Original articles:

B. Dorweiler, C. Dueber, A. Neufang, W. Schmiedt, M.B. Pitton, and H. Oelert

Endovascular treatment of acute bleeding complications in traumatic aortic rupture and aortobronchial fistula
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 739-745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nadine A. Tatton, Christian Hagl, Sarah Nandor, Stephanie Insolia, David Spielvogel, and Randall B. Griepp

Apoptotic cell death in the hippocampus due to prolonged hypothermic circulatory arrest: comparison of cyclosporine A and cycloheximide on neuron survival
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 746-755. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Hagl, Nadine A. Tatton, Donald J. Weisz, Ning Zhang, David Spielvogel, Howard H. Shiang, Carol A. Bodian, and Randall B. Griepp

Cyclosporine A as a potential neuroprotective agent: a study of prolonged hypothermic circulatory arrest in a chronic porcine model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 756-764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Marco Di Eusanio, Davide Pacini, Marco Pagliaro, Carlo Savini, Andrea Nocchi, and Angelo Pierangeli

Antegrade selective cerebral perfusion during surgery of the thoracic aorta: risk analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 765-770. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Tscholl, F. Langer, O. Wendler, H. Wilkens, T. Georg, and H.-J. Schäfers

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy – risk factors for early survival and hemodynamic improvement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 771-776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carl L. Backer, Constantine Mavroudis, Mark E. Gerber, and Lauren D. Holinger

Tracheal surgery in children: an 18-year review of four techniques
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 777-784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T.-Y. Hsia, S. Khambadkone, A.N. Redington, and M.R. de Leval

Effect of fenestration on the sub-diaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in the total-cavopulmonary connection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 785-792. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eldad Erez, Vincent K.H Tam, Willis H. Williams, and Kirk R. Kanter

The Konno aortoventriculoplasty for repeat aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 793-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Igor Knez, Rainer Rienmüller, Robert Maier, Peter Rehak, Brigitte Schröttner, Heinrich Mächler, Michael Anelli-Monti, and Bruno Rigler

Left ventricular architecture after valve replacement due to critical aortic stenosis: an approach to dis-/qualify the myth of valve prosthesis–patient mismatch?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 797-805. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Hadjinikolaou, F. Triposkiadis, M. Zairis, E. Chlapoutakis, and P. Spyrou

Successful management of Brucella mellitensis endocarditis with combined medical and surgical approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 806-810. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. De Feo, R. Gregorio, A. Della Corte, C. Marra, C. Amarelli, A. Renzulli, R. Utili, and M. Cotrufo

Deep sternal wound infection: the role of early debridement surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 811-816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S.A.M. Nashef, F. Carey, and S. Charman

The relationship between predicted and actual cardiac surgical mortality: impact of risk grouping and individual surgeons
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 817-820. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Saud Al-Shanafey, Linda Dodds, Don Langille, Idris Ali, Harry Henteleff, and Rebecca Dobson

Nodal vessels disease as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 821-826. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Bonacchi, E. Prifti, G. Giunti, A. Salica, G. Frati, and G. Sani

Respiratory dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting employing bilateral internal mammary arteries: the influence of intact pleura
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 827-833. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukio Okazaki, Kyomi Takarabe, Jun-ichi Murayama, Etsuro Suenaga, Kojiro Furukawa, Kazuhisa Rikitake, Masafumi Natsuaki, and Tsuyoshi Itoh

Coronary endothelial damage during off-pump CABG related to coronary-clamping and gas insufflation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 834-839. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen M. Wildhirt, Michael Weis, Costas Schulze, Nicole Conrad, Sinan Pehlivanli, Gabi Rieder, Georg Enders, Wolfgang von Scheidt, and Bruno Reichart

Coronary flow reserve and nitric oxide synthases after cardiac transplantation in humans
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 840-847. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Takashi Hirotani, Tadashi Kameda, Shogo Shirota, and Yoshihisa Nakao

An evaluation of the intraoperative transit time measurements of coronary bypass flow
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 848-852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alex M. Fabricius, Witek Gerber, Michaela Hanke, Jens Garbade, Rüdiger Autschbach, and Friedrich W. Mohr

Early angiographic control of perioperative ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 853-858. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Petzold, P. Feindt, U. Sunderdiek, U. Boeken, Y. Fischer, and E. Gams

Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (hFABP) in the diagnosis of myocardial damage in coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 859-864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryszard T. Smolenski, Mohamed Amrani, Jay Jayakumar, Piotr Jagodzinski, Caroline C. Gray, Andrew T. Goodwin, Ivan A. Sammut, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Pyruvate/dichloroacetate supply during reperfusion accelerates recovery of cardiac energetics and improves mechanical function following cardioplegic arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 865-872. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihiro Suematsu, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Yasunobu Hirata, Katsuhide Maeda, Kazuhito Imanaka, and Shinichi Takamoto

L-Arginine given after ischaemic preconditioning can enhance cardioprotection in isolated rat hearts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 873-879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xiaolong Jiao, Mark J. Krasna, Joshua Sonett, Ziv Gamliel, Mohan Suntharalingam, Austin Doyle, and Bruce Greenwald

Pretreatment surgical lymph node staging predicts results of trimodality therapy in esophageal cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 880-886. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyasu Igaki, Hoichi Kato, Yuji Tachimori, Hiroshi Sato, Hiroyuki Daiko, and Yukihiro Nakanishi

Prognostic evaluation for squamous cell carcinomas of the lower thoracic esophagus treated with three-field lymph node dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 887-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefano Margaritora, Alfredo Cesario, Domenico Galetta, Antonio D'Andrilli, Giuseppe Macis, Giovanna Mantini, Lucio Trodella, and Pierluigi Granone

Ten year experience with induction therapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): is clinical re-staging predictive of pathological staging?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 894-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophe Doddoli, Pascal Thomas, Olivier Ghez, Roger Giudicelli, and Pierre Fuentes

Surgical management of metachronous bronchial carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 899-903. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaki Tomita, Takanori Ayabe, Yasunori Matsuzaki, and Toshio Onitsuka

Expression of nm23-H1 gene product in mediastinal lymph nodes from lung cancer patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 904-907. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefan Zink, Gian Kayser, Hans-Joachim Gabius, and Klaus Kayser

Survival, disease-free interval, and associated tumor features in patients with colon/rectal carcinomas and their resected intra-pulmonary metastases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 908-913. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nurettin Karaoglanoglu, Ibrahim Can Kurkcuoglu, Metin Gorguner, Atilla Eroglu, and Atila Turkyilmaz

Giant hydatid lung cysts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 914-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Danail B. Petrov, Penka P. Terzinacheva, Vladimir I. Djambazov, Mikhail Ph. Plochev, Eluar P. Goranov, Tsvetan R. Minchev, and Petar V. Petrov

Surgical treatment of bilateral hydatid disease of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 918-923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Brunelli, A. Fianchini, M. Al Refai, R. Gesuita, and F. Carle

Internal comparative audit in a thoracic surgery unit using the physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 924-928. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Belhhan Akpinar, Mustafa Guden, and Esat Memisoglu

Screening of a stentless valve with electron beamed tomograpy 5 years after operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 929. [Full Text]  

M. Cumhur Sivrikoz, Salih Topçu, Velit Halit, and Erhan Ilgit

A different surgical approach to the treatment for early stage bronchopleural fistulas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 930. [Full Text]  

Olgun Kadir Aribas and Niyazi Görmüs

Giant chondroma of the anterior chest wall
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 931. [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Ahmet Özyazicioglu, Hikmet Koçak, and Ünsal Vural

Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm in Behcet's disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 938-939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Friedrich S. Eckstein, Michael K. Bohlmann, Mary-Claude Balmer, and Thierry P. Carrel

Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis in a HIV-positive patient
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 940-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fernando Moraes, Cleusa Lapa Santos, Vital Lira, and Carlos R. Moraes

Congenital aneurysm of the right atrium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 943-944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoru Hasegawa, Tohru Sakamoto, and Makoto Sunamori

Postinfarction ventricular septal perforation repair with endoventricular circular patch plasty using double patches and gelatin–resorcinol–formaldehyde biological glue
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 945-948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Alfredo Mussi, Alessandro Ribechini, and Carlo Alberto Angeletti

Posterior wall laceration of the thoracic trachea: the transcervical–transtracheal approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 932-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshiharu Takahara, Yoshio Sudo, Keiichi Ishida, and Kaoru Matsuura

Simultaneous coronary arterial bypass surgery using mini-sternotomy and off-pump methods and abdominal aneurysm repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 935-937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jan van der Linden, Olov Duvernoy, Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, and Lars Bengtsson

Does hyaluronate prevent postoperative retro-sternal adhesions in coronary surgery? – Preliminary results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 949-950. [Full Text]  

Ming-Chien Kao

Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for craniofacial hyperhidrosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 951. [Full Text]  

Sook Whan Sung, Young Tae Kim, and Joo Hyun Kim

Reply to Kao
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 952. [Full Text]  

Raffaele De Simone, Jörg Rodrian, Brigitte Osswald, Falk-Udo Sack, Eliana De Simone, and Siegfried Hagl

Initial experience with a new communication tool: the ‘Digital Interactive Poster Presentation’
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 19: 953-955. [Full Text]  

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