Original articles:

Brian F. Buxton, Permyos Ruengsakulrach, John Fuller, Alexander Rosalion, Christopher M. Reid, and James Tatoulis

The right internal thoracic artery graft – benefits of grafting the left coronary system and native vessels with a high grade stenosis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 255-261. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiroshi Takano, Tetsuo Sakakibara, Ryosuke Matsuwaka, Tatsuyuki Hori, Nobuo Sakagoshi, and Nobuyuki Shinohara

The safety and usefulness of cool head–warm body perfusion in aortic surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 262-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Grimm, Martin Czerny, Harald Baumer, Juliane Kilo, Christian Madl, Ludwig Kramer, Angela Rajek, and Ernst Wolner

Normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is beneficial for cognitive brain function after coronary artery bypass grafting – a prospective randomized trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 270-275. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihiro Suematsu, Toshiya Ohtsuka, Kagami Miyaji, Arata Murakami, Takeshi Miyairi, Zeynep Eyileten, Yutaka Kotsuka, and Shinichi Takamoto

Right heart mini-pump bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting: experimental study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 276-281. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John G. Byrne, Alexandros N. Karavas, David H. Adams, Lishan Aklog, Sary F. Aranki, Gregory S. Couper, Robert J. Rizzo, and Lawrence H. Cohn

Partial upper re-sternotomy for aortic valve replacement or re-replacement after previous cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 282-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jun Nakajima, Shinichi Takamoto, Teruaki Oka, Makoto Tanaka, Eriho Takeuchi, and Tomohiro Murakawa

Flow cytometric analysis of lymphoid cells in thymic epithelial neoplasms
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 287-292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Philippe Kolh, Pierre Honore, Cyril Degauque, Jean-Louis Gielen, Paul Gerard, and Nicolas Jacquet

Early stage results after oesophageal resection for malignancy – colon interposition vs. gastric pull-up
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 293-300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. El Jamal, A.G. Nicholson, and P. Goldstraw

The feasibility of conservative resection for carcinoid tumours: is pneumonectomy ever necessary for uncomplicated cases?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 301-306. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Urs Niederhäuser, Hannes Rüdiger, Andreas Künzli, Burkhardt Seifert, Jürg Schmidli, Paul Vogt, and Marko Turina

Surgery for acute type a aortic dissection: comparison of techniques
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 307-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thierry G. Mesana, Thierry Caus, Jean-Yves Gaubert, Frederic Collart, Raouf Ayari, Jean-Michel Bartoli, Guy Moulin, and Jean-Raoul Monties

Late complications after prosthetic replacement of the ascending aorta: what did we learn from routine magnetic resonance imaging follow-up?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 313-320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Uwe Klima, Ingo Kutschka, Gregor Warnecke, Peter Kim, Martin Strüber, M. Kirschfink, and Axel Haverich

Improved right ventricular function after intracoronary administration of a C1 esterase inhibitor in a right heart transplantation model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 321-327. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Jaillard, V. Pierrat, P. Truffert, D. Métois, Y. Riou, A. Wurtz, P. Lequien, and L. Storme

Two years’ follow-up of newborn infants after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 328-333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sophie Jaillard, Yvon Riou, Serge Klosowski, Fabrice Cneude, Patrice Fialdès, Xavier Codaccioni, Pierre Lequien, and Laurent Storme

Effects of inhaled nitric oxide on gas exchange and acute lung injury in premature lambs with moderate hyaline membrane disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 334-341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshihiro Ohata, Yoshiki Sawa, Keishi Kadoba, Koji Kagisaki, Ken Suzuki, and Hikaru Matsuda

Role of nitric oxide in a temperature dependent regulation of systemic vascular resistance in cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 342-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kerem M. Vural and Mehmet C. Oz

Endothelial adhesivity, pulmonary hemodynamics and nitric oxide synthesis in ischemia-reperfusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 348-352. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stefan Christiansen, Jürgen Rötker, Norbert Roeder, Ulli R. Jahn, Jörg Stypmann, Hans H. Scheld, and Christof Schmid

Are patients with Werlhof's disease at increased risk for bleeding complications when undergoing cardiac surgery?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 353-356. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Martin Chamberlain and Chandi Ratnatunga

Late presentation of tension chylothorax following blunt chest trauma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 357-359. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrick Mathieu, Richard Marchand, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Louis P. Perrault

Ventriculotomy and resection for left ventricular thrombus infection with Salmonella
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 360-362. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katalin Kalmár, Tamás F. Molnár, Anthony Morgan, and Örs Péter Horváth

Non-malignant tracheo-gastric fistula following esophagectomy for cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 363-365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukihito Saito, Yoshiaki Ueda, Hiroji Imamura, and Akiharu Okamura

Operative aneurysmectomy and middle lobectomy for asymptomatic bronchial artery aneurysm in young patient
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 366-369. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Christoph Knosalla, Miralem Pasic, and Roland Hetzer

Traumatic dissection of the innominate artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 370. [Full Text]  

Oren Lev-Ran, Menachem Matsa, and Yosef Paz

Cavernous hemangioma of the heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 371. [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Vincenzo Ambrogi, Eugenio Pompeo, Giuseppe Matteucci, and Tommaso Claudio Mineo

Combined surgery for emphysema and lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 372-374. [Full Text]  

M.L. Rogers, R. Taylor, and F.D. Beggs

Antibiotic prophylaxis in general thoracic surgery in the UK
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000 18: 375-376. [Full Text]  

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