ARTICLES:

AP Naef

Pioneers on the road to thoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 377-384.  

FA Shepherd, RJ Ginsberg, R Feld, WK Evans, and E Johansen

Surgical treatment for limited small-cell lung cancer. The University of Toronto Lung Oncology Group experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 385-393. [Abstract]  

SR Hazelrigg, RJ Landreneau, TM Boley, M Priesmeyer, RA Schmaltz, W Nawarawong, JA Johnson, JT Walls, and JJ Curtis

The effect of muscle-sparing versus standard posterolateral thoracotomy on pulmonary function, muscle strength, and postoperative pain
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 394-400. [Abstract]  

JL Cox, RB Schuessler, and JP Boineau

The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. I. Summary of the current concepts of the mechanisms of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 402-405. [Abstract]  

JL Cox, TE Canavan, RB Schuessler, ME Cain, BD Lindsay, C Stone, PK Smith, PB Corr, and JP Boineau

The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. II. Intraoperative electrophysiologic mapping and description of the electrophysiologic basis of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 406-426. [Abstract]  

R Altman, J Rouvier, E Gurfinkel, O D'Ortencio, R Manzanel, L de La Fuente, and RG Favaloro

Comparison of two levels of anticoagulant therapy in patients with substitute heart valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 427-431. [Abstract]  

RC Bourge, JK Kirklin, DC Naftel, C White, DA Mason, and AE Epstein

Analysis and predictors of pulmonary vascular resistance after cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 432-444. [Abstract]  

VJ DiSesa, P Masetti, M Diaco, FJ Schoen, JD Marsh, and LH Cohn

The mechanism of heart failure caused by cardiac allograft rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 446-449. [Abstract]  

MR Mooney, KV Arom, LD Joyce, JF Mooney, IF Goldenberg, TJ Von Rueden, and RW Emery

Emergency cardiopulmonary bypass support in patients with cardiac arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 450-454. [Abstract]  

J Quillen, ER Kofsky, GD Buckberg, MT Partington, PL Julia, and C Acar

Studies of controlled reperfusion after ischemia. XXIII. Deleterious effects of simulated thrombolysis preceding simulated coronary artery bypass grafting with controlled blood cardioplegic reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 455-464. [Abstract]  

H Noguchi, I Muramatsu, R Muraoka, Y Chiba, and S Kigoshi

Differing susceptibilities to cold preservation of rat atria and ventricles
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 465-472. [Abstract]  

C Munsch, F Rosenfeldt, V Chang, M Newman, and B Davis

Absence of particle-induced coronary vasoconstriction during cardioplegic infusion: is it desirable to use a microfilter in the infusion line?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 473-480. [Abstract]  

P Peduzzi, K Detre, J Wittes, and T Holford

Intent-to-treat analysis and the problem of crossovers. An example from the Veterans Administration coronary bypass surgery study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 481-487. [Abstract]  

H Nishida, RK Grooters, H Soltanzadeh, KC Thieman, RF Schneider, and WP Kim

Discriminate use of electrocautery on the median sternotomy incision. A 0.16% wound infection rate
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 488-494. [Abstract]  

TE David, J Bos, and H Rakowski

Mitral valve repair by replacement of chordae tendineae with polytetrafluoroethylene sutures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 495-501. [Abstract]  

K Nishimura, Y Saito, T Hidaka, T Ishihara, K Nakao, H Imura, Y Okamoto, and T Ban

Does atrial appendectomy aggravate secretory function of atrial natriuretic polypeptide?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 502-508. [Abstract]  

J Wikman-Coffelt, S Wagner, S Wu, and W Parmley

Alcohol and pyruvate cardioplegia. Twenty-four-hour in situ preservation of hamster hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 509-516. [Abstract]  

SC Sun, M Diaco, RD Laurence, VJ DiSesa, and LH Cohn

The dynamics of antegrade cardioplegia with simultaneous coronary sinus occlusion. Effects on aortic root infusion pressure, coronary sinus pressure, and myocardial cooling
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 517-525. [Abstract]  

MP Leung, R McKay, A Smith, RH Anderson, and R Arnold

Critical aortic stenosis in early infancy. Anatomic and echocardiographic substrates of successful open valvotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 526-535. [Abstract]  

TW Rice, GA Boyce, and MV Sivak

Esophageal ultrasound and the preoperative staging of carcinoma of the esophagus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 536-543. [Abstract]  

T Bartzokis, F St. Goar, A DiBiase, DC Miller, and AF Bolger

Freehand allograft aortic valve replacement and aortic root replacement. Utility of intraoperative echocardiography and Doppler color flow mapping
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 545-553. [Abstract]  

LETTERS:

TJ Locke, GS Reeder, BK Khandheria, and CG McGregor

Diagnosis of traumatic aortic rupture by transesophageal echocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 555-556.  

PA Abbruzzese, L Meloni, G Cardu, A Napoleone, A Cherchi, and V Martelli

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and periprosthetic leaks
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 556-557.  

B Stein and V Fuster

Invited letter concerning: anticoagulant plus platelet inhibitor therapy in patients with mechanical valve prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 557-559.  

SF Khuri

Invited letter concerning: changes in myocardial high-energy stores and carbohydrate metabolism during intermittent aortic crossclamping in dogs on cardiopulmonary bypass at 34 degrees and 25 degrees C
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 559-563.  

LI Bonchek and SB Chasko

Invited letter concerning: informed consent for blood transfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1991 101: 563-564.  

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