SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Ellis L. Jones and William S. Weintraub

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASETHE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETENESS OF REVASCULARIZATION DURING LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER CORONARY ARTERY OPERATIONS

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 227-237. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. M. Alvarez, C. W. Deal, K. Loveridge, P. Brennan, R. Eisenberg, M. Ward, K. Bhattacharya, S. J. Atkinson, and C. Choong

REPAIRING THE DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE: TEN- TO FIFTEEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 238-247. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bruce G. French, Kathy Wilson, Mae Wong, Susan Smith, and Mark F. O'Brien

RIFAMPICIN ANTIBIOTIC IMPREGNATION OF THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL MECHANICAL VALVE SEWING RING: A WEAPON AGAINST ENDOCARDITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michio Kawasuji, Naoki Sakakibara, Hirofumi Takemura, Takeo Tedoriya, Teruaki Ushijima, and Yoh Watanabe

IS INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFTING SUITABLE FOR A MODERATELY STENOTIC CORONARY ARTERY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 253-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Guffi, J. Bogousslavsky, X. Jeanrenaud, G. Devuyst, and H. Sadeghi

SURGICAL PROPHYLAXIS OF RECURRENT STROKE IN PATIENTS WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE: A PILOT STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 260-263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Holm and Anders Franco-Cereceda

TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS OF ENDOTHELINS AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS OF ENDOTHELIN-RECEPTOR ACTIVATION IN HUMAN ARTERIES AND VEINS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 264-272. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

José Ramón González-Juanatey, José María Garcá-Acuña, Marino Vega Fernandez, Antonio Amaro Cendón, Victor Castelo Fuentes, José Benito García-Bengoechea, and Miguel Gil de la Peña

INFLUENCE OF THE SIZE OF AORTIC VALVE PROSTHESES ON HEMODYNAMICS AND CHANGE IN LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 273-280. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franciska Hoekstra, Christiaan Knoop, Len Vaessen, Claas Wassenaar, Nicolet Jutte, Egbert Bos, Ad Bogers, and Willem Weimar

DONOR-SPECIFIC CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST HUMAN CARDIAC VALVE ALLOGRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 281-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nicholas G. Smedira, Raphael Selman, Delos M. Cosgrove, Patrick M. McCarthy, Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Robert W. Stewart, and Floyd D. Loop

REPAIR OF ANTERIOR LEAFLET PROLAPSE: CHORDAL TRANSFER IS SUPERIOR TO CHORDAL SHORTENING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 287-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Kan Okabayashi, Anastasios N. Triantafillou, Motohiro Yamashita, Motoi Aoe, Steve R. DeMeester, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENTINHALED NITRIC OXIDE IMPROVES LUNG ALLOGRAFT FUNCTION AFTER PROLONGED STORAGE

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 293-299. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Ichinari, Tetsuya Shimizu, Makoto Yoshioka, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Koichiro Shibata, and Yasunori Koga

EFFECTS OF PORTAL VENOUS INOCULATION WITH DONOR SPLENOCYTES ON LUNG ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL IN DOGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 300-305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Donald B. Schmit, John A. Kern, Michael C. Mauney, Irving L. Kron, and Curtis G. Tribble

SAFE EX VIVO CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY WITH ISOSMOTIC CONTRAST AGENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 306-309. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Muhammad Mohiuddin, Vincent Ruggiero, Zhenya Shen, and Verdi J. DiSesa

T-CELL RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN C57BL/6 MICE THAT REJECT OR ARE RENDERED TOLERANT TO BM1 CARDIAC GRAFTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 310-313. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Yokomise, K. Inui, H. Wada, M. Ueda, S. Hitomi, and H. Itoh

SPLIT TRANSPLANTATION OF THE TRACHEA: A NEW OPERATIVE PROCEDURE FOR EXTENDED TRACHEAL RESECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 314-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Stephen Hazelrigg, Theresa Boley, Joseph Henkle, Carl Lawyer, David Johnstone, Keith Naunheim, Cesar Keller, Robert Keenan, Rodney Landreneau, Frank Sciurba, Richard Feins, Paul Levy, and Mitchell Magee

THORACOSCOPIC LASER BULLECTOMY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY WITH THREE-MONTH RESULTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 319-327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Ashour

HEMODYNAMIC ALTERATIONS IN BRONCHIECTASIS: A BASE FOR A NEW SUBCLASSIFICATION OF THE DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 328-334. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rajesh Shah, Sabaratnam Sabanathan, Roger A. Lowe, and Alan J. Mearns

STENTING IN MALIGNANT OBSTRUCTION OF SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 335-340. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen G. Swisher, E. Carmack Holmes, Kelly K. Hunt, Jeffrey A. Gornbein, Michael J. Zinner, and David W. McFadden

PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND DECREASED LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 341-348. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiromi Wada, Fumihiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Yanagihara, Tetsuya Ariyasu, Tatsuo Fukuse, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Kenji Inui, Hiroshi Mizuno, Osamu Ike, and Shigeki Hitomi

TIME TRENDS AND SURVIVAL AFTER OPERATIONS FOR PRIMARY LUNG CANCER FROM 1976 THROUGH 1990
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 349-355. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katherine S. Virgo, Keith S. Naunheim, Lowell W. McKirgan, Mary Ellen Kissling, John C. Lin, and Frank E. Johnson

COST OF PATIENT FOLLOW-UP AFTER POTENTIALLY CURATIVE LUNG CANCER TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 356-363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Morihito Okada, Masayoshi Okada, Noboru Ishii, Chojiro Yamashita, Takaki Sugimoto, Kenji Okada, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Teruo Yamashita, and Hitoshi Matsuda

RIGHT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION IN THE PREOPERATIVE RISK EVALUATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PULMONARY RESECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 364-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshige Nakamura, Yuji Taniguchi, Yoshimasa Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Kiyosuke Ishiguro, Mikihisa Fukuda, Hiroshi Hara, and Tohru Mori

DELAYED REMISSION AFTER THYMECTOMY FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS OF THE PURELY OCULAR TYPE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 371-375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-François Regnard, Pierre Magdeleinat, Christian Dromer, Elisabeth Dulmet, Vincent De Montpreville, Jean-François Levi, and Philippe Levasseur

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER THYMOMA RESECTION: A SERIES OF 307 PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 376-384. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jérôme Mouroux, Dan Elkaïm, Bernard Padovani, Aline Myx, Christophe Perrin, Christine Rotomondo, Jean-Michel Chavaillon, Bruno Blaive, and Henri Richelme

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS OF ONE HUNDRED CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 385-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Toshikatsu Yagihara, Fumio Yamamoto, Kyoichi Nishigaki, Osamu Matsuki, Hideki Uemura, Tooru Isizaka, Osahiro Takahashi, Tetsuro Kamiya, and Yasunaru Kawashima

SURGERY FOR CONGENTIAL HEART DISEASEUNIFOCALIZATION FOR PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERAL ARTERIES

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 392-402. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen Ashwal, Barbara A. Holshouser, David B. Hinshaw, Jr., Randall M. Schell, and Leonard Bailey

PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN THE EVALUATION OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND ACUTE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 403-414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. C. Robotin, J. Bruniaux, A. Serraf, M. Sousa Uva, R. Roussin, F. Lacour-Gayet, and C. Planché

UNUSUAL FORMS OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL COMPRESSION IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 415-423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wassim Khoury, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Françoise Vernant, Michèle Thibert, and Francine Leca

PEDICLED PERICARDIUM FOR REPAIR OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT AND PULMONARY ARTERIAL STENOSES IN TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: A SIX-YEAR EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 424-432. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Göran Südow, Laszlo Solymar, Håkan Berggren, Bengt Eriksson, Daniel Holmgren, and Tomas Gilljam

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH A PULMONARY AUTOGRAFT IN INFANTS WITH CRITICAL AORTIC STENOSIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 433-436. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Mohan Reddy, John R. Liddicoat, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Doff B. McElhinney, Judith R. Klein, and Frank L. Hanley

FETAL MODEL OF SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGY: HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF OXYGEN, NITRIC OXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND HYPOXIA IN THE EARLY POSTNATAL PERIOD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 437-449. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Frank W. Sellke, Steven Y. Wang, Alon Stamler, Robert G. Johnson, William E. Cohn, and Ronald M. Weintraub

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUESCHANGES IN AUTONOMIC RESPONSE OF THE CEREBRAL CIRCULATION AFTER NORMOTHERMIC EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 450-461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Oe, Toshihide Asou, Shigeki Morita, Hisataka Yasui, and Kouichi Tokunaga

PROTAMINE-INDUCED HYPOTENSION IN HEART OPERATIONS: APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPT OF VENTRICULAR-ARTERIAL COUPLING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 462-471. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Derek D. Muehrcke, Patrick M. McCarthy, Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Hiroaki Harasaki, Jean Pierre-Yared, Judith A. Borsh, David A. Ogella, and Delos M. Cosgrove

BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF HEPARIN-COATED EXTRACORPOREAL BYPASS CIRCUITS: A RANDOMIZED, MASKED CLINICAL TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 472-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ferdinand Waldenberger, Yong-In Kim, Sarra Laycock, Bart Meyns, and Willem Flameng

EFFECTS OF FAILURE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART AND INCREASED PULMONARY RESISTANCE ON MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT WITH USE OF THE MINIATURIZED HIA-VAD DISPLACEMENT PUMP SYSTEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 484-493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Y. J. Gu, A. J. deVries, P. W. Boonstra, and W. van Oeveren

LEUKOCYTE DEPLETION RESULTS IN IMPROVED LUNG FUNCTION AND REDUCED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 494-500. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David P. Taggart, Carlo Atari, Poosing Wong, Elizabeth A. Paul, and John E. Wright

APPLICABILITY OF INTERMITTENT GLOBAL ISCHEMIA FOR REPEAT CORONARY ARTERY OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 501-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sidney Chocron, Kifah Alwan, Gerard Toubin, Bernadette Kantelip, François Clement, Jean-Pierre Kantelip, and Joseph-Philippe Etievent

EFFECTS OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA ON THE RELEASE OF CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN ISOLATED RAT HEARTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 508-513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christina T. Mora, Martha B. Henson, William S. Weintraub, John M. Murkin, Tomas D. Martin, Joseph M. Craver, John Parker Gott, and Robert A. Guyton

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS ON NEUROLOGIC AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 514-522. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ron G. H. Speekenbrink, Charles R. H. Wildevuur, Augueste Sturk, and Leon Eijsman

LOW-DOSE AND HIGH-DOSE APROTININ IMPROVE HEMOSTASIS IN CORONARY OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 523-530. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Hasdai, Eldad Erez, Irit Gil-Ad, Ehud Raanani, Samuel Sclarovsky, Yaakov Barak, Jaqueline Sulkes, and Bernardo A. Vidne

IS THE HEART A SOURCE FOR ELEVATED CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIN LEVELS DURING AORTA—CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY IN HUMAN BEINGS?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 531-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Richard Gitter, Peter Alivizatos, John Capehart, Michael Ramsay, and G. Kimble Jett

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONSAPROTININ AND AORTIC CANNULA THROMBOSIS

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 537-538. [Full Text]  

George J. Despotis, Vladimir Levine, Alexander Alsoufiev, Heinrich Joist, Lawrence T. Goodnough, and Michael Pasque

RECURRENT THROMBOSIS OF BIVENTRICULAR-SUPPORT DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ACCELERATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND INCREASED HEPARIN REQUIREMENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 538-540. [Full Text]  

Allan P. Goldman, S. G. Haworth, and D. J. Macrae

DOES INHALED NITRIC OXIDE SUPPRESS ENDOGENOUS NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 541-542. [Full Text]  

Kanili Shoemaker, Joseph Rubin, G. Lionel Zumbro, and Randall Tackett

EVANS BLUE AND GENTIAN VIOLET: ALTERNATIVES TO METHYLENE BLUE AS A SURGICAL MARKER DYE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 542-544. [Full Text]  

Sanjay M. Mehta and Walter E. Pae, Jr.

EROSION OF INLET CANNULA OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE MANIFESTED AS INNOCUOUS BLEEDING IN STABLE PATIENT: LESSONS LEARNED IN PREVENTION OF CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 544-545. [Full Text]  

Takahiko O. Tatsumi, Yoshio Tanaka, Keiichiro Kondoh, Seiichiro Minohara, Yoshihide Sawada, Takao Tsuchida, Sadao Tajima, and Shinjiro Sasaki

DESCENDING BRANCH OF LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY AS A FREE GRAFT FOR MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION: A CASE REPORT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 546-547. [Full Text]  

N. Fukushima, R. Shirakura, N. Taenaka, S. Nakano, and H. Matsuda

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PNEUMONIA AFTER CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 547-548. [Full Text]  

Taijiro Sueda, Hiroo Shikata, Norimasa Mitsui, Hideyuki Nagata, and Yuichiro Matsuura

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AFTER A MAZE PROCEDURE FOR IDIOPATHIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 549-550. [Full Text]  

Anoop K. Ganjoo, W. Dudley Johnson, Robert T. Gordon, Dharam P. Jain, Gordon E. Lang, and Vijaya S. Shankar

TRICUSPID PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA CAUSING SYNCOPAL EPISODES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 551-553. [Full Text]  

M. C. Sherwood, G. R. Nunn, and G. F. Sholler

MULTIPLE SMALL FENESTRATIONS CREATED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CIRCULATION: SUBSEQUENT COURSE AND SPONTANEOUS CLOSURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 553-554. [Full Text]  

Rohit Shahani and Ratna A. Magotra

LATE FOLLOW-UP OF TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR UNGUARDED TRICUSPID ANULUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 555-556. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Adrian C. Moulijn and Bram J. Amsel

The benefit of heparin-bound circuits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 557. [Full Text]  

Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman, III, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr.

The benefit of heparin-bound circuits
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 557-558. [Full Text]  

Stefano Nazari

Transcervical approach (Datrevelle technique) for resection of lung tumors invading the thoracic inlet, sparing the clavicle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 558-559. [Full Text]  

Philippe G. Dartevelle and Paolo Macchiarini

Transcervical approach (Datrevelle technique) for resection of lung tumors invading the thoracic inlet, sparing the clavicle
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 559-560. [Full Text]  

W. T. McBride and J. V. Booth

Human cytokine responses to cardiac operations: Prebypass factors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 560-561. [Full Text]  

Song Wan, Jean-Louis LeClerc, Jean-Marie DeSmet, and Jean-Louis Vincent

Human cytokine responses to cardiac operations: Prebypass factors
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 561. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. Gordon Scannell

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERYSAMUEL ROBINSON (1875-1947)

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 562. [Full Text]  

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