Articles:

Preparation, trust, and responsibility

Harvey W. Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:351-356. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valve re-replacement in the asymptomatic patient

Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:357-358. [PDF] [References]  

Magnesium ion is beneficial in hypothermic crystalloid cardioplegia

Paul S. Brown, Jr, Fred W. Holland, Gary L. Parenteau, and Richard E. Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:359-367. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:367. [PDF]  

Bronchoalveolar carcinoma: Factors affecting survival

Richard C. Daly, Victor F. Trastek, Peter C. Pairolero, Paul A. Murtaugh, Ming-Shyan Huang, Mark S. Allen, and Thomas V. Colby
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:368-377. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Primary cysts and tumors of the mediastinum

Amram J. Cohen, LeNardo Thompson, Fred H. Edwards, and Ronald F. Bellamy
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:378-386. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Circulatory Support 1991 The Second International Conference on Circulatory Support Devices in end-stage heart disease: San Francisco Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, California November 15–17, 1991 (weekend meeting)

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:386. [PDF]  

Site of action of continuous extrapleural intercostal nerve block

Jibah Eng and Sabaratnam Sabanathan
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:387-389. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Role of percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy in suspected intrathoracic malignancy

Steven D. Colquhoun, Dorothy L. Rosenthal, and Donald L. Morton
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:390-393. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Fibrous skeleton and ventricular outflow tracts in double-outlet right ventricle

C.Eric Howell, Siew Yen Ho, Robert H. Anderson, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:394-400. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Progress of patients with pulmonary atresia after systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts

A.Louise Calder, Nien-Shen Chan, Patricia M. Clarkson, Alan R. Kerr, and John M. Neutze
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:401-407. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Superiority of retrograde cardioplegia after acute coronary occlusion

Constance Haan, Harold L. Lazar, Sheilah Bernard, Samuel Rivers, John Zallnick, and Richard J. Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:408-412. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

End-to-end repair of aortic coarctation using absorbable polydioxanone suture

Juan D. Arenas, John L. Myers, Marie M. Gleason, Alexander Vennos, Barry G. Baylen, and John A. Waldhausen
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:413-417. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery regarding trainees and candidates for certification who are called to military service to the Persian Gulf conflict

Harvey W. Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:417. [PDF]  

Efficacy of coronary sinus cardioplegia in patients with complete coronary artery occlusions

Philippe Menasché, Jean-Baptiste Subayi, Line Veyssié, Olivier Le Dref, Sylvie Chevret, and Armand Piwnica
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:418-423. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Replacement of the aortic valve or root with a pulmonary autograft in children

Gino Gerosa, Roxane McKay, and Donald N. Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:424-429. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Failure of Hancock pericardial xenografts: Is prophylactic bioprosthetic replacement justified?

Uberto Bortolotti, Aldo Milano, Francisco Guerra, Alessandro Mazzucco, Eugenio Mossuto, Gaetano Thiene, and Vincenzo Gallucci
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:430-437. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Management of aortic insufficiency in chronic aortic dissection

Paulo M. Pêgo-Fernandes, Noedir A. G. Stolf, Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Antonio C. Pereira Barreto, Delmont Bittencourt, and Adib D. Jatene
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:438-442. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Postcardiotomy mechanical circulatory support in the elderly

Thomas H. Wareing and Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:443-447. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Risk factors for cardiac operations in adult Jehovah's Witnesses

Clifton T.P. Lewis, Michael C. Murphy, and Denton A. Cooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:448-450. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Hemodynamic effects of lobar pulmonary artery occlusion in a porcine sepsis model

Michael E. Ward, Hanni Shennib, and Arnold Zidulka
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:451-454. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: Notice of Annual Meeting

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:454. [PDF]  

Reoperation for persistant outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Charles Stewart Roberts, Charles L. McIntosh, Paul S. Brown, Jr, Richard O. Cannon, III, S.David Gertz, and Richard E. Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:455-460. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thoracoscopic debridement and pleural irrigation in the management of empyema thoracis

P.D. Ridley and M.V. Braimbridge
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:461-464. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

John R. Benfield
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:464. [PDF]  

Computed tomography-guided minithoracotomy for the resection of small peripheral pulmonary nodules

Benedict D.T. Daly, L.Jack Faling, James T. Diehl, Mark S. Bankoff, and M.Elon Gale
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:465-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:469. [PDF]  

Combined myocardial revascularization and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Thomas J. Hinkamp, Roque Pifarre, Mamdouh Bakhos, and Bradford Blakeman
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:470-472. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Strut fixation of an extensive flail chest

Rodney J. Landreneau, James M. Hinson, Jr, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Joel A. Johnson, Theresa M. Boley, and Jack J. Curtis
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:473-475. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with hemoptysis

Mark S. Adkins, Glenn W. Laub, Samuel B. Pollock, Javier Fernandez, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:476-478. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

An unusual complication of cardiac transplantation—Infected aortic pseudoaneurysm

Robert T. Palac, Larr Strausbaugh, Ruza Antonovic, and H.Storm Floten
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:479-481. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Procainamide-induced respiratory insufficiency after cardiopulmonary bypass

J.B. Putnam, Jr, Steven F. Bolling, and Marvin M. Kirsh
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:482-483. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Repair of posterior left ventricular aneurysm in a six-year-old boy

Eugene A. Grossi, Stephen B. Colvin, Aubrey C. Galloway, Monika Rutkowski, Eugenie F. Doyle, Gregory A. Crooke, and Frank C. Spencer
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:484-487. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:487. [PDF]  

Carcinosarcoma of the lung with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

Paul Meade, John Moad, Douglas Fellows, and Carl W. Adams
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:488-490. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Hemolysis due to branch pulmonary stenosis after the arterial switch procedure

James Schroeder, James Albert, David Clarke, Michael Schaffer, Robert Wolfe, and Taru Hays
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:491-492. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical management of carcinoid heart disease

Graham J. Fetherston and Bruce B. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:493-494. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

False aneurysm formation of the great arteries after arterial switch operation

Hiroshi Kato, Takeshi Nakada, Seiichiro Ikawa, Takuya Miura, Taihei Koh, and Yukinori Tsuchitani
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:495-496. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Adenocarcinoma arising in a foregut cyst of the mediastinum

Johnny B. Olsen, Ole Clemmensen, and Kurt Andersen
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:497-499. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mammary artery grafts: A new no-touch technique for anastomosis

Ivor F. Galvin
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:500-503. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Silicone pouch for protection of automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads

Jonathan H. Cilley, Jr, Aurel C. Cernaianu, Joseph A. Libby, William A. Baldino, and Anthony J. DelRossi
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:504-505. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Single venous cannulation through the right atrium for venous return in valve operations

S. Balasundaram, J.L. Vega, and C.M.G. Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:506-507. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Autogenous atrial tunnel for direct cavopulmonary connection in infants and small children

Richard A. Perryman
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:508-510. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jatene's arterial repair for transposition of the great vessels

Jeffrey M. Dunn
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:511-513. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Editor's note

Adib D. Jatene
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:513-514. [PDF]  

Fistulas between the aorta and traceobronchial tree

Ethel L. MacIntosh, James C.W. Parrott, and Helmut W. Unruh
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:515-519. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mediastinal masses

Norman A. Silverman
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:520. [PDF]  

Risk of reintervention after coarctation repair

Jacques A.M. van Son, Leon K. Lacquet, and Josef G. Vincent
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:521. [PDF] [References]  

Inverted internal mammary artery for myocardial revascularization

Ugolino Livi, Uberto Bortolotti, and Vincenzo Gallucci
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:524-525. [PDF] [References]  

The first mitral valve replacement

Anita F. Norman
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:525-526. [PDF] [References]  

Hemolysis after valve repair

Richard J. Bloom, Bernard S. Goldman, Stephen E. Fremes, George T. Christakis, and Idris Ali
Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:526. [PDF] [References]  

Correction

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:526. [PDF]  

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