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 Contents:  Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2006   [Index by Author] 
       Original articles
       Reviews
       Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
       How to do it
       Case reports
       Letters to the Editor
       Errata
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Original articles:

Udo Anegg, Jorg Lindenmann, Veronika Matzi, Dzenana Mujkic, Alfred Maier, Lukas Fritz, and Freyja Maria Smolle-Jüttner
AIRFIX®: the first digital postoperative chest tube airflowmetry—a novel method to quantify air leakage after lung resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 867-872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Michael F. Maguire, Janet A. Latter, Ravi Mahajan, F. David Beggs, and John P. Duffy
A study exploring the role of intercostal nerve damage in chronic pain after thoracic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 873-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pascal Thomas, Gilbert Massard, Henri Porte, Christophe Doddoli, Xavier Ducrocq, and Massimo Conti
A new bioabsorbable sleeve for lung staple-line reinforcement (FOREsealTM): report of a three-center phase II clinical trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 880-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Keiji Kushibe, Makoto Takahama, Takashi Tojo, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Michitaka Kimura, and Shigeki Taniguchi
Assessment of pulmonary function after lobectomy for lung cancer — upper lobectomy might have the same effect as lung volume reduction surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 886-890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Sotarou Enatsu, Akinori Iwasaki, Takayuki Shirakusa, Makoto Hamasaki, Kazuki Nabeshima, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Motomu Kuroki, and Masahide Kuroki
Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha and its prognostic significance in small-sized adenocarcinomas of the lung
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 891-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shiro Fujita, Nobuyuki Katakami, Yutaka Takahashi, Keiko Hirokawa, Akihiko Ikeda, Chiharu Tabata, Tadashi Mio, and Michiaki Mishima
Postoperative complications after induction chemoradiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 896-901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Haiwei Wu, Binhui Ren, Jiaquan Zhu, Guohua Dong, Biao Xu, Changtian Wang, Xiaogang Zheng, and Hua Jing
Pretreatment with recombined human erythropoietin attenuates ischemia–reperfusion-induced lung injury in rats
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 902-907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yasuo Sekine, Naoki Kawaguchi, Chikuma Hamada, Hiromi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Akira Iyoda, Kiyoshi Shibuya, and Takehiko Fujisawa
Does perioperative high-dose prednisolone have clinical benefits for generalized myasthenia gravis?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 908-913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Alberto Ruffato, Sandro Mattioli, Maria Luisa Lugaresi, Franco D’Ovidio, Filippo Antonacci, and Massimo Pierluigi Di Simone
Long-term results after Heller–Dor operation for oesophageal achalasia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 914-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Martin Agge Nørgaard, Torben Colberg Andersen, Michael Jarner Lavrsen, and Sven Borgeskov
The outcome of sternal wire removal on persistent anterior chest wall pain after median sternotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 920-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hilde Pleym, Vibeke Videm, Alexander Wahba, Arne Åsberg, Tore Amundsen, Lise Bjella, Ola Dale, and Roar Stenseth
Heparin resistance and increased platelet activation in coronary surgery patients treated with enoxaparin preoperatively
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 933-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Barnaby C. Reeves, Raimondo Ascione, Massimo Caputo, and Gianni D. Angelini
Morbidity and mortality following acute conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 941-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ho-Geol Ryu, Jae-Hyon Bahk, and Ki-Bong Kim
Sympathetic stimulation increases the blood flow through the in situ right gastroepiploic artery graft after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 948-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yunseok Jeon, Jung Hee Ryu, Young Jin Lim, Chong Sung Kim, Jae-Hyon Bahk, Seung Zhoo Yoon, and Ju Youn Choi
Comparative hemodynamic effects of vasopressin and norepinephrine after milrinone-induced hypotension in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgical patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 952-956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Holger Hendrix, Michael E. Kaiser, Roger D. Yusen, and Johannes Merk
A randomized trial of automated versus conventional protocol-driven weaning from mechanical ventilation following coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 957-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mohan P. Devbhandari, Andrew J. Duncan, Antony D. Grayson, Brian M. Fabri, Daniel J.M. Keenan, Ben Bridgewater, Mark T. Jones, John Au On behalf of the North West Quality Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions
Effect of risk-adjusted, non-dialysis-dependent renal dysfunction on mortality and morbidity following coronary artery bypass surgery: a multi-centre study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 964-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Justin James, Adnan Sheikh, Antony D. Grayson, and Brian M. Fabri
Intestinal ischaemia following cardiac surgery: a multivariate risk model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 971-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Carl-Johan Jakobsen, Peter Torp, and Erik Sloth
Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction may invalidate the reliability of EuroSCORE
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 978-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Olli-Pekka Kangasniemi, Fausto Biancari, Johannes Luukkonen, Sailaritta Vuorisalo, Jari Satta, Risto Pokela, and Tatu Juvonen
Preoperative C-reactive protein is predictive of long-term outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 983-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Nicholas Kang, Victor T. Tsang, Martin J. Elliott, Marc R. de Leval, and Timothy J. Cole
Does the Aristotle Score predict outcome in congenital heart surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 986-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francois Lacour-Gayet
Editorial comment: The goal is performance evaluation not outcome prediction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 989-990. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Juan L. Antón-Pacheco, Indalecio Cano, Juan Comas, Lorenzo Galletti, Luz Polo, Araceli García, María López, and Daniel Cabezalí
Management of congenital tracheal stenosis in infancy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 991-996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Indalecio Cano, Juan L. Antón-Pacheco, Araceli García, and Steve Rothenberg
Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in infants
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 997-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
René Prêtre, Alexander Kadner, Hitendu Dave, Dominique Bettex, and Michele Genoni
Tricuspidisation of the aortic valve with creation of a crown-like annulus is able to restore a normal valve function in bicuspid aortic valves
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1001-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Robert H. Anderson
Editorial comment: Demystifying the anatomic arrangement of the aortic valve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1006-1007. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Camilla Nyboe, Jonas A. Funder, Morten H. Smerup, Hans Nygaard, and J. Michael Hasenkam
Turbulent stress measurements downstream of three bileaflet heart valve designs in pigs
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1008-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kazuyuki Ikeda, Yukio Okazaki, Kojirou Furukawa, Satoshi Ohtsubo, Junji Yunoki, Masafumi Natsuaki, and Tsuyoshi Itoh
Direct imaging of bileaflet mechanical valve behavior in the tricuspid position
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1014-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  
Jean-Marc Frapier, Catherine Sportouch, Valerie Rauzy, Philippe Rouviere, Stéphane Cade, Rolland G. Demaria, Jean-Marc Davy, and Bernard Albat
Mitral valve repair by Alfieri's technique does not limit exercise tolerance more than Carpentier's correction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1020-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
José M. Bernal, Iván García, Dieter Morales, Carmen Diago, Blanca Ruiz, Fernando Val, José L. Ojeda, and José M. Revuelta
The ‘Valve Racket’: a new and different concept of atrioventricular valve repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1026-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Akinobu Itoh, Junjiro Kobayashi, Ko Bando, Kazuo Niwaya, Osamu Tagusari, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Shigeru Komori, and Soichiro Kitamura
The impact of mitral valve surgery combined with maze procedure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1030-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Aristotelis Panos, Nicolas Murith, Marek Bednarkiewicz, and Gregory Khatchatourov
Axillary cerebral perfusion for arch surgery in acute type A dissection under moderate hypothermia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1036-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Teruhisa Kazui
Editorial comment: Which is more appropriate as a cerebral protection method — unilateral or bilateral perfusion?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1039-1040. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Frédérique Jault, Akhtar Rama, Laurence Lievre, Nicolas Bonnet, Pascal Leprince, Alain Pavie, and Iradj Gandjbakhch
Chronic dissection of the ascending aorta: surgical results during a 20-year period (previous surgery excluded)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1041-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Ganesh Shanmugam
Primary cardiac sarcoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 925-932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Franco Grego, Michele Antonello, Rudi Stramanà, and Giovanni P. Deriu
Malformation of the thoracic aorta associated to aneurysms of the arch: an extraanatomic surgical approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1046. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shunei Saito, Kazuaki Shirota, Akihiko Usui, and Yuichi Ueda
Extensive and massive thrombosis of the thoracic aorta and pulmonary artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1047. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Göran Källner, Dan Lindblom, and Torbjörn Ivert
Unusual cause of aortic bioprosthesis dysfunction
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1048. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francesco Patanè, Edoardo Zingarelli, Fabrizio Ceresa, and Mauro Rinaldi
Diagnosis of inverted left-atrial appendage (LAA) with CT-chest
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1049. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  
Frans van Hoorn, Robert J.M. Klautz, and Robert A.E. Dion
Massive mediastinal chylothorax
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1050. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kazuya Suzuki, Kazuya Takamochi, Kazuhito Funai, and Teruhisa Kazui
Needle tract implantation clearly visualized by computed tomography following needle biopsy of malignant mesothelioma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1051. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Francesco Maisano and Ottavio Alfieri
The upside-down technique.: A novel method to correct posterior leaflet prolapse
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1052-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Munetaka Masuda, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Takurou Ohno, and Ryuji Tominaga
Modified Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure using aortic flap technique for systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction in functionally univentricular heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1056-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Iki Adachi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, and Soichiro Kitamura
Immunohistological findings for an extracardiac conduit in Fontan pathway constructed with pedicled autologous pericardium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1059-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hitoshi Matsuda, Hitoshi Ogino, Reiko Neki, and Soichiro Kitamura
Hemiarch replacement during pregnancy (19 weeks) utilizing normothermic selective cerebral perfusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1061-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Benoit J. Bibas and Roberto A. Bibas
Operative stabilization of flail chest using a prosthetic mesh and methylmethacrylate
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1064-1066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Charalambos Zisis and Grigoris Stratakos
Do we know the ideal surgical treatment for primary spontaneous pneumothorax?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1067. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Antonio Bobbio, Luca Ampollini, and Paolo Carbognani
Reply to Zisis and Stratakos
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1068. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Theo Kofidis, Darren R. Lebl, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg, Joan M. Greeve, Uwe Klima, Joseph Gold, Chunhui Xu, and Robert C. Robbins
Corrigendum to "Allopurinol/uricase and ibuprofen enhance engraftment of cardiomyocyte-enriched human embryonic stem cells and improve cardiac function following myocardial injury" [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 29 (2006) 50–55]
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 1069. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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