title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Zayed 7107, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Zayed 7107, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: gwhitman@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Glenn J R
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*