title: Reply to the editor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Masahrio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hogue
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000601:surgery*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*