Original articles:

Ali Civelek, Zoltan Szalay, Matthias Roth, Roman Arnold, Wolf-Peter Klövekorn, Paul R. Vogt, and Erwin P. Bauer

Post-mitral valve repair systolic anterior motion produced by non-obstructive septal bulge
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 857-861. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ovidio A. García-Villarreal, Roberto González-Oviedo, Humberto Rodríguez-González, and Héctor D. Martínez-Chapa

Superior septal approach for mitral valve surgery: a word of caution
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 862-867. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raymond Roudaut, Xavier Roques, Stéphane Lafitte, Emmanuel Choukroun, Nadine Laborde, Francesco Madona, Claude Deville, and Eugène Baudet

Surgery for prosthetic valve obstruction. A single center study of 136 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 868-872. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W.R.E. Jamieson, L.H. Burr, R.T. Miyagishima, M.T. Janusz, G.J. Fradet, H. Ling, and S.V. Lichtenstein

Re-operation for bioprosthetic aortic structural failure – risk assessment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 873-878. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Tarantini, Paolo Buja, Roldano Scognamiglio, Renato Razzolini, Gino Gerosa, Giambattista Isabella, Angelo Ramondo, and Sabino Iliceto

Aortic valve replacement in severe aortic stenosis with left ventricular dysfunction: determinants of cardiac mortality and ventricular function recovery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 879-885. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hans-Heiner Kramer, Jens Scheewe, Gunther Fischer, Anselm Uebing, Peter Harding, Friedrich Schmiel, and Jochen Cremer

Long term follow-up of left ventricular performance and size of the great arteries before and after one- and two-stage arterial switch operation of simple transposition
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 898-905. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Theo Kofidis, Andre Lenz, Jan Boublik, Payam Akhyari, Bjoern Wachsmann, Knut Mueller Stahl, Axel Haverich, and Rainer G. Leyh

Bioartificial grafts for transmural myocardial restoration: a new cardiovascular tissue culture concept
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 906-911. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Philippe Kolh, Alexandre Ghuysen, Vincent Tchana-Sato, Vincent D'Orio, Paul Gerard, Philippe Morimont, Raymond Limet, and Bernard Lambermont

Effects of increased afterload on left ventricular performance and mechanical efficiency are not baroreflex-mediated
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 912-919. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Narain Moorjani, Pedro Catarino, Raafat El-Sayed, Samaher Al-Ahmed, Brian Meyer, Futwan Al-Mohanna, and Stephen Westaby

A pressure overload model to track the molecular biology of heart failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 920-925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin'ichiro Kihara, Kenji Yamazaki, Kenneth N. Litwak, Philip Litwak, Marina V. Kameneva, Takehide Akimoto, Bartley P. Griffith, and Robert L. Kormos

Distal thoracic aorta hemodynamics during exercise with continuous flow left ventricular assist system
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 926-931. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serban C. Stoica, Duwarakan K. Satchithananda, Carl Atkinson, Susan Charman, Martin Goddard, and Stephen R. Large

Heat shock protein, inducible nitric oxide synthase and apoptotic markers in the acute phase of human cardiac transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 932-939. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T.A. Barker, I.R. Ramnarine, E.B. Woo, A.D. Grayson, J. Au, B.M. Fabri, B. Bridgewater, and G.J. Grotte

Repair of post-infarct ventricular septal defect with or without coronary artery bypass grafting in the northwest of England: a 5-year multi-institutional experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 940-946. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Howard K. Song, Rebecca J. Petersen, Erez Sharoni, Robert A. Guyton, and John D. Puskas

Safe evolution towards routine off-pump coronary artery bypass: negotiating the learning curve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 947-952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro, Carlo Canosa, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Angela Lorena Iacò, and Marco Contini

Myocardial revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass: advantages, disadvantages and similarities
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 953-960. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bingür Sönmez, Harun Arbatli, Selim Tansal, Naci Yagan, Mehmet Ünal, Ergun Demirsoy, Faruk Tükenmez, and Oguz Yilmaz

Real-time patency control with thermal coronary angiography in 1401 coronary artery bypass grafting patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 961-966. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xin Wang, Minxin Wei, Pekka Kuukasjärvi, Jari Laurikka, Otso Järvinen, Timo Rinne, Eva-Liisa Honkonen, and Matti Tarkka

Novel pharmacological preconditioning with diazoxide attenuates myocardial stunning in coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 967-973. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jianzhong An, Amadou K.S. Camara, Qun Chen, and David F. Stowe

Effect of low [CaCl₂] and high [MgCl₂] cardioplegia and moderate hypothermic ischemia on myoplasmic [Ca²⁺] and cardiac function in intact hearts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 974-985. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yu-Chung Wu, Chien-Fu Jeff Lin, Wen-Hu Hsu, Biing-Shiun Huang, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Liang-Shun Wang

Long-term results of pathological stage I non-small cell lung cancer: validation of using the number of totally removed lymph nodes as a staging control
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 994-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sudip Ghosh, Vijay Sujendran, Christos Alexiou, Lynda Beggs, and David Beggs

Long term results of surgery versus continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (CHART) in patients aged >70 years with stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1002-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yung-Wei Tung, Chung-Ping Hsu, Sen-Ei Shai, Jiun-Yi Hsia, Shyh-Sheng Yang, and Chih-Yi Chen

Surgical feasibility of ipsilateral multifocal non-small cell lung cancer in different lobes: excellent survival in node-negative subgroup
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1008-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cordula C.M. Pitz, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, Henry A. van Swieten, Cees J.J. Westermann, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, and Jules M.M. van den Bosch

Results of surgical treatment of T4 non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1013-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Duncan Stewart, David Waller, John Edwards, Kanagaratnam Jeyapalan, and James Entwisle

Is there a role for pre-operative contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for radical surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1019-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Seyda Ors Kaya, Serife Tuba Liman, Levent Sinan Bir, Gokhan Yuncu, Hakan Riza Erbay, and Saban Unsal

Horner's syndrome as a complication in thoracic surgical practice
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1025-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Richard A. Hopkins

Aortic valve leaflet sparing and salvage surgery: evolution of techniques for aortic root reconstruction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 886-897. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Nicolini, Cesare Beghi, Claudio Muscari, Andrea Agostinelli, Alessandro Maria Budillon, Igino Spaggiari, and Tiziano Gherli

Myocardial protection in adult cardiac surgery: current options and future challenges
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 986-993. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Sandeep Agarwala, Esther Millward, and Kostas Papagiannopoulos

Giant thymoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1029. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Georgios P. Georghiou, Bernardo A. Vidne, Olga Boikov, and Milton Saute

Giant schwannoma of the posterior mediastinum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1030. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sadi Kaya, Ertan Aydin, Mehmet Sirmali, and Yetkin Agaçkiran

A huge intrathoracal mass in a 1-year-old infant: an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1031-1032. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mehmet Sirmali, H. Vefa Aloglu, Levent Özçakar, and Sadi Kaya

Bilateral giant pulmonary artery aneurysms early in Behçet's disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1033. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Karsten Knobloch, Rainer G. Leyh, Arjang Ruhparwar, and Axel Haverich

Giant retroaortic coronary artery bypass graft aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1034. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christoph Knosalla, Miralem Pasic, and Roland Hetzer

Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm into duodenum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1035. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Vladimir Velebit

Sternal sinus 17 years after a Bentall procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1036. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Dieter Zenker, Laszlo Füzesi, and Ivan Aleksic

Spontaneous rupture of the left pulmonary artery–caused by long-term steroid use?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1037-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihisa Tanoue, Hideaki Kado, and Yuichi Shiokawa

Uhl's anomaly complicated with critical ventricular arrhythmia in a 2-month-old infant
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1040-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Ooi, A.C. Douds, E.B. Kumar, and S.A.M. Nashef

Boxer’s pericardium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1043-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Madathipat Unnikrishnan, Sathyaki Purushotham, and Arun Kumar Gupta

Superior mesenteric artery stenting to augment splenorenal arterial bypass for intractable complex renovascular hypertension
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1046-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Errata:

David J. Chambers

Erratum to "Nicorandil cardioplegia or procaine cardioplegia?" [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 24 (2003) 669–670]
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 24: 1050. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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