1. Partial left ventriculectomy

   • Akira T. Kawaguchi
   • Hisayoshi Suma
   • Shirosaku Koide

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 152

2. Changes in right ventricular performance in elderly patients who underwent lobectomy using video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary lung cancer

   • Iwao Mikami
   • Kiyoshi Koizumi
   • Shigeo Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 159

3. Bilateral internal thoracic artery T grafting for coronary artery revascularization

   • Ikuo Fukuda
   • Motoo Osaka
   • Hideki Kamiya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 160 - 164

4. Wallstent endovascular prosthesis for the treatment of superior vena cava syndrome

   • Susumu Sasano
   • Takamasa Onuki
   • Sumio Nitta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 170

5. Mitral insufficiency associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and chronic renal failure

   • Yasuyuki Kato
   • Fumitaka Isobe
   • Keima Nagamachi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 174

6. Valvuloplasty for aortic valve regurgitation resulting from cusp prolapse

   • Susumu Nagamine
   • Shigeru Shinozaki
   • Hidemitu Kakihata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 177

7. Impending rupture in an aortic arch aneurysm by Candida infection

   • Hiroya Minami
   • Noboru Wakita
   • Masahiro Sakata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 178 - 180

8. Vascular tumor in the mediastinum

   • Naoyuki Yoshino
   • Tsuneyo Takizawa
   • Keiichi Honma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 184

9. Surgical removal of left atrial myxoma through mini sternotomy and the superior transseptal approach

   • Akira Marumoto
   • Yasushi Ashida
   • Shigetsugu Ohgi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 187

10. Extra-anatomical bypass grafting for coarctation of the aorta associated with annuloaortic ectasia

    • Tadanori Kawada
    • Yoshiharu Okada
    • Toshihiro Takaba

    OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 192

11. Bland white Garland syndrome with type A aortic dissection

    • Tsuguo Igari
    • Fumio Iwaya
    • Sinya Takase

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 194