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 Contents:  Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2006   [Index by Author] 
       Original articles
       Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
       How to do it
       Case reports
       Letters to the Editor
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Original articles:

Andrew Chukwuemeka, Vivek Rao, Susan Armstrong, Joan Ivanov, and Tirone David
Aortic valve replacement: a safe and durable option in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 133-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Antonino Roscitano, Umberto Benedetto, Alfonso Sciangula, Eusebio Merico, Filippo Barberi, Roberto Bianchini, Euclide Tonelli, and Riccardo Sinatra
Indexed effective orifice area after mechanical aortic valve replacement does not affect left ventricular mass regression in elderly
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 139-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
José M. Bernal, Javier Lorca, Dolores Prieto-Salceda, Ivana Pulitani, Alejandro Pontón, Iván García, and José M. Revuelta
Performance at 10 years of the CarboMedics ‘Top-Hat’ valve. Postclamping time is a predictor of mortality
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 144-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Wolfgang A. Goetz, Khee Hiang Lim, Romain Ibled, Nil Grousson, Sidney Le Hung Salgues, and Joon Hock Yeo
Forces at single point attached commissures (SPAC) in pericardial aortic valve prosthesis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 150-155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Sachin Talwar, Anita Saxena, and Rajvir Singh
Ross procedure in rheumatic aortic valve disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 156-161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ho Young Hwang, Woong-Han Kim, Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul Lee, Yong Jin Kim, Joon Ryang Rho, Eun Jung Bae, and Chung Il Noh
Mid-term follow-up of neoaortic regurgitation after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 162-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gregory Schears, Tatiana Zaitseva, Steven Schultz, William Greeley, Diego Antoni, David F. Wilson, and Anna Pastuszko
Brain oxygenation and metabolism during selective cerebral perfusion in neonates
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 168-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Rosendo A. Rodriguez, Fraser Rubens, Dean Belway, and Howard J. Nathan
Residual air in the venous cannula increases cerebral embolization at the onset of cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 175-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jacob T. Bjerrum, Mario J. Perko, and Bo Beck
Myocardial oxygen tension during surgical revascularization: A clinical comparison between blood cardioplegia and crystalloid cardioplegia
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 181-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ali Gürbüz, Bilgin Emrecan, Levent Yilik, Ibrahim Özsöyler, Mert Kestelli, Cengiz Özbek, and Nagihan Karahan
Intracoronary shunt reduces postoperative troponin leaks: a prospective randomized study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 186-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ahmet Tayfun Gurbuz, Ayhan A. Zia, Ali Can Vuran, Haiyan Cui, and Aydin Aytac
Postoperative clopidogrel improves mid-term outcome after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 190-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gustavo Aguiar Ribeiro, Cledicyon Eloy da Costa, Mauricio M. Lopes, Ana Nunes Albuquerque, Fernando Antoniali, Gleice Agnes A. Reinert, and Kleber G. Franchini
Left ventricular reconstruction benefits patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and non-viable myocardium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 196-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Rafael García Fuster, José A. Montero Argudo, Oscar Gil Albarova, Fernando Hornero Sos, Sergio Cánovas López, María Bueno Codoñer, José A. Buendía Miñano, and Ignacio Rodríguez Albarran
Prognostic value of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 202-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus Richter, Thomas Kuntze, Axel Rahmel, Peter Dahlberg, Marshall Hertz, and Friedrich W. Mohr
Aprotinin decreases reperfusion injury and allograft dysfunction in clinical lung transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 210-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gonzalo Varela, Esther Ballesteros, Marcelo F. Jiménez, Nuria Novoa, and José L. Aranda
Cost-effectiveness analysis of prophylactic respiratory physiotherapy in pulmonary lobectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 216-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Adel K. Ayed, Chezhian Chandrasekaran, and Murugan Sukumar
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: clinicopathological correlation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 221-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mario Santini, Giovanni Vicidomini, Alfonso Baldi, Giuseppe Gallo, Paolo Laperuta, Luigi Busiello, Maria Pia Di Marino, and Vincenzo Pastore
Use of an electrothermal bipolar tissue sealing system in lung surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 226-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thierry Christophe Roth, Janine Raths, Gianluca Carboni, Kai Rösler, and Ralph Alexander Schmid
Effect of pregnancy and birth on the course of myasthenia gravis before or after transsternal radical thymectomy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 231-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Rajeshwara Krishna Prasad Adluri, Srikanth Reddy Boddu, Antonio Martin-Ucar, John Peter Duffy, Frederick David Beggs, and William Ellis Morgan
Pulmonary blastoma — a rare tumor with variable presentation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 236-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Michèle De Waele, Jeroen Hendriks, Patrick Lauwers, Paul Ortmanns, Wim Vanroelen, Ann-Marie Morel, Paul Germonpré, and Paul Van Schil
Nodal status at repeat mediastinoscopy determines survival in non-small cell lung cancer with mediastinal nodal involvement, treated by induction therapy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 240-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Edward Black, Jason Niamat, Srikanth Boddu, Antonio Martin-Ucar, John P. Duffy, William Ellis Morgan, and Francis David Beggs
Unplanned splenectomy during oesophagectomy does not affect survival
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 244-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Phalla Ou, Daniel Sidi, Damien Bonnet, and Francis Brunelle
Infected pulmonary artery aneurysms: CT imaging findings
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 248. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]  
Alexander Kulik, Ian G. Burwash, John P. Veinot, and Roy G. Masters
Impending paradoxical embolus early post-coronary surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 249. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francesco Patanè, Edoardo Zingarelli, Matteo Attisani, and Fabrizio Sansone
Successful heart transplantation in Becker's muscular dystrophy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Eric Bezon, Ahmed Ismail Abdel Aziz Khalifa, Jean Noël Choplain, and Jean Aubert Barra
Homemade expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene flexible mitral annuloplasty ring
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 251-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Carlo Pace Napoleone, Guido Oppido, Emanuela Angeli, and Gaetano Gargiulo
Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 253-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hitoshi Ogino, Motomi Ando, Hiroaki Sasaki, and Kenji Minatoya
Total arch replacement using a stepwise distal anastomosis for arch aneurysms with distal extension
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 255-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Roman Gottardi, Johannes Lammer, Michael Grimm, and Martin Czerny
Entire rerouting of the supraaortic branches for endovascular stent-graft placement of an aortic arch aneurysm
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 258-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jacques F. Azorin, Francois Bertin, Emmanuel Martinod, and Marc Laskar
Tracheal replacement with an aortic autograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 261-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Marjan Jahangiri and James Clark
Surgery for type A aortic dissection in pregnant patients with Marfan syndrome
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 264. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Masayuki Sakaguchi
Reply to Jahangiri and Clark
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 264-265. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kosmas I. Paraskevas
Preoperative statin use and in-hospital outcomes following heart surgery in patients with unstable angina
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 265. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Imtiaz S. Ali and Karen J. Buth
Reply to Paraskevas
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 265-266. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Luigi Ferri, Alfredo Cesario, Franco Pasqua, and Pierluigi Granone
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, surgery and pulmonary rehabilitation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 266-267. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Antonio Bobbio
Reply to Ferri et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 267. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yau-Lin Tseng, Jia-Ming Chang, I-Lin Shu, and Ming-Ho Wu
Myasthenia gravis developed 30 months after resection of recurrent thymoma
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 268. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Kazuya Kondo
Reply to Tseng et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 29: 268-269. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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