Editorials:

The anatomic basis for lung cancer staging: the end of the beginning?

Joe B. Putnam, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1757-1758. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Prognosis and survival after resection for bronchogenic carcinoma based on the 1997 TNM-staging classification: the Japanese experience

Tsuguo Naruke, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Haruhiko Kondo, and Hisao Asamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1759-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prognostic implication of Ki-67 immunostaining in treating subclinical pleural cancer found at thoracotomy in lung cancer patients

Mitsutoshi Shiba, Kimitaka Kakizawa, Hiromasa Kohno, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Hisami Yamakawa, Kenzo Hiroshima, and Takehiko Fujisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1765-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nodal occult metastasis in patients with peripheral lung adenocarcinoma of 2.0 cm or less in diameter

Jian Wu, Yasuhiko Ohta, Hiroshi Minato, Yoshio Tsunezuka, Makoto Oda, Yoh Watanabe, and Go Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1772-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Donald E. Low
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1777-1778. [Full Text]  

Open-lung biopsy guides therapy in children

Michael T. Jaklitsch, Bradley C. Linden, Elizabeth A. Braunlin, R. Morton Bolman, III, and John E. Foker
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1779-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bile exposure of the denervated stomach as an esophageal substitute

Christian A. Gutschow, Jean-Marie Collard, Renato Romagnoli, Jean-Marie Michel, Mauro Salizzoni, and Arnulf H. Hölscher
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1786-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oropharyngeal dysphagia after cardiac operations

Victor A. Ferraris, Suellen P. Ferraris, Dennis M. Moritz, and Sheila Welch
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1792-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of expandable metal stents for malignant esophageal obstruction in 100 patients: short-term and long-term follow-up

Neil A. Christie, Percival O. Buenaventura, Hiran C. Fernando, Ninh T. Nguyen, Tracey L. Weigel, Peter F. Ferson, and James D. Luketich
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1797-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Carolyn E. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1802. [Full Text]  

Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy for esophageal cancer

Antonio L. Visbal, Mark S. Allen, Daniel L. Miller, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1803-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Alex G. Little
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1808. [Full Text]  

Effective treatment of malignant pleural effusion by minimal invasive thoracic surgery: thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis and pleuroperitoneal shunts in 101 patients

Maren Schulze, Arnd S. Boehle, Roland Kurdow, Peter Dohrmann, and Doris Henne-Bruns
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1809-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic decortication: a role for video-assisted surgery in chronic postpneumonic pleural empyema

David A. Waller and Arvind Rengarajan
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1813-1816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficient naked plasmid cotransfection of lung grafts by extended lung/plasmid exposure time

Franco D’Ovidio, Niccolò Daddi, Takashi Suda, Kathleen Grapperhaus, and Alexander G. Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1817-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

David S. Schrump
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1823-1824. [Full Text]  

Association of IL-8 and MCP-1 with the development of reexpansion pulmonary edema in rabbits

Yukinori Sakao, Osamu Kajikawa, Thomas R. Martin, Yoshiaki Nakahara, Will A. Hadden, III, Cynde L. Harmon, and Edmund J. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1825-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

The paradox of survival results after heart transplantation for cardiomyopathy caused by Trypanosoma cruzi

Edimar Alcides Bocchi and Alfredo Fiorelli
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1833-1838. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk analysis in patients bridged to transplantation

Lawrence R. McBride, Keith S. Naunheim, Andrew C. Fiore, Robert G. Johnson, Debbie A. Moroney, Jenny A. Brannan, and Marc T. Swartz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1839-1844. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reappearance of myocytes in ovine infarcts produced by six hours of complete ischemia followed by reperfusion

Frank W. Bowen, Takashi Hattori, Nanveet Narula, Ivan S. Salgo, Theodore Plappert, Martin G. St. John Sutton, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1845-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sarpogrelate inhibits serotonin-induced proliferation of porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cells: implications for long-term graft patency

Sushil K. Sharma, Dario F. Del Rizzo, Peter Zahradka, Sukhinder K. Bhangu, Jeffrey P. Werner, Hideo Kumamoto, Nobuakira Takeda, and Naranjan S. Dhalla
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1856-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Norman B. Ratliff
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1865. [Full Text]  

Vascular delay and intermittent stimulation: keys to successful latissimus dorsi muscle stimulation

Abul Kashem, William P. Santamore, Benjamin Chiang, Lauren Unger, Ahsan T. Ali, and A. David Slater
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1866-1873. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double valve endocarditis

A. Marc Gillinov, Ramon Diaz, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gösta B. Pettersson, Joseph F. Sabik, Bruce W. Lytle, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1874-1879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valvular heart operation in patients with previous mediastinal radiation therapy

Nobuhiro Handa, Christopher G.A. McGregor, Gordon K. Danielson, Richard C. Daly, Joseph A. Dearani, Charles J. Mullany, Thomas A. Orszulak, Hartzell V. Schaff, Kenton J. Zehr, Betty J. Anderson, Paula J. Schomberg, and Francisco J. Puga
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1880-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Actuarial and actual analysis of surgical results: empirical validation

Gary L. Grunkemeier, Richard P. Anderson, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1885-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac reoperation in the intensive care unit

Steven M. Fiser, Curtis G. Tribble, John A. Kern, Stewart M. Long, Aditya K. Kaza, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1888-1893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical experience with left ventricular free wall rupture

Martin H. McMullan, Michael D. Maples, Thomas L. Kilgore, Jr, and Stephen H. Hindman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1894-1899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Closed chest hypothermic circulatory arrest for complex intracranial aneurysms

Malek G. Massad, Fady T. Charbel, Rabih Chaer, Alexander S. Geha, and James I. Ausman
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1900-1904. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prospective randomized neurocognitive and S-100 study of hypothermic circulatory arrest, retrograde brain perfusion, and antegrade brain perfusion for aortic arch operations

Lars G. Svensson, Edward M. Nadolny, Dana L. Penney, Jerilynn Jacobson, Wendy A. Kimmel, Michael H. Entrup, and Richard S. D’Agostino
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1905-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S100ß correlates with neurologic complications after aortic operation using circulatory arrest

Scott A. LeMaire, Jay K. Bhama, Zachary C. Schmittling, Peter J. Oberwalder, Cüneyt Köksoy, Steve A. Raskin, Patrick E. Curling, and Joseph S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1913-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: bovine versus porcine heparin in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

Barbara A. Konkle, Thomas L. Bauer, Gowthami Arepally, Douglas B. Cines, Mortimer Poncz, Stephen McNulty, Richard N. Edie, and John D. Mannion
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1920-1924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lactate release during reperfusion predicts low cardiac output syndrome after coronary bypass surgery

Vivek Rao, Joan Ivanov, Richard D. Weisel, Gideon Cohen, Michael A. Borger, and Donald A.G. Mickle
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1925-1930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antiinflammatory effects of colforsin daropate hydrochloride, a novel water-soluble forskolin derivative

Nobuhiko Hayashida, Shingo Chihara, Eiki Tayama, Tohru Takaseya, Naofumi Enomoto, Takemi Kawara, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1931-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation using radiofrequency energy

Mathew R. Williams, James R. Stewart, Steven F. Bolling, Sarah Freeman, James T. Anderson, Michael Argenziano, Craig R. Smith, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1939-1944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimal position of atrial epicardial leads for temporary pacing in infants after cardiac surgery

Ichiro Kashima, Ryo Aeba, Toshiyuki Katogi, and Shiaki Kawada
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1945-1948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy of single versus bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in women: a long-term study

Paul A. Kurlansky, Ernest A. Traad, David L. Galbut, Melinda Zucker, and George Ebra
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1949-1958. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting by thoracotomy: patient selection and operative technique

Fouad M. Azoury, A. Marc Gillinov, Bruce W. Lytle, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Joseph F. Sabik
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1959-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraaortic balloon pump therapy facilitates posterior vessel off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients

Ki-Bong Kim, Cheong Lim, Hyuk Ahn, and Jin-Kee Yang
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1964-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial revascularization with multiple arterial grafts: comparison between the radial artery and the right internal thoracic artery

Massimo Lemma, Guido Gelpi, Andrea Mangini, Paolo Vanelli, Cristina Carro, Annamaria Condemi, and Carlo Antona
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1969-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful biventricular repair after initial Norwood operation for interrupted aortic arch with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Eldad Erez, Vincent K.H. Tam, Kirk R. Kanter, and Derek A. Fyfe
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1974-1977. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arterial switch operation: factors impacting survival in the current era

John W. Brown, Hyung Joo Park, and Mark W. Turrentine
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1978-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Repair of anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery in infants: long-term impact on the mitral valve

Charles B. Huddleston, David T. Balzer, and Eric N. Mendeloff
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1985-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Invited commentary

Douglas M. Behrendt
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1989. [Full Text]  

Thrombus formation after the Fontan operation

Patrick D. Coon, Jack Rychik, Rita T. Novello, Pamela S. Ro, J. William Gaynor, and Thomas L. Spray
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1990-1994. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

One and a half ventricle repair with pulsatile bidirectional Glenn: results and guidelines for patient selection

Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, Balram Airan, Rajesh Sharma, Anil Bhan, Shyam Sunder Kothari, Anita Saxena, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1995-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Ralph E. Delius
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2002. [Full Text]  

Anti-HLA class I antibodies and pulmonary homograft function after the Ross procedure

J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Claus Bartels, Claudia Schmidtke, Wim Skibba, Michael Müller-Steinhardt, Harald Klüter, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2003-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Discussion]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right coronary cusp

Kirit Patel, Alex Davidson, and Tom R. Karl
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2045-0. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for primary ciliary dyskinesia

Hiroshi Date, Motohiro Yamashita, Itaru Nagahiro, Motoi Aoe, Akio Andou, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2008-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rare clinical diagnosis of dendriform pulmonary ossification

Jana M. Jaderborg and Robert F. Dunton
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2009-2011. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delayed pulmonary hemorrhage 17 years after gunshot wound to the chest

John F. Bilello, Krista L. Kaups, and James W. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2011-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Excision of an invasive thymoma: a cure for ulcerative colitis?

Kenichi Okubo, Nobuyuki Kondo, Toshihoro Okamoto, Jun Isobe, and Yoichiro Ueno
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2013-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extrapleural resection of lung metastasis in a patient with dense pleural adhesions using VATS

Atsushi Watanabe, Akihiko Yamauchi, Jun-ich Sakata, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2015-2016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Off-pump combined coronary artery bypass grafting and left upper lobectomy through left posterolateral thoracotomy

Alsir A.M. Ahmed and Mazin A.I. Sarsam
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2016-2018. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical treatment of annuloaortic ectasia with coronary aneurysm and fistula

Teruhisa Kazui, Naoki Washiyama, Bashar A.H. Muhammad, Katsushi Yamashita, Makoto Takinami, and Katsutoshi Miura
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2018-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral valve replacement and endocavitary patch repair for a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Andras Kollar, Benjamin F. Byrd, III, Henry K. Lui, and Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2020-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Organized thrombus of the tricuspid valve mimicking valvular tumor

Hiroaki Konishi, Minoru Fukuda, Morito Kato, Yoshio Misawa, and Katsuo Fuse
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2022-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emergent operation for percutaneous coronary rupture after abciximab administration

Charles S. Roberts and N. Ruben Bocanegra
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2024-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rupture of an aneurysm of a coronary arteriovenous fistula

Takahiko Misumi, Kuni Nishikawa, Mikito Yasudo, Takaaki Suzuki, and Hiroya Kumamaru
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2026-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hypothermic arrest for descending aortic rupture in reoperative patients

Edward M. Nadolny and Lars G. Svensson
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2027-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atherosclerotic aneurysm in the circumflex retroesophageal right aortic arch

Ryuji Tominaga, Takahiro Nishida, Shigeki Morita, Munetaka Masuda, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2030-2032. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reconstruction of the left ventricle in a patient with cardiac hemangioma at the apex

Yasuko Tomizawa, Masahiro Endo, Hiroshi Nishida, Chizuo Kikuchi, and Hitoshi Koyanagi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2032-2034. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hydatid disease of the interventricular septum causing pericardial effusion

Julio G. Tejada, Jesus Saavedra, Luis Molina, Alberto Forteza, and Casimiro Gomez
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2034-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Lorenzo Fernandez Fau
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2035-2036. [Full Text]  

Dor’s endoaneurysmorrhaphy in severe heart failure due to giant cell myocarditis

Abraham Oomman, Panchapakesan Ramachandran, Parachuri V. Rao, and Maligail R. Girinath
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2036-2038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Infection of a retained permanent epicardial pacemaker lead

Yoshikazu Hachiro, Seiya Kikuchi, Masayoshi Ito, Kazuhiro Takahashi, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2038-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Staged unifocalization and anatomic repair in a patient with right isomerism

Hideki Uemura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Youichi Kawahira, and Yoshiro Yoshikawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2039-2041. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral absence of the superior vena cava

Richard N. Saunders, David R. Richens, and George K. Morris
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2041-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anomalous origin of innominate artery from right pulmonary artery in DiGeorge syndrome

Kagami Miyaji, Robert L. Hannan, and Redmond P. Burke
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2043-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Left ventricular volume reduction without ventriculectomy

R. Unnikrishnan Nair, Simon G. Williams, Kingsley U. Nwafor, Alistair S. Hall, and Lip-Bun Tan
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2046-2049. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A new modified Bentall procedure: the flanged technique

Cevat Yakut
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2050-2052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of atrial septal defect through a minimal right vertical infra-axillary thoracotomy in a beating heart

Xiubin Yang, Dongjin Wang, and Qingyu Wu
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2053-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of posterior coronary lacerations

Raúl García-Rinaldi, Ernesto R. Soltero, Jorge Carballido, Joaquín Mojica, and Roberto Maiz
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2055-2056. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Epicardial atrial pacemaker lead placement after multiple cardiac operations

John C. Kucharczuk, Mitchell I. Cohen, Larry A. Rhodes, Tom R. Karl, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2057-2058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Blunt tracheobronchial injuries: treatment and outcomes

Andy C. Kiser, Sean M. O’Brien, and Frank C. Detterbeck
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2059-2065. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Therapeutic implications of inflammation in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Craig H. Selzman, Stephanie A. Miller, and Alden H. Harken
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2066-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

The trachea

Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2075-2076. [Full Text]  

Update:

Update 2001: Right latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty augments left ventricular systolic performance

James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2077-2078. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update 2001: Dynamic descending thoracic aortomyoplasty: comparison with intraaortic balloon pump in a model of heart failure

James A. Magovern and Thomas A. d’Amato
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2079-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2nd Edition: by Fritz J. Baumgartner, MD, Georgetown, Texas, Landes Bioscience, 1999, 280 pages, spiral bound, $45, ISBN: 1-570-59559-3

Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 1912. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Improved long-term survival seen after lung volume reduction surgery compared to continued medical therapy for emphysema

Bryan F. Meyers, Roger D. Yusen, Stephen S. Lefrak, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2081. [Full Text]  

Diaphragm flap for routine prophylactic reinforcement of bronchial stump after pneumonectomy

Umer Sayeed-Shah, Jaime Strachan, and John A. Elefteriades
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2081-2082. [Full Text]  

Diaphragm flap for routine prophylactic reinforcement of bronchial stump after pneumonectomy: Reply

Tommaso C. Mineo and Vincenzo Ambrogi
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2082-2083. [Full Text]  

Pleural tent after upper lobectomy: routine or selective?

Alper Toker, Akif Turna, and Atilla Gürses
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2083. [Full Text]  

Pleural tent after upper lobectomy: routine or selective? Reply

Alessandro Brunelli, Majed Al Refai, Mauro Muti, Armando Sabbatini, and Aroldo Fianchini
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2083. [Full Text]  

Chordal replacement or repair

Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2084. [Full Text]  

Cardiac surgery in octogenarians with poor lung function

Henry J. Skinner, Kevin J. West, Marick Jasinski, and Tomasz J. Spyt
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2084-2085. [Full Text]  

S100 release as an indicator of cerebral damage

Donald Whitaker
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2085. [Full Text]  

S100 release as an indicator of cerebral damage: Reply

Wolfgang Wandschneider
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2085-2086. [Full Text]  

Oral hypoglycemic agents in coronary artery bypass grafting

G. Hossein Almassi and David Warltier
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2086. [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary reoperations via left thoracotomy

Salvatore Privitera and Robert James Cusimano
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2086-2087. [Full Text]  

Off-pump coronary reoperations via left thoracotomy: Reply

Marco Ricci and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2087-2088. [Full Text]  

Impact of myocardial infarction on the outcome after partial left ventriculectomy

Stefan Christiansen, Klaus Redmann, and Dieter Hammel
Ann Thorac Surg 2001 71: 2088. [Full Text]  

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