Articles:

Allogenic vein as a conduit for coronary artery bypass

Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:817. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intrathecal perfusion of an oxygenated perfluorocarbon prevents paraplegia after aortic occlusion

Robert E. Maughan, Chittur Mohan, Ira M. Nathan, Enrico Ascer, Peter Damiani, Israel J. Jacobowitz, Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr, and Corrado P. Marini
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:818-825. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cryopreserved allograft veins as alternative coronary artery bypass conduits: Early phase results

Glenn W. Laub, S. Muralidharan, Robert Clancy, W.Jay Eldredge, Chao Chen, Mark S. Adkins, Javier Fernandez, William A. Anderson, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:826-831. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Late results of operation for ventricular tachycardia

Lynda L. Mickleborough, Shun-ichi Mizuno, Eugene Downar, and Gordon C. Gray
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:832-839. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cardiac retransplantation: A viable option?

Shreekanth V. Karwande, R.Douglas Ensley, Dale G. Renlund, William A. Gay, Jr, Wayne E. Richenbacher, Donald B. Doty, M.Elizabeth Hammond, John D. Marks, and The Registry of the International Society
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:840-845. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Acute rejection of lung allografts with various immunosuppressive protocols

Bartley P. Griffith, Robert L. Hardesty, John M. Armitage, Robert L. Kormos, Gary C. Marrone, Steve Duncan, Irvin Paradis, James H. Dauber, Samuel A. Yousem, and Penny Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:846-851. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Improved myocardial ischemic tolerance by contractile inhibition with 2,3-butanedione monoxime

James C. Stringham, Karen L. Paulsen, James H. Southard, Barry L. Fields, and Folkert O. Belzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:852-860. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:860. [PDF]  

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac failure after congenital heart operation

Stanley Ziomek, James E. Harrell, Jr, James W. Fasules, Sherry C. Faulkner, Carl W. Chipman, Michele Moss, Elizabeth Frazier, and Stephen H. Van Devanter
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:861-868. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coarctation of the aorta in infants: Does the aortic arch grow after repair?

John L. Myers, Brian A. McConnell, and John A. Waldhausen
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:869-875. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Postinfarct ventricular septal defect repair: Effect of coronary artery bypass grafting

Derek D. Muehrcke, Willard M. Daggett, Jr, Mortimer J. Buckley, Cary W. Akins, Alan D. Hilgenberg, and W.Gerald Austen
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:876-883. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Risk analysis of operative intervention for failed coronary angioplasty

A.Michael Borkon, Trent L. Failing, Jeffrey M. Piehler, Duncan A. Killen, Marcia L. Hoskins, and William A. Reed
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:884-891. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Partial median sternotomy for repair of heart defects: A cosmetic approach

William R. Wilson, Jr, Michel N. Ilbawi, Serafin Y. DeLeon, William Piccione, Jr, Kate Tubeszewski, and Anthony F. Cutilletta
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:892-893. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical considerations in bypassing coronary arteries with 100% proximal occlusion

Thomas R. McLean, Lars G. Svensson, Bernardo Stein, Arthur C. Beall, Jr, and John I. Thornby
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:894-897. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Role of open lung biopsy in diagnosing pulmonary complications of AIDS

Gregory D. Trachiotis, Gordon H. Hafner, William R. Hix, and Benjamin L. Aaron
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:898-901. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Nicholas P. Rossi
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:902. [PDF]  

Tetralogy of fallot: Favorable outcome of nonneonatal transatrial, transpulmonary repair

Tom R. Karl, Shunji Sano, Samphant Pornviliwan, and Roger B.B. Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:903-907. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Benefits of combined balloon pumping and percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass

Steven J. Phillips, Robert H. Zeff, Chamnahn Kongtahworn, André Grignon, Lawrence Barker, L.A. Iannone, Mark Tannenbaum, Margaret H. Verhey, William J. Wickemeyer, Magdi G. Ghali, and David F. Gordon
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:908-910. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary artery bypass using internal mammary artery branches

Jean E. Morin, Giles Hedderich, Normand L. Poirier, John Sampalis, and James F. Symes
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:911-914. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Isolated biventricular working rat heart preparation

Todd L. Demmy, George J. Magovern, and Race L. Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:915-920. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Effect of prostaglandin I₂ and superoxide dismutase on reperfusion injury of warm ischemic lung

Chojiro Yamashita, Hidefumi Oobo, Fukumasa Tsuji, Satosi Tobe, Hidehiro Yamamoto, Hiroomi Nakamura, Masayosi Okada, and Kazuo Nakamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:921-924. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Comparison of 180-degree and 360-degree skeletal muscle nerve cuff electrodes

George V. Letsou, James F. Hogan, Philip Lee, Jung H. Kim, Stephan Ariyan, Michael L. Dewar, John C. Baldwin, and John A. Elefteriades
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:925-931. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Technique of open distal anastomosis for repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

Denton A. Cooley and Robert T. Baldwin
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:932-936. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Expanding wire stents in bengin tracheobronchial disease: Indications and complications

Samer A.M. Nashef, Claire Dromer, Jean-François Velly, Louis Labrousse, and Louis Couraud
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:937-940. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Extrapleural pneumonectomy in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

David J. Sugarbaker, Steven J. Mentzer, and Gary Strauss
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:941-946. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:946. [PDF]  

Considerations in the skeletonization technique of internal thoracic artery dissection

James M. Cunningham, Mohammad A. Gharavi, Rostam Fardin, and Raymond A. Meek
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:947-950. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Skeletonization of the ITAs: A step backward?

Noel L. Mills
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:951. [PDF] [References]  

The meadox-gabbay pericardial xenograft: Failure of the unicusp principle

Uberto Bortolotti, Paolo Ius, Gaetano Thiene, Marco Minarini, Aldo Milano, Carlo Valfrè, Enrico Talenti, Marialuisa Valente, and Alessandro Mazzucco
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:952-957. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Shlomo Gabbay
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:957-958. [PDF] [References]  

Comparison of cardiac output measured by intrapulmonary artery doppler, thermodilution, and electromagnetometry

Paul M. Heerdt, Charles G. Pond, George A. Blessios, and Michael Rosenbloom
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:959-966. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary artery sling

Ashwinikumar Pawade, Marc R. de Leval, Martin J. Elliott, and Jaroslav Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:967-970. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary artery sling with tracheal stenosis: Primary one-stage repair in infancy

Gerhard Ziemer, Markus Heinemann, Renate Kaulitz, Joachim Freihorst, Jürgen Seidenberg, and Martin Wilken
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:971-973. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgically created Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome after fontan operation

Anees J. Razzouk, Robert Gow, John Finley, David Murphy, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:974-977. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

True aneurysm of the saphenous vein graft stump associated with CABG in a cardiac transplant patient

Robert T. Baldwin, Tomas Klima, O.H. Frazier, James Lonquist, and Branislav Radovancevic
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:978-979. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Chronic, traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta

Felipe C. Albuquerque, Mark J. Krasna, and Joseph S. McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:980-982. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Notice from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:982. [PDF]  

Aneurysm of the ascending arorta after cardiac transplantation

Jean-Olivier Defraigne, Olivier Vahdat, Jean-Paul Lavigne, Jean-Claude Demoulin, and Raymond Limet
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:983-984. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Simplified correction of outflow obstruction after mitral valve replacement

Mark K. Reed and Leigh I.G. Iverson
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:985-986. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Invited commentary

Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:986. [PDF]  

Bronchoenteric fistula from an infected internal cardioverter defibrillator

Peter L. Birnbaum, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, William H. Noble, Benjamin G. Guslits, Brian D. Kenney, D.Ian Soutter, Anthony L. Panos, Paul Dorian, and David Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:987-988. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Total correction of transposition of great arteries with atrioventricular septal defect

Naresh Kumar, Ganga Prabhakar, Neil Wilson, Zohair Al Halees, and Carlos M.G. Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:989-990. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

New surgical technique for total-defect aortopulmonary window

Osamu Matsuki, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Fumio Yamamoto, Kyoichi Nishigaki, Hideki Uemura, and Yasunaru Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:991-992. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Newly developed holder for a right-angled metal venous cannula

Takashi Watanabe, Toshio Abe, Minoru Tanaka, Kenzo Yasuura, Hiroshi Hikosaka, Yoshito Suenaga, and Hidekazu Hosokawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:993-994. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A textbook of cardioplegia for difficult clinical problems: Edited by Richard M. Engelman, MD, and Sidney Levitsky, MD Mount Kisco, NY, Futura, 1992 334 pp, illustrated, $75.00

Edward Y. Sako
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:994. [PDF]  

Modified urinary collecting bags for prolonged underwater chest drainage

Yaron Bar-El, Yair Lieberman, and Alon Yellin
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:995-996. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clarence Crafoord and the first successful resection of a cardiac myxoma

W.Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:997-998. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical treatment for higher stage non-small cell lung cancer

Dirk E. Van Raemdonck, Airton Schneider, and Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:999-1013. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Aortic valve repair

Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1014-1015. [PDF]  

Cardiac and noncardiac complications of open heart surgery: Prevention, diagnosis and treatment: Edited by Morris N. Kotler, MD, and Anthony Alfieri, DO Mount Kisco, NY, Futura Publishing Company, 1992 418 pp, illustrated, $62.00

James L. Nielsen
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1015. [PDF]  

1985: A method for predicting postoperative lung function and its relation to postoperative complications in patients with lung cancer

Kazuya Nakahara, Shinichiro Miyoshi, and Katuhiro Nakagawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1016. [Abstract] [PDF]  

1992 Update

Kazuya Nakahara, Shinichiro Miyoshi, and Katuhiro Nakagawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1016-1017. [PDF] [References]  

Aprotinin treatment during open heart operation in a patient with severe thrombocytopenia

Ehud Deviri, Uzi Izhar, Benjamin Drenger, Yitzhak Glick, and Joseph B. Borman
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1018-1019. [PDF] [References]  

Thermo cardiosystems left ventricular assist device

O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1019. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Nelson A. Burton, W.Stephen Phillips, Quentin Macmanus, and Edward A. Lefrak
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1019-1020. [PDF]  

Plateletpheresis and transfusion practice in heart operations

Gerald G. Davies, Douglas G. Wells, Richard Sadler, Thomas M. Mabee, Mitchell Ruffcorn, and John B. Dooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1020. [PDF] [References]  

Preoperative morphologic and physiologic assessment of internal thoracic arteries

Charles C. Canver
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1020-1021. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Frederick L. Grover
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1021. [PDF]  

Manual versus stapled bronchial closure: Still controversial

Rafael Aguilo and Miguel Llobera
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1021. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

L.Penfield Faber, S.Russell Vester, C.Frederick Kittle, William H. Warren, and Robert J. Jensik
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1021-1022. [PDF]  

High-dose aprotinin in emergency coronary artery bypass after thrombolysis

Franco Alajmo and Giancarlo Calamai
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1022. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Theodore Efstratiadis, Christopher Munsch, David Crossman, and Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1022-1023. [PDF] [References]  

Hemodynamic effects of pericardial closure

Arkalgud Sampathkumar
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1023. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Steven Hunter and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1023. [PDF] [References]  

Abrupt cardiac failure using a right VAD in the presence of a tricuspid valve prosthesis

Steven C. Griffin and John H. Dark
Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:1023-1024. [PDF] [References]  

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