Editorials:

The stapling device

CL Roper
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 307.  

Articles:

Esophagogastrectomy using the auto suture EEA surgical stapling instrument

JS Dorsey, S Esses, M Goldberg, and R Stone
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 308-312. [Abstract]  

Interruption of multiple accessory conduction pathways in the Wolff- Parkinson-White syndrome

T Iwa, T Magara, Y Watanabe, M Kawasuji, and T Misaki
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 313-325. [Abstract]  

Descending aortic aneurysmectomy without adjuncts to avoid ischemia

H Najafi, H Javid, J Hunter, C Serry, and D Monson
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 326-335. [Abstract]  

Further evaluation of the circular sequential vein graft technique of coronary artery bypass

JC Cleveland, IM Lebenson, RJ Twohey, JG Ellis, DB Nelson, RJ Suchor, AA Heckman, Jr, DW Morse, and JR Dague
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 336-341. [Abstract]  

Myocardial protection through cold cardioplegia using diltiazem, a calcium channel blocker

PR Vouhe, J Helias, and CM Grondin
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 342-348. [Abstract]  

Experimental evaluation of myocardial preservation techniques: V. A. membrane-stabilizing agent, procaine hydrochloride

T Nishi, JE Guilmette, and A Wakabayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 349-355. [Abstract]  

Determination of maximal ischemic tolerance of the human heart by ultrastructural recording of preischemic degree of myocardial hypertrophy and degeneration

F Beyersdorf, O Elert, and P Satter
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 356-363. [Abstract]  

A comparison of serum isoenzyme levels of creatine phosphokinase and lactic dehydrogenase in patients undergoing thoracic operations and patients admitted to a coronary care unit

GM Graeber, RJ Snyder, R Zajtchuk, and WH Brott
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 364-369. [Abstract]  

Perioperative myocardial infarction: a diagnostic dilemma

SC Balderman, JN Bhayana, JJ Steinbach, AR Masud, and S Michalek
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 370-377. [Abstract]  

The effect of metastasectomy: fact or fiction?

T Aberg, KA Malmberg, B Nilsson, and E Nou
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 378-384. [Abstract]  

Pulmonary, mediastinal, and cardiac presentations of histoplasmosis

RL Prager, DP Burney, G Waterhouse, and HW Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 385-390. [Abstract]  

Carcinoid heart disease: eight-year survival following tricuspid valve replacement and pulmonary valvotomy

N Hendel, B Leckie, and J Richards
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 391-395. [Abstract]  

Patch enlargement of the aortic and the mitral valve rings with aortic- mitral double-valve replacement

S Manouguian and PG Kirchhoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 396-399. [Abstract]  

Transaortic cannulation for balloon pumping in a "crowded aorta"

L Nunez, MG Aguado, A Iglesias, and JL Larrea
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 400-402. [Abstract]  

An improved retractor for cardiac and thoracic operations

MT McEnany
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 403-404. [Abstract]  

Scatter radiation to the hands from insertion of transvenous pacemakers

JG Antkowiak
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 405-406. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Certification and recertification

Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 407-408.  

Loose anvil on TA-30 stapler

RC Read and JM Ransom
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 408-409.  

Selective bronchial tamponade

JF da Rosa
Ann Thorac Surg 1980 30: 409.  

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