Table of Contents PageTopic Cover Welcome & Table of Contents 1Introduction 2 What Makes a Difference-Surgeon, Hospital or Both? 3 What Do the Procedure Pages Tell Me? 4 Carotid Endarterectomy 6 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 8 Heart Transplant 9 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 10 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty 12 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 14 Lower Extremity Arterial By-Pass 16 Cerebral Aneurysm Repair 17 Esophageal Cancer Surgery 18 Pancreatic Cancer Surgery 19 Table of Hospitals 20 Bibliography 22 Acknowledgements