1. Surgical repair of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture

   • Hiroshi Furukawa
   • Koji Tsuchiya
   • Yoshinao Iida

   Original Article Pages: 199 - 204

2. Results from coronary artery bypass surgery combined abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

   • Kanji Kawachi
   • Soichiro Kitamura
   • Yasuaki Kashu

   Original Article Pages: 205 - 210

3. Pedicled pericardial flap for pulmonary artery in adult dogs

   • Kaori Sato
   • Atsushi Iguchi
   • Koichi Tabayashi

   Original Article Pages: 211 - 216

4. Duplex scanning to assess radial artery suitability for coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Mitsuharu Hosono
   • Shigefumi Suehiro
   • Hiroaki Kinoshita

   Original Article Pages: 217 - 221

5. Early experience of aortic valve replacement with the freestyle® stentless aortic bioprosthesis in elderly patients

   • Shigeaki Ohtake
   • Yoshiki Sawa
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Original Article Pages: 222 - 228

6. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with brainstem infarction

   • Yuzuru Sakakibara
   • Hiroko Nakata
   • Toshio Mitsui

   Case Report Pages: 229 - 232

7. Pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma 8 years after resection of the same type of lymphoma of the liver

   • Fengshi Chen
   • Osamu Ike
   • Shigeki Hitomi

   Case Report Pages: 233 - 235

8. Tamponade after open-heart surgery with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support

   • Kensuke Shioi
   • Yongton Cao
   • Yoshihisa Nagata

   Case Report Pages: 236 - 237

9. Chylothorax after thoracoscopic esophagectomy

   • Masashi Takemura
   • Harushi Osugi
   • Masayuki Higashino

   Case Report Pages: 238 - 241

10. Difference in structural change in the Carpentier-Edwards pericardial valves implanted in the mitral and tricuspid positions

    • Toshihiro Ohata
    • Ikutaro Kigawa
    • Yasuhiko Wanibuchi

    Case Report Pages: 242 - 244

11. Upper hemisternotomy as conversion from minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Motohiro Kawauchi
    • Shinichi Takamoto
    • Yutaka Kotsuka

    Case Report Pages: 245 - 246

12. Thoracic aortic aneurysm complicated with severe coronary arterial occlusive disease

    • Norifumi Ohtani
    • Keiko Kiyokawa
    • Tadahiro Sasajima

    Case Report Pages: 247 - 250

13. Pulmonary sequestration associated with aspergillosis

    • Shigeo Kanazawa
    • Taka-aki Nagae
    • Tsukasa Tsunoda

    Case Report Pages: 251 - 253

14. Posterior ventricular septal perforation in an 80-year-old man

    • Takayuki Kumamoto
    • Takashi Hirotani
    • Shogo Shirota

    Case Report Pages: 254 - 257

15. Watershed infarction after combined coronary and axillobifemoral bypass surgery

    • Masaaki Koga
    • Shinji Shimokawa
    • Akira Taira

    Case Report Pages: 258 - 260