Francis Robicsek
	When four plus four is less than eight: the Nuss operation (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:559-560. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans K. Pilegaard and Peter B. Licht
	Can absorbable stabilizers be used routinely in the Nuss procedure? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:561-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mariko Kobayashi, Makoto Ando, Naoki Wada, and Yukihiro Takahashi
	Outcomes following surgical repair of aortic arch obstructions with associated cardiac anomalies (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:565-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pankaj Kumar Mishra
	Management strategies for interrupted aortic arch with associated anomalies (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:569-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Peter Pastuszko, Afsaneh Pirzadeh, Erin Reade, Joanna Kubin, Alberto Mendoza, Gregory J. Schears, William J. Greeley, and Anna Pastuszko
	The effect of hypothermia on neuronal viability following cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest in newborn piglets (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:577-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kristof D.H.M. Vandekerckhove, Nico A. Blom, Shirin Lalezari, Dave R. Koolbergen, Marry E.B. Rijlaarsdam, and Mark G. Hazekamp
	Long-term follow-up of arterial switch operation with an emphasis on function and dimensions of left ventricle and aorta (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:582-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven P. Goldberg, Anthony C. McCanta, David N. Campbell, Esther V. Carpenter, David R. Clarke, Eduardo da Cruz, David D. Ivy, and François G. Lacour-Gayet
	Implications of incising the ventricular septum in double outlet right ventricle and in the Ross–Konno operation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:589-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Iki Adachi, Hideki Uemura, Karen P. McCarthy, Anna Seale, and Siew Yen Ho
	Relationship between orifices of pulmonary and coronary arteries in common arterial trunk (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:594-599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John A. Hawkins, Christopher Todd Sower, Linda M. Lambert, Peter C. Kouretas, Phillip T. Burch, Aditya K. Kaza, Michael D. Puchalski, and Angela T. Yetman
	Stentless porcine valves in the right ventricular outflow tract: improved durability? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:600-605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roberto Formigari, Guido Michielon, Maria Cristina Digilio, Gerardo Piacentini, Adriano Carotti, Alessandro Giardini, Roberto M. Di Donato, and Bruno Marino
	Genetic syndromes and congenital heart defects: how is surgical management affected? (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:606-614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sabine Bleiziffer, Hendrik Ruge, Domenico Mazzitelli, Christian Schreiber, Andrea Hutter, Jean-Claude Laborde, Robert Bauernschmitt, and Ruediger Lange
	Results of percutaneous and transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation performed by a surgical team (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:615-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Wendt, Wiebke Müller, Florian Hauck, Matthias Thielmann, Hermann Wendt, Brigitte Kipfmüller, Bernd Vogel, and Heinz Jakob
	In vitro results of a new minimally invasive aortic valve resecting tool (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:622-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Jan Kovac, John de Caestecker, Graham Fancourt, Elaine Logtens, and Tom Spyt
	Intestinal angiodysplasia and aortic valve stenosis: let's not close the book on this association (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:628-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michele Di Mauro, Antonio Bivona, Angela L. Iacò, Marco Contini, Massimo Gagliardi, Egidio Varone, Sabina Gallina, and Antonio M. Calafiore
	Mitral valve surgery for functional mitral regurgitation: prognostic role of tricuspid regurgitation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:635-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ulrich O. von Oppell, Navroz Masani, Peter O’Callaghan, Richard Wheeler, Georgios Dimitrakakis, and Sandra Schiffelers
	Mitral valve surgery plus concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation is superior to mitral valve surgery alone with an intensive rhythm control strategy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:641-650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guro Valen
	Extracardiac approaches to protecting the heart (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:651-657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian F. Buxton, Philip A.R. Hayward, Andrew E. Newcomb, Simon Moten, Siven Seevanayagam, and Ian Gordon
	Choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: craft or science? (Invited paper) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:658-670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Luca Di Marco, Alessandro Armaro, Daniele Marsilli, Alessandro Leone, Emanuele Pilato, and Davide Pacini
	Treatment of complex disease of the thoracic aorta: the frozen elephant trunk technique with the E-vita open prosthesis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:671-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Takashi Kunihara, Norihiko Shiiya, Satoru Wakasa, Kenji Matsuzaki, and Yoshiro Matsui
	Assessment of hepatosplanchnic pathophysiology during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using visceral perfusion and shunt (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:677-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yuji Miyamoto, Shinya Fukui, Tetsuya Kajiyama, Masataka Mitsuno, Mitsuhiro Yamamura, Hiroe Tanaka, Masaaki Ryomoto, and Hiroyuki Nishi
	Analysis of collateral blood flow to the lower body during selective cerebral perfusion: is three-vessel perfusion better than two-vessel perfusion? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:684-688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sang Yun Song, Kook Joo Na, Sang Gi Oh, and Byoung Hee Ahn
	Learning curves of minimally invasive esophageal cancer surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:689-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Soumil Vyas, Ian Mitchell, Jamie Smart, David Stoker, and Adam K. Woolf
	Routine underwater seal drains are not required after transthoracic oesophagectomy: a pilot study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:694-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Matthew D. Taylor, Philip W. Smith, William K. Brix, Mark R. Wick, Nicholas Theodosakis, Brian R. Swenson, Benjamin D. Kozower, and David R. Jones
	Correlations between selected tumor markers and fluorodeoxyglucose maximal standardized uptake values in esophageal cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:699-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoki Kanauchi, Hiroyuki Oizumi, Tsuguo Honma, Hirohisa Kato, Makoto Endo, Jun Suzuki, Ken Fukaya, and Mitsuaki Sadahiro
	Role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for predicting of tumor invasiveness for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:706-711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hyeong Ryul Kim, Dong-Jin Kim, Won Woo Lee, Sanghoon Jheon, and Sook Whan Sung
	The significance of maximum standardized uptake values in patients with stage I pulmonary adenocarcinoma (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:712-717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Virginia L. Jones, and Robert Michael Cerfolio
	Pulmonary resection after concurrent chemotherapy and high dose (60 Gy) radiation for non-small cell lung cancer is safe and may provide increased survival (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:718-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabor Bognar, Jozsef Faller, and Pal Ondrejka
	Unilateral double epiphrenic diverticula of the esophagus (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:724. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hui-li Gan and Jian-quan Zhang
	Occupying the whole pulmonary artery: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:725. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alexander Lembcke, Patrick A. Hein, Adrian C. Borges, and Patrik Rogalla
	One-stop-shop cardiac diagnosis in a single heart beat using 320-slice computed tomography: ascending aortic aneurysm, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and mixed valvular heart disease (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:726. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Izhar N. Bagwan and Mary N. Sheppard
	Cardiac lipoma causing sudden cardiac death (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:727. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Danai Chourmouzi, Lampros Karagounis, Stathis Ioannidis, and Antonios Drevelegas
	Submitral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:728. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oleksandr Kondrachuk, Tetyana Yalynska, Raad Tammo, and Illya Yemets
	D-transposition of the great arteries and double aortic arch (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:729. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hany Elsayed, Mohamad Bashir, Thomas Thelogou, and Neeraj Mediratta
	Spontaneous right ventricular rupture after sternal dehiscence following coronary artery bypass grafting (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:730. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Massimo Bonacchi, Manlio Acquafresca, Massimo Maiani, and Guido Sani
	Implanted Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker left ventricular assist device: three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pierre Wauthy, Valérie Seghers, Perrine Mathonet, and Frank E. Deuvaert
	Cardiac ochronosis: not so benign (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:732-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arvind Kumar, Shashank Sharad Kale, Roman Dutta, and Abhinav Kumar
	Post-thoracotomy paraplegia due to epidural migration of bone wax (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:734-736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

James Roger Winearls, Steven McGloughlin, and John F Fraser
	Splenic rupture as a presenting feature of endocarditis (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:737-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sudip Nanda, Santo Longo, John Pamula, and Thompson H. Dale
	Recurrent pulmonary edema induced by coronary-subclavian steal syndrome during hemodialysis (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:740-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Volkan Baysungur, Erdal Okur, Leyla Tuncer, and Semih Halezeroglu
	Sequential right upper sleeve lobectomy and left pneumonectomy for bilateral synchronous lung cancer (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:743-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Hürtgen and Biruta Witte
	History of extended cervical mediastinoscopy (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sergi Call, Ramón Rami-Porta, and Jose Belda-Sanchis
	Reply to Hürtgen and Witte (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efstratios E. Apostolakis, Ioanna C. Koniari, and Grigorios G. Tsigkas
	Which are the exact guidelines for more rationale intervention concerning beta-blockers administration in coronary patients preoperatively? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:746. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Victor Aboyans, Michael Frank, Philippe Lacroix, and Marc Laskar
	Reply to Apostolakis et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:746-747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efstratios Apostolakis and Karolina Akinosoglou
	Is the use of at least one internal thoracic artery (ITA) directly associated with increased long-term cardiac-specific survival? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:747-748. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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