PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

Mortimer J. Buckley

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSI WOULD LIKE TO BE A THORACIC SURGEON

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1135-1142. [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Catherine M. Maser, Kim S. Streitenberger, Ivan M. Rebeyka, John G. Coles, and Robert M. Freedom

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA TO PULMONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS: AN ADJUNCT TO BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1143-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alain Serraf, François Lacour-Gayet, Monica Robotin, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Régine Roussin, and Claude Planché

REPAIR OF INTERRUPTED AORTIC ARCH: A TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1150-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hani K. Najm, William G. Williams, John G. Coles, Ivan M. Rebeyka, and Robert M. Freedom

SCIMITAR SYNDROME: TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS OF REPAIR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1161-1169. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roger J. Baskett, David B. Ross, Maurice A. Nanton, and David A. Murphy

FACTORS IN THE EARLY FAILURE OF CRYOPRESERVED HOMOGRAFT PULMONARY VALVES IN CHILDREN: PRESERVED IMMUNOGENICITY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1170-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Mohan Reddy, Doff B. McElhinney, Phillip Moore, Edwin Petrossian, and Frank L. Hanley

PULMONARY ARTERY GROWTH AFTER BIDIRECTIONAL CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT: IS THERE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1180-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kirk Bolling, Michael Kronon, Bradley S. Allen, Shaik Ramon, Tingrong Wang, Renee S. Hartz, and Harold Feinberg

MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION IN NORMAL AND HYPOXICALLY STRESSED NEONATAL HEARTS: THE SUPERIORITY OF HYPOCALCEMIC VERSUS NORMOCALCEMIC BLOOD CARDIOPLEGIA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1193-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Randall B. Griepp, M. Arisan Ergin, Jan D. Galla, Steven Lansman, Nguyen Khan, Cid Quintana, Jock McCollough, and Carol Bodian

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASELOOKING FOR THE ARTERY OF ADAMKIEWICZ: A QUEST TO MINIMIZE PARAPLEGIA AFTER OPERATIONS FOR ANEURYSMS OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1202-1215. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, Fumitaka Isobe, Yoshikado Sasako, Kiyoharu Nakano, Kiyoyuki Eishi, and Yasunaru Kawashima

RATIONALE OF THE COX MAZE PROCEDURE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DURING REDO MITRAL VALVE OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1216-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Nottin, J. M. Grinda, S. Anidjar, T. Folliguet, M. Detroux, and Sponsor: C. Planché

CORONARY-CORONARY BYPASS GRAFT: AN ARTERIAL CONDUIT–SPARING PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1223-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tirone E. David, Ahmed Omran, Gary Webb, Harry Rakowski, Susan Armstrong, and Zhao Sun

GEOMETRIC MISMATCH OF THE AORTIC AND PULMONARY ROOTS CAUSES AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY AFTER THE ROSS PROCEDURE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1231-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Miguel Sousa Uva, Gilles Dreyfus, Giuseppe Rescigno, Nadji Al Aile, Roberto Mascagni, Mauro La Marra, Fréderic Pouillart, Shirish Pargaonkar, Evelyne Palsky, Radwan Raffoul, Marcio Scorsin, Giorgio Noera, and Arrigo Lessana

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC AND MILDLY SYMPTOMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1240-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lynda L. Mickleborough, Paul M. Walker, Yasushi Takagi, Masanori Ohashi, Joan Ivanov, and Miguel Tamariz

RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1250-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrick Hogan, Lynette Duplock, Marjorie Green, Susan Smith, Kenneth L. Gall, Ian H. Frazer, and Mark F. O'Brien

HUMAN AORTIC VALVE ALLOGRAFTS ELICIT A DONOR-SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1260-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario F. Pompili, John H. Stevens, Thoms A. Burdon, Lawrence C. Siegel, William S. Peters, Greg H. Ribakove, and Bruce A. Reitz

PORT-ACCESS MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN DOGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1268-1274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Malek G. Massad, Patrick M. McCarthy, Nicholas G. Smedira, Daniel J. Cook, Norman B. Ratliff, Marlene Goormastic, Rita L. Vargo, Jose Navia, James B. Young, and Robert W. Stewart

DOES SUCCESSFUL BRIDGING WITH THE IMPLANTABLE LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE AFFECT CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOME?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1275-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vaughn A. Starnes, Mark L. Barr, Robbin G. Cohen, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Winfield J. Wells, Monica V. Horn, and Felicia A. Schenkel

LIVING-DONOR LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIENCE: INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1284-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugene M. Baudet, Claire Dromer, Jean Dubrez, Jacques B. Jougon, Xavier Roques, Jean-François Velly, Claude Deville, Louis Couraud, and The Bordeaux Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Group

INTERMEDIATE-TERM RESULTS AFTER EN BLOC DOUBLE-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION WITH BRONCHIAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1292-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael J. Eppinger, Peter A. Ward, Steven F. Bolling, and G. Michael Deeb

Regulatory Effects of Interleukin-10 on Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1301-1306. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Motohiro Yamashita, Ralph A. Schmid, Shozo Fujino, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

NICORANDIL, A POTENT ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE–SENSITIVE POTASSIUM-CHANNEL OPENER, AMELIORATES LUNG ALLOGRAFT REPERFUSION INJURY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1307-1314. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhenya Shen, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Hitoshi Yokoyama, G. Russell Reiss, and Verdi J. DiSesa

INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE TO AN EXPERIMENTAL CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT THROUGH INTRATHYMIC INOCULATION OF CLASS II MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX DISPARATE ANTIGENS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1315-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Joel D. Cooper, G. Alexander Patterson, R. Sudhir Sundaresan, Elbert P. Trulock, Roger D. Yusen, Mary S. Pohl, and Stephen S. Lefrak

RESULTS OF 150 CONSECUTIVE BILATERAL LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURES IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1319-1330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. McKenna, Jr., Matthew Brenner, Richard J. Fischel, and Arthur F. Gelb

SHOULD LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION FOR EMPHYSEMA BE UNILATERAL OR BILATERAL?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1331-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Claude Deschamps, Peter C. Pairolero, and Ann Thompson

DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND ASSOCIATED ANEMIA: RESPONSE TO SURGICAL TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1340-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rodney J. Landreneau, Frank Pigula, James D. Luketich, Robert J. Keenan, Susan Bartley, Lynda S. Fetterman, Claudia M. Bowers, Robert J. Weyant, and Peter F. Ferson

ACUTE AND CHRONIC MORBIDITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUSCLE-SPARING AND STANDARD LATERAL THORACOTOMIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1346-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael J. Mack, Rodney J. Landreneau, Anthony P. Yim, Steven R. Hazelrigg, and Granger R. Scruggs

RESULTS OF VIDEO-ASSISTED THYMECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1352-1360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Cerfolio, Mark S. Allen, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, and Peter C. Pairolero

POSTOPERATIVE CHYLOTHORAX
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1361-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Douglas J. Mathisen, and Hermes C. Grillo

POSTPNEUMONECTOMY BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA AFTER SUTURED BRONCHIAL CLOSURE: INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND MANAGEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1367-1371. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dao M. Nguyen, Francis R. Spitz, Nancy Yen, Richard J. Cristiano, and Jack A. Roth

GENE THERAPY FOR LUNG CANCER: ENHANCEMENT OF TUMOR SUPPRESSION BY A COMBINATION OF SEQUENTIAL SYSTEMIC CISPLATIN AND ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED p53 GENE TRANSFER
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1372-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Louis P. Perrault, Philippe Menasché, Alain Bel, Thierry de Chaumaray, Jacqueline Peynet, Adrian Mondry, Patricia Olivero, Rodica Emanoil-Ravier, and Jean-Marie Moalic

ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING IN CARDIAC SURGERY: A WORD OF CAUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1378-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Eugenio Neri, Dominique Maiza, Gwenael Bureau, Gil Lebreton, Annie Gringore, Olivier Coffin, Massimo Massetti, Jean Claude Potier, and Gilles Grollier

FALSE-POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ASCENDING AORTA DISSECTION BY SINGLE-PLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1387-1389. [Full Text]  

Yukio Suto, Keishu Yasuda, Norihiko Shiiya, Toshifumi Murashita, Masakazu Kawasaki, Michiaki Imamura, Kou Takigami, Shigeyuki Sasaki, Yoshiro Matsui, and Makoto Sakuma

STENTED ELEPHANT TRUNK PROCEDURE FOR AN EXTENSIVE ANEURYSM INVOLVING DISTAL AORTIC ARCH AND DESCENDING AORTA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1389-1390. [Full Text]  

Anoop K. Ganjoo, Michael G. Harloff, and W. Dudley Johnson

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS FOR HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA: MANAGEMENT WITH A HEPARIN-BONDED CIRCUIT AND ENOXAPARIN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1390-1392. [Full Text]  

Matthias Karck, Joachim Cremer, Jürgen Wawersik, and Axel Haverich

REOPERATION FOR ANEURYSMAL DISEASE OF THE ASCENDING AORTA IN PATIENTS WITH CONCOMITANT AORTIC VALVE INCOMPETENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1392-1393. [Full Text]  

R. T. Mathie, S. K. Ohri, B. E. Keogh, J. Williams, L. Siney, and T. M. Griffith

NITRIC OXIDE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1394-1395. [Full Text]  

Masato Minami, Yoshitaka Fujii, Takatoshi Mizuta, Hiroki Kishima, and Hikaru Matsuda

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LOCAL EXCISION OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1395-1397. [Full Text]  

Gérard Babatasi, Massimo Massetti, Françoise Galateau, Brigitte Mosquet, André Khayat, and Claude Evrard

BRONCHIAL NECROSIS INDUCED BY INHALATION OF AN IRON TABLET
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1397-1399. [Full Text]  

Keith C. Kocis, Roger P. Vermilion, Louise B. Callow, Thomas J. Kulik, Achi Ludomirsky, and Edward L. Bove

COMPLICATIONS OF FEMORAL ARTERY CANNULATION FOR PERIOPERATIVE MONITORING IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1399-1400. [Full Text]  

Afksendiyos Kalangos and Bernard Faidutti

PRELIMINARY CLINICAL RESULTS OF IMPLANTATION OF BIODEGRADABLE PERICARDIAL SUBSTITUTE IN PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1401-1402. [Full Text]  

Benjamin Medalion, Ilan Bar, Rami Neuman, Yaron Shargal, and Gideon Merin

STERNAL HEMANGIOMA: A RARE TUMOR
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1402-1403. [Full Text]  

Ian Adatia, Andrew M. Atz, Richard A. Jonas, and David L. Wessel

DIAGNOSTIC USE OF INHALED NITRIC OXIDE AFTER NEONATAL CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1403-1405. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

David P. Taggart

Leukocyte and platelet depletion with a blood cell separator
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1406. [Full Text]  

Elspeth M. Brown, Anthony P. Salmon, and Robert K. Lamb

Arterial switch procedure without coronary relocation: A late complication
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1406-1407. [Full Text]  

John J. Trujillo, Ramiro de la Llana, Fernando O'Connor, Ali Alswies, and Manuel Gil-Aguado

Extended survival with a porcine mitral valve bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1407-1408. [Full Text]  

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