1. A new method for establishing an intrapulmonary tumor in the rabbit

   • Yuzo Shomura
   • Yukihito Saito
   • Hiroji Imamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 343

2. Contractile response of different segments of the latissimus dorsi muscle to chronic stimulation

   • S. Fehmi Katircioĝlu
   • A. Tulga Ulus
   • Bahattin Koç

   OriginalPaper Pages: 344 - 348

3. Coronary occlusion using bi-directionally stretched elastic sutures during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Yukio Okazaki
   • Tsuyoshi Itoh
   • Masafumi Natsuaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 354

4. When and how does nonstructural mechanical prosthetic heart valve dysfunction occur?

   • Yoshio Misawa
   • Tsutomu Saito
   • Katsuo Fuse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 360

5. Left ventricular mass index reduction early after an isolated aortic valve replacement with St Jude medical 19A-HP

   • Shin Uchikawa
   • Shigeyuki Aomi
   • Hitoshi Koyanagi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 367

6. Autocrine motility factor-receptor gene expression in lung cancer

   • Iwao Takanami
   • Ken Takeuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 368 - 373

7. Pseudoaneurysm from the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa following endocarditis

   • Yukifusa Yokoyama
   • Shuji Tamaki
   • Masato Mutsuga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 374 - 377

8. Advantage of earlier thoracoscopic clipping of thoracic duct for post-operation chylothorax following thoracic aneurysm surgery

   • Nobuaki Hirata
   • Takayoshi Ueno
   • Tetsuo Kido

   OriginalPaper Pages: 378 - 380

9. Successful emergency aortic valve replacement following percutaneous cardiopulmonary support for the patient with aortic stenosis and cardiac arrest

   • Hironori Matsuhisa
   • Nobuhiko Mukouhara
   • Tsutomu Shida

   OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 383

10. Early valvular obliteration of cryopreserved aortic valve allograft

    • Aya Saito
    • Toshiya Ohtsuka
    • Yutaka Takazawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 384 - 386

11. Floating ball thrombus in the left atrium with mitral stenosis

    • Takahiko Misumi
    • Mikihiko Kudo
    • Hiroya Kumamaru

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 389

12. Spontaneous esophageal rupture treated with staged operations

    • Masahiro Koh
    • Yasuhiko Yoshioka
    • Masahiro Fujikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 390 - 392

13. Perioperative myocardial infarction in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Shun-ichiro Sakamoto
    • Masami Ochi
    • Shigeo Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 396

14. Aortic connector for coronary revascularization in a patient with Takayasu's disease

    • Atsushi Yamaguchi
    • Hideo Adachi
    • Takashi Ino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 399

15. Selective segmental jet injection to distinguish the intersegmental plane using jet ventilation

    • Hidehito Matsuoka
    • Wataru Nishio
    • Noriaki Tsubota

    OriginalPaper Pages: 400 - 401