Articles:

The "Cured" lung cancer patient: Is follow-up by the surgeon worthwhile?

Clement A. Hiebert
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1557-1558. [PDF] [References]  

Solid tumors in cardiac allograft recipients

Israel Penn
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1559-1560. [PDF] [References]  

Cellular linings of ventricular assist devices

Timothy Scott-Burden and O.H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1561-1562. [PDF] [References]  

Is follow-up of lung cancer patients after resection medically indicated and cost-effective?

Garrett L. Walsh, Maeve O'Connor, Kelly M. Willis, Mira Milas, Rose S. Wong, Jonathan C. Nesbitt, Joe B. Putnam, Jr, J. Jack Lee, and Jack A. Roth
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1563-1572. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Staging non—small cell lung cancer by whole-body positron emission tomographic imaging

Peter E. Valk, Thomas R. Pounds, Donald M. Hopkins, Michael K. Haseman, Glenn A. Hofer, Hani B. Greiss, Richard W. Myers, and Calvin L. Lutrin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1573-1582. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

c-myc antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides inhibit proliferation of non—small cell lung cancer

Lary A. Robinson, Larry J. Smith, Michele P. Fontaine, H. David Kay, Charles P. Mountjoy, and Samuel J. Pirruccello
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1583-1591. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Improvement of tracheal autograft survival with transplantation into the greater omentum

Li Jian, Xu Peizhang, Hongyi Chen, Zequan Yang, and Qilian Zhang
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1592-1596. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Maximal preservation time of tracheal allografts

Paolo Macchiarini, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Vincent Thomas de Montpréville, Elisabeth M. Dulmet, Alain R. Chapelier, Philippe G. Dartevelle Paris-Sud University Lung Transplantation Group
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1597-1604. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Influence of sample number and biopsy site on the histologic diagnosis of diffuse lung disease

Andrew Flint, Fernando J. Martinez, Mary L. Young, Richard I. Whyte, Galen B. Toews, and Joseph P. Lynch, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1605-1608. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Successful treatment of solitary extracranial metastases from non—small cell lung cancer

James D. Luketich, Nael Martini, Robert J. Ginsberg, David Rigberg, and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1609-1611. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clinical surveillance testing after lung cancer operations

Keith S. Naunheim, Katherine S. Virgo, Margaret A. Coplin, and Frank E. Johnson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1612-1616. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Prostaglanding E₁ or prostacyclin in euro-collins solution fails to improve lung preservation

Sinikka Kukkonen, Lasse J. Heikkilä, Kalervo Verkkala, Severi P. Mattila, and Hannu Toivonen
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1617-1622. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Solid tumors after heart transplantation: Lethality of lung cancer

Si M. Pham, Robert L. Kormos, Rodney J. Landreneau, Akihiko Kawai, Ivan Gonzalez-Cancel, Robert L. Hardesty, Brack G. Hattler, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1623-1626. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Characterization of hematopoietic cells arising on the textured surface of left ventricular assist devices

Shahin Rafii, Mehmet C. Oz, J. Alex Seldomridge, Barbara Ferris, Adam S. Asch, Ralph L. Nachman, Fred Shapiro, Eric A. Rose, and Howard R. Levin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1627-1632. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Time-related hemodynamic changes after aortic replacement with the freestyle stentless xenograft

Stephen Westaby, Naomali Amarasena, Vanessa Long, Anthony Prothero, G.A. Chandima Amarasena, Adrian P. Banning, Ravi Pillai, and Oliver Ormerod
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1633-1639. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Influence of ejection fraction on hospital mortality, morbidity, and costs for CABG patients

Gregory L. Kay, Guo-Wen Sun, Atsushi Aoki, and Curtis A. Prejean, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1640-1651. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Exploring better methods to preserve the chordae tendineae during mitral valve replacement

Masashi Komeda, Abe DeAndar, Jr, Julie R. Glasson, Ann F. Bolger, Yasuko Tomizawa, George T. Daughters, II, Terrence L. Tye, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1652-1658. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Growth of oversized grafts in neonatal heart transplantation

Norihide Fukushima, Steven R. Gundry, Anees J. Razzouk, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1659-1664. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Influence of hemodynamics on the performances of intravascular gas exchangers

Tomislav Mihaljevic, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Martin Tönz, Boris Leskosek, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1665-1670. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cardiopulmonary bypass temperature, hematocrit, and cerebral oxygen delivery in humans

David J. Cook, William C. Oliver, Jr, Thomas A. Orszulak, Richard C. Daly, and Rex D. Bryce
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1671-1677. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

New technique measures decreased transmural myocardial pressure in cardiomyoplasty

Frederick Y. Chen, Lishan Aklog, Brian J. deGuzman, Rita G. Laurence, Gregory S. Couper, Robert F. Appleyard, Lawrence H. Cohn, and Thomas A. McMahon
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1678-1682. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Suppressor cells and intrathymic inoculation of donor alloantigens in cardiac transplantation

Zhenya Shen, Muhammad Mohiuddin, and Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1683-1685. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Atrioventricular valve insufficiency and atrial geometry after orthotopic heart transplantation

Raffaele De Simone, Rüdiger Lange, Falk-Udo Sack, Hormoz Mehmanesh, and Siegfried Hagl
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1686-1693. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Preoperative autologous blood donations in pediatric cardiac surgery

Monetaka Masuda, Yosito Kawachi, Shouiti Inaba, Kouji Matsuzaki, Fumio Fukumura, Shigeki Morita, Ryuji Tominaga, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1694-1697. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Different effects of an adenosine A₁ analogue and ischemic preconditioning in isolated rabbit hearts

Robert D. Lasley, Mark A. Noble, Patrick J. Konyn, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1698-1703. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Retrograde abdominal visceral perfusion: Is it beneficial?

Parachuri V. Rao, Russell F. Stahl, Babs R. Soller, Kevin G. Shortt, Charles Hsi, Kevin J. Cotter, Janice M. BelleIsle, and John M. Moran
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1704-1708. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with sympathetic activation

Jonathan M. Kalman, Muhammad Munawar, Laurence G. Howes, William J. Louis, Brain F. Buxton, Geoffrey Gutteridge, and Andrew M. Tonkin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1709-1715. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Cerebral dysfunction after cardiac operations in elderly patients

Eric J. Heyer, Ellise Delphin, David C. Adams, Eric A. Rose, Craig R. Smith, George J. Todd, Mark Ginsburg, Rita Haggerty, and Donald J. McMahon
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1716-1722. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Successful 24-hour reabbit heart preservation by hypothermic continuous coronary microperfusion with oxygenated university of wisconsin solution

Kenji Okada, Chojiro Yamashita, Masayoshi Okada, and Morihito Okada
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1723-1728. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Myocardial effects of experimental acute brain death: Evaluation by hemodynamic and biological studies

Georges Pinelli, Paul-Michel Mertes, Jean-Pierre Carteaux, Yves Jaboin, Jean-Marie Escanye, François Brunotte, and Jean-Pierre Villemot
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1729-1734. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Blood cardioplegia increases plasma iron overload and thiol levels during cardiopulmonary bypass

John R. Pepper, Sharon Mumby, and John M.C. Gutteridge
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1735-1740. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Effects of dopamine on liver blood flow in children with congenital heart disease

Ian M. Mitchell, James C.S. Pollock, and Morgan P.G. Jamieson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1741-1744. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Role of leukocyte depletion during cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest

Harold L. Lazar, Xi Zhang, Takafumi Hamasaki, Patrick Treanor, Samuel Rivers, Sheiah Bernard, and Richard J. Shernin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1745-1748. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Adjunctive coronary endarterectomy: Improved safety in modern cardiac surgery

Ali R. Djalilian and Sara J. Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1749-1754. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

High and low heparin dose with heparin-coated cardiopulmonary bypass: Activation of complement and granulocytes

Eivind Øvrum, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Erik Fosse, Einfrid Åm Holen, Geir Tangen, Mari-Anne L. Ringdal, and Vibeke Videm
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1755-1761. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Long-term results of "One and a Half Ventricular Repair"

Kagami Miyaji, Munehiro Shimada, Akihiko Sekiguchi, Akira Ishizawa, Takayoshi Isoda, and Minoru Tsunemoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1762-1764. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Inhaled nitric oxide for children with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension

Ronald D. Curran, Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, Michael Sautel, Vincent R. Zales, and David L. Wessel
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1765-1771. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Myocardial lactate dehydrogenase subunit ratio in cardiac allograft recipients

Bernard Albat, Emile Missov, Anne-Marie Boularan, Marc Ferrière, Isabelle Serre, Bernard Descomps, and Paul-André Chaptal
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1772-1777. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Intraoperative epicardial echocardiography in assessing pulmonary artery banding procedures

Narayanswami Sreeram, Ranjit Jagtap, Eric D. Silove, William J. Brawn, and Babulal Sethia
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1778-1782. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

De novo solid malignancies after cardiac transplantation

Daniel J. Goldstein, Deborah L. Williams, Mehmet C. Oz, Alan D. Weinberg, Eric A. Rose, and Robert E. Michler
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1783-1789. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Bleeding esophageal duplication detected in Utero

Matthias Peiper, Wolfgang Lambrecht, Dietrich Kluth, and Bernd Hüneke
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1790-1791. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Nitric oxide treatment for pulmonary hypertension after neonatal cardiac operation

Aamir S. Shah, Arthur J. Smerling, Jan M. Quaegebeur, and Robert E. Michler
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1791-1793. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Closed atrial septectomy with brock punch aided by operative transesophageal echocardiography

John M. Simpson, David R. Anderson, and Shakeel A. Qureshi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1794-1795. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Adenocarcinoma of the neo-esophagus after collis gastroplasty

Donna E. Maziak, Michael R. Johnston, and Alan G. Casson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1795-1797. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Giant bronchoesophageal fistula: A rare complication of bronchial artery embolization

Hon-Ki Hsu and Jang-Ming Su
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1797-1798. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Arteriovenous malformation of the esophagus disguised as a leiomyoma

Anastasios K. Konstantakos, William I. Douglas, Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, Jai H. Lee, and Alexander S. Geha
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1798-1800. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary grafting using a temporary intraluminal shunt instead of heart-lung bypass

Mark M. Levinson and Gregory S. Fooks
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1800-1801. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism

Michael J. Davies, Saify S. Arsiwala, Hillary M. Moore, Steven Kerr, Andrezej W. Sosnowski, and Richard K. Firmin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1801-1803. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Systemic lupus erythematosus valvulitis: Mitral valve replacement with a homograft

Sylvain M. Chauvaud, Afkendiyos Kalangos, Alain J. Berrebi, Jullien A.R. Gaer, Christophe Acar, and Alain F. Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1803-1805. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Surgical management of pulmonary carcinoma secondary to recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Andreas Sakopoulos, Kenneth A. Kesler, Edward C. Weisberger, Mark W. Turrentine, and Dewey J. Conces, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1806-1807. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Tricuspid valve repair by septal or posterior leaflet transposition

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Ari Baldovinos, Ozge Sezerman, and Bernard Faidutti
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1807-1809. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Coronary subclavian steal: A recurrent case with notes on detecting the threat potential

Gerald M. FitzGibbon and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1810-1812. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Diagnosis of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula using ventilation scintigraphy

Frank A. Pigula, Robert J. Keenan, Keith S. Naunheim, Peter F. Ferson, and Rodney J. Landreneau
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1812-1814. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thrombosis of mitral valve bioprostheses in patients requiring circulatory assistance

Michael T Hagley, Angel Lopez-Candales, Kenneth J. Phillips, Bill B. Daily, and Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1814-1816. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Three-channeled aortic dissection

Susumu Ishikawa, Tsuguo Hasegawa, Katsuo Fuse, Morito Kato, Osamu Kamisawa, and Yasuo Morishita
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1816-1818. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Resection of an adult intracardiac wilms' tumor using hypothermic circulatory arrest

Peter Fonseca, G. Hossein Almassi, and Frank Begun
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1818-1820. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Anastomosis technique for high pharyngogastrostomy

Mark J. Krasna, Stanley D. Phillips, William C. Gray, and John F. Biedlingmaier
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1821-1823. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Technique to protect the internal mammary artery pedicle

Carlos Blanche and Alberto Santibanez-Gallerani
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1824-1825. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Protection of the right internal mammary artery in the retorsternal position with stented grafts

Anoar Zacharias
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1826-1828. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

New technique for lesser saphenous vein harvesting

Jeffrey A. Lamphere, Pat O. Daily, Ricardo J. Moreno, Stephen Marcus, Walter P. Dembitsky, Robert R. Adamson, Margaret Burr, and Patricia O'Neill
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1829-1830. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The phantom of "Myocardial Sinusoids": A historical reappraisal

John C.-C. Tsang and Ray C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1831-1835. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Results with mechanical cardiac valvular prostheses

Cary W. Akins
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1836-1844. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Obliterative bronchiolitis after lung and heart-lung transplantation

Hermann Reichenspurner, Reda E. Girgis, Robert C. Robbins, John V. Conte, Rajan V. Nair, Vincent Valentine, Gerald J. Berry, Randall E. Morris, James Theodore, and Bruce A. Reitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1845-1853. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy for brochogenic carcinoma: Report of 55 cases

Philippe G. Dartevelle, Joseph Khalife, Alain Chapelier, Jean Marzelle, Marcelo Navajas, Philippe Levassuer, Antonio Rojas, and Jacques Cerrina
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1854-1855. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

The long-term success of skeletal muscle in aortic repair

Peter J. Horneffer, Gover M. Hutchins, David L. Johnson, David L. Johnson, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1856. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Severe chest wall constriction from growth retardation after too extensive and too early (<4 years) pectus excavatum repair: An alert

J. Alex Haller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1857-1858. [PDF]  

Pulmonary nodule location by coil injection

Philippe M. Eucher, Jean-Paul Haxhe, Jean-François De Wispelaere, Serge Broka, and Jean-Claude Schoevaerdts
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1858-1859. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Hisuo Asamura, Haruhiko Kondo, and Tsuguo Naruke
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1859. [PDF] [References]  

Biatrial approach to atrial myxoma

Simon W. MacGowan and Eilis M. McGovern
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1859-1860. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

David R. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1860. [PDF]  

Superior transseptal approach to left atrial myxomas

Maraio Viganò, Antonino M. Grande, and Roberto Gaeta
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1860-1861. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1861. [PDF]  

Mitral valve replacement with complete retention of native leaflets

Amit Banerjee, Mohammed Akhter, and Sudarshan K. Khanna
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1861-1862. [PDF] [References]  

Reply

Thomas J. Vander Salm, Linda A. Pape, and Jonathan T. Mauser
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1862. [PDF] [References]  

Optimizing cardiomyoplasty results: Importance of muscle contraction timing

Roberto Lorusso, Ottavio Alfieri, Frederik van der Veen, and Jan Schreuder
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1862-1863. [PDF] [References]  

Operation for type A aortic dissection

Gerald M. Lemole
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1863-1864. [PDF] [References]  

Pulmonary resection complicated by abrupt pericardial tamponade

Eduardo A. Tovar
Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1864. [PDF] [References]  

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