Editorials:

Ludwig K. von Segesser

To web or not to web, that is no longer a question Or, what is a web-driven scientific publication good for?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 957-958. [Full Text]  

Original articles:

M. Lachat, T. Pfammatter, H. Witzke, E. Bernard, U. Wolfensberger, A. Künzli, and M. Turina

Acute traumatic aortic rupture: early stent-graft repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 959-963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Hutschala, T. Fleck, M. Czerny, M. Ehrlich, M. Schoder, J. Lammer, E. Wolner, and M. Grabenwöger

Endoluminal stent-graft placement in patients with acute aortic dissection type B
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 964-969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Johji Fukada, Akira Yamada, Satoshi Muraki, Hideki Hyodoh, and Tomio Abe

Thoracoabdominal or descending aortic aneurysm repair after preoperative demonstration of the Adamkiewicz artery by magnetic resonance angiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 970-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gil Bolotin, Frederik H. van der Veen, Roberto Lorusso, Tamir Wolf, Robert Sachner, Rona Shofti, Jan J. Shreuder, and Gideon Uretzky

Hemodynamic analysis of descending versus ascending aortomyoplasty, and comparison with intra-aortic balloon pump
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 975-980. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Johannes Bonatti, Christa Haeusler, Alexander Klaus, Monika Fink, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, and Günther Laufer

Acceptance of gene therapy by the heart surgery patient
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 981-986. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Tähepõld, A. Ruusalepp, G. Li, J. Vaage, J. Starkopf, and G. Valen

Cardioprotection by breathing hyperoxic gas—relation to oxygen concentration and exposure time in rats and mice
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 987-994. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A.C.L. Graffigna, G. Nollo, C. Pederzolli, P. Ferrari, L. Widesott, and R. Antolini

Continuous monitoring of myocardial acid–base status during intermittent warm blood cardioplegia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 995-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bei Huang, Thomas Dreyer, Martin Heidt, Julie C.M. Yu, Monika Philipp, Friedrich W. Hehrlein, Norbert Katz, and Nadia Al-Fakhri

Insulin and local growth factor PDGF induce intimal hyperplasia in bypass graft culture models of saphenous vein and internal mammary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1002-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G.G. Santos, N.A.G. Stolf, L.F.P. Moreira, V.L.S. Haddad, R.M.C. Simões, S.R.V. Carvalho, A.A. Salgado, and S.F. Avelar, Jr.

Randomized comparative study of radial artery and right gastroepiploic artery in composite arterial graft for CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1009-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masashi Ura, Ryuzo Sakata, Yoshihiro Nakayama, and Yoshio Arai

Bilateral pedicled internal thoracic artery grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1015-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Santini, Gianluca Casali, Mario Lusini, Augusto D'Onofrio, Enrico Barbieri, Giorgio Rigatelli, Gianfranco Franco, and Alessandro Mazzucco

Mid-term results after extensive vein patch reconstruction and internal mammary grafting of the diffusely diseased left anterior descending coronary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1020-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Reis, J.C. Mota, P. Ponce, A. Costa-Pereira, and M. Guerreiro

Early extubation does not increase complication rates after coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1026-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Frans M. van Eck, Luc Noyez, Freek W.A. Verheugt, and Rene M.H.J. Brouwer

Preoperative prediction of early mortality in redocoronary artery surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1031-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Kovacikova, P. Kunovsky, P. Skrak, V. Hraska, L. Kostalova, and E. Tomeckova

Thyroid hormone metabolism in pediatric cardiac patients treated by continuous povidone–iodine irrigation for deep sternal wound infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1037-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Lacour-Gayet, C. Haun, K. Ntalakoura, E. Belli, L. Houyel, P. Marcsek, F. Wagner, and J. Weil

Biventricular repair of double outlet right ventricle with non-committed ventricular septal defect (VSD) by VSD rerouting to the pulmonary artery and arterial switch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1042-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Svensson, O. Aljassim, S.-E. Svensson, O. Bech-Hanssen, and U. Kjellman

Anatomical mismatch of the pulmonary autograft in the aortic root may be the cause of early aortic insufficiency after the Ross procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1049-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Kadner, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Gregor Zund, Karim Eid, Christine Maurus, Serguei Melnitchouk, Jurg Grunenfelder, and Marko I. Turina

A new source for cardiovascular tissue engineering: human bone marrow stromal cells
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1055-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Minoru Ono, Randall K. Wolf, Dimitrios C. Angouras, David A. Brown, Andrew H. Goldstein, and Robert E. Michler

Short- and long-term results of open heart surgery in patients with abdominal solid organ transplant
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1061-1072. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gregor Warnecke, Martin Strüber, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Jost Niedermeyer, Sebastian P. Sommer, and Axel Haverich

Pulmonary preservation with Bretscheider's HTK and Celsior solution in minipigs
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1073-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Magdeleinat, Haruhiko Kondo, Gilles Rollet, Jean Francois Regnard, Ryosuke Tsuchiya, and Ugo Pastorino

Superior vena cava resection with prosthetic replacement for non-small cell lung cancer: long-term results of a multicentric study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1080-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierre Magdeleinat, Marco Alifano, Antonio Petino, Jean-Philippe Le Rochais, Elisabeth Dulmet, Françoise Galateau, Philippe Icard, and Jean-François Regnard

Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: clinical characteristics, surgical treatment and outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1087-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Thomas, C. Doddoli, S. Yena, X. Thirion, F. Sebag, P. Fuentes, and R. Giudicelli

VATS is an adequate oncological operation for stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1094-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angelo Carretta, Paola Ciriaco, Barbara Canneto, Roberto Nicoletti, Alessandro Del Maschio, and Piero Zannini

Therapeutic strategy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer associated to satellite pulmonary nodules
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1100-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marco Lucchi, Alfredo Mussi, Gabriella Fontanini, Pinuccia Faviana, Alessandro Ribechini, and Carlo Alberto Angeletti

Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC): the angiogenic phenomenon
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1105-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefano Margaritora, Venanzio Porziella, Antonio D'Andrilli, Alfredo Cesario, Domenico Galetta, Giuseppe Macis, and Pierluigi Granone

Pulmonary metastases: can accurate radiological evaluation avoid thoracotomic approach?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1111-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P.N. Wurnig, H. Lackner, C. Teiner, P.H. Hollaus, M. Pospisil, B. Fohsl-Grande, M. Osarowsky, and N.S. Pridun

Is intercostal block for pain management in thoracic surgery more successful than epidural anaesthesia?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1115-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Alexander N. Evans, Malek G. Massad, Sanjay Gandhi, and Karen Ferrer

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1120. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Nirav C. Patel, D. Mark Pullan, and Brian M. Fabri

‘Shunt shuffle’—a simple technique of introducing intracoronary shunts for off-pump coronary artery bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1121-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

J. Hruda, M.G. Hazekamp, M.A. Sobotka-Plojhar, and J. Ottenkamp

Repair of aorto-right ventricular tunnel with pulmonary stenosis and an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1123-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Pier Luigi Filosso, Ottavio Rena, Enrico Ruffini, and Alberto Oliaro

Ectopic ACTH-producing tumors of the chest and octreotide scintigraphy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1126. [Full Text]  

Chiara Dall'Asta, Luigi Santambrogio, Massimo Castellani, and Bruno Ambrosi

Reply to Filosso et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1126-1127. [Full Text]  

Turgut Isitmangil, Alper Toker, Rauf Gorur, and Saban Sebit

A novel dissemination pathway of hydatid cyst
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1127-1128. [Full Text]  

Giuliano Maggi, Roberto Giobbe, Caterina Casadio, and Ottavio Rena

Palliative surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1128. [Full Text]  

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

Reply to Maggi et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 21: 1128-1129. [Full Text]  

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