Beneficial effects of plasmapheresis before thymectomy on the outcome in myasthenia gravis Takeshi NagayasuTakatomo YamayoshiTadayuki Oka Original Article Pages: 2 - 7
Oral cibenzoline reduces postoperative atrial fibrillation in coronary artery bypass grafting Kazuyuki KuriuHiroyuki TanakaMakoto Sunamori Original Article Pages: 8 - 15
Beneficial effect of acute normovolemic hemodilution in cardiovascular surgery Tsuyoshi TaketaniNoboru MotomuraShinichi Takamoto Original Article Pages: 16 - 21
Pulmonary nodules 10 mm or less in diameter with ground-glass opacity component detected by high-resolution computed tomography have a high possibility of malignancy Hyung-Eun YoonKenjiro FukuharaKazuhiro Iwase Original Article Pages: 22 - 28
Intentional limited resection for small peripheral lung cancer based on intraoperative pathologic exploration Takehiro WatanabeAkira OkadaTatsuhiko Hirono Original Article Pages: 29 - 35
Does antiphospholipid antibody syndrome affect bioprosthetic heart valve? Shunei SaitoHiroshi IkeguchiEiji Takeuchi Case Report Pages: 36 - 38
Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer Kimihiro ShimizuYoshimi OtaniYasuo Morishita Case Report Pages: 39 - 41
Surgical treatment for coronary artery aneurysm Yuji TakedaNaoki MinatoTomoki Shimokawa Case Report Pages: 42 - 45
Persistent left superior vena cava draining to left atrium with normal coronary sinus Yasuyuki KatoSatoru MiyamotoYoshihiro Shimizu Case Report Pages: 46 - 48
Off-pump coronary artery bypass combined with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in an 88-year-old male Toshihiro OhataNobuo SakagoshiHarumasa Yasuda Case Report Pages: 49 - 51
Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus without mitral valve disease Akihiko OhkadoSeiichi NakajimaKazushi Ito Case Report Pages: 52 - 54
Thyroid cancer with massive invasion into the neck and mediastinal great veins Shinichiro MotohashiYasuo SekineTakehiko Fujisawa Case Report Pages: 55 - 57
Endovascular surgery using an original occluder for patent ductus arteriosus in an adult patient Shiro HazamaIchiro SakamotoKiyoyuki Eishi Case Report Pages: 58 - 61