Original articles:

Luciano Solaini, Paolo Bagioni, Andrea Campanini, and Basilio Domenico Poddie

Diagnostic role of videothoracoscopy in mediastinal diseases
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 491-493. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

A. Al-Qudah, S. Daradkeh, and M. Abu- Khalaf

Esophageal foreign bodies
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 494-498. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J.L. Monro

Surgery for congenital heart disease in Europe 1995
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 500-503. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hideki Uemura, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Katsushi Yamashita, Toru Ishizaka, Ko Yoshizumi, and Youichi Kawahira

Establishment of total cavopulmonary connection without use of cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 504-508. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Julia Ritter, Martin Schneider, and Wolfgang Konertz

Fontan modification for subsequent non-surgical Fontan completion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 509-513. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Chauvaud, J.F. Fuzellier, A. Berrebi, P. Lajos, J.P. Marino, S. Mihaileanu, and A. Carpentier

Bi-directional cavopulmonary shunt associated with ventriculo and valvuloplasty in Ebstein's anomaly: benefits in high risk patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 514-519. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen M. Langley, Stuart V. Sheppard, Victor T. Tsang, James L. Monro, and Robert K. Lamb

When is extracorporeal life support worthwhile following repair of congenital heart disease in children?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 520-525. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I.S. Morgan, M. Codispoti, K. Sanger, and P.S. Mankad

Superiority of centrifugal pump over roller pump in paediatric cardiac surgery: prospective randomised trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 526-532. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

O. Gödje, M. Peyerl, T. Seebauer, P. Lamm, H. Mair, and B. Reichart

Central venous pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and intrathoracic blood volumes as preload indicators in cardiac surgery patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 533-540. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Udo Boeken, Peter Feindt, Norbert Zimmermann, Gerhard Kalweit, Thomas Petzold, and Emmeran Gams

Increased preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP)-values without signs of an infection and complicated course after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) – operations
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 541-545. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles D. Deakin, Malcolm J.R. Dalrymple-Hay, Paul Jones, and James L. Monro

Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on systemic vascular resistance and vasoconstrictor requirements during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 546-550. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Henry J.C.M. van de Wal, Miguel Barbero-Marcial, Sylvie Hulin, and Yves Lecompte

Cardiac surgery by transxiphoid approach without sternotomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 551-554. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erik Hjelms, Poul Alstrup, Peter K. Paulsen, Uffe Niebuhr-Jørgensen, Lars Ib Andersen, and Henrik Arendrup

CABG shortly after AMI treated with thrombolysis: an analysis of the surgical group and a comparison with PTCA in the DANAMI study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 555-558. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Caputo, W.C. Dihmis, A.J. Bryan, M.-S. Suleiman, and G.D. Angelini

Warm blood hyperkalaemic reperfusion (`hot shot') prevents myocardial substrate derangement in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 559-564. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Domenico Mazzitelli, Thomas Guenther, Christian Schreiber, Michael Wottke, Johannes Michel, and Hans Meisner

Aortic valve replacement in children: are we on the right track?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 565-571. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Helen L. Thomson, Mark F. O'Brien, Aubrey A. Almeida, Peter J. Tesar, Malcolm B. Davison, and Darryl J. Burstow

Haemodynamics and left ventricular mass regression: a comparison of the stentless, stented and mechanical aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 572-575. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peppino Pugliese, Renzo Pessotto, Francesco Santini, Giuseppe Montalbano, Giovanni Battista Luciani, and Alessandro Mazzucco

Risk of late reoperations in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: impact of a more radical surgical approach
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 576-581. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rossella Fattori, Francesca Celletti, Benedetta Descovich, Gabriella Napoli, Paola Bertaccini, Roberto Galli, Giampaolo Gavelli, and Angelo Pierangeli

Evolution of post-traumatic aortic aneurysm in the subacute phase: magnetic resonance imaging follow-up as a support of the surgical timing
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 582-587. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D.J. Barron, P.J. Etherington, C.P. Winlove, J.C. Jarvis, S. Salmons, and J.R. Pepper

Muscle transformation in cardiomyoplasty: the effect of conditioning and mobilisation on perfusion, oxygenation and fatigue resistance in the latissimus dorsi muscle
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 588-598. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlo Pellegrini, Timothy O'Brien, Anders Jeppsson, Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick, John Yap, Henry D. Tazelaar, and Christopher G.A. McGregor

Influence of temperature on adenovirus-mediated gene transfer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 599-603. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EDITORIALS COMMENT:

K. Moghissi

Foreign bodies in the oesophagus
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 499. [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Massimo Massetti, Gerard Babatasi, Eric Saloux, and Andre Khayat

Intermittent left-to-right shunt due to a left atrial myxoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 604-605. [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Alain Prat, André Vincentelli, Henri Porte, and Alain Wurtz

Combined tracheal resection and aortic valve replacement with a cryopreserved aortic valve allograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 606-608. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ioannis C. Papachristos, George Laoutides, Odysseas Papaefthimiou, and Elias G. Andrianopoulos

Gigantic primary lipoma of the diaphragm presenting with respiratory failure
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 609-611. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierre Barsotti, Antonis Chatzimichalis, Gilbert Massard, and Jean-Marie Wihlm

Cervical bronchogenic cyst mimicking thyroid adenoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998 13: 612-614. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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