List of Reviewers 2008 (Reviewers) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:I-IV. [PDF]

Alexander A. Fokin
	Reviewing a reviewer (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:383-384. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gaetano Rocco
	A view from above (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:385-391. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hatem El-Bawab, Waseem Hajjar, Mohammed Rafay, Ahmed Bamousa, Abdulmajid Khalil, and Khaled Al-Kattan
	Plasmapheresis before thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: routine versus selective protocols (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:392-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yanguo Liu, Jie Yang, Jun Liu, Fan Yang, Guanchao Jiang, Jianfeng Li, Yuqing Huang, and Jun Wang
	Surgical treatment of primary palmar hyperhidrosis: a prospective randomized study comparing T3 and T4 sympathicotomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:398-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio D’Andrilli, Laura Vismara, Matilde Rolla, Mohsen Ibrahim, Federico Venuta, Ilaria Pochesci, Raffaele Masciangelo, and Erino Angelo Rendina
	Computed tomography with volume rendering for the evaluation of parenchymal hyperinflation after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:403-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kentaro Yoshimoto, Hiroaki Nomori, Takeshi Mori, Hironori Kobayashi, Yasuomi Ohba, Hidekatsu Shibata, Shinya Shiraishi, and Toshiaki Kobayashi
	Prediction of pulmonary function after lung lobectomy by subsegments counting, computed tomography, single photon emission computed tomography and computed tomography: a comparative study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:408-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuhiro Ueda, Toshiki Tanaka, Tao-Sheng Li, Nobuyuki Tanaka, and Kimikazu Hamano
	Quantitative computed tomography for the prediction of pulmonary function after lung cancer surgery: a simple method using simulation software (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:414-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Bobbio, Alfredo Chetta, Eveline Internullo, Luca Ampollini, Paolo Carbognani, Stefano Bettati, Michele Rusca, and Dario Olivieri
	Exercise capacity assessment in patients undergoing lung resection (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:419-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gianluca Casali and William S. Walker
	Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: can we afford it? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:423-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giovanni Galluccio, Gabriele Lucantoni, Paolo Battistoni, Gregorino Paone, Sandro Batzella, Vito Lucifora, and Raffaele Dello Iacono
	Interventional endoscopy in the management of benign tracheal stenoses: definitive treatment at long-term follow-up (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:429-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anna Maria Ciccone and Erino Angelo Rendina
	Editorial comment: Interventional endoscopy in the management of benign tracheal stenoses: definitive treatment at long-term follow-up (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:433-434. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomohiro Maniwa, Yukihito Saito, Tomohito Saito, Hiroyuki Kaneda, and Hiroji Imamura
	Ossification does not cause any complication when a bronchial stump is reinforced with an intercostal muscle flap (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:435-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Ragini Pandey, Michael J. Shackcloth, James McShane, Antony D. Grayson, Martyn H. Carr, and Richard D. Page
	Cardiac comorbidity is not a risk factor for mortality and morbidity following surgery for primary non-small cell lung cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:439-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nuno Rama, Alexandre Monteiro, João E. Bernardo, Luís Eugénio, and Manuel J. Antunes
	Lung metastases from colorectal cancer: surgical resection and prognostic factors (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:444-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erich Stoelben and Corinna Ludwig
	Chest wall resection for lung cancer: indications and techniques (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:450-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Luca Ampollini, Alex Soltermann, Emanuela Felley-Bosco, Didier Lardinois, Stephan Arni, Roberto F. Speck, Walter Weder, and Isabelle Opitz
	Immuno-chemotherapy reduces recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma: an experimental setting (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:457-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alberto Ruffato, Sandro Mattioli, Stefano Pileri, Niccolò Daddi, Franco D’Ovidio, Vladimiro Pilotti, and Pierluigi Tazzari
	Do bone marrow isolated tumor cells influence long-term survival of non-small cell lung cancer? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:463-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Majed Refai, Alessandro Brunelli, Francesco Xiumé, Michele Salati, Valeria Sciarra, Laura Socci, Luca Di Nunzio, and Armando Sabbatini
	Short-term perioperative treatment with ambroxol reduces pulmonary complications and hospital costs after pulmonary lobectomy: a randomized trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:469-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tom Treasure
	Are randomised trials needed in the era of rapidly evolving technologies? (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:474-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Keyvan Moghissi
	Editorial comment: Are randomised trials needed in the era of rapidly evolving technologies? (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:478-479. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joshua A. Vecht, Thanos Athanasiou, Hutan Ashrafian, Erik Mayer, Ara Darzi, and Ludwig Karl von Segesser
	Surgeons produce innovative ideas which are frequently lost in the labyrinth of patents (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:480-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brigitte R. Osswald, Raffaele De Simone, Sabine Most, Ursula Tochtermann, Ahmed Tanzeem, and Matthias Karck
	High defibrillation threshold in patients with implantable defibrillator: how effective is the subcutaneous finger lead? (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:489-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alessandro Parolari, Claudia Loardi, Luciana Mussoni, Laura Cavallotti, Marina Camera, Paolo Biglioli, Elena Tremoli, and Francesco Alamanni
	Nonrheumatic calcific aortic stenosis: an overview from basic science to pharmacological prevention (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:493-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Bikash Sahu, Sandeep Chauhan, Usha Kiran, Akshay Bisoi, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, and Ashima Nehra
	Neuropsychological function in children with cyanotic heart disease undergoing corrective cardiac surgery: effect of two different rewarming strategies (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:505-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ghassan S. Musleh, Subir S. Datta, Nizar N. Yonan, Geir J. Grotte, Brian A. Prendergast, Ragheb I. Hasan, and Abdul K. Deyrania
	Association of IL6 and IL10 with renal dysfunction and the use of haemofiltration during cardiopulmonary bypass (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:511-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Severin Semsroth, Robert G. Stigler, Oliver Y. Bernecker, Elfriede Ruttmann-Ulmer, Jakob Troppmair, Karin Macfelda, Johannes O. Bonatti, and Guenther Laufer
	Everolimus attenuates neointimal hyperplasia in cultured human saphenous vein grafts (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:515-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William L. Baker, Moise W. Anglade, Erica L. Baker, Charles Michael White, Jeffrey Kluger, and Craig I. Coleman
	Use of N-acetylcysteine to reduce post-cardiothoracic surgery complications: a meta-analysis (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:521-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guilherme M. Succi, Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Adolfo A. Leirner, Rodrigo S. Silva, and Noedir A.G. Stolf
	Cavopulmonary anastomosis improves left ventricular assist device support in acute biventricular failure (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:528-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Álvaro González Rocafort, Luis Carlos Maroto Castellanos, and Jose Enrique Rodríguez Hernández
	Right coronary artery giant aneurysm (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:534. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peng Zhu, Qian Yang, Feng Qiu, and Chongxian Liao
	Post traumatic large pseudoaneurysms of the aortic arch and descending aorta (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:535. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Olivier Michel Bical, Jérome Héran, Bernard Thébault, and François Funck
	Pseudoaneurysm following Dacron replacement of the ascending aorta (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:536. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Leo, Domenico Galetta, Alessandro Borri, and Lorenzo Spaggiari
	Segmentectomy for carcinoid arising from an accessory cardiac bronchus (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:537. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomohiro Murakawa, Takeshi Fukami, Jun Nakajima, and Shinichi Takamoto
	Chest wall desmoid tumor with life-threatening intrathoracic extension (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:538. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

José-Ribas Milanez de Campos, João-Carlos Das-Neves-Pereira, Manoel Carlos Prieto Velhote, and Fábio Biscegli Jatene
	Twenty seven-year experience with sternal cleft repair (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:539-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rene Razzak, Eric L.R. Bédard, Ian Hunt, and Niranjala Satkunam
	Spindle cell lipoma of the esophagus (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:542-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomotaka Dohi, Hirotoshi Ohmura, Hiroyuki Daida, and Atsushi Amano
	Primary right atrial cardiac osteosarcoma with congestive heart failure (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:544-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoko Nagano, Keita Kikuchi, Atsushi Amano, and Hironobu Yamaoka
	Should we consider surgical intervention for spinal cord ischemia due to acute type B aortic dissection? (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:547-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nadjib Hammoudi, Peter Dorfmuller, Emmanuel Corvol, and Christophe Acar
	Penetrating ulcer of the ascending aorta without rupture (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:550-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hong-Lin Chen, Qin-Sheng You, and Xiao-Dan Wen
	Experimental design should be regulated for the study (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:552-553. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erdal Okur, Volkan Baysungur, Cagatay Tezel, and Semih Halezeroglu
	Reply to Chen et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:553. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ahmet Akgul
	Can cardiac fibrosis be prevented? Mast cell inhibition versus anti-chymase activity (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:553-554. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hideo Kanemitsu, Shinji Takai, Mizuo Miyazaki, and Masashi Komeda
	Reply to Agkul (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:554-555. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rita Katznelson, George N. Djaiani, and Jacek Karski
	Guideline on antiplatelet and anticoagulation management in cardiac surgery (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:555. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joel Dunning
	Reply to Katznelson et al. Tranexamic acid is safe with regard to vein graft patency (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:555. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tamas Maros
	Fractional flow reserve: a reliable tool in bypass strategy (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:556. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masashi Kawamura, Hiroyuki Nakajima, and Junjiro Kobayashi
	Reply to Maros (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:556-557. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guillermo Lema
	Priming of cardiopulmonary bypass: effect on renal function (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:557. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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