The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January-June 2002: Vol 73 Table of Contents

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Contents
Number 1 January 2002
1 EDITORIAL BOARD, 2002 a7 Clinical Outcome in
Patients With 19-mm and 21-mm
St. Jude Aortic Prostheses:
GUEST REVIEWERS FOR Comparison at Long-Term Follow-up
THE ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY Aldo D. Milano, MD, Marco De Carlo, MD,
Gianclaudio Mecozzi, MD, Alessandro
D’Alfonso, MD, Giovanni Scioti, MD, Carmela
Nardi, MD, and Uberto Bortolotti, MD
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
44 Long-Term Results
Implementation of the 2000-2001 With Triple Valve Surgery
Strategic Plan Begins: New Bylaws and More
Michel Carrier, MD, Michel Pellerin, MD, Denis
Mark B. Orringer, MD Bouchard, MD, Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhD,
Raymond Cartier, MD, Yves Hébert, MD, Arséne
Basmadjian, MD, Pierre Pagé, MD, and Nancy C.
Poirier, MD
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
48 Apical Ventricular Septal
11 A Passion to Heal
Defects: Follow-up Concerning
William F. Sasser, MD
Anatomic and Surgical Considerations
Stella Van Praagh, MD, John E. Mayer, Jr, MD,
Norman B. Berman, MD, Michael F. Flanagan,
MD, Tal Geva, MD, and Richard Van Praagh,
EDITORIAL MD
Invited Commentary
15 Writing in a Borrowed Tongue
Kirk R. Kanter, MD
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, MD
58 Surgical Repair of Supposedly
Multiple Defects Within the Apical
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Part of the Muscular Ventricular Septum
CARDIOVASCULAR
Victor T. Tsang, FRCS, Tain-Yen Hsia, MD,
Robert W. M. Yates, MRCP, and Robert H.
17 Yearly Rupture or
Anderson, FRCPath
Dissection Rates for Thoracic Aortic
Aneurysms: Simple Prediction Based on Size Invited Commentary
Tetsuya Kitagawa, MD
Ryan R. Davies, BA, Lee J. Goldstein, MD,
Michael A. Coady, MD, Shawn L. Tittle, MD,
John A. Rizzo, PhD, Gary S. Kopf, MD, and John
64 Fontan’s Operation: Is Aspirin
A. Elefteriades, MD
Enough? Is Coumadin Too Much?
Marshall L. Jacobs, MD, Kamal K.
29 Aortic Valve Reimplantation
Pourmoghadam, MD, Elaine M. Geary,
in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm:
RNCRNP, Angelo T. Reyes, MD, Nandini
Risk Factors for Early Valve Failure
Madan, MD, Lynn B. McGrath, MD, and John W.
Klaus Pethig, MD, Andrea Milz, Christian Hagl,
Moore, MD
MD, Wolfgang Harringer, MD, and Axel
Haverich, MD
69 Surgical Results
34 Mitral Stenosis of Double-Orifice Left
After Mitral Valve Repair for Atrioventricular Valve Associated
Non-Rheumatic Mitral Regurgitation With Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Mohamed F. Ibrahim, MD, and Tirone E. David, Toshihide Nakano, MD, Hideaki Kado, MD, Yu-
MD ichi Shiokawa, MD, and Kouji Fukae, MD
76 Total Cavopulmonary 123 Inhibition of Neutrophil
Connection With an Extracardiac Apoptosis After Coronary Bypass
Conduit: Experience With 100 Patients Operation With Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Shigehiko Tokunaga, MD, Hideaki Kado, MD, Massimo Chello, MD, Pasquale Mastroroberto,
Yutaka Imoto, MD, Munetaka Masuda, MD, MD, Angela Quirino, PhD, Giovanni Cuda, MD,
Yuichi Shiokawa, MD, Kouji Fukae, MD, Naoki Francesco Perticone, MD, Francesco Cirillo, MD,
Fusazaki, MD, Shiro Ishikawa, MD, and Hisataka and Elvio Covino, MD
Yasui, MD
Invited Commentary
Philippe Menasché, MD, PhD
81 Apico-Aortic Conduits in
Children With Severe Left 131 Flow Dynamics in Internal
Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Thoracic Artery Grafts 10 Years
Sohit K. Khanna, MD, Mark P. Anstadt, MD, After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Shabir Bhimji, MD, Mary M. Bannan, CRNFA,
Yukio Ichikawa, MD, Hirokazu Kajiwara, MD,
Kwabena Mawulawde, MD, G. Lionel Zumbro, Yasuharu Noishiki, MD, Ichiya Yamazaki, MD,
MD, and H. Victor Moore, MD Kenji Yamamoto, MD, Takayuki Kosuge, MD,
Sunao Sato, MD, and Yoshinori Takanashi, MD
88 Successful Late Reintervention Invited Commentary
After the Arterial Switch Procedure
Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhD, and Roland G.
Sanjiv K. Gandhi, MD, Frank A. Pigula, MD, and
Demaria, MD
Ralph D. Siewers, MD
Association of Bacterial Infection
How to Diminish Reoperation Rates and Red Blood Cell Transfusion
96
After Initial Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot? After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Bernard Faidutti, MD, Jan T. Christenson, MD, Scott B. Chelemer, MD, B. Stephen Prato, MA,
Maurice Beghetti, MD, Beat Friedli, MD, and Paul M. Cox, Jr, MD, Gerald T. O’Connor, DSc,
Afksendiyos Kalangos, MD and Jeremy R. Morton, MD
The Radial Artery in Coronary
102 Arrhythmia After Modified
Surgery: A 5-Year Experience—
Total Cavopulmonary Connection
Clinical and Angiographic Results
Without Use of Prosthetic Material
James Tatoulis, FRACS, Alistair G. Royse,
Takaaki Suzuki, MD, Takayasu Murai, MD,
FRACS, Brian F. Buxton, FRACS, John A. Fuller,
Masaaki Sato, MD, Tsutomu Ito, MD, and Toyoki
FRACP, Peter D. Skillington, FRACS, John C.
Fukuda, MD
Goldblatt, FRACS, Robin P. Brown, FRACS, and
Michael A. Rowland, FRACS
107 Atrial Size and Transport
Function After the Maze III
149 Left Pleural Effusion After
Procedure for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Coronary Artery Bypass Decreases
Stefan L6nnerholm, MD, Per Blomstr6ém, MD, With a Supplemental Pleural Drain
Leif Nilsson, MD, and Carina Blomstr6m-
Maryann Payne, MD, George J. Magovern, Jr,
Lundqvist, MD
MD, Daniel H. Benckart, MD, Alexander
Vasilakis, MD, Gary W. Szydlowski, MD, John C.
Cardone, MD, Gary C. Marrone, MD, John A.
Magnesium-Supplemented
Burkholder, D, and James A. Magovern, MD
Warm Blood Cardioplegia
in Patients Undergoing
Evaluating Routine
Coronary Artery Revascularization
Diuretics After Coronary Surgery: A
Mark Yeatman, FRCS, Massimo Caputo, MD,
Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Pradeep Narayan, FRCS, Attilio A. Lotto, MD,
Raimondo Ascione, MD, Alan J. Bryan, FRCS, Eric Lim, MRCS, Ziad A. Ali, MB, ChB (Hons),
and Gianni D. Angelini, FRCS Robert Attaran, MB, ChB, and Graham Cooper,
MD, FRCS(C/Th)
119 Injury of the Common Peroneal
Myocardial Immediate
156
Nerve After Cardiothoracic Operations
Early Gene Activation
Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, MD, Gabriele Krebs,
After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
MD, Johannes Schiefer, MD, Jorg S. Sachweh,
With Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion
MD, Oliver J. Liakopoulos, MD, Georg Wendt,
David P. Nelson, MD, Stephanie Burns
MD, and Bruno J. Messmer, MD
Wechsler, MD, Takuya Miura, MD, Amy Stagg,
Invited Commentary Jane W. Newburger, MD, John E. Mayer, Jr, MD,
Norig Ellisn, MD and Elli J. Neufeld, MD
— =
163 Lamotrigine Plus ORIGINAL ARTICLES:
Leukocyte Filtration as GENERAL THORACIC
a Neuroprotective Strategy in
Lung Transplantation
Experimental Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Jussi Rimpilainen, MD, Pekka Romsi, MD, Matti
Eric N. Mendeloff, MD, Bryan F. Meyers, MD,
Pokela, MS, Jorma Hirvonen, MD, PhD, Vilho
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD, Tracey J. Guthrie, BSN,
Vainionpaa, MD, PhD, Kai T. Kiviluoma, MD,
Stuart C. Sweet, MD, Maite de la Morena, MD,
PhD, Fausto Biancari, MD, PhD, Pasi Ohtonen,
Steve Shapiro, MD, David T. Balzer, MD, Elbert
MS, Ville Jantti, MD, PhD, Vesa Anttila, MD,
P. Trulock, MD, John P. Lynch, MD, Michael K.
PhD, and Tatu Juvonen, MD, PhD
Pasque, MD, Joel D. Cooper, MD, Charles B.
Huddleston, MD, and G. Alexander Patterson,
MD
173 Long-Term Treatment With
Nipradilol, a Nitric Oxide—Releasing
B-Adrenergic Blocker, Enhances 220 Melatonin Attenuates
Postischemic Recovery and Limits Infarct Size Posttransplant Lung
Yoshihiro Suematsu, MD, Toshiya Ohtsuka, MD, Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Hitoshi Horimoto, MD, Katsuhide Maeda, MD,
Ilhan Inci, MD, Demet Inci, MD, André Dutly,
Yasunari Nakai, MD, Shigetoshi Mieno, MD, and
MD, Annette Boehler, MD, and Walter Weder,
Shinichi Takamoto, MD MD
Invited Commentary
Invited Commentary
Hikaru Matsuda, MD, PhD
Karl S. Ulicny, Jr, MD
180 Combination of Alpha-Stat 226 Pulmonary Blood Flow Is
Strategy and Hemodilution Inhomogeneously Reduced After Euro
Exacerbates Neurologic Injury Collins-Preservation and Lung Transplantation
in Survival Piglet Model With Matthias Brinkmann, MD, Jochen Boérgermann,
Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest MD, Fred H. Splittgerber, MD, Jan Spillner, MD,
Jurgen Christoph Reidemeister, MD, PhD, Oliver
Takahiko Sakamoto, MD, David Zurakowski,
Kuss, BS, and Ivar Friedrich, MD
PhD, Lennart F. Duebener, MD, Shin’ichi
Hatsuoka, MD, Hart G. W. Lidov, MD, PhD,
Gregory L. Holmes, MD, Ulrich A. Stock, MD,
Peter C. Laussen, MD, and Richard A. Jonas, MD 233 C1-Esterase Inhibitor Reduces
Reperfusion Injury After Lung Transplantation
Invited Commentary
Mirela Scherer, MD, Stefanos Demertzis, MD,
Ross M. Ungerleider, MD
PhD, Frank Langer, MD, Anton Moritz, MD,
PhD, and Hans-Joachim Schafers, MD, PhD
Invited Commentary
191 Effect of Hypothermia on Cerebral
Steven M. Fiser, MD, and Curtis G. Tribble, MD
Blood Flow and Metabolism in the Pig
Marek P. Ehrlich, MD, Jock N. McCullough, MD,
Ning Zhang, MD, Donald J. Weisz, PhD, Tatu
240 Full Thoracoscopic Approach
Juvonen, MD, Carol A. Bodian, DrPH, and
for Surgical Management of
Randall B. Griepp, MD
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Invited Commentary
Dominique Gossot, MD, Pierre Validire, MD,
Thierry P. Carrel, MD, FECTS
Rosaire Vaillancourt, MD, Gérard Socié, MD,
Hélene Esperou, MD, Agnes Devergie, MD,
Philippe Guardiola, MD, Dominique
198 Profound Reduction in Grunenwald, MD, Eliane Gluckman, MD, PhD,
and Patricia Ribaud, MD
Brain Embolization Using an
Endoaortic Baffle During Bypass in Swine
David J. Cook, MD, Kenton J. Zehr, MD, Thomas
245 Inter-Observer Variability in Systematic
A. Orszulak, MD, and Jared M. Slater, BA
Nodal Dissection: Comparison of
European and Japanese Nodal Designation
Shun-ichi Watanabe, MD, George Ladas, FRCS,
203 Comparing Dual-Stream and
and Peter Goldstraw, FRCS
Standard Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pigs
John A. Macoviak, MD, Jimmy Hwang, PhD, Invited Commentary
Kelly L. Boerjan, BS, and Dwight D. Deal, BS Tsuguo Naruke, MD
Extended Cervical Mediastinoscopy in the Aortoscopy: A Less
Diagnosis of Anterior Mediastinal Masses Invasive Intraoperative
Muzaffer Metin, MD, Adnan Sayar, MD, Akif Method to Assess the Aortic Valve
Turna, MD, and Atilla Giirses, MD Eduardo A. Tovar, MD, Jon R. Sherman, MD,
David M. Weinberg, MD, Yonghun C. Suh, MD,
Ramesh H. Rathod, MD, and Alan Borsari, MD
253 Characteristics and Prognosis of
Resected T3 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 286 Huge Left Atrial Thrombus With Mitral
Marc Riquet, MD, PhD, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Stenosis in Congenital Factor XII Deficiency
MD, PhD, Francoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, MD,
Tomomi Hasegawa, MD, Masahisa Uematsu,
Antoine Dujon, MD, Redha Souilamas, MD,
MD, Takuro Tsukube, MD, Yukihiro Takemura,
Claire Danel, MD, and Dominique Manac’h, MD
MD, and Yutaka Okita, MD
288 Endovascular Stent Grafting of
259 An Initial Experience With FDG-PET
the Descending Thoracic Aorta After
in the Imaging of Residual Disease
Arch Repair in Acute Type A Dissection
After Induction Therapy for Lung Cancer
Hiromi Yano, MD, Shin Ishimaru, MD, Satoshi
Tim Akhurst, MD, Robert J. Downey, MD,
Kawaguchi, MD, and Yukio Obitsu, MD
Michelle S. Ginsberg, MD, Mithat Gonen, PhD,
Manjit Bains, MD, Robert Korst, MD, Robert J.
291 Aortic Arch Replacement for
Ginsberg, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, and
Recurrent Cerebral Embolization
Steven M. Larson, MD
Gilead Lancaster, MD, Constantinos J. Lovoulos,
MD, Michael Moussouttas, MD, Andrew H.
267 Esophageal Atresia: Historical Evolution Goldstein, MD, Dana Leifer, MD, Pierre B.
of Management and Results in 371 Patients Fayad, MD, Drew Olsen, MD, and John A.
Jacqueline A. Deurloo, MD, Seine Ekkelkamp, Elefteriades, MD
MD, Mak Schoorl, MD, Hugo A. Heij, MD, PhD,
and Daniel C. Aronson, MD, PhD 294 Delayed Surgical Management
of a Traumatic Aortic Arch Injury
Yvonne M. Carter, MD, Riyad Karmy-Jones, MD,
and Gabriel S. Aldea, MD
CASE REPORTS
296 Carbon Dioxide Embolism During
Minimally Invasive Vein Harvesting
273 Pulmonary Venous
Thomas A. Banks, RPA-C, Frank Manetta, MD,
Obstruction After Total
Mark Glick, MD, and L. Michael Graver, MD
Cavopulmonary Connection in Heterotaxy
Tetsuro Uchida, MD, Hideki Uemura, MD,
297 Coronary Artery Spasm
Toshikatsu Yagihara, MD, Shinya Tsukano, MD,
and Ventricular Fibrillation
and Soichiro Kitamura, MD
After Off-Pump Coronary Surgery
Hartmuth B. Bittner, MD
274 Congenital Mitral-Aortic Discontinuity
Domingo Liotta, MD, Armando Diluch, MD, 300 Ptosis Postcardiac Surgery:
Adriano Malusardi, MD, and Miguel del Rio, A Case of Pituitary Apoplexy
MD Aiman Alzetani, FRCS, Christopher Fisher, MB,
Robert Costa, FRACS, and Sunil K. Ohri, FRCS
278 Antero-Axillary Access for
302 Perforating Barrett’s Ulcer Resulting in a
Hypoplastic Aortic Arch Repair
Life-Threatening Esophagobronchial Fistula
Sandra Fraund, MD, Andreas Boning, MD, Jens
John J. Nigro, MD, MS, Ross M. Bremner, MD,
Scheewe, MD, and Jochen T. Cremer, MD
PhD, Clark B. Fuller, MD, Jorg Theisen, MD,
Yanling Ma, MD, and Vaughn A. Starnes, MD
280 Multidose Cardioplegia in a
304 Necrotizing Soft Tissue
Complex Arterial Switch Procedure
Infection of the Chest Wall
Renee S. Hartz, MD, Serafin Y. DeLeon, MD,
Julian E. Losanoff, MD, James W. Jones, MD,
Jaime G. Dorotan, MD, and Elaine M. Urbina,
MD PhD, and Bruce W. Richman, MA
306 Donor Transfer of Pulmonary
282 Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome With Coccidioidomycosis in Lung Transplantation
Aortic Regurgitation in a 50-Year-Old Man Uttam Tripathy, MD, Gordon L. Yung, MBBS,
Pankaj Goel, MCh, Sethurathinam Rajan, MCh, Jolene M. Kriett, MD, Patricia A. Thistlethwaite,
V. M. Kurian, MCh, Raibhan Yadav, MD, and MD, David P. Kapelanski, MD, and Stuart W.
Kotturathu Mammen Cherian, FRACS Jamieson, FRCS
Bilateral Lung Transplantation Biologic Glue-Molded “Bio-Mini-Paddle”
Using a Donor With a Electrode Used for Atrial
Tracheal Right Upper Lobe Bronchus and Ventricular Pacing and Defibrillation
Yasuo Sekine, MD, PhD, Stefan Fischer, MD, Hiroshi Kubota, MD, Shinichi Takamoto, MD,
Marc de Perrot, MD, Andrew F. Pierre, MD, and Arata Murakami, MD, Yutaka Kotsuka, MD, and
Shaf Kesavjee, MD Akira Furuse, MD
310 Tracheobronchoplasty
for Resection of Lung Cancer
Arising From a Tracheal Bronchus
REVIEWS
Masaaki Sato, MD, Seiki Hasegawa, MD, PhD,
Tsuyoshi Shoji, MD, and Hiromi Wada, MD, 325 Intravenous Milrinone in Cardiac Surgery
PhD
Jerrold H. Levy, MD, James M. Bailey, MD, PhD,
and G. Michael Deeb, MD
312 Dyspnea Lusoria:
Compression of the Pulmonary 331 First-Stage Palliation
Artery by a Kommerell’s Diverticulum for Hypoplastic Left Heart
Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, Mark L. Barr, MD, Syndrome in the Twenty-First Century
Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, Shelley Shapiro, MD, Jeffrey M. Pearl, MD, David P. Nelson, MD, PhD,
PhD, Suzanne Palmer, MD, and Daniel S. Steven M. Schwartz, MD, and Peter B. Manning,
Schwartz, MD MD
Invited Commentary
314 Pneumomediastinum Marshall L. Jacobs, MD
During Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
Fraser W. H. Sutherland, FRCS, Stephanie Y. G.
Ho, MB, and Ciro Campanella, MD
CORRESPONDENCE
IMAGES IN
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY 341 “Hearts for All”: A Humanitarian
Association for the Promotion of Cardiology
316 Complete Resorption
and Cardiac Surgery in Developing Countries
of a Thoracic Aortic
Afksendiyos Kalangos, MD
Aneurysm After Stent-Graft Placement
Marc R. Moon, MD, Luis A. Sanchez, MD, Reply
Thoralf M. Sundt II], MD, and Gregorio A. Amram J. Cohen, MD
Sicard, MD
342 Induced Ventricular Fibrillation in
317 Left Internal Mammary Artery the Management of Aortic Arch Trauma
Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD
to Pulmonary Artery Fistula After
Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Reply
Luigi Maiello, MD, Giorgio Franciosi, MD, Inderjit S. Gill, MD, Roger Lim, MD, R. Thomas
Patrizia Presbitero, MD, and Roberto Gallotti, Temes, MD, and Charles E. Smith, MD
MD
342 Cellular Myoplasty: What
HOW TO DO IT Are We Really Trying to Achieve?
Robert C. Gorman, MD, and Joseph H. Gorman
318 Aortic Valve Exposure Ill, MD
Through a Combined
Right Atrial-Ascending Reply
Bruno Pouzet, MD, and Philippe Menasché, MD,
Aortic Approach in Redo Cases
PhD
Antonio M. Calafiore, MD, Gabriele Di
Giammarco, MD, and Giuseppe Vitolla, MD
343 Right Ventricle to Pulmonary
Artery Connection After the
320 Epicardial Ablation of Atrial
Ross Procedure: Is it Really a Concern?
Fibrillation on the Beating
Zohair Al Halees, FRCS
Heart Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Reply
Domenico Mazzitelli, MD, Chul-Hyun Park, MD,
Kook-Yang Park, MD, Federico J. Benetti, MD, Ehud Raanani, MD, Terrence M. Yau, MD, MS,
and Ruediger Lange, MD and Tirone E. David, MD
Risk of Coronary Artery S355 Program
Occlusion With Snares During OPCAB
Roland G. Demaria, MD, Simon Fortier, MD, and
Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhD
S358 Assessing the Learning Curve
Reply in Off-Pump Coronary Artery
Fang-Yue Lin, MD, PhD, and Yih-Sharng Chen, Surgery via CUSUM Failure Analysis
MD Richard J. Novick, MD, Stephanie A. Fox, RRCP,
Larry W. Stitt, MS, Bob B. Kiaii, MD, Stuart A.
345 LIMA Use in the Swinamer, MD, Reiza Rayman, MD, Thomas R.
STS Database: A Correction Wenske, MD, and W. Douglas Boyd, MD
Lawrence I. Bonchek, MD
Reply
S363 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Registration
Heinz R. Zurbriigg, MD, PhD
and Quantitation of the Brain Before and
346 Assessing the Radial Artery After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
for a Coronary Bypass Conduit Alejandro Kohn, FRCS
Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, MD
346 Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty: “The
S366 Scientific Abstracts
Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name”
John M. Alvarez, FRACS
Reply
S378 Announcement: Outcomes 2002
David J. Barron, FRCS, and John R. Pepper,
FRCS
347 Time to Remember P. K. Sen’s Legacy ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ratna A. Magotra, MD
A-54-56 Events of Interest
348 Postoperative Fluorescence
Bronchoscopic Surveillance: A 57 Southern Thoracic
Worthwhile Procedure in a Subset of Patients Surgical Association:
Keyvan Moghissi, FRCS, J. Andrew C. Thorpe, Forty-ninth Annual Meeting
FRCS, and Kate Dixon, BA (Hons)
95 Notice From the American
Reply
Board of Thoracic Surgery
Tracey L. Weigel, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD,
and James D. Luketich, MD
118 The Society of Thoracic
Surgeons: Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting
349 Durability of the Intercostal Muscle Pedicle
Nicholas J. Demos, MD
162 Internet Discussion Forum
Reply
Joseph B. Shrager, MD, Maher E. Deeb, MD, and
172 Requirements for Recertification/
Larry R. Kaiser, MD
Maintenance of Certification in 2002
349 Is “Steal” Present in Hemodialysis Patients
239 The Thoracic Surgery
With Ipsilateral Internal Mammary Graft?
Foundation for Research and Education
Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr, and Richard J. Harris, MD
Reply 266 Notice From the American
Yoshihiro Nakayama, MD, and Ryuzo Sakata, Board of Thoracic Surgery
MD Regarding Trainees and
Candidates for Certification
Who Are Called to Military
SUPPLEMENT: OUTCOMES
Service Related to the War on Terrorism
2001—Conference on Cardiac
and Vascular Surgery:
A-57 Southern Thoracic
Neurobehavioral Assessment, Surgical Association
Physiological Monitoring, Rules for Submission of Abstracts
and Cerebral Protective Strategies
A-58, 59 Classified Advertisements
$353 Introduction: Outcomes 2001
John M. Murkin, MD, and David A. Stump, PhD A-70 Index to Advertisers
Number 2 February 2002
EDITORIAL 416 “True” Parahiatal Hernia:
A Rare Entity Radiologic
379 Our Responsibility for Improving the Care
Presentation and Clinical Management
of Elderly Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients
Michael G. Scheidler, MD, Robert J. Keenan,
Joseph LoCicero III, MD
MD, Richard H. Maley, Jr, MD, Robert J.
Wiechmann, MD, Dennis Fowler, MD, and
ORIGINAL ARTICLES:
Rodney J. Landreneau, MD
GENERAL THORACIC
420 Incidence of Major Pulmonary Morbidity
381 Effects of Antireflux
After Pneumonectomy: Association
Procedures on Respiratory Symptoms
With Timing of Smoking Cessation
Kevin L. Greason, CDR, MC, USNR, Daniel L.
Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, Kelly W. Merriman,
Miller, MD, Claude Deschamps, MD, Mark S.
MPH, Ferrah Ece, MD, Jack A. Roth, MD, W. Roy
Allen, MD, Francis C. Nichols III, MD, Victor F.
Smythe, MD, Stephen G. Swisher, MD, Garrett
Trastek, MD, and Peter C. Pairolero, MD
L. Walsh, MD, Jonathan C. Nesbitt, MD, and
Joseph B. Putnam, Jr, MD
386 Natural History of Pure
Ground-Glass Opacity After
427 Current Presentation and
Long-Term Follow-up of More Than 2 Years
Optimal Surgical Management
Ken Kodama, MD, Masahiko Higashiyama, MD,
of Sternoclavicular Joint Infections
Hideoki Yokouchi, MD, Koji Takami, MD, Keiko
Howard K. Song, MD, PhD, T. Sloane Guy, MD,
Kuriyama, MD, Yoko Kusunoki, MD, Tomio
Larry R. Kaiser, MD, and Joseph B. Shrager, MD
Nakayama, MD, and Fumio Imamura, MD
Invited Commentary 432 Non-Viral Gene Delivery to
Harvey I. Pass, MD Atelectatic and Ventilated Lungs
394 Can FDG-PET Reduce the Need for Uz Stammberger, MD, Aima N. Uduehi, PhD,
Mediastinoscopy in Potentially Bartosz Kubisa, MD, Thierry Roth, MD, and
Resectable Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer? Ralph A. Schmid, MD
Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, PhD, Kelley A.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES:
McLaughlin, RN, Yusuf Menda, MD, Nicholas P.
CARDIOVASCULAR
Rossi, MD, Daniel J. Kahn, MD, David L.
Bushnell, MD, Michael M. Graham, MD, PhD,
438 Aortic Root Replacement in 271
Carl K. Brown, MS, and Mark T. Madsen, PhD
Marfan Patients: A 24-Year Experience
403 Detection of Estrogen Receptor Vincent L. Gott, MD, Duke E. Cameron, MD,
by Immunohistochemistry Diane E. Alejo, BA, Peter S. Greene, MD,
in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Jay G. Shake, MD, David J. Caparrelli, MD, and
Harry C. Dietz, MD
David J. Dabbs, MD, Rodney J. Landreneau, MD,
Yulin Liu, MD, Stephen S. Raab, MD, Richard H.
444 Repair of the Thoracic Aorta by
Maley, MD, Ming Y. Tung, and Jan F. Silverman,
Transaortic Stent Grafting (Open Stenting)
MD
Naomichi Uchida, MD, Hiroshi Ishihara, MD,
407 Role of Fiberscopic Transbronchial
Mitsuru Sakashita, MD, Mikihiro Kanou, MD,
Needle Aspiration in the
and Tatsuaki Sumiyoshi, MD
Staging of N2 Disease Due
Invited Commentary
to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Martin Grabenwéger, MD
Marco Patelli, MD, Luigi Lazzari Agli, MD,
Venerino Poletti, MD, Rocco Trisolini, MD,
450 Total Aortic Arch Grafting for
Alessandra Cancellieri, MD, Nicola Lacava, MD,
Acute Type A Dissection:
Franco Falcone, MD, and Maurizio Boaron, MD
Analysis of Residual False Lumen
Yoshiharu Takahara, MD, Yoshio Sudo, MD,
412 Malignant Minor Pleural Effusion
Kenzi Mogi, MD, Mituyuki Nakayama, MD, and
Detected on Thoracotomy for
Manabu Sakurai, MD
Patients With Non-Small
Cell Lung Cancer: Is Tumor 455 Prosthetic Replacement of the
Resection Beneficial for Prognosis? Aorta Is a Risk Factor for
Noriyoshi Sawabata, MD, Akihide Matsumura, Aortic Root Aneurysm Development
MD, Akira Motohiro, MD, Yoshihiko Osaka, MD, Natascha Simon-Kupilik, MD, Heinz Schima,
Keiichiro Gennga, MD, Shimao Fukai, MD, and PhD, Leopold Huber, ME, Reinhard Moidl, MD,
Takashi Mori, MD, for The Japan National Chest Gerhard Wipplinger, Udo Losert, MD, Ernst
Hospital Study Group for Lung Cancer Wolner, MD, and Paul Simon, MD
460 Does Ministernotomy Improve 505 Minimally Invasive Single-Vessel
Postoperative Outcome in Coronary Artery Bypass With the
Aortic Valve Operation? Internal Thoracic Artery and Early
A Prospective Randomized Study Postoperative Angiography:
Massimo Bonacchi, MD, Edvin Prifti, MD, Midterm Results of a Prospective
Gabriele Giunti, MD, Giacomo Frati, MD, and Study in 120 Consecutive Patients
Guido Sani, MD Sérgio A. Oliveira, MD, Luiz Augusto F. Lisboa,
MD, Luis Alberto O. Dallan, MD, Salomon O.
Invited Commentary
Rojas, MD, and Luiz F. Poli de Figueiredo, MD,
Alejandro Aris, MD, PhD
PhD
511 Feasibility and Suitability of the Routine
467 Prosthetic Replacement of Tricuspid
Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries
Valve: Bioprosthetic or Mechanical
Takashi Hirotani, MD, Shogo Shirota, MD,
Mehmet Kaplan, MD, Mustafa Sinan Kut, MD,
Yasunori Cho, MD, and Shigeyuki Takeuchi, MD
Mahmut Murat Demirtas, MD, Serdar Cimen,
MD, and Azmi Ozler, MD
516 Interaction Between Vasodilators
and Vasopressin in Internal
Mammary Artery and Clinical Significance
474 Up to 8-Year Follow-up of Valve
Replacement With CarboMedics Valve Wei Wei, MD, H. Storm Floten, MD, and
Guo-Wei He, MD, PhD
Yoshiharu Soga, MD, Hitoshi Okabayashi, MD,
PhD, Takeshi Nishina, MD, Sakae Enomoto, MD,
PhD, Ichiro Shimada, MD, Tadaomi-Alfonso 523 Endoscopic Versus Open
Miyamoto, MD, and Toshihiko Ban, MD, PhD Saphenous Vein Harvest: A Comparison
of Postoperative Wound Complications
Invited Commentary
Jerene M. Bitondo, PAC, Willard M. Daggett,
Jan L. Svennevig, MD, PhD
MD, David F. Torchiana, MD, Cary W. Akins,
MD, Alan D. Hilgenberg, MD, Gus J. Vlahakes,
480 A Decade of Change—Risk Profiles and MD, Joren C. Madsen, MD, Thomas E.
MacGillivray, MD, and Arvind K. Agnihotri, MD
Outcomes for Isolated Coronary Artery
Bypass Grafting Procedures, 1990-1999:
A Report From the STS National 529 Beneficial Effects of Inhaled Nitric
Oxide in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients
Database Committee and the
Thomas S. Maxey, MD, Christopher D. Smith,
Duke Clinical Research Institute
MBBS, FRACS, John A. Kern, MD, Curtis G.
T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, MD, Bradley G. Hammill,
Tribble, MD, David R. Jones, MD, Irving L. Kron,
MA, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, Elizabeth R.
MD, and Ivan K. Crosby, MBBS, FRCS
DeLong, PhD, and Frederick L. Grover, MD, for
the STS National Database Committee
534 Late Cardiac Reoperation
Invited Commentary
After Cardiac Transplantation
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, MB
V. Seenu Reddy, MD, Ho H. Phan, MD, Richard
N. Pierson III, MD, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, MD,
491 Operative and 5-Year Outcomes of Paul A. Chang, BS, Stacy F. Davis, MD, and
Combined Carotid and Coronary Walter H. Merrill, MD
Revascularization: Review of a
Large Contemporary Experience 538 Extracorporeal Membrane
Anoar Zacharias, MD, Thomas A. Schwann, MD, Oxygenation Support for Adult
Christopher J. Riordan, MD, Paul M. Clark, MD, Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock
Bernardo Martinez, MD, Samuel J. Durham, MD, Wen-Je Ko, MD, Ching-Yuang Lin, MD, Robert J.
Milo Engoren, MD, and Robert H. Habib, PhD Chen, MD, Shoei-Shen Wang, MD, Fang-Yue
Lin, MD, and Yih-Sharng Chen, MD
Invited Commentary
Cary W. Akins, MD Invited Commentary
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD
499 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
With Left Internal Mammary 546 And Hemolysis Goes On:
Artery and Right Gastroepiploic Ventricular Assist Device
Artery, With and Without Bypass in Combination With
Olivier Chavanon, MD, Michel Durand, MD, Veno-Venous Hemofiltration
Rachid Hacini, MD, Héléne Bouvaist, MD, Heyman Luckraz, FRCS, Michael Woods, RGN,
Marianne Noirclerc, MD, Tarek Ayad, MD, and Stephen R. Large, FRCS, and The Papworth VAD
Dominique Blin, MD Group
549 Hepatic Dysfunction After Left Ventricular 594 Intermediate Results of the
Mechanical Assist in Patients With End- Anatomic Repair for Congenitally
Stage Heart Failure: Role of Inflammatory Corrected Transposition
Response and Hepatic Microcirculation Michel N. Ilbawi, MD, Catherine B. Ocampo,
Takafumi Masai, MD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, MD, Bradley S. Allen, MD, Mary Jane Barth,
Shigeaki Ohtake, MD, Toshirou Nishida, MD, MD, David A. Roberson, MD, Pipit
Motonobu Nishimura, MD, Norihide Fukushima, Chiemmongkoltip, MD, and Rene A. Arcilla, MD
MD, Takashi Yamaguchi, MD, and Hikaru
Matsuda, MD
601 Cytokine Balance in Infants
Undergoing Cardiac Operation
556 Non-Blood Contacting Biventricular Hedwig H. Hévels-Giirich, MD, Kathrin
Support for Severe Heart Failure Schumacher, MD, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez,
MD, Ma Qing, MD, Ulrike Hiiffmeier, Brigitte
Mark P. Anstadt, MD, Sebastian A. Schulte-
Buding, MD, Bruno J. Messmer, MD, Gotz von
Eistrup, MD, Tadashi Motomura, MD, Ernesto R.
Bernuth, MD, and Marie-Christine Seghaye, MD
Soltero, MD, Tamaki Takano, MD, Issam A.
Mikati, MD, Kenji Nonaka, MD, Fernando Joglar, Invited Commentary
MD, and Yukihiko Nosé, MD, PhD
John A. Hawkins, MD
563 A Biomechanical Comparison of 610 B-Receptor Downregulation in Congenital
Three Sternotomy Closure Techniques Heart Disease: A Risk Factor for
COL David J. Cohen, MD, USA, and Lanny V. Complications After Surgical Repair?
Griffin, PhD Reiner Buchhorn, MD, Martin Hulpke-Wette,
MD, Wolfgang Ruschewski, MD, Reinhard
Pregla, MD, Jens Fielitz, MD, Roland Hetzer,
569 Ischemic Preconditioning and
MD, PhD, and Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, MD, PhD
Na*/H* Exchange Inhibition
Improve Reperfusion Ion Homeostasis
614 Repair of Congenital Malformations of
Steven P. Goldberg, MD, Stanley B. Digerness,
the Mitral Valve: Early and Midterm Results
PhD, Jonathan L. Skinner, MD, Cheryl R.
Edvin Prifti, MD, PhD, Vittorio Vanini, MD,
Killingsworth, DVM, PhD, Charles R. Katholi,
PhD, and William L. Holman, MD Massimo Bonacchi, MD, Giacomo Frati, MD,
Massimo Bernabei, MD, Gabriele Giunti, MD,
Adrian Crucean, MD, Stefano Vincenzo Luisi,
575 Myocardial Protection by MD, and Bruno Murzi, MD
PJ34, a Novel Potent Poly
(ADP-Ribose) Synthetase Inhibitor
622 Impact of Preoperative Aortic Cusp
Renato Faro, PhD, Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, James Prolapse on Long-Term Outcome
D. McCully, PhD, Prakash Jagtap, PhD, Eva After Surgical Closure of
Szabo, MD, Laszlo Virag, MD, PhD, Cesario
Subarterial Ventricular Septal Defect
Bianchi, MD, PhD, Sidney Levitsky, MD, Csaba
Yiu-fai Cheung, MBBS, Clement S. W. Chiu,
Szabo, MD, PhD, and Frank W. Sellke, MD
MBBS, Tak-cheung Yung, MBBS, and
Invited Commentary Adolphus K. T. Chau, MBBS
Ari O. Halldorsson, MD
CASE REPORTS
582 Glucose-Insulin-Potassium
628 Mediastinal Synovial Sarcoma:
Solution Improves Left
Report of Two Cases With
Ventricular Mechanics in Diabetes
Molecular Genetic Analysis
Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, MBBS, Kazuaki
Jacqueline K. Trupiano, MD, Thomas W. Rice,
Shirota, MD, Shin Morita, MD, Takashi
MD, Kevin Herzog, MD, Frederic G. Barr, MD,
Nishimura, MD, PhD, Yifei Huang, MD, PhD,
Janet Shipley, PhD, Cyril Fisher, MD, and
and Stephen N. Hunyor, MD
John R. Goldblum, MD
Invited Commentary
Clyde Saldanha, MB, MD
630 Bilateral Elastofibroma Dorsi
Akif Turna, MD, Muhammet Ali Yilmaz, MD,
588 Skeletal Muscle Ventricle Aortic Nur Urer, MD, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan, MD, and
Atilla Giirses, MD
Counterpulsation: Function
During Chronic Heart Failure
Bhavik G. Patel, MD, Sachin H. Shah, MD, 632 Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Disguised
Lou I. Astra, MD, Robert L. Hammond, PhD, as a Leiomyoma of the Esophagus
Zulfikar A. Sharif, MD, Phillip J. McDonald, and Stéphane Tringali, MD, Olivier Tiffet, MD, Jean
Larry W. Stephenson, MD L. Berger, MD, and Jacques Cuilleret, MD
Preoperative Diagnosis of a Paraesophageal Reoperative Transmyocardial Laser
Bronchogenic Cyst Using Endosonography Revascularization for Late Recurrent Angina
Li Lin Lim, MRCP, Khek Yu Ho, MD, and Richard Lee, MD, Keith C. Fischer, MD, and
Peter Min Goh, FRCS Marc R. Moon, MD
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum:
635 Transsternal Transpericardial Closure Is the Left Internal Mammary
of a Postlobectomy Bronchopleural Fistula Artery a Suitable Conduit for
Yael Refaely, MD, Michael Paley, MD, David A. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?
Simansky, MD, Yeudit Rozenman, MD, and Jim Iliopoulos, MBBS, Con Manganas, FRACS,
Alon Yellin, MD Nigel Jepson, MD, and David C. Newman,
FRACS
637 Successful Repair of an 653 Surgical Treatment of Coronary
Aortoesophageal Fistula With Sinus Orifice Atresia With Hypoplastic
Left Heart Syndrome After
Aneurysm From Esophageal Diverticulum
Fuyuhiko Yasuda, MD, Takatsugu Shimono, MD, Total Cavo-Pulmonary Connection
Hitoshi Tonouchi, MD, Hideto Shimpo, MD, and Noritaka Ohta, MD, Kisaburo Sakamoto, MD,
Isao Yada, MD Miwako Kado, MD, Masahiko Nishioka, MD, and
Michio Yokota, MD
639 Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 655 Repair of Transposition of the
Lobectomy for Pulmonary Sequestration Great Arteries With Total
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Innes Y. P. Wan, FRCS, Tak Wai Lee, FRCS,
Alan D. L. Sihoe, MB, BChir, Calvin S. H. Ng, Gary W. Raff, MD, Dale M. Geiss, MD, Jitendra
MBBS(Hons), and Anthony P. C. Yim, MD J. Shah, MD, Linda M. Bond, MA, and John A.
Carroll, MD
657 Isolated Left Ventricular Ischemia
640 Combined Correction of an
Adult Scimitar Syndrome and After the Norwood Procedure
Joseph J. DeRose, Jr, MD, Rozelle Corda, NP,
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
M. Renate Dische, MD, PhD, Jennifer Eleazar,
Thorsten Walles, MD, Artur Lichtenberg, MD,
MD, and Ralph S. Mosca, MD
Kazuko Shiraga, MD, and Uwe Klima, MD, PhD
659 Aortopulmonary Window
Due to Balloon Angioplasty
642 Aortic Wall Alterations After Use
After Arterial Switch Operation
of Gelatin-Resorcinol-Formalin Glue
Hiroo Takayama, MD, Akihiko Sekiguchi, MD,
Matthias Kirsch, MD, Maryvonne Ginat, MS,
Masahide Chikada, MD, Mio Noma, MD, and
Laure Lecerf, PhD, Rémi Houél, MD, and Ryoichi Ishida, MD
Daniel Loisance, MD
661 Modification of the Radial
Procedure in a Patient With
644 Composite Graft Replacement After Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Aortic Valvuloplasty in Takayasu Arteritis Takashi Nitta, MD, Hitoshi Yamauchi, MD,
Hideyuki Harada, MD, Yukiko Honma, MD, Naoko Ohkubo, MD, Yosuke Ishii, MD, Shigeo
Yoshikazu Hachiro, MD, Tohru Mawatari, MD, Tanaka, MD, Meiso Hayashi, MD, Yoshinori
and Tomio Abe, MD Kobayashi, MD, and Teruo Takano, MD
663 Pathologic Findings in Atrial
Musculature Seven Years
647 Aortic Root Replacement With
After the Intraatrial Tunnel Fontan
Anomalous Origin of the Coronary Arteries
Yasushi Yoshikawa, MD, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda,
Stacy B. O’Blenes, MD, MS, and Christopher M.
MD, Hideki Uemura, MD, Youichi Kawahira,
Feindel, MD
MD, and Toshikatsu Yagihara, MD
649 Recurrence of Left Ventricular Outflow
IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Tract Obstruction After Left Anterior
Descending Coronary Artery 665 Malignant Mesothelioma
Revascularization in a Patient With With Osseous Differentiation
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Hon Chi Suen, MBBS, Barbara Sudholt, MD,
Simon J. Abou Jaoudé, MD, Paul E. Achouh, MD, Wallace M. Anderson, MD, Mazhar H. Lakho,
Ramzi A. Ashoush, MD, and Victor A. Jebara, MD MD, and Bill B. Daily, MD, PhD