Hiroyuki Kamiya, Achim Koch, Falk-Udo Sack, Payam Akhyari, Andrew Remppis, Thomas J. Dengler, Matthias Karck, and Artur Lichtenberg
	Who needs ‘bridge’ to transplantation in the presence of the Eurotransplant high-urgency heart transplantation program? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1129-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Strueber
	Editorial comment: Indication for mechanical circulatory support in high urgent heart transplant candidates (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1134-1135. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ravi K. Ghanta, Lawrence S. Lee, Ramanan Umakanthan, Rita G. Laurence, John A. Fox, Ralph Morton Bolman, III, Lawrence H. Cohn, and Frederick Y. Chen
	Real-time adjustment of ventricular restraint therapy in heart failure (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1136-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ahmed A. Alsaddique
	Recognition of diastolic heart failure in the postoperative heart (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1141-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patrick Klein, Jeroen J. Bax, Leslee J. Shaw, Harm H.H. Feringa, Michel I.M. Versteegh, Robert A.E. Dion, and Robert J.M. Klautz
	Early and late outcome of left ventricular reconstruction surgery in ischemic heart disease (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1149-1157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Ching-Wei Tsai, Yu-Feng Lin, Vin-Cent Wu, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Yung-Ming Chen, Fu-Chang Hu, Kwan-Dun Wu, Wen-Je Ko the NSARF Study Group
	SAPS 3 at dialysis commencement is predictive of hospital mortality in patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and acute dialysis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1158-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ulrich Goebel, Matthias Siepe, Anne Mecklenburg, Torsten Doenst, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Torsten Loop, and Christian Schlensak
	Reduced pulmonary inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass: effects of combined pulmonary perfusion and carbon monoxide inhalation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1165-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Filip R. Rega, Ingrid Vantichelen, Hilde Bollen, Veerle Leunens, Guido Derjung, Frank Kirchhof, Eric Verbeken, and Bart P. Meyns
	Pediatric heart support with a newly developed catheter based pulsatile 12F rotary blood pump: an animal study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1173-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ron-Bin Hsu, Meng-Kun Tsai, Po-Huang Lee, Chii-Ming Lee, Ming-Fong Chen, Shoei-Shen Wang, Fang-Yue Lin, and Shu-Hsun Chu
	Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation from a single donor (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1179-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heidi Goerler, Andre Simon, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Christian Hagl, Petra Oppelt, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strueber
	Cardiac retransplantation: is it justified in times of critical donor organ shortage? Long-term single-center experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1185-1190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoru Osaki, James D. Maloney, Keith C. Meyer, Richard D. Cornwell, Niloo M. Edwards, and Nilto C. De Oliveira
	Redo lung transplantation for acute and chronic lung allograft failure: long-term follow-up in a single center (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1191-1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paula Moreno, Antonio Alvarez, Francisco Javier Algar, José Ramón Cano, Dionisio Espinosa, Francisco Cerezo, Carlos Baamonde, and Angel Salvatierra
	Incidence, management and clinical outcomes of patients with airway complications following lung transplantation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1198-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

José de Jesus Peixoto Camargo, Spencer Marcantonio Camargo, Tiago Noguchi Machuca, Fabíola Adélia Perin, Sadi Marcelo Schio, and José Carlos Felicetti
	Surgical maneuvers for the management of bronchial complications in lung transplantation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1206-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giuseppe Cardillo, Francesco Carleo, Mohammed W. Khalil, Luigi Carbone, Stefano Treggiari, Lorenzo Salvadori, Lea Petrella, and Massimo Martelli
	Surgical treatment of benign neurogenic tumours of the mediastinum: a single institution report (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1210-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Paul De Leyn, Johnny Moons, Johan Vansteenkiste, Eric Verbeken, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Philippe Nafteux, Herbert Decaluwe, and Tony Lerut
	Survival after resection of synchronous bilateral lung cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1215-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel L. Fortes, Mark S. Allen, Val J. Lowe, Keh-Hsien Robert Shen, Dennis A. Wigle, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols, and Claude Deschamps
	The sensitivity of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the evaluation of metastatic pulmonary nodules (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1223-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Welter, Jan Jacobs, Thomas Krbek, Martin Tötsch, and Georgios Stamatis
	Pulmonary metastases of breast cancer. When is resection indicated? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1228-1234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fengshi Chen, Ryo Miyahara, Toru Bando, Kenichi Okubo, Kenichiro Watanabe, Tomitaka Nakayama, Junya Toguchida, and Hiroshi Date
	Prognostic factors of pulmonary metastasectomy for osteosarcomas of the extremities (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1235-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

François Tronc, Cécile Conter, Perrine Marec-Berard, Nadine Bossard, Laurent Remontet, Alessandro Orsini, Jean-Paul Gamondes, and Dominique Louis
	Prognostic factors and long-term results of pulmonary metastasectomy for pediatric histologies (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1240-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Niccolò Daddi, Stefano Mosca, Rosanna Capozzi, and Rodolfo Ribacchi
	Pulmonary sequestration with anomalous arterial connection (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1247-1248. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John J. Trujillo, Sergio Beltrame, Stefano Urso, and Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria
	RETRACTED:Iatrogenic perforation of the right pulmonary artery (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1249. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiao-Dan Ye, Zheng Yuan, Hui-Min Li, and Xiang-Sheng Xiao
	Pseudoaneurysm of aortic arch caused by penetration of fish bone (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lukla Biasi, Tahir Ali, and Matt Thompson
	Intra-operative dynaCT in visceral-hybrid repair of an extensive thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1251-1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Johannes Bonatti, and Christian Kolbitsch
	Near infrared spectroscopy for controlling the quality of distal leg perfusion in remote access cardiopulmonary bypass (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1253-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Abdel-Mohsen Hamad, Giuseppe Marulli, Francesco Sartori, and Federico Rea
	Pericardial flap for bronchial stump coverage after extrapleural pneumonectomy; is it feasible? (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1255-1256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shigemi Ishikawa, Masaki Kimura, Yukinori Inadome, and Kiyofumi Mitsui
	Transtracheal endoluminal resection of a pleomorphic adenoma occluding subglottis (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1257-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Andrew Efthymiou, Emmanuel Michael Kefaloyannis, and James Andrew Charles Thorpe
	Massive bronchogenic cyst mimicking ischaemic chest pain (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1260-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nouman U. Khan, Mohamed Al-Aloul, Rajesh Shah, and Nizar Yonan
	Early experience with the Levitronix Centrimag® device for extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation following lung transplantation (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1262-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marie L. Moonen, Michel Hanssen, Marc A. Radermecker, and Patrizio Lancellotti
	The blue man: an unusual happy end of a spontaneous rupture of a coronary artery (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1265-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Piotr Siondalski, Leszek Wilczynski, Jan Rogowski, and Marian Zembala
	Human aortic bioprosthesis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1268. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wolfgang A. Goetz, Fangli Xiong, and Joon Hock Yeo
	Reply to Siondalski et al. Autologous pericardial aortic valve prosthesis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1268-1269. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anoar Zacharias and Robert H. Habib
	Radial artery versus saphenous vein as a second coronary bypass conduit in septuagenarians (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1269-1270. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philip A.R. Hayward, George Matalanis, and Brian F. Buxton
	Reply to Zacharias and Habib (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1270-1271. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wim Wuyts
	Surgical lung biopsy is not the golden standard in diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1271-1272. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gonçalo F. Coutinho, Rita Pancas, João E. Bernardo, and Manuel J. Antunes
	Reply to Wuyts (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1272. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chee Fui Chong
	The optimal timing to resect pulmonary metastasis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1272-1273. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshimasa Maniwa
	Reply to Chong (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1273. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier N. Pagès
	Pulmonary metastasis resection: is it a question of optimal timing or tumor doubling time? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1274. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshimasa Maniwa
	Reply to Pagès (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1274. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

	Author Index to Volume 34 (Online extra) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:e1-e17. [PDF]

	Subject Index to Volume 34 (Online extra) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:e18-e24. [PDF]

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