ARTICLES:

MF McKneally, RJ Lewis, RJ Anderson, RG Fosburg, WA Gay, Jr, RH Jones, and MB Orringer

Statement of the AATS/STS Joint Committee on Thoracoscopy and Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 1.  

MB Orringer

Dissolution of the Liaison Committee--rebirth of the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 2-4.  

Y Kawachi, J Tanaka, R Tominaga, K Kinoshita, and K Tokunaga

More than ten years' follow-up of the Hancock porcine bioprosthesis in Japan
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 5-13. [Abstract]  

M Grabenwoger, M Grimm, E Eybl, M Kadletz, M Havel, P Kostler, H Plenk, P Bock, and E Wolner

New aspects of the degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valves after long-term implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 14-21. [Abstract]  

VO Bjork and DB Kaminsky

The five-year evaluation of a mechanical heart valve without anticoagulation in goats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 22-25. [Abstract]  

KL Yun, SC Rayhill, MA Niczporuk, JI Fann, GC Derby, GT Daughters, NB Ingels, Jr, and DC Miller

Left ventricular mechanics and energetics in the dilated canine heart: acute versus chronic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 26-39. [Abstract]  

P Simon, W Mohl, F Neumann, A Owen, C Punzengruber, and E Wolner

Effects of coronary artery bypass grafting on global and regional myocardial function. An intraoperative echocardiographic assessment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 40-45. [Abstract]  

ES Crawford, JW Kirklin, DC Naftel, LG Svensson, JS Coselli, and HJ Safi

Surgery for acute dissection of ascending aorta. Should the arch be included?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 46-59. [Abstract]  

SM van Sterkenburg, SM Ernst, A Brutel de la Riviere, JA Defauw, RP Hamerlynck, PJ Knaepen, HA van Swieten, and FE Vermeulen

Triple sequential grafts using the internal mammary artery. An angiographic and short-term follow-up study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 60-65. [Abstract]  

PC Corcoran, Y Wang, NM Katz, SS Rajan, AR Analouei, ML Foegh, and RB Wallace

Platelet activating factor antagonist enhances lung preservation in a canine model of single lung allotransplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 66-72. [Abstract]  

S Schueler, PA De Valeria, M Hatanaka, DE Cameron, K Bando, M Zeebley, GM Hutchins, BA Reitz, and WA Baumgartner

Successful twenty-four-hour lung preservation with donor core cooling and leukocyte depletion in an orthotopic double lung transplantation model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 73-82. [Abstract]  

JD Puskas, PF Cardoso, E Mayer, S Shi, AS Slutsky, and GA Patterson

Equivalent eighteen-hour lung preservation with low-potassium dextran or Euro-Collins solution after prostaglandin E1 infusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 83-89. [Abstract]  

GK Sethi, LJ Rosado, M McCarthy, SS Butman, and JG Copeland

Futility of yearly heart biopsies in patients undergoing heart transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 90-93. [Abstract]  

SF Khuri, JA Wolfe, M Josa, TC Axford, I Szymanski, S Assousa, G Ragno, M Patel, A Silverman, and M Park

Hematologic changes during and after cardiopulmonary bypass and their relationship to the bleeding time and nonsurgical blood loss
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 94-107. [Abstract]  

CR Valeri, K Khabbaz, SF Khuri, C Marquardt, G Ragno, H Feingold, AD Gray, and T Axford

Effect of skin temperature on platelet function in patients undergoing extracorporeal bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 108-116. [Abstract]  

J Ansell, V Klassen, R Lew, S Ball, M Weinstein, T VanderSalm, N Okike, I Gratz, J Leslie, and A Roberts

Does desmopressin acetate prophylaxis reduce blood loss after valvular heart operations? A randomized, double-blind study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 117-123. [Abstract]  

KC Bui, G Martin, LA Kammerman, C Hammerman, V Hill, and BL Short

Plasma thromboxane and pulmonary artery pressure in neonates treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 124-129. [Abstract]  

AC Fiore, KS Naunheim, LR McBride, DG Pennington, GC Kaiser, J Castanis, CJ Daake, VL Willman, and HB Barner

Aortic valve replacement. Aortic root versus coronary sinus perfusion with blood cardioplegic solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 130-137. [Abstract]  

MA Breda, DC Drinkwater, H Laks, S Bhuta, B Ho, E Kaczer, JL Sebastian, and P Chang

Successful long-term preservation of the neonatal heart with a modified intracellular solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 139-150. [Abstract]  

M Galinanes and DJ Hearse

Exogenous adenosine accelerates recovery of cardiac function and improves coronary flow after long-term hypothermic storage and transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 151-158. [Abstract]  

KH Teoh, DA Mickle, RD Weisel, RK Li, LC Tumiati, JG Coles, and WG Williams

Effect of oxygen tension and cardiovascular operations on the myocardial antioxidant enzyme activities in patients with tetralogy of Fallot and aorta-coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 159-164. [Abstract]  

H Nakamura, PJ del Nido, E Jimenez, M Sarin, H Feinberg, and S Levitsky

Age-related differences in cardiac susceptibility to ischemia/reperfusion injury. Response to deferoxamine
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 165-172. [Abstract]  

DE Low and KM Pagliero

Prospective randomized clinical trial comparing brachytherapy and laser photoablation for palliation of esophageal cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 173-178. [Abstract]  

E Mayer, PF Cardoso, JD Puskas, K De Campos, T Oka, I Dardick, and GA Patterson

The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor and omentopexy on revascularization and epithelial regeneration of heterotopic rat tracheal isografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 180-188. [Abstract]  

VA Starnes, ML Griffin, PT Pitlick, D Bernstein, D Baum, K Ivens, and NE Shumway

Current approach to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Palliation, transplantation, or both?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 189-194. [Abstract]  

ER Capouya, H Laks, DC Drinkwater, Jr, JM Pearl, and E Milgalter

Management of the left atrioventricular valve in the repair of complete atrioventricular septal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 196-201. [Abstract]  

AJ Bogers, JM Quaegebeur, J Ottenkamp, J Hess, and E Bos

A modification of staged septation for univentricular atrioventricular connection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 204-205. [Abstract]  

LETTERS:

DC Miller

Invited letter concerning: concomitant arch repair in acute type A aortic dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 206-208.  

N Martini

Invited letter concerning: surgery and the management of peripheral T3 tumors of the lung
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 208-209.  

RG Inderbitzi, T Krebs, T Stirneman, and A Ulrich

Treatment of postoperative chylothorax by fibrin glue application under thoracoscopic view with use of local anesthesia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 209-210.  

W van Oeveren, B van Oeveren, and CR Wildevuur

Anticoagulation policy during use of aprotinin in cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 210-211.  

BJ Hunt, HC Segal, and M Yacoub

Guidelines for monitoring heparin by the activated clotting time when aprotinin is used during cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 211-212.  

VA Ferraris

The dangers of gathering data
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 212-213.  

RM Ungerleider, JW Gaynor, P Israel, RJ Kanter, and BE Armstrong

Report of neoaortic valve replacement in a ten-year-old girl after an arterial switch procedure for transposition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 213-215.  

GM Aru, FS Cattolica, G Cardu, L Meloni, G Catani, and V Martelli

A fractured and detached right atrial myxoma: an unusual and threatening condition detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 104: 215-217.  

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