Effects of concomitant usage of milrinone and catecholamine for weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass Yukihiko OrimeMotomi ShionoYukiyasu Sezai Original Article Pages: 803 - 809
Aortic and mitral valve replacement in an 83-year-old female Kazuo TanemotoMasahiko KuinoseKeiichiro Kuroki Case Report Pages: 815 - 820
Combined surgery for mitral regurgitation associated with extensive annular calcification and left main coronary artery disease Hiroshi OkamotoShin MoritaTakao Niimi Case Report Pages: 821 - 824
Resection of malignant fibrous histiocytoma invading the thoracic aorta Shinzo TakamoriAkihiro HayashiKazuo Shirouzu Case Report Pages: 825 - 828
Ischemic preconditioning in the aged heart —Myocardial protective effect as compared with the mature heart— Masahisa UematsuMasayoshi Okada Original Article Pages: 833 - 845
Aprotinin and recombinant human erythropoietin reduce the need for homologous blood transfusion in cardiac surgery Motoo OsakaIkuo FukudaHiroshi Ohuchi Original Article Pages: 846 - 853
Glutamate neurotoxicity during spinal cord ischemia —Neuroprotective effects of glutamate receptor antagonists— Tsukasa Nakamichi Original Article Pages: 854 - 859
Does adenosine administration during the early reperfusion period affect ischemic preconditioning? Masahisa UematsuMasayoshi Okada Original Article Pages: 860 - 867
Postoperative changes in the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in endoluminal stent-graft treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms Taro ShimazakiShin IshimaruYukio Obitsu Original Article Pages: 868 - 872
Repair of mitral regurgitation caused by prolapse of the anterior mitral leaflet Takashi HirotaniTadashi KamedaHiroyoshi Fujiwara Original Article Pages: 873 - 877
A case of coronary artery bypass grafting for effort angina in a patient with post skin grafting for an extramammary Paget’s desease Kensuke KobayashiMasahiro EndoHitoshi Koyanagi Case Report Pages: 878 - 881
Aneurysm of the nonpatent ductus arteriosus in the adult —A report of the case and review of the literature— Kazuhiro MyojinYoshimitsu IshibashiHideyuki Kunishige Case Report Pages: 882 - 888
A case of traumatic aneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery Satoshi YamashiroKiyoshi IhaKageharu Koja Case Report Pages: 889 - 892
Surgical treatment for chronic dissecting aneurysm (DeBakey Type I) —A case using “elephant trunk” and “aortic tailoring”— Taira YamamotoHaruo MakuuchiKenji Nonaka Case Report Pages: 893 - 897
Case report of surgical repair of left ventricular free wall rupture using GRF® glue and pericardial patch Hiroyuki TsukuiKuniyoshi OharaKouhei Abe Case Report Pages: 898 - 901
Intraabdominal organ injury due to blunt chest trauma —Report of two cases— Shuhei InoueNoriaki TezukaShozo Fujino Case Report Pages: 902 - 905
Massive mediastinal bleeding due to spontaneous rupture of the vertebral artery in Von Recklinghausen disease Tatsuo MagaraMasahiko OnoeMasarou Matsumoto Case Report Pages: 906 - 909
Surgical treatment for perforated aorta caused by mediastinitis after bidirectional Glenn shunt and closure of atrial septal defect —A case report— Kou TakigamiToshifumi MurashitaKeishu Yasuda Case Report Pages: 910 - 914
A case report of infective endocarditis caused by MRSA and characterized by pedicled vegetation on the posterior wall of left atrium Atsushi YudaKunio AsadaShinjiro Sasaki Case Report Pages: 915 - 918
Simultaneous operation of intra-descending aorta bypass grafting and brachiocephalic artery reconstruction in a patient of aortitis syndrome Naoki KanemitsuSeiichiro WariishiFumio Kitamura Case Report Pages: 919 - 922
Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma —A case report— Munehiro FujiokaShigefumi SuehiroTomoko Haba Case Report Pages: 923 - 927
A surgical case of supravalvular aortic stenosis with severe hypoplastic ascending aorta (diffuse type) in Williams-Beuren syndrome Shunji UchitaTadashi FujiwaraYoshitomo Okajima Case Report Pages: 928 - 932
A successful case report of one and one half ventricle repair for pure pulmonary stenosis in a 4-year-old girl Muneyasu KawasakiKatsunori YoshiharaYoshinori Takanashi Case Report Pages: 933 - 938
A successful repair of infective endocarditis accompanied by a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle Arifumi TakazawaKazuya AkiyamaShigeru Sasaki Case Report Pages: 939 - 942