Foreword:

Bruce Keogh
	Symposium for the Future of Cardiac Surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S1. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Introduction and Overview:

Friedhelm Beyersdorf
	Symposium for the Future of Cardiac Surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S2-S3. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Reviews:

Paul Sergeant
	The future of coronary bypass surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S4-S7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Marko Ivan Turina
	Future of heart valve surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S8-S13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ludwig K. von Segesser, Bettina Marty, Piergiorgio Tozzi, and Patrick Ruchat
	Impact of endoluminal stenting for aortic surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S14-S18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert M. Guezuraga and Denise Y. Steinbring
	View from industry Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S19-S24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Keith Dawkins
	View from the cardiologist Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S25-S26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Delos Cosgrove
	View from North America's cardiac surgeons Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S27-S31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Torkel Åberg
	Defence, counterattack, retreat? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S32-S35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ottavio Alfieri, Francesco Maisano, and Antonio Colombo
	Percutaneous mitral valve repair procedures Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S36-S38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stefano Benussi
	Treatment of atrial fibrillation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S39-S41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lorenzo Menicanti and Marisa Di Donato
	Surgical left ventricle reconstruction, pathophysiologic insights, results and expectation from the STICH trial Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S42-S47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel Loisance
	Mechanical circulatory support systems—future opportunities Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S48-S53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J. Hescheler, M. Wartenberg, D. Wenzel, B.K.W. Roell, Zhongju Lu, Y. Xia, F. Dönmez, F.C. Ling, H. Acker, E. Kolossov, S. Kazemi, P. Sasse, A. Raible, H. Bohlen, W. Bloch, H. Sauer, A. Welz, and B.K. Fleischmann
	Implication of therapeutic cloning for organ transplantation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S54-S56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Walter Klepetko, Günther Laufer, and Alfred Kocher
	Thoracic transplantation and stem cell therapy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S57-S58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Axel Haverich
	Tissue engineering Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S59-S61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gerald D. Buckberg
	Stroke and extra-cardiac perfusion: new vantage points in brain protection Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S62-S67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J.W. Randolph Bolton
	Ambulatory cardiac surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S68-S71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Working Group Reports:

Torkel Åberg
	If retreat, how? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S72-S73. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Friedrich Mohr
	Integration of catheter-based techniques in cardiac surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S74-S75. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bruce Keogh
	Cardiology/cardiac surgery/vascular surgery—evolution to one speciality? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S76-S77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Creating innovative departments Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S78-S81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dietrich E. Birnbaum
	Extracorporeal circulation in non-cardiac surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S82-S85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Closing Remarks:

James L. Monro
	EACTS Symposium for the Future of Cardiac Surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: S86-S87. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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