Editorials:

The quest for a valve substitute: perturbations of a clinical surgeon

EL Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 243-244.  

Articles:

Failure of Hancock xenograft valve: importance of valve position (4- to 9-year follow-up)

H Bolooki, S Mallon, GA Kaiser, RJ Thurer, and J Kieval
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 246-252. [Abstract]  

Correlation of preoperative pulmonary function testing with clinical course in patients after pneumonectomy

BA Keagy, GR Schorlemmer, GF Murray, PJ Starek, and BR Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 253-257. [Abstract]  

Circular esophageal myotomy in the rhesus monkey: anatomical and physiological effects

JR Hankins, HS Ormsbee, 3d, and JS McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 258-264. [Abstract]  

A new method of tracheal reconstruction

BF Akl, J Mittelman, DE Smith, and C Butler
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 265-269. [Abstract]  

Five-year experience with the Ionescu-Shiley bovine pericardial valve in the aortic position

L Gonzalez-Lavin, S Chi, TC Blair, JY Jung, AG Fabaz, PM McFadden, B Lewis, and G Daughters
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 270-280. [Abstract]  

Transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect: results with the Senning operation and closure of the ventricular septal defect in infants

PA Penkoske, GR Westerman, GR Marx, M Rabinovitch, MD Freed, WI Norwood, and AR Castaneda
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 281-288. [Abstract]  

Defective platelet aggregation in patients undergoing surgical repair of cyanotic congenital heart disease

JA Ware, WH Reaves, JK Horak, and RT Solis
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 289-294. [Abstract]  

The natural history and recommended management of patients with traumatic coronary artery fistulas

JE Lowe, DH Adams, RG Cummings, RL Wesly, and HR Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 295-305. [Abstract]  

The effect of ionized calcium, pH, and temperature on bioactive parathyroid hormone during and after open-heart operations

DJ Chambers, J Dunham, MV Braimbridge, B Slavin, J Quiney, and J Chayen
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 306-313. [Abstract]  

Electrical behavior of the heart following high-potassium cardioplegia

CI Tchervenkov, JE Wynands, JF Symes, ID Malcolm, AR Dobell, and JE Morin
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 314-319. [Abstract]  

Metabolic and functional effects of carbohydrate substrate with single- dose and multiple-dose potassium cardioplegia

VR Conti and RL Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 320-327. [Abstract]  

Clinical evaluation of a sutureless cardiac pacing lead: chronic threshold changes and lead durability

JT Walls, JD Maloney, and JR Pluth
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 328-331. [Abstract]  

A comparison of volume loading and atrial pacing following aortocoronary bypass

RD Weisel, RJ Burns, RJ Baird, JD Hilton, J Ivanov, DA Mickle, KH Teoh, GT Christakis, PJ Evans, HE Scully, BS Goldman, and PR McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 332-344. [Abstract]  

His bundle interruption for reentry tachycardia in Wolff-Parkinson- White syndrome

WC Sealy
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 345-352. [Abstract]  

Right ventricular outflow obstruction secondary to right-sided tamponade following myocardial trauma

TF Phillips, A Rodriguez, and RA Cowley
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 353-358. [Abstract]  

Trocar cannulation of the ascending aorta: a new technique

GF Tyers, AJ Larrieu, and J Basaraba
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 360-363. [Abstract]  

The nuts and bolts of sternal dehiscence

GL Hicks, W Haake, SS Stewart, and JA DeWeese
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 364-365. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Venous return after cross-clamping

CE Martin
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 367.  

Critical pulmonary stenosis in infants

S Milo
Ann Thorac Surg 1983 36: 368.  

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