Editorials:

Coronary flow reserve: physiologically important, operatively altered, and clinically emerging

HB Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 469-470.  

Another look at reperfusion asystole

S Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 471-472.  

Treatment of achalasia: a continuing controversy

FH Ellis, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 473.  

Articles:

The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and cold cardioplegia on coronary flow velocity and the reactive hyperemic response in patients and dogs

LF Hiratzka, CL Eastham, JG Carter, JR Moyers, DR Elliott, DB Doty, CB Wright, and ML Marcus
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 474-481. [Abstract]  

Prolonged asystole during intraoperative myocardial reperfusion: an experimental study

AM Addetia, BF O'Reilly, GW Walsh, and P Reid
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 482-488. [Abstract]  

Surgical treatment of achalasia: results with esophagomyotomy and Belsey repair

AG Little, A Soriano, MK Ferguson, CS Winans, and DB Skinner
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 489-494. [Abstract]  

Surgical division of Wolff-Parkinson-White pathways utilizing the closed-heart technique: a 2-year experience in 47 patients

Y Mahomed, RD King, DP Zipes, WM Miles, EN Prystowsky, JJ Heger, and JW Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 495-504. [Abstract]  

Noninvasive three-dimensional reconstruction of the heart and great vessels by ECG-gated magnetic resonance imaging: a new diagnostic modality

JC Laschinger, MW Vannier, S Gronemeyer, F Gutierrez, M Rosenbloom, and JL Cox
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 505-514. [Abstract]  

Balloon valvuloplasty in calcified aortic stenosis: a cause for caution and alarm

F Robicsek, NB Harbold, Jr, HK Daugherty, JW Cook, JG Selle, PJ Hess, and JJ Gallagher
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 515-525. [Abstract]  

Changes in left ventricular systolic wall stress during biventricular circulatory assistance

JE Bavaria, MB Ratcliffe, KB Gupta, RK Wenger, DK Bogen, and LH Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 526-532. [Abstract]  

Internal mammary artery versus saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery: prospective randomized study with 10-year follow-up

RH Zeff, C Kongtahworn, LA Iannone, DF Gordon, TM Brown, SJ Phillips, JR Skinner, and M Spector
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 533-536. [Abstract]  

Predictors of operative mortality in critical valvular aortic stenosis presenting in infancy

JW Hammon, Jr, FM Lupinetti, MD Maples, WH Merrill, WH First, TP Graham, Jr, and HW Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 537-540. [Abstract]  

Cricoid split for subglottic stenosis in infancy

BA Michna, TM Krummel, T Tracy, Jr, JW Brooks, and AM Salzberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 541-543. [Abstract]  

The effect of glucose priming solutions in diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

JW Stephens, AH Krause, CA Peterson, JJ Bass, JE Hartman, NW Salomon, and WK Ward
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 544-547. [Abstract]  

Comparison of single versus multidose blood cardioplegia in arterial switch procedures

SY DeLeon, FS Idriss, MN Ilbawi, CE Duffy, DW Benson, Jr, and CL Backer
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 548-553. [Abstract]  

Initial experimental experience with a "replaceable" cardiac valve prosthesis

DK Cooper, WN Wicomb, GM Gould, and D Boonzaier
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 554-558. [Abstract]  

Transaxillary thoracotomy revisited

P Massimiano, RB Ponn, and AL Toole
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 559-560. [Abstract]  

Coronary embolism following atrial septal defect repair

CL Backer, RS Hartz, SN Meyers, and G Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 561-563. [Abstract]  

Spontaneous aortic thrombosis in a neonate presenting as coarctation

RM Hamilton, PA Penkoske, P Byrne, and NF Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 564-565. [Abstract]  

Massive hemoptysis complicating Behcet's syndrome: the importance of early pulmonary angiography and operation

F Salamon, A Weinberger, M Nili, I Avidor, M Neuman, A Zelikovsky, MJ Levy, and J Pinkhas
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 566-567. [Abstract]  

Sutureless aortic valve replacement for periannular abscess due to active bacterial endocarditis: a new translocation technique

M Endo, H Nishida, E Imamura, and H Koyanagi
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 568-569. [Abstract]  

The use of autologous pericardium for ventricular aneurysm closure

AC Fiore, PP McKeown, GA Misbach, MD Allen, and TD Ivey
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 570-571. [Abstract]  

Closure of the calcified patent ductus in the elderly: avoidance of ductal clamps and shunts

AM Johnson and IL Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 572-573. [Abstract]  

Combined carotid and coronary artery surgery: a review of the literature

DC Newman and RG Hicks
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 574-581. [Abstract]  

Carcinoma of the lung

EC Holmes
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 582.  

Letters:

Mediastinal hemangiomas

JM Rodriguez Paniagua, M Casillas, and A Iglesias
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 583.  

Transthoracic needle biopsy with bucrylate

JG Vincent
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 583-584.  

Nitrous oxide for blood pressure control

TJ Poulton
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 584-586.  

Spasm in mammary artery grafts

C Blanche and A Chaux
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 586.  

Air embolism prevention

JR Kalkunte
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 586-587.  

Right atrial approach for acquired posterior ventricular septal defect

JL Filgueira, M Cassinelli, SA Battistessa, H Estable, A Lorenzo, and R Scola
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 587-588.  

Cardiopulmonary bypass in leukemic patients

A Paccagnella, S De Angeli, G Caenaro, C Zussa, C Valfre, and G Simini
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 588.  

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