Editorials:

Ludwig K. von Segesser
	Direct percutaneous valve replacement: the next step? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 873-874. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Original articles:

Omar A. Khan, George Kanellopoulos, Mark L. Field, Kevin R. Knowles, F. David Beggs, W. Ellis Morgan, and John P. Duffy
	Redo antireflux surgery—the importance of a tailored approach Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 875-880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Tiziano De Giacomo, Federico Francioni, Federico Venuta, Paolo Trentino, Marco Moretti, Erino A. Rendina, and Giorgio F. Coloni
	Complete mechanical cervical anastomosis using a narrow gastric tube after esophagectomy for cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 881-884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Dorit Weissberg and Dov Weissberg
	Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 885-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Christophe Doddoli, Fabrice Barlési, Anne Fraticelli, Pascal Thomas, Philippe Astoul, Roger Giudicelli, and Pierre Fuentes
	Video-assisted thoracoscopic management of recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax after prior talc pleurodesis: a feasible, safe and efficient treatment option Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 889-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thomas M.T. Hwong, Calvin S.H. Ng, Tak Wai Lee, Song Wan, Alan D.L. Sihoe, Innes Y.P. Wan, Ahmed A. Arifi, and Anthony P.C. Yim
	Video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous hemopneumothorax Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 893-896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Loïc Lang-Lazdunski and Aman S. Coonar
	A prospective study of autologous ‘blood patch’ pleurodesis for persistent air leak after pulmonary resection Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 897-900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Lilian J. Meijboom, Berend E. Westerhof, Gijs J. Nollen, Jos A.E. Spaan, Bas A.J.M. de Mol, Michael J.H.M. Jacobs, and Barbara J.M. Mulder
	Beta-blocking therapy in patients with the Marfan syndrome and entire aortic replacement Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 901-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kazumasa Orihashi, Taijiro Sueda, Kenji Okada, and Katsuhiko Imai
	Near-infrared spectroscopy for monitoring cerebral ischemia during selective cerebral perfusion Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 907-911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alon S. Aharon, Matthew R. Mulloy, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, Oliver B. Lao, Mahlon D. Johnson, Megan Thunder, Chang Yu, and Paul Chang
	Cerebral activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases after circulatory arrest and low flow cardiopulmonary bypass Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 912-919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
William T. Mahle, Karen Lundine, Kirk R. Kanter, Joseph M. Forbess, Paul Kirshbom, Steven R. Tosone, and Robert N. Vincent
	The short term effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on neurologic function in children and young adults Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 920-925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
J. van den Goor, R. Nieuwland, A. van den Brink, W. van Oeveren, P. Rutten, J. Tijssen, and L. Eijsman
	Reduced complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass does not affect the postoperative acute phase response Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 926-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
A. Bourbon, M. Vionnet, P. Leprince, E. Vaissier, J. Copeland, P. McDonagh, P. Debré, and I. Gandjbakhch
	The effect of methylprednisolone treatment on the cardiopulmonary bypass-induced systemic inflammatory response Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 932-938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Aurora M. Morariu, Y. John Gu, Rolf C.G. Gallandat Huet, Wout A. Siemons, Gerhard Rakhorst, and Wim v. Oeveren
	Red blood cell aggregation during cardiopulmonary bypass: a pathogenic cofactor in endothelial cell activation? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 939-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
M.N. Shuhaibar, M. Hargrove, M.H. Millat, A. O'Donnell, and T. Aherne
	How much heparin do we really need to go on pump? A rethink of current practices Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 947-950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Leszek Buzun, Tomasz Kleszczewski, Anna Kostrzewska, Piotr Lisowski, Piotr Oleksza, Ryszard Jackowski, Anna Pedzinska, and Tomasz Hirnle
	Influence of low molecular weight heparin preparations on human internal thoracic artery contraction Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 951-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Katsunori Takeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Hisateru Nishizawa, and Junichi Matsubara
	Reactivity of the human internal thoracic artery to vasodilators in coronary artery bypass grafting Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 956-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Karola Trescher, Oliver Bernecker, Barbara Fellner, Marian Gyöngyösi, Sigurd Krieger, Rainer DeMartin, Ernst Wolner, and Bruno K. Podesser
	Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of inhibitor kappa B-alpha attenuates postinfarct remodeling in the rat heart Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 960-967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Guohu Li, Fausto Labruto, Allan Sirsjö, Fei Chen, Jarle Vaage, and Guro Valen
	Myocardial protection by remote preconditioning: the role of nuclear factor kappa-B p105 and inducible nitric oxide synthase Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 968-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alexey Aleshin, Yoshiki Sawa, Masamichi Ono, Toshihiro Funatsu, Shigeru Miyagawa, and Hikaru Matsuda
	Myocardial protective effect of FR167653; a novel cytokine inhibitor in ischemic-reperfused rat heart Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 974-980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Toshihiro Yorozuya, Naoto Adachi, Kentaro Dote, Kazuo Nakanishi, Yasushi Takasaki, and Tatsuru Arai
	Enhancement of Na+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase activities in multi-cycle ischemic preconditioning in rabbit hearts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 981-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shafi Mussa, Tash Prior, Nicholas Alp, Kathryn Wood, Keith M. Channon, and David P. Taggart
	Duration of action of antispasmodic agents: novel use of a mouse model as an in vivo pharmacological assay Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 988-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Noriyuki Tabuchi, Masayoshi Shichiri, Aya Shibamiya, Takatoshi Koyama, Fumie Nakazawa, Jihwa Chung, Shinsaku Hirosawa, and Makoto Sunamori
	Non-viral in vivo thrombomodulin gene transfer prevents early loss of thromboresistance of grafted veins Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 995-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Maqsood M. Elahi, Ming Yann Lim, Robin N. Joseph, Ramana Rao V. Dhannapuneni, and Tomasz J. Spyt
	Early hemofiltration improves survival in post-cardiotomy patients with acute renal failure Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1027-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
C. Sherlaw-Johnson, S. Gallivan, T. Treasure, and S.A.M. Nashef
	Computer tools to assist the monitoring of outcomes in surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1032-1036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Reviews:

Marc Ruel, Tanveer A. Khan, Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi, and Frank W. Sellke
	Vasomotor dysfunction after cardiac surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1002-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Thanos Athanasiou, Omer Aziz, Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Pandelis Philippidis, Catherine Jones, Sanjay Purkayastha, Roberto Casula, and Brian Glenville
	Are wound healing disturbances and length of hospital stay reduced with minimally invasive vein harvest? A meta-analysis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1015-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

J.Ph. Verhoye, J.M. Levin, K. Ihnken, and D.C. Miller
	Computed tomography angiographic demonstration of a ventricular septal defect Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1037. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shinzo Takamori, Keisuke Miwa, Akihiro Hayashi, and Kazuo Shirouzu
	Intramuscular lipoma in the chest wall Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1038. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Aziz Aroussi Alami, Fouad El Ouardi, Drissi Boumzebra, and Badiae-Ezzamane Mehadji
	A penetrative cardiac injury by craftsmen meat hook Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1039. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ali Khoynezhad and L. Michael Graver
	Myxoma of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve presenting with stroke in a young male Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1040. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Serdar Sen, Sabri Barutca, and Nezih Meydan
	Azygos lobe small cell carcinoma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1041. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Shunsuke Endo, Yuji Sakuma, Yukio Sato, and Yasunori Sohara
	Unusual chronic rheumatoid empyema, presenting as a chest wall mass Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1042. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Teodor Horvat, Cornel Savu, Cezar Motas, and Madalin Tetu
	Pneumopericardium—complication of an unknown tuberculosis in a HIV positive patient Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1043. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

How to do it:

Malgorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Pawel Antosik, Grzegorz Wasiatycz, and Michal Wojtalik
	Use of muscular VSD Amplatzer occluder for closing right ventricular free wall perforation after hybrid procedure Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1044-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Case reports:

Masashi Gotoh, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Cheng-Long Huang, and Hiroyasu Yokomise
	A combined small cell carcinoma of the lung containing three components: small cell, spindle cell and squamous cell carcinoma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1047-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jin Hyun Kim, and Young Whan Kim
	Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during whole lung lavage in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with lung cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1050-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Guido Oppido, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Stefania Martano, and Gaetano Gargiulo
	Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in situs inversus totalis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1052-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Mathias H. Aazami
	The implications of ‘Haute Couture’ on coronary blood flow: the bulk of hypothesis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1055. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ruggero De Paulis, Fabrizio Tomai, and Luigi Chiariello
	Reply to: Aazami Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1056. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Robert L. Fortune
	Leaflet arrest in St Jude and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1056-1057. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mark T. Grattan and Lars I. Thulin
	Reply to Fortune' Letter to the Editor: Leaflet arrest in St Jude Medical and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study by Grattan and associates Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1057-1058. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
K. Knobloch, A. Lichtenberg, J. Schubert, and A. Haverich
	Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria – pre- and perioperative rationale during cardiac surgery using extracorporeal circulation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1058-1059. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yuji Naito, Masato Nakajima, Hidenori Inoue, and Koji Tsuchiya
	Cardiac surgery in patients with hematological disorders Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1059-1060. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
C.S. Pramesh, Rajesh C. Mistry, and Vivek V. Upasani
	Stents and sensibility—use of the Montgomery T-tube in tracheal stenosis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1060. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Arpad Pereszlenyi, Martin Igaz, Ivan Majer, and Svetozar Harustiak
	Reply to Pramesh et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1060-1061. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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