J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper:

Transplantation as a Primary Treatment for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Intermediate-Term Results

Anees J. Razzouk, Richard E. Chinnock, Steven R. Gundry, Joyce K. Johnston, Ranae L. Larsen, Marti F. Baum, Neda F. Mulla, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Effect of Aminoguanidine and Cyclosporine on Lung Allograft Rejection

Pella Mattsson, Adriana Zeevi, Jane Cai, Samuel A. Yousem, Rosemary Hoffman, Michael Nalesnik, Gilbert J. Burckart, David Geller, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 207-212. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in the Treatment of Pulmonary Metastases: Results of a Prospective Trial

Patricia M. McCormack, Manjit S. Bains, Colin B. Begg, Michael E. Burt, Robert J. Downey, David M. Panicek, Valerie W. Rusch, Maureen Zakowski, and Robert J. Ginsberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 213-216. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Open Drainage of Massive Tuberculous Empyema With Progressive Reexpansion of the Lung: An Old Concept Revisited

Sohaila Mohsin Ali, Abdul Aziz Siddiqui, and Joseph S. McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 218-223. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanisms of Right Ventricular Dysfunction After Pulmonary Resection

Carolyn E. Reed, B. Hugh Dorman, and Francis G. Spinale
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 225-231. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delay of Adenosine Triphosphate Depletion and Hypoxanthine Formation in Rabbit Lung After Death

Dirk E. M. Van Raemdonck, Nicole C. P. Jannis, Filip R. L. Rega, Paul R. J. De Leyn, Willem J. Flameng, and Toni E. Lerut
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 233-240. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

One Hundred Consecutive Thymectomies for Myasthenia Gravis

Frank C. Detterbeck, Walter W. Scott, James F. Howard, Jr, Thomas M. Egan, Blair A. Keagy, Peter J. K. Starek, Michael R. Mill, and Benson R. Wilcox
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 242-245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Distribution of Distant Metastases From Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Leslie E. Quint, Srinivas Tummala, Louis J. Brisson, Isaac R. Francis, Alexander S. Krupnick, Ella A. Kazerooni, Mark D. Iannettoni, Richard I. Whyte, and Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 246-250. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morbidity and Mortality After Thoracoscopic Pneumonoplasty

Richard A. Fujita and Gregory B. Barnes
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 251-257. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Salvage of Ischemic Myocardium With Simplified and Even Delayed Coronary Sinus Retroperfusion

Gabriel S. Aldea, Xi Zhang, Samuel Rivers, and Richard J. Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 9-15. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internal Thoracic Artery for Coronary Artery Grafting in Octogenarians

Rohinton J. Morris, Michael D. Strong, Karl E. Grunewald, M. L. Ray Kuretu, Louis E. Samuels, J. Yasha Kresh, and Stanley K. Brockman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 16-22. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Integrated Cardioplegia Allows Complex Valve Repairs in All Patients

Bradley S. Allen, Diana Murcia-Evans, and Renee S. Hartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 23-29. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial Protection With Potassium-Channel Openers Is as Effective as St. Thomas' Solution in the Rabbit Heart

Jennifer S. Lawton, Jerry D. Sepic, Cynthia T. Allen, Peng-Wie Hsia, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 31-38. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Spanish Monostrut Study Group: A Ten-Year Experience With 8,599 Implants

Alejandro Aris, Alberto Igual, José M. Padró, Raul Burgos, José L. Vallejo, José M. Rabasa, Rafael Llorens, and Jaime Casares
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 40-47. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-Term Results of Operation for Paravalvular Abscess

Yves d'Udekem, Tirone E. David, Christopher M. Feindel, Susan Armstrong, and Zhao Sun
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 48-53. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Non–Heart-Beating Donors: A Model of Thoracic Allograft Injury

Michael C. Mauney, Jeffrey T. Cope, Oliver A. R. Binns, R. Chris King, Kimberly S. Shockey, Scott A. Buchanan, Shawn W. Wilson, Jay Cogbill, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 54-61. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Women: A 21-Year Experience

Paul A. Kurlansky, Malcolm J. Dorman, David L. Galbut, Niberto L. Moreno, Ernest A. Traad, Roger G. Carrillo, Melinda Zucker, Luis Sanchez, and George Ebra
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 63-69. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Kyung Sun, Thomas G. Sharp, Randall L. Caldwell, Robert K. Darragh, Gregory J. Ensing, Timothy M. Cordes, Theresa Flaspohler, and John W. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 70-76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Triiodothyronine on Graft Function in a Model of Heart Transplantation

Timothy V. Votapka, David A. Canvasser, D. Glenn Pennington, Masaaki Koga, and Marc T. Swartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 78-82. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inotropes in the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Effects in an Animal Model

Christopher J. Riordan, Flemming Randsbaek, John H. Storey, William D. Montgomery, William P. Santamore, and Erle H. Austin, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 83-90. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Twelve-Hour Canine Heart Preservation With a Simple, Portable Hypothermic Organ Perfusion Device

John H. Calhoon, Leonid Bunegin, Jerry F. Gelineau, Mark C. Felger, Joseph J. Naples, O. LaWayne Miller, and Edward Y. Sako
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 91-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early Clinical Results of Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion for Aortic Arch Operations in Japan

Akihiko Usui, Toshio Abe, and Mitsuya Murase
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 94-104. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Autotransfused Shed Mediastinal Blood Has Normal Erythrocyte Survival

Henrik Schmidt, Jens Otto Lund, and Steen Levin Nielsen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 105-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of Transfusion of Mediastinal Shed Blood on Serum Levels of Cardiac Enzymes

Dao M. Nguyen, Brian M. Gilfix, France Dennis, David Blank, David A. Latter, Patrick L. Ergina, Jean E. Morin, and Benoit de Varennes
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 109-114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Influence of Age on Cerebral Recovery After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Piglets

Fumikazu Nomura, Joseph M. Forbess, Richard A. Jonas, Takeshi Hiramatsu, Adre J. du Plessis, Gene Walter, Michael E. Stromski, and David H. Holtzman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 115-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Correction of Truncus Arteriosus With Autologous Arterial Flap in Neonates and Small Infants

Seimei Nakae, Shingo Kasahara, Naoki Kuroyama, Zong-Bo Lin, Satoshi Hiraishi, Yotaro Agata, and Hirokuni Yoshimura
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 123-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Normothermic Versus Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Do Changes in Coagulation Differ?

Joachim Boldt, Christoph Knothe, Ingeborg Welters, Friedhelm L. Dapper, and Gunter Hempelmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 130-135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome: Surgical Treatment and Considerations

François Godart, Lucile Houyel, François Lacour-Gayet, Alain Serraf, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Jérome Petit, Jean-Dominique Piot, Jean-Paul Binet, Stefano Conte, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 136-142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Surgical Conditions Induced by ß-Blockade: Effect on Myocardial Fluid Balance

Uwe Mehlhorn, Steven J. Allen, Deborah L. Adams, Karen L. Davis, Gloria R. Gogola, and R. David Warters
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 143-150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partial Atrioventricular Canal With Congestive Heart Failure in the First Year of Life: Surgical Options

Alessandro Giamberti, Bruno Marino, Duccio di Carlo, Fiore S. Iorio, Roberto Formigari, Andrea De Zorzi, and Carlo Marcelletti
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 151-154. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-Term Follow-up of Autologous Pericardial Valved Conduits

Andres J. Schlichter, Christian Kreutzer, Rita de C.Mayorquim, Jorge L. Simon, Haydee Vazquez, Maria I. Roman, and Guillermo O. A. Kreutzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 155-160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spontaneous Acquisition of Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries

J. Deane Waldman, Robert B. Karp, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Brojendra Agarwala, and Seymour Glagov
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 161-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Calcification of Bovine Pericardium: Glutaraldehyde Versus No-React Biomodification

Amir Abolhoda, Sumei Yu, J. Rodrigo Oyarzun, John R. McCormick, John D. Bogden, and Shlomo Gabbay
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 169-174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy for Repair of Atrial Septal Defect

Jean-Michel Grinda, Thierry A. Folliguet, Patrice Dervanian, Loïc Macé, Benoit Legault, and Jean-Yves Neveux
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 175-178. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of Represervation of the Chordae Tendineae During Redo Mitral Valve Replacement

Vivek Rao, Masashi Komeda, Richard D. Weisel, Joan Ivanov, John S. Ikonomidis, Toshizumi Shirai, and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 179-183. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Cytokines, Hemodynamics, and Outcome in Bypass Grafting

Mario C. Deng, Burkhard Dasch, Michael Erren, Thomas Möllhoff, and Hans H. Scheld
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 184-190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Moderate Hypothermia Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass-Induced Impairment of Cerebrovascular Responses to Platelet Products

Alon Stamler, Steven Y. Wang, Jianyi Li, Robert L. Thurer, Frederick J. Schoen, and Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 191-198. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

"Classic" Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition and Ventricular Septal Defect

Jean-Luc Termignon, Francine Leca, Pascal R. Vouhé, Françoise Vernant, Olivier M. Bical, Yves Lecompte, and Jean-Yves Neveux
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 199-206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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Invited Commentaries:

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Randall B. Griepp
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 103-104. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 129. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Peter B. Manning
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 154. [Full Text]  

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Jaroslav Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 178. [Full Text]  

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Thomas P. Graham, Jr
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Invited Commentary

Gordon K. Danielson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 261-262. [Full Text]  

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Hermes C. Grillo
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Invited Commentary

Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 295. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Late Conduit Occlusion After Modified Fontan Procedure With Classic Glenn Shunt

Theodore C. Koutlas, J. Kevin Harrison, Thomas M. Bashore, Martin P. O'Laughlin, Marjorie E. Tripp, and J. William Gaynor
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 258-261. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fringed Valve Prosthesis for Aortic Root Abscess

Jun-ichi Hayashi, Shoji Eguchi, Haruo Miyamura, and Hisanaga Moro
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 262-264. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary-Pulmonary Steal Syndrome

Hani K. Najm, Inderjit S. Gill, Gerald M. FitzGibbon, and Wilbert J. Keon
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 264-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Venous Cannula Obstruction by Swan-Ganz Catheter During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

J. Rodrigo Oyarzun, James S. Donahoo, John R. McCormick, and Steven Herman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 266-267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biventricular Assist for Severe Acute Rheumatic Pancarditis

Bram J. Amsel, Herbert De Raedt, Inez E. Rodrigus, Luc Haenen, Patrick Druwé, Anne Vorlat, Cecile G. Colpaert, and Adrian C. Moulijn
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 267-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Rupture After Blunt Chest Trauma: Injury by Airway Bursting

Jose L. Martín de Nicolás, Antonio P. Gámez, Felipe Cruz, Vicente Díaz-Hellín, Carmen Marrón, Jose I. Martínez, Ramiro Gálvez, and José Toledo
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 269-272. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant Aneurysm of Main Pulmonary Artery

Ying-Fu Chen, Chaw-Chi Chiu, and Chee-Siong Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 272-274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leiomyosarcoma of the Superior Vena Cava

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Jean-Francois Regnard, Remi Nottin, Elisabeth M. Dulmet, Michele Rusca, Paolo Bobbio, and Philippe Levasseur
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 274-276. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giant Bronchogenic Cyst Presenting as a Lobar Emphysema in a Newborn

Hamit Okur, Mustafa Küçükaydin, Adnan Öztürk, Süleyman Balkanli, and Ali Bozkurt
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 276-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Irreversible Tetraplegia After Tracheal Resection

Jaime Domínguez, Juan J. Rivas, Ramiro D. Lobato, Vicente Díaz, and Emilio Larrú
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 278-280. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intracoronary Thrombolysis in the Treatment of Graft Closure Immediately After CABG

Harold L. Dauerman, Donald E. Cutlip, and Frank W. Sellke
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 280-283. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchoesophagopleural Fistula After Photodynamic Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma

James D. Luketich, Jill Westkaemper, K. Eric Sommers, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan, and Rodney J. Landreneau
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 283-284. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Reconstruction of a Complex Traumatic Carinal Disruption

Joseph R. Newton, Jr, Ravi Sharma, Hormoz Azar, Mark C. Rummel, and L. Delano Britt
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 284-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Trachea–Innominate Artery Fistula and Concomitant Critical Cerebrovascular Disease

Michael D. Black, Farid M. Shamji, and Thomas R. J. Todd
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 286-288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardial Patch Augmentation of Right Atrioventricular Valve in Atrioventricular Canal

Volkmar Falk, Jacques A. M. van Son, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 288-290. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Selective Management of Embolized Intracardiac Missiles

Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Boyd C. Marts, Bhargav M. Mistry, John W. Brown, Rodney M. Durham, and John E. Mazuski
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 290-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Coronary Ostial Reconstruction

Paul D. Ridley and James D. Wisheart
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 293-295. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart-Lung Transplantation in Situs Inversus

Gregorio Rábago, Jack G. Copeland, III, Felice Rosapepe, Andrew C. Tsen, David A. Arzouman, Francisco A. Arabia, and Gulshan K. Sethi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 296-298. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transthoracic Intraaortic Balloon Pump: A Simplified Technique

Joshua H. Burack, Pablo Uceda, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 299-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Lung Preservation: The Importance of Endothelial and Alveolar Type II Cell Integrity

Richard J. Novick, Kenneth E. Gehman, Imtiaz S. Ali, and John Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 302-314. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Barrett's Esophagus

Alex G. Little
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Review of Recent Books:

Handbook of Patient Care in Cardiac Surgery: By Gus J. Vlahakes, John H. Lemmer, Jr, Douglas M. Behrendt, and W. Gerald Austen Boston, Little, Brown, 1994 302 pp, illustrated, $38.95 IBSN 0-316-08779-3

James W. Asaph
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 39. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Management of Cold Agglutinemia With Intermittent Warm Blood Cardioplegia and Normothermia

Generoso Mastrogiovanni, Paolo Masiello, Severino Iesu, Isidoro Senese, and Giuseppe Di Benedetto
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 317. [Full Text]  

Comparative Study of Biological Glues

David A. Browdie, Rick V. Bernstein, Samir Basu, Corrado P. Marini, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 317-318. [Full Text]  

Central Venous Pressure/Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Ratio

Ercüment A. Kopman
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 319. [Full Text]  

Locating the Embedded Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: Follow-up Comment

R. Leighton Fisk, Vipin Zamvar, and R. A. M. Lawson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 319-320. [Full Text]  

Double-Loop Sternal Wiring Technique

Melih Erdinc, Ahmet Ocal, Husnu Sezer, Ahmet Kuzgun, and Cuneyt Ozturk
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 320-321. [Full Text]  

Technique for Measuring a Reduction in Systolic Average Transmural Pressure

Augustine Tang, Timothy L. Hooper, Frederick Y. Chen, Lishan Aklog, Brian J. deGuzman, Rita G. Laurence, Gregory S. Couper, Lawrence H. Cohn, and Thomas A. McMahon
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 321-322. [Full Text]  

Esophageal Resection for Recurrent Achalasia

Manoel Ximenes, III, Daniel L. Miller, and Mark S. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 322-323. [Full Text]  

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Kjell Saatvedt, Morten Dragsund, and Kenneth Nordstrand
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 323-324. [Full Text]  

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus capitis

Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, and Yoshiharu Enomoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 324. [Full Text]  

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