Editorials:

Olivier Jegaden and Philippe Mikaeloff

Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. The beginning of the end?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 237-238. [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Mark Yeatman, Massimo Caputo, Raimondo Ascione, Franco Ciulli, and Gianni D. Angelini

Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery for critical left main stem disease: safety, efficacy and outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 239-244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Varghese, Magdi H. Yacoub, Richard Trimlett, and Mohamed Amrani

Outcome of non-elective coronary artery bypass grafting without cardio-pulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 245-248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A.R. Casha, M. Gauci, L. Yang, M. Saleh, P.H. Kay, and G.J. Cooper

Fatigue testing median sternotomy closures
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 249-253. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yosef Paz, Jacob Gurevitch, Inna Frolkis, Itzhak Shapira, Dimitri Pevni, Amir Kramer, Chaim Locker, and Rephael Mohr

Vasoactive response of different parts of human internal thoracic artery to isosorbide-dinitrate and nitroglycerin: an in-vitro study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 254-259. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Egbert M. Koomen, Barbara A. Hutten, Johannes C. Kelder, W. Ken Redekop, Jan G.P. Tijssen, and J. Herre Kingma

Morbidity and mortality in patients waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 260-265. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James Tatoulis, Brian F. Buxton, and John A. Fuller

The radial artery in coronary re-operations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 266-273. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan Bogaert, Steven Dymarkowski, Werner Budts, Marc Gewillig, and Willem Daenen

Graft dilation after redo surgery for aneurysm formation following patch angioplasty for aortic coarctation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 274-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.W. Gaynor, J.E. O'Brien, Jr., J. Rychik, G.R. Sanchez, W.M. DeCampli, and T.L. Spray

Outcome following tricuspid valve detachment for ventricular septal defects closure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 279-282. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Prêtre, G. Gendron, D. Tamisier, F. Vernant, D. Sidi, and P. Vouhé

Results of the Lecompte procedure in malposition of the great arteries and pulmonary obstruction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 283-289. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chih-Yang Chan, Ing-Sh Chiu, Shye-Jao Wu, and Chi-Ren Hung

A minimal transverse incision with low median sternotomy for pediatric congenital heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 290-293. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Pizarro, D.A. Davis, R.M. Healy, P.J. Kerins, and W.I. Norwood

Is there a role for extracorporeal life support after stage I Norwood?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 294-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Leprince, M. Rahmati, N. Bonnet, V. Bors, A. Rama, Ph. Léger, I. Gandjbakhch, and A. Pavie

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes to wrap surfaces of circulatory support devices in patients undergoing bridge to heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 302-306. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alberto Riberi, Pierre Ambrosi, Gilbert Habib, Bernard Kreitmann, John G. Yao, Jean Gaudart, Olivier Ghez, and Dominique Metras

Systemic embolism: a serious complication after cardiac transplantation avoidable by bicaval technique
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 307-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fadi Farhat, Daniel Loisance, Jean-Pierre Garnier, and Matthias Kirsch

Norepinephrine release after acute brain death abolishes the cardioprotective effects of ischemic preconditioning in rabbit
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 313-320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Juergen Martin, Georg Lutter, Koppany Sarai, Mareike Senn-Grossberger, Noriyuki Takahashi, José Bitu-Moreno, Joerg Haberstroh, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Investigations on the new free radical scavenger polynitroxyl-albumin to prevent ischemia and reperfusion injury after orthotopic heart transplantation in the pig model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 321-325. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Schlensak, Torsten Doenst, Stefan Preußer, Mark Wunderlich, Manuela Kleinschmidt, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Bronchial artery perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass does not prevent ischemia of the lung in piglets: assessment of bronchial artery blood flow with fluorescent microspheres
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 326-332. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Duilio Divisi, Pietro Montagna, Olivier Jegaden, Lorenzo Giusti, Alberto Berti, Giorgio Furio Coloni, Costante Ricci, and Philippe Mikaeloff

A comparative study of Euro-Collins, low potassium University of Wisconsin and cold modified blood solutions in lung preservation in acute autotransplantations in the pig
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 333-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter B. Licht, Søren Friis, and Gösta Pettersson

Tracheal cancer in Denmark: a nationwide study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 339-345. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuliano Maggi, Caterina Casadio, Roberto Cianci, Ottavio Rena, and Enrico Ruffini

Trimodality management of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 346-350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Varela, R. Cordovilla, M.F. Jiménez, and N. Novoa

Utility of standardized exercise oximetry to predict cardiopulmonary morbidity after lung resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 351-354. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Passlick, Ch. Born, W. Sienel, and O. Thetter

Incidence of chronic pain after minimal-invasive surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 355-359. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Pier Luigi Filosso, Alberto Oliaro, Giovanni Donati, and Ottavio Rena

Post-traumatic hernia of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 360. [Full Text]  

C.S. Carr, R. Rawlins, and P.A. O'Keefe

Intramuscular lipoma of the intercostal muscle – the source of hour-glass transmural thoracic lipomas?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 361. [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Karim A. Diab, Mohamad F. Khatib, Mounir Obeid, and Ghassan W. Jamaleddine

Coronary artery bypass grafting after pneumonectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 362-364. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luca Testolin, Cristina Basso, Demetrio Pittarello, Dino Casarotto, and Marialuisa Valente

Cardiogenic shock due to metastatic cardiac lymphoma: still a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 365-368. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Kirsch, Emmanuelle Vermes, Rémi Houel, and Daniel Loisance

The freestyle stentless aortic bioprosthesis: more about the subcoronary technique
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 369-371. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Cüneyt Konuralp, Mustafa Idiz, and Mustafa Ünal

Importance of the cardiac lymphatic system in open heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 372-373. [Full Text]  

Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez

Reply to Konuralp et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 374. [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Rescigno, Maria Sandra Ballestrazzi, and Stefano Nazari

Continuous high vacuum and primary skin closure in sternotomy wound infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 375. [Full Text]  

A.T.M. Tang

Reply to Rescigno et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 376. [Full Text]  

Johnannes M.A. Daniels, Herman Rijna, Pieter E. Postmus, and Johan C. van Mourik

Mediastinoscopy as a standardised procedure for mediastinal lymph node staging in non-small cell lung carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 377-378. [Full Text]  

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