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Editorials:

Harold L. Lazar: Coronary sinus retroperfusion: Can forward progress still be achieved by using a backward technique?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1549-1552. [Extract] [Full Text]

Song Wan and Anthony P. C. Yim: At the epicenter of severe acute respiratory syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1553-1557. [Extract] [Full Text]

General thoracic surgery:

Tsutomu Tagawa, Benjamin D. Kozower, Samer A. Kanaan, Niccolò Daddi, Masashi Muraoka, Tadayuki Oka, Jon H. Ritter, and G. Alexander Patterson: Gene transfer of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor improves the function of lung allografts
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1558-1563. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Anthony P. C. Yim, Thomas M. T. Hwong, Tak Wai Lee, Wilson W. L. Li, Shirley Lam, Tai Kong Yeung, David S. C. Hui, Fanny W. S. Ko, Alan D. L. Sihoe, Kin Hoi Thung, and Ahmed A. Arifi: Early results of endoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1564-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Kimihiro Shimizu, Junji Yoshida, Kanji Nagai, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Tomoyuki Yokose, Genichiro Ishii, and Yutaka Nishiwaki: Visceral pleural invasion classification in non–small cell lung cancer: A proposal on the basis of outcome assessment
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1574-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Matthew H. Kulke, Robert D. Odze, James D. Mueller, Helen Wang, Mark Redston, and Monica M. Bertagnolli: Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor and cyclooxygenase 2 expression in patients receiving preoperative chemoradiation for esophageal cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1579-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Riichiroh Maruyama, Fumihiro Shoji, Tatsuro Okamoto, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Tetsuro Miyake, Tomomi Nakamura, Jiro Ikeda, Hiroshi Asoh, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Yoshino, and Yukito Ichinose: Prognostic value of visceral pleural invasion in resected non–small cell lung cancer diagnosed by using a jet stream of saline solution
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1587-1592. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Amarilio Macedo, Elie Fadel, Guy-Michel Mazmanian, Vincent de Montpréville, Michèle German-Fattal, Sacha Mussot, Alain Chapelier, and Philippe G. Dartevelle: Heterotopic en bloc tracheobronchial transplantation with direct revascularization in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1593-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting, Tino Ebbers, Lars Wigström, Jan Engvall, Christian L. Olin, and Ann F. Bolger: Flow patterns in the aortic root and the aorta studied with time-resolved, 3-dimensional, phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging: Implications for aortic valve–sparing surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1602-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Koji Ueyama, Gao Bing, Yasuhiko Tabata, Makoto Ozeki, Kazuhiko Doi, Kazunobu Nishimura, Hisayoshi Suma, and Masashi Komeda: Development of biologic coronary artery bypass grafting in a rabbit model: Revival of a classic concept with modern biotechnology
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1608-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tomaso Bottio, Giulio Rizzoli, Gaetano Thiene, Georgios Nesseris, Dino Casarotto, and Gino Gerosa: Hemodynamic and clinical outcomes with the Biocor valve in the aortic position: An 8-year experience
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1616-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Innes Y. P. Wan, Ahmed A. Arifi, Song Wan, Johnson H. Y. Yip, Alan D. L. Sihoe, K.H. Thung, Eric M. C. Wong, and Anthony P. C. Yim: Beating heart revascularization with or without cardiopulmonary bypass: Evaluation of inflammatory response in a prospective randomized study
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1624-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Thierry Carrel, Lars Englberger, Dorothee Keller, Stephan Windecker, Bernhard Meier, and Friedrich Eckstein: Clinical and angiographic results after mechanical connection for distal anastomosis in coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1632-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text]

A.L.A.J. Dekker, B. Phelps, B. Dijkman, T. van Der Nagel, F.H. van Der Veen, G.G. Geskes, and J.G. Maessen: Epicardial left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy: Optimal pace site selection with pressure-volume loops
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1641-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Marco Cirillo, Andrea Amaducci, Federico Brunelli, Margherita Dalla Tomba, Piervirgilio Parrella, Giordano Tasca, Giovanni Troise, and Eugenio Quaini: Determinants of postinfarction remodeling affect outcome and left ventricular geometry after surgical treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1648-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text]

David S. Bach, Neal D. Kon, Jean G. Dumesnil, Colleen F. Sintek, and Donald B. Doty: Eight-year results after aortic valve replacement with the Freestyle stentless bioprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1657-1663. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Anuja Gupta, Casey Daggett, Sarina Behera, Michaelann Ferraro, Winfield Wells, and Vaughn Starnes: Risk factors for persistent pleural effusions after the extracardiac Fontan procedure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1664-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text]

William C. Oliver, Jr, David N. Fass, Gregory A. Nuttall, Joseph A. Dearani, Lisa M. Schrader, Darrell R. Schroeder, Mark H. Ereth, and Francisco J. Puga: Variability of plasma aprotinin concentrations in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1670-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text]

René Prêtre, Hitendu Dave, Alexander Kadner, Dominique Bettex, and Marko I. Turina: Direct closure of the septum primum in atrioventricular canal defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1678-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Afksendiyos Kalangos, Jorge Sierra, Maurice Beghetti, Pedro Trigo-Trindade, Dominique Vala, and Jan Christenson: Tricuspid valve replacement with a mitral homograft in children with rheumatic tricuspid valvulopathy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1682-1687. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Pascal A. Berdat, Evelyne Eichenberger, Julia Ebell, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, Mladen Pavlovic, Claudia Zobrist, Erich Gygax, Urs Nydegger, and Thierry Carrel: Elimination of proinflammatory cytokines in pediatric cardiac surgery: Analysis of ultrafiltration method and filter type
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1688-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Tomomi Hasegawa, Naoki Yoshimura, Shigeteru Oka, Yoshio Ootaki, Yoshiya Toyoda, and Masahiro Yamaguchi: Evaluation of heart fatty acid–binding protein as a rapid indicator for assessment of myocardial damage in pediatric cardiac surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1697-1702. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

Bonni Syeda, Christoph Schukro, Georg Heinze, Kourosh Modaressi, Dietmar Glogar, Gerald Maurer, and Werner Mohl: The salvage potential of coronary sinus interventions: Meta-analysis and pathophysiologic consequences
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1703-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text]

David G. Rabkin, Santos E. Cabreriza, Lauren J. Curtis, Sean P. Mazer, Josh P. Kanter, Alan D. Weinberg, Allan J. Hordof, and Henry M. Spotnitz: Load dependence of cardiac output in biventricular pacing: Right ventricular pressure overload in pigs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1713-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Masahiro Ryugo, Yoshiki Sawa, Masamichi Ono, Yuji Miyamoto, Alexei N. Aleshin, and Hikaru Matsuda: Pharmacologic preconditioning of JTE-607, a novel cytokine inhibitor, attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury in the myocardium
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1723-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Giorgio Pardi, Maria M. Ferrari, Fiore Iorio, Fabio Acocella, Veronica Boero, Nicola Berlanda, Ario Monaco, Claudio Reato, Francesco Santoro, and Irene Cetin: The effect of maternal hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass on fetal lamb temperature, hemodynamics, oxygenation, and acid-base balance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1728-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Martin Scholz, Andreas Simon, Markus Berg, Alina Maria Schuller, Meltem Hacibayramoglu, Stefan Margraf, Alf Theisen, Joachim Windolf, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Anton Moritz: In vivo inhibition of neutrophil activity by a FAS (CD95) stimulating module: Arterial in-line application in a porcine cardiac surgery model
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1735-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Heinrich Schima, Michael Vollkron, Herbert Boehm, Wilfried Röthy, Markus Haisjackl, Georg Wieselthaler, and Ernst Wolner: Weaning of rotary blood pump recipients after myocardial recovery: A computer study of changes in cardiac energetics
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1743-1750. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Sandra de Zeeuw, Cornelius Borst, and Paul F. Gründeman: Myocardial blood supply through a direct left ventricle–coronary artery shunt is not aided by augmented coronary capacitance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1751-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Yasir Abu-Omar, Lognathen Balacumaraswami, David W. Pigott, Paul M. Matthews, and David P. Taggart: Solid and gaseous cerebral microembolization during off-pump, on-pump, and open cardiac surgery procedures
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1759-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Jamie Y. Jeremy, Richard Bulbulia, Jason L. Johnson, Patricia Gadsdon, Vikram Vijayan, Nilima Shukla, Frank C. T. Smith, and Gianni D. Angelini: A bioabsorbable (polyglactin), nonrestrictive, external sheath inhibits porcine saphenous vein graft thickening
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1766-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Guo-Wei He, Zhi-Dong Ge, Anthony P. C. Yim, Qin Yang, and Rong-Zheng Zhang: Electrophysiologic and mechanical evidence of superiority of hyperpolarizing versus depolarizing cardioplegia in protection of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor–mediated endothelial function: A study in coronary resistance arteries
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1773-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Vesa Anttila, Ikuo Hagino, David Zurakowski, Hart G. W. Lidov, and Richard A. Jonas: Higher bypass temperature correlates with increased white cell activation in the cerebral microcirculation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1781-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Cardiothoracic transplantation:

James S. Gammie, Leah B. Edwards, Bartley P. Griffith, Richard N. Pierson, III, and Lana Tsao: Optimal timing of cardiac transplantation after ventricular assist device implantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1789-1799. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Ganesh S. Kumpati, Daniel J. Cook, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Ashraf S. Abdo, James B. Young, Randall C. Starling, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Patrick M. McCarthy: HLA sensitization in ventricular assist device recipients: Does type of device make a difference?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1800-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Brief communications:

Kai Ihnken, Daniel Sze, Michael D. Dake, Dominik Fleischmann, Pieter Van Der Starre, and Robert Robbins: Successful treatment of a Stanford type A dissection by percutaneous placement of a covered stent graft in the ascending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1808-1810. [Extract] [Full Text]

Dusko G. Nezic, Aleksandar M. Knezevic, Milan V. Cirkovic, Vojislava C. Neskovic, Petar M. Vukovic, and Aleksandar N. Neskovic: The dilemma of skeletonized internal thoracic artery sequential bypass versus proximal pedicled in situ internal thoracic artery plus coronary-coronary free internal thoracic artery bypass for multiple lesions of the left anterior descending coronary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1810-1812. [Extract] [Full Text]

Ann Verrijckt, François Proulx, Sylvain Morneau, and Suzanne Vobecky: Activated recombinant factor VII for refractory bleeding during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1812-1813. [Extract] [Full Text]

Kojiro Furukawa and Hitoshi Ohteki: Changes in platelet aggregation after suspension of aspirin therapy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1814-1815. [Extract] [Full Text]

Lucian Stoica, Sidney Chocron, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Jean-François Bonneville, and Joseph-Philippe Etievent: Surgical pitfalls during explantation of a thoracic aortic endoprosthesis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1815-1817. [Extract] [Full Text]

Jeffrey A. Morgan, Ranjit John, Donna M. Mancini, and Niloo M. Edwards: Should heart transplantation be considered as a treatment option for patients aged 70 years and older?
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1817-1819. [Extract] [Full Text]

George C. Economopoulos, George K. Dimitrakakis, E. Brountzos, and D.A. Kelekis: Superior vena cava stenosis: A delayed BioGlue complication
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1819-1821. [Extract] [Full Text]

Stefano Saccani, Francesco Nicolini, Bruno Borrello, Andrea Agostinelli, Pietro Larini, Carla Marcato, and Tiziano Gherli: New technologies for the treatment of type A aortic dissection: A case report
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1821-1823. [Extract] [Full Text]

Heyman Luckraz, Madhav Naik, Geraint Jenkins, and Aprim Youhana: Repair of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm that had ruptured into the pulmonary artery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1823-1825. [Extract] [Full Text]

Abdallah K. Alameddine, Viktor K. Alimov, Richard M. Engelman, John A. Rousou, Joseph E. Flack, III, David W. Deaton, and Daniel T. Engelman: Anatomic variations of the radial artery: Significance when harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1825-1827. [Extract] [Full Text]

Teruhisa Kazui, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, and Naoki Washiyama: Retrograde segmental aortic repair for type II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1827-1829. [Extract] [Full Text]

Yukio Sato, Noriko Saito, Shunsuke Endo, Hiroaki Konishi, Osamu Kamisawa, Shinichi Otani, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, and Yasunori Sohara: Resection of a pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung invading the descending aorta
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1829-1830. [Extract] [Full Text]

J. Bodner, C. Profanter, R. Prommegger, A. Greiner, R. Margreiter, and T. Schmid: Mediastinal parathyroidectomy with the da Vinci robot: Presentation of a new technique
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1831-1832. [Extract] [Full Text]

Iskander Al-Githmi, Hassan Kanaan, Nadia Batawil, and Irfan Mamoun: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation in a middle-aged woman with hemoptysis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1833-1834. [Extract] [Full Text]

John C. Haney and Thomas A. D'Amico: Transhiatal esophagogastrectomy for an isolated ovarian cancer metastasis to the esophagus
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1835-1836. [Extract] [Full Text]

Marco Lucchi, Paolo Dini, Francesco Givigliano, Alessandro Ribechini, and Alfredo Mussi: Massive pneumoencephalus of late onset after an en bloc resection for lung cancer
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1836-1838. [Extract] [Full Text]

Kenichi Okubo, Toshihiro Okamoto, Jun Isobe, and Yoichiro Ueno: Rupture of a chronic expanding hematoma of the thorax into lung parenchyma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1838-1840. [Extract] [Full Text]

Pier Luigi Filosso, Anna Arslanian, Nicola Palestini, Alessandra Farnetti, Mauro Papotti, Massimo Bongiovanni, Roberto Giobbe, and Enrico Ruffini: Thyroid metastasis after resection of atypical bronchial carcinoid
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1840-1843. [Extract] [Full Text]

Masaho Okada, Eiji Takeuchi, Yoshio Mori, Shu Ichihara, Akihiko Usui, and Yuichi Ueda: An autopsy case of angiosarcoma arising around a woven Dacron prosthesis after a Cabrol operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1843-1845. [Extract] [Full Text]

Shinichi Maekawa, Kan Okabayashi, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Masakatsu Hamada, and Takayuki Shirakusa: Thymolipoma with high production of carbohydrate antigen 19-9
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1845-1847. [Extract] [Full Text]

Kemp H. Kernstine, Daniel T. DeArmond, Mohsen Karimi, Timothy L. Van Natta, Javier C. Campos, Mary R. Yoder, and Jeffrey E. Everett: The robotic, 2-stage, 3-field esophagolymphadenectomy
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1847-1849. [Extract] [Full Text]

Letters to the editor:

Jean Francois Légaré and David B. Ross: Pathology of fresh versus cryopreserved homograft heart valves
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1850-1851. [Extract] [Full Text]

Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr: Obstruction of St Jude Medical valves in the aortic position
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1851. [Extract] [Full Text]

Hideki Teshima, Nobuhiko Hayashida, and Shigeaki Aoyagi: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1851-1852. [Extract] [Full Text]

Jean G. Dumesnil and Philippe Pibarot: Prosthesis size and prosthesis-patient size are unrelated to prosthesis-patient mismatch
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1852. [Extract] [Full Text]

Eugene H. Blackstone, A. Marc Gillinov, and Delos M. Cosgrove: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1852-1854. [Extract] [Full Text]

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber: Epidemiologic contrast of predictors' trends for outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting: Heart failure versus ventricular function versus left main disease
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1854-1855. [Extract] [Full Text]

Piroze M. Davierwala and Terrence M. Yau: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1855. [Extract] [Full Text]

T. Lerut, J. Moons, and S. Fieuws: Extracapsular lymph node involvement in esophageal cancer and number of involved nodes
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1855-1856. [Extract] [Full Text]

Shahzad G. Raja: Skeletonized bilateral internal thoracic arteries in patients with diabetes: Additional advantages and concerns
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1856-1857. [Extract] [Full Text]

Mark D. Peterson and Michael A. Borger: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1857. [Extract] [Full Text]

Antonio F. Corno: A lost opportunity
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1857-1858. [Extract] [Full Text]

Richard A. Jonas, Jane W. Newburger, and David C. Bellinger: Reply to the Editor
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1858. [Extract] [Full Text]

Events of interest:

: Events of interest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1859-1860. [Extract] [Full Text]

Announcements:

: Announcements
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Index to Volume 127:

: Author index
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 127: 1867-1896. [Extract] [Full Text]

: Subject index
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