Original articles:

Ani C. Anyanwu and Tom Treasure

Surgical research revisited: clinical trials in the cardiothoracic surgical literature
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 299-303. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A.A. Albert, J.A. Walter, B. Arnrich, W. Hassanein, U.P. Rosendahl, S. Bauer, and J. Ennker

On-line variable live-adjusted displays with internal and external risk-adjusted mortalities. A valuable method for benchmarking and early detection of unfavourable trends in cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 312-319. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Bauernschmitt, H. Malberg, N. Wessel, B. Kopp, E.U. Schirmbeck, and R. Lange

Impairment of cardiovascular autonomic control in patients early after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 320-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John G. Byrne, Marzia Leacche, Subroto Paul, Tomislav Mihaljevic, James D. Rawn, Stanton K. Shernan, Gilbert H. Mudge, and Lynne W. Stevenson

Risk factors and outcomes for ‘vasoplegia syndrome’ following cardiac transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 327-332. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan Groetzner, Ingo Kaczmarek, Peter Landwehr, Markus Mueller, Sabine Daebritz, Peter Lamm, Bruno Meiser, and Bruno Reichart

Renal recovery after conversion to a calcineurin inhibitor-free immunosuppression in late cardiac transplant recipients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 333-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mustafa Ozbaran, Serdar B. Omay, Sanem Nalbantgil, Hakan Kultursay, Kamil Kumanlioglu, Deniz Nart, and Erman Pektok

Autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation in patients with congestive heart failure due to ischemic heart disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 342-350. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Laurent Barandon

Editorial comment: Cellular cardiomyoplasty: ‘inject is easy, demonstrate is complicated’
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 350-351. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Zoran B. Popovic, Masahiro Inoue, Kazuyoshi Doi, Soren Schenk, Yoshio Ootaki, Michael W. Kopcak, Jr., and Patrick M. McCarthy

Changes in mitral annular and left ventricular dimensions and left ventricular pressure–volume relations after off-pump treatment of mitral regurgitation with the Coapsys device
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 352-357. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rainald Seitelberger, Jan Bialy, Roman Gottardi, Gernot Seebacher, Reinhard Moidl, Martina Mittelböck, Paul Simon, and Ernst Wolner

Relation between size of prosthesis and valve gradient: comparison of two aortic bioprosthesis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 358-363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marc Ruel, Alexander Kulik, Fraser D. Rubens, Pierre Bédard, Roy G. Masters, Andrew L. Pipe, and Thierry G. Mesana

Late incidence and determinants of reoperation in patients with prosthetic heart valves
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 364-370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gary L. Grunkemeier and YingXing Wu

The Silzone effect: how to reconcile contradictory reports?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 371-375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emmanuel Villa, Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Emmanuel Le Bret, Thierry Folliguet, and François Laborde

Paediatric video-assisted thoracoscopic clipping of patent ductus arteriosus: experience in more than 700 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 387-393. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Philippe Demers, Craig Miller, R. Scott Mitchell, Stephen T. Kee, R.N. Lynn Chagonjian, and Michael D. Dake

Chronic traumatic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta: mid-term results of endovascular repair using first and second-generation stent-grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 394-400. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David L. Reich, Loren M. Horn, Sabera Hossain, and Suzan Uysal

Using jugular bulb oxyhemoglobin saturation to guide onset of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest does not affect post-operative neuropsychological function
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 401-406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Teruhisa Kazui

Editorial comment: Post-operative neuropsychological function unaffected by SjO₂ monitoring in DHCA
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 406-408. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Reza Motallebzadeh, Robin Kanagasabay, Martin Bland, Juan Carlos Kaski, and Marjan Jahangiri

S100 protein and its relation to cerebral microemboli in on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 409-414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tapio Hakala, Otto Pitkanen, and Juha Hartikainen

Cardioplegic arrest does not increase the risk of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 415-418. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hasan Karabulut, Fevzi Toraman, Serdar Evrenkaya, Onur Goksel, Sumer Tarcan, and Cem Alhan

Clopidogrel does not increase bleeding and allogenic blood transfusion in coronary artery surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 419-423. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mario Gaudino, Francesco Alessandrini, Claudio Pragliola, Carlo Cellini, Franco Glieca, Nicola Luciani, Fabiana Girola, and Gianfederico Possati

Effect of target artery location and severity of stenosis on mid-term patency of aorta-anastomosed vs. internal thoracic artery-anastomosed radial artery grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 424-428. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paola Ciriaco, Giampiero Negri, Armando Puglisi, Roberto Nicoletti, Alessandro Del Maschio, and Piero Zannini

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary nodules: rationale for preoperative computed tomography-guided hookwire localization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 429-433. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adnan Sayar, Akif Turna, Ali Kiliçgün, Okan Solak, Nur Ürer, and Atilla Gürses

Prognostic significance of surgical-pathologic multiple-station N1 disease in non-small cell carcinoma of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 434-438. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Gabor, H. Renner, H. Popper, U. Anegg, O. Sankin, V. Matzi, J. Lindenmann, and F.M. Smolle Jüttner

Invasion of blood vessels as significant prognostic factor in radically resected T1-3N0M0 non-small-cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 439-442. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akinori Iwasaki, Motohisa Kuwahara, Yasuteru Yoshinaga, and Takayuki Shirakusa

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels, as prognostic indicators in NSCLC
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 443-448. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gianluca Guggino, Christophe Doddoli, Fabrice Barlesi, Pablo Acri, Bruno Chetaille, Pascal Thomas, Roger Giudicelli, and Pierre Fuentes

Completion pneumonectomy in cancer patients: experience with 55 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 449-455. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Terzi, A. Lonardoni, P. Scanagatta, S. Pergher, C. Bonadiman, and F. Calabrò

Lung resection for bronchogenic carcinoma after pneumonectomy: a safe and worthwhile procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 456-459. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Amedeo Anselmi, Antonio Abbate, Fabiana Girola, Giuseppe Nasso, Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai, Gianfederico Possati, and Mario Gaudino

Myocardial ischemia, stunning, inflammation, and apoptosis during cardiac surgery: a review of evidence
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 304-311. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francisco Torrent-Guasp, Mladen J. Kocica, Antonio Corno, Masashi Komeda, James Cox, A. Flotats, Manel Ballester-Rodes, and Francesc Carreras-Costa

Systolic ventricular filling
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 376-386. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Keisuke Miwa, Shinzo Takamori, Akihiro Hayashi, and Kazuo Shirouzu

Gastrobronchial fistula after esophagectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 460. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Robert Lischke, Jan Simonek, Alan Stolz, and Pavel Pafko

Bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in patient with Rendu–Osler–Weber disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 461. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Kalyana C. Javangula, Timotheos Kelpis, Anilkumar Mulpur, and Vladimir Anikin

Non-fatal penetrating neck trauma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 462. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Ian R. Ramnarine and James A.C. Thorpe

Spontaneous haematoma of the oesophagus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 463-464. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Murat Ozeren, Orhan Veli Dogan, Süheyla Dogan, and Ertan Yucel

True and pseudo aneurysms of coronary arteries in a patient with Behçet's disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 465-467. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Naito, Masato Nakajima, Hidenori Inoue, and Koji Tsuchiya

Successful CABG in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 468-470. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Marc Riquet, Jalal Assouad, Christophe Foucault, and Claire Danel

Visceral pleura invasion and lung cancer: further clarifications
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 471. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Errata:

Michael J. Flynn, Desmond C. Winter, Patrick Breen, Gerry O'Sullivan, George Shorten, Damien O'Connell, Aonghus O'Donnell, and Thomas Aherne

Erratum to "Dopexamine increases internal mammary artery blood flow following coronary artery bypass grafting" [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 24 (2003) 547–551]
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 472. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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