1. Impact of collagen-coated and gelatine-impregnated woven Dacron branched grafts on the early postoperative period

   • Kotaro Suehiro
   • Takato Hata
   • Daisuke Satoh

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 641 - 645

2. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer

   • Akitoshi Tatsumi
   • Yoshiaki Ueda

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 646 - 650

3. Less invasive surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus in extremely low birth weight infants

   • Jinichi Iwase
   • Kazuyoshi Tajima
   • Hiroe Takasu

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 651 - 655

4. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pulmonary tumors accompanied by Cushing syndrome

   • Motoki Sakuraba
   • Masahide Murasugi
   • Takamasa Onuki

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 656 - 659

5. Spontaneous regression in small cell esophageal carcinoma

   • Masahiro Kubota
   • Susumu Sueyoshi
   • Kazuo Shirouzu

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 660 - 664

6. One and a half ventricle repair for Ebstein’s anomaly

   • Junko Akaishi
   • Hitoshi Yamauchi
   • Shigeo Tanaka

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 665 - 668

7. Lymphatic cardiac tamponade after open-heart surgery with liver dysfunction

   • Toshihiro Kawahira
   • Noboru Wakita
   • Tsutomu Shida

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 669 - 671

8. Implantation of collar-reinforced SuMit valve for patient with large calcified mass obstructing the mitral valve orifice

   • Hiroaki Sakamoto
   • Junjiro Kobayashi
   • Soichiro Kitamura

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 672 - 674

9. Progressive diffuse aortic stenosis after localized supravalvular aortic stenosis repair

   • Yoshimichi Kosaka
   • Shuichi Hoshino
   • Yasushi Nishiya

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 675 - 677

10. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in two renal transplant patients

    • Toshihiko Sakao
    • Yasuaki Kashu
    • Shinsuke Kajiwara

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 678 - 680

11. Prosthetic valve endocarditis with extensive aortic root abscess

    • Keiichi Fujiwara
    • Hiroki Hayashi
    • Yoshitaka Okamura

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 681 - 684

12. Aortic valve replacement for a patient with porcelain aorta and retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction after esophageal resection

    • Hiroshi Takami
    • Yuichiro Doki
    • Tohru Kobayashi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 685 - 687

13. Vascular ring in an extremely low birth weight infant

    • Tomomi Hasegawa
    • Masahiro Yamaguchi
    • Chikara Tsugawa

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 688 - 691

14. Primary malignant schwannoma of the lung

    • Ken-ichi Togashi
    • Hiroyuki Hirahara
    • Fumiaki Oguma

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 692 - 695

15. Delayed blow-out type rupture of the right ventricle following blunt chest trauma

    • Noriyuki Murai
    • Masahito Saito
    • Takao Imazeki

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 696 - 698

16. Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2001

    • Committee of Science
    • Isao Yada
    • Keishu Yasuda

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 699 - 716