Editorials:

Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerosis: Emphasizing Risk Factor Management to Patients

Loren F. Hiratzka
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1. [Full Text]  

Honored Guest Address:

Politics: A Surgeon's Road to the Senate

The Honorable William H. Frist
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 8-11. [Full Text]  

J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper:

Use of the ``Elephant Trunk Technique'' in Aortic Surgery

Markus K. Heinemann, Beate Buehner, Michael J. Jurmann, and Hans-Georg Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 2-6. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 7. [Full Text]  

Original Articles:

Cellular Cardiomyoplasty: Myocardial Regeneration With Satellite Cell Implantation

Ray C.-J. Chiu, Audrius Zibaitis, and Race L. Kao
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 12-18. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 18. [Full Text]  

Revascularization After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Lawrence L. Creswell, Michael J. Moulton, James L. Cox, and Michael Rosenbloom
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 19-26. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 26. [Full Text]  

Helical Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Tracheal Stenosis

Richard I. Whyte, Leslie E. Quint, Ella A. Kazerooni, Philip N. Cascade, Mark D. Iannettoni, and Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 27-30. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 30-31. [Full Text]  

Successful Xenotransplantation of Human Lung Cancer Correlates With the Metastatic Phenotype

Jeremy R. Johnson, William G. Hammond, John R. Benfield, and Henry Tesluk
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 32-36. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 36-37. [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Function After Non–Heart-Beating Lung Donation in a Survival Model

Scott A. Buchanan, Nuno F. DeLima, Oliver A. R. Binns, Michael C. Mauney, Jeffrey T. Cope, Scott E. Langenburg, Kim S. Shockey, Joe D. Bianchi, Vikas I. Parekh, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 38-44. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 44-46. [Full Text]  

Myocardial Performance After Graft Preservation and Subsequent Cardiac Transplantation From Brain-Dead Donors

Hartmuth B. Bittner, Simon W. H. Kendall, Edward P. Chen, Robert D. Davis, and Peter Van Trigt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 47-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 54. [Full Text]  

Absorbable Polydioxanone Suture and Results in Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

John A. Hawkins, L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Jane E. Sturtevant, and Edwin C. McGough
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 55-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 59. [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients After Failure of Intracoronary Stenting

Joseph M. Craver, Alexander G. Justicz, William S. Weintraub, Yannan Shen, Robert A. Guyton, John Parker Gott, and Ellis L. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 60-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 65-66. [Full Text]  

Hypothermic Bypass and Circulatory Arrest for Operations on the Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Bill B. Daily, Chris K. Rokkas, Suzan F. Murphy, Spomenko Bauer, and Nabil Abboud
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 67-76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 76-77. [Full Text]  

Ventricular Effluent of Retrograde Cardioplegia in Human Hearts Has Traversed Capillary Beds

Abbas Ardehali, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Richard N. Gates, and Elias Kaczer
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 78-82. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 82-83. [Full Text]  

Aortic Implantation Is Possible in All Cases of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery

Kevin Turley, Robert J. Szarnicki, Keith D. Flachsbart, Richard C. Richter, Robert W. Popper, and Harold Tarnoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 84-89. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 89. [Full Text]  

Surgical Intervention for Infective Endocarditis in Infancy and Childhood

Fumikazu Nomura, Daniel J. Penny, Samuel Menahem, Ash Pawade, and Tom R. Karl
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 90-95. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Operations in Patients Aged 70 Years and Over: Mortality, Length of Stay, and Hospital Charge

Nevin M. Katz, Robert L. Hannan, Richard A. Hopkins, and Robert B. Wallace
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 96-100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 100-101. [Full Text]  

Radial Artery Graft for Coronary Revascularization: Technical Considerations

Charles A. Dietl and Charles H. Benoit
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 102-109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 109-110. [Full Text]  

Seventy-two Pulmonary Retransplantations for Obliterative Bronchiolitis: Predictors of Survival

Richard J. Novick, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Larry Stitt, Bernard Andréassian, Walter Klepetko, Robert L. Hardesty, Adaani Frost, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 111-116. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Penetrating Intrapericardial Wounds: Clinical Experience With a Surgical Protocol

Scott B. Johnson, James L. Nielsen, Edward Y. Sako, John H. Calhoon, J. Kent Trinkle, and O. Lawayne Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 117-120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 120-121. [Full Text]  

Late Outcome of Survivors of Intervention for Neonatal Aortic Valve Stenosis

J. William Gaynor, Catherine Bull, Ian D. Sullivan, Brenda E. Armstrong, John E. Deanfield, James F. N. Taylor, Philip G. Rees, Ross M. Ungerleider, Marc R. de Leval, Jaroslav Stark, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 122-125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 125-126. [Full Text]  

Cost-Effectiveness and Predictors of Early Extubation

Kit V. Arom, Robert W. Emery, Rebecca J. Petersen, and Marc Schwartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 127-132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 132. [Full Text]  

Determinants of Success in Pediatric Cardiac Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Michael D. Black, John G. Coles, William G. Williams, Ivan M. Rebeyka, George A. Trusler, Desmond Bohn, Colleen Gruenwald, and Robert M. Freedom
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 133-138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lung Transplantation After Previous Thoracic Surgical Procedures

Frank C. Detterbeck, Thomas M. Egan, and Michael R. Mill
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 139-143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Congenital and Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jacques A. M. van Son, Gordon K. Danielson, Francisco J. Puga, William D. Edwards, and David J. Driscoll
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 144-150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistulas in Adult Patients

Joo Hyun Kim, Kay-Hyun Park, Sook Whan Sung, and Joon Ryang Rho
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 151-155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Conversion of Postischemic Ventricular Fibrillation With Intraaortic Infusion of Potassium Chloride

Eivind Øvrum, Geir Tangen, Einfrid Åm Holen, Mari-Anne L. Ringdal, and Reidar Istad
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 156-159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Bypass Perfusion Temperature Does Not Influence Perioperative Renal Function

Idriss A. Regragui, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Inderpaul Birdi, Marta Lapsley, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 160-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral Blood Flow Is Determined by Arterial Pressure and Not Cardiopulmonary Bypass Flow Rate

Arthur E. Schwartz, Aqeel A. Sandhu, Richard J. Kaplon, William L. Young, Amy E. Jonassen, David C. Adams, Niloo M. Edwards, Joseph J. Sistino, Ccp, Pawel Kwiatkowski, and Robert E. Michler
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 165-169. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Toronto SPV Bioprosthesis: One-Year Results in 100 Patients

Friedrich W. Mohr, Thomas Walther, Mersa Baryalei, Volkmar Falk, Rüdiger Autschbach, Albert Scheidt, and Harald Dalichau
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 171-175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Resuspension in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Repair With Aortic Insufficiency

Paul Simon, Anton Mortiz, Reinhard Moidl, Natascha Kupilik, Martin Grabenwoeger, Marek Ehrlich, and Michael Havel
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 176-180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

John M. Murkin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 169-170. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Submitral Left Ventricular Tuberculoma

Rufus Baretti, Lothar Eckel, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 181-182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Multiple Leiomyomas of the Esophagus

Frederick H. Taylor, Wayne Christenson, Richard W. Zollinger, II, T. Arthur Edgerton, and Charles D. Harr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 182-183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral Oxygenation During Retrograde Perfusion

Warren J. Levy, Serle K. Levin, and Joseph E. Bavaria
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 184-186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revascularization of the Internal Mammary Artery After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Stanley A. Gall, Jr, Clarence H. Owen, Fiona M. Clements, and Richard L. McCann
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 186-188. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massive Phrenic Perineurioma Mimicking an Unresectable Cardiac Tumor

Marvin F. Ewy, Todd L. Demmy, Michael C. Perry, Muthu S. Krishnan, and Jack J. Curtis
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 188-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Homograft Patch Repair for Hemorrhagic Mediastinitis

Mark C. Felger, O. Lawayne Miller, John H. Calhoon, Edward Y. Sako, Scott B. Johnson, Gregory P. Wittpenn, and J. Kent Trinkle
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 190-191. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortoesophageal Fistula After Reconstruction of the Thoracic Spine

Neil R. Floch, James C. Harvey, and Edward J. Beattie, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 191-192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchopulmonary Sequestration Associated With an Aneurysm of the Aberrant Artery

Douglas P. B. Janssen, Piet P. M. Schilte, Casper S. De Graaff, and Hans A. Van Dijk
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 193-194. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Novel Approach for Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Visceroatrial Situs Inversus

Robert E. Michler and Aqeel A. Sandhu
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 194-197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of a Complex Body Wall Defect Using Polytetrafluorethylene Patches

Frederic W. Grannis, Jr and Lawrence D. Wagman
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 197-199. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of Covered Esophageal Stents in Malignant Esophagorespiratory Fistula

Kit Wong and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 199-200. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adjunctive Technique for Control of Hemorrhage During Repair of Cardiac Rupture

Masahiko Matsumoto, Yutaka Konishi, Sadatoshi Yuasa, and Senri Miwa
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 200-202. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Fistulas Presenting With Bacterial Endocarditis

Abdul M. Alkhulaifi, Simon M. Horner, Wilf B. Pugsley, and R. Howard Swanton
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 202-204. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Scott M. Bradley and Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 204-206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve Presenting With Myocardial Infarction

Friedrich Stefan Eckstein, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Jochen Grote, Andreas Mügge, and Hans-Georg Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 206-208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Prevention of Distal Limb Ischemia During Cardiopulmonary Support via Femoral Cannulation

Kevin L. Greason, James R. Hemp, J. Matthew Maxwell, John E. Fetter, and Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 209-210. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revised Technique of Isolated Lung Perfusion in the Rat

Hong-Yue Wang, Jeffrey L. Port, Steven N. Hochwald, and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 211-212. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Reviews:

Alternatives in Biventricular Repair of Double-Outlet Left Ventricle

Serafin Y. DeLeon, E. Phillip Ow, Pipit Chiemmongkoltip, Dolores A. Vitullo, Jose A. Quinones, Elizabeth A. Fisher, Saroja Bharati, Michel N. Ilbawi, and Roque Pifarré
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 213-216. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus

Axel W. Joob, G. Kenneth Haines, III, Merrill S. Kies, and Thomas W. Shields
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 217-222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Myasthenia Gravis

Julie A. Swain
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 223-224. [Full Text]  

Update:

Mitral Valve Replacement With Preservation of Chordae Tendineae and Papillary Muscles

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 225-226. [Full Text]  

Surgery for Scleroderma of the Esophagus: A 12-Year Experience

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 227. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Case Reports I, Clinical Studies in Extracorporeal Circulation: Edited by Trudy B. Stafford, John M. Toomasian, and Mark Kurusz Houston, PREF Press, 1994 250 pp, not illustrated, $50.00

Edward Y. Sako
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 170. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

A Method of Testing Repaired Mitral Valves During Concomitant Aortic Valve Replacement

Amit Banerjee, Mohammed Akhter, and Sudershan K. Khanna
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 228. [Full Text]  

To Staple, Suture, or Ligate the Bronchus

Solomon Victor, Vijaya M. Nayak, Meerasahib Kabeer, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 228-229. [Full Text]  

Lecompte Maneuver for Truncus Arteriosus With Type B Arch Interruption: Is This a Panacea?

Daniel M. Cohen
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 229. [Full Text]  

Surgical Revascularization for Left Main Coronary Artery Atresia

Antonello Musiani, Ezio Micalizzi, Carlo De Gasperis, and Probal K. Ghosh
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 229-231. [Full Text]  

Jugular Bulb Saturation and Cognitive Dysfunction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

W. Alan C. Mutch, Mark F. Newman, Narda D. Croughwell, and Joseph G. Reves
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 231-232. [Full Text]  

Radial Artery Harvest

Richard F. Brodman
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 231. [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Operation After Pneumonectomy

M. Murat Demirtas, Haci Akar, Mehmet Kaplan, and Sabri DaGsali
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 232-233. [Full Text]  

Inadequacy, Mortality, and Thoracoscopy

Garrett L. Walsh and Jonathan C. Nesbitt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 233. [Full Text]  

Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung

Robert B. Wagner
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 233-234. [Full Text]  

Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma

Virginia M. Walley and Sharon A. Boone
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 234. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Correction

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 234. [Full Text]  

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