Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture:

Quality, advocacy, healthcare policy, and the surgeon

Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 641-649. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Sleeve lobectomy for bronchogenic cancers: factors affecting survival

Elie Fadel, Bedrettin Yildizeli, Alain R. Chapelier, Isabelle Dicenta, Sacha Mussot, and Philippe G. Dartevelle
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 851-859. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients with stage i lung cancer

Larkin J. Daniels, Stafford S. Balderson, Mark W. Onaitis, and Thomas A. D’Amico
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 860-864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lobe-sparing resection of multiple pulmonary metastases with a new 1318-nm Nd:YAG laser—first 100 patients

Axel Rolle, Rainer Koch, Scott K. Alpard, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 865-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sentinel nodal assessment in patients with carcinoma of the lung

Frank E. Schmidt, Eugene A. Woltering, Watts R. Webb, Olga M. Garcia, Joy E. Cohen, and Mark H. Rozans
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 870-875. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Completion pneumonectomy: factors affecting operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity

Daniel L. Miller, Claude Deschamps, Gregory D. Jenkins, Alain Bernard, Mark S. Allen, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 876-884. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for symptomatic arterial obstruction of the upper extremities

Tiziano De Giacomo, Erino A. Rendina, Federico Venuta, Domenico Lauri, Edoardo S. Mercadante, Marco Anile, and Giorgio F. Coloni
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 885-888. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruptured hydatid cysts of the lung in children: clinical review and results of surgery

Akin Eraslan Balci, Nesimi Eren, Sevval Eren, and Refik Ülkü
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 889-892. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Single-pass isolated lung perfusion versus recirculating isolated lung perfusion with melphalan in a rat model

Bart P. Van Putte, Jeroen M.H. Hendriks, Sander Romijn, Gunther Guetens, Gert De Boeck, Ernst A. De Bruijn, and Paul E.Y. Van Schil
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 893-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Regulation of chemokine expression by cyclosporine a in alveolar macrophages exposed to hypoxia and reoxygenation

Babu V. Naidu, Baiya Krishnadasan, Karen Byrne, Angie L. Farr, Matthew Rosengart, Edward D. Verrier, and Michael S. Mulligan
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Aortic root replacement with cryopreserved allograft for prosthetic valve endocarditis

Joseph F. Sabik, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Antonino G.M. Marullo, Gosta B. Pettersson, and Delos M. Cosgrove
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 650-659. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a 6-year experience with 714 patients

Eugene A. Grossi, Aubrey C. Galloway, Angelo LaPietra, Greg H. Ribakove, Patricia Ursomanno, Julie Delianides, Alfred T. Culliford, Costas Bizekis, Rick A. Esposito, F. Gregory Baumann, Marc S. Kanchuger, and Stephen B. Colvin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 660-664. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of valve replacement with omniscience mechanical prostheses

Matthew S. Edwards, Gregory B. Russell, Angela F. Edwards, John W. Hammon, Jr, A. Robert Cordell, and Neal D. Kon
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 665-670. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of postoperative complications in high-risk octogenarians undergoing cardiac operations

Giuseppe Gatti, Gabriele Cardu, Anna M. Lusa, and Peppino Pugliese
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 671-677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Efficacy and safety of on-pump beating heart surgery for valvular disease

Yasushi Matsumoto, Go Watanabe, Masamitsu Endo, Hisao Sasaki, Fuminori Kasashima, and Ikuko Kosugi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 678-683. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stentless xenografts and homografts for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction during the ross operation

Franz X. Schmid, Andreas Keyser, Christoph Wiesenack, Stefan Holmer, and Dietrich E. Birnbaum
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 684-688. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

In the eye of both patient and spouse: memory is poor 1 to 2 years after coronary bypass and angioplasty

Cecilia Bergh, Martin Bäckström, Henrik Jönsson, Lars Havinder, and Per Johnsson
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 689-693. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Ola A. Selnes
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 694. [Full Text]  

Acute effects of 17ß-estradiol on left internal mammary graft after coronary artery bypass grafting

Gianluca Polvani, Maria Rosa Marino, Maurizio Roberto, Luca Dainese, Alessandro Parolari, Giulio Pompilio, Silvia Di Matteo, Andrea Fumero, Aldo Cannata, Fabio Barili, and Paolo Biglioli
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 695-699. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery bypass surgery by the transdiaphragmatic approach

Kenji Takahashi, Masahito Minakawa, Norihiro Kondo, Shigeru Oikawa, and Masaharu Hatakeyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 700-703. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: midterm results of composite versus in situ crossover graft

Oren Lev-Ran, Yosef Paz, Dmitri Pevni, Amir Kramer, Itzhak Shapira, Chaim Locker, and Rephael Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 704-711. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early postoperative outcome and medium-term survival in 540 diabetic and 2239 nondiabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Zoltán Szabó, Erik Håkanson, and Rolf Svedjeholm
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 712-719. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combination of sotalol and magnesium prevents atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting

Stefano Forlani, Ruggero De Paulis, Stefano de Notaris, Paolo Nardi, Fabrizio Tomai, Igino Proietti, Anna S. Ghini, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 720-726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is there a role for endothelin-blockade early after coronary artery bypass grafting?

Ulf Lockowandt and Anders Franco-Cereceda
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 727-732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tranexamic acid reduces bleeding and the need for blood transfusion in primary myocardial revascularization

Deeb Zabeeda, Benjamin Medalion, Michael Sverdlov, Shaul Ezra, Arie Schachner, Tiberiu Ezri, and Amram J. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 733-738. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Validation of a bone analog model for studies of sternal closure

Dennis R. Trumble, Walter E. McGregor, and James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 739-744. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

David J. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 745. [Full Text]  

Ambulatory intraaortic balloon pump use as bridge to heart transplant

Richard P. Cochran, Thomas D. Starkey, Anthony L. Panos, and Karyn S. Kunzelman
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 746-751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Daniel Goldstein
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 751-752. [Full Text]  

An ovine model of postinfarction dilated cardiomyopathy

Sina L. Moainie, Joseph H. Gorman, III, T. Sloane Guy, Frank W. Bowen, III, Benjamin M. Jackson, Theodore Plappert, Navneet Narula, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, Jagat Narula, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, and Robert C. Gorman
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 753-760. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined Surgical and Endovascular Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection Type A: Preliminary Results

Tatjana Fleck, Doris Hutschala, Martin Czerny, Marek P. Ehrlich, Marie-Theres Kasimir, Manfred Cejna, Ernst Wolner, and Martin Grabenwoger
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 761-765. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Thoralf M. Sundt
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 765-766. [Full Text]  

Overexpression of heat shock protein 60/10 in myocardium of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Alfons E. Schäfler, Kiriakos Kirmanoglou, Peter Pecher, Andreas Hannekum, and Bernd Schumacher
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 767-770. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial tissue valves and gore-tex conduits as an alternative for right ventricular outflow tract replacement in children

Bradley S. Allen, Chawki El-Zein, Betina Cuneo, Joseph P. Cava, Mary Jane Barth, and Michel N. Ilbawi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 771-777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fontan-type procedures: residual lesions and late interventions

Renate Kaulitz, Gerhard Ziemer, Thomas Paul, Matthias Peuster, Harald Bertram, and Gerd Hausdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 778-785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management and outcome of patients with abnormal ventriculo-arterial connections and mitral valve cleft

Alain Fraisse, Tony Abdel Massih, Pascal Vouhé, Bernard Kreitmann, Jean Gaudart, Daniel Sidi, and Damien Bonnet
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 786-791. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early postoperative arrhythmias after cardiac operation in children

Emanuela Valsangiacomo, Edith R. Schmid, Rolf W. Schüpbach, Daniel Schmidlin, Luciano Molinari, Katharina Waldvogel, and Urs Bauersfeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 792-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation of the atrium: effectiveness for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia in congenital heart surgery

Gary S. Kopf, Dennis M. Mello, Katherine M. Kenney, Jose Moltedo, Nancy R. Rollinson, and Christopher S. Snyder
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 797-804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The infant with single ventricle and excessive pulmonary blood flow: results of a strategy of pulmonary artery division and shunt

Scott M. Bradley, Janet M. Simsic, Andrew M. Atz, and B. Hugh Dorman
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 805-810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Do vitamins C and E attenuate the effects of reactive oxygen species during pulmonary reperfusion and thereby prevent injury?

Florian M. Wagner, Andreas T. Weber, Katrin Ploetze, Felix Schubert, Steffen Pfeiffer, Steffen Albrecht, and Stephan Schueler
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 811-818. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical performance and biocompatibility of poly(2-methoxyethylacrylate)—coated extracorporeal circuits

Serdar Gunaydin, Bora Farsak, Mustafa Kocakulak, Tamer Sari, Cem Yorgancioglu, and Yaman Zorlutuna
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 819-824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduction in brain embolization using the aegis aortic cannula during bypass in swine

David J. Cook, Kenton J. Zehr, and Thomas A. Orszulak
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 825-829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Glucocorticoids reduce ischemia-reperfusion-induced myocardial apoptosis in immature hearts

Jeffrey M. Pearl, David P. Nelson, Steven M. Schwartz, Connie J. Wagner, Steven M. Bauer, Elizabeth A. Setser, and Jodie Y. Duffy
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 830-837. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pharmacological preconditioning ameliorates neurological injury in a model of spinal cord ischemia

David J. Caparrelli, Stephen M. Cattaneo, II, Brian T. Bethea, Jay G. Shake, Charles Eberhart, Mary E. Blue, Eduardo Marbán, Michael V. Johnston, William A. Baumgartner, and Vincent L. Gott
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 838-845. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adenosine A_2A agonist reduces paralysis after spinal cord ischemia: correlation with A_2A receptor expression on motor neurons

David C. Cassada, Curtis G. Tribble, Stewart M. Long, Aditya K. Kaza, Joel Linden, Jayson M. Rieger, Diane Rosin, Irving L. Kron, and John A. Kern
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 846-850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Unusual imaging of late postpneumonectomy empyema

Marco Alifano, Pierre Magdeleinat, and Jean-François Regnard
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 935. [Full Text]  

Aortic rupture after stenting of a native coarctation in an adult

Stephen J. Korkola, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Dominique Shum-Tim, and Nathalie Roy
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 936. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Repair of damaged internal mammary artery

Walter J. Gomes, Paulo C. Santos, João N.R. Branco, and Enio Buffolo
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 906-907. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valve-sparing operation for aortic root aneurysm in patients with bicuspid aortic valve

Yoshihiro Suematsu, Tetsuro Morota, Hiroshi Kubota, Mikio Ninomiya, and Shinichi Takamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 907-908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful treatment in a patient with Takayasu’s arteritis and Marfan syndrome

Kyung-Hwan Kim, Cheul Lee, and Hyuk Ahn
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 908-910. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recombinant factor VIIa after aortic valve replacement in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta

Marc Kastrup, Christian von Heymann, Holger Hotz, Wolfgang F. Konertz, Sabine Ziemer, Wolfgang J. Kox, and Claudia Spies
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 910-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left ventricular assist device for right side assistance in patients with transposition

Allan S. Stewart, Robert C. Gorman, Alberto Pocchetino, Bruce R. Rosengard, and Michael A. Acker
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 912-914. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical excision of a hemangioendothelioma of the left ventricle

Hrvoje Gasparovic, Darko Anic, Dalibor Saric, Vladimir Gasparovic, Zeljko Djuric, and Ivan Jelic
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 914-916. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Starnes operation for neonatal Ebstein’s anomaly

Manabu Watanabe, Yorikazu Harada, Takamasa Takeuchi, Gengi Satomi, and Satoshi Yasukouchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 916-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total cavopulmonary connection via a thoracotomy

Miwa Nanaumi, Toshihide Asou, Yuko Takeda, Zong-Bo Lin, Kuniyoshi Ohara, and Hirokuni Yoshimura
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 917-919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery in association with type III aortopulmonary window and interrupted aortic arch

Colin J. McMahon, Daniel J. DiBardino, Akif Ündar, and Charles D. Fraser, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 919-921. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Salvage of right colon interposition by microsurgical venous anastomosis

H.D.L. Patel, Yi-Chieh Chen, and Hung-Chi Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 921-923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simultaneous bronchopleural and esophagopleural fistulas after pneumonectomy

Walid Trigui, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Walid Shaker, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, and Marc Riquet
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 923-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Synchronous presentation of primary non-small cell lung carcinoma and pheochromocytoma

Edward P. Chen, Collin J. Weber, C. Daniel Smith, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 924-926. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scopulariopsis fungus ball

Shunsuke Endo, Mitsugu Hironaka, Fumio Murayama, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Yasunori Sohara, and Ken Saito
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 926-927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traumatic extrathoracic lung herniation

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Pierre-Mathieu Bonnet, François Pons, Louis Brinquin, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 927-929. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spontaneous rupture of the right hemidiaphragm after video-assisted lung volume reduction operation

Serban C. Stoica, Stewart R. Craig, Sing Yang Soon, and William S. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 929-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diaphragmatic fenestration for resistant pleural effusions after univentricular repair

Manoj Durairaj, Rajesh Sharma, Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Anil Bhan, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 931-932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cavernous hemangioma of the rib

Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yoshinori Yamashita, Jun Hihara, Yoshihiro Seto, and Tetsuya Toge
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 932-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Prosthetic aortic graft cannulation: a simple technique to secure hemostasis

Christopher M. Feindel and Yong Sung
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 937-938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary artery bypass via diaphragmatic approach with free graft

Norihiro Kondo, Kenji Takahashi, Masahito Minakawa, Shigeru Oikawa, and Masaharu Hatakeyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 939-940. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A technique to protect an axillo-coronary bypass graft

Harumasa Yasuda and Nobuo Sakagoshi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 941-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sternal closure using semirigid fixation with thermoreactive clips

Paolo Centofanti, Michele La Torre, Luciano Barbato, Alessandro Verzini, Francesco Patanè, and Michele di Summa
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 943-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: collective review of surgical therapy

Ali Dodge-Khatami, Constantine Mavroudis, and Carl L. Backer
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 946-955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

35 years of experimental research in transmyocardial revascularization: what have we learned?

Menno Huikeshoven, Johan F. Beek, Jos A.P. van der Sloot, Raymond Tukkie, Jan van der Meulen, and Martin J.C. van Gemert
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 956-970. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Usefulness of pulsatile bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in high-risk fontan patients

Masahide Chikada, Akihiko Sekiguchi, Hiroo Takayama, Kunihiko Tonari, Aya Saito, and Akira Ishizawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 971-972. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS): Edited by Todd L. Demmy, MD, Georgetown, TX, Landes Bioscience, 2001, 181 pp, illustrated, $45.00, ISBN: 1-57059-632-8

Mark S. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 785. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

The diseased statues

Daniel Roux, Laurent Brouchet, Chantal Diana, Martin Thottan, Alain Labat, Yves Glock, and Gérard Fournial
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 973. [Full Text]  

Coarctation of the lower thoracic aorta

Fernando Amaral, Paulo J.F. Ribeiro, and Helio C. Salgado
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 973. [Full Text]  

Right coronary arteries that course between aorta and pulmonary artery

Raul García-Rinaldi
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 973-974. [Full Text]  

Reply

Mark Rodefeld
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 974. [Full Text]  

Vineberg operation combined with growth factor implantation

Francis Robicsek and Alexander A. Fokin
Ann Thorac Surg 2002 74: 974-975. [Full Text]  

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