Editorials:

Rita F. Redberg and Nelson B. Schiller

Gender and valvular surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1-3. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A. J. Carpenter and Margarita Camacho

Valvular heart disease in women: The surgical perspective
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 4-6. [Extract] [Full Text]  

David Taggart

Off-pump surgery and cerebral injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 7-9. [Extract] [Full Text]  

F. Griffith Pearson

Idiopathic laryngotracheal stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 10-11. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

Takahiko Sakamoto, Hiromi Kurosawa, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Mitsuru Aoki, and Yukihisa Isomatsu

The influence of pH strategy on cerebral and collateral circulation during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in cyanotic patients with heart disease: Results of a randomized trial and real-time monitoring
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 12-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Felix C. Tanner, Thomas Largiadèr, Helen Greutert, Zhihong Yang, and Thomas F. Lüscher

Nitric oxide synthase gene transfer inhibits biological features of bypass graft disease in the human saphenous vein
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 20-26. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason A. Petrofski, Jonathan A. Hata, Thomas R. Gehrig, Steven I. Hanish, Matthew L. Williams, Richard B. Thompson, Cyrus J. Parsa, Walter J. Koch, and Carmelo A. Milano

Gene delivery to aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts in a large animal model of intimal hyperplasia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 27-33. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shankha S. Biswas, G. Chad Hughes, John E. Scarborough, Patrick W. Domkowski, Luis Diodato, Monica L. Smith, Carolyn Landolfo, James E. Lowe, Brian H. Annex, and Kevin P. Landolfo

Intramyocardial and intracoronary basic fibroblast growth factor in porcine hibernating myocardium: A comparative study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 34-43. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacopo Gianetti, Paolo Del Sarto, Stefano Bevilacqua, Cristina Vassalle, Rossella De Filippis, Mirsad Kacila, Pier Andrea Farneti, Aldo Clerico, Mattia Glauber, and Andrea Biagini

Supplemental nitric oxide and its effect on myocardial injury and function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 44-50. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Martens, A. Theisen, J. O. Balzer, M. Dietrich, K. Graubitz, M. Scherer, C. Schmitz, M. Doss, and A. Moritz

Improved cerebral protection through replacement of residual intracavital air by carbon dioxide: A porcine model using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 51-56. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan Bucerius, Jan F. Gummert, Michael A. Borger, Thomas Walther, Nicolas Doll, Volkmar Falk, Dierk V. Schmitt, and Friedrich W. Mohr

Predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery delirium: Effect of beating-heart (off-pump) surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 57-64. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard C. Cook, Christine M. Crowley, Robert Hayden, Min Gao, Lynn Fedoruk, Samuel V. Lichtenstein, and Cornelis van Breemen

Traction injury during minimally invasive harvesting of the saphenous vein is associated with impaired endothelial function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 65-70. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiharu Soga, Shinji Takai, Tadaaki Koyama, Yukiko Okamoto, Tadashi Ikeda, Kazunobu Nishimura, Mizuo Miyazaki, and Masashi Komeda

Attenuation of adhesion formation after cardiac surgery with a chymase inhibitor in a hamster model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 72-78. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D.C.H. Cheng, C. D. Mazer, R. Martineau, A. Ralph-Edwards, J. Karski, J. Robblee, B. Finegan, R. I. Hall, R. Latimer, and A. Vuylsteke

A phase II dose-response study of hemoglobin raffimer (Hemolink) in elective coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General thoracic surgery:

Hiran C. Fernando, Eizaburo Sasatomi, Neil A. Christie, Percival O. Buenaventura, Sydney D. Finkelstein, Samuel A. Yousem, Ryan Soose, John M. Close, and James D. Luketich

Comparison of mutational changes in involved N1 lymph nodes with those in primary tumors in stage II non–small cell lung cancer: A pilot study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 87-91. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nirmal K. Veeramachaneni, Hirotoshi Kubokura, Li Lin, James A. Pippin, G. Alexander Patterson, Jeffrey A. Drebin, and Richard J. Battafarano

Down-regulation of beta catenin inhibits the growth of esophageal carcinoma cells
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 92-98. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Simon K. Ashiku, Akin Kuzucu, Hermes C. Grillo, Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Bruce Lo, and Douglas J. Mathisen

Idiopathic laryngotracheal stenosis: Effective definitive treatment with laryngotracheal resection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 99-107. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitchell Machtay, Jason H. Lee, James P. Stevenson, Joseph B. Shrager, Kenneth M. Algazy, Joseph Treat, and Larry R. Kaiser

Two commonly used neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy regimens for locally advanced stage III non–small cell lung carcinoma: Long-term results and associations with pathologic response
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 108-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vaughn A. Starnes, Michael E. Bowdish, Marlyn S. Woo, Richard G. Barbers, Felicia A. Schenkel, Monica V. Horn, Renzo Pessotto, Eric M. Sievers, Craig J. Baker, Robbin G. Cohen, Ross M. Bremner, Winfield J. Wells, and Mark L. Barr

A decade of living lobar lung transplantation: Recipient outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 114-122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert J. Kruklitis, Sunil Singhal, Peter Delong, Veena Kapoor, Daniel H. Sterman, Larry R. Kaiser, and Steven M. Albelda

Immuno-gene therapy with interferon-ß before surgical debulking delays recurrence and improves survival in a murine model of malignant mesothelioma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 123-130. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

Robert D. Dowling, Laman A. Gray, Jr, Steven W. Etoch, Hillel Laks, Daniel Marelli, Louis Samuels, John Entwistle, Greg Couper, Gus J. Vlahakes, and O. H. Frazier

Initial experience with the AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart System
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 131-141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph F. Sabik, Eugene H. Blackstone, Bruce W. Lytle, Penny L. Houghtaling, A. Marc Gillinov, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Equivalent midterm outcomes after off-pump and on-pump coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 142-148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc Ruel, Fraser D. Rubens, Roy G. Masters, Andrew L. Pipe, Pierre Bédard, Paul J. Hendry, B. Khanh Lam, Ian G. Burwash, William G. Goldstein, Maurice P. Brais, Wilbert J. Keon, and Thierry G. Mesana

Late incidence and predictors of persistent or recurrent heart failure in patients with aortic prosthetic valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 149-159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. F. Légaré, K. J. Buth, J. A. Sullivan, and G. M. Hirsch

Composite arterial grafts versus conventional grafting for coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 160-166. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael J. Mack, Albert Pfister, Donna Bachand, Robert Emery, Mitchell J. Magee, Mark Connolly, and Valavanur Subramanian

Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with multivessel disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 167-173. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

YingXing Wu, Gary L. Grunkemeier, and John R. Handy, Jr

Coronary artery bypass grafting: Are risk models developed from on-pump surgery valid for off-pump surgery?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 174-178. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudio Muneretto, Gianluigi Bisleri, Alberto Negri, Jacopo Manfredi, Enrico Carone, Jeffrey A. Morgan, Marco Metra, and Livio Dei Cas

Left internal thoracic artery–radial artery composite grafts as the technique of choice for myocardial revascularization in elderly patients: A prospective randomized evaluation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 179-184. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Evolving technology:

F. Filsoufi, R. S. Farivar, L. Aklog, C. A. Anderson, R. H. Chen, S. Lichtenstein, J. Zhang, and D. H. Adams

Automated distal coronary bypass with a novel magnetic coupler (MVP system)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 185-192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Raul F. Abella, Teresa De la Torre, Gerardo Mastropietro, Nuccia Morici, Adriano Cipriani, and Carlo Marcelletti

Primary repair of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collaterals: A useful approach
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 193-202. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joy Zoghbi, Alain Serraf, Siamak Mohammadi, Emré Belli, François Lacour Gayet, B. Aupecle, J. Losay, J. Petit, and Claude Planché

Is surgical intervention still indicated in recurrent aortic arch obstruction?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 203-211. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tom R. Karl, Suzanne Hall, Geoff Ford, Elaine A. Kelly, Christian P. R. Brizard, Roger B. B. Mee, Robert G. Weintraub, Andrew D. Cochrane, and David Glidden

Arterial switch with full-flow cardiopulmonary bypass and limited circulatory arrest: Neurodevelopmental outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 213-222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George M. Hoffman, Eckehard A. Stuth, Robert D. Jaquiss, Patrick L. Vanderwal, Susan R. Staudt, Todd J. Troshynski, Nancy S. Ghanayem, and James S. Tweddell

Changes in cerebral and somatic oxygenation during stage 1 palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome using continuous regional cerebral perfusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 223-233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zahid Amin, David A. Danford, John Lof, Kim F. Duncan, and Stacey Froemming

Intraoperative device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects without cardiopulmonary bypass: Preliminary results with the perventricular technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 234-241. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan T. Christenson, Dominique Vala, Jorge Sierra, Maurice Beghetti, and Afksendiyos Kalangos

Blood group incompatibility and accelerated homograft fibrocalcifications
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 242-250. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Griselli, Simon P. McGuirk, David S. Winlaw, Oliver Stümper, Joseph V. de Giovanni, Paul Miller, Rami Dhillon, John G. Wright, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn

The influence of pulmonary artery morphology on the results of operations for major aortopulmonary collateral arteries and complex congenital heart defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 251-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief communications:

Gregory N. Messner, Chayanin Vatcharasiritham, Igor Gregoric, Branislav Radovancevic, Peggy Odegaard, Scott D. Flamm, and O. H. Frazier

Prosthetic graft remnant–related pseudoaneurysm after left ventricular assist device explantation: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 259-261. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Valentino Piacentino, III, Janice Jones, Carol A. Fisher, Arun K. Singhal, Mahender Macha, James B. McClurken, and Satoshi Furukawa

Off-pump technique for insertion of a HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 262-264. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Soon J. Park, Kenneth K. Liao, Romualdo Segurola, K. P. Madhu, and Leslie W. Miller

Management of aortic insufficiency in patients with left ventricular assist devices: A simple coaptation stitch method (Park's stitch)
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 264-266. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Paul C. Saunders, Eugene A. Grossi, Rick A. Esposito, Costas S. Bizekis, Michael D. Strong, and Stephen B. Colvin

Failure of four bovine pericardial mitral prostheses
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 267-268. [Extract] [Full Text]  

G. Phillip Schoettle, Jr

Use of a proximal anastomotic device in coronary artery bypass surgery: A word of caution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 269-270. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christian A. Skrabal, Matthias Loebe, Larry O. Thompson, John M. Buergler, Keith A. Youker, Javier A. Lafuente, and George P. Noon

Apicoaortic conduit in a patient with severe hemolysis after three aortic valve replacements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 270-272. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Itoh, Yukio Okazaki, Koichi Matsumoto, and Akira Kato

Selective perfusion of preoperatively identified artery of Adamkiewicz during repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 272-274. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jorge Palazuelos Molinero, Diego Martín-Raymondi, Juan Cosín-Sales, Gregorio Rábago Juan-Aracil, José Daniel Sáenz de Buruaga, and Joaquín Barba Cosials

Ventricular septal defect caused by impact from a horseshoe
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 275-276. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Gabriele Iannelli, Luigi Di Tommaso, Mario Monaco, Donato Triggiani, and Nicola Spampinato

Selective carotid cannulation at the neck: A satisfactory option for reoperation for aneurysms of the ascending aorta and arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 276-278. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hisato Takagi, Maiko Furukawa, Yukio Umeda, Yukiomi Fukumoto, Naomasa Yoshida, Takuya Yamada, and Yoshio Mori

Aortic arch aneurysm with dissection in Cushing syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 278-279. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eric L. R. Bédard and Yves Leclerc

Maintenance of hemodynamic stability during pericardiectomy with the Starfish 2 Heart Positioner
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 280-281. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Massimo A. Padalino, Yoshikatzu Saiki, Wayne Tworetzky, and Pedro J. del Nido

Pulmonary venous pathway obstruction from recurrent restriction at atrial septum late after Fontan procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 281-283. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Guido Oppido, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Antonino Loforte, Simonetta Baroncini, Mario Lima, and Gaetano Gargiulo

Complex double-outlet right ventricle repair in a neonate with complete tracheal agenesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 283-285. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Kadner, Hitendu Dave, Thomas Stallmach, Marko Turina, and René Prêtre

Formation of a stenotic fibrotic membrane at the distal anastomosis of bovine jugular vein grafts (Contegra) after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 285-286. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hideaki Senzaki, Shunei Kyo, Kazuo Matsumoto, Haruhiko Asano, Satoshi Masutani, Hirotaka Ishido, Tamotu Matunaga, Mio Taketatu, Toshiki Kobayashi, Nozomu Sasaki, and Yuji Yokote

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in a patient with single ventricle and intracardiac conduction delay
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 287-288. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sven Seiwerth, Corinna Brüschke, Juergen Wiens, Helmut Ostertag, and Paolo Macchiarini

Intrasternal respiratory epithelium–lined foregut cyst
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 289-291. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hisashi Iwata, Yoshio Mori, Hisato Takagi, Koyo Shirahashi, Jun Shinoda, Kuniyasu Shimokawa, and Hajime Hirose

Mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome after cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radiotherapy for intracranial germinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 291-293. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sumitaka Yamanaka, Akira Sakurada, Yuji Matsumura, Chiaki Endo, Masami Sato, and Takashi Kondo

A rare case of hemangioma arising from the azygos vein: Informative procedure with endobronchial ultrasonography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 294-295. [Extract] [Full Text]  

R. Aguiló Espases, R. Lozano, A. C. Navarro, F. Regueiro, E. Tejero, and J. C. Salinas

Gastrobronchial fistula and anastomotic esophagogastric stenosis after esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 296-297. [Extract] [Full Text]  

José Ramón Nuñez, Andrés Varela, Francisco del Río, Pablo Gámez, Joaquín Calatayud, Mar Córdoba, Florentino Hernando, Piedad Ussetti, Ana Gómez, Maria Cruz Carreño, Antonio Torres, Javier Gómez, José Luis Balibrea, and Ana López

Bipulmonary transplants with lungs obtained from two non–heart-beating donors who died out of hospital
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 297-299. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the editor:

R. Ascione and G. D. Angelini

Off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: Randomized studies
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 300-301. [Extract] [Full Text]  

John D. Puskas

Reply to the editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 301. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Marco Pocar and Francesco Donatelli

Abdominal tumors with cavoatrial extension
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 301-302. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Bruno Chiappini

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 302. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Stefan Christiansen

Partial left ventriculectomy in patients with neoplasms and severe heart failure who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 302-303. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Carlos Del Campo

Aortic insufficiency in patients with Marfan syndrome: A surgical dilemma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 303-304. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Yazigi, Fadia Haddad, Samia Madi-Jebara, Ghassan Sleilaty, and Victor A. Jebara

Amiodarone for postoperative atrial fibrillation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 304. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tahir Yagdi

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 304-305. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christof Stamm and Douglas B. Cowan

Endotoxemia and cardiac function
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 305. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alex Zapolanski

Ascending aorta cannulation in type A dissection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 305. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of interest:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 306-307. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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