Editorials:

Carlos-A. Mestres, José-Manuel Revuelta, and A. Charles Yankah
	The European Working Time Directive: quo vadis?: A well-planned and organized assassination of surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:571-573. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Original articles:

Eric Lim, Steven Tsui on behalf of the Registrars and Consultant Cardiac Surgeons of Papworth Hospital 2003–2005
	Impact of the European Working Time Directive on exposure to operative cardiac surgical training Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:574-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Takahiro Nishida, Munetaka Masuda, Yukihiro Tomita, Shigehiko Tokunaga, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Akira Shiose, Shigeki Morita, and Ryuji Tominaga
	The logistic EuroSCORE predicts the hospital mortality of the thoracic aortic surgery in consecutive 327 Japanese patients better than the additive EuroSCORE Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:578-582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Samer A.M. Nashef
	Editorial comment: EuroSCORE and the Japanese aorta Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:582-583. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shunei Saito, Yoshimori Araki, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, Hideki Oshima, Jun Yokote, and Yuichi Ueda
	Mitral valve motion assessed by high-speed video camera in isolated swine heart Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:584-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Isao Tsuneyoshi, Yoshifumi Iguro, Tamahiro Kinjo, Goichi Yotsumoto, Masahiro Ueno, Yuichi Kanmura, and Ryuzo Sakata
	Effects of ultrasonic skeletonization on internal thoracic and gastroepiploic arteries for coronary artery bypass grafting Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:592-596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jochen Pöling, Wolfgang Rees, Vittorio Mantovani, Stephan Klaus, Ludger Bahlmann, Virgilius Ziaukas, Norbert Hübner, and Henning Warnecke
	Evaluation of myocardial metabolism with microdialysis during bypass surgery with cold blood- or Calafiore cardioplegia Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:597-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ruoyu Zhang, Theo Kofidis, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Malakh Shrestha, Rene Tessmann, Axel Haverich, and Uwe Klima
	Creatine kinase isoenzyme MB relative index as predictor of mortality on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock in adult patients Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:617-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lubos Dvorak, Jan Pirk, Stepan Cerny, and Jan Kovar
	The role of leukocyte depleting filters in heart transplantation: early outcomes in prospective, randomized clinical trial Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:621-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arne P. Neyrinck, Caroline Van De Wauwer, Nele Geudens, Filip R. Rega, Geert M. Verleden, Patrick Wouters, Toni E. Lerut, and Dirk E.M. Van Raemdonck
	Comparative study of donor lung injury in heart-beating versus non-heart-beating donors Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:628-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gonzalo Varela, Alessandro Brunelli, Gaetano Rocco, Rita Marasco, Marcelo F. Jiménez, Valeria Sciarra, José Luis Aranda, and Tindaro Gatani
	Predicted versus observed FEV1 in the immediate postoperative period after pulmonary lobectomy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:644-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Philippe Icard, Julien Chautard, XiaDong Zhang, Maxime Juanico, Samuel Bichi, Jean-Philippe Lerochais, and Frédéric Flais
	A single 24 F Blake drain after wedge resection or lobectomy: a study on 100 consecutive cases Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:649-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tomohiro Maniwa, Yukihito Saito, Hiroyuki Kaneda, and Hiroji Imamura
	Bronchial stump reinforcement with the intercostal muscle flap without adverse effects Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:652-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masashi Muraoka, Tsutomu Tagawa, Shinji Akamine, Tadayuki Oka, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Masato Araki, Tomayoshi Hayashi, and Takeshi Nagayasu
	Acute interstitial pneumonia following surgery for primary lung cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:657-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Valeria Panebianco, Federico Francioni, Michele Anzidei, Marco Anile, Matilde Rolla, and Roberto Passariello
	Magnetic resonance-fluoroscopy as long-term follow-up examination in patients with narrow gastric tube reconstruction after radical esophagectomy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:663-668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Reviews:

Gregory L. Brower, Jason D. Gardner, Mary F. Forman, David B. Murray, Tetyana Voloshenyuk, Scott P. Levick, and Joseph S. Janicki
	The relationship between myocardial extracellular matrix remodeling and ventricular function Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:604-610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Stefan Christiansen and Rüdiger Autschbach
	Doxorubicin in experimental and clinical heart failure Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:611-616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Moh H. Malek, Dale E. Berger, William D. Marelich, Jared W. Coburn, Travis W. Beck, and Terry J. Housh
	Pulmonary function following surgical repair of pectus excavatum: a meta-analysis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:637-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Giovanni Zaninotto, Sabrina Rampado, Alberto Ruol, and Ermanno Ancona
	Diaphragmatic herniation after esophagectomy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:669. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Andre Wessels, Luís Eugénio, Jose Ferrão de Oliveira, and Manuel J. Antunes
	A patient we could ‘see through’ Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:670. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Karsten Knobloch, Christian von Falck, Omke Teebken, and Christian Krettek
	Scapulothoracic dissociation with subclavian artery dissection following a severe motorbike accident Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:671. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Kiyoharu Nakano, and Hayao Nakatani
	Post-aortic left innominate vein with aortic arch aneurysm Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:672. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Kiyoharu Nakano, Hayao Nakatani, and Atsuhiko Sato
	Patch repair of mitral valve perforation with excised aortic valve cusp in patient with endocarditis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:673. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Giulio Melloni, Michele Giovanardi, Angela De Gaspari, and Piero Zannini
	Transient thoracic duct obstruction in a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:674. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

How to do it:

Ingo Kaczmarek, Daniel Schmauss, Bruno Reichart, and Sabine H. Daebritz
	Complete autologous reconstruction of the aorta and the pulmonary bifurcation in truncus arteriosus communis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:675-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexander Tschirkov, Dimitar Nikolov, and Vassil Papantchev
	New technique for implantation of the inflow canula of Berlin Heart INCOR system Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:678-679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Case reports:

Nir Peled, David Shitrit, Daniele Bendayan, and Mordechai R. Kramer
	Right upper lobe ‘window’ in right main bronchus stenting Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:680-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Federico Venuta
	Editorial comment: Lateral window in self-expanding metal stents Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:682. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Somshekar Ganti, Richard Milton, Vladimir Anikin, and Andrew Thorpe
	Surgery for tumour recurrence in a pneumonectomy space Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:683-685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Marcin Zielinski and Jaroslaw Kuzdzal
	Pulmonary resections for T4 non-small cell lung cancer with support of cardiopulmonary bypass Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:686. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Karsten Wiebe
	Reply to Zielinski and Kuzdzal Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:686-687. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Felix Schier
	Vacuum treatment of pectus excavatum Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:687. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frank-Martin Haecker and Johannes Mayr
	Reply to Schier Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:688. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Masato Kanzaki, Tetsuya Obara, Susumu Sasano, and Takamasa Onuki
	Is taking preoperative high-dose steroid necessary? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:688-689. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Matthias Lange, Hugo Van Aken, and Martin Westphal
	Is vasopressin really superior to norepinephrine in reversing milrinone-induced vasodilation? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:689. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert H. Anderson and Paul P. Lunkenheimer
	The helical heart Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:689-690. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
John P. Boineau
	Reply to the Anderson and Lunkenheimer Left ventricular muscle band (VMB): final thoughts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:690-691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Markus Neuhäuser, Nils Lehmann, Michael Nonnemacher, and Jürgen Stausberg
	An attempt at data verification in the EACTS Congenital Database: data before and after verification differ significantly Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:691. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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