EDITORIALS:

Andrew S. Wechsler

Editor's note
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Anthony Dobell

The operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 984. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Michael E. Jessen

Glucose control during cardiac surgery: How sweet it is
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 985-987. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey A. Hagen and Tom R. DeMeester

Staging of esophageal carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 988-991. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Valerie W. Rusch

Should the esophageal cancer staging system be revised?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 992-993. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Frank W. Sellke

Gene therapy in cardiac surgery: Is there a role?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 994-997. [Extract] [Full Text]  

CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT AND PHYSIOLOGY:

Haitham J. Abunasra, Ryszard T. Smolenski, John Yap, Mary Sheppard, Timothy O'Brien, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Multigene adenoviral therapy for the attenuation of ischemia-reperfusion injury after preservation for cardiac transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 998-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anthony P. Furnary, Guangqiang Gao, Gary L. Grunkemeier, YingXing Wu, Kathryn J. Zerr, Stephen O. Bookin, H. Storm Floten, and Albert Starr

Continuous insulin infusion reduces mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1007-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcio Scorsin, Alexandre Mebazaa, Nawwar Al Attar, Betta Medini, Jacques Callebert, Richard Raffoul, Ramzi Ramadan, Jean Michel Maillet, Alain Ruffenach, François Simoneau, Patrick Nataf, Didier Payen, and Arrigo Lessana

Efficacy of esmolol as a myocardial protective agent during continuous retrograde blood cardioplegia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1022-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, George E. Drossos, Vassiliki D. Malamou-Mitsi, Lina S. Pappa, and Demosthenes G. Katritsis

Early ischemic preconditioning without hypotension prevents spinal cord injury caused by descending thoracic aortic occlusion
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1030-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harold L. Lazar, Yusheng Bao, Yu Zhang, and Sheilah A. Bernard

Pretreatment with statins enhances myocardial protection during coronary revascularization
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1037-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Svenarud, Mikael Persson, and Jan van der Linden

Efficiency of a gas diffuser and influence of suction in carbon dioxide deairing of a cardiothoracic wound cavity model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1043-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE:

Alain Serraf, Hakim Aznag, Bruno Baudet, Hélène Détruit, Frédéric Séccatore, Michel G. Mazmanian, and Claude Planché

Pulmonary vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide interaction during total cardiopulmonary bypass in neonatal pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1050-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cengiz Türkay, Ilhan Gölbasi, Aytül Belgi, Savas Tepe, and Ömer Bayezid

Aorta-right atrial tunnel
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1058-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gábor Szabó, Volker Buhmann, Andy Graf, Sergei Melnitschuk, Susanne Bährle, Christian F. Vahl, and Siegfried Hagl

Ventricular energetics after the Fontan operation: Contractility-afterload mismatch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1061-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Ashburn, Brian W. McCrindle, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Marshall L. Jacobs, Gary K. Lofland, Edward L. Bove, Thomas L. Spray, William G. Williams, and Eugene H. Blackstone

Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1070-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marilyne Lévy, Claire Danel, Anne-Marie Laval, Francine Leca, Pascal R. Vouhé, and Dominique Israël-Biet

Nitric oxide synthase expression by pulmonary arteries: A predictive marker of Fontan procedure outcome?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1083-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY:

Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, David J. Adelstein, Gregory Zuccaro, Jr, John J. Vargo, John R. Goldblum, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, and Lisa A. Rybicki

Role of clinically determined depth of tumor invasion in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1091-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas W. Rice, Eugene H. Blackstone, Lisa A. Rybicki, David J. Adelstein, Sudish C. Murthy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, and John R. Goldblum

Refining esophageal cancer staging
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1103-1113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey Rentz, David Bull, David Harpole, Stephen Bailey, Leigh Neumayer, Theodore Pappas, Barbara Krasnicka, William Henderson, Jennifer Daley, and Shukri Khuri

Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy: A prospective study of 945 patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1114-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alan G. Casson, Susan C. Evans, Amy Gillis, Geoffrey A. Porter, Paul Veugelers, S. Jane Darnton, Duane L. Guernsey, and Pierre Hainaut

Clinical implications of p53 tumor suppressor gene mutation and protein expression in esophageal adenocarcinomas: Results of a ten-year prospective study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1121-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dao M. Nguyen, William D. Schrump, Wilson S. Tsai, Aaron Chen, John H. Stewart, IV, Federico Steiner, and David S. Schrump

Enhancement of depsipeptide-mediated apoptosis of lung or esophageal cancer cells by flavopiridol: Activation of the mitochondria-dependent death-signaling pathway
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1132-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:

Tirone E. David, Joan Ivanov, Susan Armstrong, and Harry Rakowski

Late outcomes of mitral valve repair for floppy valves: Implications for asymptomatic patients
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1143-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Hon Chi Suen, Charles C. DuMontier, John Boeren, Wayne Charland, and Bill B. Daily

Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm associated with sarcoidosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1153-1154. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Costas S. Bizekis, Bradley Pua, and Lawrence R. Glassman

Thoracic splenosis: Mimicry of a neurogenic tumor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1155-1156. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Charles S. Drummond, III, Timothy B. Gilbert, and Stephen W. Downing

Thoracosternotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1157-1158. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Masahiko Matsumoto, Takaaki Sugita, Junichiro Nishizawa, Katsuhiko Matsuyama, Kazunori Yoshida, and Takehiko Matsuo

Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after aortic surgery with topical hypothermia: Ventilatory assistance by means of nasal mask bilevel positive pressure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1158-1159. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Gino Gerosa, Tomaso Bottio, Marialuisa Valente, Gaetano Thiene, and Dino Casarotto

Intracoronary artery shunt: An assessment of possible coronary artery wall damage
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1160-1162. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tomislav Mihaljevic, Jeremy W. Cannon, and Pedro J. del Nido

Robotically assisted division of a vascular ring in children
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1163-1164. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Giorgio Arpesella, Bruno Chiappini, Giuseppe Marinelli, Piero Maria Mikus, Franco Dozza, Angelo Pierangeli, Carlo Magelli, Francesco Salvi, and Ornella Leone

Combined heart and liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1165-1166. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masato Nakajima, Shigeyuki Aomi, Naoki Matsuda, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Masahiro Endo, and Hiromi Kurosawa

Simultaneous biventricular pacemaker implantation for a surgical case of aortic regurgitation with severe left ventricular dysfunction and left bundle branch block
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1167-1169. [Extract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Antoine Sarkis, Georges Badaoui, and Victor A. Jebara

Indications for gadolinium for coronary angiography
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Alfred Nicolosi

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1170-1171. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber

Risk adjustment in analysis of surgery for congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1171. [Extract] [Full Text]  

David Spiegelhalter

Ranking institutions
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Kathy Jenkins and Kimberlee Gauvreau

Reply
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R. L. Quigley

Symmetry aortic connector system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1173-1174. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Baron Hamman

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1174. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Terrill E. Theman

Symmetry aortic connector system
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1174. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Baron Hamman

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1174. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa and Katsuo Fuse

Does normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass influence clinical outcomes, cytokine production, and in vitro platelet function?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1174-1175. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino and Gianfederico Possati

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1175. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. P. Ouwens, H. Groen, W. van der Bij, and E. M. TenVergert

An economic evaluation of lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1175-1176. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A. C. Anyanwu and A. J. Murday

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1176. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Dov Weissberg

To close or not to close?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1176-1177. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alessandro Baisi, Luigi Santambrogio, and Ugo Cioffi

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1177. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Sakurai, Koji Abe, and Koichi Tabayashi

Which cell dose supports motor neurons' survival?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1177-1178. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jan van der Linden and Mikael Persson

A gauze sponge cannot act as a gas diffuser in cardiac surgery when it gets wet
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1178-1179. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sven Martens

Reply
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D. L. Ngaage

Thromboembolic complications after beating heart coronary artery bypass operations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1179-1180. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Raymond Cartier and Danielle Robitaille

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1180-1181. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eugene K. W, Husnain K. Haider, and Peter K. Law

Single fiber skeletal muscle transplantation or purified myoblast engraftment?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1181-1182. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Bari Murtuza, Ken Suzuki, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1182. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Pier Luigi Filosso

Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: What we have to do
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1182-1183. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hidefumi Takei, Hisao Asamura, and Yoshihiro Matsunomo

Reply
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1183-1184. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sachin Talwar and Shiv Kumar Choudhary

Tuberculous aneurysms of the aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 125: 1184. [Extract] [Full Text]  

EVENTS OF INTEREST:

Events of interest
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