Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Pulmonary segmentectomy: results and complications

David R. Jones, Brendon M. Stiles, Chadrick E. Denlinger, Philip Antippa, and Thomas M. Daniel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:343-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peripheral lung adenocarcinomas: 10 mm or less in diameter

Daizo Kondo, Katsuo Yamada, Yasuhiko Kitayama, and Shoji Hoshi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:350-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minimal alteration of pulmonary function after lobectomy in lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yasuo Sekine, Takekazu Iwata, Masako Chiyo, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Shinichiro Motohashi, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Makoto Suzuki, Toshihiko Iizasa, Yukio Saitoh, and Takehiko Fujisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:356-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Eddie L. Hoover
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:362. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The natural history of recurrence after bronchoplastic procedures for non-small cell lung cancer

Peter H. Hollaus, Peter N. Wurnig, and Nestor S. Pridun
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:363-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Photodynamic therapy for endobronchial metastases from nonbronchogenic primaries

Virginia R. Litle, Neil A. Christie, Hiran C. Fernando, Percival O. Buenaventura, Peter F. Ferson, and James D. Luketich
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:370-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Harvey I. Pass
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:375. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicted versus observed maximum oxygen consumption early after lung resection

Alessandro Brunelli, Marco Monteverde, Alessandro Borri, Michele Salati, Majed Al Refai, and Aroldo Fianchini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:376-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High dose rate brachytherapy in the management of lung transplant airway stenosis

Michael E. Halkos, Karen D. Godette, E. Clinton Lawrence, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:381-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warm ischemia lung protection with pinacidil: an ATP regulated potassium channel opener

Daniel G. Tang, Dawn R. Pavot, Michelle M. Mouria, Dana M. Holwitt, and Neri M. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:385-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thirty-year experience with repair of pectus deformities in adults

Kamal A. Mansour, Vinod H. Thourani, Eric A. Odessey, Megan M. Durham, Joseph I. Miller, Jr, and Daniel L. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safety and efficacy of the supraclavicular approach to thoracic outlet decompression

Thomas S. Maxey, T. Brett Reece, Peter I. Ellman, Curtis G. Tribble, Nancy Harthun, Irving L. Kron, and John A. Kern
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:396-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Twenty-six years of experience with the modified eloesser flap

Vinod H. Thourani, R. Todd Lancaster, Kamal A. Mansour, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:401-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intracostal sutures decrease the pain of thoracotomy

Robert J. Cerfolio, Theolynn N. Price, Ayesha S. Bryant, Cynthia Sale Bass, and Alfred A. Bartolucci
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:407-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Robotic-enhanced biventricular resynchronization: an alternative to endovenous cardiac resynchronization therapy in chronic heart failure

Jean-Luc Jansens, Maurice Jottrand, Nicolas Preumont, Eric Stoupel, and Didier de Cannière
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:413-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Junjiro Kobayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:417. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arterial grafting results in reduced operative mortality and enhanced long-term quality of life in octogenarians

Paul A. Kurlansky, Donald B. Williams, Ernest A. Traad, Roger G. Carrillo, John S. Schor, Melinda Zucker, Sam Singer, and George Ebra
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:418-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intra- and postoperative predictors of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting

Donald S. Likosky, Bruce J. Leavitt, Charles A. S. Marrin, David J. Malenka, Alexander G. Reeves, Ronald M. Weintraub, Louis R. Caplan, Yvon R. Baribeau, David C. Charlesworth, Cathy S. Ross, John H. Braxton, Felix Hernandez, Jr, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:428-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Sotiris Stamou
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:435. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development and validation of a prediction model for strokes after coronary artery bypass grafting

David C. Charlesworth, Donald S. Likosky, Charles A. S. Marrin, Christopher T. Maloney, Hebe B. Quinton, Jeremy R. Morton, Bruce J. Leavitt, Robert A. Clough, and Gerald T. O’Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:436-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the use of cardiopulmonary bypass for multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery an independent predictor of operative mortality in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction?

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Thanos Athanasiou, Shane George, Brian E. Glenville, Anthony C. DeSouza, John R. Pepper, and Mohamed Amrani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:444-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:451-452. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pressure distension stimulates the expression of endothelial adhesion molecules in the human saphenous vein graft

Massimo Chello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Giacomo Frati, Giuseppe Patti, Andrea D’Ambrosio, Germano Di Sciascio, and Elvio Covino
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:453-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

George Asimakopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:458. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phrenic nerve injury associated with high free right internal mammary artery harvesting

Yongzhi Deng, Karen Byth, and Hugh S. Paterson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:459-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The effect of left internal mammary artery utilization on short-term outcomes after coronary revascularization

Robert J. Dabal, J. Richard Goss, Charles Maynard, and Gabriel S. Aldea
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:464-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Ross procedure in adults: intermediate-term results

David A. Fullerton, James W. Fredericksen, R. Sudhir Sundaresan, and Keith A. Horvath
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:471-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiac valve replacement in human immunodeficiency virus–infected patients

Tec Chong, Diane E. Alejo, Peter S. Greene, J. Mark Redmond, Marc S. Sussman, William A. Baumgartner, and Duke E. Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:478-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is 30-day mortality an adequate outcome statistic for patients considering heart valve replacement?

Maria-Benedicta Edwards and Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:482-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Michael A. Borger, Paul W. M. Fedak, and Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:486. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bivalvular mechanical Mitral-Aortic valve replacement in 254 patients: Long-Term results—a 22-year follow-up

Jean-Paul Remadi, Olivier Baron, C. Tribouilloy, Jean C. Roussel, O. Al Habasch, Philippe Despins, Jean-Luc Michaud, and Daniel Duveau
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:487-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emergent endovascular stent grafting for perforated acute type B dissections and ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysms

Mirko Doss, Joern Balzer, Sven Martens, Jeffrey P. Wood, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Anton Moritz, and Hans-Gerd Fieguth
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A double patch sandwich technique for surgical repair of acute aortic dissection type A

Tatiana M. Fleck, Heinz Tschernich, Martin Grabenwoger, Doris Hutschala, Herbert Koinig, Ernst Wolner, and Werner Mohl
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:499-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Readmission to the intensive care unit after "fast-track" cardiac surgery: risk factors and outcomes

Alexander Kogan, Jonathan Cohen, Ehud Raanani, Gideon Sahar, Boris Orlov, Pierre Singer, and Bernardo A. Vidne
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:503-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emboli capture using the Embol-X intraaortic filter in cardiac surgery: a multicentered randomized trial of 1,289 patients

Michael K. Banbury, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Keith B. Allen, Mark S. Slaughter, Neil J. Weissman, Gerald J. Berry, and Keith A. Horvath
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:508-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perfusing and ventilating the patient’s lungs during bypass ameliorates the increase in extravascular thermal volume after coronary bypass grafting

Parwis Massoudy, Jarowit A. Piotrowski, Henry C.J.M. van de Wal, Reiner Giebler, Günter Marggraf, Jürgen Peters, and Heinz G. Jakob
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:516-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Richard Effros
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:521-522. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Impaired oxygenation and increased hemolysis after cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Rabin Gerrah, Yaron Shargal, and Amir Elami
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:523-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiomyocyte apoptosis and ischemic preconditioning in open heart operations

Zhong-Kai Wu, Jari Laurikka, Antti Saraste, Ville Kytö, Erkki J. Pehkonen, Timo Savunen, and Matti R. Tarkka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:528-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acute circulatory actions of intravenous amiodarone loading in cardiac surgical patients

Albert T. Cheung, Stuart J. Weiss, Joseph S. Savino, Warren J. Levy, John G. Augoustides, Amy Harrington, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:535-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beyond Fontan conversion: surgical therapy of arrhythmias including patients with associated complex congenital heart disease

Barbara J. Deal, Constantine Mavroudis, and Carl L. Backer
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:542-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does right ventricular outflow tract damage play a role in the genesis of late right ventricular dilatation after tetralogy of Fallot repair?

Yves d’Udekem d’Acoz, Agnes Pasquet, Laurent Lebreux, Caroline Ovaert, Françoise Mascart, Annie Robert, and Jean E. Rubay
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:555-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Discussion]  

Invited commentary

Markus K. Heinemann
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:561. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ventricular mechanics in the bidirectional glenn procedure and total cavopulmonary connection

Yoshihisa Tanoue, Akira Sese, Yutaka Imoto, and Kunitaka Joh
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:562-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deletion of chromosome 22q11.2 and outcome in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect

William T. Mahle, Joseph Crisalli, Karlene Coleman, Robert M. Campbell, Vincent K. H. Tam, Robert N. Vincent, and Kirk R. Kanter
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:567-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Implications of anomalous right subclavian artery in the repair of neonatal aortic coarctation

Vibeke E. Hjortdal, Sachin Khambadkone, Marc R. de Leval, and Victor T. Tsang
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:572-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Early postoperative prediction of cerebral damage after pediatric cardiac surgery

Gerhard Trittenwein, Alessandra Nardi, Heike Pansi, Johann Golej, Gudrun Burda, Michael Hermon, Harald Boigner, and Gregor Wollenek
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:576-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anomalous coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery: correlation between surgical timing and left ventricular function recovery

Guido Michielon, Duccio Di Carlo, Gianluca Brancaccio, Paolo Guccione, Ennio Mazzera, Alessandra Toscano, and Roberto Michele Di Donato
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:581-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited commentary

Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:588. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcome of unroofing procedure for repair of anomalous aortic origin of left or right coronary artery

Robert L. Romp, J. René Herlong, Carolyn K. Landolfo, Stephen P. Sanders, Coleen E. Miller, Ross M. Ungerleider, and James Jaggers
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:589-596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Intrapericardial teratoma in a neonate

Subash C. Reddy, Kathleen M. Fenton, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Lizabeth M. Lanford, and Frank A. Pigula
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:626. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Three-dimensional computed tomography of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Hiroshi Imagawa, Kanji Kawachi, Yoshihiro Hamada, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, and Nobuo Tsunooka
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:627. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Saber-sheath malacic trachea remodeled and fixed into a normal shape by long-term placement and then removal of gianturco wire stent

Ichiro Fukai, Yosuke Yamakawa, Masanobu Kiriyama, Masahiro Kaji, Motoki Yano, Hidefumi Sasaki, and Yoshitaka Fujii
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:597-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary embolism after lung resection: diagnosis and treatment

Kotaro Kameyama, Cheng-long Huang, Dage Liu, Taku Okamoto, Eiichi Hayashi, Yasumichi Yamamoto, and Hiroyasu Yokomise
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:599-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumorinvading the left atrium

Marius Berman, Georgios P. Georghiou, Tommy Schonfeld, Meora Feinmesser, Gadi Horev, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Milton Saute
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:601-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primary lymphoepithelioma of the esophagus

Freddy Angulo-Pernett and W. Roy Smythe
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:603-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A case of fatal West Nile virus meningoencephalitis associated with receipt of blood transfusions after open heart surgery

Wendy S. Armstrong, C. Allen Bashour, Nicholas G. Smedira, Frederick A. Heupler, Gerald A. Hoeltge, Steven D. Mawhorter, Vijayendra Sudheendra, and Steven M. Gordon
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:605-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methotrexate in acute persistent humoral rejection: an option for graft rescue

Fernando Bacal, Gustavo L. Sodré, Daniela A. Fernandes, Vera D. Aiello, Noedir Stolf, Edimar Bocchi, and Giovanni Bellotti
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:607-610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful management of empyema in a patient with a total artificial heart

William F. Polito, Francisco A. Arabia, Pei H. Tsau, Venki Paramesh, Daniel S. Woolley, Raj K. Bose, Gulshan K. Sethi, and Jack G. Copeland
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:610-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A strategy of hypothermic circulatory arrest for difficult heart transplant postventricular assist device

Eric Charbonneau, Paul J. Hendry, Fraser D. Rubens, Frederic Collart, Vlad Gariboldi, and Thierry G. Mesana
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:611-614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Subdural hemorrhagic injury after open heart surgery

Masato Nakajima, Kouji Tsuchiya, Kazuya Kanemaru, Hiromichi Yamazaki, Hidehito Koizumi, Shin Nakano, Hidenori Inoue, Yuji Naito, and Eiki Mizutani
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:614-615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Off-pump right atrial thrombectomy for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis

Jeffrey A. Morgan, Aftab R. Kherani, Deon W. Vigilance, Faisal H. Cheema, Nicholas J. Colletti, David I. Sahar, Kung-Ming Jan, David L. Diuguid, Roman Nowygrod, Mehmet C. Oz, and Michael Argenziano
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:615-617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regression of intracardiac heparin-induced thrombosis after aortic root surgery

Frédéric Collart, David Derouck, Francois Kerbaul, Horea Feier, and Thierry G. Mesana
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:617-619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uncommon presentation and surgical correction of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome

Federico Brunelli, Andrea Amaducci, Zen Mhagna, Giovanni Troise, and Eugenio Quaini
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:619-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Concomitant transabdominal MIDCAB and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Hidehito Sakaguchi, Shigeki Taniguchi, Tetsuji Kawata, Nobuoki Tabayashi, and Takashi Ueda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:621-622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Transatrial approach of acquired posterior ventricular septal rupture and double orifice technique in tricuspid valve repair

Mario Zogno, Anna Maizza, Ernesto Tappainer, Nicola Pederzolli, Vinicio Fiorani, and Andrea Nocchi
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:622-623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Left ventricular thrombus sans overt cardiac pathology

Om P. Yadava, Sumit Yadav, Saurabh Juneja, Vijay K. Chopra, Rajeev Passey, and Rajen Ghadiok
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:623-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How To Do It:

Description of a new technique for reimplanting the anomalous right pulmonary artery

Kirk McMurtry, Shubhika Srivastava, and Khanh H. Nguyen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:628-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safe hemostasis by application of a new strict graft inclusion technique for replacement of the aortic root

Niyazi Cebi, Johannes Frömke, and Gerd Walterbusch
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:631-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technique of using the St. Jude aortic connector with the radial artery

Kit V. Arom, Vibul Jotisakulratana, Vitoon Pitiguagool, Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, and Piyapan Pamornsing
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:633-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Off-pump long onlay bypass grafting using left internal mammary artery for diffusely diseased coronary artery

Shuichiro Takanashi, Toshihiro Fukui, Yasuyuki Hosoda, and Yoshihiro Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:635-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and cardiac surgery

Theodore E. Warkentin and Andreas Greinacher
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:638-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and other vascular mediastinal tumors: a role for alpha-2a interferon?

Pankaj Kumar, George P. Ladas, Ian Judson, and Andrew G. Nicholson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:653. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply to the editor

Seiki Hasegawa, Noritaka Isowa, and Hiromi Wada
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:653. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Counter-intuitive results from nonrandomized trials may unmask the "Art of Medicine"

George C. Robinson
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:654. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Milo C. Engoren, Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, and Samuel J. Durham
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:654. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Time course of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses after cardiac operation: monocyte HLA-DR expression

Y. John Gu and Willem van Oeveren
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:654-655. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Axel Franke, Wolfgang Lante, and Andreas Markewitz
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:655-656. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is the hemodynamic performance of the carpentier-edwards perimount valve really equivalent to that of stentless valves?

Philippe Pibarot and Jean G. Dumesnil
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:656-657. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Gideon Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:657-658. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pannus formation after mitral valve replacement with the omniscience prosthesis: letter 1

Yoshio Misawa
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:658. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omniscience valve results: letter 2

Javier Teijeira
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:659. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary flow reserve in composite arterial Y grafts

Nawwar Al Attar
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:659-660. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Genichi Sakaguchi and Masashi Komeda
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:660. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Non-cardioplegic coronary bypass is effective, teachable, and still widely used: letter 1

Lawrence I. Bonchek
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:660-661. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coronary surgery with intermittent aortic cross-clamping: a word of caution on the incidence of cerebrovascular accidents: letter 2

Pedro E. Antunes and Manuel J. Antunes
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:661. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reply

Lucia Raco
Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:661-662. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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