Editorials:

Warm versus cold blood cardioplegia: a self-imposed and counterproductive dilemma

GD Buckberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1007-1010.  

Why not close a small ventricular septal defect?

JD Waldman
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1011-1012.  

A reason to close ventricular septal defect?

JR Malm
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1013.  

Articles:

Restrictive ventricular septal defect: how small is too small to close?

CL Backer, RC Winters, VR Zales, H Takami, AJ Muster, DW Benson, Jr, and C Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1014-1018. [Abstract]  

Which techniques of cardioplegia prevent ischemia?

TM Yau, JS Ikonomidis, RD Weisel, DA Mickle, N Hayashida, J Ivanov, S Carson, MK Mohabeer, and LC Tumiati
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1020-1028. [Abstract]  

Simultaneous tracheal and esophageal pH monitoring: investigating reflux-associated asthma

RJ Donnelly, RG Berrisford, CI Jack, JA Tran, and CC Evans
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1029-1033. [Abstract]  

Effect of sodium nitroprusside on paraplegia during cross-clamping of the thoracic aorta

AC Cernaianu, A Olah, JH Cilley, Jr, T Gaprindashvili, JG Gallucci, and AJ DelRossi
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1035-1037. [Abstract]  

Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Study Group data

SR Hazelrigg, SK Nunchuck, and J LoCicero, 3d
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1039-1043. [Abstract]  

Chronic stimulation enhances extramyocardial collateral blood flow after a cardiomyoplasty

WF Bailey, Jr, MG Magno, PD Buckman, F DiMeo, T Langan, VT Armenti, and JD Mannion
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1045-1052. [Abstract]  

Surgical relief of acute airway obstruction due to primary tuberculosis

MG Worthington, JG Brink, JA Odell, J Buckels, MK de Groot, M Klein, and AJ Gunning
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1054-1062. [Abstract]  

A fifteen-year wound surveillance study after coronary artery bypass

MS Slaughter, MM Olson, JT Lee, Jr, and HB Ward
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1063-1068. [Abstract]  

Inhibition of neutrophil adhesion reduces myocardial infarct size

WE Curtis, AM Gillinov, IC Wilson, JM Bator, RM Burch, DE Cameron, and TJ Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1069-1072. [Abstract]  

Noninvasive detection of acute rejection in a new experimental model of heart transplantation

SJ Hoff, JR Stewart, WH Frist, JB Atkinson, MW Kronenberg, J Votaw, RM Kessler, and MP Sandler
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1074-1077. [Abstract]  

Intercostal artery: histomorphometric study to assess its suitability as a coronary bypass graft

JA van Son, F Smedts, J Korving, A Guyt, and LB de Kok
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1078-1081. [Abstract]  

Clinical experience with the right gastroepiploic artery in coronary artery bypass grafting

LP Perrault, M Carrier, Y Hebert, G Hudon, R Cartier, Y Leclerc, and LC Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1082-1084. [Abstract]  

Different vascular reactivity of human internal mammary and inferior epigastric arteries in vitro

A Mugge, MR Barton, J Cremer, R Frombach, and PR Lichtlen
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1085-1089. [Abstract]  

Vasoconstrictor profile of the inferior epigastric artery

S Tadjkarimi, GS O'Neil, CJ Schyns, JA Borland, AH Chester, and MH Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1090-1095. [Abstract]  

Mediastinal paraganglioma: a surgical experience

MF Herrera, JA van Heerden, FJ Puga, MJ Hogan, and JA Carney
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1096-1100. [Abstract]  

Predictors of early saphenous vein aortocoronary bypass graft occlusion. The GESIC Study Group

MA Paz, J Lupon, X Bosch, JL Pomar, and G Sanz
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1101-1106. [Abstract]  

Effect of internal mammary harvest on postoperative pain and pulmonary function

AJ Cohen, P Moore, C Jones, TJ Miner, WR Carter, RP Zurcher, R Lupkas, and FH Edwards
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1107-1109. [Abstract]  

Simultaneous total aortic replacement from valve to bifurcation: experience with 21 cases

CG Massimo, LF Presenti, PP Favi, C Crisci, and EA Cruz Guadron
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1110-1116. [Abstract]  

Degradation of a supporting prosthesis can optimize arterialization of autologous veins

HP Zweep, S Satoh, B van der Lei, WL Hinrichs, J Feijen, and CR Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1117-1122. [Abstract]  

Respiratory dysfunction after uncomplicated cardiopulmonary bypass

DP Taggart, M el-Fiky, R Carter, A Bowman, and DJ Wheatley
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1123-1128. [Abstract]  

Lung preservation with low-potassium dextran flush in a primate bilateral transplant model

S Sundaresan, O Lima, H Date, A Matsumura, H Tsuji, H Obo, M Aoe, T Mizuta, and JD Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1129-1135. [Abstract]  

Sequential internal mammary artery grafts for coronary artery bypass

GM Palatianos, H Bolooki, MD Horowitz, MH Lowery, SP Rosenthal, SK Chandarlapaty, GN Sfakianakis, and GA Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1136-1140. [Abstract]  

Clinical and hemodynamic performance of the 19-mm Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis

RM Bojar, H Rastegar, DD Payne, CA Mack, and SL Schwartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1141-1147. [Abstract]  

Limitation of vasodilation associated with warm heart operation by a "mini-cardioplegia" delivery technique

P Menasche, JP Fleury, L Veyssie, O Le Dref, B Touchot, AH Piwnica, and G Bloch
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1148-1153. [Abstract]  

Postischemic deterioration of sarcoplasmic reticulum: warm versus cold blood cardioplegia

X Liu, RM Engelman, Z Wei, N Maulik, JA Rousou, JE Flack, 3d, DW Deaton, and DK Das
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1154-1159. [Abstract]  

Surgical resection of a second primary lung carcinoma in a survivor of small cell carcinoma

H Inoue, M Iwasaki, J Ogawa, A Shohtsu, S Shioya, and Y Osamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1160-1161. [Abstract]  

Infective aortic endocarditis after percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty

S Park, A Montoya, N Moreno, JF Moran, W Jacobs, and R Pifarre
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1161-1162. [Abstract]  

Reconstructing an anomalous left coronary artery origin using the internal iliac artery

J Pirk, J Fabian, and J Kovac
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1163-1164. [Abstract]  

Leiomyoma of the bronchus treated by endoscopic resection

KH Kim, JS Suh, and WS Han
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1164-1166. [Abstract]  

Transposition of the great arteries: correction with conversion from single to dual coronary artery system

MJ Antunes and AS Melo
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1166-1168. [Abstract]  

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

K Francois, F Provenier, L Jordaens, and GJ Van Nooten
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1168-1170. [Abstract]  

Stentless xenograft valve in a truncus arteriosus communis

G Kleikamp, T Breymann, WR Thies, F Golnitz, W Dramburg, W Matthies, H Meyer, and R Korfer
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1171-1172. [Abstract]  

Surgical repair of atrial septal rupture due to blunt trauma

BP Jenson, I Hoffman, FM Follis, LC Kuo, and JA Wernly
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1172-1174. [Abstract]  

Heart transplantation for tumor

TX Aufiero, WE Pae, Jr, BS Clemson, DG Pawlush, and D Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1174-1176. [Abstract]  

Clinical cardiopulmonary bypass without systemic anticoagulation

RD Dowling, ME Brown, RO Whittington, Jr, JJ Quinlan, and JM Armitage
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1176-1177. [Abstract]  

Pedunculated pulmonary leiomyoma with large cyst formation

G Gotti, MM Haid, P Paladini, M Di Bisceglie, L Volterrani, and V Sforza
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1178-1180. [Abstract]  

Atrial myxomas in young children: an alternative surgical approach

PL Ergina, GS Kochamba, CI Tchervenkov, and JE Gibbons
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1180-1183. [Abstract]  

New shapes and sizes: a T-tube coronary conduit

IF Galvin
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1184-1186. [Abstract]  

The first successful surgical treatment of mitral stenosis: the 70th anniversary of Elliot Cutler's mitral commissurotomy

LH Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1187-1190. [Abstract]  

Barrett's disease: pathophysiology of metaplasia and adenocarcinoma

M Pera, VF Trastek, PC Pairolero, A Cardesa, MS Allen, and C Deschamps
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1191-1197. [Abstract]  

Chest trauma

OL Miller and JK Trinkle
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1198-1199.  

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Physician-Specific Mortality Rates for Cardiac Surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1200-1202.  

Practice guidelines in cardiothoracic surgery. American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Western Thoracic Surgical Association

Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1203-1213.  

Letters:

Presidential address

VL Gott
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1214.  

Cardioplegia delivery during continuous normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass

RS Steyn, RD Page, GA Meadows, A Rashid, and BM Fabris
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1214-1216.  

Current expectations in cardiomyoplasty

RM el Oakley
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1214.  

Extended vertical transatrial septal approach for the removal of left atrial myxoma

VS Luisi and S Caparrotti
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1216.  

Our experience with using the Pall LG6 leukocyte depleting filter during cardiopulmonary bypass

K al-Ebrahim and H Shafei
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1216-1217.  

When and why CPD in continuous warm blood cardioplegia?

G Noera
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1217-1218.  

Esophageal exclusion

R Andrade-Alegre
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1218.  

Device-supported myocardial revascularization

E Bodnar and DN Ross
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1218-1219.  

Pulmonology and video surgery

KM Moser
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1219.  

Valvular disease in the elderly: influence on surgical results

SE Fremes and BS Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 1993 56: 1220.  

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