Rüdiger Lange, Julie Cleuziou, Jürgen Hörer, Klaus Holper, Manfred Vogt, Peter Tassani-Prell, and Christian Schreiber
	Risk factors for aortic insufficiency and aortic valve replacement after the arterial switch operation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:711-717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Christoph Schmitz, Bahman Esmailzadeh, Ulrike Herberg, Nora Lang, Ralf Sodian, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Armin Welz, and Johannes Breuer
	Hybrid procedures can reduce the risk of congenital cardiovascular surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:718-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher D. Derby, Jacek Kolcz, Samuel Gidding, and Christian Pizarro
	Outcomes following non-valved autologous reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in neonates and infants (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:726-731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Margaretha Boscheinen, Hedwig C. Blaschczok, Rolf Kallenberg, Joachim Photiadis, Christoph Haun, Viktor Hraska, and Boulos Asfour
	Survival and reintervention after neonatal repair of truncus arteriosus with valved conduit (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:732-737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ben Davies, Yves d’Udekem, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Elizabeth M. Algar, Donald F. Newgreen, and Christian Pierre Brizard
	Differences in extra-cellular matrix and myocyte homeostasis between the neonatal right ventricle in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and truncus arteriosus (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:738-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ali Dodge-Khatami, Stefan Herger, Valentin Rousson, Maurice Comber, Walter Knirsch, Urs Bauersfeld, and René Prêtre
	Outcomes and reoperations after total correction of complete atrio-ventricular septal defect (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:745-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rachid Zegdi, Brahim Amahzoune, Mustapha Ladjali, Ghassan Sleilaty, Jérome Jouan, Christian Latrémouille, Alain Deloche, and Jean-Noël Fabiani
	Congenital mitral valve regurgitation in adult patients. A rare, often misdiagnosed but repairable, valve disease (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:751-754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michihito Nonaka, Akira Marui, Masahira Fukuoka, Takeshi Shimamoto, Shinji Masuyama, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda
	Differences in mitral valve-left ventricle dimensions between a beating heart and during saline injection test (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:755-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joerg Seeburger, Michael Andrew Borger, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Kuntze, Markus Czesla, Thomas Walther, Nicolas Doll, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr
	Minimal invasive mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation: results of 1339 consecutive patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:760-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sacha P. Salzberg, Alan Marc Gillinov, Anelechi Anyanwu, Javier Castillo, Farzan Filsoufi, and David H. Adams
	Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion: evaluation of a novel device with magnetic resonance imaging (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:766-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Willem P. Beukema, Hauw T. Sie, Anand R. Ramdat Misier, Peter Paul Delnoy, Hein J.J. Wellens, and Arif Elvan
	Predictive factors of sustained sinus rhythm and recurrent atrial fibrillation after a radiofrequency modified Maze procedure (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:771-775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rachid Zegdi, Ghassan Sleilaty, Ziad Khabbaz, Milena Noghin, Christian Latrémouille, Alain Carpentier, Alain Deloche, and Jean-Noël Fabiani
	Late posterior failure after mitral valve repair in degenerative disease (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:776-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hayati Deniz, Onur Sokullu, Soner Sanioglu, Murat Sargin, Batuhan Ozay, Umut Ayoglu, Serap Aykut Aka, and Fuat Bilgen
	Risk factors for posterior ventricular rupture after mitral valve replacement: results of 2560 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:780-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laurent de Kerchove, David Glineur, Alain Poncelet, Munir Boodhwani, Jean Rubay, William Dhoore, Philippe Noirhomme, and Gébrine El Khoury
	Repair of aortic leaflet prolapse: a ten-year experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:785-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Nawid Khaladj, Malakh Shrestha, Sven Peterss, Martin Strueber, Matthias Karck, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Axel Haverich, and Christian Hagl
	Ascending aortic cannulation in acute aortic dissection type A: the Hannover experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:792-796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Marko Ivan Turina
	Editorial comment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:796-797. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoto Morimoto, Keisuke Morimoto, Yoshihisa Morimoto, Hiroaki Takahashi, Mitsuru Asano, Masamichi Matsumori, Kenji Okada, and Yutaka Okita
	Sivelestat attenuates postoperative pulmonary dysfunction after total arch replacement under deep hypothermia (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:798-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Beltran G. Levy Praschker, Pierre Mordant, Eleodoro Barreda, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Alain Pavie
	Long-term results of ascending aorta-abdominal aorta extra-anatomic bypass for recoarctation in adults with 27-year follow-up (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:805-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael P. Siegenthaler, Ernst Weigang, Kerstin Brehm, Wulf Euringer, Tobias Baumann, Markus Uhl, Sujatha Raghu, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
	Endovascular treatment for thoracoabdominal aneurysms: outcomes and results (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:810-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiumei Sun, Li Zhang, Peter C. Hill, Robert Lowery, Anne T. Lee, Robert E. Molyneaux, Paul J. Corso, and Steven W. Boyce
	Is incidence of postoperative vasoplegic syndrome different between off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:820-825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Raymond Cartier, Olivier Bouchot, and Ismail El-Hamamsy
	Influence of sex and age on long-term survival in systematic off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:826-832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masashi Kawamura, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Toshihiro Funatsu, Yoritaka Otsuka, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
	Patency rate of the internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery bypass is reduced by competitive flow from the concomitant saphenous vein graft in the left coronary artery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:833-838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael J. Shackcloth, Alan R. Conant, Joyce Thekkudan, Sanjay Ghotkar, Alec W.M. Simpson, and Walid C. Dihmis
	Attenuation of receptor-dependent and -independent vasoconstriction in the human radial artery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:839-844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benjamin Medalion, Ana Tobar, Zohar Yosibash, Alon Stamler, Erez Sharoni, Eitan Snir, Eyal Porat, and Edith Hochhauser
	Vasoreactivity and histology of the radial artery: comparison of open versus endoscopic approaches (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:845-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bin Zeng, Honglei Chen, Chengang Zhu, Xiaofeng Ren, Guosheng Lin, and Feng Cao
	Effects of combined mesenchymal stem cells and heme oxygenase-1 therapy on cardiac performance (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:850-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Suppl]

Kwang Ree Cho, Jae-Sung Choi, Woong Hahn, Dong Sik Kim, Jin Sik Park, Dong Soo Lee, and Ki-Bong Kim
	Therapeutic angiogenesis using naked DNA expressing two isoforms of the hepatocyte growth factor in a porcine acute myocardial infarction model (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:857-863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masato Kanzaki, Masayuki Yamato, Joseph Yang, Hidekazu Sekine, Ryo Takagi, Tamami Isaka, Teruo Okano, and Takamasa Onuki
	Functional closure of visceral pleural defects by autologous tissue engineered cell sheets (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:864-869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Xiong Qin, Hua Tang, Zhifei Xu, Xuewei Zhao, Yaochang Sun, Zhiyun Gong, and Liang Duan
	Chest wall reconstruction with two types of biodegradable polymer prostheses in dogs (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:870-874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenjiro Fukuhara, Akinori Akashi, Shigeru Nakane, and Emiko Tomita
	Preoperative assessment of the pulmonary artery by three-dimensional computed tomography before video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:875-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masayuki Chida, Shuichi Ono, Yasushi Hoshikawa, and Takashi Kondo
	Subclinical idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is also a risk factor of postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome following thoracic surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:878-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alaa Brik, Abdel Meged Salem, Al Rady Kamal, Mohamed Abdel-Sadek, Mohamed Essa, Mamdoh El Sharawy, Ahmed Deebes, and Khaled Abdel Bary
	Surgical outcome of pulmonary aspergilloma (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:882-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Apostolos Nakas, Delphine Sophie Trousse, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, and David A. Waller
	Open lung-sparing surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma: the benefits of a radical approach within multimodality therapy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:886-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nael Al-Sarraf, Kathy Gately, Julie Lucey, Rashid Aziz, Kishore Doddakula, Lorraine Wilson, Eillish McGovern, and Vincent Young
	Clinical implication and prognostic significance of standardised uptake value of primary non-small cell lung cancer on positron emission tomography: analysis of 176 cases (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:892-897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sarah S.K. Tang, Karen Redmond, Mark Griffiths, George Ladas, Peter Goldstraw, and Michael Dusmet
	The mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome after pulmonary resection is reducing: a 10-year single institutional experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:898-902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Carlos Alberto Rombolá, Sergio Beltrame Tomatis, Antonio Francisco Honguero Martínez, and Pablo León Atance
	Parapneumonic pleural effusion. Accidental insertion of a chest tube into right pulmonary artery (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:903. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuhito Imanaka, Toshihisa Asakura, and Hideaki Yamabi
	When a snapped sternal wire stabbed the aorta (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:904. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zan Mitrev and Nikola Hristov
	Cardiac silhouette following a mitral valve replacement, tricuspid annuloplasty and atrioplasty of both atria (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:905. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shinji Kanemitsu, Yoichiro Miyake, and Manabu Okabe
	A free-floating ball-shaped thrombus of the tricuspid valve (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:906. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Socrates Fragoulis and George M. Palatianos
	Fractured prosthetic valve leaflet (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:907. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gilles D. Dreyfus, Shahzad G. Raja, and Kok Meng John Chan
	Tricuspid leaflet augmentation to address severe tethering in functional tricuspid regurgitation (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:908-910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Franca Melfi, Leonardo Duranti, and Alfredo Mussi
	Cold coagulation of blebs and bullae in the spontaneous pneumothorax: a new procedure alternative to endostapler resection (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:911-913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Romany Daniel, Babu Naidu, and Joseph Khalil-Marzouk
	Cough-induced rib fracture and diaphragmatic rupture resulting in simultaneous abdominal visceral herniation into the left hemithorax and subcutaneously (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:914-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Serdar Han, Erkan Dikmen, Sezai Aydin, and Osman Yapakci
	Tracheal diverticulum: a rare cause of dysphagia (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:916-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sinan A. Simsir, Gregory P. Fontana, Lawrence S. Czer, and Ernst R. Schwarz
	Heart allograft transplanted twice (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:918-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan Patrick Kypson, Curtis A. Anderson, Evelio Rodriguez, and Theodore C. Koutlas
	Double aortic arch in an adult undergoing coronary bypass surgery: a therapeutic dilemma? (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:920-921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stéphane Aubert, Olivier Barthélémy, Marc Landi, and Christophe Acar
	Circumflex coronary artery injury following mitral annuloplasty treated by emergency angioplasty (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:922-924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mahnoosh Foroughi, Seyed-Ahmad Hassantash, Habib Saadat, and Arash Ghanavaty
	Unusual ethiologies of severe acute mitral regurgitation not requiring surgery (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:925. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe De Cicco, and Sandro Gelsomino
	Reply to Foroughi et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:926. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul P. Urbanski and Anno Diegeler
	Modified Bentall operation (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:926-927. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giuseppe Gatti, Bernardo Benussi, Aniello Pappalardo, and Bartolo Zingone
	Reply to Urbanski and Diegeler (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:927. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier Steichen
	Treatment of ruptured tuberculous aortic aneurysms (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:928. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahiro Sakurai and Asako Namai
	Reply to Steichen. Survival from ruptured aortic aneurysm without any operations (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:928. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sameh I. Sersar, Ismaeil M. Fouad, Walid A. AbuKhudair, and Ahmed A. Jamjoom
	Open chest after cardiac surgery; revisited (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:929. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony L. Estrera and Hazim J. Safi
	Reply to Sersar et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:930. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Örjan Friberg and Rolf Svedjeholm
	Post-sternotomy percutaneous tracheostomy and risky multivariable analyses (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:930. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dumbor L. Ngaage
	Reply to Friberg and Svedjeholm (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:931. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chee Fui Chong
	Re: Prognostic value of FDG uptake in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:932. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alain J. Poncelet, Max Lonneux, and François-Xavier Hanin
	Reply to Chong (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:932-933. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joel Dunning, Michel Versteegh, Alessandro Fabbri, Alain Pavie, Philippe Kolh, Ulf Lockowandt, Samer A.M. Nashef on behalf of the EACTS Audit and Guidelines Committee
	Corrigendum to "Guideline on antiplatelet and anticoagulation management in cardiac surgery" [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 34 (1) (2008) 73–92] (Corrigendum) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:934. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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