Instructions to Authors (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:X-XII. [PDF]

Gang Chen, Zhou Wang, Xiang-yan Liu, Ming-yue Zhang, and Fan-ying Liu
	Clinical study of modified Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy plus adjuvant radiotherapy for local control of stage IIA squamous cell carcinoma in the mid-thoracic esophagus (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bo Deng, Ru-Wen Wang, Yao-Guang Jiang, Qun-You Tan, Yun-Ping Zhao, Jing-Hai Zhou, Xiang-Li Liao, and Zheng Ma
	Functional and menometric study of side-to-side stapled anastomosis and traditional hand-sewn anastomosis in cervical esophagogastrostomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:8-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georges Decker, Willy Coosemans, Paul De Leyn, Herbert Decaluwé, Philippe Nafteux, Dirk Van Raemdonck, and Toni Lerut
	Minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:13-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Thomas W. Rice, John R. Goldblum, Martha M. Yearsley, Steven S. Shay, Scott I. Reznik, Sudish C. Murthy, David P. Mason, and Eugene H. Blackstone
	Myenteric plexus abnormalities associated with epiphrenic diverticula (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:22-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gonzalo Varela, Marcelo F. Jiménez, Nuria Maria Novoa, and José Luis Aranda
	Postoperative chest tube management: measuring air leak using an electronic device decreases variability in the clinical practice (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:28-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erdal Okur, Volkan Baysungur, Cagatay Tezel, Gokcen Sevilgen, Gokhan Ergene, Mertol Gokce, and Semih Halezeroglu
	Comparison of the single or double chest tube applications after pulmonary lobectomies (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:32-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yosuke Kato, Isao Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Tomita, and Go Watanabe
	A novel technique to prevent intra-operative pneumothorax in awake coronary artery bypass grafting: biomaterial neo-pleura (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:37-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul E. Van Schil, Jeroen M.H. Hendriks, and Patrick Lauwers
	Editorial comment: Pleural tears: are all holes the same? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:41-42. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pertti Loponen, Kari Korpilahti, Michael Luther, Heini Huhtala, and Matti R. Tarkka
	Repeat intervention after invasive treatment of coronary arteries (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:43-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan Dieleman, Anne-Mette Sauër, Catharina Klijn, Hendrik Nathoe, Karel Moons, Cornelis Kalkman, Jaap Kappelle, and Diederik Van Dijk
	Presence of coronary collaterals is associated with a decreased incidence of cognitive decline after coronary artery bypass surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:48-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhe Zheng, Yan Li, Shiju Zhang, Shengshou Hu on behalf of the Chinese CABG Registry Study
	The Chinese Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Registry Study: how well does the EuroSCORE predict operative risk for Chinese population? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:54-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cliff K. Choong, Paul Sergeant, Samer A.M. Nashef, Julian A. Smith, and Ben Bridgewater
	Editorial comment: The EuroSCORE risk stratification system in the current era: how accurate is it and what should be done if it is inaccurate? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:59-61. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rose-Marieke B.G.E. Breukers, Ronald J. Trof, Rob B.P. de Wilde, Paul C.M. van den Berg, Jos W.R. Twisk, Jos R.C. Jansen, and Johan Groeneveld
	Relative value of pressures and volumes in assessing fluid responsiveness after valvular and coronary artery surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:62-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jian Wang, Hongyu Liu, Tomas A. Salerno, Boguslaw Tomanek, Randy Summers, Roxanne Deslauriers, Rakesh C. Arora, and Ganghong Tian
	Alternate antegrade/retrograde perfusion: an effective technique to preserve hypertrophied hearts during valvular surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:69-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthias E.W. Kirsch, Tomonori Ooka, Kostantinos Zannis, Jean-François Deux, and Daniel Y. Loisance
	Bioprosthetic replacement of the ascending thoracic aorta: what are the options? (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:77-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Naomichi Uchida, Hidenori Shibamura, Akira Katayama, Norimitsu Shimada, and Miwa Sutoh
	Total arch replacement with an open stent graft for acute type A aortic dissection: fate of the false lumen (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:83-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rosendo A. Rodriguez, Howard J. Nathan, Marc Ruel, Fraser Rubens, David Dafoe, and Thierry Mesana
	A method to distinguish between gaseous and solid cerebral emboli in patients with prosthetic heart valves (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:89-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Florian Dick, Dominik Hinder, Franz F. Immer, Hannu Savolainen, Dai Do Do, Thierry P. Carrel, and Jürg Schmidli
	Thoracic endovascular aortic repair: impact of urgency on outcome and quality of life (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:96-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William Robert Eric Jamieson, Virginia M. Gudas, Lawrence H. Burr, Michael T. Janusz, Guy J. Fradet, Hilton Ling, Eva Germann, and Samuel V. Lichtenstein
	Mitral valve disease: if the mitral valve is not reparable/failed repair, is bioprosthesis suitable for replacement? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:104-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dilek Kisner, Markus J. Wilhelm, Michael S. Messerli, Gregor Zünd, and Michele Genoni
	Reduced incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery by continuous wireless monitoring of oxygen saturation on the normal ward and resultant oxygen therapy for hypoxia (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:111-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jiangang Wang, Xu Meng, Hui Li, Yongqiang Cui, Jie Han, and Chunlei Xu
	Prospective randomized comparison of left atrial and biatrial radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:116-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jean Paul Remadi, Georges Nadji, Thomas Goissen, N. Alphonse Zomvuama, Claire Sorel, and Christophe Tribouilloy
	Infective endocarditis in elderly patients: clinical characteristics and outcome (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:123-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward J. Hickey, Gordon Jung, Cedric Manlhiot, Andreas G. Sakopoulos, Christopher A. Caldarone, John G. Coles, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and Brian W. McCrindle
	Infective endocarditis in children: native valve preservation is frequently possible despite advanced clinical disease (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:130-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

François Roubertie, Walid Ben Ali, Olivier Raisky, Daniel Tamisier, Daniel Sidi, and Pascal R. Vouhé
	Aortic root replacement in children: a word of caution about valve-sparing procedures (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:136-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew C. Fiore, Mark Rodefeld, Palaniswamy ViJay, Mark Turrentine, Christine Seithel, Mark Ruzmetov, and John W. Brown
	Subaortic obstruction in univentricular heart: results using the double barrel Damus–Kaye Stansel operation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:141-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William J. Brawn
	Editorial comment: Early pulmonary artery debanding with Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure provides good haemodynamics for the Fontan circulation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:147-148. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Attilio A. Lotto, Riad Hosein, Timothy J. Jones, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn
	Outcome of the Norwood procedure in the setting of transposition of the great arteries and functional single left ventricle (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:149-155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward J. Hickey, Gruschen Veldtman, Timothy J. Bradley, Aungkana Gengsakul, Cedric Manlhiot, William G. Williams, Gary D. Webb, and Brian W. McCrindle
	Late risk of outcomes for adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot from an inception cohort spanning four decades (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:156-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

James L. Monro
	Editorial comment: Late outcomes following repair of tetralogy of Fallot (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:165-166. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tamás Breuer, Klaus Martin, Markus Wilhelm, Gunther Wiesner, Christian Schreiber, John Hess, Rüdiger Lange, and Peter Tassani
	The blood sparing effect and the safety of aprotinin compared to tranexamic acid in paediatric cardiac surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:167-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Polychronis Antonitsis, Christos Papakonstantinou, and Stephen Westaby
	Use of Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device for treating acutely decompensated heart failure (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:172. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Borys Todurov, Miroslav Glagola, Andriy Khokhlov, and Vitaly Demyanchuk
	Left ventricular aneurysm as a late complication after transventricular closed mitral commissurotomy (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:173. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erwan Flecher, Jean François Heautot, Issam Abouliatim, and Alain Leguerrier
	Calcified chronic constrictive pericarditis: an egg in the chest (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:174. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Clara Alexandrescu, Fillipo Civaia, Francoise Montiglio, and Vincent Dor
	An uncommon (in 2008) circumferential constrictive pericarditis: a multimodal approach before surgery (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:175. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Tsuyoshi Taketani, Shunei Kyo, Masaaki Kato, and Shinichi Takamoto
	Repair of the entire aorta and heart valves in a patient with Marfan syndrome (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:176. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Toshiro Ito, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, and Tetsuya Higami
	Perforation of the duodenum by a vascular prosthesis following hybrid repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:177. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arman Kilic, Matthew J. Schuchert, James D. Luketich, and Rodney J. Landreneau
	Epiphrenic diverticulum and associated hypokalemia (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:178. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jamshid H. Karimov, Luca Salvatori, Dante Chiappino, and Mattia Glauber
	Giant aneurysms of ascending aorta and pulmonary artery (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:179. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Tomoyuki Nakagiri, Noriyoshi Sawabata, and Meinoshin Okumura
	Pulmonary sequestration with an exceptionally large feeding artery (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:180. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Zuin, Giuseppe Marulli, Monica Loy, and Federico Rea
	Clamshell approach for lung harvest in donor with previous aortic valve substitution (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:181-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erkan Kuralay
	Massive systemic air embolism during off-pump coronary artery surgery (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:183-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Makoto Sonobe, Toru Bando, and Hiroshi Date
	Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the chest wall invading lung with regional lymph node metastasis (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:185-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hany Elsayed and Michael Poullis
	Should paravertebral analgesia be used to fast track patients after thoracic surgery? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:188. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernd M. Muehling, Rainer Meierhenrich, Ludger Sunder-Plassmann, and Karl-Heinz Orend
	Reply to Elsayed and Poullis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:188-189. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luigi Petramala, Dario Cotesta, Sebastiano Filetti, and Claudio Letizia
	Pigmented ‘black’ cardiac paraganglioma in a patient with a novel germ-line SDHD mutation (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:189. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alberto Terzi, Andrea Campione, Paolo Scanagatta, and Giovanna Rizzardi
	Harvest of latissimus dorsi muscle for intrathoracic transposition: is it always necessary to harvest the whole muscle? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:190. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amir M. Abolhoda and Garrett D. Wirth
	Reply to Terzi et al. Whole or split latissimus dorsi muscle for intrathoracic transposition (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:190. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomaso Bottio, Vincenzo Tarzia, Giulio Rizzoli, and Gino Gerosa
	Total arterial revascularization, conventional coronary artery bypass surgery, and age cut-off for the loss of benefit from bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:191. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hany Elsayed and Michael Poullis
	Does tricuspid valve pathophysiology affect outcome in patients having tricuspid valve interventions? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:191-192. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Guenther, Domenico Mazzitelli, and Ruediger Lange
	Reply to Elsayed and Poullis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:192-193. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efstratios E. Apostolakis, Christos Prokakis, and Dimitrios Dougenis
	Are procalcitonin levels sufficient for the follow up of patients undergoing lung decortication for pleural empyema? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:193. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Beatrix Hoksch and Ralph Alexander Schmid
	Reply to Apostolakis et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:194. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patrick O. Myers, Aristotelis Panos, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, and Afksendiyos Kalangos
	Anterior leaflet augmentation to address tethering-induced functional tricuspid regurgitation (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:194-195. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shahzad Gull Raja and Gilles D. Dreyfus
	Reply to Myers et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:195-196. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anto Sahayaraj Ramayyan, Soma Guhathakurta, Kotturathu Mamman Cherian, and Angelo Thomas Pezzella
	Indigenous decellularised jugular venous valved conduit in truncus arteriosus repair (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:196. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Colli and Carlos A. Mestres
	EACTS guideline on antiplatelet and anticoagulation management in cardiac surgery (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:197. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joel Dunning
	Reply to Colli and Mestres. Controversial issues regarding aspirin and clopidogrel therapy for patients after cardiac surgery (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:197-198. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hany Elsayed and Michael Poullis
	T2 weighted images as a useful tool in determining myocardial viability in patients performing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:198-199. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fabiola B. Sozzi, Laura Iacuzio, Filippo Civaia, and Vincent Dor
	Reply to Elsayed and Poullis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:199. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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