Original articles:

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, James A. Quintessenza, Luis M. Botero, Hugh M. van Gelder, Jorge M. Giroud, Martin J. Elliott, and Claus Herberhold

The role of airway stents in the management of pediatric tracheal, carinal, and bronchial disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 505-512. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alain Chapelier, Elie Fadel, Paolo Macchiarini, Bernard Lenot, Francois Le Roy Ladurie, Jacques Cerrina, and Philippe Dartevelle

Factors affecting long-term survival after en-bloc resection of lung cancer invading the chest wall
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 513-518. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Makoto Sonobe, Masatsugu Nakagawa, Masutaro Ichinose, Naoyuki Ikegami, Miyuki Nagasawa, and Toru Shindo

Analysis of risk factors in bronchopleural fistula after pulmonary resection for primary lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 519-523. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gilbert Massard, Xavier Ducrocq, Marc Beaufigeau, Stefano Elia, Romain Kessler, Jean-François Hervé, and Jean-Marie Wihlm

Lung cancer following previous extrapulmonary malignancy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 524-528. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luca Voltolini, Piero Paladini, Luca Luzzi, Claudia Ghiribelli, Maurizio Di Bisceglie, and Giuseppe Gotti

Iterative surgical resections for local recurrent and second primary bronchogenic carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 529-534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenji Kuwaki, Kiyofumi Morishita, Hiroki Sato, Raimi Urita, and Tomio Abe

Surgical repair of the pulmonary trunk aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 535-539. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Feza Nurozler and Scott M. Bradley

Considerations in biventricular repair after the Norwood procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 540-544. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Takayuki Kumamoto, and Shogo Shirota

Aortic arch repair using hypothermic circulatory arrest technique associated with pharmacological brain protection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 545-549. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kerem M. Vural and Oguz TasdemIr

Mid-term results of partial left ventriculectomy in end-stage heart disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 550-556. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Grace M. Lindsay, Phillip Hanlon, Lorraine N. Smith, and David J. Wheatley

Assessment of changes in general health status using the short-form 36 questionnaire 1 year following coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 557-564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Kawano, Takeshi Oda, Shuji Fukunaga, Eiki Tayama, Takemi Kawara, Atsushige Oryoji, and Shigeaki Aoyagi

Tricuspid valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical valve: 19 years of experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 565-569. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xavier M. Mueller, Francine Tinguely, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, Patrick Ravussin, Frank Stumpe, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Impact of duration of chest tube drainage on pain after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 570-574. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Parolari, F. Alamanni, M. Naliato, R. Spirito, V. Franzè, G. Pompilio, M. Agrifoglio, and P. Biglioli

Adult cardiac surgery outcomes: role of the pump type
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 575-582. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ali Rahman, Bilal Üstünda, Oktay Burma, Ibrahim Hanifi Özercan, Ahmet Çekirdekçi, and Mustafa Kemal Bayar

Does aprotinin reduce lung reperfusion damage after cardiopulmonary bypass?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 583-588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hermann Aebert, Sylvia Kirchner, Andreas Keyser, Dietrich E. Birnbaum, Ernst Holler, Reinhard Andreesen, and Günther Eissner

Endothelial apoptosis is induced by serum of patients after cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 589-593. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vassilios Gulielmos, Mario Menschikowski, Hans-Martin Dill, Markus Eller, Sebastian Thiele, Sems Malte Tugtekin, Werner Jaross, and Stephan Schueler

Interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and myocardial enzyme response after coronary artery bypass grafting – a prospective randomized comparison of the conventional and three minimally invasive surgical techniques
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 594-601. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. De Somer, K. François, W. van Oeveren, J. Poelaert, D. De Wolf, T. Ebels, and G. Van Nooten

Phosphorylcholine coating of extracorporeal circuits provides natural protection against blood activation by the material surface
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 602-606. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Donald Oxorn, William Curtis, and Robert Burnett

Ruptured papillary muscle
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 607. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Stefano Nazari, Paolo Buniva, Alessandro Aluffi, and Susanna Salvi

Bilateral open treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax: a new access
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 608-610. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe F. Zattera, Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, Stefano Del Ponte, and Giuseppe A. Poletti

A simple method to correct aortic tube graft kinking without cardiopulmonary by-pass and aortic clamping
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 611-612. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Nobuhiko Hayashida, Eizo Kai, Naofumi Enomoto, and Shigeaki Aoyagi

Internal thoracic artery as a collateral source to the ischemic lower extremity
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 613-616. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Friedrich Stefan Eckstein, Hans-Peter Dinkel, Aristomenis Exadactylos, and Thierry-Pierre Carrel

Atherosclerotic disruption of the aortic arch during coronary artery bypass operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 617-618. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazim Besirli, Caner Arslan, Hasan Tüzün, and Büge Öz

The primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 619-621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Murat Kara, Erkan DIkmen, Serpil DIzbay Sak, and Sevket Kavukçu

Intercostal arteriovenous hemangioma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 622-624. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

C. Stöllberger, G. Ernst, and J. Finsterer

Is the left atrial appendage our most lethal attachment?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 625-626. [Full Text]  

W.D. Johnson

Reply to C. Stöllberger, G. Ernst and J. Finsterer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 627. [Full Text]  

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