Original articles:

James F. McCarthy, Patrick M. McCarthy, Randall C. Starling, Nicholas G. Smedira, Gregory M. Scalia, James Wong, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Marlene Goormastic, and James B. Young

Partial left ventriculectomy and mitral valve repair for end-stage congestive heart failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 337-343. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert A. Cesnjevar, Richard Feyrer, Friedrich Walther, Faidi O. Mahmoud, Yvonne Lindemann, and Juergen von der Emde

High-risk mitral valve replacement in severe pulmonary hypertension—30 years experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 344-352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Darlene M. Redenbach and Bill Nelems

A comparative study of structures comprising the thoracic outlet in 250 human cadavers and 72 surgical cases of thoracic outlet syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 353-360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Isac Flaishman, Enrico Guarino, Anna Maria Ciccone, and Costante Ricci

Technique to reduce air leaks after pulmonary lobectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 361-364. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luc Noyez, Douglas P.B. Janssen, Johannes A.M. van Druten, Stefan H. Skotnicki, and Leon K. Lacquet

Coronary bypass surgery: what is changing?: Analysis of 3834 patients undergoing primary isolated myocardial revascularization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 365-369. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P.E.F. Daubeney, D.C. Smith, S.N. Pilkington, R.K. Lamb, J.L. Monro, V.T. Tsang, S.A. Livesey, and S.A. Webber

Cerebral oxygenation during paediatric cardiac surgery: identification of vulnerable periods using near infrared spectroscopy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 370-377. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luc Jacquet, Philippe Noirhomme, Gebrin El Khoury, Martin Goenen, Marianne Philippe, Jacques Col, and Robert Dion

Cardiac troponin I as an early marker of myocardial damage after coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 378-384. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Geoffrey MK Tsang, Simon Allen, Domenico Pagano, Carl Wong, Timothy R Graham, and Robert S Bonser

von Willebrand factor and urinary albumin excretion are possible indicators of endothelial dysfunction in cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 385-391. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Diegeler, J. Schneider, B. Lauer, F.W. Mohr, and R. Kluge

Transmyocardial laser revascularization using the Holium-YAG laser for treatment of end stage coronary artery disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 392-397. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin Misfeld, Kálmán Szabó, Ernst-G. Kraatz, Martin Großherr, Claudia Schmidtke, Miriam Pilgrim, Wolfgang Kühnel, and Hans H. Sievers

Electron-microscopic findings after transmyocardial laser revascularization in an acute ischemic pig model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 398-403. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Michele Serricchio, Paolo Tondi, Franco Glieca, Alessandro Giordano, Carlo Trani, Paolo Pola, and Gianfederico Possati

Non-invasive evaluation of mammary artery flow reserve and adequacy to increased myocardial oxygen demand
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 404-409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Hartmann, Wolfgang Reuss, Wolfram Burger, Georg-Dieter Kneissl, Wolfgang Rothe, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent flow reserve in vascular regions supplied by the internal mammary artery before and after bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 410-415. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Detter, Helmut Mair, Hanns-Georg Klein, Carmina Georgescu, Armin Welz, and Bruno Reichart

Long-term prognosis of surgically-treated aortic aneurysms and dissections in patients with and without Marfan syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmed El-Gamel, Mohammed Awad, Ewan Sim, Philip Hasleton, Nizar Yonan, Jim Egan, Abdul Deiraniya, and Ian V. Hutchinson

Transforming growth factor-ß₁ and lung allograft fibrosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 424-430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dirk E.M. Van Raemdonck, Nicole C.P. Jannis, Paul R.J. De Leyn, Willem J. Flameng, and Toni E. Lerut

Alveolar expansion itself but not continuous oxygen supply enhances postmortem preservation of pulmonary grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 431-441. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uz Stammberger, Ralph A. Schmid, Sven Hillinger, Thomas Singer, Othmar M. Schöb, Andreas Zollinger, and Walter Weder

Effect of a short period of warm ischemia after cold preservation on reperfusion injury in lung allotransplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 442-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gábor Szabó, Christian Sebening, Christian Hagl, Ursula Tochtermann, Christian F. Vahl, and Siegfried Hagl

Right ventricular function after brain death: Response to an increased afterload
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 449-458. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc Hein, Markus Ernst, Frank Möller, and Dieter Regensburger

Gene transfer into rat heart-derived endothelial cells
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 460-466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jay Jayakumar, Ryszard T. Smolenski, Caroline C. Gray, Andrew T. Goodwin, Kameljit Kalsi, Mohamed Amrani, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Influence of heat stress on myocardial metabolism and functional recovery after cardioplegic arrest: a ³¹P N.M.R study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 467-474. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Caroline C. Gray, Ryszard T. Smolenski, Mohamed Amrani, Andrew T. Goodwin, Jay Jayakumar, Piotr Jagodzinski, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Influence of ageing on functional recovery and guanine nucleotide levels of the heart following cold cardioplegic arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 475-480. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Arnoud W.J. van’t Hof, Frans G. Leicher, Cor W. Schipper, and Jan C.A. Hoorntje

Presentation of a pseudoaneurysm as a supravalvular aortic stenosis 20 years after aortic root reconstruction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 481-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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