EACTS INVITED GUEST LECTURE:

William G. Williams

Surgical outcomes in congenital heart disease: expectations and realities
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 937-944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Bernhard Korbmacher, Andreas Heusch, Ulrich Sunderdiek, Emmeran Gams, Spiros Rammos, Mike R. Langenbach, and Jochen D. Schipke

Evidence for palliative enlargement of the right ventricular outflow tract in severe tetralogy of Fallot
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 945-948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark D. Rodefeld, Mark Ruzmetov, Marcus S. Schamberger, Donald A. Girod, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown

Staged surgical repair of functional single ventricle in infants with unobstructed pulmonary blood flow
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 949-955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katarzyna Januszewska, Jacek Kolcz, Tomasz Mroczek, Malgorzata Procelewska, and Edward Malec

Right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt and modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in preparation to hemi-Fontan procedure in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 956-961. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joachim Photiadis, Andreas E. Urban, Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Christoph Fink, Ehrenfried Schindler, Martin Schneider, Anne Marie Brecher, and Boulos Asfour

Restrictive left atrial outflow adversely affects outcome after the modified Norwood procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 962-967. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin Takabayashi, Hideaki Kado, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kouji Fukae, and Toshihide Nakano

Comparison of hemodynamics between Norwood procedure and systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt for single right ventricle patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 968-974. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark G. Hazekamp, Heynric B. Grotenhuis, Paul H. Schoof, Marie E.B. Rijlaarsdam, Jaap Ottenkamp, and Robert A.E. Dion

Results of the Ross operation in a pediatric population
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 975-979. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Manuel Castella, Gerald D. Buckberg, Saleh Saleh, and Morteza Gharib

Structure function interface with sequential shortening of basal and apical components of the myocardial band
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 980-987. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Raffaele De Simone, Ivo Wolf, Sibylle Mottl-Link, Bernd W. Böttiger, Helmuth Rauch, Hans-Peter Meinzer, and Siegfried Hagl

Intraoperative assessment of right ventricular volume and function
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 988-993. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kazuhito Imanaka, Osami Kohmoto, Shigeyuki Nishimura, Yuji Yokote, and Shunei Kyo

Impact of postoperative blood pressure control on regression of left ventricular mass following valve replacement for aortic stenosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 994-999. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joseph Zacharias, Jonathan Forty, James Colin Doig, John Pius Bourke, and Colin John Hilton

Right ventricular disarticulation. An 18-year single centre experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1000-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Albåge, and Dan Lindblom

The Dor procedure for left ventricular reconstruction. Ten-year clinical experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1005-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephan Geidel, Michael Lass, Carsten Schneider, Gaby Groth, Sigrid Boczor, Karl-Heinz Kuck, and Jörg Ostermeyer

Downsizing of the mitral valve and coronary revascularization in severe ischemic mitral regurgitation results in reverse left ventricular and left atrial remodeling
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1011-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harald C. Ott, Ruth Kroess, Nikolaos Bonaros, Rainer Marksteiner, Eva Margreiter, Thomas Schachner, Guenther Laufer, and Steffen Hering

Intramyocardial microdepot injection increases the efficacy of skeletal myoblast transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1017-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chris A. Rogers, J. Saravana Ganesh, Nicholas R. Banner, Robert S. Bonser On behalf of the steering Group

Cumulative risk adjusted monitoring of 30-day mortality after cardiothoracic transplantation: UK experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1022-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jaroslaw Pierog, Amiq Gazdhar, Uz Stammberger, Matthias Gugger, Steven Hyde, Iacob Mathiesen, Tomasz Grodzki, and Ralph A. Schmid

Synergistic effect of low dose Cyclosporine A and human interleukin 10 overexpression on acute rejection in rat lung allotransplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1030-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Onorati, Marisa De Feo, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Antonio di Virgilio, Antonio Esposito, Massimo Polistena, Attilio Renzulli, and Maurizio Cotrufo

Unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation: surgical revascularization with different strategies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1043-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Imtiaz S. Ali and Karen J. Buth

Preoperative statin use and in-hospital outcomes following heart surgery in patients with unstable angina
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1051-1056. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ardawan Julian Rastan, Hartmuth Bruno Bittner, Jan Fritz Gummert, Thomas Walther, Claudia V. Schewick, Evaldes Girdauskas, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

On-pump beating heart versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery—evidence of pump-induced myocardial injury
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1057-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yaron Bar-El, Boaz Gilboa, Nina Unger, Dorit Pud, and Elon Eisenberg

Skeletonized versus pedicled internal mammary artery: impact of surgical technique on post CABG surgery pain
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1065-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Belhhan Akpinar, Mustafa Guden, Ertan Sagbas, Ilhan Sanisoglu, Mehmet U. Ergenoglu, and Cavlan Turkoglu

Clinical experience with the Novare Enclose II manual proximal anastomotic device during off-pump coronary artery surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1070-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Fréderic Laluc, Marie-Madeleine Toubin, Marc Puyraveau, François Clement, Mariette Mercier, Sidney Chocron, and Joseph-Philippe Etievent

Usefulness of procalcitonin in the early detection of infection after thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1074-1078. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mitsutaka Jinbo, Kazuhiro Ueda, Yoshikazu Kaneda, Manabu Sudo, Tao-Sheng Li, and Kimikazu Hamano

Video-assisted transcatheter lung perfusion regional chemotherapy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1079-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sander Romijn, Jeroen M.H. Hendriks, Bart P. Van Putte, Joost Weyler, Gunther Guetens, Gert De Boeck G, Ernst A. De Bruijn, and Paul E.Y. Van Schil

Anterograde versus retrograde isolated lung perfusion with melphalan in the WAG-Rij rat
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1083-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jong Ho Park, Choon-Taek Lee, Hae Won Lee, Hee Jong Baek, Jae Ill Zo, and Young Mog Shim

Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1086-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Edgardo Pezzetta, Roger Stupp, Abderrahim Zouhair, Louis Guillou, Patrick Taffé, Christian von Briel, Thorsten Krueger, and Hans-Beat Ris

Comparison of neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy versus radiochemotherapy followed by resection for stage III (N2) NSCLC
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1092-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierre Magdeleinat, Agathe Seguin, Marco Alifano, Souheil Boubia, and Jean-François Regnard

Early and long-term results of lung resection for non-small-cell lung cancer in patients with severe ventilatory impairment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1099-1105. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tamas Szöke, Klaus Kayser, Jan-Dirk Baumhäkel, Imre Trojan, Jozsef Furak, Laszlo Tiszlavicz, Jozsef Eller, and Krisztina Boda

Prognostic significance of microvascularization in cases of operated lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1106-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Omar A. Khan, Ryan Chau, Caroline Bertram, Mark A. Hanson, and Sunil K. Ohri

Fetal origins of coronary heart disease—implications for cardiothoracic surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1036-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Manuela Iglesias, Miquel Catalán, Albert Rodríguez, and José Maria Gimferrer

An unusual foreign body in the tracheobronchial tree
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1112. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Omer Onbas, Fatih Alper, Mecit Kantarci, and Yalcin Celebi

Intrathoracic rib: multidetector computed tomography demonstration
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1113. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Akinobu Itoh, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, and Soichiro Kitamura

Aortic valve replacement concomitant with multiple extra-anatomical bypasses for a patient with aortic valve insufficiency having Takayasu's arteritis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1114. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Steven Laga, Bart Meuris, Roland Demeyere, and Willem Flameng

Obstructive thrombosis of an aortic root homograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1115. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Ardawan Julian Rastan, Nicolas Doll, Thomas Walther, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

Pacemaker dependent patients with device infection—a modified approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1116-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiya Ohtsuka, Mikio Ninomiya, and Taisei Maemura

Sternum lifting technique for thoracoscopic internal thoracic artery harvest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1119-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giovanni Marchetto, Andrea M. D'Armini, Mauro Rinaldi, and Mario Viganò

Portaclamp in video-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery: Surgical technique and preliminary clinical experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1122-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Tim Attmann, Michael Brandt, Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, and Jochen Cremer

Two-stage surgical and endovascular treatment of an aneurysmal aberrant right subclavian (Lusoria) artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1125-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Antonio F. Corno

Ventricular myocardial band and Ross operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1128. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ludwig K. von Segesser

Reply to Corno
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1128-1129. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Oliver Kuss and Jochen Börgermann

Prognoses from the logistic EuroSCORE are statistical estimates that require confidence intervals
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1129. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Philippe Michel, Sandrine Domecq, Louis Rachid Salmi, François Roques, and Samer A.M. Nashef

Reply to Kuss and Börgermann: Confidence intervals for the prediction of mortality in the logistic EuroSCORE
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1129-1132. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Ganesh Shanmugam

Aspergillosis complicating intralobar sequestration
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1132-1133. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Marc Riquet, Pascal Berna, and Patrick Bagan

Reply to Shanmugam
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1133. [Extract] [Full Text]  

C.S. Pramesh, Rajesh C. Mistry, and Ashvin Rangole

Does the shuttle walk test correlate with postoperative morbidity in lung surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1133. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Thida Win, Ashley M. Groves, and Clare M. Laroche

Reply to Pramesh et al.: Shuttle walk distance and lung cancer surgical outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 27: 1134. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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