Editorials:

Ludwig K. von Segesser

Aristotle scores in congenital heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 909-910. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Invited papers:

F. Lacour-Gayet, D. Clarke, J. Jacobs, J. Comas, S. Daebritz, W. Daenen, W. Gaynor, L. Hamilton, M. Jacobs, B. Maruszsewski, M. Pozzi, T. Spray, G. Stellin, C. Tchervenkov, C. Mavroudis, and The Aristotle Committee

The Aristotle score: a complexity-adjusted method to evaluate surgical results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 911-924. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

N. Alphonso, M. Baghai, K. Dhital, G. Mood, R. Tulloh, C. Austin, and D. Anderson

Midterm results of the Ross procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 925-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D.S. Crossland, S.P. Jackson, R. Lyall, J.R.L. Hamilton, A. Hasan, J. Burn, and J.J. O'Sullivan

Life insurance and mortgage application in adults with congenital heart disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 931-934. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Dittrich, D. Aktuerk, S. Seitz, P. Mehwald, J. Schulte-Mönting, C. Schlensak, and D. Kececioglu

Effects of ultrafiltration and peritoneal dialysis on proinflammatory cytokines during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in newborns and infants
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 935-940. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Georges, F. Forestier, N. Valli, A. Plogin, G. Janvier, and L. Bordenave

Changes in type B natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations during cardiac valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 941-945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sabine H. Daebritz, Bernd Fausten, Benita Hermanns, Joerg Schroeder, Jan Groetzner, Ruediger Autschbach, Bruno J. Messmer, and Jörg S. Sachweh

Introduction of a flexible polymeric heart valve prosthesis with special design for aortic position
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 946-952. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark T. Grattan and Lars I. Thulin

Leaflet arrest in St Jude Medical and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 953-957. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R.D. Dowling, S.J. Park, F.D. Pagani, A.J. Tector, Y. Naka, T.B. Icenogle, V.L. Poirier, and O.H. Frazier

HeartMate^® VE LVAS design enhancements and its impact on device reliability
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 958-963. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Roland Hetzer, Yuguo Weng, Evgenij V. Potapov, Miralem Pasic, Thorsten Drews, Michael Jurmann, Ewald Hennig, and Johannes Müller

First experiences with a novel magnetically suspended axial flow left ventricular assist device
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 964-970. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Juergen Martin, Michael P. Siegenthaler, Ortwin Friesewinkel, Tina Fader, Andreas van de Loo, Georg Trummer, Michael Berchtold-Herz, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Implantable left ventricular assist device for treatment of pulmonary hypertension in candidates for orthotopic heart transplantation—a preliminary study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 971-977. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Helen Ki Shinn, Young Jun Oh, Seung Ho Kim, Jong Hwa Lee, Choon Soo Lee, and Young Lan Kwak

Evaluation of serial haemodynamic changes during coronary artery anastomoses in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: initial experiences using two deep pericardial stay sutures and octopus tissue stabilizer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 978-984. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brit Dybdahl, Alexander Wahba, Rune Haaverstad, Idar Kirkeby-Garstad, Peter Kierulf, Terje Espevik, and Anders Sundan

On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: more heat-shock protein 70 is released after on-pump surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 985-992. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sven Martens, Markus Dietrich, Christopher Herzog, Mirko Doss, Gunnar Schneider, Anton Moritz, and Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker

Automatic connector devices for proximal anastomoses do not decrease embolic debris compared with conventional anastomoses in CABG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 993-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Crescenzi, Tiziana Bove, Federico Pappalardo, Anna M. Scandroglio, Giovanni Landoni, Giacomo Aletti, Alberto Zangrillo, and Ottavio Alfieri

Clinical significance of a new Q wave after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1001-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Galagudza, Dmitry Kurapeev, Sarkis Minasian, Guro Valen, and Jarle Vaage

Ischemic postconditioning: brief ischemia during reperfusion converts persistent ventricular fibrillation into regular rhythm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1006-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wilfried Wisser, Cäsar Khazen, Elena Deviatko, Günter Stix, Thomas Binder, Rainald Seitelberger, Herwig Schmidinger, and Ernst Wolner

Microwave and radiofrequency ablation yield similar success rates for treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1011-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Krishna Khargi, Bernd Lemke, Helmut Haardt, Klaus-Michael Müller, Andreas Mügge, Axel Laczkovics, and Thomas Deneke

Concomitant anti-arrhythmic surgery, using irrigated cooled-tip radiofrequency ablation, to treat permanent atrial fibrillation in CABG patients: expansion of the indication?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1018-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Troise, Marco Cirillo, Federico Brunelli, Giordano Tasca, Andrea Amaducci, Zen Mhagna, Margherita Dalla Tomba, and Eugenio Quaini

Mid-term results of cardiac autotransplantation as method to treat permanent atrial fibrillation and mitral disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1025-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Serguei Melnitchouk, Thomas Pfammatter, Alexander Kadner, Hitendu Dave, Herbert Witzke, Otmar Trentz, Marko Turina, and Mario Lachat

Emergency stent-graft placement for hemorrhage control in acute thoracic aortic rupture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1032-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Richens, Mark Field, Shahrul Hashim, Michael Neale, and Charles Oakley

A finite element model of blunt traumatic aortic rupture
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1039-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A.V. Manlulu, T.W. Lee, K.H. Thung, R. Wong, and A.P.C. Yim

Current indications and results of VATS in the evaluation and management of hemodynamically stable thoracic injuries
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1048-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alan D.L. Sihoe, Sylvia S.W. Au, Mabel L. Cheung, Ivan K.L. Chow, Ka Man Chu, Chun Yat Law, Maxim Wan, and Anthony P.C. Yim

Incidence of chest wall paresthesia after video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1054-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arpad Pereszlenyi, Martin Igaz, Ivan Majer, and Svetozar Harustiak

Role of endotracheal stenting in tracheal reconstruction surgery—retrospective analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1059-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hong Kwan Kim, Young Tae Kim, Sook Whan Sung, June Dong Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Joo Hyun Kim, and Yong Jin Kim

Management of congenital tracheal stenosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1065-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cemal Ozcelik, Refik Ülkü, Serdar Onat, Zerrin Ozcelik, Ilhan Inci, and Omer Satici

Management of postpneumonic empyemas in children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1072-1078. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandro Mattioli, Maria Luisa Lugaresi, Massimo Pierluigi Di Simone, Franco D'Ovidio, Vladimiro Pilotti, Francesco Bassi, Stefano Brusori, and Giampaolo Gavelli

The surgical treatment of the intrathoracic migration of the gastro-oesophageal junction and of short oesophagus in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1079-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tommaso Claudio Mineo and Vincenzo Ambrogi

Long-term results and quality of life after surgery for oesophageal achalasia: one surgeon's experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1089-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen, Pei-Ming Huang, Jang-Ming Lee, and Yung-Chie Lee

Comparison of manual and mechanical cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophageal resection for squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1097-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Haruhisa Matsuguma, Rie Nakahara, Masaki Anraku, Tetsuro Kondo, Yukio Tsuura, Yukari Kamiyama, Kiyoshi Mori, and Kohei Yokoi

Objective definition and measurement method of ground-glass opacity for planning limited resection in patients with clinical stage IA adenocarcinoma of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1102-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vladyslav Getman, Elena Devyatko, Daniela Dunkler, Franz Eckersberger, Adelheid End, Walter Klepetko, Gabriel Marta, and Michael Rolf Mueller

Prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung cancer with isolated brain metastases undergoing combined surgical treatment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1107-1113. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fumihiro Tanaka, Kazumasa Takenaka, Hiroki Oyanagi, Takuji Fujinaga, Yosuke Otake, Kazuhiro Yanagihara, Harumi Ito, and Hiromi Wada

Skip mediastinal nodal metastases in non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1114-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Christophoros Kotoulas, Elefterios Chouliaras, Panagiotis Siarapis, and Konstantinos Nisotakis

Right diaphragmatic rupture and hepatic hernia: a rare late sequela of thoracic trauma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1121. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. Marco Schnater, Rien E. Eland, Frans van der Straaten, and Peter W. Plaisier

Lung cancer presenting as a giant tumor of the thoracic wall
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1122-1123. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Eric L.R. Bédard, Augustine Tang, and Michael R. Johnston

Massive primary chest wall chondrosarcoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1124-1125. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Cristina Carro, Lionel Camilleri, Jean Marc Garcier, and Charles De Riberolles

Periaortic lymphoma mimicking aortic aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1126. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Miralem Pasic, Raymond Schaffarczyk, and Roland Hetzer

Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) mediastinitis in a heart transplant recipient
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1127-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Loïc Lang-Lazdunski

About the neuroprotective effects of FK-506, L-carnitine and azathioprine on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1129. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Serdar Akgun and Atike Tekeli

Reply to Lang-Lazdunski
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1130. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. Rafael Sadaba and Grayson H. Wheatley

Surgical assistants and working time directives
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1131. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Joseph Alex

Reply to Sadaba and Wheatley EWTD and cardiothoracic training
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 25: 1132. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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