Articles:

Training of the Thoracic Surgeon

Richard M. Peters
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:565. [PDF]  

Long-term Outcome of Cardiac Valve Substitutes

Alexander S. Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:566-567. [PDF] [References]  

Intrinsic Failure of Hancock Mitral Bioprostheses: 10- to 15-Year Experience

Andrew H. Foster, Gail J. Greenberg, David J. Underhill, Charles L. McIntosh, and Richard E. Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:568-577. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Primary Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum

P.H. Kay, F.C. Wells, and P. Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:578-582. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Selective Operative Approach for Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Mediastinal Masses

Mark K. Ferguson, Eugene Lee, David B. Skinner, and Alex G. Little
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:583-586. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Important Notice for Contributors to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:586. [PDF]  

On-line Detection of Reversible Myocardial Ischemic Injury by Measurement of Myocardial Electrical Impedance

Martin I. Ellenby, Kent W. Small, Randall M. Wells, David J. Hoyt, and James E. Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:587-597. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intermediate-term Fate of Cryopreserved Allograft and Xenograft Valved Conduits

John W. Kirklin, Eugene H. Blackstone, Tadaaki Maehara, Albert D. Pacifico, James K. Kirklin, Sam Pollock, and Robert W. Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:598-606. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:606. [PDF]  

Factors Influencing Early and Late Survival in Patients with Combined Mitral Valve Replacement and Myocardial Revascularization and in Those with Isolated Replacement

Ignacio Garcia Andrade, Raymond Cartier, Paolo Panisi, Kamel Ennabli, and Claude M. Grondin
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:607-613. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Omental Pedicle Graft in the Management of Infected Ascending Aortic Prostheses

Donald W. Miller, Jr. and Douglas D. Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:614-617. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Current Surgery of the Heart: Edited by Arthur J. Roberts, C. Richard Conti. 1987, Philadelphia, Lippincott, illustrated, $55.00

Loren F. Hiratzka
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:617. [PDF]  

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 R.C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:618-624. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:624. [PDF]  

A Comparative Study of Conventional versus High-Frequency Jet Ventilation with Relation to the Incidence of Postoperative Morbidity in Thoracic Surgery

M. Nevin, J.P. Van Besouw, C.W. Williams, and J.R. Pepper
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:625-627. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary Artery Banding: Results and Current Indications in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

J.G. LeBlanc, P.G. Ashmore, E. Pineda, G.G. Sandor, M.W. Patterson, and M. Tipple
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:628-632. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Assessment of Residual Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Following Surgery Using the Response to Intravenous Propranolol

D.F. Wensley, T. Karl, J.E. Deanfield, M.R. de Leval, F.J. Macartney, and J. Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:633-636. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients 75 Years Old and Older

Bradford M. Blakeman, Roque Pifarré, Henry J. Sullivan, Alvaro Montoya, Mamdouh Bakhos, John G. Grieco, and Bryan K. Foy
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:637-639. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Effects of Aprotinin on Hemostatic Mechanisms during Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Willem van Oeveren, Nicolaas J.G. Jansen, Ben P. Bidstrup, Dave Royston, Steven Westaby, Heinz Neuhof, and Charles R.H. Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:640-645. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Following Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass for Failed Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty

Harold L. Lazar and Constance K. Haan
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:646-650. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Repair of Right Ventricular Free Wall Defect with a Pedicled Muscle Flap

Mimis Cohen, Michael A. Marschall, Daniel M. Goldfaden, and Norman A. Silverman
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:651-652. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Cervical Esophagus: A Rare Tumor

Dennis Banducci, Riley Rees, Michael K. Bluett, and John L. Sawyers
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:653-655. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aneurysmal Dilatation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Case of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Jen-Ping Chang, Chau-Hsiung Chang, and Ming-Jang Sheih
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:656-657. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Right Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Bibiana Cujec, Brian Ulmer, John P. McKaigney, and Baikunth Bharadwaj
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:658-659. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Life-threatening Chylothorax after Left Internal Mammary Artery Dissection: Therapeutic Considerations

Francesco Di Lello, Paul H. Werner, Leonard H. Kleinman, Donald C. Mullen, and Robert J. Flemma
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:660-661. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Additional Aortopulmonary Anastomosis for Subaortic Obstruction in the Rastelli-Type Repair for the Taussig-Bing Malformation

Yasunaru Kawashima, Hikaru Matsuda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, and Jyunjiro Kobayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:662-664. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Circulatory Support 1988 Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri February 6–7, 1988 (weekend meeting)

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:664. [PDF]  

Pericardial Flap to Minimize Internal Mammary Artery Anastomotic Tension

Edward P. Todd, Gary F. Earle, Robert Jaggers, and Michael Sekela
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:665-666. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Evolving Concepts in Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury during Operations on the Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta

John C. Laschinger, Hiroshi Izumoto, and Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:667-674. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The Physician's View of Informed Consent

George Robinson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:675. [PDF] [References]  

Tracheoesophageal Trauma

William A. Walker, Saade S. Mahfood, and Donald C. Watson
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:675. [PDF] [References]  

Tracheoesophageal Trauma

Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:675-676. [PDF]  

Left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury

Jacob Abouav
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:676. [PDF] [References]  

Left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury

Theodore Phillips
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:676. [PDF]  

Impalement Injuries

Michael D. Horowitz and John L. Ochsner
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:676. [PDF] [References]  

Impalement Injuries

C. Schmidt
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:676-677. [PDF]  

Ischemic Optic Neuropathy and Cardiac Surgery

David A. Tice
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:677. [PDF] [References]  

Twenty-third Annual Meeting: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

George C. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:678. [PDF]  

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1987-1988

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:679-681. [PDF]  

Members

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:682-683. [PDF]  

Author Index

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:684-686. [PDF]  

Subject Index

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:687-698. [PDF]  

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