Editorial Board:

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Editorial Board, 2003

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 1-2. [PDF]  

Guest Reviewers:

Guest reviewers for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 3-8. [PDF]  

President's Page:

Final thoughts on a year of significant change

William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 9-10. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

New inside and out

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Heide M. Pusztay, Julia M. Benson, Amy A. Bluemle, Cindy A. Davidson, Rachel J. Sutherland, and Steven M. Wilson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 11-14. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pork or beef?

Theodore E. Warkentin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 15-16. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper:

Outcomes after esophagectomy: a ten-year prospective cohort

Stephen H. Bailey, David A. Bull, David H. Harpole, Jeffrey J. Rentz, Leigh A. Neumayer, Theodore N. Pappas, Jennifer Daley, William G. Henderson, Barbara Krasnicka, and Shukri F. Khuri
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 217-222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Low-dose oral amiodarone prophylaxis reduces atrial fibrillation after pulmonary resection

Louis A. Lanza, Antonio I. Visbal, Patrick A. DeValeria, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Nancy N. Diehl, and Victor F. Trastek
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 223-230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal lymph node staging in suspected lung cancer: comparison of positron emission tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and mediastinoscopy

Thomas P. Graeter, Dirk Hellwig, Klaus Hoffmann, Dieter Ukena, Carl-Martin Kirsch, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 231-236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Limited resection for non–small cell lung cancer: observed local control with implantation of I-125 brachytherapy seeds

Winnie Lee, Benedict D.T. Daly, Thomas A. DiPetrillo, Donna M. Morelli, Andrew C. Neuschatz, Jody Morr, and Mark J. Rivard
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 237-242. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

William H. Warren
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 242-243. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Metastatic thoracic lymph node carcinoma with unknown primary site

Marc Riquet, Cécile Badoual, Françoise le Pimpec Barthes, Antoine Dujon, and Claire Danel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 244-249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcome at 2 years of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a population-based study

Sophie M. Jaillard, Véronique Pierrat, Angélina Dubois, Patrick Truffert, Pierre Lequien, Alain J. Wurtz, and Laurent Storme
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 250-256. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intrathymic inoculation of donor bone marrow induces long-term acceptance of lung allografts

Sen Li, Louis B. Louis, IV, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Samuel A. Yousem, and Si M. Pham
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 257-263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Comparison of bovine and porcine heparin in heparin antibody formation after cardiac surgery

John L. Francis, George J. Palmer, III, Rebecca Moroose, and Alane Drexler
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 17-22. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Retrograde autologous priming: is it useful in elective on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery?

Gregory P. Eising, Martin Pfauder, Markus Niemeyer, Peter Tassani, Hubert Schad, Robert Bauernschmitt, and Rüdiger Lange
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 23-27. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Durability and outcome of aortic valve replacement with mitral valve repair versus double valve replacement

Masaki Hamamoto, Ko Bando, Junjiro Kobayashi, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshikado Sasako, Kazuo Niwaya, Osamu Tagusari, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 28-34. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical and hemodynamic evaluation of small perimount aortic valves in patients aged 75 years or older

Nicola Vitale, Stephen C. Clark, Alexander Ramsden, Asif Hasan, Colin J. Hilton, and Michael P. Holden
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 35-39. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Joseph M. Craver
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 40. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Open mitral commissurotomy in the current era: indications, technique, and results

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Jayesh Dhareshwar, Akhil Govil, Balram Airan, and Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 41-46. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tricuspid valve replacement: an analysis of 25 years of experience at a single center

Michel Carrier, Yves Hébert, Michel Pellerin, Denis Bouchard, Louis P. Perrault, Raymond Cartier, Arsène Basmajian, Pierre Pagé, and Nancy C. Poirier
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 47-50. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The effect of maze operations on atrial volume

Emile R. Jessurun, Norbert M. van Hemel, Johannes C. Kelder, Jo A.M.T. Defauw, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, Jef M.P.G. Ernst, and Wybren Jaarsma
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 51-56. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical outcome of the maze procedure for atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease: rheumatic versus degenerative

Jae Won Lee, Nam Hee Park, Suk Jung Choo, Min Seop Jo, Hyun Song, and Meong Gun Song
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 57-61. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

On-pump coronary artery surgery versus off-pump exclusive arterial coronary grafting: a matched cohort comparison

Michael Haase, Anamika Sharma, Anja Fielitz, Shigehiko Uchino, Jens Rocktaeschel, Rinaldo Bellomo, Laurie Doolan, George Matalanis, Alexander Rosalion, Brian F. Buxton, and Jai S. Raman
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 62-67. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Readmission and mortality in patients discharged the day after off-pump coronary bypass surgery

Clinton E. Baisden, J.W. Randolph Bolton, and Mark W. Riggs
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 68-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Variation in mortality risk factors with time after coronary artery bypass graft operation

Dexiang Gao, Gary K. Grunwald, John S. Rumsfeld, Todd Mackenzie, Frederick L. Grover, Jonathan B. Perlin, Gerald O. McDonald, and A. Laurie W. Shroyer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 74-81. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nonthyroidal illness syndrome in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Laura Sabatino, Stefano Bevilacqua, Pier Andrea Farneti, Maria Scarlattini, Francesca Forini, and Mattia Glauber
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 82-87. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Graft of choice to right coronary system in left-sided bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting

Oren Lev-Ran, Rephael Mohr, Gideon Uretzky, Dmitry Pevni, Chaim Locker, Yosef Paz, and Itzhak Shapira
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 88-92. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prospective randomized trial of high thoracic epidural analgesia for coronary artery bypass surgery

Colin Royse, Alistair Royse, Paul Soeding, Duncan Blake, and Jenny Pang
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 93-100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Occlusive wrap dressing reduces infection rate in saphenous vein harvest site

Franklin L. Rosenfeldt, Justin Negri, Damien Holdaway, Bruce B. Davis, Julie Mack, Michael J. Grigg, Campbell Miles, and Donald S. Esmore
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 101-105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Stanley K.C. Tam
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 105. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Blunt traumatic aortic transection: the endovascular experience

Victoria P. Orford, Noel R. Atkinson, Ken Thomson, Peter Y. Milne, William A. Campbell, Andrew Roberts, John Goldblatt, and James Tatoulis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 106-112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delayed paraplegia after thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair: a continuing risk

Hersh S. Maniar, Thoralf M. Sundt, III, Sunil M. Prasad, Celeste M. Chu, Cynthia J. Camillo, Marc R. Moon, Brian G. Rubin, and Gregorio A. Sicard
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 113-120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total aortic arch replacement through the L-incision approach

Ryuji Tominaga, Kazuhiro Kurisu, Yoshie Ochiai, Atsuhiro Nakashima, Munetaka Masuda, Shigeki Morita, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 121-125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A long-term experience with the cabrol root replacement technique for the management of ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections

Sandro Gelsomino, Romeo Frassani, Paolo Da Col, Giorgio Morocutti, Gianluca Masullo, Leonardo Spedicato, and Ugolino Livi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 126-131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biventricular repair after Norwood palliation

Jeffrey M. Pearl, Linda W. Cripe, and Peter B. Manning
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 132-137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Rastelli procedure for double outlet right ventricle with left-malposition of the great arteries: report of 9 cases

Qingyu Wu, Qibin Yu, and Xiubin Yang
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 138-142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-term results after reconstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract by aortoventriculoplasty

Michael V. Ullmann, Matthias Gorenflo, Christian Sebening, Rüdiger Lange, Heinz G. Jakob, Herbert E. Ulmer, and Siegfried Hagl
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 143-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The modified Konno procedure for complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Christopher A. Caldarone, Timothy L. Van Natta, Jeffrey R. Frazer, and Douglas M. Behrendt
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 147-151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Patrick T. Roughneen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 151-152. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pancreatitis in Fontan patients is related to impaired ventricular relaxation

Aitizaz U. Syed, William L. Border, Erik C. Michelfelder, Peter B. Manning, and Jeffery M. Pearl
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 153-157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Francisco J. Puga
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 157. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Stent placement in superior vena cava syndrome

Patrick Courtheoux, Barbara Alkofer, Madjed Al Refaï, Radj Gervais, Jean Philippe Le Rochais, and Philippe Icard
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 158-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Increased S100B in blood after cardiac surgery is a powerful predictor of late mortality

Per Johnsson, Martin Bäckström, Cecilia Bergh, Henrik Jönsson, Carsten Lührs, and Christer Alling
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 162-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Beneficial effect of autologous cell transplantation on infarcted heart function: comparison between bone marrow stromal cells and heart cells

Terrence M. Yau, Shinji Tomita, Richard D. Weisel, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Laura C. Tumiati, Donald A.G. Mickle, and Ren-Ke Li
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 169-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy of renal cortex arteries with chronic continuous flow left ventricular assist

Shin’ichiro Kihara, Kenneth N. Litwak, Larry Nichols, Philip Litwak, Marina V. Kameneva, Zhongjun Wu, Robert L. Kormos, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Joseph J. DeRose, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 183. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Deferoxamine enhances neovascularization and recovery of ischemic skeletal muscle in an experimental sheep model

Valeri S. Chekanov, Victor Nikolaychik, Michelle A. Maternowski, Roxana Mehran, Martin B. Leon, Milena Adamian, Jeffrey Moses, George Dangas, Nicholas Kipshidze, and Masood Akhtar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 184-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Direct compression of the failing heart reestablishes maximal mechanical efficiency

Russell A.J. Carrington, Yifei Huang, Osamu Kawaguchi, Takeshi Yuasa, Kazuaki Shirota, Donald Martin, and Stephen N. Hunyor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 190-196. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of L-arginine or nitroglycerine during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in neonatal lambs

Shinichi Hatsuoka, Takahiko Sakamoto, Ulrich A. Stock, Mitsugi Nagashima, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 197-203. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Therapeutic angiogenesis using autologous bone marrow stromal cells: improved blood flow in a chronic limb ischemia model

Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi, Hilal Al-Sabti, Jacques Galipeau, and Kevin Lachapelle
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 204-209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin inhibits leukocyte–endothelial cell interactions after hemorrhage and reperfusion

Diethard Pruefer, Joachim Makowski, Manfred Dahm, Stefan Guth, Hellmut Oelert, Harald Darius, and Michael Buerke
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 210-215. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Terrance Gourlay and George Asimakopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 215-216. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Delayed para-aortic hematoma after bentall operation

On-Hing Kwok, Lik-Cheung Cheng, and Wing-Hing Chow
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 295. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Radical resection of a giant chondrosarcoma of the anterior chest wall

Achilleas G. Lioulias, John N. Kokotsakis, Michael C. Milonakis, Eleni Anna T. Skouteli, and Dimitrio G. Boulafendis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 296. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Favorable outcome with bivalirudin anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass

Zev Davis, Richard Anderson, Daniel Short, David Garber, and Araldo Valgiusti
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 264-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated cerebral perfusion for intraoperative cerebral malperfusion in type A aortic dissection

Johji Fukada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Akihiko Yamauchi, Takeo Hasegawa, Takuma Satsu, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 266-268. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late quadriplegia after adult coarctation repair

Paul Peters, Jeffrey W. Brennan, Clifford F. Hughes, Martin McGee-Collett, and Geoffrey Parker
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 268-270. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internal mammary artery steal in a dialysis patient

Hiroshi Kato, Seiichiro Ikawa, Akio Hayashi, and Kenji Yokoyama
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 270-271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The fenestrated Kawashima operation for single ventricle with interrupted inferior vena cava

Robert L. Hannan, Anthony F. Rossi, David G. Nykanen, Leo Lopez, Francisco Alonso, Jeffrey A. White, and Redmond P. Burke
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 271-273. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coil embolization of a patent ductus venosus in a 52-day-old girl with congenital heart disease

Tooru Araki, Masahiro Kamada, Yoshio Okamoto, Sadahiko Arai, and Osamu Oba
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 273-275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis as a cause of life-threatening pulmonary hypertension

Sophie M. Jaillard, François R. Godart, Thameur Rakza, Arnaud Chanez, Pierre Lequien, Alain J. Wurtz, and Laurent Storme
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 275-277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral pulmonary artery banding for resuscitation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Toru Ishizaka, Richard G. Ohye, Takaaki Suzuki, Eric J. Devaney, and Edward L. Bove
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 277-279. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with intact ventricular septum and patent ductus arteriosus: report of two cases and a short review of the literature

Heynric B. Grotenhuis, Aagje Nijveld, and Ad Backx
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 280-282. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart transplant for anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery

Kiron K.S. Nair, Lawrence S. Zisman, Ellis Lader, Aneta Dimova, and Charles C. Canver
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 282-284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Theodore E. Warkentin
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 284-285. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Late-onset chylothorax after heart–lung transplantation

David Shitrit, Gabriel Izbicki, Daniel Starobin, Dan Aravot, and Mordechai R. Kramer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 285-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful treatment of Novacor pump pocket infection by omental transposition

Goro Matsumiya, Motonobu Nishimura, Yuji Miyamoto, Yoshiki Sawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 287-288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal-pericardial fistula with purulent pericarditis secondary to esophageal carcinoma presenting with tamponade

Jeddediah Kaufman, Nisa Thongsuwan, Eric Stern, and Riyad Karmy-Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 288-289. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Dumon stent for the treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

Kohsuke Tayama, Naofumi Eriguchi, Yasuhiko Futamata, Hiroshi Harada, Atsushi Yoshida, Akira Matsunaga, and Masahiro Mitsuoka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 290-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant hydatid cysts of lung and liver

Salih Topcu, Ismail Cüneyt Kurul, Tamer Altinok, Ülkü Yazici, and Aydin Demir
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 292-294. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Stapled explant of the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device

Michael K. Banbury
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 297. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified technique for mitral repair without ring annuloplasty

Clifford W. Barlow, Ziad A. Ali, Eric Lim, John B. Barlow, and Francis C. Wells
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 298-300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Daggett’s technique for early repair of postinfarct posterior ventricular septal rupture

Masato Nakajima, Kouji Tsuchiya, Hidenori Inoue, Yuji Naito, and Eiki Mizutani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 301-302. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonic valve annular enlargement with valve repair in tetralogy of Fallot

Si Chan Sung, Siho Kim, Jong Soo Woo, and Young Seok Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 303-305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: not a flash in the pan

Raimondo Ascione, Massimo Caputo, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 306-313. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Depression and anxiety and outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery

Virginie Pignay-Demaria, François Lespérance, Roland G. Demaria, Nancy Frasure-Smith, and Louis P. Perrault
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 314-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Myasthenia gravis: an illustrated history: By John Keesey, MD, 2002, Roseville, California, Publishers Design Group, 120 pp, illustrated, $49.95, ISBN: 1-929170-04-1

Cameron D. Wright
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 152. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Can any conclusion be justified with a 27% loss of patients at follow-up?

Antonio F. Corno
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 322. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Can any conclusion be justified with a 27% loss of patients at follow-up? Reply

Jan T. Christenson and Afksendiyos Kalangos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 322. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Descending aorta–obtuse marginal coronary artery bypass grafting using an automatic anastomotic device

Michael W. Frank and Paul Stefanacci
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 322. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Descending aorta–obtuse marginal coronary artery bypass grafting using an automatic anastomotic device: Reply

Friedrich S. Eckstein and Thierry P. Carrel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 322-323. [Extract] [Full Text]  

One-stage repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, left superior vena cava, cor triatriatum and pulmonary stenosis

Emile A. Bacha and Joanne P. Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 323. [Extract] [Full Text]  

One-stage repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, left superior vena cava, cor triatriatum and pulmonary stenosis: Reply

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Stephen J. Korkola, and Marie J. Béland
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 323-324. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ultraflex expandable metallic stents: difficulties in benign tracheal stenoses

Bernd Schmidt and Christian Witt
Ann Thorac Surg 2003 75: 324. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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