Original articles:

Sabine H. Daebritz, Michael Schmoeckel, Helmut Mair, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Georg Wittmann, Christian Kowalski, Ingo Kaczmarek, and Bruno Reichart
	Blood type incompatible cardiac transplantation in young infants Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:339-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Riad B.M. Hosein, Andrew J.B. Clarke, Simon P. McGuirk, Massimo Griselli, Oliver Stumper, Joseph V. De Giovanni, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn
	Factors influencing early and late outcome following the Fontan procedure in the current era. The ‘Two Commandments’? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:344-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, William G. Williams, Zhongdong Hua, Sally Cai, Tara Karamlou, Chee Ching Chan, John G. Coles, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and Christopher A. Caldarone
	Surgical outcomes in the treatment of patients with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:354-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Wan-Jun Luo, Jian-Fang Qian, and Hai-He Jiang
	Pretreatment with aminophylline reduces release of Troponin I and neutrophil activation in the myocardium of patients undergoing cardioplegic arrest Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:360-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Davor Baric, Bojan Biocina, Daniel Unic, Zeljko Sutlic, Igor Rudez, Vesna Bacic Vrca, Kristina Brkic, and Mira Ivkovic
	Topical use of antifibrinolytic agents reduces postoperative bleeding: a double-blind, prospective, randomized study Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:366-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Staffan Bjessmo, Susanne Hylander, Jenny Vedin, Dag Mohlkert, and Torbjörn Ivert
	Comparison of three different chest drainages after coronary artery bypass surgery — a randomised trial in 150 patients Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:372-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
David Glineur, Alain Poncelet, Gebrine El Khoury, William D’hoore, Parla Astarci, Francis Zech, Philippe Noirhomme, and Claude Hanet
	Fractional flow reserve of pedicled internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein grafts 6 months after bypass surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:376-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nico H.J. Pijls and Kees-Joost Botman
	Editorial comment: Functional assessment of bypass grafts by fractional flow reserve Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:381-382. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mika Lahtinen, Pontus Blomberg, Giedrius Baliulis, Fredrik Carlsson, Harry Khamis, and Vitas Zemgulis
	In vivo h-VEGF165 gene transfer improves early endothelialisation and patency in synthetic vascular grafts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:383-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Wael Hassanein, Alexander Albert, Ines Florath, Yasser Y. Hegazy, Ulrich Rosendahl, Stefan Bauer, and Juergen Ennker
	Concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary bypass: the effect of valve type on the blood flow in bypass grafts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:391-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alessandro Della Corte, Ciro Bancone, Cesare Quarto, Giovanni Dialetto, Franco E. Covino, Michelangelo Scardone, Giuseppe Caianiello, and Maurizio Cotrufo
	Predictors of ascending aortic dilatation with bicuspid aortic valve: a wide spectrum of disease expression Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:397-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Edmo Atique Gabriel, Rafael Fagionato Locali, Carla Cristina Romano, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, José Honório Palma, and Enio Buffolo
	Analysis of the inflammatory response in endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:406-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Daniel Hayoz
	Editorial comment: Time course of the inflammatory response after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:412-413. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Francesco Onorati, Massimo Bilotta, Francesco Borrello, Marco Vatrano, Antonio di Virgilio, Maria Caterina Comi, Francesco Perticone, and Attilio Renzulli
	Successful radiofrequency ablation determines atrio-ventricular remodelling and improves systo-diastolic function at tissue Doppler-imaging Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:414-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Tom C. Nguyen, Allen Cheng, Frederick A. Tibayan, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., and David Craig Miller
	Septal-lateral annnular cinching perturbs basal left ventricular transmural strains Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:423-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Farshad Dorri, Peter F. Niederer, Klaus Redmann, Paul P. Lunkenheimer, Colin W. Cryer, and Robert H. Anderson
	An analysis of the spatial arrangement of the myocardial aggregates making up the wall of the left ventricle Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:430-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Xinyang Hu, Jianan Wang, Jie Chen, Ronghua Luo, Aina He, Xiaojie Xie, and Jiahui Li
	Optimal temporal delivery of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in rats with myocardial infarction Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Nicolas Borenstein, Valérie Chetboul, Patrick Bruneval, Mehrak Hekmati, Renaud Tissier, Luc Behr, Geneviève Derumeaux, and Didier Montarras
	Non-cultured cell transplantation in an ovine model of non-ischemic heart failure Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:444-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kenneth J. Shea, Nikolai A Sopko, Kristin Ludrosky, Katherine Hoercher, Nicholas G. Smedira, David O. Taylor, Randall C. Starling, and Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski
	The effect of a donor's history of active substance on outcomes following orthotopic heart transplantation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:452-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroo Takayama, Avery B. Nathens, Heather Merry, Gabriel S. Aldea, Daniel P. Fishbein, Edward D. Verrier, and Christopher T. Salerno
	Is pre-transplant vascular disease a risk factor for mortality and morbidity after heart transplantation? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:457-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hartmuth B. Bittner, Christian Binner, Sven Lehmann, Thomas Kuntze, Ardawan Rastan, and Friedrich W. Mohr
	Replacing cardiopulmonary bypass with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation operations Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:462-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Clemens Aigner, Wilfried Wisser, Shahrokh Taghavi, György Lang, Peter Jaksch, Damian Czyzewski, and Walter Klepetko
	Institutional experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:468-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hae Kyoon Kim, Vinay P. Rao, Young-Sik Park, Virginia M. Miller, Henry D. Tazelaar, and Christopher G.A. McGregor
	Pulmonary arterial reactivity during induced infection of single lung allografts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:475-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tunc Lacin, Hasan Fevzi Batirel, Kursat Ozer, Alper Demirutku, Rengin Ahiskali, and Mustafa Yuksel
	Safety of a thermal vessel sealer on main pulmonary vessels Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:482-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Paul Vaughan, Inger Oey, Apostolos Nakas, Antonio Martin-Ucar, John Edwards, and David Waller
	Is there a role for therapeutic lobectomy for emphysema? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:486-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Sung Hyuk Choi, Sung Woo Lee, Yun Sik Hong, Su Jin Kim, Jun Dong Moon, and Sung Woo Moon
	Can spontaneous pneumothorax patients be treated by ambulatory care management? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:491-495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Stamatios Kakaris, Nick Theakos, and Ion Skottis
	Muscle-sparing versus posterolateral thoracotomy: a prospective study Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:496-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ferguel Cakar, Philipp Werner, Florian Augustin, Thomas Schmid, Astrid Wolf-Magele, Michael Sieb, and Johannes Bodner
	A comparison of outcomes after robotic open extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:501-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]
Yaoping Hu and Richard A. Malthaner
	The feasibility of three-dimensional displays of the thorax for preoperative planning in the surgical treatment of lung cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:506-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ahmet Basoglu, Yasemin Buyukkarabacak, Bunyamin Sahin, and Suleyman Kaplan
	Volumetric evaluation of the lung expansion following resection: a stereological study Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:512-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gonzalo Varela, Alessandro Brunelli, Gaetano Rocco, Nuria Novoa, Majed Refai, Marcelo F. Jiménez, Michele Salati, and Tindaro Gatani
	Measured FEV1 in the first postoperative day, and not ppoFEV1, is the best predictor of cardio-respiratory morbidity after lung resection Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:518-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Wulf Sienel, Christian Stremmel, Andreas Kirschbaum, Louisa Hinterberger, Erich Stoelben, Joachim Hasse, and Bernward Passlick
	Frequency of local recurrence following segmentectomy of stage IA non-small cell lung cancer is influenced by segment localisation and width of resection margins — implications for patient selection for segmentectomy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:522-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Marco Lucchi, Antonio Chella, Franca Melfi, Paolo Dini, Marcello Ambrogi, Leonardo Fino, Gabriella Fontanini, and Alfredo Mussi
	A phase II study of intrapleural immuno-chemotherapy, pleurectomy/decortication, radiotherapy, systemic chemotherapy and long-term sub-cutaneous IL-2 in stage II–III malignant pleural mesothelioma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:529-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Valerie W. Rusch
	Editorial comment: A phase II study of intrapleural immunochemotherapy, pleurectomy/decortication, radiotherapy, systemic chemotherapy, and long-term subcutaneous IL-2 in stage II–III malignant pleural mesothelioma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:534-535. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yih-Gang Goan, Huang-Chou Chang, Hon-Ki Hsu, and Yi-Pin Chou
	An audit of surgical outcomes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:536-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Luca Ampollini, Antonio Bobbio, Paolo Carbognani, and Michele Rusca
	Incidental radiological finding of tracheal diverticulum Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:545. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Elisabetta Lapenna, Lucia Torracca, Michele De Bonis, and Ottavio Alfieri
	A giant right coronary artery-to-superior vena cava fistula Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:546. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dimitrios Buklas, Eugenio Neri, André Khayat, and Massimo Massetti
	Internal mammary artery graft false aneurysm Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:547. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

How to do it:

Nobushige Tamura, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Genichi Sakaguchi, and Taira Kobayashi
	‘Turn-up’ anastomotic technique for acute aortic dissection Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:548-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Rafael García Fuster, Ignacio Rodríguez, Vanesa Estevez, and Alejandro Vazquez
	Posterior transposition of anterior leaflet for complete chordal preservation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:550-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Case reports:

Victor O. Morell and Peter D. Wearden
	Aortic translocation for the management of transposition of the great arteries with a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and hypoplasia of the right ventricle Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:552-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael W.A. Chu, Luc F. Jutras, and Christo I. Tchervenkov
	Neonatal repair of right interrupted aortic arch, aberrant left subclavian artery, ventricular septal defect and retroaortic innominate vein Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:555-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Anil Z. Apaydin, Emrah Oguz, and Mehdi Zoghi
	Hydatid cyst involving the aortic arch Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:558-560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jung Tae Kim, Tae Yun Oh, and Woon Ha Chang
	Rare case of multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms with caval thrombosis — Hughes-Stovin syndrome Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:561-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mustafa Yüksel, Asli Gül Akgül, Serdar Evman, and Hasan Fevzi Batirel
	Suture and stapler granulomas: a word of caution Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:563-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Gregory Clark, Marc Licker, Daniel Bertin, and Anastase Spiliopoulos
	Small size new silastic drains: life-threatening hypovolemic shock after thoracic surgery associated with a non-functioning chest tube Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:566-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Thomas F. Molnar
	The price to pay: perversions in (cardio)thoracic surgical training Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:569. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Carlos-A. Mestres, Jose M. Revuelta, and A. Charles Yankah
	Reply to Thomas F. Molnar Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;31:570. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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