Original articles:

Marko Turina

Editorial announcement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 1. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vladimir Porhanov, Igor Poliakov, Valeriy Kononenko, Andrey Selvaschuk, Vadim Bodnya, Sergey Semendiaev, Mihail Mamelov, and Leonid Marchenko

Surgical treatment of ‘short stump’ bronchial fistula
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 2-7. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Boris A. Feito, Ana M. Rath, Elisabeth Longchampt, and Jacques Azorin

Experimental study on the in vivo behaviour of a new collagen glue in lung surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 8-13. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michele Genoni, Daniel Franzen, Paul Vogt, Burkhardt Seifert, Rolf Jenni, Andreas Künzli, Urs Niederhäuser, and Marko Turina

Paravalvular leakage after mitral valve replacement: improved long-term survival with aggressive surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 14-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Kleine, Mathias Perthel, J. Michael Hasenkam, Hans Nygaard, Søren B. Hansen, and Joachim Laas

Downstream turbulence and high intensity transient signals (HITS) following aortic valve replacement with Medtronic Hall or St. Jude Medical valve substitutes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 20-24. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Izumoto, Kohei Kawazoe, Kiyoyuki Eishi, and Junya Kamata

Medium-term results after the modified Cox/Maze procedure combined with other cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 25-29. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Kuhn, U. Müller-Werdan, D.V. Schmitt, H. Lange, G. Pilz, E. Kreuzer, F.W. Mohr, H.-R. Zerkowski, and K. Werdan

Improved outcome of APACHE II score-defined escalating systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients post cardiac surgery in 1996 compared to 1988–1990: the ESSICS-study pilot project
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 30-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Volkmar Falk, Anno Diegeler, Thomas Walther, Jürgen Banusch, Jan Brucerius, Jörg Raumans, Rüdiger Autschbach, and Friedrich W. Mohr

Total endoscopic computer enhanced coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 38-45. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lars Wiklund, Mats Johansson, Gunnar Brandrup-Wognsen, Mogens Bugge, Göran Radberg, and Eva Berglin

Difficulties in the interpretation of coronary angiogram early after coronary artery bypass surgery on the beating heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 46-51. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rufus Baretti, Asatoshi Mizuno, Gerald D. Buckberg, and John S. Child

Batista procedure: elliptical modeling against spherical distention
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 52-57. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Korbmacher, H.H. Schmitt, G. Bauer, M. Hoffmann, H. Vosberg, O. Simic, and E. Gams

Change of sternal perfusion following preparation of the internal thoracic artery – a scintigraphical study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 58-62. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hans J. Geissler, Karen L. Davis, Glen A. Laine, Edwin J. Ostrin, Uwe Mehlhorn, Khosro Hekmat, R. David Warters, and Steven J. Allen

Myocardial protection with high-dose ß-blockade in acute myocardial ischemia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 63-70. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ferdinand Kuhn-Régnier, Jürgen H. Fischer, Stephanie Jeschkeit, Rafael Switkowski, Övünc Bardakcioglu, Rolf Sobottke, and Ernst R. de Vivie

Coronary oxygen persufflation combined with HTK cardioplegia prolongs the preservation time in heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 71-76. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jürg Grünenfelder, Gregor Zünd, Andreina Schoeberlein, Friedrich E. Maly, Ulrich Schurr, Silvia Guntli, Katja Fischer, and Marko Turina

Modified ultrafiltration lowers adhesion molecule and cytokine levels after cardiopulmonary bypass without clinical relevance in adults
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 77-83. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Augustine Tang, Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay, and David Weeden

Giant chondrosarcoma of the anterior chest wall
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 84. [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Zsolt L. Nagy, Jonathan M. Parsons, and Kevin G. Watterson

Repair of aortic atresia and hypoplastic left heart syndrome without using graft material
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 85-87. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Theodosios Dosios

In vivo model for reversal of pulmonary blood flow in canines
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 88. [Full Text]  

Dan Abramov and Yoram Abramov

Reply to T. Dosios
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 17: 89. [Full Text]  

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