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 Contents:  Volume 29, Issue 3, March 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:

Laureano Molins, Juan J. Fibla, Javier Pérez, Ana Sierra, Gonzalo Vidal, and Carlos Simón
Outpatient thoracic surgical programme in 300 patients: clinical results and economic impact
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 271-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shin-ichi Takeda, Hajime Maeda, Masaru Koma, Yoko Matsubara, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masayoshi Inoue, Toshiteru Tokunaga, and Mitsunori Ohta
Comparison of surgical results after pneumonectomy and sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.: Trends over time and 20-year institutional experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 276-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Stephan Korom, Sven Hillinger, Markus Cardell, Wei Zhai, Qiang Tan, André Dutly, Boris Leskosek, and Walter Weder
Sildenafil extends survival and graft function in a large animal lung transplantation model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 288-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hidir Esme, Huseyin Fidan, Tulay Koken, and Okan Solak
Effect of lung ischemia–reperfusion on oxidative stress parameters of remote tissues
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 294-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Fredrik Bredin and Anders Franco-Cereceda
Reversed remodelling in dilated cardiomyopathy by passive containment surgery is associated with decreased circulating levels of endothelin-1
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 299-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yury A. Bellido Reyes, Takehiko Shimoyama, Hideki Akamatsu, and Makoto Sunamori
MCI-186 (edaravone), a free radical scavenger, attenuates ischemia–reperfusion injury and activation of phospholipase A2 in an isolated rat lung model after 18 h of cold preservation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 304-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Arjuna Weerasinghe, Thanos Athanasiou, Pandelis Philippidis, Jonathan Day, Kaushik Mandal, Oliver Warren, Jonathan Anderson, and Kenneth Taylor
Platelet–monocyte pro-coagulant interactions in on-pump coronary surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 312-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pierre Voisine, Patrick Mathieu, Daniel Doyle, Jean Perron, Richard Baillot, Gilles Raymond, Jacques Métras, and François Dagenais
Influence of time elapsed between myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on operative mortality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 319-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Carsten J. Beller, Jens Kosse, Tamás Radovits, Robert Krempien, Marie-Luise Gross, Irina Berger, Siegfried Hagl, and Gábor Szabó
Adjunct brachytherapy: a new concept to prevent intimal hyperplasia after surgical endarterectomy?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 334-342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ji Young Kim, Helen Shinn, Young Jun Oh, Yong Woo Hong, Hyun Jeong Kwak, and Young Lan Kwak
The effect of skin surface warming during anesthesia preparation on preventing redistribution hypothermia in the early operative period of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 343-347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Saida Zen Campwala, Ramesh C. Bansal, Nan Wang, Anees Razzouk, and Ramdas G. Pai
Mitral regurgitation progression following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery: frequency, risk factors, and potential prevention strategies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 348-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Manuel J. Antunes
Editorial comment: Mild–moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation: should it be treated together with CABG?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 353-354. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Raffaele De Simone, Ivo Wolf, Sibylle Mottl-Link, Raschid Hoda, Bassem Mikhail, Falk-Udo Sack, Hans-Peter Meinzer, and Siegfried Hagl
A clinical study of annular geometry and dynamics in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation: new insights into asymmetrical ring annuloplasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 355-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thierry Folliguet, Fabrice Vanhuyse, Xanis Constantino, Matteo Realli, and François Laborde
Mitral valve repair robotic versus sternotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 362-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Harm H.H. Feringa, Jeroen J. Bax, Patrick Klein, Robert J.M. Klautz, Jerry Braun, Ernst. E. van der Wall, Don Poldermans, and Robert A.E. Dion
Outcome after mitral valve repair for acute and healed infective endocarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 367-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
John P.A. Puvimanasinghe, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Lex A. van Herwerden, W.R. Eric Jamieson, Gary L. Grunkemeier, J. Dik F. Habbema, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Comparison of Carpentier-Edwards pericardial and supraannular bioprostheses in aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 374-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Christoph H. Huber and Ludwig K. von Segesser
Direct Access Valve Replacement (DAVR) — are we entering a new era in cardiac surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 380-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francesco Santini, Giuseppe Montalbano, Antonio Messina, Augusto D’Onofrio, Gianluca Casali, Francesca Viscardi, Giovanni Battista Luciani, and Alessandro Mazzucco
Survival and quality of life after repair of acute type A aortic dissection in patients aged 75 years and older justify intervention
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 386-391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ernst Weigang, Marc Hartert, Michael P. Siegenthaler, Katrin Pitzer-Hartert, Maximilian Luehr, Ronen Sircar, Patrick von Samson, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Neurophysiological monitoring during thoracoabdominal aortic endovascular stent graft implantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 392-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Suhair O. Shebani, Simon McGuirk, Max Baghai, John Stickley, Joseph V. De Giovanni, Frances A. Bu’Lock, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn
Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using Contegra® valved conduit: natural history and conduit performance under pressure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 397-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Vera Bernet-Buettiker, Katharina Waldvogel, Vincenzo Cannizzaro, and Manuela Albisetti
Antithrombin activity in children with chylothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 406-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Federico Venuta, Erino A. Rendina, Tiziano De Giacomo, Marco Anile, Daniele Diso, Claudio Andreetti, Francesco Pugliese, and Giorgio F. Coloni
Bronchoscopic procedures for emphysema treatment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 281-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Omer Aziz, Thanos Athanasiou, and Ara Darzi
Minimally invasive conduit harvesting: a systematic review
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 324-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Frank Breuckmann, Kai Nassenstein, Joerg Barkhausen, and Raimund Erbel
Giant aneurysm of an aortocoronary saphenous bypass graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 410. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Giuseppe De Cicco, Giuseppe Coletti, Carlo Fucci, and Roberto Lorusso
Björk-Shiley Delrin prosthesis: 31 years of durability (and beyond)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 411. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Rui Haddad
Metastatic and fatal mitral valve obstruction during pneumonectomy for large pulmonary hemangiopericytoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 412. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Masashi Toyama, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, and Yuichi Ueda
A vascular tube for intercostal artery reimplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 413-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Matthias Karck, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Christoph Bara, and Axel Haverich
Complete aortic root reimplantation facilitates preservation of the aortic valve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 416-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Ayman Abdul-Ghani, Sailaja Pisipati, Richard McWilliams, and Richard D. Page
Aorto-bronchial fistula following aortic and bronchial stenting of a thoracic aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 419-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ming Wu, Xueming He, and Guangzhao Yang
Spontaneous tension hydropneumopericardium complicating serofibrinous pericarditis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 422-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Fading magic of maze procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 425. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber and James T. Reston
Reply to Mishra
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 425-426. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENT:

2005 Reviewers list
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 427-429. [PDF]  

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