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 Contents:  Volume 27, Issue5, May 2005   [Index by Author] 
       Original articles
       Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
       How to do it
       Case reports
       Letters to the Editor
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Original articles:

Cengiz Gebitekin, A. Sami Bayram, and Selcuk Akin
Complex pulmonary aspergilloma treated with single stage cavernostomy and myoplasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 737-740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Do Hyung Kim, Hyo Chae Paik, and Doo Yun Lee
Video assisted thoracoscopic re-sympathetic surgery in the treatment of re-sweating hyperhidrosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 741-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Atsushi Watanabe, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Takuro Obama, Hisayoshi Ohsawa, Tohru Mawatari, Noriyuki Takahashi, Yasunori Ichimiya, and Tomio Abe
Assessment of node dissection for clinical stage I primary lung cancer by VATS
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 745-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Marco Lucchi, Paolo Dini, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Piero Berti, Gabriele Materazzi, Paolo Miccoli, and Alfredo Mussi
Metachronous adrenal masses in resected non-small cell lung cancer patients: therapeutic implications of laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 753-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Clemens Aigner, Guenther Winkler, Peter Jaksch, Gernot Seebacher, Gyorgy Lang, Sharokh Taghavi, Wilfried Wisser, and Walter Klepetko
Extended donor criteria for lung transplantation—a clinical reality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 757-761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Didier Lardinois, Marc Banysch, Stephan Korom, Sven Hillinger, Valentin Rousson, Annette Boehler, Rudolf Speich, and Walter Weder
Extended donor lungs: eleven years experience in a consecutive series
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 762-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kenichi Ohmori, Shin-ichi Takeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Masato Minami, Shigeru Nakane, Mitsunori Ohta, Yoshiki Sawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
Application of HVJ-liposome mediated gene transfer in lung transplantation—distribution and transfection efficiency in the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 768-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Niels P. van der Kaaij, Jack J. Haitsma, Jolanda Kluin, Bart N. Lambrecht, Burkhard Lachmann, Ron W.F. de Bruin, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Surfactant pretreatment ameliorates ischemia-reperfusion injury of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 774-782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Petros Athanassopoulos, Leonard M.B. Vaessen, Aggie H.M.M. Balk, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Alex P.W.M. Maat, Willem Weimar, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Impaired circulating dendritic cell reconstitution identifies rejecting recipients after clinical heart transplantation independent of rejection therapy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 783-789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Rosemary Radley Smith, Jo Wray, Asghar Khaghani, and Magdi Yacoub
Ten year survival after paediatric heart transplantation: a single centre experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 790-794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Dörthe Schmidt, Anita Mol, Stefan Neuenschwander, Christian Breymann, Matthias Gössi, Gregor Zund, Marko Turina, and Simon P. Hoerstrup
Living patches engineered from human umbilical cord derived fibroblasts and endothelial progenitor cells
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 795-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Elizabeth M. Rumball, Simon P. McGuirk, Oliver Stümper, Simon J. Laker, Joseph V. de Giovanni, John G. Wright, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn
The RV–PA conduit stimulates better growth of the pulmonary arteries in hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 801-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Masahiro Koh, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hideki Uemura, Koji Kagisaki, Ikuo Hagino, Toru Ishizaka, and Soichiro Kitamura
Long-term outcome of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using a handmade tri-leaflet conduit
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 807-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Valery Arakelyan, Alexey Spiridonov, and Leo Bockeria
Ascending-to-descending aortic bypass via right thoracotomy for complex (re-) coarctation and hypoplastic aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 815-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Michio Sasaki, Akihiko Usui, Masaharu Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda
Arch-first technique performed under hypothermic circulatory arrest with retrograde cerebral perfusion improves neurological outcomes for total arch replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 821-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Giovanni Dialetto, Franco E. Covino, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Sabrina Manduca, Alessandro Della Corte, Bruno Giannolo, Michelangelo Scardone, and Maurizio Cotrufo
Treatment of type B aortic dissection: endoluminal repair or conventional medical therapy?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 826-830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Daniele Maselli, Andrea Montalto, Gianluca Santise, Giovanni Minardi, Carla Manzara, and Francesco Musumeci
A normogram to anticipate dimension of neo-sinuses of valsalva in valve-sparing aortic operations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 831-835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
René Quaden, Tim Attmann, Andreas Boening, Jochen Cremer, and Georg Lutter
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: resection before implantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 836-840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Krishna Khargi, Bernd Lemke, and Thomas Deneke
Concomitant anti-arrhythmic procedures to treat permanent atrial fibrillation in CABG and AVR patients are as effective as in mitral valve patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 841-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jerry Braun, Jeroen J. Bax, Michel I.M. Versteegh, Pieter G. Voigt, Eduard R. Holman, Robert J.M. Klautz, Eric Boersma, and Robert A.E. Dion
Preoperative left ventricular dimensions predict reverse remodeling following restrictive mitral annuloplasty in ischemic mitral regurgitation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 847-853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
José Ignacio Aramendi, Carlos-Alfonso Mestres, Juan Martinez-León, Vicente Campos, Genís Muñoz, and Carlos Navas
Triflusal versus oral anticoagulation for primary prevention of thromboembolism after bioprosthetic valve replacement (trac): prospective, randomized, co-operative trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 854-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Markus Neuhäuser, Stephan Knipp, Markus Kamler, Günter Marggraf, Jarowit Piotrowski, and Heinz Jakob
Risk stratification with cardiac troponin I in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 861-869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pallav J. Shah, Khoi Bui, Shane Blackmore, Ian Gordon, David L. Hare, John Fuller, Siven Seevanayagam, and Brian F. Buxton
Has the in situ right internal thoracic artery been overlooked? An angiographic study of the radial artery, internal thoracic arteries and saphenous vein graft patencies in symptomatic patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 870-875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Andreas Boening, Felix Schoeneich, Arthur Lichtenberg, Eric Bagaev, Jochen T. Cremer, and Uwe Klima
First clinical results with a 30° end-to-side coronary anastomosis coupler
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 876-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Bozena Szygula-Jurkiewicz, Marian Zembala, Krzysztof Wilczek, Romuald Wojnicz, and Lech Polonski
Health related quality of life after percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation. 12-month follow up
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 882-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ian R. Ramnarine, Antony D. Grayson, Walid C. Dihmis, Neeraj K. Mediratta, Brian M. Fabri, and John A.C. Chalmers
Timing of intra-aortic balloon pump support and 1-year survival
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 887-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yasir Abu-Omar, Shafi Mussa, Madhava J. Naik, Noel MacCarthy, Sue Standing, and David P. Taggart
Evaluation of Cystatin C as a marker of renal injury following on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 893-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Evgenij V. Potapov, Felix Hennig, Frank D. Wagner, Hans-Dieter Volk, Ralf Sodian, Harald Hausmann, Hans B. Lehmkuhl, and Roland Hetzer
Natriuretic peptides and E-selectin as predictors of acute deterioration in patients with inotrope-dependent heart failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Heyman Luckraz, Mike B Gravenor, Ravi George, Sue Taylor, Andrew Williams, Saeed Ashraf, Vincenzo Argano, and Aprim Youhana
Long and short-term outcomes in patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy post cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 906-909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Paul S. Ramphal, Daniel N. Coore, Michael P. Craven, Neil F. Forbes, Somara M. Newman, Adrian A. Coye, Sherard G. Little, and Brian C. Silvera
A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 910-916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Norihiko Shiiya, Kimihiro Yoshimoto, Yuuya Onodera, and Keishu Yasuda
Virtual angioscopy from multi-detector row computed tomography for an anastomotic aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 917. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Alejandro Aris, Francesc Carreras, Rubén Leta, and Manuel Fuentes
Diagnosis of anomalous origin of the circumflex artery by multidetector CT
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 918. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Elena Rizzo, Mauro Pugnale, Tom Mckee, and Salah D. Qanadli
Intimal sarcoma of pulmonary artery: multi-slice ECG-gated computed tomography findings with 3D reconstruction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 919. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Shishir Karthik, Richard Milton, and Kostas Papagiannopoulos
Simultaneous double video mediastinoscopy and video mediastinotomy—a step forward
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 920-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Video 1]  
Kaan Kirali, Nihan Kayalar, Tuncer Koçak, and Cevat Yakut
Reversed-J inferior sternotomy for awake coronary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 923-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Alessandro Mazzola, Renato Gregorini, Carmine Villani, and Raffaele Giancola
A simple method to adapt the height of the sinotubular junction of the De Paulis Valsalva graft to the height of the patient's sinuses in David reimplantation procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 925-926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Rafael R. Guerrero, James L. Wilkinson, and Christian P. Brizard
Reconstruction of left main coronary artery with subclavian artery free graft in an infant
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 927-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Shahzad G. Raja
OPCAB and the incidence of atrial fibrillation: ignoring the current best available evidence
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 930. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yavuz Enc and Sertac Cicek
Reply to Raja
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 930-931. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yih-Sharng Chen and Hsi-Yu Yu
Choice of mechanical support for fulminant myocarditis: ECMO vs. VAD?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 931-932. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jean-Michel Grinda
Reply to Chen and Yu
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 932. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mazyar Kanani, Robert H. Anderson, and Martin J. Elliott
Clinical and morphologic evidence points to closure of the zone of apposition in atrioventricular septal defects
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 932-933. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Elliot A. Shinebourne, Amira Al Hay, and Daryl Shore
Reply to Kanani and Elliott
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 933. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Evaristo Castedo, Emilio Monguio, Ruben A. Cabo, and Juan Ugarte
Edge-to-edge technique for correction of tricuspid valve regurgitation due to complex lesions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 933-934. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Michele De Bonis and Ottavio Alfieri
Reply to Castedo et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 934-935. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Nicola C. Jones, Philip Curry, and Alan J.B. Kirk
An alternative to drain clamping for blood pleurodesis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 935. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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