Original articles:

Sameh Ibrahim Sersar, Usama Ali Hamza, Wael AbdelAziz AbdelHameed, Reda Ahmed AbulMaaty, NourEldean Noaman Gowaeli, Sherif Abdou Moussa, Shawki Mahmoud AlMorsi, and Muna Mohammed Hafez

Inhaled foreign bodies: management according to early or late presentation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 369-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gonca Tuncel, Gulcin Ozalp, Serpil Savli, Ozgur Canoler, Mensure Kaya, and Nihal Kadiogullari

Epidural ropivacaine or sufentanil–ropivacaine infusions for post-thoracotomy pain
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 375-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidehito Matsuoka, Morihito Okada, Toshihiko Sakamoto, and Noriaki Tsubota

Complications and outcomes after pulmonary resection for cancer in patients 80 to 89 years of age
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 380-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takekazu Iwata, Yasuo Sekine, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Akira Iyoda, Toshihiko Iizasa, Yukio Saito, and Takehiko Fujisawa

Early open thoracotomy and mediastinopleural irrigation for severe descending necrotizing mediastinitis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 384-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisaichi Tanaka, Akihide Matsumura, Meinoshin Okumura, and Keiji Iuchi

Pneumonectomy for unilateral destroyed lung with pulmonary hypertension due to systemic blood flow through broncho-pulmonary shunts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 389-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacek Kolcz and Christian Pizarro

Neonatal repair of tetralogy of Fallot results in improved pulmonary artery development without increased need for reintervention
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 394-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bohdan Maruszewski, Francois Lacour-Gayet, James L. Monro, Bruce E. Keogh, Zdzislaw Tobota, and Andrzej Kansy

An attempt at data verification in the EACTS Congenital Database
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 400-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marshall L. Jacobs

Editorial comment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 405-406. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bodil Ivarsson, Sylvia Larsson, Carsten Lührs, and Trygve Sjöberg

Extended written pre-operative information about possible complications at cardiac surgery—do the patients want to know?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 407-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor Aboyans, Jérôme Guilloux, Philippe Lacroix, Cengiz Yildiz, Annabel Postil, and Marc Laskar

Common carotid intima-media thickness measurement is not a pertinent predictor for secondary cardiovascular events after coronary bypass surgery. A prospective study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 415-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Murat Ikizler, Serhat Ozkan, Sadettin Dernek, Coskun Ozdemir, Oguz O. Erdinc, Behcet Sevin, Gazi Ozdemir, and Tugrul Kural

Does radial artery harvesting for coronary revascularization cause neurological injury in the forearm and hand?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 420-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell E. Anderson, Kerstin Brismar, Gunilla Barr, and Torbjörn Ivert

Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on glucose homeostasis after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 425-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiromichi Fujii, Shigefumi Suehiro, Hiroshi Kumano, Toshihiko Shibata, Koji Hattori, Hidekazu Hirai, and Takanobu Aoyama

Relationship between granulocyte elastase and C3a under protamine dosing in on-pump cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 431-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshimori Araki, Akihiko Usui, Osamu Kawaguchi, Shunei Saito, Min-Ho Song, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda

Pressure–volume relationship in isolated working heart with crystalloid perfusate in swine and imaging the valve motion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 435-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  

Stéphane Aubert, Théodoro Barreda, Christophe Acar, Pascal Leprince, Nicolas Bonnet, René Ecochard, Alain Pavie, and Iradj Gandjbakhch

Mitral valve repair for commissural prolapse: surgical techniques and long term results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 443-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arne Olsson, Fredrik Bredin, and Anders Franco-Cereceda

Echocardiographic findings using tissue velocity imaging following passive containment surgery with the Acorn CorCap^TM cardiac support device
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 448-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregor Warnecke, Murat Avsar, Thomas Steinkamp, Renate Reinhard, Jost Niedermeyer, André R. Simon, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strüber

Tacrolimus versus cyclosporine induction therapy in pulmonary transplantation in miniature swine
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 454-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theo Kofidis, Jorg Lucas deBruin, Masashi Tanaka, Monika Zwierzchoniewska, Irving Weissman, Eugenia Fedoseyeva, Axel Haverich, and Robert Clayton Robbins

They are not stealthy in the heart: embryonic stem cells trigger cell infiltration, humoral and T-lymphocyte-based host immune response
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 461-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Murat Basaran, Eylul Kafali, Omer Sayin, Murat Ugurlucan, Melih Hulusi Us, Cicek Bayindir, Ahmet Turan Yilmaz, and Enver Dayioglu

Heat stress increases the effectiveness of early ischemic preconditioning in spinal cord protection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 467-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaoru Matsuura, Hitoshi Ogino, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura

Multivariate analysis of predictors of late stroke after total aortic arch repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 473-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrizio Castelli, Roberto Caronno, Gabriele Piffaretti, Matteo Tozzi, Chiara Lomazzi, Domenico Laganà, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, and Salvatore Cuffari

Endovascular repair for concomitant multilevel aortic disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 478-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Ganesh Shanmugam

Adult congenital lung disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 483-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Aman Coonar

Blood clot cast of the bronchial tree
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 490. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvain Rubin, Olivier N. Pages, François Bonnet, and Bernard Baehrel

Hybrid treatment of a symptomatic aortic and left subclavian false aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 491. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kunihiro Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Niinuma, Kohei Kawazoe, and Shigeru Ehara

Three-dimensional demonstration of the collateral circulation to the artery of Adamkiewicz via internal thoracic artery with 16-row multi-slice CT
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 492. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Tavilla

Whole collateral bridge of an occlusion of the left internal thoracic artery graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 493. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph Jacob, Ranjit Deshpande, and Jatin Desai

Superficial ulnar artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 494. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Mohan P. Devbhandari, Tahir Mirza, Michael Hartley, and Andrew J. Duncan

Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with tracheopathia osteoplastica
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 495-496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matej Nosál', Ikenna Chima Omeje, and Rudolf Poruban

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery: successful surgical treatment in a neonate
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 497-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narendra Kuber Bodhey, Arun K. Gupta, Kurur Sankaran Neelakandhan, and Madathipat Unnikrishnan

Early sternal erosion and luetic aneurysms of thoracic aorta: report of 6 cases and analysis of cause–effect relationship
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 499-501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabine Elisabeth Gabor, Heiko Renner, Alfred Maier, and Freyja Maria Smolle Jüttner

Tension pneumomediastinum after severe vomiting in a 21-year-old female
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 502-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Marcin Zielinski and Jaroslaw Kuzdzal

Safety of complete median sternotomy approach for thymectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 504. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmad Boseila

Reply to Zielinski and Kuzdzal
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 504-505. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Doriana Spina, Luigi Ferri, Alfredo Cesario, and Pierluigi Granone

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 505-506. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angel López-Encuentra

Reply to Spina et al.Molecular studies in lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 506. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C.S. Pramesh and Rajesh C. Mistry

Radical lymphadenectomy in esophageal adenocarcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 506-507. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal Alexandre Thomas and Xavier Benoit D'Journo

Reply to Pramesh and Mistry
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 507-508. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Duccio Di Carlo, Antonella Santilli, Antonio Amodeo, and Luigi Ballerini

Acquired aortic regurgitation after repair of congenital heart defects: another pitfall of ‘corrective’ surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 508-509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Ishizaka

Reply to Di Carlo et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 509. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nawwar Al-Attar, Rémi Nottin, Ramzi Ramadan, and Alexandre Azmoun

Translocation of the aortic valve in severe aortic root abscess. An alternative to homografts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 509-510. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henryk Siniawski, Miralem Pasic, and Roland Hetzer

Reply to Al-Attar et al.Risk factors influencing outcome after surgical treatment of destructive endocarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 510. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anoar Zacharias, Robert H. Habib, Thomas A. Schwann, and Christopher J. Riordan

Arterial versus vein graft patency in coronary artery bypass grafting patients with ischemia-directed repeat angiography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 510-511. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian F. Buxton and Ian Gordon

Reply to Zacharias et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 511-512. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, and Christopher J. Riordan

The independent effects of cardiopulmonary bypass hemodilutional anemia and transfusions on CABG outcomes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 512-513. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manoj Kuduvalli, Antony D. Grayson, Michael J. Desmond, and Brian M. Fabri

Reply to Habib et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 513-514. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selim Isbir, Koray Ak, and Nazan Aksoy

Platelet function tests predict bleeding and thrombotic events after off-pump coronary bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 514. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Poston and Bartley Griffith

Reply to Isbir et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 514-515. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja

OPCAB: time to call off the search for the Holy Grail!
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 515-516. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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