Articles:

Aortic valve decalcification: History repeated with a new result

Delos M. Cosgrove, Norman B. Ratliff, Hartzell V. Schaff, and William D. Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:689-690. [PDF] [References]  

Operation for stage IIIa small cell lung cancer?

Paul A. Bunn, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:691. [PDF] [References]  

Operation for small cell lung cancer—Where are we?

Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:692-693. [PDF] [References]  

Research and the practicing surgeon

Mark V. Braimbridge
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:694-700. [PDF] [References]  

Heart valve operations in patients with active infective endocarditis

Tirone E. David, Joanne Bos, George T. Christakis, Paulo R. Brofman, David Wong, and Christopher M. Feindel
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:701-705. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Valve repair in acute endocarditis

Gilles Dreyfus, Alain Serraf, Victor A. Jebara, Alain Deloche, Sylvain Chauvaud, Jean Paul Couetil, and Alain Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:706-713. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intraoperative management of patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Jeffrey R. Kappa, Carol A. Fisher, Barbara Todd, Nina Stenach, Patrice Bell, Fred Campbell, Norig Ellison, and V.Paul Addonizio
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:714-723. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Indications for esophagectomy in nonmalignant Barrett's esophagus: A 10-year experience

Nasser K. Altorki, David B. Skinner, Andrea Segalin, Janet K. Stephens, Mark K. Ferguson, and Alex G. Little
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:724-727. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Role of brachytherapy in the management of pulmonary and mediastinal malignancies

Joseph W. Lewis, Jr, Munther Ajlouni, Paul A. Kvale, Nicole Groux, Young Bae, Bruce S. Horowitz, and Donald J. Magilligan, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:728-733. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:733. [PDF]  

Correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection below the diaphragm

Steven J. Phillips, Chamnahn Kongtahworn, Robert H. Zeff, James R. Skinner, Basaviah Chandramouli, and John H. Gay
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:734-739. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic valve operation after percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty

Robert G. Johnson, Jatinder S. Dhillon, Robert L. Thurer, Robert D. Safian, and Ronald M. Weintraub
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:740-745. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic valve debridement by ultrasonic surgical aspirator: A word of caution

Joseph M. Craver
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:746-753. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Donor-specific cytotoxicity testing: An advance in detecting pulmonary allograft rejection

Richard H. Dal Col, Adriana Zeevi, Hanna Rabinowich, David B. Herlan, Samuel A. Yousem, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:754-758. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Operation for N2 small cell lung carcinoma

Georg M. Salzer, Ludwig C. Müller, Heinz Huber, Hubert Denz, Rudolf Gasser, Hermann Frommhold, and Ingrid Ebner
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:759-762. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Esophagogastrectomy via left thoracophrenotomy

Richard D. Page, Joseph F. Khalil, Richard I. Whyte, David K. Kaplan, and Raymund J. Donnelly
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:763-766. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Comparison of prostacyclin production of human gastroepiploic artery and saphenous vein

Takahiko Oku, Sumiko Yamane, Hisayoshi Surna, Harumitsu Satoh, Ryu Koike, Yoshihide Sawada, and Atsuro Takeuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:767-770. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Selective approach to sternal closure after exploration for hemorrhage following coronary artery bypass

Joel A. Johnson, A.Erik Gundersen, Irwin D. Stickney, and Thomas H. Cogbill
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:771-774. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pediatric brain death and organ/tissue retrieval. Medical, ethical, and legal aspects: Edited by Howard H. Kaufman New York, Plenum, 1989 365 pp, illustrated, $49.50

Michael P. Kaye
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:774. [PDF]  

Palliative reconstruction of right ventricular outflow tract in tetralogy with hypoplastic pulmonary arteries

Yutaka Okita, Shigehito Miki, Kenji Kusuhara, Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Tahata, Kazuo Yamanaka, and Tokio Tamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:775-779. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Transcervical drainage is not enough

Michael J. Wheatley, Mack C. Stirling, Marvin M. Kirsh, Otto Gago, and Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:780-784. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Improved technique for bilateral lung transplantation: Rationale and initial clinical experience

Michael K. Pasque, Joel D. Cooper, Larry R. Kaiser, David A. Haydock, Anastasios Triantafillou, and Elbert P. Trulock
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:785-791. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:791. [PDF]  

Effect of storage at 4 °C in a nutrient medium on antigenic properties of rat aortic valve allografts

Hazem El Khatib, Sue Ann Thompson, and Flavian M. Lupinetti
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:792-796. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: Results in infants less than 3 months of age

Daniel Tamisier, Pascal R. Vouhé, Françoise Vernant, Francine Leca, Christian Massot, and Jean-Yves Neveux
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:797-801. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Use of aortic valve allografts from hepatitis B surface antigen-positive donors

A. Morris, M.G. Strickett, and B.G. Barratt-Boyes
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:802-805. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Heart and heart-lung transplantation: Edited by John Wallwork Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1989 566 pp, illustrated, $99.00

Leslie W. Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:805. [PDF]  

Use of gianturco self-expandable stents in the tracheobronchial tree

Andres Varela, Manuel Maynar, Duncan Irving, R. Dick, Ricardo Reyes, Hervé Rousseau, Luis Lopez, J.M. Pulido-Duque, J.G. Letourneau, and W.R. Castañeda-Zúñiga
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:806-809. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:809. [PDF]  

Management of extensive right ventricular injury or rupture

A.David Slater, John P. Gott, Gordon R. Tobin, II, and Laman A. Gray, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:810-813. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Unusually early recoarctation after extended end-to-end anastomosis in a neonate

T. Maehara, M. de Leval, and M. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:814-815. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Myocardial revascularization with the lateral costal artery

Alan R. Hartman, Kwabena I. Mawulawde, John P. Dervan, and Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:816-818. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Fatal left ventricular perforation during mitral balloon valvoplasty

John M. Robertson, Christian de Virgilio, William French, Carlos Ruiz, and Ronald J. Nelson
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:819-821. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic valve disruption after percutaneous aortic balloon valvoplasty

Otto Brdlik, Glenn W. Laub, Javier Fernandez, Dryden Morse, Francis P. Sutter, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:822-823. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgery of giant bulla with tube drainage and bronchofiberoptic bronchial occlusion

Hiroyuki Oizumi, Eishin Hoshi, Katsuhiko Aoyama, Yoshihiro Yuki, Katsumi Murai, Tsukasa Fujishima, and Masahiko Washio
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:824-825. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Use of bovine lung heparin to obviate anaphylactic shock caused by porcine gut heparin

Atsushi Harada, Katsuhiko Tatsuno, Toshio Kikuchi, Yukihiro Takahashi, Sadahiro Sai, Yasuo Murakami, and Katsumi Takada
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:826-827. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cystic pulmonary hamartoma

Kazumasa Miura, Takaki Hori, Kiyoshi Yoshizawa, Nobumasa Hamaguchi, and Junji Morita
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:828-829. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Recurrence and malignant transformation of endotracheal chondroma

U.-S. Salminen, P. Halttunen, E. Taskinen, and S. Mattila
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:830-832. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:832. [PDF]  

Circumflex exposure using a cardiac sling

I.F. Galvin and D.C. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:833-834. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Permanent pacemaker implantation: Retropectoral position and lead insertion through the subclavian vein

John Y.M. Relland
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:835-836. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgery for ventricular arrhythmia

John M. Moran
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:837-839. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Lung and heart-lung transplantation

Yves M. LeGal
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:840-844. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The trachea

Hermes C. Grillo and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:845-846. [PDF]  

Crossovers in coronary artery bypass grafting trials

Gerald S. Weinstein and Bruce Levin
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:847-848. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Lloyd D. Fisher, George C. Kaiser, Kathryn B. Davis, and Michael B. Mock
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:848. [PDF] [References]  

Cell viability in fresh, refrigerated, and cryopreserved human heart valve leaflets

Kelvin G.M. Brockbank
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:848-849. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Norman E Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:849. [PDF]  

Porcine versus pericardial bioprostheses

Paolo Stassano, Cesare Gagliardi, and Nicola Spampinato
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:849-851. [PDF] [References]  

Thoracoscopic ablation of blebs

R.C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:851. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Akio Wakabayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:851. [PDF]  

Aprotinin and open heart operations

Robert W.M. Frater
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:851-852. [PDF] [References]  

Management of sternal tumors

Alon Yellin and Yair Lieberman
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:852. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Shlomo Gabbay
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:852-853. [PDF] [References]  

Repair of sternal dehiscence using a Harrington compression system

R.P. Cochran and Rod J. Rohrich
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:853. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Robert G. Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:854. [PDF]  

Direct access to the paravertebral space at thoracotomy

Richard G. Berrisford and Sabaratnam S. Sabanathan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:854. [PDF] [References]  

Correction

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:854. [PDF]  

Notes from the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association

Gordon F. Murray
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:855. [PDF]  

Preliminary program 1990 Interim Meeting The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:856-860. [PDF]  

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