Editorials:

Apicoaortic shunts for left ventricular outflow obstruction

DR Salter and AS Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 607.  

Diffuse malignant mesothelioma: a therapeutic dilemma

RJ Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 608.  

Articles:

Apicoaortic conduits for complex left ventricular outflow obstruction: 10-year experience

MS Sweeney, WE Walker, DA Cooley, and GJ Reul
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 609-611. [Abstract]  

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for diffuse, malignant mesothelioma

MJ DaValle, LP Faber, CF Kittle, and RJ Jensik
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 612-618. [Abstract]  

Acute rejection after cardiac transplantation: detection by interstitial myocardial pH

TJ Takach, LR Glassman, ER Rodriguez, JT Falcone, VJ Ferrans, and RE Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 619-626. [Abstract]  

Mechanical support of the failing heart

SB Park, GA Liebler, JA Burkholder, TD Maher, DH Benckart, GJ Magovern, Jr, IY Christlieb, RL Kao, and Sr Magovern GJ
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 627-631. [Abstract]  

Reoperations for valve surgery: perioperative mortality and determinants of risk for 1,000 patients, 1958-1984

BW Lytle, DM Cosgrove, PC Taylor, CC Gill, M Goormastic, LR Golding, RW Stewart, and FD Loop
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 632-643. [Abstract]  

The Medtronic-Hall cardiac valve: 7 1/2 years' clinical experience

RL Beaudet, NL Poirier, D Doyle, G Nakhle, and C Gauvin
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 644-650. [Abstract]  

Closed-heart technique for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: further experience and potential limitations

GM Guiraudon, GJ Klein, AD Sharma, S Milstein, and DG McLellan
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 651-657. [Abstract]  

Determinants of cardiac failure after coronary bypass surgery within 30 days of acute myocardial infarction

NM Katz, TE Kubanick, SW Ahmed, CE Green, DL Pearle, LF Satler, CE Rackley, and RB Wallace
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 658-663. [Abstract]  

Atrial thrombi after the Fontan operation

AR Dobell, GA Trusler, JF Smallhorn, and WG Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 664-667. [Abstract]  

Five-year survival in treated stage I and II small cell carcinoma of the lung

JA Meyer
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 668-669. [Abstract]  

On antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery: a risk factor for wound infection

DE Lilienfeld, D Vlahov, JH Tenney, and JS McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 670-674. [Abstract]  

Temperature-specific effects of adjuvant diltiazem therapy on myocardial energetics following potassium cardioplegic arrest

IB Krukenkamp, NA Silverman, D Sorlie, A Pridjian, and S Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 675-680. [Abstract]  

Combined valve and coronary artery bypass procedures in septuagenarians and octogenarians: results in 120 patients

TP Tsai, JM Matloff, A Chaux, RM Kass, ME Lee, LS Czer, MA DeRobertis, and RJ Gray
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 681-684. [Abstract]  

Long-term efficacy of subendocardial resection in refractory ventricular tachycardia: relationship to site of arrhythmia origin

S Saksena, SM Hussain, N Wasty, I Gielchinsky, and V Parsonnet
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 685-689. [Abstract]  

Pharmacological, hematological, and physiological effects of a new thromboxane synthetase inhibitor (CGS-13080) during cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs

WM DeCampli, D Goodwin, JC Kosek, CE Handen, RS Mitchell, and DC Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 690-696. [Abstract]  

Intraaortic balloon entrapment: a complication of balloon perforation

E Milgalter, M Mosseri, G Uretzky, and H Romanoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 697-698. [Abstract]  

The value of computed tomography in postoperative pneumothorax following open-heart surgery

RA Esposito, A Boyd, and FC Spencer
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 699-701. [Abstract]  

Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor: a distinctive surgical and pathological entity

WB Sweeney, Z Vesoulis, and LC Blaum, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 702-704. [Abstract]  

Oxyphilic granular cell adenoma (oncocytoma) of the esophagus

KA Mansour, GS Zaatari, and JG Krick
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 705-707. [Abstract]  

Harvesting, routing, and anastomosing the left internal mammary artery graft

AD Pacifico, NJ Sears, and C Burgos
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 708-710. [Abstract]  

Surgical intervention in histoplasmosis

HE Garrett, Jr and CL Roper
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 711-722. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Injuries from high-explosive fragments

GN Sommer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 723.  

Reperfusion for evolving myocardial infarction

SJ Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 724.  

Blood utilization in open-heart surgery

A Aris, JM Caralps, and JM Padro
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 724-725.  

Risks of noncardiac operation in patients with coronary disease

AS Keats
Ann Thorac Surg 1986 42: 725.  

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