Psychiatric problems of heart transplant candidates with left ventricular assist devices Atsushi BabaGoichi HirataRyoichi Toyoshima ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 203 - 208
Importance of luxury flow for critically ill patients receiving a left ventricular assist system Motonobu NishimuraTakashi NishimuraShunei Kyo ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 209 - 213
Heparin reduction with the use of cardiotomy suction is associated with hyperfibrinolysis during distal aortic perfusion with a heparin-coated semi-closed cardiopulmonary bypass system Norihiko ShiiyaKenji MatsuzakiHiroshi Sugiki ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 214 - 219
Construction of fibroblast–collagen gels with orientated fibrils induced by static or dynamic stress: toward the fabrication of small tendon grafts Zhonggang FengYu TateishiTakao Nakamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 220 - 225
Clinical study of therapeutic angiogenesis by autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation in 92 patients with critically ischemic limbs Akio KawamuraTakashi HorieShinya Tanaka ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 226 - 233
Tailor-made tricalcium phosphate bone implant directly fabricated by a three-dimensional ink-jet printer Kazuyo IgawaManabu MochizukiNobuo Sasaki ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 234 - 240
Intercellular localization of occludins and ZO-1 as a solute transport barrier of the mesothelial monolayer Ken-ichi KanedaKeiichi MiyamotoTakashi Horiuchi ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 241 - 250
New strategy of platelet substitutes for enhancing platelet aggregation at high shear rates: cooperative effects of a mixed system of fibrinogen γ-chain dodecapeptide- or glycoprotein Ibα-conjugated latex beads under flow conditions Yosuke OkamuraMakoto HandaShinji Takeoka ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2006 Pages: 251 - 258
The case of an explanted 16-year-old mitral Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis Hiroomi MurayamaTakashi WatanabeAtsukata Kobayashi CASE REPORT 21 December 2006 Pages: 259 - 262
The development of a multichannel electrode array for retinal prostheses Yasuo TerasawaHiroyuki TashiroJun Ohta BRIEF COMMUNICATION 21 December 2006 Pages: 263 - 266
The length of the aorta from the subclavian artery to the renal artery based on computed tomographic measurements in Japanese adults Tsuguo Igari BRIEF COMMUNICATION 21 December 2006 Pages: 267 - 270