Incentive for a shift from modern scientific medicine to integrative medicine Tetsuzo Agishi REVIEW Pages: 123 - 129
Present status and perspectives of bioartificial kidneys Akira SaitoTun AungTakatoshi Kakuta REVIEW Pages: 130 - 135
Education and research using experimental pigs in a medical school Hozumi TanakaEiji Kobayashi INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURE Pages: 136 - 143
Suppressive effect of phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibition on systemic inflammatory responses after cardiopulmonary bypass Masaki HamamotoMichiharu SugaSoichiro Kitamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 144 - 148
Midterm results for endovascular stent grafts via median sternotomy for distal aortic arch aneurysm Koji SakuraiAkihiko UsuiKazuki Tajima ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 149 - 153
Mechanism for cavitation of monoleaflet and bileaflet valves in an artificial heart Hwansung LeeEisuke TatsumiYoshiyuki Taenaka ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 154 - 160
Evaluation of coagulant activity after mechanical heart valve replacement Naoki KonagaiNorio UchimuraTatsuhiko Kudo ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 161 - 164
Dynamic particle image velocimetry flow analysis of the flow field immediately downstream of bileaflet mechanical mitral prostheses Toshinosuke AkutsuJun Saito ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 165 - 178
Changes in expression of genes related to cell proliferation in human mesenchymal stem cells during in vitro culture in comparison with cancer cells Rumi SawadaTomomi ItoToshie Tsuchiya ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 179 - 184
Fabrication of transplantable human oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets using temperature-responsive culture inserts without feeder layer cells Daisuke MurakamiMasayuki YamatoTeruo Okano ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 185 - 191
Design and assessment of the new APS dialyzer (APS-SA series) Makoto FukudaMiwa MiyazakiMakoto Yoshida ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 192 - 198
Prevalence of pannus formation after aortic valve replacement: clinical aspects and surgical management Yoshimasa SakamotoKazuhiro HashimotoHiroshi Kagawa BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 199 - 202