Tom Treasure, Tal Golesworthy, Warren Thornton, Michael Lamperth, Raad Mohiaddin, Robert H. Anderson, Steve Gallivan, and John Pepper
	Unknown unknowns: the aorta through the looking glass (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:925-926. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marko Ivan Turina, Hani Shennib, Joel Dunning, Davy Cheng, Janet Martin, Claudio Muneretto, Stephan Schueler, Ludwig von Segesser, Paul T. Sergeant on behalf of the ad hoc EACTS/ESCVS committee
	EACTS/ESCVS best practice guidelines for reporting treatment results in the thoracic aorta (Editorials) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:927-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ahmet Okay Caglayan and Munis Dundar
	Inherited diseases and syndromes leading to aortic aneurysms and dissections (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:931-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Landi M. Parish, Joseph H. Gorman, III, Sophia Kahn, Theodore Plappert, Martin G. St. John-Sutton, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Robert C. Gorman
	Aortic size in acute type A dissection: implications for preventive ascending aortic replacement (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:941-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nabil Saouti, Wim J. Morshuis, Robin H. Heijmen, and Repke J. Snijder
	Long-term outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a single institution experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:947-952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martijn W.A. van Geldorp, Menno van Gameren, Arie Pieter Kappetein, Bardia Arabkhani, Lotte E. de Groot-de Laat, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
	Therapeutic decisions for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: room for improvement? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:953-957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manuel J. Antunes
	Editorial comment: Therapeutic decisions for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis Much still to do! (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:958-959. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alfried Germing and Andreas Mügge
	What the cardiac surgeon needs to know prior to aortic valve surgery: impact of echocardiography (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:960-964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Joerg Kempfert, Johannes Blumenstein, Michael W.A. Chu, Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann, Tobias Kobilke, Volkmar Falk, Friedrich W. Mohr, and Thomas Walther
	Minimally invasive off-pump valve-in-a-ring implantation: the atrial transcatheter approach for re-operative mitral valve replacement after failed repair (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:965-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mathieu Vergnat, Roland Henaine, Martins Kalejs, Sandra Bommeli, Enrico Ferrari, Jean-Francois Obadia, and Ludwig Karl Von Segesser
	A new self-expanding aortic stent valve with annular fixation: in vitro haemodynamic assessment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:970-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vinod Venugopal, Andrew Ludman, Derek M. Yellon, and Derek J. Hausenloy
	‘Conditioning’ the heart during surgery (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:977-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rajeshwara Krishna Prasad Adluri, Arvind V. Singh, Julian Skoyles, Adrian Robins, Anthony Hitch, Mya Baker, and Ian Moore Mitchell
	The effect of fenoldopam and dopexamine on hepatic blood flow and hepatic function following coronary artery bypass grafting with hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:988-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thierry Bové, Yves Van Belleghem, Guy Vandenplas, Frank Caes, Katrien François, Julie De Backer, Michel De Pauw, and Guido Van Nooten
	Short-term systolic and diastolic ventricular performance after surgical ventricular restoration for dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:995-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Osman O. Al-Radi, Colleen Gruenwald, Lynn Lean, William G. Williams, Brian W. McCrindle, Christopher A. Caldarone, and Glen S. Van Arsdell
	Extra-corporeal life support following cardiac surgery in children: analysis of risk factors and survival in a single institution (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1004-1011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Francesco Onorati, Giuseppe Santarpino, Gelsomina Tangredi, Giorgio Palmieri, Antonino S. Rubino, Daniela Foti, Elio Gulletta, and Attilio Renzulli
	Intra-aortic balloon pump induced pulsatile perfusion reduces endothelial activation and inflammatory response following cardiopulmonary bypass (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1012-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michiel Morshuis, Aly El-Banayosy, Latif Arusoglu, Reiner Koerfer, Roland Hetzer, Georg Wieselthaler, Alain Pavie, and Chisato Nojiri
	European experience of DuraHeartTM magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist system (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1020-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans Liden, Åsa Haraldsson, Sven-Erik Ricksten, Ulf Kjellman, and Lars Wiklund
	Does pretransplant left ventricular assist device therapy improve results after heart transplantation in patients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1029-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giuseppe Vassalli, Marc-Estienne Roehrich, Pierre Vogt, Giovanni B. Pedrazzini, Francesco Siclari, Tiziano Moccetti, and Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Modalities and future prospects of gene therapy in heart transplantation (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1036-1044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephan Korom, Annette Boehler, and Walter Weder
	Immunosuppressive therapy in lung transplantation: state of the art (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1045-1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Eduardo Miñambres, Javier Burón, Maria Angeles Ballesteros, Javier Llorca, Pedro Muñoz, and Alejandro González-Castro
	Tracheal rupture after endotracheal intubation: a literature systematic review (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1056-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elisa Meacci, Alfredo Cesario, Stefano Margaritora, Venanzio Porziella, Adele Tessitore, Giacomo Cusumano, Amelia Evoli, and Pierluigi Granone
	Thymectomy in myasthenia gravis via original video-assisted infra-mammary cosmetic incision and median sternotomy: long-term results in 180 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1063-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bram Balduyck, Jeroen Hendriks, Patrick Lauwers, Peyman Sardari Nia, and Paul Van Schil
	Quality of life evolution after lung cancer surgery in septuagenarians: a prospective study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1070-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shu-Yu Shih, Sung-Yuan Hu, Yu-Tse Tsan, and Tzu-Chieh Lin
	Spontaneous hemomediastinum and hemothorax caused by ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1076. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sander R. Hoogstraate, Marcel J.M. Kofflard, Koen Nieman, and Marc C.J.M. Kock
	A rare coronary anomaly detected by computed tomography angiography: the left circumflex artery originating from the descending thoracic aorta (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1077. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masaru Yoshikai, Kazuyuki Ikeda, Manabu Itoh, and Yousuke Ueno
	Cardiac fusion image from myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and 64-slice computed tomography before and after coronary artery bypass grafting (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1078. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Annabel Jane Sharkey, Edward Weng Koon Peng, and Graham J. Cooper
	Large false aneurysm following aortic valve replacement and excision of an abscess cavity for the treatment of staphylococcus aureus endocarditis (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1079. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen C. Brown, Derize Boshoff, Benedicte Eyskens, and Marc Gewillig
	Hybrid approach as bridge to biventricular repair in a neonate with critical aortic stenosis and borderline left ventricle (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1080-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yusuke Koteda, Kenji Suda, Shintaro Kishimoto, and Motofumi Iemura
	Portal-systemic encephalopathy after Fontan-type operation in patient with polysplenia syndrome (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1083-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jamil Hajj-Chahine, Fadia Haddad, Issam El-Rassi, and Victor Jebara
	Surgical management of a circumflex aneurysm with fistula to the coronary sinus (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1086-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nobuchika Ozaki, Noboru Wakita, Kyozo Inoue, and Akitoshi Yamada
	Surgical repair of coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with aneurysms (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1089-1090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Doris Malehsa, Anna L. Meyer, Christoph Bara, and Martin Strüber
	Acquired von Willebrand syndrome after exchange of the HeartMate XVE to the HeartMate II ventricular assist device (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1091-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Justus T. Strauch, Elmar Kuhn, Peter L. Haldenwang, and Thorsten Wahlers
	Pulmonary trunk perforation during transapical minimal invasive aortic valve replacement (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1094-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xujun Chen, Xin Chen, Fusheng Gu, and Donghua Xie
	An alternative surgical approach for aortic infective endocarditis: vegetectomy (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1096-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seong Woo Han, Hyun-Joong Kim, Sunghae Kim, and Kyu Hyung Ryu
	Coronary ostial stenosis after aortic valvuloplasty (comprehensive aortic root and valve repair) (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1099-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mehmet Kayrak, Osman Sonmez, Mehmet A. Vatankulu, and Mehmet S. Ulgen
	Completely asymptomatic proximal aortic dissection and massive bullous lung disease: coincidence or is there any etiologic link? (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1102-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gunda Leschber, Wolfram Klemm, and Johannes Merk
	Video-mediastinoscopic resection of a long bronchial stump and reclosure of bronchial insufficiency after pneumonectomy (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1105-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher Andrew Efthymiou and James Andrew Charles Thorpe
	Thymic cyst presenting as tachy-brady syndrome (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1108-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Serenella Castelvecchio, Marco Ranucci, and Lorenzo A. Menicanti
	The role of surgical technique in determining the outcome of left ventricular reconstruction: a difficult assessment (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1111. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patrick Klein, Jeroen J. Bax, and Robert J.M. Klautz
	Reply to Castelvecchio et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1111-1112. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mert Kestelli, Engin Tulukoglu, Ismail I. Yurekli, and Ali Gurbuz
	Think twice while inserting a transannular patch (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1112-1113. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Inga Voges, Jens Scheewe, Hans-Heiner Kramer, and Anselm Uebing
	Reply to Kestelli et al. (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1113. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Salvatore Lentini, Sossio Perrotta, and Roberto Gaeta
	Surgical approach for isolated aortic valve replacement with patent coronary grafts (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1114. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nawid Khaladj, Malakh Shrestha, Axel Haverich, and Christian Hagl
	Reply to Lentini et al.: Redo-sternotomy and myocardial protection in patients with patent LIMA-grafts (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1114-1115. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Justo Rafael Sádaba
	Rho-kinase, the forgotten link? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1115. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan R. Conant and Alec W.M. Simpson
	Reply to Sadaba (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1116. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Walter J. Gomes and Paulo R. Evora
	Vasoplegic syndrome after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a rising threat (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1116-1117. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Efstratios Apostolakis, Christos Prokakis, Efstratios Koletsis, and Dimitrios Dougenis
	Median sternotomy for combined coronary artery bypass grafting and lung tumor resection: is it valid or not? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1117. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wojciech Dyszkiewicz and Cezary Piwkowski
	Reply to Apostolakis et al. Median sternotomy for combined coronary artery bypass grafting and lung tumor resection: is it valid or not? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1117-1118. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sameh Ibrahim Sersar, Usama Ali Hamza, Wael AbdelAziz Abdel Hameed, Reda Ahmed AbulMaaty, NourEldean Noaman Gowaeli, Sherif Abdou Moussa, Shawki Mahmoud AlMorsi, and Muna Mohammed Hafez
	Retraction notice to "Inhaled foreign bodies: management according to early or late presentation" [Eur. J. Cardio-thorac. Surg. 28 (3) (2005) 369–374] (Retraction notices) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1119. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John J. Trujillo, Sergio Beltrame, Stefano Urso, and Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria
	Retraction notice to "Iatrogenic perforation of the right pulmonary artery" [Eur. J. Cardio-Thorac. Surg. 34 (6) (2008) 1249] (Retraction notices) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:1119. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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