Original articles:

Alfred Maier, H. Pinter, F. Tomaselli, O. Sankin, S. Gabor, B. Ratzenhofer-Komenda, and F.M. Smolle-Jüttner

Retrosternal pedicled jejunum interposition: an alternative for reconstruction after total esophago-gastrectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 661-665. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard D. Page, Aung Y. Oo, Glen N. Russell, and Stephen H. Pennefather

Intravenous hydration versus naso-jejunal enteral feeding after esophagectomy: a randomised study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 666-672. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Deneuville

Morbidity of percutaneous tube thoracostomy in trauma patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 673-678. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Eggeling, T. Martin, J. Böttger, T. Beinert, and K. Gellert

Invasive staging of non-small cell lung cancer – a prospective study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 679-684. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vladimir A. Porhanov, Igor S. Poliakov, Andrew P. Selvaschuk, Anatoly I. Grechishkin, Sergei D. Sitnik, Igor F. Nikolaev, Jury P. Efimtsev, and Leonid G. Marchenko

Indications and results of sleeve carinal resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 685-694. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yong Soo Choi, Young Mog Shim, Jhingook Kim, and Kwhanmien Kim

Recurrence-free survival and prognostic factors in resected pN2 non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 695-700. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Enrico Ruffini, Ottavio Rena, Alberto Oliaro, Pier Luigi Filosso, Massimo Bongiovanni, Anna Arslanian, Esther Papalia, and Giuliano Maggi

Lung tumors with mixed histologic pattern. Clinico-pathologic characteristics and prognostic significance
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 701-707. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John Robert, Jean-Claude Pache, Yodit Seium, Marc de Perrot, and Anastase Spiliopoulos

Pulmonary blastoma: report of five cases and identification of clinical features suggestive of the disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 708-711. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Ríos Zambudio, Juan Torres Lanzas, María José Roca Calvo, Pedro J. Galindo Fernández, and Pascual Parrilla Paricio

Non-neoplastic mediastinal cysts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 712-716. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fatih Yazar, Omer Ozdogmus, Eray Tuccar, Alp Bayramoglu, and Hasan Ozan

Drainage patterns of middle lobe vein of right lung: an anatomical study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 717-720. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Cumhur Sivrikoz, Bülent Tunçözgür, Mustafa Çekmen, Kemal Bakir, Iclal Meram, Emrah Koçer, Beyhan Cengiz, and Levent Elbeyli

The role of tissue reperfusion in the reexpansion injury of the lungs
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 721-727. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.M. Habicht, M. Preiss, J. Passweg, P. Dalquen, P. Matt, H. Adler, R. Frei, and H.-R. Zerkowski

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: effects of early resection in a neutropenic rat model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 728-732. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hendrik T. Tevaearai, G. Brant Walton, Andrea D. Eckhart, Janelle R. Keys, and Walter J. Koch

Donor heart contractile dysfunction following prolonged ex vivo preservation can be prevented by gene-mediated ß-adrenergic signaling modulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 733-737. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jonathon B. Ryan, Mark Hicks, Jonathan R. Cropper, Sarah R. Garlick, Scott H. Kesteven, Michael K. Wilson, Peter S. Macdonald, and Michael P. Feneley

The preload recruitable stroke work relationship as a measure of left ventricular contractile dysfunction in porcine cardiac allografts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 738-745. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Armin Sablotzki, Thomas Hentschel, Ekkehard Gruenig, Susann Schubert, Ivar Friedrich, Jörg Mühling, Marius G. Dehne, and Elke Czeslick

Hemodynamic effects of inhaled aerosolized iloprost and inhaled nitric oxide in heart transplant candidates with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 746-752. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Georg Lutter, Tim Attmann, Claudia Heilmann, Patrick von Samson, Bernd von Specht, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

The combined use of transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR) and fibroblastic growth factor (FGF-2) enhances perfusion and regional contractility in chronically ischemic porcine hearts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 753-761. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrich Otto von Oppell, Dave Milne, Andrzej Okreglicki, and Robert Norman Scott Millar

Surgery for ventricular tachycardia of left ventricular origin: risk factors for success and long-term outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 762-770. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francis Wellens, Peter Geelen, Ergun Demirsoy, Frank Van Praet, Raphael De Geest, Ivan Degrieck, Hugo Vanermen, and Pedro Brugada

Surgical treatment of tachyarrhythmias due to postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm with endoaneurysmorrhaphy and cryoablation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 771-776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vittorio Mantovani, Davide Vanoli, Paolo Chelazzi, Vincenzo Lepore, Sandro Ferrarese, and Andrea Sala

Post-infarction cardiac rupture: surgical treatment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giulio Rizzoli, Laura Schiavon, and Pierantonio Bellini

Does the use of bilateral internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts provide incremental benefit relative to the use of a single IMA graft? A meta-analysis approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 781-786. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manoj Kuduvalli, Antony D. Grayson, Aung Y. Oo, Brian M. Fabri, and Abbas Rashid

Risk of morbidity and in-hospital mortality in obese patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 787-793. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sonia Maria Collins, Bengt Brorsson, Staffan Svenmarker, Per Arne Kling, and Torkel Åberg

Medium-term survival and quality of life of Swedish octogenarians after open-heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 794-801. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dave R. Koolbergen, Mark G. Hazekamp, Emile de Heer, Frans van Hoorn, Hans A. Huysmans, Jan A. Bruijn, and Robert A.E. Dion

Structural degeneration of pulmonary homografts used as aortic valve substitute underlines early graft failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 802-807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David T. Lai, Tomasz A. Timek, Frederick A. Tibayan, G. Randall Green, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, Jr, and D. Craig Miller

The effects of mitral annuloplasty rings on mitral valve complex 3-D geometry during acute left ventricular ischemia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 808-816. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Gatti, Gabriele Cardu, Rosanna Trane, and Peppino Pugliese

The edge-to-edge technique as a trick to rescue an imperfect mitral valve repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 817-820. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Rajashekara Reddy, Rajesh Shah, J.A.C. Thorpe, and John Gibbs

Scimitar syndrome: a rare cause of haemoptysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 821. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Shinichi Mizutani, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda

The value of caval division in the maze procedure with valve surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 822-824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G.W. Rietman, J.M.A.A. van der Maaten, Y.L. Douglas, and P.W. Boonstra

Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve replacement with subvalvular preservation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 825-827. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Makoto Tanaka, Jun Nakajima, and Shinichi Takamoto

Videoscopic supradiaphragmatic thoracic duct division using ultrasonic coagulator
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 828-830. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Khalid Amer, Balakrishnan Mahesh, and Raimondo Ascione

Pedicled intercostal muscle flap: a simple technique of closing pancreatico-pleural fistula from a thoracic approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 831-832. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Jacques Jougon, Claire Dromer, Tarun Mac Bride, and Jean François Velly

Synchronous left lung transplantation and right pneumonectomy for end-stage bronchiectasis through Clamshell approach. Specific problems
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 833-835. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Sugawara, Taijiro Sueda, Kazumasa Orihashi, and Kenji Okada

Surgical treatment of atypical aortic coarctation associated with occlusion of all arch vessels in Takayasu's disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 836-838. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Murat Kara, Erkan Dikmen, Simay Altan Kara, and Pinar Atasoy

Bilateral elastofibroma dorsi: proper positioning for an accurate diagnosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 839-841. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Volkan Baysungur, Erdal Okur, Semih Halezeroglu, and Ali Atasalihi

Papillary carcinoma arising on cervico-mediastinal thyroglossal ductal cyst resected via transcervical and partial upper sternotomy incision
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 842-844. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Rawlins, A. Momin, D. Platts, and A. El-Gamel

Traumatic cardiogenic shock due to massive air embolism. A possible role for cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 845-846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anand Sachithanandan, Balaji Badmanaban, Alastair Graham, and Hugh O'Kane

Malignant internal mammary lymph nodes during mobilization of the internal mammary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 847-848. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshifumi Murashita, Eiichiro Hatta, Michiaki Imamura, and Keishu Yasuda

Giant pseudoaneurysm of the right ventricular outflow tract after repair of truncus arteriosus: evaluation by MR imaging and surgical approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 849-851. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Theodore Velissaris, Augustine Tang, Max Jonas, and Sunil Ohri

Haemodynamic changes during off-pump surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 852. [Full Text]  

R. Cartier

Reply to Velissaris et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 853. [Full Text]  

Robert H. Anderson

Double outlet right ventricle
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002 22: 853. [Full Text]  

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