Presidential Address:

The Heritage of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

William C. Alford, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 305-308. [Full Text]  

Invited Presentation:

Challenges for Training Thoracic Surgeons in the Future

Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 309-311. [Full Text]  

Special Presentation:

The History of Surgical Procedures for Emphysema

Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 312-319. [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Reflections on Collaborative Efforts in Cardiothoracic Surgery

W. Gerald Rainer
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 320. [Full Text]  

A National Database for Pulmonary Surgery

Fred H. Edwards and Joseph I. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 321. [Full Text]  

Toward a New Frontier in Cardiac Surgery

Mark F. Newman and Joseph G. Reves
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 322-323. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Surgical Results and Prognostic Factors in Early Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

José Padilla, Víctor Calvo, Juan C. Peñalver, Gabriel Sales, and Alfonso Morcillo
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 324-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Role of Videothoracoscopy in Chest Trauma

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Jerôme Mouroux, Francois Pons, Gilles Grosdidier, Emmanuel Martinod, Dan Elkaïm, Jacques Azorin, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patterns of Failure After Trimodality Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Elizabeth Healey Baldini, Abram Recht, Gary M. Strauss, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Scott J. Swanson, Michael J. Liptay, Steven J. Mentzer, and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 334-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Low-Dose Nitric Oxide Inhalation During Initial Reperfusion Enhances Rat Lung Graft Function

Moninder S. Bhabra, David N. Hopkinson, Trudi E. Shaw, and Timothy L. Hooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 339-344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Transplantation of Lungs Topically Cooled in the Non-Heart-Beating Donor for 6 Hours

Stig Steen, Richard Ingemansson, Algimantas Budrikis, Ramunas Bolys, Roger Roscher, and Trygve Sjöberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 345-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gelatin-Resorcinol-Formaldehyde-Glutaraldehyde Glue-Spread Stapler Prevents Air Leakage From the Lung

Hiroaki Nomori and Hirotoshi Horio
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 352-355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Glucose Control Lowers the Risk of Wound Infection in Diabetics After Open Heart Operations

Kathryn J. Zerr, Anthony P. Furnary, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Stephen Bookin, Vivek Kanhere, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 356-361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic Performance of Small Aortic Valve Bioprostheses: Is There a Difference?

Monica L. McDonald, Richard C. Daly, Hartzell V. Schaff, Charles J. Mullany, Fletcher A. Miller, James J. Morris, and Thomas A. Orszulak
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 362-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development of an Implantable Ventricular Assist System

Michael P. Macris, Steven M. Parnis, O. H. Frazier, John M. Fuqua, Jr, and Robert K. Jarvik
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 367-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sequential Venous Bypass Grafts: Results 10 Years Later

Jan T. Christenson and Martin Schmuziger
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Diagnosis and Operation for Anomalous Circumflex Coronary Artery

Keishi Ueyama, Mahesh Ramchandani, Arthur C. Beall, Jr, and James W. Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 377-381. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

High-Dose Isosorbide Dinitrate for Myocardial Revascularization With Composite Arterial Grafts

Jacob Gurevitch, Hylton I. Miller, Itzhak Shapira, Amir Kramer, Yosef Paz, Menachem Matsa, Rephael Mohr, and Vladimir Yakirevich
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 382-387. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Butanedione Monoxime and Temperature on Prolonged Cardiac Storage

Ji Zhang, Robert D. Furukawa, Stephen E. Fremes, Donald A. G. Mickle, and Richard D. Weisel
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 388-394. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Sternal Wound Infections After Open Heart Operations

Sherif B. Mossad, Janet M. Serkey, David L. Longworth, Delos M. Cosgrove, III, and Steven M. Gordon
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 395-401. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oral Disease Burden in Patients Undergoing Prosthetic Heart Valve Implantation

Geza T. Terezhalmy, Tala J. Safadi, David L. Longworth, and Derek D. Muehrcke
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 402-404. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reoperative Coronary Bypass Grafting Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass Through a Small Thoracotomy

Piet W. Boonstra, Jan G. Grandjean, and Massimo A. Mariani
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 405-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Addition of Calcium to Euro-Collins Solution Is Essential for 24-Hour Preservation of the Vasculature

Richard Ingemansson, Ramunas Bolys, Algimantas Budrikis, Anna Lindgren, Trygve Sjöberg, and Stig Steen
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 408-413. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nitric Oxide Dose Response During Moderate and Severe Hypoxia in Swine

Sherif G. S. Emil, Joel E. Berkeland, and James B. Atkinson
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 414-418. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraluminal Shunt for the Thoracic Aorta: Blood Flow and Function in Chronic Studies

Steven J. Van Voorst, Gregory S. Labranche, Samir Rustom, Alina F. Jukkola, and Charles W. Leffler
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 419-424. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Allograft Root on Closed Pulmonary Valve for Subaortic Obstruction in Double-Inlet Left Ventricle With Transposition of the Great Arteries

Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Wim-Jan van Boven, and Adri H. Cromme-Dijkhuis
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 425-428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Preparation Abolishes Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor-Mediated Hyperpolarization in the Human Saphenous Vein

Jian-An Yang and Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 429-433. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Role of Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in the Era of the Rashkind Device

Omar Galal, Rodrigo Nehgme, Fadel Al-Fadley, Michael de Moor, Fuoad I. Abbag, Saud H. Al-Oufi, Ella Williams, Mohammed Eid Fawzy, and Zohair Al-Halees
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 434-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Bypass With Heparin-Coated Circuits and Reduced Systemic Anticoagulation

Anne H. Kuitunen, Lasse J. Heikkilä, and Markku T. Salmenperä
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 438-444. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative Ultrasonographic Troubleshooting After the Arterial Switch Operation

Sriram Shankar, Narayanswami Sreeram, William J. Brawn, and Babulal Sethia
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 445-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Functional and Metabolic Effects of Adenosine in Cardioplegia: Role of Temperature and Concentration

Osamu Katayama, Simon J. M. Ledingham, Mohamed Amrani, Ryszard T. Smolenski, David R. Lachno, Jay Jayakumar, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 449-454. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of an Adjustable Tourniquet to Reverse Cyanosis in the Newborn Pig

Kenneth G. Warner, Curtis C. Quinn, Richard D. Klein, and Raymond J. Connolly
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 456-458. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Beneficial Effects of Fluosol–Polyethylene Glycol Cardioplegia on Cold, Preserved Rabbit Heart

Joginder N. Bhayana, Zhong T. Tan, Jacob Bergsland, Daya Balu, Jaswant K. Singh, and Eddie L. Hoover
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 459-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Repair of Congenital Stenosis With Bovine Pericardium

Michael J. Tolan, Piers E. Daubeney, Zdenek Slavik, Barry R. Keeton, Anthony P. Salmon, and James L. Monro
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 465-469. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nitric Oxide Synthase and Adenylyl and Guanylyl Cyclase Activity in Porcine Interposition Vein Grafts

Jamie Y. Jeremy, Michael R. Dashwood, Maureen Timm, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Dheeraj Mehta, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 470-476. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Cardiomyoplasty: a Canine Feasibility Study

Yukihiro Kaneko, Masahiko Ezure, Hirotaka Inaba, Keiichi Tambara, Tadasu Kohno, and Akira Furuse
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 477-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Heparin Loading During Congenital Heart Operation on Thrombin Generation and Blood Loss

Sophronia O. Turner-Gomes, Evan P. Nitschmann, Geoffrey R. Norman, Maureen E. Andrew, and William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 482-488. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Outcomes After Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Operations: A 10-Year Experience

Raju S. Iyer, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marc R. de Leval, Jaroslav Stark, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 489-491. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Comparison of Serum S-100ß Levels During CABG and Intracardiac Operations

David P. Taggart, Jan W. Mazel, Kausik Bhattacharya, Niki Meston, Susan J. Standing, Johnathon D. S. Kay, Ravi Pillai, Per Johnssson, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 492-496. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of High-Dose Aprotinin in Pediatric Cardiac Operations

Michael J. Davies, Alison Allen, Henry Kort, Nihal A. Weerasena, Domenico Rocco, Claire L. Paul, Beverley J. Hunt, and Martin J. Elliott
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 497-503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Undertreatment and Overtreatment of Patients With Infected Antiarrhythmic Implantable Devices

J. Ernesto Molina
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 504-509. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cognitive Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass: A One-Year Prospective Study

Guy M. McKhann, Maura A. Goldsborough, Louis M. Borowicz, Jr, Ola A. Selnes, E. David Mellits, Cheryl Enger, Shirley A. Quaskey, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron, R. Scott Stuart, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 510-515. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Predictors of Stroke Risk in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

Guy M. McKhann, Maura A. Goldsborough, Louis M. Borowicz, Jr, E. David Mellits, Ronald Brookmeyer, Shirley A. Quaskey, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron, R. Scott Stuart, and Timothy J. Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 516-521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Application of Transluminal Endovascular Graft Placement for Aortic Aneurysms

Kanji Inoue, Tomoyuki Iwase, Mitsuru Sato, Yuki Yoshida, Terumitsu Tanaka, Yasunobu Kubota, Shunichi Tamaki, Koji Hasegawa, and Ario Yamazato
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 522-528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

John R. Benfield
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 311. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 454-455. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Timothy A. M. Chuter
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 528. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 556. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Double Mycotic Aneurysms of the Ascending Aorta

Ying-Fu Chen, Pao-Yen Lin, Hsueh-Wei Yen, and Ching-Cheng Lin
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 529-531. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal Leiomyomatosis Involving Trachea: Surgical Resection and Repair

Pankaj Kumar, Nicholas M. Breach, and Peter Goldstraw
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 531-533. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ECMO and Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Cardiopulmonary Failure After Heart Retransplantation

Nicoletta Barzaghi, Maddalena Olivei, Gaetano Minzioni, Antonella Degani, Antonio Braschi, and Mario Viganò
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 533-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Operation for Type B Aortic Dissection Using Hypothermic Selective Cerebral Perfusion

Keiichiro Tayama, Hidetoshi Akashi, Shuji Fukunaga, Kenichi Kosuga, and Shigeaki Aoyagi
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 535-537. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemangiopericytoma of the Chest Wall

Kazuhiro Yanagihara, Youichirou Ueno, Jun Isobe, Naomi Yoshimi, and Masatoshi Itoh
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 537-539. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rare Complication of Retrograde Cardioplegia: Inner Wall Perforation of the Right Atrium

Guo-Wei He
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 539-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement: Late Complications After Native Valve Preservation

Eduardo Esper, Francis D. Ferdinand, Solomon Aronson, and Robert B. Karp
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 541-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Mediastinum

Pascal Dumont, Anne de Muret, Didier Skrobala, Patrick Robin, and Bernard Toumieux
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 543-544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Treatment of Dissecting Aneurysm of the Interventricular Septum

Qing-yu Wu
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 545-547. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Separate-Hypothermia Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion

Mizuho Imamaki, Touitsu Hirayama, and Masamichi Nakajima
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 547-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Commissurotomy and Bileaflet Pericardial Augmentation-Resuspension for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis

M. Adebambo Kadri, Hagop Hovaguimian, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 548-550. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Atrial Myxoma in a Preschool Child

Vivek L. Pathi, Alistair Royse, William Doig, and James C. S. Pollock
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 550-552. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postpneumonectomy Stump Fistula in a Ventilated Patient

Mark De Groot and Walter Douie
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 552-554. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transhiatal Herniation of Colon After Esophagectomy and Gastric Pull-up

Richard F. Heitmiller, A. Marc Gillinov, and Bronwyn Jones
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 554-556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complex Thoracic Vascular Injury Repair Using Deep Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest

James O. Fulton and Johan G. Brink
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 557-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Technique for Reconstruction of the Sinotubular Junction

Gopal Bhatnagar, George T. Christakis, Patricia M. Murphy, Donald Oxorn, and Bernard S. Goldman
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 559-560. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

"LIMA Fissure" for a Tension-Free IMA Graft in Emphysema

Podila Sita Rama Rao, Krishna M. Natarajan, and Graham Morritt
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 561-562. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transmanubrial Osteomuscular Sparing Approach for Apical Chest Tumors

Dominique Grunenwald and Lorenzo Spaggiari
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 563-566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Improved Method for Direct Coronary Grafting Without CPB via Anterolateral Small Thoracotomy

Piet W. Boonstra, Jan G. Grandjean, and Massimo A. Mariani
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 567-569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

"Patch-Glue" Annular Reconstruction for Mitral Valve Replacement in Severely Calcified Mitral Annulus

Giovanni Ruvolo, Giuseppe Speziale, Paolo Voci, and Benedetto Marino
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 570-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spool-Like Stent for the Open Sternum After Cardiac Operations

Hisashi Satoh, Kei Sakai, Masahiro Koyama, and Hikaru Matsuda
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 572-574. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Thoracic Surgery Techniques of erefeddin Sabuncuolu in the Fifteenth Century

Hasan F. Batirel and Mustafa Yüksel
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 575-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Antimyosin Antibodies in Cardiac Rejection

Albert Schütz, Martin Breuer, and Bernhard M. Kemkes
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 578-581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endothelial Cell Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery: The Intimal Hyperplastic Response

Eric Allaire and Alexander W. Clowes
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 582-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Intraoperative Evaluation of Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair by Color Flow Mapping Echocardiography

Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 592-593. [Full Text]  

The Effect of Fluorocarbon Emulsion on 24–Hour Canine Heart Preservation by Coronary Perfusion

Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 594-595. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Periprosthetic Mitral Leakage in a Patient With a Prior Aortic Valve Prosthesis

Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, and Seigo Gomi
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 597. [Full Text]  

Pseudovascular Tubes Obscure Transmyocardial Revascularization

Jiri T. Beranek
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 597-598. [Full Text]  

Microvascular Reactivity After Cardioplegia

G. Frank O. Tyers and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 598-599. [Full Text]  

Aortic Valve Replacement With a Pericardial Bioprosthesis

Alain F. Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 599-600. [Full Text]  

Statistical Error

Melih Erdinc, Ahmet Ocal, and Roberto Scrofani
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 600. [Full Text]  

Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis After Replacement With Preservation of All Chordae

M. Murat Demirtas, Vivek Rao, Richard D. Weisel, and Tirone E. David
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 600-601. [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Alessandro Mazzucco, Jules E. Dussek, and Clement Akomea-Agyin
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 601-602. [Full Text]  

Spiral Staircase Esophageal Peristalsis

Carl G. Schowengerdt
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 602-603. [Full Text]  

Urokinase-Coated Flat Drain for Pediatric Cardiac Operations

Yuzuru Sakakibara, Naotaka Atsumi, Masakazu Abe, and Toshio Mitsui
Ann Thorac Surg 1997 63: 603. [Full Text]  

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