Original articles:

Jochen Cremer, Andreas Mügge, Torsten Wittwer, Andreas Boening, Peter Kim, Theo Kofidis, H. Drexler, and Axel Haverich

Early angiographic results after revascularization by minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 383-388. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Brenner, Bernd Wintersperger, Alexander von Smekal, Valentin Agirov, Dieter Böhm, Eckhart Kreuzer, Michael Reiser, and Bruno Reichart

Detection of coronary artery bypass graft patency by contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 389-393. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan T. Christenson

Preoperative lipid-control with simvastatin reduces the risk of postoperative thrombocytosis and thrombotic complications following CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 394-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brigitte R. Osswald, Eugene H. Blackstone, Ursula Tochtermann, Gisela Thomas, Christian F. Vahl, and Siegfried Hagl

The meaning of early mortality after CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 401-407. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pawel Bugajski, Ryszard Kalawski, Izabella Zurawska, Marek Bartkowiak, Henryk Wysocki, Roman Olszewski, and Tomasz Siminiak

Endothelin-1 is involved in plasma mediated stimulation of neutrophil adherence during coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 408-412. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Giorgio Di Mattia, Pietro Di Biasi, Maurizio Salati, Andrea Mangini, Pino Fundarò, and Carmine Santoli

Surgical treatment of left ventricular post-infarction aneurysm with endoventriculoplasty: late clinical and functional results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 413-418. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Maisano, Alberto Redaelli, Giancarlo Pennati, Roberto Fumero, Lucia Torracca, and Ottavio Alfieri

The hemodynamic effects of double-orifice valve repair for mitral regurgitation: a 3D computational model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 419-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ph. Icard, J.F. Regnard, L. Guibert, P. Magdeleinat, B. Jauffret, and Ph. Levasseur

Survival and prognostic factors in patients undergoing parenchymal saving bronchoplastic operation for primary lung cancer: a series of 110 consecutive cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 426-432. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc de Perrot, Marc Licker, John Robert, and Anastase Spiliopoulos

Time trend in the surgical management of patients with lung carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 433-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiromi Wada, Ryo Miyahara, Fumihiro Tanaka, and Shigeki Hitomi

Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with PVM (Cisplatin+Vindesine+Mitomycin C) and UFT (Uracil+Tegaful) in resected stage I–II NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer): a randomized clinical trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Janusz Kowalewski, Marian Brocki, Tadeusz Dryjanski, Krzysztof Kapron, and Stanislaw Barcikowski

Right ventricular morphology and function after pulmonary resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 444-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Hajime Maeda, Masato Minami, Hyung-Eun Yoon, Hisaichi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakahara, and Hikaru Matsuda

Ventilatory muscle recruitment and work of breathing in patients with respiratory failure after thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 449-455. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emile A. Bacha, Cameron D. Wright, Hermes C. Grillo, John C. Wain, Ashby Moncure, Suzanne B. Keel, Dean M. Donahue, and Douglas J. Mathisen

Surgical treatment of primary pulmonary sarcomas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 456-460. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter H. Hollaus, Franz Lax, Dan Janakiev, Peter N. Wurnig, and Nestor S. Pridun

Glove perforation rate in open lung surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 461-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuri N. Levashev, Andrei L. Akopov, and Igor V. Mosin

The possibilities of greater omentum usage in thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 465-468. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kalliopi Athanassiadi, G. Kalavrouziotis, Maria Athanassiou, P. Vernikos, G. Skrekas, Antigoni Poultsidi, and I. Bellenis

Blunt diaphragmatic rupture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 469-474. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

Donor and recipient treatment with the Lazaroid U-74006F do not improve post-transplant lung function in swine
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 475-480. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

José Bitu-Moreno, Ieda Francischetti, Ralph Siemer, Georg Matheis, Rufus Baretti, F.H.A. Maffei, Barbara Kreitmayr, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Influence of different routes of flush perfusion on the distribution of lung preservation solutions in parenchyma and airways
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 481-489. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dominique Metras, Laurent Viard, Bernard Kreitmann, Alberto Riberi, Adrienne Pannetier-Mille, Olivier Garbi, Jean-Yves Marti, and Pierre Geigle

Lung infections in pediatric lung transplantation: experience in 49 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 490-495. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Nguyen, M. Müller, B. Kipfer, P. Berdat, B. Walpoth, U. Althaus, and T. Carrel

Different techniques of distal aortic repair in acute type A dissection: impact on late aortic morphology and reoperation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 496-501. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kiyofumi Morishita, Hideo Yokoyama, Satomi Inoue, Tokuo Koshino, Yukihiko Tamiya, and Tomio Abe

Selective visceral and renal perfusion in thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 502-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Nicholas G. Smedira, James F. McCarthy, Filip Casselman, Navdeep Boparai, and Patrick M. McCarthy

Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage in adults on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 508-514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Malcolm J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, Charles D. Deakin, Heather Knight, John C. Edwards, Barry Keeton, Anthony P. Salmon, and James L. Monro

Induced hypothermia as salvage treatment for refractory cardiac failure following paediatric cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 515-518. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregor Zund, Qing Ye, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Andreina Schoeberlein, Andreas C. Schmid, Jurg Grunenfelder, Paul Vogt, and Marko Turina

Tissue engineering in cardiovascular surgery: MTT, a rapid and reliable quantitative method to assess the optimal human cell seeding on polymeric meshes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 519-524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Kleine, Dominique Blommaert, Guido van Nooten, Oliver Blin, Günter Haisch, Wim Stoffelen, David Reuter, and Andreas Liebold

Multicenter results of TADpole^TM heart wire system used to treat postoperative atrial fibrillation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 525-527. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Giovanni Dialetto, Franco Enrico Covino, Aurelio Caruso, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Pleuro-pericardiocenthesis: an unusual procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 528-529. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Michael Ernst, Michael Koller, Rainer Grobholz, and Rainer Moosdorf

Both atrial resection and superior vena cava replacement in sleeve pneumonectomy for advanced lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 530-532. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Z.F. Udwadia, Nand Kumar, and Anita S. Bhaduri

Mediastinal hibernoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 533-535. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacek Rózanski, Zbigniew Juraszynski, Mariusz Kusmierczyk, and Tadeusz Sitko

Repair of coarctation of the aorta with simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 536-538. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Marc Frapier, Florence Leclercq, Marc Bodino, and Paul-André Chaptal

Malignant ventricular arrhythmias revealing anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in two adults
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 539-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas C. Schmid, Gregor Zund, Paul Vogt, and Marko Turina

Congenital subaortic stenosis by accessory mitral valve tissue, recognition and management
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 542-544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Caputo, Francesco Nicolini, Giorgio Franciosi, and Roberto Gallotti

Coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 545-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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