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Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009
Editorial
Clinical databases – a double-edged sword!
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 749–750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.034
Original Articles
Surgeon performance index: tool for assessment of individual surgical quality in total quality management
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 751–758, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.006
Risk-prediction for postoperative major morbidity in coronary surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 760–768, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.10.046
The European Thoracic Database project: composite performance score to measure quality of care after major lung resection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 769–774, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.037
Feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy for selected peripheral lung carcinomas
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 775–780, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.013
Positron emission tomography may underestimate the extent of thoracic disease in lung cancer patients
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 781–785, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.031
Non-imaged pulmonary nodules discovered during thoracotomy for metastasectomy by lung palpation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 786–791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.012
Which factors affect pulmonary function after lung metastasectomy?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 792–796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.011
Inhalation with Tobramycin® to improve healing of tracheobronchial reconstruction
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 797–800, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.048
Improvement of pulmonary microcirculation after lung transplantation using phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor modified preservation solution
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 801–806, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.015
A review of the lung transplantation programme in Ireland 2005–2007
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 807–811, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.10.055
Association of thymoma and myasthenia gravis: oncological and neurological results of the surgical treatment
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 812–816, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.014
A prospective randomized study to assess the efficacy of a surgical sealant to treat air leaks in lung surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 817–821, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.027
Duration of air leak is reduced after awake nonresectional lung volume reduction surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 822–828, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.010
Thoracic paravertebral block after thoracotomy: comparison of three different approaches
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 829–832, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.025
Improved results of the vacuum assisted closure and Nitinol clips sternal closure after postoperative deep sternal wound infection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 833–838, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.036
Erythropoietin protects from reperfusion-induced myocardial injury by enhancing coronary endothelial nitric oxide production
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 839–846, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.049
Wall motion score index predicts mortality and functional result after surgical ventricular restoration for advanced ischemic heart failure
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 847–853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.046
Mid-term results of right axillary incision for the repair of a wide range of congenital cardiac defects
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 864–870, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.022
Improved current era outcomes in patients with heterotaxy syndromes
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 871–878, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.018
Results of the double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 879–884, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.051
Current strategies in tetralogy of Fallot repair: pulmonary valve sparing and evolution of right ventricle/left ventricle pressures ratio
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 885–890, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.016
Editorial comment
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: a challenge
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 758–759, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.002
Predicting morbidity after coronary surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 760–768, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.11.009
Review
Acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: impact of early versus late haemofiltration on morbidity and mortality
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 854–863, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.019
Current options and outcomes for the management of atrioventricular septal defect
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 891–900, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.009
Images in cardio-thoracic surgery
Ruptured pseudoaneurysm with aorto-pulmonary shunt after aortic arch repair
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 901, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.051
Giant false aneurysm after perforation of the right sinus of Valsalva
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 902, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.050
Intimo-intimal intussusception: a rare complication of Stanford type A acute aortic dissection
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.039
Giant thoracic aneurysm with vertebral osteolysis: possible cause of hypercalcemia?
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 904, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.047
DeBekay repair for type III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 905, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.048
Dilation of a prosthetic aortic graft 23 years after implantation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 906, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.040
Multiple spontaneous coronary artery dissection presenting in association with coronary ectasia
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.029
Giant false aneurysm of innominate artery late after coronary surgery
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 908, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.053
Role of real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in transcatheter aortic valve implantation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 909, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.026
Novacor left ventricular assist device inflow valve endocarditis
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 910, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.028
Extended aortic dissection following percutaneous coronary intervention: angiographic and computed tomography findings
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 911, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.021
Intrathoracic pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with Bochdalek hernia and lung hypoplasia
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 912, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.032
How-to-do-it
Deltoido-pectoralis approach to axillary vessels for full-flow cardiopulmonary bypass
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 913–914, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.049
Case report
Management of supravalvar aortic stenosis and severely depressed left ventricular function in a neonate with Williams syndrome
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 915–916, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.020
Recurrent thymoma with a pleural dissemination invading the intervertebral foramen
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 917–919, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.036
Reply to the Letter to the Editor
Reply to Leach and Evans
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 920–921, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.035
Reply to Glauber et al.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.001
Reply to Hanke et al.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 923–924, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.010
Letter to the Editor
Re: Cardiac retransplantation: is it justified in times of critical donor organ shortage? Long-term single-center experience
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Page 920, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.034
Prophylactic aortic arch debranching during type A aortic dissection repair
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 921–922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.002
Re: Prospective randomized comparison of left atrial and biatrial radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 922–923, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.009
