Editorials:

Marko Turina

Concluding remarks by the retiring Editor
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 631-633. [Full Text]  

Presidential address:

J.Th.W. Hasse

Perfection and compassion – essentials in cardio-thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 635-641. [Full Text]  

Honoured guest lecture:

John R. Benfield and Kathryn M. Howard

The language of science
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 642-648. [Full Text]  

Original articles:

A. Maier, F. Tomaselli, U. Anegg, P. Rehak, B. Fell, S. Luznik, H. Pinter, and F.M. Smolle-Jüttner

Combined photodynamic therapy and hyperbaric oxygenation in carcinoma of the esophagus and the esophago-gastric junction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 649-655. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iftikhar H. Khan, Kieran G. McManus, Aveen McCraith, and James A. McGuigan

Muscle sparing thoracotomy: a biomechanical analysis confirms preservation of muscle strength but no improvement in wound discomfort
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 656-661. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tadashi Aoki, Yasushi Yamato, Masanori Tsuchida, Takehiro Watanabe, Jun-ichi Hayashi, and Tatsuhiko Hirono

Pulmonary complications after surgical treatment of lung cancer in octogenarians
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 662-665. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yau-Lin Tseng, Ming-Ho Wu, Mu-Yen Lin, and Wu-Wei Lai

Intrathoracic muscle flap transposition in the treatment of fibrocavernous tuberculosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 666-670. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rodney J. Landreneau, Tiziano De Giacomo, Michael J. Mack, Steven R. Hazelrigg, Peter F. Ferson, Robert J. Keenan, James D. Luketich, Anthony P. Yim, and Giorgio F. Coloni

Therapeutic video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical resection of colorectal pulmonary metastases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 671-677. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Giamberti, E. Mazzera, L. Di Chiara, E. Ferretti, L. Pasquini, and R.M. Di Donato

Right submammary minithoractomy for repair of congenital heart defects
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 678-682. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazunori Yamada, Xavier Roques, Nicolas Elia, Marie-Nadine Laborde, Maria Jimenez, Alain Choussat, and Eugene Baudet

The short- and mid-term results of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt with additional source of pulmonary blood flow as definitive palliation for the functional single ventricular heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 683-689. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Stanislav Ovroutski, Peter Ewert, Ingo Dähnert, Felix Berger, Peter E. Lange, and Roland Hetzer

Optimal conduit size for extracardiac Fontan operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 690-695. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrea M. D'Armini, Barbara Cattadori, Cristian Monterosso, Catherine Klersy, Vincenzo Emmi, Franco Piovella, Gaetano Minzioni, and Mario Viganò

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: hemodynamic characteristics and changes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 696-702. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Otto Pitkänen, Minna Niskanen, Sinikka Rehnberg, Mikko Hippeläinen, and Markku Hynynen

Intra-institutional prediction of outcome after cardiac surgery: comparison between a locally derived model and the EuroSCORE
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 703-710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Review articles:

Mark L. Rogers and John P. Duffy

Surgical aspects of chronic post-thoracotomy pain
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 711-716. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Erkki Pehkonen, Seppo Seppänen, Kari Niemelä, and Silja Majahalme

Radial artery graft inflow from the undetached, unharvested RIMA: a method to avoid proximal anastomosis to the aorta in CABG surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 717-719. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

J. Dahabreh, Ch. Zisis, M. Vassiliou, and N. Arnogiannaki

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation in an adult presenting as lung abscess
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 720-723. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Stanislav Ovroutski, Ingo Dähnert, and Thomas Fischer

Correction of cor triatriatum sinistrum in a Jehovah's Witness infant
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 724-726. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Cem Yorgancioglu, Bora Farsak, Hilmi Tokmakoglu, and Serdar Günaydin

An unusual experience with posterior pericardiotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 727. [Full Text]  

G.D. Angelini

Reply to Yorganciolu et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 728. [Full Text]  

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Stephan Schubert, and Gisella Stoltenburg-Didinger

Neuroprotective effects of pre-treatment with systemic steroids in a neonatal piglet model of cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 729-730. [Full Text]  

Stephen M. Langley

Reply to Abdul-Khaliq et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 731. [Full Text]  

Paul P. Urbanski

Aortic root replacement with coronary button reimplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 732. [Full Text]  

Lajos Kotsis, Károly Orbán, and Gábor Grmela

Transhiatal simultaneous resection of a benign mediastinal pseudotumor and hiatal hernia repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 733-734. [Full Text]  

Jens C. Rückert, Damian Czyzewski, Sören Pest, and Joachim M. Müller

Radicality of thoracoscopic thymectomy – an anatomical study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 735-736. [Full Text]  

M.L. Rogers

Early and long-term complaints following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: evaluation in 173 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 737. [Full Text]  

W. Weder

Reply to Rogers
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 738. [Full Text]  

Zsolt L. Nagy and Árpád Péterffy

Mitral annuloplasty with a suture technique
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 739-740. [Full Text]  

L. Dübener and H.-J. Schäfers

Reply to Nagy and Péterffy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 741. [Full Text]  

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