Which type of diffuse emphysema is adequately contracted by the Nd:YAG laser Noriyoshi SawabataKeiji IuchiSoichiro Kitamura Original Article Pages: 587 - 591
Left Atrial ball thrombi without mitral valve disease treated by surgical removal Akira SaitoKazuhiko HanzawaJun-ichi Hayashi Case Report Pages: 592 - 594
Aortic dissection extending from ductus diverticulum dneurysm Tomoaki JikuyaKanji MatsuzakiToshio Mitsui Case Report Pages: 595 - 598
new left main trunk reconstruction technique using a flap of the main pulmonary arterial wall Takashi HirotaniTadashi KamedaShogo Shirota Case Report Pages: 599 - 602
Evaluation of cerebral circulation during cardiopulmonary bypass using near-infrared spectroscopy Toshihiro OhataYoshiki SawaHikaru Matsuda Original Article Pages: 603 - 609
Open distal anastomosis or aortic balloon occlusion technique during complete aortic arch replacement Mitsuaki SadahiroMasahiro SakuraiKoichi Tabayashi Original Article Pages: 610 - 615
The effect of intraoperative high-dose tranexanic acid on blood loss after operation for acute aortic dissection Yoshiei ShimamuraMasamichi NakajimaKazunori Uemura Original Article Pages: 616 - 621
Effects of myocardial protection with ryanodine, measured with the intracellular calcium fluprescent indicator fura-2 Shigeaki SekiguchiAtsushi OzawaToshihiro Takaba Original Article Pages: 622 - 628
Cardiac hemangioma of the right ventricle —Report of a case— Hiroaki HaradaTomomi HirataNobuo Kitamura Case Report Pages: 629 - 633
Multiple lung tumors found 17 years after hysterectomy —A case of benign metastasizing leiomyoma— Iwao MikamiMitsunobu YamamotoShigeo Tanaka Case Report Pages: 634 - 638
Successful repair of critical aortic stenosis with coarctation on the first day of life Makoto MohriMasaaki KawadaMasahiro Kamada Case Report Pages: 639 - 642
Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization of the patent ductus arteriosus for elderly patient with left ventricular disfunction Suguru WatanabeHaruo SaitouKoichi Tabayashi Case Report Pages: 643 - 646
A mital valve reconstruction of infective endocarditis with brain abscess and intracranial mycotic aneurysm Mitsuru NakayaMitsunori OkimotoNobuyuki Nakajima Case Report Pages: 647 - 650