Statistics for the Rest of Us:

Eugene H. Blackstone

Monitoring surgical performance
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 807-810. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Chris A. Rogers, Barnaby C. Reeves, Massimo Caputo, J. Saravana Ganesh, Robert S. Bonser, and Gianni D. Angelini

Control chart methods for monitoring cardiac surgical performance and their interpretation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 811-819. [Extract] [Full Text]  

D.J. Spiegelhalter

Monitoring clinical performance: A commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 820-822. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tom Treasure, Stephen Gallivan, and Chris Sherlaw-Johnson

Monitoring cardiac surgical performance: A commentary
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 823-825. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease:

Anant Khositseth, Gordon K. Danielson, Joseph A. Dearani, Thomas M. Munger, and Coburn J. Porter

Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in Ebstein anomaly: Management and outcome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 826-833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bart Meyns, Leen Van Garsse, Derize Boshoff, Benedicte Eyskens, Luc Mertens, Marc Gewillig, Steffen Fieuws, Erik Verbeken, and Willem Daenen

The Contegra conduit in the right ventricular outflow tract induces supravalvular stenosis
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 834-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel J. Licht, Jiongjiong Wang, David W. Silvestre, Susan C. Nicolson, Lisa M. Montenegro, Gil Wernovsky, Sarah Tabbutt, Suzanne M. Durning, David M. Shera, J. William Gaynor, Thomas L. Spray, Robert R. Clancy, Robert A. Zimmerman, and John A. Detre

Preoperative cerebral blood flow is diminished in neonates with severe congenital heart defects
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 841-849. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiopulmonary Support And Physiology:

Jun Lu, Hideto Shimpo, Akira Shimamoto, Albert J. Chong, Craig R. Hampton, Denise J. Spring, Masaki Yada, Motoshi Takao, Koji Onoda, Isao Yada, Timothy H. Pohlman, and Edward D. Verrier

Specific inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase with FR167653 attenuates vascular proliferation in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 850-859. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eivind Øvrum, Geir Tangen, Stein Tølløfsrud, Rolf Øystese, Mari Anne L. Ringdal, and Reidar Istad

Cold blood cardioplegia versus cold crystalloid cardioplegia: A prospective randomized study of 1440 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 860-865. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark F. Berry, Timothy J. Pirolli, Vasant Jayasankar, Kevin J. Morine, Mireille A. Moise, Omar Fisher, Timothy J. Gardner, Paul H. Patterson, and Y. Joseph Woo

Targeted overexpression of leukemia inhibitory factor to preserve myocardium in a rat model of postinfarction heart failure
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 866-875. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

General Thoracic Surgery:

Ergin Kocyildirim, Mazyar Kanani, Derek Roebuck, Colin Wallis, Clare McLaren, Clair Noctor, Nick Pigott, Quen Mok, Ben Hartley, Catherine Dunne, Savjeet Uppal, and Martin J. Elliott

Long-segment tracheal stenosis: Slide tracheoplasty and a multidisciplinary approach improve outcomes and reduce costs
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 876-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rishindra M. Reddy, Wilson S. Tsai, M. Firdos Ziauddin, JingTong Zuo, George W. Cole, Jr, Justin B. Maxhimer, BingLiang Fang, David S. Schrump, and Dao M. Nguyen

Cisplatin enhances apoptosis induced by a tumor-selective adenovirus expressing tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 883-891. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dirk Hellwig, Thomas P. Graeter, Dieter Ukena, Thomas Georg, Carl-Martin Kirsch, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Value of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography after induction therapy of locally advanced bronchogenic carcinoma
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 892-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thorsten Walles, Bettina Giere, Michael Hofmann, Johanna Schanz, Fred Hofmann, Heike Mertsching, and Paolo Macchiarini

Experimental generation of a tissue-engineered functional and vascularized trachea
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 900-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease:

Massimo Caputo, Barnaby C. Reeves, Chris A. Rogers, Raimondo Ascione, and Gianni D. Angelini

Monitoring the performance of residents during training in off-pump coronary surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 907-915. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edwin C. McGee, Jr, A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Gideon Cohen, Farzad Najam, Takahiro Shiota, Joseph F. Sabik, Bruce W. Lytle, Patrick M. McCarthy, and Delos M. Cosgrove

Recurrent mitral regurgitation after annuloplasty for functional ischemic mitral regurgitation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 916-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Brett Reece, David O. Okonkwo, Peter I. Ellman, Patrick S. Warren, Robert L. Smith, A. Stewart Hawkins, Joel Linden, Irving L. Kron, Curtis G. Tribble, and John A. Kern

The evolution of ischemic spinal cord injury in function, cytoarchitecture, and inflammation and the effects of adenosine A_2A receptor activation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 925-932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cardiothoracic Transplantation:

Hiroshi Date, Motoi Aoe, Yoshifumi Sano, Itaru Nagahiro, Katsumasa Miyaji, Keiji Goto, Masaaki Kawada, Shunji Sano, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Improved survival after living-donor lobar lung transplantation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 933-940. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communications:

Christoph Wiesenack, Matthias Arlt, Andreas Liebold, and Franz X. Schmid

Successful use of one dose of recombinant factor VIIa to control severe bleeding after emergency aortic arch replacement in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 941-943. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Igor E. Konstantinov, Lillian Lai, Steven D. Colan, William G. Williams, Jia Li, Richard A. Jonas, and Richard Van Praagh

Atrioventricular discordance with ventriculoarterial concordance: A remaining indication for the atrial switch operation
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 944-945. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Carmelo Mignosa, Salvatore Agati, Salvatore Di Stefano, Giovanni Pizzimenti, Enrico Di Maggio, Dario Salvo, and Giuseppe Ciccarello

Dysphagia: An unusual presentation of giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery and supravalvular aortic stenosis in Williams syndrome
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 946-948. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Saima Muzaffar, Nilima Shukla, Gianni D. Angelini, and Jamie Y. Jeremy

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 128: 949-950. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Tsung O. Cheng

Henry T. Bahnson, Hopkins, and harmonica
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 950-951. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Events of Interest:

Events
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 952-954. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Announcement:

Announcements
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 955-957. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Guest Reviewers for The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 958-960. [PDF]  

Index:

Index to Volume 128
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 961-962. [PDF]  

Author Index
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 963-978. [PDF]  

Subject Index
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 128: 979-996. [PDF]  

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