Manuel J. Antunes
	Guidelines in real life. Why are they not always enforced? (Editorial) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:935-936. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Delphine Detaint, Bernard Iung, Laurent Lepage, David Messika-Zeitoun, Gabriel Baron, Pilar Tornos, Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, and Alec Vahanian
	Management of asymptomatic patients with severe non-ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Are practices consistent with guidelines? (Original article) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:937-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Modi, Ansar Hassan, and Walter Randolph Chitwood, Jr.
	Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:943-952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Farzan Filsoufi, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Javier G. Castillo, Joanna Chikwe, and David H. Adams
	Logistic risk model predicting postoperative respiratory failure in patients undergoing valve surgery (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:953-959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Farhad Bakhtiary, Omer Dzemali, Ulrich Steinseiffer, Christof Schmitz, Birgit Glasmacher, Anton Moritz, and Peter Kleine
	Hydrodynamic comparison of biological prostheses during progressive valve calcification in a simulated exercise situation. An in vitro study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:960-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giuseppe D’Ancona, Domenico Biondo, Giuseppe Mamone, Gianluca Marrone, Francesco Pirone, Gianluca Santise, Sergio Sciacca, and Michele Pilato
	Ischemic mitral valve regurgitation in patients with depressed ventricular function: cardiac geometrical and myocardial perfusion evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:964-968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wim-Jan P. van Boven, Wim B. Gerritsen, Antoine H. Driessen, Wim J. Morshuis, Frans G. Waanders, Fred J. Haas, Eric P. van Dongen, and Leon P. Aarts
	Myocardial oxidative stress, and cell injury comparing three different techniques for coronary artery bypass grafting (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:969-975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabor Czibik, Zhongkai Wu, Gabrielle Paulsson Berne, Matti Tarkka, Jarle Vaage, Jari Laurikka, Otso Järvinen, and Guro Valen
	Human adaptation to ischemia by preconditioning or unstable angina: involvement of nuclear factor kappa B, but not hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha in the heart (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:976-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stewart R. Walsh, Tjun Y. Tang, Peter Kullar, David P. Jenkins, David P. Dutka, and Michael E. Gaunt
	Ischaemic preconditioning during cardiac surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes in randomised clinical trials (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:985-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerhard-Paul Diller, Balvinder S. Wasan, Andreas Kyriacou, Niket Patel, Roberto P. Casula, Thanos Athanasiou, Darrel P. Francis, and Jamil Mayet
	Effect of coronary artery bypass surgery on myocardial function as assessed by tissue Doppler echocardiography (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:995-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mustafa Emmiler, Cevdet Ugur Kocogullari, Yuksel Ela, and Ahmet Cekirdekci
	Influence of intracoronary shunt on myocardial damage: a prospective randomized study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1000-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susumu Manabe, Tomoki Shimokawa, Toshihiro Fukui, Ken-u Fumimoto, Naomi Ozawa, Hiroshi Seki, Shigeru Ikenaga, and Shuichiro Takanashi
	Influence of carotid artery stenosis on stroke in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1005-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Athanasios L.P. Markou, Armand van der Windt, Henri A. van Swieten, and Luc Noyez
	Changes in quality of life, physical activity, and symptomatic status one year after myocardial revascularization for stable angina (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1009-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Birte Østergaard Jensen, Lars S. Rasmussen, and Daniel A. Steinbrüchel
	Cognitive outcomes in elderly high-risk patients 1 year after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. A randomized trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1016-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sotiris Papaspyros, Shitansu Uppal, Shakeeb A. Khan, Sanjoy Paul, and David J. O’Regan
	Analysis of bedside entertainment services’ effect on post cardiac surgery physical activity: a prospective, randomised clinical trial (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1022-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew W. ElBardissi, Douglas A. Wiegmann, Sarah Henrickson, Rishi Wadhera, and Thoralf M. Sundt, III
	Identifying methods to improve heart surgery: an operative approach and strategy for implementation on an organizational level (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1027-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Samer A.M. Nashef
	Editorial comment: Better the devil you know? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1033. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Constantine Mavroudis, Carl Lewis Backer, and Barbara J. Deal
	Late reoperations for Fontan patients: state of the art invited review (Review) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1034-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Inga Voges, Gunther Fischer, Jens Scheewe, Michael Schumacher, Sonya V. Babu-Narayan, Olaf Jung, Hans-Heiner Kramer, and Anselm Uebing
	Restrictive enlargement of the pulmonary annulus at surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot: 10-year experience with a uniform surgical strategy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1041-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bertrand Léobon, Emre Belli, Mohammed Ly, Chokri Kortas, Emmanuel Le Bret, Anne Sigal-Cinqualbre, Régine Roussin, and Alain Serraf
	Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after arterial switch operation (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1046-1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yvan Mivelaz, Stefano Di Bernardo, Erik Jan Meijboom, and Nicole Sekarski
	Validation of two echocardiographic indexes to improve the diagnosis of complex coarctations (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1051-1056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yeung-Leung Cheng, Shih-Chun Lee, Tsai-Wang Huang, and Ching-Tang Wu
	Efficacy and safety of modified bilateral thoracoscopy-assisted Nuss procedure in adult patients with pectus excavatum (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1057-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

José M. Ponseti, Josep Gamez, Ramón Vilallonga, Carmen Ruiz, Jamal Azem, Manuel López-Cano, and Manuel Armengol
	Influence of ectopic thymic tissue on clinical outcome following extended thymectomy in generalized seropositive nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1062-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ken Kodama, Masahiko Higashiyama, Koji Takami, Kazuyuki Oda, Jiro Okami, Jun Maeda, Mitsuhiro Koyama, and Tomio Nakayama
	Treatment strategy for patients with small peripheral lung lesion(s): intermediate-term results of prospective study (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1068-1074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME]

Rafael Aguiló, Francesc Macià, Miquel Porta, Montserrat Casamitjana, Joan Minguella, and Ana Maria Novoa
	Multiple independent primary cancers do not adversely affect survival of the lung cancer patient (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1075-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sergi Call, Ramon Rami-Porta, Mireia Serra-Mitjans, Roser Saumench, Carlos Bidegain, Manuela Iglesias, Guadalupe Gonzalez-Pont, and Jose Belda
	Extended cervical mediastinoscopy in the staging of bronchogenic carcinoma of the left lung (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1081-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark K. Ferguson, Juned Siddique, and Theodore Karrison
	Modeling major lung resection outcomes using classification trees and multiple imputation techniques (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1085-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jens Benn Sørensen, Jesper Ravn, Annika Loft, Jørn Brenøe, Anne Kiil Berthelsen on behalf of the Nordic Mesothelioma Group
	Preoperative staging of mesothelioma by 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography fused imaging and mediastinoscopy compared to pathological findings after extrapleural pneumonectomy (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1090-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan G. Casson, Koroush Madani, Sarika Mann, Ronghua Zhao, Bruce Reeder, and Hyun Ja Lim
	Does previous fundoplication alter the surgical approach to esophageal adenocarcinoma? (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1097-1102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Akos Balazs, Peter K. Kupcsulik, and Zoltan Galambos
	Esophagorespiratory fistulas of tumorous origin. Non-operative management of 264 cases in a 20-year period (Original articles) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1103-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sang-Ho Jo, Young-Jin Choi, Goo-Yeong Cho, and Won-Yong Lee
	Huge cardiac hemangioma (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1108. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicola Vistarini, Stéphane Aubert, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Nicolas Bonnet
	Aberrant subclavian artery as origin of aortic dissection (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1109. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bertrand Stos, Ghazal Adler, Emmanuel Lebret, and Jean-François Paul
	Vascular ring and coarctation of the aorta associated with oesophageal atresia (Images in cardio-thoracic surgery) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1110. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masanori Hirota, Masaaki Kawada, Kozo Ishino, and Shunji Sano
	Staged Fontan's operation for unguarded tricuspid orifice with pulmonary atresia (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1111-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan I. Smith, Robert Stroud, Peter Damiani, and Mikhail Vaynblat
	Use of Argatroban for anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with heparin allergy (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1113-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heike Schnoering, Joerg S. Sachweh, Eberhard G. Muehler, and Jaime F. Vazquez-Jimenez
	Pancarditis in a five-year-old boy affecting tricuspid valve and ventricular septum (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1115-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuyuki Tanoue, Naoyuki Sata, Yukinori Moriyama, and Kenkichi Miyahara
	Rupture of the left atrial ‘basal’ appendage due to blunt trauma in an elderly patient (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1118-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yong Han, Qiang Lu, Tao Zhang, and Xiaoping Wang
	Pneumopericardium and esophagopericardial fistula presenting as pericarditis in a 1-year-old boy (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1120-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonio Bobbio, Antonello Mazzeo, Paolo Carbognani, and Michele Rusca
	An unusual case of calcifying fibrous pseudotumour of the cervicothoracic junction (Case reports) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1123-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tamer Altinok and Olgun K. Aribas
	Early surgical management of postoperative perforation in the bronchus intermedius membrane: is it a necessity? (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1126. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohammed W. Khalil and Pradip Sarkar
	Re: Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: look to see (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1126-1127. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kutsal Turhan, Ozer Makay, Ozgur Firat, and Ozgur Samancilar
	Reply to Khalil and Sarkar (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1127. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Khalid Al Ebrahim
	Simplified modified reinforced sternal closure (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1127-1128. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christoph Schimmer and Rainer Leyh
	Reply to Al Ebrahim (Letters to the Editor) Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;34:1128. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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