Articles:

"Life is short and the art long, the occasion instant, the experiment perilous, the decision difficult"

HC Urschel, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 1-14.  

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: relative efficacy of initial proximal versus distal anastomoses

AJ Roberts, RS Faro, WD Watson, DG Knauf, T Hankins, and JA Alexander
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 15-20. [Abstract]  

A comparison of Blalock-Taussig, Waterston, and polytetrafluoroethylene shunts in children less than two weeks of age

PK Woolf, LW Stephenson, E Meijboom, JH Bavinck, TJ Gardner, JS Donahoo, RN Edie, and LH Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 26-30. [Abstract]  

Posterior enlargement of the small annulus during aortic valve replacement versus implantation of a small prosthesis

P Pugliese, M Bernabei, C Santi, A Pasque, and S Eufrate
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 31-36. [Abstract]  

Comparison of dopamine and dobutamine therapy during intraaortic balloon pumping for the treatment of postcardiotomy low-output syndrome

RP Sterling, H Taegtmeyer, SA Turner, WE Walker, and DA Cooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 37-41. [Abstract]  

Natural history of surgically treated ventricular aneurysm

JR Skinner, C Rasak, C Kongtahworn, SJ Phillips, RH Zeff, RS Toon, and VB Solomon
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 42-45. [Abstract]  

Myasthenia gravis with thymoma: analysis of and postoperative prognosis for 65 patients with thymomatous myasthenia gravis

Y Monden, K Nakahara, K Kagotani, Y Fujii, A Masaoka, and Y Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 46-52. [Abstract]  

Approach in the management of atrial myxoma with long-term follow-up

MA Marvasti, AI Obeid, JL Potts, and FB Parker
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 53-58. [Abstract]  

Open rib biopsy guided by radionuclide technique

WJ Shih, FH DeLand, PA Domstad, S Magoun, and ML Dillon
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 59-62. [Abstract]  

Bronchial carcinoid tumors

B Brandt, 3d, SE Heintz, EF Rose, and JL Ehrenhaft
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 63-65. [Abstract]  

Transdiaphragmatic adrenal biopsy

KA Mansour, V Maffei, JI Miller, Jr, and CR Hatcher, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 66-67. [Abstract]  

An effective adjunct to tricuspid annuloplasty

S Nakano, Y Kawashima, H Hirose, and H Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 68-69. [Abstract]  

Evacuation of calcific valvular debris using a standard Ellik evacuator

WY Moores, JD Morris, and O Gago
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 70-71. [Abstract]  

The first successful total repair of congenital atresia of the esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula

HT Langston
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 72-74. [Abstract]  

Anatomy of the aortic root

A Sud, F Parker, and DJ Magilligan, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 76-79. [Abstract]  

Reoperation for aortic coarctation

ED Foster
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 81-89. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Epicardial corkscrew lead fracture

RK Kalil
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 90.  

LA-LV bypass for mitral stenosis

JR Alvarez
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 90-91.  

AVR and coronary bypass

A Juffe, CG Montero, R Burgos, and D Figuera
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 91.  

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