SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Hiroshi Kubota, Akira Furuse, Yutaka Kotsuka, Kuniyoshi Yagyu, Kazuhiko Hirata, and Yuji Murakawa

MIDTERM RESULTS OF THE ROTATION-ADVANCEMENT FLAP METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE INTO THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark D. Plunkett, Paul J. Hendry, Mark P. Anstadt, Enrico M. Camporesi, Mary T. Amato, James D. St. Louis, and James E. Lowe

CHRONIC HYPOXIA INDUCES ADAPTIVE METABOLIC CHANGES IN NEONATAL MYOCARDIUM
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 8-13. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophe Baufreton, Didier Journois, Francine Leca, Wassim Khoury, Daniel Tamisier, and Pascal Vouhé

TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PARTIAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT: RISK FACTORS IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 14-20. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surendra K. Agarwal, Probal K. Ghosh, and Pramod K. Mittal

FAILURE OF DEVICES USED FOR CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS: MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 21-26. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. S. Murthy and K. M. Cherian

A NEW TECHNIQUE OF ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION WITH IN SITU CORONARY REALLOCATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 27-32. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Luc Bigras, Christine Boutin, Brian W. McCrindle, and Ivan M. Rebeyka

SHORT-TERM EFFECT OF MONOCUSPID VALVES ON PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY AND CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 33-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE:

Vivek Rao, Joan Ivanov, Richard D. Weisel, John S. Ikonomidis, George T. Christakis, and Tirone E. David

PREDICTORS OF LOW CARDIAC OUTPUT SYNDROME AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 38-51. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raymond Cartier, Omar Semper Dias, Michel Pellerin, Yves Hébert, and Yves Leclerc

CHANGING FLOW PATTERN OF THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY UNDERGOING CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING: CONTINUOUS-WAVE DOPPLER ASSESSMENT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 52-58. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Francisco Nistal, Aquilino Hurlé, José M. Revuelta, and Marco Gandarillas

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE CARBOMEDICS VALVE: EARLY RESULTS WITH A NEW BILEAFLET MECHANICAL PROSTHESIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 59-68. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. L. van Brussel, H. W. M. Plokker, A. A. Voors, J. M. P. G. Ernst, J. C. Kelder, P. J. Knaepen, and F. E. E. Vermeulen

DIFFERENT CLINICAL OUTCOME IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS WITH SINGLE AND SEQUENTIAL VEIN GRAFTS: A FIFTEEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 69-78. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianni D. Angelini, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Alan J. Bryan, and Andrew C. Newby

EXTERNAL STENTING REDUCES EARLY MEDIAL AND NEOINTIMAL THICKENING IN A PIG MODEL OF ARTERIOVENOUS BYPASS GRAFTING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 79-84. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REPLACEMENT:

Masayuki Haniuda, Seiki Hasegawa, Takeshi Shiraishi, Carolyn M. Dresler, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

EFFECTS OF INFLATION VOLUME DURING LUNG PRESERVATION ON PULMONARY CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 85-93. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Motoi Aoe, Kan Okabayashi, Joel D. Cooper, and G. Alexander Patterson

HYPERINFLATION OF CANINE LUNG ALLOGRAFTS DURING STORAGE INCREASES REPERFUSION PULMONARY EDEMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 94-102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeongryul Lee, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., Hillel Laks, Albert Chong, Arie Blitz, Mary A. Chen, Louis J. Ignarro, and Paul Chang

PRESERVATION OF ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATION WITH LOW-POTASSIUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 103-110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

EURO-COLLINS SOLUTION EXACERBATES LUNG INJURY IN THE SETTING OF HIGH-FLOW REPERFUSION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 111-116. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Krishna Khargi, Vincent A. M. Duurkens, Michel M. I. Versteegh, Hans A. Huysmans, Philip H. Quanjer, Fred F. Verzijlbergen, Edo A. van der Velde, and Paul J. Knaepen

PULMONARY FUNCTION AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER WEDGE AND FLAP RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE MAIN BRONCHUS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 117-123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Niwa, Akira Masaoka, Yosuke Yamakawa, Fujio Hara, Kaoru Kondo, Ichirou Fukai, Masanobu Kiriyama, and Satoshi Kondo

ESOPHAGEAL TRACHEOBRONCHOPLASTY FOR DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL AIRWAY
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 124-129. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard F. Heitmiller and Rohit R. Sharma

COMPARISON OF PREVALENCE AND RESECTION RATES IN PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND ADENOCARCINOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 130-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. P. Brown, D. S. Esmore, and C. Lawson

IMPROVED STERNAL FIXATION IN THE TRANSSTERNAL BILATERAL THORACOTOMY INCISION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 137-141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dennis Bigler, Torsten Jonsson, Johnny Olsen, Jørgen Brenøe, and Kåre Sander-Jensen

THE EFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE METHYLPREDNISOLONE ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AND PAIN AFTER LUNG OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 142-145. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfredo Mussi, Massimo Pistolesi, Marco Lucchi, Alberto Janni, Antonio Chella, Giovanni Parenti, Giuseppe Rossi, and Carlo Alberto Angeletti

RESECTION OF SINGLE BRAIN METASTASIS IN NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 146-153. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES:

Jean-François Hardy, Sylvain Bélisle, Danielle Robitaille, Jean Perrault, Micheline Roy, and Line Gagnon

MEASUREMENT OF HEPARIN CONCENTRATION IN WHOLE BLOOD WITH THE HEPCON/HMS DEVICE DOES NOT AGREE WITH LABORATORY DETERMINATION OF PLASMA HEPARIN CONCENTRATION USING A CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE FOR ACTIVATED FACTOR X
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 154-161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. C. J. Consten, Ch. P. Henny, L. Eijsman, D. A. Dongelmans, and M. H. J. van Oers

THE ROUTINE USE OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA IN OPERATIONS WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IS NOT JUSTIFIED
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 162-167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kurt E. Wehberg, Andrew H. Foster, Robert M. Wise, Joseph S. McLaughlin, and Martha J. Brunner

NITRIC OXIDE MEDIATES FLUID ACCUMULATION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 168-174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takuro Tsukube, James D. McCully, Micheline Federman, Irvin B. Krukenkamp, and Sidney Levitsky

DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY INDUCED GLOBAL ISCHEMIA: OPTIMIZATION OF CARDIOPLEGIC PROTECTION AND MECHANISM OF ACTION
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 175-184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Jacques A. M. van Son and F. W. Mohr

MEDIAN STERNOTOMY FOR PROLONGED RESUSCITATION IN NEONATAL TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH ABSENT PULMONARY VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 185-186. [Full Text]  

Bart Meyns, Johan Vandommele, Dirk Vlasselaers, Patrick Peerenboom, Wim Daenen, and Willem Flameng

SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION DESPITE SLIDING LEAFLET TECHNIQUE FOR REPAIR OF THE MITRAL VALVE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 187-188. [Full Text]  

Rodrigo Oyarzun, Joseph V. Cotroneo, Roberto M. DiDonato, Mary Berry LeBoeuf, James S. Donahoo, and John R. McCormick

THORACOSCOPIC RELEASE OF TRACHEOPEXY STITCH CAUSING PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS IN AN INFANT
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 188-190. [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Manabu Minami, Jun Nakajima, Tadasu Kohno, Kuniyoshi Yagyu, and Akira Furuse

CINE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF TUMORS INVASIVE TO THE THORACIC AORTA: SEVEN CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 190-192. [Full Text]  

John H. Lemmer, Jr., Mark T. Metzdorff, Albert H. Krause, J. Edward Okies, Thomas A. Molloy, Jonathan G. Hill, William B. Long, Thomas R. Winkler, and U. Scott Page

APROTININ USE IN PATIENTS WITH DIALYSIS-DEPENDENT RENAL FAILURE UNDERGOING CARDIAC OPERATIONS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 192-194. [Full Text]  

Hikaru Matsuda, Fumikazu Nomura, Keishi Kadoba, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Hiroshi Imagawa, Koji Kagisaki, and Tetsuya Sano

TRANSATRIAL AND TRANSMITRAL APPROACH FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR MYECTOMY AND MITRAL VALVE PLICATION FOR DIFFUSE-TYPE HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY: A NOVEL APPROACH
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 195-196. [Full Text]  

Jose M. Bernal and Jose M. Revuelta

A NONNARROWING TECHNIQUE FOR IMPLANTATION OF THE DURAN FLEXIBLE RING
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 196-197. [Full Text]  

Hideo Kuroda, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Tamaki Takano, Hideo Tsunemoto, Masanori Shinohara, Yukio Fukaya, and Jun Amano

INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING OF PRESSURE-VOLUME LOOPS OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE IN PERICARDECTOMY FOR CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 198-199. [Full Text]  

Keith B. Allen, Marshall Goldin, and Ramon Mitra

TRANSAORTIC VIDEO-ASSISTED EXCISION OF A LEFT VENTRICULAR PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 199-201. [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Jakob Vinten-Johansen and John W. Hammon, Jr.

Cardioprotection by adenosine: Is it a question of effective dose, timing, or the target compartment?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 202-203. [Full Text]  

Robert D. Lasley and Robert M. Mentzer, Jr

Cardioprotection by adenosine: Is it a question of effective dose, timing, or the target compartment?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 203-204. [Full Text]  

Arthur S. Keats and Stephen Slogoff

Perfusion pressure and coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 204-205. [Full Text]  

Jeffrey P. Gold

Perfusion pressure and coronary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 205-206. [Full Text]  

Francisco Gregori, Jr.

Mitral valve repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 206. [Full Text]  

Junichi Utoh, Hiraaki Goto, Kohichi Ashimura, Kazufumi Okamoto, and Hidenori Terasaki

A simple switching technique from cardiopulmonary bypass to a long-term extracorporeal life support system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 206-207. [Full Text]  

S. Manouguian and P. G. Kirchhoff

Aortic and aortic-mitral annular enlargement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 207. [Full Text]  

Anoop K. Ganjoo and W. Dudley Johnson

Cardioprotective effects of ischemic preconditioning
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 112: 208. [Full Text]  

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