Editorials:

The 50th Anniversary of Mitral Valve Surgery

W. Gerald Rainer
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1519. [Full Text]  

Original Articles: General Thoracic:

Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Transcervical Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

Vera Bril, Jasna Kojic, Werner K. Ilse, and Joel D. Cooper
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1520-1522. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Francis C. Wells
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1522. [Full Text]  

Cytostatic Lung Perfusion by Use of an Endovascular Blood Flow Occlusion Technique

Markus Furrer, Didier Lardinois, Wolfgang Thormann, Hans-Jörg Altermatt, Daniel Betticher, Jürgen Triller, Daniel Mettler, Ulrich Althaus, Michael E. Burt, and Hans-Beat Ris
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1523-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Multiple Primary Cancers in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Incidence and Implications

Ronnie T.P. Poon, Simon Y.K. Law, Kent-Man Chu, Frank J. Branicki, and John Wong
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1529-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Mark B. Orringer
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1534. [Full Text]  

Biomechanical Study of Sternal Closure Using Rigid Fixation Techniques in Human Cadavers

Wayne Ozaki, Steven R. Buchman, Mark D. Iannettoni, and Elizabeth P. Frankenburg
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1660-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Improvement in Esophageal Varices and Liver Histology Postoperatively in Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Yukio Kuniyoshi, Kageharu Koja, Mituru Akasaki, Kazufumi Miyagi, Mituyoshi Shimoji, Manabu Kudaka, and Tooru Uezu
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1711-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original Articles: Cardiovascular:

Minimally Invasive Valve Operations

Delos M. Cosgrove, III, Joseph F. Sabik, and José L. Navia
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1535-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1538-1539. [Full Text]  

Therapeutic Angiogenesis With Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor: Technique and Early Results

Frank W. Sellke, Roger J. Laham, Elazer R. Edelman, Justin D. Pearlman, and Michael Simons
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1540-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1544. [Full Text]  

Risk of Reoperative Valve Replacement for Failed Mitral and Aortic Bioprostheses

Cary W. Akins, Mortimer J. Buckley, Willard M. Daggett, Alan D. Hilgenberg, Gus J. Vlahakes, David F. Torchiana, and Joren C. Madsen
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1545-1551. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1551-1552. [Full Text]  

The Ross Procedure: Shorter Hospital Stay, Decreased Morbidity, and Cost Effective

James Jaggers, John K. Harrison, Thomas M. Bashore, Robert D. Davis, Donald D. Glower, and Ross M. Ungerleider
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1553-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1557-1558. [Full Text]  

Intermittent Antegrade Tepid Versus Cold Blood Cardioplegia in Elective Myocardial Revascularization

Andrew C. Fiore, Marc T. Swartz, Robert Nevett, Paul J. Vieth, Robert A. Magrath, Adam Sherrick, and Hendrick B. Barner
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1559-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discussion

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1564-1565. [Full Text]  

Is Atrial Fibrillation Resulting From Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease a Proper Indication for the Maze Procedure?

Johji Fukada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Kanshi Komatsu, Hiroki Sato, Chikara Shiiku, Satoshi Muraki, Masaru Tsukamoto, and Tomio Abe
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1566-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

James L. Cox
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1569-1570. [Full Text]  

Lethal Postoperative Coronary Artery Spasm

Hugh S. Paterson, Michael W. Jones, Douglas K. Baird, and Clifford F. Hughes
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1571-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risk Factors for Death After Heart Transplantation: Does a Single-Center Experience Correlate With Multicenter Registries?

James F. McCarthy, Patrick M. McCarthy, Malek G. Massad, Daniel J. Cook, Nicholas G. Smedira, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Marlene Goormastic, Kathy Hoercher, and James B. Young
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1574-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Jeffrey D. Hosenpud
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1578-1579. [Full Text]  

Terminal Warm Blood Cardioplegia Improves Cardiac Function Through Microtubule Repolymerization

Hironori Tenpaku, Koji Onoda, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Toshimichi Yoshida, Takatsugu Shimono, Hideto Shimpo, and Isao Yada
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1580-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hyperglycemia During Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass: The Role of the Kidney

Hal Braden, Surinder Cheema-Dhadli, C. David Mazer, David J. McKnight, William Singer, and Mitchell L. Halperin
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1588-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Left Main Coronary Artery Patch Angioplasty: Midterm Experience and Follow-up With Spiral Computed Tomography

Juan Meseguer, Aquilino Hurlé, Francisco Fernández-Latorre, Sergio Alonso, Patricio Llamas, and Juan A. Casillas
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1594-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Robert A. Dion
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1597-1598. [Full Text]  

Silent Aspiration After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

O. Brewster Harrington, John K. Duckworth, Carey L. Starnes, Patricia White, Lynn Fleming, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, and Rexann Pickering
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1599-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Apoptosis Is Involved in Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection in Rats

Yoshihiko Kageyama, Xiao-Kang Li, Seiichi Suzuki, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kazuya Suzuki, Teruhisa Kazui, and Yukio Harada
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1604-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Myocardial Distribution of Antegrade Cold Crystalloid and Tepid Blood Cardioplegia

Ignacio G. Duarte, Steven T. Shearer, Malcolm J. MacDonald, John Parker Gott, W. Morris Brown, III, Jakob Vinten-Johansen, and Robert A. Guyton
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1610-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Levels of Troponin I and Cardiac Enzymes After Reinfusion of Shed Blood in Coronary Operations

Ruggero De Paulis, Luisa Colagrande, Francesco Seddio, Marco Piciché, Alfonso Penta de Peppo, Carlo Bassano, Fabrizio Tomai, and Luigi Chiariello
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1617-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atrial Natriuretic Peptide-Induced Release of Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate by Coronary Bypass Grafts

Johannes Bonatti, Wolfgang Dichtl, Erika A. Dworzak, Herwig Antretter, Felix Unger, Bernd Puschendorf, and Otto E. Dapunt
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1621-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Amer Chaikhouni
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1624. [Full Text]  

HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge to Heart Transplantation

Bansi Koul, Jan-Otto Solem, Stig Steen, Henrik Casimir-Ahn, Hans Granfeldt, and Urban J. Lönn
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1625-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Discrepancies Between Sizer and Valve Dimensions: Implications for Small Aortic Root

Claus Bartels, Rainer G. Leyh, J.F. Matthias Bechtel, Elrina Joubert-Hübner, and Hans-Hinrich Sievers
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1631-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reversibility of Cardiac Dysfunction After Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis

Masafumi Natsuaki, Tsuyoshi Itoh, Shinji Tomita, and Kozo Naito
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1634-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Significance of Serum S100 Release After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Henrik Jönsson, Per Johnsson, Christer Alling, Stephen Westaby, and Sten Blomquist
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1639-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral Emboli and Serum S100ß During Cardiac Operations

Hilary P. Grocott, Narda D. Croughwell, David W. Amory, William D. White, Jerry L. Kirchner, and Mark F. Newman
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1645-1649. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

David P. Taggart
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1649-1650. [Full Text]  

Cardiotomy Suction: A Major Source of Brain Lipid Emboli During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Robert F. Brooker, William R. Brown, Dixon M. Moody, John W. Hammon, Jr, David M. Reboussin, Dwight D. Deal, Hani S. Ghazi-Birry, and David A. Stump
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Posterior Distribution of Infarcts in Strokes Related to Cardiac Operations

Denise Barbut, Dominique Grassineau, Eric Lis, Linda Heier, Gregg S. Hartman, and O. Wayne Isom
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1656-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Radiofrequency and Cryoablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Valvular Operations

Mien-Cheng Chen, G. Bih-Fang Guo, Jen-Ping Chang, Kuo-Ho Yeh, and Morgan Fu
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1666-1672. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bilateral Thoracoscopic Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Internal Thoracic Arteries

Go Watanabe, Takuro Misaki, Keijyu Kotoh, Akio Yamashita, and Katsushi Ueyama
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1673-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Effects of Cardiomyoplasty on Right Ventricular Filling During Volume Loading

Yoshiya Toyoda, Masayoshi Okada, Mohammed Abul Kashem, and Tomoichiro Mukai
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1676-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Postischemic Function and Protein Kinase C Signal Transduction

Thomas J. Rohs, Kenneth S. Kilgore, Anthony J. Georges, and Steven F. Bolling
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1680-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Expression of Vascular Adhesion Molecules in Saphenous Vein Coronary Bypass Grafts

Adrian H. Chester, Karen J.M. Morrison, and Magdi H. Yacoub
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1685-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Role of Platelet-Activating Factor in Regional Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

A. Karim Qayumi, John C. English, David V. Godin, David M. Ansley, Eric B. Loucks, John U. Lee, and Cei-Whan Kim
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1690-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Total Simultaneous Repair of Coarctation and Intracardiac Pathology in Adult Patients

Rohinton J. Morris, Louis E. Samuels, and Stanley K. Brockman
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1698-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cerebral and Systemic Embolization During Left Ventricular Support With the Novacor N100 Device

Christof Schmid, Michael Weyand, Darius G. Nabavi, Dieter Hammel, Mario C. Deng, Erich B. Ringelstein, and Hans H. Scheld
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1703-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Complement Activation and Cytokine Generation After Modified Fontan Procedure

Richard D. Mainwaring, John J. Lamberti, and Tony E. Hugli
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1715-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Marie-Christine Seghaye
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1720. [Full Text]  

Clinical Results of the Staged Fontan Procedure in High-Risk Patients

Munetaka Masuda, Hideaki Kado, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kouji Fukae, Masao Suzuki, Eiji Murakami, and Hisataka Yasui
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1721-1725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Frank L. Hanley
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1725. [Full Text]  

Pulmonary Root Replacement With the Freestyle Stentless Aortic Xenograft in Growing Pigs

Paul H. Schoof, Mark G. Hazekamp, Han H. van Krieken, and Hans A. Huysmans
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1726-1729. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brain Damage and Myocardial Dysfunction: Protective Effects of Magnesium in the Newborn Pig

Joseph Caspi, John G. Coles, Lee N. Benson, and Gregory J. Wilson
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1730-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Truncal Valve Repair: Initial Experience in Neonates

Michael D. Black, Ian Adatia, and Robert M. Freedom
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1737-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Francisco J. Puga
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1740. [Full Text]  

Superior Hydrodynamics of a Modified Cavopulmonary Connection for the Norwood Operation

Hans-Hinrich Sievers, Anja Gerdes, Jörg Kunze, and Gerd Pfister
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1741-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Growth of the Subclavian Artery and the Anastomosis in Blalock-Taussig Shunt: Absorbable Versus Nonabsorbable Suture

Naoki Yoshimura, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hidetaka Ohashi, Yoshihiro Oshima, Yoshiya Toyoda, Hee-Nam Chung, and Kyoichi Ogawa
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1746-1750. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

John A. Hawkins
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1750. [Full Text]  

Coarctation Repair: Modification of End-to-End Anastomosis With Subclavian Flap Angioplasty

Hagop Hovaguimian, V. Senthilnathan, John P. Iguidbashian, David M. McIrvin, and Albert Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1751-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tricuspid Annuloplasty and Ventricular Plication for Ebstein’s Malformation

Florentino J. Vargas, Gustavo Mengo, Miguel A. Granja, Jorge A. Gentile, Maria E. Rannzini, and Juan C. Vazquez
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1755-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Late Results and Reintervention After Aortic Valvotomy for Critical Aortic Stenosis in Neonates and Infants

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Ronald W. Day, Victoria E. Judd, Robert E. Shaddy, and Edwin C. McGough
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1758-1762. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited commentary

Ralph S. Mosca
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1763. [Full Text]  

Case Reports:

Temporary Aorto–Pulmonary Shunt for Pulmonary Hypertension After Truncus Arteriosus Repair

Takahiro Katsumata, Amihay Shinfeld, and Stephen Westaby
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1764-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Right Atrial Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Atrial Septal Defect

Atsushi Harada, Takao Ida, and Masatoshi Ikeshita
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1766-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biatrial Myxoma: A Rare Cardiac Tumor

John L. Peachell, John C. Mullen, Michael J. Bentley, and Dylan A. Taylor
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1768-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Management of Tricuspid Atresia and Anomalous Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Theodore C. Koutlas, Gil Wernovsky, Michael C. Slack, Paul M. Weinberg, and Thomas L. Spray
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1770-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lung Herniation Secondary to Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Ramzi K. Deeik, Muhammed Ashraf Memon, and Jeffrey T. Sugimoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1772-1774. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minimally Invasive Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafting

Vassilios Gulielmos, Markus Dangel, and Stephan Schüler
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1774-1776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Large Eventration of Diaphragm in an Elderly Patient Treated With Emergency Plication

Shun-ichi Watanabe, Shinji Shimokawa, Mikio Fukueda, Tamahiro Kinjyo, and Akira Taira
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1776-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A Pedunculated Intraluminal Foregut Reduplication Cyst of the Proximal Esophagus

Stewart R. Craig, William H.A. Wallace, D. John Scott, and Evan W.J. Cameron
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1777-1778. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Extubation of the Patient After a Difficult Intubation

Vijay Kumar and Harold L. Lazar
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1778-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Aortico–Left Ventricular Tunnel Originating From the Left Aortic Sinus

Guido Michielon, Carlo Sorbara, and Dino Carlo Casarotto
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1780-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anastomosis of the Left Juxtaposed Atrial Appendages in a Patient With Tricuspid Atresia

Yukihiro Kaneko, Hideo Okabe, Nobuhiro Nagata, Jotaro Kobayashi, and Shinya Kanemoto
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1783-1784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgical Treatment of Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum

Julian J. Alcocer, William E. Katz, and Brack G. Hattler
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1784-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Needle Embolus Causing Cardiac Puncture and Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis

Scott A. LeMaire, Matthew J. Wall, Jr, and Kenneth L. Mattox
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1786-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Repair of Mitral Valve and Subaortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Child With Endocarditis

Michael W. Frank, Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, and Albert P. Rocchini
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1788-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The Large Window Ductus: A Surgical Trap

Jürg Grünenfelder, Ulrike Bartram, Richard Van Praagh, Kevin E. Bove, Warren W. Bailey, Richard A. Meyer, Peter R. Koenig, Angel R. Perez, and David C. Schwartz
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1790-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fungal Purulent Constrictive Pericarditis in a Heart Transplant Patient

Charles C. Canver, Ashvin K. Patel, Peter Kosolcharoen, and Marta C. Voytovich
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1792-1794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How To Do It:

A Surgical Method for Selecting Appropriate Size of Graft in Aortic Root Remodeling

Kiyofumi Morishita, Tomio Abe, Johji Fukada, Hiroki Sato, and Chikara Shiiku
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1795-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Proximal Aortic Control in Traumatic Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta

Thomas E. Williams, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1797. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Performance of a Safe Proximal Anastomosis in Aortic Dissection

René Prêtre
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1798-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cartilage Folding Method for Main Bronchial Stapling

Teruhiro Aoki, Yuichi Ozeki, Masazumi Watanabe, and Susumu Tanaka
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1800-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Use of an Ultrasonic Scalpel as an Alternative to Electrocautery in Patients With Pacemakers

Michael R. Epstein, John E. Mayer, Jr, and Brian W. Duncan
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1802-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

The "Annular Sandwich": A Simple Method of Reinforcing a Friable Mitral Valve Annulus

Stewart R. Craig and William S. Walker
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1805-1806. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A Method for Perfusion of the Leg During Cardiopulmonary Bypass via Femoral Cannulation

Steven C. Hendrickson and Donald D. Glower
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1807-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Our Surgical Heritage:

The Birth of Intracardiac Surgery: A Semicentennial Tribute (June 10, 1948–1998)

Julio C. Dávila
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1809-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Current Review:

Positron Emission Tomography in Lung Cancer

Val J. Lowe and Keith S. Naunheim
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1821-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Update:

Experimental Study of a New Porous Tracheal Prosthesis

R. Guijarro Jorge, A. Cantó. Armengod, and J.M. Galbis Caravajal
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1830-1831. [Full Text]  

Report:

Report on "Understanding the New World of Health Care"

Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1832. [PDF]  

Correspondence:

The Surgical Meeting as Infomercial

Lawrence H. Cohn
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1833. [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Myxoma

Hiroshi Izumoto, Junya Kamata, and Kohei Kawazoe
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1833-1834. [Full Text]  

Reply

David P. Murphy
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1834. [Full Text]  

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Three-Day Discharge

Inderjit S. Gill
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1834. [Full Text]  

Reply

Richard A. Ott
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1834-1835. [Full Text]  

Inflammatory Aneurysm or Takayasu’s Disease?

Allen Burke and Renu Virmani
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1835. [Full Text]  

Reply

Leonard N. Girardi and Joseph S. Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1835-1836. [Full Text]  

Homograft and SVC Syndrome

J. Rodrigo Oyarzun and John R. McCormick
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1836-1837. [Full Text]  

Tracheobronchial Laceration After Double-Lumen Intubation for Thoracic Procedures

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Michele Rusca, Paolo Carbognani, and Piergiorgio Solli
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1837. [Full Text]  

Reply

Sunil K. Ohri and Edward R. Townsend
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1837. [Full Text]  

Tracheobronchial Laceration After Double-Lumen Intubation for Thoracic Procedures

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Michele Rusca, Paolo Carbognani, and Piergiorgio Solli
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1837-1839. [Full Text]  

Reply

Gilbert Massard, Jean-Gustave Hentz, and Jean-Marie Wihlm
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1838. [Full Text]  

Removal of Swan-Ganz Catheter via a Small Right Anterior Mediastinotomy

Aurangzeb K. Duranni, Robert T. Grignani, and Eugene K.W. Sim
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1839. [Full Text]  

Mitral Valve Reconstruction

Tsung O. Cheng
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1840. [Full Text]  

Total Preservation of Subvalvular Apparatus During Mitral Valve Replacement

Neeraj Mediratta and Andrzej W. Sosnowski
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1840. [Full Text]  

Reply

Joong H. Choh
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1840-1841. [Full Text]  

Ultrasound Detection of Diaphragmatic Paralysis After Cardiac Operations

Naoki Yahagi, Yasuhiko Watanabe, and Keiji Kumon
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1841. [Full Text]  

Reduced Complication Rate in Bilateral Mammary Artery-to-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Mauro Cassese, Giovanni Speziali, Gian Luca Martinelli, and Marco Diena
Ann Thorac Surg 1998 65: 1841-1842. [Full Text]  

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