ESTS Presidential address:

Pierre Antoine Fuentes

Pneumonectomy: historical perspective and prospective insight
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 439-445. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Tadashi Aoki, Masanori Tsuchida, Takehiro Watanabe, Takehisa Hashimoto, Teruaki Koike, Tatsuhiko Hirono, and Jun-ichi Hayashi

Surgical strategy for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer in octogenarians
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 446-450. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wulf Sienel, Rita Seen-Hibler, Wolf Mutschler, Klaus Pantel, and Bernward Passlick

Tumour cells in the tumour draining vein of patients with non-small cell lung cancer: detection rate and clinical significance
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 451-456. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

René Hage, Kees Seldenrijk, Peter de Bruin, Henry van Swieten, and Jules van den Bosch

Pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 457-460. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D.B. Petrov, V.I. Vlassov, G.T. Kalaydjiev, M.A. Plochev, E.D. Obretenov, V.I. Stanoev, and S.E. Danon

Primary pulmonary sarcomas and carcinosarcomas – postoperative results and comparative survival analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 461-466. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shunsuke Endo, Shin-ichi Otani, Noriko Saito, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Yoshihiko Kanai, Yukio Sato, and Yasunori Sohara

Management of massive hemoptysis in a thoracic surgical unit
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 467-472. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David G. Harris, Jacques T. Janson, Jacques Van Wyk, Johann Pretorius, and Gawie J. Rossouw

Delayed pericardial effusion following stab wounds to the chest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 473-476. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Berit Schneider, Wolfgang Bigenzahn, Adelheid End, Doris-Maria Denk, and Walter Klepetko

External vocal fold medialization in patients with recurrent nerve paralysis following cardiothoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 477-483. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Scott Bolton, Siddharth A. Padia, Marvin C. Borja, Patrice Becker, Jonathan B. Orens, Charles Wiener, Stephen C. Yang, and John V. Conte

The predictive value and inter-observer variability of donor chest radiograph interpretation in lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 484-487. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Aigner, P. Jaksch, G. Seebacher, P. Neuhauser, G. Marta, W. Wisser, and W. Klepetko

Single running suture – the new standard technique for bronchial anastomoses in lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 488-493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Shitrit, Gabriel Izbicki, Gershon Fink, Daniel Bendayan, Dan Aravot, Milton Saute, and Mordechai R. Kramer

Late postoperative pleural effusion following lung transplantation: characteristics and clinical implications
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 494-496. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jagan N. Rao, Stephen C. Clark, Simi Ali, John Kirby, Paul A. Flecknell, and John H. Dark

Improvements in lung compliance after pulmonary transplantation: correlation with interleukin 8 expression
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 497-502. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serban C. Stoica, Duwarakan K. Satchithananda, Carl Atkinson, Paul A. White, Andrew N. Redington, Martin Goddard, Terence Kealey, and Stephen R. Large

The energy metabolism in the right and left ventricles of human donor hearts across transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 503-512. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio F. Corno, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Claude Y. Genton, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Surgically induced unilateral pulmonary hypertension: time-related analysis of a new experimental model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 513-517. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emin Tireli, Murat Basaran, Eylul Kafali, Bugra Harmandar, Emre Camci, Enver Dayioglu, and Ertan Onursal

Peri-operative comparison of different transient external shunt techniques in bidirectional cavo-pulmonary shunt
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 518-524. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Chauvaud, A. Berrebi, N. d'Attellis, E. Mousseaux, A. Hernigou, and A. Carpentier

Ebstein's anomaly: repair based on functional analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 525-531. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Lachat, H. Witzke, T. Pfammatter, D. Bettex, K. Slankamenac, U. Wolfensberger, and M. Turina

Aortic stent-grafting: successful introduction into the combined procedure for coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic aneurysm repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 532-536. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franz-Xaver Schmid, Katrin Bielenberg, Anette Schneider, Andreas Haussler, Andreas Keyser, and Dietrich Birnbaum

Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve: involvement and clinical relevance of smooth muscle cell apoptosis and expression of cell death-initiating proteins
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 537-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel Zimpfer, Juliane Kilo, Martin Czerny, Marie-Theres Kasimir, Christian Madl, Edith Bauer, Ernst Wolner, and Michael Grimm

Neurocognitive deficit following aortic valve replacement with biological/mechanical prosthesis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 544-551. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefano Bevilacqua, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Jacopo Gianetti, Umberto Paradossi, Massimiliano Mariani, Sacha Matteucci, Enkel Kallushi, and Mattia Glauber

Mitral valve repair for degenerative disease: is pericardial posterior annuloplasty a durable option?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 552-559. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Chauvaud, T. Waldmann, N. d'Attellis, P. Bruneval, C. Acar, J. Gerota, M. Jarraya, and A. Carpentier

Homograft replacement of the mitral valve in young recipients: mid-term results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 560-566. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zoltan. A. Szalay, Ali Civelek, Stephen Hohe, Hans-Peter Brunner-LaRocca, Wolf-Peter Klövekorn, Igor Knez, Paul R. Vogt, and Erwin P. Bauer

Mitral annuloplasty in patients with ischemic versus dilated cardiomyopathy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 567-572. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Manasse, P.G. Colombo, A. Barbone, P. Braidotti, G. Bulfamante, M. Roincalli, and R. Gallotti

Clinical histopathology and ultrastructural analysis of myocardium following microwave energy ablation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 573-577. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhong-Kai Wu, Tiina Iivainen, Erkki Pehkonen, Jari Laurikka, and Matti R. Tarkka

Perioperative and postoperative arrhythmia in three-vessel coronary artery disease patients and antiarrhythmic effects of ischemic preconditioning
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 578-584. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erez Sharoni, Eldad Erez, Yaron Shapira, Bernardo A. Vidne, and Alexander Sagie

Transesophageal echocardiography evaluation and follow-up of left main coronary artery patch angioplasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 585-588. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serdar Çimen, Vedat Özkul, Bülent Ketenci, Nurgül Yurtseven, Rafet Günay, Banu Ketenci, Hakan Gerçekoglu, and Murat Demirtas

Daily comparison of respiratory functions between on-pump and off-pump patients undergoing CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 589-594. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Plinio Pinna Pintor, Marco Bobbio, Salvatore Colangelo, Fabrizio Veglia, Roberta Marras, and Marco Diena

Can EuroSCORE predict direct costs of cardiac surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 595-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nera Agabiti, Carla Ancona, Francesco Forastiere, Massimo Arcà, and Carlo A. Perucci

Evaluating outcomes of hospital care following coronary artery bypass surgery in Rome, Italy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 599-606. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis

Editorial comment: On the fine balance between the completeness of clinical data and the effective use of outcomes data
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 607-608. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Michel I.M. Versteegh, Hildo J. Lamb, Jeroen J. Bax, Franklin B. Curiel, Ernst E. van der Wall, Albert de Roos, and Robert A.E. Dion

MRI evaluation of left ventricular function in anterior LV aneurysms before and after surgical resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 609-613. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tadashi Isomura, Hisayoshi Suma, Akimitsu Yamaguchi, Teisei Kobashi, and Atsushi Yuda

Left ventricular restoration for ischemic cardiomyopathy – comparison of presence and absence of mitral valve procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 614-619. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Hilker, Tina Längin, Ulrich Hake, Franz-Xaver Schmid, Wlodzimierz Kuroczynski, Hans-Anton Lehr, Helmut Oelert, and Michael Buerke

Gene expression profiling of human stenotic aorto-coronary bypass grafts by cDNA array analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 620-625. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Koki Nakamura, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Adrian H. Chester, Ann Dewar, Steve Rothery, Nicholas J. Severs, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Mohamed Amrani

Age-related changes in the protective effect of chronic administration of L-arginine on post-ischemic recovery of endothelial function
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 626-632. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anita E. Jewell, Enoch F. Akowuah, S. Kim Suvarna, Peter Braidley, David Hopkinson, and Graham Cooper

A prospective randomised comparison of cardiotomy suction and cell saver for recycling shed blood during cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 633-636. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Cesar Garcia-Madrid, Vicente Riambau, Carlos-A. Mestres, and Miguel Josa

Multiple penetrating aortic ulcers
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 637. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Alessandro Ricchi, Gildo Matta, Michele Trigano, and Emiliano Maria Cirio

Cardiocutaneus fistula
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 638. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Sergio J. Canovas, Eric Lim, Fernando Hornero, and Jose Montero

Surgery for left ventricular free wall rupture: patch glue repair without extracorporeal circulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 639-641. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

N. Laquay, S. Ghazouani, L. Vaccaroni, and P. Vouhé

Intrapericardial teratoma in newborn babies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 642-644. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacqueline Gordon, Sohail Akhtar, and Andrew Thorpe

Recurrent Wilms tumour presenting as bilateral pneumothoraces
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 645-646. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Muzaffer Metin, Akif Turna, Adnan Sayar, and Atilla Gürses

Prompt surgery for massive hemoptysis: more acceptable than it was reported
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 647. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jacques Jougon, Frederic Delcambre, and Jean-Francois Velly

Reply to Metin et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 648. [Extract] [Full Text]  

C.S. Pramesh, Rajesh C. Mistry, Ramakant K. Deshpande, and Sanjay Sharma

Enteral feeding access with feeding jejunostomy is advisable after esophagectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 648-649. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Richard D. Page

Reply to Pramesh et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 649. [Extract] [Full Text]  

A.T.M. Tang

Vacuum-assisted suction drainage of sternotomy infection: a new paradigm?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 649-650. [Extract] [Full Text]  

M. Doss

Reply to Tang
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 650. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Balram Airan, and Panangipalli Venugopal

Dissecting aneurysms of the interventricular septum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 650-651. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Qingyu Wu

Reply to Choudhary et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 651. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kandadai S. Rammohan, Pasquale Totaro, Aprim Y. Youhana, and Vincenzo Argano

Ostial coronary artery stenosis following aortic valve surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 651-652. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Vipin Zamvar, Anil Madhavan, and Nihal Kulatilake

Reply to Rammohan et al
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 652-653. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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