1. Mechanical cardiac support system for patients with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock

   • Ken-ichi Imasaka
   • Munetaka Masuda
   • Hisataka Yasui

   Original Article Pages: 163 - 168

2. Allowable warm ischemic time to tracheal extraction for allotransplantation of cryopreserved trachea

   • Yasuhiro Kitamura
   • Nobuyoshi Shimizu
   • Akio Andou

   Original Article Pages: 169 - 174

3. Effect of biventricular pacing therapy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy with severe congestive heart failure

   • Masao Takemoto
   • Masato Sakamoto
   • Hideo Yamamoto

   Original Article Pages: 175 - 180

4. Superior sulcus lung cancer invading the ribs and brachial plexus successfully resected by modified trap-door thoracotomy after induction chemoradiotherapy

   • Takashi Ohtsuka
   • Hiroaki Nomori
   • Keiichi Suemasu

   Case Report Pages: 181 - 184

5. When should pulmonary artery angioplasty be performed for fontan candidates with pulmonary coarctation?

   • Nobuyuki Ishibashi
   • Masaaki Koide
   • Masashi Seguchi

   Case Report Pages: 185 - 188

6. Incidental partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in left lung cancer

   • Keisuke Miwa
   • Shinzo Takamori
   • Kazuo Shirouzu

   Case Report Pages: 189 - 190

7. Coronary artery bypass grafting with absent right superior vena cava in visceroatrial situs solitus

   • Kazuhiro Kurisu
   • Yoshie Ochiai
   • Ryuji Tominaga

   Case Report Pages: 191 - 193

8. Surgical treatment for intrathoracic aneurysm of the innominate artery in an 83-year-old asymptomatic woman

   • Kiyoaki Takaba
   • Masaki Aota
   • Yutaka Konishi

   Case Report Pages: 194 - 197

9. Intermittent circulatory arrest for repairing postoperative mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta

   • Takahiko Misumi
   • Mikihiko Kudo
   • Yasunori Cho

   Case Report Pages: 198 - 201

10. Fatal ischemia of bowel and rectus abdominal muscle after off pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a dialysis patient

    • Hiroshi Ohuchi
    • Keiko Abe
    • Toshihisa Asakura

    Case Report Pages: 202 - 204

11. Intravascular ultrasound imaging for detection of oseudoaneurysm with aortobronchopulmonary fistula after graft replacement of descending aorta

    • Takeshiro Fujii
    • Yoshinori Watanabe
    • Nobuya Koyama

    Case Report Pages: 205 - 208

12. Sternal resection for metastasis from thyroid carcinoma and reconstruction with the sandwiched marlex and stainless steel mesh

    • Shuji Haraguchi
    • Yasuo Yamashita
    • Kazuo Shimizu

    Case Report Pages: 209 - 212

13. Atrial septal defect with borderline pulmonary vascular disease

    • Hitoshi Yamauchi
    • Shigeo Yamaki
    • Kazuo Shimizu

    Case Report Pages: 213 - 216

14. Paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum diagnosed by immunohistochemical staining

    • Naoyuki Yoshino
    • Takao Hisayoshi
    • Yoshiharu Oaki

    Case Report Pages: 217 - 220

15. Left atrial myxoma with severe inflammatory response

    • Yasumi Maze
    • Masaki Kajimoto
    • Tomoaki Satou

    Case Report Pages: 221 - 223