Editorials:

Open lung biopsy versus empirical antibiotic therapy in the immunosuppressed patient

RB McElvein
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 419-420.  

Articles:

A successful century in dealing with bacterial endocarditis

SM Scott
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 421.  

Prospective randomized study of open lung biopsy versus empirical antibiotic therapy for acute pneumonitis in nonneutropenic cancer patients

D Potter, HI Pass, S Brower, A Macher, M Browne, M Thaler, D Cotton, J Hathorn, R Wesley, and D Longo
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 422-428. [Abstract]  

Valve replacement in patients with native valve endocarditis: what really determines operative outcome?

RS D'Agostino, DC Miller, EB Stinson, RS Mitchell, PE Oyer, SW Jamieson, JC Baldwin, and NE Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 429-438. [Abstract]  

Redo operations for recurrent aneurysmal disease of the ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch

ES Crawford, JL Crawford, HJ Safi, and JS Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 439-455. [Abstract]  

Clamp/repair: a safe technique for treatment of blunt injury to the descending thoracic aorta

KL Mattox, M Holzman, LR Pickard, AC Beall, Jr, and ME DeBakey
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 456-463. [Abstract]  

Cardiovascular effects of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) after pneumonectomy in dogs

ME Lores, BA Keagy, T Vassiliades, GW Henry, CL Lucas, and BR Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 464-468. [Abstract]  

Effects of varied cardioplegic perfusion pressure on myocardial preservation with critical coronary stenosis

MD Avery, J Ybarra, R Estrello, S Norris, JJ Ghidoni, JW Mack, Jr, JK Trinkle, and FL Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 469-474. [Abstract]  

Postoperative left ventricular contractility in the cardiac surgical patient: an evaluation of the force-interval relationship

JD Sink, PA Anderson, and AS Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 475-482. [Abstract]  

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: clinical comparison of cold blood potassium cardioplegia, warm cardioplegic induction, and secondary cardioplegia

AJ Roberts, DD Woodhall, DG Knauf, and JA Alexander
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 483-487. [Abstract]  

Asynchronous rejection of heart and lungs following cardiopulmonary transplantation

BP Griffith, RL Hardesty, A Trento, and HT Bahnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 488-493. [Abstract]  

Fluorocarbons: a potential treatment of cerebral air embolism in open- heart surgery

P Menasche, E Pinard, AM Desroches, J Seylaz, P Laget, RP Geyer, and A Piwnica
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 494-497. [Abstract]  

Hypothermic circulatory arrest for cardiovascular lesions: technical considerations and results

MS Sweeney, DA Cooley, GJ Reul, DA Ott, and JM Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 498-503. [Abstract]  

Reperfusion before global ischemic arrest improves the salvage of infarcting myocardium

PJ Horneffer, VL Gott, and TJ Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 504-508. [Abstract]  

Repair of corrected transposition associated with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis

FJ Vargas, GO Kreutzer, AJ Schlichter, MA Granja, and EA Kreutzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 509-511. [Abstract]  

Beneficial preparatory aortopulmonary shunt for anatomical repair of transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum

H Nakano, K Ueda, A Saito, M Yokota, M Aoshima, and Y Shiraishi
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 512-515. [Abstract]  

Acute thoracic inlet obstruction in achalasia with adenoid cystic and squamous cell carcinoma

B Sigurgeirsson, KB Johannsson, S Haroarson, PT Onundarson, and G Thorgeirsson
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 516-518. [Abstract]  

An improved technique for autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood

DM Cosgrove, DM Amiot, and JJ Meserko
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 519-520. [Abstract]  

A technique for direct-vision sternal reentry

RP Grunwald
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 521-522. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Ventricular bypass

JC Norman
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 523-524.  

Primary chest wall tumors

A von Hippel
Ann Thorac Surg 1985 40: 524-525.  

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