Original articles:

A.E. Martin-Ucar, N. Chaudhuri, J.G. Edwards, and D.A. Waller

Can pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer be avoided? An audit of parenchymal sparing lung surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 601-605. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H.S. Hofmann, C. Taege, C. Lautenschläger, H. Neef, and R.E. Silber

Microscopic (R1) and macroscopic (R2) residual disease in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 606-610. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M.J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, P.D. Rome, C. Kennedy, M. Fulham, and B.C. McCaughan

Pulmonary metastatic melanoma — the survival benefit associated with positron emission tomography scanning
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 611-615. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L.C.H. John

The effect of subcutaneous tumour implantation in a murine lung tumour model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 616-620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rizwan A. Qureshi, Tanveer A. Ahmed, Antony D. Grayson, Ajaib S. Soorae, M. John Drakeley, and Richard D. Page

Does lung biopsy help patients with interstitial lung disease?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 621-626. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eugenio Pompeo and Tommaso Claudio Mineo

Long-term outcome of staged versus one-stage bilateral thoracoscopic reduction pneumoplasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 627-633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hakan Kutlay, Ayten Kayi Cangir, Serkan Enön, Ekber Sahin, Murat Akal, Adem Güngör, Nezih Özdemir, and Sevket Kavukçu

Surgical treatment in bronchiectasis: analysis of 166 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 634-637. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

Outcome of acid ingestion related aspiration pneumonia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 638-643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Didier Schneiter, Peter Kestenholz, André Dutly, Stephan Korom, Urs Giger, Didier Lardinois, and Walter Weder

Prevention of recurrent empyema after pneumonectomy for chronic infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 644-648. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H.S. Hofmann, G. Rettig, J. Radke, H. Neef, and R.E. Silber

Iatrogenic ruptures of the tracheobronchial tree
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 649-652. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kalliopi Athanassiadi, M. Gerazounis, E. Metaxas, and Nikolitsa Kalantzi

Management of esophageal foreign bodies: a retrospective review of 400 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 653-656. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Imdahl, G. Bognar, J. Schulte-Mönting, U. Schöffel, E.H. Farthmann, and C. Ihling

Predictive factors for response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with oesophageal cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 657-663. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Roth, R. Ackermann, R. Stein, R. Inderbitzi, K. Rösler, and R.A. Schmid

Thirteen years follow-up after radical transsternal thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Do short-term results predict long-term outcome?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 664-670. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Agozzino, F. Ferraraccio, S. Esposito, A. Trocciola, A. Parente, A. Della Corte, M. De Feo, and M. Cotrufo

Medial degeneration does not involve uniformly the whole ascending aorta: morphological, biochemical and clinical correlations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 675-682. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.J.M. Takkenberg, L.A. van Herwerden, M.J.C. Eijkemans, J.A. Bekkers, and A.J.J.C. Bogers

Evolution of allograft aortic valve replacement over 13 years: results of 275 procedures
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 683-691. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Isaac Kadir, Catherine Walsh, Peter Wilde, Alan J. Bryan, and Gianni D. Angelini

Comparison of exercise and dobutamine echocardiography in the haemodynamic assessment of small size mechanical aortic valve prostheses
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 692-697. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Göran Dellgren, Christopher M. Feindel, Joanne Bos, Joan Ivanov, and Tirone E. David

Aortic valve replacement with the Toronto SPV: long-term clinical and hemodynamic results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 698-702. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Breymann, Wolf-Ruediger Thies, Dietmar Boethig, Rainer Goerg, Ute Blanz, and Reiner Koerfer

Bovine valved venous xenografts for RVOT reconstruction: results after 71 implantations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 703-710. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Viktor Hraska, A. Kántorová, P. Kunovsky, and D. Haviar

Intermediate results with correction of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve using a new approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 711-715. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Pizarro, Deborah A. Davis, Mark E. Galantowicz, Hamish Munro, Samuel S. Gidding, and William I. Norwood

Stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in low birth weight neonates: can we justify it?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 716-720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ralf G. Seipelt, Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez, Jörg S. Sachweh, Marie-Christin Seghaye, and Bruno J. Messmer

Antegrade palliation for diminutive pulmonary arteries in Tetralogy of Fallot
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 721-724. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Labrousse, E. Choukroun, J.M. Chevalier, F. Madonna, F. Robertie, F. Merlico, P. Coste, and C. Deville

Surgery for post infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD): risk factors for hospital death and long term results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 725-732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R.T. van Domburg, J.J.M. Takkenberg, L.A. van Herwerden, A.C. Venema, and A.J.J.C. Bogers

Short-term and 5-year outcome after primary isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery: results of risk stratification in a bilocation center
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 733-740. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zile Singh Meharwal and Naresh Trehan

Vascular complications of intra-aortic balloon insertion in patients undergoing coronary reavscularization: analysis of 911 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 741-747. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Kamiya, Go Watanabe, Tateo Saito, Toshio Doi, Shigeyuki Tomita, Hiroshi Ohtake, and Taro Kanamori

Real-time and continuous monitoring of myocardial blood flow using a thermal diffusion method
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 748-752. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koki Nakamura, Ilona Schmidt, Caroline C. Gray, Ann Dewar, Steve Rothery, Nicholas J. Severs, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani

The effect of chronic L-arginine administration on vascular recovery following cold cardioplegic arrest in rats
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 753-759. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Abdel Latif Hamdan, Roger V. Moukarbel, Firas Farhat, and Mounir Obeid

Vocal cord paralysis after open-heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 671-674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

T. Carrel and P. Berdat

Descending aortic aneurysm following ascending to descending bypass in the treatment of aortic re-coarctation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 760. [Full Text]  

Case reports:

M. Özeren, O.V. Dogan, C. Düzgün, and E. Yücel

Use of an ultrasonic scalpel in the open-heart reoperation of a patient with pacemaker
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 761-762. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.M. Grinda, R. Zegdi, R. Leroux, and A. Deloche

Tricuspid bioprosthesis replacement with cryopreserved mitral homograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 763-764. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Pasquale Totaro, Valentino Borghetti, Sabina Lanzi, and Gaetano Minzioni

Primary omental-flap surgery for post-sternotomy acute medistinitis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 765. [Full Text]  

Tamás Szerafin, Osama Jaber, and Árpád Péterffy

Technical refinements of omentopexy and pectoralis myoplasty for poststenotomy mediastinitis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 766. [Full Text]  

P. Schroeyers, F. Wellens, I. Degrieck, R. Degeest, F. Van Praet, Y. Vermeulen, and H. Vanermen

Reply to Totaro et al. and Szerafin et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 767. [Full Text]  

Paul P. Urbanski

Retrograde extension of type B dissection after endovascular stent graft repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 767-768. [Full Text]  

M. Totaro, F. Miraldi, A.G.M. Marullo, and G. Mazzesi

Reply to Urbanski
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 768-769. [Full Text]  

Igor Knez, Paul R. Vogt, Peter Rehak, and Bruno Rigler

Changes in the current approach do not qualify prosthesis–patient mismatch either (reply to Dumesnil et al., EJCTS 2002;21:157–158)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 769-770. [Full Text]  

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