Original articles:

Godehard Friedel, Ugo Pastorino, Robert J. Ginsberg, Peter Goldstraw, Micheal Johnston, Harvey Pass, Joe B. Putnam, and Heikki Toomes

Results of lung metastasectomy from breast cancer: prognostic criteria on the basis of 467 cases of the international registry of lung metastases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 335-344. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacques Jougon, Michel Ballester, Frédéric Delcambre, Tarun Mac Bride, Philippe Valat, Francis Gomez, François Laurent, and Jean François Velly

Massive hemoptysis: what place for medical and surgical treatment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 345-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Rea, Donatella Callegaro, Monica Loy, Andrea Zuin, Surendra Narne, Tobia Gobbi, Melania Grapeggia, and Francesco Sartori

Benign tracheal and laryngotracheal stenosis: surgical treatment and results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 352-356. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tiziano De Giacomo, Erino Angelo Rendina, Federico Venuta, Marco Moretti, Edoardo Mercadante, Ibrahim Mohsen, Mary-Jo Filice, and Giorgio Furio Coloni

Bullectomy is comparable to lung volume reduction in patients with end-stage emphysema
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 357-362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ömer Senbaklavaci, Wilfried Wisser, Cenk Özpeker, Gabriel Marta, Peter Jaksch, Ernst Wolner, and Walter Klepetko

Successful lung volume reduction surgery brings patients into better condition for later lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 363-367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uz Stammberger, Jürg Hamacher, Jean-Claude Pache, and Ralph A. Schmid

sCR1sLe^X reduces lung allograft ischemia–reperfusion injury but does not ameliorate acute rejection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 368-372. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hasim Üstünsoy, Mehmet Adnan Celkan, Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz, Hakki Kazaz, and Metin Kilinç

Intrapericardial fibrynolytic therapy in purulent pericarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 373-376. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R.F. Bonvini, L. Caoduro, A. Menafoglio, L. Calanca, L. von Segesser, and A. Gallino

Telemedicine for cardiac surgery candidates
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edward A. Black, R.N. Karen Campbell, Keith M. Channon, Chandi Ratnatunga, and Ravi Pillai

Minimally invasive vein harvesting significantly reduces pain and wound morbidity
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 381-386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Levent Yazicioglu, Sadik Eryilmaz, Mustafa Sirlak, Mustafa Bahadir Inan, Atilla Aral, Refik Tasoz, and Hakki Akalin

The effect of preoperative digitalis and atenolol combination on postoperative atrial fibrillation incidence
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 397-401. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Odd Petter Elvenes, Christian Korvald, Reidar Myklebust, and Dag Sørlie

Warm retrograde blood cardioplegia saves more ischemic myocardium but may cause a functional impairment compared to cold crystalloid
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 402-409. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroyuki Kamiya, Go Watanabe, Toshio Doi, Taro Saito, Masao Takahashi, Shigeyuki Tomita, Toshihide Tsukioka, and Taro Kanamori

Coronary active perfusion system can maintain myocardial blood flow and tissue oxygenation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 410-414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.P. Schmitt, H. Schunkert, D.E. Birnbaum, and H. Aebert

Kinetics of heat shock protein 70 synthesis in the human heart after cold cardioplegic arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 415-420. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.H. Mackay, S.J. Powell, J. Osgathorp, and C.J. Rozario

Six-year prospective audit of chest reopening after cardiac arrest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 421-425. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacopo Dalle Mule, Jeroen J. Bax, Bartolo Zingone, Felice Martinelli, Claudio Burelli, Anna Stefania, Liberata DiSipio, and Giorgio Soravia

The beneficial effect of revascularization on jeopardized myocardium: reverse remodeling and improved long-term prognosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Stellin, V.L. Vida, O. Milanesi, M. Rubino, M.A. Padalino, S. Secchieri, G. Pittarello, and D. Casarotto

Surgical treatment of complex cardiac anomalies: the ‘one and one half ventricle repair’
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 431-437. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Alexander N. Evans, Malek G. Massad, and Alexander S. Geha

Mechanisms and future directions for prevention of vein graft failure in coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 387-396. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

S. Knipp, P. Massoudy, J.A. Piotrowski, and H. Jakob

Pitfall in coronary artery bypass surgery: poor flow of left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery graft due to compression by a chest drain
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 438. [Full Text]  

Theodore Velissaris, David Pontefract, and Sunil Ohri

A giant sternal abscess following traumatic sternal fracture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 439. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

A. Sortini, G. Carrella, D. Sortini, and E. Pozza

Single pulmonary nodules: localization with intrathoracoscopic ultrasound — a prospective study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 440-442. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Noboru Motomura, Yoshihiro Suematsu, and Shinichi Takamoto

A simple distal coronary perfusion technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 443-444. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Schachner, Karin Vertacnik, Günther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti

Axillary artery cannulation in surgery of the ascending aorta and the aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 445-447. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Thorsten Walles, Stefan Fischer, Martin Strüber, and Axel Haverich

Paradoxic aortic arch embolization with occlusion of the supraaortic arteries
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 448-449. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshito Kawachi, Atuhiro Nakashima, Tatsushi Onzuka, and Toshihiko Yamauchi

False aneurysm of the ascending aorta concomitant with chronic mediastinitis after tube graft replacement in octogenarian
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 450-453. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Chello, S. Tamburrini, P. Mastroroberto, and E. Covino

Pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 454-456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

O. Baron, J.P. Rémadi, M. Lefevre, and D. Duveau

One-stage repair of aortic isthmus atresia, aortic arch hypoplasia and ascending aorta aneurysm via midline sternotomy and normothermic perfusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 457-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Porcellini, Paolo Stassano, Antonino Musumeci, and Giancarlo Bracale

Intracardiac migration of nitinol TrapEase^TM vena cava filter and paradoxical embolism
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 460-461. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hatem Lahdhili, Sabeur Hachicha, Mohamed Ziadi, and Habib Thameur

Acute pulmonary embolism due to the rupture of a right ventricle hydatic cyst
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 462-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gian Paolo Ussia, Maurizio Marasini, Lucio Zannini, and Giacomo Pongiglione

Acquired pulmonary vein obstruction after open-heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 465-467. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Khaja Moinuddeen, Silviu Marica, Robert L. Clausi, and Nche Zama

Lipomatous interatrial septal hypertrophy: an unusual cause of intracardiac mass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 468-469. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Naotaka Motoyoshi, Tsunehiro Komatsu, Yoshimasa Moizumi, and Kohichi Tabayashi

Spontaneous rupture of coronary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 470-471. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Senol Yavuz, M. Tugrul Göncü, Mustafa Sezen, and Tamer Türk

Iatrogenic left main and proximal right coronary artery stenoses after aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 472-475. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacques Jougon, Marie Nadine Laborde, Marie Parrens, and Tarun MacBride

Cystic lymphangioma of the heart mimicking a mediastinal tumor
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 476-478. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hirohisa Hirabayashi, Mitsunori Ohta, Meinoshin Okumura, and Hikaru Matsuda

Appearance of thymoma 15 years after extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis without thymoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 479-481. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohan Devbhandari, Sasha Stamenkovic, William Walker, and Evan Cameron

Unusual presentation of mucoepidermoid carcinoma with recurrent pulmonary embolism
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 482-484. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Antonie Dujon, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Michel Saab, and Marc Riquet

Routine mediastinoscopy and lymph node staging: ‘much ado about nothing’?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 485. [Full Text]  

Johannes M.A. Daniels, Herman Rijna, Jan-Peter Eerenberg, and Johan C. van Mourik

Reply to Dujon et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 486. [Full Text]  

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

Esophageal foreign bodies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 486-487. [Full Text]  

Kalliopi Athanassiadi and M. Gerazounis

Reply to Losanoff et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 487-488. [Full Text]  

M. Wilhelmi

Perivenous application of fibrin glue reduces early injury of the human saphenous vein graft wall in an ex vivo model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 488. [Full Text]  

W. Stooker and Hans W.M. Niessen

Reply to Wilhelmi
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 488-489. [Full Text]  

Mohamed F. Ibrahim, Christopher Aps, and Christopher P. Young

A foreign body reaction to Surgicel^® mimicking an abscess following cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 489-490. [Full Text]  

Francesco Patanè, Alessandro Verzini, Edoardo Zingarelli, and Michele di Summa

Reply to Ibrahim et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 490. [Full Text]  

D. Georgiadis, A. Studer, R.W. Baumgartner, and H.R. Zerkowski

Clinical relevance of microembolic signals in patients with prosthetic heart valves
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 490-491. [Full Text]  

Praveen Menon, Pasquale Totaro, Aprim Youhana, and Vincenzo Argano

Reduced vascular complication after IABP insertion using smaller sized catheter and sheathless technique
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 491-492. [Full Text]  

Z.S. Meharwal and N. Trehan

Reply to Totaro et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 492-493. [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa

What can be an indicator of delayed sternal closure after cardiac surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 493-494. [Full Text]  

K. Samir

Reply to Misawa
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 494. [Full Text]  

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