SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Dario F. Del Rizzo, Bernard S. Goldman, George T. Christakis, and Tirone E. David

HEMODYNAMIC BENEFITS OF THE TORONTO STENTLESS VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1431-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George T. Hodakowski, Joseph M. Craver, Ellis L. Jones, Spencer B. King, III, and Robert A. Guyton

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PERIOPERATIVE Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: THE EMORY ANGIOPLASTY VERSUS SURGERY TRIAL
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1447-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lars G. Svensson

INTRAOPERATIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SPINAL CORD BLOOD SUPPLY DURING REPAIRS OF DESCENDING AORTA AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1455-1461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sertaç Ciçek, Ufuk Demirkiliç, Ertugrul Özal, Erkan Kuralay, Hakan Bingol, Harun Tatar, and Ömer Y. Özturk

POSTOPERATIVE USE OF APROTININ IN CARDIAC OPERATIONS: AN ALTERNATIVE TO ITS PROPHYLACTIC USE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1462-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rolf Svedjeholm, Ingemar Vanhanen, Erik Håkanson, P. O. Joachimsson, Lennart Jorfeldt, and Lennart Nilsson

METABOLIC AND HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF INTRAVENOUS GLUTAMATE INFUSION EARLY AFTER CORONARY OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1468-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Benetti, Massimo A. Mariani, Guido Sani, Piet W. Boonstra, Jan G. Grandjean, Pierpaolo Giomarelli, and Michele Toscano

VIDEO-ASSISTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY OPERATIONS WITHOUT CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS: A MULTICENTER STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1478-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

R. Sudhir Sundaresan, Yugi Shiraishi, Elbert P. Trulock, Jenny Manley, John Lynch, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENTSINGLE OR BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR EMPHYSEMA?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1485-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfredo Trento, Johanna M. Takkenberg, Lawrence S. C. Czer, Carlos Blanche, Sharon Nessim, Mabelle H. Cohen, Robert Kass, Sharo Raissi, and Jack M. Matloff

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION WITH BICAVAL AND PULMONARY VENOUS ANASTOMOSES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1496-1503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard J. Novick, Larry Stitt, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Bernard Andréassian, Jean-Pierre Duchatelle, Walter Klepetko, Robert L. Hardesty, Adaani Frost, and G. Alexander Patterson

PULMONARY RETRANSPLANTATION: DOES THE INDICATION FOR OPERATION INFLUENCE POSTOPERATIVE LUNG FUNCTION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1504-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oliver A. R. Binns, Nuno F. DeLima, Scott A. Buchanan, Jeffrey T. Cope, Robert C. King, Chris A. Marek, Kimberly S. Shockey, Curtis G. Tribble, and Irving L. Kron

BOTH BLOOD AND CRYSTALLOID-BASED EXTRACELLULAR SOLUTIONS ARE SUPERIOR TO INTRACELLULAR SOLUTIONS FOR LUNG PRESERVATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1515-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Donna E. Maziak, Thomas R. J. Todd, Shafique H. Keshavjee, Timothy L. Winton, Peter Van Nostrand, and F. Griffith Pearson

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA OF THE AIRWAY: THIRTY-TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1522-1532. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Akaishi, Iwao Kaneda, Norio Higuchi, Yoshiki Kuriya, Jun-ichi Kuramoto, Tsuneo Toyoda, and Akio Wakabayashi

THORACOSCOPIC EN BLOC TOTAL ESOPHAGECTOMY WITH RADICAL MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1533-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sumihiko Nawata, Nuno Abecasis, Howard M. Ross, Amir Abolhoda, Huiming Cheng, Komal S. Sachar, and Michael E. Burt

ISOLATED LUNG PERFUSION WITH MELPHALAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC PULMONARY SARCOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1542-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Martin J. Elliott, Marcus P. Haw, C. Martin Bailey, Claus Herberhold, and Sponsor: Marc R. de Leval

PEDIATRIC TRACHEAL HOMOGRAFT RECONSTRUCTION: A NOVEL APPROACH TO COMPLEX TRACHEAL STENOSES IN CHILDREN
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1549-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph E. Delius, Marc A. Rademecker, Marc R. de Leval, Martin J. Elliott, and Jaroslav Stark

IS A HIGH-RISK BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR ALWAYS PREFERABLE TO CONVERSION TO A SINGLE VENTRICLE REPAIR?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1561-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emre Belli, Alain Serraf, François Lacour-Gayet, Jocelyn Inamo, Lucile Houyel, Jacqueline Bruniaux, and Claude Planché

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SUBAORTIC STENOSIS AFTER BIVENTRICULAR REPAIR OF DOUBLE-OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1570-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph E. Delius, Marc R. de Leval, Martin J. Elliott, and Jaroslav Stark

MIXED TOTAL PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE: STILL A SURGICAL CHALLENGE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1581-1588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Theodoro, Gordon K. Danielson, Robert H. Feldt, and Betty J. Anderson

HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS: RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1589-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Thomas G. Sharp, Yasuo Sekine, Thomas X. Aufiero, Kyung Sun, Eri Sekine, and John W. Brown

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AFTER OPERATIONS FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1600-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Toshiharu Shin'oka, Dominique Shum-Tim, Richard A. Jonas, Hart G. W. Lidov, Peter C. Laussen, Takuya Miura, and Adre du Plessis

HIGHER HEMATOCRIT IMPROVES CEREBRAL OUTCOME AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1610-1621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard M. Engelman, A. Bernard Pleet, John A. Rousou, Joseph E. Flack, III, David W. Deaton, Cheryl A. Gregory, and Penelope S. Pekow

WHAT IS THE BEST PERFUSION TEMPERATURE FOR CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1622-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Jane E. Sturtevant, Garth S. Orsmond, and Edwin C. McGough

COST AND EFFICACY OF SURGICAL LIGATION VERSUS TRANSCATHETER COIL OCCLUSION OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1634-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony P. Furnary, Juan-Carlos Chachques, Luiz F. P. Moreira, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Jeffrey S. Swanson, Noedir Stolf, Sam Haydar, Christoph Acar, Albert Starr, Adib D. Jatene, and Alain F. Carpentier

LONG-TERM OUTCOME, SURVIVAL ANALYSIS, AND RISK STRATIFICATION OF DYNAMIC CARDIOMYOPLASTY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1640-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark K. Reed, Chen Barak, Craig R. Malloy, Stephen P. Maniscalco, and Michael E. Jessen

EFFECTS OF GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE ON MYOCARDIAL SUBSTRATE OXIDATION DURING POTASSIUM ARREST
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1651-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gerald D. Buckberg

INVITED EDITORIAL ON "EFFECTS OF GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE ON MYOCARDIAL SUBSTRATE OXIDATION DURING POTASSIUM ARREST"
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1661-1663. [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Ryousuke Matsuwaka, Tetsuo Sakakibara, Masataka Mitsuno, Akihiko Yagura, Masato Yoshikawa, and Fuminobu Ishikura

VALVE REPAIR FOR MITRAL REGURGITATION ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED DOUBLE-ORIFICE MITRAL VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1666-1667. [Full Text]  

G. B. Pedrazzini, P. Mohacsi, B. J. Meyer, T. Carrel, and B. Meier

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVENOUS ANGIOPLASTY OF A STENOSED BICAVAL ANASTOMOSIS AFTER ORTHOTOPIC CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1667-1669. [Full Text]  

Nicola Vitale, Donato Serena, Corrado Fondacone, Alfonso Agnino, Pasquale Cicala, and Luigi de Luca

COMPLETE INTRAOPERATIVE DISLODGMENT OF A ST. JUDE MEDICAL MECHANICAL HEART VALVE HEMODYNAMIC PLUS* VALVE SEWING CUFF
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1669-1671. [Full Text]  

C. Akomea-Agyin, J. F. Reidy, and P. B. Deverall

TRANSCATHETER EMBOLIZATION OF MYCOTIC ILIAC ANEURYSM AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1671-1672. [Full Text]  

Jiun-Yi Li, Fang-Yue Lin, Ron-Bin Hsu, and Shu-Hsun Chu

VIDEO-ASSISTED CARDIOSCOPIC RESECTION OF RECURRENT LEFT VENTRICULAR MYXOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1673-1674. [Full Text]  

Rasjid Soeparwata, Peter Poeml, Christof Schmid, Heinz Neuhof, and Hans H. Scheld

INTERLEUKIN-6 PLASMA LEVELS AND TUMOR SIZE IN CARDIAC MYXOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1675-1677. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Prof. Mario Vrandecic, Prof. Bayard Gontijo, and Prof. Fernando Fantini

Homograft replacement of the mitral valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1678-1680. [Full Text]  

Christophe Acar

Homograft replacement of the mitral valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1679. [Full Text]  

Cornelius Dyke

Strengthening international ties in cardiothoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1679. [Full Text]  

James L. Cox

Strengthening international ties in cardiothoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1679-1680. [Full Text]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:

J. Gordon Scannell

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESHOWARD LILIENTHAL (1861-1946)

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1681. [Full Text]  

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