Editorials:

Efficacy and safety of the superior-septal approach to the mitral valve

CR Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1357-1358.  

Barrett's esophagus: another esophageal sphinx

AG Little
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1359-1360.  

The Bjork-Shiley dilemma

CA Marrin, JD Birkmeyer, and GT O'Connor
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1361-1364.  

Articles:

Preoperative chemotherapy for stage IIIa (N2) lung cancer: the Sloan- Kettering experience with 136 patients

N Martini, MG Kris, BJ Flehinger, RJ Gralla, MS Bains, ME Burt, R Heelan, PM McCormack, KM Pisters, and JR Rigas
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1365-1373. [Abstract]  

The 1900 tuberculosis epidemic--starting point of modern thoracic surgery

AP Naef
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1375-1378.  

Effects of insufflation on hemodynamics during thoracoscopy

DR Jones, GM Graeber, GG Tanguilig, G Hobbs, and GF Murray
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1379-1382. [Abstract]  

Cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with previously completed stroke

AC Beall, Jr, JW Jones, GA Guinn, LG Svensson, and C Nahas
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1383-1384. [Abstract]  

Influence of pancreatic and biliary reflux on the development of esophageal carcinoma

M Pera, VF Trastek, HA Carpenter, PL Fernandez, A Cardesa, U Mohr, and PC Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1386-1392. [Abstract]  

VATS-Argon Beam Coagulator treatment of diffuse end-stage bilateral bullous disease of the lung

RJ Lewis, RJ Caccavale, and GE Sisler
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1394-1398. [Abstract]  

Strategy for the reduction of stroke incidence in cardiac surgical patients

TH Wareing, VG Davila-Roman, BB Daily, SF Murphy, KB Schechtman, B Barzilai, and NT Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1400-1407. [Abstract]  

Fate of small homograft conduits after early repair of truncus arteriosus

MK Heinemann, FL Hanley, KN Fenton, RA Jonas, JE Mayer, and AR Castaneda
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1409-1411. [Abstract]  

Mitral valve operation via an extended transseptal approach

ND Kon, WY Tucker, SA Mills, SW Lavender, and AR Cordell
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1413-1416. [Abstract]  

Renal dysfunction and intravascular coagulation with aprotinin and hypothermic circulatory arrest

TM Sundt, 3d, NT Kouchoukos, JE Saffitz, SF Murphy, TH Wareing, and DJ Stahl
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1418-1424. [Abstract]  

A reliable bridge to cardiac transplantation: the TCI left ventricular assist device

NA Burton, EA Lefrak, Q Macmanus, A Hill, JA Marino, AM Speir, BF Akl, RA Albus, and PS Massimiano
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1425-1430. [Abstract]  

Superior cerebral protection with profound hypothermia during circulatory arrest

AM Gillinov, JM Redmond, KJ Zehr, JC Troncoso, S Arroyo, RP Lesser, AW Lee, RS Stuart, BA Reitz, and WA Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1432-1439. [Abstract]  

Extended resection of pulmonary metastases: is the risk justified?

JB Putnam, Jr, DM Suell, G Natarajan, and JA Roth
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1440-1446. [Abstract]  

Thoracic approaches to anterior spinal operations: anterior thoracic approaches

TM Anderson, KA Mansour, and JI Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1447-1451. [Abstract]  

Effect of a free radical scavenger on cadaver lung transplantation

TM Egan, KS Ulicny, Jr, CJ Lambert, Jr, and BR Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1453-1459. [Abstract]  

Aprotinin in pediatric cardiac operations: platelet function, blood loss, and use of homologous blood

J Boldt, C Knothe, B Zickmann, N Wege, F Dapper, and G Hempelmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1460-1466. [Abstract]  

Retained intracardiac air in open heart operations examined by transesophageal echocardiography

K Orihashi, Y Matsuura, Y Hamanaka, T Sueda, H Shikata, S Hayashi, and T Nomimura
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1467-1471. [Abstract]  

Thoracic versus lumbar epidural fentanyl for postthoracotomy pain

CW Sawchuk, B Ong, HW Unruh, TA Horan, and R Greengrass
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1472-1476. [Abstract]  

Cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary lobectomy in patients with lung cancer

H Nishimura, M Haniuda, M Morimoto, and K Kubo
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1477-1484. [Abstract]  

Right internal mammary artery for myocardial revascularization: early results and indications

J Ramstrom, O Lund, E Cadavid, S Oxelbark, JB Thuren, and AC Henze
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1485-1491. [Abstract]  

Triple-valve operation in the young rheumatic patient

G Prabhakar, N Kumar, B Gometza, O Galal, Z al-Halees, and CM Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1492-1496. [Abstract]  

Open heart operation in patients suffering from hereditary spherocytosis

NL Gayyed, N Bouboulis, and MP Holden
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1497-1500. [Abstract]  

Bronchoplastic and angioplastic techniques in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma

G Maggi, C Casadio, F Pischedda, R Cianci, E Ruffini, and P Filosso
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1501-1507. [Abstract]  

Changes in right ventricular geometry and heart rate early after hemi- Fontan procedure

MA Seliem, JM Baffa, JM Vetter, SL Chen, AJ Chin, and WI Norwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1508-1512. [Abstract]  

Preservation of the aortic valve in acute aortic dissection: long-term echocardiographic assessment and clinical outcome

JP Mazzucotelli, PH Deleuze, C Baufreton, AM Duval, ML Hillion, DY Loisance, and JP Cachera
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1513-1517. [Abstract]  

Vascular complications of intraaortic balloon pumping: unsheathed versus sheathed insertion

H Tatar, S Cicek, U Demirkilic, E Ozal, H Suer, M Aslan, and OY Ozturk
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1518-1521. [Abstract]  

Comparison of response to injury in organ culture of human saphenous vein and internal mammary artery

CM Holt, SE Francis, AC Newby, S Rogers, PA Gadsdon, T Taylor, and GD Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1522-1528. [Abstract]  

Lidocaine cardioplegia for prevention of reperfusion ventricular fibrillation

A Baraka, N Hirt, A Dabbous, S Taha, C Rouhana, N el-Khoury, M Ghabash, M Jamhoury, and A Sibaii
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1529-1533. [Abstract]  

Factors confounding impedance catheter volume measurements in vitro

MR Bielefeld, SE Cabreriza, and HM Spotnitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1534-1539. [Abstract]  

Heparin coating reduces blood cell adhesion to arterial filters during coronary bypass: a clinical study

JW Borowiec, A Bylock, J van der Linden, and S Thelin
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1540-1545. [Abstract]  

Efflux of adenosine and its catabolites during cold blood cardioplegia

J Nissinen, MJ Raatikainen, K Karlqvist, and KJ Peuhkurinen
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1546-1552. [Abstract]  

Pneumonectomy for unremitting hemoptysis in unilateral absence of pulmonary artery

S Bekoe, RV Pellegrini, RF DiMarco, Jr, KJ Grant, and GF Woelfel
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1553-1554. [Abstract]  

Perioperative paraplegia and multiorgan failure from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

WC Feng, AK Singh, AA Bert, SJ Sanofsky, and JP Crowley
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1555-1557. [Abstract]  

Septal myectomy with a carbon dioxide laser for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

RD Dowling, RJ Landreneau, TA Gasior, GM Ziady, and JM Armitage
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1558-1560. [Abstract]  

Tracheoesophageal fistula caused by mycobacterial tuberculosis adenopathy

P Macchiarini, N Delamare, P Beuzeboc, AS Labussiere, J Cerrina, E Dulmet, A Chapelier, and P Dartevelle
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1561-1563. [Abstract]  

Isolated congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery and atherosclerosis

PK Ghosh, M Friedman, and BA Vidne
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1564-1565. [Abstract]  

Continuous retrograde cerebral perfusion during an aortic arch operation

GA Amarasena, AJ Parry, B Johnston, and R Pillai
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1566-1567. [Abstract]  

Closed technique for repair of right superior vena cava draining to left atrium

A Nazem and JE Sell
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1568-1570. [Abstract]  

Staged antrectomy and thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy for perforated peptic ulcer disease

TC Axford, DG Clair, MM Bertagnolli, SJ Mentzer, and DJ Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1571-1573. [Abstract]  

Retrograde gastric varices in a patient with total cavopulmonary shunt

A Furuse, K Koseni, M Takeshita, Y Kotsuka, K Yagyu, and M Kawauchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1574-1575. [Abstract]  

Papillary fibroelastoma of mitral valve chorda

R Gallo, N Kumar, G Prabhakar, A Awada, Y Maalouf, and CM Duran
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1576-1577.  

New modified Bentall procedure: Carrel patch and inclusion technique

K Kawazoe, K Eishi, and Y Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1578-1579. [Abstract]  

Pericardial closure without pericardial substitute

WR Berry, RR Klingman, and VA Ferraris
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1580-1581. [Abstract]  

Fabric heart retractor for coronary artery bypass operations

S Kazama and A Ishihara
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1582-1583. [Abstract]  

Balloon method for detecting inadequate double-lumen tube cuff seal

JB Brodsky and JB Mark
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1584. [Abstract]  

Induction chemotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

FA Shepherd
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1585-1592. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Computed tomographic scan in N2 disease

J Olak
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1593.  

Electrocardiographic detection of rejection

J Mueller, H Warnecke, T Cohnert, and R Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1593-1594.  

Ventricular aneurysmectomy and coronary artery ligation: an alternative method of treatment of ALCAPA syndrome

T Carrel, M Pasic, and MI Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1594-1595.  

Newly devised instrument for spraying aerosolized fibrin glue in thoracoscopic operations

J Ogawa, H Inoue, S Koide, and A Shohtsu
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1595-1596.  

Revival of the radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting: l'histoire se repete

JA van Son and F Smedts
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1596-1598.  

Retained intraaortic balloon

S Kolvekar, S Griffin, A Fisher, and J O'Riordan
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1598-1599.  

Retrograde blood cardioplegia

FP Sutter and SM Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1599-1600.  

A simple and useful maneuver to open the sternum in redo operations

N Ancalmo and JL Ochsner
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1600.  

Complication of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation

FI Seinfeld and SC Ray
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 55: 1600.  

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