1. Molecular basis of lung tissue regeneration

   • Hiroshi Kubo

   Current Topics Review Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 231 - 244

2. Thoracic splenosis: know it—avoid unnecessary investigations, interventions, and thoracotomy

   • Amir Maqbul Khan
   • Kamran Manzoor
   • Chang Shim

   Review Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 245 - 253

3. Predictors of atrial fibrillation occurrence after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

   • Aşkın Ender Topal
   • Mehmet Nesimi Eren

   Original Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 254 - 260

4. Evaluation of risk factors for hospital mortality and current treatment for poststernotomy mediastinitis

   • Akimasa Morisaki
   • Mitsuharu Hosono
   • Toshihiko Shibata

   Original Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 261 - 267

5. Biphasic clinical characteristics of mild to moderate chest trauma according to age

   • Takashi Iwata
   • Kunio Omori
   • Takuya Miura

   Original Article 12 April 2011 Pages: 268 - 272

6. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first trans-iliac experience in Japan

   • Satoshi Kainuma
   • Toru Kuratani
   • Yoshiki Sawa

   Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 273 - 276

7. Cor triatriatum repair to eliminate suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

   • Kazuhiro Kurisu
   • Manabu Hisahara
   • Hirofumi Onitsuka

   Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 277 - 279

8. Left ventricular perforation and dissecting subepicardial hematoma after catheter ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

   • Hiroshi Nagamine
   • Shigeharu Sawa
   • Go Watanabe

   Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 280 - 283

9. Surgical treatment of cardiac myxosarcoma

   • Masato Suzuki
   • Hirosato Doi
   • Takemi Ohno

   Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 284 - 287

10. Multiple aneurysm repair: hybrid approach to chronic dissection around visceral branches

    • Nobuhiro Handa
    • Takeshi Nishina
    • Yoichirou Ueno

    Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 288 - 292

11. Radical resection of a pleomorphic carcinoma after relieving airway obstruction by the endobronchial snare method

    • Ryosuke Usuda
    • Fumihiro Yamaguchi
    • Takashi Suzuki

    Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 293 - 296

12. Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

    • Yoshimasa Mizuno
    • Hisashi Iwata
    • Hirofumi Takemura

    Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 297 - 300

13. Surgical risk of vessel injury: an unusual anatomical variant of the right medial basal segmental pulmonary artery

    • Shunsuke Yamada
    • Yoshimasa Inoue
    • Masayuki Iwazaki

    Case Report 12 April 2011 Pages: 301 - 303

14. Novel technique of retrograde cerebral perfusion for descending aortic repair: direct cannulation into left internal jugular vein

    • Masashi Toyama
    • Akio Matsuura
    • Masayuki Sugimoto

    How to Do It 12 April 2011 Pages: 304 - 306

15. Technical tips for concomitant off-pump epicardial pulmonary vein isolation

    • Toshinori Totsugawa
    • Masahiko Kuinose
    • Atsuhisa Ishida

    How to Do It 12 April 2011 Pages: 307 - 309

16. Liposarcoma of the chest wall: a case potentially transformed from a recurrent lipoma

    • Jin Yong Jeong
    • Hyung Joo Park
    • In Sung Lee

    Letter to the Editor 12 April 2011 Pages: 310 - 311