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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volume 124, Issue 3 (September 2002)

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Editorial

Developmental and neurologic outcomes late after neonatal corrective surgery
Pedro J. del Nido
pages 425-427
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Commentary on sentinel lymph node identification with technetium-99m tin colloid in non–small cell lung cancer
Michael J. Liptay
pages 428-430
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Off-pump coronary bypass: Is it for everyone?
Lawrence I. Bonchek
pages 431-434
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Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

The endothelin antagonist BQ123 reduces pulmonary vascular resistance after surgical intervention for congenital heart disease
Ingram Schulze-Neick, Jia Li, Jayne A. Readerb, Lara Shekerdemian, Andrew N. Redington, Daniel J. Penny
pages 435-441
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Septation of the single ventricle: Revisited
Renee E. Margossian, David Solowiejczyk, Francois Bourlon, Howard Apfel, Welton M. Gersony, Allan J. Hordof, Jan Quaegebeur
pages 442-447
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Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in school-aged children after neonatal arterial switch operation
Hedwig H. Hövels-Gürich, Marie-Christine Seghaye, Ralph Schnitker, Magdalene Wiesnera, Walter Huber, Ralf Minkenbergc, Franz Kotlarek, Bruno J. Messmer, Götz von Bernuth
pages 448-458
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Surgical options and results of repeated aortic root replacement for failed aortic allografts placed in childhood
Max B. Mitchell, David N. Campbell, Deborah A. Bishop, Todd Mackenzie, David R. Clarke
pages 459-470
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The beneficial vortex and best spatial arrangement in total extracardiac cavopulmonary connection
Antonio Amodeo, Mauro Grigioni, Guido Oppido, Carla Daniele, Giuseppe D'Avenio, Giovanni Pedrizzetti, Salvatore Giannico, Sergio Filippelli, Roberto M. Di Donato
pages 471-478
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The role of oxidative stress in the development of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after cavopulmonary anastomosis
Sunil P. Malhotra, V.Mohan Reddy, Stephan Thelitz, You-Ping He, D.Michael McMullan, Frank L. Hanley, R.Kirk Riemer
pages 479-485
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General Thoracic Surgery (GTS)

Use of technetium-99m tin colloid for sentinel lymph node identification in non–small cell lung cancer
Hiroaki Nomori, Hirotoshi Horio, Tsuguo Naruke, Hideki Orikasa, Kazuto Yamazaki, Keiichi Suemasu
pages 486-492
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Correlation between tumor angiogenesis and invasiveness in thymic epithelial tumors
Masaki Tomita, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Masao Edagawa, Masayuki Maeda, Tetsuya Shimizu, Masaki Hara, Toshio Onitsuka
pages 493-498
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Treatment strategy for chylothorax after pulmonary resection and lymph node dissection for lung cancer
Kimihiro Shimizu, Junji Yoshida, Mituyo Nishimura, Kazuya Takamochi, Rie Nakahara, Kanji Nagai
pages 499-502
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Problems related to TNM staging: Patients with stage III non–small cell lung cancer
Kotaro Kameyama, Cheng-long Huang, Dage Liu, Taku Okamoto, Eiichi Hayashi, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Yokomise
pages 503-510
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The impact of fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 positron-emission tomography on the surgical staging of non–small cell lung cancer
Hubert Vesselle, Jeffrey M. Pugsley, Eric Vallières, Douglas E. Wood
pages 511-519
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A respiratory gas exchange catheter: In vitro and in vivo tests in large animals
Brack G. Hattler, Laura W. Lund, Joseph Golob, Heide Russian, Michael F. Lann, Thomas L. Merrill, Brian Frankowski, William J. Federspiel
pages 520-530
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Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD)

The results of total arch graft implantation with open stent-graft placement for type A aortic dissection
Masaaki Kato, Toru Kuratani, Mitsunori Kaneko, Shunei Kyo, Kenji Ohnishi
pages 531-540
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Hemodynamic performance of an unstented xenograft mitral valve substitute
Tomasz A. Timek, David T. Lai, Frederick A. Tibayan, Paul Dagum, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, D.Craig Miller
pages 541-552
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Bypass grafting with coronary endarterectomy: Immediate and long-term results
Giuseppe Marinelli, Bruno Chiappini, Marco Di Eusanio, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Ilaria Caldarera, Cinzia Marrozzini, Antonio Marzocchi, Angelo Pierangeli
pages 553-560
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Microflow fields in the hinge region of the CarboMedics bileaflet mechanical heart valve design
Hwa-Liang Leo, Zhaoming He, Jeffrey T. Ellis, Ajit P. Yoganathan
pages 561-574
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Impact of Cox maze procedure on outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation and mitral valve disease
Ko Bando, Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, Mitsuhiro Hirata, Yoshikado Sasako, Satoshi Nakatani, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Soichiro Kitamura
pages 575-583
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Incorporation and integration of implanted myogenic and stem cells into native myocardial fibers: Anatomic basis for functional improvements
Edgar G. Chedrawy, Jih-Shiuan Wang, Dao M. Nguyen, Dominique Shum-Tim, Ray C.J. Chiu
pages 584-590
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Fibroblast growth factor 2 regulation of mitral valve interstitial cell repair in vitro
Avrum I. Gotlieb, Alan Rosenthal, Pedram Kazemian
pages 591-597
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Improved outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting with beating-heart techniques
Michael Mack, Donna Bachand, Tea Acuff, James Edgerton, Syma Prince, Todd Dewey, Mitchell Magee
pages 598-607
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Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP)

Tumor necrosis factor-α production in whole blood after cardiopulmonary bypass: Downregulation caused by circulating cytokine-inhibitory activities
J. Börgermann, I. Friedrich, S. Flohé, J. Spillner, M. Majetschak, O. Kussb, A. Sablotzki, T. Feldt, J.C. Reidemeister, F.U. Schade
pages 608-617
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Brief Communications

A rare type of left atrial dissection
Mikio Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Taketani, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Noboru Motomura, Shinichi Takamoto
pages 618-620
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Lengthy suppression of vascular proliferation by a chymase inhibitor in dog grafted veins
Koutaro Tsunemi, Shinji Takai, Masayoshi Nishimoto, Atsushi Yuda, Denan Jin, Masato Sakaguchi, Yoshihide Sawada, Kunio Asada, Keiichiro Kondo, Shinjiro Sasaki, Mizuo Miyazaki
pages 621-625
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with nafamostat mesilate as an anticoagulant for massive pulmonary hemorrhage after living-donor lobar lung transplantation
Kazutoshi Kotani, Shingo Ichiba, Masanori Andou, Yoshifumi Sano, Hiroshi Date, Takeo Tedoriya, Keiji Goto, Nobuyoshi Shimizu
pages 626-627
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Sildenafil augments the effect of inhaled nitric oxide for postoperative pulmonary hypertensive crises
Andrew M. Atz, Amy K. Lefler, David L. Fairbrother, Walter E. Uber, Scott M. Bradley
pages 628-629
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Pneumopericardium after blunt chest trauma: A sign of severe injury?
Thierry C. Roth, Ralph A. Schmid
pages 630-631
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Simplified anastomotic technique for end-to-side bronchial reimplantation onto the trachea or contralateral main bronchus after complex tracheobronchial resections
Gaetano Di Rienzo, Tetsuhiko Go, Paolo Macchiarini
pages 632-635
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Pulmonary dissemination of tumor cells after extended resection of thyroid carcinoma with cardiopulmonary bypass
Seiki Hasegawa, Yosuke Otake, Toru Bando, Hiroyuki Cho, Kenji Inui, Hiromi Wada
pages 635-636
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Sympathectomy for truncal hyperhydrosis after traumatic paraplegic injury
Malek G. Massad, Alexander Evans, Helene Rubeiz, Fadi Khoury, Andrew Brown, Janet Karol, Janeen Hernan, Kelly Kalcevich
pages 636-638
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Middle mediastinal thymoma
Kenji Kojima, Kohei Yokoi, Haruhisa Matsuguma, Tetsuro Kondo, Yukari Kamiyama, Kiyoshi Mori, Seiji Igarashi
pages 639-640
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Megadose of milrinone as an alternative to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of graft failure early after cardiac transplantation
Jan van der Linden, Anders Albåge, Göran Dellgren
pages 641-642
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Reply
Shahrokh Taghavi, Michael Grimm
page 642
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Esophageal injury during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: Inherent safety of radiofrequency bipolar coagulation
Anil M. Patwardhan, Vidyadhar S. Lad, Vasudev Pai
pages 642-643
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Reply
A.Marc Gillinov, Gosta Pettersson, Thomas Rice
page 643
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Announcements
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