Critical values of hematocrit and mixed venous oxygen saturation as parameters for a safe cardiopulmonary bypass Hiroshi OsawaShinpei YoshiiYusuke Tada Original Article Pages: 49 - 56
Improved survival of surgery for acute type a aortic dissection Kyoumi TakarabeSatoshi OhtsuboMasafumi Natsuaki Original Article Pages: 57 - 64
Combined operation for myasthenia gravis and coronary artery disease Katsuyuki AsaiKazuya SuzukiTeruhisa Kazui Case Report Pages: 65 - 67
Video-assisted thoracoscopic pericardial fenestration for tuberculous pericardial effusion Kotaro KameyamaCheng-long HuangHiroyasu Yokomise Case Report Pages: 68 - 70
Concomitant mitral valve repair and left ventricular reconstruction in a patient with chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation and inferior left ventricular aneurysm Hidehito SakaguchiTetsuji KawataShigeki Taniguchi Case Report Pages: 71 - 74
A novel technique for removal of permanent pacemaker leads Yasuyuki ShimadaMasatoshi KawataNobuo Kitamura Case Report Pages: 75 - 77
Delayed bronchial stenosis after blunt chest trauma with right aortic arch Masao ChujoTakashi MiuraKoichi Tanaka Case Report Pages: 78 - 80
Extended total arch replacement for type B aortic dissection with ascending aneurysm following healed aortic dissection Yoshie OchiaiKazuhiro KurisuRyuji Tominaga Case Report Pages: 81 - 83
Transposition of modified latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap in the treatment of persistent bronchopleural fistula after posterolateral incision Takaomi HanaokaYutsuki NakajimaHidehiro Konno Case Report Pages: 84 - 87
Extracardiac rerouting of the persistent left superior vena cava in the left isomerism heart Noriyasu KawadaMasaaki YamagishiYuzuru Nakamura Case Report Pages: 88 - 90
Successful repair of graft failure and abdominal aortic aneurysm following thoraco-abdominal bypass for atypical aortic coarctation Tsuyoshi TaketaniTetsuro MorotaShinichi Takamoto Case Report Pages: 91 - 94
Thrombus originating from frayed distal edge of an aortic stent-graft Tsuyoshi TaketaniTetsuro MorotaShinichi Takamoto Case Report Pages: 95 - 97
Spontaneous closure of ductus arteriosus in interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect Shin TakabayashiShin ShomuraIsao Yada Case Report Pages: 98 - 100
Congenital bilateral diaphragmatic eventration with membranous chest wall hamartoma Shin TakabayashiKazuto YokoyamaYoshihiro Komada Case Report Pages: 101 - 103
Mitral annular reconstruction with anterior leaflet flip-over in concomitant surgery for mitral regurgitation associated with extensive posterior annular calcification and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Hiroshi OkamotoAkinori TamenishiTakao Niimi Case Report Pages: 104 - 106
Successful surgical intervention for active infective endocarditis on a hemodialysis patient with cerebral infarction and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy Masayuki SakakiToshiki TakahashiHikaru Matsuda Case Report Pages: 107 - 110