ARTICLES:

S Fujimura, T Kondo, M Handa, A Yamauchi, T Okabe, R Saito, T Ichinose, Y Shiraishi, and T Nakada

Histologic assessment of bronchial anastomotic healing in canine lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 323-330. [Abstract]  

DA Rubin, KE Nieminski, GE Reed, and MV Herman

Predictors, prevention, and long-term prognosis of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 331-335. [Abstract]  

S Nakano, Y Kawashima, H Hirose, H Matsuda, R Shirakura, S Sato, K Taniguchi, T Kawamoto, S Sakaki, and C Ohyama

Reconsiderations of indications for open mitral commissurotomy based on pathologic features of the stenosed mitral valve. A fourteen-year follow-up study in 347 consecutive patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 336-342. [Abstract]  

TM Orlowski

Palliative intubation of the tracheobronchial tree
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 343-348. [Abstract]  

Postoperative T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer. Squamous versus nonsquamous recurrences. The Lung Cancer Study Group
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 349-354. [Abstract]  

BJ Heath and VJ Bagnato

Poststernotomy mediastinitis treated by omental transfer without postoperative irrigation or drainage
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 355-360. [Abstract]  

P Dartevelle, A Chapelier, M Navajas, P Levasseur, A Rojas, J Khalife, E Lafontaine, and M Merlier

Replacement of the superior vena cava with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts combined with resection of mediastinal-pulmonary malignant tumors. Report of thirteen cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 361-366. [Abstract]  

DJ Wheatley, J Fisher, IJ Reece, T Spyt, and P Breeze

Primary tissue failure in pericardial heart valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 367-374. [Abstract]  

JC Schoevaerdts, M Buche, A el Gariani, M Lichtsteiner, P Jaumin, R Ponlot, and CH Chalant

Twenty years' experience with the Model 6120 Starr-Edwards valve in the mitral position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 375-382. [Abstract]  

T Watanabe, GA Trusler, WG Williams, JF Edmonds, JG Coles, and Y Hosokawa

Phrenic nerve paralysis after pediatric cardiac surgery. Retrospective study of 125 cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 383-388. [Abstract]  

EB Diethrich, I Bahadir, M Gordon, P Maki, MG Warner, R Clark, J Siever, and A Silverthorn

Postoperative complications necessitating right lower lobectomy in a heart-lung transplant recipient with previous sternotomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 389-392. [Abstract]  

GD Angelini, IM Breckenridge, HM Williams, and AC Newby

A surgical preparative technique for coronary bypass grafts of human saphenous vein which preserves medial and endothelial functional integrity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 393-398. [Abstract]  

PL Cammack, RN Edie, and LH Edmunds, Jr

Bar calcification of the mitral anulus. A risk factor in mitral valve operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 399-404. [Abstract]  

JR Kappa, MK Horn, 3d, CA Fisher, ED Cottrell, N Ellison, and VP Addonizio, Jr

Efficacy of iloprost (ZK36374) versus aspirin in preventing heparin- induced platelet activation during cardiac operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 405-413. [Abstract]  

AK Mandal and H Thadepalli

Treatment of spontaneous bacterial empyema thoracis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 414-418. [Abstract]  

SL Hilbert, VJ Ferrans, Y Tomita, EE Eidbo, and M Jones

Evaluation of explanted polyurethane trileaflet cardiac valve prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 419-429. [Abstract]  

JG Vincent, SH Skotnicki, JJ van der Meer, and K Kubat

Resorbable suture support for ventricular aneurysmectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 430-433. [Abstract]  

SC Balderman and G Weinblatt

Tracheal autograft revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 434-441. [Abstract]  

HG Borst

Dire consequences of the indiscriminate use of Teflon felt pledgets
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 442-443.  

CA Curcio and SL Cronje

Partial atrioventricular canal in an adult: mitral valve repair by reverse implantation of a Carpentier ring
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 444-445. [Abstract]  

FL Korompai, RH Hayward, and WL Knight

Migration of temporary epicardial pacer wire fragment retained after a cardiac operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 446-447. [Abstract]  

RJ Moreno-Cabral, O Fukuyama, WS Powell, S Gold, and JJ McNamara

Surgical resection of giant metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the heart
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 447-449. [Abstract]  

Y Lee, WK Lee, N Doromal, GA Ganepola, and J Hutchinson, 3d

Cardiac tamponade resulting from massive chylopericardium after an aorta-coronary bypass operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 449-450. [Abstract]  

J Lee, KL Cheung, R Wang, CK Mok, and MA Khin

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of left atrium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 450-452. [Abstract]  

RL Archer, SE Grogg, and SP Sanders

Mucoepidermoid bronchial adenoma in a 6-year-old girl: a case report and review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 452-454. [Abstract]  

LETTERS:

SA Nashef and WH Bain

Prosthetic valve performance: how important is valve type?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 455-456.  

BA Toth

Internal mammary artery graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 456-457.  

A Trowbridge

The effect of cardiac operation on platelets
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 94: 456.  

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