GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Klaus Wassermann, Hans-Edmund Eckel, Olaf Michel, and Rolf-Peter Müller

EMERGENCY STENTING OF MALIGNANT OBSTRUCTION OF THE UPPER AIRWAYS: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP WITH TWO TYPES OF SILICONE PROSTHESES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 859-866. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shinji Okumura, Haruhiko Kondo, Masahiro Tsuboi, Haruhiko Nakayama, Hisao Asamura, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, and Tsuguo Naruke

PULMONARY RESECTION FOR METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER: EXPERIENCES WITH 159 PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 867-874. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roland Bingisser, Andreas Zollinger, Markus Hauser, Konrad E. Bloch, Erich W. Russi, and Walter Weder

BILATERAL VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY FOR DIFFUSE PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA BY VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 875-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Jari Petäjä, Ulla Lundström, Heikki Sairanen, Eino Marttinen, and John H. Griffin

CENTRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 883-889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Holm, Jan Liska, Martine Clozel, and Anders Franco-Cereceda

THE ENDOTHELIN ANTAGONIST BOSENTAN: HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS DURING NORMOXIA AND HYPOXIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PIGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 890-897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark D. Rodefeld, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Charles B. Huddleston, Bryan J. Turken, Richard B. Schuessler, John P. Boineau, James L. Cox, and Burt I. Bromberg

ANATOMICALLY BASED ABLATION OF ATRIAL FLUTTER IN AN ACUTE CANINE MODEL OF THE MODIFIED FONTAN OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 898-907. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

M. Henar Rebollo, José M. Bernal, Javier Llorca, José M. Rabasa, and José M. Revuelta

NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS HAVING CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATIONS: A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 908-913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuichiro Kawamura, Pierre L. Pagé, René Cardinal, Pierre Savard, and Réginald Nadeau

MAPPING OF SEPTAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 914-925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Louis Trouillet, Andres Scheimberg, Albert Vuagnat, Jean-Yves Fagon, Jean Chastre, and Claude Gibert

LONG-TERM OUTCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS REQUIRING MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION AFTER CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 926-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan G. Grandjean, Adriaan A. Voors, Piet W. Boonstra, Peter den Heyer, and Tjark Ebels

EXCLUSIVE USE OF ARTERIAL GRAFTS IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS OPERATIONS FOR THREE-VESSEL DISEASE: USE OF BOTH THORACIC ARTERIES AND THE GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY IN 256 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 935-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sanjay Singh, Patricia I. Johnson, Robert E. Lee, Emilo Orfei, Vassyl A. Lonchyna, Henry J. Sullivan, Alvaro Montoya, Hoang Tran, William H. Wehrmacher, and Robert D. Wurster

TOPOGRAPHY OF CARDIAC GANGLIA IN THE ADULT HUMAN HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 943-953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lynn Weinert, Robert Karp, Philippe Vignon, Amy Bales, and Roberto M. Lang

FEASIBILITY OF AORTIC DIAMETER MEASUREMENT BY MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR PREOPERATIVE SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF HOMOGRAFT AORTIC VALVES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 954-961. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark M. Stecker, Albert T. Cheung, Terry Patterson, Joseph S. Savino, Stuart J. Weiss, Rafael M. Richards, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Timothy J. Gardner

DETECTION OF STROKE DURING CARDIAC OPERATIONS WITH SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED RESPONSES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 962-972. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terushisa Kazui, Yukihiko Tamiya, Toshiaki Tanaka, and Sakuzo Komatsu

EXTENDED AORTIC REPLACEMENT FOR ACUTE TYPE A DISSECTION WITH THE TEAR IN THE DESCENDING AORTA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 973-978. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert C. Ashton, Jr., Daniel J. Goldstein, David D'Alessandro, Alan D. Weinberg, Daniel Burkhoff, Heinz D. Rosskothen, Gerald M. Lemole, and Mehmet C. Oz

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRALUMINAL DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC REGURGITATION: PROTOTYPE AND IN VITRO TESTING SYSTEM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 979-983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Burt I. Bromberg, George B. Mallory, and Charles B. Huddleston

ATRIAL FLUTTER: A NEWLY RECOGNIZED COMPLICATION OF PEDIATRIC LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 984-991. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sanjiv K. Gandhi, Burt I. Bromberg, Richard B. Schuessler, John P. Boineau, James L. Cox, and Charles B. Huddleston

LEFT-SIDED ATRIAL FLUTTER: CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL COMPLICATION OF PEDIATRIC LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN AN ACUTE CANINE MODEL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 992-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert E. Michler, Aamir S. Shah, Silviu Itescu, Daniel P. O'Hair, Sorina Tugulea, Pawel A. Kwiatkowski, Z. Liu, Jeffrey L. Platt, Eric A. Rose, and Nicole Suciu-Foca

THE INFLUENCE OF CONCORDANT XENOGRAFTS ON THE HUMORAL AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSES TO SUBSEQUENT ALLOGRAFTS IN PRIMATES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1002-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. J. Serrick, A. Jamjoum, A. Reis, A. Giaid, and H. Shennib

AMELIORATION OF PULMONARY ALLOGRAFT INJURY BY ADMINISTERING A SECOND RINSE SOLUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1010-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihisa Tanoue, Shigeki Morita, Yoshie Ochiai, Manabu Hisahara, Munetaka Masuda, Yoshito Kawachi, Ryuji Tominaga, and Hisataka Yasui

INHIBITION OF LIPID PEROXIDATION WITH THE LAZAROID U74500A ATTENUATES ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IN A CANINE ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION MODEL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1017-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. A. Hidalgo, K. A. Shah, B. J. Fuller, and C. J. Green

COLD ISCHEMIA–INDUCED DAMAGE TO VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM RESULTS IN PERMEABILITY ALTERATIONS IN TRANSPLANTED LUNGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1027-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Idriss Regragui, Inderpaul Birdi, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Andrew M. S. Black, Athanasios Lopatatzidis, Christopher J. E. Day, Freda Gardner, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

THE EFFECTS OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS TEMPERATURE ON NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC OUTCOME AFTER CORONARY ARTERY OPERATIONS: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1036-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arnaud Farge, Elie Mousseaux, Christophe Acar, Michele Portoghese, Amhad Ramsheyi, Christian Brizard, Bernard Beyssen, Jean-Pierre Lassau, Jean-Claude Gaux, and Alain Carpentier

ANGIOGRAPHIC AND ELECTRON-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY STUDIES OF RETROGRADE CARDIOPLEGIA VIA THE CORONARY SINUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1046-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edward R. Ferguson, Russell D. Spruell, Walter V. A. Vicente, C. Patrick Murrah, and William L. Holman

CORONARY VASCULAR REGULATION DURING POSTCARDIOPLEGIA REPERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1054-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John R. Handy, Jr., B. Hugh Dorman, Martyn J. Cavallo, Robert B. Hinton, Raymond C. Roy, Fred A. Crawford, and Francis G. Spinale

DIRECT EFFECTS OF OXYGENATED CRYSTALLOID OR BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA ON ISOLATED MYOCYTE CONTRACTILE FUNCTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1064-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos L. Filgueiras, Lawrence Ryner, Jian Ye, Luojia Yang, Mauricio Ede, Jiankang Sun, Piotr Kozlowski, Randy Summers, John K. Saunders, Tomas A. Salerno, and Roxanne Deslauriers

CEREBRAL PROTECTION DURING MODERATE HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST: HISTOPATHOLOGY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF BRAIN ENERGETICS AND INTRACELLULAR pH IN PIGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1073-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael N. D'Ambra, Cary W. Akins, Eugene H. Blackstone, Sharon L. Bonney, Lawrence H. Cohn, Delos M. Cosgrove, Jerrold H. Levy, Karen E. Lynch, and Rosemarie Maddi

APROTININ IN PRIMARY VALVE REPLACEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION: A MULTICENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1081-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Talia Spanier, Mehmet Oz, Howard Levin, Alan Weinberg, Kathy Stamatis, David Stern, Eric Rose, and Ann Marie Schmidt

ACTIVATION OF COAGULATION AND FIBRINOLYTIC PATHWAYS IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1090-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas J. Vander Salm, Shubjeet Kaur, Robert A. Lancey, Okike N. Okike, A. Thomas Pezzella, Russell F. Stahl, Lisa Leone, Jian-Ming Li, C. Robert Valeri, and Alan D. Michelson

REDUCTION OF BLEEDING AFTER HEART OPERATIONS THROUGH THE PROPHYLACTIC USE OF EPSILON-AMINOCAPROIC ACID
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1098-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Tiziano De Giacomo, Erino Angelo Rendina, Federico Venuta, Isacco Flaishman, and Costante Ricci

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS PREVIOUSLY TREATED FOR INTRATHORACIC LYMPHOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1108-1109. [Full Text]  

Si M. Pham, Robert L. Kormos, and Bartley P. Griffith

NATIVE CARDIECTOMY IN A HETEROTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1109-1111. [Full Text]  

Kanji Inoue, Mitsuru Sato, Tomoyuki Iwase, Yuki Yoshida, Terumitsu Tanaka, Shunichi Tamaki, and Ario Yamazato

CLINICAL ENDOVASCULAR PLACEMENT OF BRANCHED GRAFT FOR TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1111-1113. [Full Text]  

Theodor Kolobow, Jeffrey Wang, Matteo Giacomini, and Chiara Reali-Forster

AN ADJUSTABLE, PERCUTANEOUSLY PLACED HELICAL COIL: CONTROL OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1113-1115. [Full Text]  

Takashi Suzuki, Shuichi Suzuki, Yoshito Kamio, and Goichi Hori

CLOSURE WITH BRONCHIAL WALL FLAP AND OMENTAL PEDICLE OF DEFECT CAUSED BY DEHISCENCE OF TRACHEAL SUTURE LINE AFTER EXTENDED RIGHT UPPER SLEEVE LOBECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1116-1117. [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, Richard Van Praagh, Volkmar Falk, and Friedrich W. Mohr

PERICARDIAL PATCH AUGMENTATION OF THE TISSUE-DEFICIENT MITRAL VALVE IN COMMON ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1117-1119. [Full Text]  

M. Furrer, M. Hopf, and H. B. Ris

ISOLATED PRIMARY CHYLOPERICARDIUM: TREATMENT BY THORACOSCOPIC THORACIC DUCT LIGATION AND PERICARDIAL FENESTRATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1120-1121. [Full Text]  

Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Iwan Gybels, and Jürgen Knolle

PRIMARY SARCOMA OF PULMONARY ARTERY AND VALVE: MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT BY CHEMOTHERAPY AND HOMOGRAFT REPLACEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1122-1124. [Full Text]  

Michel Rivoire, Eric Voiglio, Pierre Kaemmerlen, Isabelle Treilleux, Pierre Biron, and Jean Pierre Droz

SALVAGE RESECTION OF A CHEMOREFRACTORY MEDIASTINAL GERM CELL TUMOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1124-1126. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Takaaki Sugita, Shoji Watarida, Kazuhiko Katsuyama, Yasuhiko Nakajima, Rie Yamamoto, and Atsumi Mori

Interleukin-10 concentration in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1127. [Full Text]  

Marie-Christine Seghaye

Interleukin-10 concentration in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1127-1128. [Full Text]  

Ahmed El Gamel, Colin Campbell, Nizar Yonan, Brian Keevil, Raymond Warbuton, Ashley Woodcock, and Abdul Deiraniya

Atrial natriuretic peptide release after cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1128-1129. [Full Text]  

Hans H. Sievers

Atrial natriuretic peptide release after cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1129. [Full Text]  

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