Surgery for aortic dissection associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve Motomi AndoYutaka OkitaShinichi Takamoto Original Article Pages: 1069 - 1073
A rare case of spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave’s syndrome) associated with pulmonary rupture Tadanobu MunemuraOn SuzukiHiroyuki Kato Case Report Pages: 1074 - 1077
Emergent bronchofiberoptic bronchial occlusion for intractable pneumothorax with severe emphysema Shinichiro OkadaKanji KanoShoichi Satoh Case Report Pages: 1078 - 1081
Chronic pulmonary thromboendarterectomy complicated by antithrombin III deficiency and antiphospholipid syndrome Motomi AndoYutaka OkitaSoichiro Kitamura Case Report Pages: 1082 - 1087
Surgical management of patent ductus arteriosus in low body weight infants Shunji UchitaYasuharu ImaiMitsugi Nagashima Original Article Pages: 1088 - 1092
Clinical evaluation of Dumon stent for tracheobronchial stenosis due to advanced esophageal carcinoma Masanori OharaTatsuya AbeMasao Hosokawa Original Article Pages: 1093 - 1096
Evaluation of highly damaged renal function following extracorporeal circulation —Usefulness of alpha 1-microglobulin index— Takashi NarisawaAtsubumi MurakamiToshihiro Takaba Original Article Pages: 1097 - 1104
Coronary artery bypass grafting in cases with poor left ventricular function Ken MiyaharaKenzo YasuuraMitsuya Murase Original Article Pages: 1105 - 1111
Early hemodynamic effects of olprinone hydrochloride after coronary artery bypass grafting Akira MaruiTakaaki MochizukiMayumi Horibe Original Article Pages: 1112 - 1116
Comparative study of artifical circulation for the liver after cardiogenic shock: Pulsatile or nonpulsatile? Takashi Kohjima Original Article Pages: 1117 - 1125
Surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection —Clinical aspects of pulmonary venous obstruction— Katsunori YoshiharaTsukasa OzawaYoshinori Takanashi Original Article Pages: 1126 - 1132
Experimental study of coronary artery anastomosis using VCS clips® Hiroshi NodaTomoe KatohKensuke Esato Original Article Pages: 1133 - 1136
Three cases of pulmonary embolism incorrectly diagnosed as lung cancer Shigeo TanimuraHiroshi TomoyasuHiroshi Matsushita Case Report Pages: 1137 - 1140
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 KoyamaTakaaki MochizukiAkira Marui Case Report Pages: 1141 - 1146
A successful conversion of failed Fontan circulation to total cavopulmonary connection in a case of tricuspid atresia without pulmonary stenosis Kanako KimuraToyoki FukudaAkira Aki Case Report Pages: 1147 - 1151
Ventricular septal defect associated with pulmonary hypertension in monozygotic twins —A case report with surgical repair— Mitsunobu KobayashiSusumu IshikawaYasuo Morishita Case Report Pages: 1152 - 1155
A case of both lung giant bullae treated by thoracoscopic bilateral resection Hiroshi IwabuchiTetsuo Kamura Case Report Pages: 1156 - 1161
Postoperative compartment syndrome in a patient with acute aortic dissection (DeBakey type I) Taira YamamotoHaruo MakuuchiKenji Nonaka Case Report Pages: 1162 - 1167
A case of adenocarcinoma of thymus Yutaka MakinoMasakatsu AsadaMasato Hashimoto Case Report Pages: 1168 - 1171
Successful surgical correction for an incomplete endocardial cushion defect in an elderly patient Soichi AsanoHirokazu MurayamaKatsuhiko Tatsuno Case Report Pages: 1172 - 1176
A successful biventricular repair in an adult case with “common ventricle” and isomeric atrial appendages previously undergoing the conventional Glenn procedure Masahiro YoshidaToshikatsu YagiharaKo Yoshizumi Case Report Pages: 1177 - 1181
Spontaneous esophageal rupture after gastrointestinal examination using barium Ryo MasudaIsao TanakaToru Isoyama Case Report Pages: 1182 - 1185
One-stage surgery for Stanford type-A aortic dissection, annulo-aortic ectasia, and chronic constrictive pericarditis —A case report— Soichi AsanoHirokazu MurayamaYasutsugu Nakagawa Case Report Pages: 1186 - 1189
A case of Stanford type A acute aortic dissection associated wih a distal aoric arch atherosclerotic aneurysm Ryuji KoushimaYoichi KikuchiKatsuyuki Kusajima Case Report Pages: 1190 - 1193
Total cavopulmonary connection for grown diminutive pulmonary artery after staged Blalock-Taussig shunt Shunji UchitaKozo MatsuoTadashi Fujiwara Case Report Pages: 1194 - 1199
Two staged Starnes operation for Ebstein’s anomaly with pulmonary atresia in early infancy —A report of a successful case— Masanobu MaedaNoboru SaiHaruki Takemura Case Report Pages: 1200 - 1205
A case of recurrent esophageal cavernous hemangioma increasing rapidly after surgery Toshihiko UrakamiKaoru KondoMasanori Nishiwaki Case Report Pages: 1206 - 1210
Surgical repair of coronary sinus type partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with intact atrial septum Atsushi AokiTakehiro KubotaSyunji Sano Case Report Pages: 1211 - 1214
A resected case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) necessary to distinguish from Askin tumor Makoto OdakaSatoshi YamazakiYoji Yamazaki Case Report Pages: 1215 - 1220