1. Superior mediastinal and neck lymphatic mapping in mid- and lower-thoracic esophageal cancer as defined by ferumoxides-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

   • Hiroshi Imano
   • Satoru Motoyama
   • Jun-ichi Ogawa

   Original Article 01 October 2004 Pages: 445 - 450

2. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor enhanced the recruitment of bone marrow cells into the heart

   • Yosuke Hisashi
   • Shinji Tomita
   • Soichiro Kitamura

   Original Article 01 October 2004 Pages: 451 - 455

3. Cosmetic approach for correction of simple congenital heart defects in female patients

   • Takashi Murakami
   • Masahiko Kuinose
   • Kazuo Tanemoto

   Original Article 01 October 2004 Pages: 456 - 459

4. Posterior mitral annuloplasty using autologous pericardium in the repair of posterior leaflet prolapse

   • Shiro Hazama
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi
   • Hideaki Takai

   Original Article 01 October 2004 Pages: 460 - 465

5. Subdural hematoma induced by cerebrospinal fluid drainage

   • Takashi Yamauchi
   • Hiroshi Takano
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 466 - 468

6. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

   • Yutaka Makino
   • Yukio Suto
   • Tatsuya Murakami

   Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 469 - 472

7. Off-pump quintuple coronary artery bypass grafting for situs inversus totalis

   • Toshiyuki Kuwata
   • Tetsuji Kawata
   • Shigeki Taniguchi

   Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 473 - 475

8. Lateral position prevents respiratory occlusion during surgical procedure under general anesthesia in the patient of huge anterior mediastinal lymphoblastic lymphoma

   • Yasunori Cho
   • Satoru Suzuki
   • Akira Murayama

   Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 476 - 479

9. Surgical management of tunnel-like subaortic stenosis via ventricular septal defect in a patient with the interrupted aortic arch

   • Yasuyuki Suzuki
   • Toshihiko Kuga
   • Ikuo Fukuda

   Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 480 - 483

10. Large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with hyperammonemia

    • Teruhisa Takuwa
    • Shinkichiro Yoshioka
    • Toshimasa Asahara

    Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 484 - 487

11. Beating mitral valve replacement for a patient with porcelain aorta

    • Masashi Toyama
    • Akihiko Usui
    • Yuichi Ueda

    Case Report 01 October 2004 Pages: 488 - 490

12. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Japan during 2002

    • Committee of Science
    • Isao Yada
    • Hiromasa Fujita

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2004 Pages: 491 - 508