The finding of extraluminal gas on plain radiographs is usually associated with a perforated
viscus. But, as this case shows, the finding of pneumoperitoneum is not pathogenic of a …

Results of coronary artery bypass grafting with and without mitral valve replacement were
analyzed retrospectively in 101 patients with preoperative ischemic mitral regurgitation to …

Over the past 4-5 years, possibly with the advent of percutaneoustransluminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA), there has been a changing patientpopulation for coronary artery bypass …

Elective coronary artery bypass surgery can be performed with an expected operative mortality
of 1-3%. However, the effects of age on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing …

Patients undergoing open heart surgery who have had recent cardiogenic embolic stroke or
have central nervous system dysfunction pose a difficult management problem. There is …

… MILLS (Jefferson, LA): I thank Dr Acinapura for the opportunity to review his manuscript …
Dr Acinapura concludes from his study that patients who receive IMA grafts to the LAD have …

One hundred seventy-seven patients were admitted to the New York University Medical
Center from 1970 through 1975 with infective endocarditis. Fifty-four of these patients required …

We investigated whether intravenous methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg) before 30 minutes of
aortic cross-clamping and after 4 hours could enhance the effects of cerebrospinal fluid …

To evaluate the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on hemodynamics, cerebrospinal
fluid dynamics, and neurological outcome after 30 minutes of thoracic aortic occlusion, we …

Background: The role of damaged endothelium in early graft occlusion has been extensively
demonstrated. Seventy percent of early graft occlusions in coronary artery bypass were …