1. A 44-year experience of prosthetic heart valve implantation at Niigata University Hospital

   • Jun-ichi Hayashi

   Review 24 April 2012 Pages: 109 - 116

   

2. Long-term durability of Starr–Edwards ball valve

   • Shoji Eguchi

   Chairperson's Comment 24 April 2012 Pages: 117 - 118

   

3. Flow visualization for different port angles of a pulsatile ventricular assist device

   • Eiki Akagawa
   • Hwansung Lee
   • Yoshiyuki Taenaka

   Original Article 30 October 2011 Pages: 119 - 127

   

4. Alteration of LV end-diastolic volume by controlling the power of the continuous-flow LVAD, so it is synchronized with cardiac beat: development of a native heart load control system (NHLCS)

   • Akihide Umeki
   • Takashi Nishimura
   • Eisuke Tatsumi

   Original Article 12 November 2011 Pages: 128 - 133

   

5. Hemodynamic influence of tilting disc valve type on pump performance with the NIPRO-ventricular assist device

   • Mitsutoshi Kimura
   • Takashi Nishimura
   • Minoru Ono

   Original Article 11 November 2011 Pages: 134 - 139

   

6. Effect of the technique for assisting renal blood circulation on ischemic kidney in acute cardiorenal syndrome

   • Shigeru Hanada
   • Yoshiaki Takewa
   • Eisuke Tatsumi

   Original Article 21 October 2011 Pages: 140 - 145

   

7. Eye-tracking analysis of skilled performance in clinical extracorporeal circulation

   • Yasuko Tomizawa
   • Hirotaka Aoki
   • Ryohei Yozu

   Original Article 17 February 2012 Pages: 146 - 157

   

8. Surgical repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm concomitant with iliac arterial disease using InterGard™ Quadrifurcated

   • Yujiro Ito
   • Yoshitsugu Nakamura
   • Osamu Tagusari

   Original Article 13 January 2012 Pages: 158 - 161

   

9. Aortic valve prosthesis selection in dialysis patients based on the patient’s condition

   • Shinya Fukui
   • Mitsuhiro Yamamura
   • Yuji Miyamoto

   Original Article 26 February 2012 Pages: 162 - 167

   

10. Experimental evaluation of flow and dialysis performance of hollow-fiber dialyzers with different packing densities

    • Ayaka Hirano
    • Shoko Kida
    • Kiyotaka Sakai

    Original Article 25 November 2011 Pages: 168 - 175

    

11. Combined blood purification for treating acute fatty liver of pregnancy complicated by acute kidney injury: a case series

    • Wan Xin Tang
    • Zhong Ying Huang
    • Ping Fu

    Original Article 26 November 2011 Pages: 176 - 184

    

12. Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) elution from polysulfone dialysis membranes by varying solvent and wall shear stress

    • Koki Namekawa
    • Masato Matsuda
    • Kiyotaka Sakai

    Original Article 05 February 2012 Pages: 185 - 192

    

13. Clinical trial of allogeneic cultured dermal substitutes for intractable skin ulcers

    • Naoto Yamada
    • Eiju Uchinuma
    • Yoshimitsu Kuroyanagi

    Original Article 03 December 2011 Pages: 193 - 199

    

14. A case of late-onset right ventricular failure after implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

    • Teruhiko Imamura
    • Koichiro Kinugawa
    • Ryozo Nagai

    Case Report 17 January 2012 Pages: 200 - 203

    

15. Successful implantation of HeartWare HVAD left ventricular assist device with concomitant ascending and sinus of valsalva aneurysms repair

    • Koji Takeda
    • Umraan Ahmad
    • Edwin C. McGee Jr.

    Case Report 12 February 2012 Pages: 204 - 206

    

16. Left heart bypass support with the Rotaflow Centrifugal Pump^® as a bridge to decision and recovery in an adult

    • Koichi Kashiwa
    • Takashi Nishimura
    • Minoru Ono

    Case Report 23 February 2012 Pages: 207 - 210

    

17. A preliminary investigation of symptom pattern and prevalence before and up to 6 months after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

    • Jesus M. Casida
    • Jessica Parker

    Brief Communication 26 November 2011 Pages: 211 - 214