Articles:

Scientific Responsibility in Medical Reporting

Richard M. Peters
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:377. [PDF] [References]  

The Treatment of Advanced Cardiac Allograft Rejection

Michael S. Sweeney, Michael P. Macris, O.H. Frazier, John T. Sinnott, Miodrag Peric, and Hugh A. McAllister, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:378-381. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:381. [PDF]  

Incidence and Severity of Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection with Two Different Low-Dose Cyclosporine Maintenance Protocols

Günther Laufer, Axel Laczkovics, Gregor Wollenek, Wolfgang Schreiner, Inge Kober, and Ernst Wolner
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:382-388. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Gordon F. Murray
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:388. [PDF]  

Retrograde Coronary Sinus Perfusion

Harold E. Snyder, Walter Smithwick, III, J. Theodore Wingard, and Richard C. Agnew
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:389-390. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Right Ventricular Free Wall Isolation: Effects on Regional Myocardial Blood Flow

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., Tetsuo Asano, Peter K. Smith, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., and James L. Cox
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:391-395. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical Removal of a Mobile, Pedunculated Left Ventricular Thrombus: Report of 4 Cases

Moshe Nili, Ehud Deviri, Ruth Jortner, Boris Strasberg, and Morris J. Levy
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:396-400. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A New Technique of Internal Cardiac Cooling Improves Atrial Protection

Xiao-Zhong Chen, Gilbert C. Shardey, and Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:401-405. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Internal Cardiac Cooling Improves Atrial Preservation: Electrophysiological and Biochemical Assessment

Xiao-Zhong Chen, Mark Newman, and Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:406-411. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Transatrial Repair of Double-Chambered Right Ventricle

Deborah K. Ford, Charles A. Bullaboy, Wayne M. Derkac, Richard A. Hopkins, Rufus B. Jennings, Jr., and David H. Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:412-415. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma in Cardiac Surgery: Effect on Intraoperative and Postoperative Transfusion Requirements

Gerald F. Giordano, Shirley L. Rivers, George K.T. Chung, Robert B. Mammana, Joseph D. Marco, Allen R. Raczkowski, Adib Sabbagh, Richard G. Sanderson, and Burt S. Strug
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:416-419. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Extended and Total Aortic Resection in the Surgical Treatment of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Experience with 54 Patients

Carlo G. Massimo, Luigi F. Presenti, Piezluigi Marranci, Piero P. Favi, Alberto G. Poma, Maurizio Ponzalli, and Riccardo G. Viligiardi
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:420-424. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Continuous Intercostal Nerve Block for Pain Relief after Thoracotomy

Sabaratnam Sabanathan, Philip J. Bickford Smith, Gautam Narsing Pradhan, Hussain Hashimi, Ji-Bah Eng, and Alan J. Mearns
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:425-426. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Extended Aortoplasty to Relieve Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis

Scott Stewart, Chloe Alexson, and James Manning
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:427-429. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Impact of Acute Reduction in Chronically Elevated Left Atrial Pressure on Sodium and Water Excretion

Richard P. Shannon, Eric Libby, Dariush Elahi, Ronald M. Weintraub, Robert L. Thurer, Robert Johnson, and Jeanne Y. Wei
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:430-437. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortopulmonary Window in the First Year of Life: Report on 11 Surgical Cases

R. Tiraboschi, G. Salomone, G. Crupi, E. Manasse, A. Salim, M. Carminati, V. Vanini, and L. Parenzan
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:438-441. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Results of Intraaortic Balloon Pumping after Cardiac Surgery: Experience with the Percor Balloon Catheter

Francesco Di Lello, Donald C. Mullen, Robert J. Flemma, Alfred J. Anderson, Leonard H. Kleinman, and Paul H. Werner
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:442-446. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary and Systemic Vascular Resistance during Reperfusion after Global Myocardial Ischemia

Stanley B. Digerness, John W. Kirklin, David C. Naftel, Eugene H. Blackstone, James K. Kirklin, and Paul N. Samuelson
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:447-454. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:454. [PDF]  

Left Atrial Tumor Embolization During Pulmonary Resection: Review of Literature and Report of Two Cases

Kamal A. Mansour, Chris E. Malone, and Joseph M. Craver
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:455-456. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Isolated, Contained Esophagobronchial Fistula Complicating Esophagogastrectomy

William G. Hendren and Joseph I. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:457-458. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical Management of Coronary Insufficiency in a Child with Kawasaki's Disease: Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries

John L. Myers, Marie M. Gleason, Stephen E. Cyran, and Barry G. Baylen
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:459-461. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery: Edited by Jonathan L. Benumof. 1987, Philadelphia, Saunders, illustrated, $75.00

Jay Globerson and Robert Myyra
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:461. [PDF]  

Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema After Coronary Bypass Surgery

Nevin M. Katz, Bryan J. Buchholz, Edward Howard, John O'Connell, Kathleen DePellegrini, and Robert B. Wallace
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:462-464. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with a Tracheostoma: Use of a Bilateral Thoracotomy Incision

William G. Marshall, Jr., Ronald L. Meng, and Johann L. Ehrenhaft
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:465-466. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Chest Wall Stabilization Using Plate Fixation

John E. Sherman, Andrew Salzberg, Noel M. Raskin, and Edward J. Beattie
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:467-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Carbodissection of the Internal Thoracic Artery Pedicle

Myles Edwin Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:470-471. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Hugh Morriston Davies and Lobectomy for Cancer, 1912

John A. Meyer
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:472-474. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary Sinus Interventions during Cardiac Surgery

Harold L. Lazar
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:475-482. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:482. [PDF]  

Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection

W. Douglas Boyd, Virginia M. Walley, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:483. [PDF] [References]  

Assessment of Exercise Oxygen Consumption

Gerald N. Olsen and Darryl S. Weiman
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:483-484. [PDF] [References]  

Retrieval of Metallic Objects from the Pericardial Cavity

Thomas Kalmbach and Thomas Z. Lajos
Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:484. [PDF] [References]  

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