1. Surgery for aortic dissection associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve

   • Motomi Ando
   • Yutaka Okita
   • Shinichi Takamoto

   Original Article Pages: 1069 - 1073

2. A rare case of spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave’s syndrome) associated with pulmonary rupture

   • Tadanobu Munemura
   • On Suzuki
   • Hiroyuki Kato

   Case Report Pages: 1074 - 1077

3. Emergent bronchofiberoptic bronchial occlusion for intractable pneumothorax with severe emphysema

   • Shinichiro Okada
   • Kanji Kano
   • Shoichi Satoh

   Case Report Pages: 1078 - 1081

4. Chronic pulmonary thromboendarterectomy complicated by antithrombin III deficiency and antiphospholipid syndrome

   • Motomi Ando
   • Yutaka Okita
   • Soichiro Kitamura

   Case Report Pages: 1082 - 1087

5. Surgical management of patent ductus arteriosus in low body weight infants

   • Shunji Uchita
   • Yasuharu Imai
   • Mitsugi Nagashima

   Original Article Pages: 1088 - 1092

6. Clinical evaluation of Dumon stent for tracheobronchial stenosis due to advanced esophageal carcinoma

   • Masanori Ohara
   • Tatsuya Abe
   • Masao Hosokawa

   Original Article Pages: 1093 - 1096

7. Evaluation of highly damaged renal function following extracorporeal circulation —Usefulness of alpha 1-microglobulin index—

   • Takashi Narisawa
   • Atsubumi Murakami
   • Toshihiro Takaba

   Original Article Pages: 1097 - 1104

8. Coronary artery bypass grafting in cases with poor left ventricular function

   • Ken Miyahara
   • Kenzo Yasuura
   • Mitsuya Murase

   Original Article Pages: 1105 - 1111

9. Early hemodynamic effects of olprinone hydrochloride after coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Akira Marui
   • Takaaki Mochizuki
   • Mayumi Horibe

   Original Article Pages: 1112 - 1116

10. Comparative study of artifical circulation for the liver after cardiogenic shock: Pulsatile or nonpulsatile?

    • Takashi Kohjima

    Original Article Pages: 1117 - 1125

11. Surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection —Clinical aspects of pulmonary venous obstruction—

    • Katsunori Yoshihara
    • Tsukasa Ozawa
    • Yoshinori Takanashi

    Original Article Pages: 1126 - 1132

12. Experimental study of coronary artery anastomosis using VCS clips®

    • Hiroshi Noda
    • Tomoe Katoh
    • Kensuke Esato

    Original Article Pages: 1133 - 1136

13. Three cases of pulmonary embolism incorrectly diagnosed as lung cancer

    • Shigeo Tanimura
    • Hiroshi Tomoyasu
    • Hiroshi Matsushita

    Case Report Pages: 1137 - 1140

14. Successful emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after use of a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support system in a patient with cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to acute myocardial infarction

    • Tadaaki Koyama
    • Takaaki Mochizuki
    • Akira Marui

    Case Report Pages: 1141 - 1146

15. A successful conversion of failed Fontan circulation to total cavopulmonary connection in a case of tricuspid atresia without pulmonary stenosis

    • Kanako Kimura
    • Toyoki Fukuda
    • Akira Aki

    Case Report Pages: 1147 - 1151

16. Ventricular septal defect associated with pulmonary hypertension in monozygotic twins —A case report with surgical repair—

    • Mitsunobu Kobayashi
    • Susumu Ishikawa
    • Yasuo Morishita

    Case Report Pages: 1152 - 1155

17. A case of both lung giant bullae treated by thoracoscopic bilateral resection

    • Hiroshi Iwabuchi
    • Tetsuo Kamura

    Case Report Pages: 1156 - 1161

18. Postoperative compartment syndrome in a patient with acute aortic dissection (DeBakey type I)

    • Taira Yamamoto
    • Haruo Makuuchi
    • Kenji Nonaka

    Case Report Pages: 1162 - 1167

19. A case of adenocarcinoma of thymus

    • Yutaka Makino
    • Masakatsu Asada
    • Masato Hashimoto

    Case Report Pages: 1168 - 1171

20. Successful surgical correction for an incomplete endocardial cushion defect in an elderly patient

    • Soichi Asano
    • Hirokazu Murayama
    • Katsuhiko Tatsuno

    Case Report Pages: 1172 - 1176

21. A successful biventricular repair in an adult case with “common ventricle” and isomeric atrial appendages previously undergoing the conventional Glenn procedure

    • Masahiro Yoshida
    • Toshikatsu Yagihara
    • Ko Yoshizumi

    Case Report Pages: 1177 - 1181

22. Spontaneous esophageal rupture after gastrointestinal examination using barium

    • Ryo Masuda
    • Isao Tanaka
    • Toru Isoyama

    Case Report Pages: 1182 - 1185

23. One-stage surgery for Stanford type-A aortic dissection, annulo-aortic ectasia, and chronic constrictive pericarditis —A case report—

    • Soichi Asano
    • Hirokazu Murayama
    • Yasutsugu Nakagawa

    Case Report Pages: 1186 - 1189

24. A case of Stanford type A acute aortic dissection associated wih a distal aoric arch atherosclerotic aneurysm

    • Ryuji Koushima
    • Yoichi Kikuchi
    • Katsuyuki Kusajima

    Case Report Pages: 1190 - 1193

25. Total cavopulmonary connection for grown diminutive pulmonary artery after staged Blalock-Taussig shunt

    • Shunji Uchita
    • Kozo Matsuo
    • Tadashi Fujiwara

    Case Report Pages: 1194 - 1199

26. Two staged Starnes operation for Ebstein’s anomaly with pulmonary atresia in early infancy —A report of a successful case—

    • Masanobu Maeda
    • Noboru Sai
    • Haruki Takemura

    Case Report Pages: 1200 - 1205

27. A case of recurrent esophageal cavernous hemangioma increasing rapidly after surgery

    • Toshihiko Urakami
    • Kaoru Kondo
    • Masanori Nishiwaki

    Case Report Pages: 1206 - 1210

28. Surgical repair of coronary sinus type partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with intact atrial septum

    • Atsushi Aoki
    • Takehiro Kubota
    • Syunji Sano

    Case Report Pages: 1211 - 1214

29. A resected case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) necessary to distinguish from Askin tumor

    • Makoto Odaka
    • Satoshi Yamazaki
    • Yoji Yamazaki

    Case Report Pages: 1215 - 1220