Siegfried Hagl
	Cardiothoracic surgery: time for reappraisal! (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:759-766. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francis Robicsek and Alexander A. Fokin
	Search for a better mousetrap. The quest for an ideal method of sternal closure (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:767-768. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lindsay C.H. John
	Modified closure technique for reducing sternal dehiscence; a clinical and in vitro assessment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:769-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Erik Bagaev, Andre Simon, and Axel Haverich
	Lung herniation: a rare complication in minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:774-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giovanni L. Carboni, Rene Fahrner, Amiq Gazdhar, Gert Printzen, Ralph Alexander Schmid, and Beatrix Hoksch
	Comparison of procalcitonin and CrP in the postoperative course after lung decortication (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gonçalo F. Coutinho, Rita Pancas, Eunice Magalhães, João E. Bernardo, Luís Eugénio, and Manuel J. Antunes
	Diagnostic value of surgical lung biopsy: comparison with clinical and radiological diagnosis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:781-785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Do Hyung Kim, Yun Joo Hong, Jung Joo Hwang, Kil Dong Kim, and Doo Yun Lee
	Topographical considerations under video-scope guidance in the T3,4 levels sympathetic surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:786-789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Bobbio, Chiara Copelli, Luca Ampollini, Bernardo Bianchi, Paolo Carbognani, Stefano Bettati, Enrico Sesenna, and Michele Rusca
	Lung metastasis resection of adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:790-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jalal Assouad, Eugeniu Banu, Emmanuel Brian, Duc-Nhat-Minh Pham, Antoine Dujon, Christophe Foucault, and Marc Riquet
	Strategies and outcomes in pulmonary and extrapulmonary metastases from renal cell cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:794-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alain J. Poncelet, Julien Cornet, Corinne Coulon, Philippe Collard, Philippe Noirhomme, Birgit Weynand groupe d’oncologie thoracique des Cliniques Saint-Luc
	Intra-tumoral vascular or perineural invasion as prognostic factors for long-term survival in early stage non-small cell lung carcinoma (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:799-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Breen and Fabrice Barlési
	The place of excision repair cross complementation 1 (ERCC1) in surgically treated non-small cell lung cancer (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:805-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Atsushi Watanabe, Taijiro Mishina, Syunsuke Ohori, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Shinji Nakashima, Tohru Mawatari, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, and Tetsuya Higami
	Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery a feasible approach for clinical N0 and postoperatively pathological N2 non-small cell lung cancer? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:812-818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

François-Xavier Hanin, Max Lonneux, Julien Cornet, Philippe Noirhomme, Corinne Coulon, Julien Distexhe, and Alain J. Poncelet
	Prognostic value of FDG uptake in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:819-823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michèle De Waele, Mireia Serra-Mitjans, Jeroen Hendriks, Patrick Lauwers, José Belda-Sanchis, Paul Van Schil, and Ramon Rami-Porta
	Accuracy and survival of repeat mediastinoscopy after induction therapy for non-small cell lung cancer in a combined series of 104 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:824-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Nicolas Pourel, Nicola Santelmo, Nidal Naafa, Antoine Serre, Werner Hilgers, Laurent Mineur, Nicolas Molinari, and François Reboul
	Concurrent cisplatin/etoposide plus 3D-conformal radiotherapy followed by surgery for stage IIB (superior sulcus T3N0)/III non-small cell lung cancer yields a high rate of pathological complete response (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:829-836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier Chataigner, Elie Fadel, Bedrettin Yildizeli, Abdallah Achir, Sacha Mussot, Dominique Fabre, Olaf Mercier, and Philippe G. Dartevelle
	Factors affecting early and long-term outcomes after completion pneumonectomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:837-843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jacob E. Ollech, Mordechai R. Kramer, Nir Peled, Ayelet Ollech, Anat Amital, Benjamin Medalion, Milton Saute, and David Shitrit
	Post-transplant diabetes mellitus in lung transplant recipients: incidence and risk factors (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:844-848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Kimberley Goldsmith, Stephen R. Large, and Steven Tsui
	Does perioperative use of aprotinin reduce the rejection rate in heart transplant recipients? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:849-855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yanto Sandy Tjang, Geert J.M.G. van der Heijden, Gero Tenderich, Diederick E. Grobbee, and Reiner Körfer
	Survival analysis in heart transplantation: results from an analysis of 1290 cases in a single center (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:856-861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Torsten Doenst, Heiko Bugger, Michael Schwarzer, Gloria Faerber, Michael A. Borger, and Friedrich W. Mohr
	Three good reasons for heart surgeons to understand cardiac metabolism (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:862-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Emmanuel Lansac, Isabelle Di Centa, François Raoux, Nawwar Al Attar, Christophe Acar, Thomas Joudinaud, and Richard Raffoul
	A lesional classification to standardize surgical management of aortic insufficiency towards valve repair (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:872-878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gebrine El Khoury
	Editorial comment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:878-880. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mirko Doss, Sami Sirat, Petar Risteski, Sven Martens, and Anton Moritz
	Pericardial patch augmentation for repair of incompetent bicuspid aortic valves at midterm (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:881-884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ali Dodge-Khatami, Michael Schmid, Valentin Rousson, Margrit Fasnacht, Carsten Doell, Urs Bauersfeld, and René Prêtre
	Risk factors for reoperation after relief of congenital subaortic stenosis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:885-889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward J. Hickey, Brian W. McCrindle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Thomas Yeh, Jr., Frank Pigula, David Clarke, Christo I. Tchervenkov, John Hawkins the CHSS Pulmonary Conduit Working Group
	Jugular venous valved conduit (Contegra®) matches allograft performance in infant truncus arteriosus repair (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:890-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Marek Pojar, Jirí Mand’ák, Norbert Cibícek, Vladimír Lonsky, Jan Dominik, Vladimír Palicka, and Jaroslav Kubícek
	Peripheral tissue metabolism during off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the microdialysis study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:899-905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neel R. Sodha, Richard T. Clements, Jun Feng, Yuhong Liu, Cesario Bianchi, Eszter M. Horvath, Csaba Szabo, and Frank W. Sellke
	The effects of therapeutic sulfide on myocardial apoptosis in response to ischemia–reperfusion injury (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:906-913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas A. Schwann, Anoar Zacharias, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, Aamir S. Shah, and Robert H. Habib
	Does radial use as a second arterial conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting improve long-term outcomes in diabetics? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:914-923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elisabeth Beran, Heinrich Mächler, Gert Reiter, and Rainer Rienmüller
	Flow-related magnetic resonance; visualization of a re-coarctation (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:924. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas Charokopos, Polychronis Antonitsis, Efthymia Rouska, and Michael Toumbouras
	Calcified aneurysm of the left ventricle mimicking hydatid disease of the lung (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:925. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tadahisa Sugiura, Masaaki Koide, Yoshifumi Kunii, and Nobuhiro Umehara
	Pannus formation on St. Jude Medical prosthetic aortic valve 23 years after initial operation (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:926. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christelle Ackermann, Hendrik Willem Jacobus van Wyk, Motona Katengua, and Anton Frans Doubell
	Unusual cause for massive cardiomegaly (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:927. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amir Abolhoda, Garrett A. Wirth, Trung D. Bui, and Jeffrey C. Milliken
	Harvest technique for pedicled transposition of latissimus dorsi muscle: an old trade revisited (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:928-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Belcher, Sonal Arora, Ozgur Samancilar, and Peter Goldstraw
	Reducing cardiac injury during minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:931-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ben Davies, Guido Oppido, James L. Wilkinson, and Christian Pierre Brizard
	Aortic translocation, Senning procedure and right ventricular outflow tract augmentation for congenitally corrected transposition, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:934-936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esther Fernández, Pedro López de Castro, Gustavo Tapia, and Julio Astudillo
	Pseudotumor associated with polytetrafluoroethylene sleeves (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:937-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yukihiro Kaneko, Jotaro Kobayashi, Yusuke Yamamoto, and Keiji Tsuchiya
	Light-guided surgery to repair coronary sinus orifice atresia with left superior vena cava (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:939-941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Ahmet Sami Bayram, Mustafa Köprücüoglu, Mert Aygün, and Cengiz Gebitekin
	Pleurovenous shunt for treating refractory benign pleural effusion (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:942-943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Klaus Jung
	Matrix metalloproteinases do not properly work as peripheral blood biomarkers without taking into account the preanalytical impact of blood sampling (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:944. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seyedhossein Aharinejad
	Reply to Jung (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:945. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pasquale Mastroroberto, Antonio di Virgilio, Attilio Renzulli, and Ciro Indolfi
	Endovascular repair of type B aortic dissection: is it possible to prevent post-procedure complications? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:945-946. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Beate Neuhauser
	Reply to Mastroroberto et al. • Serious complications following endovascular thoracic aortic stent-graft repair for type B dissection (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:946-947. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Narcis Hudorovic
	Statins and perioperative management of patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:947-948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kosmas I. Paraskevas
	Reply to Hudorovic • Would a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of statins on patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery be ethical? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Walter J. Gomes
	Injury to the circumflex coronary artery following mitral valve repair: a rather opposite strategy (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:949. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph Patrick McGoldrick and Ralph W. White
	Fibrin sealant in coronary artery surgery – the devil is always in the detail! (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:949-950. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Lamm, Gerd Juchem, and Bruno Reichart
	Reply to McGoldrick and White (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:950. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stanislav Ovroutski and Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili
	Does the Nakata index predict outcome after Fontan operation? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:951. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Iki Adachi, Hideki Uemura, and Toshikatsu Yagihara
	Reply to Ovroutski and Alexi-Meskishvili (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:951-952. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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