Editorials:

Aprotinin: Safe and Effective Only With the Full-Dose Regimen

Peter K. Smith and Lawrence H. Muhlbaier
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1575-1577. [Full Text]  

Should Cardiac Transplantation Be Offered to Septuagenarians?

Wayne E. Richenbacher
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1578-1579. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

L-Arginine Administration During Reperfusion Improves Pulmonary Function

Yuji Shiraishi, Jeong Ryul Lee, Hillel Laks, Paul F. Waters, Avedis Meneshian, Arie Blitz, Keith Johnson, Lydia Lam, and Paul A. Chang
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1580-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extended Indications for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Advanced Emphysema

Michael Argenziano, Nader Moazami, Byron Thomashow, Patricia A. Jellen, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Eric A. Rose, Alan D. Weinberg, Kenneth M. Steinglass, and Mark E. Ginsburg
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1588-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cancer Resection on the Residual Lung After Pneumonectomy for Bronchogenic Carcinoma

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Dominique Grunenwald, Philippe Girard, Pierre Baldeyrou, Marc Filaire, George Dennewald, Olivier Saint-Maurice, and Laurent Tric
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1598-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Palliation of Inoperable Esophageal Carcinoma With the Wallstent Endoprosthesis

Richard H. Feins, David W. Johnstone, Eleftherios S. Baronos, and Scott M. O'Neil
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1603-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of AIDS-Related Pneumothorax

Gregory D. Trachiotis, Luca A. Vricella, David Alyono, Benjamin L. Aaron, and William R. Hix
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1608-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Does Resection of Adrenal Metastases From Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Improve Survival?

James D. Luketich and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1614-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intratracheal Surfactant Administration Preserves Airway Compliance During Lung Reperfusion

Scott A. Buchanan, Michael C. Mauney, Vikas I. Parekh, Nuno F. DeLima, Oliver A. R. Binns, Jeffrey T. Cope, Kimberly S. Shockey, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1617-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traumatic Subarachnoid-Pleural Fistula

Virendar Sarwal, Rajendar Krishan Suri, Om Prakash Sharma, Amarjyoti Baruah, Pratibha Singhi, Shivender Gill, and J. Rajiv Bapuraj
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1622-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postpneumonectomy Syndrome With an Ipsilateral Aortic Arch After Left Pneumonectomy

Farid M. Shamji, Jean Deslauriers, Thomas M. Daniel, Frederick R. Matzinger, Reza J. Mehran, and Thomas R. J. Todd
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1627-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prevention of Reperfusion Injury by Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Lungs Harvested From Non–Heart-Beating Donors

Shinya Murakami, Emile A. Bacha, Philippe Hervé, Hélène Détruit, Alain R. Chapelier, Philippe G. Dartevelle, and Guy-Michel Mazmanian
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1632-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reveals and Attenuates Endothelial Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation

Lars Lindberg, Per Ola Kimblad, Trygve Sjöberg, Richard Ingemansson, and Stig Steen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1639-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Contralateral Lung Injury Associated With Single-Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Atsushi Watanabe, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Katsuyuki Kusajima, Sakuzo Komatsu, and Hiroki Takahashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1644-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: Surgical Treatment Via Clamshell Approach

Hans-Beat Ris, Andrej Banic, Markus Furrer, Marco Caversaccio, Andreas Cerny, and Peter Zbären
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1650-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Talc Insufflation Versus Talc Slurry for Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusion

Anthony P. C. Yim, Anthony T. C. Chan, Tak Wai Lee, Innes Y. P. Wan, and Jonathan K. S. Ho
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1655-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Aprotinin for Primary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Multicenter Trial of Three Dose Regimens

John H. Lemmer, Jr, Emery W. Dilling, Jeremy R. Morton, Jeffrey B. Rich, Francis Robicsek, Donald L. Bricker, Charles B. Hantler, Jack G. Copeland, III, John L. Ochsner, Pat O. Daily, Charles W. Whitten, George P. Noon, and Rosemarie Maddi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1659-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-Term Gene Transfer in Porcine Myocardium After Coronary Infusion of an Adeno-Associated Virus Vector

Michael G. Kaplitt, Xiao Xiao, Richard J. Samulski, Juan Li, Kaie Ojamaa, Irwin L. Klein, Hideo Makimura, Martin J. Kaplitt, Robert K. Strumpf, and Edward B. Diethrich
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1669-1676. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Dysfunction Potentiates Hypercapnic Vasoconstriction and Alters the Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide

Jeff L. Myers, Joseph J. Wizorek, Adam K. Myers, Ekua Yankah, Maria T. Pettit, Peter C. Kouretas, Heidi J. Dalton, Yining Wang, and Richard A. Hopkins
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1677-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience

Miralem Pasic, Matthias Loebe, Manfred Hummel, Onen Grauhan, Josef Hofmeister, Yuguo Weng, and Roland Hetzer
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1685-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leukocyte Depletion of Blood Cardioplegia Attenuates Reperfusion Injury

Frank E. Schmidt, Jr, Malcolm J. MacDonald, Charles O. Murphy, W. Morris Brown, III, John Parker Gott, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1691-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pericardium-Lined Skeletal Muscle Ventricles: Up to Two Years' In-Circulation Experience

Gregory A. Thomas, Susumu Isoda, Robert L. Hammond, Huiping Lu, Hidehiro Nakajima, Hisako O. Nakajima, Kevin Greer, Stephen J. Gilroy, Stanley Salmons, and Larry W. Stephenson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1698-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparative Study on Cardiomyoplasty Patients With the Cardiomyostimulator On Versus Off

OGuz Tasdemir, Kerem M. Vural, Süha D. Küçükaksu, Onurcan K. Tarcan, Murat Özdemir, Emine Kütük, and Kemal Bayazit
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1708-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Screening Carotid Ultrasonography and Risk Factors for Stroke in Coronary Artery Surgery Patients

Richard S. D'Agostino, Lars G. Svensson, Deborah J. Neumann, Husam H. Balkhy, Warren A. Williamson, and David M. Shahian
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1714-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

No-React Detoxification Process: A Superior Anticalcification Method for Bioprostheses

Amir Abolhoda, Sumei Yu, J. Rodrigo Oyarzun, Keith R. Allen, John R. McCormick, Shenggao Han, Francis W. Kemp, John D. Bogden, Qi Lu, and Shlomo Gabbay
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1724-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heart Transplantation in Patients 70 Years of Age and Older: Initial Experience

Carlos Blanche, Jack M. Matloff, Timothy A. Denton, Lawrence S. C. Czer, Michael C. Fishbein, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg, and Alfredo Trento
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1731-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of Systemic Depulsation on Tissue Perfusion and Sympathetic Nerve Activity

Koichi Toda, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Toru Masuzawa, and Hisateru Takano
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1737-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intermediate Clinical Results of Combined Gastroepiploic and Internal Thoracic Artery Bypass

Tadashi Isomura, Toru Sato, Kouichi Hisatomi, Nobuhiko Hayashida, and Hiroshi Maruyama
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1743-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide–Induced Preconditioning Improves Preservation With Cardioplegia

Er-Xiong Lu, Chang-Fu Peng, Yuan-Jian Li, and Sheng-Xi Cheng
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1748-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Left Heart Assist on Geometry and Function of the Interventricular Septum

John G. Markley and Alfred C. Nicolosi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1752-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rebound Pulmonary Hypertension After Inhalation of Nitric Oxide

Andrew M. Atz, Ian Adatia, and David L. Wessel
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1759-1764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Depressed Function in Remote Myocardium After Myocardial Infarction: Influence of Orotic Acid

Andrew D. Cochrane, Shobhna Pathik, Joseph J. Smolich, Robert A. J. Conyers, and Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1765-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation With Ventricular Septal Defect in Children

Kouichi Hisatomi, Tadashi Isomura, Tohru Sato, Kenichi Kosuga, Kiroku Ohishi, and Hirohisa Katoh
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1773-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Expanded PTFE Membrane to Prevent Cardiac Injury During Resternotomy for Congenital Heart Disease

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Raju S. Iyer, Jo S. Weston, Joseph J. Amato, Martin J. Elliott, Marc R. de Leval, and Jaroslav Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1778-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toward Further Reducing Wound Infections in Cardiac Operations

Ivan W. Brown, Jr, Gordon F. Moor, Brian W. Hummel, William G. Marshall, Jr, and John P. Collins
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1783-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Atrial Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Asymptomatic Patients With a Mechanical Valve Prosthesis

Tsung-Ming Lee, Nai-Kuan Chou, Sheng-Fang Su, Yueh-Juh Lin, Ming-Fong Chen, Chiau-Suong Liau, Yuan-Teh Lee, and Shu-Hsun Chu
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1790-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simple Left Atrial Procedure for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Mitral Valve Disease

Taijiro Sueda, Hideyuki Nagata, Hiroo Shikata, Kazumasa Orihashi, Satoru Morita, Masafumi Sueshiro, Kenji Okada, and Yuichiro Matsuura
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1796-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Third-Time Coronary Artery Bypass Operations: Surgical Strategy and Results

Joseph M. Craver, George T. Hodakowski, Yannen Shen, William S. Weintraub, Kevin D. Accola, Robert A. Guyton, and Ellis L. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1801-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brain Death Further Promotes Ischemic Reperfusion Injury of the Rabbit Myocardium

Shankha S. Biswas, Edward P. Chen, Hartmuth B. Bittner, R. Duane Davis, and Peter Van Trigt, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1808-1815. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Systemic Vasodilators on Internal Mammary Flow During Coronary Bypass Grafting

Dimitri Arnaudov, Amram J. Cohen, Deeb Zabeeda, Eli Hauptman, Lior Sasson, Arie Schachner, and Shaul Ezra
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1816-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Granulocyte Phagocytic Function Is Impaired During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Kimikazu Hamano, Hiroshi Ito, Tomoe Katoh, Yoshihiko Fujimura, Hidetoshi Tsuboi, and Kensuke Esato
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1820-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Glucose Level and Myocardial Recovery After Warm Arrest

Xue-Han Ning, Keith.F. Childs, and Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1825-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

David J. Pinsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1586-1587. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Arthur N. Thomas
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1613. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Watts R. Webb
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1658. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1723. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Philip R. Liebson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1795. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Graham J. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1819. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Recurrent Aortic Dissection After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

John C. Mullen, Gillian Lemermeyer, and Michael J. Bentley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1830-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tuberculous Pseudoaneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Yutaka Kotsuka, Kuniyoshi Yagyu, Akira Furuse, and Teruaki Oka
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1831-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dissection of the Ascending Aorta: A Late Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Hitoshi Yaku, Gary G. Fermanis, R. John Macauley, and David A. Horton
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1834-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mycotic Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta Caused by Clostridium septicum

David P. Murphy, David B. Glazier, and Tyrone J. Krause
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1835-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paraffin Plombage of the Chest Revisited

Wickii T. Vigneswaran and Sai S. Ramasastry
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1837-1839. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biological Bridging After Repair of an Anomalous Origin of a Left Coronary Artery

Christof Schmid, Deniz Kececioglu, Wolfgang Konertz, Thomas Möllhoff, and Hans H. Scheld
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1839-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transthoracic Forequarter Amputation and Left Pneumonectomy

Aroldo Fianchini, Aldo Bertani, Franco Greco, Alessandro Brunelli, and Mauro Muti
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1841-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Aortopulmonary Window in an Infant With Extremely Low Birth Weight

Hiroaki Kawata, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Takayoshi Ueno, Tohru Nakajima, Noboru Inamura, and Takeshi Nakada
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1843-1845. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnostic Transaortic Cardioscopy of the Left Ventricle

Erwin P. Bauer, Oliver T. Reuthebuch, Matthias Roth, and Wolf-Peter Klövekorn
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1845-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nonobstructing Accessory Mitral Valve Tissue and Ventricular Septal Defect

Hiroshi Izumoto, Kazuaki Ishihara, Masaaki Ogawa, Yutaka Fujii, Kotaro Oyama, and Kohei Kawazoe
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1846-1848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Inflammatory Fibrosarcoma of the Esophagus

Christopher J. Magovern, Charles A. Mack, Mai Gu, Syed Hoda, and Nasser K. Altorki
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1848-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delayed Presentation of a Tracheoesophageal Fistula After Blunt Chest Trauma

Sharon M. Weber, Michael J. Schurr, and John R. Pellett
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1850-1852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Management of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula

James D. Luketich, K. Eric Sommers, Bartley P. Griffith, Arthur Boujoukos, Rodney J. Landreneau, Peter F. Ferson, and Robert J. Keenan
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1852-1854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal Rupture in a Patient With Idiopathic Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Peter J. Riou, Andrew G. Nicholson, and Ugo Pastorino
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1854-1856. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cine-MRI–Aided Endomyocardectomy in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

Mukul Chandra, Roderic I. Pettigrew, J. William Eley, John N. Oshinski, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1856-1858. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Subaortic Stenosis Caused by Anomalous Papillary Muscle of the Mitral Valve

Yutaka Imoto, Hideaki Kado, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Ryuji Tominaga, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1858-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Anteroaxillary Thoracotomy Facilitates the Use of Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion in Distal Aortic Arch Reconstruction

Shiro Sasaguri, Shin Yamamoto, Tomonobu Fukuda, and Yasuyuki Hosoda
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1861-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracorporeal Venous Bypass: A Beneficial Device in Operation for Superior Vena Caval Syndrome

Shinji Shimokawa, Takuya Yamashita, Tamahiro Kinjyo, Hiroshi Iwamura, Syunichi Watanabe, Yukinori Moriyama, and Akira Taira
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1863-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Innominate and Subclavian Arteries as an Inflow of Free Arterial Graft

Hisayoshi Suma
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1865-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shawl Lapel Aortoplasty

Lynn H. Harrison, Jr and Herman A. Heck, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1867. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Endothelial Cell Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery: Ischemia-Reperfusion

Edward M. Boyle, Jr, Timothy H. Pohlman, Carol J. Cornejo, and Edward D. Verrier
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1868-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

De Vega's Annuloplasty for Acquired Tricuspid Disease: Early and Late Results in 110 Patients

Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1876-1877. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Surgery of the Chest, Sixth Edition

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Correspondence:

Lymphorrhea in the Thigh After a Saphenous Vein Harvest

Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, Seigo Gomi, and Shinya Kanemoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1883. [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Bypass

Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Paulo Manuel Pego-Fernandes, Michael J. Mack, and Tea E. Acuff
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1883-1884. [Full Text]  

Mini-Sternotomy for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Andrew S. Cohen, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Franco Sogliani, and Rex De L. Stanbridge
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1884-1885. [Full Text]  

Predicting Transfusion

Todd K. Rosengart, KarlH. Krieger, and James A. Magovern
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1885-1886. [Full Text]  

Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery as a Risk Factor in Aortic Valve Surgery

Junichi Utoh, Hiraaki Goto, Tomas A. Salerno, and Jacobs Bergsland
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1886-1887. [Full Text]  

Transaxillary Minithoracotomy for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Ronald M. Becker, Kwang Ho Kim, and Joung Taek Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1887. [Full Text]  

Transaxillary Minithoracotomy for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Anthony P. C. Yim and Kwang Ho Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1887-1888. [Full Text]  

Improved Exposure for TAPVC Repair by Posterior Approach

Anil Bhan, Rajesh Sharma, Krishna S. Iyer, and Panangipalli Venugopal
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1888. [Full Text]  

Resectable Lung Metastases From Colorectal Cancer: Look at the Serum CEA Level!

Philippe Girard, Dominique Grunenwald, Pierre Baldeyrou, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Jean-François Régnard, Philippe Levasseur, and Mark S. Allen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1888-1889. [Full Text]  

A Proper Name for the Internal Mammary Artery?

John Kakadellis
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1889. [Full Text]  

KISS Approach to Cardiac Surgery

Solomon Victor, Meerasahib Kabeer, Vijaya M. Nayak, and Frederick L. Grover
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Esophageal Perforation

Rafael Andrade-Alegre and Kamal A. Mansour
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1891-1892. [Full Text]  

Esophageal Perforation

Lewis Wetstein and Kamal A. Mansour
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1892. [Full Text]  

Corrections:

Correction

Edelman, Gandara, Roach M, III, and Benfield, JR
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Supplement on Bleeding and Transfusion:

Introduction

Jean-François Hardy and Sylvain Bélisle
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1907. [Full Text]  

Hemorrhage and the Use of Blood Products After Adult Cardiac Operations: Myths and Realities

Sylvain Bélisle and Jean-François Hardy
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1908-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative Clinical Assessment of Hemostatic Function in Patients Scheduled for a Cardiac Operation

Claude E. Klopfenstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1918-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Laboratory Evaluation of Hemostasis Before Cardiac Operations

Philippe de Moerloose
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1921-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extracorporeal Circulation, Hemocompatibility, and Biomaterials

Gérard Janvier, Charles Baquey, Christian Roth, Nathalie Benillan, Sylvain Bélisle, and Jean-François Hardy
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1926-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduction in Requirements for Allogeneic Blood Products: Nonpharmacologic Methods

Jean-François Hardy, Sylvain Bélisle, Gérard Janvier, and Marc Samama
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1935-1943. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reduction in Requirements for Allogeneic Blood Products: Pharmacologic Methods

Marc Janssens, Gary Hartstein, and Jean-Louis David
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1944-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of Excessive Mediastinal Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Gary Hartstein and Marc Janssens
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1951-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mediastinal Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pediatric Patients

Joanne Guay and Georges-Étienne Rivard
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 62: 1955-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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