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 Contents:  Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2006   [Index by Author] 
       Original articles
       Reviews
       Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
       How to do it
       Case reports
       Letters to the Editor
       ANNOUNCEMENT
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Original articles:

George Krasopoulos, Michael Dusmet, George Ladas, and Peter Goldstraw
Nuss procedure improves the quality of life in young male adults with pectus excavatum deformity
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Antonio Bobbio, Luca Ampollini, Eveline Internullo, Domenico Caporale, Leonardo Cattelani, Stefano Bettati, Paolo Carbognani, and Michele Rusca
Thoracoscopic parietal pleural argon beam coagulation versus pleural abrasion in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 6-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yuji Shiraishi, Naoya Katsuragi, Yutsuki Nakajima, Masahiro Hashizume, Nobumasa Takahashi, and Yoshikazu Miyasaka
Pneumonectomy for complex aspergilloma: is it still dangerous?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 9-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jorge L. Freixinet, Gabriel Julià-Serdà, Pedro M. Rodríguez, Norberto B. Santana, Felipe Rodríguez de Castro, María Dolores Fiuza, Angel López-Encuentra Bronchogenic Carcinoma Cooperative Group of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery GCCB-S
Hospital volume: operative morbidity, mortality and survival in thoracotomy for lung cancer.: A Spanish multicenter study of 2994 cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 20-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Christophoros N. Foroulis and James A. C. Thorpe
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia or early cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 30-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Juan Moya Amorós, Ricard Ramos, Rosa Villalonga, Ricard Morera, Gerardo Ferrer, and Pablo Díaz
Tracheal and cricotracheal resection for laryngotracheal stenosis: experience in 54 consecutive cases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 35-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Keiju Aokage, Hiroshi Date, Ryujiro Sugimoto, Mikio Okazaki, Daisuke Okutani, Hidetoshi Inokawa, Motoi Aoe, and Nobuyoshi Shimizu
A canine experimental study to assess the potential of unilateral double lobar lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 40-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thierry Caus, Frank Kober, Pablo Marin, Annick Mouly-Bandini, Jacques Quilici, Dominique Métras, Patrick J. Cozzone, and Monique Bernard
Non-invasive diagnostic of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by 31P magnetic resonance chemical shift imaging
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 45-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Theo Kofidis, Darren R. Lebl, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg, Joan M. Greeve, Uwe Klima, Joseph Gold, Chunhui Xu, and Robert C. Robbins
Allopurinol/uricase and ibuprofen enhance engraftment of cardiomyocyte-enriched human embryonic stem cells and improve cardiac function following myocardial injury
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 50-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Fulvia Seccareccia, Carlo Alberto Perucci, Paola D'Errigo, Massimo Arcà, Danilo Fusco, Stefano Rosato, Donato Greco on behalf of the research group of the Italian CABG Outcome Study
The Italian CABG Outcome Study: short-term outcomes in patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 56-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Samer A. M. Nashef
Editorial comment: The Italian Job on CABG outcomes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 62-63. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Lorenzo A. Menicanti
Editorial comment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 63-64. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Munir Boodhwani, Fraser D. Rubens, Frank W. Sellke, Thierry G. Mesana, and Marc Ruel
Mortality and myocardial infarction following surgical versus percutaneous revascularization of isolated left anterior descending artery disease: a meta-analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 65-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mario Gaudino, Franco Glieca, Nicola Luciani, Gianfranca Losasso, Paolo Tondi, Michele Serricchio, Paolo Pola, and Gianfederico Possati
Ten-year Echo-Doppler evaluation of forearm circulation following radial artery removal for coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 71-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Vladimir I. Chernov, Nataliya Yu. Efimova, Irina Yu. Efimova, Shamil D. Akhmedov, and Yuri B. Lishmanov
Short-term and long-term cognitive function and cerebral perfusion in off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 74-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Paul D. Raymond, Anton D. Hinton-Bayre, Michael Radel, Michael J. Ray, and Neville A. Marsh
Assessment of statistical change criteria used to define significant change in neuropsychological test performance following cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 82-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Malgorztata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Michal Wojtalik, Wojciech Mrowczynski, Rafal Surmacz, and Shakeel Ahmed Quereshi
Comparison of cardiac function in children after surgical and Amplatzer occluder closure of secundum atrial septal defects
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 89-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Antonio F. Corno, Martin Prosi, Pierre Fridez, Paolo Zunino, Alfio Quarteroni, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
The non-circular shape of FloWatch®-PAB prevents the need for pulmonary artery reconstruction after banding.: Computational fluid dynamics and clinical correlations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 93-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hyun Koo Kim, Woong-Han Kim, Soo-Cheol Kim, Cheong Lim, Chang Ha Lee, and Soo-Jin Kim
Surgical strategy for pulmonary coarctation in the univentricular heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 100-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab
Multimodality approach in management of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 14-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Adrianus J. de Langen, Pieter Raijmakers, Ingrid Riphagen, Marinus A. Paul, and Otto S. Hoekstra
The size of mediastinal lymph nodes and its relation with metastatic involvement: a meta-analysis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 26-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Valeria Panebianco, Michele Anzidei, Carlo Catalano, and Roberto Passariello
Dysphagia lusoria in combination with multiple congenital anomalies of the aortic arch
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 105. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  
Antonio García-Valentín, Manuel Castellá, Miguel Josa, and Jaume Mulet
Bioprosthetic leaflet perforation due to repetitive trauma by overknotted sutures
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 106. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Daniele Maselli and Gaetano Minzioni
A technique to reposition sinotubular junction in aortic valve reimplantation procedures with the De Paulis Valsalva graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 107-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yoshio Tsunezuka, Makoto Oda, and Hideki Moriyama
Wound retraction system for lung resection by video-assisted mini-thoracotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 110-111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Vladimiro L. Vida, Juan Leon-Wyss, Flor Garcia, and Aldo R. Castañeda
A Gore-Tex ‘new-innominate’ vein: a surgical option for complicated bilateral cavopulmonary shunts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 112-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shunei Saito, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda
Surgery for calcific aortic root stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 114-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Jean-Pierre Hubsch, Stéphane Payelleville, and Thomas Similowski
Successful reimplantation of a phrenic nerve stimulator after traumatic exteriorisation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 117-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ahmed Al-Dahiri and Ian Pallister
Arthrodesis for osteoarthritis of the manubriosternal joint
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 119-121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ching-Yang Wu, Yun-Hen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, and Po-Jen Ko
Use of the Montgomery T tube in ventilator-dependent patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 122-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Bahaa Badry Abdel Hakam
Sersar technique, I was present
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 125. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Sameh Ibrahim Sersar
Reply to Dr Abdel Hakam
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 125-126. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ioannis K. Toumpoulis
Immediate ischemic preconditioning for spinal cord protection following descending thoracic aortic cross-clamping
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 126. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Luiz Felipe P. Moreira
Reply to Toumpoulis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 127. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Do we need to further probe the utility of these (energy) probes?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 127-128. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Denis Bouchard
Reply to Mishra
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 128. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 129-131. [PDF]  

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