EACTS Presidential address:

James L. Monro

The next challenge—adapting to change
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1063-1072. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Original articles:

Stanislav Ovroutski, Peter Ewert, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Brigitte Stiller, Jan-H. Nürnberg, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Roland Hetzer, and Peter E. Lange

Comparison of somatic development and status of conduit after extracardiac Fontan operation in young and older children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1073-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toru Ishizaka, Hajime Ichikawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Koji Kagisaki, Haruhiko Kondo, Shigetoyo Kogaki, and Hikaru Matsuda

Prevalence and optimal management strategy for aortic regurgitation in tetralogy of Fallot
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1080-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin Takabayashi, Hideaki Kado, Yuichi Shiokawa, Kouji Fukae, and Toshihide Nakano

Modified Ross procedure using a conduit with a synthetic valve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1087-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masamichi Ono, Yoshiki Sawa, Norihide Fukushima, Hitoshi Suhara, Toshikazu Nakamura, Chieko Yokoyama, Tadashi Tanabe, and Hikaru Matsuda

Gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor with prostacyclin synthase in severe pulmonary hypertension of rats
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1092-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

George J. Koullias, Dimitris P. Korkolis, Pars Ravichandran, Amanda Psyrri, Ioannis Hatzaras, and John A. Elefteriades

Tissue microarray detection of matrix metalloproteinases, in diseased tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves with or without pathology of the ascending aorta
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1098-1103. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshifumi Murashita, Hiroshi Sugiki, Yasuhiro Kamikubo, and Keishu Yasuda

Surgical results for active endocarditis with prosthetic valve replacement: impact of culture-negative endocarditis on early and late outcomes
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1104-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jérome Jouan, Michel Tapia, Richard C. Cook, Emmanuel Lansac, and Christophe Acar

Ischemic mitral valve prolapse: mechanisms and implications for valve repair
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1112-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nan Wang, Saida Campwala, Saied Habibipour, Darren Hodgins, Ramdas Pai, and Anees Razzouk

Impact of mitral insufficiency on reoperative coronary artery surgery in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1118-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yavuz Enc, Bulent Ketenci, Deniz Ozsoy, Gercek Camur, Ilyas Kayacioglu, Sait Terzi, and Sertac Cicek

Atrial fibrillation after surgical revascularization: is there any difference between on-pump and off-pump?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1129-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bartolo Zingone, Aniello Pappalardo, and Lorella Dreas

Logistic versus additive EuroSCORE. A comparative assessment of the two models in an independent population sample
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1134-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Formica, Orazio Ferro, Pierpaolo Greco, Antonello Martino, Daniela Gastaldi, and Giovanni Paolini

Long-term follow-up of total arterial myocardial revascularization using exclusively pedicle bilateral internal thoracic artery and right gastroepiploic artery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1141-1148. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Faraz Kerendi, Michael E. Halkos, Joel S. Corvera, Hajime Kin, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Mario Mosunjac, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Inhibition of myosin light chain kinase provides prolonged attenuation of radial artery vasospasm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1149-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Susanna Price, Jeremy Prout, Siân I. Jaggar, Derek G. Gibson, and John R. Pepper

‘Tamponade’ following cardiac surgery: terminology and echocardiography may both mislead
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1156-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Mark Jones, Jason A. Petrofski, Katrina H. Wilson, Charles Steenbergen, Walter J. Koch, and Carmelo A. Milano

ß₂ Adrenoceptor gene therapy ameliorates left ventricular dysfunction following cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1161-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jean-Michel Grinda, Patrick Chevalier, Nicola D'Attellis, Marie-Odile Bricourt, Alain Berrebi, Pierre Guibourt, Jean-Noël Fabiani, and Alain Deloche

Fulminant myocarditis in adults and children: bi-ventricular assist device for recovery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1169-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Taiko Horii, Keiichi Tambara, Kazunobu Nishimura, Hisayoshi Suma, and Masashi Komeda

Residual fibrosis affects a long-term result of left ventricular volume reduction surgery for dilated cardiomyopathy in a rat experimental study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1174-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bo Bech, Tanja Pressler, Martin Iversen, Jørn Carlsen, Nils Milman, Kirsten Eliasen, Mario Perko, and Henrik Arendrup

Long-term outcome of lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis — Danish results
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1180-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ali Belboul, Leif Dernevik, Obaid Aljassim, Biljana Skrbic, Göran Rådberg, and Donald Roberts

The effect of autologous fibrin sealant (Vivostat^®) on morbidity after pulmonary lobectomy: a prospective randomised, blinded study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1187-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas F. Molnar, Zalan Szantó, Terezia László, Laszlo Lukacs, and Örs Peter Horvath

Cutting lung parenchyma using the harmonic scalpel—an animal experiment
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1192-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alberto Terzi, Alessandro Lonardoni, Birgit Feil, Irene Spilimbergo, Giovanni Falezza, and Francesco Calabrò

Bronchoplastic procedures for central carcinoid tumors: clinical experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1196-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hidehito Matsuoka, Wataru Nishio, Morihito Okada, Toshihiko Sakamoto, Masahiro Yoshimura, and Noriaki Tsubota

Resection of chest wall invasion in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1200-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Semik, Dorothea Riesenbeck, Albert Linder, Christof Schmid, Petra Hoffknecht, Achim Heinecke, Hans H. Scheld, Michael Thomas for The German Lung Cancer Cooperative Group

Preoperative chemotherapy with and without additional radiochemotherapy: benefit and risk for surgery of stage III non-small cell lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1205-1210. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yukinori Sakao, Takahiko Nakazono, Shinji Tomimitsu, Yuji Takeda, Toru Sakuragi, Masafumi Natsuaki, and Tsuyoshi Itoh

Lung adenocarcinoma can be subtyped according to tumor dimension by computed tomography mediastinal-window setting. Additional size criteria for clinical T1 adenocarcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1211-1215. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thida Win, Arlene Jackson, Ashley M. Groves, Francis C. Wells, Andrew J. Ritchie, Helen Munday, and Clare M. Laroche

Relationship of shuttle walk test and lung cancer surgical outcome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1216-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Case reports:

T. Franiel, B. Fleischer, B.W. Raab, and L. Füzesi

Bilateral thoracic extraadrenal myelolipoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1220-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuma Ebihara, Masao Hosokawa, Satoshi Kondo, and Hiroyuki Katoh

Thirteen cases with intramural metastasis to the stomach in 1259 patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1223-1225. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

Francis Robicsek

Coronary flow in sinus grafts
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1226. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Duccio Di Carlo

REV (Lecompte) procedure: how much better than the Rastelli operation?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1226-1227. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Jeong Ryul Lee and Hong Gook Lim

Reply to Di CarloREV (Lecompte) procedure: how much better than the Rastelli operation?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1227-1228. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Gianluigi Bisleri, Tomaso Bottio, Aldo Manzato, and Claudio Muneretto

Epidural anesthesia for coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1228-1229. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Shahzad G. Raja

Safety of off-pump coronary artery surgery: no more skepticism please!
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1229. [Extract] [Full Text]  

Errata:

Tomasz Grodzki

Erratum to "Future directions of thoracic surgery in Europe (directions of ESTS and EACTS): ‘From paradise to nowhere and back’ Thoracic Surgery Department" [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 26 (2004) 465–468]
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 26: 1230. [Extract] [Full Text]  

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