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The Journal of
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Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Vol 126, No. 5, November 2003
Condensed Contents 1261 No pain, much gain? f
Presidential Address
N. M. Schwann and M. A. Chaney
education—Responding to a changing environment F. A. Crawford, Jr
1265 Attenuation of postcardioplegia injury with
inhibitors of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger 䊉
CHD
1235 Presidential address: Thoracic surgery J. Vinten-Johansen and R. M. Mentzer, Jr
1268 Right ventricular–pulmonary artery connection
Honored Guest’s Address 1243 A milestone in cardiovascular surgery
in stage 1 palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome }
In Memoriam 1245 David Bernt Skinner (1935-2003): A thoracic surgeon and something more
CSP
J. M. Pearl
D. A. Cooley
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease (ACD) 1271 Improved pain control after cardiac surgery:
N. K. Altorki
Clinical-Pathologic Conference 1247 Clinical-pathologic conference in general thoracic surgery: Pulmonary blastoma S. Force and G. A. Patterson
R. Dowling, K. Thielmeier, A. Ghaly, D. Barber, T. Boice, and A. Dine
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Results of a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial f
1279 Long-term outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in cardiogenic shock or cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Editorials
P. Sergeant, B. Meyns, P. Wouters, R. Demeyere, and P. Lauwers
1251 Improving the allograft valve: Does the immune response matter?
1254 Fetal cardiac surgery: Simplicity versus success in a new frontier B. S. Allen
1257 Pre–stage II mortality after the Norwood
operation: Addressing the next challenge Œ
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1288 Preoperative and operative predictors of
P. G. Hogan and M. F. O’Brien
delayed neurologic deficit following repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm A. L. Estrera, C. C. Miller III, T. T. T. Huynh, A. Azizzadeh, E. E. Porat, A. Vinnerkvist, C. Ignacio, R. Sheinbaum, and H. J. Safi
1296 Risk factors of mortality and permanent
1259 Our surgical culture of blame: A time for change J. Dickey, R. J. Damiano, Jr, and R. Ungerleider
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neurologic injury in patients undergoing ascending aortic and arch repair
J. M. Forbess
M. Czerny, T. Fleck, D. Zimpfer, M. Dworschak, W. Hofmann, D. Hutschala, D. Dunkler, M. Ehrlich, E. Wolner, and M. Grabenwoger (continued on page 2A)
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EDITORIAL 1302 In situ retrocaval skeletonized right internal thoracic artery anastomosed to the circumflex system via transverse sinus: Technical aspects and postoperative outcome
ACD
M. Bonacchi, E. Prifti, F. Battaglia, G. Frati, G. Sani, and G. Popoff
1314 Skeletonization of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts lowers the risk of sternal infection in patients with diabetes M. D. Peterson, M. A. Borger, V. Rao, C. M. Peniston, and C. M. Feindel
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1320 Survival after myocardial revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy: A prospective tenyear follow-up study
1357 Surgical radiofrequency ablation of both atria for atrial fibrillation: Results of a multicenter trial J. Raman, S. Ishikawa, M. M. Storer, and J. M. Power
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) 1367 Home surveillance program prevents interstage mortality after the Norwood procedure Œ N. S. Ghanayem, G. M. Hoffman, K. A. Mussatto, J. R. Cava, P. C. Frommelt, N. A. Rudd, M. M. Steltzer, S. M. Bevandic, S. J. Frisbee, R. D. B. Jaquiss, S. B. Litwin, and J. S. Tweddell
1378 Right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit
P. J. Shah, D. L. Hare, J. S. Raman, I. Gordon, R. K. Chan, J. D. Horowitz, A. Rosalion, and B. F. Buxton
instead of modified Blalock-Taussig shunt improves postoperative hemodynamics in newborns after the Norwood operation }
1328 Quantitative gated myocardial perfusion single
R. Mair, G. Tulzer, E. Sames, R. Gitter, E. Lechner, J. Steiner, A. Hofer, G. Geiselseder, and C. Gross
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photon emission computed tomography improves the prediction of regional functional recovery in akinetic areas after coronary bypass surgery: Useful tool for evaluation of myocardial viability T. Murashita, Y. Makino, Y. Kamikubo, K. Yasuda, M. Mabuchi, and N. Tamaki
1335 Decreasing significance of left ventricular
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dysfunction and reoperative surgery in predicting coronary artery bypass grafting– associated mortality: A twelve-year study P. M. Davierwala, M. Maganti, and T. M. Yau
1345 Does antegrade blood cardioplegia alone provide adequate myocardial protection in patients with left main stem disease?
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F. Onorati, A. Renzulli, M. De Feo, G. Santarpino, R. Gregorio, A. Biondi, F. Cerasuolo, and M. Cotrufo
1352 Double crisscross sternal wiring and chest wound infections: A prospective randomized study T. Bottio, G. Rizzoli, V. Vida, D. Casarotto, and G. Gerosa
1385 Neurodevelopmental status at eight years in children with dextro-transposition of the great arteries: The Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial 夹 D. C. Bellinger, D. Wypij, A. J. duPlessis, L. A. Rappaport, R. A. Jonas, G. Wernovsky, and J. W. Newburger
1397 The effect of duration of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in infant heart surgery on late neurodevelopment: The Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial 夹 D. Wypij, J. W. Newburger, L. A. Rappaport, A. J. duPlessis, R. A. Jonas, G. Wernovsky, M. Lin, and D. C. Bellinger
1404 Antioxidant therapy with Salvia miltiorrhiza decreases plasma endothelin-1 and thromboxane B2 after cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with congenital heart disease Z. Xia, J. Gu, D. M. Ansley, F. Xia, and J. Yu
1411 Secretion of A-type and B-type natriuretic peptides into the bloodstream and pericardial space in children with congenital heart disease Y. Ootaki, M. Yamaguchi, N. Yoshimura, S. Oka, M. Yoshida, and T. Hasegawa (continued on page 4A)
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