Editorials:

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery — 2004 Reviewers
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 533-535. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Louise Coats, Victor Tsang, Sachin Khambadkone, Carin van Doorn, Shay Cullen, John Deanfield, Marc R. de Leval, and Philipp Bonhoeffer

The potential impact of percutaneous pulmonary valve stent implantation on right ventricular outflow tract re-intervention
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 536-543. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Regina Bökenkamp, Nico A. Blom, Daniel De Wolf, Kristine Francois, Jaap Ottenkamp, and Mark G. Hazekamp

Intraoperative stenting of pulmonary arteries
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 544-547. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tara Karamlou, Ross M. Ungerleider, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Grant Burch, Michael Silberbach, Mark Reller, and Irving Shen

Oversizing pulmonary homograft conduits does not significantly decrease allograft failure in children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 548-553. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven R. Meyer, Patricia M. Campbell, Jennifer M. Rutledge, Anne M. Halpin, Lois E. Hawkins, Jonathan R.T. Lakey, Ivan M. Rebeyka, and David B. Ross

Use of an allograft patch in repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome may complicate future transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 554-560. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stanislav Ovroutski, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Brigitte Stiller, Peter Ewert, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Julia Lemmer, Peter E. Lange, and Roland Hetzer

Paralysis of the phrenic nerve as a risk factor for suboptimal Fontan hemodynamics
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 561-565. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert W. Grauss, Mark G. Hazekamp, Ferdinand Oppenhuizen, Conny J. van Munsteren, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, and Marco C. DeRuiter

Histological evaluation of decellularised porcine aortic valves: matrix changes due to different decellularisation methods
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 566-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa, Pascal Maria Dohmen, Daniele Duarte, Cristina von Glenn, Sérgio Veiga Lopes, Hermínio Haggi Filho, Marise Brenner Affonso da Costa, and Wolfgang Konertz

Immunological and echocardiographic evaluation of decellularized versus cryopreserved allografts during the Ross operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 572-578. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Markus Dietrich, Sven Martens, Melanie Kohlert, Christopher Herzog, Mohammad Fawad Khan, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, and Anton Moritz

Decreased intermediate term patency of automated proximal anastomoses evaluated by sequential ultrafast CT
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 579-583. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert Poston, Junyan Gu, Jeffrey Manchio, Andrew Lee, James Brown, James Gammie, Charles White, and Bartley P. Griffith

Platelet function tests predict bleeding and thrombotic events after off-pump coronary bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 584-591. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manoj Kuduvalli, Aung Y. Oo, Nick Newall, Antony D. Grayson, Mark Jackson, Michael J. Desmond, Brian M. Fabri, and Abbas Rashid

Effect of peri-operative red blood cell transfusion on 30-day and 1-year mortality following coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 592-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sven A.F. Tulner, Robert J.M. Klautz, Frank H.M. Engbers, Jeroen J. Bax, Jan Baan, Ernst E. van der Wall, Robert A.E. Dion, and Paul Steendijk

Left ventricular function and chronotropic responses after normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with intermittent antegrade warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 599-605. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Norbert Zimmermann, Muhammed Kurt, Angela Wenk, Joachim Winter, Emmeran Gams, and Thomas Hohlfeld

Is cardiopulmonary bypass a reason for aspirin resistance after coronary artery bypass grafting?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 606-610. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chris R. Luyten, Frans J. van Overveld, Lieve A. De Backer, Anna M. Sadowska, Inez E. Rodrigus, Stefan G. De Hert, and Wilfried A. De Backer

Antioxidant defence during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 611-616. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Straub, Hans Peter Wendel, Ruben Azevedo, and Gerhard Ziemer

The GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor abciximab (ReoPro^®) decreases activation and interaction of platelets and leukocytes during in vitro cardiopulmonary bypass simulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 617-621. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Kiyofumi Morishita, Johji Fukada, Yoshikazu Hachiro, Yasuaki Fujisawa, Tatsuya Saito, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, and Tomio Abe

Stroke in surgery of the arteriosclerotic descending thoracic aortic aneurysms: influence of cross-clamping technique of the aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 622-625. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James C. Halstead, David Spielvogel, Dieter M. Meier, Sindy Rinke, Carol Bodian, Ramin Malekan, M. Arisan Ergin, and Randall B. Griepp

Composite aortic root replacement in acute type A dissection: time to rethink the indications?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 626-632. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen Westaby

Editorial comment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 632-633. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Schachner, Johann Nagiller, Anne Zimmer, Guenther Laufer, and Johannes Bonatti

Technical problems and complications of axillary artery cannulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 634-637. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Seref A. Küçüker, Mehmet Ali Özatik, Ahmet Saritas, and Oguz Tasdemir

Arch repair with unilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 638-643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, Kenji Okada, and Katsuhiko Imai

Malposition of selective cerebral perfusion catheter is not a rare event
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 644-648. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junetsu Akasaka, Koichi Tabayashi, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Katsuhiko Oda, Kiichiro Kumagai, and Atsushi Iguchi

Stent grafting technique using Matsui-Kitamura (MK) stent for patients with aortic arch aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 649-653. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franz F. Immer, Urs Hagen, Pascal A. Berdat, Friedrich S. Eckstein, and Thierry P. Carrel

Risk factors for secondary dilatation of the aorta after acute type A aortic dissection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 654-657. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Young Tae Kim, Jun Sung Kim, June Dong Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Sook Whan Sung, and Joo Hyun Kim

Treatment of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation—does resection in the early postnatal period increase surgical risk?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 658-661. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Blair Marshall, Zahoor Ahmed, John C. Kucharczuk, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joseph B. Shrager

Catamenial pneumothorax: optimal hormonal and surgical management
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 662-666. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ayten Kayi Cangir, Cabir Yüksel, Mehmet Dakak, Enver Özgencil, Onur Genc, and Hadi Akay

Use of intrapleural streptokinase in experimental minimal clotted hemothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 667-670. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marta I. Fernandez, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, H.D. Lee, Kevin J. West, Richard Wyatt, and David A. Waller

Does a thoracic epidural confer any additional benefit following video-assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 671-674. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Apostolos Nakas, John E. Pilling, Kevin J. West, and David A. Waller

A case-matched study of anatomical segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I lung cancer in high-risk patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 675-679. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christophe Doddoli, Adrian Aragon, Fabrice Barlesi, Bruno Chetaille, Stéphane Robitail, Roger Giudicelli, Pierre Fuentes, and Pascal Thomas

Does the extent of lymph node dissection influence outcome in patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 680-685. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jacek Gawrychowski, Krzysztof Brulinski, Eugeniusz Malinowski, and Boleslaw Papla

Prognosis and survival after radical resection of primary adenosquamous lung carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 686-692. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corinna Ludwig, Ulrike Hoffarth, Jörg Haberstroh, Wolfgang Schuttler, Bernward Passlick, and Erich Stoelben

Resistance to pressure of the stump after mechanical stapling or manual suture. An experimental study on sheep main bronchus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 693-696. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xavier Benoît D'Journo, Christophe Doddoli, Pierre Michelet, Anderson Loundou, Delphine Trousse, Roger Giudicelli, Pierre Antoine Fuentes, and Pascal Alexandre Thomas

Transthoracic esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus: standard versus extended two-field mediastinal lymphadenectomy?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 697-704. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Babu T. Muntimadugu and Peter Goldstraw

Fixed and dynamic airway obstruction in polychondritis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 705. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Seock Yeol Lee

Tracheal compression by esophageal mucocele after surgical exclusion of the esophagus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 706. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Robert Bauernschmitt, Stefan Martinoff, Michael Poerner, and Ruediger Lange

Pitfall in the computed-tomography-diagnosis of postcardiotomy infection: iodine accumulation after irrigation mimicking retrosternal abscess
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 707. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Vassilios P. Argitis, Pierre Schnyder, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Editorial comment: Bauernschmitt et al. "Pitfall in the computed-tomography-diagnosis of postcardiotomy infection: iodine accumulation after irrigation mimicking retrosternal abscess"
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 707-708. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shinji Masuyama, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Nobushige Tamura, and Genichi Sakaguchi

Plug of aortic vegetation into left main coronary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 709. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Theo Kofidis, Christoff Bara, Axel Haverich, and Uwe Klima

Giant, free flotating tendinous cord in the left ventricle
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 710. [Extract] [Full Text]  

El Hassen Ben Mansour, Jean Bachet, Daisy Tran, and Christian Lamer

Ruptured mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm with concomitant aorto-tracheal and aorto-oesophageal fistulas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 711. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Emmanuel Villa, Davide Pacini, Antonino Loforte, and Roberto Di Bartolomeo

Protruding coronary stent
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 712. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ilhan Sanisoglu, Cihan Duran, Ertan Sagbas, and Belhhan Akpinar

A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm due to mitral valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 713. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Malgorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Ludwig Karl von Segesser, Ma Liang, and Dorota Bukowska

Closure of left ventricle perforation with the use of muscular VSD occluder
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 714-716. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Davide Pacini, Emmanuel Villa, Sofia Martin-Suarez, and Roberto Di Bartolomeo

Aortic root substitution after aortic valve replacement: a prosthesis-sparing operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 717-719. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mehrdad Salehi, Mathias H. Aazami, Alireza Bakshandeh, and Roya Satarzadeh

Pericardial sewing-cuff: an alternative surgical technique for full-root implantation of aortic allograft and pulmonary autograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 720-721. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Christian Etz, Henryk Welp, Hans H. Scheld, and Christof Schmid

Near fatal infection of a patient with a left ventricular assist device due to unrecognized fetal death
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 722-723. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eleanor Ngan Soo, Raimondo Ascione, Peter Wilde, and Gianni D. Angelini

Eight years survival after partial left ventriculectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 724-725. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Hendrick B. Barner

Internal thoracic artery response to papaverine: takes time
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 726. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Katsunori Takeuchi

Reply to Barner
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 726-727. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Christian von Heymann, Michael Krimphove, and Claudia Spies

Lower dose of heparin for cardiopulmonary bypass is not necessarily associated with lower drainage loss
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 727. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Maher N. Shuhaibar

Reply to von Heymann et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 728. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Andrew C. Chatzis, Nicolas M. Giannopoulos, and George E. Sarris

Is congenital tricuspid insufficiency (CTI) as rare as it seems to be?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 728-729. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Wolfgang A. Goetz, Andreas Liebold, and Dietrich E. Birnbaum

Reply to Chatzis et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 729. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Serdar Ener and Mert Yilmaz

The effect of single low-dose methylprednisolone on the cardiopulmonary bypass-induced inflammatory response
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 729-730. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Anne Bourbon, Michel Vionnet, and Pascal N. Leprince

Reply to Ener and Yilmaz
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 730-731. [Extract] [Full Text]  

C.S. Pramesh, Rajesh C. Mistry, and Jaiprakash Agarwal

Chest wall resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 731. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hidehito Matsuoka

Reply to Pramesh et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 732. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Guven Olgac, Aysun Olcmen, and Cemal Asim Kutlu

Is lactate dehydrogenase level really a reliable predictor of pulmonary morbidity than other co-morbid parameters following lung resection for NSCLC?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 732-733. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Akif Turna and Erdogan Cetinkaya

Reply to Olgac et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 733-734. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Mohamed Fouad Ismail, Abed A. Mowafy, and Sersar I. Sameh

A combined small cell carcinoma of the lung containing three components: small cell, spindle cell and squamous cell carcinoma, revisited
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 734. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Masashi Gotoh, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Cheng-Long Huang, and Hiroyasu Yokomise

Reply to Ismail
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 735. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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