President's Page:

I Have Seen the Future and It Is on the Internet

Robert L. Replogle
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Editorials:

The Internet and the Thoracic Surgeon: A "Virtual" Future

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1603-1604. [Full Text]  

SIRS-The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome After Cardiac Operations

Kenneth M. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1607-1608. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Isolated Lung Perfusion With Tumor Necrosis Factor for Pulmonary Metastases

Harvey I. Pass, Daphne J. Y. Mew, Karen C. Kranda, Barbara K. Temeck, Jessica S. Donington, and Steven A. Rosenberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1609-1617. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chest Wall Constriction After Too Extensive and Too Early Operations for Pectus Excavatum

J. Alex Haller, Jr, Paul M. Colombani, C. Thomas Humphries, Richard G. Azizkhan, and Gerald M. Loughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1618-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

VATS Debridement Versus Thoracotomy in the Treatment of Loculated Postpneumonia Empyema

Tomás A. Angelillo Mackinlay, Gustavo A. Lyons, Domingo J. Chimondeguy, Miguel A. Barboza Piedras, Gustavo Angaramo, and Juan Emery
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1626-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Critical Importance of the First 10 Minutes of Lung Graft Reperfusion After Hypothermic Storage

Moninder S. Bhabra, David N. Hopkinson, Trudi E. Shaw, and Timothy L. Hooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1631-1635. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchogenic Cysts of the Lung

Michel E. Ribet, Marie-Christine Copin, and Bernard H. Gosselin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1636-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immediate and Long-Term Results After Surgical Treatment of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax by VATS

Patrick C. Bertrand, Jean-Francois Regnard, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Jean-Francois Levi, Pierre Magdeleinat, Lionel Guibert, and Philippe Levasseur
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1641-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pneumothorax and Wound Dehiscence Related to Collagenase Deregulation: Treatment With Diphenylhydantoin

Michael J. O'Toole, James E. Kolb, William J. Lindblad, I. Kelman Cohen, and Martin F. McKneally
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1646-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients: Influence of Concomitant Coronary Grafting on Late Survival

Guo-Wei He, Gary L. Grunkemeier, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1746-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Effect of L-Arginine on Metabolic Recovery of the Ischemic Myocardium

Michel Carrier, Ahmad Khalil, Alain Tourigny, B. Charles Solymoss, and L. Conrad Pelletier
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1651-1657. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Grafting via Left Anterior Small Thoracotomy Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Antonio M. Calafiore, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giovanni Teodori, Giovanni Bosco, Erminio D'Annunzio, Antonio Barsotti, Nicola Maddestra, Leonardo Paloscia, Giuseppe Vitolla, Antonio Sciarra, Carlo Fino, and Marco Contini
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1658-1663. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Characterization and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Flutter After the Classic Fontan Repair

Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Burt I. Bromberg, Richard B. Schuessler, Bryan J. Turken, John P. Boineau, James L. Cox, and Charles B. Huddleston
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1666-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial Protection With Pinacidil Cardioplegia in the Blood-Perfused Heart

Jennifer S. Lawton, Gary C. Harrington, Cynthia T. Allen, Peng-Wie Hsia, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1680-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Safety of Remote Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Steven J. Hoff, Walter H. Merrill, James R. Stewart, and Harvey W. Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1689-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of Asymptomatic Mild Aortic Stenosis During Coronary Artery Operations

Andrew C. Fiore, Marc T. Swartz, Keith S. Naunheim, Debra A. Moroney, David A. Canvasser, Lawrence R. McBride, Pamela S. Peigh, George C. Kaiser, and Vallee L. Willman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1693-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nitric Oxide Production Affects Cerebral Perfusion and Metabolism After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Steven S. L. Tsui, Paul M. Kirshbom, Michael J. Davies, Michael T. Jacobs, William J. Greeley, Frank H. Kern, J. William Gaynor, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1699-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Internal Thoracic Artery Through the Transverse Sinus in Myocardial Revascularization

Luís Roberto Gerola, Luiz Boro Puig, Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Gil V. Cividanes, Guilherme P. Gemha, Rosangela C. M. Souto, Egle C. Oppi, and Anselmo H. S. Souza
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1708-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome After Cardiac Operations

Joachim Cremer, Marius Martin, Heinz Redl, Soheyl Bahrami, Conny Abraham, Thomas Graeter, Axel Haverich, Günter Schlag, and Hans-Georg Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1714-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Combined Left-Sided Recurrent Laryngeal and Phrenic Nerve Palsy After Coronary Artery Operation

Prabhat Tewari and Surendra Kumar Aggarwal
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1721-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perioperative Complications in Combined Aortic Valve Replacement and Extraanatomic Ascending-Descending Bypass

Klaus Pethig, Thorsten Wahlers, Salis Tager, and Hans-Georg Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1724-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart Transplantation for Chronic Chagas' Heart Disease

Edimar A. Bocchi, Giovanni Bellotti, Amilcar O. Mocelin, David Uip, Fernando Bacal, Maria L. Higuchi, Vicente Amato-Neto, Alfredo Fiorelli, Noedir A. G. Stolf, Adib D. Jatene, and Fulvio Pileggi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1727-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Transplantation After Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Canadian Perspective

Roy G. Masters, Paul J. Hendry, Ross A. Davies, Stuart Smith, Christine Struthers, Virginia M. Walley, John P. Veinot, Tofy V. Mussivand, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1734-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative Prediction of Postoperative Morbidity in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Tuula S. O. Kurki and Matti Kataja
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1740-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early Mortality After Surgical Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture: Importance of Rupture Location

Frank F. Cox, Wim J. Morshuis, H. W. Thijs Plokker, Johannes C. Kelder, Henry A. van Swieten, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, Paul J. Knaepen, and Freddy E. E. Vermeulen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1752-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Autologous Tissue Cardiac Valve for Aortic Valve Replacement: Technical Aspects and Early Results

Christoph Gross, Paul Simon, Rudolf Mair, Rudolf Puschmann, Kurt Sihorsch, Robert Hofmann, and Peter Brücke
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1759-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is Potassium Channel Opening an Effective Form of Preconditioning Before Cardioplegia?

Philippe Menasché, Christian Mouas, and Christian Grousset
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1764-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Indication and Technique of Total Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in 228 Patients

Qingyu Wu
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1769-1774. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Due to Impaired Nitric Oxide Production After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Kiyozo Morita, Kai Ihnken, Gerald D. Buckberg, Michael P. Sherman, and Louis J. Ignarro
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1775-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Video-Assisted Mitral Valve Operations

Pyng Jing Lin, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Jaw-Ji Chu, Hui-Ping Liu, Feng-Chun Tsai, Po-Hsien Chu, Cheng-Wen Chiang, Min-Wen Yang, Ming-Hwang Shyr, and Peter P. C. Tan
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1781-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mid-Term Results of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Eckhard Mayer, Manfred Dahm, Ulrich Hake, Franz X. Schmid, Michael Pitton, Iri Kupferwasser, Stein Iversen, and Hellmut Oelert
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1788-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Renal Dialysis Patients

Toshiya Koyanagi, Hiroshi Nishida, Masaya Kitamura, Masahiro Endo, Hitoshi Koyanagi, Masao Kawaguchi, Nobuhisa Magosaki, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, and Saichi Hosoda
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1793-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Improvement After Revision in Fontan Patients

Dolores A. Vitullo, Serafin Y. DeLeon, Teresa E. Berry, Juan J. Bonilla, Sanjeev V. Chhangani, Frank Cetta, Jose A. Quinones, Timothy J. Bell, and Elizabeth A. Fisher
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1797-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortico–Left Ventricular Tunnel in Fetuses and Infants

Miguel Sousa-Uva, Anita Touchot, Laurent Fermont, Dominique Piot, Anne Lise Delezoide, Alain Serraf, Francois Lacour-Gayet, Régine Roussin, Jacqueline Bruniaux, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1805-1810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Autologous Monocusp Pulmonary Valve: Preliminary Results

David Mishaly, Einat Birk, Amir Elami, and Bernardo A. Vidne
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1811-1815. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

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Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

Joseph I. Miller, Jr
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Invited Commentary

Stephen R. Hazelrigg
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Invited Commentary

Ivor F. Galvin
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Invited Commentary

Stephen R. Large
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Invited Commentary

Bernard Hausen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1739. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1757-1758. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

C. Walton Lillehei
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1774. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Bruce A. Reitz
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Invited Commentary

Charles B. Huddleston
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Invited Commentary

Carl L. Backer
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Invited Commentary

Mark Silen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1837-1838. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect on a Beating Heart

Toshiki Takahashi, Keishi Kadoba, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Hiroshi Imagawa, Takafumi Masai, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1816-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mesenteric Ischemia After a Cardiac Operation: Conservative Treatment With Local Vasodilation

Urs Niederhäuser, Michele Genoni, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Werner Brühlmann, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1817-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Thoracotomy for Distal Tracheal Repair

Ray H. Chen and David A. Ott
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1819-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Usefulness of Ultrasonography in Operation for Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

Makoto Sugita, Hirokazu Aikawa, Shigefumi Fujimura, Takashi Kondo, and Gunji Okaniwa
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1821-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Resection of Multiple Pulmonary Metastases From a Recurrent Intracranial Meningioma

C. Patrick Murrah, Edward R. Ferguson, Richard L. Jennelle, Barton L. Guthrie, and William L. Holman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1823-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Complete Tracheal Resection in a Three-Month-Old Infant

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marcus P. Haw, Josephine A. Motbey, C. Martin Bailey, Claus Herberhold, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1824-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Involving an Entire Lung in a 22-Year-Old Woman

Rudy P. Lackner, Austin B. Thompson, III, Layton F. Rikkers, and Timothy A. Galbraith
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1827-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annuloplasty for Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Yoichi Kameda, Soichiro Kitamura, Kanji Kawachi, and Tetsuji Kawata
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1829-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Replacement in the Transplanted Heart

John C. Myers and Joseph B. Coopwood
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1832-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bench Repair of Donor Mitral Valve Before Heart Transplantation

Malek G. Massad, Nicholas G. Smedira, Robert E. Hobbs, Kathy Hoercher, Pieter Vandervoort, and Patrick M. McCarthy
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1833-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Treatment of Right Ventricular Myxoma in Infancy

Daniel Talmor, Joseph Caspi, Shai Feuering, Nili Zuker, Eli Zalstein, Amir Ganiel, and Azi Appelbaum
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1835-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Sequestration in an Infant

Maurizio Mezzetti, Carlo A. Dell'Agnola, Marilia Bedoni, Roberto Cappelli, Franco Fumagalli, and Tiziana Panigalli
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1836-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ventricular Septal Aneurysm After Atrioventricular Septal Repair With Pericardium

Harold M. Burkhart, Stephanie A. Moody, Greg J. Ensing, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1838-1839. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leiomyosarcoma of the Pulmonary Veins With Extension to the Left Atrium

Alberto S. Gyhra, Claudio K. Santander, Emilio C. Alarcón, Francisco H. Mucientes, and Hernán Carrillo
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1840-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Reconstruction in Sickle Cell Disease

Francis D. Pagani, Rocco J. Polito, and Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1841-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Salvage of Aortoesophageal Fistula Caused by a Fish Bone

Tetsuji Yamada, Hideo Sato, Masahiro Seki, Susumu Kitagawa, Masaaki Nakagawa, and Hideki Shimazaki
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1843-1845. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paraganglioma of the Interatrial Septum

Michael E. Cane, Luis D. Berrizbeitia, Sing S. Yang, Darshana Mahapatro, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1845-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Maximal Utilization of the Left Internal Mammary Artery for Coronary Bypass Grafting

Lawrence I. Bonchek, Mark W. Burlingame, Brad E. Vazales, and Edward F. Lundy
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1848-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simple, Cost-Efficient Valve Suture Organizer

Attawar Sandeep and Shivkumar Nair
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cannulation of Neonates for Venovenous Extracorporeal Life Support

Giles J. Peek, Richard K. Firmin, Hillary M. Moore, and Andrezej W. Sosnowski
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1851-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Reoperation via Small Laparotomy Using Right Gastroepiploic Artery Without CPB

Jan G. Grandjean, Massimo A. Mariani, and Tjark Ebels
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1853-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Inhaled Nitric Oxide: Therapeutic Applications in Cardiothoracic Surgery

David A. Fullerton and Robert C. McIntyre, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1856-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Bypass During Pregnancy

Andrew J. Parry and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1865-1869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Results of Total Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot Performed in Adults

Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1870-1873. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Amiodarone for Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Michael K. Wood, Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, and Iwao Yamaguchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1874. [Full Text]  

Myocardial Revascularization

Peter Whittaker, John C.-C. Tsang, and Ray C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1874-1875. [Full Text]  

Diagnosis of Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistula During Anesthesia

Richard Saldanha, Srirangapatnam Vardaraj Srikrishna, Lalita Talwalkar, Kshama Kilpadi, Mabel Vasnaik, O. Juhani Rämö, Jarmo A. Salo, and Severi P. Mattila
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1875-1876. [Full Text]  

Pleural Slide Technique for Covering the Left Bronchial Stump

Richard G. Berrisford, John L. Mercer, and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1876-1877. [Full Text]  

Is the Current System of Staging Lung Cancer the Best It Can Be?

Robert B. Wagner
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1877. [Full Text]  

En Bloc Resection of Lung Cancer Invading the Spine

Dominique Grunenwald, Christian Mazel, Pierre Baldeyrou, and Philippe Girard
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1878-1879. [Full Text]  

Anomalous Coronary Artery in Tetralogy

S. Bert Litwin and J. Terrance Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1879. [Full Text]  

Outcome Versus Volume in Coronary-Bypass Operations

Victor Parsonnet and Alan D. Bernstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 61: 1879-1880. [Full Text]  

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