GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Henning A. Gaissert, Elbert P. Trulock, Joel D. Cooper, R. Sudhir Sundaresan, and G. Alexander Patterson

COMPARISON OF EARLY FUNCTIONAL RESULTS AFTER VOLUME REDUCTION OR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 296-307. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Keenan, Rodney J. Landreneau, Frank C. Sciurba, Peter F. Ferson, J. Michael Holbert, Manuel L. Brown, Lynda S. Fetterman, and Claudia M. Bowers

UNILATERAL THORACOSCOPIC SURGICAL APPROACH FOR DIFFUSE EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 308-316. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. McKenna, Jr., Matthew Brenner, Arthur F. Gelb, Michael Mullin, Narindar Singh, Harold Peters, John Panzera, Jane Calmese, and Mark J. Schein

A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL OF STAPLED LUNG REDUCTION VERSUS LASER BULLECTOMY FOR DIFFUSE EMPHYSEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 317-322. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul M. Schneider, Alan G. Casson, Bernard Levin, Harinder S. Garewal, Arnulf H. Hoelscher, Karen Becker, Hans-Joachim Dittler, Karen R. Cleary, Michael Troster, J. Ruediger Siewert, and Jack A. Roth

MUTATIONS OF p53 IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS AND BARRETT'S CANCER: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF NINETY-EIGHT CASES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 323-333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dennis H. Kraus, Muhammed K. Ali, Robert J. Ginsberg, Christopher J. Hughes, Robert F. Orlikoff, Valerie W. Rusch, Michael E. Burt, Patricia M. McCormack, and Manjit S. Bains

VOCAL CORD MEDIALIZATION FOR UNILATERAL PARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 334-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Jacques A. M. van Son, V. Mohan Reddy, Norman H. Silverman, and Frank L. Hanley

REGRESSION OF TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AFTER TWO-STAGE ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION FOR FAILING SYSTEMIC VENTRICLE AFTER ATRIAL INVERSION OPERATION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Battista Luciani, Ruben J. Ackerman, Anthony C. Chang, Winfield J. Wells, and Vaughn A. Starnes

ONE-STAGE REPAIR OF INTERRUPTED AORTIC ARCH, VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT, AND SUBAORTIC OBSTRUCTION IN THE NEONATE: A NOVEL APPROACH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 348-358. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harm Velvis, Michael H. Hines, H. Sidney Klopfenstein, David D. Berry, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

DEPRESSION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST IN DEEPLY ANESTHETIZED NEONATAL LAMBS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 359-366. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Christophe Acar, Michael Tolan, Alain Berrebi, Jullien Gaer, Roger Gouezo, Thierry Marchix, Jean Gerota, Sylvain Chauvaud, Jean-Noel Fabiani, Alain Deloche, and Alain Carpentier

HOMOGRAFT REPLACEMENT OF THE MITRAL VALVEGRAFT SELECTION, TECHNIQUE OF IMPLANTATION, AND RESULTS IN FORTY-THREE PATIENTS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 367-380. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ludwig K. von Segesser, Enrico Lorenzetti, Mario Lachat, Urs Niederhäuser, Mariette Schönbeck, Paul R. Vogt, and Marko I. Turina

AORTIC VALVE PRESERVATION IN ACUTE TYPE A DISSECTION: IS IT SOUND?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 381-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian L. Cmolik, Jose Ortiz, Gregory M. Ayers, Jai H. Lee, Alexander S. Geha, and Albert L. Waldo

SUCCESSFUL ATRIAL DEFIBRILLATION WITH VERY-LOW-ENERGY SHOCKS BY MEANS OF TEMPORARY EPICARDIAL WIRE ELECTRODES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 392-398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Hashimoto, Takaaki Isshiki, Yuji Ikari, Kazuhiro Hara, Fumihiko Saeki, Tsutomu Tamura, Tetsu Yamaguchi, and Hisayoshi Suma

EFFECTS OF COMPETITIVE BLOOD FLOW ON ARTERIAL GRAFT PATENCY AND DIAMETERMEDIUM-TERM POSTOPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 399-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Inderpaul Birdi, Peter Wilde, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

COMPARISON OF HEMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES OF ST. JUDE MEDICAL AND CARBOMEDICS 21 MM AORTIC PROSTHESES BY MEANS OF DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 408-415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Joy Dalesandro, Hiroji Akimoto, Cornelia M. Gorman, Thomas O. McDonald, Robert Thomas, H. Denny Liggitt, and Margaret D. Allen

GENE THERAPY FOR DONOR HEARTS: EX VIVO LIPOSOME-MEDIATED TRANSFECTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 416-422. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Bull, Shreekanth V. Karwande, John A. Hawkins, Leigh A. Neumayer, David O. Taylor, Kent W. Jones, Dale G. Renlund, Charles W. Putnam, and the UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program

LONG-TERM RESULTS OF CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS OLDER THAN SIXTY YEARS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 423-428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhenya Shen, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Charles Goldstein, Hitoshi Yokoyama, and Verdi J. DiSesa

DURABILITY OF DONOR-SPECIFIC AND ORGAN-SPECIFIC HEART TRANSPLANT TOLERANCE INDUCED BY INTRATHYMIC PRETREATMENT WITH ALLOGENEIC SPLEEN CELLS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 429-431. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Vincenzo Argano, Manuel Galiñanes, Stephen Edmondson, and David J. Hearse

EFFECTS OF CARDIOPLEGIA ON VASCULAR FUNCTION AND THE "NO-REFLOW" PHENOMENON AFTER ISCHEMIA AND REPERFUSION: STUDIES IN THE ISOLATED BLOOD-PERFUSED RAT HEART
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 432-442. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Juan A. Crestanello, Joseph Kamelgard, David M. Lingle, Svend A. Mortensen, Morten Rhode, and Glenn J. R. Whitman

ELUCIDATION OF A TRIPARTITE MECHANISM UNDERLYING THE IMPROVEMENT IN CARDIAC TOLERANCE TO ISCHEMIA BY COENZYME Q₁₀ PRETREATMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 443-450. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adam Finn, B. Paul Morgan, Naomi Rebuck, Nigel Klein, Catherine A. Rogers, Martin Hibbs, Martin Elliott, Darryll F. Shore, Timothy W. Evans, Stephan Strobel, and Neil Moat

EFFECTS OF INHIBITION OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION USING RECOMBINANT SOLUBLE COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 1 ON NEUTROPHIL CD11B/CD18 AND L-SELECTIN EXPRESSION AND RELEASE OF INTERLEUKIN-8 AND ELASTASE IN SIMULATED CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 451-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Menachem Friedman, Steven Y. Wang, Frank W. Sellke, William E. Cohn, Ronald M. Weintraub, and Robert G. Johnson

NEUTROPHIL ADHESION BLOCKADE WITH NPC 15669 DECREASES PULMONARY INJURY AFTER TOTAL CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 460-468. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Song Wan, Arnaud Marchant, Jean-Marie DeSmet, Martine Antoine, Haibo Zhang, Jean-Luc Vachiery, Michel Goldman, Jean-Louis Vincent, and Jean-Louis LeClerc

HUMAN CYTOKINE RESPONSES TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 469-477. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kouji Fukae, Ryuji Tominaga, Shigehiko Tokunaga, Yoshito Kawachi, Tsutomu Imaizumi, and Hisataka Yasui

THE EFFECTS OF PULSATILE AND NONPULSATILE SYSTEMIC PERFUSION ON RENAL SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY IN ANESTHETIZED DOGS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 478-484. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Alessandro Brunelli, Armando Sabbatini, Giovanbattista Catalini, and Aroldo Fianchini

DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS: CERVICOTOMY OR THORACOTOMY?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 485-486. [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Fausto Biancari, and Vito D'Andrea

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, PSYCHIATRIC DISTURBANCES, IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, AND LICHEN PLANUS ASSOCIATED WITH CERVICAL THYMOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 486-487. [Full Text]  

Daniel D. M. Mann-Segal, E. Anne Shanahan, Bruce Jones, and Day Ramasamy

PURULENT PERICARDITIS: REDISCOVERY OF AN OLD REMEDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 487-488. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

B. Neelakandan, N. Jayanthi, and R. Kanthimathi

Subxiphoid drainage for pericardial tamponade
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 489. [Full Text]  

Darroch W. O. Moores, Keith B. Allen, L. Penfield Faber, Stanley W. Dziuban, David J. Gillman, William H. Warren, Riivo Ilves, and L. Lininger

Subxiphoid drainage for pericardial tamponade
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 489. [Full Text]  

James M. Cunningham

Skeletonization of internal thoracic artery grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 489-490. [Full Text]  

Magdi Yacoub and Sudhir S. Kushwaha

Skeletonization of internal thoracic artery grafts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 490. [Full Text]  

Takao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Saitou, Ji Wei Zhang, Yoshiyuki Iijima, Setsuo Kuraoka, and Yasuhisa Shimazaki

What is cerebral metabolism during retrograde perfusion?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 490-492. [Full Text]  

Naoki Yoshimura, Masayoshi Okada, Toshiaki Ota, and Hideaki Nohara

What is cerebral metabolism during retrograde perfusion?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 492-493. [Full Text]  

P. Martin, S. Bannan, and S. S. Ashraf

Individualized patient heparinization and protamine reversal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 493. [Full Text]  

G. J. Despotis, J. H. Joist, C. W. Hogue, Jr, A. Alsoufiev, K. Kater, L. T. Goodnough, S. A. Santoro, E. Spitznagel, M. Rosenbloom, and D. G. Lappas

Individualized patient heparinization and protamine reversal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 111: 493-494. [Full Text]  

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