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Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002
Presidential address
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: carrying the torch
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 857–863, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00731-5
Original Articles
Early and long term outcome of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: predictors and functional evaluation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 864–873, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00613-9
Simultaneous repair of pectus excavatum and congenital heart disease over the past 30 years
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 874–878, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00571-7
Thyroid hormones levels in infants during and after cardiopulmonary bypass with ultrafiltration
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 879–884, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00588-2
Hybrid approaches to complex congenital cardiac surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 885–890, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00586-9
Endoluminal stent graft repair for acute and chronic type B aortic dissection and atherosclerotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta: an interdisciplinary task
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 891–897, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00563-8
A new outside stent – does it prevent vein graft intimal proliferation?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 898–903, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00587-0
Improved early results after heart valve surgery over the last decade
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 904–911, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00585-7
Eleven years’ experience with the Biocor stentless aortic bioprosthesis: clinical and hemodynamic follow-up with long-term relative survival rate
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 912–921, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00584-5
Multivariate analysis of risk factors for hospital mortality in valvular reoperations for prosthetic valve dysfunction
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 922–926, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00583-3
Review
Evolution of case-mix in heart surgery: from mortality risk to complication risk
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 927–933, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00566-3
Original Articles
Vacuum-assisted suction drainage versus conventional treatment in the management of poststernotomy osteomyelitis
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 934–938, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00594-8
Prediction of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting by measuring atrial peptide levels and preoperative atrial dimensions
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 939–943, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00565-1
The role of Na+/H+ exchange in the efficacy of multidose hypothermic cardioplegia in immature rabbit hearts
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 944–950, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00572-9
Non-depolarizing cardioplegia activates Ca2+-ATPase in sarcoplasmic reticulum after reperfusion
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 951–956, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00582-1
Comparison of protein with DNA therapy for chronic myocardial ischemia using fibroblast growth factor-2
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 957–964, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00577-8
Bridge to transplantation with the DeBakey VAD® axial pump: a single center report
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 965–970, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00612-7
Cardiac myxomas: 24 years of experience in 49 patients
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 971–977, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00592-4
Video-assisted thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: an update of a single institution experience
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 978–983, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00593-6
Surgical treatment of post-traumatic tracheobronchial injuries: 14-year experience
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 984–989, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00591-2
Giant bullous emphysema resection by VATS. Analysis of laser and stapler techniques
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 990–994, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00567-5
Peripheral small-sized (2 cm or less) non-small cell lung cancer with mediastinal lymph node metastasis; clinicopathologic features and patterns of nodal spread
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 995–999, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00578-X
Comparison of clinical and surgical-pathologic staging of the patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1000–1005, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00581-X
Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
Giant pulmonary hamartoma
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1006, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00579-1
Purulent pneumopericarditis due to ulcer of the retrosternal stomach roll after esophagectomy
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1007, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00564-X
Case report
Giant leiomyoma of the esophagus
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1008–1010, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00569-9
Late splenic metastasis after curative resection for oesophageal carcinoma
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1011–1013, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00580-8
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the posterior mediastinum
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1014–1016, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00568-7
Intrathoracic desmoid tumor with invasion of the great vessels
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1017–1019, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00614-0
Sleeve resection of the right main bronchus for postlobectomy broncho-pleural fistula
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1020–1022, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00570-5
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum and upper right atrial inflow obstruction
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1023–1025, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00619-X
Aortic valve replacement for a patient with warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1026–1028, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00589-4
Vacuum-assisted closure in the paediatric patient with post-cardiotomy mediastinitis
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1029–1031, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00562-6
Possible close relationship between non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia and cholesterol crystal embolism after cardiovascular surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1032–1034, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00590-0
Letter to the Editor
Composite graft using the gastroepiploic artery, regarding the study design
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1035, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00573-0
Reply to Hirose and Amano
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1036, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00574-2
Non-uniform aortic medial degenerative changes associated with aortic valve disease
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1036–1037, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00575-4
Reply to Veinot
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1037–1038, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00576-6
Resection of Kommerell's diverticulum and left subclavian artery transfer does not always relieve symptoms
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1038–1039, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00617-6
Reply to Konstantinov
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1039, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00618-8
Second primary cancers occurring in patients with early stage non-small-cell lung cancer treated with radiation therapy alone
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1039–1040, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00615-2
Reply to Jeremic
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1040–1041, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00616-4
Erratum
Erratum to “Surgical treatment of complex cardiac anomalies: the ‘one and one half ventricle repair’” [Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 22 (2002) 431–437]
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Page 1042, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00668-1
Original Articles
Surgical treatment of complex cardiac anomalies: the ‘one and one half ventricle repair’
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 6, December 2002, Pages 1043–1049, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00669-3
