Original articles:

Francesco Maisano, Jan J. Schreuder, Michele Oppizzi, Brenno Fiorani, Carlo Fino, and Ottavio Alfieri

The double-orifice technique as a standardized approach to treat mitral regurgitation due to severe myxomatous disease: surgical technique
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 201-205. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lennart F. Duebener, Olaf Wendler, Niko Nikoloudakis, Thomas Georg, Roland Fries, and Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Mitral-valve repair without annuloplasty rings: results after repair of anterior leaflet versus posterior-leaflet defects using polytetrafluoroethylene sutures for chordal replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 206-212. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ehab S. Bishay, Patrick M. McCarthy, Delos M. Cosgrove, Katherine J. Hoercher, Nicholas G. Smedira, Debabrata Mukherjee, Jennifer White, and Eugene H. Blackstone

Mitral valve surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 213-221. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aria P. Yazdanbakhsh, Renee B.A. van den Brink, Egbart Dekker, and Bas A.J.M. de Mol

Small valve area index: its influence on early mortality after mitral valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 222-227. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Attilio Renzulli, Antonio Carozza, Claudio Marra, GianPaolo Romano, Gennaro Ismeno, Marisa De Feo, Alessandro Della Corte, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Are blood and valve cultures predictive for long-term outcome following surgery for infective endocarditis?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 228-233. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Locker, I. Shapira, Y. Paz, A. Kramer, J. Gurevitch, M. Matsa, D. Pevni, and R. Mohr

Emergency myocardial revascularization for acute myocardial infarction: survival benefits of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 234-238. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tadashi Isomura, Hisayoshi Suma, Taikou Horii, Toru Sato, and Norio Kikuchi

Partial left ventriculectomy, ventriculoplasty or valvular surgery for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy – the role of intra-operative echocardiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 239-245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wojciech Dyszkiewicz, Krystian Pawlak, and Lukasz Gasiorowski

Early post-pneumonectomy complications in the elderly
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 246-250. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Khaled M. Al-Kattan

Management of tuberculous empyema
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 251-254. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Idris M. Ali, Saud El-shanafi, Edwin C. Kinley, and V. Clark

Subtotal median sternotomy for heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 255-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen Westaby, Takahiro Katsumata, and Giuseppe Vaccari

Aortic root replacement with coronary button re-implantation: low risk and predictable outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 259-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norihiko Shiiya, Takashi Kunihara, Michiaki Imamura, Toshifumi Murashita, Yoshiro Matsui, and Keishu Yasuda

Surgical management of atherosclerotic aortic arch aneurysms using selective cerebral perfusion: 7-year experience in 52 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 266-271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Philippe Kolh, Vincent D'Orio, Bernard Lambermont, Paul Gerard, Cedric Gommes, and Raymond Limet

Increased aortic compliance maintains left ventricular performance at lower energetic cost
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 272-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen M. Langley, Paul J. Chai, James J. Jaggers, and Ross M. Ungerleider

Preoperative high dose methylprednisolone attenuates the cerebral response to deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 279-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe D'Ancona, Hratch L. Karamanoukian, Marco Ricci, Susan Schmid, Jacob Bergsland, and Tomas A. Salerno

Graft revision after transit time flow measurement in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 287-293. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alistair George Royse, Colin Forbes Royse, James Tatoulis, Leeanne Elizabeth Grigg, Pallav Shah, David Hunt, Nathan Better, and Silvana Francesca Marasco

Postoperative radial artery angiography for coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 294-304. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uwe Mehlhorn, Wilhelm Bloch, Andreas Krahwinkel, Karl LaRose, Hans-Joachim Geissler, Khosro Hekmat, Klaus Addicks, and E. Rainer de Vivie

Activation of myocardial constitutive nitric oxide synthase during coronary artery surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 305-311. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan Otto Solem, Drissi Boumzebra, Jehad Al-Buraiki, Shaheen Nakeeb, Walid Rafeh, and Zohair Al-Halees

Evaluation of a new device for quick sutureless coronary artery anastomosis in surviving sheep
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 312-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Rafael Sadaba, Kuriakose Mathew, Christopher M. Munsch, and David J. Beech

Vasorelaxant properties of nicorandil on human radial artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 319-324. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nikolaus Mendler, Werner Heimisch, and Hubert Schad

Pulmonary function after biventricular bypass for autologous lung oxygenation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 325-330. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christof Schmid, Markus Wilhelm, Markus Rothenburger, Darius Nabavi, Mario C. Deng, Dieter Hammel, and Hans H. Scheld

Effect of high dose platelet inhibitor treatment on thromboembolism in Novacor patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 331-335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Ron-Bin Hsu, Shu-Hsun Chu, and Shoei-Shen Wang

Simple method of hemostasis in implantation and explantation of HeartMate left ventricular assist device
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 336-337. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Carmela Nardi, Marco De Carlo, Aldo Milano, and Uberto Bortolotti

The wrecking ball effect of a right atrial myxoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 338. [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

E. Manasse, P. Colombo, M. Roncalli, and R. Gallotti

Myocardial acute and chronic histological modifications induced by cryoablation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 339-340. [Full Text]  

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