Editorials:

Andrew S. Wechsler
	The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:337-340. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eugene H. Blackstone and Michael S. Lauer
	Caveat emptor: The treachery of work-up bias J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:341-344. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Valerie W. Rusch
	Introduction to gender editorials J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:345. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jemi Olak and Yolanda Colson
	Gender differences in lung cancer: Have we really come a long way, baby? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:346-351. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
M. Blair Marshall and Leslie J. Kohman
	Gender and lung transplantation: Size matters, does sex? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:352-353. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cardiopulmonary support and physiology:

Mehmet Özkan, Ismail Koramaz, A. Tulga Ulus, Yusuf Tavil, Hakan Filizlioglu, Emre C. Baykan, Sadik Eryilmaz, Bahadir Inan, S. Fehmi Katircioglu, and Ümit Özyurda
	Effect of carbon dioxide insufflation on free internal thoracic artery flows: Is it a vasodilator? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:354-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kazuya Fujinaga, Koji Onoda, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Motoshi Takao, Takatsugu Shimono, Hideto Shimpo, Toshimichi Yoshida, and Isao Yada
	Locally applied cilostazol suppresses neointimal hyperplasia by inhibiting tenascin-c synthesis and smooth muscle cell proliferation in free artery grafts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:357-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tiziano M. Scarabelli, Evasio Pasini, Gianna Ferrari, Mario Ferrari, Anastasis Stephanou, Kevin Lawrence, Paul Townsend, Carol Chen-Scarabelli, Gianluca Gitti, Louis Saravolatz, David Latchman, Richard A. Knight, and Julius M. Gardin
	Warm blood cardioplegic arrest induces mitochondrial-mediated cardiomyocyte apoptosis associated with increased urocortin expression in viable cells J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:364-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Helmut Gulbins, Martin Dauner, Robert Petzold, Angelika Goldemund, Ingrid Anderson, Michael Doser, Bruno Meiser, and Bruno Reichart
	Development of an artificial vessel lined with human vascular cells J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:372-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kazuhiro Ohkura, Teruhisa Kazui, Seiji Yamamoto, Katsushi Yamashita, Hitoshi Terada, Naoki Washiyama, Takayasu Suzuki, Kazuchika Suzuki, Michio Fujie, and Kentaro Ohishi
	Comparison of pH management during antegrade selective cerebral perfusion in canine models with old cerebral infarction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:378-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nasim Hedayati, J. Timothy Sherwood, Steve J. Schomisch, Joseph L. Carino, and Alan H. Markowitz
	Axillary artery cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass reduces cerebral microemboli J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:386-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Olaf M. Mühling, Ying Wang, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Mary M. Cayton, L. Samuel Wann, Mahmood M. Mirhoseini, and Norbert M. Wilke
	Improved myocardial function after transmyocardial laser revascularization according to cine magnetic resonance in a porcine model J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

General thoracic surgery:

Hiroaki Nomori, Kenichi Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuka, Tsuguo Naruke, Keiichi Suemasu, Toshiaki Kobayashi, and Kimiichi Uno
	Fluorine 18–tagged fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic scanning to predict lymph node metastasis, invasiveness, or both, in clinical T1 N0 M0 lung adenocarcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:396-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tommaso Claudio Mineo and Eugenio Pompeo
	Long-term outcome of Heller myotomy in achalasic sigmoid esophagus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:402-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michaela Tutic, Konrad E. Bloch, Didier Lardinois, Thomas Brack, Erich W. Russi, and Walter Weder
	Long-term results after lung volume reduction surgery in patients with 1-antitrypsin deficiency J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:408-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Artyom Sedrakyan, Jan van Der Meulen, Ken O'Byrne, Joseph Prendiville, Jennifer Hill, and Tom Treasure
	Postoperative chemotherapy for non–small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:414-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Morihito Okada, Wataru Nishio, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Kazuya Uchino, Tsuyoshi Yuki, Akio Nakagawa, and Noriaki Tsubota
	Sleeve segmentectomy for non–small cell lung carcinoma J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:420-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease:

LiQian Chen, Arthur W. Bracey, Rajko Radovancevic, John R. Cooper, Jr, Charles D. Collard, William K. Vaughn, and Nancy A. Nussmeier
	Clopidogrel and bleeding in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:425-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eric Lim, Jacqueline Cornelissen, Tom Routledge, Stephen Kirtland, Susan C. Charman, Sarah Bellm, Helen Munday, Omar Khan, Imran Masood, and Stephen Large
	Clopidogrel did not inhibit platelet function early after coronary bypass surgery: A prospective randomized trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:432-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J.P. Remadi, Z. Rakotoarivello, P. Marticho, F. Trojette, A. Benamar, H. Poulain, and C. Tribouilloy
	Aortic valve replacement with the minimal extracorporeal circulation (Jostra MECC System) versus standard cardiopulmonary bypass: A randomized prospective trial J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:436-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Artyom Sedrakyan, Tom Treasure, and John A. Elefteriades
	Effect of aprotinin on clinical outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:442-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Appendices]
Runar Lundblad, Michel Abdelnoor, and Jan Ludvig Svennevig
	Surgery for left ventricular aneurysm: Early and late survival after simple linear repair and endoventricular patch plasty J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:449-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evolving technology:

Tomaso Bottio, Luca Caprili, Dino Casarotto, and Gino Gerosa
	Small aortic annulus: The hydrodynamic performances of 5 commercially available bileaflet mechanical valves J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:457-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
F.P. Casselman, M. La Meir, G. Cammu, F. Wellens, R. De Geest, I. Degrieck, F. Van Praet, Yvette Vermeulen, and Hugo Vanermen
	Initial experience with an endoscopic radial artery harvesting technique J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:463-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Surgery for congenital heart disease:

Thomas Kohl, Julia Reckers, Danja Strümper, Maike Große Hartlage, Wiebke Gogarten, Ulrich Gembruch, Johannes Vogt, Hugo Van Aken, Hans H. Scheld, Werner Paulus, and Christian H. Rickert
	Amniotic air insufflation during minimally invasive fetoscopic fetal cardiac interventions is safe for the fetal brain in sheep J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:467-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shigemitsu Iwai, Yoshiki Sawa, Hajime Ichikawa, Satoshi Taketani, Eiichiro Uchimura, Guoping Chen, Masayuki Hara, Jun Miyake, and Hikaru Matsuda
	Biodegradable polymer with collagen microsponge serves as a new bioengineered cardiovascular prosthesis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:472-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Richard G. Ohye, Robert B. Maniker, Holly L. Graves, Eric J. Devaney, and Edward L. Bove
	Primary closure for postoperative mediastinitis in children J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:480-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letter to the Editor:

Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, and Aamir Shah
	Worse early outcomes in women after coronary artery bypass grafting: Is it simply a matter of size? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:487-488. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Veena Guru, Stephen E. Fremes, and Jack V. Tu
	Reply to Habib J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:488. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sameh Elsayed, Ahmed Kadri Abdulla, Abed Mowafii, Shaaban Abdul/Aziz Abulela, and Mohammed Mounir Elsaeid Awadalla
	Something to expect, diagnose, and treat early J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:488-489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Margarida Maria da Costa Smith Maia, Vera Demarchi Aiello, and Miguel Barbero-Marcial
	Reply to Elsayed J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rolando M. D'Angelillo, Lucio Trodella, and Sara Ramella
	Assessing the value of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and pathologic downstaging in the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:489-490. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
José Glauco Lobo Filho, Maria Claudia de Azevedo Leitão, and Antonio Jorge de Vasconcelos Forte
	Studying the lumen in composite Y internal thoracic artery–saphenous vein grafts J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:490-491. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mario Gaudino and Gianfederico Possati
	Reply to Filho J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:491. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Events of interest:

	Events of interest J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:492-493. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Announcement:

	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:494-495. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Announcement of 2005 annual meeting J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:496-498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Notice of Correction:

	Notice of correction J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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