SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Albert Starr, Anthony P. Furnary, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Guo-Wei He, and Aftab Ahmad

IS REFERRAL SOURCE A RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY SURGERY? HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION VERSUS FEE-FOR-SERVICE SYSTEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 708-717. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alain F. Carpentier, Michel Pellerin, Jean-François Fuzellier, and John Y. M. Relland

EXTENSIVE CALCIFICATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE ANULUS: PATHOLOGY AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 718-730. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

VA Ferraris, SP Ferraris, and Sponsor: L. Henry Edmunds, Jr

RISK FACTORS FOR POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 731-741. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

TB Ferguson, Jr, CL Ferguson, K Crites, and P Crimmins-Reda

THE ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL COSTS GENERATED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF PACEMAKER AND DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 742-752. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Fullerton, Stephen D. Jones, James Jaggers, Fran Piedalue, RRT, Frederick L. Grover, and Robert C. McIntyre, Jr.

EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE WITH INHALED NITRIC OXIDE AFTER CARDIAC OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 753-763. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Si M. Pham, Robert L. Kormos, Brack G. Hattler, Akihiko Kawai, Athanassios C. Tsamandas, Anthony J. Demetris, Srinivas Murali, Frederick J. Fricker, Huang C. Chang, Ashosk B. Jain, Thomas E. Starzl, Robert L. Hardesty, and Bartley P. Griffith

A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL OF TACROLIMUS (FK 506) IN CLINICAL HEART TRANSPLANTATION: INTERMEDIATE-TERM RESULTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 764-772. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert L. Kormos, Thomas A. Gasior, Akihiko Kawai, Si M. Pham, Srinivas Murali, Brack G. Hattler, and Bartley P. Griffith

TRANSPLANT CANDIDATE'S CLINICAL STATUS RATHER THAN RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION DEFINES NEED FOR UNIVENTRICULAR VERSUS BIVENTRICULAR SUPPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 773-783. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gonzalo Pradas, Jose Cuenca, and Alberto Juffé

CONTINUOUS WARM REPERFUSION DURING HEART TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 784-790. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Denton A. Cooley, O. H. Frazier, Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, Matthias H. Lindenmeir, Seckin Pehlivanoglu, Jeffrey W. Kolff, Susan Wilansky, and Warren H. Moore

TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH TWELVE-MONTH FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 791-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark J. Krasna, John L. Flowers, Safuh Attar, and Joseph McLaughlin

COMBINED THORACOSCOPIC/LAPAROSCOPIC STAGING OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 800-807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. F. Regnard, P. Fourquier, P. Levasseur, The French Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, and Sponsor :P. Pairolero

RESULTS AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN RESECTIONS OF PRIMARY TRACHEAL TUMORS: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 808-814. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valerie W. Rusch and Ennapadam Venkatraman

THE IMPORTANCE OF SURGICAL STAGING IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 815-826. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniela Kandioler, Gerhard Dekan, Adelheid End, Eva Paschinga, Heidi Buchmayer, Michael Gnant, Florian Langmann, Christine Mannhalter, Franz Eckersberger, and Ernst Wolner

MOLECULAR GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PRIMARY LUNG CANCERS AND LUNG METASTASES OF OTHER TUMORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 827-832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Peter B. Manning, John E. Mayer, Jr., Gil Wernovsky, Steven B. Fishberger, and Edward P. Walsh

STAGED OPERATION TO FONTAN INCREASES THE INCIDENCE OF SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 833-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

N. Ad, E. Birk, J. Barak, S. Diamant, E. Snir, and B. A. Vidne

A ONE-WAY VALVED ATRIAL SEPTAL PATCH: A NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND ITS CLINICAL APPLICATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 841-848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

François Lacour-Gayet, Alain Serraf, Tatsuiko Komiya, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Anita Touchot, Daniel Roux, Paul Neuville, and Claude Planché

TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS REPAIR: INFLUENCE OF TECHNIQUES OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT RECONSTRUCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 849-856. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

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

CHRONIC NONPULSATILE BLOOD FLOW. II. HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO PROGRESSIVE EXERCISE IN CALVES WITH CHRONIC NONPULSATILE BIVENTRICULAR BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 857-862. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

CHRONIC NONPULSATILE BLOOD FLOW. III. EFFECTS OF PUMP FLOW RATE ON OXYGEN TRANSPORT AND UTILIZATION IN CHRONIC NONPULSATILE BIVENTRICULAR BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 863-872. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Zan Mitrev, Kai Ihnken, Walther Schmiedt, Koppany Sarai, Lothar Eckel, Ortwin Friesewinkel, Georg Matheis, and Gerald D. Buckberg

CONTROLLED LIMB REPERFUSION IN PATIENTS HAVING CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 873-881. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marie-Christine Seghaye, MD, Jean Duchateau, Ralph G. Grabitz, Thibault Wolffb, Christiane Marcus, Wolfgang Engelhardt, Helmut Hörnchen, Bruno J. Messmer, and Goetz von Bernuth

EFFECT OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE ON COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION INDUCED BY CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: A CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 882-892. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Toshiki Takahashi, Keishi Kadoba, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Hiroshi Imagawa, Tetsuya Sano, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, and Hikaru Matsuda

LONG-TERM RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR MITRAL REGURGITATION WITH SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CAUSED BY KAWASAKI DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 893-894. [Full Text]  

Akira Mishima, Miki Asano, Takayuki Saito, Shigeki Yamamoto, Tomohiko Ukai, Hirohisa Yoshitomi, Kozo Mastumoto, and Tadao Manabe

MITRAL REGURGITATION CAUSED BY RUPTURED CHORDAE TENDINEAE IN KAWASAKI DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 895-896. [Full Text]  

Luc Noyez, Stefan H. Skotnicki, and Leon K. Lacquet

LATE FAILURE OF INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTS CAUSED BY SEQUELAE OF MEDIASTINITIS OR ITS TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 896-897. [Full Text]  

David P. Kapelanski, Mark B. Anderson, Jolene M. Kriett, Henri G. Colt, Cecilia M. Smith, Manuel Mateos, and Stuart W. Jamieson

VOLUME REDUCTION OF THE NATIVE LUNG AFTER SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 898-899. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

David P. Taggart

Influence of perfusion technique and pH management strategy during coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 900. [Full Text]  

John M. Murkin

Influence of perfusion technique and pH management strategy during coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 900-901. [Full Text]  

S. Sivasubramanian, S. M. R. G. Krishnamurthy, P. Thirumalai, R. Alagesan, S. Viswakumar, A. Sukumar, D. Muthukumar, and G. Karthikeyan

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: Is reconstruction of a double coronary artery system always necessary?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 901-902. [Full Text]  

Robert K. M. Chan, David L. Hare, and Brian F. Buxton

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: Is reconstruction of a double coronary artery system always necessary?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 902-903. [Full Text]  

Jaroslav Stark

Massive bleeding at resternotomy despite a polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 903. [Full Text]  

Ad J. J. C. Bogers

Massive bleeding at resternotomy despite a polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 903-904. [Full Text]  

Tom Treasure

Relationship between intelligence and duration of circulatory arrest with deep hypothermia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 904. [Full Text]  

Richard P. Embrey

Relief of aortic obstruction in {S,L,L} hearts with rudimentary right ventricle and restrictive bulboventricular foramen
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 904. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. Gordon Scannell

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESSAMUEL J. MELTZER (1851-1920)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 905-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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