Editorials:

F. Lacour-Gayet

Quality evaluation in congenital heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1-2. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Nicholas Kang, Timothy Cole, Victor Tsang, Martin Elliott, and Marc de Leval

Risk stratification in paediatric open-heart surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 3-11. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Boethig, K.J. Jenkins, H. Hecker, W.-R. Thies, and T. Breymann

The RACHS-1 risk categories reflect mortality and length of hospital stay in a large German pediatric cardiac surgery population
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 12-17. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gabriel Chow, Bhagawan Koirala, Derek Armstrong, Brian McCrindle, Desmond Bohn, David Edgell, John Coles, and Gabrielle de Veber

Predictors of mortality and neurological morbidity in children undergoing extracorporeal life support for cardiac disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 38-43. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guido Oppido, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Roberto Formigari, Davide Gabbieri, Davide Pacini, Guido Frascaroli, and Gaetano Gargiulo

Outcome of cardiac surgery in low birth weight and premature infants
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 44-53. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ahmad Sallehuddin, Ziad Bulbul, Frank Otero, Khaled Al Dhafiri, and Zohair Al-Halees

Repair of atrioventricular valve regurgitation in the modified Fontan operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 54-59. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Kadner, Hitendu Dave, Dominique Bettex, Emanuela Valsangiacomo-Buechel, Marko I. Turina, and René Prêtre

Anatomic reconstruction of recurrent aortic arch obstruction in children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 60-65. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ruggero De Paulis, Fabrizio Tomai, Fabio Bertoldo, Anna S. Ghini, Raffaele Scaffa, Paolo Nardi, and Luigi Chiariello

Coronary flow characteristics after a Bentall procedure with or without sinuses of Valsalva
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 66-72. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christian Hagl, Nawid Khaladj, Sven Peterss, Klaus Hoeffler, Michael Winterhalter, Matthias Karck, and Axel Haverich

Hypothermic circulatory arrest with and without cold selective antegrade cerebral perfusion: impact on neurological recovery and tissue metabolism in an acute porcine model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 73-80. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Geert J.M.G. van der Heijden, Hendrik M. Nathoe, Erik W.L. Jansen, and Diederick E. Grobbee

Meta-analysis on the effect of off-pump coronary bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 81-84. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe D'Ancona, Martin Hargrove, John Hinchion, B.C. Ramesh, Jehan Zeb Chughtai, Muhammad Nadeem Anjum, Aonghus O'Donnell, and Tom Aherne

Coronary grafts flow and cardiac pacing modalities: how to improve perioperative myocardial perfusion
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 85-88. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Harald Hausmann, Rudolf Meyer, Henryk Siniawski, Reinhard Pregla, Matthias Gutberlet, Holger Amthauer, Roland Felix, and Roland Hetzer

Factors excercising an influence on recovery of hibernating myocardium after coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 89-95. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lars Englberger, Bettina Faeh, Pascal A. Berdat, Franz Eberli, Bernhard Meier, and Thierry Carrel

Impact of clopidogrel in coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 96-101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Günter Marggraf, Stephan Knipp, Axel Schmermund, Jarowit Piotrowski, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob

Role of troponin I, myoglobin, and creatine kinase for the detection of early graft failure following coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 102-109. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimo Lemma, Andrea Mangini, Guido Gelpi, Andrea Innorta, Amedeo Spina, and Carlo Antona

Is it better to use the radial artery as a composite graft? Clinical and angiographic results of aorto-coronary versus Y-graft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 110-117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pallav J. Shah, Manoj Durairaj, Ian Gordon, John Fuller, Alex Rosalion, Siven Seevanayagam, James Tatoulis, and Brian F. Buxton

Factors affecting patency of internal thoracic artery graft: clinical and angiographic study in 1434 symptomatic patients operated between 1982 and 2002
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 118-124. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hiromichi Fujii, Hirokazu Ohashi, Yasushi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Kawai, Kenji Iino, and Masateru Onaka

Radionuclide study of mid-term left ventricular function after endoventricular circular patch plasty
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 125-128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Girish K. Sharma, Micha Wojtalik, Aldona Siwinska, Bartomiej Mrozinski, Magorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Rafa Bartkowski, Wojciech Mrówczynski, and Olga Trojnarska

Aortoventriculoplasty and left ventricle function: long-term follow-up
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 129-136. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alberto Weber, Ivan Pedrosa, Atsuhiko Kawamoto, Nathan Himes, Jeeva Munasinghe, Takayuki Asahara, Neil M. Rofsky, and Douglas W. Losordo

Magnetic resonance mapping of transplanted endothelial progenitor cells for therapeutic neovascularization in ischemic heart disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 137-143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thorsten Wittwer, Ulrich F.W. Franke, Antonia Fehrenbach, Matthias Ochs, Tim Sandhaus, Niels Dreyer, Joachim Richter, and Thorsten Wahlers

Innovative pulmonary preservation of non-heart-beating donor grafts in experimental lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 144-150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sebastian P. Sommer, Gregor Warnecke, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Jost Niedermeyer, Theodoros Kofidis, Axel Haverich, and Martin Strüber

Pulmonary preservation with LPD and celsior solution in porcine lung transplantation after 24 h of cold ischemia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 151-157. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Stephen R. Large

Editorial comment: Pulmonary preservation with LPD and Celsior solution in porcine lung transplantation after 24 h of cold ischemia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 157. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Akinori Iwasaki, Takayuki Shirakusa, Takeshi Shiraishi, and Satoshi Yamamoto

Results of video-assisted thoracic surgery for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Ruffini, M. Bongiovanni, A. Cavallo, P.L. Filosso, R. Giobbe, M. Mancuso, M. Molinatti, and A. Oliaro

The significance of associated pre-invasive lesions in patients resected for primary lung neoplasms
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 165-172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Waller, M.D. Peake, R.J. Stephens, N.H. Gower, R. Milroy, M.K.B. Parmar, R.M. Rudd, and S.G. Spiro

Chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: the surgical setting of the Big Lung Trial
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 173-182. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrzej Badzio, Krzysztof Kurowski, Hanna Karnicka-Mlodkowska, and Jacek Jassem

A retrospective comparative study of surgery followed by chemotherapy vs. non-surgical management in limited-disease small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 183-188. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wolfgang Jungraithmayr, Joachim Hasse, Manfred Olschewski, and Erich Stoelben

Indications and results of completion pneumonectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 189-196. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sridhar Rathinam, Rajamiyer Venkateswaran, Pala B. Rajesh, and Francis J. Collins

Reconstruction of the chest wall and the diaphragm using the inverted Y Marlex methylmethacrylate sandwich flap
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 197-201. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Invited papers:

Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Constantine Mavroudis, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Christo I. Tchervenkov, J. William Gaynor, David Robinson Clarke, Thomas L. Spray, Bohdan Maruszewski, Giovanni Stellin, Martin J. Elliott, Rachel S. Dokholyan, and Eric D. Peterson

Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998–2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 18-37. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reviews:

Cordula C.M. Pitz, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, Henry A. van Swieten, Vincent A.M. Duurkens, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, and Jules M.M. van den Bosch

Surgical treatment of Pancoast tumours
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 202-208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

S. Karthik, R. Milton, and J.A.C. Thorpe

Recurrent chest wall haemangioma—‘A vascular lake’
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 209-210. [Extract] [Full Text]  

J. Bodner, C.A. Lottersberger, W. Kirchmayr, and T. Schmid

Ectopic mediastinal thyroid adenoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 211-212. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Rui Haddad

Bronchial artery aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 213. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sanjay Kumar, Hani Slim, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, and James A.C. Thorpe

Delayed localised subcutaneous emphysema following sternal repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 214. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Sukru Dilege, Serhan Tanju, Yusuf Bayrak, and Goksel Kalayci

Posterior mediastinal lesion—aneurysm of azygos vein
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 215-216. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Paul Achouh, Jean Michel Grinda, Serge Yvorra, and Jean-Noël Fabiani

Hydatid cyst of the cardiac interventricular septum
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 217-218. [Extract] [Full Text]  

How to do it:

Antonio F. Corno, Judith Horisberger, Jegger David, and Ludwig K. von Segesser

Right atrial surgery with unsnared inferior vena cava
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 219-220. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

Albert C.W. Ting, Stephen W.K. Cheng, Pei Ho, and Jensen T.C. Poon

Endovascular repair for multiple Salmonella mycotic aneurysms of the thoracic aorta presenting with Cardiovocal syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 221-224. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nikos Kotzampassakis, Pierre Delanaye, François Masy, and Etienne Creemers

Endovascular stent-graft for thoracic aorta aneurysm caused by Salmonella
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 225-227. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan-Peter Braun, Martin Schneider, Marc Kastrup, and Jianshi Liu

Treatment of acute heart failure in an infant after cardiac surgery using levosimendan
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 228-230. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Shahzad G. Raja

Clopidogrel before coronary artery surgery: bleeding or no bleeding?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 231. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Hasan Karabulut and Cem Alhan

Reply to Raja
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 232. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Yoshio Misawa

Which is better for treatment of mediastinitis following heart surgery, omental or muscle flap transfer?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 232-233. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Peter Kleine, Armin A. Klesius, and Anton Moritz

Reply to Misawa
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 233. [Extract] [Full Text]  

P. Carcoforo, D. Sortini, E. Pozza, and A. Sortini

Necessity of needle wire localization during video assisted thoracic surgery for patients with solitary pulmonary nodule
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 233-234. [Extract] [Full Text]  

P. Ciriaco, G. Negri, A. Puglisi, and P. Zannini

Reply to Carcoforo et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 234-235. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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