Editorials:

Combined therapy for carcinoma of the esophagus: panacea or puzzle?

CF Mountain
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 353-354.  

Results in closed mitral valvotomy

FC Spencer
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 355.  

Adjuvant therapy of stage III non-small cell lung cancer

JR Benfield
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 356.  

Articles:

Preoperative chemotherapy, surgical resection, and selective postoperative therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

AD Hilgenberg, RW Carey, EW Wilkins, Jr, NC Choi, DJ Mathisen, and HC Grillo
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 357-363. [Abstract]  

Actuarial analysis of late results after closed mitral valvotomy

AO Molajo, DH Bennett, CL Bray, NH Brooks, AN Rahman, H Moussalli, JF Dark, and B Faragher
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 364-369. [Abstract]  

The effects of preoperative chemotherapy on the resectability of non- small cell lung carcinoma with mediastinal lymph node metastases (N2 M0)

N Martini, MG Kris, RJ Gralla, MS Bains, PM McCormack, LR Kaiser, ME Burt, and MB Zaman
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 370-379. [Abstract]  

Surgical treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma: a retrospective study of 720 thoracotomies

G Deneffe, LM Lacquet, E Verbeken, and G Vermaut
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 380-383. [Abstract]  

Repair of tricuspid atresia: utility of right ventricular incorporation

JG Coles, M Leung, S Kielmanowicz, RM Freedom, LN Benson, M Rabinovitch, H Sherret, H Dasmahapatra, GA Trusler, and PR McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 384-389. [Abstract]  

Prostacyclin production in free versus native IMA grafts

PT Aarnio, AL Harjula, L Viinikka, EM Merikallio, and SP Mattila
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 390-392. [Abstract]  

Surgical spectrum of aortic stenosis in children: a thirty-year experience with 257 children

JW Brown, LS Stevens, S Holly, R Robison, M Rodefeld, T Grayson, B Marts, RA Caldwell, RA Hurwitz, and DA Girod
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 393-403. [Abstract]  

Treatment of ruptured or elongated anterior mitral valve chordae by partial transposition of the posterior leaflet: experience with 29 patients

A Lessana, M Romano, G Lutfalla, C Carbone, E Palsky, SA Amalou, and M Escorsin
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 404-408. [Abstract]  

The artificial heart: infection-related morbidity and its effect on transplantation

BP Griffith, RL Kormos, RL Hardesty, JM Armitage, and JS Dummer
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 409-414. [Abstract]  

New concepts in revascularization of the myocardium

M Mirhoseini, S Shelgikar, and MM Cayton
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 415-420. [Abstract]  

Comparison of bioimpedance and thermodilution methods for determining cardiac output: experimental and clinical studies

FG Spinale, HD Reines, and FA Crawford, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 421-425. [Abstract]  

Hepaticothoracic transdiaphragmatic echinococcosis

JL Freixinet, CA Mestres, E Cugat, M Mateu, JM Gimferrer, M Catalan, MA Callejas, E Letang, and J Sanchez-Lloret
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 426-429. [Abstract]  

Fontan repair for tricuspid atresia: experience with 50 consecutive patients

FP Annecchino, F Brunelli, A Borghi, P Abbruzzese, M Merlo, and L Parenzan
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 430-436. [Abstract]  

Use of a Bayesian statistical model for risk assessment in coronary artery surgery

FH Edwards, RA Albus, R Zajtchuk, GM Graeber, MJ Barry, JD Rumisek, and G Arishita
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 437-440. [Abstract]  

Successful surgical repair of truncus arteriosus with interrupted aortic arch in infancy by an anterior approach

K Fujiwara, Y Yokota, F Okamoto, Y Kiyota, E Sugawara, J Iemura, and S Makino
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 441-444. [Abstract]  

Upper extremity claudication 10 years after a Blalock-Taussig shunt treated with a carotid-to-subclavian graft

MT Watkins, JJ Ricotta, JA Manning, and S Stewart
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 445-446. [Abstract]  

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: does diagnosis require thoracotomy?

AG Fleisher, JJ Messina, SF Ryan, and KS Hopkins
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 447-448. [Abstract]  

Tracheoesophageal fistula associated with Barrett's ulcer: the importance of reflux control

JT Diehl, L Thomas, MB Bloom, AR Dresdale, P Harasimowicz, BD Daly, and RJ Cleveland
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 449-450. [Abstract]  

A new technique for delivering the stomach or colon to the neck following total esophagectomy

RI Inculet, RJ Finley, and JD Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 451-452. [Abstract]  

Use of the internal mammary artery in myocardial revascularization

GE Green
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 453-454. [Abstract]  

The clinical spectrum of cardiac fibroma with diagnostic and surgical considerations: noninvasive imaging enhances management

LF Parmley, RK Salley, JP Williams, and GB Head, 3d
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 455-465. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Ventricular fibrillation after myocardial revascularization

RL Beaudet
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 466.  

Disc immobilization with valve replacement

PK Ghosh
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 466-467.  

Pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

RB Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 467-468.  

Skeletonized internal mammary artery

LJ Mills
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 468.  

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