1. Early experience of off-pump coronary artery bypass using Octopus Tissue Stabilizer

   • Shigehiko Tokunaga
   • Curtis A. Prejean
   • Gregory L. Kay

   Original Article Pages: 489 - 493

2. Thymic carcinoma

   • Kenro Takahashi
   • Junji Yoshida
   • Kanji Nagai

   Original Article Pages: 494 - 498

3. Evaluation of new TNM lung cancer classification

   • Yushi Saito
   • Yosuke Yamakawa
   • Yoshitaka Fujii

   Original Article Pages: 499 - 505

4. Concomitant aortic root remodeling and coronary bypass in a patient with poor left ventricular function

   • Satsuki Fukushima
   • Toshiki Takahashi
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Case Report Pages: 506 - 508

5. Surgical treatment of multiple inflammatory aortic aneurysms of the aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aorta

   • Kiyoshi Iha
   • Ryo Ikemura
   • Kageharu Koja

   Case Report Pages: 509 - 511

6. Disruption in the intrathoracic trachea due to blunt trauma

   • Yoshinobu Hattori
   • Kouji Negi
   • Shuichiro Sugimura

   Case Report Pages: 512 - 515

7. Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract

   • Tomohiro Murakawa
   • Shinichi Takamoto
   • Osamu Tanaka

   Case Report Pages: 516 - 519

8. Late leaflet fracture and embolization of a Duromedics mitral prosthesis

   • Kenichi Sudo
   • Naru Sasagawa
   • Kunihiko Tonari

   Case Report Pages: 520 - 523

9. Coronary bypass surgery using the internal thoracic artery after reconstruction of occluded subclavian artery

   • Masami Ochi
   • Masahiro Fujii
   • Shigeo Tanaka

   Case Report Pages: 524 - 527

10. Intragastric migration of a pacemaker implanted in the pleural space

    • Fumitaka Isobe
    • Yoshio Kosakai
    • Tetsuro Kamiya

    Case Report Pages: 528 - 530

11. Aortic dissection complicated with aorto-right atrium fistula

    • Hideyuki Nakano
    • Yoshiharu Takahara
    • Nobuyuki Nakajima

    Case Report Pages: 531 - 533

12. Minimally invasive removal of infected pacemaker lead

    • Nobuaki Hirata
    • Shigeaki Ohtake
    • Hikaru Matsuda

    Case Report Pages: 534 - 535

13. Gastric seromuscular and omental pedicle flap for bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

    • Ryoichi Kondo
    • Tatsuyuki Seki
    • Shyoichiro Koike

    Case Report Pages: 536 - 539

14. Resected early lung cancer with pulmonary aspergilloma

    • Yusuke Kita
    • Daizo Kondo
    • Teruhisa Kazui

    Case Report Pages: 540 - 541

15. Coronary artery bypass graft in a renal transplant recipient

    • Satoshi Taketani
    • Norihide Fukushima
    • Hikaru Matsuda

    Case Report Pages: 542 - 544