Articles:

Surgical management of chronic empyema: The role of thoracoplasty

Peter C. Pairolero and Victor F. Trastek
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:689-690. [PDF] [References]  

Behavior of small bronchial carcinomas

Thomas W. Shields
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:691-692. [PDF] [References]  

Choreoathetosis as a complication of cardiopulmonary bypass

Brian G. Barratt-Boyes
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:693-694. [PDF] [References]  

Thoracoplasty: Current application to the infected pleural space

Terrence P. Horrigan and Norman J. Snow
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:695-699. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Repair of supravalvar aortic stenosis: Cardiovascular morphometric and hemodynamic results

Paul W. Braunstein, Jr, Robert M. Sade, Fred A. Crawford, Jr, and Paul C. Oslizlok
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:700-707. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Strategy for lymphadenectomy in lung cancer three centimeters or less in diameter

Teruyoshi Ishida, Tokujiro Yano, Kazunobu Maeda, Satoshi Kaneko, Masahiro Tateishi, and Keizo Sugimachi
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:708-713. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Important announcement for authors

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:713. [PDF]  

Choreoathetosis after deep hypothermia without circulatory arrest

Serafin DeLeon, Michel Ilbawi, Rene Arcilla, Anthony Cutilletta, Robert Egel, Alfonso Wong, Jose Quinones, Tarek Husayni, Mounir Obeid, Rabi Sulayman, and Farouk Idriss
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:714-719. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Prognostic determinants in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure in newborns

Thomas R. Weber, Robert H. Connors, Thomas F. Tracy, Jr, Patrick V. Bailey, Cindy Stephens, and William Keenan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:720-723. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Acquired benign esophagorespiratory fistula: Report of 16 consecutive cases

Zoran Gerzic, Srdjan Rakic, and Tomislav Randjelovic
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:724-727. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Correction of truncus arteriosus with truncal valvar stenosis or insufficiency using two homografts

Ronald C. Elkins, John B. Steinberg, Jerry D. Razook, Kent E. Ward, Edward D. Overholt, and Webb M. Thompson, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:728-733. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice to readers of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

J.Kent Trinkle
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:733. [PDF]  

Influence of prosthetic design on durability of the liotta porcine valve in the mitral position

Uberto Bortolotti, Aldo Milano, Alessandro Mazzucco, Francisco Guerra, Giovanni Stellin, Enrico Talenti, Gaetano Thiene, and Vincenzo Gallucci
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:734-738. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical management of pulmonary metastatic leiomyosarcoma with gross endobronchial extension

William H. Warren, Phyllis Bleck, C.Frederick Kittle, and L.Penfield Faber
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:739-742. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clinical performance of St. Jude and Medtronic-Hall prostheses: A randomized comparative study

Manuel J. Antunes
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:743-747. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clinical experience with the Medtronic-Hall valve prosthesis

Robert J. Keenan, John M. Armitage, Alfredo Trento, Ralph D. Siewers, Robert L. Hardesty, Henry T. Bahnson, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:748-753. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Giant chest wall tumor resulting from tissue reaction to foreign bodies

Ichiro Fukai, Masaaki Sano, Hiroshi Niwa, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Takeo Mizuno, and Akira Masaoka
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:754-756. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Air contamination in open heart surgery with disposable coveralls, gowns, and drapes

K. Verkkala, P. Mäkelä, J. Ojajärvi, L. Tiittanen, and J. Hoborn
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:757-760. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Donald J. Kennedy
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:761. [PDF]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:761. [PDF]  

Aortic dissection with the entrance tear in transverse aorta: Analysis of 12 autopsy patients

Charles Stewart Roberts and William Clifford Roberts
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:762-766. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Unusual opening of coronary sinus in atrioventricular septal defects

Benson R. Wilcox, Robert H. Anderson, G.William Henry, and Sandra S. Mattos
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:767-770. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Myocardial preservation using lidocaine blood cardioplegia

Andrew C. Fiore, Keith S. Naunheim, Jay Taub, Paul Braun, Lawrence R. McBride, D.Glenn Pennington, George C. Kaiser, Vallee L. Willman, and Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:771-775. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Internal mammary artery revascularization in the patient on long-term renal dialysis

Bradford P. Blakeman, Henry J. Sullivan, Bryan K. Foy, Paul A. Sobotka, and Roque Pifarre
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:776-778. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Timing of operation for aortic regulation: Relation to postoperative contractile state

Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Susumu Nakano, Hikaru Matsuda, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Kei Sakai, Tomohide Kawamoto, Shigehiko Sakaki, Junjiro Kobayashi, Hideo Shintani, Masataka Mitsuno, and Yasunaru Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:779-785. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Joseph LoCicero, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:789-790. [PDF] [References]  

Interventional and surgical cardiovascular pathology: Clinical correlations and basic principles: By Fredrick J. Schoen Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders 432 pp, illustrated, $75.00

Thomas A. Orszulak
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:790. [PDF]  

Prolonged extracorporeal life support of pediatric and adolescent cardiac transplant patients

Ralph E. Delius, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Robert Cilley, Douglas M. Behrendt, Edward L. Bove, G.Michael Deeb, Dennis Crowley, Kathleen P. Heidelberger, and Robert H. Bartlett
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:791-795. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary resection combined with cardiac operations

Charles C. Canver, Joginder N. Bhayana, Thomas Z. Lajos, Syed T. Raza, A.Norman Lewin, Jacob Bergsland, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:796-799. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for open heart operations

L.J. Miedzinski, J.C. Callaghan, E.A. Fanning, E.T. Gelfand, G. Goldsand, D. Modry, P. Penkoske, J. Preiksaitis, G. Sheehan, L. Sterns, G.D. Taylor, and D.L.J. Tyrrell
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:800-804. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Tension pneumopericardium as a complication of single-lung transplantation

L.James Cochrane, Marc E. Mitchell, Seshadri Raju, and J.Keith Mansel
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:808-810. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Vagal schwannoma

Richard F. Heitmiller, Joseph D. Labs, and Pamela A. Lipsett
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:811-813. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:813. [PDF]  

Successful fontan-type operation for a nonresectable right ventricular tumor

Charles A. Dietl
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:814-816. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Catastrophic thrombosis of porcine aortic bioprostheses

Peter A. Baciewicz, Carlos del Rio, Mark A. Goncalves, Omar M. Lattouf, Robert A. Guyton, and Douglas C. Morris
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:817-819. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Medical management of the cardiac surgical patient: Edited by Richard J. Gray and Jack M. Matloff Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1990 378 pp, illustrated, $52.95

Richard S. Jackson
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:819. [PDF]  

Combined repair of transposed great arteries and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Antonio Amodeo, Antonio Corno, Bruno Marino, Maria Grazia Carta, and Carlo Marcelletti
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:820-821. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Norwood operation for univentricular heart with subaortic stenosis in the neonate

Christo I. Tchervenkov, Marie J. Béland, David A. Latter, and Anthony R.C. Dobell
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:822-825. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgery of the chest, 5th edition, volume II: Edited by David C. Sabiston, Jr, MD, and Frank C. Spencer, MD Philadelphia: W.B. Sounders 2,084 pp, illustrated, $250.00

R.C. Dobell
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:825. [PDF]  

Circumflex artery ventricular fistula and pseudoaneurysm after mitral reoperation

Francis P. Sutter, Scott M. Goldman, Philip E. Werthman, and A.N. Moghadam
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:826-827. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mediastinal hibernoma, a rare tumor

Chaewoo Ahn and James C. Harvey
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:828-830. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Acute hypercalcemic crisis after an open heart operation

Francesco Siclari, Gunhild Herrmann, and Henning Dralle
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:831-832. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Easy cardioplegia delivery, aortic venting, and reperfusion technique

James R. Kauten
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:833-835. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mitral prosthetic replacement in small left atria

C. Campanella, E. Cameron, and V.L. Feilberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:836-837. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Alternate method for revascularization of the posterior lateral coronary artery

Steven F. Bolling and Marvin M. Kirsh
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:838. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Collis gastroplasty: Origin and evolution

Richard H. Adler
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:839-842. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Blood conservation in cardiac surgery

Walter J. scott, Randolph Kessler, and Jorge A. wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:843-851. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coarctation of the aorta

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:852-853. [PDF]  

Valve insufficiency after atrioventricular septal defect repair: Differences between patients with and without Down's syndrome?

Bruno Marino
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:854. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Pietro A. Abbruzzese, Alessandra Napoleone, R.Margherita Bini, F.Paolò Annecchino, Maurizio Merlo, and Lucio Parenzan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:854. [PDF] [References]  

Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with aortic arch anomalies and ventricular septal defect

Jeffrey E. Sell and Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:854-855. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Masazumi Iwahara, Toshihiro Ino, and Keijiro Yabuta
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:855. [PDF] [References]  

Diaphragmatic plication

M. Ribet
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:855-856. [PDF] [References]  

Choice of surgical clips for mammary artery take-down

Hagop Hovaguimian and H.Storm Floten
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:856. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Jeffrey P. Gold
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:856-857. [PDF]  

Internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary artery shunt in infants

Yuzuru Sakakibara, Motokazu Hori, Toshio Mitsui, Hiroshi Ijima, Tatsuo Tsutsui, and Naotaka Atsumi
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:857-858. [PDF] [References]  

Free gastroepiploic artery graft

Noel L. Mills, Charles T. Everson, Dennis B. McNamara, and R.Mark Saroyan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:858. [PDF] [References]  

Esophagectomy for Barrett's esophagus

Robert J. Weil
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:858. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Nasser K. Altorki
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:858-859. [PDF] [References]  

Oxygenator failure

Jeffrey C. Crowley and James Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:859. [PDF] [References]  

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis

Michael D. Horowitz, J.L. Sosa, and David A. Lickstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:859-860. [PDF] [References]  

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