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Subject Index Volume 73 (January–June 2002) KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR ARTICLE CLASSIFICATION * ⫽ Original Article AB ⫽ Abstract AN ⫽ Announcement CP ⫽ Correspondence CR ⫽ Case Report CV ⫽ Current Review DI ⫽ Discussion ED ⫽ Editorial

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Abdominal aorta Neurological outcome and S100 after coronary artery bypass grafting and abdominal aortic surgery (Alston & Millar) 2002;73:366,AB Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic operations: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Ko¨ksoy, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:730 – 8; Discussion (Weiman, Coselli, & Vinten-Johansen) 2002;73:738,DI Abdominal aortic aneurysm Open heart surgery and abdominal aortic aneurysm (Economopoulos & Iliopoulos) 2002;73:1691,CP; Reply (Ascione, Iannelli, & Spampinato) 2002;73:1691 Ablation Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Validation of a left atrial lesion pattern for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation (Kress, Krum, & others) 2002;73:1160 – 8* Absent pulmonary valve syndrome Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with aortic regurgitation in a 50-year-old man (Goel, Rajan, & others) 2002;73:282– 4,CR Valved homograft replacement of aneurysmal pulmonary arteries for severely symptomatic absent pulmonary valve syndrome (Hew, Daebritz, & others) 2002;73:1778 – 85* Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Cardiac involvement in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Hardikar, Shekar, & others) 2002;73:1310 –2,CR Adenocarcinoma See also Carcinoma; Cancer Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocarcinoma (Dabbs, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:403– 6*; Discussion (Sonett, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:406,DI Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in adenocarcinoma of the lung (Hiroshima, Iyoda, & others) 2002;73:1732–5* Pulmonary infarct cytologically mimicking adenocarcinoma of the lung (Lawther, Graham, & others) 2002;73:1964 –5,CR January issue, pp 1–350; January supplement, pp S351–S378; February issue, pp 379 –700; March issue, pp 701–1028; April issue, pp 1029 –1362; May issue, pp 1363–1696; June issue, pp 1697–2120.

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Results of surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia (de Manzoni, Pedrazzani, & others) 2002;73:1035– 40*; Invited Commentary (Stein & Siewert) 2002;73: 1040,IC Adenoviral gene transfer Transplant immunosuppression enhances efficiency of adenoviral-mediated gene retransfection: inhibition of interferon-␥ and immunoglobulin G (Suga, Gladdy, & others) 2002;73:1092–7*; Invited Commentary (DeMeester) 2002; 73:1097,IC Adhesives BioGlue surgical adhesive impairs aortic growth and causes anastomotic strictures (LeMaire, Schmittling, & others) 2002;73:1500 – 6*; Discussion (O’Brien, LeMaire, & Spotnitz) 2002;73:1506,DI Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig (Bujsrogge, Verlaan, & others) 2002;73:1451– 6* Aged See Elderly Air leaks Predictors and treatment of persistent air leaks (Cerfolio, Bass, & others) 2002;73:1727–31*; Discussion (D’Amico, Cerfolio, & others) 2002;73:1730 –1,DI Allograft vasculopathy Late cardiac reoperation after cardiac transplantation (Reddy Phan, & others) 2002;73:534 –7* Alpha-stat strategy Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Alveolar recruitment Alveolar recruitment strategy increases arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (Tusman, Bo¨hm, & others) 2002;73:1204 –9* Amiodarone Acute amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity after lung operation (Lardinois, Handschin, & Weder) 2002;73:2033– 4,CP; Reply (Lazar) 2002;73:2034 Role of amiodarone in reducing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery in adults (Haan & Geraci) 2002;73:1665–9,CV Anastomoses Angiographic results after the use of a sutureless aortic connector for proximal vein graft anastomoses (Wiklund, Bugge, & Berglin) 2002;73:1993– 4,HW Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:2072–120 • 0003-4975/02/$22.00 PII S0003-4975(02)03782-7

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Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass using an automated anastomotic device (Endo, Benhamedi, & others) 2002;73:1000 –1,HW BioGlue surgical adhesive impairs aortic growth and causes anastomotic strictures (LeMaire, Schmittling, & others) 2002;73:1500 – 6*; Discussion (O’Brien, LeMaire, & Spotnitz) 2002;73:1506,DI Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig (Bujsrogge, Verlaan, & others) 2002;73:1451– 6* Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting (Takami & Ina) 2002;73:1441–5* Everting mattress running suture: an improved technique of atrial anastomosis in human lung transplantation (de Perrot & Keshavjee) 2002;73:1663– 4,HW Experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the St. Jude Medical Stainless Steel Connector (Schaff, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:830 – 6*; Discussion (Carrel, Schaff, & Adams) 2002;73:835– 6,DI Importance of intraoperative angiographic findings for predicting long-term patency in coronary artery bypass operations (Hol, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:813– 8*; Invited Commentary (Yim & Wan) 2002;73:818,IC Intraoperative evaluation of coronary anastomosis by transittime ultrasonic flow measurement (Morota, Duhaylongsod, & others) 2002;73:1446 –50* Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Open inferior vena caval anastomosis during bicaval heart transplantation (Aklog, Sepic, & others) 2002;73:671– 2,HW Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Aneurysms See also Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Coronary artery aneurysms; Pseudoaneurysms; Thoracic aorta aneurysms; Thoracoabdominal aneurysm Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage (Pomerantzeff, Freyre, & others) 2002;73:1981–3,CR Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* Bronchial artery aneurysm disguised as a leiomyoma of the esophagus (Tringali, Tiffet, & others) 2002;73:632–3,CR Hugh sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing mitral valve incompetence (Baek, Kim, & others) 2002;73:1975–7,CR Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Murashita, Kubota, & others) 2002;73:1466 –71* Method of repair for asymmetric aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta (Sternik, Zehr, & Schaff) 2002;73:1332– 4,HW Open heart surgery and abdominal aortic aneurysm (Economopoulos & Iliopoulos) 2002;73:1691,CP; Reply (Ascione, Iannelli, & Spampinato) 2002;73:1691 Prosthetic replacement of the aorta is a risk factor for aortic root aneurysm development (Simon-Kupilik, Schima, & others) 2002;73:455–9* Radiographic demonstration of giant cardiac false aneurysm (Kollar & Merrill) 2002;73:1328,IM

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Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Conklin, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Right coronary artery and interatrial septal aneurysms with fistulous connection to the right atrium (Marullo & Sabik) 2002;73:969 –70,CR Ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm presenting as a myocardial mass (Berrizbeitia & Samuels) 2002;73:971– 3,CR Spinal cord protection during descending aortic aneurysm repair (Kazui) 2002;73:1023,CP; Reply (Estrera, Miller, & Safi) 2002;73:1023– 4 Spontaneous disappearance of a false aneurysm after iatrogenic ruptured ventricle (Ito, Murayama, & others) 2002; 73:1967–9,CR Stenosed kinking of the left main coronary artery combined with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta (Urbanski, Lindemann, & Siebel) 2002;73:1979 – 81,CR Successful repair of an aortoesophageal fistula with aneurysm from esophageal diverticulum (Yasuda, Shimono, & others) 2002;73:637–9,CR Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size (Davies, Goldstein, & others) 2002;73:17–28*; Discussion 2002;73:27– 8,IC Angina pectoris Reoperative transmyocardial laser revascularization for late recurrent angina (Lee, Fischer, & Moon) 2002;73:650 –2,CR Angiogenesis Therapeutic angiogenesis induced by local autologous bone marrow cell implantation (Hamano, Li, & others) 2002;73: 1210 –5* Angiography Angiographic results after the use of a sutureless aortic connector for proximal vein graft anastomoses (Wiklund, Bugge, & Berglin) 2002;73:1993– 4,HW Early clinical and angiographic outcome of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery (Al-Ruzzeh, George, & others) 2002;73:1431–5* Importance of intraoperative angiographic findings for predicting long-term patency in coronary artery bypass operations (Hol, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:813– 8*; Invited Commentary (Yim & Wan) 2002;73:818,IC Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10* Radial artery in coronary surgery: a 5–year experience— clinical and angiographic results (Tatoulis, Royse, & others) 2002;73:143– 8*; Discussion (Connolly, Cohen, & others) 2002;73:147– 8,DI Skeletonized radial artery grafting: improved angiographic results (Amano, Takahashi, & Hirose) 2002;73:1880 –7* Angioleiomyoma Mediastinal angioleiomyoma (Matsuoka, Nishio, & others) 2002;73:1653– 4,CR Angioplasty Aortopulmonary window due to balloon angioplasty after arterial switch operation (Takayama, Sekiguchi, & others) 2002;73:659 – 61,CR Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors Endothelin blockade potentiates endothelial protective effects of ACE inhibitors in saphenous veins (Ko, Maitland, & others) 2002;73:1185– 8* Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury (Lazar, Bao, & others) 2002;73:1522–7* Angiotensin II Endothelin blockade potentiates endothelial protective effects of ACE inhibitors in saphenous veins (Ko, Maitland, & others) 2002;73:1185– 8* Annuloplasty Reductive annuloplasty of double orifices in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (Radovanovic, Mihaljlovic, & others) 2002;73:751–5* Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries Aortic root replacement with anomalous origin of the coronary arteries (O’Blenes & Feindel) 2002;73:647–9,CR Atypical presentation of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery with severe compression between the great vessels (Giroux & Cartier) 2002;73:1636 – 8,CR Anterior mediastinal mass Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses (Metin, Sayar, & others) 2002;73: 250 –2* Anterior spinal artery syndrome Anterior spinal artery syndrome after elective coronary artery bypass grafting (Geyer, Naik, & Pillai) 2002;73:1971–3,CR Anticoagulants Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? (Jacobs, Pourmoghadam, & others) 2002;73:64 – 8*; Discussion (Backer & Jacobs) 2002;73:68,DI Lifesaving citrate anticoagulation to bridge to danaparoid treatment (Dworschak, Hiesmayr, & Lassnigg) 2002;73: 1626 –7,CR Antireflex surgery Effects of antireflux procedures on respiratory symptoms (Greason, Miller, & others) 2002;73:381–5* Aorta See also Abdominal aorta; Ascending aorta; Coarctation of the aorta; Descending aorta; Thoracic aorta BioGlue surgical adhesive impairs aortic growth and causes anastomotic strictures (LeMaire, Schmittling, & others) 2002;73:1500 – 6*; Discussion (O’Brien, LeMaire, & Spotnitz) 2002;73:1506,DI Prosthetic replacement of the aorta is a risk factor for aortic root aneurysm development (Simon-Kupilik, Schima, & others) 2002;73:455–9* Aorta root remodeling Aorta root remodeling operation: how do we tailor a tube graft? (Morishita, Murakami, & others) 2002;73:1117–21* Aortic annulus Complete aortic root replacement in patients with small aortic annulus (Urbanski) 2002;73:725–9*; Invited Commentary (Svensson) 2002;73:728 –9,IC Enlargement of the aortic annulus using a double-patch technique: a safe and effective method (Molina) 2002;73: 667–70,HW Aortic arch Antero-axillary access for hypoplastic aortic arch repair (Fraund, Bo¨ ning, & others) 2002;73:278 – 80,CR Aortic arch advancement: the optimal one-stage approach for surgical management of neonatal coarctation with arch hypoplasia (Elgamal, McKenzie, & Fraser) 2002;73:1267– 73*; Discussion (Kanter, Elgamal, & others) 2002;73:1272– 3,DI

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Aortic arch repair with right brachial artery perfusion (Tasdemir, Saritas, & others) 2002;73:1837– 42* Aortic arch replacement for recurrent cerebral embolization (Lancaster, Lovoulos, & others) 2002;73:291– 4,CR Aortic coarctation, vascular ring, and right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian artery (Gil-Jaurena, Murtra, & others) 2002;73:1640 –2,CR Autograft aortic arch extension and sleeve resection for bronchial compression after interrupted aortic arch repair (Mitchell, Campbell, & others) 2002;73:1969 –71,CR Delayed surgical management of a traumatic aortic arch injury (Carter, Karmy-Jones, & Aldea) 2002;73:294 – 6,CR Endovascular stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta after arch repair in acute type A dissection (Yano, Ishimaru, & others) 2002;73:288 –91,CR Induced ventricular fibrillation in the management of aortic arch trauma (Robicsek) 2002;73:342,CP; Reply (Gill, Lim, & others) 2002;73:342 Neurologic outcome in octogenarians after aortic arch repair with hypothermic circulatory arrest (DiBardino, Bhama, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Right aortic arch with left lung cancer: focusing on left recurrent laryngeal nerve (Shida, Asata, & others) 2002; 73:985– 6,CR Total aortic arch grafting for acute type A dissection: analysis of residual false lumen (Takahara, Sudo, & others) 2002; 73:450 – 4* Traumatic aortic arch injury (Patel, Allen, & others) 2002;73: 666,IM Aortic cannula First clinical report of differential perfusion during cardiac surgery using the Cardeon Cobra aortic cannula (Cook, Slater, & others) 2002;73:375,AB Aortic cannulation Transventricular aortic cannulation (Robicsek) 2002;73: 2038,CP; Reply (Flege) 2002;73:2038 Aortic clamping Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass using an automated anastomotic device (Endo, Benhamedi, & others) 2002;73:1000 –1,HW Isolated myocardial revascularization with intermittent aortic cross-clamping: experience with 800 cases (Raco, Mills, & Millner) 2002;73:1436 – 40*; Invited Commentary (De Paulis) 2002;73:1439 – 40,IC Aortic connector Angiographic results after the use of a sutureless aortic connector for proximal vein graft anastomoses (Wiklund, Bugge, & Berglin) 2002;73:1993– 4,HW Aortic counterpulsation Skeletal muscle ventricle aortic counterpulsation: function during chronic heart failure (Patel, Shah, & others) 2002; 73:588 –93* Aortic cusp prolapse Impact of preoperative aortic cusp prolapse on long-term outcome after surgical closure of subarterial ventricular septal defect (Cheung, Chiu, & others) 2002;73:622–7* Aortic dissection Acute type A aortic dissection: can we dramatically reduce the surgical mortality? (Bachet) 2002;73:701–3,ED Acute type A dissection: conservative methods provide consistently low mortality (Westaby, Saito, & Katsumata) 2002;73:707–13* Conventional repair and operative stent-grafting for acute and chronic aortic dissection (Miyairi, Ninomiya, & others) 2002;73:1621–3,CR

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Endovascular stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta after arch repair in acute type A dissection (Yano, Ishimaru, & others) 2002;73:288 –91,CR Factors influencing intensive care unit length of stay after surgery for acute acute aortic dissection type A (Hoefer, Ruttmann, & others) 2002;73:714 –9*; Invited Commentary (Schepens) 2002;73:718 –9,IC Preoperative fenestration for type A acute aortic dissection with mesenteric malperfusion (Fabre, Vincentelli, & others) 2002;73:950 –1,CR Repair of the thoracic aorta by transaortic stent grafting (open stenting) (Uchida, Ishihara, & others) 2002;73:444 –9*; Invited Commentary (Grabenwo¨ ger) 2002;73:449,IC Self-expandable aortic stent-grafts for treatment of descending aortic dissections (Palma, de Souza, & others) 2002;73: 1138 – 42*; Invited Commentary (Grimm) 2002;73:1141– 2,IC Successful repair of intraoperative aortic dissection detected by transesophageal echocardiography (Varghese, Riedel, & others) 2002;73:953–5,CR Surgical treatment of acute type A dissection: is rupture a risk factor? (Ehrlich, Grabenwo¨ ger, & others) 2002;73:1843– 8* Total aortic arch grafting for acute type A dissection: analysis of residual false lumen (Takahara, Sudo, & others) 2002; 73:450 – 4* Type-A acute dissection: combined operation plus stent management (Roux, Brouchet, & others) 2002;73:1616 – 8,CR Aortic insufficiency Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* Aortic manipulation Impact of aortic manipulation on incidence of cerebrovascular accidents after surgical myocardial revascularization (Calafiore, Di Mauro, & others) 2002;73:1387–93* Aortic regurgitation Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with aortic regurgitation in a 50-year-old man (Goel, Rajan, & others) 2002;73:282– 4,CR Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Murashita, Kubota, & others) 2002;73:1466 –71* Aortic root Dilated aortic root and stentless valve implantation (Siebenmann) 2002;73:694,CP; Reply (Massetti) 2002;73:694 –5 Aortic root aneurysm Prosthetic replacement of the aorta is a risk factor for aortic root aneurysm development (Simon-Kupilik, Schima, & others) 2002;73:455–9* Aortic root replacement Acute type A dissection: conservative methods provide consistently low mortality (Westaby, Saito, & Katsumata) 2002;73:707–13* Aortic root replacement in 271 Marfan patients: a 24 –year experience (Gott, Cameron, & others) 2002;73:438 – 43* Aortic root replacement with anomalous origin of the coronary arteries (O’Blenes & Feindel) 2002;73:647–9,CR Complete aortic root replacement in patients with small aortic annulus (Urbanski) 2002;73:725–9*; Invited Commentary (Svensson) 2002;73:728 –9,IC Eight-year results of aortic root replacement with the Freestyle stentless porcine aortic root bioprosthesis (Kon, Riley, & others) 2002;73:1817–21*; Discussion (Ring, Kon, & others) 2002;73:1821,DI

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Five-year experience in aortic root replacement with the flanged composite graft (Kirali, Mansuroglu, & others) 2002;73:1130 –7* Aortic rupture Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stentgraft (Schmid, Philipp, & others) 2002;73:1618 –20,CR Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Murashita, Kubota, & others) 2002;73:1466 –71* Ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm presenting as a myocardial mass (Berrizbeitia & Samuels) 2002;73:971– 3,CR Spontaneous disappearance of a false aneurysm after iatrogenic ruptured ventricle (Ito, Murayama, & others) 2002; 73:1967–9,CR Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size (Davies, Goldstein, & others) 2002;73:17–28*; Discussion 2002;73:27– 8,IC Aortic stenosis Aortoscopy: a less invasive intraoperative method to assess the aortic valve (Tovar, Sherman, & others) 2002;73:284 – 6,CR Cause of degenerative disease of the trileaflet aortic valve: review of subject and presentation of a new theory (Robicsek, Thubrikar, & Fokin) 2002;73:1346 –54,CV Mitral annular aneurysm resulting from subaortic muscle resection (Watanabe, Harada, & others) 2002;73:1302– 3,CR Tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valvular stenosis: surgical correction in one case (Ghez, Chetaille, & others) 2002;73: 967–9,CR Aortic surgery Retrograde cerebral perfusion does not improve neuropsychometric outcome after aortic surgery (Jones, Harrington, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Aortic transection Traumatic aortic transection: evidence for the osseous pinch mechanism (Javadpour, O’Toole, & others) 2002;73:951– 3,CR Aortic valve Aortic valve exposure through a combined right atrialascending aortic approach in redo cases (Calafiore, Di Giammarco, & Vitolla) 2002;73:318 –9,HW Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* Aortic valve sparing operations (David) 2002;73:1029 –30,ED Aortic valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting without functioning internal mammary artery grafts (Byrne, Karavas, & others) 2002;73:779 – 84*; Invited Commentary (Gillinov & Lytle) 2002;73:784,IC Aortic wall alterations after use of gelatin-resorcinol-formalin glue (Kirscyh, Ginat, & others) 2002;73:642– 4,CR Aortoscopy: a less invasive intraoperative method to assess the aortic valve (Tovar, Sherman, & others) 2002;73:284 – 6,CR Cause of degenerative disease of the trileaflet aortic valve: review of subject and presentation of a new theory (Robicsek, Thubrikar, & Fokin) 2002;73:1346 –54,CV Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up (Milano, De Carlo, & others) 2002;73:37– 43*

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Aortic valve (cont’d) Combined aortic and mitral valve operations with transection of the ascending aorta (Wang) 2002;73:2035,CP; Reply (Machiraju) 2002;73:2035– 6 Congenital mitral-aortic discontinuity (Liotta, Diluch, & others) 2002;73:274 –7,CR Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Double valve replacement through an aorto-annulo-atriotomy using an aortic-valved graft in a mitral position (Bauset & Dagenais) 2002;73:1986 –7,HW Dynamic analysis of the aortic valve using a finite element model (Gnyaneshwar, Kumar, & Balakrishnan) 2002;73: 1122–9* Hemodynamic stability during 17 years of the CarpentierEdwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis (Banbury, Cosgrove III, & others) 2002;73:1460 –5* Patient prosthesis mismatch is rare after aortic valve replacement: valve size may be irrelevant (Hanayama, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:1822–9*; Discussion (Olinger & Christakis) 2002;73:1829,DI Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery (Kypson & Glower) 2002;73:1657– 8,HW Preliminary experience with the St. Jude Medical Reagent Mechanical heart valve in the aortic position: in vivo hemodynamic results (Gelsomino, Morocutti, & others) 2002;73:1830 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Jamieson) 2002;73: 1836,IC Reduction aortoplasty for dilatation of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (Bauer, Pasic, & others) 2002;73:720 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Kon) 2002;73:724,IC Aortitis Composite graft replacement after aortic valvuloplaty in Takayasu arteritis (Harada, Honma, & others) 2002;73:644 – 7,CR Aorto-annulo-atriotomy Double valve replacement through an aorto-annulo-atriotomy using an aortic-valved graft in a mitral position (Bauset & Dagenais) 2002;73:1986 –7,HW Aortoesophageal fistula Successful repair of an aortoesophageal fistula with aneurysm from esophageal diverticulum (Yasuda, Shimono, & others) 2002;73:637–9,CR Aortoplasty Aortopulmonary fistula after coarctation repair with Dacron patch aortoplasty (Heikkinen & Ja¨ rvinen) 2002;73:1634 – 6,CR Reduction aortoplasty for dilatation of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (Bauer, Pasic, & others) 2002;73:720 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Kon) 2002;73:724,IC Aortopulmonary fistula Aortopulmonary fistula after coarctation repair with Dacron patch aortoplasty (Heikkinen & Ja¨ rvinen) 2002;73:1634 – 6,CR Aortopulmonary window Aortopulmonary window due to balloon angioplasty after arterial switch operation (Takayama, Sekiguchi, & others) 2002;73:659 – 61,CR Aortoscopy Aortoscopy: a less invasive intraoperative method to assess the aortic valve (Tovar, Sherman, & others) 2002;73:284 – 6,CR

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Apico-aortic conduits Apico-aortic conduits in children with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Khanna, Anstadt, & others) 2002;73:81–7*; Discussion (Khanna & Brown) 2002;73:86 – 7,DI Apoptosis Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis after coronary bypass operation without cardiopulmonary bypass (Chello, Mastroroberto, & others) 2002;73:123–30*; Invited Commentary (Menasche´ ) 2002;73:30 Role of apoptosis in myocardial stunning after open heart surgery (Schmitt, Schro¨ der, & others) 2002;73:1229 –35*; Invited Commentary (Gorman & Gorman) 2002;73: 1235,IC Aprikalim Aprikalim reduces the Na⫹-Ca2⫹ exchange outward current enhanced by hyperkalemia in rat ventricular myocytes (Li, Wu, & others) 2002;73:1253– 60*; Invited Commentary (Buxton) 2002;73:1259 – 60,IC Aprotinin Aprotinin in coronary operation with cardiopulmonary bypass: does “low-dose” aprotinin inhibit the inflammatory response? (Englberger, Kipfer, & others) 2002;73:1897– 904* Full dose aprotinin administration is associated with a significant decrease in perioperative stroke in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis (Murkin, Maurer, & others) 2002;73:374,AB L-Arginine Cardioplegic arrest with L-arginine improves myocardial protection: results of a prospective randomized clinical trial (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:837– 42*; Invited Commentary (Vander Salm) 2002;73:842,IC Arginine vasopressin Interaction between vasodilators and vasopressin in internal mammary artery and clinical significance (Wei, Floten, & He) 2002;73:516 –22* Arrhythmias See also specific arrhythmia Arrhythmia after modified total cavopulmonary connection without use of prosthetic material (Suzuki, Murai & others) 2002;73:102– 6* Artefacts New method for automatic differentiation between cerebral emboli and artefacts (Brucher & Russell) 2002;73:371,AB Arterial conduits Arterial conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: a bridge over troubled water (Suma) 2002;73:1366 –7,ED Remodeling of arterial conduits in coronary grafting (Barner) 2002;73:1341–5,CV Arterial switch procedure Aortopulmonary window due to balloon angioplasty after arterial switch operation (Takayama, Sekiguchi, & others) 2002;73:659 – 61,CR Multidose cardioplegia in a complex arterial switch procedure (Hartz, DeLeon, & others) 2002;73:280 –2,CR Successful arterial switch operation for post-Mustard pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary pulmonary hypertension (Inoue, Oba, & others) 2002;73:975–7,CR Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI Arteries See Coronary arteries; Pulmonary arteries; specific artery

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Artificial heart See also Prostheses Different kind of “total artificial heart”: the interactive, computer-based human heart model (Pasque) 2002;73:1032– 4,ED Implant technique for the Jarvik 200 Heart (Westaby, Frazier, & others) 2002;73:1337– 40,HW Ascending aorta Bronchial compression by posteriorly displaced ascending aorta in patients with congenital heart disease (Kim, Yoo, & others) 2002;73:881– 6*; Invited Commentary (Sell) 2002; 73:886,IC Combined aortic and mitral valve operations with transection of the ascending aorta (Wang) 2002;73:2035,CP; Reply (Machiraju) 2002;73:2035– 6 Conventional repair and operative stent-grafting for acute and chronic aortic dissection (Miyairi, Ninomiya, & others) 2002;73:1621–3,CR Ectopic thyroid tissue on the ascending aorta: an operative finding (Williams, Lindop, & Butler) 2002;73:1642–3,CR Method of repair for asymmetric aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta (Sternik, Zehr, & Schaff) 2002;73:1332– 4,HW Reduction aortoplasty for dilatation of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (Bauer, Pasic, & others) 2002;73:720 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Kon) 2002;73:724,IC Stenosed kinking of the left main coronary artery combined with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta (Urbanski, Lindemann, & Siebel) 2002;73:1979 – 81,CR Ascending aortic aneurysm Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* Aspergillosis Full thoracoscopic approach for surgical management of invasive pulmonary aspgerillosis (Gossot, Validire, & others) 2002;73:240 – 4* Aspirin Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? (Jacobs, Pourmoghadam, & others) 2002;73:64 – 8*; Discussion (Backer & Jacobs) 2002;73:68,DI Asplenia syndrome Individualized total cavopulmonary connection technique for patients with asplenia syndrome (Aeba, Katogi, & others) 2002;73:1274 – 81*; Invited Commentary (Caldarone) 2002; 73:1280 –1,IC Assist devices See Left ventricular assist device; Ventricular assist devices Atelectasis Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Atheroma Aortic arch replacement for recurrent cerebral embolization (Lancaster, Lovoulos, & others) 2002;73:291– 4,CR Atresia Esophageal atresia: historical evolution of management and results in 371 patients (Deurloo, Ekkelkamp, & others) 2002;73:267–72* Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries (Albanese, Carotti, & others) 2002;73:1322– 4,CR

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Surgical treatment of coronary sinus orifice atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after total cavo-pulmonary connection (Ohta, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:653–5,CR Atria See also Left atrium Atrial size and transport function after the Maze III procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Lo¨ nnerholm, Blomstro¨ m, & others) 2002;73:107–11* Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR Pathologic findings in atrial musculature seven years after the intraatrial tunnel Fontan (Yoshikawa, Ishibashi-Ueda, & others) 2002;73:663– 4,CR Right coronary artery and interatrial septal aneurysms with fistulous connection to the right atrium (Marullo & Sabik) 2002;73:969 –70,CR Atrial fibrillation Atrial size and transport function after the Maze III procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Lo¨ nnerholm, Blomstro¨ m, & others) 2002;73:107–11* Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Modification of the radial procedure in a patient with partial atrioventricular septal defect (Nitta, Yamauchi, & others) 2002;73:661–3,CR Role of amiodarone in reducing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery in adults (Haan & Geraci) 2002;73:1665–9,CV Simple pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation (Kalil & Lima) 2002;73:1022,CP; Reply (Sueda) 2002;73:1022–3 Simple surgical isolation of pulmonary veins for treating secondary atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease (Kalil, Lima, & others) 2002;73:1169 –73* Validation of a left atrial lesion pattern for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation (Kress, Krum, & others) 2002;73:1160 – 8* Atrial flutter Repetitive atrial flutter as a complication of the left-sided simple maze procedure (Usui, Inden, & others) 2002;73: 1457–9* Atrial natriuretic peptide Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection (Tayama, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1582– 6* Atrioventricular canal Single-stage anatomical repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, and cor triatriatum using ventricular septal defect translocation (Tchervenkov, Korkola, & Be´ land) 2002;73:1317–20,CR Atrioventricular septal defects Modification of the radial procedure in a patient with partial atrioventricular septal defect (Nitta, Yamauchi, & others) 2002;73:661–3,CR Surgical results of double-orifice left atrioventricular valve associated with atrioventricular septal defects (Nakano, Kado, & others) 2002;73:69 –75* Auricular cartilage Use of autologous auricular chondrocytes for lining artificial surfaces: a feasibility study (Scott-Burden, Bosley, & others) 2002;73:1528 –33* Autoregulation Brain O2 desaturation despite preserved autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (Edmonds, Thomas, & others) 2002;73:373,AB

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Bacterial infection Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery (Chelemer, Prato, & others) 2002;73:138 – 42* Baffle Combined correction of an adult scimitar syndrome and coronary artery bypass grafting (Walles, Lichtenberg, & others) 2002;73:640 –2,CR Comparing dual-stream and standard cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs (Macoviak, Hwang, & others) 2002;73:203– 8* Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Balloon angioplasty Aortopulmonary window due to balloon angioplasty after arterial switch operation (Takayama, Sekiguchi, & others) 2002;73:659 – 61,CR Barrett’s ulcer Perforating Barret’s ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula (Nigro, Bremner, & others) 2002;73:302– 4,CR Beating heart Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Beating heart coronary surgery Epicardial ultrasound in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: potential aid in intraoperative coronary diagnostics (Klein, Meijer, & others) 2002;73:809 –12* Mitral annulus distortion during beating heart surgery: a potential cause for hemodynamic disturbance—a threedimensional echocardiography reconstruction surgery (George, Al-Ruzzeh, & Amrani) 2002;73:1424 –30* Bentall procedure Five-year experience in aortic root replacement with the flanged composite graft (Kirali, Mansuroglu, & others) 2002;73:1130 –7* Replacement of a thrombosed valve after the Bentall procedure (Harada, Ito, & others) 2002;73:965–7,CR Beta-adrenergic blockers Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide–releasing ␤-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC Beta-adrenoceptors ␤-receptor downregulation in congenital heart disease: a risk factor for complications after surgical repair? (Buchhorn, Hulpke-Wette, & others) 2002;73:610 –3* Bicuspid valve Extending the usable size range of homografts in the pulmonary circulation: outcome of bicuspid homografts (Koirala, Merklinger, & others) 2002;73:866 –70*; Discussion (Monro, Williams, & Von Segesser) 2002;73:869 – 70,DI Biliptysis Bullets and biliptysis (Nigro, Arroyo, & others) 2002;73:1645– 7,CR

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BioGlue BioGlue surgical adhesive impairs aortic growth and causes anastomotic strictures (LeMaire, Schmittling, & others) 2002;73:1500 – 6*; Discussion (O’Brien, LeMaire, & Spotnitz) 2002;73:1506,DI Inflammatory response after BioGlue application (Erasmi & Sievers) 2002;73:1025,CP; Reply (Hewitt, Marra, & others) 2002;73:1025– 6 Bio-mini-paddle Biologic glue-molded “bio-mini-paddle” electrode used for atrial and ventricular pacing and defibrillation (Kubota, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:322– 4,HW Biopsy Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses (Metin, Sayar, & others) 2002;73: 250 –2* Open lung biopsy in patients with congenital heart disease (Gorenflo) 2002;73:1357– 8,CP Blalock-Taussig shunt Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified BlalockTaussig shunt (Ugurlu, Sariosmanoglu, & others) 2002;73: 1638 – 40,CR Blastoma Pulmonary blastoma: medium-term results from a regional center (Zaidi, Zamvar, & others) 2002;73:1572–5* Blood Behavior of free jejunal flaps after early disruption of blood supply (Chen, Tan, & others) 2002;73:987–9,CR Blood conservation Effectiveness of combined blood conservation measures in thoracic aorta operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Shibata, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:739 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Elefteriades) 2002;73:743– 4,IC Blood flow See also Cerebral blood flow; Pulmonary blood flow Blood transfusions Effectiveness of combined blood conservation measures in thoracic aorta operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Shibata, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:739 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Elefteriades) 2002;73:743– 4,IC Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on survival after esophageal resection for carcinoma (Langley, Alexiou, & others) 2002;73:1704 –9* Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery (Balachandran, Cross, & others) 2002;73: 1912– 8* Blood urea nitrogen Serum BUN/Cr comparisons in three patient groups with coronary artery disease (Borowicz, Grega, & others) 2002; 73:370,AB Bochdalek hernia Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an octogenarian (Perch, Houck, & DeAnda) 2002;73:1288,CR Boerhaave’s syndrome Spontaneous esophageal perforation presenting as meningitis (Jurani, Early, & Roberts) 2002;73:1294 – 6,CR Bone grafts Repair of transverse sternal nonunions using metal plates and autogenous bone grafts (Bertin, Rice, & others) 2002;73: 1661–2,HW Bone infections Current presentation and optimal surgical management of sternoclavicular joint infections (Song, Guy, & others) 2002;73:427–31*

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Bone marrow transplantation Therapeutic angiogenesis induced by local autologous bone marrow cell implantation (Hamano, Li, & others) 2002;73: 1210 –5* Brachial artery Aortic arch repair with right brachial artery perfusion (Tasdemir, Saritas, & others) 2002;73:1837– 42* Brain Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367,AB Brain O2 desaturation despite preserved autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (Edmonds, Thomas, & others) 2002;73:373,AB In the elderly, coronary artery bypass grafting associated with more brain O2 desaturation and cognitive dysfunction (Edmonds, Cao, & Yu) 2002;73:375,AB Increased pressure during retrograde cerebral perfusion in an acute porcine model improves brain tissue perfusion without increase in tissue edema (Li, Yang, & others) 2002;73:1514 –21* Magnetic resonance imaging registration and quantitation of the brain before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Kohn) 2002;73:363–5, OC Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Brain natriuretic peptide Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection (Tayama, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1582– 6* Breast cancer Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocarcinoma (Dabbs, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:403– 6*; Discussion (Sonett, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:406,DI Bronchial artery aneurysm Bronchial artery aneurysm disguised as a leiomyoma of the esophagus (Tringali, Tiffet, & others) 2002;73:632–3,CR Bronchial compression Autograft aortic arch extension and sleeve resection for bronchial compression after interrupted aortic arch repair (Mitchell, Campbell, & others) 2002;73:1969 –71,CR Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome Ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation increases risk of late bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (Fiser, Tribble, & others) 2002;73:1041– 8*; Discussion (Baumgartner, Fiser, & others) 2002;73:1047– 8,DI Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Bronchoesophageal fistula Benign bronchoesophageal fistula in the adult (Mangi, Gaissert, & others) 2002;73:911–5* Bronchogenic cysts Preoperative diagnosis of a paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst using endosonography (Lim, Ho, & Min) 2002;73:633– 5,CR Bronchopleural fistula Endobronchial neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet laser for noninvasive closure of small proximal bronchopleural fistula after lung resection (Kiriyama, Fujii, & others) 2002;73:945–9*; Invited Commentary (Wood) 2002;73:948 – 9,IC

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Transsternal transpericardial closure of a postlobectomy bronchopleural fistula (Rafaely, Paley, & others) 2002;73: 635– 6,CR Bronchovenous fistula Management of neonatal bronchovenous fistula after cardiopulmonary bypass (Reinhartz, DeSilva, & Hanley) 2002; 73:1320 –2,CR Bronchus Bilateral lung transplantation using a donor with a tracheal right upper lobe bronchus (Sekine, Fischer, & others) 2002;73:308 –10,CR Bronchial compression by posteriorly displaced ascending aorta in patients with congenital heart disease (Kim, Yoo, & others) 2002;73:881– 6*; Invited Commentary (Sell) 2002; 73:886,IC Tracheobronchoplasty for resection of lung cancer arising from a tracheal bronchus (Sato, Hasegawa, & others) 2002;73:310 –2,CR Brown tumor Brown tumor of the sternum (Kao, Chang, & others) 2002;73: 1651–3,CR Brucella endocarditis Vegectectomy in Brucella endocarditis (Sunar & Duran) 2002; 73:2036,CP; Reply (Bozbuga, Keles, & others) 2002;73:2036 Bylaws Implementation of the 2000 –2002 strategic plan begins: new bylaws and more (Orringer) 2002;73:9 –10,PP Bypass See Cardiopulmonary bypass Cancer See Breast cancer; Gastric cancer; Lung cancer; Nonsmall cell lung cancer; Metastases CarboMedics valve Up to 8 –year follow-up of valve replacement with CarboMedics valve (Soga, Okabayashi, & others) 2002;73:474 –9*; Invited Commentary (Svennevig) 2002;73:479,IC Carbon dioxide embolism Carbon dioxide embolism during minimally invasive vein harvesting (Banks, Manetta, & others) 2002;73:296 –7,CR Carcinoma Neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid) of the thymus associated with Cushing’s syndrome (de Perrot, Spiliopoulos, & others) 2002;73:675– 81,CV Primary thymic carcinoma (Liu, Hsu, & others) 2002;73:1076 – 81* Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract (Gersak, Lakic, & others) 2002;73: 1631–3,CR Cardiac allograft vasculopathy Late cardiac reoperation after cardiac transplantation (Reddy Phan, & others) 2002;73:534 –7* Cardiac assist devices Cardiac assist devices: assessing neurobehavioral function (Truesell, Potvin, & others) 2002;73:377,AB Cardiac function Assessment of cardiac performance using Tei indices in patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:762– 6*,IC

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SUBJECT INDEX

Cardiac mitochondria Disease-specific remodeling of cardiac mitochondria after a left ventricular assist devices (Heerdt, Schlame, & others) 2002;73:1216 –21* Cardiac-specific transgene Global cardiac-specific transgene expression using cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac isolation (Bridges, Burkman, & others) 2002;73:1939 – 46* Cardiac surgery See also Surgery Beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in adult cardiac surgical patients (Maxey, Smith, & others) 2002;73:529 – 33*; Discussion (Grover, Crosby, & others) 2002;73:532– 3,DI Cerebral oxygenation monitoring during cardiac surgery at a community hospital (McKowen, Paxton, & others) 2002; 73:372,AB Comparison of the Nottingham Health Profile and the 36 – item health survey questionnaires in cardiac surgery (Falcoz, Chocron, & others) 2002;73:1222– 8*; Invited Commentary (Ross) 2002;73:1228,IC Cytokine balance in infants undergoing cardiac operation (Ho¨ vels-Gu¨ rich, Schumacher, & others) 2002;73:601–9*; Invited Commentary (Hawkins) 2002;73:608 –9,IC Development of a predictive index for complications in cardiac surgery: preliminary report on retrospective observations (Iglesias, Ralley, & others) 2002;73:372,AB First clinical report of differential perfusion during cardiac surgery using the Cardeon Cobra aortic cannula (Cook, Slater, & others) 2002;73:375,AB Full dose aprotinin administration is associated with a significant decrease in perioperative stroke in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis (Murkin, Maurer, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery is associated with polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 10 genes (Ryan, Balding, & others) 2002;73:1905–11*; Invited Commentary (Leins & Cremer) 2002;73:1910 –11,IC Long-term survival and quality of life in cardiac surgical patients with prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (Williams, Wellner, & others) 2002;73:1472– 8* Our responsibility for improving the care of elderly cardiothoracic surgical patients (LoCicero) 2002;73:379 – 80,ED Plasma sequestration before cardiopulmonary bypass and cell saving contribute to improved outcome in high-risk cardiac surgical patients (Everts, Box, & others) 2002;73: 374,AB Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery (Balachandran, Cross, & others) 2002;73: 1912– 8* Role of amiodarone in reducing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery in adults (Haan & Geraci) 2002;73:1665–9,CV Cardiac tamponade Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac valve operation (Mangi, Palacios, & Torchiana) 2002; 73:1479 – 83* Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration (Bozinovski, Wang, & Nakai) 2002;73:1314 –5,CR Spontaneous coronary artery dissection presenting as cardiac tamponade (Badmanaban, McCarty, & others) 2002;73: 1324 – 6,CR Cardiac transplantation See also Heart transplantation

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Endothelium in clinical cardiac transplantation (Stoica, Goddard, & Large) 2002;73:1002– 8,CV Ex-vivo mitral valve repair prior to orthotopic cardiac transplantation (Michler & Camacho) 2002;73:962–3,CR Late cardiac reoperation after cardiac transplantation (Reddy Phan, & others) 2002;73:534 –7* Myocardial preservation using Celsior solution in cardiac transplantation: early results and 5-year follow-up of a multicenter prospective study of 70 cardiac transplantations (Remadi, Baron, & others) 2002;73:1495–9* Cardiogenic shock Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for adult postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (Ko, Lin, & others) 2002;73: 538 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Zwischenberger) 2002;73: 545,IC Cardiomyocytes Aprikalim reduces the Na⫹-Ca2⫹ exchange outward current enhanced by hyperkalemia in rat ventricular myocytes (Li, Wu, & others) 2002;73:1253– 60*; Invited Commentary (Buxton) 2002;73:1259 – 60,IC Cardiomyopathy See Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Cardiomyoplasty Dynamic cardiomyoplasty: “the truth that dare not speak its name” (Alvarez) 2002;73:346 –7,CP; Reply (Barron) 2002; 73:347,CP Functional recovery of the native heart after cardiomyoplasty in sheep with heart failure: passive and dynamic effects of volume loading (Shirota, Huang, & others) 2002;73:849 – 54* Cardioplegia Cardioplegic arrest with L-arginine improves myocardial protection: results of a prospective randomized clinical trial (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:837– 42*; Invited Commentary (Vander Salm) 2002;73:842,IC Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:112– 8* Multidose cardioplegia in a complex arterial switch procedure (Hartz, DeLeon, & others) 2002;73:280 –2,CR Cardiopulmonary bypass Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367,AB Aprotinin in coronary operation with cardiopulmonary bypass: does “low-dose” aprotinin inhibit the inflammatory response? (Englberger, Kipfer, & others) 2002;73:1897– 904* Brain O2 desaturation despite preserved autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (Edmonds, Thomas, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Comparing dual-stream and standard cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs (Macoviak, Hwang, & others) 2002;73:203– 8* Elimination of cardiopulmonary bypass improves early survival for multivessel coronary artery bypass patients (Magee, Jablonski, & others) 2002;73:1196 –203*; Discussion (Connolly, Starnes, & others) 2002;73:1202–3,DI

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Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Evaluating routine diuretics after coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial (Lim, Ali, & others) 2002;73:153–5* Global cardiac-specific transgene expression using cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac isolation (Bridges, Burkman, & others) 2002;73:1939 – 46* Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis after coronary bypass operation without cardiopulmonary bypass (Chello, Mastroroberto, & others) 2002;73:123–30*; Invited Commentary (Menasche´ ) 2002;73:129 –30,IC Is there a place for preconditioning during cardiac operations in humans? (Pouzet, Lecharny, & others) 2002;73:843– 8* Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Management of neonatal bronchovenous fistula after cardiopulmonary bypass (Reinhartz, DeSilva, & Hanley) 2002; 73:1320 –2,CR Myocardial immediate early gene activation after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (Nelson, Wechsler, & others) 2002;73:156 – 62* Plasma sequestration before cardiopulmonary bypass and cell saving contribute to improved outcome in high-risk cardiac surgical patients (Everts, Box, & others) 2002;73: 374,AB Postoperative hyperthermia in the first 48 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass (Thong, Strickler, & others) 2002;73: 370,AB Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Profound reduction in cerebral embolization using an endoaortic baffle (COBRA) during cardiopulmonary bypass in swine (Slater, Cook, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery (Balachandran, Cross, & others) 2002;73: 1912– 8* Cardiothoracic surgery Injury of the common peroneal nerve after cardiothoracic operations (Vazquez-Jimenez, Krebs & others) 2002;73: 119 –22*; Invited Commentary (Ellison) 2002;73:122,IC Carotid endarterectomy Can the added risk of stroke from combined coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy be predicted? (Bilfinger, Seifert, & others) 2002;73:377,AB Is there a gender bias in outcome after carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass grafting? (Cuadra, Char, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Operative and 5-year outcomes of combined carotid and coronary revascularization: review of a large contemporary experience (Zacharias, Schwann, & others) 2002;73: 491– 8*; Invited Commentary (Akins) 2002;73:497– 8,IC Safety and efficacy of one stage off-pump coronary artery operation and carotid endarterectomy (Meharwal, Mishra, & Trehan) 2002;73:793–7*; Invited Commentary (Fullerton) 2002;73:797,IC Carpentier-Edwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis Hemodynamic stability during 17 years of the CarpentierEdwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis (Banbury, Cosgrove III, & others) 2002;73:1460 –5*

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Catenins Expression status of E-cadherin and ␣-, ␤-, and ␥-catenins in thymoma (Yoshino, Kase, & others) 2002;73:933–7* Catheter Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac valve operation (Mangi, Palacios, & Torchiana) 2002; 73:1479 – 83* Safe, highly selective use of pulmonary artery catheters in coronary artery bypass grafting: an objective patient selection method (Schwann, Zacharias, & others) 2002;73: 1394 –1402*; Invited Commentary (Hanson) 2002;73:1401– 2,IC Cavopulmonary connection Total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit: experience with 100 patients (Tokunaga, Kado, & others) 2002;73:76 – 80* Cells Cell membrane fluidity and prognosis of lung cancer (Sok, Sentjurc, & others) 2002;73:1567–71* Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peripheral blood of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Koyanagi, Ozawa, & others) 2002;73:927–32* Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study (Alamanni, Parolari, & others) 2002;73:1606 –15*; Invited Commentary (Fedak, Weisel, & others) 2002;73:1614 –5,IC Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in adenocarcinoma of the lung (Hiroshima, Iyoda, & others) 2002;73:1732–5* Celsior solution Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study (Alamanni, Parolari, & others) 2002;73:1606 –15*; Invited Commentary (Fedak, Weisel, & others) 2002;73:1614 –5,IC Myocardial preservation using Celsior solution in cardiac transplantation: early results and 5-year follow-up of a multicenter prospective study of 70 cardiac transplantations (Remadi, Baron, & others) 2002;73:1495–9* Cerebral blood flow Cerebral blood flow and cognitive dysfunction after coronary surgery (Abildstrom, Hogh, & others) 2002;73:1174 –9*; Invited Commentary (Hall) 2002;73:1178 –9,IC Effect of hypothermia on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in the pig (Ehrlich, McCullough, & others) 2002;73:191–7*; Invited Commentary (Carrel) 2002;73:197,IC Cerebral embolization See also Embolism Aortic arch replacement for recurrent cerebral embolization (Lancaster, Lovoulos, & others) 2002;73:291– 4,CR New method for automatic differentiation between cerebral emboli and artefacts (Brucher & Russell) 2002;73:371,AB Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Profound reduction in cerebral embolization using an endoaortic baffle (COBRA) during cardiopulmonary bypass in swine (Slater, Cook, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Cerebral oximetry Reduced postoperative length of stay may result from using cerebral oximetry monitoring to guide treatment (Alexander, Kronenfeld, & Dance) 2002;73:373,AB Cerebral oxygenation Cerebral oxygenation monitoring during cardiac surgery at a community hospital (McKowen, Paxton, & others) 2002; 73:372,AB

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Cerebrovascular accidents See also Stroke Impact of aortic manipulation on incidence of cerebrovascular accidents after surgical myocardial revascularization (Calafiore, Di Mauro, & others) 2002;73:1387–93* Cerivastatin Effects of cerivastatin on vascular function of human radial and left internal thoracic arteries (Nakamura, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:1860 –5*; Invited Commentary (He) 2002; 73:1865,IC Cervical mediastinoscopy Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses (Metin, Sayar, & others) 2002;73: 250 –2* C1– esterase inhibitor C1– esterase inhibitor reduces reperfusion injury after lung transplantation (Scherer, Demertzis, & others) 2002;73: 233–9*; Invited Commentary (Fiser & Tribble) 2002;73: 238 –9,IC c-fos Myocardial immediate early gene activation after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (Nelson, Wechsler, & others) 2002;73:156 – 62* Chemoradiation Induction chemoradiation compared with induction radiation for lung cancer involving the superior sulcus (Wright, Menard, & others) 2002;73:1541– 4* Chest Bronchial transection resulting from trivial blunt chest trauma (Reddy, Davierwala, & others) 2002;73:1948 –9,CR Chest wall Chest wall resections and reconstruction: a 25-year experience (Mansour, Thourani, & others) 2002;73:1720 – 6*; Discussion (D’Amico, Thourani, & others) 2002;73:1725– 6,DI Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:304 – 6,CR Proliferative myositis: a rare pseudosarcoma of the chest wall (Kent, Flieder, & others) 2002;73:1296 – 8,CR Chiari network Prominent Chiari network (Tanaka, Ueda, & others) 2002;73: 1985,IM Childbirth Pneumomediastinum during spontaneous vaginal delivery (Sutherland, Ho, & Campanella) 2002;73:314 –5,CR Children See also Infants Antero-axillary access for hypoplastic aortic arch repair (Fraund, Bo¨ ning, & others) 2002;73:278 – 80,CR Apico-aortic conduits in children with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Khanna, Anstadt, & others) 2002;73:81–7*; Discussion (Khanna & Brown) 2002;73:86 – 7,DI ␤-receptor downregulation in congenital heart disease: a risk factor for complications after surgical repair? (Buchhorn, Hulpke-Wette, & others) 2002;73:610 –3* Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Current incidence of acute neurologic complications after open-heart operations in children (Menache, du Plessis, & others) 2002;73:1752– 8* Current results with intraaortic balloon pumping in infants and children (Pinkney, Minich, & others) 2002;73:887–91*; Invited Commentary (Delius) 2002;73:891,IC

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Cystic lung lesions in the pediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton Hospital (Papagiannopoulos, Hughes, & others) 2002;73:1594 – 8* Cytokine balance in infants undergoing cardiac operation (Ho¨ vels-Gu¨ rich, Schumacher, & others) 2002;73:601–9*; Invited Commentary (Hawkins) 2002;73:608 –9,IC Effects of autologous platelet concentrate reinfusion after open heart surgery in patients with congenital heart disease (Hiramatsu, Okamura, & others) 2002;73:1282–5* Intermediate results of the anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (Ilbawi, Ocampo, & others) 2002; 73:594 – 600*; Discussion (Tchervenkov, Ilbawi, & Williams) 2002;73:599 – 600,DI Mechanical circulatory support for infants and children with cardiac disease (Duncan) 2002;73:1670 –7,CV Midterm results of surgical treatment of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction in Fontan patients (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73:855– 61*; Invited Commentary (Lamberti) 2002;73:860 –1,IC Repair of congenital malformations of the mitral valve: early and midterm results (Prifti, Vanini, & others) 2002;73:614 – 21* Repair of transposition of the great arteries with total anomalous pulmonary venous return (Raff, Geiss, & others) 2002;73:655–7,CR Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary valve replacement after correction of tetralogy of Fallot (de Ruijter, Weeink, & others) 2002;73:1794 –1800*; Discussion (Weiman, Bennink, & others) 2002;73:1800,DI Successful arterial switch operation for post-Mustard pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary pulmonary hypertension (Inoue, Oba, & others) 2002;73:975–7,CR Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI Chondrocytes Use of autologous auricular chondrocytes for lining artificial surfaces: a feasibility study (Scott-Burden, Bosley, & others) 2002;73:1528 –33* Chordae Simplified technique for determining the length of artificial chordae in mitral valve repair (Sarsam) 2002;73:1659 – 60,HW Chordoma Giant mediastinal chordoma (Rahman, Farahat, & others) 2002;73:1952– 4,CR Choriocarcinoma Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract (Gersak, Lakic, & others) 2002;73: 1631–3,CR Chylothorax Chylothorax associated with massive osteolysis (Gorham’s syndrome) (Fujiu, Kanno, & others) 2002;73:1956 –7,CR Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection (PimpecBarthes, D’Attellis, & others) 2002;73:1714 –9* Treatment of persistent chylothorax after Norwood procedure with somatostatin (Pettitt, Caspi, & Borne) 2002;73:977– 9,CR c-jun Myocardial immediate early gene activation after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (Nelson, Wechsler, & others) 2002;73:156 – 62* Clinical trials Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial (Cohen, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:767–78*; Discussion (Kon, David, & others) 2002;73:775– 8,DI; Invited Commentary (Horstkotte) 2002;73:778,IC

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Cardioplegic arrest with L-arginine improves myocardial protection: results of a prospective randomized clinical trial (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:837– 42*; Invited Commentary (Vander Salm) 2002;73:842,IC Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Improved patency in vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue: results of a randomized study using three harvesting techniques (Souza, Dashwood, & others) 2002;73: 1189 –95* Coagulation abnormalities Coagulation factor abnormalities in patients with singleventricle physiology immediately prior to the Fontan procedure (Odegard, McGowan, & others) 2002;73: 1770 –7* Coarctation of the aorta Aortic arch advancement: the optimal one-stage approach for surgical management of neonatal coarctation with arch hypoplasia (Elgamal, McKenzie, & Fraser) 2002;73:1267– 73*; Discussion (Kanter, Elgamal, & others) 2002;73:1272– 3,DI Aortic coarctation, vascular ring, and right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian artery (Gil-Jaurena, Murtra, & others) 2002;73:1640 –2,CR Aortic coarctation reconstructed by resection and homograft replacement in the 1950s: long-term outcome 40 years after operation (Hu¨ ttl, Bala´ zs, & others) 2002;73:1678 – 80,SH Aortopulmonary fistula after coarctation repair with Dacron patch aortoplasty (Heikkinen & Ja¨ rvinen) 2002;73:1634 – 6,CR Coccidioidomycosis Donor transfer of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in lung transplantation (Tripathy, Yung, & others) 2002;73:306 – 8,CR Cognition Baseline cognitive performance in three patient groups with coronary artery disease (Borowicz, Grega, & others) 2002; 73:377,AB Cerebral blood flow and cognitive dysfunction after coronary surgery (Abildstrom, Hogh, & others) 2002;73:1174 –9*; Invited Commentary (Hall) 2002;73:1178 –9,IC Cognitive change after coronary artery bypass surgery with a leukocyte-depleting filter (Ra¨ mo, Soinne, & others) 2002; 73:374,AB Cognitive dysfunction and emboli associated with orthopedic surgery in elderly patients (Bustillo, Heyer, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Determining the extent of cognitive change after coronary surgery: a review of statistical procedures (Collie, Darby, & others) 2002;73:2005–11,CV Magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive changes before and after coronary artery bypass graft (Grega, Hillis, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Risk of cognitive decline after not undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: preliminary results (Keizer, van Dijk, & others) 2002;73:369,AB Cold blood infusion Cold blood spinal cord plegia for prediction of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair (Sueda, Okada, & others) 2002;73:1155–9*

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Cold crystalloid perfusion Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic operations: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Ko¨ ksoy, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:730 – 8*;Discussion (Weiman, Coselli, & Vinten-Johansen) 2002;73:738,DI Colitis Graft-versus-host disease-type colitis: an unusual association of malignant thymoma (Sader, Sharma, & Edwards) 2002; 73:1947– 8,CR Collateral arteries Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries (Albanese, Carotti, & others) 2002;73:1322– 4,CR Common peroneal nerve Injury of the common peroneal nerve after cardiothoracic operations (Vazquez-Jimenez, Krebs & others) 2002;73: 119 –22*; Invited Commentary (Ellison) 2002;73:122,IC Complement system C1– esterase inhibitor reduces reperfusion injury after lung transplantation (Scherer, Demertzis, & others) 2002;73: 233–9*; Invited Commentary (Fiser & Tribble) 2002;73: 238 –9,IC Computed tomography Natural history of pure ground-glass opacity after long-term follow-up of more than 2 years (Kodama, Higashiyama, & others) 2002;73:386 –93*; Invited Commentary (Pass) 2002; 73:392–3,IC Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Computer Different kind of “total artificial heart”: the interactive, computer-based human heart model (Pasque) 2002;73:1032– 4,ED Conduits Apico-aortic conduits in children with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Khanna, Anstadt, & others) 2002;73:81–7*; Discussion (Khanna & Brown) 2002;73:86 – 7,DI Total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit: experience with 100 patients (Tokunaga, Kado, & others) 2002;73:76 – 80* Congenital heart disease See also specific defect Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with aortic regurgitation in a 50-year-old man (Goel, Rajan, & others) 2002;73:282– 4,CR Aortic arch advancement: the optimal one-stage approach for surgical management of neonatal coarctation with arch hypoplasia (Elgamal, McKenzie, & Fraser) 2002;73:1267– 73*; Discussion (Kanter, Elgamal, & others) 2002;73:1272– 3,DI Aortic root replacement with anomalous origin of the coronary arteries (O’Blenes & Feindel) 2002;73:647–9,CR ␤-receptor downregulation in congenital heart disease: a risk factor for complications after surgical repair? (Buchhorn, Hulpke-Wette, & others) 2002;73:610 –3* Bronchial compression by posteriorly displaced ascending aorta in patients with congenital heart disease (Kim, Yoo, & others) 2002;73:881– 6*; Invited Commentary (Sell) 2002; 73:886,IC

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SUBJECT INDEX

Congenital heart disease (cont’d) Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest (Gaynor, Jacobs, & others) 2002;73:1016 – 8,SR Effects of autologous platelet concentrate reinfusion after open heart surgery in patients with congenital heart disease (Hiramatsu, Okamura, & others) 2002;73:1282–5* Intermediate results of the anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (Ilbawi, Ocampo, & others) 2002; 73:594 – 600*; Discussion (Tchervenkov, Ilbawi, & Williams) 2002;73:599 – 600,DI Open lung biopsy in patients with congenital heart disease (Gorenflo) 2002;73:1357– 8,CP Repair of congenital malformations of the mitral valve: early and midterm results (Prifti, Vanini, & others) 2002;73:614 – 21* Repair of transposition of the great arteries with total anomalous pulmonary venous return (Raff, Geiss, & others) 2002;73:655–7,CR S100␤ in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease (Bokesch, Cavaglia, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Congestive heart failure See Heart failure Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration And hemolysis goes on: ventricular assist device in combination with veno-venous hemofiltration (Luckraz, Woods, & others) 2002;73:546 – 8* Coronary arteries See also Left anterior descending coronary artery; Right coronary artery Aortic root replacement with anomalous origin of the coronary arteries (O’Blenes & Feindel) 2002;73:647–9,CR Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration (Bozinovski, Wang, & Nakai) 2002;73:1314 –5,CR Experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the S. Jude Medical Stainless Steel Connector (Schaff, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:830 – 6*; Discussion (Carrel, Schaff, & Adams) 2002;73:835– 6,DI Recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (Jaoude´ , Achouh, & others) 2002;73:649 –50,CR Single coronary artery–right ventricular fistula (Mohanty, Murthy, & Cherian) 2002;73:991,IM Spontaneous coronary artery dissection presenting as cardiac tamponade (Badmanaban, McCarty, & others) 2002;73: 1324 – 6,CR Coronary artery aneurysms Right coronary artery and interatrial septal aneurysms with fistulous connection to the right atrium (Marullo & Sabik) 2002;73:969 –70,CR Ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm presenting as a myocardial mass (Berrizbeitia & Samuels) 2002;73:971– 3,CR Coronary artery bypass Importance of intraoperative angiographic findings for predicting long-term patency in coronary artery bypass operations (Hol, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:813– 8*; Invited Commentary (Yim & Wan) 2002;73:818,IC Left gastric to coronary artery bypass (Flege) 2002;73:693,CP Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10*

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Coronary artery bypass grafting See also Grafts Angiographic results after the use of a sutureless aortic connector for proximal vein graft anastomoses (Wiklund, Bugge, & Berglin) 2002;73:1993– 4,HW Anterior spinal artery syndrome after elective coronary artery bypass grafting (Geyer, Naik, & Pillai) 2002;73:1971–3,CR Aortic valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting without functioning internal mammary artery grafts (Byrne, Karavas, & others) 2002;73:779 – 84*; Invited Commentary (Gillinov & Lytle) 2002;73:784,IC Arterial conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: a bridge over troubled water (Suma) 2002;73:1366 –7,ED Assessing the learning curve in off-pump coronary artery surgery via CUSUM failure analysis (Novick, Fox, & others) 2002;73:358 – 62, OC Assessing the radial artery for a coronary bypass conduit (Baciewicz) 2002;73:346,CP Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery (Chelemer, Prato, & others) 2002;73:138 – 42* Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass using an automated anastomotic device (Endo, Benhamedi, & others) 2002;73:1000 –1,HW Can the added risk of stroke from combined coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy be predicted? (Bilfinger, Seifert, & others) 2002;73:377,AB Cerebral hemodynamics during protracted ventricular fibrillation in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Lund, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:372,AB Cognitive change after coronary artery bypass surgery with a leukocyte-depleting filter (Ra¨ mo, Soinne, & others) 2002; 73:374,AB Combined correction of an adult scimitar syndrome and coronary artery bypass grafting (Walles, Lichtenberg, & others) 2002;73:640 –2,CR Conversion to off-pump coronary bypass without increased morbidity or change in practice (Anyanwu, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:798 – 802*,IC Coronary artery bypass grafting using the gastroepiploic artery in 1,000 patients (Hirose, Amano, & others) 2002;73: 1371–9* Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Cost-effectiveness in preoperative positron emission tomography in ischemic heart disease (Jacklin, Barrington, & others) 2002;73:1403–10*; Invited Commentary (Kappetein) 2002;73:1410,IC Decade of change—Risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, 1990 –1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (Ferguson, Hammill, & others) 2002;73:480 –90*; Invited Commentary (Rahimtoola) 2002;73:489 –90,IC Effect of on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on serum creatinine concentration (de Baar, Tobe, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting (Takami & Ina) 2002;73:1441–5* In the elderly, coronary artery bypass grafting associated with more brain O2 desaturation and cognitive dysfunction (Edmonds, Cao, & Yu) 2002;73:375,AB

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Elimination of cardiopulmonary bypass improves early survival for multivessel coronary artery bypass patients (Magee, Jablonski, & others) 2002;73:1196 –203*; Discussion (Connolly, Starnes, & others) 2002;73:1202–3,DI Endoscopic internal thoracic artery dissection leads to significant reduction of pain after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Bucerius, Metz, & others) 2002;73:1180 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Vaage) 2002;73:1184,IC Epicardial ultrasound in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: potential aid in intraoperative coronary diagnostics (Klein, Meijer, & others) 2002;73:809 –12* Feasibility and suitability of the routine use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (Hirotani, Shirota, & others) 2002;73: 511–5* Flow dynamics in internal thoracic artery grafts 10 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (Ichikawa, Kajiwara, & others) 2002;73:131–7*; Invited Commentary (Perrault & Demaria) 2002;73:137,IC Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion for myocardial protection during off-pump coronary artery surgery (Lell, Nielsen, & others) 2002;73:1246 –52*; Invited Commentary (Lazar) 2002;73:1251–2,IC Hormone replacement therapy improves the survival of women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (Nussmeier, Thong, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse? (Steuer, Blomqvist, & others) 2002;73:1380 – 6* Impact of single-clamp versus double-clamp technique on neurologic outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (Grega, Borowicz, & Baumgartner) 2002;73:376AB Implementation of new technology for CABG in low-risk patients: could it be too soon? (Perrault, He´ bert, & Carrier) 2002;73:1020,CP; Reply (Dogan & WimmerGreinecker) 2002;73:1020 Intraoperative evaluation of coronary anastomosis by transittime ultrasonic flow measurement (Morota, Duhaylongsod, & others) 2002;73:1446 –50* Is there a gender bias in outcome after carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass grafting? (Cuadra, Char, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Jugular bulb desaturations during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a comparison with conventional CABG (Diephuis, Nierich, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain (Payne, Magovern, & others) 2002;73:149 –52* Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:112– 8* Magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive changes before and after coronary artery bypass graft (Grega, Hillis, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Magnetic resonance imaging registration and quantitation of the brain before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Kohn) 2002;73:363–5, OC Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10*

SUBJECT INDEX

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Myocardial revascularization with the posterior tibial artery (Benjacholamas, Jindarak, & Buddhari) 2002;73:1312– 4,CR Neurological outcome and S100 after coronary artery bypass grafting and abdominal aortic surgery (Alston & Millar) 2002;73:366,AB Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Operative and 5-year outcomes of combined carotid and coronary revascularization: review of a large contemporary experience (Zacharias, Schwann, & others) 2002;73: 491– 8*; Invited Commentary (Akins) 2002;73:497– 8,IC Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury (Lazar, Bao, & others) 2002;73:1522–7* Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: is the left internal mammary artery a suitable conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (Iliopoulos, Manganas, & others) 2002;73:652–3,CR Remodeling of arterial conduits in coronary grafting (Barner) 2002;73:1341–5,CV Right internal mammary artery and radial artery composite in situ pedicle graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (Sajja & Mannam) 2002;73:1856 –9* Risk of cognitive decline after not undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: preliminary results (Keizer, van Dijk, & others) 2002;73:369,AB Risk of coronary artery occlusion with snares during OPCAB (Demaria, Fortier, & Perrault) 2002;73:345,CP; Reply (Lin & Chen) 2002;73:345,CP Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Safe, highly selective use of pulmonary artery catheters in coronary artery bypass grafting: an objective patient selection method (Schwann, Zacharias, & others) 2002;73: 1394 –1402*; Invited Commentary (Hanson) 2002;73:1401– 2,IC Safety and efficacy of one stage off-pump coronary artery operation and carotid endarterectomy (Meharwal, Mishra, & Trehan) 2002;73:793–7*; Invited Commentary (Fullerton) 2002;73:797,IC S100␤ in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a comparison with conventional CABG (Diephuis, Nierich, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Three-dimensional imaging of coronary artery bypass grafts (Sawamura, Takase, & others) 2002;73:1655,IM Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after radial artery harvesting (Hata, Rosalion, & others) 2002;73:1316 –7 Coronary artery disease Baseline cognitive performance in three patient groups with coronary artery disease (Borowicz, Grega, & others) 2002; 73:377,AB Safety and efficacy of one stage off-pump coronary artery operation and carotid endarterectomy (Meharwal, Mishra, & Trehan) 2002;73:793–7*; Invited Commentary (Fullerton) 2002;73:797,IC Serum BUN/Cr comparisons in three patient groups with coronary artery disease (Borowicz, Grega, & others) 2002; 73:370,AB Coronary artery spasm Coronary artery spasm and ventricular fibrillation after offpump coronary surgery (Bittner) 2002;73:297–300,CR

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SUBJECT INDEX

Coronary sinus Surgical treatment of coronary sinus orifice atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after total cavo-pulmonary connection (Ohta, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:653–5,CR Coronary surgery See also Surgery Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367,AB Coronary artery spasm and ventricular fibrillation after offpump coronary surgery (Bittner) 2002;73:297–300,CR Determining the extent of cognitive change after coronary surgery: a review of statistical procedures (Collie, Darby, & others) 2002;73:2005–11,CV Evaluating routine diuretics after coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial (Lim, Ali, & others) 2002;73:153–5* Cor triatriatum Single-stage anatomical repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, and cor triatriatum using ventricular septal defect translocation (Tchervenkov, Korkola, & Be´ land) 2002;73:1317–20,CR Coumadin Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? (Jacobs, Pourmoghadam, & others) 2002;73:64 – 8*; Discussion (Backer & Jacobs) 2002;73:68,DI Cox-Maze procedure Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Creatinine Effect of on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on serum creatinine concentration (de Baar, Tobe, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Serum BUN/Cr comparisons in three patient groups with coronary artery disease (Borowicz, Grega, & others) 2002; 73:370,AB Cross-clamping Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass using an automated anastomotic device (Endo, Benhamedi, & others) 2002;73:1000 –1,HW Isolated myocardial revascularization with intermittent aortic cross-clamping: experience with 800 cases (Raco, Mills, & Millner) 2002;73:1436 – 40*; Invited Commentary (De Paulis) 2002;73:1439 – 40,IC Cushing’s syndrome Neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid) of the thymus associated with Cushing’s syndrome (de Perrot, Spiliopoulos, & others) 2002;73:675– 81,CV Cyst(s) Cardiac hydatid cysts (Losanoff, Richman, & Jones) 2002;73: 699 –700,CP; Reply (Kaplan, Demirtas, & Dogusoy) 2002; 73:700 Intramyocardial echinococcus cyst (Ali & McLaughlin) 2002; 73:1656,IM Preoperative diagnosis of a paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst using endosonography (Lim, Ho, & Min) 2002;73:633– 5,CR Successful resection of an epicardial cyst (Scrofani, Carro, & others) 2002;73:1633– 4,CR Cystic lung disease Cystic lung lesions in the pediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton Hospital (Papagiannopoulos, Hughes, & others) 2002;73:1594 – 8*

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Cytokines Cytokine balance in infants undergoing cardiac operation (Ho¨ vels-Gu¨ rich, Schumacher, & others) 2002;73:601–9*; Invited Commentary (Hawkins) 2002;73:608 –9,IC Cytology Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion by lung cancer using intraoperative touch cytology (Saito, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:1552–7*; Invited Commentary (Ponn) 2002;73: 1556 –7,IC Pulmonary infarct cytologically mimicking adenocarcinoma of the lung (Lawther, Graham, & others) 2002;73:1964 –5,CR Danaparoid Lifesaving citrate anticoagulation to bridge to danaparoid treatment (Dworschak, Hiesmayr, & Lassnigg) 2002;73: 1626 –7,CR Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest See also Hypothermic circulatory arrest Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Effectiveness of combined blood conservation measures in thoracic aorta operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Shibata, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:739 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Elefteriades) 2002;73:743– 4,IC Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Deep vein thrombosis Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after radial artery harvesting (Hata, Rosalion, & others) 2002;73:1316 –7 Defibrillation Biologic glue-molded “bio-mini-paddle” electrode used for atrial and ventricular pacing and defibrillation (Kubota, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:322– 4,HW Laser-assist during extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leaks (Moon, Camillo, & Gleva) 2002;73:1893– 6* Descending aorta Self-expandable aortic stent-grafts for treatment of descending aortic dissections (Palma, de Souza, & others) 2002;73: 1138 – 42*; Invited Commentary (Grimm) 2002;73:1141– 2,IC Spinal cord protection during descending aortic aneurysm repair (Kazui) 2002;73:1023,CP; Reply (Estrera, Miller, & Safi) 2002;73:1023– 4 Diabetes mellitus Glucose-insulin-potassium solution improves left ventricular mechanics in diabetes (Ramanathan, Shirota, & others) 2002;73:582–7*; Invited Commentary (Saldanha) 2002;73: 587,IC Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization (Reddy, Parikh, & others) 2002;73:803– 8*; Discussion (Afifi, Reddy, & others) 2002;73:807– 8,ICDI Dialysis Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis (Higashita, Takeuchi, & Ohara) 2002;73:697,CP Diaphragm Diaphragm pacing (Elefteriades & Quin) 2002;73:691–2,KR “True” parahiatal hernia: a rare entity radiologic presentation and clinical management (Scheiderl, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:416 –9*

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Diffusion weighted imaging Diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance imaging are normal after significant microembolic insult, but magnetic resonance spectroscopy is abnormal in the first 24 hours (Stump, Baker, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive changes before and after coronary artery bypass graft (Grega, Hillis, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Dilatation Method of repair for asymmetric aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta (Sternik, Zehr, & Schaff) 2002;73:1332– 4,HW Reduction aortoplasty for dilatation of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (Bauer, Pasic, & others) 2002;73:720 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Kon) 2002;73:724,IC Dilated cardiomyopathy Disease-specific remodeling of cardiac mitochondria after a left ventricular assist devices (Heerdt, Schlame, & others) 2002;73:1216 –21* Reductive annuloplasty of double orifices in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (Radovanovic, Mihaljlovic, & others) 2002;73:751–5* Direct mechanical ventricular actuation Non-blood contacting biventricular support for severe heart failure (Anstadt, Schulte-Eistrup, & others) 2002;73:556 – 62*; Discussion (Pennington, Schulte-Eistrup, & Anstadt) 2002;73:561–2,DI Dissection See Aortic dissection Diuretics Evaluating routine diuretics after coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial (Lim, Ali, & others) 2002;73:153–5* Dobutamine stress testing Comparable systemic ventricular function in healthy adults and patients with unoperated congenitally corrected transposition using MRI dobutamine stress testing (Dodge-Khatami, Tulevski, & others) 2002;73:1759 – 64* Doppler echocardiography Multifrequency Doppler discriminates between baseous and solid microemboli (Russell & Brucher) 2002;73:369,AB Power M-mode Doppler is sensitive to microemboli, whereas M-mode color velocity imaging is not (Moehring) 2002;73: 369,AB Double-inlet left ventricle Double-inlet left ventricle: successfully staged ventricular septation with 12.5 years follow-up (Ottenkamp & Hazekamp) 2002;73:699,CP Double-orifice left atrioventricular valve Surgical results of double-orifice left atrioventricular valve associated with atrioventricular septal defects (Nakano, Kado, & others) 2002;73:69 –75* Double-outlet right ventricle Single-stage anatomical repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, and cor triatriatum using ventricular septal defect translocation (Tchervenkov, Korkola, & Be´ land) 2002;73:1317–20,CR Double-patch technique Enlargement of the aortic annulus using a double-patch technique: a safe and effective method (Molina) 2002;73: 667–70,HW Double switch operation Intermediate results of the anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (Ilbawi, Ocampo, & others) 2002; 73:594 – 600*; Discussion (Tchervenkov, Ilbawi, & Williams) 2002;73:599 – 600,DI

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Double-switch Ross procedure Double-switch Ross procedure (Chang, Kao, & Hsieh) 2002; 73:1988 –9,HW Double valve replacement Double valve replacement through an aorto-annulo-atriotomy using an aortic-valved graft in a mitral position (Bauset & Dagenais) 2002;73:1986 –7,HW Dual-stream cardiopulmonary bypass Comparing dual-stream and standard cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs (Macoviak, Hwang, & others) 2002;73:203– 8* Dynamic cardiomyoplasty Functional recovery of the native heart after cardiomyoplasty in sheep with heart failure: passive and dynamic effects of volume loading (Shirota, Huang, & others) 2002;73:849 – 54* Dyspnea lusoria Dyspnea lusoria: compression of the pulmonary artery by a Kommerell’s diverticulum (Malas, Barr, & others) 2002;73: 312–3,CR Ebstein’s anomaly Repair of Ebstein’s anomaly in the symptomatic neonate: an evolution of technique with 7–year follow-up (KnottCraig, Overholt, & others) 2002;73:1786 –93*; Discussion (Ungerleider, Knott-Craig, & others) 2002;73:1792–3,DI E-cadherin Expression status of E-cadherin and ␣-, ␤-, and ␶-catenins in thymoma (Yoshino, Kase, & others) 2002;73:933–7* Echocardiography Mitral annulus distortion during beating heart surgery: a potential cause for hemodynamic disturbance—a threedimensional echocardiography reconstruction surgery (George, Al-Ruzzeh, & Amrani) 2002;73:1424 –30* Successful repair of intraoperative aortic dissection detected by transesophageal echocardiography (Varghese, Riedel, & others) 2002;73:953–5,CR Ectasia Three-decade follow-up in pulmonary artery ectasia: risk assessment strategy (Rose & Wessel) 2002;73:973–5,CR Edema Increased pressure during retrograde cerebral perfusion in an acute porcine model improves brain tissue perfusion without increase in tissue edema (Li, Yang, & others) 2002;73:1514 –21* Editorials Acute type A aortic dissection: can we dramatically reduce the surgical mortality? (Bachet) 2002;73:701–3,ED Aortic valve sparing operations (David) 2002;73:1029 –30,ED Arterial conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: a bridge over troubled water (Suma) 2002;73:1366 –7,ED Different kind of “total artificial heart”: the interactive, computer-based human heart model (Pasque) 2002;73:1032– 4,ED Gene therapy for thoracic disease: practice, promise, and pragmatism (Smythe) 2002;73:704 – 6,ED Our responsibility for improving the care of elderly cardiothoracic surgical patients (LoCicero) 2002;73:379 – 80,ED Renegrade facts (McLaughlin) 2002;73:1031,ED Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function (Teerlink & Ratcliffe) 2002;73:1368 –70,ED Writing in a borrowed tongue (Edmunds) 2002;73:15–16,ED Elastofibroma dorsi Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi (Turna, Yilmaz, & others) 2002; 73:630 –2,CR

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Elderly Cognitive dysfunction and emboli associated with orthopedic surgery in elderly patients (Bustillo, Heyer, & others) 2002;73:368,AB In the elderly, coronary artery bypass grafting associated with more brain O2 desaturation and cognitive dysfunction (Edmonds, Cao, & Yu) 2002;73:375,AB Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization (Reddy, Parikh, & others) 2002;73:803– 8*; Discussion (Afifi, Reddy, & others) 2002;73:807– 8,DI Neurologic outcome in octogenarians after aortic arch repair with hypothermic circulatory arrest (DiBardino, Bhama, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Our responsibility for improving the care of elderly cardiothoracic surgical patients (LoCicero) 2002;73:379 – 80,ED Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an octogenarian (Perch, Houck, & DeAnda) 2002;73:1288,CR Embolectomy Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with inhaled nitric oxide after pulmonary embolectomy (Trummer, Berchtold-Herz, & others) 2002;73:1299 –301,CR Embolism See also Cerebral embolization; Microembolism; Thromboembolism Analysis of extracted particulate emboli (Waanders, van Boven, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Carbon dioxide embolism during minimally invasive vein harvesting (Banks, Manetta, & others) 2002;73:296 –7,CR Cognitive dysfunction and emboli associated with orthopedic surgery in elderly patients (Bustillo, Heyer, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance imaging are normal after significant microembolic insult, but magnetic resonance spectroscopy is abnormal in the first 24 hours (Stump, Baker, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Massive gas embolism during pulmonary nodule hook wire localization (Horan, Pinheiro, & others) 2002;73:1647–9,CR New method for automatic differentiation between cerebral emboli and artefacts (Brucher & Russell) 2002;73:371,AB Power M-mode Doppler is sensitive to microemboli, whereas M-mode color velocity imaging is not (Moehring) 2002;73: 369,AB Preoperative embolization of a massive solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (Weiss & Horton) 2002;73:983–5,CR Emphysema Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery followed by lung transplantation: a matched cohort study (Burns, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:1587–93* Empyema necessitatis Empyema necessitatis into the retroperitoneal space (Sakamoto, Miyamoto, & others) 2002;73:1954 – 6,CR Endarterectomy See Carotid endarterectomy Endoaortic baffle Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Profound reduction in cerebral embolization using an endoaortic baffle (COBRA) during cardiopulmonary bypass in swine (Slater, Cook, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Endobronchial pathology Experience with Ultraflex expandable metallic stents in the management of endobronchial pathology (Madden, Datta, & Charokopos) 2002;73:938 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Naunheim) 2002;73:944,IC

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Endocarditis Endocarditis after mitral valve repair (Gillinov, Faber, & others) 2002;73:1813– 6* Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Partial replacement of the tricuspid valve by mitral homografts in acute endocarditis (Couetil, Argyriadis, & others) 2002;73:1808 –12* Ross procedure for endocarditis in a 4 –month-old infant (Al-Baradai, Baskett, & others) 2002;73:1973–5,CR Vegectectomy in Brucella endocarditis (Sunar & Duran) 2002; 73:2036,CP; Reply (Bozbuga, Keles, & others) 2002;73:2036 Endoscopy Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Endoscopic internal thoracic artery dissection leads to significant reduction of pain after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Bucerius, Metz, & others) 2002;73:1180 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Vaage) 2002;73:1184,IC Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8* Endosonography Preoperative diagnosis of a paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst using endosonography (Lim, Ho, & Min) 2002;73:633– 5,CR Endothelial cells Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study (Alamanni, Parolari, & others) 2002;73:1606 –15*; Invited Commentary (Fedak, Weisel, & others) 2002;73:1614 –5,IC Endothelin-1 Effects of dilutional and modified ultrafiltration in plasma endothelin-1 and pulmonary vascular resistance after the Fontan procedure (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73: 862–5* Endothelin blockade potentiates endothelial protective effects of ACE inhibitors in saphenous veins (Ko, Maitland, & others) 2002;73:1185– 8* Endothelium Endothelial damage during myocardial preservation and storage (Parolari, Rubini, & others) 2002;73:682–90,CV Endothelium in clinical cardiac transplantation (Stoica, Goddard, & Large) 2002;73:1002– 8,CV Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Endovascular stent graft Endovascular stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta after arch repair in acute type A dissection (Yano, Ishimaru, & others) 2002;73:288 –91,CR Endovascular treatment Endovascular treatment of thoracic disease: patient selection and a proposal of a risk score (Alves, da Fonseca, & others) 2002;73:1143– 8* End-stage heart failure See also Heart failure

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Biventricular pacing for weaning from extracorporeal circulation in heart failure (Kleine, Doss, & others) 2002;73:960 – 2,CR Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Treatment of end-stage heart disease with outpatient ventricular assist devices (Holman, Davies, & others) 2002;73: 1489 –94*; Discussion (Smith, Holman, & Kron) 2002;73: 1493– 4,DI Eosinophilic heart disease Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation (Hsu, Chang, & others) 2002;73:1307–10,CR Epicardial ablation Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Epicardial cyst Successful resection of an epicardial cyst (Scrofani, Carro, & others) 2002;73:1633– 4,CR Esophageal atresia Esophageal atresia: historical evolution of management and results in 371 patients (Deurloo, Ekkelkamp, & others) 2002;73:267–72* Esophageal cancer Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peripheral blood of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Koyanagi, Ozawa, & others) 2002;73:927–32* High-grade esophageal dysplasia: long-term survival and quality of life after esophagectomy (Headrick, Nichols, & others) 2002;73:1697–1703*; Discussion (Luketich, Headrick, & DeMeester) 2002;73:1702–3,DI Histological confirmation of healing of gastrobronchial fistula using a muscle flap (Okuyama, Saito, & others) 2002;73: 1298 –9,CR Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on survival after esophageal resection for carcinoma (Langley, Alexiou, & others) 2002;73:1704 –9* McKeown esophagogastrectomy for esophageal carcinoma after free jejunal graft (MacMillan, Duarte, & others) 2002;73:1649 –51,CR Multimodality therapy for resectable cancer of the thoracic esophagus (Entwistle III & Goldberg) 2002;73:1009 –15,CV Pulmonary complications after esophagectomy (Avendano, Flume, & others) 2002;73:922– 6* Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* Esophageal diverticulum Successful repair of an aortoesophageal fistula with aneurysm from esophageal diverticulum (Yasuda, Shimono, & others) 2002;73:637–9,CR Esophageal dysplasia High-grade esophageal dysplasia: long-term survival and quality of life after esophagectomy (Headrick, Nichols, & others) 2002;73:1697–1703*; Discussion (Luketich, Headrick, & DeMeester) 2002;73:1702–3,DI

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Esophageal perforation Spontaneous esophageal perforation presenting as meningitis (Jurani, Early, & Roberts) 2002;73:1294 – 6,CR Esophagectomy High-grade esophageal dysplasia: long-term survival and quality of life after esophagectomy (Headrick, Nichols, & others) 2002;73:1697–1703*; Discussion (Luketich, Headrick, & DeMeester) 2002;73:1702–3,DI Pulmonary complications after esophagectomy (Avendano, Flume, & others) 2002;73:922– 6* Thoracoscopic esophagectomy combined with mediastinoscopy via the neck (Ikeda, Niimi, & others) 2002;73:1329 – 31,HW Esophagobronchial fistula Perforating Barret’s ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula (Nigro, Bremner, & others) 2002;73:302– 4,CR Esophagogastrectomy McKeown esophagogastrectomy for esophageal carcinoma after free jejunal graft (MacMillan, Duarte, & others) 2002;73:1649 –51,CR Esophagus Bronchial artery aneurysm disguised as a leiomyoma of the esophagus (Tringali, Tiffet, & others) 2002;73:632–3,CR Estrogen receptors Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocardcinoma (Dabbs, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:403– 6*; Discussion (Sonett, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:406,DI Ethics Responsibilities of investigators (Sade & McKneally) 2002;73: 1364 –5,ET Euro-Collins-preservation Pulmonary blood flow is inhomogenously reduced after Euro Collins-preservation and lung transplantation (Brinkmann, Bo¨ rgermann, & others) 2002;73:226 –32* Experimental studies Aprikalim reduces the Na⫹-Ca2⫹ exchange outward current enhanced by hyperkalemia in rat ventricular myocytes (Li, Wu, & others) 2002;73:1253– 60*; Invited Commentary (Buxton) 2002;73:1259 – 60,IC Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Comparing dual-stream and standard cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs (Macoviak, Hwang, & others) 2002;73:203– 8* Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig (Bujsrogge, Verlaan, & others) 2002;73:1451– 6* Effect of adhesion molecule blockade on pulmonary reperfusion injury (Levine, Parkes, & others) 2002;73:1101– 6* Effect of hypothermia on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in the pig (Ehrlich, McCullough, & others) 2002;73:191–7*; Invited Commentary (Carrel) 2002;73:197,IC Eight-year results of aortic root replacement with the Freestyle stentless porcine aortic root bioprosthesis (Kon, Riley, & others) 2002;73:1817–21*; Discussion (Ring, Kon, & others) 2002;73:1821,DI Epicardial ultrasound in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: potential aid in intraoperative coronary diagnostics (Klein, Meijer, & others) 2002;73:809 –12*

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SUBJECT INDEX

Experimental studies (cont’d) Experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the S. Jude Medical Stainless Steel Connector (Schaff, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:830 – 6*; Discussion (Carrel, Schaff, & Adams) 2002;73:835– 6,DI Functional recovery of the native heart after cardiomyoplasty in sheep with heart failure: passive and dynamic effects of volume loading (Shirota, Huang, & others) 2002;73:849 – 54* Ganciclovir prodrug therapy is effective in a murine xenotransplant model of human lung cancer (Kurdow, Boehle, & others) 2002;73:905–10* Increased pressure during retrograde cerebral perfusion in an acute porcine model improves brain tissue perfusion without increase in tissue edema (Li, Yang, & others) 2002;73:1514 –21* Ischemic preconditioning and Na⫹/H⫹ exchange inhibition improve reperfusion ion homeostasis (Goldberg, Digerness, & others) 2002;73:569 –74* Lamotrigine plus leukocyte filtration as a neuroprotective strategy in experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest (Rimpila¨ inen, Romsi, & others) 2002;73:163–72* Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide-releasing ␤-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC Melatonin attenuates posttransplant lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (Inci, Inci, & others) 2002;73:220 –5*; Invited Commentary (Ulicny) 2002;73:225,IC Mesenchymal stem cell implantation in a swine myocardial infarct model: engraftment and functional effects (Shake, Gruber, & others) 2002;73:1919 –26*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Shake, & others) 2002;73:1926,DI Myocardial infarction scar plication in the rat: cardiac mechanics in an animal model for surgical procedures (Kanashiro, Nozawa, & others) 2002;73:1507–13* Myocardial protection by PJ34, a novel potent poly (ADPribose) synthetase inhibitor (Faro, Toyoda, & others) 2002;73:575– 81*; Invited Commentary (Halldorsson) 2002; 73:580,IC Non-blood contacting biventricular support for severe heart failure (Anstadt, Schulte-Eistrup, & others) 2002;73:556 – 62*; Discussion (Pennington, Schulte-Eistrup, & Anstadt) 2002;73:561–2,DI Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Platelet activation, aggregation, and life span in calves implanted with axial flow ventricular assist devices (Snyder, Watach, & others) 2002;73:1933– 8* Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Profound reduction in cerebral embolization using an endoaortic baffle (COBRA) during cardiopulmonary bypass in swine (Slater, Cook, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Pulmonary blood flow is inhomogenously reduced after Euro Collins-preservation and lung transplantation (Brinkmann, Bo¨ rgermann, & others) 2002;73:226 –32* Survival analysis of rats implanted with porous titanium tracheal prosthesis (Schultz, Vautier, & others) 2002;73: 1747–51*

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Therapeutic angiogenesis induced by local autologous bone marrow cell implantation (Hamano, Li, & others) 2002;73: 1210 –5* Use of the Shelhigh porcine valve conduit in infants (Pearl & Manning) 2002;73:697– 8,CP; Reply (Marianeschi) 2002;73: 698 Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function (Teerlink & Ratcliffe) 2002;73:1368 –70,ED Extracardiac conduit Total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit: experience with 100 patients (Tokunaga, Kado, & others) 2002;73:76 – 80* Extracorporeal circuit Arterial temperature inaccuracies in the extracorporeal circuit (Sutton, Jackson, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support Biventricular pacing for weaning from extracorporeal circulation in heart failure (Kleine, Doss, & others) 2002;73:960 – 2,CR Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for adult postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (Ko, Lin, & others) 2002;73: 538 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Zwischenberger) 2002;73: 545,IC Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stentgraft (Schmid, Philipp, & others) 2002;73:1618 –20,CR Mechanical circulatory support for infants and children with cardiac disease (Duncan) 2002;73:1670 –7,CV Factor XII deficiency Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR False aneurysm Spontaneous disappearance of a false aneurysm after iatrogenic ruptured ventricle (Ito, Murayama, & others) 2002; 73:1967–9,CR False lumen Total aortic arch grafting for acute type A dissection: analysis of residual false lumen (Takahara, Sudo, & others) 2002; 73:450 – 4* FDP-PET See 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography Fiberscopic techniques Role of fiberscopic transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of N2 disease due to non–small cell lung cancer (Patelli, Agli, & others) 2002;73:407–11* Fibrin sealant Frequency of transmission of human parovirus B19 infection by fibrin sealant used during thoracic surgery (Kawamura, Sawafuji, & others) 2002;73:1098 –100* Fine needle aspiration biopsy Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Finite element analysis Dynamic analysis of the aortic valve using a finite element model (Gnyaneshwar, Kumar, & Balakrishnan) 2002;73: 1122–9* Fistulae Benign bronchoesophageal fistula in the adult (Mangi, Gaissert, & others) 2002;73:911–5*

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Conservative management of thoracobiliary fistula (Singh, Moodley, & others) 2002;73:1088 –91* Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM Pleuroperitoneal fistula (Kim, Lee, & others) 2002;73:1327,IM Single coronary artery–right ventricular fistula (Mohanty, Murthy, & Cherian) 2002;73:991,IM Transsternal transpericardial closure of a postlobectomy bronchopleural fistula (Rafaely, Paley, & others) 2002;73: 635– 6,CR Flanged composite graft Five-year experience in aortic root replacement with the flanged composite graft (Kirali, Mansuroglu, & others) 2002;73:1130 –7* Flaps Chest wall resections and reconstruction: a 25-year experience (Mansour, Thourani, & others) 2002;73:1720 – 6*; Discussion (D’Amico, Thourani, & others) 2002;73:1725– 6,DI Flow cytometric analysis Flow cytometric analysis of a malignant mesothelioma (Go´ mez-Roma´ n, Mons-Lera, & others) 2002;73:1292– 4,CR Flow dynamics Flow dynamics in internal thoracic artery grafts 10 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (Ichikawa, Kajiwara, & others) 2002;73:131–7*; Invited Commentary (Perrault & Demaria) 2002;73:137,IC Fluorescence bronchoscopy Postoperative fluorescence bronchoscopy surveillance: a worthwhile procedure in a subset of patients (Moghissi, Thorpe, & Dixon) 2002;73:348,CP; Reply (Weigel, Rusch, & Luketich) 2002;73:348,CP 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography An initial experience with FDG-PET in the imaging of residual disease after induction therapy for lung cancer (Akhurst, Downey, & others) 2002;73:259 – 66*; Discussion (Walsh, Feins, & others) 2002;73:264 – 6,DI Can FDG-PET reduce the need for mediastinoscopy in potentially resectable nonsmall lung cancer? (Kernstine, McLaughlin, & others) 2002;73:394 – 402*; Discussion (Cerfolio, Kernstine, & Luketich) 2002;73:401–2,DI Fontan operation Coagulation factor abnormalities in patients with singleventricle physiology immediately prior to the Fontan procedure (Odegard, McGowan, & others) 2002;73: 1770 –7* Effects of dilutional and modified ultrafiltration in plasma endothelin-1 and pulmonary vascular resistance after the Fontan procedure (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73: 862–5* Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? (Jacobs, Pourmoghadam, & others) 2002;73:64 – 8*; Discussion (Backer & Jacobs) 2002;73:68,DI Midterm results of surgical treatment of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction in Fontan patients (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73:855– 61*; Invited Commentary (Lamberti) 2002;73:860 –1,IC Modified extracardiac Fontan in a patient with separate hepatic venous drainage (Lee, Lee, & others) 2002;73:992– 3,HW Pathologic findings in atrial musculature seven years after the intraatrial tunnel Fontan (Yoshikawa, Ishibashi-Ueda, & others) 2002;73:663– 4,CR

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Pulmonary venous obstruction after total cavopulmonary connection in heterotaxy (Uchida, Uemura, & others) 2002; 73:273– 4,CR Total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit: experience with 100 patients (Tokunaga, Kado, & others) 2002;73:76 – 80* Free flaps Behavior of free jejunal flaps after early disruption of blood supply (Chen, Tan, & others) 2002;73:987–9,CR Ganciclovir Ganciclovir prodrug therapy is effective in a murine xenotransplant model of human lung cancer (Kurdow, Boehle, & others) 2002;73:905–10* Gas embolism Massive gas embolism during pulmonary nodule hook wire localization (Horan, Pinheiro, & others) 2002;73:1647–9,CR Gastric cancer Results of surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia (de Manzoni, Pedrazzani, & others) 2002;73:1035– 40*; Invited Commentary (Stein & Siewert) 2002;73: 1040,IC Gastrobronchial fistula Histological confirmation of healing of gastrobronchial fistula using a muscle flap (Okuyama, Saito, & others) 2002;73: 1298 –9,CR Gastroepiploic arteries Coronary artery bypass grafting using the gastroepiploic artery in 1,000 patients (Hirose, Amano, & others) 2002;73: 1371–9* Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Gastroesophageal reflux disease Effects of antireflux procedures on respiratory symptoms (Greason, Miller, & others) 2002;73:381–5* Gelatin-resorcinol-formalin glue Aortic wall alterations after use of gelatin-resorcinol-formalin glue (Kirscyh, Ginat, & others) 2002;73:642– 4,CR Gender See also Women Is there a gender bias in outcome after carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass grafting? (Cuadra, Char, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Gene expression Myocardial immediate early gene activation after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (Nelson, Wechsler, & others) 2002;73:156 – 62* Gene therapy Adenoviral herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy in an orthotopic lung cancer model (Fukunaga, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1740 – 6* Gene therapy for thoracic disease: practice, promise, and pragmatism (Smythe) 2002;73:704 – 6,ED Genetics Lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery is associated with polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 10 genes (Ryan, Balding, & others) 2002;73:1905–11*; Invited Commentary (Leins & Cremer) 2002;73:1910 –11,IC Gene transfer Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI

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SUBJECT INDEX

Gene transfer (cont’d) Transplant immunosuppression enhances efficiency of adenoviral-mediated gene retransfection: inhibition of interferon-␶ and immunoglobulin G (Suga, Gladdy, & others) 2002;73:1092–7*; Invited Commentary (DeMeester) 2002; 73:1097,IC Giant cell arteritis Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with giant cell arteritis (Brister, Wilson-Yang, & others) 2002;73: 1977–9,CR GL-67 Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Glucocorticoids Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy after heart transplantation (Wilner, de Varennes, & others) 2002;73:1965– 7,CR Glucose-insulin-potassium solution Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion for myocardial protection during off-pump coronary artery surgery (Lell, Nielsen, & others) 2002;73:1246 –52*; Invited Commentary (Lazar) 2002;73:1251–2,IC Glucose-insulin-potassium solution improves left ventricular mechanics in diabetes (Ramanathan, Shirota, & others) 2002;73:582–7*; Invited Commentary (Saldanha) 2002;73: 587,IC Gorham’s syndrome Chylothorax associated with massive osteolysis (Gorham’s syndrome) (Fujiu, Kanno, & others) 2002;73:1956 –7,CR Grafts See also Coronary artery bypass grafting; Stent-grafts Aorta root remodeling operation: how do we tailor a tube graft? (Morishita, Murakami, & others) 2002;73:1117–21* Aortic root replacement in 271 Marfan patients: a 24 –year experience (Gott, Cameron, & others) 2002;73:438 – 43* Aortic valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting without functioning internal mammary artery grafts (Byrne, Karavas, & others) 2002;73:779 – 84*; Invited Commentary (Gillinov & Lytle) 2002;73:784,IC Avoiding ischemia in latissimus dorsi muscle grafts: electrical prestimulation versus vascular delay (Woo, Jarvis, & others) 2002;73:1927–32* Complete resorption of a thoracic aortic aneurysm after stentgraft placement (Moon, Sanchez, & others) 2002;73:316,IM Dilated aortic root and stentless valve implantation (Siebenmann) 2002;73:694,CP; Reply (Massetti) 2002;73:694 –5 Early clinical and angiographic outcome of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery (Al-Ruzzeh, George, & others) 2002;73:1431–5* Five-year experience in aortic root replacement with the flanged composite graft (Kirali, Mansuroglu, & others) 2002;73:1130 –7* Flow dynamics in internal thoracic artery grafts 10 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (Ichikawa, Kajiwara, & others) 2002;73:131–7*; Invited Commentary (Perrault & Demaria) 2002;73:137,IC Improved patency in vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue: results of a randomized study using three harvesting techniques (Souza, Dashwood, & others) 2002;73: 1189 –95* Neurologic complications after graft replacement of the entire thoracoabdominal aorta (Conklin, LeMaire, & Coselli) 2002;73:377,AB

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New pattern for using both thoracic arteries to revascularize the entire heart: the T-graft (Prapas, Anagnostopoulos, & others) 2002;73:1990 –2,HW Right internal mammary artery and radial artery composite in situ pedicle graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (Sajja & Mannam) 2002;73:1856 –9* Self-expandable aortic stent-grafts for treatment of descending aortic dissections (Palma, de Souza, & others) 2002;73: 1138 – 42*; Invited Commentary (Grimm) 2002;73:1141– 2,IC Skeletonized radial artery grafting: improved angiographic results (Amano, Takahashi, & Hirose) 2002;73:1880 –7* Total aortic arch grafting for acute type A dissection: analysis of residual false lumen (Takahara, Sudo, & others) 2002; 73:450 – 4* Valved stentless composite graft 35 (Urbanski) 2002;73:695– 6,CP; Reply (Paulis) 2002;73:697 Graft-versus-host disease Graft-versus-host disease-type colitis: an unusual association of malignant thymoma (Sader, Sharma, & Edwards) 2002; 73:1947– 8,CR Growth factors Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Heart defects Apical ventricular septal defects: follow-up concerning anatomic and surgical considerations (Van Praagh, Mayer, & others) 2002;73:48 –57*; Invited Commentary 2002;73:56 – 57,IC Heart failure See also End-stage heart failure Global cardiac-specific transgene expression using cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac isolation (Bridges, Burkman, & others) 2002;73:1939 – 46* Non-blood contacting biventricular support for severe heart failure (Anstadt, Schulte-Eistrup, & others) 2002;73:556 – 62*; Discussion (Pennington, Schulte-Eistrup, & Anstadt) 2002;73:561–2,DI Skeletal muscle ventricle aortic counterpulsation: function during chronic heart failure (Patel, Shah, & others) 2002; 73:588 –93* Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function (Teerlink & Ratcliffe) 2002;73:1368 –70,ED Heart transplantation See also Cardiac transplantation Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation (Hsu, Chang, & others) 2002;73:1307–10,CR Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy after heart transplantation (Wilner, de Varennes, & others) 2002;73:1965– 7,CR Open inferior vena caval anastomosis during bicaval heart transplantation (Aklog, Sepic, & others) 2002;73:671– 2,HW Hemangioma Left atrial cardiac hemangioma associated with shortness of breath and palpitations (Lo, Nucho, & others) 2002;73: 979 – 81,CR Sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple nodal stations (Yano, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:981–3,CR

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Hematocrit Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Hematoma Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta in a woman with neurofibromatosis (Ali, Okike, & others) 2002;73:958 – 60,CR Retropericardial hematoma complicating off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (Fukui, Suehiro, & others) 2002;73: 1629 –31,CR Hemodialysis Is “steal” present in hemodialysis patients with ipsilateral internal mammary graft? (Baciewicz & Harris) 2002;73: 349 –50,CP; Reply (Nakayama & Sakata) 2002;73:350,CP Hemodilution Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Hemodynamics Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial (Cohen, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:767–78*; Discussion (Kon, David, & others) 2002;73:775– 8,DI; Invited Commentary (Horstkotte) 2002;73:778,IC Cerebral hemodynamics during protracted ventricular fibrillation in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Lund, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:372,AB Effects of dilutional and modified ultrafiltration in plasma endothelin-1 and pulmonary vascular resistance after the Fontan procedure (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73: 862–5* Hemodynamic collapse during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Vassiliades, Nielsen, & Lonquist) 2002;73: 1874 –9*; Discussion (Daicoff & Vassiliades) 2002;73: 1879,DI Hemodynamic stability during 17 years of the CarpentierEdwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis (Banbury, Cosgrove III, & others) 2002;73:1460 –5* Intracoronary shunts reduce transient intraoperative myocardial dysfunction during off-pump coronary operations (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:1411–7*; Invited Commentary (Puskas) 2002;73:1417,IC Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability (Anderson, Filsoufi, & others) 2002;73:1484 – 8* Mitral annulus distortion during beating heart surgery: a potential cause for hemodynamic disturbance—a threedimensional echocardiography reconstruction surgery (George, Al-Ruzzeh, & Amrani) 2002;73:1424 –30* Preliminary experience with the St. Jude Medical Reagent Mechanical heart valve in the aortic position: in vivo hemodynamic results (Gelsomino, Morocutti, & others) 2002;73:1830 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Jamieson) 2002;73: 1836,IC Hemofiltration And hemolysis goes on: ventricular assist device in combination with veno-venous hemofiltration (Luckraz, Woods, & others) 2002;73:546 – 8*

SUBJECT INDEX

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Hemoglobin Blood hemoglobin as an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer patients (Watine & Berteau) 2002;73:2034,CP; Reply (Jazieh & Howington) 2002;73:2035 Hemolysis And hemolysis goes on: ventricular assist device in combination with veno-venous hemofiltration (Luckraz, Woods, & others) 2002;73:546 – 8* Hernia Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an octogenarian (Perch, Houck, & DeAnda) 2002;73:1288,CR “True” parahiatal hernia: a rare entity radiologic presentation and clinical management (Scheiderl, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:416 –9* Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene Adenoviral herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy in an orthotopic lung cancer model (Fukunaga, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1740 – 6* Ganciclovir prodrug therapy is effective in a murine xenotransplant model of human lung cancer (Kurdow, Boehle, & others) 2002;73:905–10* Hippocampus Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy after heart transplantation (Wilner, de Varennes, & others) 2002;73:1965– 7,CR Homografts Aortic coarctation reconstructed by resection and homograft replacement in the 1950s: long-term outcome 40 years after operation (Hu¨ ttl, Bala´ zs, & others) 2002;73:1678 – 80,SH Extending the usable size range of homografts in the pulmonary circulation: outcome of bicuspid homografts (Koirala, Merklinger, & others) 2002;73:866 –70*; Discussion (Monro, Williams, & Von Segesser) 2002;73:869 – 70,DI Partial replacement of the tricuspid valve by mitral homografts in acute endocarditis (Couetil, Argyriadis, & others) 2002;73:1808 –12* Valved homograft replacement of aneurysmal pulmonary arteries for severely symptomatic absent pulmonary valve syndrome (Hew, Daebritz, & others) 2002;73:1778 – 85* Hook wire Massive gas embolism during pulmonary nodule hook wire localization (Horan, Pinheiro, & others) 2002;73:1647–9,CR Hormone replacement therapy Hormone replacement therapy improves the survival of women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (Nussmeier, Thong, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Hospitalization Factors influencing intensive care unit length of stay after surgery for acute acute aortic dissection type A (Hoefer, Ruttmann, & others) 2002;73:714 –9*; Invited Commentary (Schepens) 2002;73:718 –9,IC Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse? (Steuer, Blomqvist, & others) 2002;73:1380 – 6* Human growth hormone Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Human parovirus B19 Frequency of transmission of human parovirus B19 infection by fibrin sealant used during thoracic surgery (Kawamura, Sawafuji, & others) 2002;73:1098 –100*

2094

SUBJECT INDEX

Hybrid revascularization Coronary hybrid revascularization from January 1997 to January 2002: a clinical follow-up (Riess, Bader, & others) 2002;73:1849 –55* Hydatid cysts Cardiac hydatid cysts (Losanoff, Richman, & Jones) 2002;73: 699 –700,CP; Reply (Kaplan, Demirtas, & Dogusoy) 2002; 73:700 Hyperbilirubinemia Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Hyperkalemia Aprikalim reduces the Na⫹-Ca2⫹ exchange outward current enhanced by hyperkalemia in rat ventricular myocytes (Li, Wu, & others) 2002;73:1253– 60*; Invited Commentary (Buxton) 2002;73:1259 – 60,IC Hypertension Beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in adult cardiac surgical patients (Maxey, Smith, & others) 2002;73:529 – 33*; Discussion (Grover, Crosby, & others) 2002;73:532– 3,DI Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease (Mendeloff, Meyers, & others) 2002;73:209 –19*; Discussion (Grover, Sonnett, & others) 2002;73:217–9,DI Successful arterial switch operation for post-Mustard pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary pulmonary hypertension (Inoue, Oba, & others) 2002;73:975–7,CR Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with inhaled nitric oxide after pulmonary embolectomy (Trummer, Berchtold-Herz, & others) 2002;73:1299 –301,CR Hyperthermia Postoperative hyperthermia in the first 48 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass (Thong, Strickler, & others) 2002;73: 370,AB Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (Jaoude´ , Achouh, & others) 2002;73:649 –50,CR Hypoplastic aortic arch Antero-axillary access for hypoplastic aortic arch repair (Fraund, Bo¨ ning, & others) 2002;73:278 – 80,CR Hypoplastic left heart syndrome First-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the twenty-first century (Pearl, Nelson, & others) 2002;73: 331– 40,CV; Invited Commentary (Jacobs) 2002;73:339 – 40,IC Isolated left ventricular ischemia after the Norwood procedure (DeRose, Corda, & others) 2002;73:657–9,CR Surgical treatment of coronary sinus orifice atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after total cavo-pulmonary connection (Ohta, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:653–5,CR Hypothermia Effect of hypothermia on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in the pig (Ehrlich, McCullough, & others) 2002;73:191–7*; Invited Commentary (Carrel) 2002;73:197,IC Hypothermic circulatory arrest See also Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC

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Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion␤ on S100␤ release during hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracic aortic surgery (Bhama, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Lamotrigine plus leukocyte filtration as a neuroprotective strategy in experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest (Rimpila¨ inen, Romsi, & others) 2002;73:163–72* Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Neurologic outcome in octogenarians after aortic arch repair with hypothermic circulatory arrest (DiBardino, Bhama, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Retrograde cerebral perfusion does not improve neuropsychometric outcome after aortic surgery (Jones, Harrington, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Iliac vein Replacement of the iliac vein (Del Campo) 2002;73:1692,CP; Reply (Saito) 2002;73:1692 Immunoglobulin G Transplant immunosuppression enhances efficiency of adenoviral-mediated gene retransfection: inhibition of interferon-␶ and immunoglobulin G (Suga, Gladdy, & others) 2002;73:1092–7*; Invited Commentary (DeMeester) 2002; 73:1097,IC Immunohistochemistry Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocarcinoma (Dabbs, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:403– 6*; Discussion (Sonett, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:406,DI Immunosuppression Transplant immunosuppression enhances efficiency of adenoviral-mediated gene retransfection: inhibition of interferon-␶ and immunoglobulin G (Suga, Gladdy, & others) 2002;73:1092–7*; Invited Commentary (DeMeester) 2002; 73:1097,IC Infant See also Children; Newborn Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Current results with intraaortic balloon pumping in infants and children (Pinkney, Minich, & others) 2002;73:887–91*; Invited Commentary (Delius) 2002;73:891,IC Cytokine balance in infants undergoing cardiac operation (Ho¨ vels-Gu¨ rich, Schumacher, & others) 2002;73:601–9*; Invited Commentary (Hawkins) 2002;73:608 –9,IC Mechanical circulatory support for infants and children with cardiac disease (Duncan) 2002;73:1670 –7,CV Ross procedure for endocarditis in a 4 –month-old infant (Al-Baradai, Baskett, & others) 2002;73:1973–5,CR S100␤ in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease (Bokesch, Cavaglia, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Use of the Shelhigh porcine valve conduit in infants (Pearl & Manning) 2002;73:697– 8,CP; Reply (Marianeschi) 2002;73: 698 Infarction See also Myocardial infarction Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide–releasing ␤-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC

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Pulmonary infarct cytologically mimicking adenocarcinoma of the lung (Lawther, Graham, & others) 2002;73:1964 –5,CR Infections Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery (Chelemer, Prato, & others) 2002;73:138 – 42* Current presentation and optimal surgical management of sternoclavicular joint infections (Song, Guy, & others) 2002;73:427–31* Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:1694 –5,CP; Reply (Safran & Sullivan) 2002;73:1695 Inferior vena cava Open inferior vena caval anastomosis during bicaval heart transplantation (Aklog, Sepic, & others) 2002;73:671– 2,HW Inflammatory response Aprotinin in coronary operation with cardiopulmonary bypass: does “low-dose” aprotinin inhibit the inflammatory response? (Englberger, Kipfer, & others) 2002;73:1897– 904* Cytokine balance in infants undergoing cardiac operation (Ho¨ vels-Gu¨ rich, Schumacher, & others) 2002;73:601–9*; Invited Commentary (Hawkins) 2002;73:608 –9,IC Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Inflammatory response after BioGlue application (Erasmi & Sievers) 2002;73:1025,CP; Reply (Hewitt, Marra, & others) 2002;73:1025– 6 Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis after coronary bypass operation without cardiopulmonary bypass (Chello, Mastroroberto, & others) 2002;73:123–30*; Invited Commentary (Menasche´ ) 2002;73:129 –30,IC Insulin Glucose-insulin-potassium solution improves left ventricular mechanics in diabetes (Ramanathan, Shirota, & others) 2002;73:582–7*; Invited Commentary (Saldanha) 2002;73: 587,IC Insulin-like growth factor-1 Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Intensive care unit Factors influencing intensive care unit length of stay after surgery for acute acute aortic dissection type A (Hoefer, Ruttmann, & others) 2002;73:714 –9*; Invited Commentary (Schepens) 2002;73:718 –9,IC Long-term survival and quality of life in cardiac surgical patients with prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (Williams, Wellner, & others) 2002;73:1472– 8* Intercostal artery Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation during intercostal artery ligation: prelimi¨ nder, & others) nary experimental results (LeMaire, U 2002;73:375,AB Intercostal muscle Durability of the intercostal muscle pedicle (Demos) 2002;73: 349,CP; Reply (Shrager, Deeb, & Kaiser) 2002;73:349,CP

SUBJECT INDEX

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Interferon-␶ Transplant immunosuppression enhances efficiency of adenoviral-mediated gene retransfection: inhibition of interferon-␶ and immunoglobulin G (Suga, Gladdy, & others) 2002;73:1092–7*; Invited Commentary (DeMeester) 2002; 73:1097,IC Interleukin 10 Lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery is associated with polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 10 genes (Ryan, Balding, & others) 2002;73:1905–11*; Invited Commentary (Leins & Cremer) 2002;73:1910 –11,IC Internal mammary artery Aortic valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting without functioning internal mammary artery grafts (Byrne, Karavas, & others) 2002;73:779 – 84*; Invited Commentary (Gillinov & Lytle) 2002;73:784,IC Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Interaction between vasodilators and vasopressin in internal mammary artery and clinical significance (Wei, Floten, & He) 2002;73:516 –22* Is “steal” present in hemodialysis patients with ipsilateral internal mammary graft? (Baciewicz & Harris) 2002;73: 349 –50,CP; Reply (Nakayama & Sakata) 2002;73:350,CP Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: is the left internal mammary artery a suitable conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (Iliopoulos, Manganas, & others) 2002;73:652–3,CR Right internal mammary artery and radial artery composite in situ pedicle graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (Sajja & Mannam) 2002;73:1856 –9* Vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated endotheliumdependent relaxation in human internal mammary artery (Liu, Jin, & others) 2002;73:819 –24*; Invited Commentary (Burkhoff) 2002;73:824,IC Internal thoracic artery Early clinical and angiographic outcome of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery (Al-Ruzzeh, George, & others) 2002;73:1431–5* Effects of cerivastatin on vascular function of human radial and left internal thoracic arteries (Nakamura, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:1860 –5*; Invited Commentary (He) 2002; 73:1865,IC Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting (Takami & Ina) 2002;73:1441–5* Endoscopic internal thoracic artery dissection leads to significant reduction of pain after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Bucerius, Metz, & others) 2002;73:1180 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Vaage) 2002;73:1184,IC Feasibility and suitability of the routine use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (Hirotani, Shirota, & others) 2002;73: 511–5* Flow dynamics in internal thoracic artery grafts 10 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (Ichikawa, Kajiwara, & others) 2002;73:131–7*; Invited Commentary (Perrault & Demaria) 2002;73:137,IC Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10* New pattern for using both thoracic arteries to revascularize the entire heart: the T-graft (Prapas, Anagnostopoulos, & others) 2002;73:1990 –2,HW

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SUBJECT INDEX

Internal thoracic artery (cont’d) Postoperative transient internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm (De Paulis, Tomai, & Chiariello) 2002;73:1984,IM Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Interrupted aortic arch Autograft aortic arch extension and sleeve resection for bronchial compression after interrupted aortic arch repair (Mitchell, Campbell, & others) 2002;73:1969 –71,CR Intraaortic balloon pump Current results with intraaortic balloon pumping in infants and children (Pinkney, Minich, & others) 2002;73:887–91*; Invited Commentary (Delius) 2002;73:891,IC Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality (Christenson) 2002;73:1026 –7,CP; Reply (Davies, Bellomo, & others) 2002;73:1027 Successful stent-grafting for perforation of the thoracic aorta by an intraaortic balloon pump (Bautista-Herna´ ndez, Moya, & others) 2002;73:956 – 8,CR Intracranial pressure Noninvasive monitoring of intracranial pressure and compliance (Paulat, Brucher, & Russell) 2002;73:371,AB Intramyocardial echinococcus cyst Intramyocardial echinococcus cyst (Ali & McLaughlin) 2002; 73:1656,IM Intraoperative period Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion by lung cancer using intraoperative touch cytology (Saito, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:1552–7*; Invited Commentary (Ponn) 2002;73: 1556 –7,IC Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting (Takami & Ina) 2002;73:1441–5* Importance of intraoperative angiographic findings for predicting long-term patency in coronary artery bypass operations (Hol, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:813– 8*; Invited Commentary (Yim & Wan) 2002;73:818,IC Intracoronary shunts reduce transient intraoperative myocardial dysfunction during off-pump coronary operations (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:1411–7*; Invited Commentary (Puskas) 2002;73:1417,IC Intraoperative evaluation of coronary anastomosis by transittime ultrasonic flow measurement (Morota, Duhaylongsod, & others) 2002;73:1446 –50* Successful repair of intraoperative aortic dissection detected by transesophageal echocardiography (Varghese, Riedel, & others) 2002;73:953–5,CR Validation of a left atrial lesion pattern for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation (Kress, Krum, & others) 2002;73:1160 – 8* Ischemia See also Myocardial ischemia Avoiding ischemia in latissimus dorsi muscle grafts: electrical prestimulation versus vascular delay (Woo, Jarvis, & others) 2002;73:1927–32* Cold blood spinal cord plegia for prediction of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair (Sueda, Okada, & others) 2002;73:1155–9* Cost-effectiveness in preoperative positron emission tomography in ischemic heart disease (Jacklin, Barrington, & others) 2002;73:1403–10*; Invited Commentary (Kappetein) 2002;73:1410,IC

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Effects of in vivo myocardial ischemia and reperfusion on interstitial nitric oxide metabolites (Stevens, Jahania, & others) 2002;73:1261– 6* Ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation increases risk of late bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (Fiser, Tribble, & others) 2002;73:1041– 8*; Discussion (Baumgartner, Fiser, & others) 2002;73:1047– 8,DI Ischemic preconditioning and Na⫹/H⫹ exchange inhibition improve reperfusion ion homeostasis (Goldberg, Digerness, & others) 2002;73:569 –74* Isolated left ventricular ischemia after the Norwood procedure (DeRose, Corda, & others) 2002;73:657–9,CR Preoperative fenestration for type A acute aortic dissection with mesenteric malperfusion (Fabre, Vincentelli, & others) 2002;73:950 –1,CR Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury (Lazar, Bao, & others) 2002;73:1522–7* Japan Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation (Watanabe, Ladas, & Goldstraw) 2002;73:245–9*; Invited Commentary (Naruke) 2002;73:248 –9,IC Jarvik 200 heart Implant technique for the Jarvik 200 Heart (Westaby, Frazier, & others) 2002;73:1337– 40,HW Jejunal flaps Behavior of free jejunal flaps after early disruption of blood supply (Chen, Tan, & others) 2002;73:987–9,CR Kidneys Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Conklin, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Kommerell’s diverticulum Dyspnea lusoria: compression of the pulmonary artery by a Kommerell’s diverticulum (Malas, Barr, & others) 2002;73: 312–3,CR Lactate Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality (Christenson) 2002;73:1026 –7,CP; Reply (Davies, Bellomo, & others) 2002;73:1027 Lactic acidosis Lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery is associated with polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 10 genes (Ryan, Balding, & others) 2002;73:1905–11*; Invited Commentary (Leins & Cremer) 2002;73:1910 –11,IC Lamotrigine Lamotrigine plus leukocyte filtration as a neuroprotective strategy in experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest (Rimpila¨ inen, Romsi, & others) 2002;73:163–72* Language Writing in a borrowed tongue (Edmunds) 2002;73:15–16,ED Laparoscopy Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* “True” parahiatal hernia: a rare entity radiologic presentation and clinical management (Scheiderl, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:416 –9* Large cell carcinoma See also Carcinoma

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Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: an unusual presentation (Estrera, Cagle, & others) 2002;73:1957– 60,CR Pulmonary large cell carcinomas with neuroendocrine features are high-grade neuroendocrine tumors (Iyoda, Hiroshima, & others) 2002;73:1049 –54* Laser Endobronchial neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet laser for noninvasive closure of small proximal bronchopleural fistula after lung resection (Kiriyama, Fujii, & others) 2002;73:945–9*; Invited Commentary (Wood) 2002;73:948 – 9,IC Factors influencing results and outcome after transmyocardial laser revascularization (Krabatsch, Petzina, & others) 2002;73:1888 –92* Laser-assist during extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leaks (Moon, Camillo, & Gleva) 2002;73:1893– 6* Transmyocardial laser revascularization (Horvath) 2002;73: 1355– 6,KR Latissimus dorsi Avoiding ischemia in latissimus dorsi muscle grafts: electrical prestimulation versus vascular delay (Woo, Jarvis, & others) 2002;73:1927–32* Leaks Laser-assist during extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leaks (Moon, Camillo, & Gleva) 2002;73:1893– 6* Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Predictors and treatment of persistent air leaks (Cerfolio, Bass, & others) 2002;73:1727–31*; Discussion (D’Amico, Cerfolio, & others) 2002;73:1730 –1,DI Left anterior descending coronary artery See also Coronary arteries Early clinical and angiographic outcome of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending artery (Al-Ruzzeh, George, & others) 2002;73:1431–5* Recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (Jaoude´ , Achouh, & others) 2002;73:649 –50,CR Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Left atrioventricular valve Surgical results of double-orifice left atrioventricular valve associated with atrioventricular septal defects (Nakano, Kado, & others) 2002;73:69 –75* Left atrium Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage (Pomerantzeff, Freyre, & others) 2002;73:1981–3,CR Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR Left atrial cardiac hemangioma associated with shortness of breath and palpitations (Lo, Nucho, & others) 2002;73: 979 – 81,CR Left atrial myxoma with tumor vascularity arising from the left and right coronary arteries (Bauer & Hetzer) 2002;73: 990,IM

SUBJECT INDEX

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Validation of a left atrial lesion pattern for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation (Kress, Krum, & others) 2002;73:1160 – 8* Left coronary artery Left atrial myxoma with tumor vascularity arising from the left and right coronary arteries (Bauer & Hetzer) 2002;73: 990,IM Stenosed kinking of the left main coronary artery combined with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta (Urbanski, Lindemann, & Siebel) 2002;73:1979 – 81,CR Left gastric artery Left gastric to coronary artery bypass (Flege) 2002;73:693,CP Left internal thoracic artery Robotically assisted versus conventional freehand technique during beating heart anastomoses of left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (Diodato, Scarborough, & others) 2002;73:825–9* Left recurrent laryngeal nerve Right aortic arch with left lung cancer: focusing on left recurrent laryngeal nerve (Shida, Asata, & others) 2002; 73:985– 6,CR Left ventricle Current results with intraaortic balloon pumping in infants and children (Pinkney, Minich, & others) 2002;73:887–91*; Invited Commentary (Delius) 2002;73:891,IC Double-inlet left ventricle: successfully staged ventricular septation with 12.5 years follow-up (Ottenkamp & Hazekamp) 2002;73:699,CP Glucose-insulin-potassium solution improves left ventricular mechanics in diabetes (Ramanathan, Shirota, & others) 2002;73:582–7*; Invited Commentary (Saldanha) 2002;73: 587,IC Isolated left ventricular ischemia after the Norwood procedure (DeRose, Corda, & others) 2002;73:657–9,CR Myocardial infarction scar plication in the rat: cardiac mechanics in an animal model for surgical procedures (Kanashiro, Nozawa, & others) 2002;73:1507–13* Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function (Teerlink & Ratcliffe) 2002;73:1368 –70,ED Left ventricular assist devices Alternate technique for implantation of left ventricular assist system: left thoracotomy for reoperative cases (Tittle, Mandapati, & others) 2002;73:994 – 6,HW Disease-specific remodeling of cardiac mitochondria after a left ventricular assist devices (Heerdt, Schlame, & others) 2002;73:1216 –21* Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation (Hsu, Chang, & others) 2002;73:1307–10,CR Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Left ventricular assist device implantation via left thoracotomy: alternative to repeat sternotomy (Pierson III, Howser, & others) 2002;73:997–9,HW Monitoring recovery and weaning from the Thoratec left ventricular assist device (Ferna´ ndez & Martı´nez) 2002;73: 1689,CP

2098

SUBJECT INDEX

Left ventricular assist devices (cont’d) Right ventricular dysfunction and organ failure in left ventricular assist device recipients: a continuing problem (Kavarana, Pessin-Minsley, & others) 2002;73:745–50*; Invited Commentary (McCarthy) 2002;73:750,IC Use of autologous auricular chondrocytes for lining artificial surfaces: a feasibility study (Scott-Burden, Bosley, & others) 2002;73:1528 –33* Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction Apico-aortic conduits in children with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Khanna, Anstadt, & others) 2002;73:81–7*; Discussion (Khanna & Brown) 2002;73:86 – 7,DI Recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (Jaoude´ , Achouh, & others) 2002;73:649 –50,CR Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement (Ono & Wolf) 2002;73:1303–5,CR Leiomyoma Bronchial artery aneursym disguised as a leiomyoma of the esophagus (Tringali, Tiffet, & others) 2002;73:632–3,CR Leukemia Cardiac involvement in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Hardikar, Shekar, & others) 2002;73:1310 –2,CR Leukocyte(s) Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Leukocyte filtration Cognitive change after coronary artery bypass surgery with a leukocyte-depleting filter (Ra¨ mo, Soinne, & others) 2002; 73:374,AB Lamotrigine plus leukocyte filtration as a neuroprotective strategy in experimental hypothermic circulatory arrest (Rimpila¨ inen, Romsi, & others) 2002;73:163–72* LIMA LIMA use in the STS database: a correction (Bonchek) 2002; 73:345– 6,CP; Reply (Zurbru¨ gg) 2002;73:346,CP Lipoma Pulmonary valve lipoma presenting as syncope (Pederzolli, Terrini, & others) 2002;73:1305– 6,CR Lipopolysaccharides Leukocyte-endothelium interactions during cardiopulmonary bypass: deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus nonthermic bypass versus lipopolysaccharide (Duebener, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Liver Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Lobectomy Personal experience in lung cancer sleeve lobectomy and sleeve pneumonectomy (Mezzetti, Panigalli, & others) 2002;73:1736 –9* Prospective trial of systemic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? (Sagawa, Sato, & others) 2002;73:900 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Low) 2002;73:904,IC Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration (Wan, Lee, & others) 2002;73:639 – 40,CR

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Long thoracic nerve Surgical treatment of a long thoracic nerve palsy (Novak & Mackinnon) 2002;73:1643–5,CR Lung Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Open lung biopsy in patients with congenital heart disease (Gorenflo) 2002;73:1357– 8,CP Lung cancer See also Nonsmall cell lung cancer Adenoviral herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy in an orthotopic lung cancer model (Fukunaga, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1740 – 6* An initial experience with FDG-PET in the imaging of residual disease after induction therapy for lung cancer (Akhurst, Downey, & others) 2002;73:259 – 66*; Discussion (Walsh, Feins, & others) 2002;73:264 – 6,DI Blood hemoglobin as an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer patients (Watine & Berteau) 2002;73:2034,CP; Reply (Jazieh & Howington) 2002;73:2035 Can FDG-PET reduce the need for mediastinoscopy in potentially resectable nonsmall lung cancer? (Kernstine, McLaughlin, & others) 2002;73:394 – 402*; Discussion (Cerfolio, Kernstine, & Luketich) 2002;73:401–2,DI Cell membrane fluidity and prognosis of lung cancer (Sok, Sentjurc, & others) 2002;73:1567–71* Characteristics and prognosis of resected T3 non-small cell lung cancer (Riquet, Lang-Lazdunski, & others) 2002;73: 253– 8* Clinical significance of nm23 expression in resected pathologic-stage I, non-small cell lung cancer (Katakura, Tanaka, & others) 2002;73:1060 – 4* Detection of estrogen receptor by immunohistochemistry in pulmonary adenocardcinoma (Dabbs, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:403– 6*; Discussion (Sonett, Landreneau, & others) 2002;73:406,DI Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion by lung cancer using intraoperative touch cytology (Saito, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:1552–7*; Invited Commentary (Ponn) 2002;73: 1556 –7,IC Ganciclovir prodrug therapy is effective in a murine xenotransplant model of human lung cancer (Kurdow, Boehle, & others) 2002;73:905–10* Induction chemoradiation compared with induction radiation for lung cancer involving the superior sulcus (Wright, Menard, & others) 2002;73:1541– 4* Malignant minor pleural effusion detected on thoracotomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: is tumor resection beneficial for prognosis? (Sawabata, Matsumura, & others) 2002;73:412–5* Micrometastasis to lymph nodes in stage I left lung cancer patients (Kawano, Hata, & others) 2002;73:1558 – 62*; Invited Commentary (Ginsberg) 2002;73:1562,IC Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and octreotide scintigraphy (Filosso, Rena, & others) 2002;73:1692–3,CP; Reply (Tovar) 2002;73:1693– 4 Primary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the lung (Huang, Hsieh, & others) 2002;73:1960 –2,CR Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in adenocarcinoma of the lung (Hiroshima, Iyoda, & others) 2002;73:1732–5*

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Prospective study of extended segmentectomy for small lung tumors: the final report (Yoshikawa, Tsubota, & others) 2002;73:1055–9*; Invited Commentary (Putnam) 2002;73: 1058 –9,IC Prospective trial of systemic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? (Sagawa, Sato, & others) 2002;73:900 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Low) 2002;73:904,IC Pulmonary artery stenting for recurrent lung cancer after left pneumonectomy (Asato, Amemiya, & others) 2002;73: 1962– 4,CR Pulmonary infarct cytologically mimicking adenocarcinoma of the lung (Lawther, Graham, & others) 2002;73:1964 –5,CR Pulmonary large cell carcinomas with neuroendocrine features are high-grade neuroendocrine tumors (Iyoda, Hiroshima, & others) 2002;73:1049 –54* Right aortic arch with left lung cancer: focusing on left recurrent laryngeal nerve (Shida, Asata, & others) 2002; 73:985– 6,CR Role of fiberscopic transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of N2 disease due to non–small cell lung cancer (Patelli, Agli, & others) 2002;73:407–11* Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a pragmatic approach to prognosis after complete resection (Thomas, Doddoli, & others) 2002;73:1065–70* Surgical treatment of non–small cell lung cancer 1 cm or less in diameter (Miller, Rowland, & others) 2002;73:1545–51*; Discussion (Feins, Warren, & Miller) 2002;73:1550 –1,DI Tracheobronchoplasty for resection of lung cancer arising from a tracheal bronchus (Sato, Hasegawa, & others) 2002;73:310 –2,CR Usefulness of videothoracoscopic intrapericardial examination of pulmonary vessels to identify resectable clinical T4 lung cancer (Loscertales, Jime´ nez-Mercha´ n, & others) 2002;73:1563– 6* Lung herniation Seat belt–related chrondrosternal disruption with lung herniation (Rice, Bikkasani, & others) 2002;73:1950 –1,CR Lung resection Endobronchial neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet laser for noninvasive closure of small proximal bronchopleural fistula after lung resection (Kiriyama, Fujii, & others) 2002;73:945–9*; Invited Commentary (Wood) 2002;73:948 – 9,IC Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection (Tayama, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1582– 6* Neural networks as a prognostic tool of surgical risk in lung resections (Esteva, Marchevsky, & others) 2002;73:1576 – 81* Lung transplantation Bilateral lung transplantation using a donor with a tracheal right upper lobe bronchus (Sekine, Fischer, & others) 2002;73:308 –10,CR C1– esterase inhibitor reduces reperfusion injury after lung transplantation (Scherer, Demertzis, & others) 2002;73: 233–9*; Invited Commentary (Fiser & Tribble) 2002;73: 238 –9,IC Donor transfer of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in lung transplantation (Tripathy, Yung, & others) 2002;73:306 – 8,CR Everting mattress running suture: an improved technique of atrial anastomosis in human lung transplantation (de Perrot & Keshavjee) 2002;73:1663– 4,HW

SUBJECT INDEX

2099

Ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation increases risk of late bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (Fiser, Tribble, & others) 2002;73:1041– 8*; Discussion (Baumgartner, Fiser, & others) 2002;73:1047– 8,DI Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease (Mendeloff, Meyers, & others) 2002;73:209 –19*; Discussion (Grover, Sonnett, & others) 2002;73:217–9,DI Melatonin attenuates posttransplant lung ischemiareperfusion injury (Inci, Inci, & others) 2002;73:220 –5*; Invited Commentary (Ulicny) 2002;73:225,IC Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery followed by lung transplantation: a matched cohort study (Burns, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:1587–93* Pulmonary blood flow is inhomogenously reduced after Euro Collins-preservation and lung transplantation (Brinkmann, Bo¨ rgermann, & others) 2002;73:226 –32* Pulmonary vein gas analysis for assessing donor lung function (Aziz, El-Gamel, & others) 2002;73:1599 –1605*; Invited Commentary (Conte) 2002;73:1604 –5,IC Lung volume reduction surgery Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery followed by lung transplantation: a matched cohort study (Burns, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:1587–93* Lymph node(s) Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation (Watanabe, Ladas, & Goldstraw) 2002;73:245–9*; Invited Commentary (Naruke) 2002;73:248 –9,IC Micrometastasis to lymph nodes in stage I left lung cancer patients (Kawano, Hata, & others) 2002;73:1558 – 62*; Invited Commentary (Ginsberg) 2002;73:1562,IC Sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple nodal stations (Yano, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:981–3,CR Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* Lymph node dissection Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation (Watanabe, Ladas, & Goldstraw) 2002;73:245–9*; Invited Commentary (Naruke) 2002;73:248 –9,IC Prospective trial of systemic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? (Sagawa, Sato, & others) 2002;73:900 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Low) 2002;73:904,IC M1a disease Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Magnesium Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:112– 8* Magnetic resonance imaging Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367

2100

SUBJECT INDEX

Magnetic resonance imaging (cont’d) Comparable systemic ventricular function in healthy adults and patients with unoperated congenitally corrected transposition using MRI dobutamine stress testing (Dodge-Khatami, Tulevski, & others) 2002;73:1759 – 64* Diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance imaging are normal after significant microembolic insult, but magnetic resonance spectroscopy is abnormal in the first 24 hours (Stump, Baker, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive changes before and after coronary artery bypass graft (Grega, Hillis, & others) 2002;73:367,AB Magnetic resonance imaging registration and quantitation of the brain before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Kohn) 2002;73:363–5, OC Magnetic resonance spectroscopy Diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance imaging are normal after significant microembolic insult, but magnetic resonance spectroscopy is abnormal in the first 24 hours (Stump, Baker, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Malignant mesothelioma Flow cytometric analysis of a malignant mesothelioma (Go´ mez-Roma´ n, Mons-Lera, & others) 2002;73:1292– 4,CR Malignant mesothelioma with osseous differentiation (Suen, Sudholt, & others) 2002;73:665,IM Mammary arteries See Internal mammary artery Marfan syndrome Aortic root replacement in 271 Marfan patients: a 24 –year experience (Gott, Cameron, & others) 2002;73:438 – 43* Maze procedure Atrial size and transport function after the Maze III procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Lo¨ nnerholm, Blomstro¨ m, & others) 2002;73:107–11* Epicardial ablation of atrial fibrillation on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (Mazzitelli, Park, & others) 2002;73:320 –1,HW Repetitive atrial flutter as a complication of the left-sided simple maze procedure (Usui, Inden, & others) 2002;73: 1457–9* McKeown esophagogastrectomy McKeown esophagogastrectomy for esophageal carcinoma after free jejunal graft (MacMillan, Duarte, & others) 2002;73:1649 –51,CR Mechanical valves See also Prostheses; specific valve Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Prosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve: bioprosthetic or mechanical (Kaplan, Kut, & others) 2002;73:467–73* Mediastinitis Reduction in tracheostomy-associated risk of mediastinitis by routine use of percutaneous tracheostomy (Patel, Deane, & Scawn) 2002;73:2033,CP; Reply (Curtis, Clark, & others) 2002;73:2033 Mediastinoscopy Can FDG-PET reduce the need for mediastinoscopy in potentially resectable nonsmall lung cancer? (Kernstine, McLaughlin, & others) 2002;73:394 – 402*; Discussion (Cerfolio, Kernstine, & Luketich) 2002;73:401–2,DI Periareolar mediastinoscopy: a new technique (Tabet, Kassabian, & others) 2002;73: 1335– 6,HW Thoracoscopic esophagectomy combined with mediastinoscopy via the neck (Ikeda, Niimi, & others) 2002;73:1329 – 31,HW

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Mediastinum Ectopic thyroid tissue on the ascending aorta: an operative finding (Williams, Lindop, & Butler) 2002;73:1642–3,CR Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses (Metin, Sayar, & others) 2002;73: 250 –2* Giant mediastinal chordoma (Rahman, Farahat, & others) 2002;73:1952– 4,CR Mediastinal angioleiomyoma (Matsuoka, Nishio, & others) 2002;73:1653– 4,CR Mediastinal synovial sarcoma: report of two cases with molecular genetic analysis (Trupiano, Rice, & others) 2002; 73:628 –30,CR Melatonin Melatonin attenuates posttransplant lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (Inci, Inci, & others) 2002;73:220 –5*; Invited Commentary (Ulicny) 2002;73:225,IC Meningitis Spontaneous esophageal perforation presenting as meningitis (Jurani, Early, & Roberts) 2002;73:1294 – 6,CR Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma Primary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the lung (Huang, Hsieh, & others) 2002;73:1960 –2,CR Mesenchymal stem cells Mesenchymal stem cell implantation in a swine myocardial infarct model: engraftment and functional effects (Shake, Gruber, & others) 2002;73:1919 –26*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Shake, & others) 2002;73:1926,DI Mesenteric ischemia Preoperative fenestration for type A acute aortic dissection with mesenteric malperfusion (Fabre, Vincentelli, & others) 2002;73:950 –1,CR Mesothelioma Flow cytometric analysis of a malignant mesothelioma (Go´ mez-Roma´ n, Mons-Lera, & others) 2002;73:1292– 4,CR Malignant mesothelioma with osseous differentiation (Suen, Sudholt, & others) 2002;73:665,IM Metabolism Effect of hypothermia on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in the pig (Ehrlich, McCullough, & others) 2002;73:191–7*; Invited Commentary (Carrel) 2002;73:197,IC Metastases Long-term results after pulmonary resection of renal cell carcinoma metastases (Piltz, Meimarakis, & others) 2002; 73:1082–7* Micrometastasis to lymph nodes in stage I left lung cancer patients (Kawano, Hata, & others) 2002;73:1558 – 62*; Invited Commentary (Ginsberg) 2002;73:1562,IC Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract (Gersak, Lakic, & others) 2002;73: 1631–3,CR Videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for intractable pain from adrenal metastasis (Lang-Lazdunski, Le PimpecBarthes, & Riquet) 2002;73:1290 –2,CR Microcirculation Hepatic dysfunction after left ventricular mechanical assist in patients with end-stage heart failure: role of inflammatory response and hepatic microcirculation (Masai, Sawa, & others) 2002;73:549 –55* Microembolism See also Embolism Multifrequency Doppler discriminates between baseous and solid microemboli (Russell & Brucher) 2002;73:369,AB

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Power M-mode Doppler is sensitive to microemboli, whereas M-mode color velocity imaging is not (Moehring) 2002;73: 369,AB Milrinone Intravenous milrinone in cardiac surgery (Levy, Bailey, & Deeb) 2002;73:325–30,CV Minimally invasive surgery See also Surgery An alternative surgical approach to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (Angouras & Michler) 2002;73: 673– 4,HW Carbon dioxide embolism during minimally invasive vein harvesting (Banks, Manetta, & others) 2002;73:296 –7,CR Endoscopic internal thoracic artery dissection leads to significant reduction of pain after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Bucerius, Metz, & others) 2002;73:1180 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Vaage) 2002;73:1184,IC Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10* Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery (Kypson & Glower) 2002;73:1657– 8,HW Wider adoption of minimally invasive valvular heart surgery (Stoica, Charman, & Wells) 2002;73:1024 –5,CP; Reply (Grossi & Baumann) 2002;73:1024 Ministernotomy Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Mitral annular aneurysm Mitral annular aneurysm resulting from subaortic muscle resection (Watanabe, Harada, & others) 2002;73:1302– 3,CR Mitral-aortic discontinuity Congenital mitral-aortic discontinuity (Liotta, Diluch, & others) 2002;73:274 –7,CR Mitral regurgitation Mitral stenosis after mitral valve repair for non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation (Ibrahim & David) 2002;73:34 – 6* Mitral stenosis Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR Mitral stenosis after mitral valve repair for non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation (Ibrahim & David) 2002;73:34 – 6* Mitral valve An alternative surgical approach to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (Angouras & Michler) 2002;73: 673– 4,HW Combined aortic and mitral valve operations with transection of the ascending aorta (Wang) 2002;73:2035,CP; Reply (Machiraju) 2002;73:2035– 6 Congenital mitral-aortic discontinuity (Liotta, Diluch, & others) 2002;73:274 –7,CR

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Endocarditis after mitral valve repair (Gillinov, Faber, & others) 2002;73:1813– 6* Ex-vivo mitral valve repair prior to orthotopic cardiac transplantation (Michler & Camacho) 2002;73:962–3,CR Hugh sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing mitral valve incompetence (Baek, Kim, & others) 2002;73:1975–7,CR Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement (Ono & Wolf) 2002;73:1303–5,CR Mitral annulus distortion during beating heart surgery: a potential cause for hemodynamic disturbance—a threedimensional echocardiography reconstruction surgery (George, Al-Ruzzeh, & Amrani) 2002;73:1424 –30* Mitral stenosis after mitral valve repair for non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation (Ibrahim & David) 2002;73:34 – 6* Partial replacement of the tricuspid valve by mitral homografts in acute endocarditis (Couetil, Argyriadis, & others) 2002;73:1808 –12* Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery (Kypson & Glower) 2002;73:1657– 8,HW Reductive annuloplasty of double orifices in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (Radovanovic, Mihaljlovic, & others) 2002;73:751–5* Repair of congenital malformations of the mitral valve: early and midterm results (Prifti, Vanini, & others) 2002;73:614 – 21* Second order anterior mitral leaflets play a role in preventing systolic anterior motion (Obadia & Janier) 2002;73:1689 – 90,CP; Reply (Miller) 2002;73:1690 Simple surgical isolation of pulmonary veins for treating secondary atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease (Kalil, Lima, & others) 2002;73:1169 –73* Simplified technique for determining the length of artificial chordae in mitral valve repair (Sarsam) 2002;73:1659 – 60,HW Triangular resection of prolapsing anterior mitral leaflet (Aoygai, Fukumaga, & Tomoeda) 2002;73:1021,CP; Reply (Fasol) 2002;73:1020 M-mode echocardiography Power M-mode Doppler is sensitive to microemboli, whereas M-mode color velocity imaging is not (Moehring) 2002;73: 369,AB Models Adenoviral herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene therapy in an orthotopic lung cancer model (Fukunaga, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1740 – 6* Different kind of “total artificial heart”: the interactive, computer-based human heart model (Pasque) 2002;73:1032– 4,ED Dynamic analysis of the aortic valve using a finite element model (Gnyaneshwar, Kumar, & Balakrishnan) 2002;73: 1122–9* Morbidity Conversion to off-pump coronary bypass without increased morbidity or change in practice (Anyanwu, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:798 – 802*,IC Evaluation of the effectiveness of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients: an observational study (Chamberlain, Ascione, & others) 2002;73:1866 –73* Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization (Reddy, Parikh, & others) 2002;73:803– 8*; Discussion (Afifi, Reddy, & others) 2002;73:807– 8,DI Morbidity and mortality after extent II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair (Coselli, LeMaire, & others) 2002; 73:1107–16*; Discussion (Mitchell, Kouchoukos, & others) 2002;73:1115– 6,DI

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Mortality Acute type A aortic dissection: can we dramatically reduce the surgical mortality? (Bachet) 2002;73:701–3,ED Acute type A dissection: conservative methods provide consistently low mortality (Westaby, Saito, & Katsumata) 2002;73:707–13* Incidence of major pulmonary morbidity after pneumonectomy: association with timing of smoking cessation (Vaporciyan, Merriman, & others) 2002;73:420 – 6*; Discussion (Reed, Vaporciyan, & others) 2002;73:425– 6,DI Long-term survival and quality of life in cardiac surgical patients with prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (Williams, Wellner, & others) 2002;73:1472– 8* Morbidity and mortality after extent II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair (Coselli, LeMaire, & others) 2002; 73:1107–16*; Discussion (Mitchell, Kouchoukos, & others) 2002;73:1115– 6,DI Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality (Christenson) 2002;73:1026 –7,CP; Reply (Davies, Bellomo, & others) 2002;73:1027 Repair of congenital malformations of the mitral valve: early and midterm results (Prifti, Vanini, & others) 2002;73:614 – 21* Motor evoked potentials Cold blood spinal cord plegia for prediction of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair (Sueda, Okada, & others) 2002;73:1155–9* Multimodality therapy Multimodality therapy for resectable cancer of the thoracic esophagus (Entwistle III & Goldberg) 2002;73:1009 –15,CV Muscle flaps Histological confirmation of healing of gastrobronchial fistula using a muscle flap (Okuyama, Saito, & others) 2002;73: 1298 –9,CR Myasthenia gravis Problems in the evaluation of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (Jaretzki, Kaminiski, & others) 2002;73:1027– 8,CP; Reply (Budde & Miller) 2002;73:1028 Myeloproliferative disorders Incidental finding of myeloproliferative disorders during sternotomy (Deeb, Shargal, & others) 2002;73:1951–2,CR Myocardial infarction See also Infarction Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion for myocardial protection during off-pump coronary artery surgery (Lell, Nielsen, & others) 2002;73:1246 –52*; Invited Commentary (Lazar) 2002;73:1251–2,IC Mesenchymal stem cell implantation in a swine myocardial infarct model: engraftment and functional effects (Shake, Gruber, & others) 2002;73:1919 –26*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Shake, & others) 2002;73:1926,DI Myocardial infarction scar plication in the rat: cardiac mechanics in an animal model for surgical procedures (Kanashiro, Nozawa, & others) 2002;73:1507–13* Myocardial ischemia See also Ischemia Effects of in vivo myocardial ischemia and reperfusion on interstitial nitric oxide metabolites (Stevens, Jahania, & others) 2002;73:1261– 6* Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide-releasing ␤-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC

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Melatonin attenuates posttransplant lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (Inci, Inci, & others) 2002;73:220 –5*; Invited Commentary (Ulicny) 2002;73:225,IC Myocardial immediate early gene activation after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (Nelson, Wechsler, & others) 2002;73:156 – 62* Protective effects of protein kinase C during myocardial ischemia require activation of phosphatidyl-inositol specific phospholipase C (Munakata, Stamm, & others) 2002;73: 1236 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73:1245,IC Myocardial preservation and storage Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study (Alamanni, Parolari, & others) 2002;73:1606 –15*; Invited Commentary (Fedak, Weisel, & others) 2002;73:1614 –5,IC Endothelial damage during myocardial preservation and storage (Parolari, Rubini, & others) 2002;73:682–90,CV Myocardial preservation using Celsior solution in cardiac transplantation: early results and 5-year follow-up of a multicenter prospective study of 70 cardiac transplantations (Remadi, Baron, & others) 2002;73:1495–9* Myocardial stunning Role of apoptosis in myocardial stunning after open heart surgery (Schmitt, Schro¨ der, & others) 2002;73:1229 –35*; Invited Commentary (Gorman & Gorman) 2002;73: 1235,IC Myocardium Cardioplegic arrest with L-arginine improves myocardial protection: results of a prospective randomized clinical trial (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:837– 42*; Invited Commentary (Vander Salm) 2002;73:842,IC Endothelial damage during myocardial preservation and storage (Parolari, Rubini, & others) 2002;73:682–90,CV Myocardial protection by PJ34, a novel potent poly (ADPribose) synthetase inhibitor (Faro, Toyoda, & others) 2002;73:575– 81*; Invited Commentary (Halldorsson) 2002; 73:580,IC Myocardial revascularization with the posterior tibial artery (Benjacholamas, Jindarak, & Buddhari) 2002;73:1312– 4,CR Ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm presenting as a myocardial mass (Berrizbeitia & Samuels) 2002;73:971– 3,CR Myoplasty Cellular myoplasty; what are we really trying to achieve? (Gorman & Gorman) 2002;73:342–3; Reply (Pouzet & Menasche´ ) 2002;73:343,CP Myositis Proliferative myositis: a rare pseudosarcoma of the chest wall (Kent, Flieder, & others) 2002;73:1296 – 8,CR Myxoma Left atrial myxoma with tumor vascularity arising from the left and right coronary arteries (Bauer & Hetzer) 2002;73: 990,IM Naⴙ-Ca2ⴙ exchange Aprikalim reduces the Na⫹-Ca2⫹ exchange outward current enhanced by hyperkalemia in rat ventricular myocytes (Li, Wu, & others) 2002;73:1253– 60*; Invited Commentary (Buxton) 2002;73:1259 – 60,IC Naⴙ/Hⴙ exchange Ischemic preconditioning and Na⫹/H⫹ exchange inhibition improve reperfusion ion homeostasis (Goldberg, Digerness, & others) 2002;73:569 –74* Natriuretic peptides Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection (Tayama, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1582– 6*

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Natural history Natural history of pure ground-glass opacity after long-term follow-up of more than 2 years (Kodama, Higashiyama, & others) 2002;73:386 –93*; Invited Commentary (Pass) 2002; 73:392–3,IC Natural history of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta managed nonoperatively: a longitudinal analysis (Holmes, Bloch, & others) 2002;73:1149 –54* Nd:YAG laser Endobronchial neodymium:yttrium-aluminum garnet laser for noninvasive closure of small proximal bronchopleural fistula after lung resection (Kiriyama, Fujii, & others) 2002;73:945–9*; Invited Commentary (Wood) 2002;73:948 – 9,IC Near-infrared spectroscopy Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation during intercostal artery ligation: prelimi¨ nder, & others) nary experimental results (LeMaire, U 2002;73:375,AB Necrotizing soft tissue infection Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:304 – 6,CR Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:1694 –5,CP; Reply (Safran & Sullivan) 2002;73:1695 Nerve Injury of the common peroneal nerve after cardiothoracic operations (Vazquez-Jimenez, Krebs & others) 2002;73: 119 –22*; Invited Commentary (Ellison) 2002;73:122,IC Injury of the common peroneal nerve after cardiothoracic operations (Vazquez-Jimenez, Krebs & others) 2002;73: 119 –22*; Invited Commentary (Ellison) 2002; 73: 122Nerve,IC Right aortic arch with left lung cancer: focusing on left recurrent laryngeal nerve (Shida, Asata, & others) 2002; 73:985– 6,CR Surgical treatment of a long thoracic nerve palsy (Novak & Mackinnon) 2002;73:1643–5,CR Neural networks Neural networks as a prognostic tool of surgical risk in lung resections (Esteva, Marchevsky, & others) 2002;73:1576 – 81* Neurofibromatosis Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta in a woman with neurofibromatosis (Ali, Okike, & others) 2002;73:958 – 60,CR Neurologic injury Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367,AB Combination of alpha-stat strategy and hemodilution exacerbates neurologic injury in a survival piglet model with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Sakamoto, Zurakowski, & others) 2002;73:180 –90*; Invited Commentary (Ungerleider) 2002;73:189 –90,IC Impact of single-clamp versus double-clamp technique on neurologic outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (Grega, Borowicz, & Baumgartner) 2002;73:376AB Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Neuropsychological deficits Defining neuropsychological impairment: should we abandon the “20% of tests” rule? (Borger, Green, & Weisel) 2002; 73:369,AB

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Effect of neuropsychological deficits on quality of life 6 months after cardiac surgery (Andrew, Baker, & Knight) 2002;73: 367,AB Neutrophils Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis after coronary bypass operation without cardiopulmonary bypass (Chello, Mastroroberto, & others) 2002;73:123–30*; Invited Commentary (Menasche´ ) 2002;73:129 –30,IC Newborn See also Children; Infant Aortic arch advancement: the optimal one-stage approach for surgical management of neonatal coarctation with arch hypoplasia (Elgamal, McKenzie, & Fraser) 2002;73:1267– 73*; Discussion (Kanter, Elgamal, & others) 2002;73:1272– 3,DI Management of neonatal bronchovenous fistula after cardiopulmonary bypass (Reinhartz, DeSilva, & Hanley) 2002; 73:1320 –2,CR Multidose cardioplegia in a complex arterial switch procedure (Hartz, DeLeon, & others) 2002;73:280 –2,CR Repair of Ebstein’s anomaly in the symptomatic neonate: an evolution of technique with 7–year follow-up (KnottCraig, Overholt, & others) 2002;73:1786 –93*; Discussion (Ungerleider, Knott-Craig, & others) 2002;73:1792–3,DI S100␤ in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease (Bokesch, Cavaglia, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Nipradilol Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide-releasing ␤-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC Nitric oxide Beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in adult cardiac surgical patients (Maxey, Smith, & others) 2002;73:529 – 33*; Discussion (Grover, Crosby, & others) 2002;73:532– 3,DI Effects of in vivo myocardial ischemia and reperfusion on interstitial nitric oxide metabolites (Stevens, Jahania, & others) 2002;73:1261– 6* Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with inhaled nitric oxide after pulmonary embolectomy (Trummer, Berchtold-Herz, & others) 2002;73:1299 –301,CR Vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated endotheliumdependent relaxation in human internal mammary artery (Liu, Jin, & others) 2002;73:819 –24*; Invited Commentary (Burkhoff) 2002;73:824,IC nm23 Clinical significance of nm23 expression in resected pathologic-stage I, non-small cell lung cancer (Katakura, Tanaka, & others) 2002;73:1060 – 4* Noninvasive monitoring Noninvasive monitoring of intracranial pressure and compliance (Paulat, Brucher, & Russell) 2002;73:371,AB Nonsmall cell lung cancer See also Lung cancer Blood hemoglobin as an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer patients (Watine & Berteau) 2002;73:2034,CP; Reply (Jazieh & Howington) 2002;73:2035 Can FDG-PET reduce the need for mediastinoscopy in potentially resectable nonsmall lung cancer? (Kernstine, McLaughlin, & others) 2002;73:394 – 402*; Discussion (Cerfolio, Kernstine, & Luketich) 2002;73:401–2,DI

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SUBJECT INDEX

Nonsmall cell lung cancer (cont’d) Characteristics and prognosis of resected T3 non-small cell lung cancer (Riquet, Lang-Lazdunski, & others) 2002;73: 253– 8* Clinical significance of nm23 expression in resected pathologic-stage I, non-small cell lung cancer (Katakura, Tanaka, & others) 2002;73:1060 – 4* Initial experience with FDG-PET in the imaging of residual disease after induction therapy for lung cancer (Akhurst, Downey, & others) 2002;73:259 – 66*; Discussion (Walsh, Feins, & others) 2002;73:264 – 6,DI Malignant minor pleural effusion detected on thoracotomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: is tumor resection beneficial for prognosis? (Sawabata, Matsumura, & others) 2002;73:412–5* Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection (Martinod, D’Audiffret, & others) 2002;73:1534 – 40*; Invited Commentary (Shahian) 2002;73:1532–3,IC Prospective study of extended segmentectomy for small lung tumors: the final report (Yoshikawa, Tsubota, & others) 2002;73:1055–9*; Invited Commentary (Putnam) 2002;73: 1058 –9,IC Role of fiberscopic transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of N2 disease due to non-small cell lung cancer (Patelli, Agli, & others) 2002;73:407–11* Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a pragmatic approach to prognosis after complete resection (Thomas, Doddoli, & others) 2002;73:1065–70* Surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer 1 cm or less in diameter (Miller, Rowland, & others) 2002;73:1545–51*; Discussion (Feins, Warren, & Miller) 2002;73:1550 –1,DI Survival after resection of metachronous non-small cell lung cancer (Jeremic) 2002;73:1694,CP Usefulness of videothoracoscopic intrapericardial examination of pulmonary vessels to identify resectable clinical T4 lung cancer (Loscertales, Jime´ nez-Mercha´ n, & others) 2002;73:1563– 6* Nonviral vectors Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Norwood procedure First-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the twenty-first century (Pearl, Nelson, & others) 2002;73: 331– 40,CV; Invited Commentary (Jacobs) 2002;73:339 – 40,IC Isolated left ventricular ischemia after the Norwood procedure (DeRose, Corda, & others) 2002;73:657–9,CR Treatment of persistent chylothorax after Norwood procedure with somatostatin (Pettitt, Caspi, & Borne) 2002;73:977– 9,CR Nottingham Health Profile Comparison of the Nottingham Health Profile and the 36 – item health survey questionnaires in cardiac surgery (Falcoz, Chocron, & others) 2002;73:1222– 8*; Invited Commentary (Ross) 2002;73:1228,IC Occlusion Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Risk of coronary artery occlusion with snares during OPCAB (Demaria, Fortier, & Perrault) 2002;73:345,CP; Reply (Lin & Chen) 2002;73:345,CP

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Octreotide Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and octreotide scintigraphy (Filosso, Rena, & others) 2002;73:1692–3,CP; Reply (Tovar) 2002;73:1693– 4 Octyl-cyanoacrylate adhesive Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig (Bujsrogge, Verlaan, & others) 2002;73:1451– 6* Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Assessing the learning curve in off-pump coronary artery surgery via CUSUM failure analysis (Novick, Fox, & others) 2002;73:358 – 62, OC Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass using an automated anastomotic device (Endo, Benhamedi, & others) 2002;73:1000 –1,HW Cerebral hemodynamics during protracted ventricular fibrillation in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Lund, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:372,AB Conversion to off-pump coronary bypass without increased morbidity or change in practice (Anyanwu, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:798 – 802*,IC Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Coronary end-to-side sleeve anastomosis using adhesive in off-pump bypass grafting in the pig (Bujsrogge, Verlaan, & others) 2002;73:1451– 6* Effect of on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on serum creatinine concentration (de Baar, Tobe, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Elimination of cardiopulmonary bypass improves early survival for multivessel coronary artery bypass patients (Magee, Jablonski, & others) 2002;73:1196 –203*; Discussion (Connolly, Starnes, & others) 2002;73:1202–3,DI Epicardial ultrasound in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: potential aid in intraoperative coronary diagnostics (Klein, Meijer, & others) 2002;73:809 –12* Evaluation of the effectiveness of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients: an observational study (Chamberlain, Ascione, & others) 2002;73:1866 –73* Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion for myocardial protection during off-pump coronary artery surgery (Lell, Nielsen, & others) 2002;73:1246 –52*; Invited Commentary (Lazar) 2002;73:1251–2,IC Hemodynamic collapse during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Vassiliades, Nielsen, & Lonquist) 2002;73: 1874 –9*; Discussion (Daicoff & Vassiliades) 2002;73: 1879,DI Intracoronary shunts reduce transient intraoperative myocardial dysfunction during off-pump coronary operations (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:1411–7*; Invited Commentary (Puskas) 2002;73:1417,IC Is off-pump bypass better? Adverse effects of on-pump conversion (Sinclair, Wilsker, & others) 2002;73:2036 –7,CP; Reply (Plomondon, Cleveland, & others) 2002;73:2037– 8 Jugular bulb desaturations during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a comparison with conventional CABG (Diephuis, Nierich, & others) 2002;73:376,AB Retropericardial hematoma complicating off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (Fukui, Suehiro, & others) 2002;73: 1629 –31,CR Risk of coronary artery occlusion with snares during OPCAB (Demaria, Fortier, & Perrault) 2002;73:345,CP; Reply (Lin & Chen) 2002;73:345,CP

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Safety and efficacy of one stage off-pump coronary artery operation and carotid endarterectomy (Meharwal, Mishra, & Trehan) 2002;73:793–7*; Invited Commentary (Fullerton) 2002;73:797,IC S100␤ in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a comparison with conventional CABG (Diephuis, Nierich, & others) 2002;73:366,AB One lung ventilation Alveolar recruitment strategy increases arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (Tusman, Bo¨ hm, & others) 2002;73:1204 –9* Open chest management Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability (Anderson, Filsoufi, & others) 2002;73:1484 – 8* Open heart surgery See also Surgery Current incidence of acute neurologic complications after open-heart operations in children (Menache, du Plessis, & others) 2002;73:1752– 8* Effects of autologous platelet concentrate reinfusion after open heart surgery in patients with congenital heart disease (Hiramatsu, Okamura, & others) 2002;73:1282–5* Open heart surgery and abdominal aortic aneurysm (Economopoulos & Iliopoulos) 2002;73:1691,CP; Reply (Ascione, Iannelli, & Spampinato) 2002;73:1691 Role of apoptosis in myocardial stunning after open heart surgery (Schmitt, Schro¨ der, & others) 2002;73:1229 –35*; Invited Commentary (Gorman & Gorman) 2002;73: 1235,IC Osteolysis Chylothorax associated with massive osteolysis (Gorham’s syndrome) (Fujiu, Kanno, & others) 2002;73:1956 –7,CR Outcomes Assessing the learning curve in off-pump coronary artery surgery via CUSUM failure analysis (Novick, Fox, & others) 2002;73:358 – 62, OC Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up (Milano, De Carlo, & others) 2002;73:37– 43* Conversion to off-pump coronary bypass without increased morbidity or change in practice (Anyanwu, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:798 – 802*,IC Coronary hybrid revascularization from January 1997 to January 2002: a clinical follow-up (Riess, Bader, & others) 2002;73:1849 –55* Decade of change—Risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, 1990 –1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (Ferguson, Hammill, & others) 2002;73:480 –90*; Invited Commentary (Rahimtoola) 2002;73:489 –90,IC Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8* Factors influencing results and outcome after transmyocardial laser revascularization (Krabatsch, Petzina, & others) 2002;73:1888 –92* Impact of preoperative aortic cusp prolapse on long-term outcome after surgical closure of subarterial ventricular septal defect (Cheung, Chiu, & others) 2002;73:622–7*

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Impact of single-clamp versus double-clamp technique on neurologic outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (Grega, Borowicz, & Baumgartner) 2002;73:376AB Importance of intraoperative angiographic findings for predicting long-term patency in coronary artery bypass operations (Hol, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:813– 8*; Invited Commentary (Yim & Wan) 2002;73:818,IC Is there a gender bias in outcome after carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass grafting? (Cuadra, Char, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease (Mendeloff, Meyers, & others) 2002;73:209 –19*; Discussion (Grover, Sonnett, & others) 2002;73:217–9,DI Operative and 5-year outcomes of combined carotid and coronary revascularization: review of a large contemporary experience (Zacharias, Schwann, & others) 2002;73: 491– 8*; Invited Commentary (Akins) 2002;73:497– 8,IC Outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery followed by lung transplantation: a matched cohort study (Burns, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:1587–93* Retrograde cerebral perfusion does not improve neuropsychometric outcome after aortic surgery (Jones, Harrington, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* Total aortic arch grafting for acute type A dissection: analysis of residual false lumen (Takahara, Sudo, & others) 2002; 73:450 – 4* Oxygenation Alveolar recruitment strategy increases arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (Tusman, Bo¨ hm, & others) 2002;73:1204 –9* Cerebral oxygenation monitoring during cardiac surgery at a community hospital (McKowen, Paxton, & others) 2002; 73:372,AB Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation during intercostal artery ligation: prelimi¨ nder, & others) nary experimental results (LeMaire, U 2002;73:375,AB Oxygen desaturation Brain O2 desaturation despite preserved autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (Edmonds, Thomas, & others) 2002;73:373,AB In the elderly, coronary artery bypass grafting associated with more brain O2 desaturation and cognitive dysfunction (Edmonds, Cao, & Yu) 2002;73:375,AB Pacemakers Laser-assist during extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and defibrillator leaks (Moon, Camillo, & Gleva) 2002;73:1893– 6* Pacing Biologic glue-molded “bio-mini-paddle” electrode used for atrial and ventricular pacing and defibrillation (Kubota, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:322– 4,HW Biventricular pacing for weaning from extracorporeal circulation in heart failure (Kleine, Doss, & others) 2002;73:960 – 2,CR Diaphragm pacing (Elefteriades & Quin) 2002;73:691–2,KR Pain Videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for intractable pain from adrenal metastasis (Lang-Lazdunski, Le PimpecBarthes, & Riquet) 2002;73:1290 –2,CR

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SUBJECT INDEX

Papillary muscle Late presentation of retained intracardiac ice pick with papillary muscle injury (Massad, Khoury, & others) 2002;73: 1623– 6,CR Paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst Preoperative diagnosis of a paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst using endosonography (Lim, Ho, & Min) 2002;73:633– 5,CR Parahiatal hernia “True” parahiatal hernia: a rare entity radiologic presentation and clinical management (Scheiderl, Keenan, & others) 2002;73:416 –9* Paraplegia Cold blood spinal cord plegia for prediction of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair (Sueda, Okada, & others) 2002;73:1155–9* Paravalvular leak Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Atrial size and transport function after the Maze III procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Lo¨ nnerholm, Blomstro¨ m, & others) 2002;73:107–11* Pediatrics See Children Percutaneous tracheostomy Reduction in tracheostomy-associated risk of mediastinitis by routine use of percutaneous tracheostomy (Patel, Deane, & Scawn) 2002;73:2033,CP; Reply (Curtis, Clark, & others) 2002;73:2033 Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM Perfusion Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques of perfusion and diffusion in evaluation of postsurgical brain injury: results in coronary artery surgery on and off cardiopulmonary bypass (Baker, Moody, & others) 2002; 73:367,AB Aortic arch repair with right brachial artery perfusion (Tasdemir, Saritas, & others) 2002;73:1837– 42* First clinical report of differential perfusion during cardiac surgery using the Cardeon Cobra aortic cannula (Cook, Slater, & others) 2002;73:375,AB Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Conklin, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Periareolar mediastinoscopy Periareolar mediastinoscopy: a new technique (Tabet, Kassabian, & others) 2002;73: 1335– 6,HW Pericardiocentesis Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac valve operation (Mangi, Palacios, & Torchiana) 2002; 73:1479 – 83* Phosphatidyl-inositol specific phospholipase C Protective effects of protein kinase C during myocardial ischemia require activation of phosphatidyl-inositol specific phospholipase C (Munakata, Stamm, & others) 2002;73: 1236 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73:1245,IC Phosphodiesterase inhibitors Intravenous milrinone in cardiac surgery (Levy, Bailey, & Deeb) 2002;73:325–30,CV

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Photodynamic therapy Photodynamic therapy in thoracic surgery (Pass) 2002;73:2012– 3,KR Pituitary apoplexy Ptosis postcardiac surgery: a case of pituitary apoplexy (Alzetani, Fisher, & others) 2002;73:300 –1,CR PJ34 Myocardial protection by PJ34, a novel potent poly (ADPribose) synthetase inhibitor (Faro, Toyoda, & others) 2002;73:575– 81*; Invited Commentary (Halldorsson) 2002; 73:580,IC Plasma Plasma sequestration before cardiopulmonary bypass and cell saving contribute to improved outcome in high-risk cardiac surgical patients (Everts, Box, & others) 2002;73: 374,AB Platelets Effects of autologous platelet concentrate reinfusion after open heart surgery in patients with congenital heart disease (Hiramatsu, Okamura, & others) 2002;73:1282–5* Platelet activation, aggregation, and life span in calves implanted with axial flow ventricular assist devices (Snyder, Watach, & others) 2002;73:1933– 8* Pleura Diagnosis of visceral pleural invasion by lung cancer using intraoperative touch cytology (Saito, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:1552–7*; Invited Commentary (Ponn) 2002;73: 1556 –7,IC Preoperative embolization of a massive solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (Weiss & Horton) 2002;73:983–5,CR Pleural drain Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain (Payne, Magovern, & others) 2002;73:149 –52* Pleural effusion Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain (Payne, Magovern, & others) 2002;73:149 –52* Malignant minor pleural effusion detected on thoracotomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: is tumor resection beneficial for prognosis? (Sawabata, Matsumura, & others) 2002;73:412–5* Pleural flap Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified BlalockTaussig shunt (Ugurlu, Sariosmanoglu, & others) 2002;73: 1638 – 40,CR Pleuroperitoneal fistula Pleuroperitoneal fistula (Kim, Lee, & others) 2002;73:1327,IM Pneumocephalus Tension pneumocephalus secondary to iatrogenic subarachnoid pleural fistula: certain clarifications (Singh & Pathak) 2002;73:1357,CP; Reply (Bilsky) 2002;73: 1357 Pneumomediastinum Pneumomediastinum during spontaneous vaginal delivery (Sutherland, Ho, & Campanella) 2002;73:314 –5,CR Pneumonectomy Incidence of major pulmonary morbidity after pneumonectomy: association with timing of smoking cessation (Vaporciyan, Merriman, & others) 2002;73:420 – 6*; Discussion (Reed, Vaporciyan, & others) 2002;73:425– 6,DI Personal experience in lung cancer sleeve lobectomy and sleeve pneumonectomy (Mezzetti, Panigalli, & others) 2002;73:1736 –9* Pulmonary artery stenting for recurrent lung cancer after left pneumonectomy (Asato, Amemiya, & others) 2002;73: 1962– 4,CR

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Poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase Myocardial protection by PJ34, a novel potent poly (ADPribose) synthetase inhibitor (Faro, Toyoda, & others) 2002;73:575– 81*; Invited Commentary (Halldorsson) 2002; 73:580,IC Polymorphonuclear cells Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peripheral blood of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Koyanagi, Ozawa, & others) 2002;73:927–32* Polyps Tracheal polyp (Gamblin, Farmer, & others) 2002;73:1286 – 7,CR Polytetrafluoroethylene Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified BlalockTaussig shunt (Ugurlu, Sariosmanoglu, & others) 2002;73: 1638 – 40,CR PTFE monocusp valve reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (Turrentine, McCarthy, & others) 2002;73: 871– 80*; Discussion (Backer, Turrentine, & others) 2002; 73:879 – 80,DI Port-access technique Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery (Kypson & Glower) 2002;73:1657– 8,HW Positron emission tomography Can FDG-PET reduce the need for mediastinoscopy in potentially resectable nonsmall lung cancer? (Kernstine, McLaughlin, & others) 2002;73:394 – 402*; Discussion (Cerfolio, Kernstine, & Luketich) 2002;73:401–2,DI Cost-effectiveness in preoperative positron emission tomography in ischemic heart disease (Jacklin, Barrington, & others) 2002;73:1403–10*; Invited Commentary (Kappetein) 2002;73:1410,IC Initial experience with FDG-PET in the imaging of residual disease after induction therapy for lung cancer (Akhurst, Downey, & others) 2002;73:259 – 66*; Discussion (Walsh, Feins, & others) 2002;73:264 – 6,DI Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for adult postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (Ko, Lin, & others) 2002;73: 538 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Zwischenberger) 2002;73: 545,IC Postcardiotomy shock Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability (Anderson, Filsoufi, & others) 2002;73:1484 – 8* Posterior tibial artery Myocardial revascularization with the posterior tibial artery (Benjacholamas, Jindarak, & Buddhari) 2002;73:1312– 4,CR Postoperative period Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8* Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients (Oliveira, Lisboa, & others) 2002;73: 505–10* Reduced postoperative length of stay may result from using cerebral oximetry monitoring to guide treatment (Alexander, Kronenfeld, & Dance) 2002;73:373,AB

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Potassium Glucose-insulin-potassium solution improves left ventricular mechanics in diabetes (Ramanathan, Shirota, & others) 2002;73:582–7*; Invited Commentary (Saldanha) 2002;73: 587,IC Preconditioning Ischemic preconditioning and Na⫹/H⫹ exchange inhibition improve reperfusion ion homeostasis (Goldberg, Digerness, & others) 2002;73:569 –74* Is there a place for preconditioning during cardiac operations in humans? (Pouzet, Lecharny, & others) 2002;73:843– 8* Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury (Lazar, Bao, & others) 2002;73:1522–7* Pregnancy Pneumomediastinum during spontaneous vaginal delivery (Sutherland, Ho, & Campanella) 2002;73:314 –5,CR Preservation and storage techniques Endothelial cell injury induced by preservation solutions: a confocal microscopy study (Alamanni, Parolari, & others) 2002;73:1606 –15*; Invited Commentary (Fedak, Weisel, & others) 2002;73:1614 –5,IC Endothelial damage during myocardial preservation and storage (Parolari, Rubini, & others) 2002;73:682–90,CV Myocardial preservation using Celsior solution in cardiac transplantation: early results and 5-year follow-up of a multicenter prospective study of 70 cardiac transplantations (Remadi, Baron, & others) 2002;73:1495–9* Prestimulation Avoiding ischemia in latissimus dorsi muscle grafts: electrical prestimulation versus vascular delay (Woo, Jarvis, & others) 2002;73:1927–32* Prognosis Blood hemoglobin as an independent prognostic factor in surgically resected stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer patients (Watine & Berteau) 2002;73:2034,CP; Reply (Jazieh & Howington) 2002;73:2035 Cell membrane fluidity and prognosis of lung cancer (Sok, Sentjurc, & others) 2002;73:1567–71* Neural networks as a prognostic tool of surgical risk in lung resections (Esteva, Marchevsky, & others) 2002;73:1576 – 81* Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in adenocarcinoma of the lung (Hiroshima, Iyoda, & others) 2002;73:1732–5* Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a pragmatic approach to prognosis after complete resection (Thomas, Doddoli, & others) 2002;73:1065–70* Proliferative myositis Proliferative myositis: a rare pseudosarcoma of the chest wall (Kent, Flieder, & others) 2002;73:1296 – 8,CR Prostheses See also Artificial heart Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial (Cohen, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:767–78*; Discussion (Kon, David, & others) 2002;73:775– 8,DI; Invited Commentary (Horstkotte) 2002;73:778,IC Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up (Milano, De Carlo, & others) 2002;73:37– 43* Eight-year results of aortic root replacement with the Freestyle stentless porcine aortic root bioprosthesis (Kon, Riley, & others) 2002;73:1817–21*; Discussion (Ring, Kon, & others) 2002;73:1821,DI

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SUBJECT INDEX

Prostheses (cont’d) Hemodynamic stability during 17 years of the CarpentierEdwards aortic pericardial bioprosthesis (Banbury, Cosgrove III, & others) 2002;73:1460 –5* Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Patient prosthesis mismatch is rare after aortic valve replacement: valve size may be irrelevant (Hanayama, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:1822–9*; Discussion (Olinger & Christakis) 2002;73:1829,DI Preliminary experience with the St. Jude Medical Reagent Mechanical heart valve in the aortic position: in vivo hemodynamic results (Gelsomino, Morocutti, & others) 2002;73:1830 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Jamieson) 2002;73: 1836,IC Prosthetic replacement of the aorta is a risk factor for aortic root aneurysm development (Simon-Kupilik, Schima, & others) 2002;73:455–9* Prosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve: bioprosthetic or mechanical (Kaplan, Kut, & others) 2002;73:467–73* Survival analysis of rats implanted with porous titanium tracheal prosthesis (Schultz, Vautier, & others) 2002;73: 1747–51* Protein kinase C Protective effects of protein kinase C during myocardial ischemia require activation of phosphatidyl-inositol specific phospholipase C (Munakata, Stamm, & others) 2002;73: 1236 – 45*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73:1245,IC Pseudoaneurysms Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm late after mitral valve replacement (Ono & Wolf) 2002;73:1303–5,CR Postoperative transient internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm (De Paulis, Tomai, & Chiariello) 2002;73:1984,IM Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: is the left internal mammary artery a suitable conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (Iliopoulos, Manganas, & others) 2002;73:652–3,CR Ptosis Ptosis postcardiac surgery: a case of pituitary apoplexy (Alzetani, Fisher, & others) 2002;73:300 –1,CR Pulmonary arteries Dyspnea lusoria: compression of the pulmonary artery by a Kommerell’s diverticulum (Malas, Barr, & others) 2002;73: 312–3,CR Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula after minimally invasive coronary bypass (Maiello, Franciosi, & others) 2002;73:317,IM Pulmonary artery stenting for recurrent lung cancer after left pneumonectomy (Asato, Amemiya, & others) 2002;73: 1962– 4,CR Right ventricle to pulmonary artery connection after the Ross procedure: is it really a concern? (Al Halees) 2002;73:343– 4,CP; Reply (Raanani, Yau, & David) 2002;73:344,CP Valved homograft replacement of aneurysmal pulmonary arteries for severely symptomatic absent pulmonary valve syndrome (Hew, Daebritz, & others) 2002;73:1778 – 85* Pulmonary artery catheters Safe, highly selective use of pulmonary artery catheters in coronary artery bypass grafting: an objective patient selection method (Schwann, Zacharias, & others) 2002;73: 1394 –1402*; Invited Commentary (Hanson) 2002;73:1401– 2,IC

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Pulmonary aspergillosis Full thoracoscopic approach for surgical management of invasive pulmonary aspgerillosis (Gossot, Validire, & others) 2002;73:240 – 4* Pulmonary atresia Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries (Albanese, Carotti, & others) 2002;73:1322– 4,CR Pulmonary blastoma Pulmonary blastoma: medium-term results from a regional center (Zaidi, Zamvar, & others) 2002;73:1572–5* Pulmonary blood flow Pulmonary blood flow is inhomogenously reduced after Euro Collins-preservation and lung transplantation (Brinkmann, Bo¨ rgermann, & others) 2002;73:226 –32* Pulmonary circulation Extending the usable size range of homografts in the pulmonary circulation: outcome of bicuspid homografts (Koirala, Merklinger, & others) 2002;73:866 –70*; Discussion (Monro, Williams, & Von Segesser) 2002;73:869 – 70,DI Pulmonary ectasia Three-decade follow-up in pulmonary artery ectasia: risk assessment strategy (Rose & Wessel) 2002;73:973–5,CR Pulmonary function C1– esterase inhibitor reduces reperfusion injury after lung transplantation (Scherer, Demertzis, & others) 2002;73: 233–9*; Invited Commentary (Fiser & Tribble) 2002;73: 238 –9,IC Pulmonary hypertension Beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in adult cardiac surgical patients (Maxey, Smith, & others) 2002;73:529 – 33*; Discussion (Grover, Crosby, & others) 2002;73:532– 3,DI Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease (Mendeloff, Meyers, & others) 2002;73:209 –19*; Discussion (Grover, Sonnett, & others) 2002;73:217–9,DI Successful arterial switch operation for post-Mustard pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary pulmonary hypertension (Inoue, Oba, & others) 2002;73:975–7,CR Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with inhaled nitric oxide after pulmonary embolectomy (Trummer, Berchtold-Herz, & others) 2002;73:1299 –301,CR Pulmonary insufficiency PTFE monocusp valve reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (Turrentine, McCarthy, & others) 2002;73: 871– 80*; Discussion (Backer, Turrentine, & others) 2002; 73:879 – 80,DI Pulmonary resection Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection (PimpecBarthes, D’Attellis, & others) 2002;73:1714 –9* Long-term results after pulmonary resection of renal cell carcinoma metastases (Piltz, Meimarakis, & others) 2002; 73:1082–7* Predictors and treatment of persistent air leaks (Cerfolio, Bass, & others) 2002;73:1727–31*; Discussion (D’Amico, Cerfolio, & others) 2002;73:1730 –1,DI Pulmonary sequestration Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration (Wan, Lee, & others) 2002;73:639 – 40,CR Pulmonary stenosis Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI

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Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy Assessment of cardiac performance using Tei indices in patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:762– 6*,IC Improvement of tricuspid regurgitation after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:756 – 61*; Invited Commentary (Thistlethwaite) 2002;73:761,IC Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with giant cell arteritis (Brister, Wilson-Yang, & others) 2002;73: 1977–9,CR Pulmonary toxicity Acute amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity after lung operation (Lardinois, Handschin, & Weder) 2002;73:2033– 4,CP; Reply (Lazar) 2002;73:2034 Pulmonary valve Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with aortic regurgitation in a 50-year-old man (Goel, Rajan, & others) 2002;73:282– 4,CR One hundred pulmonary valve replacements in children after relief of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Kanter, Budde, & others) 2002;73:1801–7*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Kanter, & others) 2002;73:1806 –7,DI Pulmonary valve lipoma presenting as syncope (Pederzolli, Terrini, & others) 2002;73:1305– 6,CR Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary valve replacement after correction of tetralogy of Fallot (de Ruijter, Weeink, & others) 2002;73:1794 –1800*; Discussion (Weiman, Bennink, & others) 2002;73:1800,DI Use of the Shelhigh porcine valve conduit in infants (Pearl & Manning) 2002;73:697– 8,CP; Reply (Marianeschi) 2002;73: 698 Pulmonary vascular disease Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease (Mendeloff, Meyers, & others) 2002;73:209 –19*; Discussion (Grover, Sonnett, & others) 2002;73:217–9,DI Pulmonary vascular resistance Effects of dilutional and modified ultrafiltration in plasma endothelin-1 and pulmonary vascular resistance after the Fontan procedure (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73: 862–5* Pulmonary veins Pulmonary vein gas analysis for assessing donor lung function (Aziz, El-Gamel, & others) 2002;73:1599 –1605*; Invited Commentary (Conte) 2002;73:1604 –5,IC Simple pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation (Kalil & Lima) 2002;73:1022,CP; Reply (Sueda) 2002;73:1022–3 Simple surgical isolation of pulmonary veins for treating secondary atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease (Kalil, Lima, & others) 2002;73:1169 –73* Pulmonary venous obstruction Pulmonary venous obstruction after total cavopulmonary connection in heterotaxy (Uchida, Uemura, & others) 2002; 73:273– 4,CR Successful arterial switch operation for post-Mustard pulmonary venous obstruction and secondary pulmonary hypertension (Inoue, Oba, & others) 2002;73:975–7,CR Pulsatile flow ¨ nder, Koudieh, & Precise quantification of pulsatile flow (U Fraser) 2002;73:1358,CP; Reply (Nakano & Tominaga) 2002;73:1358 –9 Pure ground-glass opacity Natural history of pure ground-glass opacity after long-term follow-up of more than 2 years (Kodama, Higashiyama, & others) 2002;73:386 –93*; Invited Commentary (Pass) 2002; 73:392–3,IC

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Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Quality of life Comparison of the Nottingham Health Profile and the 36 – item health survey questionnaires in cardiac surgery (Falcoz, Chocron, & others) 2002;73:1222– 8*; Invited Commentary (Ross) 2002;73:1228,IC Effect of neuropsychological deficits on quality of life 6 months after cardiac surgery (Andrew, Baker, & Knight) 2002;73: 367,AB High-grade esophageal dysplasia: long-term survival and quality of life after esophagectomy (Headrick, Nichols, & others) 2002;73:1697–1703*; Discussion (Luketich, Headrick, & DeMeester) 2002;73:1702–3,DI Long-term survival and quality of life in cardiac surgical patients with prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (Williams, Wellner, & others) 2002;73:1472– 8* Radial artery Assessing the radial artery for a coronary bypass conduit (Baciewicz) 2002;73:346,CP Effects of cerivastatin on vascular function of human radial and left internal thoracic arteries (Nakamura, Al-Ruzzeh, & others) 2002;73:1860 –5*; Invited Commentary (He) 2002; 73:1865,IC Harvesting of the radial artery: skeletonization versus pedicled technique (Bizzarri & Frati) 2002;73:1359,CP; Reply (Taggart) 2002;73:1359 – 60 Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization (Reddy, Parikh, & others) 2002;73:803– 8*; Discussion (Afifi, Reddy, & others) 2002;73:807– 8,ICDI Preventing radial artery spasm (Rosenfeldt & Esmore) 2002; 73:1695– 6,CP; Reply (Zellner) 2002;73:1696 Pulmonary vein gas analysis for assessing donor lung function (Aziz, El-Gamel, & others) 2002;73:1599 –1605*; Invited Commentary (Conte) 2002;73:1604 –5,IC Radial artery in coronary surgery: a 5-year experience— clinical and angiographic results (Tatoulis, Royse, & others) 2002;73:143– 8*; Discussion (Connolly, Cohen, & others) 2002;73:147– 8,DI Right internal mammary artery and radial artery composite in situ pedicle graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (Sajja & Mannam) 2002;73:1856 –9* Skeletonized radial artery grafting: improved angiographic results (Amano, Takahashi, & Hirose) 2002;73:1880 –7* Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after radial artery harvesting (Hata, Rosalion, & others) 2002;73:1316 –7 Radial procedure Modification of the radial procedure in a patient with partial atrioventricular septal defect (Nitta, Yamauchi, & others) 2002;73:661–3,CR Reconstructive surgery Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* Red blood cell transfusions See Blood transfusions Reduction annuloplasty Reductive annuloplasty of double orifices in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (Radovanovic, Mihaljlovic, & others) 2002;73:751–5*

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SUBJECT INDEX

Reduction aortoplasty Reduction aortoplasty for dilatation of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (Bauer, Pasic, & others) 2002;73:720 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Kon) 2002;73:724,IC Reinterventions Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI Remodeling Disease-specific remodeling of cardiac mitochondria after a left ventricular assist devices (Heerdt, Schlame, & others) 2002;73:1216 –21* Remodeling of arterial conduits in coronary grafting (Barner) 2002;73:1341–5,CV Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function (Teerlink & Ratcliffe) 2002;73:1368 –70,ED Renal cell carcinoma Long-term results after pulmonary resection of renal cell carcinoma metastases (Piltz, Meimarakis, & others) 2002; 73:1082–7* Renal perfusion Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic operations: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Ko¨ ksoy, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:730 – 8*;Discussion (Weiman, Coselli, & Vinten-Johansen) 2002;73:738,DI Renegrade facts Renegrade facts (McLaughlin) 2002;73:1031,ED Reoperation Alternate technique for implantation of left ventricular assist system: left thoracotomy for reoperative cases (Tittle, Mandapati, & others) 2002;73:994 – 6,HW Aortic valve exposure through a combined right atrialascending aortic approach in redo cases (Calafiore, Di Giammarco, & Vitolla) 2002;73:318 –9,HW How to diminish reoperation rates after initial repair of tetralogy of Fallot? (Faidutti, Christenson & others) 2002; 73:96 –101* Late cardiac reoperation after cardiac transplantation (Reddy Phan, & others) 2002;73:534 –7* Repair of congenital malformations of the mitral valve: early and midterm results (Prifti, Vanini, & others) 2002;73:614 – 21* Repair of transverse sternal nonunions using metal plates and autogenous bone grafts (Bertin, Rice, & others) 2002;73: 1661–2,HW Reperfusion injury C1– esterase inhibitor reduces reperfusion injury after lung transplantation (Scherer, Demertzis, & others) 2002;73: 233–9*; Invited Commentary (Fiser & Tribble) 2002;73: 238 –9,IC Effect of adhesion molecule blockade on pulmonary reperfusion injury (Levine, Parkes, & others) 2002;73:1101– 6* Effects of in vivo myocardial ischemia and reperfusion on interstitial nitric oxide metabolites (Stevens, Jahania, & others) 2002;73:1261– 6* Ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation increases risk of late bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (Fiser, Tribble, & others) 2002;73:1041– 8*; Discussion (Baumgartner, Fiser, & others) 2002;73:1047– 8,DI Ischemic preconditioning and Na⫹/H⫹ exchange inhibition improve reperfusion ion homeostasis (Goldberg, Digerness, & others) 2002;73:569 –74*

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Long-term treatment with nipradilol, a nitric oxide-releasing ?-adrenergic blocker, enhances postischemic recovery and limits infarct size (Suematsu, Ohtsuka, & others) 2002;73:173–9*; Invited Commentary (Matsuda) 2002;73: 179,IC Melatonin attenuates posttransplant lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (Inci, Inci, & others) 2002;73:220 –5*; Invited Commentary (Ulicny) 2002;73:225,IC Pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury (Lazar, Bao, & others) 2002;73:1522–7* Resection See also Lung resection; Pulmonary resection Aortic coarctation reconstructed by resection and homograft replacement in the 1950s: long-term outcome 40 years after operation (Hu¨ ttl, Bala´ zs, & others) 2002;73:1678 – 80,SH Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection (PimpecBarthes, D’Attellis, & others) 2002;73:1714 –9* Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on survival after esophageal resection for carcinoma (Langley, Alexiou, & others) 2002;73:1704 –9* Long-term results after pulmonary resection of renal cell carcinoma metastases (Piltz, Meimarakis, & others) 2002; 73:1082–7* Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection (Martinod, D’Audiffret, & others) 2002;73:1534 – 40*; Invited Commentary (Shahian) 2002;73:1532–3,IC Natriuretic peptides after pulmonary resection (Tayama, Takamori, & others) 2002;73:1582– 6* Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a pragmatic approach to prognosis after complete resection (Thomas, Doddoli, & others) 2002;73:1065–70* Successful resection of an epicardial cyst (Scrofani, Carro, & others) 2002;73:1633– 4,CR Survival after resection of metachronous non-small cell lung cancer (Jeremic) 2002;73:1694,CP Respiratory distress Experience with Ultraflex expandable metallic stents in the management of endobronchial pathology (Madden, Datta, & Charokopos) 2002;73:938 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Naunheim) 2002;73:944,IC Valved homograft replacement of aneurysmal pulmonary arteries for severely symptomatic absent pulmonary valve syndrome (Hew, Daebritz, & others) 2002;73:1778 – 85* Respiratory symptoms Effects of antireflux procedures on respiratory symptoms (Greason, Miller, & others) 2002;73:381–5* Retrograde cerebral perfusion Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion on S100␤ release during hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracic aortic surgery (Bhama, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Increased pressure during retrograde cerebral perfusion in an acute porcine model improves brain tissue perfusion without increase in tissue edema (Li, Yang, & others) 2002;73:1514 –21* Is retrograde perfusion necessary for spinal cord protection? (Miyamoto) 2002;73:1360,CP; Reply (Gangemi, Kern, & others) 2002;73:1360 –1,AB

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Retrograde cerebral perfusion (Bhan, Agarwal, & others) 2002; 73:2038 Retrograde cerebral perfusion does not improve neuropsychometric outcome after aortic surgery (Jones, Harrington, & others) 2002;73:373,AB Retropericardial hematoma Retropericardial hematoma complicating off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (Fukui, Suehiro, & others) 2002;73: 1629 –31,CR Retroperitoneal space Empyema necessitatis into the retroperitoneal space (Sakamoto, Miyamoto, & others) 2002;73:1954 – 6,CR Revascularization Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Coronary artery spasm and ventricular fibrillation after offpump coronary surgery (Bittner) 2002;73:297–300,CR Coronary hybrid revascularization from January 1997 to January 2002: a clinical follow-up (Riess, Bader, & others) 2002;73:1849 –55* Factors influencing results and outcome after transmyocardial laser revascularization (Krabatsch, Petzina, & others) 2002;73:1888 –92* Impact of aortic manipulation on incidence of cerebrovascular accidents after surgical myocardial revascularization (Calafiore, Di Mauro, & others) 2002;73:1387–93* Isolated myocardial revascularization with intermittent aortic cross-clamping: experience with 800 cases (Raco, Mills, & Millner) 2002;73:1436 – 40*; Invited Commentary (De Paulis) 2002;73:1439 – 40,IC Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:112– 8* Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization (Reddy, Parikh, & others) 2002;73:803– 8*; Discussion (Afifi, Reddy, & others) 2002;73:807– 8,ICDI Myocardial revascularization with the posterior tibial artery (Benjacholamas, Jindarak, & Buddhari) 2002;73:1312– 4,CR New pattern for using both thoracic arteries to revascularize the entire heart: the T-graft (Prapas, Anagnostopoulos, & others) 2002;73:1990 –2,HW Recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (Jaoude´ , Achouh, & others) 2002;73:649 –50,CR Reoperative transmyocardial laser revascularization for late recurrent angina (Lee, Fischer, & Moon) 2002;73:650 –2,CR Right internal mammary artery and radial artery composite in situ pedicle graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (Sajja & Mannam) 2002;73:1856 –9* Transmyocardial laser revascularization (Horvath) 2002;73: 1355– 6,KR Review of recent books Extracorporeal Life Support, edited by Meyer and Jessen (Lick & Zwischenberger) 2002;73:2040,RV Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Cardiac Surgery, edited by Beyersdorf (Kron) 2002;73:1362,RV Radiologic Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest, edited by Mu¨ ller, Fraser, & others (Shields) 2002;73:932,RV Right coronary artery Atypical presentation of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery with severe compression between the great vessels (Giroux & Cartier) 2002;73:1636 – 8,CR

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Left atrial myxoma with tumor vascularity arising from the left and right coronary arteries (Bauer & Hetzer) 2002;73: 990,IM Right coronary artery and interatrial septal aneurysms with fistulous connection to the right atrium (Marullo & Sabik) 2002;73:969 –70,CR Ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm presenting as a myocardial mass (Berrizbeitia & Samuels) 2002;73:971– 3,CR Right gastroeiploic artery Coronary artery bypass grafting with left internal mammary artery and right gastroepiploic artery, with and without bypass (Chavanon, Durand, & others) 2002;73:499 –504* Right ventricle Right ventricle to pulmonary artery connection after the Ross procedure: is it really a concern? (Al Halees) 2002;73:343– 4,CP; Reply (Raanani, Yau, & David) 2002;73:344,CP Right ventricular dysfunction and organ failure in left ventricular assist device recipients: a continuing problem (Kavarana, Pessin-Minsley, & others) 2002;73:745–50*; Invited Commentary (McCarthy) 2002;73:750,IC Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary valve replacement after correction of tetralogy of Fallot (de Ruijter, Weeink, & others) 2002;73:1794 –1800*; Discussion (Weiman, Bennink, & others) 2002;73:1800,DI Single coronary artery–right ventricular fistula (Mohanty, Murthy, & Cherian) 2002;73:991,IM Single-stage anatomical repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, and cor triatriatum using ventricular septal defect translocation (Tchervenkov, Korkola, & Be´ land) 2002;73:1317–20,CR Right ventricular outflow tract PTFE monocusp valve reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (Turrentine, McCarthy, & others) 2002;73: 871– 80*; Discussion (Backer, Turrentine, & others) 2002; 73:879 – 80,DI Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction How to diminish reoperation rates after initial repair of tetralogy of Fallot? (Faidutti, Christenson & others) 2002; 73:96 –101* One hundred pulmonary valve replacements in children after relief of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Kanter, Budde, & others) 2002;73:1801–7*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Kanter, & others) 2002;73:1806 –7,DI Right ventricular metastatic choriocarcinoma obstructing inflow and outflow tract (Gersak, Lakic, & others) 2002;73: 1631–3,CR Risk assessment and stratification Aortic valve reimplantation in ascending aortic aneurysm: risk factors for early valve failure (Pethig, Milz, & others) 2002;73:29 –33* ␤-receptor downregulation in congenital heart disease: a risk factor for complications after surgical repair? (Buchhorn, Hulpke-Wette, & others) 2002;73:610 –3* Can the added risk of stroke from combined coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy be predicted? (Bilfinger, Seifert, & others) 2002;73:377,AB Cause of degenerative disease of the trileaflet aortic valve: review of subject and presentation of a new theory (Robicsek, Thubrikar, & Fokin) 2002;73:1346 –54,CV Coronary artery bypass grafting using the gastroepiploic artery in 1,000 patients (Hirose, Amano, & others) 2002;73: 1371–9*

2112

SUBJECT INDEX

Risk assessment and stratification (cont’d) A decade of change—Risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, 1990 –1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (Ferguson, Hammill, & others) 2002;73:480 –90*; Invited Commentary (Rahimtoola) 2002;73:489 –90,IC Endovascular treatment of thoracic disease: patient selection and a proposal of a risk score (Alves, da Fonseca, & others) 2002;73:1143– 8* Evaluation of the effectiveness of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in high-risk patients: an observational study (Chamberlain, Ascione, & others) 2002;73:1866 –73* Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse? (Steuer, Blomqvist, & others) 2002;73:1380 – 6* Implementation of new technology for CABG in low-risk patients: could it be too soon? (Perrault, He´ bert, & Carrier) 2002;73:1020,CP; Reply (Dogan & WimmerGreinecker) 2002;73:1020 Neural networks as a prognostic tool of surgical risk in lung resections (Esteva, Marchevsky, & others) 2002;73:1576 – 81* Operative and 5-year outcomes of combined carotid and coronary revascularization: review of a large contemporary experience (Zacharias, Schwann, & others) 2002;73: 491– 8*; Invited Commentary (Akins) 2002;73:497– 8,IC Plasma sequestration before cardiopulmonary bypass and cell saving contribute to improved outcome in high-risk cardiac surgical patients (Everts, Box, & others) 2002;73: 374,AB Predictors and treatment of persistent air leaks (Cerfolio, Bass, & others) 2002;73:1727–31*; Discussion (D’Amico, Cerfolio, & others) 2002;73:1730 –1,DI Preoperative IABP in high-risk patients reduces postoperative lactate release and subsequent mortality (Christenson) 2002;73:1026 –7,CP; Reply (Davies, Bellomo, & others) 2002;73:1027 Right ventricular dysfunction and organ failure in left ventricular assist device recipients: a continuing problem (Kavarana, Pessin-Minsley, & others) 2002;73:745–50*; Invited Commentary (McCarthy) 2002;73:750,IC Surgical treatment of acute type A dissection: is rupture a risk factor? (Ehrlich, Grabenwo¨ ger, & others) 2002;73:1843– 8* Three-decade follow-up in pulmonary artery ectasia: risk assessment strategy (Rose & Wessel) 2002;73:973–5,CR Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size (Davies, Goldstein, & others) 2002;73:17–28*; Discussion 2002;73:27– 28,DI Ross procedure Double-switch Ross procedure (Chang, Kao, & Hsieh) 2002; 73:1988 –9,HW Right ventricle to pulmonary artery connection after the Ross procedure: is it really a concern? (Al Halees) 2002;73:343– 4,CP; Reply (Raanani, Yau, & David) 2002;73:344,CP Ross procedure for endocarditis in a 4 –month-old infant (Al-Baradai, Baskett, & others) 2002;73:1973–5,CR Rupture Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stentgraft (Schmid, Philipp, & others) 2002;73:1618 –20,CR Natural history of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta managed nonoperatively: a longitudinal analysis (Holmes, Bloch, & others) 2002;73:1149 –54*

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Surgical treatment of acute type A dissection: is rupture a risk factor? (Ehrlich, Grabenwo¨ ger, & others) 2002;73:1843– 8* Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size (Davies, Goldstein, & others) 2002;73:17–28*; Discussion 2002;73:27– 28,DI S100 Neurological outcome and S100 after coronary artery bypass grafting and abdominal aortic surgery (Alston & Millar) 2002;73:366,AB Saphenous vein Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8* Endothelin blockade potentiates endothelial protective effects of ACE inhibitors in saphenous veins (Ko, Maitland, & others) 2002;73:1185– 8* Experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the S. Jude Medical Stainless Steel Connector (Schaff, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:830 – 6*; Discussion (Carrel, Schaff, & Adams) 2002;73:835– 6,DI Improved patency in vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue: results of a randomized study using three harvesting techniques (Souza, Dashwood, & others) 2002;73: 1189 –95* Sarcoma Mediastinal synovial sarcoma: report of two cases with molecular genetic analysis (Trupiano, Rice, & others) 2002; 73:628 –30,CR S100␤ Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion on S100? release during hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracic aortic surgery (Bhama, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:366,AB S100␤ in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease (Bokesch, Cavaglia, & others) 2002;73:366,AB S100␤ in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a comparison with conventional CABG (Diephuis, Nierich, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Scimitar syndrome Combined correction of an adult scimitar syndrome and coronary artery bypass grafting (Walles, Lichtenberg, & others) 2002;73:640 –2,CR Scintigraphy Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and octreotide scintigraphy (Filosso, Rena, & others) 2002;73:1692–3,CP; Reply (Tovar) 2002;73:1693– 4 Sclerosing hemangioma Sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple nodal stations (Yano, Yamakawa, & others) 2002;73:981–3,CR Segmentectomy Prospective study of extended segmentectomy for small lung tumors: the final report (Yoshikawa, Tsubota, & others) 2002;73:1055–9*; Invited Commentary (Putnam) 2002;73: 1058 –9,IC Seizures Current incidence of acute neurologic complications after open-heart operations in children (Menache, du Plessis, & others) 2002;73:1752– 8* Selectins Effect of adhesion molecule blockade on pulmonary reperfusion injury (Levine, Parkes, & others) 2002;73:1101– 6* Septal defects See Ventricular septal defects

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Sevoflurane Is there a place for preconditioning during cardiac operations in humans? (Pouzet, Lecharny, & others) 2002;73:843– 8* SF36 Comparison of the Nottingham Health Profile and the 36 – item health survey questionnaires in cardiac surgery (Falcoz, Chocron, & others) 2002;73:1222– 8*; Invited Commentary (Ross) 2002;73:1228,IC Shunt Intracoronary shunts reduce transient intraoperative myocardial dysfunction during off-pump coronary operations (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:1411–7*; Invited Commentary (Puskas) 2002;73:1417,IC Occlusion versus shunting during MIDCAB: effects on left ventricular function and quality of anastomosis (Menon, Albes, & others) 2002;73:1418 –23* Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified BlalockTaussig shunt (Ugurlu, Sariosmanoglu, & others) 2002;73: 1638 – 40,CR Silzone prosthesis Paravalvular leak and other events in silzone-coated mechanical heart valves: a report from AVERT (Schaff, Carrel, & others) 2002;73:785–92*; Discussion (Kron, Schaff & others) 2002;73:792,DI Single-ventricle repair Coagulation factor abnormalities in patients with singleventricle physiology immediately prior to the Fontan procedure (Odegard, McGowan, & others) 2002;73: 1770 –7* Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms Hugh sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing mitral valve incompetence (Baek, Kim, & others) 2002;73:1975–7,CR Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Murashita, Kubota, & others) 2002;73:1466 –71* Skeletal muscle ventricles Skeletal muscle ventricle aortic counterpulsation: function during chronic heart failure (Patel, Shah, & others) 2002; 73:588 –93* Skeletonization Effects of skeletonization on intraoperative flow and anastomosis diameter of internal thoracic arteries in coronary artery bypass grafting (Takami & Ina) 2002;73:1441–5* Harvesting of the radial artery: skeletonization versus pedicled technique (Bizzarri & Frati) 2002;73:1359,CP; Reply (Taggart) 2002;73:1359 – 60 Skeletonized radial artery grafting: improved angiographic results (Amano, Takahashi, & Hirose) 2002;73:1880 –7* Sleeve lobectomy Personal experience in lung cancer sleeve lobectomy and sleeve pneumonectomy (Mezzetti, Panigalli, & others) 2002;73:1736 –9* Smoking Incidence of major pulmonary morbidity after pneumonectomy: association with timing of smoking cessation (Vaporciyan, Merriman, & others) 2002;73:420 – 6*; Discussion (Reed, Vaporciyan, & others) 2002;73:425– 6,DI Society of Thoracic Surgeons Editorial board changes 2002;73:1363,AN Implementation of the 2000 –2002 strategic plan begins: new bylaws and more (Orringer) 2002;73:9 –10,PP Passion to Heal (Sasser) 2002;73:11–14,PP Thirty-eighth annual meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2002;73:1681–7

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Thoracic Surgery Workforce: snapshot at the end of the twentieth century and implications for the new millennium (Shemin, Dziuban, & others) 2002;73:2014 –32,SR 2002 meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (Reed) 2002;73:1019,RE Soft tissue infections Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:304 – 6,CR Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the chest wall (Losanoff, Jones, & Richman) 2002;73:1694 –5,CP; Reply (Safran & Sullivan) 2002;73:1695 Somatostatin Treatment of persistent chylothorax after Norwood procedure with somatostatin (Pettitt, Caspi, & Borne) 2002;73:977– 9,CR Spectroscopy Diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance imaging are normal after significant microembolic insult, but magnetic resonance spectroscopy is abnormal in the first 24 hours (Stump, Baker, & others) 2002;73:368,AB Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation during intercostal artery ligation: prelimi¨ nder, & others) nary experimental results (LeMaire, U 2002;73:375,AB Spinal cord Is retrograde perfusion necessary for spinal cord protection? (Miyamoto) 2002;73:1360,CP; Reply (Gangemi, Kern, & others) 2002;73:1360 –1,AB Spinal cord protection during descending aortic aneurysm repair (Kazui) 2002;73:1023,CP; Reply (Estrera, Miller, & Safi) 2002;73:1023– 4 Splanchnicectomy Videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for intractable pain from adrenal metastasis (Lang-Lazdunski, Le PimpecBarthes, & Riquet) 2002;73:1290 –2,CR St. Jude prostheses Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up (Milano, De Carlo, & others) 2002;73:37– 43* Preliminary experience with the St. Jude Medical Reagent Mechanical heart valve in the aortic position: in vivo hemodynamic results (Gelsomino, Morocutti, & others) 2002;73:1830 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Jamieson) 2002;73: 1836,IC Staging Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* Stem cells Mesenchymal stem cell implantation in a swine myocardial infarct model: engraftment and functional effects (Shake, Gruber, & others) 2002;73:1919 –26*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Shake, & others) 2002;73:1926,DI Stenosis Aortoscopy: a less invasive intraoperative method to assess the aortic valve (Tovar, Sherman, & others) 2002;73:284 – 6,CR Cause of degenerative disease of the trileaflet aortic valve: review of subject and presentation of a new theory (Robicsek, Thubrikar, & Fokin) 2002;73:1346 –54,CV Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR Mitral annular aneurysm resulting from subaortic muscle resection (Watanabe, Harada, & others) 2002;73:1302– 3,CR

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SUBJECT INDEX

Stenosis (cont’d) Mitral stenosis after mitral valve repair for non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation (Ibrahim & David) 2002;73:34 – 6* Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI Tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valvular stenosis: surgical correction in one case (Ghez, Chetaille, & others) 2002;73: 967–9,CR Stent and stenting Complete resorption of a thoracic aortic aneurysm after stentgraft placement (Moon, Sanchez, & others) 2002;73:316,IM Experience with Ultraflex expandable metallic stents in the management of endobronchial pathology (Madden, Datta, & Charokopos) 2002;73:938 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Naunheim) 2002;73:944,IC On the originality of the techniques described by Sueda and coworkers (Stolf) 2002;73:694,CP Pulmonary artery stenting for recurrent lung cancer after left pneumonectomy (Asato, Amemiya, & others) 2002;73: 1962– 4,CR Repair of the thoracic aorta by transaortic stent grafting (open stenting) (Uchida, Ishihara, & others) 2002;73:444 –9*; Invited Commentary (Grabenwo¨ ger) 2002;73:449,IC Successful stent-grafting for perforation of the thoracic aorta by an intraaortic balloon pump (Bautista-Herna´ ndez, Moya, & others) 2002;73:956 – 8,CR Type-A acute dissection: combined operation plus stent management (Roux, Brouchet, & others) 2002;73:1616 – 8,CR Stent-grafts Complete resorption of a thoracic aortic aneurysm after stentgraft placement (Moon, Sanchez, & others) 2002;73:316,IM Conventional repair and operative stent-grafting for acute and chronic aortic dissection (Miyairi, Ninomiya, & others) 2002;73:1621–3,CR Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stentgraft (Schmid, Philipp, & others) 2002;73:1618 –20,CR Self-expandable aortic stent-grafts for treatment of descending aortic dissections (Palma, de Souza, & others) 2002;73: 1138 – 42*; Invited Commentary (Grimm) 2002;73:1141– 2,IC Stentless valves Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial (Cohen, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:767–78*; Discussion (Kon, David, & others) 2002;73:775– 8,DI; Invited Commentary (Horstkotte) 2002;73:778,IC Dilated aortic root and stentless valve implantation (Siebenmann) 2002;73:694,CP; Reply (Massetti) 2002;73:694 –5 Valved stentless composite graft 35 (Urbanski) 2002;73:695– 6,CP; Reply (Paulis) 2002;73:697 Sternoclavicular joint infections Current presentation and optimal surgical management of sternoclavicular joint infections (Song, Guy, & others) 2002;73:427–31* Sternotomy Biomechanical comparison of three sternotomy closure techniques (Cohen & Griffin) 2002;73:563– 8* Does ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome in aortic valve operation? A prospective randomized study (Bonacchi, Prifti, & others) 2002;73:460 – 6*; Invited Commentary (Aris) 2002;73:465– 6,IC Incidental finding of myeloproliferative disorders during sternotomy (Deeb, Shargal, & others) 2002;73:1951–2,CR

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Left ventricular assist device implantation via left thoracotomy: alternative to repeat sternotomy (Pierson III, Howser, & others) 2002;73:997–9,HW Sternum Brown tumor of the sternum (Kao, Chang, & others) 2002;73: 1651–3,CR Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability (Anderson, Filsoufi, & others) 2002;73:1484 – 8* Repair of transverse sternal nonunions using metal plates and autogenous bone grafts (Bertin, Rice, & others) 2002;73: 1661–2,HW Stroke See also Cerebrovascular accidents Can the added risk of stroke from combined coronary artery bypass grafting and carotid endarterectomy be predicted? (Bilfinger, Seifert, & others) 2002;73:377,AB Full dose aprotinin administration is associated with a significant decrease in perioperative stroke in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis (Murkin, Maurer, & others) 2002;73:374,AB Subaortic stenosis Mitral annular aneurysm resulting from subaortic muscle resection (Watanabe, Harada, & others) 2002;73:1302– 3,CR Subclavian artery Aortic coarctation, vascular ring, and right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian artery (Gil-Jaurena, Murtra, & others) 2002;73:1640 –2,CR Superior sulcus tumors Induction chemoradiation compared with induction radiation for lung cancer involving the superior sulcus (Wright, Menard, & others) 2002;73:1541– 4* Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection (Martinod, D’Audiffret, & others) 2002;73:1534 – 40*; Invited Commentary (Shahian) 2002;73:1532–3,IC Surgery See also Cardiac surgery; Coronary surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Open heart surgery; Thoracic surgery Acute type A aortic dissection: can we dramatically reduce the surgical mortality? (Bachet) 2002;73:701–3,ED An alternative surgical approach to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (Angouras & Michler) 2002;73: 673– 4,HW Aortic valve sparing operations (David) 2002;73:1029 –30,ED Behavior of free jejunal flaps after early disruption of blood supply (Chen, Tan, & others) 2002;73:987–9,CR Biologic glue-molded “bio-mini-paddle” electrode used for atrial and ventricular pacing and defibrillation (Kubota, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:322– 4,HW Biomechanical comparison of three sternotomy closure techniques (Cohen & Griffin) 2002;73:563– 8* ␤-receptor downregulation in congenital heart disease: a risk factor for complications after surgical repair? (Buchhorn, Hulpke-Wette, & others) 2002;73:610 –3* Cerebral oxygenation monitoring during cardiac surgery at a community hospital (McKowen, Paxton, & others) 2002; 73:372,AB Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest (Gaynor, Jacobs, & others) 2002;73:1016 – 8,SR Cystic lung lesions in the pediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton Hospital (Papagiannopoulos, Hughes, & others) 2002;73:1594 – 8*

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Enlargement of the aortic annulus using a double-patch technique: a safe and effective method (Molina) 2002;73: 667–70,HW Evaluating routine diuretics after coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial (Lim, Ali, & others) 2002;73:153–5* Full thoracoscopic approach for surgical management of invasive pulmonary aspgerillosis (Gossot, Validire, & others) 2002;73:240 – 4* “Hearts for All”: a humanitarian association for the promotion of cardiology and cardiac surgery in developing countries (Kalangos) 2002;73:341,CP; Reply (Cohen) 2002;73:341– 2,CP Impact of aortic manipulation on incidence of cerebrovascular accidents after surgical myocardial revascularization (Calafiore, Di Mauro, & others) 2002;73:1387–93* Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion on S100␤ release during hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracic aortic surgery (Bhama, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Injury of the common peroneal nerve after cardiothoracic operations (Vazquez-Jimenez, Krebs & others) 2002;73: 119 –22*; Invited Commentary (Ellison) 2002;73:122,IC Intravenous milrinone in cardiac surgery (Levy, Bailey, & Deeb) 2002;73:325–30,CV Is there a place for preconditioning during cardiac operations in humans? (Pouzet, Lecharny, & others) 2002;73:843– 8* Long-term results of aortic valve regurgitation after repair of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (Murashita, Kubota, & others) 2002;73:1466 –71* Long-term results with triple valve surgery (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:44 –7* Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection (Martinod, D’Audiffret, & others) 2002;73:1534 – 40*; Invited Commentary (Shahian) 2002;73:1532–3,IC Midterm results of surgical treatment of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction in Fontan patients (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73:855– 61*; Invited Commentary (Lamberti) 2002;73:860 –1,IC Open inferior vena caval anastomosis during bicaval heart transplantation (Aklog, Sepic, & others) 2002;73:671– 2,HW Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine (Cook, Zehr, & others) 2002;73:198 –202* Radial artery in coronary surgery: a 5-year experience— clinical and angiographic results (Tatoulis, Royse, & others) 2002;73:143– 8*; Discussion (Connolly, Cohen, & others) 2002;73:147– 8,DI Results of surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia (de Manzoni, Pedrazzani, & others) 2002;73:1035– 40*; Invited Commentary (Stein & Siewert) 2002;73: 1040,IC Simple surgical isolation of pulmonary veins for treating secondary atrial fibrillation in mitral valve disease (Kalil, Lima, & others) 2002;73:1169 –73* Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a pragmatic approach to prognosis after complete resection (Thomas, Doddoli, & others) 2002;73:1065–70* Successful repair of an aortoesophageal fistula with aneurysm from esophageal diverticulum (Yasuda, Shimono, & others) 2002;73:637–9,CR Surgical repair of supposedly multiple defects within the apical part of the muscular ventricular septum (Tsang, Hsia, & others) 2002;73:58 – 63*; Invited Commentary (Kitagawa) 2002;73:62– 63,IC

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Surgical results of double-orifice left atrioventricular valve associated with atrioventricular septal defects (Nakano, Kado, & others) 2002;73:69 –75* Surgical treatment of coronary sinus orifice atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after total cavo-pulmonary connection (Ohta, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:653–5,CR Surgical treatment of non–small cell lung cancer 1 cm or less in diameter (Miller, Rowland, & others) 2002;73:1545–51*; Discussion (Feins, Warren, & Miller) 2002;73:1550 –1,DI Tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valvular stenosis: surgical correction in one case (Ghez, Chetaille, & others) 2002;73: 967–9,CR Transsternal transpericardial closure of a postlobectomy bronchopleural fistula (Rafaely, Paley, & others) 2002;73: 635– 6,CR Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration (Wan, Lee, & others) 2002;73:639 – 40,CR Wider adoption of minimally invasive valvular heart surgery (Stoica, Charman, & Wells) 2002;73:1024 –5,CP; Reply (Grossi & Baumann) 2002;73:1024 Suture Everting mattress running suture: an improved technique of atrial anastomosis in human lung transplantation (de Perrot & Keshavjee) 2002;73:1663– 4,HW Syncope Pulmonary valve lipoma presenting as syncope (Pederzolli, Terrini, & others) 2002;73:1305– 6,CR Synovial sarcoma Mediastinal synovial sarcoma: report of two cases with molecular genetic analysis (Trupiano, Rice, & others) 2002; 73:628 –30,CR Takayasu arteritis Composite graft replacement after aortic valvuloplaty in Takayasu arteritis (Harada, Honma, & others) 2002;73:644 – 7,CR Talc Talc: isn’t it safe? (Peacock) 2002;73:693,CP;Reply (Clarke) 2002;73:693, 3 Tei indices Assessment of cardiac performance using Tei indices in patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:762– 6* Telomerase Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peripheral blood of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Koyanagi, Ozawa, & others) 2002;73:927–32* Tetralogy of Fallot How to diminish reoperation rates after initial repair of tetralogy of Fallot? (Faidutti, Christenson & others) 2002; 73:96 –101* Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary valve replacement after correction of tetralogy of Fallot (de Ruijter, Weeink, & others) 2002;73:1794 –1800*; Discussion (Weiman, Bennink, & others) 2002;73:1800,DI Tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valvular stenosis: surgical correction in one case (Ghez, Chetaille, & others) 2002;73: 967–9,CR Thoracic aorta Effectiveness of combined blood conservation measures in thoracic aorta operations with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (Shibata, Takamoto, & others) 2002;73:739 – 44*; Invited Commentary (Elefteriades) 2002;73:743– 4,IC Endovascular stent grafting of the descending thoracic aorta after arch repair in acute type A dissection (Yano, Ishimaru, & others) 2002;73:288 –91,CR

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Thoracic aorta (cont’d) Hybrid management of aortic rupture and lung failure: pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and endovascular stentgraft (Schmid, Philipp, & others) 2002;73:1618 –20,CR Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion on S100? release during hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracic aortic surgery (Bhama, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:366,AB Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta in a woman with neurofibromatosis (Ali, Okike, & others) 2002;73:958 – 60,CR Natural history of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta managed nonoperatively: a longitudinal analysis (Holmes, Bloch, & others) 2002;73:1149 –54* Neurologic complications after graft replacement of the entire thoracoabdominal aorta (Conklin, LeMaire, & Coselli) 2002;73:377,AB Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic operations: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Ko¨ ksoy, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:730 – 8*;Discussion (Weiman, Coselli, & Vinten-Johansen) 2002;73:738,DI Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood (Conklin, LeMaire, & others) 2002;73:370,AB Repair of the thoracic aorta by transaortic stent grafting (open stenting) (Uchida, Ishihara, & others) 2002;73:444 –9*; Invited Commentary (Grabenwo¨ ger) 2002;73:449,IC Successful stent-grafting for perforation of the thoracic aorta by an intraaortic balloon pump (Bautista-Herna´ ndez, Moya, & others) 2002;73:956 – 8,CR Traumatic aortic transection: evidence for the osseous pinch mechanism (Javadpour, O’Toole, & others) 2002;73:951– 3,CR Thoracic aortic aneurysms Complete resorption of a thoracic aortic aneurysm after stentgraft placement (Moon, Sanchez, & others) 2002;73:316,IM Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size (Davies, Goldstein, & others) 2002;73:17–28*; Discussion 2002;73:27– 28,DI Thoracic disease Endovascular treatment of thoracic disease: patient selection and a proposal of a risk score (Alves, da Fonseca, & others) 2002;73:1143– 8* Thoracic duct Thoracic duct tributaries from intrathoracic organs (Riquet, Le Pimpec Barthes, & others) 2002;73:892–9*; Invited Commentary (Miller) 2002;73:898 –9,IC Thoracic surgery See also Surgery Frequency of transmission of human parovirus B19 infection by fibrin sealant used during thoracic surgery (Kawamura, Sawafuji, & others) 2002;73:1098 –100* Photodynamic therapy in thoracic surgery (Pass) 2002;73:2012– 3,KR Prospective trial of systemic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? (Sagawa, Sato, & others) 2002;73:900 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Low) 2002;73:904,IC Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC

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Thoracoabdominal aneurysms Cold blood spinal cord plegia for prediction of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair (Sueda, Okada, & others) 2002;73:1155–9* Morbidity and mortality after extent II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair (Coselli, LeMaire, & others) 2002; 73:1107–16*; Discussion (Mitchell, Kouchoukos, & others) 2002;73:1115– 6,DI Thoracobiliary fistula Conservative management of thoracobiliary fistula (Singh, Moodley, & others) 2002;73:1088 –91* Thoracoscopy Full thoracoscopic approach for surgical management of invasive pulmonary aspgerillosis (Gossot, Validire, & others) 2002;73:240 – 4* Thoracoscopic and laparoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer: do clinicopathological factors affect the outcome? (Krasna, Jiao, & others) 2002;73:1710 –3* Thoracoscopic esophagectomy combined with mediastinoscopy via the neck (Ikeda, Niimi, & others) 2002;73:1329 – 31,HW Usefulness of videothoracoscopic intrapericardial examination of pulmonary vessels to identify resectable clinical T4 lung cancer (Loscertales, Jime´ nez-Mercha´ n, & others) 2002;73:1563– 6* Thoracotomy Alternate technique for implantation of left ventricular assist system: left thoracotomy for reoperative cases (Tittle, Mandapati, & others) 2002;73:994 – 6,HW Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation (Watanabe, Ladas, & Goldstraw) 2002;73:245–9*; Invited Commentary (Naruke) 2002;73:248 –9,IC Left ventricular assist device implantation via left thoracotomy: alternative to repeat sternotomy (Pierson III, Howser, & others) 2002;73:997–9,HW Malignant minor pleural effusion detected on thoracotomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: is tumor resection beneficial for prognosis? (Sawabata, Matsumura, & others) 2002;73:412–5* Thromboembolism See also Embolism Fontan’s operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? (Jacobs, Pourmoghadam, & others) 2002;73:64 – 8*; Discussion (Backer & Jacobs) 2002;73:68,DI Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency (Hasegawa, Uematsu, & others) 2002; 73:286 – 8,CR Thromboendarterectomy Assessment of cardiac performance using Tei indices in patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:762– 6*,IC Improvement of tricuspid regurgitation after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:756 – 61*; Invited Commentary (Thistlethwaite) 2002;73:761,IC Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with giant cell arteritis (Brister, Wilson-Yang, & others) 2002;73: 1977–9,CR Thrombolysis Successful intraventricular thrombolysis during ventricular assist device support (Russo, De Biase, & others) 2002;73: 1628 –9,CR

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Thrombosis Replacement of a thrombosed valve after the Bentall procedure (Harada, Ito, & others) 2002;73:965–7,CR Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after radial artery harvesting (Hata, Rosalion, & others) 2002;73:1316 –7 Thymectomy Problems in the evaluation of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (Jaretzki, Kaminiski, & others) 2002;73:1027– 8,CP; Reply (Budde & Miller) 2002;73:1028 Thymic carcinoma Primary thymic carcinoma (Liu, Hsu, & others) 2002;73:1076 – 81* Thymoma Expression status of E-cadherin and ␣-, ␤-, and ␶-catenins in thymoma (Yoshino, Kase, & others) 2002;73:933–7* Graft-versus-host disease-type colitis: an unusual association of malignant thymoma (Sader, Sharma, & Edwards) 2002; 73:1947– 8,CR Thymus Neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid) of the thymus associated with Cushing’s syndrome (de Perrot, Spiliopoulos, & others) 2002;73:675– 81,CV Titanium prosthesis Survival analysis of rats implanted with porous titanium tracheal prosthesis (Schultz, Vautier, & others) 2002;73: 1747–51* Tomography See Computed tomography; Positron emission tomography Total anomalous pulmonary venous return Repair of transposition of the great arteries with total anomalous pulmonary venous return (Raff, Geiss, & others) 2002;73:655–7,CR Total cavopulmonary connection Arrhythmia after modified total cavopulmonary connection without use of prosthetic material (Suzuki, Murai & others) 2002;73:102– 6* Individualized total cavopulmonary connection technique for patients with asplenia syndrome (Aeba, Katogi, & others) 2002;73:1274 – 81*; Invited Commentary (Caldarone) 2002; 73:1280 –1,IC Pathologic findings in atrial musculature seven years after the intraatrial tunnel Fontan (Yoshikawa, Ishibashi-Ueda, & others) 2002;73:663– 4,CR Pulmonary venous obstruction after total cavopulmonary connection in heterotaxy (Uchida, Uemura, & others) 2002; 73:273– 4,CR Surgical treatment of coronary sinus orifice atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome after total cavo-pulmonary connection (Ohta, Sakamoto, & others) 2002;73:653–5,CR Total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit: experience with 100 patients (Tokunaga, Kado, & others) 2002;73:76 – 80* Trachea Survival analysis of rats implanted with porous titanium tracheal prosthesis (Schultz, Vautier, & others) 2002;73: 1747–51* Tracheal polyp (Gamblin, Farmer, & others) 2002;73:1286 – 7,CR Tracheal replacement: a critical review (Grillo) 2002;73:1995– 2004,CV Tracheobronchoplasty for resection of lung cancer arising from a tracheal bronchus (Sato, Hasegawa, & others) 2002;73:310 –2,CR

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Tracheobronchoplasty Tracheobronchoplasty for resection of lung cancer arising from a tracheal bronchus (Sato, Hasegawa, & others) 2002;73:310 –2,CR Tracheostomy Reduction in tracheostomy-associated risk of mediastinitis by routine use of percutaneous tracheostomy (Patel, Deane, & Scawn) 2002;73:2033,CP; Reply (Curtis, Clark, & others) 2002;73:2033 Transaortic stent grafting Repair of the thoracic aorta by transaortic stent grafting (open stenting) (Uchida, Ishihara, & others) 2002;73:444 –9*; Invited Commentary (Grabenwo¨ ger) 2002;73:449,IC Transbronchial needle aspiration Role of fiberscopic transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of N2 disease due to non-small cell lung cancer (Patelli, Agli, & others) 2002;73:407–11* Transesophageal echocardiography Successful repair of intraoperative aortic dissection detected by transesophageal echocardiography (Varghese, Riedel, & others) 2002;73:953–5,CR Transfusions Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery (Chelemer, Prato, & others) 2002;73:138 – 42* Influence of perioperative blood transfusion on survival after esophageal resection for carcinoma (Langley, Alexiou, & others) 2002;73:1704 –9* Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery (Balachandran, Cross, & others) 2002;73: 1912– 8* Transit-time flow measurement Intraoperative evaluation of coronary anastomosis by transittime ultrasonic flow measurement (Morota, Duhaylongsod, & others) 2002;73:1446 –50* Transmyocardial laser revascularization Factors influencing results and outcome after transmyocardial laser revascularization (Krabatsch, Petzina, & others) 2002;73:1888 –92* Reoperative transmyocardial laser revascularization for late recurrent angina (Lee, Fischer, & Moon) 2002;73:650 –2,CR Transmyocardial laser revascularization (Horvath) 2002;73: 1355– 6,KR Transplantation See Heart transplantation; Lung transplantation Transposition of the great arteries Comparable systemic ventricular function in healthy adults and patients with unoperated congenitally corrected transposition using MRI dobutamine stress testing (Dodge-Khatami, Tulevski, & others) 2002;73:1759 – 64* Intermediate results of the anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (Ilbawi, Ocampo, & others) 2002; 73:594 – 600*; Discussion (Tchervenkov, Ilbawi, & Williams) 2002;73:599 – 600,DI Repair of transposition of the great arteries with total anomalous pulmonary venous return (Raff, Geiss, & others) 2002;73:655–7,CR Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure (Gandhi, Pigula, & Siewers) 2002;73:88 –95*; Discussion (Kanter, Fraser, & others) 2002;73:94 –5,DI Transthoracic needle biopsy Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses (Metin, Sayar, & others) 2002;73: 250 –2*

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SUBJECT INDEX

Trauma Bronchial transection resulting from trivial blunt chest trauma (Reddy, Davierwala, & others) 2002;73:1948 –9,CR Bullets and biliptysis (Nigro, Arroyo, & others) 2002;73:1645– 7,CR Correction of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation using the double orifice technique (Moainie, Guy & others) 2002;73:963– 5,CR Delayed surgical management of a traumatic aortic arch injury (Carter, Karmy-Jones, & Aldea) 2002;73:294 – 6,CR Induced ventricular fibrillation in the management of aortic arch trauma (Robicsek) 2002;73:342,CP; Reply (Gill, Lim, & others) 2002;73:342,CP Late presentation of retained intracardiac ice pick with papillary muscle injury (Massad, Khoury, & others) 2002;73: 1623– 6,CR Natural history of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta managed nonoperatively: a longitudinal analysis (Holmes, Bloch, & others) 2002;73:1149 –54* Seat belt–related chrondrosternal disruption with lung herniation (Rice, Bikkasani, & others) 2002;73:1950 –1,CR Traumatic aortic arch injury (Patel, Allen, & others) 2002;73: 666,IM Traumatic aortic transection: evidence for the osseous pinch mechanism (Javadpour, O’Toole, & others) 2002;73:951– 3,CR Tricuspid regurgitation Correction of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation using the double orifice technique (Moainie, Guy & others) 2002;73:963– 5,CR Improvement of tricuspid regurgitation after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (Menzel, Kramm, & others) 2002;73:756 – 61*; Invited Commentary (Thistlethwaite) 2002;73:761,IC Tricuspid valve Long-term results with triple valve surgery (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:44 –7* Partial replacement of the tricuspid valve by mitral homografts in acute endocarditis (Couetil, Argyriadis, & others) 2002;73:1808 –12* Prosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve: bioprosthetic or mechanical (Kaplan, Kut, & others) 2002;73:467–73* Reductive annuloplasty of double orifices in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy (Radovanovic, Mihaljlovic, & others) 2002;73:751–5* Triple valve surgery Long-term results with triple valve surgery (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:44 –7* Trisodium citrate Lifesaving citrate anticoagulation to bridge to danaparoid treatment (Dworschak, Hiesmayr, & Lassnigg) 2002;73: 1626 –7,CR Tumor(s) See also Cancer; Carcinoma; Metastases Brown tumor of the sternum (Kao, Chang, & others) 2002;73: 1651–3,CR Left atrial myxoma with tumor vascularity arising from the left and right coronary arteries (Bauer & Hetzer) 2002;73: 990,IM Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection (Martinod, D’Audiffret, & others) 2002;73:1534 – 40*; Invited Commentary (Shahian) 2002;73:1532–3,IC Preoperative embolization of a massive solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (Weiss & Horton) 2002;73:983–5,CR

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Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine differentiation in adenocarcinoma of the lung (Hiroshima, Iyoda, & others) 2002;73:1732–5* Pulmonary large cell carcinomas with neuroendocrine features are high-grade neuroendocrine tumors (Iyoda, Hiroshima, & others) 2002;73:1049 –54* Tumor necrosis factor Lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery is associated with polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 10 genes (Ryan, Balding, & others) 2002;73:1905–11*; Invited Commentary (Leins & Cremer) 2002;73:1910 –11,IC Tumor resection Malignant minor pleural effusion detected on thoracotomy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: is tumor resection beneficial for prognosis? (Sawabata, Matsumura, & others) 2002;73:412–5* Ulcers Perforating Barret’s ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula (Nigro, Bremner, & others) 2002;73:302– 4,CR Ultrafiltration Effects of dilutional and modified ultrafiltration in plasma endothelin-1 and pulmonary vascular resistance after the Fontan procedure (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73: 862–5* Ultrasound Clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of celiac axis lymph nodes (M1a disease) in esophageal cancer (Parmar, Zwischenberger, & others) 2002;73:916 –21*; Invited Commentary (Luketich) 2002;73: 920 –1,IC Epicardial ultrasound in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: potential aid in intraoperative coronary diagnostics (Klein, Meijer, & others) 2002;73:809 –12* Valve prostheses Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up (Milano, De Carlo, & others) 2002;73:37– 43* Long-term results with triple valve surgery (Carrier, Pellerin, & others) 2002;73:44 –7* Valve reconstruction PTFE monocusp valve reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (Turrentine, McCarthy, & others) 2002;73: 871– 80*; Discussion (Backer, Turrentine, & others) 2002; 73:879 – 80,DI Valve replacement Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial (Cohen, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:767–78*; Discussion (Kon, David, & others) 2002;73:775– 8,DI; Invited Commentary (Horstkotte) 2002;73:778,IC Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis (Higashita, Takeuchi, & Ohara) 2002;73:697,CP Dilated aortic root and stentless valve implantation (Siebenmann) 2002;73:694,CP; Reply (Massetti) 2002;73:694 –5 One hundred pulmonary valve replacements in children after relief of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Kanter, Budde, & others) 2002;73:1801–7*; Discussion (Mavroudis, Kanter, & others) 2002;73:1806 –7,DI Patient prosthesis mismatch is rare after aortic valve replacement: valve size may be irrelevant (Hanayama, Christakis, & others) 2002;73:1822–9*; Discussion (Olinger & Christakis) 2002;73:1829,DI

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Prosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve: bioprosthetic or mechanical (Kaplan, Kut, & others) 2002;73:467–73* Replacement of a thrombosed valve after the Bentall procedure (Harada, Ito, & others) 2002;73:965–7,CR Right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary valve replacement after correction of tetralogy of Fallot (de Ruijter, Weeink, & others) 2002;73:1794 –1800*; Discussion (Weiman, Bennink, & others) 2002;73:1800,DI Up to 8 –year follow-up of valve replacement with CarboMedics valve (Soga, Okabayashi, & others) 2002;73:474 –9*; Invited Commentary (Svennevig) 2002;73:479,IC Valved stentless composite graft 35 (Urbanski) 2002;73:695– 6,CP; Reply (Paulis) 2002;73:697 Valve surgery Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac valve operation (Mangi, Palacios, & Torchiana) 2002; 73:1479 – 83* Valvuloplasty Composite graft replacement after aortic valvuloplaty in Takayasu arteritis (Harada, Honma, & others) 2002;73:644 – 7,CR Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated endotheliumdependent relaxation in human internal mammary artery (Liu, Jin, & others) 2002;73:819 –24*; Invited Commentary (Burkhoff) 2002;73:824,IC Vasculitis Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation (Hsu, Chang, & others) 2002;73:1307–10,CR Vasculopathy Late cardiac reoperation after cardiac transplantation (Reddy Phan, & others) 2002;73:534 –7* Vasodilators Interaction between vasodilators and vasopressin in internal mammary artery and clinical significance (Wei, Floten, & He) 2002;73:516 –22* Vasopressin Interaction between vasodilators and vasopressin in internal mammary artery and clinical significance (Wei, Floten, & He) 2002;73:516 –22* Vasorelaxation Vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated endotheliumdependent relaxation in human internal mammary artery (Liu, Jin, & others) 2002;73:819 –24*; Invited Commentary (Burkhoff) 2002;73:824,IC Vectors Non-viral gene delivery to atelectatic and ventilated lungs (Stammberger, Uduehi, & others) 2002;73:432–7*; Discussion (Zwischenberger, Stammberger, & others) 2002;73: 436 –7,DI Vegectectomy Vegectectomy in Brucella endocarditis (Sunar & Duran) 2002; 73:2036,CP; Reply (Bozbuga, Keles, & others) 2002;73:2036 Vein(s) See specific vein Vein harvesting Carbon dioxide embolism during minimally invasive vein harvesting (Banks, Manetta, & others) 2002;73:296 –7,CR Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8* Harvesting of the radial artery: skeletonization versus pedicled technique (Bizzarri & Frati) 2002;73:1359,CP; Reply (Taggart) 2002;73:1359 – 60

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Improved patency in vein grafts harvested with surrounding tissue: results of a randomized study using three harvesting techniques (Souza, Dashwood, & others) 2002;73: 1189 –95* Ventilation Alveolar recruitment strategy increases arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (Tusman, Bo¨ hm, & others) 2002;73:1204 –9* Ventricles See also Left ventricle; Right ventricle Skeletal muscle ventricle aortic counterpulsation: function during chronic heart failure (Patel, Shah, & others) 2002; 73:588 –93* Spontaneous disappearance of a false aneurysm after iatrogenic ruptured ventricle (Ito, Murayama, & others) 2002; 73:1967–9,CR Ventricular assist devices Cardiac assist devices: assessing neurobehavioral function (Truesell, Potvin, & others) 2002;73:377,AB And hemolysis goes on: ventricular assist device in combination with veno-venous hemofiltration (Luckraz, Woods, & others) 2002;73:546 – 8* Mechanical circulatory support for infants and children with cardiac disease (Duncan) 2002;73:1670 –7,CV Platelet activation, aggregation, and life span in calves implanted with axial flow ventricular assist devices (Snyder, Watach, & others) 2002;73:1933– 8* Proposed policy for VAD removal (Prager) 2002;73:1688,CP Successful intraventricular thrombolysis during ventricular assist device support (Russo, De Biase, & others) 2002;73: 1628 –9,CR Treatment of end-stage heart disease with outpatient ventricular assist devices (Holman, Davies, & others) 2002;73: 1489 –94*; Discussion (Smith, Holman, & Kron) 2002;73: 1493– 4,DI Ventricular fibrillation Cerebral hemodynamics during protracted ventricular fibrillation in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Lund, Fosse, & others) 2002;73:372,AB Coronary artery spasm and ventricular fibrillation after offpump coronary surgery (Bittner) 2002;73:297–300,CR Induced ventricular fibrillation in the management of aortic arch trauma (Robicsek) 2002;73:342,CP; Reply (Gill, Lim, & others) 2002;73:342,CP Ventricular outflow obstruction Midterm results of surgical treatment of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction in Fontan patients (Hiramatsu, Imai, & others) 2002;73:855– 61*; Invited Commentary (Lamberti) 2002;73:860 –1,IC Ventricular septal defects Apical ventricular septal defects: follow-up concerning anatomic and surgical considerations (Van Praagh, Mayer, & others) 2002;73:48 –57*; Invited Commentary 2002;73: 56 –57 Change of serum growth factors in infants with isolated ventricular defect undergoing surgical repair (Tsai, Yu, & others) 2002;73:1765–9*; Invited Commentary (del Nido) 2002;73:1764,IC Impact of preoperative aortic cusp prolapse on long-term outcome after surgical closure of subarterial ventricular septal defect (Cheung, Chiu, & others) 2002;73:622–7* Single-stage anatomical repair of complete atrioventricular canal, double-outlet right ventricle, and cor triatriatum using ventricular septal defect translocation (Tchervenkov, Korkola, & Be´ land) 2002;73:1317–20,CR

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Ventricular septation Double-inlet left ventricle: successfully staged ventricular septation with 12.5 years follow-up (Ottenkamp & Hazekamp) 2002;73:699,CP Ventricular septum Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries (Albanese, Carotti, & others) 2002;73:1322– 4,CR Surgical repair of supposedly multiple defects within the apical part of the muscular ventricular septum (Tsang, Hsia, & others) 2002;73:58 – 63*; Invited Commentary (Kitagawa) 2002;73:62– 63,IC Video-assisted thoracic surgery Prospective trial of systemic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect? (Sagawa, Sato, & others) 2002;73:900 – 4*; Invited Commentary (Low) 2002;73:904,IC Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration (Wan, Lee, & others) 2002;73:639 – 40,CR Videothoracoscopy Usefulness of videothoracoscopic intrapericardial examination of pulmonary vessels to identify resectable clinical T4 lung cancer (Loscertales, Jime´ nez-Mercha´ n, & others) 2002;73:1563– 6* Videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for intractable pain from adrenal metastasis (Lang-Lazdunski, Le PimpecBarthes, & Riquet) 2002;73:1290 –2,CR

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Volume loading Functional recovery of the native heart after cardiomyoplasty in sheep with heart failure: passive and dynamic effects of volume loading (Shirota, Huang, & others) 2002;73:849 – 54* Warm blood cardioplegia Magnesium-supplemented warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization (Yeatman, Caputo, & others) 2002;73:112– 8* Weaning Monitoring recovery and weaning from the Thoratec left ventricular assist device (Ferna´ ndez & Martı´nez) 2002;73: 1689,CP Wedge resection Results of wedge resection for focal bronchioloalveolar carcinoma showing pure ground-glass attenuation on computed tomography (Watanabe, Watanabe, & others) 2002; 73:1071–5*; Invited Commentary (Heitmiller) 2002;73: 1075,IC Women Hormone replacement therapy improves the survival of women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (Nussmeier, Thong, & others) 2002;73:371,AB Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse? (Steuer, Blomqvist, & others) 2002;73:1380 – 6* Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta in a woman with neurofibromatosis (Ali, Okike, & others) 2002;73:958 – 60,CR Wounds Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: a comparison of postoperative wound complications (Bitondo, Daggett, & others) 2002;73:523– 8*