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Contents Number 1 January 1991 1 Editorial Board Appointments Editorial Board, 1991 2 Guest Reviewers for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 3 Editorials Triiodothyronine: To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Question 5 Richard E. Clark, MD Art and Science in the Management of Endocarditis 6 Verdi J. DiSesa, MD Unifocalization for Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect 8 F. J. Puga, MD Original Articles Triiodothyronine in the Recovery of Stunned Myocardium in Dogs 10 D. Novitzky, MD, FCS(SA), N. Matthews, DVM, D. Shawley, DVM, D. K. C. Cooper, MD, PhD, FRCS, and N. Zuhdi, MD Valve Replacement in Patients With Endocarditis and Cerebral Septic Emboli 18 Windsor Ting, MD, Norman Silverman, MD, and Sidney Levitsky, MD Tracheoesophageal Anastomosis for Intractable Aspiration Pneumonia 23 Hisao Nakasaki, MD, Takashi Sugihara, MD, Tomoo Tajima, MD, Toshio Mitomi, MD, Yoshiyuki Osamura, MD, Noboru Onoda, MD, and Koichi Fujii, MD Binding of Preformed Xenoantibodies to Porcine Bioprosthetic Valves 30 Juan A. Sanchez, MD, Charles C. Marboe, MD, Joseph S. Auteri, MD, Valluvan Jeevanandum, MD, Niloo M. Edwards, MD, Carole L. Berger, PhD, and Eric A. Rose, MD Intrathoracic Nissen Fundoplication: Long-Term Clinical and pH-Monitoring Evaluation 34 J.-M. Collard, MD, X. J. De Koninck, MD, J. B. Otte, MD, R. H. Fiasse, MD, and P. J. Kestens, MD Empyema Thoracis: 14-Year Experience in a Teaching Center 39 Julian A. Smith, MS, FRACS, Michael H. Mullerworth, FRACS, FRCS, George W. Westlake, FRACS, and James Tatoulis, FRACS iv Mechanical Circulatory Assistance After Heart Transplantation 43 Robert W. Emery, MD, Frazier Eales, MD, Lyle D. Joyce, MD, Thomas J. Von Rueden, MD, R. Michael King, MD, Charles R. Jorgensen, MD, Marc R. Pritzker, MD, Kristen E. Johnson, RN, Kathleen D. Lake, PharmD, and Kit V. Arom, MD, PhD Multiple Primary Bronchogenic Carcinomas: Treatment and Follow-up 48 Arlen G. Fleisher, MD, Gerry McElvaney, MD, and Clayton L. N. Robinson, MD Hemodynamics Versus Biopsy Findings During Cardiac Transplant Rejection 52 Steven F. Bolling, MD, Joe B. Putnam, Jr, MD, Gerald D. Abrams, MD, Anne M. McKay, MSN, RN, and G. Michael Deeb, MD Delayed Chest Wall Pain Due to Sternal Wire Sutures 56 Charles E. Eastridge, MD, Saade S. Mahfood, MD, LCdr, William A. Walker, MD, USNR, and F. Hammond Cole, Jr, MD Comparison of Supraannular and Subannular Pledgeted Sutures in Mitral Valve 60 Replacement Eugene P. Chambers, Jr, MD, and Bobby J. Heath, MD Staged Repair of Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Systemic 65 to Pulmonary Artery Collaterals K. S. Iyer, MCh, and R. B. B. Mee, FRACS Right Pulmonary Artery Obstruction After Pulmonary Artery Banding 73 Murray A. Robertson, MD, PhD, Patricia A. Penkoske, MD, and Neil F. Duncan, MD Altered Cellular Immune Function in the Atelectatic Lung 76 Dao M. Nguyen, MD, David S. Mulder, MD, FRCS(C), and Hani Shennib, MD, FRCS(C) Amiodarone Versus Bretylium for Suppression of Reperfusion Arrhythmias in Dogs 81 Alexander Rosalion, MD, Norman J. Snow, MD, Terrance P. Horrigan, MD, Deborah L. Noon, and Nelson D. Mostow, MD Traumatic Asphyxia 86 Ming-Chung Lee, MD, FICA, Sing-Sieng Wong, MD, Jaw-Ji Chu, MD, Jen-Ping Chang, MD, Pyng-Jing Lin, MD, Ming-Jang Shieh, MD, and Chau-Hsiung Chang, MD Role of Potassium Concentration in Cardioplegic Solutions in Mediating Endothelial 89 Damage Pankaj S. Mankad, FRCS, Adrian H. Chester, BSc, and Magdi H. Yacoub, FRCS Might Free Arterial Grafts Fail Due to Spasm? 94 Giorgio Massa, MD, Sune Johansson, MD, Per-Ola Kimblad, MD, Trygve Sjoberg, PhD, and Stig Steen, MD, PhD Coronary Bypass Grafting With Totally Calcified or Acutely Dissected Ascending Aorta Pamela S. Peigh, MD, Verdi J. DiSesa, MD, John J. Collins, Jr, MD, and Lawrence H. Cohn, MD Metabolism of the Heart and Brain During Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Julie A. Swain, MD, Thomas J. McDonald, Jr, BS, Robert S. Balaban, PhD, and Robert C. Robbins, MD Case Reports Rupture of a Benign Mediastinal Teratoma Into the Right Pleural Cavity Takane Hiraiwa, MD, Takashi Hayashi, MD, Masanori Kaneda, MD, Takashi Sakai, MD, Shoji Namikawa, MD, Minoru Kusagawa, MD, and Itsuo Kusano, MD Penetrating Trauma Involving the Innominate Artery Thomas R. McLean, MD, and Robert P. McManus, MD Tricuspid Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma: Echocardiographic Characterization James T. Wolfe III, MD, Sanford J. Finck, MD, Robert E. Safford, MD, PhD, and Scott T. Persellin, MD Surgical Repair of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Complicated With Myocardial Bridging Taijiro Sueda, MD, Yuichiro Matsuura, MD, Hiroshi Ishihara, MD, Yoshiharu Hamanaka, MD, Hiroo Shikata, MD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, and Mitsunori Okamoto, MD Arterial Switch Procedure in an Adult Hemant Trehan, MS, MCh, and David A. Ott, MD Ascites After Rupture of Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm Into the Right Atrium Axel Ch. Henze, MD, Jan B. Thorelius, MD, Jan W. Borowiec, MD, Ebba H. Enghoff, MD, and Johan B. Thurén, MD New Surgical Approach to Complicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Transthoracic Parietal Cell Vagotomy Rodney J. Landreneau, MD, John B. Marshall, MD, Robert N. McClelland, MD, Jack J. Curtis, MD, Joel A. Johnson, MD, and Stephen R. Hazelrigg, MD Left Ventricular Aneurysm Secondary to Behcet’s Disease G. Di Eusanio, MD, A. Mazzola, MD, R. Gregorini, MD, G. Esposito, MD, W. Di Nardo, MD, G. Di Manici, MD, and C. Villani, MD Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flap With Microvascular Anastomoses for Repair of Recurrent Sarcoma T. Waris, MD, O. Kaarela, MD, H. Teerikangas, MD, and J. Nissinen, MD vi How to Do It Continuous Retrograde Blood Cardioplegia 136 Francis P. Sutter, DO, Scott M. Goldman, MD, Michael Clancy, BS, CCP, John M. Mitchell, BS, CCP, Alexander Garwood, CCP, Sheila King, BS, CCP, and Joseph F. Gallagher, BS Pleural Anesthetics Given Through an Epidural Catheter Secured Inside a Chest Tube 138 Joseph W. Baker, MD, and Curtis G. Tribble, MD Intraoperative Coronary Angiography Using Fluorescein 140 T. Takayama, MD, Y. Wanibuchi, MD, H. Suma, MD, Y. Terada, MD, T. Saito, MD, S. Fukuda, MD, S. Furuta, MD, and T. Minemura, MD Alternative Technique for Repair of Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect 144 J. R. L. Hamilton, FRCSEd (C/Th), S. G. Brooks, FRCS, and D. R. Walker, FRCS Classics in Thoracic Surgery Christiaan Barnard’s Contribution to the Surgical Treatment of Ebstein’s Malformation 147 James K. Kirklin, MD Current Review Thymoma: Results of 241 Operated Cases 152 Giuliano Maggi, MD, Caterina Casadio, MD, Antonio Cavallo, MD, Roberto Cianci, MD, Massimo Molinatti, MD, and Enrico Ruffini, MD Key References Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula 157 Peter C. Pairolero, MD, Victor F. Trastek, MD, and Mark S. Allen, MD Correspondence Double Outlet Left Ventricle—Long Survival After Surgical Correction 159 Berge J. Dadourian, MD, Joseph K. Perloff, MD, Davis C. Drinkwater, MD, John S. Child, MD, and Donald G. Mulder, MD Mitral Valve Reoperation 160 Lawrence I. Bonchek, MD Early Restenosis After Extended End-to-End Anastomosis at Neonatal Age 160 Jacques A. M. van Son, MD, Frank Smedts, MD, and Leon K. Lacquet, MD Reply Martin J. Elliott, MD, FRCS Metallic Surgical Clips and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fred Weber, MD Reply Jeffrey P. Gold, MD Esophagogastrectomy via Left Thoracotomy 163 R. Behl, MS, FRCS(Eng) Reply R. J. Donnelly, MB, FRCS(Ed) Symposium on Thoracic Surgical Oncology 163 Harvey I. Pass, MD Announcements Information for Authors A-19, 20 Guidelines for the Submission of Electronic Manuscripts A-21 Forthcoming Articles A-22 Important Announcement for Authors 38 Circulatory Support 1991 42 Notice to Readers of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 59 Notice From the American Board of Thoracic Surgery 115, 118 1990 Interim Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 164 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting 165 Twenty-fourth Postgraduate Program, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 166 Program for the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 167 Events of Interest A-23, 24 Classified Ads A-25, 26, 27, 28 Index to Advertisers A-29 Number 2 February 1991 Editorials Pneumonia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Case for Continued Evaluation Peter G. Tuteur, MD Pulmonary Embolectomy Arthur C. Beall, Jr, MD Vili Retrograde Continuous Warm Blood Cardioplegia 180 Richard M. Engelman, MD Original Articles Chest Wall Involvement by Lung Cancer: Computed Tomographic Detection and Results 182 of Operation G. B. Ratto, MD, G. Piacenza, MD, C. Frola, MD, F. Musante, MD, I. Serrano, MD, R. Giua, MD, M. Salio, MD, P. Jacovoni, MD, and S. Rovida, MD Esophageal Malignancies: Is Preoperative Radiotherapy the Way to Go? 189 O. P. Yadava, MS, A. J. Hodge, FRACS, L. R. Matz, FRCPA, and J. B. Donlon, MBBS Emergency Aortocoronary Bypass After Failed Angioplasty 194 Michael A. Greene, MD, Laman A. Gray, Jr, MD, A. David Slater, MD, Brian L. Ganzel, MD, and Constantine Mavroudis, MD Long-Term Results of Ionescu-Shiley Valve in the Tricuspid Position 200 Jibah Eng, MB, MA, FRCS, P. S. Ravichandran, MB, FRCS, Philip H. Kay, DM, FRCS, and Andrew J. Murday, MS, FRCS Endothelial Cell Viability in the Rat Aortic Wall 204 Jeffrey P. Christy, MD, Flavian M. Lupinetti, MD, Ali H. Mardan, MD, and Sue Ann Thompson, PhD Technique for Use of the Inferior Epigastric Artery as a Coronary Bypass Graft 208 Noel L. Mills, MD, and Charles T. Everson, MD Risk Factors for Nosocomial Pneumonia After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Operations 215 Robert Gaynes, MD, Barbara Bizek, MPH, Jole Mowry-Hanley, BSN, RN, and Marvin Kirsh, MD Response to Chemotherapy Does Not Predict Survival After Resection of Sarcomatous 219 Pulmonary Metastases Louis A. Lanza, MD, Joe B. Putnam, Jr, MD, Robert S. Benjamin, MD, and Jack A. Roth, MD Electrocautery Does Not Interfere With the Function of the Automatic Implantable 225 Cardioverter Defibrillator John H. Wilson, MD, Stephen Lattner, RCT, Robert Jacob, MD, and Robert Stewart, MD Long-Term Results After Atrial Correction of Complete Transposition of the Great 227 Arteries Maurizio Merlo, MD, S. Mario De Tommasi, MD, Federico Brunelli, MD, Pietro A. Abbruzzese, MD, Giancarlo Crupi, MD, Italo Ghidoni, MD, Angelo Casari, MD, Antonio Piti, MD, Filippo Mamprin, MD, and Lucio Parenzan, MD Pulmonary Embolectomy: A 20-Year Experience at One Center 232 Guy Meyer, MD, Daniel Tamisier, MD, Hervé Sors, MD, Marc Stern, MD, Pascal Vouhé, MD, Serge Makowski, MD, Jean-Yves Neveux, MD, Francine Leca, MD, and Philippe Even, MD When Do Cerebral Emboli Appear During Open Heart Operations? A Transcranial Doppler Study Jan van der Linden, MD, and Henrik Casimir-Ahn, MD Intrathoracic Fibrin Glue for Postoperative Pleuropulmonary Fistula 242 Yuji Yasuda, MD, Atsumi Mori, MD, Hirofumi Kato, MD, Shozo Fujino, MD, and Shoji Asakura, MD Retrograde Continuous Warm Blood Cardioplegia: A New Concept in Myocardial 245 Protection Tomas A. Salerno, MD, James P. Houck, MD, Carlos A. M. Barrozo, MD, Anthony Panos, MD, George T. Christakis, MD, James G. Abel, MD, and Samuel V. Lichtenstein, MD Coronary Pathology Predicts Conduction Disturbances After Coronary Artery Bypass 248 Grafting Morris Mosseri, MD, Gilath Meir, MD, Chaim Lotan, MD, Yonathan Hasin, MD, Azai Applebaum, MD, Shimon Rosenheck, MD, Dov Shimon, MD, and Mervyn S. Gotsman, MD, FRCC Aggressive Surgical Intervention in N2 Non-Small Cell Cancer of the Lung 253 Yoh Watanabe, MD, Junzo Shimizu, MD, Makoto Oda, MD, Yoshinobu Hayashi, MD, Shinichiro Watanabe, MD, Yasuhiko Tatsuzawa, MD, Takashi Iwa, MD, Masayuki Suzuki, MD, and Tsutomu Takashima, MD Dopamine and High-Dose Insulin Infusion (Glucose-Insulin-Potassium) After a Cardiac Operation: Effects on Myocardial Metabolism Rolf Svedjeholm, MD, Stefan Hallhagen, MD, Rolf Ekroth, MD, P. O. Joachimsson, MD, and Gunnar Ronquist, MD Potential Use of Recombinant Hirudin as an Anticoagulant in a Cardiopulmonary Bypass Model Jeanine M. Walenga, PhD, Mamdouh Bakhos, MD, Harry L. Messmore, MD, Jawed Fareed, PhD, and Roque Pifarre, MD Optimizing Myocardial Hypothermia: I. Temperature Probe Design and Clinical Inferences Thomas B. Kinney, MD, Pat O. Daily, MD, and Thomas A. Pfeffer, MD Optimizing Myocardial Hypothermia: II. Cooling Jacket Modifications and Clinical Results Pat O. Daily, MD, and Thomas B. Kinney, MD Diagnosis of Poststernotomy Infection: Comparison of Three Means of Assessment D. A. Browdie, MD, R. W. Bernstein, MD, R. Agnew, MD, A. Damle, MD, M. Fischer, MD, and J. Balz, PA Combined Superior-Transseptal Approach to the Left Atrium Eric Berreklouw, MD, Hiisamettin Ercan, MD, and Jacques P. Schénberger, MD Case Reports Late Volume Changes in Retrosternal Colon Bypass 296 Gil Hauer Santos, MD Misplaced Caval Filter and Subsequent Pericardial Tamponade 299 Stephen J. Lahey, MD, Laura P. Meyer, MD, Adolf W. Karchmer, MD, Jon Cronin, MD, Michael Czorniak, MD, Peter R. Maggs, MD, and Richard W. Nesto, MD Total Unilateral Lung Gangrene in Hodgkin’s Disease: Treatment by Thoracostomy 302 F. M. Juettner, MD, K. Arian-Schad, MD, I. Kraus, MD, G. Gallhofer, MD, H. Popper, MD, and G. Friehs, MD Intraoperative Management of Severe Endobronchial Hemorrhage 304 Cemil M. Purut, MD, Stewart M. Scott, MD, John V. Parham, MD, and Peter K. Smith, MD Nephrotic Syndrome Complicating Adenocarcinoma of the Lung With Resolution After 308 Resection William H. Coltharp, MD, Stanley M. Lee, MD, Robert F. Miller, MD, and Mark S. Averbuch, MD Transesophageal Echocardiography in Acute Aortic Transection 310 I. F. Galvin, FRCSI, I. W. Black, MB, BS, C. L. Lee, FRACP, and D. A. Horton, FRACS Aortic Atresia With Normal Left Ventricle: One-Stage Repair in Early Infancy 312 Ad J. J. C. Bogers, MD, Narayanswami Sreeram, MRCP, John Hess, MD, George R. Sutherland, FRCP, and Jan M. Quaegebeur, MD Intraoperative Echocardiography of a Dislodged Bjérk-Shiley Mitral Valve Disc 315 Minoru Tanaka, MD, Toshio Abe, MD, Eiji Takeuchi, MD, Takashi Watanabe, MD, and Shuji Tamaki, MD Delayed Death From Aortic Root Trauma 317 Irwin B. Boruchow, MD, and Grover M. Hutchins, MD Tricuspid Valve Incompetence Caused by Nonpenetrating Thoracic Trauma 320 Giorgio Noera, MD, Mario Sanguinetti, MD, Piermaria Pensa, MD, Bruno Biagi, MD, Alberto Cremonesi, MD, Renzo Lodi, MD, Arrigo Lessana, MD, and Carmine Carbone, MD How to Do It Exchanging Double-Lumen for Single-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes After Thoracotomy 323 Valerie W. Rusch, MD, Peter R. Freund, MD, and T. Andrew Bowdle, MD, PhD Easy Removal of Surgically Placed Intraaortic Balloon Pump Catheter 325 Michael E. Gorton, MD, and Hooshang Soltanzadeh, MD Improved Technique for Inserting a T Tube in Patients With Subglottic Stenosis Ryoichi Kato, MD, Teruhisa Kobayashi, MD, Masazumi Watanabe, MD, Masafumi Kawamura, MD, Koji Kikuchi, MD, Koichi Kobayashi, MD, and Tsuneo Ishihara, MD Apical Aortic Cannulation: Application of an Old Method With New Paraphernalia 330 Francis Robicsek, MD Classics in Thoracic Surgery The Starr Valve Revisited 333 James R. Pluth, MD Current Review Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Lung Transplantation 335 Hani Shennib, MD, FRCS(C), and Dao Nguyen, MD Special Report Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Thoracic Surgeon 341 Quentin R. Stiles, MD Correspondence Could Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Be Considered Only a Step of a Complete Nutritional Program for Complicated Cardiac Patients? Agostino Paccagnella, MD, Giuseppe Simini, MD, and Carlo Valfré, MD Optimal Age for Repair of Aortic Coarctation Jacques A. M. van Son, MD, PhD, Otto Daniéls, MD, and Leon K. Lacquet, MD Staging Lung Cancer With Computed Tomography Peter Goldstraw, FRCS Reply Joseph W. Lewis, Jr, MD Single Drain (Pleura, Pericardium, Mediastinum) After Open Heart Operations Solomon Victor, FRCP, FRCS, and M. Kabeer, MD Reply Adrian C. Moulijn, MD, PhD, Yvo M. Smulders, MD, Marco E. Wiepking, MD, Jacques J. Koolen, MD, PhD, Harry B. van Wezel, MD, PhD, and Cees A. Visser, MD, PhD Congenital Bronchoesophageal Fistula Wyn Parry, BSc, FRCS, and Ali Juma, MB, BS Reply William H. Risher, MD, Robert M. Arensman, MD, and John L. Ochsner, MD Uncomfortable Issues Thomas V. Bilfinger, MD Reply L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, MD Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Calcified Aorta S. S. Arsiwala, MCh, H. S. Bedi, MCh, V. K. Sharma, MCh, and N. Trehan, MD Reply Hisayoshi Suma, MD Announcements Index to Advertisers A-16 Information for Authors A-23, 24 Guidelines for the Submission of Electronic Manuscripts A-25 Forthcoming Articles A-26 Important Announcement for Authors 188 Circulatory Support 1991 203 Notice From the American Board of Thoracic Surgery Regarding the Persian Gulf Crisis 207 Notice to Readers of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 218 Notice From the American Board of Thoracic Surgery 314, 322 1990 Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 349 The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Notice of Annual Meeting 350 Events of Interest A-29, 30 Classified Ads A-31, 32, 33, 34 Number 3 March 1991 Presidential Address Preparation, Trust, and Responsibility Harvey W. Bender, Jr, MD