Editorials:

Pacemakers and the public image

JM Keshishian
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 549-550.  

Heart-lung transplantation

RR Lower
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 551.  

Operative mortality and morbidity for initial and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting

JR Pluth
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 552-553.  

Articles:

Heart-lung transplantation for irreversible pulmonary hypertension

SW Jamieson, EB Stinson, PE Oyer, BA Reitz, J Baldwin, D Modry, K Dawkins, J Theodore, S Hunt, and NE Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 554-562. [Abstract]  

Comparison of operative mortality and morbidity for initial and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting: The Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) registry experience

ED Foster, LD Fisher, GC Kaiser, and WO Myers
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 563-570. [Abstract]  

Isolated mitral valve replacement with the Hancock bioprosthesis: a 13- year appraisal

V Gallucci, U Bortolotti, A Milano, C Valfre, A Mazzucco, and G Thiene
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 571-578. [Abstract]  

Late outcome of patients with Braunwald-Cutter mitral valve replacement

SA Abdulali, NP Silverton, FJ Schoen, NR Saunders, and MI Ionescu
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 579-585. [Abstract]  

Use of the BioMedicus centrifugal pump in traumatic tears of the thoracic aorta

HF Olivier, Jr, TD Maher, GA Liebler, SB Park, JA Burkholder, and GJ Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 586-591. [Abstract]  

Factors and their influence on regional cerebral blood flow during nonpulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass

AV Govier, JG Reves, RD McKay, RB Karp, GL Zorn, RB Morawetz, LR Smith, M Adams, and AM Freeman
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 592-600. [Abstract]  

An alternative method for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava

HE Warden, RA Gustafson, TJ Tarnay, and WA Neal
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 601-605. [Abstract]  

Surgical treatment of congenital esophageal atresia

MF McKneally, LW Britton, JR Scott, and HW Kausel
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 606-610. [Abstract]  

Esophagogastrectomy as palliative treatment for esophageal carcinoma: results obtained in the setting of a thoracic surgery residency program

BA Keagy, GF Murray, PJ Starek, JW Battaglini, ME Lores, and BR Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 611-616. [Abstract]  

Clinical impact of intravenous hyperalimentation on esophageal carcinoma: is it worthwhile?

SJ Brister, RC Chiu, RA Brown, and DS Mulder
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 617-621. [Abstract]  

The feasibility of adjuvant surgery in limited-stage small cell carcinoma: a prospective evaluation

RL Prager, JM Foster, JD Hainsworth, KR Hande, DH Johnson, SN Wolff, FA Greco, and HW Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 622-626. [Abstract]  

A family of epidermoid lung cancer models

JR Benfield, WG Hammond, EC Shors, R Paladugu, HY Pak, and RL Teplitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 627-632. [Abstract]  

Hospital mortality and long-term survival in relation to preoperative function in elderly patients with bronchogenic carcinoma

H Berggren, R Ekroth, R Malmberg, J Naucler, and G William-Olsson
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 633-636. [Abstract]  

Thrombolytic therapy for superior vena caval thrombosis following superior vena cava-pulmonary artery anastomosis

H Dajee, LS Deutsch, LN Benson, JK Perloff, and H Laks
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 637-639. [Abstract]  

A new method of closing the ventricular septal defect in corrected transposition of the great arteries

S Kitamura, C Oyama, K Kawachi, Y Miyagi, R Morita, Y Yamada, and S Taniguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 640-643. [Abstract]  

A safe approach to left ventriculotomy

JG Hunter, GJ Whitman, and AH Harken
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 644-645. [Abstract]  

Use of a sagittal oscillating saw for repeat sternotomy: a safer and simpler technique

BF Akl, SB Pett, Jr, and JA Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 646-647. [Abstract]  

Primary malignant mediastinal tumors

RB Adkins, Jr, MD Maples, and JD Hainsworth
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 648-659. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Brachial plexus injury after open-heart surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 660-661.  

Safe aorta-saphenous vein anastomosis

JA Rousou, RM Engelman, and RH Breyer
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 661-662.  

Aortic growth after aortoplasty

AL Moulton
Ann Thorac Surg 1984 38: 662-663.  

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