Editorials:

Walter Klepetko, Torkel Aberg, Ion Bellenis, and Richard Berrisford

General thoracic surgery – optimising opportunities at a European level
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 857-858. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

A.E. Martin-Ucar, R. Nicum, I. Oey, J.G. Edwards, and D.A. Waller

En-bloc chest wall and lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer. Predictors of 60-day non-cancer related mortality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 859-864. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeong-Han Kang, Kil Dong Kim, and Kyung Young Chung

Prognostic value of visceral pleura invasion in non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 865-869. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacek Gawrychowski, Bozena Lackowska, and Andrzej Gabriel

Prognosis of the surgical treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – relation to DNA ploidy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 870-877. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adrian Ooi, Andrew T. Goodwin, Martin Goddard, and Andrew J. Ritchie

Clinical outcome versus post-mortem finding in thoracic surgery: a 10-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 878-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey A. Morgan, Mark E. Ginsburg, Joshua R. Sonett, David L.S. Morales, Takushi Kohmoto, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Craig R. Smith, and Michael Argenziano

Advanced thoracoscopic procedures are facilitated by computer-aided robotic technology
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 883-887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sevval Eren, Akin Eraslan Balci, Refik Ulku, Omer Cakir, and M. Nesimi Eren

Thoracic firearm injuries in children: management and analysis of prognostic factors
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 888-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Anna Maria Ciccone, Marco Moretti, Edoardo Mercadante, Marco Anile, and Giorgio F. Coloni

Bilateral sequential lung transplantation without sternal division
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 894-897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

The initial rate of troponin I release post-reperfusion reflects the effectiveness of myocardial protection during cardiac allograft preservation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 898-906. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Theodore Velissaris, Augustine Tang, Matthew Murray, Ahmed El-Minshawy, David Hett, and Sunil Ohri

A prospective randomized study to evaluate splanchnic hypoxia during beating-heart and conventional coronary revascularization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 917-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenton J. Zehr, Chad E. Hamner, Luis F. Bonilla, Todd Berg, Rick Cornelius, Paul Hindrichs, and Hartzell V. Schaff

Evaluation of a novel 2 mm internal diameter stainless steel saphenous vein to coronary artery connector: laboratory studies of on-pump and off-pump revascularization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 925-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Asimakopoulos, S. Al-Ruzzeh, G. Ambler, R.Z. Omar, P. Punjabi, M. Amrani, and K.M. Taylor

An evaluation of existing risk stratification models as a tool for comparison of surgical performances for coronary artery bypass grafting between institutions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 935-942. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John C.Y. Lu, Antony D. Grayson, Pankaj Jha, Arun K. Srinivasan, and Brian M. Fabri

Risk factors for sternal wound infection and mid-term survival following coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 943-949. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Garland, F.A. Frizelle, B.R. Dobbs, and H. Singh

A retrospective audit of long-term lower limb complications following leg vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 950-955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin T.R. Grapow, Thomas Kern, David C. Reineke, Wolfgang Brett, Franziska Bernet, Florian Rueter, Else Müller-Schweinitzer, and Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski

Improved endothelial function after a modified harvesting technique of the internal thoracic artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 956-961. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ilhan Golbasi, Cahit Nacitarhan, Sadi Ozdem, Cengiz Turkay, Hanife Karakaya, Gulay Sadan, and Omer Bayezid

The inhibitory action of protamine on human internal thoracic artery contractions: the effect of free hemoglobin
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 962-968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leon Hadjinikolaou, Christos Alexiou, Andrew S. Cohen, Rex De L. Standbridge, Averil J. McColl, and Williams Richmond

Early changes in plasma antioxidant and lipid peroxidation levels following coronary artery bypass surgery: a complex response
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 969-975. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christine F. Maurus, Dörthe Schmidt, Mårten K.J. Schneider, Marko I. Turina, Jörg D. Seebach, and Gregor Zünd

Hypoxia and reoxygenation do not upregulate adhesion molecules and natural killer cell adhesion on human endothelial cells in vitro
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 976-983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uwe M. Fischer, Oliver Klass, Ulrike Stock, Jerry Easo, Hans J. Geissler, Juergen H. Fischer, Wilhelm Bloch, and Uwe Mehlhorn

Cardioplegic arrest induces apoptosis signal-pathway in myocardial endothelial cells and cardiac myocytes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 984-990. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Pizarro and William I. Norwood

Right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit has a favorable impact on postoperative physiology after Stage I Norwood: preliminary results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 991-995. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jerzy Sadowski, Boguslaw Kapelak, Krzysztof Bartus, Piotr Podolec, Pawel Rudzinski, Tomasz Myrdko, Karol Wierzbicki, and Antoni Dziatkowiak

Reoperation after fresh homograft replacement: 23 years’ experience with 655 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 996-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Simon, M.T. Kasimir, G. Seebacher, G. Weigel, R. Ullrich, U. Salzer-Muhar, E. Rieder, and E. Wolner

Early failure of the tissue engineered porcine heart valve SYNERGRAFT^TM in pediatric patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1002-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos-A. Mestres, Javier E. Chuquiure, Xavier Claramonte, Josefa Muñoz, Natividad Benito, Miguel A. Castro, José L. Pomar, José M. Miró, and the Hospital Clinic Endocarditis Study Group

Long-term results after cardiac surgery in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1007-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan F. Gummert, Axel Rahmel, Jan Bucerius, Jörg Onnasch, Nicolas Doll, Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, and Friedrich W. Mohr

Mitral valve repair in patients with end stage cardiomyopathy: who benefits?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1017-1022. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles C. Miller, III, Eyal E. Porat, Anthony L. Estrera, Anders N. Vinnerkvist, Tam T.T. Huynh, and Hazim J. Safi

Analysis of short-term multivariate competing risks data following thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1023-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Selim Isbir, Koray Ak, Ozlem Kurtkaya, Ümit Zeybek, Serdar Akgün, Bernd W. Scheitauer, Aydin Sav, and Adnan Cobanoglu

Ischemic preconditioning and nicotinamide in spinal cord protection in an experimental model of transient aortic occlusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1028-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fumikazu Nomura, Akihiro Ihara, Masao Yoshitatsu, Kentaro Tamura, Akira Katayama, and Katsuhiko Ihara

Relationship between coagulation cascade, cytokine, adhesion molecule and aortic aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1034-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Omer Cakir, Ahmet Oruc, Sevval Eren, Huseyin Buyukbayram, Levent Erdinc, and Nesimi Eren

Does sodium nitroprusside reduce lung injury under cardiopulmonary bypass?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1040-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Wahba and Vibeke Videm

Heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation leads to platelet activation at the time of hospital discharge
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1046-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Gilbert H.L. Tang, Paul W.M. Fedak, Terrence M. Yau, Richard D. Weisel, Alex Kulik, Donald A.G. Mickle, and Ren-Ke Li

Cell transplantation to improve ventricular function in the failing heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 907-916. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Khaled Samir, Alain Fraisse, Jean-Michel Rauzier, and Beranrd Kreitmann

Anomalus drainage of the right superior vena cava to the left atrium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1051. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Chessa, Mariella Lucente, Alessandro Giamberti, and Mario Carminati

‘Star-like’ configuration of the pulmonary veins in a case of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1052. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Atilla Eroglu, Can Kürkçüoglu, and Nurettin Karaoglanoglu

Bilateral multiple pulmonary hydatid cysts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1053. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Stefano Schena, Jason Gilleran, Allen Chernoff, and Malek G. Massad

Giant renal cell carcinoma directly invading the heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1054-1055. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Marco Alifano, Mohib Morcos, Thierry Molina, and Jean-François Regnard

An unusual cause of hiccup: costal exostosis. Treatment by video-assisted thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1056-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steeve Provencher and Jean Deslauriers

Late complication of bovine pericardium patches used for lung volume reduction surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1059-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edgardo Pezzetta, Alexandre Paroz, Hans-Beat Ris, and Olivier Martinet

Spontaneous hemothorax associated with von Recklinghausen's disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1062-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carol Tan, Nelson Alphonso, David Anderson, and Conal Austin

Mediastinal haemangiomas in children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1065-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lucian Stoica, Sidney Chocron, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, and Joseph-Philippe Etievent

Endovascular stent grafting for contained rupture of the descending thoracic aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1068-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Lemke, Ali Civelek, Roland Brandt, and Matthias Roth

Accessory mitral valve tissue associated with situs inversus in an elderly patient
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1071-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Andrea Moneta, Emmanuel Villa, and Francesco Donatelli

An alternative technique for non-infective paraprosthetic leakage repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1074-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Aristotle D. Protopapas and Angela T. Riga

Cavitary pulmonary lesions noted after blunt thoracic trauma: causative relation or pre-existing tuberculosis?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1076. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kalliopi Athanassiadi and M. Gerazounis

Reply to Protopapas and Riga
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1076-1077. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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

Is compromising on surgical margins in tracheal resection for cancer justified?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1077-1078. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kenji Hazama, Shinichiro Miyoshi, and Hikaru Matsuda

Reply to Pramesh et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 23: 1078. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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