Professional affairs

Contributing journals to this CTSNet collection:
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Presidential address: Changing boundaries

James L. Cox
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 413-418. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original articles
One-day admission for major lung resections in septuagenarians and octogenarians: a comparative study with a younger cohort

Eduardo A. Tovar
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2001; 20: 449-454. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ACD)
Risk factors for early hospital readmission after cardiac operations

Victor A. Ferraris, Suellen P. Ferraris, R. Christopher Harmon, and Boyd D. Evans
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001; 122: 278-286. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: General Thoracic
Hospital volume is related to clinical and economic outcomes of esophageal resection in Maryland

Justin B. Dimick, Stephen M. Cattaneo, Pamela A. Lipsett, Peter J. Pronovost, and Richard F. Heitmiller
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 334-340. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: General Thoracic
Invited commentary

John D. Urschel
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 340-341. [Full text] [PDF] ?

President's Page
STS database activities and you: "whats in it for me?"

Mark B. Orringer
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 1-2. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Editorials
Ethical and legal concerns in relationships with cardiologists

Richard G. Sanderson
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 3-5. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Editorials
The question of racial bias in thoracic surgery: appearances and realities

James W. Jones
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 6-8. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Review of Recent Books
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery: Edited by William S. Walker, Oxford, United Kingdom, ISIS Medical Media, Ltd, 1999, 250 pp, illustrated, ?95 ($160), ISBN: 1 899066 09 8

R. Sudhir Sundaresan
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 125. [Full text] [PDF] ?

Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Assessment of mortality rates for congenital heart defects and surgeons performance

Jaroslav F. Stark, Steve Gallivan, Katie Davis, John R.L. Hamilton, James L. Monro, James C.S. Pollock, and Kevin G. Watterson
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2001; 72: 169-175. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] ?