Articles:

Getting the most mileage from donated hearts

Paul Terasaki
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:177-178. [PDF] [References]  

Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care

Floyd D. Loop, Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove, Saade Mahfood, Martin C. McHenry, Marlene Goormastic, Robert W. Stewart, Leonard A.R. Golding, and Paul C. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:179-187. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Routine use of the left internal mammary artery graft in the elderly

Timothy J. Gardner, Peter S. Greene, Mary F. Rykiel, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron, Alfred S. Casale, Vincent L. Gott, Levi Watkins, Jr, and Bruce A. Reitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:188-194. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Seventeen-year experience with bilateral internal mammary artery grafts

David L. Galbut, Ernest A. Traad, Malcolm J. Dorman, Paul L. DeWitt, Parry B. Larsen, Paul A. Kurlansky, Jaclyn H. Button, Joan M. Ally, and Thomas O. Gentsch
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:195-201. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Results of internal thoracic artery grafting over 15 years: Single versus double grafts

Andrew C. Fiore, Keith S. Naunheim, Phillip Dean, George C. Kaiser, D.Glenn Pennington, Vallee L. Willman, Lawrence R. McBride, and Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:202-209. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Risks of bilateral internal mammary artery bypass grafting

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Thomas H. Wareing, Suzan F. Murphy, Cheryl Pelate, and William G. Marshall, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:210-219. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

HLA histocompatibility affects cardiac transplant rejection and may provide one basis for organ allocation

Verdi J. DiSesa, Paul C. Kuo, Keith A. Horvath, Gilbert H. Mudge, John J. Collins, Jr, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:220-224. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:224. [PDF]  

Dynamic aortomyoplasty to assist left ventricular failure

Juan C. Chachques, Pierre A. Grandjean, E.I.Cabrera Fischer, Christian Latremouille, Victor A. Jebara, Ivan Bourgeois, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:225-230. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Computerized activation sequence mapping of the human atrial septum

Byung-Chul Chang, Richard B. Schuessler, Constance M. Stone, Barry H. Branham, Thomas E. Canavan, John P. Boineau, Michael E. Cain, Peter B. Corr, and James L. Cox
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:231-241. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cancer recurrence after resection: T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer

Paul Thomas, Lawrence Rubinstein The Lung Cancer Study Group
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:242-247. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Diaphragmatic plication for unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis: A 10-year experience

D.R. Graham, D. Kaplan, C.C. Evans, C.R.K. Hind, and R.J. Donnelly
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:248-252. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical treatment of automatic atrial tachycardias

Paul J. Hendry, Douglas L. Packer, Mark P. Anstadt, Mark D. Plunkett, and James E. Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:253-260. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Experience with univentricular support in mortally ill cardiac transplant candidates

Robert L. Kormos, Harvey S. Borovetz, Thomas Gasior, James F. Antaki, John M. Armitage, John M. Pristas, Robert L. Hardesty, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:261-272. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Management of neonatal critical pulmonic stenosis in the balloon valvotomy era

Joseph Caspi, John G. Coles, Lee N. Benson, Robert M. Freedom, Patricia E. Burrows, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, George A. Trusler, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:273-278. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Reduction of complement activation during bypass by prime manipulation

R.S. Bonser, J.R. Dave, E.T. Davies, L. John, P. Taylor, H. Gaya, S.C. Lennox, and D. Vergani
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:279-283. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Important notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery regarding approved training

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:283. [PDF]  

Esophageal carcinoma in young patients

Masaki Mori, Shinji Ohno, Shinichi Tsutsui, Hiroshi Matsuura, Hiroyuki Kuwano, and Keizo Sugimachi
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:284-286. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Use of the argon beam electrocoagulator for performing pulmonary wedge resections

Valerie W. Rusch, Rodney Schmidt, Yoshimi Shoji, and Yoshihiko Fujimura
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:287-291. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Vascular properties of canine lungs perfused with Eurocollins solution and prostacyclin

Helmut Unruh, Mike Hoppensack, and Luis Oppenheimer
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:292-298. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

First human use of the Hemopump, a catheter-mounted ventricular assist device

O.H. Frazier, Richard K. Wampler, J.Michael Duncan, Wayne E. Dear, Michael P. Macris, Steven M. Parnis, and John M. Fuqua
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:299-304. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cardiac hemangioma with papillary endothelial hyperplasia: Report of a resected case and review of the literature

C. Abad, E. Campo, R. Estruch, E. Condom, C. Barriuso, D. Tassies, and J.C. Paré
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:305-308. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Dumbbell metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes of the heart and lung

Arlen G. Fleisher, G.Frank O. Tyers, David Hu, Eric M. Webber, and Cameron Essery
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:309-311. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intracavitary melanoma of the left atrium

Charles C. Canver, Thomas Z. Lajos, Zale Bernstein, Dennis P. DuBois, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:312-313. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical ablation for idiopathic ventricular tachycardia

Bradford P. Blakeman and David Wilber
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:314-316. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:316. [PDF]  

Chiari network entrapment of thromboemboli: Congenital inferior vena cava filter

Timothy A. Goedde, Donald Conetta, and John D. Rumisek
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:317-318. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Group F streptococcal empyema from aspiration of a grass inflorescence

Brace A. Baethge, Jane M. Eggerstedt, and F.Albert Olash, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:319-320. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary artery bypass grafting with unanticipated fibrosing mediastinitis

W.L. Holman, G.K. Sethi, and S.M. Scott
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:321-322. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Inferior epigastric artery as a conduit in myocardial revascularization: The alternative free arterial graft

Josef G. Vincent, Jacques A.M. van Son, and Stefan H. Skotnicki
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:323-325. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:325. [PDF]  

Hemorrhage control after removal of surgically implanted intraaortic balloon pump

John C. Opie
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:326-327. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

C. Walton Lillehei and total correction of tetralogy of Fallot

Vincent L. Gott
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:328-332. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Editor's note

C.Walton Lillehei
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:332. [PDF]  

Surgical management of heart-lung transplantation

B. Reichart, S. Vosloo, and J. Holl
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:333-340. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sequel of the internal mammary artery as a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt

Roxane McKay
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:341. [PDF] [References]  

Pericardial flap

John B. Flege, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:341. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

David S. Starr and J.Paul Moore
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:341-342. [PDF]  

One-stage operation for chronic empyema

James W. Pate
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:342. [PDF] [References]  

Aortic homograft for aortic valve endocarditis

Michael K. Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:342. [PDF] [References]  

Alternate technique for biopsy in lung transplantation patients

Irving M. Madoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:342-343. [PDF] [References]  

1989 Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Gordon F. Murray
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:344. [PDF]  

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