Original articles:

Urs Niederhäuser, Andreas Künzli, Burkhardt Seifert, Jürg Schmidli, Mario Lachat, Gregor Zünd, Paul Vogt, and Marko Turina

Conservative treatment of the aortic root in acute type a dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 557-563. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Suhji Fukunaga, Matthias Karck, Wolfgang Harringer, Joachim Cremer, Christine Rhein, and Axel Haverich

The use of gelatin-resorcin-formalin glue in acute aortic dissection type A
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 564-570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akihiko Usui, Kenzo Yasuura, Takashi Watanabe, and Takashi Maseki

Comparative clinical study between retrograde cerebral perfusion and selective cerebral perfusion in surgery for acute type A aortic dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 571-578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Kramm, E. Mayer, M. Dahm, S. Guth, T. Menzel, M. Pitton, and H. Oelert

Long-term results after thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary embolism
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 579-584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralph A. Schmid, Uz Stammberger, Sven Hillinger, Paul R. Vogt, Franz W. Amman, Erich W. Russi, and Walter Weder

Lung volume reduction surgery combined with cardiac interventions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 585-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manuel Antunes, João Bernardo, Maria Salete, David Prieto, Luis Eugénio, and Paulo Tavares

Excision of pulmonary metastases of osteogenic sarcoma of the limbs
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 592-596. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Henri L. Porte, Olivier J. Ernst, Thérèse Delebecq, David Métois, Laurent G. Lemaitre, and Alain J. Wurtz

Is computed tomography guided biopsy still necessary for the diagnosis of adrenal masses in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 597-601. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angelo Carretta, Piero Zannini, Armando Puglisi, Giuseppe Chiesa, Angelo Vanzulli, Achille Bianchi, Alessia Fumagalli, and Sebastiano Bianco

Improvement of pulmonary function after lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer in emphysematous patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 602-607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul De Leyn, Johan Vansteenkiste, Georges Deneffe, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Willy Coosemans, and Tony Lerut

Result of induction chemotherapy followed by surgery in patients with stage IIIA N2 NSCLC: importance of pre-treatment mediastinoscopy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 608-614. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elias G. Andrianopoulos, George Lautidis, Pericles Kormas, Andreas Karameris, Stefanos Lahanis, Ioannis Papachristos, Costas Kaselouris, and Athanasios Argyropoulos

Tumours of the ribs: experience with 47 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 615-620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Giorgio Della Rocca, Giovanni Antonini, Anna Maria Ciccone, Costante Ricci, and Giorgio Furio Coloni

Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: a 27-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 621-625. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Malcolm J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, Kate B. Evans, and Richard E. Lea

Oesophagectomy for carcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 626-630. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew J. Parry, John P. Kovalchin, Kenji Suda, Doff B. McElhinney, James Wudel, Norman H. Silverman, V. Mohan Reddy, and Frank L. Hanley

Resection of subaortic stenosis; can a more aggressive approach be justified?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 631-638. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul R. Vogt, Thomas Stallmach, Urs Niederhäuser, Jakob Schneider, Gregor Zünd, Mario Lachat, Andreas Künzli, and Marko I. Turina

Explanted cryopreserved allografts: a morphological and immunohistochemical comparison between arterial allografts and allograft heart valves from infants and adults
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 639-645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maurizio Cotrufo, Attilio Renzulli, Gennaro Ismeno, Aurelio Caruso, Ciro Mauro, Pio Caso, Luigi De Simone, and Roberto Violini

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy versus open mitral commissurotomy: a comparative study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 646-652. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guohu Li, Shenxi Chen, Erxiong Lu, and Yuanjian Li

Ischemic preconditioning improves preservation with cold blood cardioplegia in valve replacement patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 653-657. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shahrokh Taghavi, Tudor Bîrsan, Arpad Pereszlenyi, Natascha Kupilik, Elena Deviatko, Wilfried Wisser, Heinz Steltzer, and Walter Klepetko

Bilateral lung transplantation via two sequential anterolateral thoracotomies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 658-662. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brendan P. Madden, Junnet Barros, Louise Backhouse, Steven Stamenkovic, Diana Tait, and Andrew Murday

Intermediate term results of total lymphoid irradiation for the treatment of non-specific graft dysfunction after heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 663-666. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thorsten Wittwer, Thorsten Wahlers, Jan F. Cornelius, Sebastian Elki, and Axel Haverich

Celsior solution for improvement of currently used clinical standards of lung preservation in an ex vivo rat model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 667-671. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paolo Brenner, Michael Hinz, Harald Huber, Michael Schmoeckel, Hermann Reichenspurner, Bruno Meiser, Claus Hammer, and Bruno Reichart

The influence of antibody and complement removal with a Ig-Therasorb column in a xenogeneic working heart model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 672-679. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Diegeler, M. Matin, S. Kayser, Ch. Binner, R. Autschbach, R. Battellini, H. Krankenberg, and F.W. Mohr

Angiographic results after minimally invasive coronary bypass grafting using the minimally invasive direct coronary bypass grafting (MIDCAB) approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 680-684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raimondo Ascione, Clinton T. Lloyd, Walter J. Gomes, Massimo Caputo, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

Beating versus arrested heart revascularization: evaluation of myocardial function in a prospective randomized study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 685-690. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Labrousse, C. de Vincentiis, F. Madonna, C. Deville, X. Roques, and E. Baudet

Early and long term results of coronary artery bypass grafts in patients with dialysis dependant renal failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 691-696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masashi Ura, Ryuzo Sakata, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yohichirou Ohtsuka, and Taro Saito

Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 697-701. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Friedrich S. Eckstein, Albertus M. Scheule, Ulrich Vogel, Sebastian T. Schmid, Stephan Miller, Michael J. Jurmann, and Gerhard Ziemer

Transmyocardial laser revascularization in the acute ischaemic heart: no improvement of acute myocardial perfusion or prevention of myocardial infarction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 702-708. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Augustine T.M. Tang, Ahmed El-Gamel, Brian Keevil, Nizar Yonan, and Abdullah K. Deiraniya

The effect of `renal-dose' dopamine on renal tubular function following cardiac surgery: assessed by measuring retinol binding protein (RBP)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 717-722. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Philippe Icard, Jean Philippe Le Rochais, Françoise Galateau, and Claude Evrard

Desmoid fibromatosis of the shoulder and of the upper chest wall following a clavicular fracture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 723-725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David J.C. Burton, David A.C. Sharpe, and Nigel R. Saunders

Metachronous pulmonary and oesophageal neoplasia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 726-728. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Atushi Amano, Shigehiko Yoshida, and Akihito Takahashi

Coronary artery bypass graft after esophagogastrectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 15: 729-731. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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