Original articles:

C.L. Backer and C. Mavroudis

Surgical management of aortopulmonary window: a 40-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 773-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bernhard Voss, Falk-Udo Sack, Werner Saggau, Siegfried Hagl, and Rüdiger Lange

Atrial cardiomyoplasty in a Fontan circulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 780-786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Khaled Samir, Alberto Riberi, Olivier Ghez, Mohammed Ali, Dominique Metras, and Bernard Kreitmann

Delayed sternal closure: a life-saving measure in neonatal open heart surgery; could it be predictable?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmet Turan Yilmaz, Ertugrul Ozal, Nadir Barindik, Celalettin Günay, and Harun Tatar

The results of radial artery Y-graft for complete arterial revascularization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 794-799. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masahiro Ikeda, Hirokazu Ohashi, Yasushi Tsutsumi, Katsuaki Hige, Takahiro Kawai, and Masateru Ohnaka

Angiographic evaluation of the luminal changes in the radial artery graft in coronary artery bypass surgery: a concern over the long-term patency
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 800-803. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reza Tavakoli, Alberto Weber, Hanspeter Brunner-La Rocca, Dominique Bettex, Paul Vogt, Rene Pretre, Rolf Jenni, and Marko Turina

Results of surgery for irreversible moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation secondary to myocardial infarction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 818-824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Gårdlund, C.Y. Bitkover, and J. Vaage

Postoperative mediastinitis in cardiac surgery — microbiology and pathogenesis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 825-830. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xavier M. Mueller, David Jegger, Monique Augstburger, Judith Horisberger, Gilles Godar, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

A new concept of integrated cardiopulmonary bypass circuit
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 840-846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.M. Jones, K.H. Wilson, W.J. Koch, and C.A. Milano

Adenoviral gene transfer to the heart during cardiopulmonary bypass: effect of myocardial protection technique on transgene expression
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 847-852. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arjang Ruhparwar, Juergen Tebbenjohanns, Michael Niehaus, Michael Mengel, Thiemo Irtel, Theodoros Kofidis, Andreas M. Pichlmaier, and Axel Haverich

Transplanted fetal cardiomyocytes as cardiac pacemaker
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 853-857. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arpad Pereszlenyi, Georg Lang, Heinz Steltzer, Hubert Hetz, Alfred Kocher, Petra Neuhauser, Wilfried Wisser, and Walter Klepetko

Bilateral lung transplantation with intra- and postoperatively prolonged ECMO support in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 858-863. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franca M.A. Melfi, Gian Franco Menconi, A. Massimo Mariani, and Carlo Alberto Angeletti

Early experience with robotic technology for thoracoscopic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 864-868. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, James A. Quintessenza, Victor O. Morell, Luis M. Botero, Hugh M. van Gelder, and Christo I. Tchervenkov

Minimally invasive endoscopic repair of pectus excavatum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 869-873. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Horst Koch, F. Tomaselli, G. Pierer, F. Schwarzl, F. Haas, F.M. Smolle-Jüttner, and E. Scharnagl

Thoracic wall reconstruction using both portions of the latissimus dorsi previously divided in the course of posterolateral thoracotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 874-878. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hisao Asamura, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, and Ryosuke Tsuchiya

Mechanical vascular division in lung resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 879-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ismail Cüneyt Kurul, Salih Topçu, Irfan Tastepe, Ülkü Yazici, Tamer Altinok, and Güven Çetin

Surgery in bronchial carcinoids: experience with 83 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 883-887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Terzi, A. Lonardoni, G. Falezza, G. Furlan, P. Scanagatta, F. Pasini, and F. Calabrò

Sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer and carcinoids: results in 160 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 888-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Bando, K. Yamagihara, Y. Ohtake, R. Miyahara, F. Tanaka, S. Hasegawa, K. Inui, and Hiromi Wada

A new method of segmental resection for primary lung cancer: intermediate results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 894-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. Jeyasingham

Editorial Comment: Bando T, et al. A new method of segmental resection for primary lung cancer: intermediate results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 900. [Full Text]  

Christophoros N. Foroulis, Christophoros Kotoulas, Marios Konstantinou, and Achilles Lioulias

Is the reduction of forced expiratory lung volumes proportional to the lung parenchyma resection, 6 months after pneumonectomy?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 901-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ottavio Rena, Caterina Casadio, Franco Viano, Riccardo Cristofori, Enrico Ruffini, Pier Luigi Filosso, and Giuliano Maggi

Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal cancer: factors influencing prognosis. Twenty-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 906-912. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pier Luigi Filosso, Enrico Ruffini, Alberto Oliaro, Esther Papalia, Giovanni Donati, and Ottavio Rena

Long-term survival of atypical bronchial carcinoids with liver metastases, treated with octreotide
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 913-917. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chang Kwon Park and Sanghoon Jheon

Results of surgical treatment for pulmonary aspergilloma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 918-923. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

N.A. Scott, J.L. Knight, B.P. Bidstrup, H. Wolfenden, R.N. Linacre, and G.J. Maddern

Systematic review of beating heart surgery with the Octopus^® Tissue Stabilizer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 804-817. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Julian E. Losanoff, Bruce W. Richman, and James W. Jones

Disruption and infection of median sternotomy: a comprehensive review
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 831-839. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Shun-ichi Watanabe, Makoto Oda, Yasuhiko Ohta, and Go Watanabe

Endotracheal metastasis of rectal cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 924. [Full Text]  

Noboru Nakano, Katsutoshi Miyauchi, Hideaki Suzuki, and Kanji Kawachi

Large chest wall abscess due to microaerophilic streptococcus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 925. [Full Text]  

J.M. Galbis Caravajal, J.J. Mafé Madueño, B. Baschwitz Gómez, and J.M. Rodriguez Paniagua

Swordfish attack: an unusual cause of penetrating thoracic wound
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 926. [Full Text]  

Rizwan A. Qureshi, Amanda L. Holgate, Judith M. Harrington, and Richard G. Berrisford

Unsuspected vascular anomaly at cervical mediastinoscopy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 927. [Full Text]  

Hasan Huseyin Telli, Niyazi Gormus, Ahmet Temizhan, and Hasan Solak

Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 928. [Full Text]  

Franz X. Schmid, Dietmar Elsner, Johannes Merk, and Dietrich E. Birnbaum

Giant right coronary artery-coronary sinus fistula
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 929. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Alessandro Mazzola, Renato Gregorini, Carmine Villani, and Mauro Di Eusanio

Antegrade cerebral perfusion by axillary artery and left carotid artery inflow at moderate hypothermia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 930-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thanos Athanasiou, Rex DeL Stanbridge, Pankaj Kumar, and Ashok Cherian

Video assisted resternotomy in high-risk redo operations — the St Mary's experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 932-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

G. Kostopoulos, A. Efstathiou, A. Skordalaki, and I. Fessatidis

Bronchogenic cyst infected by Salmonella enteritidis followed gastroenteritis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 935-937. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Madjed Al Refaï, Chantal Duhamel, Jean Philippe Le Rochais, and Philippe Icard

Lung scedosporiosis: a differential diagnosis of aspergillosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 938-939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

José R. Donado-Uña, Vicente Díaz-Hellín, Angel López-Encuentra, and José M. Echave-Sustaeta

Persistent cavitations in pulmonary mucormycosis after apparently successful amphotericin B
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 940-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atilla Eroglu, Can Kürkçüoglu, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu, and Nesrin Gürsan

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the anterior mediastinum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 943-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Hohls, N. Ghanem, M. Wilhelm, and E. Stoelben

Tracheal stenosis caused by false aneurysm of the right subclavian artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 946-947. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshimasa Asai, Akihiko Usui, Shigeru Miyachi, and Yuichi Ueda

Endovascular treatment for intracranial mycotic aneurysms prior to cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 948-950. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Noritaka Isowa, Seiki Hasegawa, Toru Bando, and Hiromi Wada

Preoperative risk factors for prolonged air leak following lobectomy or segmentectomy for primary lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 951. [Full Text]  

Massimo Bonacchi, Edvin Prifti, Gabriele Giunti, and Guido Sani

Retrocaval right internal mammary artery for left ventricular marginal arteries grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 952. [Full Text]  

R. Ramadan

Reply to Bonnachi et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 953. [Full Text]  

Luc Noyez

Retrocaval route for the right internal mammary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 953-954. [Full Text]  

R. Ramadan

Reply to Noyez
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 954. [Full Text]  

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