Marco Ricci and Tomas A. Salerno
	Fast track: are surgeons pushing the envelope too far in cardiac surgery? (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:953-954. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aseem Ranjan Srivastava, Amit Banerjee, Deepak K. Tempe, Banabihari Mishra, Vijay Muppiri, Sumit Narang, Harpreet Singh, and Sanjula Virmani
	A comprehensive approach to fast tracking in cardiac surgery: ambulatory low-risk open-heart surgery (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:955-960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Silvana F. Marasco, Lisa N. Sharwood, and Michael J. Abramson
	No improvement in neurocognitive outcomes after off-pump versus on-pump coronary revascularisation: a meta-analysis (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:961-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Victor Aboyans, Michael Frank, Karine Nubret, Philippe Lacroix, and Marc Laskar
	Heart rate and pulse pressure at rest are major prognostic markers of early postoperative complications after coronary bypass surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:971-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Siamak Mohammadi, François Dagenais, Daniel Doyle, Patrick Mathieu, Richard Baillot, Eric Charbonneau, Jean Perron, and Pierre Voisine
	Age cut-off for the loss of benefit from bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:977-982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Walther, Volkmar Falk, Jörg Kempfert, Michael A. Borger, Jens Fassl, Michael W.A. Chu, Gerhard Schuler, and Friedrich W. Mohr
	Transapical minimally invasive aortic valve implantation; the initial 50 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:983-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Thomas M. Joudinaud, Franck Baron, Richard Raffoul, Bruno Pagis, Mathieu Vergnat, Caroline Parisot, Ulrik Hvass, and Patrick R. Nataf
	Redo aortic root surgery for failure of an aortic homograft is a major technical challenge (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:989-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael P. Poullis, Richard Warwick, Aung Oo, and Robert J. Poole
	Ascending aortic curvature as an independent risk factor for type A dissection, and ascending aortic aneurysm formation: a mathematical model (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:995-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chung-Ben Kan, Rei-Yeuh Chang, and Jen-Ping Chang
	Optimal initial treatment and clinical outcome of type A aortic intramural hematoma: a clinical review (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1002-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthias Karck and Hiroyuki Kamiya
	Progress of the treatment for extended aortic aneurysms; is the frozen elephant trunk technique the next standard in the treatment of complex aortic disease including the arch? (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1007-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Jacques Kpodonu, Ourania Preventza, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Hani Shennib, Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Julio Rodriquez-Lopez, James Williams, and Edward B. Diethrich
	Retrograde type A dissection after endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta. Is the risk real? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1014-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roman Gottardi, Daniel Zimpfer, Martin Funovics, Maria Schoder, Johannes Lammer, Ernst Wolner, Martin Czerny, and Michael Grimm
	Mid-term results after endovascular stent-graft placement due to penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the thoracic aorta (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1019-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eva S. Krähenbühl, Franz F. Immer, Mario Stalder, Lars Englberger, Friedrich S. Eckstein, and Thierry P. Carrel
	Temporary neurological dysfunction after surgery of the thoracic aorta: a predictor of poor outcome and impaired quality of life (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1025-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christian D. Etz, Tobias M. Homann, Maximilian Luehr, Fabian A. Kari, Donald J. Weisz, George Kleinman, Konstadinos A. Plestis, and Randall B. Griepp
	Spinal cord blood flow and ischemic injury after experimental sacrifice of thoracic and abdominal segmental arteries (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1030-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony L. Estrera, Eyal E. Porat, Charles C. Miller, III, Riad Meada, Paul E. Achouh, Adel D. Irani, and Hazim J. Safi
	Outcomes of delayed sternal closure after complex aortic surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1039-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alireza Alizadeh Ghavidel, Hossein Javadpour, Massoud Shafiee, Mohammad-Bagher Tabatabaie, Kamal Raiesi, and Saeed Hosseini
	Cryoablation for surgical treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation combined with mitral valve surgery: a clinical observation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1043-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomasz A. Timek, David Liang, George T. Daughters, Neil B. Ingels, Jr., and D. Craig Miller
	Effect of local annular interventions on annular and left ventricular geometry (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1049-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Li Hongxin, Sheng Lijun, Zheng-jun Wang, Jie Zi, Wen-long Zhang, Hai-zhou Zhang, Guo Wenbin, and Cheng-wei Zou
	Intraoperative device closure of large secundum atrial septal defects; a safe alternative to transcatheter closure (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1055-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jürgen Hörer, Elisabeth Karl, Georgia Theodoratou, Christian Schreiber, Julie Cleuziou, Zsolt Prodan, Manfred Vogt, and Rüdiger Lange
	Incidence and results of reoperations following the Senning operation: 27 years of follow-up in 314 patients at a single center (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1061-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Marko Turina
	Editorial comment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1067-1068. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Juan L. Antón-Pacheco, Daniel Cabezalí, Raquel Tejedor, María López, Carmen Luna, Juan V. Comas, and Eduardo de Miguel
	The role of airway stenting in pediatric tracheobronchial obstruction (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1069-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dumbor L. Ngaage, Alexander R. Cale, Steven Griffin, Levant Guvendik, and Michael E. Cowen
	Is post-sternotomy percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy a predictor for sternal wound infections? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1076-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marco Ricci, Anthony L. Panos, and Tomas A. Salerno
	Editorial comment: Danger of early percutaneous tracheostomy in cardiac surgical patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1080-1081. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kutsal Turhan, Ozer Makay, Alpaslan Cakan, Ozgur Samancilar, Ozgur Firat, Gokhan Icoz, and Ufuk Cagirici
	Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: look to see (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1082-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aikaterini Mastoraki, Evangelia Douka, Ioannis Kriaras, Georgios Stravopodis, Georgios Saroglou, and Stefanos Geroulanos
	Preventing strategy of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii susceptible only to colistin in cardiac surgical intensive care units (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1086-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jean-Philippe Avaro, Xavier-Benoît D’Journo, Delphine Trousse, Moussa A. Ouattara, Christophe Doddoli, Roger Giudicelli, Pierre A. Fuentes, and Pascal A. Thomas
	Long-term results of redo gastro-esophageal reflux disease surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1091-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eveline Internullo, Johnny Moons, Philippe Nafteux, Willy Coosemans, Georges Decker, Paul De Leyn, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Toni Lerut
	Outcome after esophagectomy for cancer of the esophagus and GEJ in patients aged over 75 years (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1096-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jae-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Sung Lee, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Mog Lee, Seok Ki Kim, and Jae Ill Zo
	Balloon dilatation of the pylorus for delayed gastric emptying after esophagectomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1105-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard G. Berrisford, Wei-Lup Wong, David Day, Elizabeth Toy, Mark Napier, Keith Mitchell, and Saj Wajed
	The decision to operate: role of integrated computed tomography positron emission tomography in staging oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction cancer by the multidisciplinary team (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1112-1116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xavier-Benoit D’Journo, Pierre Michelet, Laetitia Dahan, Christophe Doddoli, Jean-François Seitz, Roger Giudicelli, Pierre A. Fuentes, and Pascal A. Thomas
	Indications and outcome of salvage surgery for oesophageal cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1117-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Biruta Witte, Wolfgang Neumeister, and Martin Huertgen
	Does endoesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration replace mediastinoscopy in mediastinal staging of thoracic malignancies? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1124-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Fischer, Gail Darling, Andrew F. Pierre, Alexander Sun, Natasha Leighl, Thomas K. Waddell, Shaf Keshavjee, and Marc de Perrot
	Induction chemoradiation therapy followed by surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invading the thoracic inlet (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1129-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yugo Tanaka, Yoshimasa Maniwa, Wataru Nishio, Masahiro Yoshimura, and Yutaka Okita
	The optimal timing to resect pulmonary metastasis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1135-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shigemi Ishikawa, Ryo Usui, Tatsuo Iijima, and Masataka Onizuka
	Multiple endobronchial carcinomas appearing 3 months after segmentectomy for lung cancer (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1139. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jong Hui Suh and Yong Hwan Kim
	Extra-thoracic hematoma after minor blunt chest injury (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1140. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Can Yerebakan, Bernd Westphal, Andreas Liebold, and Gustav Steinhoff
	Ventricular septal dissection after patch repair of an infarct-related ventricular septal rupture (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1141. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Evangelos Leontiadis, Samir Sarikouch, Andreas Bairaktaris, and Reiner Körfer
	Recurrent massive aneurysm of the ascending aorta after aortic root replacement with inclusion cylinder technique (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1142. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luis Fernando López Almodóvar, Pedro Lima Cañadas, José A. Buendía Miñano, and Alfonso Cañas Cañas
	Giant left atrial myxoma and type I severe mitral valve regurgitation (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1143. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guillermo Reyes, Nieves Carrasco, Teresa Muñoz, and Juan Duarte
	Management of massive pulmonary embolism using recombinant activated Factor VII (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1144-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Asako Namai and Masahiro Sakurai
	Conservative treatment for rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1146-1147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chris Probst, Bahman Esmailzadeh, Wolfgang Schiller, and Kai Wilhelm
	Emergent antegrade endovascular stent placement in a patient with perforated Stanford B dissection via right axillary artery (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1148-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rory Kennelly, Rashid Aziz, Mary Toner, and Vincent Young
	Right atrial paraganglioma: an unusual primary cardiac tumour (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1150-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Moheb A. Rashid
	Successful emergency resuscitative thoracotomy and thoracoscopy in an injured patient with impending death (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1153-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alper Toker, Serhan Tanju, Yasemin Ozluk, and Piraye Serdaroglu
	Thymoma appearing 10 years after an extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1155-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Andrew Efthymiou and James Andrew Charles Thorpe
	Compensatory hyperhidrosis: a consequence of truncal sympathectomy treated by video assisted application of botulinum toxin and reoperation (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1157-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sameh Ibrahim Sersar
	Chylothorax revisited (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1159. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas W. Rice and Eugene H. Blackstone
	Reply to Sersar • Chylothorax revisited and reassessed (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1159-1160. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frederic W. Grannis
	Does size matter? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1160-1161. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohammed Asif and Pradip Sarkar
	Re: Is the Allen test reliable enough? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1161. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Richard Dashwood, Domingos S.R. Souza, and Maria S. Fernández-Alfonso
	Re: Perivascular tissue of internal thoracic artery releases potent nitric oxide and prostacyclin-independent anticontractile factor (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1161-1162. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marek Andrzej Deja and Marcin Malinowski
	Reply to Dashwood et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1162-1163. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shailendra Kapoor
	Sivelestat and its role in tissue reperfusion injury (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:1163. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

	Author index to Volume 33 (Online extra) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:e1-e15. [PDF]

	Subject index to Volume 33 (Online extra) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:e16-e21. [PDF]

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