Articles:

If not the art, why the science?

Robert W. Jamplis
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:743-749. [PDF] [References]  

Skeletal muscle ventricles in the pulmonary circulation: Up to 16 weeks' experience

Robert L. Hammond, Renato Ruggiero, Huiping Lu, Ali D. Spanta, Alberto Pochettino, Michael Colson, Hiroshi Niinami, Larry W. Stephenson, and Timothy L. Hooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:750-757. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical implications of transesophageal echocardiography to grade the atheromatous aortic arch

Greg H. Ribakove, Edward S. Katz, Aubrey C. Galloway, Eugene A. Grossi, Rick A. Esposito, F.Gregory Baumann, Itzhak Kronzon, and Frank C. Spencer
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:758-763. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The Carpentier-Edwards pericardial aortic valve: Intermediate results

Robert W.M. Frater, Neal W. Salomon, W.Gerald Rainer, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, and Emily Wickham
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:764-771. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Successful transplantation of hearts harvested 30 minutes after death from exsanguination

Steven R. Gundry, Javier Alonso de Begona, Motohiro Kawauchi, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:772-775. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Videothoracoscopy: Improved technique and expanded indications

William H. Coltharp, John H. Arnold, William C. Alford, Jr, George R. Burrus, David M. Glassford, Jr, John W. Lea, IV, Michael R. Petracek, Thomas D. Starkey, William S. Stoney, Clarence S. Thomas, Jr, and Robert N. Sadler
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:776-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colorectal lung metastases: Results of surgical excision

Molly K. McAfee, Mark S. Allen, Victor F. Trastek, Duane M. Ilstrup, Claude Deschamps, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:780-786. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:786. [PDF]  

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in open heart surgical patients: Sequelae of late recognition

Joseph T. Walls, Jack J. Curtis, Donald Silver, Theresa M. Boley, Richard A. Schmaltz, and Weerachai Nawarawong
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:787-791. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The influence of age and sex on human internal mammary artery size and reactivity

Rebecca J. Dignan, Thomas Yeh, Jr, Cornelius M. Dyke, Harry A. Lutz, III, and Andrew S. Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:792-797. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Esophageal reconstruction for esophageal strictures or resection after corrosive injury

Ming-Ho Wu and Wu-Wei Lai
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:798-802. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Late complications of plombage

Michael D. Horowitz, Monica Otero, Richard J. Thurer, and Hooshang Bolooki
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:803-806. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain before and after open heart operations

Mikael Sellman, Tomas Hindmarsh, Torbjörn Ivert, and Bjarne K.H. Semb
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:807-812. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Combined cardiac operation and carotid endarterectomy during aortic cross-clamping

Steven J. Weiss, Francis P. Sutter, Thomas O. Shannon, and Scott M. Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:813-816. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Rounded atelectasis: A pulmonary pseudotumor

Gary W. Szydlowski, Herbert E. Cohn, Robert M. Steiner, and Richard N. Edie
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:817-821. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Response to heparinization in adults and children undergoing cardiac operations

Ferenc Horkay, Paul Martin, S.Mano Rajah, and Duncan R. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:822-826. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Warming during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with jugular bulb desaturation

Narda D. Croughwell, Peter Frasco, James A. Blumenthal, Bruce J. Leone, William D. White, and Joseph G. Reves
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:827-832. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cytokine responses to cardiopulmonary bypass with membrane and bubble oxygenation

John Butler, Gin Long Chong, MMed(Anaes), Robert J. Baigrie, Ravi Pillai, Stephen Westaby, and Graeme M. Rocker
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:833-838. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Leukocyte activation with increased expression of CR3 receptors during cardiopulmonary bypass

Y.J. Gu, Willem van Oeveren, Piet W. Boonstra, Jacob de Haan, and Charles R.H. Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:839-843. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Hemostatic abnormalities in total artificial heart patients as detected by specific blood markers

Jeanine M. Walenga, Debra Hoppensteadt, Jawed Fareed, and Roque Pifarré
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:844-850. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Infundibular septal defect with severe aortic regurgitation: A new surgical approach

Philipp Bonhoeffer, Mario Fabbrocini, Yves Lecompte, Alberta Cifarelli, Luigi Ballerini, Alessandro Frigiola, Lorenzo Menicanti, and Pierluigi Festa
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:851-853. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bronchovascular mucormycosis in the diabetic: An urgent surgical problem

Randall B. Brown, Joe H. Johnson, John M. Kessinger, and Will C. Sealy
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:854-855. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sequential silastic and expandable metal stenting for tracheobronchial strictures

Victor Tsang, Andrew M. Williams, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:856-860. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A model of left ventricular dysfunction caused by intracoronary adriamycin

James A. Magovern, Ignacio Y. Christlieb, Stephen F. Badylak, Gary C. Lantz, and Race L. Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:861-863. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Balloon valvuloplasty after pulmonary valvotomy for babies with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

Maurice P. Leung, Roxy N.S. Lo, Henry Cheung, Jan Lee, and C.K. Mok
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:864-870. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical revascularization of the heart: The internal thoracic arteries: By George E. Green, MD. Ram N. Singli, MD, and J. A. Sosa, MD New York, Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers, 1991 219 pp. illustrated, $71.50

George J. Kontos, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:870. [PDF]  

A surgical technique that preserves human saphenous vein functional integrity

Gianni D. Angelini, Alan J. Bryan, Steven Hunter, and Andrew C. Newby
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:871-874. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:874. [PDF]  

Cardiomyoplasty does not preclude heart transplantation

Olivier Jegaden, François Delahaye, Pietro Montagna, Catherine Vedrinne, Pascale Blanc, Roland Rossi, Alain Tabib, Alain Saint Pierre, Jean-Pierre Delahaye, and Philippe H. Mikaeloff
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:875-880. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

George J. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:880-881. [PDF]  

Vascular ring: Does magnetic resonance imaging replace angiography?

Kenneth S. Azarow, Richard H. Pearl, Mark A. Hoffman, Robert Zurcher, Fred H. Edwards, and Amram J. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:882-885. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic dissection without intimal rupture: Diagnosis and management

Raphael C Lui, Alan H. Menkis, and F.Neil McKenzie
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:886-888. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Megaaorta and aortoiliac obstruction: Alternate method of cannulation

Tomas D. Martin and Kevin D. Accola
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:889-891. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as a superior sulcus tumor

Stanley Ziomek, William Weinstein, Matthew Margulies, and Richard A. Braun
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:892-893. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Revascularization for coronary ostial stenosis in Takayasu's disease with calcified aorta

Minoru Tanaka, Toshio Abe, Eiji Takeuchi, Takashi Watanabe, and Shuji Tamaki
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:894-895. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Placement of a Greenfield filter in the superior vena cava

Edmond W. Owen, Jr, G.Phillip Schoettle, Jr, and O.Brewster Harrington
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:896-897. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortoventriculoplasty in the management of an infected cabrol graft

Anukware K. Ketosugbo, Samir Basu, Alvin Greengart, Victor Guadagnino, Henny J. Wasser, Mario F. Sabado, Israel J. Jacobowitz, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:898-900. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

False aneurysm as a late complication of division of a patent ductus arteriosus

Jun Egami, Yusuke Tada, Atsuhiko Takagi, Osamu Sato, and Yasuo Idezuki
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:901-902. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pancoast syndrome: An unusual complication of pulmonary infection by Staphylococcus aureus

Karen J. Gallagher, Robert R. Jeffrey, Keith M. Kerr, and Malcolm M. Steven
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:903-904. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery

Jibah Eng and Andrew J. Murday
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:905-906. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cardiac surgical aids: Heart cup and stentless valve holder

Daniel Roux, Gérard Fournial, Yves Glock, and Pierre Puel
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:907-908. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:908. [PDF]  

Concomitant repair of aortopulmonary window and interrupted aortic arch

Michael T. Ingram and David A. Ott
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:909-911. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A simple approach to takedown of a modified Blalock shunt

Dominique Metras, Bernard Kreitmann, Alberto Riberi, and Michel Tapia
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:912-913. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intraabdominal paddle placement for internal defibrillation during cardiac reoperation

Matthew J. Wall, Jr and David R. Clarke
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:914-915. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Charles P. Bailey and Dwight E. Harken—The dawn of the modern era of mitral valve surgery

Lorenzo Gonzalez-Lavin
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:916-919. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Replacement of the thoracic aorta with intraluminal sutureless prosthesis

Robert L. Berger, Karl J. Karlson, Robert F. Dunton, and Howard K. Leonardi
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:920-927. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Homograft replacement of the aortic valve

Mark F. O'Brien
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:928-929. [PDF]  

Practice guidelines in cardiothoracic surgery

George G. Lindesmith
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:930-939. [PDF]  

Response of internal mammary artery to sympathomimetic agents

Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:940. [PDF] [References]  

Atrial fibrillation and flutter after open heart operation

Edoardo Santoli, Daniele G. Di Mattia, and Roberto Scrofani
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:940-941. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

William J. Fanning and Clarence S. Thomas
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:941-942. [PDF] [References]  

Cardioplegia with fluorescein for visualization of coronary arteries

Jacobo Burstin
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:942. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Tetsuro Takayama
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:942. [PDF] [References]  

Total cavopulmonary connection

Simcha Milo
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:942-943. [PDF] [References]  

Retrograde coronary sinus cardioplegia using the magic bubble: Simplified steps to avoid problems

George L. Hicks, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:943. [PDF]  

Medtronic-Hall valve

John M. Armitage
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:943. [PDF] [References]  

Plateletpheresis and the cost of heart operations

Gerald G. Davies, Douglas G. Wells, Thomas M. Mabee, Richard Sadler, Mitchel Ruffcorn, and John B. Dooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:943-944. [PDF] [References]  

Surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in infants and children

Jacques A.M. van Son, Leon K. Lacquet, and Otto Daniëls
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:944-945. [PDF] [References]  

Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting The Society of thoracic surgeons

Richard P. Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:946. [PDF]  

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1992–1993

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:947-950. [PDF]  

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Members

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:951-952. [PDF]  

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