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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volume 123, Issue 3 (March 2002)

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Finger fracture valvuloplasty
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Editorials

Electronic submission, electronic review: Better for authors and reviewers … ultimately
Andrew S. Wechsler, Pamela W. Fried
pages 401-402
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Profits and professionalism
Robert M. Sade
pages 403-405
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QALYs or quackery? The quagmire of quantifying the cost of breathing
Thomas M. Egan
pages 406-408
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Molecular biologic substaging of non-small cell lung cancer
Thomas A. D'Amico
pages 409-410
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Cardiothoracic Transplantation

An economic evaluation of lung transplantation
Ani C. Anyanwu, Alistair McGuire, Chris A. Rogers, A.J. Murday
pages 411-420
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Marginal donor lungs: A reassessment
Andrew F. Pierre, Yasuo Sekine, Michael A. Hutcheon, Thomas K. Waddell, Shaf H. Keshavjee
pages 421-428
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Does donor cause of death affect the outcome of lung transplantation?
Anna Maria Ciccone, Ken C. Stewart, Bryan F. Meyers, Tracey J. Guthrie, Richard J. Battafarano, Elbert P. Trulock, Joel D. Cooper, G.Alexander Patterson
pages 429-436
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Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

The Ross procedure is the procedure of choice for congenital aortic valve disease
Zohair Al-Halees, Frans Pieters, Fatima Qadoura, Maie Shahid, Mohammed Al-Amri, Fadel Al-Fadley
pages 437-442
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Aortic arch reconstruction with pulmonary autograft patch aortoplasty
Régine Roussin, Emre Belli, François Lacour-Gayet, Francois Godart, Christian Rey, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Claude Planché, Alain Serraf
pages 443-450
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Newborn patients exhibit an unusual pattern of interleukin 10 and interferon γ serum levels in response to cardiac surgery
A.J. Alcaraz, L. Sancho, L. Manzano, F. Esquivel, A. Carrillo, A. Prieto, E.D. Bernstein, M. Alvarez-Mon
pages 451-458
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Coagulation abnormalities in patients with single-ventricle physiology precede the Fontan procedure
Kirsten C. Odegard, Francis X. McGowan, James A. DiNardo, Robert A. Castro, David Zurakowski, Caroline M. Connor, Dolly D. Hansen, Ellis J. Neufeld, Pedro J. del Nido, Peter C. Laussen
pages 459-465
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General Thoracic Surgery

Molecular assessment of lymph nodes in patients with resected stage I non–small cell lung cancer: Preliminary results of a prospective study
Steven A. Ahrendt, Stephen C. Yang, Li Wuc, Carmen M. Roig, Pamela Russell, William H. Westra, Jin Jen, Malcolm V. Brock, Richard F. Heitmiller, David Sidransky
pages 466-474
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Rapid, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction: Application to intraoperative molecular detection of occult metastases in esophageal cancer
Siva Raja, James D. Luketich, Lori A. Kelly, William E. Gooding, Sydney D. Finkelstein, Tony E. Godfrey
pages 475-483
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Molecular staging of lung cancer: Real-time polymerase chain reaction estimation of lymph node micrometastatic tumor cell burden in stage I non-small cell lung cancer—preliminary results of cancer and leukemia group B trial 9761
Jonathan D'Cunha, Angela L. Corfits, James E. Herndon, Jeffrey A. Kern, Leslie J. Kohman, G.Alexander Patterson, Robert A. Kratzke, Michael A. Maddaus
pages 484-491
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Pleural complications of hydatid disease
Olgun Kadir Aribas, Fikret Kanat, Niyazi Gormus, Emel Turk
pages 492-497
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Anatomic variations of the T2 nerve root (including the nerve of Kuntz) and their implications for sympathectomy
In-Hyuk Chung, Chang-Seok Oh, Ki-Seok Koh, Hee-Jin Kim, Hyo-Chae Paik, Doo-Yun Lee
pages 498-501
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The significance of E-cadherin and α-, β-, and γ-catenin expression in surgically treated non–small cell lung cancers of 3 cm or less in size
Yung-Chie Lee, Chen-Tu Wu, Chin-Shin Chen, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Yih-Leong Chang
pages 502-507
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Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease

Decreased sternal vascularity after internal thoracic artery harvesting resolves with time: An assessment with single photon emission computed tomography
Benjamin Medalion, Michael G. Katz, Mordechai Lorberboym, Othman Bder, Arie Schachner, Amram J. Cohen
pages 508-511
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Effect of radial artery harvest on collateral forearm blood flow and digital perfusion
Richard F. Brodman, Laurie E. Hirsh, Rosemary Frame
pages 512-516
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Effect of perioperative complications on excess mortality among women after coronary artery bypass: The israeli coronary artery bypass graft study (ISCAB)
Yana Zitser-Gurevich, Elisheva Simchen, Noya Galai, Micha Mandel, The ISCAB Consortium *
pages 517-524
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The early clinical and angiographic outcome of sequential coronary artery bypass grafting with the off-pump technique
Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Koki Nakamura, Shahid Khan, Magdi Yacoub, Mohamed Amrani
pages 525-530
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Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology

Delayed detection of motor pathway dysfunction after selective reduction of thoracic spinal cord blood flow in pigs
Jeroen Lips, Peter de Haan, Gerrit J. Bouma, Michael J. Jacobs, Cor J. Kalkman
pages 531-538
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Does tranexamic acid reduce desmopressin-induced hyperfibrinolysis?
Ertuğrul Özal, Erkan Kuralay, Hakan Bingöl, Faruk Cingöz, Süleyman Ceylan, Harun Tatar
pages 539-543
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Induction and maintenance of an experimental model of severe cardiomyopathy with a novel protocol of rapid ventricular pacing
Masami Takagaki, Patrick M. McCarthy, Tomotsugu Tabata, Ray Dessoffy, Lisa A. Cardon, Jason Connor, Yoshie Ochiai, James D. Thomas, Gary S. Francis, James B. Young, Kiyotaka Fukamachi
pages 544-549
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Intravascular hemolysis in patients with new-generation prosthetic heart valves: A prospective study
Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Aldo D. Milano, Marco De Carlo, Flavia Sorrentino, Stefano Pratali, Carmela Nardi, Uberto Bortolotti
pages 550-556
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Transitory immunologic response after implantation of the DeBakey VAD continuous-axial-flow pump
H.J. Ankersmit, G. Wieselthaler, B. Moser, S. Gerlitz, G. Roth, G. Boltz-Nitulescu, E. Wolner
pages 557-561
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Brief Communications

Myectomy site thrombus formation: An underappreciated source of thromboembolism after septal myectomy
Niranjan Seshadri, Gian M. Novaro, Harry Lever, Richard D. White, Nicholas Smedira, Richard A. Grimm, Mario J. Garcia
pages 562-564
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Combined surgery for lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum and pulmonary carcinoma
Nicolas Noiseux, Pasquale Ferraro, Guy Cousineau, Ignacio Prieto, André Duranceau
pages 564-566
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Fluctuating consciousness caused by hydrocephalus: A complication of aortic valve replacement
Martin H. Chamberlain, Chandi Ratnatunga
pages 566-567
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Intra-aortic extension of ductal tissue
A. Fraisse, E.Le Bret, T.Abdel Massih, A. Batisse, F. Laborde, D. Sidi, D. Bonnet
pages 568-569
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Type A aortic dissection with associated anomaly of the carotid and vertebral vessels
Niv Ad, Patricia Lee, James L Cox
pages 570-571
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Paradoxical cerebral emboli of hypernephroma metastatic to the right ventricle five years after primary tumor resection
Eric Dumont, Norman Racine, Patricia Ugolini, Michel Carrier, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault
pages 572-573
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Homograft aortic root with prosthetic extension as a treatment for aneurysm of the proximal aorta in elderly patients
M.E. Lewis, T.J. Jones, A.M. Ranasinghe, J.R. Lewis, R.S. Bonser
pages 573-575
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A surgically treated arteriovenous fistula between the vertebral artery and internal jugular vein after insertion of a central venous catheter for mitral valve replacement
Zsolt Antal Varga, Ivan Gyõri-Molnár, Lajos Kollár, Lajos Papp
pages 575-577
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Partial ex situ surgery of the heart
Klaus Kallenbach, Jochen Cremer, Axel Haverich
pages 577-578
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Unifocalization of the neck arteries combined with aortic arch replacement for Williams syndrome
Yoshiaki Yamada, Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Takahisa Okano, Kyoko Hayashida, Takeshi Shinkawa, Nobuo Kitamura
pages 579-580
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Pulmonary artery sarcoma
Joseph Galea, Alexander Manché
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Impact of the duration of adjunctive hypothermic circulatory arrest on neurologic outcome with antegrade cerebral perfusion
Teruhisa Kazui, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, Naoki Washiyama
pages 581-582
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The first experiments to use resuscitated human cadaver hearts as donor organs
Francis Robicsek
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Cellular myoplasty: What are we really trying to achieve?
Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman
pages 582-583
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Reply
J.C. Chachques, A. Carpentier
pages 583-584
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Cell transplantation, ventricular remodeling, and the extracellular matrix
Paul W.M. Fedak, Richard D. Weisel, Terrence M. Yau, Donald A.G. Mickle, Ren-Ke Li
pages 584-585
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Neurologic hand complications after radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting
Lokeswara Rao Sajja, Gopichand Mannam, Sriramulu Sompalli
pages 585-586
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Reply
Timothy A. Denton, Alfredo Trento
page 586
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Aortic arch replacement in acute aortic dissection
Münacettin Ceviz, Yahya Ünlü, Necip Becit
pages 586-587
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Reply
Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Shogo Shirota, Takayuki Kumamoto
page 587
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
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The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
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Frontmatter

Editorial board
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Availability of Journal back issues
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Bound volumes available to subscribers
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Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery regarding trainees and candidates for certification who are called to military service related to the war on terrorism
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