EDITORIALS BOARD:

	Editorial Board Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;31:x. [PDF]

Original articles:

Michael Lanuti, Pierre E. de Delva, Cameron D. Wright, Henning A. Gaissert, John C. Wain, Dean M. Donahue, James S. Allan, and Douglas J. Mathisen
	Post-esophagectomy gastric outlet obstruction: role of pyloromyotomy and management with endoscopic pyloric dilatation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:149-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim, Sang-Hoon Jeon, Sook-Whan Sung, and Joo Hyun Kim
	Lymphadenectomy extent is closely related to long-term survival in esophageal cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:154-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Marcin Zielinski, Boleslaw Papla, Maciej Narski, Artur Szlubowski, Lukasz Hauer, and Juliusz Pankowski
	Effect of bilateral mediastinal lymphadenectomy on short-term pulmonary function Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:161-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Stefan Welter, Jan Jacobs, Thomas Krbek, Christoph Poettgen, and Georgios Stamatis
	Prognostic impact of lymph node involvement in pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:167-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alain Jean Poncelet, Antoine Lurquin, Birgit Weynand, Yves Humblet, Philippe Noirhomme on behalf of the ‘Groupe d’ Oncologie Thoracique Des Cliniques Saint-Luc’
	Prognostic factors for long-term survival in patients with thoracic metastatic disease: a 10-year experience Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:173-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ziad Mansour, Evgenia A. Kochetkova, Xavier Ducrocq, Mircea-Dan Vasilescu, Guillaume Maxant, Alexis Buggenhout, Jean-Marie Wihlm, and Gilbert Massard
	Induction chemotherapy does not increase the operative risk of pneumonectomy! Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:181-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Federico Rea, Giovanna Rizzardi, Andrea Zuin, Giuseppe Marulli, Samuele Nicotra, Renato Bulf, Marco Schiavon, and Francesco Sartori
	Outcome and surgical strategy in bronchial carcinoid tumors: single institution experience with 252 patients Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:186-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mariano García-Yuste, José M. Matilla, Antonio Cueto, José Manuel Rodríguez Paniagua, Guillermo Ramos, Miguel Angel Cañizares, Ignacio Muguruza Members of the Spanish Multi-centric Study of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung for the Spanish Society of Pneumonology and Thoracic Surgery (EMETNE-SEPAR)
	Typical and atypical carcinoid tumours: analysis of the experience of the Spanish Multi-centric Study of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:192-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Udo Anegg, Jörg Lindenmann, Veronika Matzi, Josef Smolle, Alfred Maier, and Freyja Smolle-Jüttner
	Efficiency of fleece-bound sealing (TachoSil®) of air leaks in lung surgery: a prospective randomised trial Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:198-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Abel Gómez-Caro, Maria Jose Roca Calvo, Juan Torres Lanzas, Ryan Chau, Pedro Cascales, and Pascual Parrilla
	The approach of fused fissures with fissureless technique decreases the incidence of persistent air leak after lobectomy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:203-208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Leif Dernevik, Ali Belboul, and Göran Rådberg
	Initial experience with the world's first digital drainage system. The benefits of recording air leaks with graphic representation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:209-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Heike Aupperle, Jens Garbade, Chris Ullmann, Katja Schneider, Christian Krautz, Stefan Dhein, Jan Fritz Gummert, and Heinz-Adolf Schoon
	Comparing the ultrastructural effects of two different cardiac preparation- and perfusion-techniques in a porcine model of extracorporal long-term preservation Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:214-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Eleonora Simeoni, Jean Dudler, Sylvain Fleury, Jianping Li, Maria Pagnotta, Manuel Pascual, Ludwig K. von Segesser, and Giuseppe Vassalli
	Gene transfer of a soluble IL-1 type 2 receptor-Ig fusion protein improves cardiac allograft survival in rats Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:222-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Massimo Griselli, Simon P. McGuirk, Chung-Sen Ko, Andrew J.B. Clarke, David J. Barron, and William J. Brawn
	Arterial switch operation in patients with Taussig–Bing anomaly — influence of staged repair and coronary anatomy on outcome Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:229-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]
Emre Belli, Loïc Macé, Mohammed Ly, Patrice Dervanian, Emmanuelle Pineau, Régine Roussin, Emmanuel Lebret, and Alain Serraf
	Surgical management of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect in late adolescence and adulthood Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:236-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hong-Gook Lim, Woong-Han Kim, Woo-Sung Jang, Cheong Lim, Jae Gun Kwak, Cheul Lee, Seong Wook Hwang, and Chang-Ha Lee
	One-stage total repair of aortic arch anomaly using regional perfusion Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:242-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Junichi Nojiri, Koichi Matsumoto, Akira Kato, Takahiro Miho, Koujiro Furukawa, Satoshi Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Itoh, and Sho Kudo
	The Adamkiewicz artery: demonstration by intra-arterial computed tomographic angiography Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:249-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
David J De La Zerda, Oved Cohen, Michael C. Fishbein, Jonah Odim, Carlos A Calderon, Diana Hekmat, Ivo Dinov, and Hillel Laks
	Aortic valve-sparing repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension has a greater early re-operation rate in congenital versus acquired valve disease Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:256-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kwan Chang Kim, Kwang Ree Cho, Yong-Jin Kim, Dae-Won Sohn, and Ki-Bong Kim
	Long-term results of the Cox-Maze III procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease: 10-year experience Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:261-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Hiroyuki Nakajima, Junjiro Kobayashi, Osamu Tagusari, Kazuo Niwaya, Toshihiro Funatsu, Alaa Brik, Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Soichiro Kitamura
	Graft design strategies with optimum antegrade bypass flow in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:276-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joost Hartman, Hans Kelder, Rob Ackerstaff, Henry van Swieten, Freddy Vermeulen, and Ad Bogers
	Preserved hyperaemic response in (distal) string sign left internal mammary artery grafts Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:283-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Kaan Kaya, Mehmet Oguz, Ahmet Ruchan Akar, Serkan Durdu, Alp Aslan, Sebnem Erturk, Refik Tasöz, and Umit Ozyurda
	The effect of sodium nitroprusside infusion on renal function during reperfusion period in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective randomized clinical trial Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:290-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Bruno K. Podesser, Mohit Jain, Soeun Ngoy, Carl S. Apstein, and Franz R. Eberli
	Unveiling gender differences in demand ischemia: a study in a rat model of genetic hypertension Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:298-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Reviews:

Jeffrey Shuhaiber and Robert J. Anderson
	Meta-analysis of clinical outcomes following surgical mitral valve repair or replacement Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:267-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery:

René Quaden, Guenther-Rudolf Klaws, Dirk Theisen-Kunde, and Georg Lutter
	Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: first endovascular resection of human aortic valves in situ Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:305. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [On-line Video]
Thomas Sassard, Samir Fareh, and Fadi Farhat
	An unusual complication of a ventricular pace maker electrode Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:306. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Takashi Ibe, and Seiichi Kakegawa
	Blunt traumatic injury of the azygous vein diagnosed by computed tomography Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:307. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Alberto Weber, Annelies Schnider, Dragan Odavic, and Michele Genoni
	Mediastinal tumor? — Gibson-Mikulicz tampon Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:308. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Flora H.F. Tsang, Alan D.L. Sihoe, and Lik-Cheung Cheng
	Unusual retained foreign body in the lung: a tree branch Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:309-310. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

How to do it:

Thomas F. Molnar
	A new device for the identification of lymph nodes at lung cancer surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:311-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Atsushi Watanabe, Tetsuya Koyanagi, Shinji Nakashima, and Tetsuya Higami
	Supradiaphragmatic thoracic duct clipping for chylothorax through left-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:313-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Michael Gorlitzer, Wojciech Wislocki, Johann Meinhart, and Martin Grabenwoger
	Treatment of chronic aortic type A dissection with a new designed hybridprosthesis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:315-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Case reports:

Karthik Ramakrishnan Vaidyanathan, Sanjay A.C. Theodore, Madhu Nainar Sankar, and Kotturathu Mammen Cherian
	Coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with dual origin — embryological, clinical and surgical significance Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:318-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Yu-Yun Nan, Jen-Ping Chang, Ming-Shian Lu, and Chiung-Lun Kao
	Mediastinal hematoma and left main dissection following blunt chest trauma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:320-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Joerg Lindenmann, Veronika Matzi, Alfred Maier, and Freyja-Maria Smolle-Juettner
	Transthoracic esophagectomy and lobectomy performed in a patient with synchronous lung cancer and combined esophageal cancer and esophageal leiomyosarcoma Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:322-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Riza Dogan, Murat Kara, Pinar Firat, and Gokhan Gedikoglu
	An unusual tumor of the neck and mediastinum: lipoblastomatosis resulting in paraparesis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:325-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Chin-Chih Chang, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, and Yung-Chie Lee
	Bronchoscopic gluing for post-lung-transplant bronchopleural fistula Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:328-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Tsvetomir Loukanov, Christian Sebening, Matthias Gorenflo, and Siegfried Hagl
	Management of congenital tracheal stenosis in infancy Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:331. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Mehmet Ates
	When should we replace the ascending aorta in Marfan syndrome? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:331-332. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Frédérique Jault and Beltran Levy Praschker
	Reply to Ates Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:332-333. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Antonis Ioannides, Adel Helmy, Ioannis Dimitropoulos, and Vassilis Vassiliou
	What will the ‘creatinine kinase’ be in 2016? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:333. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
Ines Florath and Alexander Albert
	Reply to Ioannides et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:333. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	European Journal of Cardio-thorcaic Surgery-2006 Reviewers Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;31:334-337. [PDF]

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