1. Surgery for acute type a aortic dissection using retrograde cerebral perfusion

   • Hitoshi Ogino
   • Yuichi Ueda
   • Takuya Nomoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 342

2. Evaluation of an internal thoracic artery as a coronary artery bypass graft by intercostal duplex scanning ultrasonography

   • Norifumi Ohtani
   • Keiko Kiyokawa
   • Nobuyuki Akasaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 346

3. Changing predictors of postoperative mortality in acute type A aortic dissection

   • Tadanori Kawada
   • Yoshiharu Okada
   • Noboru Yamate

   OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 354

4. Aortic valve repair in dominant aortic regurgitation

   • Hiroshi Izumoto
   • Kohei Kawazoe
   • Masataka Nasu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 359

5. Port-access cardiac surgery

   • Ryohei Yozu
   • Hankei Shin
   • Shiaki Kawada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 360 - 364

6. Concomitant aortic arch and root replacement using a stentless xenograft for acute type a dissection

   • Toshiki Takahashi
   • Yasuhisa Shimazaki
   • Shuji Toyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 367

7. Ascending aorta dissection associated with bicuspid aortic valve

   • Atsushi Morishita
   • Tadayuki Shimakura
   • Masataka Yoda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 368 - 372

8. Mitral valve replacement through right thoracotomy after coronary arterial bypass grafting with functioning conduits

   • Hidetaka Wakiyama
   • Tatsuro Asada
   • Kyoichi Ogawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 376

9. Tonsillar metastasis from large cell carcinoma of the lung

   • Tomohiro Murakawa
   • Jun Nakajima
   • Shinichi Takamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 380

10. Transcatheter coil closure of large patent ductus arteriosus with 0.052-inch Gianturco coils using myocardial biopsy forceps in a 70-year-old woman

    • Yoshiyuki Tokuda
    • Masahiko Matsumoto
    • Masahiko Matsumura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 383

11. Mediastinal neurilemmoma complicated with spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage

    • Hiroshi Hosoda
    • Hirokuni Arai
    • Makoto Sunamori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 384 - 387

12. Jaundice after surgery for an aortic arch aneurysm

    • Katsuhisa Onoguchi
    • Takashi Hachiya
    • Shigeyuki Takeuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 388 - 390

13. Indication and perioperative management for cardiac surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis

    • Mikio Ninomiya
    • Shinichi Takamoto
    • Toshiya Ohtsuka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 394

14. Late aortic dissection in a patient with a left ventricular assist device

    • Martin Dworschak
    • Karlheinz Wiesinger
    • Andrea Lassnigg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 397

15. Single lung transplantation from a brain-dead donor for a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    • Shinichiro Miyoshi
    • Masato Minami
    • Hikaru Matsuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 403

16. Extended operation for non-small-cell lung cancer invading into the liver

    • Junji Yoshida
    • Kazuhiro Sakamoto

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 404 - 405