ESTS Presidential address:

Tomasz Grodzki

Future directions of thoracic surgery in Europe (directions of ESTS and EACTS): ‘From paradise to nowhere and back’
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 465-468. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Seiji Matsumoto, Toshiki Hirata, Eiji Ogawa, Tatsuo Fukuse, Hiroyuki Ueda, Takashi Koyama, Takayuki Nakamura, and Hiromi Wada

Ultrasonographic evaluation of small nodules in the peripheral lung during video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 469-473. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Balakrishnan Mahesh, Christopher Forrester-Wood, Aftab Yunus, Rauf Ahsan, Khalid Amer, Anthony Morgan, and Raimondo Ascione

Value of wide-margin wedge resection for solitary pulmonary nodule: a single center experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 474-479. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidehito Matsuoka, Wataru Nishio, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Hiroaki Harada, and Noriaki Tsubota

Prediction of morbidity after lung resection with risk factors using treadmill exercise test
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 480-482. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akif Turna, Okan Solak, Erdogan Çetinkaya, Ali Kiliçgün, Muzaffer Metin, Adnan Sayar, and Atilla Gürses

Lactate dehydrodgenase levels predict pulmonary morbidity after lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 483-487. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akinori Iwasaki, Takayuki Shirakusa, Yasuteru Yoshinaga, Sotarou Enatsu, and Masaaki Yamamoto

Evaluation of the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis and the role of risk score as a survival predictor
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 488-493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gonzalo Varela, José L. Aranda, Marcelo F. Jiménez, and Nuria Novoa

Emergency hospital readmission after major lung resection: prevalence and related variables
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 494-497. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Grzegorz Kacprzak, Marek Marciniak, Emanuel Addae-Boateng, Jerzy Kolodziej, and Konrad Pawelczyk

Causes and management of postpneumonectomy empyemas: our experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 498-502. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gülsen Ekingen, Bekir H. Güvenç, Selami Sözübir, Ayse Tuzlaci, and Ufuk Senel

Fibrinolytic treatment of complicated pediatric thoracic empyemas with intrapleural streptokinase
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 503-507. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophoros N. Foroulis, Christophoros S. Kotoulas, Stavros Kakouros, George Evangelatos, Christos Chassapis, Marios Konstantinou, and Achilleas G. Lioulias

Study on the late effect of pneumonectomy on right heart pressures using Doppler echocardiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 508-514. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierpaolo Giomarelli, Bonizella Biagioli, and Sabino Scolletta

Cardiac output monitoring by pressure recording analytical method in cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Helena Rexius, Gunnar Brandrup-Wognsen, Anders Odén, and Anders Jeppsson

Gender and mortality risk on the waiting list for coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 521-527. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Huw Griffiths, Ameet Bakhai, Douglas West, Mario Petrou, Tony De Souza, Neil Moat, John Pepper, and Carlo Di Mario

Feasibility and cost of treatment with drug eluting stents of surgical candidates with multi-vessel coronary disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 528-534. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ariena H. Lindhout, Constantijn W. Wouters, and Luc Noyez

Influence of obesity on in-hospital and early mortality and morbidity after myocardial revascularization
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 535-541. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio Maria Calafiore, Gabriele Di Giammarco, Giovanni Teodori, Michele Di Mauro, Angela Lorena Iacò, Antonio Bivona, Marco Contini, and Giuseppe Vitolla

Late results of first myocardial revascularization in multiple vessel disease: single versus bilateral internal mammary artery with or without saphenous vein grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 542-548. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sotiris C. Stamou, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Jorge M. Garcia, Steven W. Boyce, Ammar S. Bafi, and Paul J. Corso

Operative mortality after conventional versus coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 549-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoan Lamarche, Julie Gagnon, Olivier Malo, Gilbert Blaise, Michel Carrier, and Louis P. Perrault

Ventilation prevents pulmonary endothelial dysfunction and improves oxygenation after cardiopulmonary bypass without aortic cross-clamping
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 554-563. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Kamler, D. Wendt, N. Pizanis, V. Milekhin, U. Schade, and H. Jakob

Deleterious effects of oxygen during extracorporeal circulation for the microcirculation in vivo
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 564-570. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemanth Kaukuntla, Alison Walker, Deborah Harrington, Timothy Jones, and Robert S. Bonser

Differential brain and body temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass—a randomised clinical study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 571-579. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemanth Kaukuntla, Deborah Harrington, Inderaj Bilkoo, Tom Clutton-Brock, Timothy Jones, and Robert S. Bonser

Temperature monitoring during cardiopulmonary bypass—do we undercool or overheat the brain?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 580-585. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yasir Abu-Omar, Alberto Cifelli, Paul M. Matthews, and David P. Taggart

The role of microembolisation in cerebral injury as defined by functional magnetic resonance imaging
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 586-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Oliver Reuthebuch, Ulrich Schurr, Jens Hellermann, René Prêtre, Andreas Künzli, Mario Lachat, and Marko I. Turina

Advantages of subclavian artery perfusion for repair of acute type A dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 592-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott A. LeMaire, Autumn L. Jamison, Stacey A. Carter, Shixiang Wen, Suresh Alankar, and Joseph S. Coselli

Deployment of balloon expandable stents during open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a new strategy for managing renal and mesenteric artery lesions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 599-607. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Martin Grabenwoger, Tatjana Fleck, Marek Ehrlich, Martin Czerny, Doris Hutschala, Maria Schoder, Johannes Lammer, and Ernst Wolner

Secondary surgical interventions after endovascular stent-grafting of the thoracic aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 608-613. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ludwig K. von Segesser, Bettina Marty, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Christoph Huber, Ivan Bruschweiler, Augusto Gallino, Daniel Hayoz, and Patrick Ruchat

Endovascular surgery for failed open aortic aneurysm repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 614-620. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Otso Järvinen, Juhani Julkunen, Timo Saarinen, Jari Laurikka, Heini Huhtala, and Matti R. Tarkka

Perioperative myocardial infarction has negative impact on health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 621-627. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. El Khoury, J.L. Vanoverschelde, D. Glineur, A. Poncelet, R. Verhelst, P. Astarci, M.J. Underwood, and Ph. Noirhomme

Repair of aortic valve prolapse: experience with 44 patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 628-633. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peteris Stradins, Romans Lacis, Iveta Ozolanta, Biruta Purina, Velta Ose, Laila Feldmane, and Vladimir Kasyanov

Comparison of biomechanical and structural properties between human aortic and pulmonary valve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 634-639. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luciano Rapold Souza, Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, Luiz Francisco Cardoso, Luis Ramón Virgen Carrillo, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Max Grinberg, and Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira

Late evolution of mitral commissurotomy in patients with low echocardiographic score
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 640-645. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Tae-Eun Jung, Jang-Hoon Lee, Sung-Sae Han, and Dong-Hyup Lee

A huge fungal vegetation in the ascending aorta vascular graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 646. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Heyman Luckraz, Geraint Jenkins, Anthony Davies, and Vincenzo Argano

Left ventricular false aneurysm following mitral valve replacement for endocarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 647. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yener Yoruk and Osman Hatipoglu

Synchronous foreign body and non-small cell carcinoma of the main bronchi
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 648. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Lorenzo Spaggiari, Giulia Veronesi, Massimiliano D'Aiuto, and Antonella Tosoni

Superior vena cava reconstruction using heterologous pericardial tube after extended resection for lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 649-651. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

J. Smith, S. Karthik, J.P.A. Lodge, and J.A.C. Thorpe

Successful outcome after resection of lung, liver and diaphragm for locally advanced lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 652-654. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Filip Van Tornout, Marc Van Leuven, and Wynn Parry

Pericardio-diaphragmatic avulsion and concomitant rupture of the central tendon of the diaphragm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 655-657. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

V. Lucchetti, C. Moscariello, D. Catapano, and G.D. Angelini

Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient: combined thoracic epidural and lumbar subarachnoid block
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 658-659. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Shahzad G. Raja

Ross operation for bicuspid aortic valve: the myth, the reality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 660. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Viktor Hraska

Reply to Raja
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 661. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shahzad G. Raja

Dilation of the pulmonary autograft: much more than just histopathological and biomolecular mechanisms
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 661-662. [Extract] [Full Text]  

P.P. Lunkenheimer

Systolic ventricular filling
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 662-663. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Francisco Torrent-Guasp, Mladen J. Kocica, Antonio Corno, and Francesc Carreras-Costa

Reply to Lunkenheimer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 663-664. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Aldo Cannata, Paolo Biglioli, Elena Tremoli, and Alessandro Parolari

Biological effects of coronary surgery: role of surgical trauma and CPB
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 664. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shahzad G. Raja

Reply to Cannata et al. Trauma or no trauma, cardiopulmonary bypass is the major contributor to inflammatory response after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 664-665. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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