Major changes have recently occurred in the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management
of primary lesions of the mediastinum. New diagnostic techniques and improved therapy …

Surgical management of refractory ectopic supraventricular tachycardia arising in the left
atrium requires cryoablation of the bundle of His and insertion of a permanent ventricular …

Background. Nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has become the leading cause of cancer‐related
deaths in women and men in the United States, with more than 157,000 estimated …

Cardiopulmonary bypass management in neonates, infants, and children often requires the
use of deep hypothermia at 18 C with occasional periods of circulatory arrest and represents …

In the experimental animal the basic and controversial problem was studied of the influence
of cardiac contraction on coronary blood flow. Normally beating hearts were perfused at a …

Congenital fistulas are the most common of the coronary arterial malformations and with the
widespread use of selective coronary arteriography are being recognized with increasing …

THE diagnosis of massive pulmonary embolism is frequently difficult and always uncertain,
primarily because the symptoms and signs may mimic those of some other diseases, such as …

… 12 Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery Leigh Neumayer and Daniel Vargo
13 Ultrasound for Surgeons Christopher J. Dente and Grace S. Rozycki 14 Surgical …

An infant with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is
presented, and the problem of the direction of blood flow in the anomalous vessel is discussed. …

This study demonstrates that radionuclide angiocardiography provides a simple and noninvasive
approach for evaluation of myocardial function. Previous work concerning myocardial …