Editorials:

Training of the thoracic surgeon

RM Peters
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 565.  

Long-term outcome of cardiac valve substitutes

AS Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 566-567.  

Articles:

Intrinsic failure of Hancock mitral bioprostheses: 10- to 15-year experience

AH Foster, GJ Greenberg, DJ Underhill, CL McIntosh, and RE Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 568-577. [Abstract]  

A multidisciplinary approach to primary nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the mediastinum

PH Kay, FC Wells, and P Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 578-582. [Abstract]  

Selective operative approach for diagnosis and treatment of anterior mediastinal masses

MK Ferguson, E Lee, DB Skinner, and AG Little
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 583-586. [Abstract]  

On-line detection of reversible myocardial ischemic injury by measurement of myocardial electrical impedance

MI Ellenby, KW Small, RM Wells, DJ Hoyt, and JE Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 587-597. [Abstract]  

Intermediate-term fate of cryopreserved allograft and xenograft valved conduits

JW Kirklin, EH Blackstone, T Maehara, AD Pacifico, JK Kirklin, S Pollock, and RW Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 598-606. [Abstract]  

Factors influencing early and late survival in patients with combined mitral valve replacement and myocardial revascularization and in those with isolated replacement

I Garcia Andrade, R Cartier, P Panisi, K Ennabli, and CM Grondin
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 607-613. [Abstract]  

Omental pedicle graft in the management of infected ascending aortic prostheses

DW Miller, Jr and DD Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 614-617. [Abstract]  

Left ventricular full-thickness cardiomyoplasty with pericardial neoendocardium: experimental development of a surgical procedure

M Dewar, G Walsh, R Abraham, J DeSimon, E Foot, J Stewart, R Fraser, and RC Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 618-624. [Abstract]  

A comparative study of conventional versus high-frequency jet ventilation with relation to the incidence of postoperative morbidity in thoracic surgery

M Nevin, JP Van Besouw, CW Williams, and JR Pepper
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 625-627. [Abstract]  

Pulmonary artery banding: results and current indications in pediatric cardiac surgery

JG LeBlanc, PG Ashmore, E Pineda, GG Sandor, MW Patterson, and M Tipple
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 628-632. [Abstract]  

Assessment of residual right ventricular outflow tract obstruction following surgery using the response to intravenous propranolol

DF Wensley, T Karl, JE Deanfield, MR de Leval, FJ Macartney, and J Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 633-636. [Abstract]  

Aortic valve replacement in patients 75 years old and older

BM Blakeman, R Pifarre, HJ Sullivan, A Montoya, M Bakhos, JG Grieco, and BK Foy
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 637-639. [Abstract]  

Effects of aprotinin on hemostatic mechanisms during cardiopulmonary bypass

W van Oeveren, NJ Jansen, BP Bidstrup, D Royston, S Westaby, H Neuhof, and CR Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 640-645. [Abstract]  

Determinants of myocardial infarction following emergency coronary artery bypass for failed percutaneous coronary angioplasty

HL Lazar and CK Haan
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 646-650. [Abstract]  

Repair of right ventricular free wall defect with a pedicled muscle flap

M Cohen, MA Marschall, DM Goldfaden, and NA Silverman
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 651-652. [Abstract]  

Pleomorphic adenoma of the cervical esophagus: a rare tumor

D Banducci, R Rees, MK Bluett, and JL Sawyers
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 653-655. [Abstract]  

Aneurysmal dilatation of patent ductus arteriosus in a case of Ehlers- Danlos syndrome

JP Chang, CH Chang, and MJ Sheih
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 656-657. [Abstract]  

Right atrial myxoma presenting as Budd-Chiari syndrome

B Cujec, B Ulmer, JP McKaigney, and B Bharadwaj
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 658-659. [Abstract]  

Life-threatening chylothorax after left internal mammary artery dissection: therapeutic considerations

F Di Lello, PH Werner, LH Kleinman, DC Mullen, and RJ Flemma
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 660-661. [Abstract]  

Additional aortopulmonary anastomosis for subaortic obstruction in the Rastelli-type repair for the Taussig-Bing malformation

Y Kawashima, H Matsuda, K Taniguchi, and J Kobayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 662-664. [Abstract]  

Pericardial flap to minimize internal mammary artery anastomotic tension

EP Todd, GF Earle, R Jaggers, and M Sekela
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 665-666. [Abstract]  

Evolving concepts in prevention of spinal cord injury during operations on the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta

JC Laschinger, H Izumoto, and NT Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 667-674. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Tracheoesophageal trauma

WA Walker, SS Mahfood, and DC Watson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 675-676.  

The physician's view of informed consent

G Robinson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 675.  

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

J Abouav
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 676.  

Impalement injuries

MD Horowitz and JL Ochsner
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 676-677.  

Ischemic optic neuropathy and cardiac surgery

DA Tice
Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44: 677.  

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