Articles to Appear in Future Issues

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Changes in Intensive Care Unit Performance Measures Associated With Opening a Dedicated Thoracic Surgical Progressive Care Unit

M.T. Keegan, D.R. Brown, M.P. Thieke, and B. Afessa; Rochester, MN

Sex-Related Differences in Outcome After High-Risk Vascular Surgery After the Administration of β-Adrenergic–Blocking Drugs

R. Matyal, F. Mahmood, P. Panzica, F. Pomposelli, K.W. Park, A. Hamden, M. Schermerhorn, and P. Hess; Boston, MA

Monocyte Activation in On-Pump Versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

P.E. Greilich, C.F. Brouse, H.M. Rinder, M.E. Jessen, C.S. Rinder, R.C. Eberhart, C.W. Whitten, and B.R. Smith; Dallas, TX

Myocardial Metabolism Altered by Ischemic Preconditioning and Enflurane Anesthesia in Off-Pump Coronary Surgery

B. Drenger, D. Gilon, M. Chevion, A. Elami, Y. Meroz, E. Milgalter, and Y. Gozal; Jerusalem, Israel

A Randomized Study in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Comparing Computer-Guided Glucose Management With a Standard Sliding Scale Protocol

L. Saager, G.L. Collins, B. Burnside, H. Tymkew, L. Zhang, E. Jacobsohn, and M. Avidan; St Louis, MO

Does Continuous Insulin Therapy Reduce Postoperative Supraventricular Tachycardia Incidence After Coronary Artery Bypass Operations in Diabetic Patients?

P. Kirdemir, A. Kirdemir, V. Yildirim, E. Kuralay, E. Ibrisim, and E. Ozal; Isparta, Turkey

The Accuracy of the Vigileo/FloTrac, a Continuous Cardiac Output Monitoring System: A Blinded Comparative Study of 30 Cardiosurgical Patients

A. Zimmermann, C. Kufner, S. Hofbauer, J. Steinwendner, W. Hitzl, G. Fritsch, R. Schistek, M. Kirnbauer, and G. Pauser; Salzberg, Austria

Cardiac Output Monitoring: Comparison of a New Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis and Bolus Thermodilution Technique in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

Y. Mehta, R.K. Chand, R. Sawhney, M. Bhise, A. Singh, N. Trehan; New Delhi, India

Regional Differences in Color Tissue Doppler-Derived Measures of Longitudinal Right Ventricular Function Using Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography

C.P. Tousignant, R. Bowry, S. Levesque, and A.Y. Denault; Montreal, PQ, Canada

Comparison of Inhaled Iloprost and Nitric Oxide in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension During Weaning From Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial

M. Winterhalter, A. Simon, S. Fischer, N. Rahe-Meyer, N. Chamtzidou, H. Hecker, J. Zuk, S. Piepenbrock, and M. Strüber; Hannover, Germany

Prone Positioning and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Cardiac Surgery: A Feasibility Study

J.-M. Maillet, S. Thierry, and D. Brodaty; Saint-Denis Cedex, France

Should Femoral Artery Pressure Monitoring Be Routinely Used in Cardiac Surgery? Arterial Catheter-Related Complications of 2,264 Catheters

F. Haddad, C. Zeeni, I. El Rassi, A. Yazigi, S. Madi-Jebara, G. Hayeck, V. Jebara, and P. Yazbeck; Beirut, Lebanon

Uneventful Right Ventricular Perforation With Displacement of a Pacing Lead Into the Left Thorax

G. Boriani, M. Biffi, and C. Martignani; Bologna, Italy

Perforation of the Right Atrium During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

M. Tsai, J.M. Fisher, M. Norotsky, F. Keating, L. Anderson, P. Howe, and S. Marcus; Burlington, VT

Entrapment of a Transradial Angiogram Catheter Because of Severe Vasospasm

S.C. Kallivalappil, A.J. Pullani, B. Abraham, M.K.A. Kumar, and S.M. Ashraf; Kerala, India