Original articles:

Abraham Charles Yankah, Michele Musci, Yuguo Weng, Matthias Loebe, Heinz Robert Zurbruegg, Hendryk Siniawski, Johannes Mueller, and Roland Hetzer

Tricuspid valve dysfunction and surgery after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 343-348. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tarek Aziz, Malcolm Burgess, Ali Rahman, Colin Campbell, Abdul Deiraniya, and Nizar Yonan

Early and long-term results of heart transplantation after previous cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 349-354. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

O.A. Al-Rawas, R. Carter, R.D. Stevenson, S.K. Naik, and D.J. Wheatley

Mechanisms of pulmonary transfer factor decline following heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 355-361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ehab S. Bishay, Daniel J. Cook, Randall C. Starling, Norman B. Ratliff, Jr., Jennifer White, Eugene H. Blackstone, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Patrick M. McCarthy

The clinical significance of flow cytometry crossmatching in heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 362-369. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anjum Jalal and K. Jeyasingham

Bronchoplasty for malignant and benign conditions: a retrospective study of 44 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 370-376. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angelo Carretta, Claudio Landoni, Giulio Melloni, Giovanni Luca Ceresoli, Antonia Compierchio, Ferruccio Fazio, and Piero Zannini

18-FDG positron emission tomography in the evaluation of malignant pleural diseases – a pilot study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 377-383. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Henri Porte, David Metois, Laetitia Finzi, Gilles Lebuffe, Anne Guidat, Massimo Conti, and Alain Wurtz

Superior vena cava syndrome of malignant origin. Which surgical procedure for which diagnosis?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 384-388. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christos Alexiou, David Beggs, Fayek D. Salama, Lynda Beggs, and Kevin R. Knowles

A tailored surgical approach for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: the Nottingham experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 389-395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S.A.M. Nashef, F. Roques, P. Michel, J. Cortina, A. Faichney, E. Gams, A. Harjula, and M.T. Jones

Coronary surgery in Europe: comparison of the national subsets of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation database
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 396-399. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hans J. Geissler, Philipp Hölzl, Sascha Marohl, Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier, Uwe Mehlhorn, Michael Südkamp, and E. Rainer de Vivie

Risk stratification in heart surgery: comparison of six score systems
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 400-406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert Dion, David Glineur, David Derouck, Robert Verhelst, Philippe Noirhomme, Gebrine El Khoury, Etienne Degrave, and Claude Hanet

Long-term clinical and angiographic follow-up of sequential internal thoracic artery grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 407-414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luc Tambeur, Tirone E. David, Sue Armstrong, Joan Ivanov, and Gary Webb

Results of surgery for aortic root aneurysm in patients with the Marfan syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 415-419. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Itoh, Masafumi Natsuaki, Kojiro Furukawa, Masaru Yoshikai, Hisao Suda, and Naoki Minato

Successful valve-sparing in aortic root reconstruction under endoscopic guidance
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 420-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Günther, Domenico Mazzitelli, Christian Schreiber, Michael Wottke, Sung-Un Paek, Hans Meisner, and Rüdiger Lange

Mitral-valve replacement in children under 6 years of age
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valentino Borghetti, Marco Campana, Carla Scotti, Diego Domenighini, Pasquale Totaro, Giuseppe Coletti, Marco Pagani, and Roberto Lorusso

Biological versus prosthetic ring in mitral-valve repair: enhancement of mitral annulus dynamics and left-ventricular function with pericardial annuloplasty at long term
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 431-439. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D.J. Wheatley, L. Raco, G.M. Bernacca, I. Sim, P.R. Belcher, and J.S. Boyd

Polyurethane: material for the next generation of heart valve prostheses?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 440-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Qing Ye, Gregor Zünd, Stefan Jockenhoevel, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Andreina Schoeberlein, Jurg Grunenfelder, and Marko Turina

Tissue engineering in cardiovascular surgery: new approach to develop completely human autologous tissue
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 449-454. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jörg S. Sachweh, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Friedrich A. Schöndube, Sabine H. Daebritz, Hilmar Dörge, Eberhard G. Mühler, and Bruno J. Messmer

Twenty years experience with pediatric pacing: epicardial and transvenous stimulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 455-461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Karl M. Dossche, Wim J. Morshuis, Marc A. Schepens, and Frans G. Waanders

Bilateral antegrade selective cerebral perfusion during surgery on the proximal thoracic aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 462-467. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dimitrios Angouras, Dimitrios P. Sokolis, Theodosios Dosios, Nikolaos Kostomitsopoulos, Harisios Boudoulas, Gregorios Skalkeas, and Panagiotis E. Karayannacos

Effect of impaired vasa vasorum flow on the structure and mechanics of the thoracic aorta: implications for the pathogenesis of aortic dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 468-473. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review articles:

Alexander Kadner, Raymond H. Chen, and David H. Adams

Heterotopic heart transplantation: experimental development and clinical experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 474-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Augustine T.M. Tang, Sunil K. Ohri, and Marcus P. Haw

Novel application of vacuum assisted closure technique to the treatment of sternotomy wound infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 482-484. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Valavanur A. Subramanian and Nilesh U. Patel

Transabdominal mimially invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 485-487. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Antonis Loutsidis, Charalambos Zisis, Konstantia Lariou, and Ion Bellenis

Surgical management of idiopathic subglottic tracheal stenosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 488-491. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hankei Shin, Ryohei Yozu, Tomohiko Sumida, and Shiaki Kawada

Acute ischemic hepatic failure resulting from intraaortic balloon pump malposition
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 492-494. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dmitry Pevni, Oren Lev-Ran, Itzhak Shapira, and Rephael Mohr

Combined repair of pectus excavatum and coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 495-497. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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