PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

2001-41019 – 4th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. What Is ISMICS and Why Does It Exist?
Michael J. Mack

 

ARTICLES

2001-6661 – The Cardiopulmonary Effects of Single-Lung Ventilation and Carbon Dioxide Insufflation During Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting
Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr.

   

2001-6759 – Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery with the Use of Anastomotic Devices: An Additional Tool for the Challenging Patient
Francesco Maisano, Vincenzo Franzé, Michele De Bonis, Ottavio Alfieri

   

2001-6805 – Does Off-Pump Total Arterial Revascularization Without Aortic Manipulation Influence Neurological Outcome? A Study of 226 Consecutive, Unselected Cases
Nirav C. Patel, D. Mark Pullan, Brian M. Fabri

   

2001-6301 – Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical (VATS) Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Report of Three-Hundred Cases
M.H. Nezafati, E. Mahmoodi, S.H. Hashemian, A. Hamedanchi

   

2001-6674 – Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Decreases Morbidity and Mortality in a Select Group of High-Risk patients
Hartmuth B. Bittner, MD, Michael A. Savitt, MD, Kangxiong Liao, MD, Terrance Horrigan, MD, Soon J. Park, MD, R. Morton Bolman III, MD

 

2001-8888 – Comparative Endothelial Effects of the Arterial Balloon Catheter on Elastic Versus Muscular Arterial Conduits
Roland G. Demaria, MD, Eric Dumont, MD, Simon Fortier, MD, Olivier Malo, MSc, Michel Carrier, MD, Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhD

 

2001-6900 – Initial Experience With the Aortic Connector Device for Sutureless Proximal Vein Graft Anastomoses Without Aortic Clamping
Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD, Giovanni Pedrazzini, MD, Francesco Siclari, MD, PhD

 

2001-6751 – Is Port-Access Applicable To Complex Mitral Valve Repair?
Donald D. Glower, MD, Kevin P. Landolfo, MD, Alan P. Kypson, MD, Thomas M. Bashore, MD, J. Kevin Harrison, MD, Andrew Wang, MD, John J. Warner, MD

 

2001-6850 – Comparison of Sequential Changes in Heart Rate Variability After On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Jurij-Matija Kalisnik , Viktor Avbelj, Roman Trobec, Borut Gersak

 

2001-6826 – Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvest as Conduit for Cardiac Revascularization
Stephen A. Olenchock, Jr., DO, James F. Reed, III, PhD, Sabina A. Murphy, MPH, Fernando M. Garzia, MD

 

2001-6999 – Beating Heart Surgery Reduces Utilization of Blood Products in Coronary Revascularization
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, Alex Zapolanski, MD, Keith Korver, MD, Michael B. Pliam, MD, PhD, Laurel M. Mengarelli, RN

 

2001-7024 – Benefits Of Avoiding Cardiopulmonary Bypass In High-Risk Elderly Patients Undergoing Multi-Vessel Myocardial Revascularization
Leonid Sternik, MD, Kenton J. Zehr, MD

 

2001-6933 – Routine Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Is Safe in Reoperations
Imad Tabry, MD, Eugene Costantini, MD, Elmore Reyes, MD, Kenneth Stahl, MD

 

2001-6738 – Coronary Artery Bypass: the Increasing Role of Off-Pump Surgery in a Large Community Hospital
Michael C. Sinclair, Gregory A. Wilsker, D. Lynn Morris, Rajeev Mohan , Christopher S. Hollenbeak