting

T.O. Stanley, G.B. Mackensen, H.P. Grocott, W.D. White, W. Cohen, A. Butler, and M.F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1788. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Does preoperative depression predict increased late mortality in cardiac surgical patients?

R.A. Baker, M.J. Andrew, G. Schrader, and J.L. Knight
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Depression predicts the presence of angina after coronary artery bypass grafting

L.M. Borowicz, O.A. Selnes, M.A. Goldsborough, R.R. Royal, C.G. Lykestos, S.A. Quaskey, and G.M. McKhann
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Quality of life and mid-term results of 100 consecutive minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafts

A. Parolari, F. Alamanni, G. Pompilio, M. Naliato, A. Galanti, G. Berti, and P. Biglioli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The elephant problem: analyzing a cognitive battery

W.D. White, B.G. Phillips-Bute, and M.F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aortic atheroma and the risk of stroke and encephalopathy after cardiac surgery

T.O. Stanley, H.P. Grocott, B. Phillips-Bute, D. Laskowitz, and M.F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Differential perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass: maintaining a cool head during warm heart surgery

T.J. Jones, D.D. Deal, J.C. Vernon, J.W. Hammon, and D.A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1790. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cerebrospinal fluid drainage during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair prevents spinal cord ischemia

S.A. LeMaire, C. Köksoy, Z.C. Schmittling, C.C. Miller, III, P.J. Oberwalder, P.E. Curling, and J.S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1790. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elevated S100ß levels are associated with neurologic complications after thoracic aortic surgery requiring hypothermic circulatory arrest

J.K. Bhama, S.A. LeMaire, Z.C. Schmittling, P.J. Oberwalder, C. Köksoy, S.A. Raskin, P.E. Curling, and J.S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1790. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The role of aortic clamp manipulation as a source of particulate emboli generation: risk factors and outcomes of the ICEM study group

W. van Boven
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1790. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adverse outcomes after hypothermic circulatory arrest for elective repair of ascending aortic and transverse aortic arch aneurysms

S.A. LeMaire, Z.C. Schmittling, C. Köksoy, C.C. Miller, III, and J.S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1791. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epiaortic scanning significantly alters surgical management during aortic instrumentation for cardiopulmonary bypass

J.M. Murkin, A. Menkis, D. Downey, W. Nantau, R. Peterson, C. Meyer, and S. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1791. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The propagation of entrained air during cardiopulmonary bypass is affected by ciruit design but not by vacuum-assisted venous drainage

T.J.J. Jonesa, D.D. Deala, J.C. Vernona, N. Blackburnb, and D.A. Stump.a
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1791. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Estimating mortality and paraplegia rates in groups of patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Z.C. Schmittling, S.A. LeMaire, C.C. Miller, III, C. Köksoy, P.E. Curling, and J.S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1791. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Risk factors associated with stroke during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Z.C. Schmittling, S.A. LeMaire, C. Köksoy, and J.S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1792. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The numbers of lipid cerebral microemboli (SCADS) increase with time on cardiopulmonary bypass

W.R. Brown, D.M. Moody, V.R. Challa, D.A. Stump, and J.W. Hammon, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1792. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Temperature bias: jugular bulb venous temperature versus conventional sites

M.R. Marino, W.P. Cheng, A. Romagnoli, D. Walding, and N. Nussmeier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1792. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Analysis of neuropsychological deficits 6 months after hypothermic and normothermic coronary artery bypass surgery

M.J. Andrew, R.A. Baker, A.C. Kneebone, and J.L. Knight
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1792. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Proteinuria: an independent predictor of stroke in diabetics after cardiac surgery

J.M. Lazar, B. Hormann, L. Monahan, J. Szwicky, V.T. Padmanabhan, and W.C. Scott
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

High-intensity transient signals indicate a risk of cerebral embolism during left ventricular assist devices

K. Hanzawa, M. Kitamura, H. Ohzeki, H. Moro, J. Hayashi, E. Furui, and H. Naritomi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Massive cerebral fat embolism from hip surgery: a histologic study with alkaline phosphatase staining and thick celloidin sections

William R. Brown, Dixon M. Moody, David A. Stump, David M. Colonna, and Douglas J. Kilgus
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Transcranial doppler detection of cerebral fat emboli after long bone fracture

A.M. Forteza, S. Koch, G. Zych, I. Campo Bustillo, J.G. Romano, and M. Concha
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Temperature after cardiopulmonary bypass: can we do better?

G.B. Mackensen, T.O. Stanley, H.P. Grocott, W.M. Cohen, B.G. Philips-Bute, J.G. Reves, and M.F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1793. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jugular venous oximetry and oxygen tension during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

W. Cheng, M.R. Marino, A. Romagnoli, D. Walding, and N. Nussmeier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1794. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure the effects of infrarenal aortic cross-clamping on regional cerebral oxygen saturation in a piglet model

A. Ündar, S.A. LeMaire, Z.C. Schmittling, J.S. Coselli, C. Köksoy, B.A. Deady, and C.D. Fraser, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1794. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cerebral blood flow velocity in rest and during cognitive activation before and after coronary artery bypass grafting

N. Stroobant, G. Van Nooten, Y. Deryck, F. De Somer, and G. Vingerhoets
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1794. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A prospective randomized trial of normothermic versus hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass on cerebral outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting

A.M. Grigore, M.F. Newman, W.D. White, H.P. Grocott, R. Moon, and J.G. Reves
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1794. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diffusion-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with neurologic complications after cardiac surgery

R.J. Wityk, M.A. Goldsborough, A. Hillis, N. Beauchamp, L.M. Borowicz, and G. McKhann
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1795. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Is diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging sufficiently sensitive to quantify small, new, ischemic insults associated with behavioral dysfunction after cardiac and nonvascular surgery?

M.D. Baker, E.M. Martin, D.M. Moody, A.S. Field, J.H. Burdette, Y.-F. Yen, D.D. Durden, J.W. Hammon, and D.A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1795. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hemi-arch aortic perfusion decreases brain emboli in beating heart surgery

J.A. Macoviak, K.L. Boerjan, J.F. Hwang, and D.D. Deal
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1795. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Middle cerebral artery embolic load from femoral artery versus aortic perfusion

M.P. Spencer, C. Verkerk, K. May, and R.R. Lazzara
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1795. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epiaortic scanning significantly decreases cerebral embolic load associated with aortic instrumentation for cardiopulmonary bypass

J.M. Murkin, A. Menkis, D. Downey, W. Nantau, R. Peterson, C. Meyer, and S. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1796. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elevated central venous pressure during glenn anastomosis without extracorporeal circulation does not lead to release of S-100 protein

M.A. Erb, M.K. Heinemann, E. Schmid, and G. Ziemer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1796. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Critical hematocrit during extracorporeal circulation

A.H. Kiessling, F. Isgro, U. Weisse, A. Lehmann, and W. Saggau
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1796. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Neurologic and neurocognitive dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat

G.B. Mackensen, H.P. Grocott, J. Pineda, M.F. Newman, and D.S. Warner
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1796. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The association of rewarming rate and neurocognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery

A. Grigore, H. Grocott, B. Phillips-Bute, A. Butler, T. Stanley, J. Reve, and M. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1796. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cognitive change 5 years after CABG: is there evidence of late decline?

L.M. Borowicz, G.M. McKhann, M.A. Goldsborough, R. Royall, S.A. Quaskey, and O.A. Selnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1797. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pulsatile perfusion improves regional myocardial blood flow during and after hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a neonatal piglet model

A. Ündar, T. Masai, S.O. Yang, H.C. Eicstaedt, M. McGarry, W.K. Vaughn, O.H. Frazier, and C.D. Fraser, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1797. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Is selective perfusion and differential temperature management during cardiopulmonary bypass deleterious to the kidney?

D. Deal, T. Jones, J. Vernon, M. Wall, and D. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1797. [Abstract] [PDF]  

The safety of extended mild hypothermia in patients undergoing coronary artery surgery: results of a randomized clinical trial

H.J. Nathan, G.A. Wells, and J.L. Munson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1797. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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