Editorials:

Lung transplantation: a new era

JD Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 447-448.  

Adenosquamous carcinoma and the biology of lung cancer

EC Holmes
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 449.  

Articles:

Thoracic surgery manpower: the fourth manpower study of thoracic surgery: 1985 report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Manpower of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

FD Loop, BR Wilcox, JN Cunningham, Jr, RG Fosburg, AS Geha, H Laks, JB Mark, K Badhwar, and GW Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 450-461. [Abstract]  

Adenosquamous lung carcinoma: clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis

KS Naunheim, JR Taylor, C Skosey, PC Hoffman, MK Ferguson, HM Golomb, and AG Little
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 462-466. [Abstract]  

Myocardial adenosine triphosphate content as a measure of metabolic and functional myocardial protection in children undergoing cardiac operation

JW Hammon, Jr, TP Graham, Jr, RJ Boucek, Jr, MD Parrish, WH Merrill, and HW Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 467-470. [Abstract]  

Medical versus early surgical therapy in patients with triple-vessel disease and mild angina pectoris: a CASS registry study of survival

WO Myers, BJ Gersh, LD Fisher, MB Mock, DR Holmes, HV Schaff, S Gillispie, TJ Ryan, and GC Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 471-486. [Abstract]  

Exercise tolerance test in lung cancer patients: the relationship between exercise capacity and postthoracotomy hospital mortality

S Miyoshi, K Nakahara, K Ohno, Y Monden, and Y Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 487-490. [Abstract]  

Bronchogenic cysts above and below the diaphragm: report of eight cases

MP Coselli, P de Ipolyi, RS Bloss, RF Diaz, and JB Fitzgerald
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 491-494. [Abstract]  

Indication for systemic-pulmonary artery shunts guided by two- dimensional and Doppler echocardiography: criteria for patient selection

B Marino, A Corno, L Pasquini, P Guccione, MG Carta, L Ballerini, G de Simone, and C Marcelletti
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 495-498. [Abstract]  

Preoperative evaluation of the thoracic aorta using MRI and angiography

EW Akins, MJ Carmichael, JA Hill, and AA Mancuso
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 499-507. [Abstract]  

Infection prophylaxis in pulmonary surgery: a randomized prospective study

M Tarkka, R Pokela, M Lepojarvi, J Nissinen, and P Karkola
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 508-513. [Abstract]  

The association of unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding with calcific aortic stenosis

RM King, JR Pluth, and ER Giuliani
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 514-516. [Abstract]  

Indications and techniques for midline approach to aortic coarctation in infants and children

RM Ungerleider and PA Ebert
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 517-522. [Abstract]  

Bubble oxygenation and cardiotomy suction impair the host defense during cardiopulmonary bypass: a study in dogs

W van Oeveren, J Dankert, and CR Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 523-528. [Abstract]  

Reduction of perioperative hemorrhage by anterior mediastinal spray application of fibrin glue during cardiac operations

WD Spotnitz, MS Dalton, JW Baker, and SP Nolan
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 529-531. [Abstract]  

Survival following nonpenetrating traumatic rupture of cardiac chambers

BJ Leavitt, JA Meyer, JR Morton, DE Clark, WE Herbert, and CA Hiebert
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 532-535. [Abstract]  

Aortic origin of right pulmonary artery: successful surgical correction in three consecutive patients

SA Nashef, MP Jamieson, JC Pollock, and AB Houston
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 536-538. [Abstract]  

The Blalock-Taussig shunt in infants: standard versus modified

RL Ullom, RM Sade, FA Crawford, Jr, BA Ross, and F Spinale
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 539-543. [Abstract]  

The infected chest wall prosthesis: management by excision and contralateral transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap

EA Wiebke, HD McDonald, and HI Pass
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 544-545. [Abstract]  

Persistent left superior vena cava causing subdivided left atrium: diagnosis, embryological implications, and surgical management

RJ Ascuitto, NT Ross-Ascuitto, GS Kopf, J Fahey, CS Kleinman, WE Hellenbrand, and NS Talner
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 546-549. [Abstract]  

Acquired left ventricular to coronary sinus fistula: an unusual complication of acute myocardial infarction

SS Mahfood, DC Watson, TG Di Sessa, SL Nunn, and TE Ratts
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 550-551. [Abstract]  

Bovine pericardium: a source of pulmonary venous obstruction in the Mustard procedure

RP Cochran and EC McGough
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 552-553. [Abstract]  

Heyde's syndrome: failure of a mechanical prosthesis and the possibility of a coagulation defect

FA Baciewicz, Jr and JT Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 554-555. [Abstract]  

Improved technique for the proximal anastomosis with free internal mammary artery grafts

KR Kanter and HB Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 556-557. [Abstract]  

An easy and safe technique for ventricular septal defect closure in hearts with atrioventricular discordant connection and dextrocardia

LS Fox
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 558-559. [Abstract]  

Acute putrid abscess of the lung. By Harold Neuhof and Arthur SW Touroff. 1936 [classical article]

EW Wilkins, Jr and AS Touroff
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 560-561. [Abstract]  

Preoperative assessment of pulmonary function

WG Wolfe
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 562-563.  

Letters:

Electrocautery for dissection of implantable defibrillator leads

GH Almassi and GN Olinger
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 564.  

Legionnaires' disease

SJ Phillips, RH Zeff, and D Gervich
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 564.  

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