Editorials:

Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: A Need for Caution

Richard A. Jonas
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:779-780. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Monitoring of Systemic Anticoagulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Benjamin P. Bidstrup
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:781-782. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Selective Lung Ventilation During Thoracoscopy: Effects of Insufflation on Hemodynamics

Ronald C. Hill, David R. Jones, Robert A. Vance, and Behrooz Kalantarian
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:945-948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lidocaine Reduces Reperfusion Injury and Neutrophil Migration in Canine Lung Allografts

Ralph A. Schmid, Motohiro Yamashita, Koei Ando, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:949-955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Inhalation of Nitric Oxide After Lung Transplantation

Lars Lindberg, Trygve Sjöberg, Richard Ingemansson, and Stig Steen
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:956-962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ET-Kyoto Solution for 48-Hour Canine Lung Preservation

Hiromi Wada, Tatsuo Fukuse, Takayuki Nakamura, Chun Jiang Liu, Toru Bando, Shinji Kosaka, Tetsuya Ariyasu, and Shigeki Hitomi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:963-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isolated Lung Perfusion With Doxorubicin Reduces Cardiac and Host Toxicities Associated With Systemic Administration

Bruce Ng, Steven N. Hochwald, and Michael E. Burt
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:969-972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Low-Potassium Solution for Lung Preservation in the Setting of High-Flow Reperfusion

Nuno F. DeLima, Oliver A. R. Binns, Scott A. Buchanan, Jeffrey T. Cope, Michael C. Mauney, Kimberly S. Shockey, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:973-976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Prospective Analysis of Pneumonectomy: Risk Factors for Major Morbidity and Cardiac Dysrhythmias

David H. Harpole, Jr, Michael J. Liptay, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Steven J. Mentzer, Scott J. Swanson, and David J. Sugarbaker
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:977-982. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Neurologic Sequelae of Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Cardiac Transplant Infants

Clifford C. Eke, Steven R. Gundry, Marti F. Baum, Richard E. Chinnock, Anees J. Razzouk, and Leonard L. Bailey
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:783-787. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Operations in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

William A. Walker, Betty J. Evans, James W. Pate, Darryl S. Weiman, and John C. Riddle
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:789-793. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Response of Kaolin ACT to Heparin: Evaluation With an Automated Assay and Higher Heparin Doses

George J. Despotis, Alexander L. Alsoufiev, Edward Spitznagel, Lawrence T. Goodnough, and Demetrios G. Lappas
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:795-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries in Neonates With Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Anthony C. Chang, and Vaughn A. Starnes
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:800-804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Long-Term Results With the Medtronic-Hall Valvular Prosthesis

Cary W. Akins
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:806-813. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Incidence of Vocal Fold Paralysis in Infants Undergoing Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Ross I. S. Zbar, Achih H. Chen, Douglas M. Behrendt, Edward F. Bell, and Richard J. H. Smith
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:814-816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Gastrointestinal Tract: An Underestimated Organ as Demonstrated in an Experimental LVAD Pig Model

Masatoshi Miyama, Walid C. Dihmis, Philippe H. Deleuze, Yasuhiro Uozaki, Sektiari L. Bambang, Fabien Pasteau, Najmuddin Rostaqui, and Daniel Y. Loisance
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:817-822. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Double-Horned or Caplike Right Ventricle: Diagnosis and Operative Treatment

Alexander J. Muster, Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, Kaliope Berdusis, Ernerio T. Alboliras, and Michel N. Ilbawi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:823-827. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Short-Term Supplementation With Coenzyme Q10 on Myocardial Protection During Cardiac Operations

David P. Taggart, Michael Jenkins, James Hooper, Leon Hadjinikolas, Michael Kemp, Dominic Hue, and Graeme Bennett
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:829-833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intermittent Aortic Cross-Clamping and Cold Crystalloid Cardioplegia for Low-Risk Coronary Patients

H. Cem Alhan, Hasan Karabulut, Remzi Tosun, Fehime Karakoç, Imer Okar, Erdogan Demiray, Sümer Tarcan, and Besim Yigiter
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:834-839. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coarctation Repair Using End-to-Side Anastomosis of Descending Aorta to Proximal Aortic Arch

Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, V. Mohan Reddy, Jacques A. M. van Son, Michael D. Black, Doff B. McElhinney, Michael M. Brook, and Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:840-844. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Usefulness of Pulsatile Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt in High-Risk Fontan Patients

Kagami Miyaji, Munehiro Shimada, Akihiko Sekiguchi, Akira Ishizawa, and Takayoshi Isoda
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:845-850. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stab Wounds of the Innominate Artery

James O. Fulton, Mark K. De Groot, and Ulrich O. von Oppell
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:851-853. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative TEE Assessment of Ventricular Septal Defect With Aortic Regurgitation

Maurice P. Leung, Kai-tung Chau, Clement Chiu, Tak-cheung Yung, and Che-keung Mok
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:854-860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Does Blood Flow Through Holmium:YAG Transmyocardial Laser Channels?

Takushi Kohmoto, Peter E. Fisher, Anguo Gu, Shu-Ming Zhu, Osvaldo J. Yano, Henry M. Spotnitz, Craig R. Smith, and Daniel Burkhoff
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:861-868. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

``Legs'' Technique for Management of Widely Separated Coronary Arteries During Ascending Aortic Repair

Noel L. Mills, Dan A. Morgenstern, Vincent A. Gaudiani, and Felix Ordoyne
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:869-873. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mortality and Neurologic Morbidity After Repair of Traumatic Aortic Disruption

Alfred C. Nicolosi, G. Hossein Almassi, Michael Bousamra, II, George B. Haasler, and Gordon N. Olinger
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:875-878. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia With Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava

Robert Santoscoy, Henry L. Walters, III, Robert D. Ross, Juanita M. Lyons, and Mehdi Hakimi
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:879-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pathologic Aspects of Polytetrafluoroethylene Sutures in Human Heart

Kenji Minatoya, Hitoshi Okabayashi, Ichiro Shimada, Nobuhisa Ohno, Takeshi Nishina, Tadaaki Yokota, Mutsuo Takahashi, Tokuhiro Ishihara, and Eddie L. Hoover
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:883-887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arterial Impedance in Patients During Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation

Shin Y. Kim, David E. Euler, William R. Jacobs, Alvaro Montoya, Henry J. Sullivan, Vassyl A. Lonchyna, and Roque Pifarré
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:888-894. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Remodeling: Long-Term Results With Posterior Pericardial Annuloplasty

Roberto Scrofani, Stefano Moriggia, Maurizio Salati, Pino Fundaro, Paolo Danna, and Carmine Santoli
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:895-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Intraoperative Autotransfusion Reduces Blood Loss After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Gary S. Kochamba, Thomas A. Pfeffer, Colleen F. Sintek, and Siavosh Khonsari
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:900-903. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Circulating Endothelin in Cardiac Operations: Influence of Blood Pressure and Endotoxin

Henk te Velthuis, Piet G. M. Jansen, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten, Gerard J. van Kamp, Augueste Sturk, León Eijsman, and Charles R. H. Wildevuur
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:904-908. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Skeletonized and Pedicled Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts: Effect on Free Flow During Bypass

Jong Bum Choi and Sam Youn Lee
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:909-913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Function During Exercise Assessed by Transthoracic Doppler Echography

Hirofumi Takemura, Michio Kawasuji, Naoki Sakakibara, Takeo Tedoriya, Teruaki Ushijima, and Yoh Watanabe
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:914-919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Using Org 10172

Markus J. Wilhelm, Christof Schmid, Deniz Kececioglu, Thomas Möllhoff, Helmut Ostermann, and Hans H. Scheld
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:920-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Is the Preconditioning Response Conserved in Senescent Myocardium?

Paul G. Burns, Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Christopher A. Caldarone, Romas J. Kirvaitis, Glenn R. Gaudette, and Sidney Levitsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:925-929. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral Oxygenation Measured by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Comparison With Jugular Bulb Oximetry

Piers E. F. Daubeney, Sally N. Pilkington, Ellen Janke, Gareth A. Charlton, David C. Smith, and Steven A. Webber
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:930-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortic Aneurysms at the Site of the Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta: A Review of 48 Patients

Gennady V. Knyshov, Leonid L. Sitar, Miroslav D. Glagola, and Michael Y. Atamanyuk
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:935-939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Transposition of the Great Arteries Complicated by Tricuspid Valve Incompetence

Thierry Carrel, Alain Serraf, François Lacour-Gayet, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Serge Demontoux, Anita Touchot, Dominique Piot, Jean Losay, and Claude Planché
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:940-944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion:

Discussion

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Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:794. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:948. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:955. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentaries:

Invited Commentary

Gil Wernovsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:805. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Stella Van Praagh
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:828. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

John E. Mayer, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:849-850. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Christian Cabrol
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:874. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Hooshang Bolooki
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:894. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

James M. Cunningham
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:913. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Joel B. Gunter
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:934. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited Commentary

Michael Rosenbloom
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1022-1023. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Primary Repair of Complete Sternal Cleft With Pectoralis Major Muscle Flaps

Brett J. Snyder, Robert C. Robbins, and Douglas Ramos
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:983-984. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Repair of a Massive Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula in a 68-Year-Old Man

W. Stephen Phillips and Denton A. Cooley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:984-986. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Right Pulmonary Artery

Satoshi A. Tanaka, Yoshinori Takanashi, Masayoshi Nagatsu, Jun Ohta, Syuichi Hoshino, and Yasuharu Imai
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:986-988. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Ventricular Obstruction in Aortic Dissection: A Mechanism of Hemodynamic Collapse

Robert J. Downey, John H. M. Austin, Paolo Pepino, Marc L. Dickstein, Shunichi Homma, and Eric A. Rose
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:988-990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anterior Pulmonary Translocation Without Conduit for the Repair of Truncus Arteriosus

Seimei Nakae, Masaaki Kawada, Shingo Kasahara, Naoki Kuroyama, Satoshi Hiraishi, and Hirokuni Yoshimura
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:990-992. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Traumatic Tricuspid Regurgitation With Cyanosis: Diagnosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography

William C. Chiu, Daniel M. Shindler, Peter M. Scholz, and Andrew H. Boyarsky
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:992-993. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Interference With Anticoagulation Monitoring by Procainamide-Induced Lupus Anticoagulant

Mark T. Metzdorff, Keith S. Hansen, Gregory L. Wright, and Steven J. Fried
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:994-995. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Successful Repair of a Right Ventricular Rupture at the Atrioventricular Groove

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Naima Jornod, Richard Rognon, and Bernard Faidutti
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:995-997. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aortopulmonary Fenestration With Pulmonary Artery Septation for Single Ventricle and Subaortic Obstruction

Ara K. Pridjian and John L. Ochsner
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:997-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Cardiac Lymphoma

David A. Margolin, Vladimir Fabian, Uri Mintz, and Mark J. Botham
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1000-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: Echocardiographic Characterization and Successful Resection

K. Eric Sommers, Daniel Edmundowicz, William E. Katz, and Brack G. Hattler
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1001-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Simulating Posterior Mediastinal Tumors

Chun K. Loh, Carlos Alcorta, and A. James McElhinney
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1003-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Autograft in Ventricular Septal Defect–Aortic Insufficiency Complex

Paul H. Schoof, Mark G. Hazekamp, and Hans A. Huysmans
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1005-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Treatment of Multiple Coronary Aneurysms in an Elderly Man

Gamal S. Mohamed, Clark L. Carrol, and O. H. Frazier
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1007-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maze Procedure and Anomalous Coronary Artery Repair

Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, and Yasunaru Kawashima
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1008-1011. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dissection of an Allograft Ascending Aorta After Aortic Root Replacement

Julian A. Smith, Timothy C. McKenzie, and Bruce B. Davis
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1011-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Blood Cyst of the Tricuspid Valve

Eugene K. W. Sim, May Ling Wong, King Twok Tan, and Sze Keen Sim
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1012-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

Atrial Cannulation for Left Ventricular Assistance: Superiority of the Dome Approach

G. Kimble Jett
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1014-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Atrial Septostomy Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Youichi Kawahira, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Hiroaki Kawata, Seiichiro Ikawa, Hideki Ueda, Takayoshi Ueno, and Takeshi Nakada
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1016-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Exposing the Circumflex Coronary Artery: The Heartflip Technique

Fred H. Splittgerber, Ivar Friedrich, Beate Falk, George Kroncke, and Joseph G. Talbert
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1019-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simplified Technique for Hemi-Arch Replacement During Open Distal Anastomosis: The ``Calla'' Method

Tohru Sakamoto, Tetsuya Yoshida, Takahiko Sugano, Atsushi Kudoh, and Akio Suzuki
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1021-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Reviews:

Mitral Valve Injury After Blunt Chest Trauma

Monica L. McDonald, Thomas A. Orszulak, Michael P. Bannon, and Scott P. Zietlow
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1024-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postoperative Mediastinitis: Classification and Management

Reida M. El Oakley and John E. Wright
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1030-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Key References:

Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism

Lazar J. Greenfield and Mary C. Proctor
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1037. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Review of Recent Books:

Flexible Bronchoscopy

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:968. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pathology of the Thymus and Mediastinum

Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1023. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Correspondence:

Eosinophil Granulocyte Activation and Heparin-Coated Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Eivind Øvrum, Leif Nilsson, Per Venge, Jan W. Borowiec, and Stefan Thelin
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1038-1039. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Topical Aprotinin in Cardiac Operations: A Note of Caution

Sertaç Çiçek and David A. Theodoro
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1039-1040. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Troponin-T in Cardiac Surgery

David P. Taggart, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, James Hooper, Christopher Lincoln, Magdi Yacoub, L. Conrad Pelletier, Michel Carrier, Yves Leclerc, Raymond Cartier, Eva Wesolowska, and B. Charles Solymoss
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1040-1041. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Primary Cardiac Valve Tumors

A. Thomas Pezzella
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1041-1042. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Defibrillator Patch Constriction

John H. Lemmer, Jr and T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1042. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Coronary Bypass in Women

Joe R. Utley
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1042-1043. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion

Yuichi Ueda, Shigehito Miki, Christiane J. Boeckxstaens, and Willem J. Flameng
Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1043-1044. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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