Editorials:

F. C. Wells and T. Crowe

Leonardo da Vinci as a paradigm for modern clinical research
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 929-944. [Extract] [Full Text]  

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr

An epistle to Dr Robicsek
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 945-946. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

Editor's note: A response from Dr Francis Robicsek
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 946. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thomas A. D'Amico

Value of intraoperative pleural lavage in staging non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 947-948. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Ilan Keidan, Gabriel Amir, Mathilda Mandel, and David Mishali

The metabolic effects of fresh versus old stored blood in the priming of cardiopulmonary bypass solution for pediatric patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 949-952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Ootaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Naoki Yoshimura, Shigeteru Oka, Masahiro Yoshida, and Tomomi Hasegawa

Efficacy of a criterion-driven transfusion protocol in patients having pediatric cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 953-958. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel J. DiBardino, Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Heather A. Dickerson, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, and Grace Kung

Left ventricular inflow obstruction associated with persistent left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 959-962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hajime Imura, Heather P. Duncan, Anthony P. Corfield, Neil Myerscough, Massimo Caputo, Gianni D. Angelini, Andrew R. Wolf, and A. John Henderson

Increased airway mucins after cardiopulmonary bypass associated with postoperative respiratory complications in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 963-969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nahidh Hasaniya, Steven R. Gundry, Anees J. Razzouk, Neda Mulla, and Leonard L. Bailey

Outcome of aortic valve repair in children with congenital aortic valve insufficiency
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 970-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nancy C. Poirier, Jae-Hyeon Yu, Christian P. Brizard, and Roger B. B. Mee

Long-term results of left ventricular reconditioning and anatomic correction for systemic right ventricular dysfunction after atrial switch procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 975-981. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Nancy S. Ghanayem, George M. Hoffman, Raymond T. Fedderly, Joseph R. Cava, Kathleen A. Mussatto, and James S. Tweddell

Early cavopulmonary anastomosis in very young infants after the Norwood procedure: Impact on oxygenation, resource utilization, and mortality
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 982-989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jonathan M. Chen, Ralph S. Mosca, Karen Altmann, Beth F. Printz, Kimara Targoff, Pamela A. Mazzeo, and Jan M. Quaegebeur

Early and medium-term results for repair of Ebstein anomaly
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 990-999. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Ashburn, Eugene H. Blackstone, Winfield J. Wells, Richard A. Jonas, Frank A. Pigula, Peter B. Manning, Gary K. Lofland, William G. Williams, Brian W. McCrindle, and Members of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

Determinants of mortality and type of repair in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1000-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

Elie Fadel, René P. Michel, Saadia Eddahibi, Renée Bernatchez, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Bruno Baudet, Philippe Dartevelle, and Philippe Herve

Regression of postobstructive vasculopathy after revascularization of chronically obstructed pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1009-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manuel Castellá and Gerald D. Buckberg

Reduction of systolic and diastolic dysfunction by retrograde coronary sinus perfusion during off-pump coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1018-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul C. Saunders, Eugene A. Grossi, Ram Sharony, Charles F. Schwartz, Greg H. Ribakove, Alfred T. Culliford, Julie Delianides, F. Gregory Baumann, Aubrey C. Galloway, and Stephen B. Colvin

Minimally invasive technology for mitral valve surgery via left thoracotomy: Experience with forty cases
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1026-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Deog-Gon Cho, Matthew R. Mulloy, Paul A. Chang, Mahlon D. Johnson, Alon S. Aharon, Trevor A. Robison, Tamara L. Buckles, Daniel W. Byrne, and Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr

Blockade of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway by U0126 attenuates neuronal damage following circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1033-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mauricio A. Retuerto, Paul Schalch, Gerald Patejunas, JoAnn Carbray, Naxin Liu, Karyn Esser, Ronald G. Crystal, and Todd K. Rosengart

Angiogenic pretreatment improves the efficacy of cellular cardiomyoplasty performed with fetal cardiomyocyte implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1041-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard J. Myung, Matus Petko, Alexander R. Judkins, Gregory Schears, Richard F. Ittenbach, Robert J. Waibel, and William M. DeCampli

Regional low-flow perfusion improves neurologic outcome compared with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in neonatal piglets
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1051-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charl J. De Wet, David G. Affleck, Eric Jacobsohn, Michael S. Avidan, Heidi Tymkew, Laureen L. Hill, Paul B. Zanaboni, Nader Moazami, and Jennifer R. Smith

Inhaled prostacyclin is safe, effective, and affordable in patients with pulmonary hypertension, right heart dysfunction, and refractory hypoxemia after cardiothoracic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1058-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Inoue, Patrick M. McCarthy, Zoran B. Popovic, Kazuyoshi Doi, Soren Schenk, Hassan Nemeh, Yoshio Ootaki, Michael W. Kopcak, Jr, Raymond Dessoffy, James D. Thomas, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi

The Coapsys device to treat functional mitral regurgitation: In vivo long-term canine study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1068-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General thoracic surgery:

Chadrick E. Denlinger, Michael D. Keller, Marty W. Mayo, R. Michael Broad, and David R. Jones

Combined proteasome and histone deacetylase inhibition in non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1078-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroaki Nomori, Kenichi Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuka, Tsuguo Naruke, Keiichi Suemasu, and Kimiichi Uno

The size of metastatic foci and lymph nodes yielding false-negative and false-positive lymph node staging with positron emission tomography in patients with lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1087-1092. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Halter, A. K. Buck, H. Schirrmeister, I. Wurziger, F. Liewald, G. Glatting, B. Neumaier, L. Sunder-Plassmann, S. N. Reske, and M. Hetzel

[¹⁸F] 3-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine positron emission tomography: Alternative or diagnostic adjunct to 2-[¹⁸F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in the workup of suspicious central focal lesions?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1093-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masayoshi Inoue, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Shin-ichi Takeda, Mitsunori Ohta, Yuko Ohno, and Hajime Maeda

Results of surgical intervention for p-stage IIIA (N2) non–small cell lung cancer: Acceptable prognosis predicted by complete resection in patients with single N2 disease with primary tumor in the upper lobe
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1100-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaki Anraku, Kohei Yokoi, Ken Nakagawa, Takehiko Fujisawa, Jun Nakajima, Hirohiko Akiyama, Yoshihiro Nishimura, and Koichi Kobayashi

Pulmonary metastases from uterine malignancies: Results of surgical resection in 133 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1107-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric Lim, Ayyaz Ali, Panagiotis Theodorou, Andrew G. Nicholson, George Ladas, and Peter Goldstraw

Intraoperative pleural lavage cytology is an independent prognostic indicator for staging non–small cell lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1113-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Malcolm V. Brock, Anthony J. Alberg, Craig M. Hooker, Anne L. Kammer, Li Xu, Carmen M. Roig, and Stephen C. Yang

Risk of subsequent primary neoplasms developing in lung cancer patients with prior malignancies
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1119-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kambiz Sarahrudi, Marc Estenne, Paul Corris, Jost Niedermayer, Christiane Knoop, Allan Glanville, Cecilia Chaparro, Geert Verleden, Margaret W. Gerbase, Federico Venuta, Heidi Böttcher, John D. Aubert, Bronwyn Levvey, Hermann Reichenspurner, Alexandra Auterith, and Walter Klepetko

International experience with conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus for acute and chronic lung allograft rejection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1126-1132. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

Mehmet Rasit Güney and Ergin Eren

Revascularization of multiple bypassable extended right coronary arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1133-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Francesco Alessandrini, Claudio Pragliola, Nicola Luciani, Carlo Trani, Francesco Burzotta, Fabiana Girola, Giuseppe Nasso, Giovanni Guarini, and Gianfederico Possati

Composite Y internal thoracic artery–saphenous vein grafts: Short-term angiographic results and vasoreactive profile
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1139-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oren Lev-Ran, Rephael Mohr, Dmitri Pevni, Nahum Nesher, Yona Weissman, Dan Loberman, and Gideon Uretzky

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in diabetic patients: Short-term and long-term results of a 515-patient series
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1145-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Kamiya, Go Watanabe, Hirofumi Takemura, Shigeyuki Tomita, Hiroshi Nagamine, and Taro Kanamori

Total arterial revascularization with composite skeletonized gastroepiploic artery graft in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1151-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Veena Guru, Stephen E. Fremes, and Jack V. Tu

Time-related mortality for women after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A population-based study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1158-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Mistiaen, Ph. Van Cauwelaert, Ph. Muylaert, S. U. Sys, F. Harrisson, and H. Bortier

Thromboembolic events after aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount pericardial bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1166-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

YingXing Wu, Rosario Gregorio, Attilio Renzulli, Francesco Onorati, Marisa De Feo, Gary Grunkemeier, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Mechanical heart valves: Are two leaflets better than one?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1171-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terrence M. Yau, Guangming Li, Richard D. Weisel, Adili Reheman, Zhi-Qiang Jia, Donald A. G. Mickle, and Ren-Ke Li

Vascular endothelial growth factor transgene expression in cell-transplanted hearts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1180-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Biglioli, Maurizio Roberto, Aldo Cannata, Alessandro Parolari, Andrea Fumero, Francesco Grillo, Marco Maggioni, Guido Coggi, and Rita Spirito

Upper and lower spinal cord blood supply: The continuity of the anterior spinal artery and the relevance of the lumbar arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1188-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief communications:

Jeffrey A. Morgan, Alan D. Weinberg, Karen W. Hollingsworth, Margaret R. Flannery, Mehmet C. Oz, and Yoshifumi Naka

Effect of gender on bridging to transplantation and posttransplantation survival in patients with left ventricular assist devices
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1193-1195. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kentaro Toiyama, Isao Shiraishi, Tatsujiro Oka, Ayumi Kawakita, Naoya Iwasaki, Toshikatsu Tanaka, Koichi Sakata, Toshiyuki Itoi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Masaaki Yamagishi, and Kenji Hamaoka

Assessment of coronary flow reserve with a Doppler guide wire in children with tetralogy of Fallot before and after surgical operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1195-1197. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Arata Murakami, Tetsuhiro Takaoka, Jyotaro Kobayashi, Katsuhide Maeda, Tetsufumi Yamamoto, Noboru Motomura, Shinichi Takamoto, Hiroko Sugimura, Kazuhiko Shibuya, Hitoshi Kato, and Shigeo Yamaki

In situ implantation of a valved femoral vein allograft in a neonate with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and severe tricuspid regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1198-1199. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christián Kreutzer, Graciela Zapico, Christian Blunda, Maria I. Roman, Willy M. Conejeros, Adrian D. Revora, Jorge L. Simon, Andres J. Schlichter, and Guillermo O. Kreutzer

A simplified technique for short-term postcardiotomy pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1200-1202. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Peter Pastuszko, Peter J. Gruber, Gil Wernovsky, Ronn E. Tanel, Larry A. Rhodes, Susan C. Nicolson, Thomas L. Spray, and J. William Gaynor

Thoratec left ventricular assist device as a bridge to recovery in a child weighing 27 kilograms
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1203-1204. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tomaso Bottio, Gaetano Thiene, Vladimiro Vida, Mila Della Barbera, Annalisa Angelini, Giovanni Stellin, and Gino Gerosa

The bovine jugular vein conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: A feasible alternative to homograft conduits?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1204-1207. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Pflaumer, Andreas Eicken, Norbert Augustin, and John Hess

Symptomatic neonates with Ebstein anomaly
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1208-1209. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Lognathen Balacumaraswami, Siew Yen Ho, Oliver Ormerod, and Ravi Pillai

Incomplete midline atrial chamber in a symptom-free adult: An enigma?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1210-1212. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eugenio Pompeo, Davide Mineo, Patrizio Bollero, Paola Rogliani, Vincenzo Ambrogi, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo

Completion lobectomy after bilateral lung volume reduction for emphysema: Salvage option or fancy?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1212-1214. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pier Luigi Filosso, Guglielmo Maria Actis Dato, Enrico Ruffini, Sergio Bretti, Franca Ozzello, and Maurizio Mancuso

Multidisciplinary treatment of advanced thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): Report of a successful case and review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1215-1219. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Marco Alifano, Alessandra Cancellieri, Adele Fornelli, Rocco Trisolini, and Maurizio Boaron

Endometriosis-related pneumothorax: Clinicopathologic observations from a newly diagnosed case
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1219-1221. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiro Matsui, Yasuhisa Fukada, Yuji Naito, and Shigeyuki Sasaki

Integrated overlapping ventriculoplasty combined with papillary muscle plication for severely dilated heart failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1221-1223. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the editor:

Marco Ricci

Repair of coarctation of the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1224-1225. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Akira Yamada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Jyoji Fukada, and Tomio Abe

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1225. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Emin Tireli, Gürkan Çetin, Ilksen Söyler, and Ahmet Özkara

Mitral valve replacement by a Gore-Tex reinforced pulmonary autograft in a child
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1225. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yamagishi

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1225-1226. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber

Intraoperative hematocrit and cardiopulmonary bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1226-1227. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, and Aamir Shah

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1227-1228. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francis Robicsek

Microfibrillar collagen hemostat in cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1228. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mustafa Sirlak

Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1228. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of interest:

Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1229-1230. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcement:

Announcements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1231-1234. [Extract] [Full Text]  

CORRECTIONS:

Notice of Correction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1234. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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