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EDITORIAL 1417 Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular

1483 The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine preserves

septum: Strategy based on right ventricular morphology

myocardial function and diminishes oxidative stress after cardioplegic arrest

N. Yoshimura, M. Yamaguchi, H. Ohashi, Y. Oshima, S. Oka, M. Yoshida, H. Murakami, and T. Tei

U. M. Fischer, C. S. Cox, Jr, S. J. Allen, R. H. Stewart, U. Mehlhorn, and G. A. Laine

ACD

1427 Staged repair of tetralogy of Fallot and diminutive pulmonary arteries with a fenestrated ventricular septal defect patch A. C. Marshall, B. A. Love, P. Lang, R. A. Jonas, P. J. del Nido, J. E. Mayer, and J. E. Lock

1434 Inhaled nitric oxide versus prostacyclin in chronic shunt-induced pulmonary hypertension

CHD

P. Wauthy, S. A. Kafi, W. J. Mooi, R. Naeije, and S. Brimioulle

Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology (CSP) 1442 A new role for cardioplegic buffering: Should acidosis or calcium accumulation be counteracted to salvage jeopardized hearts? 䊉

CSP

M. Castella´ , G. D. Buckberg, S. Saleh, Z. Tan, and L. J. Ignarro

1449 Cartilaginous metaplasia and calcification in aortic allograft is associated with transforming growth factor ␤1 expression P. Mathieu, J. C. Roussel, F. Dagenais, and I. Anegon

1455 The dynamic air bubble trap reduces cerebral microembolism during cardiopulmonary bypass

ET

M. Schoenburg, B. Kraus, A. Muehling, U. Taborski, H. Hofmann, G. Erhardt, S. Hein, M. Roth, P. R. Vogt, G. F. Karliczek, and W.-P. Kloevekorn

1461 MCI-186 prevents spinal cord damage and affects enzyme levels of nitric oxide synthase and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase after transient ischemia in rabbits

GTS

G. Takahashi, M. Sakurai, K. Abe, Y. Itoyama, and K. Tabayashi

1467 Passive ventricular constraint to improve left ventricular function and mechanics in an ovine model of heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction J. J. Pilla, A. S. Blom, D. J. Brockman, V. A. Ferrari, Q. Yuan, and M. A. Acker

TX

1477 Fibrillation in patients subjected to coronary artery bypass grafting Z.-K. Wu, T. Iivainen, E. Pehkonen, J. Laurikka, S. Zhang, and M. R. Tarkka

1489 Direct inhibition of the sodium/hydrogen exchanger after prolonged regional ischemia improves contractility on reperfusion independent of myocardial viability W. M. Yarbrough, R. Mukherjee, G. P. Escobar, J. T. Mingoia, J. A. Sample, J. W. Hendrick, K. B. Dowdy, J. E. McLean, R. E. Stroud, and F. G. Spinale

1498 Antifibrinolytic therapy during cardiopulmonary bypass reduces proinflammatory cytokine levels: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of ⑀-aminocaproic acid and aprotinin P. E. Greilich, C. F. Brouse, C. W. Whitten, L. Chi, J. M. DiMaio, and M. E. Jessen

1504 Physiological coagulation can be maintained in extracorporeal circulation by means of shed blood separation and coating J. M. Albes, I. M. Sto¨ hr, M. Kaluza, A. Siegemund, D. Schmidt, R. Vollandt, and T. Wahlers

1513 N-acetylcysteine prevents reactive oxygen species–mediated myocardial stress in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial P. Tossios, W. Bloch, A. Huebner, M. R. Raji, F. Dodos, O. Klass, M. Suedkamp, S.-M. Kasper, M. Hellmich, and U. Mehlhorn

1521 Gene expression profile after cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest M. Ruel, C. Bianchi, T. A. Khan, S. Xu, J. R. Liddicoat, P. Voisine, E. Araujo, H. Lyon, I. S. Kohane, T. A. Libermann, and F. W. Sellke

1531 Changes in left anterior descending coronary artery flow profiles after coronary artery bypass grafting examined by means of transthoracic Doppler echocardiography M. Yoshitatsu, Y. Miyamoto, M. Mitsuno, K. Toda, M. Yoshikawa, S. Fukui, F. Nomura, N. Hirata, and K. Onishi (continued on page 6A)

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ● November 2003