Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Esophageal reconstruction for benign disease: self-assessment of functional outcome and quality of life

Mary M. Young, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Daniel L. Miller, Victor F. Trastek, Cathy D. Schleck, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1799-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double stenting for esophageal and tracheobronchial stenoses

Hiroaki Nomori, Hirotoshi Horio, Yoshihiro Imazu, and Keiichi Suemasu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1803-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Mark K. Ferguson
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1807. [Full Text]  

Localized (solitary) fibrous tumors of the pleura: an analysis of 55 patients

Giuseppe Cardillo, Francesco Facciolo, Andrea O. Cavazzana, Girolamo Capece, Roberto Gasparri, and Massimo Martelli
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1808-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral versus single lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: intermediate-term results

Alberto Pochettino, Robert M. Kotloff, Bruce R. Rosengard, Selim M. Arcasoy, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1813-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Buttressing the staple line in lung volume reduction surgery: a randomized three-center study

Uz Stammberger, Walter Klepetko, Georgios Stamatis, Jürg Hamacher, Ralph A. Schmid, Wilfried Wisser, Ludger Hillerjan, and Walter Weder
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1820-1825. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nodal stage after induction therapy for stage IIIA lung cancer determines patient survival

Raphael Bueno, William G. Richards, Scott J. Swanson, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Steven J. Mentzer, and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1826-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biological features and preoperative evaluation of mediastinal nodal status in non–small cell lung cancer

Fumihiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Yanagihara, Yosuke Otake, Mio Li, Ryo Miyahara, Hiromi Wada, and Harumi Ito
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1832-1838. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Where is the boundary between N1 and N2 stations in lung cancer?

Hisao Asamura, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, and Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1839-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transxiphoid video-assisted pulmonary metastasectomy: relevance of helical computed tomography occult lesions

Vincenzo Ambrogi, Marcello Paci, Eugenio Pompeo, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1847-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modulation of metastasis phenotypes of non-small cell lung cancer cells by 17-allylamino 17-demethoxy geldanamycin

Dao M. Nguyen, Sudhen Desai, Aaron Chen, Todd S. Weiser, and David S. Schrump
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1853-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neopterin: a prognostic variable in operations for lung cancer

Rupert Prommegger, Bernhard Widner, Christian Murr, Andreas Unger, Dietmar Fuchs, and Georg M. Salzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1861-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy of repeated adenoviral suicide gene therapy in a localized murine tumor model

Eric S. Lambright, Seth D. Force, Michael E. Lanuti, Dahlia S. Wasfi, Kunjlata M. Amin, Steven M. Albelda, and Larry R. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1865-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The efficacy of intraoperative internal intercostal nerve block during video-assisted thoracic surgery on postoperative pain

Gil Bolotin, Horia Lazarovici, Gideon Uretzky, Amnon Y. Zlotnick, Ada Tamir, and Milton Saute
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1872-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of warm ischemia and cryopreservation on cartilage viability of tracheal allografts

Keiji Kushibe, Takashi Tojo, Hidehito Sakaguchi, Makoto Takahama, Kazuhiko Nishizaki, Kunimoto Nezu, and Shigeki Taniguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1876-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Limit of warm ischemia time before cryopreservation in rat tracheal isografts

Ryoichi Nakanishi, Masayoshi Umesue, Mitsunori Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Mitsuhiro Hachida, and Kosei Yasumoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1880-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Paolo Macchiarini
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1884-1885. [Full Text]  

Experimental tracheal reconstruction with a rotated right stem bronchus

Hiroaki Osada and Koji Kojima
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1886-1890. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High-pressure suction drainage via a polyurethane foam in the management of poststernotomy mediastinitis

Pedro A. Catarino, Martin H. Chamberlain, Neil C. Wright, Ed Black, Karen Campbell, Desiree Robson, and Ravi G. Pillai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1891-1895. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Repair of interrupted aortic arch: results after more than 20 years

Christian Schreiber, Andreas Eicken, Manfred Vogt, Thomas Günther, Michael Wottke, Matthias Thielmann, Sung U. Paek, Hans Meisner, John Hess, and Rüdiger Lange
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1896-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of hemofiltrated whole blood pump priming on hemodynamics and respiratory function after the arterial switch operation in neonates

Mitsugi Nagashima, Yasuharu Imai, Kazuhiro Seo, Masatsugu Terada, Mitsuru Aoki, Toshiharu Shin’oka, and Masaaki Koide
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1901-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impaired distensibility of neoaorta after arterial switch procedure

Tomoaki Murakami, Makoto Nakazawa, Kazuo Momma, and Yasuharu Imai
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1907-1910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reconstruction of the pulmonary valve and outflow tract with bicuspid prosthesis in tetralogy of Fallot

Miguel A. Maluf, Domingo M. Braile, Célia Silva, Roberto Catani, Antônio C. Carvalho, and Ênio Buffolo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1911-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt

Soo Jin Kim, Eun Jung Bae, Do Jun Cho, In Seung Park, Yang Min Kim, Woong-Han Kim, and Seong Ho Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1918-1922. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Desmopressin does not reduce bleeding and transfusion requirements in congenital heart operations

William C. Oliver, Jr, Paula J. Santrach, Gordon K. Danielson, Gregory A. Nuttall, Darrell R. Schroeder, and Mark H. Ereth
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1923-1930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

DDD pacing mode survival in children with a dual-chamber pacemaker

Emanuela Valsangiacomo, Luciano Molinari, Mariette Rahn-Schönbeck, and Urs Bauersfeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1931-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Operation for adult patent ductus arteriosus using cardiopulmonary bypass

Riichiro Toda, Yukinori Moriyama, Masafumi Yamashita, Yoshifumi Iguro, Hitoshi Matsumoto, and Gouichi Yotsumoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1935-1937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jorge A. Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1937-1938. [Full Text]  

Mortality after aortic valve replacement: results from a nationally representative database

Brad C. Astor, Ronald G. Kaczmarek, Brockton Hefflin, and W. Randolph Daley
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1939-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prosthetic valve type for patients undergoing aortic valve replacement: a decision analysis

Nancy J.O. Birkmeyer, John D. Birkmeyer, Anna N.A. Tosteson, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Charles A.S. Marrin, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1946-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk factors for late pulmonary homograft stenosis after the Ross procedure

Ehud Raanani, Terrence M. Yau, Tirone E. David, Goran Dellgren, Brian D. Sonnenberg, and Ahmed Omran
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1953-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic root replacement by ministernotomy: technique and potential benefit

Lizhong Sun, Jun Zheng, Qian Chang, Yue Tang, Jun Feng, Xiaogang Sun, and Xiaodong Zhu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1958-1961. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transpecies heart valve transplant: advanced studies of a bioengineered xeno-autograft

Steven Goldstein, David R. Clarke, Steven P. Walsh, Kirby S. Black, and Mark F. O’Brien
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1962-1969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right thoracotomy for mitral reoperation: analysis of technique and outcome

William L. Holman, Steven P. Goldberg, Lesley J. Early, David C. McGiffin, James K. Kirklin, Derrick H. Cho, and Albert D. Pacifico
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1970-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Distal arch aneurysm repair using stent-grafting and ascending aorto-left axillary bypass

Yukinori Moriyama, Yoshifumi Iguro, Koichi Hisatomi, Riichiro Toda, and Goichi Yotsumoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1974-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Assessment of an extracorporeal life support to LVAD bridge to heart transplant strategy

Francis D. Pagani, Keith D. Aaronson, David B. Dyke, Susan Wright, Fresca Swaniker, and Robert H. Bartlett
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1977-1985. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of preoperative aspirin use on mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Lawrence J. Dacey, John J. Munoz, Edward R. Johnson, Bruce J. Leavitt, Christopher T. Maloney, Jeremy R. Morton, Elaine M. Olmstead, John D. Birkmeyer, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1986-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting

Masashi Ura, Ryuzo Sakata, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshio Arai, and Taro Saito
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1991-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after failed coronary angioplasty: what has changed in a decade?

Holger Reinecke, Thomas Fetsch, Norbert Roeder, Christof Schmid, Anette Winter, Michael Ribbing, Elmar Berendes, Michael Block, Hans H. Scheld, Günter Breithardt, and Sebastian Kerber
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 1997-2003. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinitis and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

John H. Braxton, Charles A.S. Marrin, Paul D. McGrath, Cathy S. Ross, Jeremy R. Morton, Mitchell Norotsky, David C. Charlesworth, Stephen J. Lahey, Robert A. Clough, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2004-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rapid recovery protocol applied to 5,658 consecutive "on-pump" coronary bypass patients

Eivind Øvrum, Geir Tangen, Carla Schiøtt, and Stein Dragsund
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2008-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduced incidence of atrial fibrillation with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Thomas A. d’Amato, Edward B. Savage, Robert J. Wiechmann, Tamara Sakert, Daniel H. Benckart, and James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2013-2016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive coronary artery revascularization: off-pump bypass grafting and the hybrid procedure

Tadashi Isomura, Hisayoshi Suma, Taiko Horii, Toru Sato, Teisei Kobashi, and Hideo Kanemitsu
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2017-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Markers of myocardial ischemia after minimally invasive and conventional coronary operation

Erich Kilger, Bodo Pichler, Florian Weis, Alwin Goetz, Peter Lamm, Albert Schütz, Dieter Muehlbayer, and Lorenz Frey
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2023-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endoscopic computer-enhanced beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting

Volkmar Falk, James I. Fann, Jürg Grünenfelder, David Daunt, and Thomas A. Burdon
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2029-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Randall K. Wolf
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2033. [Full Text]  

Carotid and aortic screening for coronary artery bypass grafting

Ikuo Fukuda, Seigo Gomi, Ko Watanabe, and Jun Seita
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2034-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow reserve in the right gastroepiploic artery graft

Giuseppe Tavilla, Nico H.J. Pijls, Kathinka H. Peels, and Eric Berreklouw
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2040-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pain pattern and left internal mammary artery grafting

Xavier M. Mueller, Francine Tinguely, Hendrick T. Tevaearai, Jean-Pierre Revelly, René Chioléro, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2045-2049. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Protamine induces vasorelaxation of human internal thoracic artery by endothelial NO-synthase pathway

Dmitry Pevni, Jacob Gurevich, Inna Frolkis, Gad Keren, Izhak Shapira, Josef Paz, Amir Kramer, Chaim Locker, and Rephael Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2050-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Expression and function of angiotensin converting enzyme, chymase, and angiotensin II in the human radial artery and internal thoracic artery

Julie A.A. Borland, Adrian H. Chester, Serena J. Rooker, John Wharton, Neil Davie, Mohamed Amrani, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2054-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inhibition of vasoconstriction by angiotensin receptor antagonist GR117289C in arterial grafts

Ming-Hui Liu, H. Storm Floten, Anthony P. Furnary, Anthony P.C. Yim, and Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2064-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prevention of radial artery graft vasospasm after coronary bypass

Jyotirmay Chanda, Igor Brichkov, and Charles C. Canver
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2070-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SMA circuits reduce platelet consumption and platelet factor release during cardiac surgery

Jean-Olivier Defraigne, Joël Pincemail, Guy Dekoster, Robert Larbuisson, Myriam Dujardin, Francine Blaffart, Jean-Louis David, and Raymond Limet
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2075-2081. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcome with high blood lactate levels during cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac operation

Philippe Demers, Stéphane Elkouri, Raymond Martineau, André Couturier, and Raymond Cartier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2082-2086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac troponin I release after open heart surgery: a marker of myocardial protection?

Emmanuelle Vermes, Martine Mesguich, Rémi Houel, Céline Soustelle, Paul Le Besnerais, Marie-Line Hillion, and Daniel Loisance
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2087-2090. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High glutaraldehyde concentrations mitigate bioprosthetic root calcification in the sheep model

Peter Zilla, Christoph Weissenstein, Paul Human, Terri Dower, and Ulrich Otto von Oppell
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2091-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Model of complete separation of the hepatic veins from the systemic venous system

Christian P.R. Brizard, Nathalie Goussef, Juan Carlos Chachques, and Alain F. Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2096-2101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ventricular remodeling after cardiomyoplasty in heart failure sheep: passive and dynamic effects

Kazuaki Shirota, Osamu Kawaguchi, Yifei Huang, Takeshi Yuasa, Russell Carrington, Peter W. Brady, and Stephen N. Hunyor
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2102-2106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inhibition of RNA transcription modulates magnesium-supplemented potassium cardioplegia protection

Hitoshi Matsuda, Sidney Levitsky, and James D. McCully
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2107-2112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy of intracoronary versus intravenous FGF-2 in a pig model of chronic myocardial ischemia

Kaori Sato, Roger J. Laham, Justin D. Pearlman, Deborah Novicki, Frank W. Sellke, Michael Simons, and Mark J. Post
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2113-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Todd Rosengart
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2118. [Full Text]  

Bradykinin protects the rabbit heart after cardioplegic ischemia via NO-dependent pathways

Jun Feng, Hongling Li, and Eliot R. Rosenkranz
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2119-2124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of hyperoxia on neonatal myocardial energy status and response to global ischemia

Carin Wittnich, Shona M. Torrance, and Catherine E. Carlyle
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2125-2131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fate of fibrin sealant in pericardial space

Reiji Hattori, Hajime Otani, Hideyasu Omiya, Shigeru Tabata, Yoshihisa Nakao, Tadashi Yamamura, Motohiko Osako, Yukihito Saito, and Hiroji Imamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2132-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Three-dimensional video-assisted thoracoscopic pericardiectomy

Fabio Luison and W. Douglas Boyd
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2137-2138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Video-assisted thoracic surgery resection of chest wall en bloc for lung carcinoma

Mark D. Widmann, Robert J. Caccavale, Jean-Phillipe Bocage, and Ralph J. Lewis
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2138-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Removal of an infected ventricular septal defect patch after tetralogy repair

Joseph J. Amato, William I. Douglas, George J. Aboo Eid, and Frederick Lukash
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2140-2142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tuberculous lymphadenopathy of superior mediastinum causing vocal cord paralysis

Mohammed A. Rafay
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2142-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful treatment of mediastinal gas gangrene due to esophageal perforation

Jarmo A. Salo, Jukka K. Savola, Vesa J. Toikkanen, Vesa J. Perhoniemi, Ville Y.O. Pettilä, Jorma A. Klossner, and Hannu J. Toivonen
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2143-2145. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complete surgical repair of aortic atresia with a normal left ventricle

Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Ralph D. Siewers, and Frank A. Pigula
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2145-2147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Precoronary stenosis after stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Mustafa H. Abdullah, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Lisa K. Hornberger, and Ian Adatia
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2147-2149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Doppler tissue imaging to predict myocardial recovery during mechanical circulatory support

Emmanuelle Vermes, Rémi Houël, Marc Simon, Paul Le Besnerais, and Daniel Loisance
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2149-2151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Short-term bridge to transplant using the BVS 5000 in a 22-kg child

Ali M. Sadeghi, Daniel Marelli, Martin Talamo, Daniel Fazio, and Hillel Laks
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2151-2153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hybrid management of coronary artery disease and coarctation of aorta

Patrick Yiu, Ulrich Sigwart, and John R. Pepper
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2153-2154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recurrent arterial embolization from a metastatic germ cell tumor invading the left atrium

Anjana Singh, David Philip Jenkins, Maher Dahdal, Sunanda Dhar, and Chandana Premukh Ratnatunga
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2155-2156. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical resection of an intracardiac rhabdomyoma

Hartmuth B. Bittner, Ajeet D. Sharma, and Kevin P. Landolfo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2156-2158. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated right ventricular outflow tract mass presenting as hemoptysis

Kanti M. Uppal, Ismael N. Nuño, Daniel S. Schwartz, Kenneth A. Ashton, and Vaughn A. Starnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2158-2159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia II and impaired renal function using heparin and the platelet GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban as anticoagulant

Andreas Koster, Matthias Loebe, Fritz Mertzlufft, Hermann Kuppe, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2160-2161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nafamostat mesilate treatment during open heart operation in immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Kunihide Nakamura, Toshio Onitsuka, Mitsuhiro Yano, Hiroyuki Nagahama, Eisaku Nakamura, and Yasunori Matsuzaki
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2161-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Lung transplantation: how to perform the venous anastomosis when clamping is too distal

John H. Robert, Nicolas Murith, Marc de Perrot, Marek Bednarkiewicz, Marc-Joseph Licker, and Anastase Spiliopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2164-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chordal replacement for both minimally invasive and conventional mitral valve surgery using premeasured Gore-Tex loops

Ulrich Otto von Oppell and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2166-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart positioner: a device to easily expose all coronary arteries during beating heart operations

Ruggero De Paulis, Luisa Colagrande, Mirella De Cotiis, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2169-2170. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reliable and cost-effective system for surgical stent graft insertion

Fumikazu Nomura, Shogo Mukai, Yuichi Fumimoto, Kazufumi Shimazutsu, and Katsuhiko Ihara
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2171-2172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis

Fabrizio Follis and Carlos A. Schmidt
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2173-2181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Prosthetic valve obstruction: thrombolysis versus operation: Updated in 2000

Nicola Vitale, Attilio Renzulli, Luigi de Luca Tupputi Schinosa, and Maurizio Cotrufo
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2182-2183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

A retraction

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2184. [Full Text]  

Postoperative chylothorax and mediastinal chyloma

Marc Riquet, Redha Souilamas, and Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthes
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2184. [Full Text]  

Myocardial infarction after partial left ventriculectomy

Yoshio Misawa, Katsuo Fuse, and Hiroaki Konishi
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2185. [Full Text]  

Myocardial infarction after partial left ventriculectomy: Reply

Patricia M. Cury, Maria de Lourdes Higuchi, Paulo S. Gutierrez, and Luiz Felipe P. Moreira
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2185. [Full Text]  

Mechanisms of acute ischemic preconditioning

Tadomi-Alfonso Miyamoto and Koho-Julio Miyamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2186. [Full Text]  

Cannulation of the distal descending thoracic aorta

Hideto Shimpo, Yoichiro Miyake, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2186-2187. [Full Text]  

Cannulation of the distal descending thoracic aorta: Reply

Yutaka Imoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2187. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Correction

Ann Thorac Surg 2000 70: 2187. [Full Text]  

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