SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Tomoharu Akiba and Anton E. Becker

Disease of the left ventricle in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septumThe limiting factor for long-lasting successful surgical intervention?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Audrey Smith, M. Gwen Connell, Mark Jackson, Fons J. Verbeek, and Robert H. Anderson

Atrioventricular conduction system in hearts with muscular ventricular septal defects in the setting of complete transposition
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 9-16. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Farhouch Berdjis, Masato Takahashi, Winfield J. Wells, Quentin R. Stiles, and George G. Lindesmith

Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary arterySignificance of intercoronary collaterals
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 17-20. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacques A. M. van Son, William D. Edwards, and Gordon K. Danielson

Pathology of coronary arteries, myocardium, and great arteries in supravalvular aortic stenosisReport of five cases with implications for surgical treatment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 21-28. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marie-Christine Seghaye, Jean Duchateau, Ralph G. Grabitz, Gloria Nitsch, Christiane Marcus, Bruno J. Messmer, and Götz von Bernuth

Complement, leukocytes, and leukocyte elastase in full-term neonates undergoing cardiac operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 29-36. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Claudio Zussa, Elvio Polesel, Uberto Da Col, Marco Galloni, and Carlo Valfré

Seven-year experience with chordal replacement with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene in floppy mitral valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 37-41. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yutaka Okita, Shigehito Miki, Yuichi Ueda, Takafumi Tahata, Tetsuro Sakai, and Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Mitral valve replacement with maintenance of mitral annulopapillary muscle continuity in patients with mitral stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 42-51. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Moheb Ibrahim, Jack Cleland, Hugh O'Kane, Dennis Gladstone, Conor Mullholland, and Brian Craig

St. Jude Medical prosthesis in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 52-56. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, Luigi Sommariva, Fabrizio Russo, Fabrizio Tomai, Antonio Tondo, Carlo Pagliaricci, Carlo Bassano, and Luigi Chiariello

Doppler echocardiography evaluation of the CarboMedics valve in patients with small aortic anulus and valve prosthesis–body surface area mismatch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Samuel J. Lang, Marie S. Giordano, Carlos Cardon-Cardo, Barbara D.Summers, Lisa Staiano-Coico, and David P. Hajjar

Biochemical and cellular characterization of cardiac valve tissue after cryopreservation or antibiotic preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 63-67. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takuro Misaki, Go Watanabe, Takashi Iwa, Yasuhiro Matsunaga, Hiroshi Ohotake, Makoto Tsubota, Masao Takahashi, Keiichi Yamamoto, and Yoh Watanabe

Surgical treatment of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and associated acquired valvular heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 68-72. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guo-Wei He, Tea E. Acuff, William H. Ryan, Richard T. Bowman, Mark B. Douthit, and Michael J. Mack

Determinants of operative mortality in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: Emphasis on the influence of internal mammary artery grafting on mortality and morbidity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 73-81. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohammad B. Izzat, Robert R. West, Celestin Ragoonanan, and Gianni D. Angelini

Effect of systemic vasodilators on internal mammary artery flowImplications for postoperative treatment after myocardial revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 82-85. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Paolo Macchiarini, Alain Chapelier, Pascal Vouhé, Jacques Cerrina, François Le Roy Ladurie, François Parquin, François Brenot, Gérald Simonneau, Philippe Dartevelle, and for the Paris-Sud University Lung Transplant Group

Double lung transplantation in situs inversus with Kartagener's syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 86-91. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toru Bando, Shinji Kosaka, Chunjiang Liu, Takashi Hirai, Toshiki Hirata, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Kazuyuki Yagi, Kenji Inui, Shigeki Hitomi, and Hiromi Wada

Effects of newly developed solutions containing trehalose on twenty-hour canine lung preservation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 92-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Pat O. Daily, Jeffrey A. Lamphere, Walter P. Dembitsky, Robert M. Adamson, and Nestor F. Dans

Effect of prophylactic epsilon-aminocaproic acid on blood loss and transfusion requirements in patients undergoing first-time coronary artery bypass graftingA randomized, prospective, double-blind study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 99-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacob Gurevitch, Jaacov Barak, Edith Hochhauser, Yosef Paz, and Vladimir Yakirevich

Aprotinin improves myocardial recovery after ischemia and reperfusion:Effects of the drug on isolated rat hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 109-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiko Onoe, Atsumi Mori, Shoji Watarida, Takaaki Sugita, Shoichiro Shiraishi, Takehisa Nojima, Yasuhiko Nakajima, Ryoko Tabata, and Shuichi Matsuno

The effect of pulsatile perfusion on cerebral blood flow during profound hypothermia with total circulatory arrest: A randomized, prospective, double-blind study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 119-125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ren Zhen, Ding Wenxiang, Su Zhaokang, Gu Xinling, Huang Huiming, Liu Jingfeng, Yan Qing, Zhang Weizhong, and Yu Xiaoqing

Mechanisms of brain injury with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and protective effects of coenzyme Q₁₀
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 126-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

N. Ad, J. Barak, E. Birk, S. Diamant, and B. A. Vidne

A one-way, valved, atrial septal patch in the management of postoperative right heart failure:An animal study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 134-139. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hannu J. Toivonen and Markku Ahotupa

Free radical reaction products and antioxidant capacity in arterial plasma during coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 140-147. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Christopher E. Gates, Carolyn E. Reed, Jonathan S. Bromberg, Eric T. Everett, Paul L. Baron, and Sponsored by Fred A. Crawford, Jr.

Prevalence of p53 mutations in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 148-152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles C. Canver, Vincent A. Memoli, Penny L. Vanderveer, Christine A. Dingivan, and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr.

Sex hormone receptors in non-small-cell lung cancer in human beings
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 153-157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukito Ichinose, Tokujiro Yano, Hideki Yokoyama, Takashi Inoue, Hiroshi Asoh, Kohsuke Tayama, and Nobuko Takanashi

Postrecurrent survival of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer undergoing a complete resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 158-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Matsui, M. Kitano, T. Nakamura, Y. Shimizu, S-H. Hyon, and Y. Ikada

Bioabsorbable struts made from poly-L-lactide and their application for treatment of chest deformity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 162-168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., Mostafa Bastanfar, Fathy Gabriel, and Edward Mascha

Right heart function and prediction of respiratory morbidity in patients undergoing pneumonectomy with moderately severe cardiopulmonary dysfunction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 169-175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

D. Loisance, P. H. Deleuze, J. P. Mazzucotelli, Y. Abe, P. Le Besnerais, and J. L. Dubois-Rande

The initial experience with the wearable Baxter Novacor ventricular assist system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 176-177. [Full Text]  

Dan Lindblom

Valve thrombosis and strut fracture with the Björk-Shiley valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 177-178. [Full Text]  

Thomas A. Orszulak

Valve thrombosis and strut fracture with the Björk-Shiley valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 178-179. [Full Text]  

Hisanori Mayumi, Kanzi Matsui, Kouji Matsuzaki, Takayuki Uchida, Keiichi Shinozaki, and Kouichi Tokunaga

Cellular kinetics of posttransfusion graft-versus-host disease after heart operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 179-182. [Full Text]  

Louis DePalma, K. Rais Bahrami, Sudesh Kapur, Billie L. Short, and Naomi L. C. Luban

Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis in the evaluation of posttransfusion graft-versus-host disease in a child undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 182-184. [Full Text]  

Peter Mair, Johannes Mair, Ingo Seibt, Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Doris Balogh, and Bernd Puschendorf

Plasma elastase concentrations and pulmonary function after cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 184-185. [Full Text]  

Ganga Prabhakar, Naresh Kumar, Liv Hatle, Zohair Al-Halees, and Carlos M. G. Duran

Accelerated failure of bioprosthesis by entrapment in chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 185-187. [Full Text]  

Julian A. Smith, Kavin Desai, Daniel Bernstein, and Bruce A. Reitz

Successful thrombolysis of a thrombosed St. Jude Medical mitral prosthesis in a two-month-old infant
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 187-188. [Full Text]  

B. Albat, P. Messner-Pellenc, and A. Thévenet

Surgical treatment for primary lymphoma of the heart simulating prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 188-189. [Full Text]  

Miralem Pasic, Thierry Carrel, Ludwig Von Segesser, and Marko Turina

Postoperative diaphragmatic hernia after use of the right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 189-191. [Full Text]  

Frank L. Caes, Bart Francois, and Guido J. Van Nooten

Transdiaphragmatic herniation of the stomach after right gastroepiploic artery grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 191-193. [Full Text]  

Premanand Ponoth, S. Rajan, Suresh G. Rao, and K. M. Cherian

Successful correction of Ebstein's anomaly with rheumatic mitral valvular disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 193-194. [Full Text]  

Jan Lam, Rodolfo Neirotti, Anton E. Becker, and Claude Planché

Thrombosis after the Fontan procedure: Transesophageal echocardiography may replace angiocardiography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 108: 194-195. [Full Text]  

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