Articles:

Penetrating Heart Wounds: Difficulty in Evaluating Clinical Series

J. Kent Trinkle
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:181-182. [PDF] [References]  

Notice Regarding Manuscript Submission

Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:182. [PDF]  

Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injuries: The Role of Emergency Room Thoracotomy

Sergio Tavares, John R. Hankins, Anthony L. Moulton, Safuh Attar, Sohaila Ali, Stephen Lincoln, David C. Green, Alejandro Sequeira, and Joseph S. McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:183-187. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The Management of Subclavian Artery Injuries Following Blunt Thoracic Trauma

James T. Sturm, James S. Dorsey, Frederick R. Olson, and John F. Perry, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:188-191. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Occult Rib Fractures and Brachial Plexus Injury Following Median Sternotomy for Open-Heart Operations

Clinton E. Baisden, Lloyd V. Greenwald, and Panagiotis N. Symbas
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:192-194. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Esophageal Atresia with Double Fistula: The Missed Anomaly

Alan M. Johnson, Bradley M. Rodgers, Bennett Alford, George R. Minor, and Anthony Shaw
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:195-200. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Two Decades of Experience with Modified Heller's Myotomy for Achalasia

Ganesh P. Pai, R.G. Ellison, J.W. Rubin, and H.V. Moore
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:201-206. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Long-term Survival Following Diverticulectomy for Cancer in Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker's) Diverticulum

Biing-shiun Huang, Krishnan K. Unni, and W. Spencer Payne
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:207-210. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bronchial Omentopexy in Canine Lung Allotransplantation

Paul Dubois, Louise Choiniere, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:211-214. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:214. [PDF]  

Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Lung Cancer: Correlation with Surgical Staging

Robert H. Breyer, Nolan Karstaedt, Stephen A. Mills, Frank R. Johnston, Robert H. Choplin, Neil T. Wolfman, Allen S. Hudspeth, and A. Robert Cordell
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:215-220. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sealing the Postpneumonectomy Space: Use of a Pectoralis Major Myodermal Flap

A.G. de la Rocha and G.A. Robertson
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:221-226. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Single-Stage Complete Muscle Flap Closure of the Postpneumonectomy Empyema Space: A New Method and Possible Solution to a Disturbing Complication

J.I. Miller, K.A. Mansour, F. Nahai, M.J. Jurkiewicz, and C.R. Hatcher, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:227-231. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Identification and Control of Noncoronary Collateral Blood Flow

Steven F. Bolling, Kirk R. Kanter, John T. Flaherty, Vincent L. Gott, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:232-236. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The Prognostic Value of Intraoperative Pressure Gradients with Congenital Aortic Stenosis

Constantine Mavroudis, Allan Rees, Robert Solinger, and Francisco Elbl
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:237-241. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary Artery Balloon Counterpulsation for Right Ventricular Failure: I. Experimental Results

Milos Opravil, Andrew J. Gorman, Tom C. Krejcie, Lawrence L. Michaelis, and John M. Moran
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:242-253. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary Artery Balloon Counterpulsation for Right Ventricular Failure: II. Clinical Experience

John M. Moran, Milos Opravil, Andrew J. Gorman, Hassan Rastegar, Sheridan N. Meyers, and Lawrence L. Michaelis
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:254-259. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Improved Cardiovascular Hemodynamics with Atrioventricular Sequential Pacing Compared with Ventricular Demand Pacing

Syed T. Raza, Thomas Z. Lajos, Joginder N. Bhayana, Arthur B. Lee, Jr., A. Norman Lewin, Betsy Gehring, and George Schimert
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:260-264. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Operative Intervention for Postinfarction Angina

William A. Baumgartner, A. Michael Borkon, Joseph Zibulewsky, Levi Watkins, Jr., Timothy J. Gardner, Bernadine H. Bulkley, Stephen C. Achuff, Kenneth L. Baughman, Thomas A. Traill, Vincent L. Gott, and Bruce A. Reitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:265-267. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Comparison of the Protective Properties of Four Clinical Crystalloid Cardioplegic Solutions in the Rat Heart

Lary A. Robinson, Mark V. Braimbridge, and David J. Hearse
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:268-274. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Five-Year Clinical Experience with the Omniscience Cardiac Valve

Richard DeWall, L. Conrad Pelletier, Antonio Panebianco, George Hicks, Benjamin Schuster, Raoul Bonan, Jean-Paul Martineau, and Luke Yip
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:275-280. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Techniques for Multiple Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafts

Alfred J. Tector and Terence M. Schmahl
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:281-286. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Effects of Preoperative Duration of Symptoms on Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

Yasumasa Monden, Kazuya Nakahara, Katsumi Kagotani, Yoshitaka Fujii, Satoru Nanjo, Akira Masaoka, and Yasunaru Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:287-291. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:291. [PDF]  

Unusual Sequelae of Colon Interposition for Esophageal Reconstruction: Late Obstruction Requiring Reoperation

Rosalyn P. Sterling, R. Craig Kuykendall, Michael J. Carmichael, and Kamal Khalil
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:292-295. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A Technique for Immediate Manual External Aortic Counterpulsation during Cardiac Surgery

James R. Skinner, Robert H. Zeff, Chamnahn Kongtahworn, Richard S. Toon, C. David Smith, and Steven J. Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:296-297. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary Dirofilarial Granuloma

Flavio Ciferri
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:298. [PDF] [References]  

Postpneumonectomy Empyema in Bronchogenic Carcinoma

C. Del Campo
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:298-299. [PDF] [References]  

Postpneumonectomy Empyema in Bronchogenic Carcinoma

I.P. Witz
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:299. [PDF]  

Neonatal Lung Abscess

Alan Yellin
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:299-300. [PDF] [References]  

Neonatal Lung Abscess

Thomas R. Weber
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:300. [PDF]  

Tracheal Reconstruction

Alfredo Rioseco
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:300-301. [PDF]  

Bilateral Sequential IMA Grafting

Nadiv Shapira and Gerald M. Lemole
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:301. [PDF]  

Placement of LAP Monitoring Line

Alfonso Iglesias
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:301. [PDF] [References]  

Placement of LAP Monitoring Line

Kathleen W. McNicholas
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:301. [PDF]  

Modification of Eder-Puestow Dilators

F.L. Korompai and R.H. Hayward
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:301. [PDF]  

Disruption of Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Geoffrey M. Graeber and Stephen M. Fall
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:302. [PDF]  

Disruption of Left Brachiocephalic Vein

W.J. de Boer and J. N. Roman van der Heide
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:302. [PDF] [References]  

Surgical Salvage of Heart Rupture

L. Núñez and J. López-Sendón
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:302-303. [PDF] [References]  

Gibbon's Surgery of the Chest. Fourth Edition: Edited by David C. Sabiston Jr., M.D., Frank C. Spencer M.D.. 1983, Philadelphia, Saunders, illustrated, $80.00

Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:304. [PDF]  

Gibbon's Surgery of the Chest. Fourth Edition: Gibbon's Surgery of the Chest. Fourth Edition: Cardiac Section

Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:304. [PDF]  

Notes from the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association

William A. Gay, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:305. [PDF]  

Program for the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Harvey W. Bender, Jr.
Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:306-308. [PDF]  

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