1. Mitral valve replacement for children with a small annulus using ATS open pivot prosthesis

   • Makoto Ando
   • Yukihiro Takahashi
   • Toshio Kikuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 406

2. The outcome and criteria for mitral valve surgery in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation

   • Atsushi Yamaguchi
   • Koji Kawahito
   • Takashi Ino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 412

3. A new sterilization technique with balloon-tube thoracostomy for thoracic empyema

   • Chikabumi Kadoyama
   • Aki Ishikawa
   • Takehiko Fujisawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 419

4. Modified stentless porcine valve enhances accelerated cuspal calcification in the juvenile sheep model

   • Shigeyuki Ozaki
   • Guido Van Nooten
   • Willem Flameng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 420 - 426

5. Thymic atypical carcinoid with Cushing's syndrome manifesting in the terminal stage

   • Noritaka Isowa
   • Takayuki Nakamura
   • Koji Chihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 429

6. Pathological lesions causing pulmonary hypertension after closure of a ventricular septal defect

   • Katsuhide Maeda
   • Shigeo Yamaki
   • Shinichi Takamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 433

7. Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hemothorax at the thoracic apex

   • Katsuyuki Asai
   • Kazuya Suzuki
   • Teruhisa Kazui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 434 - 437

8. Emergent surgery for 3 aged patients who refused elective operation for thoracic aortic aneurysm

   • Yoshito Kawachi
   • Atsuhiro Nakashima
   • Hiroshi Tomoeda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 438 - 441

9. Hemangioma in the anterior mediastinum

   • Hitoshi Nishikawa
   • Toshihiro Osaki
   • Kosei Yasumoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 442 - 444

10. A pseudoaneurysm after repair of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm

    • Hiroyuki Tanaka
    • Takashi Narisawa
    • Takashi Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 445 - 447

11. A peptic ulcer in a reconstructed gastric tube perforating the thoracic aorta after esophageal replacement

    • Yoshinari Mochizuki
    • Seiji Akiyama
    • Akimasa Nakao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 448 - 451

12. Asymptomatic cor triatriatum incidentally revealed in an elderly patient with mitral stenosis

    • Koji Tsutsumi
    • Mikihiko Ookura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 452 - 455

13. Familial spontaneous pneumothorax in three generations and its HLA

    • Akitoshi Yamada
    • Yoshitaka Takeda
    • Kazuta Shimizu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 456 - 458

14. Repeat surgery for hemolysis 6 years after replacement of the ascending aorta for acute aortic dissection

    • Satoshi Izumi
    • Kazutoshi Tano
    • Nobuyuki Kaihotsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 461

15. Successful one-stage surgical removal of intravenous uterine leiomyomatosis with right heart extension

    • Keiichi Fujiwara
    • Masanori Haba
    • Masahiro Iwasaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 465

16. Mobilization of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve for resection of a left ventricular tumor producing carbohydrate antigen 19-9

    • Takashi Yamauchi
    • Tetsuo Sakakibara
    • Hitoshi Suhara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 466 - 468

17. Right lung cancer with right aortic arch

    • Satoshi Suzuki
    • Akira Miyamoto
    • Takashi Kondo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 471

18. Aortic root replacement with a stentless bioprosthesis in a patient with giant cell arteritis

    • Atsushi Iguchi
    • Yoshio Nitta
    • Koichi Tabayashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 472 - 474

19. Medical students' view on thoracic surgery residency programs in a Japanese medical school

    • Kiyofumi Morishita
    • Shu-ichi Naraoka
    • Tomio Abe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 477

20. Surgical treatment of traumatic thoracic aorta rupture: A 7-year experience

    • Tadanori Kawada
    • Masayoshi Nishimoto

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 478 - 479