Editorials:

Inadequacy, Mortality, and Thoracoscopy

Mark S. Allen and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 6. [Full Text]  

Original Articles:

Neutrophil Modulation Results in Improved Pulmonary Function After 12 and 24 Hours of Preservation

Kay Uthoff, Kenton J. Zehr, Paul C. Lee, Rick A. Low, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron, and R. Scott Stuart
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 7-13. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reconstructive Airway Operation After Irradiation

Derek D. Muehrcke, Hermes C. Grillo, and Douglas J. Mathisen
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 14-18. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Arch Operation: Current Treatment and Results

Joseph S. Coselli, Suat Büket, and Bosco Djukanovic
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 19-27. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Compensatory Growth of Porcine Right Lungs After Chronic Rejection of Transplanted Left Lungs

Scott E. Langenburg, Lorne H. Blackbourne, Scott A. Buchanan, Michael C. Mauney, Stephen S. Kim, Kimberly N. Sinclair, John A. Kern, Sandeep S. Teja, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 28-32. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta in Neonates and Infants: A Thirty-Year Experience

Kenton J. Zehr, A. Marc Gillinov, J. Mark Redmond, Peter S. Greene, Jean S. Kan, Timothy J. Gardner, Bruce A. Reitz, and Duke E. Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 33-41. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Implantation of Cancer With a Fatal Outcome

Willard A. Fry, Aamir Siddiqui, Jay M. Pensler, and Hassan Mostafavi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 42-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clinical Study of Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in 100 Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Ulrik Hvass and Jean-Pol Depoix
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 46-51. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Replacement With Complete Retention of Native Leaflets

Thomas J. Vander Salm, Linda A. Pape, and Jonathan F. Mauser
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 52-55. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated Cleft Mitral Valve: Valve Reconstruction Techniques

Patrick Perier and Bernd Clausnizer
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 56-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anastomotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Ventricle After Homograft Placement in Children

Jami C. Levine, John E. Mayer, Jr, John F. Keane, Philip J. Spevak, and Stephen P. Sanders
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 60-66. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Fate of Homograft Conduits in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: An Angiographic Study

Mubadda A. Salim, Thomas G. DiSessa, Bruce S. Alpert, Kristopher L. Arheart, William M. Novick, and Donald C. Watson, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 67-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Optimizing ``Delay Period'' for Burst Stimulation in Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty

Joe Helou, Yoshio Misawa, James A. Stewart, Michael Colson, and Ray C.-J. Chiu
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 74-77. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung: Do Atypical Features Require Aggressive Management?

Charles-Henri Marty-Ané, Valérie Costes, Jean-Louis Pujol, Michel Alauzen, Pierre Baldet, and Henri Mary
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 78-83. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stroke During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Hypothermic Versus Normothermic Perfusion

Arun K. Singh, Arthur A. Bert, William C. Feng, and Fred A. Rotenberg
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 84-89. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Acute Traumatic Rupture of the Aortic Isthmus: Repair With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

James W. Pate, Timothy C. Fabian, and William A. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 90-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Circulating Adhesion Molecules in Cardiac Operations: Influence of High-Dose Aprotinin

Joachim Boldt, Christoph Osmer, Ehrenfried Schindler, Lars-Christoph Linke, Wolfgang-Amadeus Stertmann, and Gunter Hempelmann
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 100-105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Aprotinin on Activated Clotting Time, Whole Blood and Plasma Heparin Measurements

George J. Despotis, J. Heinrich Joist, Diane Joiner-Maier, Alexander L. Alsoufiev, Anastasios N. Triantafillou, Lawrence T. Goodnough, Samuel A. Santoro, and Demetrios G. Lappas
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 106-111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Health Status After Myocardial Revascularization: Inferior Results in Women

Joseph S. Carey, Ramo A. Cukingnan, and Lavieen K. M. Singer
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 112-117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Technique for Harvesting the Radial Artery as a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Angelo T. Reyes, Rosemary Frame, and Richard F. Brodman
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 118-126. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intrapleural Perfusion Hyperthermo-Chemotherapy for Malignant Pleural Dissemination and Effusion

Yasunori Matsuzaki, Koichiro Shibata, Makoto Yoshioka, Masakuni Inoue, Ryo Sekiya, Toshio Onitsuka, Isao Iwamoto, and Yasunori Koga
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 127-131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aprotinin for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Effect on Postoperative Renal Function

John H. Lemmer, Jr, William Stanford, Sharon L. Bonney, Eva V. Chomka, Robert B. Karp, Glenn W. Laub, John A. Rumberger, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 132-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Normothermia Versus Hypothermia During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Martin Tönz, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Edith R. Schmid, Helen I. Joller-Jemelka, Patrick Pei, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 137-143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Preoperative Vein Mapping for Coronary Artery Bypass Operations

Harold D. Head and Marion F. Brown
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 144-148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iloprost and Echistatin Protect Platelets During Simulated Extracorporeal Circulation

Alvise Bernabei, Nicolas Gikakis, Maria Anna Kowalska, Stefan Niewiarowski, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 149-153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postoperative Flow Characteristics of Left Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts

Michihiro Nasu, Takashi Akasaka, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Masahiko Shinkai, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Jun Sono, Yukikatsu Okada, Satoru Miyamoto, Sunao Nishiuchi, Junichi Yoshikawa, and Toyo Shomura
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 154-162. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anatomic Study of the Collateral Blood Supply of the Sternum

Ramon A. de Jesus and Robert D. Acland
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 163-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Deferoxamine Cardioplegia Reduces Superoxide Radical Production in Human Myocardium

George Drossos, Antigone Lazou, Photis Panagopoulos, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 169-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Can Esophagectomy Cure Cancer of the Thoracic Esophagus Involving the Major Airways?

Toshiki Matsubara, Mamoru Ueda, Toshifusa Nakajima, Ken Nakagawa, Takashi Yamashita, Noboru Horikoshi, and Akio Yanagisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 173-177. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pneumonectomy After Contralateral Lobectomy: Is It Reasonable?

Andrew K. Vaaler, Hilton O. Hosannah, and Robert B. Wagner
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 178-182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shed Whole Blood Autotransfusion During Aortic Aneurysm Operation With a Modified Collection Infusion System

Rene J. Dekkers, Robert J. Rizzo, Simon C. Body, Daniel J. Fitzgerald, and Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 184-186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Replacement With a Collar-Reinforced Prosthetic Valve for Disrupted Mitral Annulus

Yutaka Okita, Shigehito Miki, Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Tahata, Tetsuro Sakai, and Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 187-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Potential Use of the Intercostal Artery as an In Situ Graft: A Cadaveric Study

Lindsay C. H. John, Christopher L. H. Chan, and David R. Anderson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 190-194. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Early and Long-Term Results After Completion Pneumonectomy

Gilbert Massard, Gustavo Lyons, Jean-Marie Wihlm, Philippe Fernoux, Pascal Dumont, Romain Kessler, Norbert Roeslin, and Georges Morand
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 196-200. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in TGA: Treatment With LV-to-PA Valved Conduit

Franz X. Schmid, Mark Morales, and Jaroslav Stark
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 201-204. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated Lung Perfusion With FUDR Is an Effective Treatment for Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Lung Metastases in Rats

Bruce Ng, Jeffrey T. Lenert, Benny Weksler, Jeffrey L. Port, Jennifer L. Ellis, and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 205-208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Impact of Radical Systematic Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy on Tumor Staging in Lung Cancer

Jakob R. Izbicki, Bernward Passlick, Ortrud Karg, Christian Bloechle, Klaus Pantel, Wolfram T. Knoefel, and Olaf Thetter
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 209-214. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Discussion

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Case Reports:

Tumor Implants After Thoracoscopic Resection of a Metastatic Sarcoma

Garrett L. Walsh and Jonathan C. Nesbitt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 215-216. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anterior Pulmonary Translocation for Repair of Truncus Arteriosus With Interrupted Arch

Ivatury M. Rao, Jeffrey S. Swanson, Hagop Hovaguimian, David M. McIrvin, Douglas H. King, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 216-218. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kent Bundle Visualized In Situ at Operation After Unsuccessful Radiofrequency Ablation

Juan Martinez-Leon, Roberto Garcia-Civera, Rafael Sanjuan, and Eduardo Otero-Coto
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 218-220. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lobectomy in the Treatment of the Scimitar Syndrome

Claude Thibault, Louis P. Perrault, George Delisle, Paul C. Cartier, Alain Cloutier, Christine Houde, and Jean Deslauriers
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 220-221. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Recurrent Spontaneous Perforation of the Esophagus

Laurie B. Reeder, Sherwyn E. Warren, and Mark K. Ferguson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 221-222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Replacement After Previous Right Pneumonectomy

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Idriss A. Regragui, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 222-224. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Ventricular-Coronary Sinus Shunt Through a Septal Aneurysm After Mitral Valve Re-replacement

Shigehiko Tokunaga, Mochikazu Yoshitoshi, Hisanori Mayumi, Eiichi Nakano, Yoshihiro Toshima, Yoshito Kawachi, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 224-227. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Aneurysm of the Innominate Artery

James J. McFarland, Mark B. Kahn, Charles F. Bellows, Rosita M. Shah, Robert A. Koenigsberg, Richard E. Parsons, Glenn J. R. Whitman, and Verdi J. DiSesa
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 227-229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tetralogy of Fallot With Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery

R. Lawrence Moss, Carl L. Backer, Vincent R. Zales, Michael S. Florentine, and Constantine Mavroudis
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 229-231. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Spontaneous Hemothorax Caused by a Chest Wall Chondrosarcoma

Jason H. T. Karlawish, Gardner W. Smith, Edward W. Gabrielson, and Mark C. Liu
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 231-233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Occlusion of the Left Coronary Ostium Due to Fusion of the Aortic Cusp to the Wall

Michio Kawasuji, Naoki Sakakibara, Yasushi Matsumoto, Yoh Watanabe, and Kuniyoshi Shimizu
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 233-234. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pneumocephalus Complicating Routine Thoracotomy: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Management

W. Morris Brown, III and Panagiotis N. Symbas
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 234-236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Removal of Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma

W. Roy Smythe, Joseph E. Bavaria, R. Alan Hall, Gary M. Kline, and Larry R. Kaiser
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 236-238. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

George T. Christakis
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 51. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

William G. Williams
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 73. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Ulrich O. von Oppell
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 98-99. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Christophe Acar
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 126. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Delos M. Cosgrove, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 136. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Robert M. Lust
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 161-162. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Thomas W. Shields
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 183. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Jacques A. M. van Son
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 195. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

F. Griffith Pearson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 214. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

G. Hossein Almassi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 241-242. [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Subdiaphragmatic Implantation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Generator

Jean-François Obadia, Jean-Philippe Claudel, Giuseppe Rescigno, Gilbert Kirkorian, Christiane Hercule, Jean-François Chassignolle, and Paul Touboul
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 239-241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Paravalvular Leaks: Alternative Suture Placement Strategy for the Left Coronary Cusp

Thomas E. Williams, Jr, William J. Fanning, and Stephen M. Cattaneo
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 243-244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury After Repair of the Thoracic or Thoracoabdominal Aorta

Michael C. Mauney, Lorne H. Blackbourne, Scott E. Langenburg, Scott A. Buchanan, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 245-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Update in Myocardial Protection

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr and Christopher L. Wixon
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 253-254. [Full Text]  

Update:

Anterolateral Thoracotomy as an Alternative to Repeat Median Sternotomy for Replacement of the Mitral Valve

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 255-256. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

General Thoracic Surgery, 4th edition: Edited by Thomas W. Shields, MD, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1994, 1,816 pp, illustrated, $198.00

D. T. Daly
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 59. [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Single-Lung Transplantation: Finding a Common Treatment

Paolo Carbognani, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Michele Rusca, Leonardo Cattelani, and Paolo Bobbio
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 257. [Full Text]  

Autotransfusion of Shed Mediastinal Blood After Cardiac Operations

Julián Salas, Manuel Muñoz, Salvador Perán, Silvia Negri, and Norberto G. de Vega
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 257-258. [Full Text]  

Alternative Heart Transplantation Technique

Ahmed El Gamel, Nizar A. Yonan, Ali N. Rahman, Abdul K. Deiraniya, Colin S. Campbell, Mazin A. Sarsam, and Carlos Blanche
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 258-260. [Full Text]  

A Solution to Prolonged Air Leak After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Narendra Kumar Bhatnagar, Suliko Berndt, and Stephen R. Hazelrigg
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 260-261. [Full Text]  

Modified Fang's Approach for Spinal Lesion Situated at the Level of T2-T3 Vertebrae

Shashi V. Vaghela and Keith S. Naunheim
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 262. [Full Text]  

Heart Transplantation and Primary Cardiac Tumors

Jean Bachet, Carlo Banfi, Luca Martinelli, Denis Brodaty, Daniel Guilmet, Thomas X. Aufiero, and Walter E. Pae, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 262-263. [Full Text]  

Enlargement of the Right Atrium Associated With Dermatomyositis

Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, and Tatsuo Yamamoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 263-264. [Full Text]  

Intraoperative Autohemotransfusion and Open Heart Reoperation

Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, Michele di Summa, Alberto Actis Dato, Stefano Pansini, Elio Di Rosa, and Jacques P. A. M. Schönberger
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 264-266. [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopy and Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Alastair N. J. Graham, Kieran G. McManus, James A. McGuigan, David A. Waller, Jonathan Forty, and Graham N. Morritt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 266-267. [Full Text]  

Cutaneous Lentigines, Freckles, and Atrial Myxomas

Florence Rollé, Elisabeth Cornu, Yahia Ghossein, Jean Marie Bonnetblanc, Julien Bensaïd, and Constantin Christidès
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 267-268. [Full Text]  

Reduction Aortoplasty for Moderate-Sized Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

Fritz Baumgartner, Sang Pak, Leonard Ginzton, Jeffrey Milliken, Francis Robicsek, and Mano J. Thubrikar
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 59: 268. [Full Text]  

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