CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Robert C. Gorman, Nicholas P. Ziats, A. Koneti Rao, Nicolas Gikakis, Ling Sun, Mohammed M. H. Khan, Nina Stenach, Suneeti Sapatnekar, Vibhuti Chouhan, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Stefan Niewiarowski, Robert W. Colman, James M. Anderson, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr.

SURFACE-BOUND HEPARIN FAILS TO REDUCE THROMBIN FORMATION DURING CLINICAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 1-12. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard J. Kaplon, Mehmet C. Oz, Pawel A. Kwiatkowski, Howard R. Levin, Aamir S. Shah, Robert K. Jarvik, and Eric A. Rose

Miniature axial flow pump for ventricular assistance in children and small adults
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 13-18. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John D. Mannion, Vincent Blood, William Bailey, Thomas L. Bauer, Michael G. Magno, Frederick DiMeo, August Epple, and Francis G. Spinale

THE EFFECT OF BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR ON THE BLOOD FLOW AND MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES OF A LATISSIMUS DORSI CARDIOMYOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 19-28. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiki Sawa, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Keishi Kadoba, Takashi Masai, Hirotsugu Fukuda, Toshihiro Ohata, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, and Hikaru Matsuda

ATTENUATION OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS–DERIVED INFLAMMATORY REACTIONS REDUCES MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY IN CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 29-35. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takao Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Iijima, Kazuo Abe, Hiromasa Abe, Hiroyuki Saito, Yoshiki Naruke, and Masahiko Washio

RETROGRADE BRAIN PERFUSION BEYOND THE VENOUS VALVESHemodynamics and intracellular pH mapping
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koichi Morioka, Ryusuke Muraoka, Yukio Chiba, Akio Ihaya, Tetuya Kimura, Hideki Noguti, and Takahiko Uesaka

LEUKOCYTE AND PLATELET DEPLETION WITH A BLOOD CELL SEPARATOR: EFFECTS ON LUNG INJURY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 45-54. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John N. Nanas, Christos T. Lolas, Christos E. Charitos, Serafim N. Nanas, Zafiria J. Margari, Emmanuel V. Agapitos, and Spyridon D. Moulopoulos

A VAVLELESS HIGH STROKE VOLUME COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE RESTORES HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND INTRACTABLE CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AWAITING HEART TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 55-61. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Barbara L. Robinson, Terumasa Morita, Kunio Fujita, Matthew Chow, Hartzell V. Schaff, and James J. Morris

BYPASS CONDUIT VESSEL WALL BIOLOGY SUBSTANTIALLY INFLUENCES DOWNSTREAM MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILE RESPONSE TO INJURY FROM ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 62-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Helmut Habazettl, Barbara W. Palmisano, Bernhard M. Graf, David L. Roerig, Zeljko J. Bosnjak, and David F. Stowe

IMPROVEMENT IN FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY OF THE ISOLATED GUINEA PIG HEART AFTER HYPERKALEMIC REPERFUSION WITH ADENOSINE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 74-84. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

W. H. Steup, P. De Leyn, G. Deneffe, D. Van Raemdonck, W. Coosemans, and T. Lerut

TUMORS OF THE ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTIONLong-term survival in relation to the pattern of lymph node metastasis and a critical analysis of the accuracy or inaccuracy of pTNM classification
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 85-95. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nael Martini, Andrew G. Huvos, Michael E. Burt, Robert T. Heelan, Manjit S. Bains, Patricia M. McCormack, Valerie W. Rusch, Michael Weber, Robert J. Downey, and Robert J. Ginsberg

PREDICTORS OF SURVIVAL IN MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE STERNUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 96-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John M. Streitz, Jr., F. Henry Ellis, Jr., W. A. Williamson, M. E. Glick, Johannes A. Aas, and Robert L. Tilden

OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AFTER SHORT ESOPHAGOMYOTOMY FOR ACHALASIA WITH THE USE OF MANOMETRY AND pH MONITORING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 107-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nan Wang, Anees J. Razzouk, Ali Safavi, Karen Gan, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Petrina M. Burton, Bryan L. Fandrich, Michael J. Wood, Arthur C. Hill, Edwin E. Vyhmeister, Rodrigo Miranda, Changwoo Ahn, and Steven R. Gundry

DELAYED PRIMARY REPAIR OF INTRATHORACIC ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: IS IT SAFE?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 114-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Douglas J. Mathisen, John C. Wain, Cameron Wright, Noah Choi, Robert Carey, Alan Hilgenberg, Michael Grossbard, Thomas Lynch, and Hermes Grillo

ASSESSMENT OF PREOPERATIVE ACCELERATED RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN STAGE IIIA (N2) NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 123-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vincent Thomas de Montpréville, Paolo Macchiarini, and Elisabeth Dulmet

THYMIC NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA (CARCINOID): A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF FOURTEEN CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 134-141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. G. Berrisford, R. D. Page, and R. J. Donnelly

STAPLER DESIGN AND STRICTURES AT THE ESOPHAGOGASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 142-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Paul M. Kirshbom, Lynne R. Skaryak, Louis R. DiBernardo, Frank H. Kern, William J. Greeley, J. William Gaynor, and Ross M. Ungerleider

pH-STAT COOLING IMPROVES CEREBRAL METABOLIC RECOVERY AFTER CIRCULATORY ARREST IN A PIGLET MODEL OF AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERALS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 147-157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Mohan Reddy, Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, David F. Teitel, Gary S. Haas, Frank L. Hanley, and Sponsored by Benson B. Roe

AORTOVENTRICULOPLASTY WITH THE PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT: THE "ROSS-KONNO" PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 158-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

René M. H. J. Brouwer, Adri H. Cromme-Dijkhuis, Michiel E. Erasmus, Caroline Contant, Ad J. J. C. Bogers, Nynke J. Elzenga, Tjark Ebels, and Anton Eijgelaar

DECISION MAKING FOR THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC COARCTATION ASSOCIATED WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 168-175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alan Magee, Eugene Sim, Lee N. Benson, William G. Williams, George A. Trusler, and Robert M. Freedom

AUGMENTATION OF PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW WITH AN AXILLARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA AFTER A CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 176-180. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, Alexander J. Muster, Elfriede Pahl, John H. Sanders, Vincent R. Zales, and Melanie Gevitz

EXPANDING INDICATIONS FOR PEDIATRIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 181-189. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Fullerton, Max B. Mitchell, Darrell N. Jones, A. Maki, and Robert C. McIntyre, Jr.

PULMONARY VASOMOTOR DYSFUNCTION IS PRODUCED WITH CHRONICALLY HIGH PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 190-197. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Bruce W. Lytle, Brian P. Priest, Paul C. Taylor, Floyd D. Loop, Shelley K. Sapp, Robert W. Stewart, Patrick M. McCarthy, Derek Muehrcke, and Delos M. Cosgrove, III

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 198-210. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

José M. Bernal, José M. Rabasa, Juan J. Olalla, Manuel F. Carrión, Alicia Alonso, and José M. Revuelta

REPAIR OF CHORDAE TENDINEAE FOR RHEUMATIC MITRAL VALVE DISEASEA twenty-year experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 211-217. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xiao J. Feng, Cor E. J. Van Hove, Paul J. Walter, and Arnold G. Herman

EFFECTS OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND FETAL CALF SERUM ON THE ENDOTHELIUM OF PORCINE AORTIC VALVES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 218-230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fang-Yue Lin, Jen-Hsuan Huang, Jiunn-Lee Lin, Wen-Jone Chen, Huey-Ming Lo, and Shu-Hsun Chu

ATRIAL COMPARTMENT SURGERY FOR CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 231-237. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohamed Amrani, Adrian H. Chester, Jay Jayakumar, and Magdi H. Yacoub

AGING REDUCES POSTISCHEMIC RECOVERY OF CORONARY ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 238-245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Jeongryul Lee, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Arie Blitz, Lydia Lam, Yuji Shiraishi, Paul Chang, Thomas A. Drake, and Abbas Ardehali

CARDIAC GENE TRANSFER BY INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF ADENOVIRUS VECTOR—MEDIATED REPORTER GENE IN THE TRANSPLANTED MOUSE HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 246-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Scherstén, T. Hedner, C. G. A. McGregor, V. M. Miller, G. Mårtensson, G. C. Riise, and F. N. Nilsson

INCREASED LEVELS OF ENDOTHELIN-1 IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH LUNG ALLOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 253-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guanghan Wu, Futing Zhang, Robert K. Salley, John N. Diana, Tsung-Ping Su, and Sufan Chien

DELTA OPIOID EXTENDS HYPOTHERMIC PRESERVATION TIME OF THE LUNG
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 259-267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

David J. Cook, Thomas A. Orszulak, Richard C. Daly, and Daniel A. Buda

CEREBRAL HYPERTHERMIA DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN ADULTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 268-269. [Full Text]  

Domenico Pagano, Chris M. Boivin, Muzaffar H. Faroqui, and Robert S. Bonser

RETROGRADE PERFUSION THROUGH THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA PERFUSES THE BRAIN IN HUMAN BEINGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 270-272. [Full Text]  

Jacob de Haan, Piet W. Boonstra, Noriyuki Tabuchi, Willem van Oeveren, and Tjark Ebels

RETRANSFUSION OF THORACIC WOUND BLOOD DURING HEART SURGERY OBSCURES BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF THE EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 272-275. [Full Text]  

Tetsuo Sakakibara, Ryousuke Matsuwaka, Hideo Shintani, Akihiko Yagura, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Atsushi Hirayama, and Kazuhisa Kodama

SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF POSTINFARCTION LEFT VENTRICULAR FREE WALL RUPTURE: NEW STRATEGY WITH HYPOTHERMIC PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 276. [Full Text]  

Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Tatsuta Arai, Nariyuki Takeuchi, Tatsuumi Sasaki, Shigeki Higashi, Katsuhisa Onoguchi, Kei Tanaka, and Takahiro Shibata

VALVULAR (EXTERNAL HINGE) LEAKAGE OF THE CARBOMEDICS MITRAL VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 277-278. [Full Text]  

Yukihiro Kaneko, Tadasu Kohno, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Toshiro Ohbuchi, Akira Furuse, and Toshio Konishi

VIDEO-ASSISTED OBSERVATION IN MITRAL VALVE SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 279-280. [Full Text]  

José M. Revuelta, José M. Bernal, and José M. Rabasa

TRANSVALVULAR TECHNIQUE FOR IMPLANTATION OF A MITRAL VALVE HOMOGRAFT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 281-282. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Gerald D. Buckberg

Hazards of administering blood cardioplegic solution directly into the heart: Cardioplegic solutions are not equal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 283-284. [Full Text]  

S. J. George, J. J. M. Black, and M. J. Boscoe

Nitric oxide: Unjustified credit?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 284-285. [Full Text]  

Paul Michael Mertes

Nitric oxide: Unjustified credit?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 285. [Full Text]  

Ricardo M. Leyro-Diaz

Valved atrial septal patch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 285-286. [Full Text]  

Niv Ad, Jacob Barak, Einat Birk, Shmuel Diamant, and Bernardo A. Vidne

Valved atrial septal patch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 286. [Full Text]  

Pentti Kärkölä, Tatu Juvonen, Vesa Anttila, Risto Pokela, Jari Satta, Martti Lepojärvi, Pekka Rainio, and Esa Salmela

Monofilament polypropylene sutures in aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 286-287. [Full Text]  

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