Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting attenuates proinflammatory markers Atsushi YamaguchiHidehito EndoTakashi Ino Original Article Pages: 127 - 132
Simultaneous operation of off pump coronary artery bypass and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Hiroya MinamiNobuhiko MukoharaTsutomu Shida Original Article Pages: 133 - 137
Characteristic changes in cerebral perfusion during on-pump and off-pump coronary artery surgery Tetsuya UenoKazuyuki IkedaShigefumi Matsuyama Original Article Pages: 138 - 142
Papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve associated with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis Iwao TaniguchiKeisuke MorimotoAkira Marumoto Case Report Pages: 143 - 146
Left ventricular true aneurysm with pseudo-aneurysm detected five years and nine months following repair for oozing type free wall rupture Motoki SatoMasahiro EndoHiroshi Nishida Case Report Pages: 147 - 149
Postoperative prone position management of tetralogy of fallot with absent pulmonary valve syndrome Shin TakabayashiHideto ShimpoKazuo Maruyama Case Report Pages: 150 - 153
Bilateral multiple pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma Jun HanaokaMasatsugu OhuchiShozo Fujino Case Report Pages: 157 - 161
Thoraco-pleuropneumonectomy for rupture of a huge chronic hematoma of the thorax Shunsuke EndoTsuyoshi HasegawaYasunori Sohara Case Report Pages: 162 - 164
Reoperation for a Starr-Edwards aortic prosthetic valve 33 years after initial implantation Takahiko MisumiMikihiko KudoHiroya Kumamaru Case Report Pages: 165 - 168
Successful surgical treatment for diffuse esophageal spasm Kiyotomi MaruyamaSatoru MotoyamaJun-ichi Ogawa Case Report Pages: 169 - 172
Coccidioidomycosis of the lung contracted abroad Eriho TakeuchiTomohiro MurakawaShinichi Takamoto Case Report Pages: 173 - 175
Performance of the fontan procedure using extra-cardiac direct anastomosis on patients treated for penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis Shin TakabayashiHideto ShimpoYoshihide Mitani Case Report Pages: 176 - 179