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 Contents:  Volume 30, Issue 1, July 2006   [Index by Author] 
       Editorials
       Original articles
       Reviews
       Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
       How to do it
       Case reports
       Letters to the Editor
       ANNOUNCEMENT
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Editorials:

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola
Is severe valve prosthesis-patient mismatch (VP-PM) associated with a higher mortality?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 1. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ludwig K. von Segesser
Closure devices: the solution for repair of direct access apertures after valved stent implantation?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 2-3. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles:

Malgorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik, Jerzy Nozynski, Michal Wojtalik, Maciej Piaszczynski, Rafal Surmacz, Dorota Bukowska, and Wojciech Mrówczynski
Is device closure for direct access valved stent implantation safe?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 4-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Neil J. Howell, Bruce E. Keogh, Vivien Barnet, Robert S. Bonser, Timothy R. Graham, Stephen J. Rooney, Ian C. Wilson, and Domenico Pagano
Patient-prosthesis mismatch does not affect survival following aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 10-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Thomas Walther, Ardawan Rastan, Volkmar Falk, Sven Lehmann, Jens Garbade, Anne K. Funkat, Friedrich W. Mohr, and Jan F. Gummert
Patient prosthesis mismatch affects short- and long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gary L. Grunkemeier, Ruyun Jin, KyungAh Im, Richard Holubkov, Elizabeth D. Kennard, and Hartzell V. Schaff
Time-related risk of the St. Jude Silzone heart valve
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 20-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Tjalling W. Waterbolk, Elke S. Hoendermis, Inez J. den Hamer, and Tjark Ebels
Pulmonary valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis.: Promising results of 28 procedures in patients with congenital heart disease
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 28-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
M.G. Hazekamp
Editorial comment: A mechanical prosthesis for pulmonary valve replacement?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 33-34. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Takashi Miyamoto, Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Jutta Wetter, Rolf Kallenberg, Anne Marie Brecher, Boulos Asfour, and Andreas E. Urban
Twenty years experience of surgical aortic valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis in early infancy
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 35-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Paul Modi, Saadeh M. Suleiman, Barnaby C. Reeves, Ash Pawade, Andrew J. Parry, Gianni D. Angelini, and Massimo Caputo
Changes in myocardial free amino acids during pediatric cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled trial of three cardioplegic techniques
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 41-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Vincenzo Cannizzaro, Bernhard Frey, and Vera Bernet-Buettiker
The role of somatostatin in the treatment of persistent chylothorax in children
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 49-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Hynek Riha, Jaroslav A. Hubacek, Rudolf Poledne, Pavel Kellovsky, Ales Brezina, and Jan Pirk
IL-10 and TNF-ß gene polymorphisms have no major influence on lactate levels after cardiac surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 54-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Lutz E. Lehmann, Stefan Schroeder, Wolfgang Hartmann, Oliver Dewald, Malte Book, Stefan U. Weber, Jens-Christian Schewe, and Frank Stüber
A single nucleotide polymorphism of macrophage migration inhibitory factor is related to inflammatory response in coronary bypass surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 59-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Axel Franke, Wolfgang Lante, Edmond Kurig, Lothar G. Zöller, Christian Weinhold, and Andreas Markewitz
Hyporesponsiveness of T cell subsets after cardiac surgery: a product of altered cell function or merely a result of absolute cell count changes in peripheral blood?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 64-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ravi J. De Silva, Alain Vuylsteke, Sarah J. Fritchley, Andrew K. Trull, John J. Dunning, and John Wallwork
APT070 inhibits complement activation during in vitro cardiopulmonary bypass
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 72-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Xiao Dong, Yinglong Liu, Ming Du, Qiang Wang, Cun Tao Yu, and Xiangming Fan
P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition attenuates pulmonary inflammatory response in a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 77-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Rainer Petzina, Lotta Gustafsson, Arash Mokhtari, Richard Ingemansson, and Malin Malmsjö
Effect of vacuum-assisted closure on blood flow in the peristernal thoracic wall after internal mammary artery harvesting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 85-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jens C. Kubitz, Thorsten Annecke, Gregor I. Kemming, Stefanie Forkl, Nils Kronas, Alwin E. Goetz, and Daniel A. Reuter
The influence of positive end-expiratory pressure on stroke volume variation and central blood volume during open and closed chest conditions
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 90-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gábor Szabó, Nicole Stumpf, Tamás Radovits, Karin Sonnenberg, Domokos Gerö, Siegfried Hagl, Csaba Szabó, and Susanne Bährle
Effects of inosine on reperfusion injury after heart transplantation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 96-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Ying Liu, Lijun Sun, Yi Huan, Haitao Zhao, and Jinglan Deng
Effects of basic fibroblast growth factor microspheres on angiogenesis in ischemic myocardium and cardiac function: analysis with dobutamine cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 103-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Claudia Heilmann and Friedhelm Beyersdorf
Editorial comment: Growth factor therapy grows, despite limited insight
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 107-108. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
André Plass, Jürg Grünenfelder, Sebastian Leschka, Hatem Alkadhi, Franz R. Eberli, Simon Wildermuth, Gregor Zünd, and Michele Genoni
Coronary artery imaging with 64-slice computed tomography from cardiac surgical perspective
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 109-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Beate R. Jaeger, Markus Neuhäuser, Günter Marggraf, Stephan Sack, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob
Emergency re-revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention, reoperation, or conservative treatment in patients with acute perioperative graft failure following coronary artery bypass surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 117-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shekar L.C. Reddy, Antony D. Grayson, Aung Y. Oo, Mark D. Pullan, Thejaswi Poonacha, and Brian M. Fabri
Does off-pump surgery offer benefit in high respiratory risk patients?: A respiratory risk stratified analysis in a propensity-matched cohort
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 126-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Shun-ichiro Sakamoto, Shigeo Yamauchi, Hiromasa Yamashita, Hajime Imura, Yuji Maruyama, Hidetsugu Ogasawara, Nobuo Hatori, and Kazuo Shimizu
Intraoperative mapping of the right atrial free wall during sinus rhythm: variety of activation patterns and incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 132-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Erik J. Giltay, Raymond V.H.P. Huijskes, King H. Kho, Ben A. Blansjaar, and Peter M.J. Rosseel
Psychotic symptoms in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and heart valve operation
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 140-147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Clement H.K. Wong, Shireen Senewiratne, Bruce Garlick, and Daniel Mullany
Two-stage management of sternal wound infection using bilateral pectoralis major advancement flap
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 148-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Takashi Ohtsuka, Ken-ichi Watanabe, Masahiro Kaji, Tsuguo Naruke, and Keiichi Suemasu
A clinicopathological study of resected pulmonary nodules with focal pure ground-glass opacity
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 160-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Gilbert Massard, Xavier Ducrocq, Evgenia A. Kochetkova, Vladimir A. Porhanov, and Marc Riquet
Sampling or node dissection for intraoperative staging of lung cancer: a multicentric cross-sectional study
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 164-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]  
Jean Lemaitre, Ziad Mansour, Evgenia A. Kochetkova, Chawki Koriche, Xavier Ducrocq, Jean-Marie Wihlm, Elisabeth Quoix, and Gilbert Massard
Bronchoplastic lobectomy: do early results depend on the underlying pathology?: A comparison between typical carcinoids and primary lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 168-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Yukitoshi Satoh, Sakae Okumura, Ken Nakagawa, Atsushi Horiike, Fumiyoshi Ohyanagi, Makoto Nishio, Takeshi Horai, and Yuichi Ishikawa
Postoperative ischemic change in bronchial stumps after primary lung cancer resection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 172-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Marco Lucchi, Paolo Dini, Franca Melfi, Gabriella Fontanini, Pinuccia Faviana, Olivia Fanucchi, and Alfredo Mussi
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of lung tumours: results in the mid-term
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 177-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Shin-ichi Takeda, Hajime Maeda, Tatsuya Okada, Toshihiko Yamaguchi, Masaru Nakagawa, Soichiro Yokota, Noriyoshi Sawabata, and Mitsunori Ohta
Results of pulmonary resection following neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced (IIIA–IIIB) lung cancer
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 184-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews:

Christian Mills and Philip Bryson
The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of sternal wound infection
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 153-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

Iacopo Carbone, Adriano Ascarelli, Federico Francioni, and Roberto Passariello
Noninvasive evaluation of gastric tube blood supply with multislice computed tomography
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 190. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Giuseppe Tavilla
Giant saphenous vein graft aneurysm resection during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 191. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Pierre Ambrosi, Olivier Ghez, Alberto Ribéri, and Dominique Métras
Giant left atrial thrombus in a transplanted heart
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 192. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Farzan Filsoufi, Sacha P. Salzberg, Parwis B. Rahmanian, and David H. Adams
Left ventricular false aneurysm following percutaneus balloon aortic valvuloplasty: magnetic resonance imaging as diagnostic tool
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 193. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How to do it:

Ian Hunt, Sheila C. Rankin, and Loic Lang-Lazdunski
Combined lung resection and transdiaphragmatic adrenalectomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and homolateral solitary adrenal metastasis
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 194-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports:

Jaroslav Benedik, Stepan Cerny, Tomas Mach, and Pavel Sebesta
Aortic insufficiency produced by stent-graft displacement
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 196-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Mehmet Ates
Which suture technique is better in acute type A aortic dissection?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 199. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Francesco Santini and Alessandro Mazzucco
Reply to Ates
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 199-200. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Chee Fui Chong
Long-term effects of radial artery harvesting on donor forearm — a cautionary tale
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 200-201. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Mario Gaudino and Gianfederico Possati
Reply to Chong
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 201. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Zalan Szanto and Thomas F. Molnar
Geometry of the edges of the tracheal anastomosis: is it an important issue?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 201-202. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Jacques F. Azorin
Reply to Szanto and Molnar About tracheal replacement with an aortic autograft
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 202. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
C.S. Pramesh and Rajesh C. Mistry
Should carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity (DLCO) measurement be mandatory before lung resection?
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 202-203. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
Alessandro Brunelli and Gaetano Rocco
Reply to Pramesh and Mistry
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 203. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Instructions to Authors
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006 30: 204-206. [PDF]  

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