Changes in plasma free and sulfoconjugated dopamine in patients with congenital heart disease who underwent cardiac operation Masanori YoshizumiTetsuya KitagawaHitoshi Houchi Original Article Pages: 651 - 656
Effects of inhaled nitric oxide in canine lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donor Seiki TakashimaHiroshi DateNobuyoshi Shimizu Original Article Pages: 657 - 663
Video-assisted thoracoscopic excision of a benign cystic mesothelioma of pleura Shuji HaraguchiKiyoshi KoizumiSusumu Tanaka Case Report Pages: 664 - 666
Aneurysmal pouch on left coronary cusp accompanied by bacterial endocarditis Mitsuyuki NakayamaFumitaka IsobeChikao Yutani Case Report Pages: 667 - 670
Clinical advantages and myocardial protection of normothermal CPB —Comparison with hypothermal CPB— Yoshimasa UnoShigeki HorikoshiHiroyuki Suzuki Original Article Pages: 671 - 676
Intermittent warm blood cardioplegia —An experimental study— Takashi Yamada Original Article Pages: 677 - 688
Clinical results of acute closing aortic dissection Yukio ObitsuShin IshimaruMikio Ishikawa Original Article Pages: 689 - 694
Mital valve regurgitation with anterior mitral leaflet chordal rupture or elongation —Repair using the flip over technique— Keiji KamoharaRyuzo SakataAkihiro Sugimoto Original Article Pages: 695 - 700
Assessment of saphenous vein graft wall characteristics with intravascular ultrasound imaging Toshiya KobayashiHaruo MakuuchiNobuyuki Komiyama Original Article Pages: 701 - 706
An evaluation of cases carried out by both root reconstruction using carrel patch method and concomitant procedure Satoshi YamashiroRyuzo SakataAkihiro Sugimoto Original Article Pages: 707 - 711
Intratumoral heterogeneity of DNA content in lung adenocarcinoma Hiroyuki MiuraOsamu TairaHarubumi Kato Original Article Pages: 712 - 718
A case report of gastric perforation after coronary artery bypass grafting with right gastroepiploic artery Hiroshi TsuneyoshiKazuaki MinamiGen-ichi Sakaguchi Case Report Pages: 719 - 723
Painless aortic dissection late after aortic valve replacement, presenting as superior vena cava syndrome Yoshitaka HayashiShigeaki OhtakeHikaru Matsuda Case Report Pages: 724 - 729
Succesful surgical treatment of atrial septal defect with systemic lupus erythematosis in a 47-year-old female Toru OkamuraShinya YokoyamaEisei Koh Case Report Pages: 730 - 732
Right ventricular myxoma in a 71-year-old female Takayuki KumamotoShigeki HigashiChiharu Enoki Case Report Pages: 733 - 736
Separate operation for extensive aneurysm (mega-aorta) complicated with ischemic heart disease Satoshi YamashiroRyuzo SakataAkihiro Sugimoto Case Report Pages: 737 - 742
Mediastinal mature teratoma with elevated serum SCC levels —A report of 2 cases— Satoshi ShionoToru SatoMasami Abiko Case Report Pages: 743 - 746
Mitral valve replacement for three cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy —Surgical treatment— Yoshihiro KohTadashi OkuboShingo Ouchi Case Report Pages: 747 - 752
A case report of intrathoracic aneurysm of left subclavian artery Hidenori YoshitakaYoshimasa TsushimaTakato Hata Case Report Pages: 753 - 756
A successful surgical repair of mitral stenosis and regurgitation with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula Takehiro InoueNobuo WakakiHidetaka Oku Case Report Pages: 757 - 761
A case of progressive saccular aneurysm caused by localized dissection of descending aorta Teruyuki KoyamaKoichi NishimuraTomizou Hiekata Case Report Pages: 762 - 766
A case of coronary artery bypass surgery using left internal thoracic artery and right gastroepiploic artery for a patient with essential thrombocythemia Toshiaki OhtoHideshige ShiharaNobuyuki Nakajima Case Report Pages: 767 - 771
Pseudo-aneurysm of aortic arch and rupture into pericardium, a case report of successful surgical management Kenji NonakaHaruo MakuuchiTaira Yamamoto Case Report Pages: 772 - 776
Successful management of aorto esophageal fistula due to rupture thoracic aortic aneurysm in an elderly patient Akifusa HariyaHaruo MakuuchiMasahiko Tsurumaru Case Report Pages: 777 - 780
Blunt traumatic rupture of right ventricle and pericardium Takayuki NishikawaShigefumi SuehiroHiroaki Kinoshita Case Report Pages: 781 - 784
Tracheoplasty with an intercostal pedicle flap for tracheal neurilemmoma —A case report— Tadashi MatsukuraShin-ichi ItoiMasayoshi Kuwabara Case Report Pages: 785 - 788
A rare case of 2 free thrombi in left atrium with mitral stenosis Sukemasa MukaiHirotaka MurataYasuyuki Katou Case Report Pages: 789 - 792
Successful staged repair of corrected transposition of great arteries and mitral atresia associated with double aoric arch Masanao ImaiMasahiro YamaguchiKyoichi Ogawa Case Report Pages: 793 - 797
A surgical case for concomitant coronary artery disease and ASO with advanced colon cancer Yoshitaka FukunagaRyuji KunitomoNobuo Kitamura Case Report Pages: 798 - 801