The current situation in human pancreatic islet transplantation: problems and prospects Naoya KobayashiTeru OkitsuNoriaki Tanaka REVIEW Pages: 1 - 8
Usefulness of low-priming-volume cardiopulmonary bypass circuits and dilutional ultrafiltration in neonatal open-heart surgery Fumio FukumuraHideaki KadoHisataka Yasui ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 9 - 12
Simultaneous monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials and regional cerebral oxygen saturation combined with serial measurement of plasma levels of cerebral specific proteins for the early diagnosis of postoperative brain damage in cardiovascular surgery Atsuyoshi OkiHiroshi OhtakeToshihiro Takaba ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 13 - 18
Optimized retrograde cerebral perfusion reduces ischemic energy depletion Teiji OdaTetsuhiro KimuraYutaka Fujise ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 19 - 26
Experimental evaluation of the optimal tidal volume for simultaneous pacing of the diaphragm and respiratory muscles Takashi AdachiMasayoshi YokoyamaTakamasa Onuki ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 27 - 29
Static analysis of annuloplasty rings sutured on an annulus model of the mitral valve: comparison between the Duran ring and the Carpentier Classic ring Makoto AritaHitoshi KasegawaMitsuo Umezu ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 30 - 36
Islet film cures diabetes Toru YamasakiHisashi OnoderaMasayuki Imamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 37 - 40
Successful weaning from cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by banding a hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula Hiroaki KonishiYasuhiro TezukaKatsuo Fuse CASE REPORT Pages: 41 - 43