Reviews:

Ioannis Dimarakis, Nagy A. Habib, and Myrtle Y.A. Gordon

Adult bone marrow-derived stem cells and the injured heart: just the beginning?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 665-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine M. Jones, Thanos Athanasiou, Paris P. Tekkis, Vitali Malinovski, Sanjay Purkayastha, Ahmed Haq, John Kokotsakis, and Ara Darzi

Does Doppler echography have a diagnostic role in patency assessment of internal thoracic artery grafts?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 692-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ganesh Shanmugam

Vasoplegic syndrome—the role of methylene blue
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 705-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ganesh Shanmugam

Aortic valve replacement following previous coronary surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 731-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles:

Saverio Sartore, Maddalena Lenzi, Annalisa Angelini, Angela Chiavegato, Lisa Gasparotto, Paolo De Coppi, Roberto Bianco, and Gino Gerosa

Amniotic mesenchymal cells autotransplanted in a porcine model of cardiac ischemia do not differentiate to cardiogenic phenotypes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 677-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Garbade, Andreas Schubert, Ardawan Julian Rastan, Dominik Lenz, Thomas Walther, Jan Fritz Gummert, Stefan Dhein, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

Fusion of bone marrow-derived stem cells with cardiomyocytes in a heterologous in vitro model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 685-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franz F. Immer, Christian Pirovino, Erich Gygax, Lars Englberger, Hendrik Tevaearai, and Thierry P. Carrel

Minimal versus conventional cardiopulmonary bypass: assessment of intraoperative myocardial damage in coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 701-704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Ootaki, Keiji Kamohara, Masatoshi Akiyama, Firas Zahr, Michael W. Kopcak, Jr., Raymond Dessoffy, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi

Phasic coronary blood flow pattern during a continuous flow left ventricular assist support
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 711-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Achim Koch, Andrew Remppis, Thomas J. Dengler, Philipp A. Schnabel, Siegfried Hagl, and Falk-Udo Sack

Influence of different implantation techniques on AV valve competence after orthotopic heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 717-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James T. Reston and Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber

Meta-analysis of clinical outcomes of maze-related surgical procedures for medically refractory atrial fibrillation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 724-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomas Tlaskal, Bohumil Hucin, Vladimir Kucera, Pavel Vojtovic, Roman Gebauer, Vaclav Chaloupecky, and Jan Skovranek

Repair of persistent truncus arteriosus with interrupted aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 736-741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Borrelly and Mathias Hossain Aazami

New insights into the pathophysiology of flail segment: the implications of anterior serratus muscle in parietal failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 742-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrei L. Akopov, Vladimir I. Egorov, Vladimir V. Varlamov, Yuri N. Levashev, and Dmitri Y. Artioukh

Thoracoscopic collagen pleurodesis in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 750-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Bobbio, Alfredo Chetta, Paolo Carbognani, Eveline Internullo, Alessia Verduri, Giulianoezio Sansebastiano, Michele Rusca, and Dario Olivieri

Changes in pulmonary function test and cardio-pulmonary exercise capacity in COPD patients after lobar pulmonary resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 754-758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Özcan Birim, A. Pieter Kappetein, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Charlson comorbidity index as a predictor of long-term outcome after surgery for nonsmall cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 759-762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vijay Sujendran, Giuseppe Sica, Bryan Warren, and Nicholas Maynard

Oesophagectomy remains the gold standard for treatment of high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 763-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Peter B. Licht and Poul E. Andersen

Pneumonectomized top athlete
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 767. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Jougon, Antonio Minniti, and Jean François Velly

Acute respiratory distress caused by gravel blocking the bronchial tree
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryo Maeda

Chronic expanding hematoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 769. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narendra Nath Basu, Reza Motallebzadeh, and Olaf Wendler

A stranger in the heart: vena caval stent migration
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 770. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hee Jae Jun, YangHaeng Lee, Youn Ho Hwang, and Kwang Hyun Cho

MRI image on hyperperfusion syndrome following aorto-bicarotid and aorto-biaxillary bypass for Takayasu's arteritis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 771. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Gerald Buckberg, Lorenzo Menicanti, Sergio De Oliveira, Constantine Athanasuleas, and the RESTORE Team

Restoring an elliptical chamber during rebuilding a wrap around anterior infarction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 772-774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Daiki Masuya, Reiji Haba, Cheng-long Huang, and Hiroyasu Yokomise

Myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 775-777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Shahzad Gull Raja

Management of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation demystified
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 778. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saida Zen Campwala and Ramdas G. Pai

Reply to Raja
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 778-779. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul P. Lunkenheimer, Klaus Redmann, and Robert H. Anderson

Further discursions concerning the unique myocardial band
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 779. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio F. Corno

Reply to Lunkenheimer et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 780. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahzad G. Raja

Skeletonized bilateral internal mammary arteries in unstable angina: a paradigm shift
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 780-781. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Bonacchi, Massimo Maiani, and Marzia Leacche

Reply to Raja: Why skeletonized BIMA for unstable angina?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 781. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Erratum to "Factors affecting regression of mitral regurgitation following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery"
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 782. [PDF]  

Saida Zen Campwala, Ramesh C. Bansal, Nan Wang, Anees Razzouk, and Ramdas G. Pai

Factors affecting regression of mitral regurgitation following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 28: 783-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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