A clinical study of surgical treatment of patients with carcinoma of the cervical esophagus extending to the thoracic esophagus Reijiro SaitoHiroyuki SuzukiMichihiko Kitamura Original Article Pages: 417 - 423
Valved conduit operation for aortic regurgitation associated with Behçet’s disease Motomi AndoYosikado SasakoSoichiro Kitamura Original Article Pages: 424 - 427
Induction of acute-phase reactive substances during open-heart surgery and efficacy of ulinastatin Yasushi SatoSusumu IshikawaYasuo Morishita Original Article Pages: 428 - 434
Efficacy of leukocyte-depleted terminal blood cardioplegia in congenital heart disease Hitoshi Yamauchi Original Article Pages: 435 - 439
Clinical effects of ventricular assist system in end-stage cardiac failure Shunei KyoHiroaki TanabeRyozo Omoto Original Article Pages: 440 - 446
Successfully treated descending necrotizing mediastinitis through mediansternotomy using a pedicled omental flap Motoharu NarimatsuHisamichi BabaKatsuo Nishi Case Report Pages: 447 - 450
Infective endocarditis affecting both systemic and pulmonary circulations predisposed by a ventricular septal defect Makoto AndoAkira SakaiTsutomu Sanae Case Report Pages: 451 - 454
Descending aortic aneurysm with Takayasu’s disease Mikio NinomiyaHaruo MakuuchiTakeshi Sato Case Report Pages: 455 - 459
Clinical experience of milrinone as a pharmacological bridge to heart transplantation Toshiya KoyanagiShunei KyoRyozo Omoto Case Report Pages: 460 - 463
Extended operation for non-small-cell lung cancer invading into the liver Kazuhiro SakamotoTakashi SudaKen Ide Case Report Pages: 464 - 467
Spontaneous esophageal rupture treated by conservative therapy Yoshihisa MorimotoTomoichiroh Mukai Case Report Pages: 473 - 475
Aneurysm of the left sinus of valsalva causing aortic, mitral regurgitation and myocardial ischemia Masafumi HiokiYoshio IedokoroShigeo Tanaka Case Report Pages: 476 - 479
Transsternal bilateral thoracotomy for pericardiectomy after coronary artery bypass grafting Toshiro HaradaKengo NakayamaHisashi Sakaguchi Case Report Pages: 480 - 483
Mitral valve plasty using artificial chordae in a 1.5-year-old boy with congenital mitral stenosis and absent anterolateral chordae Hirofumi FujiiHajime OtaniHiroji Imamura Case Report Pages: 484 - 488