Editorials:

Defining the limits of suitability of cardiac allografts

A Guerraty and AS Wechsler
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 1-2.  

Surgical standby for coronary angioplasty

DJ Ullyot
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 3-4.  

Bronchial and thymic carcinoids and the ectopic ACTH syndrome

WD Odell
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 5-6.  

Articles:

Extension of donor criteria in cardiac transplantation: surgical risk versus supply-side economics

MS Sweeney, DE Lammermeier, OH Frazier, CM Burnett, HM Haupt, and JM Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 7-10. [Abstract]  

Initial report of the Veterans Administration Preoperative Risk Assessment Study for Cardiac Surgery

FL Grover, KE Hammermeister, and C Burchfiel
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 12-26. [Abstract]  

Subvalvar aortic stenosis: timing of operation

EC Douville, RM Sade, FA Crawford, Jr, and HB Wiles
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 29-33. [Abstract]  

Surgical standby for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a survey of patterns of practice

DE Cameron, DC Stinson, PS Greene, and TJ Gardner
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 35-39. [Abstract]  

Four years' experience with fibrin sealant in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

TL Matthew, WD Spotnitz, IL Kron, TM Daniel, CG Tribble, and SP Nolan
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 40-43. [Abstract]  

Esophageal perforation: a therapeutic challenge

S Attar, JR Hankins, CM Suter, TR Coughlin, A Sequeira, and JS McLaughlin
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 45-49. [Abstract]  

Management of the ectopic ACTH syndrome due to thoracic carcinoids

HI Pass, JL Doppman, L Nieman, M Stovroff, J Vetto, JA Norton, W Travis, GP Chrousos, EH Oldfield, and GB Cutler, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 52-57. [Abstract]  

Carcinoid tumors of the thymus

GC Economopoulos, JW Lewis, Jr, MW Lee, and NA Silverman
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 58-61. [Abstract]  

Acute preoperative plasmapheresis and established blood conservation techniques

J Boldt, D Kling, B Zickmann, M Jacobi, F Dapper, and G Hempelmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 62-68. [Abstract]  

Late results of aortic valvotomy for congenital valvar aortic stenosis

DA DeBoer, RC Robbins, BJ Maron, CL McIntosh, and RE Clark
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 69-73. [Abstract]  

Sutureless ring graft replacement of ascending aorta and aortic arch

MC Oz, RC Ashton, Jr, KW McNicholas, and GM Lemole
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 74-79. [Abstract]  

Improved myocardial preservation during cold storage using substrate enhancement

CK Haan, HL Lazar, S Rivers, C Coady, and RJ Shemin
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 80-85. [Abstract]  

Prophylactic digitalization for thoracotomy: a reassessment

AJ Ritchie, P Bowe, and JR Gibbons
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 86-88. [Abstract]  

Reversibility of pulmonary artery hypertension in aortic stenosis after aortic valve replacement

GP Tracy, MS Proctor, and CS Hizny
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 89-93. [Abstract]  

Feasibility of reversible pulmonary artery banding: early results and intermediate-term follow-up

ML Epstein, D Duncan, RJ Kanter, DJ O'Brien, and JA Alexander
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 94-97. [Abstract]  

Morphology of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in patients dying after operation

HJ van de Wal, A Smith, AE Becker, JL Wilkinson, and DI Hamilton
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 98-102. [Abstract]  

New approach to the surgical treatment of Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome

AA Vishnevsky and GD Nikoladze
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 103-104. [Abstract]  

Critical aortic stenosis in the first month of life: surgical results in 26 infants

TR Karl, S Sano, WJ Brawn, and RB Mee
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 105-109. [Abstract]  

Aortic valve repair for aortic stenosis in adults

N Shapira, GM Lemole, J Fernandez, PO Daily, WP Dembitsky, V O'Yek, P Haghighi, J Stewart, DG Marsh, and CM Bloor
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 110-120. [Abstract]  

Scimitar syndrome: cine magnetic resonance imaging demonstration of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

R Baxter, PM McFadden, M Gradman, and A Wright
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 121-123. [Abstract]  

Disruption of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by rapid deceleration injury

DH Joyce and LB McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 124. [Abstract]  

Internal mammary artery bypass after the arterial switch operation

KS Rheuban, IL Kron, and A Bulatovic
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 125-126. [Abstract]  

Right pneumonectomy syndrome in infancy treated with an expandable prosthesis

DK Rasch, FL Grover, BM Schnapf, E Clarke, and TG Pollard
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 127-129. [Abstract]  

Isolated left carotid artery in CHARGE association: diagnosis and repair

K Ghalili, HJ Issenberg, NJ Freeman, and RF Brodman
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 130-132. [Abstract]  

Retrotracheal goiter: a diagnostic and therapeutic problem

D Waldron, J Coffey, S Murphy, E Bresnihan, P Finnegan, and V Lynch
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 133-135. [Abstract]  

Severe hemolysis after incomplete mitral valve repair

JH Wilson, R Rath, R Glaser, and T Panke
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 136-137. [Abstract]  

Extended en bloc resection of a primary mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma

JB Putnam, Jr, SP Schantz, WC Pugh, RC Hickey, NA Samaan, R Garza, and RW Suda
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 138-140. [Abstract]  

Right atrial perforation by a temporary epicardial pacing wire

JA Smith and J Tatoulis
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 141-142. [Abstract]  

Use of glue without graft replacement for type A dissections: a new surgical technique

JN Fabiani, VA Jebara, A DeLoche, and A Carpentier
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 143-145. [Abstract]  

Use of the centrifugal flow pump for vena caval shunting

RA Moggio, PI Praeger, MR Sarabu, SC Babu, PM Shah, and MZ Choudhury
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 146-148. [Abstract]  

A useful technique for closure of pulmonary lacerations

RL Fulton and M Dickson
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 149-150. [Abstract]  

Development of an artificial heart valve

VO Bjork
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 151-154. [Abstract]  

Mid-descending aortic traumatic aneurysms

I Rabinsky, GS Sidhu, and RB Wagner
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 155-160. [Abstract]  

Cardiac transplantation

BP Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 161-162.  

Letters:

Computed tomography in selecting patients for mediastinoscopy

P Van Schil
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 163.  

Endoscopic relief of airway obstruction

S Cavaliere and M Ardigo
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 163-164.  

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

J Laas and C Schmid
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 164-165.  

Polytetrafluoroethylene posterior annuloplasty for mitral regurgitation

P Fundaro, M Salati, A Cialfi, and C Santoli
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 165-166.  

Elevated hemidiaphragm after cardiac operations

RA Esposito
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 166-167.  

Management of Jehovah's Witness patients

ER Kyger, 3d and BR Blakestad
Ann Thorac Surg 1990 50: 167.  

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