1. Real time 3-D echocardiography in cardiac surgery

   • Akihiko Usui
   • Yoshimori Araki
   • Yuichi Ueda

   Original Article Pages: 509 - 514

2. Quality of life in elderly patients following thoracic aortic surgery

   • Katsuhiko Oda
   • Masaki Hata
   • Koichi Tabayashi

   Original Article Pages: 515 - 523

3. Successful thoracoscopic sympathectomy for primary erythromelalgia in the upper extremities

   • Yuki Nakajima
   • Kiyoshi Koizumi
   • Kazuo Shimizu

   Case Report Pages: 524 - 526

4. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with behçet’s disease

   • Akira Kobayashi
   • Ryuzo Sakata
   • Yoshifumi Iguro

   Case Report Pages: 527 - 529

5. Multiple cardiac myxomas with pulmonary arterial obstruction and acute right heart failure

   • Koichi Sughimoto
   • Akira Shiikawa
   • Miwa Nanaumi

   Case Report Pages: 530 - 533

6. Elimination of pancoast tumor by carboplatin, paclitaxel, and concurrent radiation

   • Tomoki Utsumi
   • Yuko Suzuki
   • Kiyoshi Ohno

   Case Report Pages: 534 - 537

7. Papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve

   • Hideyuki Fumoto
   • Masaru Yoshikai
   • Akira Furutachi

   Case Report Pages: 538 - 541

8. Mesojejunal lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer following total gastrectomy

   • Takashi Ono
   • Satoru Motoyama
   • Jun-ichi Ogawa

   Case Report Pages: 542 - 544

9. Convenient training method for aortic cannulation

   • Shunei Saito
   • Toshiki Okasaka
   • Yuichi Ueda

   New Contrivance Pages: 545 - 547

10. Leg ischemia during mechanical cardiac support

    • Yoshio Misawa
    • Ken-ichi Imasaka

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 548 - 549