Editorials:

Thromboendarterectomy: Some Unanswered Questions

Deborah Shure
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1253-1254. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Studies of Rat Lung Viability and Adenine Nucleotide Metabolism After Death

Andrea M. D'Armini, John J. Lemasters, and Thomas M. Egan
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1448-1453. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

c-erbB-2/p185–Directed Therapy in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma

John M. Snider, Lamar J. Bushnell, Lih C. Chen, and Louis A. Lanza
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1454-1459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Detection of Barrett's Adenocarcinoma of the Gastric Cardia With Sucrase Isomaltase and p53

Mark D. Iannettoni, Stanley S. Lee, Mark R. Bonnell, Timothy L. Sell, Richard I. Whyte, Mark B. Orringer, and David G. Beer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1460-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stanford Experience With Obliterative Bronchiolitis After Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation

Hermann Reichenspurner, Reda E. Girgis, Robert C. Robbins, Kwok L. Yun, Michael Nitschke, Gerald J. Berry, Randall E. Morris, James Theodore, and Bruce A. Reitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1467-1472. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kartagener's Syndrome: Clinical Presentation and Cardiosurgical Aspects

Tengis Tkebuchava, Urs Niederhäuser, Walter Weder, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Urs Bauersfeld, Heidi Felix, Mario Lachat, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1474-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reconstruction of Trachea and Carina With Immediate or Cryopreserved Allografts in Dogs

Koji Inutsuka, Katsunobu Kawahara, Toshirou Takachi, Kan Okabayashi, Takeshi Shiraishi, and Takayuki Shirakusa
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1480-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

In Vitro Comparison Between Argon Beam Coagulator and Nd:YAG Laser in Lung Contraction Therapy

Noriyoshi Sawabata, Kunimoto Nezu, Takashi Tojo, and Soichiro Kitamura
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1485-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Blood Vessel Invasion Is a Major Prognostic Factor in Resected Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Romain Kessler, Bernard Gasser, Gilbert Massard, Norbert Roeslin, Pierre Meyer, Jean-Marie Wihlm, and Georges Morand
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1489-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Relative Importance of Prostaglandin/Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Pathways in Lung Preservation

Moninder S. Bhabra, David N. Hopkinson, Trudi E. Shaw, and Timothy L. Hooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1494-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Immunohistochemical Analysis of nm23-H1 in Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Useful Marker in Prediction of Metastases

Wu-Wei Lai, Ming-Ho Wu, Jing-Jou Yan, and Feng-Feng Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1500-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Predictors of Mortality in Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

Renee S. Hartz, John G. Byrne, Sidney Levitsky, John Park, and Stuart Rich
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1255-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intermediate Results of the Extracardiac Fontan Procedure

John C. Laschinger, J. Mark Redmond, Duke E. Cameron, Jean S. Kan, and Richard E. Ringel
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1261-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Standard Criteria for an Acceptable Donor Heart Are Restricting Heart Transplantation

Valluvan Jeevanandam, Satoshi Furukawa, Thomas W. Prendergast, Barbara A. Todd, Howard J. Eisen, and James B. McClurken
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1268-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revision of Previous Fontan Connections to Extracardiac or Intraatrial Conduit Cavopulmonary Anastomosis

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Phillip Moore, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1276-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Low-Flow Cardiopulmonary Bypass Produces Greater Pulmonary Dysfunction Than Circulatory Arrest

Lynne A. Skaryak, Andrew J. Lodge, Paul M. Kirshbom, Louis R. DiBernardo, Barbara G. Wilson, Jon N. Meliones, Ross M. Ungerleider, and J. William Gaynor
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1284-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Operation for Two-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: Midterm Results of Bilateral ITA Grafting Versus Unilateral ITA and Saphenous Vein Grafting

Thierry Carrel, Patrick Horber, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1289-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Blockade of Selectin-Mediated Leukocyte Adhesion Improves Postischemic Function in Lamb Hearts

Takuya Miura, David P. Nelson, Marc L. Schermerhorn, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Gregor Zund, Paul R. Hickey, Ellis J. Neufeld, and John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1295-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Twenty-Year Clinical Experience With Porcine Bioprostheses

James I. Fann, D. Craig Miller, KathleenA. Moore, R. Scott Mitchell, Philip E. Oyer, Edward B. Stinson, Robert C. Robbins, Bruce A. Reitz, and Norman E. Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1301-1311. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Induction of Neuronal Nitric Oxide After Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Malcolm V. Brock, Mary E. Blue, Charles J. Lowenstein, Frances A. Northington, Mary S. Lange, Michael V. Johnston, and William A. Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1313-1320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Low Thromboembolic Risk Without Anticoagulation Using Advanced-Design Left Ventricular Assist Devices

James P. Slater, Eric A. Rose, Howard R. Levin, O. H. Frazier, J. Kirk Roberts, Alan D. Weinberg, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1321-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin Improves Outcome of Single-Ventricle Palliation

James S. Tweddell, Stuart Berger, Peter C. Frommelt, Andrew N. Pelech, David A. Lewis, Raymond T. Fedderly, Michele A. Frommelt, Terrence S. McManus, Ccp, Kathleen A. Mussatto, Maryanne W. Kessel, and S. Bert Litwin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1329-1335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft Rejection in an Orthotopic Canine Model

Jeffrey E. Everett, Mitchell N. Palmer, Jose Jessurun, and Sara J. Shumway
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1337-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Flow Competition of the Right Gastroepiploic Artery Graft in Coronary Revascularization

Naomichi Uchida and Yasushi Kawaue
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1342-1346. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nonvalved Homografts of Thoracic Aorta in Operation for Complex Congenital Cardiac Disease

Thierry Bové, Hélène Demanet, Thierry Beyens, Pierre Viart, Hugue Dessy, Andrée Deville, Jacques P. Goldstein, and Frank E. Deuvaert
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1347-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Applications of Statistical Quality Control to Cardiac Surgery

David M. Shahian, Warren A. Williamson, Lars G. Svensson, Joseph D. Restuccia, and Richard S. D'Agostino
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1351-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fetal Inoculation With Donor Cells in Cardiac Xenotransplantation

Zhenya Shen, Muhammad Mohiuddin, and Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1360-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intravascular Adenosine at Reperfusion Reduces Infarct Size and Neutrophil Adherence

James Todd, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Mark W. Williams, Hiroki Sato, David G. L. Van Wylen, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1364-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Plateletpheresis Before Redo CABG Diminishes Excessive Blood Transfusion

Jan T. Christenson, Jeanine Reuse, Pierre Badel, François Simonet, and Martin Schmuziger
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1373-1378. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic Effects of Different Pacing Ratios in Chronic Dynamic Double Cardiomyoplasty

Ernesto R. Soltero, Donald H. Glaeser, Lloyd H. Michael, Craig J. Hartley, Nan R. Earle, Zheng Li, and Gerald M. Lawrie
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1380-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evidence of Improved Microvascular Perfusion When Using Antegrade and Retrograde Cardioplegia

Richard N. Gates, Jeongryl Lee, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Ehud Rhudis, Alon S. Aharon, Jane Y. Chung, and Paul A. Chang
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1388-1391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hypertension Increases the Contractions to Sumatriptan in the Human Internal Mammary Artery

OGuzhan Yildiz, Sertaç Çiçek, Ilknur Ay, Ufuk Demirkiliç, and Meral Tuncer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1392-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preconditioning Improves Cardiac Function After Global Ischemia, But Not After Cold Cardioplegia

Guro Valen, Shigeto Takeshima, and Jarle Vaage
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1397-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nafamostat Mesilate Reduces Blood–Foreign Surface Reactions Similar to Biocompatible Materials

Akihiko Usui, Manabu Hiroura, Mitsuo Kawamura, Michiaki Hibi, Katsuhiko Yoshida, Fumihiko Murakami, Yasuhiro Tomita, Hideki Ooshima, and Mitsuya Murase
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1404-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnosing Sternal Wound Infections With ^99mTc-Labeled Monoclonal Granulocyte Antibody Scintigraphy

Catarina Y. Bitkover, Bengt Gårdlund, Stig A. Larsson, Bengt Åberg, and Hans Jacobsson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1412-1416. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Controlled Reperfusion of Cardiac Grafts From Non—Heart-Beating Donors

Jeffrey T. Cope, Michael C. Mauney, David Banks, Oliver A. R. Binns, Nuno F. De Lima, Scott A. Buchanan, Kimberly S. Shockey, Shawn W. Wilson, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1418-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement After Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

John A. Odell, Charles J. Mullany, Hartzell V. Schaff, Thomas A. Orszulak, Richard C. Daly, and James J. Morris
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1424-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative Autologous Blood Donation Preserves Red Cell Mass But Does Not Decrease Postoperative Bleeding

Robert E. Helm, John D. Klemperer, Todd K. Rosengart, Jeffrey P. Gold, Powers Peterson, William DeBois, Nasser K. Altorki, Samuel Lang, Stephen Thomas, O. Wayne Isom, and Karl H. Krieger
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1431-1441. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart Transplantation in Patients 65 Years of Age and Older: A Comparative Analysis of 40 Patients

Carlos Blanche, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg, Sharon Nessim, Mabelle Cohen, Lawrence S. C. Czer, Jack M. Matloff, and Alfredo Trento
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1442-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

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Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

Johannes Müller and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1340-1341. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Richard P. Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1358-1359. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Gerald G. Davies
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1378-1379. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1396. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

David A. Browdie and R. Varick Bernstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1416-1417. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Michel Carrier
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Invited Commentary

John Eugene
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Invited Commentary

Donald G. Mulder
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1536. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Right Atrial Mural Thrombus Associated With Pericarditis

Riichiro Toda, Toshiyuki Yuda, Takuji Nishida, Hitoshi Toyohira, and Akira Taira
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1505-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Sinus Thrombosis After Cannulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Vinayak N. Bapat, Ashutosh A. Hardikar, Manish M. Porwal, Nandkishor B. Agrawal, and Anil G. Tendolkar
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1506-1507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Posttraumatic Aneurysm of the Right Atrium

Juergen von der Emde, Robert A. Cesnjevar, Stephan Kretschmer, Gerhard H. Janssen, and Christian Wittekind
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1507-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopic Obliteration of Pleuroperitoneal Fistula in Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis

Maurizio Di Bisceglie, Piero Paladini, Luca Voltolini, Guido Garosi, Claudia Ghiribelli, Nicola Di Paolo, and Giuseppe Gotti
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1509-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late True Aneurysm After Bypass Grafting for Long Aortic Coarctation

Tomoyuki Fujita, Norihide Fukushima, Satoshi Taketani, Keishi Kadoba, Koji Kagisaki, Hiroshi Imagawa, Ryota Shirakura, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1511-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Magnetic Resonance Coronary Artery Imaging for Redo Coronary Operations

Orlando J. Warner, Sunil K. Ohri, Dudley J. Pennell, and Peter L. C. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1513-1516. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute Adrenal Insufficiency After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Fraser W. H. Sutherland and Surendra K. Naik
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1516-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of an Unusual Type of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Kevin W. Lobdell, Henry L. Walters, III, Vijaya Joshi, Robert D. Ross, and Mehdi Hakimi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1517-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastomas: Rationale for Excision

Kenji Minatoya, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Tadaaki Yokota, and Eddie L. Hoover
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1519-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Congenital Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula: Spontaneous Rupture and Cardiac Tamponade

Hans H. Bauer, Philip D. Allmendinger, James Flaherty, Dariush Owlia, Michael A. Rossi, and Chunguang Chen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1521-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total Intercostal Artery Reimplantation for Descending Thoracic Aortic Replacement

Akihiko Usui, Hidekazu Hosokawa, Mitsuo Kawamura, and Michiaki Hibi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1523-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of a Free Radial Artery Graft for Correction of Bland-White-Garland Syndrome

Richard F. Brodman, Henry J. Issenberg, Julie S. Glickstein, and Rosemary Frame
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1525-1526. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Tumors of the Aorta

Ashish Kumar Das, Konda Subba Reddy, Pan Suwanjindar, Alison Fulmer, Carmelindo Siquiera, Jr, H. Storm Floten, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1526-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraatrial Baffle Repair of Isolated Ventricular Inversion With Left Atrial Isomerism

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Norman H. Silverman, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1529-1532. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spinal Cord Infarct After Arterial Switch Associated With an Umbilical Artery Catheter

Robert P. Lemke, Nnanake Idiong, Saad Al-Saedi, Niels G. Giddins, Cameron Ward, Andrew Hamilton, Lois Hawkins, Betty J. Hancock, and Jonah N. K. Odim
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1532-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fulminant Myasthenia Gravis Manifested After Removal of Anterior Mediastinal Tumor

Koji Onoda, Shoji Namikawa, Motoshi Takao, Hideto Shimpo, Satoru Miura, Yugo Narita, Shigeki Kuzuhara, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1534-1536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Simple System for Deairing the Heart After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Richard P. Salzano, Jr and Vasant B. Khachane
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1537-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Revascularization of the Proximal Circumflex Coronary Artery

Henry F. Tripp and Jay G. Selle
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1539-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Retractor for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Timothy S. Hall
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Operations

José L. Navia and Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1542-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Antonio M. Calafiore, Gianni D. Angelini, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1545-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endothelial Cell Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery: The Procoagulant Response

Edward M. Boyle, Jr, Edward D. Verrier, and Bruce D. Spiess
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1549-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Wayne E. Richenbacher and William S. Pierce
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Review of Recent Books:

Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography: Edited by Jos R. T. C. Roelandt and Natesa G. Pandian New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1996 257 pages, illustrated, $99.00 ISBN 0-443-07950-1

David D. McPherson
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Correspondence:

Henry Swan II, MD

W. Gerald Rainer
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Results With Mechanical Cardiac Valvular Prostheses

Dieter Horstkotte and Cary W. Akins
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Mechanical Valves

Tirone E. David, Vincent L. Gott, Laurence A. Harker, George E. Miller, Jr, David C. Naftel, Alexander G. G. Turpie, and Cary W. Akins
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1567-1570. [Full Text]  

Mechanical Valve Performance

Daniel P. O'Hair, Eric A. Rose, and Cary W. Akins
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EDITOR'S NOTE

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Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Cardiac Amyloidosis

Yasushi Terada and Yasuhiko Wanibuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1571-1572. [Full Text]  

Extended Use of Pulse Oximetry in Harvesting Radial Artery

Anil Bhan, Rajesh Sharma, Sanjeet Narang, Panangipalli Venugopal, Richard F. Brodman, and Rosemary Frame
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1572-1573. [Full Text]  

Temporary Intraluminal Shunting for CABG

Narendra Kumar Gupta, Mark M. Levinson, and Gregory S. Fooks
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1573. [Full Text]  

Pyogenic Meningitis After Posterolateral Thoracotomy

Richard Saldanha, Srirangapatnam Vardaraj Srikrishna, Prem Pais, Girija Singh, and Safuh Attar
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1573-1574. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

CORRECTION: Kroshus TJ, Bolman RM III, Kshettry VR. Unilateral Volume Reduction After Single-Lung Transplantation for Emphysema.

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