1. Beginning and development of surgery for acquired valvular heart disease in Japan

   • Kazuhiro Hashimoto

   Memorial Review Article 12 November 2009 Pages: 573 - 584

2. Survival and relapse pattern after trimodality therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

   • Kenichi Okubo
   • Makoto Sonobe
   • Masahiro Hiraoka

   Original Article 12 November 2009 Pages: 585 - 590

3. Stromal aminopeptidase N expression: correlation with angiogenesis in non-small-cell lung cancer

   • Shinya Ito
   • Ryo Miyahara
   • Fumihiro Tanaka

   Original Article 12 November 2009 Pages: 591 - 598

4. Impact of main bronchial lymph node involvement in pathological T1-2N1M0 non-small-cell lung cancer: multi-institutional survey by the Japan National Hospital Study Group for Lung Cancer

   • Hajime Maeda
   • Shimao Fukai
   • Masaaki Kawahara

   Original Article 12 November 2009 Pages: 599 - 604

5. Transapical aortic cannulation via left lateral thoracotomy for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

   • Tomonobu Abe
   • Toshiaki Ito
   • Koji Yamana

   Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 605 - 608

6. Emergent coronary artery bypass grafting for cardiogenic shock caused by very late drug-eluting stent thrombosis

   • Massimo Boffini
   • Fabrizio Ceresa
   • Mauro Rinaldi

   Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 609 - 611

7. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery for atrial fibrillation complicated by coronary artery disease: combination of video-assisted pulmonary vein isolation and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

   • Toshinori Totsugawa
   • Masahiko Kuinose
   • Atsuhisa Ishida

   Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 612 - 615

8. Intractable lung abscess successfully treated with cavernostomy and free omental plombage using microvascular surgery

   • Junzo Shimizu
   • Yoshihiko Arano
   • Hiroshi Ohtake

   Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 616 - 621

9. Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in an elderly patient with thoracic empyema

   • Manabu Yasuda
   • Takeshi Hanagiri
   • Kosei Yasumoto

   Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 622 - 624

10. Emergency off-pump complete arterial revascularization in a patient with dextrocardia

    • Satoshi Yamashiro
    • Kiyoshi Iha
    • Isao Nishijima

    Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 625 - 628

11. Abnormal fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in benign esophageal leiomyoma

    • Kentaroh Miyoshi
    • Minoru Naito
    • Hideo Ino

    Case Report 12 November 2009 Pages: 629 - 632