Original articles:

Hermann Aebert, Alexander Brawanski, Alois Philipp, Renate Behr, Odo-Winfried Ullrich, Cornelius Keyl, and Dietrich E. Birnbaum

Deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest for surgery of complex intracranial aneurysms
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 223-229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukinori Moriyama, Goichi Yotsumoto, Kazumi Kuriwaki, Shunichi Watanabe, Kouichi Hisatomi, Shinji Shimokawa, Hitoshi Toyohira, and Akira Taira

Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 230-239. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Maisano, L. Torracca, M. Oppizzi, P.L. Stefano, G. D’Addario, G. La Canna, M. Zogno, and O. Alfieri

The edge-to-edge technique: a simplified method to correct mitral insufficiency
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 240-246. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junjiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Kosakai, Kiyoharu Nakano, Yoshikado Sasako, Kiyoyuki Eishi, and Fumio Yamamoto

Improved success rate of the maze procedure in mitral valve disease by new criteria for patients’ selection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 247-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert Thurnheer, Roland Bingisser, Uz Stammberger, Jörg Muntwyler, Andreas Zollinger, Konrad E. Bloch, Walter Weder, and Erich W. Russi

Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on pulmonary hemodynamics in severe pulmonary emphysema
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 253-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cecil C. Vaughn, Paul L. Vaughn, Cecil C. Vaughn III, Paul Sawyer, Melanie Manning, Dena Anderson, Leonard Roseman, and Thomas J. Herbst

Tissue response to biomaterials used for staple-line reinforcement in lung resection: A comparison between expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and bovine pericardium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 259-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pascal Thomas, Michel Piraux, Louis F. Jacques, Jocelyn Grégoire, Pierre Bédard, and Jean Deslauriers

Clinical patterns and trends of outcome of elderly patients with bronchogenic carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 266-274. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Janusz Kowalewski, Stanislaw Barcikowski, and Marian Brocki

Cardiorespiratory function before and after operation for pectus excavatum: Medium-term results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 275-279. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.A.M. van Son, V. Falk, M.D Black, G.S. Haas, and F.W. Mohr

Conversion of complex neonatal Ebstein’s anomaly into functional tricuspid or pulmonary atresia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 280-285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M.J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, S.M. Langley, S.A. Sami, M. Haw, S.M. Allen, S.A. Livesey, R.K. Lamb, and J.L. Monro

Should coronary artery bypass grafting be performed at the same time as repair of a post-infarct ventricular septal defect?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 286-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregor Zünd, Andrea L. Dzus, René Prêtre, Urs Niederhäuser, Paul Vogt, and Marko Turina

Endothelial cell injury in cardiac surgery: salicylate may be protective by reducing expression of endothelial adhesion molecules
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 293-297. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeff L. Myers, Patrick W. Domkowski, Yining Wang, and Richard A. Hopkins

Sympathetic blockade blunts hypercapnic pulmonary arterial vasocontriction in newborn piglets
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 298-305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Tomás Tláskal, Bohumil Hucín, Martin Kostelka, and Jan Skovránek

Successful reoperation for severe left bronchus compression after repair of persistent truncus arteriosus with interrupted aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 306-309. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tomás Tláskal, Bohumil Hucín, Martin Kostelka, and Jan Marek

Primary repair of transposition of the great arteries with interrupted aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 310-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iwao Takanami, Tetsuo Imamura, Masao Naruke, and Susumu Kodaira

Long-term survival after repeated resections of Askin tumor recurrences
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 313-315. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zbigniew Obuszko and David Beggs

Dysphagia due to pancreatic pseudocyst with mediastinal extension
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 316-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Michel Grinda, Loïc Macé, Patrice Dervanian, and Jean-Yves Neveux

Obstructive right ventricular cardiac fibroma in an adult
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 319-321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Davide Pacini, Pier Andrea Farneti, Ornella Leone, and Roberto Galli

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve chordae
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 322-324. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Thorsten Wittwer, Thorsten Wahlers, Ulrich Franke, and Axel Haverich

Temporary distal occlusion for non-pharmacological preconditioning of harvested internal mammary artery grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 332-333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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