Editorials:

It is time for a national cardiothoracic surgical data base

RE Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 755-756.  

Articles:

Early bypass operation after acute myocardial infarction

JL Ochsner
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 750-751.  

Cerebral blood flow during cardiopulmonary bypass: some new answers to old questions

JG Reves and WJ Greeley
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 752-754.  

Long-term survival after postinfarction bypass operation: early versus late operation

HS Floten, A Ahmad, JS Swanson, JA Wood, RD Chapman, CL Fessler, and A Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 757-762. [Abstract]  

Elevated hemidiaphragm after cardiac operations: incidence, prognosis, and relationship to the use of topical ice slush

JJ Curtis, W Nawarawong, JT Walls, RA Schmaltz, T Boley, R Madsen, and SK Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 764-768. [Abstract]  

Cerebral vasoreactivity to carbon dioxide during cardiopulmonary perfusion at normothermia and hypothermia

P Johnsson, K Messeter, E Ryding, J Kugelberg, and E Stahl
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 769-775. [Abstract]  

Use of azygos vein as interposition graft for surgical unifocalization of pulmonary blood supply

KS Iyer, M Varma, and RB Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 776-778. [Abstract]  

Surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma and Aspergillus empyema

T Shirakusa, H Ueda, T Saito, K Matsuba, J Kouno, and N Hirota
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 779-782. [Abstract]  

Effect of transannular patching on outcome after repair of tetralogy of Fallot

JK Kirklin, JW Kirklin, EH Blackstone, A Milano, and AD Pacifico
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 783-791. [Abstract]  

Coronary arterial and sinusal anatomy in hearts with a common arterial trunk

A Suzuki, SY Ho, RH Anderson, and JE Deanfield
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 792-797. [Abstract]  

Preservation of pancreatic beta cell function with pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass

H Nagaoka, R Innami, M Watanabe, M Satoh, F Murayama, and N Funakoshi
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 798-802. [Abstract]  

New outlook on pericardial substitution after open heart operations

S Gabbay, AM Guindy, JF Andrews, JJ Amato, P Seaver, and MY Khan
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 803-812. [Abstract]  

Reoperation after pericardial closure with bovine pericardium

J Eng, PS Ravichandran, CR Abbott, PH Kay, AJ Murday, and I Shreiti
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 813-815. [Abstract]  

Operation for acute postinfarction mitral insufficiency using continuous oxygenated blood cardioplegia

A Panos, GT Christakis, SV Lichtenstein, C Wittnich, H el-Dalati, and TA Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 816-819. [Abstract]  

Modified open thoracic rhizotomy for treatment of intractable chest wall pain of malignant etiology

E Arbit, JH Galicich, M Burt, and K Mallya
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 820-823. [Abstract]  

Thrombectomy of the Bjork-Shiley prosthetic valve revisited: long-term results [published erratum appears in Ann Thorac Surg 1990 May;49(5):854]

CG Montero, N Mula, R Brugos, G Tellez, and D Figuera
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 824-828. [Abstract]  

Effects of atrial cardioplegia on the ischemic right ventricle after acute coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion

JT Diehl, E Kaplan, AR Dresdale, A Kreis, MA Konstam, IM Ross, RJ Connolly, NG Pandian, M Aronovitz, and DD Payne
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 829-834. [Abstract]  

Simplified method for reoperation on the mitral valve

PI Praeger, RW Pooley, RA Moggio, ED Somberg, MR Sarabu, and GE Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 835-837. [Abstract]  

Large animal model of left ventricular aneurysm

LJ Markovitz, EB Savage, MB Ratcliffe, JE Bavaria, G Kreiner, RV Iozzo, WC Hargrove, 3d, DK Bogen, and LH Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 838-845. [Abstract]  

Tracheobronchial rupture due to blunt chest trauma: a follow-up study

SO Taskinen, JA Salo, PE Halttunen, and AR Sovijarvi
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 846-849. [Abstract]  

Percutaneous cricothyroidostomy (minitracheostomy) for bronchial toilet: results of therapeutic and prophylactic use

J Au, WS Walker, D Inglis, and EW Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 850-852. [Abstract]  

Combined coronary revascularization and splenectomy [published erratum appears in Ann Thorac Surg 1990 Sep;50(3):514]

R Koike, H Suma, T Oku, H Satoh, Y Sawada, and A Takeuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 853-854. [Abstract]  

Ultrasonic debridement of calcified pericardium in constrictive pericarditis

RG Johnson, RL Thurer, BH Lorell, and RM Weintraub
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 855-856. [Abstract]  

Tricuspid valve Candida endocarditis cured by valve-sparing debridement

M Tanaka, T Abe, S Hosokawa, Y Suenaga, and H Hikosaka
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 857-858. [Abstract]  

Solitary plasmacytoma of the sternum: surgical resection with long-term follow-up

AT Pezzella, SM Fall, FW Pauling, and TR Sadler
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 859-862. [Abstract]  

Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection

WH Frist, AW Winterland, EB Gerhardt, WH Merrill, JB Atkinson, TE Eastburn, JR Stewart, and DR Eisert
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 863-864. [Abstract]  

Carotid and aortic arch endarterectomy using hypothermic arrest with coronary bypass

H Nishida, RK Grooters, AA Yeager, H Soltanzadeh, KC Thieman, and RF Schneider
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 865-866. [Abstract]  

The serratus sling: a simplified serratus-sparing technique

RF Heitmiller
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 867-868. [Abstract]  

Improved visualization of the internal mammary artery with a new retractor system

J Pittman, J Fehrenbacher, S Pittman, and D Beckman
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 869-870. [Abstract]  

Left thoracotomy approach for coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with pericardial adhesions

I Gandjbakhch, C Acar, and C Cabrol
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 871-873. [Abstract]  

Axillary artery insertion of an intraaortic balloon pump

LR McBride, LW Miller, KS Naunheim, and DG Pennington
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 874-875. [Abstract]  

Heller's contribution to the surgical treatment of achalasia of the esophagus. 1914 [classical article]

WS Payne
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 876-881.  

Organ procurement for pulmonary transplantation

M Zenati, RD Dowling, JM Armitage, RL Kormos, JS Dummer, RL Hardesty, and BP Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 882-886. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Coronary-subclavian steal after coronary artery bypass grafting using the internal mammary artery

RM Brouwer
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 887.  

Autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood

JF Thompson and AD Chant
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 887-888.  

Impairment in right ventricular performance after left ventricular aneurysm operation

PG Durand, O Bastien, M George, JJ Lehot, A Gurbala, and S Estanove
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 888-889.  

Retrotracheal mediastinal goiter with contralateral extension

P Van Schil, W Vaneerdeweg, E Schoofs, and R Abs
Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48: 889-890.  

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