The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Articles for Discussion - 2001

Tom Karl The Annals Internet Editor

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* Wound-healing disturbances after vein harvesting for CABG: a randomized trial to compare the minimally invasive direct vision and traditional approaches (Volume 72, Number 6, Page 2038)
Volker Düsterhöft, MD, Matthias Bauer, MD, Semih Buz, MD, Beate Schaumann, MD, Roland Hetzer, PhD
* Involvement of apoptosis in neurological injury after hypothermic circulatory arrest: a new target for therapeutic intervention? (Volume 72, Number 5, Page 1457)
Christian Hagl, MD, Nadine A. Tatton, PhD, Nawid Khaladj, Ning Zhang, MD, Sarah Nandor, Stephanie Insolia, PhD, Donald J. Weisz, PhD, David Spielvogel, MD, Randall B. Griepp, MD
* Evolution of mitral valve surgery: toward a totally endoscopic approach (Volume 72, Number 4, Page 1203)
Jason E. Felger, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, L. Wiley Nifong, and Don Holbert
* One-stage coronary and abdominal aortic operation with or without cardiopulmonary bypass: early and midterm follow-up (Volume 72, Number 3, Page 768)
Raimondo Ascione, Gabriele Iannelli, Kelvin H.H. Lim, Hajime Imura, and Nicola Spampinato
* Regional low-flow perfusion provides somatic circulatory support during neonatal aortic arch surgery (Volume 72, Number 2, Page 401)
Frank A. Pigula, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Ralph D. Siewers, Peter J. Davis, Steven A. Webber, and Edwin M. Nemoto
* Steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression after heart transplantation (Volume 72, Number 1, Page 102)
Timothy E. Oaks, Thomas Wannenberg, Sherry A. Close, Laura E. Tuttle, and Neal D. Kon
* Aortic root replacement versus aortic valve replacement: a case-match study (Volume 72, Number 1, Page 28)
Paul P. Urbanski, Matthias Wagner, Michael Zacher, and Robert W. Hacker
* Arterial switch operation: factors impacting survival in the current era (Volume 71, Number 6, Page 1978)
John W. Brown, Hyung Joo Park, and Mark W. Turrentine
* Repair of anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery in infants: long-term impact on the mitral valve (Volume 71, Number 6, Page 1985)
Charles B. Huddleston, David T. Balzer, and Eric N. Mendeloff
* Anti-HLA class I antibodies and pulmonary homograft function after the Ross procedure in the current era (Volume 71, Number 6, Page 2003)
J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Claus Bartels, Claudia Schmidtke, Wim Skibba, Michael Müller-Steinhardt, Harald Klüter, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
* An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation–based approach to cardiogenic shock in an older population (Volume 71, Number 5, Page 1421)
Christopher Smith, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jai S. Raman, George Matalanis, Alexander Rosalion, Jonathan Buckmaster, Graeme Hart, William Silvester, Geoffrey A. Gutteridge, Ben Smith, Laurie Doolan, and Brian F. Buxton
* Saphenous vein homograft: a superior conduit for the systemic arterial shunt in the Norwood operation (Volume 71, Number 5, Page 1537)
Vincent K.H. Tam, Kathy Murphy, W. James Parks, Anthony A. Raviele, Robert N. Vincent, Margaret Strieper, and Angel R. Cuadrado
* Closed drainage using Redon catheters for poststernotomy mediastinitis: results and risk factors for adverse outcome (Volume 71, Number 5, Page 1580)
Matthias Kirsch, Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Rémi Houël, Emmanuelle Giroud, Marie-Line Hillion, and Daniel Y. Loisance
* Mitral valve procedure in dilated cardiomyopathy: repair or replacement? (Volume 71, Number 4, Page 1146)
Antonio M. Calafiore, Sabina Gallina, Michele Di Mauro, Filoteo Gaeta, Angela L. Iacò, Stefano D’Alessandro, Valerio Mazzei, and Gabriele Di Giammarco
* Assisted venous drainage cardiopulmonary bypass in congenital heart surgery (Volume 71, Number 4, Page 1267)
Jorge W. Ojito, Robert L. Hannan, Kagami Miyaji, Jeffrey A. White, Todd W. McConaghey, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, and Redmond P. Burke
* Coronary artery bypass combined with bilateral carotid endarterectomy (Volume 71, Number 3, Page 777)
Mark Dylewski, Charles C. Canver, Jyotirmay Chanda, R. Clement Darling, III, and Dhiraj M. Shah
* The role of apolipoprotein E in cognitive decline after cardiac operation (Volume 71, Number 3, Page 823)
Liz Steed, Robert Kong, Jan Stygall, Jayshree Acharya, Manjeet Bolla, Michael J.G. Harrison, Steve E. Humphries, and Stanton P. Newman
* Individualized heparin and protamine management in infants and children undergoing cardiac operations (Volume 71, Number 3, Page 922)
Massimiliano Codispoti, Christopher A. Ludlam, David Simpson, and Pankaj S. Mankad
* Current management of postoperative chylothorax (Volume 71, Number 2, Page 448)
Hossein Fahimi, Filip P. Casselman, Massimo A. Mariani, Wim J. van Boven, Paul J. Knaepen, and Henry A. van Swieten
* Open commissurotomy for critical isolated aortic stenosis in neonates (Volume 71, Number 2, Page 489)
Christos Alexiou, Stephen M. Langley, Malcolm J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, Anthony P. Salmon, Barry R. Keeton, Marcus P. Haw, and James L. Monro
* Clinical analysis of results of a simple left atrial procedure for chronic atrial fibrillation (Volume 71, Number 2, Page 577)
Katsuhiko Imai, Taijiro Sueda, Kazumasa Orihashi, Masanobu Watari, and Yuichiro Matsuura
* Valvuloplasty with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium in patients with complex mitral valve pathology (Volume 71, Number 1, Page 78)
Choi-Keung Ng, Joachim Nesser, Christian Punzengruber, Otmar Pachinger, Johannes Auer, Herbert Franke, and Peter Hartl
* The radial artery versus the saphenous vein graft in contemporary CABG: a case-matched study (Volume 71, Number 1, Page 180)
Gideon Cohen, Miguel G. Tamariz, Jeri Y. Sever, Negin Liaghati, Veena Guru, George T. Christakis, Gopal Bhatnagar, Charles Cutrara, Labib Abouzahr, Bernard S. Goldman, and Stephen E. Fremes
* When to discontinue extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy support (Volume 71, Number 1, Page 210)
Steven M. Fiser, Curtis G. Tribble, Aditya K. Kaza, Stewart M. Long, Richard K. Zacour, John A. Kern, and Irving L. Kron
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