1. Cell transplantation in non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Nobuhisa Ohno
   • Paul W. M. Fedak
   • Ren-Ke Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 460

2. EVAHEART™: An implantable centrifugal blood pump for long-term circulatory support

   • Kenji Yamazaki
   • Shinichiro Kihara
   • Hiromi Kurosawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 461 - 465

3. A new technique for muscle flap closure of the empyema space in complicated chronic bronchopleural fistula

   • Naoki Watanabe
   • Taiichirou Kanagawa
   • Yutaka Yamashita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 466 - 471

4. The effect of insufficiency of tetrahydrobiopterin on endothelial function and vasoactivity

   • Satoshi Yamashiro
   • Yukio Kuniyoshi
   • Kageharu Koja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 472 - 477

5. Splenic abscess associated with active infective endocarditis

   • Masaru Yoshikai
   • Masahiro Kamachi
   • Noritoshi Minematsu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 478 - 480

6. Left pulmonary artery occlusion due to compression by aortic aneurysm

   • Susumu Nagamine
   • Makoto Kamada
   • Hidemitsu Kakihata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 483

7. Modified Ross procedure with stentless bioprosthesis and pericardial xenograft for the right ventricular outflow tract

   • Hiroya Minami
   • Noboru Wakita
   • Yutaka Okita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 484 - 486

8. Anastomosis between the left atrial appendage and left superior vena cava in a patient with mitral atresia

   • Masakazu Abe
   • Takeshi Isobe
   • Naotaka Atsumi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 489

9. Surgery for coronary artery disease with penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of the ascending aorta

   • Makoto Kamada
   • Kenji Ohsaka
   • Hidemitsu Kakihata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 490 - 494

10. Benign fibrous histiocytoma of the trachea

    • Funda Demirağ
    • Salih Topçu
    • Güven Çetin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 497

11. Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project

    • Hiromi Kurosawa
    • J. William Gaynor
    • Constantine Mavroudis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 498 - 501