Special Presentation:

Changing Surgical CPI Valuation Relationships: A Method of Determination (1970–1995)

James A. Haugen and George E. Miller, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1094-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Editorials:

Surgical Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jean Deslauriers
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 873-874. [Full Text]  

Coronary Operations in Octogenarians: Can We Select the Patients?

William S. Weintraub
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 875-876. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Decortication Is a Valuable Option for Late Empyema After Collapse Therapy

Gilbert Massard, Clotilde Rougé, Jean-Marie Wihlm, Soltan Ameur, Ahmad Dabbagh, Romain Kessler, Norbert Roeslin, and Georges Morand
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 888-895. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma

Joseph F. Sabik, Thomas W. Rice, John R. Goldblum, Anuradha Koka, Thomas J. Kirby, Sharon V. Medendorp, and David J. Adelstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 896-901. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lung Transplantation for Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Eric N. Mendeloff, Thomas L. Spray, Charles B. Huddleston, Nancy D. Bridges, Charles B. Canter, and George B. Mallory, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 903-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thymoma: A Multivariate Analysis of Factors Predicting Survival

David Blumberg, Jeffrey L. Port, Benny Weksler, Ruby Delgado, Juan Rosai, Manjit S. Bains, Robert J. Ginsberg, Nael Martini, Patricia M. McCormack, Valerie Rusch, and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 908-913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uncut Collis-Nissen Gastroplasty: Early Functional Results

Manuel Pera, Claude Deschamps, Raymond Taillefer, and André Duranceau
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 915-920. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esophageal Resection for Recurrent Achalasia

Daniel L. Miller, Mark S. Allen, Victor F. Trastek, Claude Deschamps, and Peter C. Pairolero
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 922-925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anesthetic Techniques for Pediatric Thoracoscopy

Eugene D. McGahren, John A. Kern, and Bradley M. Rodgers
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 927-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Primary Therapy for Spontaneous Pneumothorax?

F. Hammond Cole, Jr, Francis H. Cole, Alim Khandekar, J. Matthew Maxwell, James W. Pate, and William A. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 931-933. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Laser Pneumoplasty in the Treatment of Diffuse Bullous Emphysema

Akio Wakabayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 936-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Videothoracoscopic Excision of Thoracic Neurogenic Tumors

Marc Riquet, Jérome Mouroux, François Pons, Denis Debrosse, Antoine Dujon, Marcel Dahan, and René Jancovici
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 943-946. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effect of Ischemic Injury on Subsequent Rat Lung Allograft Rejection

Takeshi Shiraishi, Takatoshi Mizuta, Steven R. DeMeester, Jon H. Ritter, Paul E. Swanson, Mark R. Wick, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 947-951. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morphologic Alterations and Cytokinetic Studies of Tracheal Autograft Epithelium in Rabbits

Yoshiaki Inayama, Izumi Tomiyama, Makoto Akaike, Masahiro Kase, Haruhiko Nakayama, Takao Morohoshi, Akihiko Matsumoto, and Masayoshi Kanisawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 952-957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lung Preservation Threshold in a Compromised Septic Lung Injury Model

Shigeyuki Sasaki, James D. McCully, John D. Palombo, R. Armour Forse, and Joseph LoCicero, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 958-962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Treatment of Multiple Primary Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Lung

Shinya Murakami, Yoh Watanabe, Hiroshi Saitoh, Ryohei Yamashita, Junzo Shimizu, Makoto Oda, and Yoshinobu Hayashi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 964-969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Systemic Obstruction in Univentricular Hearts: Surgical Options for Neonates

Alain Serraf, Stefano Conte, François Lacour-Gayet, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Régine Roussin, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 970-976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right-to-Left Veno-Arterial Shunting for Right-Sided Circulatory Failure

James P. Slater, Daniel J. Goldstein, Robert C. Ashton, Jr, Howard R. Levin, Henry M. Spotnitz, and Mehmet C. Oz
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 978-984. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mechanical Dysfunction in the Border Zone of an Ovine Model of Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Michael J. Moulton, Stephen W. Downing, Lawrence L. Creswell, Douglas S. Fishman, David M. Amsterdam, Barna A. Szabó, James L. Cox, and Michael K. Pasque
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 986-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carpentier-Edwards Standard Porcine Bioprosthesis: Clinical Performance to Seventeen Years

W. R. Eric Jamieson, A. Ian Munro, Robert T. Miyagishima, Peter Allen, Lawrence H. Burr, and G. Frank O. Tyers
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 999-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Heparin Causes Platelet Dysfunction and Induces Fibrinolysis Before Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Shukri F. Khuri, C. Robert Valeri, Joseph Loscalzo, Mark J. Weinstein, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Nancy A. Healey, Hollace MacGregor, Mheir Doursounian, and Michael A. Zolkewitz
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1008-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Perioperative Donor Bone Marrow Infusion Augments Chimerism in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients

Si M. Pham, Robert J. Keenan, Abdul S. Rao, Paulo A. Fontes, Robert L. Kormos, Kareem Abu-Elmagd, Adriana Zeevi, Akihiko Kawai, Brack G. Hattler, Robert L. Hardesty, Anthony J. Demetris, Massimo M. Trucco, Gayle L. Rosner, John J. Fung, Thomas E. Starzl, and Bartley P. Griffith
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1015-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Microvascular Reactivity After Crystalloid, Cold Blood, and Warm Blood Cardioplegic Arrest

Charles O. Murphy, Pan-Chih, John Parker Gott, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1021-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Free Latissimus Dorsi Flap for Chest Wall Repair After Complete Resection of Infected Sternum

Andrej Banic, Hans-Beat Ris, Dominique Erni, and Heinz Striffeler
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1028-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CABG in Octogenarians: Early and Late Events and Actuarial Survival in Comparison With a Matched Population

Michael E. Cane, Chao Chen, Bridget M. Bailey, Javier Fernandez, Glenn W. Laub, William A. Anderson, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1033-1037. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Determinants of Operative Mortality in Octogenarians Undergoing Coronary Bypass

Donald B. Williams, Roger G. Carrillo, Ernest A. Traad, Charles H. Wyatt, Robert Grahowksi, S. Howard Wittels, and George Ebra
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1038-1043. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Results of Mitral Valve Reconstruction in Children With Rheumatic Heart Disease

Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Pantula Narasinga Rao, and Anita Saxena
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1044-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evaluation of the Hemodynamic Performance of Small CarboMedics Aortic Prostheses Using Dobutamine-Stress Doppler Echocardiography

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Inderpaul Birdi, Peter Wilde, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1048-1052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The CarboMedics Valve: Midterm Follow-up With Analysis of Risk Factors

Arnt E. Fiane, Kjell Saatvedt, Jan L. Svennevig, Odd Geiran, Kenneth Nordstrand, and Tor Frøysaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1053-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume Index in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Predicts Postoperative Ventricular Function

Atsushi Yamaguchi, Takashi Ino, Hideo Adachi, Akihiro Mizuhara, Seiichiro Murata, and Hitoshi Kamio
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1059-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Reoperation Through the Left Thoracotomy With Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Hisayoshi Suma, Ikutaro Kigawa, Taiko Horii, Jun-ichi Tanaka, Sachito Fukuda, and Yasuhiko Wanibuchi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1063-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemopump Treatment in Patients With Postcardiotomy Heart Failure

Urban Lönn, Bengt Peterzén, Hans Granfeldt, Ankica Babic, and Henrik Casimir-Ahn
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1067-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Upper Extremity Vascular Access for Continuous Arteriovenous Hemofiltration and Dialysis After Cardiac Operations

Jerome B. Riebman, Glenn W. Laub, Albert H. Olivencia-Yurvati, and Lynn B. McGrath
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1072-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of High-Dose Aprotinin on Renal Function in Aortocoronary Bypass Grafting

Peter R. Feindt, Sandra Walcher, Ingo Volkmer, Hans E. Keller, Uwe Straub, Hanno Huwer, Ulrich T. Seyfert, Thomas Petzold, and Emmeran Gams
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1076-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Low Output Syndrome After Cardiac Operations: Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Víctor G. Dávila-Román, Alan D. Waggoner, William E. Hopkins, and Benico Barzilai
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1081-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Normothermic Versus Mild Hypothermic Retrograde Blood Cardioplegia: A Prospective, Randomized Study

Päivi Kaukoranta, Martti Lepojärvi, Juha Nissinen, Pekka Raatikainen, and Keijo J. Peuhkurinen
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1087-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

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Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

Richard J. Novick
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 962-963. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Maurice J. Jurkiewicz
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1032. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1093. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Hans-Georg Borst
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1105. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1115-1116. [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Josef G. Vincent
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1125-1126. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Successful Repair of a Ruptured Postinfarct Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Ventricle

Hitoshi Yaku, Gary Fermanis, David A. Horton, Dean Guy, and Robert Lvoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1097-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valvuloplasty in Traumatic Aortic Insufficiency Due to Subtotal Tear of the Intima

Albert Miralles, Teresa Farinola, Jose Quiroga, Chuks Obi, Jairo Hernandez, Jorge Granados, Carles Fontanillas, Emili Saura, Miguel Benito, Josep Maria Calbet, and Eduard Castells
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1098-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cholelithoptysis and Empyema Formation After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Sion P. Barnard, Ian Pallister, David J. Hendrick, Noel Walter, and Graham N. Morritt
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1100-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Endovascular Stent-Grafting After Arch Aneurysm Repair Using the ``Elephant Trunk''

James I. Fann, Michael D. Dake, Charles P. Semba, Robert P. Liddell, Thomas A. Pfeffer, and D. Craig Miller
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1102-1105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Radical Excisional Therapy and Total Cardiac Transplantation for Recurrent Atrial Myxoma

Daniel J. Goldstein, Mehmet C. Oz, and Robert E. Michler
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1105-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Modified Surgical Palliation for a Rare Type of L-Transposition With Aortic Atresia

J. Nilas Young, Eric J. Kuncir, William M. DeCampli, J. Gregg Helton, and Edward N. Ahearn
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1108-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Management of Intraaortic Balloon Entrapment

Yasunori Fukushima, Makoto Yoshioka, Naoteru Hirayama, Takafumi Kashiwagi, Toshio Onitsuka, and Yasunori Koga
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1109-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paradoxical Embolism in the Presence of Right-to-Left Shunt Due to Tricuspid Occlusion

Calin Vicol, Vladimir Danov, and Eberhard Struck
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1111-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Defibrillator Patch Electrode Constriction: An Underrecognized Entity

William W. Barrington, Ubeydullah Deligonul, Arthur R. Easley, and John R. Windle
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1112-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Umbilical Artery Flow Velocity During Maternal Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Israel Goldstein, Peter Jakobi, Eliahu Gutterman, and Simcha Milo
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1116-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Embolization of Biologic Glue During Repair of Aortic Dissection

Thierry Carrel, Marc Maurer, Tengis Tkebuchava, Urs Niederhäuser, Jakob Schneider, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1118-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simultaneous Repair of Multiple Traumatic Aortic Tears

Robert A. Lancey, George P. Davliakos, and Thomas J. Vander Salm
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1120-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Post-Stenting Enlarging False Aneurysm of a Saphenous Vein Graft

Takahiro Katsumata, Masahiro Endo, Kenji Ihashi, Seiji Fujino, Hiroshi Nishida, and Hitoshi Koyanagi
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1121-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dacron Coronary Graft Obstruction After Composite Graft Replacement of Aortic Root

Satoshi Sekine, Tadaaki Abe, Keiji Seki, Yoshiki Shibata, Itsuro Yamagishi, and Makoto Kamada
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1123-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma and Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation

Michel E. Ribet, Marie-Christine Copin, Jacques G. Soots, and Bernard H. Gosselin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1126-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Direct Coronary Sinus Cannulation During Cardioplegic Infusion

Joginder N. Bhayana and Tomas A. Salerno
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1129. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reducing Bleeding After Replacement of the Aortic Root

Matthew S. Bayfield and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1130-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

New Technique for Sternal Osteosynthesis

Daniel Roux, Gérard Fournial, Yves Glock, and Rémy Nottin
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

Evolution of Pulmonary Resection Techniques and Review of the Bronchus-First Method

Jerome T. Grismer and Raymond C. Read
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1133-1137. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Postoperative Management of Cerebral Air Embolism: Gas Physiology for Surgeons

Eduardo A. Tovar, Carlos Del Campo, Alan Borsari, Robin P. Webb, Jeffrey R. Dell, and Paul B. Weinstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1138-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Collective Review:

Cardiac Surgery and Cold-Reactive Proteins

Surendra K. Agarwal, Probal K. Ghosh, and Debashish Gupta
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1143-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Surgery of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Spinal Cord Protection with the Gott Shunt

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1151-1152. [Full Text]  

Paced Skeletal Muscle for Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty

Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1153-1154. [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Thoracic Surgery

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Correspondence:

Topical Aprotinin in Cardiac Operations

Sertaç Çiçek
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1155. [Full Text]  

Amiodarone for Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Yasushi Terada, Toshio Mitsui, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Motoo Osaka, and Wahei Mihara
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1155. [Full Text]  

Hemodynamic Effects of Atrio-Biventricular Pacing

Serge Broka, Philippe M. Eucher, Anne Ducart, Edith Collard, Vincent Delire, Alain Mayné, Philippe Randour, and Kurt Joucken
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1156. [Full Text]  

Who's Afraid of Kety-Schmidt?

David J. Cook, Robert E. Anderson, John D. Michenfelder, William C. Oliver, Jr, Thomas A. Orszulak, Richard C. Daly, and Rex D. Bryce
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1156-1157. [Full Text]  

Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection

Ralph J. Lewis, Robert J. Caccavale, Glenn E. Sisler, Jean-Philippe Bocage, James W. Mackenzie, William S. Walker, Stewart R. Craig, Gian Carlo Roviaro, Federico Varoli, Carlo Rebuffat, and Davide Sonnino
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1157-1159. [Full Text]  

Therapeutic Implications for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis

Afksendiyos Kalangos, John Yves Marie Relland, Albert Altès, Rodrigo Martino, Mercè Gari, Maria Lluisa Cámara, Rosa Garín, Juan-Ignacio Casas, and Jordi Fontcuberta
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1159-1160. [Full Text]  

Normothermia, Hypothermia, and Postoperative Bleeding

Oscar Gil, Juan C. Catalá, Angel L. Fernández, José A. Montero, Daniel Luna, Orlando Tovar, Martin Tönz, Tomislav Mihaljevic, Ludwig K. von Segesser, and Marko I. Turina
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1160-1161. [Full Text]  

Hemostatic Modification in Aortic Root Replacement With Composite Graft

Sudarshan K. Khanna, Mohammad Akhter, and Jack G. Copeland, III
Ann Thorac Surg 1995 60: 1161-1162. [Full Text]  

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