Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Post-cardiac surgery arrest: what to do in the ICU (intensive care unit) (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:1-2. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joel Dunning, Alessandro Fabbri, Philippe H. Kolh, Adrian Levine, Ulf Lockowandt, Jonathan Mackay, Alain J. Pavie, Tim Strang, Michael I.M. Versteegh, Samer A.M. Nashef on behalf of the EACTS Clinical Guidelines Committee
	Guideline for resuscitation in cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery (Guideline) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:3-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Zulfiquar Adam, Safwaan Adam, Raymond L. Everngam, Robert K. Oberteuffer, Adrian Levine, Tim Strang, Katy Gofton, and Joel Dunning
	Resuscitation after cardiac surgery: results of an international survey (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:29-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nouredin Messaoudi, Jeroen De Cocker, Bernard A. Stockman, Leo L. Bossaert, and Inez E.R. Rodrigus
	Is EuroSCORE useful in the prediction of extended intensive care unit stay after cardiac surgery? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:35-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephanie Fuller, Alex S. Nord, Marsha Gerdes, Gil Wernovsky, Gail P. Jarvik, Judy Bernbaum, Elaine Zackai, and James William Gaynor
	Predictors of impaired neurodevelopmental outcomes at one year of age after infant cardiac surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:40-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tomohiro Nakata, Yoshifumi Fujimoto, Keiichi Hirose, Masaki Osaki, Yuko Tosaka, Yujiro Ide, Maiko Tachi, and Kisaburo Sakamoto
	Functional single ventricle with extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:49-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katrien François, Thierry Bové, Katya De Groote, Joseph Panzer, Kristof Vandekerckhove, Bert Suys, Daniel De Wolf, and Guido Van Nooten
	Pleural effusions, water balance mediators and the influence of lisinopril after completion Fontan procedures (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:57-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshie Ochiai, Yutaka Imoto, Masato Sakamoto, Takashi Kajiwara, Akira Sese, Mamie Watanabe, Takuro Ohno, and Kunitaka Joo
	Mid-term follow-up of the status of Gore-Tex graft after extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:63-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yuki Nakamura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Koji Kagisaki, Ikuo Hagino, and Junjiro Kobayashi
	Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after a Fontan operation in the left isomerism and absent inferior vena cava (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:69-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qiang Chen and Andrew J. Parry
	The current role of hybrid procedures in the stage 1 palliation of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:77-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Charles C. Canver, Ahmed Sallehuddin, Saud Al-Oufi, Mansour Joufan, and Zohair Al-Halees
	Aortic and mitral valve replacement in children: is there any role for biologic and bioprosthetic substitutes? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:84-90. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rajesh Puranik, Victor T. Tsang, Smrithi Puranik, Rodney Jones, Seamus Cullen, Phillip Bonhoeffer, Marina L. Hughes, and Andrew M. Taylor
	Late magnetic resonance surveillance of repaired coarctation of the aorta (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:91-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Léon M. Putman, Menno van Gameren, Folkert J. Meijboom, Peter L. de Jong, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Maarten Witsenburg, Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, and Ad J.J.C. Bogers
	Seventeen years of adult congenital heart surgery: a single centre experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:96-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ophélie Loup, Catherina von Weissenfluh, Brigitta Gahl, Markus Schwerzmann, Thierry Carrel, and Alexander Kadner
	Quality of life of grown-up congenital heart disease patients after congenital cardiac surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:105-111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

René Hubert Bombien, Marie Appel, Tim Attmann, Günter-Rudolf Klaws, Michael Schünke, Christine Haß, Jochen Cremer, and Georg Lutter
	Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: gross anatomy and histological findings after transapical and endoluminal resection of human aortic valves in situ (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:112-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Maisano, Iassen Michev, Stanton Rowe, Alessandro Addis, Marino Campagnol, Andrea Guidotti, Antonio Colombo, and Ottavio Alfieri
	Transapical endovascular implantation of neochordae using a suction and suture device (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:118-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr
	Editorial comment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:123. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georg Lutter, René Quaden, Satoru Osaki, Jian Hu, Jochen Renner, Niloo M. Edwards, Jochen Cremer, and Lucian Lozonschi
	Off-pump transapical mitral valve replacement (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:124-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David Glineur, Claude Hanet, William D’hoore, Alain Poncelet, Laurent De Kerchove, Pierre Yves Etienne, Philippe Noirhomme, and Gebrine El Khoury
	Causes of non-functioning right internal mammary used in a Y-graft configuration: insight from a 6-month systematic angiographic trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:129-136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Håvard Nordgaard, Dag Nordhaug, Idar Kirkeby-Garstad, Lasse Løvstakken, Nicola Vitale, and Rune Haaverstad
	Different graft flow patterns due to competitive flow or stenosis in the coronary anastomosis assessed by transit-time flowmetry in a porcine model (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:137-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeno Szolnoky, Nóra Ambrus, Antal Szabó-Biczók, Gábor Bogáts, Julius Gy. Papp, András Varró, and János Pataricza
	Biseko® colloidal solution diminishes the vasoreactivity of human isolated radial arteries (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:143-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Theodore Velissaris, Augustine T.M. Tang, Peter J. Wood, David A. Hett, and Sunil K. Ohri
	Thyroid function during coronary surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:148-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John Roland Porterfield, Stephen D. Cassivi, Dennis A. Wigle, K. Robert Shen, Francis C. Nichols, Clive S. Grant, Mark S. Allen, and Claude Deschamps
	Thoracic metastasectomy for thyroid malignancies (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:155-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chang Young Lee, Mi Kyung Bae, In Kyu Park, Dae Joon Kim, Jin Gu Lee, and Kyung Young Chung
	Early Masaoka stage and complete resection is important for prognosis of thymic carcinoma: a 20-year experience at a single institution (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:159-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eugenio Pompeo, Federico Tacconi, Roberto Massa, Davide Mineo, Sarit Nahmias, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo
	Long-term outcome of thoracoscopic extended thymectomy for nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:164-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kim Wildgaard, Jesper Ravn, and Henrik Kehlet
	Chronic post-thoracotomy pain: a critical review of pathogenic mechanisms and strategies for prevention (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:170-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Alessandro Brunelli, Anne Charloux, Chris T. Bolliger, Gaetano Rocco, Jean-Paul Sculier, Gonzalo Varela, Marc Licker, Mark K. Ferguson, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Rudolf Maria Huber, Enrico M. Clini, Thida Win, Dirk De Ruysscher, Lee Goldman on behalf of the European Respiratory Society, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons joint task force on fitness for radical therapy
	The European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons clinical guidelines for evaluating fitness for radical treatment (surgery and chemoradiotherapy) in patients with lung cancer (Guideline) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:181-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Socrates Tsagkaropoulos, Federico Francioni, Giancarlo Ferretti, and Federico Venuta
	An unusual case of foreign body aspiration: a lobster's antenna (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:185. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Khaled E. Al-Ebrahim
	A huge ascending aortic aneurysm bigger than the heart size (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:186. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Taner Sen, Yesim Guray, Edjon Hajro, and Burcu Mecit Demirkan
	Giant unruptured noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm with ascending aorta dissection (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:187. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Wolfgang G. Mouton and André Wyss
	Kommerell's diverticulum (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:188. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naoto Morimoto, Kenji Okada, and Yutaka Okita
	Aortic regurgitation and coronary malperfusion secondary to intimo-intimal intussusception into the left ventricle in acute aortic dissection (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:189-190. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elena Casquero, Darío Durán, Vanesa Asorey, and Rocío Casais
	Coronary artery spasm after mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:191. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Guillermo Reyes, Keith B. Allen, Beatriz Aguado, and Juan Duarte
	Bone marrow laser revascularisation for treating refractory angina due to diffuse coronary heart disease (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:192-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roman Gebauer and Stepan Cerny
	A modification of the Ross procedure to prevent pulmonary autograft dilatation (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:195-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoshi Kainuma, Takenori Yokota, Koichi Toda, and Kazuhiro Taniguchi
	Modified maze procedure combined with mitral valve surgery via septal-superior approach (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:198-199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Enrique Ruiz, Rafael Guerrero, Yves d’Udekem, and Christian Brizard
	A technique of fenestration for extracardiac Fontan with long-term patency (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:200-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Krishnan Ganapathy Subramaniam and Zakir Akhunji
	Drug eluting stent induced coronary artery aneurysm repair by exclusion. Where are we headed? (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:203-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ruoyu Zhang, Patrick Zardo, Axel Haverich, and Issam Ismail
	Elongation of right internal thoracic artery with radial artery for redo total arterial revascularization in patients with open left internal thoracic artery to left anterial descending artery graft (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:206-207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chez Smith, Enoch Akowuah, Sanjay Theodore, and Robin Brown
	Diffuse coronary artery spasm treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:208-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thierry Carrel and Jürg Schmidli
	Septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: coil, boil and the role of rescue surgery (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:210-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshiharu Nishimura, Yoshitaka Okamura, Shunji Uchita, and Kentaro Honda
	Abrupt rupture of an aortic arch aneurysm into the pulmonary artery (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:212-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yi-Hsuan Wu, Chao-Han Lai, Chawn-Yau Luo, and Yau-Lin Tseng
	Tracheoinnominate artery fistula caused by migration of a Kirschner wire (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:214-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xueying Yang, Xin Gao, and Shumin Wang
	Primary mediastinal malignant meningioma (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:217-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ka-Yin Tsui, Hong-Ren Yu, Kao-Pin Hwang, and Chen-Kuang Niu
	When parents opted not to perform surgery for a long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis child: flexible bronchoscopic balloon tracheoplasty as the primary treatment (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:219-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Serge Cappeliez, Stéphane Lenoir, Pierre Validire, and Dominique Gossot
	Totally endoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy for congenital bronchial atresia (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:222-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lajos Kotsis
	What is the most effective palliation for esophagorespiratory fistulas? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:225. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akos Balazs, Peter K. Kupcsulik, and Zoltan Galambos
	Reply to Kotsis (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:226. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Khaled E. Al-Ebrahim
	Use of titanium plates in repair of adult complete sternal cleft (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:226-227. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jose-Ribas M. de-Campos and Joao-Carlos Das-Neves-Pereira
	Reply to Al-Ebrahim (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:227. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Haitham Abunasra, Christos Alexiou, and Andrew Sosnowski
	Arterial cannulation for acute type A aortic dissection (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:227-228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nawid Khaladj, Malakh Shrestha, Axel Haverich, and Christian Hagl
	Reply to Abunasra et al. The exciting question of cannulation site in acute aortic dissection type A (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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