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Editorials:

Nanette K. Wenger: Is what's good for the gander good for the goose?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 929-931. [Extract] [Full Text]

Colleen Gorman Koch, Christina Mora Mangano, Nanette Schwann, and Viola Vaccarino: Is it gender, methodology, or something else?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 932-935. [Extract] [Full Text]

Jennifer S. Lawton, Stephanie J. Brister, Kathleen R. Petro, and Mercedes Dullum: Surgical revascularization in women: unique intraoperative factors and considerations
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 936-938. [Extract] [Full Text]

Tirone E. David and Joan Ivanov: Is degenerative calcification of the native aortic valve similar to calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 939-941. [Extract] [Full Text]

Francis Robicsek: "Cinching" the mitral valve
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 942-943. [Extract] [Full Text]

Ralph J. Petrucci: Finding our way from the heart to the head
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 944-946. [Extract] [Full Text]

Steven R. DeMeester: Lymph node involvement in esophageal adenocarcinoma: if you see one, have you seen them all?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 947-949. [Extract] [Full Text]

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

Lynda L. Mickleborough, Susan Carson, and Joan Ivanov: Gender differences in quality of distal vessels: effect on results of coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 950-958. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mohamed F. Ibrahim, Domenico Paparella, Joan Ivanov, Michael R. Buchanan, and Stephanie J. Brister: Gender-related differences in morbidity and mortality during combined valve and coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 959-964. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Georg Nollert, Jessica Miksch, Eckart Kreuzer, and Bruno Reichart: Risk factors for atherosclerosis and the degeneration of pericardial valves after aortic valve replacement
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 965-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Robert Saeid Farivar and Lawrence H. Cohn: Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for bioprosthetic valve calcification and explantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 969-975. [Abstract] [Full Text]

András Kollár, Violetta Kékesi, Pál Soós, and Alexander Juhász-Nagy: Left ventricular external subannular plication: an indirect off-pump mitral annuloplasty method in a canine model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 977-982. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mehmet C. Oz, Wolfgang F. Konertz, Franz X. Kleber, Friedrich W. Mohr, Jan F. Gummert, Jorg Ostermeyer, Michael Lass, Jai Raman, Michael A. Acker, and Nicholas Smedira: Global surgical experience with the Acorn cardiac support device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 983-991. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Margaret A. Olsen, Thoralf M. Sundt, Jennifer S. Lawton, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, Diane Hopkins-Broyles, Patricia Lock-Buckley, and Victoria J. Fraser: Risk factors for leg harvest surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 992-999. [Abstract] [Full Text]

R. G. Leyh, M. Wilhelmi, T. Walles, K. Kallenbach, P. Rebe, A. Oberbeck, T. Herden, A. Haverich, and H. Mertsching: Acellularized porcine heart valve scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering and the risk of cross-species transmission of porcine endogenous retrovirus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1000-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Christian Hagl, Jan D. Galla, David Spielvogel, Carol Bodian, Steven L. Lansman, Rafael Squitieri, M. Arisan Ergin, and Randall B. Griepp: Diabetes and evidence of atherosclerosis are major risk factors for adverse outcome after elective thoracic aortic surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1005-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Eric Lim, Reza Motalleb-Zadeh, Matthew Wallard, Nikhil Misra, Enoch Akowuah, Ishtiaq Ahmed, James C. Halstead, Fiona Murphy, Juliet Foweraker, and Steven Tsui: Pyrexia after cardiac surgery: natural history and association with infection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1013-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Noya Galai, Avi Israeli, Yana Zitser-Gurevich, and Elisheva Simchen: Is discharge policy a balanced decision between clinical considerations and hospital ownership policy? The CABG example
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1018-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Maria Angelica Binotto, Maria de Lourdes Higuchi, and Vera Demarchi Aiello: Left ventricular remodeling in hearts with tricuspid atresia: morphologic observations and possible basis for ventricular dysfunction after surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1026-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Scott M. Bradley, Janet M. Simsic, and Denise M. Mulvihill: Hypoventilation improves oxygenation after bidirectional superior cavopulmonary connection
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1033-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Edward L. Bove, Marc R. de Leval, Francesco Migliavacca, Gualtiero Guadagni, and Gabriele Dubini: Computational fluid dynamics in the evaluation of hemodynamic performance of cavopulmonary connections after the norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1040-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Harald Kaemmerer, Sohrab Fratz, Ulrike Bauer, Erwin Oechslin, Silke Brodherr-Heberlein, Bernhard Zrenner, Juraj Turina, Rolf Jenni, Peter E. Lange, and John Hess: Emergency hospital admissions and three-year survival of adults with and without cardiovascular surgery for congenital cardiac disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1048-1052. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Shirin Lalezari, Mark G. Hazekamp, Margot M. Bartelings, Paul H. Schoof, and Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot: Pulmonary artery remodeling in transposition of the great arteries: relevance for neoaortic root dilatation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1053-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

S. M. Browne, P. W. Halligan, D. T. Wade, and D. P. Taggart: Postoperative hypoxia is a contributory factor to cognitive impairment after cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1061-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Murray H. Kown, Maarten A. Lijkwan, Christina L. Jahncke, Seiichiro Murata, Jonathan B. Rothbard, and Robert C. Robbins: L-arginine polymers enhance coronary flow and reduce oxidative stress following cardiac transplantation in rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1065-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sergei N. Pokrovsky, Marat V. Ezhov, Larisa N. Il'ina, Olga I. Afanasieva, Valentin Y. Sinitsyn, Andrey A. Shiriaev, and Renat S. Akchurin: Association of lipoprotein(a) excess with early vein graft occlusions in middle-aged men undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1071-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mario Gaudino, Michele Di Mauro, Angela Lorena Iacò, Carlo Canosa, Giuseppe Vitolla, and Antonio Maria Calafiore: Immediate flow reserve of Y thoracic artery grafts: an intraoperative flowmetric study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1076-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Nobuaki Hirata, Nobuaki Asaoka, Akira Amemiya, Shinichi Hatsuoka, Takayoshi Ueno, and Yoshio Kosakai: Noninvasive evaluation of internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending coronary artery anastomotic sites using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: comparison with coronary arteriography
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1080-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text]

David P. Taggart, Veronica Djapardy, Madhav Naik, and Amanda Davies: A randomized trial of aprotinin (Trasylol) on blood loss, blood product requirement, and myocardial injury in total arterial grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1087-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Niv Ad, Ying Y. Tian, Joseph Verbalis, Scott D. Imahara, and James L. Cox: The effect of the maze procedure on the secretion of arginine-vasopressin and aldosterone
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1095-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Jeanette M. van den Goor, Albert van den Brink, Rienk Nieuwland, Willem van Oeveren, Peter M. Rutten, Robert Tepaske, Jan G. Tijssen, Augueste Sturk, Bas A. de Mol, and León Eijsman: Generation of platelet-derived microparticles in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is not affected by complement activation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1101-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Mario Gaudino, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Roberto Zamparelli, Felicita Andreotti, Francesco Burzotta, Licia Iacoviello, Franco Glieca, Francesco Alessandrini, Giuseppe Nasso, Maria Benedetta Donati, Attilio Maseri, Rocco Schiavello, and Gianfederico Possati: Genetic control of postoperative systemic inflammatory reaction and pulmonary and renal complications after coronary artery surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1107-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Atsushi Iwakura, Yasuhiko Tabata, Tadaaki Koyama, Kazuhiko Doi, Kazunobu Nishimura, Kazuaki Kataoka, Masatoshi Fujita, and Masashi Komeda: Gelatin sheet incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor enhances sternal healing after harvesting bilateral internal thoracic arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1113-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text]

General thoracic surgery:

T. Lerut, W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, N. Ectors, S. Fieuws, J. Moons, P. Nafteux, and D. Van Raemdonck: Extracapsular lymph node involvement is a negative prognostic factor in T3 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1121-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Costanzo A. DiPerna, Robert D. Bart, Eric M. Sievers, Yanling Ma, Vaughn A. Starnes, and Ross M. Bremner: Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition decreases primary and metastatic tumor burden in a murine model of orthotopic lung adenocarcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1129-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kazuo Nakagawa, Hisao Asamura, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, Arafumi Maeshima, Etsuo Miyaoka, and Ryosuke Tsuchiya: Thymoma: a clinicopathologic study based on the new World Health Organization classification
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1134-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Masako Chiyo, Yasuo Sekine, Takekazu Iwata, Koichiro Tatsumi, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Akira Iyoda, Mizuto Otsuji, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Toshihiko Iizasa, Yukio Saitoh, and Takehiko Fujisawa: Impact of interstitial lung disease on surgical morbidity and mortality for lung cancer: analyses of short-term and long-term outcomes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1141-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tsutomu Tagawa, Benjamin D. Kozower, Samer A. Kanaan, Niccolò Daddi, Takashi Suda, Tadayuki Oka, and G. Alexander Patterson: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor gene transfer ameliorates lung graft ischemia-reperfusion injury
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1147-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Takashi Suda, Tsutomu Tagawa, Samer A. Kanaan, Benjamin D. Kozower, Niccolò Daddi, T. Mohanakumar, and G. Alexander Patterson: Adenovirus encoding soluble tumor necrosis factor ${alpha}$ receptor immunoglobulin prolongs gene expression of a cotransfected reporter gene in rat lung
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1155-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sudish C. Murthy, Simon Law, Brian P. Whooley, Andreas Alexandrou, Kent-Man Chu, and John Wong: Atrial fibrillation after esophagectomy is a marker for postoperative morbidity and mortality
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1162-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Melvyn Goldberg, Jeffrey Farma, Craig Lampert, Patrick Colarusso, Lawrence Coia, Harold Frucht, Eric Goosenberg, Mary Beard, and Louis M. Weiner: Survival following intensive preoperative combined modality therapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and radiation in resectable esophageal carcinoma: A phase I report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1168-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cardiothoracic transplantation:

Stefan Fischer, Marc de Perrot, Mingyao Liu, Alexandra A. MacLean, Jonathan A. Cardella, Yumiko Imai, Michiharu Suga, and Shaf Keshavjee: Interleukin 10 gene transfection of donor lungs ameliorates posttransplant cell death by a switch from cellular necrosis to apoptosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1174-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Brief communications:

Charles A. Dietl, Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, Stuart B. Pett, and Jorge A. Wernly: Off-pump management of aortic arch aneurysm by using an endovascular thoracic stent graft
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1181-1183. [Extract] [Full Text]

Derk J. Drenth, Eric L. G. Verhoeven, Ted R. Prins, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, and Piet W. Boonstra: Relocation of supra-aortic vessels to facilitate endovascular treatment of a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1184-1185. [Extract] [Full Text]

Yoshio Nitta, Yusuke Tsuru, Kazuhiro Yamaya, Junetsu Akasaka, Katsuhiko Oda, and Koichi Tabayashi: Endovascular flexible stent grafting with arch vessel bypass for a case of aortic arch aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1186-1188. [Extract] [Full Text]

Jeffrey A. Morgan, YooKyung Park, Aftab R. Kherani, Deon W. Vigilance, Faisal H. Cheema, Mehmet C. Oz, and Yoshifumi Naka: Does bridging to transplantation with a left ventricular assist device adversely affect posttransplantation survival? A comparative analysis of mechanical versus inotropic support
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1188-1190. [Extract] [Full Text]

Motonobu Nishimura, Masanori Ogiwara, Masayuki Ishikawa, Syogo Yatsu, Ayumu Masuoka, Nobuyuki Okamura, Kazuhito Imanaka, Masaaki Kato, Haruhiko Asano, and Shunei Kyo: Fifteen-month circulatory support for sustained ventricular fibrillation by left ventricular assist device
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1190-1192. [Extract] [Full Text]

Georg Nollert, Martin Oberhoffer, Bruno Reichart, and Calin Vicol: Combination of the HEARTSTRING proximal seal system with a blower mister: a possible source of gas emboli
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1192-1194. [Extract] [Full Text]

Tomaso Bottio, Giorgio Pittarello, Raffaele Bonato, Umberto Fagiolo, and Gino Gerosa: Life-threatening anaphylactic shock caused by porcine heparin intravenous infusion during mitral valve repair
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1194-1195. [Extract] [Full Text]

Giuseppe Rescigno, Marco L. S. Matteucci, Attilio Iacovoni, Carlo Banfi, Francesco Seddio, Luca Lorini, Barbara Giamundo, and Paolo Ferrazzi: Systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: myectomy as an alternative solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1196-1197. [Extract] [Full Text]

Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Stefano Pratali, Aldo Milano, Carmela Nardi, and Uberto Bortolotti: Severe quadricuspid aortic valve stenosis after mediastinal irradiation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1198-1199. [Extract] [Full Text]

Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Nicola D'Attellis, Jalal Assouad, Alain Badia, Redha Souilamas, and Marc Riquet: Chylous leak after cervical mediastinoscopy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1199-1200. [Extract] [Full Text]

Ahmet Basoglu, Burcin Celik, and Aysen Taslak Sengul: Giant parenchymal bronchogenic cyst mimicking hydropneumothorax
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1201-1202. [Extract] [Full Text]

Iwao Takanami: Successful treatment of huge chronic expanding hematoma after thoracoplasty
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1202-1203. [Extract] [Full Text]

Pierre-Yves Litzler, Françoise Douvrin, François Bouchart, Alfred Tabley, Ebticem Lemercier, Jean-Marc Baste, Michel Redonnet, Catherine Haas-Hubscher, Erick Clavier, and Jean-Paul Bessou: Combined endovascular and video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure for treatment of a ruptured pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: case report and review of the literature
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1204-1207. [Extract] [Full Text]

Shoji Sakiyama, Kazuya Kondo, Hisashi Matsuoka, Mitsuteru Yoshida, Takanori Miyoshi, Shusaku Yoshida, and Yasumasa Monden: Fatal air embolism during computed tomography–guided pulmonary marking with a hook-type marker
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1207-1209. [Extract] [Full Text]

J. Zacharias, S.C. Clark, J.R.L. Hamilton, J.H. Dark, and A. Hasan: Unilateral pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for iatrogenic pulmonary hypertension in a ten-year-old child
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1210-1211. [Extract] [Full Text]

Atsushi Watanabe, Toshiaki Watanabe, Takuro Obama, Hisayoshi Ohsawa, Tooru Mawatari, Yasunori Ichimiya, Noriyuki Takahashi, and Tomio Abe: New material for reconstruction of the anterior chest wall, including the sternum
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1212-1214. [Extract] [Full Text]

Pier Luigi Filosso, Giovanni Donati, Enrico Ruffini, Sabrina Croce, Mauro Papotti, Alberto Oliaro, and Maurizio Mancuso: Primary malignant melanoma of the bronchus intermedius
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1215-1217. [Extract] [Full Text]

Masaaki Yamagishi, Keisuke Shuntoh, Tsutomu Matsushita, Katsuji Fujiwara, Takeshi Shinkawa, Takako Miyazaki, and Nobuo Kitamura: Mitral valve replacement by a Gore-Tex reinforced pulmonary autograft in a child
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1218-1219. [Extract] [Full Text]

Toyoki Fukuda, Ichiro Kashima, and Shigeki Yoshiba: Surgically created double orifice repair of tricuspid regurgitation in infants with congenital heart disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1220-1221. [Extract] [Full Text]

David M. Ansley, Zhengyuan Xia, and Baljinder S. Dhaliwal: The relationship between plasma free 15-F_2t–isoprostane concentration and early postoperative cardiac depression following warm heart surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1222-1223. [Extract] [Full Text]

Letters to the editor:

Pier Luigi Filosso: Possible Tx N2 M0 atypical bronchial carcinoid associated with Cushing syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1224-1225. [Extract] [Full Text]

Takafumi Sugawara, Masami Sato, Shulin Wo, and Takashi Kondo: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1225. [Extract] [Full Text]

Bruno Marino and Antonio F. Corno: Spiral pattern: universe, normal heart, and complex congenital defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1225-1226. [Extract] [Full Text]

Wayne Richenbacher: Cardiac transplantation in prisoners
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1226. [Extract] [Full Text]

R. M. Sade: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1227. [Extract] [Full Text]

Martin McKneally: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1227. [Extract] [Full Text]

Martin Riedel: Indications for pulmonary endarterectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1227-1228. [Extract] [Full Text]

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite and Stuart W. Jamieson: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1228-1229. [Extract] [Full Text]

Cipriano Abad and Paloma Santamaria: Tuberculous aneurysm of the aortic arch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1229. [Extract] [Full Text]

Events of interest:

: Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 126: 1230-1231. [Extract] [Full Text]