Original articles:

Hiroyasu Igaki, Hoichi Kato, Yuji Tachimori, Hiroyuki Daiko, Masahide Fukaya, Satoshi Yajima, and Yukihiro Nakanishi

Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival of patients with clinical Stage I squamous cell carcinomas of the thoracic esophagus treated with three-field lymph node dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1089-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Abraham, J. Picquet, S. Bickert, X. Papon, Y. Jousset, J.L. Saumet, and B. Enon

Infra-stellate upper thoracic sympathectomy results in a relative bradycardia during exercise, irrespective of the operated side
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1095-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sortini Andrea, Carcoforo Paolo, Simona Ascanelli, Sortini Davide, and Pozza Enzo

Significance of a single pulmonary nodule in patients with previous history of malignancy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1101-1105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

Results of induction chemotherapy followed by surgical resection in patients with stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer: the importance of the nodal down-staging after chemotherapy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1106-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fabrice Barlesi, Christophe Doddoli, Pascal Thomas, Jean-Pierre Kleisbauer, Roger Giudicelli, and Pierre Fuentes

Bilateral bronchioloalveolar lung carcinoma: is there a place for palliative pneumonectomy?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1113-1116. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A.E. Martin-Ucar, J.G. Edwards, A. Rengajaran, S. Muller, and D.A. Waller

Palliative surgical debulking in malignant mesothelioma : Predictors of survival and symptom control
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1117-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mehmet Ali Bedirhan, Akif Turna, Naci Yagan, and Orhan Tasçi

Aprotinin reduces postoperative bleeding and the need for blood products in thoracic surgery: results of a randomized double-blind study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1122-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Huwer, C. Welter, C. Özbek, M. Seifert, U. Straub, P. Greilach, G. Kalweit, and H. Isringhaus

Simultaneous surgical revascularization and angiogenic gene therapy in diffuse coronary artery disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1128-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.M. Hartman, J.C. Kelder, R.G.A. Ackerstaff, F.E.E. Vermeulen, and A.J.J.C. Bogers

Differences in LIMA Doppler characteristics for different LAD perfusion areas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1135-1141. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Imran Saeed, Ani C. Anyanwu, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani

Subjective patient outcomes following coronary artery bypass using the radial artery: results of a cross-sectional survey of harvest site complications and quality of life
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1142-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulf Lockowandt and Anders Franco-Cereceda

Off-pump coronary bypass surgery causes less immediate postoperative coronary endothelial dysfunction compared to on-pump coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1147-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Magdi Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani

The clinical outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in the elderly patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1152-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Bouchart, A. Tabley, P.Y. Litzler, C. Haas-Hubscher, J.P. Bessou, and R. Soyer

Myocardial revascularization in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Long term follow-up in 141 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1157-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S.J. Fearn, R. Pole, M. Burgess, S.G. Ray, T.L. Hooper, and C.N. McCollum

Cerebral embolisation during modern cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1163-1167. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lisa Ridderstolpe, Hans Gill, Hans Granfeldt, Hans Åhlfeldt, and Hans Rutberg

Superficial and deep sternal wound complications: incidence, risk factors and mortality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1168-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paul Sergeant, Erik de Worm, and Bart Meyns

Single centre, single domain validation of the EuroSCORE on a consecutive sample of primary and repeat CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1176-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T.S. Kurki, U. Häkkinen, J. Lauharanta, J. Rämö, and M. Leijala

Evaluation of the relationship between preoperative risk scores, postoperative and total length of stays and hospital costs in coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1183-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stuart P. Thomas, Ian A. Nicholson, Graham R. Nunn, and David L. Ross

Radiofrequency lesions produced by handheld temperature controlled probes for use in atrial fibrillation surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1188-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Bayegan, Hans Domanovits, M. Schillinger, M. Ehrlich, G. Sodeck, and A.N. Laggner

Acute type A aortic dissection: the prognostic impact of preoperative cardiac tamponade
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1194-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C.H. Wong, B. Watson, J. Smith, J.R.L. Hamilton, and A. Hasan

The use of left heart bypass in adult and recurrent coarctation repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1199-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio F. Corno, Umberto Botta, Michel Hurni, Maurice Payot, Nicole Sekarski, Piergiorgio Tozzi, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Surgery for aortic coarctation: a 30 years experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1202-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rüdiger Lange, Christian Schreiber, Thomas Günther, Michael Wottke, Felix Haas, Franz Meisner, John Hess, and Klaus Holper

Results of biventricular repair of congenital cardiac malformations: definitive corrective surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1207-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Gallivan, K.B. Davis, and J.F. Stark

Early identification of divergent performance in congenital cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1214-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Uwe Mehlhorn, Hans J. Geissler, Glen A. Laine, and Steven J. Allen

Myocardial fluid balance
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1220-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Y.M. Carter, R.C. Karmy-Jones, D.C. Oxorn, and G.S. Aldea

Traumatic disruption of the aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1231. [Full Text]  

F. Hornero, M.J. Dalmau, S. Canovas, and J.A. Montero

Extensive dissection in left coronary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1232. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Zsolt L. Nagy, Miklós Szokol, and Árpád Péterffy

Direct ostioplasty of the left main coronary artery using the right internal thoracic artery as patch material
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1233-1234. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ramzi Ramadan, Nawwar Al Attar, Arrigo Lessana, and Patrick Nataf

Retrocaval in situ RIMA for distal marginal arteries grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1235-1236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mahmoud Loubani, Govind Chetty, Said Shawkat, and Joseph N. Leverment

Oesophageal strictures: new indication for intra-aortic balloon pumps?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1237-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marco Ricci, Eliot R. Rosenkranz, and Tomas A. Salerno

Surgical strategy for repair of large pseudoaneurysms of the aortic isthmus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1240-1242. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Bernard Segers, Marc Derluyn, Jean-Paul Barroy, and Alain P. Brunet

Isolated supradiaphragmatic descending thoracic aorta stenosis in a Takayasu's disease: surgical cure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1243-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bruno Chiappini, Giorgio Arpesella, Carlotta Barbara, and Angelo Pierangeli

Delayed post-traumatic aneurysms of aorta, carotid and innominate arteries
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1246-1248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Marc Marnette, Hassan Hassan, Joêlle Sarot, and Karolien Jacobs

Papillary fibroelastoma of a mitral valve chorda
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1249-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Giamberti, N.N. Kalis, Robert H. Anderson, and Marc R. de Leval

Atrioventricular septal defect with ‘absent’ pulmonary valve in the setting of Down's syndrome: a rare association
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1252-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin H. Chamberlain, Ronald Henry, Stacey Brann, and Gianni D. Angelini

Surgical management of a gigantic circumflex coronary artery aneurysm with fistulous connection to the coronary sinus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1255-1257. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Musleh, Anjum Jalal, and A.K. Deiraniya

Post-coronary artery bypass grafting left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula: a 6 year follow-up following successful surgical division
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1258-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Parwis Massoudy, András Szabó, Henry J.C.M. van de Wal, and Heinz Jakob

Intraoperative flow measurement of native coronary artery can help decision making before CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1261-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Aitizaz Uddin Syed, Mohammed R. Al Fagih, and Mohammed Fouda

Coronary bypass surgery in patients with Sheehan's syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1264-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jong Bum Choi, Sam Youn Lee, and Jin Won Jeong

Delayed diagnosis of purulent pericarditis caused by esophagopericardial fistula by computed tomography scan and echocardiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1267-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Roland G. Demaria, Simon Fortier, and Louis P. Perrault

Coronary endothelial damage during off-pump CABG related to coronary-clamping and gas insufflation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1270-1271. [Full Text]  

Yukio Okazaki, Kyoumi Takarabe, and Tsuyoshi Itoh

Reply to Demaria et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1272. [Full Text]  

A. Thomas Pezzella

Coronary artery bypass grafting after pneumonectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1273. [Full Text]  

G.W. Jamaleddine and M. Obeid

Reply to Pezzella
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1274. [Full Text]  

Paul P. Urbanski

Valved stentless composite graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1275-1276. [Full Text]  

John G. Byrne, Tomislav Mihaljevic, and Sary F. Aranki

Reply to Urbanski
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1277. [Full Text]  

Belhhan Akpinar and Mustafa Guden

The use of composite stentless valves with graft extension for the treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1278. [Full Text]  

John G. Byrne, Tomislav Mihaljevic, and Sary F. Aranki

Reply to Akpinar and Guden
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 20: 1279. [Full Text]  

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