Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Impact Factor 2.106 reached by the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery on its 20th anniversary in 2007 (EDITORIALS) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:141-142. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Semih Buz, Burkhart Zipfel, Sead Mulahasanovic, Miralem Pasic, Yuguo Weng, and Roland Hetzer
	Conventional surgical repair and endovascular treatment of acute traumatic aortic rupture (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:143-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Bettina Marty
	Editorial comment: Management of traumatic aortic rupture: endovascular is the winner (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:149-151. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yuji Miyamoto, Toshihiro Ohata, Masataka Mitsuno, Mitsuhiro Yamamura, Hiroe Tanaka, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Masaaki Ryomoto, and Shinya Fukui
	Long-term outcomes after entry closure and aneurysmal wall plication for type B aortic dissection (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:152-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bruce Thomson, Steven S.L. Tsui, John Dunning, Andrew Goodwin, Alain Vuylsteke, Ray Latimer, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, and David P. Jenkins
	Pulmonary endarterectomy is possible and effective without the use of complete circulatory arrest—the UK experience in over 150 patients (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:157-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Min-Ho Song, Yuichi Ueda, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, Shigeru Yoneyama, and Shigeru Maruyama
	Three-dimensional numerical simulation of blood flow in the aortic arch during cardiopulmonary bypass (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:164-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hagen Gorki, Vitali Malinovski, and Rex D.L. Stanbridge
	The antiphospholipid syndrome and heart valve surgery (REVIEWS) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:168-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efstratios Apostolakis and Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber
	The surgical management of giant left atrium (REVIEWS) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:182-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Wolfgang Bothe, Tom C. Nguyen, Daniel B. Ennis, Akinobu Itoh, Carl Johan Carlhäll, David T. Lai, Neil B. Ingels, and D. Craig Miller
	Effects of acute ischemic mitral regurgitation on three-dimensional mitral leaflet edge geometry (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:191-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olli-Pekka Kangasniemi, Muhammad Ali Asim Mahar, Elsi Rasinaho, Antti Satomaa, Valentina Tiozzo, Martti Lepojärvi, and Fausto Biancari
	Impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate on the 15-year outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:198-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wanjun Luo, Bei Li, Ri Chen, Rimao Huang, and Guoqiang Lin
	Effect of ischemic postconditioning in adult valve replacement (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:203-208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hunaid A. Vohra, Toufan Bahrami, Shakil Farid, Ahmed Mafi, Gilles Dreyfus, Mohammad Amrani, and Jullien A.R. Gaer
	Propensity score analysis of early and late outcome after redo off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:209-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zachary N. Kon, Emile N. Brown, Michael C. Grant, Toshinaga Ozeki, Nicholas S. Burris, Michael J. Collins, Michael H. Kwon, and Robert S. Poston
	Warm ischemia provokes inflammation and regional hypercoagulability within the heart during off-pump coronary artery bypass: a possible target for serine protease inhibition (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:215-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lars Englberger, Jasmin Noti, Franz F. Immer, Mario Stalder, Friedrich S. Eckstein, and Thierry P. Carrel
	The Shelhigh No-React® bovine internal mammary artery: a questionable alternative conduit in coronary bypass surgery? (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:222-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcin Malinowski, Marek A. Deja, Krzysztof S. Golba, Tomasz Roleder, Jolanta Biernat, and Stanislaw Wos
	Perivascular tissue of internal thoracic artery releases potent nitric oxide and prostacyclin-independent anticontractile factor (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:225-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alain Jean Poncelet, Benoit Lengele, Bénédicte Delaere, Francis Zech, David Glineur, Jean-Christophe Funken, Gebrine El Khoury, and Philippe Noirhomme
	Algorithm for primary closure in sternal wound infection: a single institution 10-year experience (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:232-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akira Yamazaki, Noboru Yamamoto, Takahiko Sakamoto, Kazuaki Ishihara, Yusuke Iwata, Goki Matsumura, and Hiromi Kurosawa
	Long-term outcomes and social independence level after arterial switch operation (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:239-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Sally Cai, William G. Williams, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Andrew M. Redington, and Glen S. Van Arsdell
	Improved results with single-stage total correction of Taussig–Bing anomaly (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:244-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun, Pyo Won Park, Kiick Sung, Wook Sung Kim, Young Tak Lee, June Huh, and I-Seok Kang
	Exclusion of the non-functioning right ventricle in children with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:251-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Falk-Udo Sack, Arnt Kristen, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Philipp A. Schnabel, Thomas Dengler, Achim Koch, and Matthias Karck
	Treatment options for severe cardiac amyloidosis: heart transplantation combined with chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation for patients with AL-amyloidosis and heart and liver transplantation for patients with ATTR-amyloidosis (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:257-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Piergiorgio Tozzi, Daniel Hayoz, Pierrick Thévenaz, Jean-Yves Roulet, Francois Salchli, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Atria assist device to restore transport function of fibrillating atrium (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:263-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clemens Aigner, György Lang, Shahrokh Taghavi, Mir Ali Reza-Hoda, Gabriel Marta, Helmut Baumgartner, and Walter Klepetko
	Haemodynamic complications after pneumonectomy: atrial inflow obstruction and reopening of the foramen ovale (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:268-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giovanni L. Carboni, Andreas Vogt, Jan R. Küster, Peter Berg, Dirk Wagnetz, Ralph A. Schmid, and André E. Dutly
	Reduction of airspace after lung resection through controlled paralysis of the diaphragm (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:272-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans-Beat Ris, Thorsten Krueger, Cai Cheng, Philippe Pasche, Philippe Monnier, and Lennart Magnusson
	Tracheo-carinal reconstructions using extrathoracic muscle flaps (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:276-283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alessandro Brunelli, Gonzalo Varela, Paul Van Schil, Michele Salati, Nuria Novoa, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Marcelo F. Jimenez, Patrick Lauwers on behalf of the ESTS Audit and Clinical Excellence Committee
	Multicentric analysis of performance after major lung resections by using the European Society Objective Score (ESOS) (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:284-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gunda Leschber, Dorothea Sperling, Wolfram Klemm, and Johannes Merk
	Does video-mediastinoscopy improve the results of conventional mediastinoscopy? (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:289-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Huseyin Melek, Mehmet Zeki Gunluoglu, Adalet Demir, Hasan Akin, Aysun Olcmen, and Seyyit Ibrahim Dincer
	Role of positron emission tomography in mediastinal lymphatic staging of non-small cell lung cancer (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:294-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tom Treasure
	Pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer: weak evidence and no randomised trials (REVIEWS) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:300-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Apostolos Nakas, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, John G. Edwards, and David A. Waller
	Localised malignant pleural mesothelioma: a separate clinical entity requiring aggressive local surgery (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:303-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Piero Borasio, Alfredo Berruti, Andrea Billé, Paolo Lausi, Matteo Giaj Levra, Roberto Giardino, and Francesco Ardissone
	Malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinicopathologic and survival characteristics in a consecutive series of 394 patients (ORIGINAL ARTICLES) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:307-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zeena Makhija, Heyman Luckraz, and Eric G. Butchart
	Pseudo-myxoma: massive pulmonary vein metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma (IMAGES IN CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:314. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Shinichi Toyooka, Hideaki Mori, Katsuyuki Kiura, and Hiroshi Date
	Induction chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery for non-small cell lung cancer invading the left atrium (CASE REPORTS) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:315-316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Raymond F. Nistor
	Fibrin sealant in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery; reflection on risk and benefit (LETTERS TO THE EDITOR) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:317. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Lamm and Bruno Reichart
	Reply to Nistor (LETTERS TO THE EDITOR) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:318. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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