Original articles:

Kenji Hazama, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Akinori Akashi, Tsutomu Yasumitsu, Hajime Maeda, Kenji Nakamura, Hiroto Tada, and Hikaru Matsuda

Clinicopathological investigation of 20 cases of primary tracheal cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Dodge-Khatami, H.W.M. Niessen, A. Baidoshvili, T.M. van Gulik, M.G. Klein, L. Eijsman, and B.A.J.M. de Mol

Topical vascular endothelial growth factor in rabbit tracheal surgery: comparative effect on healing using various reconstruction materials and intraluminal stents
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 6-14. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erich Stoelben, Holger Harpering, Joerg Haberstroh, Antonio di Filippo, and Eckhard Wellens

Heterotopic transplantation of cryopreserved tracheae in a rat model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazumichi Yamamoto, José Padilla Alarcón, Victor Calvo Medina, Angel García-Zarza, Juan Pastor Guillen, Eduardo Blasco Armengod, and Francisco París Romeu

Surgical results of stage I non-small cell lung cancer: comparison between elderly and younger patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 21-25. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arianne J. Ploeg, A. Pieter Kappetein, Robert B. van Tongeren, Paul V. Pahlplatz, Gerard W. Kastelein, and Paul J. Breslau

Factors associated with perioperative complications and long-term results after pulmonary resection for primary carcinoma of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 26-29. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ö. Birim, A.P.W.M. Maat, A.P. Kappetein, J.P. van Meerbeeck, R.A.M. Damhuis, and A.J.J.C. Bogers

Validation of the Charlson comorbidity index in patients with operated primary non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 30-34. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark K. Ferguson and Amy E. Durkin

A comparison of three scoring systems for predicting complications after major lung resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 35-42. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kalliopi Athanassiadi, M. Gerazounis, Nikolitsa Kalantzi, P. Kazakidis, Anastasia Fakou, and D. Kourousis

Primary traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts: a rare entity
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 43-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

X. Roques, J. Remes, M.N. Laborde, J.P. Guibaud, F. Rosato, T. MacBride, and E. Baudet

Surgery of chronic traumatic aneurysm of the aortic isthmus: benefit of direct suture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 46-49. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Koki Nakamura, Thanos Athanasiou, Thomas Modine, Shane George, Magdi Yacoub, Charles Ilsley, and Mohamed Amrani

Does off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery improve the outcome in high-risk patients?: a comparative study of 1398 high-risk patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 50-55. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William E. Cohn, Marc Ruel, Jian Ping Zhang, Frank W. Sellke, and Robert G. Johnson

Internal thoracic artery flow competition: studies in a canine H-graft model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 56-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sevval Eren, Hidir Esme, Akin E. Balci, Omer Cakir, Huseyin Buyukbayram, M. Nesimi Eren, Levent Erdinc, and Omer Satici

The effect of aprotinin on ischemia–reperfusion injury in an in situ normothermic ischemic lung model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 60-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ron Ben Abraham, Menachem Matza, Sylvia Marmor, Valery Rudick, Inna Frolkis, Itzhak Shapira, and Avi A. Weinbroum

Electromechanical impairment of human auricle and rat myocardial strip subjected to exogenous oxidative stress
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 66-73. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudia A.U. Heilmann, Tim Attmann, Patrick von Samson, Heike Göbel, Dieter Marmé, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, and Georg Lutter

Transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with vascular endothelial growth factor₁₂₁ (VEGF₁₂₁) gene therapy for chronic myocardial ischemia – do the effects really add up?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 74-80. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianluca Rigatelli, Mario Barbiero, Giorgio Rigatelli, Roberto Riccardi, Franco Cobelli, Angelo Cotogni, Attilio Bandello, and Ugo Carraro

Maintained benefits and improved survival of dynamic cardiomyoplasty by activity–rest stimulation: 5-year results of the Italian trial on ‘demand’ dynamic cardiomyoplasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 81-85. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.B. Borman and C. De Riberolles

Sorin Bicarbon^TM bileaflet valve: a 10-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 86-92. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joachim Laas, Samer Kseibi, Matthias Perthel, Andreas Klingbeil, L'Emir El-Ayoubi, and Aiman Alken

Impact of high intensity transient signals on the choice of mechanical aortic valve substitutes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 93-96. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daisy Jonkers, Ted Elenbaas, Peter Terporten, Fred Nieman, and Ellen Stobberingh

Prevalence of 90-days postoperative wound infections after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 97-102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Martin Misfeld, Ernst-G. Kraatz, and Hans-H. Sievers

Ischemic non-septal interventricular communication
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 103. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Theodosios Dosios and Spyros Spyrakos

Compression of the central airways by a bronchogenic cyst
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 104. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A.G. Lioulias, C.N. Foroulis, M. Fotinou, and G. Lazopoulos

Malignant melanocytic schwannoma, a rare tumor of the posterior mediastinum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 105. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

M.P. Di Simone, S. Mattioli, F. D'Ovidio, and F. Bassi

Three-dimensional CT imaging and virtual endoscopy for the placement of self-expandable stents in oesophageal and tracheobronchial neoplastic stenoses
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 106-108. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin-ichi Oki, Yoshio Misawa, and Katsuo Fuse

A repair of funnel chest without sternal dissection in aortic root replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 109-111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erkan Kuralay, Ertugrul Özal, Nezihi Küçükarslan, and Harun Tatar

Bifid proximal anastomosis technique of radial artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 112-113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Sanjay Chaubey, Massimo Griselli, Mary N. Sheppard, and Daryl F. Shore

True aneurysm of an internal thoracic artery patch used for repair of a coarctation of the aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 114-115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M.S. Kalkat and R.S. Bonser

Management of aortobronchial fistula following coarctation repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 116-118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Touati, D. Carmi, F. Trojette, and G. Jarry

Intimo-intimal intussusception: a rare clinical form of aortic dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 119-121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Younes Boudjemline, Damien Bonnet, Gabriella Agnoletti, and Pascal Vouhé

Aneurysm of the right ventricular outflow following bovine valved venous conduit insertion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 122-124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kuo-Chen Lee, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, and Chien-Sung Tsai

Vertebral osteomyelitis combined streptococcal viridans endocarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 125-127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angel López, Pedro Rodríguez, Norberto Santana, and Jorge Freixinet

Esophagobronchial fistula caused by traction esophageal diverticulum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 128-130. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Gabor, M. Woltsche, A. Maier, and F.M. Smolle-Jüttner

Pneumopericardium due to intrapericardial perforation of a gastric ulcer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 131-133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rajashekara H.V. Reddy, Rajesh Shah, B. Kumar, and James A.C. Thorpe

Recurrence of stage I thymoma in sternum, 13 years after ‘complete’ excision
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 134-135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jose M. Caffarena and Jose M. Gómez-Ullate

DORV with non-committed VSD and Taussig-Bing hearts. Controversial anatomic entities
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 136. [Extract] [Full Text]  

F. Lacour-Gayet

Reply to Caffarena and Gómez-Ulate
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 136-137. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Aristotle D. Protopapas

Bilateral harvesting of internal thoracic artery for coronary bypass: augmenting the risk for postoperative airway obstruction?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 137-138. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Abdul Latif Hamdan

Reply to Protopapas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 138. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Roland G. Demaria, Olivier Chavanon, and Louis P. Perrault

Iatrogenic left main and proximal right coronary artery stenoses after aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 139. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Senol Yavuz, M. Tugrul Göncü, and Tamer Türk

Reply to Demaria et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 139-140. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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