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Clinical Outcomes of Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Beating Heart Surgery With or Without Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

F.G. Resano, E.I. Kapetanakis, P.C. Hill, E. Haile, and P.J. Corso; Washington, DC

Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With and Without Utilization of Pulmonary Artery Catheter-Generated Data

G. Djaiani, J. Karski, M. Yudin, M. Hynninen, L. Fedorko, J. Carroll, H. Poonawala, and D. Cheng; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wedging the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Changes in Left Atrial and Pulmonary Artery Pressure, and Risk for Perforation

G. Settergren, M. Angdin, R.E. Anderson, J. Liska, J. Lundberg, D.C. Törnberg, and E. Weitzberg; Stockholm, Sweden

Cardiac Output Estimation After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass With a New Doppler Device

R. Chand, Y. Mehta, and N. Trehan; New Delhi, India

The Impact of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping on Cardiac Output Determination by Pulmonary Arterial and Transpulmonary Thermodilution in Pigs

M. Janda, T.W.L. Scheeren, J. Bajorat, B. Westphal, D.A. Vagts, B. Pohl, C. Popescu, and R. Hofmockel; Rostock, Germany

Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function in Anesthetized Patients Using Femoral Artery dP/dt_max

S.G. De Hert, D. Robert, S. Cromheecke, F. Michard, J. Nys, and I.E. Rodrigus; Edegem, Belgium

Importance of Relative Pulmonary Hypertension in Cardiac Surgery: The Mean Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Pressure Ratio

A. Robitaille, A.Y. Denault, P. Couture, S. Bélisle, A. Fortier, M.-C. Guertin, M. Carrier, and R. Martineau; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Time-Varying Elastance Concept Applied to the Relation of Carotid Arterial Flow Velocity and Ventricular Area

J.A. Broscheit, C.A. Greim, F. Weidemann, J. Strotmann, P. Steendijk, H. Karle, and N. Roewer; Wuerzburg, Germany

Endovascular Vein Harvest: Systemic CO₂ Absorption

A.M. Maslow, C.S. Schwartz, A. Bert, P. Hurlburt, J. Gough, G. Stearns, and A.K. Singh; Providence, RI

Levosimendan or Milrinone in the Type II Diabetic Patient With Low Ejection Fraction Undergoing Elective Ischemic Heart Disease Surgery

E. Al-Shawaf, A. Ayed, I. Vislocky, B. Radomir, N. Dehrab, and R. Tarazi; Safat, Kuwait

Effects of Dopamine and Olprinone on Ventricular Energetics in Sevoflurane-Induced Acute Left Ventricular Depression

M. Iwade, M. Nomura, S. Uezono, E. Ashikari, and M. Ozaki; Tokyo, Japan

The Effects of Esmolol and Dexmedetomidine on Myocardial Oxygen Consumption During Sympathetic Stimulation

H.M. Willigers, F.W. Prinzen, and P.M.H.J. Roekaerts; Maastricht, the Netherlands

Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Accidentally Entrapped Pulmonary Artery Catheters During Cardiac Surgery: A Case Series

E. Jacobsohn, D.A. Fessler, F. Rosemeier, H. Tymkew, and M. Avidan; St Louis, MO

Catheter-Induced Pulmonary Artery Rupture: Using Occlusion Balloon to Avoid Lung Isolation

M. Fortin, R. Turcotte, O. Gleeton, and J. Bussiégeres; Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada

Upper Gastrointestinal Injuries Related to Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: Index Case, Literature Review, Classification Proposal, and Call for a Registry

J.G.T. Augoustides, H.H. Hosalkar, B.L. Milas, M. Acker, and J.S. Savino; Philadelphia, PA