Differences in left ventricular response between rheumatic and myxomatous mitral valve disease following mitral valve replacement Mitsuyuki NakayamaChikao YutaniNobuyuki Nakajima Original Article Pages: 751 - 756
Ipsilateral recurrence frequency after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax Kiyoshi OhnoShinichiro MiyoshiShuichi Ohashi Original Article Pages: 757 - 760
Prevention of paraplegia in transluminally placed endoluminal prosthetic grafts for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms Hirofumi MidorikawaShunichi HoshinoKazunori Ishikawa Original Article Pages: 761 - 768
Sarpogrelate reduces mechanical hemolysis in patients with heart valve prostheses Akihiko UsuiYasushi TakagiYuichi Ueda Original Article Pages: 769 - 774
Freehand cryopreserved mitral valve allograft with flexible ring in the pig Motohiko OsakoReiji HattoriHiroji Imamura Original Article Pages: 775 - 781
Cerebral protection selection in aortic arch surgery for patients with preoperative complications of cerebrovascular disease Hidetoshi AkashiKeiichiro TayamaShigeaki Aoyagi Original Article Pages: 782 - 788
Standard coronary artery bypass grafting and beating heart bypass Kenji TakahashiShigeru OikawaMasaharu Hatakeyama Original Article Pages: 789 - 794
Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting for the left anterior descending coronary artery Akihiro NabuchiAtsushi KurataKong-il Kim Original Article Pages: 795 - 801
Clinical assessment of unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion test with dobutamine infusion Toyohide IkedaTakamasa OnukiSumio Nitta Original Article Pages: 802 - 808
Neuroblastoma resection in an adult with a 10-year history of chest-mass shadow Ryoji YamamotoHirohito TadaTakeshi Inoue Case Report Pages: 809 - 811
Coronary surgery through partial sternotomy in a patient with tracheostoma Hitoshi OginoYuichi UedaKeiji Matsubayashi Case Report Pages: 812 - 813
Benign mesenchymoma of the mediastinum Hidetaka UramotoTsunehiro OyamaKosei Yasumoto Case Report Pages: 814 - 816
Primary tracheal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma accompanying lung Cancer Takashi SuzukiTakanori AkizawaToshiyuki Mitsuya Case Report Pages: 817 - 819
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy associated with mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis Mikio NinomiyaShinichi TakamotoKatsuhito Ueno Case Report Pages: 820 - 823
Early small cell lung cancer with extensive inflammation and scar formation Hirotoshi HorioHiroaki NomoriKeiichi Suemasu Case Report Pages: 824 - 826