1. Cardiothoracic surgery in the Indian Milieu: An introspection

   • B. L. Gupta

   Presidential Address Pages: 1 - 3

2. Policy matters

   • Amit Banerjee

   Editorial Pages: 4 - 5

3. Management of chronic empyemata and bronchopleural fistulae

   • R. S. Rajan

   Editorial Pages: 6 - 7

4. Closed commissurotomy for mitral stenosis: Obsolete or relevant?

   • Stanley John
   • K. M. Shyam Prasad
   • S. Krishnaswamy

   Original Article Pages: 8 - 12

5. Omental pedicle flap for the management of postoperative bronchopleural fistulae

   • V. Shukla
   • Navin Lal
   • P. S. Jairaj

   Original Article Pages: 13 - 15

6. The role of a modified eloesser flap in the management of mixed tuberculous and other complex empyemas

   • Sohaila M. Ali

   Original Article Pages: 16 - 18

7. Computed tomographic evaluation of aortocoronary bypass grafts

   • R. C. Kesava Rao
   • Sima Mukhopadhyay
   • Anupam Kakaria

   Original Article Pages: 19 - 22

8. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for recurrence of symptoms following myocardial revascularisation

   • Tripti Deb
   • Mathew Samuel
   • P. C. Reddy

   Original Article Pages: 23 - 26

9. Left ventricular dimension changes after chordal preservation in mitral valve replacement

   • Shaunak Shah
   • Probal K. Ghosh
   • S. Radhakrishnan

   Original Article Pages: 27 - 32

10. Mitral valve replacement preserving the posterior leaflet and its subvalvular structures

    • B. A. Konstantinov
    • Yu V. Tarichko
    • N. Madhu Sankar

    Original Article Pages: 33 - 35

11. Anaesthetic management for surgical correction of coarctation of aorta

    • Pramila Chari
    • Anil Agarwal
    • J. S. Gujral

    Original Article Pages: 36 - 38

12. Technical considerations for improved access to the mitral valve for reconstruction

    • S. Balasundaram
    • C. G. Duran

    Technical Options Pages: 39 - 41

13. Primary haemangiopericytoma of the lung

    • V. P. Murali
    • A. Joy
    • G. R. Nair

    Case Report Pages: 42 - 44

14. Seromuscular fibrosis of subcutaneous colonic transplant: an unusual complication of oesophagocoloplasty

    • P. Radjendirin
    • N. Ananthakrishnan
    • K. S. V. K. Subbarao

    Case Report Pages: 45 - 47

15. Needle in the left ventricular myocardium

    • Balram Airan
    • Anil Bhan
    • I. M. Rao

    Case Report Pages: 48 - 49

16. Empyema caused by an unusual retained pleural foreign body

    • Rakesh Sudan
    • K. M. Shyam Prasad
    • Stanley John

    Case Report Pages: 50 - 51

17. Stress fracture of Tubb's dilator

    • Solomon Victor

    Torrents and Bridges Pages: 52 - 53

18. Aortic laceration caused by mediastinal drainage tube

    • M. Nachiappan
    • Amit Banerjee
    • K. S. V. K. Subbarao

    Torrents and Bridges Pages: 54 - 55

19. Modified sternal retractor and internal mammary artery forceps for myocardial revascularisation

    • Solomon Victor

    Innovations Pages: 56 - 57

20. Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms

    • K. S. V. K. Subbarao

    Book Review Pages: 58 - 58

21. Chest wall swelling following blunt trauma

    • Amit Banerjee
    • K. S. V. K Subbarao
    • G. Jayaraman

    Clinical Quiz Pages: 59 - 61

22. Association notes

    Information Pages: 62 - 63

23. Forthcoming events

    Information Pages: 63 - 63