Articles:

Open Lung Biopsy Versus Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in the Immunosuppressed Patient

Richard B. McElvein
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:419-420. [PDF] [References]  

A Successful Century in Dealing with Bacterial Endocarditis

Stewart M. Scott
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:421. [PDF] [References]  

Prospective Randomized Study of Open Lung Biopsy Versus Empirical Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Pneumonitis in Nonneutropenic Cancer Patients

Dorothy Potter, Harvey I. Pass, Steve Brower, Abe Macher, Marcia Browne, Michael Thaler, Deborah Cotton, James Hathorn, Robert Wesley, Daniel Longo, Philip Pizzo, and Jack A. Roth
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:422-428. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Valve Replacement in Patients with Native Valve Endocarditis: What Really Determines Operative Outcome?

Richard S. D'Agostino, D. Craig Miller, Edward B. Stinson, R. Scott Mitchell, Philip E. Oyer, Stuart W. Jamieson, John C. Baldwin, and Norman E. Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:429-438. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:438. [PDF]  

Redo Operations for Recurrent Aneurysmal Disease of the Ascending Aorta and Transverse Aortic Arch

E. Stanley Crawford, John L. Crawford, Hazim J. Safi, and Joseph S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:439-455. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clamp/Repair: A Safe Technique for Treatment of Blunt Injury to the Descending Thoracic Aorta

Kenneth L. Mattox, Madelyn Holzman, Laurens R. Pickard, Arthur C. Beall, Jr., and Michael E. DeBakey
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:456-463. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cardiovascular Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) after Pneumonectomy in Dogs

Manuel E. Lores, Blair A. Keagy, Tom Vassiliades, G. William Henry, Carol L. Lucas, and Benson R. Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:464-468. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Effects of Varied Cardioplegic Perfusion Pressure on Myocardial Preservation with Critical Coronary Stenosis

Mark D. Avery, Jose Ybarra, Robert Estrello, Susan Norris, John J. Ghidoni, John W. Mack, Jr., J. Kent Trinkle, and Frederick L. Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:469-474. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Postoperative Left Ventricular Contractility in the Cardiac Surgical Patient: An Evaluation of the Force-Interval Relationship

James D. Sink, Page A.W. Anderson, and Andrew S. Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:475-482. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Clinical Comparison of Cold Blood Potassium Cardioplegia, Warm Cardioplegic Induction, and Secondary Cardioplegia

Arthur J. Roberts, Dennis D. Woodhall, Daniel G. Knauf, and James A. Alexander
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:483-487. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Asynchronous Rejection of Heart and Lungs Following Cardiopulmonary Transplantation

Bartley P. Griffith, Robert L. Hardesty, Alfredo Trento, and Henry T. Bahnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:488-493. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Fluorocarbons: A Potential Treatment of Cerebral Air Embolism in Open-Heart Surgery

Philippe Menasché, Elisabeth Pinard, Anne-Marie Desroches, Jacques Seylaz, Pierre Laget, Robert P. Geyer, and Armand Piwnica
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:494-497. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Cardiovascular Lesions: Technical Considerations and Results

Michael S. Sweeney, Denton A. Cooley, George J. Reul, David A. Ott, and J. Michael Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:498-503. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Reperfusion before Global Ischemic Arrest Improves the Salvage of Infarcting Myocardium

Peter J. Horneffer, Vincent L. Gott, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:504-508. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:508. [PDF]  

Repair of Corrected Transposition Associated with Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Stenosis

Florentino J. Vargas, Guillermo O. Kreutzer, Andres J. Schlichter, Miguel A. Granja, and Eduardo A. Kreutzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:509-511. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Beneficial Preparatory Aortopulmonary Shunt for Anatomical Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries with Intact Ventricular Septum

Hiroyuki Nakano, Ken Ueda, Akihiro Saito, Michio Yokota, Minoru Aoshima, and Yoshisada Shiraishi
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:512-515. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Acute Thoracic Inlet Obstruction in Achalasia with Adenoid Cystic and Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Bar[image]ur Sigurgeirsson, Kristinn B. Jóhannsson, Sverrir Har[image]arson, Páll Torfi Onundarson, and Gudmundur Thorgeirsson
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:516-518. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

An Improved Technique for Autotransfusion of Shed Mediastinal Blood

Delos M. Cosgrove, Daniel M. Amiot, and John J. Meserko
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:519-520. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A Technique for Direct-Vision Sternal Reentry

Ronald P. Grunwald
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:521-522. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ventricular Bypass

John C. Norman
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:523-524. [PDF] [References]  

Ventricular Bypass

William S. Pierce
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:524. [PDF]  

Primary Chest Wall Tumors

Arndt von Hippel
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:524. [PDF] [References]  

Primary Chest Wall Tumors

John R. Benfield
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:524-525. [PDF] [References]  

Editor's Note

Thomas B. Ferguson
Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:525. [PDF]  

Twentieth Postgraduate Program the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:526-527. [PDF]  

Program Twenty-Second Annual Meeting the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:528-534. [PDF]  

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