Manuel J. Antunes
	The EuroSCORE – 10 years later. Time to change? (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:253-254. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriele Di Giammarco, Roberto Rabozzi, Bruno Chiappini, and Gabriele Tamagnini
	Absolute and relative risk prediction in patients candidate to isolated aortic valve replacement: should we change our mind? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:255-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Priya Sastry, Thomas Theologou, Mark Field, Matthew Shaw, D. Mark Pullan, and Brian M. Fabri
	Predictive accuracy of EuroSCORE: is end-diastolic dysfunction a missing variable? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:261-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cheul Lee, Chang-Ha Lee, Jae Gun Kwak, Chun Soo Park, Soo-Jin Kim, Jin Young Song, and Woo-Sup Shim
	Long-term results after mitral valve repair in children (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:267-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Mazyar Kanani, Victor Tsang, Andrew Cook, and Martin Kostolny
	Re-repair of the left atrioventricular valve in atrioventricular septal defects: the morphologic approach to the role of Gore-tex band reduction annuloplasty (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:273-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward J. Hickey, Thomas Yeh, Jr., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Christopher A. Caldarone, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Brian W. McCrindle, Francois Lacour-Gayet, and Christian Pizarro
	Ross and Yasui operations for complex biventricular repair in infants with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:279-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anke K. Furck, Jan H. Hansen, Anselm Uebing, Jens Scheewe, Olaf Jung, and Hans-Heiner Kramer
	The impact of afterload reduction on the early postoperative course after the Norwood operation — a 12-year single-centre experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:289-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen Brown, Derize Boshoff, Filip Rega, Benedicte Eyskens, Bart Meyns, and Marc Gewillig
	Dilatable pulmonary artery banding in infants with low birth weight or complex congenital heart disease allows avoidance or postponement of subsequent surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:296-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Isao Shiraishi, Masaaki Yamagishi, Kenji Hamaoka, Masayuki Fukuzawa, and Toshikatsu Yagihara
	Simulative operation on congenital heart disease using rubber-like urethane stereolithographic biomodels based on 3D datasets of multislice computed tomography (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:302-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephanie Siehr, Eckehard Stuth, James Tweddell, George Hoffman, Todd Troshynski, Deborah Jones, Michael Mitchell, and Nancy Ghanayem
	Hypersensitivity reactions to aprotinin re-exposure in paediatric surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:307-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yong Han, Jian Wang, Wenhai Li, Zhongping Gu, Tao Zhang, Qiang Lu, and Xiaofei Li
	Non-thoracoscopic extrapleural Nuss procedure for the correction of pectus excavatum in children (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:312-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]

Hiroshi Iida, Toru Sunazawa, Keiichi Ishida, and Atsuo Doi
	Surgical repair of pectus excavatum not requiring exogenous implants in 113 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:316-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hani Shennib, Julio Rodriguez-Lopez, Venkatesh Ramaiah, Grayson Wheatley, Jacques Kpodonu, James Williams, Dawn Olson, and Edward B. Diethrich
	Endovascular management of adult coarctation and its complications: intermediate results in a cohort of 22 patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:322-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Po-Shun Hsu, Jia-Lin Chen, Guo-Jieng Hong, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chung-Yi Lee, Yu-Guang Chen, and Chien-Sung Tsai
	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock after cardiac surgery: predictors of early mortality and outcome from 51 adult patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:328-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiaolei Yan, Shijie Jia, Xu Meng, Ping Dong, Ming Jia, Jiuhe Wan, and Xiaotong Hou
	Acute kidney injury in adult postcardiotomy patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: evaluation of the RIFLE classification and the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:334-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vinod Mishra, Jan L. Svennevig, Jan F. Bugge, Sølvi Andresen, Agnete Mathisen, Harald Karlsen, Ishtiaq Khushi, and Terje P. Hagen
	Cost of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: evidence from the Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:339-342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cosimo D’Alessandro, Stéphane Aubert, Jean Louis Golmard, Beltran Levy Praschker, Charles Edouard Luyt, Alain Pavie, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Pascal Leprince
	Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation temporary support for early graft failure after cardiac transplantation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:343-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen Westaby, Michael Siegenthaler, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Massimo Massetti, John Pepper, Andre Khayat, Roland Hetzer, and Oscar Howard Frazier
	Destination therapy with a rotary blood pump and novel power delivery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:350-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Jaap Lahpor, Asghar Khaghani, Roland Hetzer, Alain Pavie, Ivar Friedrich, Kaare Sander, and Martin Strüber
	European results with a continuous-flow ventricular assist device for advanced heart-failure patients (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:357-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eiji Yoshikawa, Akira Marui, Masaki Tsukashita, Takeshi Nishina, Jian Wang, Hiroyuki Muranaka, Tadashi Ikeda, and Masashi Komeda
	Carvedilol may alleviate late cardiac remodelling following surgical ventricular restoration (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:362-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karlos Alexandre de Souza Vilarinho, Orlando Petrucci, R. Scott Baker, José Vassallo, André Almeida Schenka, Jodie Y. Duffy, Pedro Paulo Martins de Oliveira, and Reinaldo Wilson Vieira
	Early changes in contractility indices and fibrosis in two minimally invasive congestive heart failure models (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:368-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yeong-Hoon Choi, Douglas B. Cowan, Thorsten C.W. Wahlers, Roland Hetzer, Pedro J. del Nido, and Christof Stamm
	Calcium sensitisation impairs diastolic relaxation in post-ischaemic myocardium: implications for the use of Ca2+ sensitising inotropes after cardiac surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:376-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Farshad Dorri, Peter F. Niederer, Paul P. Lunkenheimer, and Robert H. Anderson
	The architecture of the left ventricular myocytes relative to left ventricular systolic function (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:384-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hemang Yadav, Beth Unsworth, Marianna Fontana, Gerhard-Paul Diller, Andreas Kyriacou, Resham Baruah, Jamil Mayet, and Darrel P. Francis
	Selective right ventricular impairment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:393-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giovanna A. Lurati Buse, Michael T. Koller, Martin Grapow, Daniel Bolliger, Manfred Seeberger, and Miodrag Filipovic
	The prognostic value of troponin release after adult cardiac surgery — a meta-analysis (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:399-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Liu-Kun Meng and Cheng-Gui Liu
	Gene therapies for pulmonary hypertension—from experimental trials to bedside aspects (Reviews) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:407-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Silvana F. Marasco, David Pilcher, Takahiro Oto, Wenly Chang, Anne Griffiths, Vince Pellegrino, Justin Chan, and Michael Bailey
	Aprotinin in lung transplantation is associated with an increased incidence of primary graft dysfunction (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:420-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Taichiro Goto, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Masahiko Katayama, Mitsutomo Kohno, Sadatomo Tasaka, Seitaro Fujishima, Koichi Kobayashi, and Hiroaki Nomori
	Involvement of E-cadherin cleavage in reperfusion injury (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:426-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Alvarez, Paula Moreno, Dionisio Espinosa, Francisco Santos, Jennifer Illana, Francisco Javier Algar, Carlos Baamonde, and Angel Salvatierra
	Assessment of lungs for transplantation: a stepwise analysis of 476 donors (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:432-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shinsuke Takeno, Shin-ichi Yamashita, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Kiyoshi Ono, Mirei Kamei, Toshihiko Moroga, and Katsunobu Kawahara
	Survivin expression in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: its prognostic impact and splice variant expression (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:440-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Umit Aydogmus, Levent Cansever, Yasar Sonmezoglu, Kemal Karapinar, Celalettin Ibrahim Kocaturk, and Mehmet Ali Bedirhan
	The impact of the type of resection on survival in patients with N1 non-small-cell lung cancers (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:446-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John R. Handy, Jr., James W. Asaph, Emory Charles Douville, Gary Y. Ott, Gary L. Grunkemeier, and YingXing Wu
	Does video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer provide improved functional outcomes compared with open lobectomy? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:451-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuro Sugi, Seiki Kobayashi, Manabu Sudou, Hisashi Sakano, Eisuke Matsuda, and Kazunori Okabe
	Long-term prognosis of video-assisted limited surgery for early lung cancer (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:456-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martina Hampel, Iris Dally, Thorsten Walles, Volker Steger, Stefanie Veit, Thomas Kyriss, and Godehard Friedel
	Impact of neo-adjuvant radiochemotherapy on bronchial tissue viability (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:461-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gultekin Gulbahar, Bulent Kocer, Serife Nursel Muratli, Erkan Yildirim, Ozlem Gulbahar, Koray Dural, and Unal Sakinci
	A comparison of epidural and paravertebral catheterisation techniques in post-thoracotomy pain management (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:467-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ravindra Kumar Dewan
	Surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis — a 15-year experience (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:473-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Petre Vlah-Horea Botianu, Adrian Cristian Dobrica, Alexandra Butiurca, and Alexandru Mihail Botianu
	Complex space-filling procedures for intrathoracic infections — personal experience with 76 consecutive cases (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:478-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marc Riquet
	Editorial comment (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:482. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Osman Eroglu, Baran Budak, Sefa Selcuk, and Caner Ozbey
	Intraosseous lipoma of the rib (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:483. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ai-Ping Chen, Hui-Min Li, Hong Yu, and Xiang-Sheng Xiao
	Bronchopulmonary arteriovenous malformation — demonstrated by multidetector computed tomography angiography (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:484. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Junaid Patel and Mary N. Sheppard
	Primary aortic paraganglioma (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:485. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masamichi Ono, Heidi Goerler, Dietmar Boethig, and Thomas Breymann
	Surgical removal of Kirschner wire from the right ventricle, migrated from the femur (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:486. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Peters, Nick Butler, Julie Mundy, and Pallav Shah
	Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as an isolated soft-tissue chest wall mass (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:487. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steve San Ho Amerasekera and Simon Prosser McGuirk
	Aberrant left brachiocephalic vein (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:488. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elena Casquero, Miguel Piñón, Emilio Paredes, and Rocío Casais
	Residual atrial septal defect after percutaneous closure with an Amplatzer device (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:489. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bartosz Rylski, Matthias Siepe, Joachim Schoellhorn, and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
	Endoscopic treatment for delayed cardiac tamponade (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:490-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Manuel J. Antunes
	Open anastomosis: an alternative for proximal vein graft anastomoses in significantly diseased aortas (How-to-do-it) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:492-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans Gustav Thyregod, Jens Teglgaard Lund, Thomas Engstrøm, and Daniel Andreas Steinbrüchel
	Transcatheter aortic valve prosthesis surgically replaced 4 months after implantation (Case report) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:494-496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kosmas I. Paraskevas
	Prescribing statins in aortic stenosis: little to lose, much to gain (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:497. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martijn W.A. van Geldorp and Johanna J.M. Takkenberg
	Reply to Paraskevas (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:498. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
	Independent predictors of postoperative atrial fibrillation (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:498-499. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yong Seon Choi, Jae Kwang Shim, and Young Lan Kwak
	Reply to Ramaraj (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:499. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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