Editorials:

Penetrating heart wounds: difficulty in evaluating clinical series

JK Trinkle
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 181-182.  

Articles:

Management of penetrating cardiac injuries: the role of emergency room thoracotomy

S Tavares, JR Hankins, AL Moulton, S Attar, S Ali, S Lincoln, DC Green, A Sequeira, and JS McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 183-187. [Abstract]  

The management of subclavian artery injuries following blunt thoracic trauma

JT Sturm, JS Dorsey, FR Olson, and JF Perry, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 188-191. [Abstract]  

Occult rib fractures and brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy for open-heart operations

CE Baisden, LV Greenwald, and PN Symbas
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 192-194. [Abstract]  

Esophageal atresia with double fistula: the missed anomaly

AM Johnson, BM Rodgers, B Alford, GR Minor, and A Shaw
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 195-200. [Abstract]  

Two decades of experience with modified Heller's myotomy for achalasia

GP Pai, RG Ellison, JW Rubin, and HV Moore
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 201-206. [Abstract]  

Long-term survival following diverticulectomy for cancer in pharyngoesophageal (Zenker's) diverticulum

BS Huang, KK Unni, and WS Payne
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 207-210. [Abstract]  

Bronchial omentopexy in canine lung allotransplantation

P Dubois, L Choiniere, and JD Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 211-214. [Abstract]  

Computed tomography for evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer: correlation with surgical staging

RH Breyer, N Karstaedt, SA Mills, FR Johnston, RH Choplin, NT Wolfman, AS Hudspeth, and AR Cordell
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 215-220. [Abstract]  

Sealing the postpneumonectomy space: use of a pectoralis major myodermal flap

AG de la Rocha and GA Robertson
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 221-226. [Abstract]  

Single-stage complete muscle flap closure of the postpneumonectomy empyema space: a new method and possible solution to a disturbing complication

JI Miller, KA Mansour, F Nahai, MJ Jurkiewicz, and CR Hatcher, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 227-231. [Abstract]  

Identification and control of noncoronary collateral blood flow

SF Bolling, KR Kanter, JT Flaherty, VL Gott, and TJ Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 232-236. [Abstract]  

The prognostic value of intraoperative pressure gradients with congenital aortic stenosis

C Mavroudis, A Rees, R Solinger, and F Elbl
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 237-241. [Abstract]  

Pulmonary artery balloon counterpulsation for right ventricular failure: I. Experimental results

M Opravil, AJ Gorman, TC Krejcie, LL Michaelis, and JM Moran
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 242-253. [Abstract]  

Pulmonary artery balloon counterpulsation for right ventricular failure: II. Clinical experience

JM Moran, M Opravil, AJ Gorman, H Rastegar, SN Meyers, and LL Michaelis
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 254-259. [Abstract]  

Improved cardiovascular hemodynamics with atrioventricular sequential pacing compared with ventricular demand pacing

ST Raza, TZ Lajos, JN Bhayana, AB Lee, Jr, AN Lewin, B Gehring, and G Schimert
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 260-264. [Abstract]  

Operative intervention for postinfarction angina

WA Baumgartner, AM Borkon, J Zibulewsky, L Watkins, Jr, TJ Gardner, BH Bulkley, SC Achuff, KL Baughman, TA Traill, and VL Gott
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 265-267. [Abstract]  

Comparison of the protective properties of four clinical crystalloid cardioplegic solutions in the rat heart

LA Robinson, MV Braimbridge, and DJ Hearse
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 268-274. [Abstract]  

Five-year clinical experience with the Omniscience cardiac valve

R DeWall, LC Pelletier, A Panebianco, G Hicks, B Schuster, R Bonan, JP Martineau, and L Yip
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 275-280. [Abstract]  

Techniques for multiple internal mammary artery bypass grafts

AJ Tector and TM Schmahl
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 281-286. [Abstract]  

Effects of preoperative duration of symptoms on patients with myasthenia gravis

Y Monden, K Nakahara, K Kagotani, Y Fujii, S Nanjo, A Masaoka, and Y Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 287-291. [Abstract]  

Unusual sequelae of colon interposition for esophageal reconstruction: late obstruction requiring reoperation

RP Sterling, RC Kuykendall, MJ Carmichael, and K Khalil
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 292-295. [Abstract]  

A technique for immediate manual external aortic counterpulsation during cardiac surgery

JR Skinner, RH Zeff, C Kongtahworn, RS Toon, CD Smith, and SJ Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 296-297. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Pulmonary dirofilarial granuloma

F Ciferri
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 298.  

Postpneumonectomy empyema in bronchogenic carcinoma

C Del Campo
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 298-299.  

Neonatal lung abscess

A Yellin
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 299-300.  

Tracheal reconstruction

A Rioseco
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 300-301.  

Bilateral sequential IMA grafting

N Shapira and GM Lemole
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 301.  

Modification of Eder-Puestow dilators

FL Korompai and RH Hayward
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 301.  

Disruption of left brachiocephalic vein

GM Graeber and SM Fall
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 302.  

Surgical salvage of heart rupture

L Nunez and J Lopez-Sendon
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 302-303.  

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