PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Aldo R. Castaneda

The making of a cardiothoracic surgeon: An Appolonian quest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 806-812. [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Jeffrey H. Peters, Geoffrey W. B. Clark, Adrian P. Ireland, Para Chandrasoma, Thomas C. Smyrk, and Tom R. DeMeester

Outcome of adenocarcinoma arising in Barrett's esophagus in endoscopically surveyed and nonsurveyed patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 813-822. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshitada Okuma, Masakazu Yoshioka, Susumu Isechi, Keiichiro Kondo, Yoichi Tabira, Yoshitsugu Torigoe, and Yoshimasa Miyauchi

Preoperative chemotherapy for esophageal cancer based on chemosensitivity testing
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 823-829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eiso Hiyama, Takashi Yokoyama, Toru Ichikawa, and Yuichiro Matsuura

Surgical management of tracheal agenesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 830-833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hui-Ping Liu, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Pyng Jing Lin, Hung-Chang Hsieh, Jen-Ping Chang, and Ming-Jang Hsieh

Video-assisted thoracic surgeryThe Chang Gung experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 834-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Jan M. Quaegebeur, Richard A. Jonas, Alan D. Weinberg, Eugene H. Blackstone, John W. Kirklin, and the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

Outcomes in seriously ill neonates with coarctation of the aortaA multiinstitutional study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 841-854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Lynda L. Mickleborough, Shunichi Mizuno, Akihiko Usui, Greg Wilson, Donna McComb, and Gordon Gray

Balloon electric shock ablation—A surgical technique for treatment of ventricular tachycardia: Influence of endocardial scar on depth of ablation achieved
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 855-861. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Allen P. Burke, Melissa Rosado-de-Christenson, Philip A. Templeton, and Renu Virmani

Cardiac fibroma: Clinicopathologic correlates and surgical treatment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 862-870. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregory Louis Kay, Atsushi Aoki, Pablo Zubiate, Curtis Anthony Prejean, Jr., Joseph M. Ruggio, and Jerome Harold Kay

Probability of valve repair for pure mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 871-879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Frederick J. Schoen, Danielle Hirsch, Richard W. Bianco, and Robert J. Levy

Onset and progression of calcification in porcine aortic bioprosthetic valves implanted as orthotopic mitral valve replacements in juvenile sheep
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 880-887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kiyoharu Nakano, Hitoshi Koyanagi, Akimasa Hashimoto, Goro Ohtsuka, and Chisato Nojiri

Tricuspid valve replacement with the bileaflet St. Jude Medical valve prosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 888-892. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, Gordon K. Danielson, Hartzell V. Schaff, and Fletcher A. Miller, Jr.

Traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiencyExperience in thirteen patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 893-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan T. Christenson, Martin Schmuziger, Jean Maurice, François Simonet, and Vladimir Velebit

Gastrointestinal complications after coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 899-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Ryuji Tominaga, William A. Smith, Alex Massiello, Hiroaki Harasaki, and Leonard A. R. Golding

Chronic nonpulsatile blood flowI. Cerebral autoregulation in chronic nonpulsatile biventricular bypass: Carotid blood flow response to hypercapnia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 907-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazuyuki Yagi, Chunjiang Liu, Toru Bando, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Kenji Inui, Shigeki Hitomi, and Hiromi Wada

Inhibition of reperfusion injury by human thioredoxin (adult T-cell leukemia-derived factor) in canine lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 913-921. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Halim Soncul, Melih Kaptanoglu, Eser Öz, Velit Halit, Ayse Bilgehan, Banu Çayci, Levent Gökgöz, Nurten Türkozan, and Ali Ersöz

The role of selenium added to pulmonary preservation solutions in isolated guinea pig lungs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 922-927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mehrdad M. R. Amirhamzeh, Chao-Xiang Jia, Joanne P. Starr, Robert Sciacca, Nepal C. Chowdhury, Daphne T. Hsu, and Henry M. Spotnitz

Diastolic function in the heterotopic rat heart transplant model Effects of edema, ischemia, and rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 928-937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryszard T. Smolenski, Anne-Marie L. Seymour, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Dynamics of energy metabolism in the transplanted human heart during reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 938-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Michael A. Portman and George E. Eyster

Myocardial buffering capacity and high-energy phosphate utilization during hypothermic circulatory arrest and recovery in the newborn lamb in vivo
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 946-952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiki Sawa, Jutta Schaper, Mathias Roth, Kazushige Nagasawa, George Ballagi, Niels Bleese, and Wolfgang Schaper

Platelet-activating factor plays an important role in reperfusion injury in myocardiumEfficacy of platelet-activating factor receptor antagonist (CV-3988) as compared with leukocyte-depleted reperfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 953-959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhi-Gang Zhu, Min-Sheng Wang, Zhen-Bin Jiang, Zhen Jiang, Shu-Xiang Xu, Chang-Yu Ren, and Mei-Xin Shi

The dynamic change of plasma endothelin-1 during the perioperative period in patients with rheumatic valvular disease and secondary pulmonary hypertension
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 960-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pyng Jing Lin, Chau-Hsiung Chang, Peter P. C. Tan, Chun-Chieh Wang, Jen-Ping Chang, Dah-Wel Liu, Jaw-Ji Chu, Kuei-Ton Tsai, Chiung-Lun Kao, and Ming-Jang Hsieh

Protection of the brain by retrograde cerebral perfusion during circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 969-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ronald D. Williams, Michael N. D'Ambra, Theodore E. Maione, Karen E. Lynch, and Douglas F. Keene

Recombinant platelet factor 4 reversal of heparin in human cardiopulmonary bypass blood
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 975-983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Richard A. Jonas

Invited letter concerning: Cerebral blood flow, carbon dioxide, and pH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 984-985. [Full Text]  

Ravinder Mohan, Xiao J. Feng, Paul Walter, and Arnold Herman

Cryopreserved heart valve allografts can have a normal endothelium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 985-987. [Full Text]  

Flavian M. Lupinetti and James M. Kneebone

Cryopreserved heart valve allografts can have a normal endothelium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 987-988. [Full Text]  

David C. McGiffin

Invited letter concerning: Leaflet viability and the durability of the allograft aortic valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 988-990. [Full Text]  

C. A. Mestres, J. M. Miro, and J. L. Pomar

Cryopreserved homografts in the treatment of relapsing fungal cardiovascular infections
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 990-991. [Full Text]  

William C. Feng and Arun K. Singh

Intraoperative use of end-tidal carbon dioxide tension to assess cardiac output
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 991-992. [Full Text]  

John C. Baldwin

Invited letter concerning: Double lung transplantation in situs inversus with Kartagener's syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 992-993. [Full Text]  

Philippe Dartevelle and Paolo Macchiarini

Invited letter concerning: Double lung transplantation in situs inversus with Kartagener's syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 993. [Full Text]  

T. Nojima, A. Mori, S. Watarida, M. Onoe, T. Sugita, and Y. Nakajima

Cerebral metabolism during retrograde cerebral perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 993-994. [Full Text]  

Akihiko Usui

Cerebral metabolism during retrograde cerebral perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 994. [Full Text]  

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